Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-10
AROUND THE COUNTY
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PLATTEVILLE.


reunion last Wednesday and Thurs
day. Notwithstanding nearly half
century has elapsed since the veterans
returned from war to peace the roster
showed 172 names of the old boys
registered on this occasion and
Platteville was proud to assist in
their entertainment and pleasure on
this occasion. Students of the normal
and public schools joined with the G.
A. r., w. r. C. and Sons of
Veterns in Thursdays parade, there
being a total of about 1900 in the
procession, which was an imposing
scene. Hon. Levi Bancroft, of Rich
land Center, was orator of the day
and gave an excellent address. The
next reunion will be held in Cuba
City, next year. Arthur Doyle was
elected president.
Mrs. A. j. Henry was called to
Lancaster last week by the illness
and death of her aged father, James
Gilbert, who passed away at an early
hour Friday morning.
Mrs. Eta Moody and children have
gone to California, where they will
remain at their summer home until
time for school to open again in the
fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Murphy, who
spent the winter with their daughter
in Texas, have returned to Platte
vile.
Bihop Quayle has been engaged for
lecture to be delivered at the
chautauqau grounds on Thursday
evening of next week, June IS.
Anton Moller, of Lancaster, and
Miss Lillian Howard were married on
Wednesday evening, June 3, at the
home of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard, and left on Thursday
for western honeymoon trip.
Herman Buchner, who recently
returned from the south, was among
the numerous Lancaster visitors
present during the soldiers reunion.
While here he was guest at the H.
Knebel home.
Mrs. C. H. Gribble, of the Journal,
visited with her sister, Mrs. Frank
Schreiner, at Lancaster, day or two
last week.
The marriage of Henry Masbrush
of this city, to Miss Minnie Schaper,
of Smelser, took place at the
Lutheran parsonage Wednesday after
noon.
A class of 26 members was
graduated from the high school on
Friday evening upon which occasion
the address of the evening was de-
livered by Prof tombstone of Hame-
lin university. The graduates were !:
English Course Gertrude Pitts, Celia
Kelley, Teresa Pross, Gladys
Cobb, Harry Slater, Ross Russell,
and Blanche Bell German Scientific
Course James B. Carron, Maude
Human, Marguerite Haverson, Wen
dell Slothower, Harvey Steinhof
Howard Helker, Henry Mitchell,
Ruth Shepherd, Jennie Nickson.
Latin German Course Claude
Gardner, Oswald Callan, Bernie
Wagner, Della Dickinson, Mabel
Samuelson, Harvey Austin, Beulah
Mauger, Margaret Stocker, Laura
Schramm, Theodore Tomlinson.
James Drew, of Lancaster, was a
guest of his daughter Dorothy at the
w. G. Taylor home, during the
reunion last week.
Fred Ketter now owns a new six
cylinder Studebaker.
Mrs. Myrtle Klingensmith and
daughter Virginia, of Lancaster,
visited at the w. G. Taylor home,
during the runion last week.
Miss Rebecca Henry is home from
Rhinelander, Wis, where she has
been teaching.
The mining SchoOl commencemt
took place Friday evening with the
following graduates: Harold D.
Decker, Carl T. Hayden, Haig H.
Altonian, Edward English, Axel L.
Bergsten, Purl L. Harms, Paul H.
Kleinhammer, Armin V. Auster-
mann, Paul R. Murphy, Joseph Nc
Kenna, Claude E. Musselman, Irving
Grettum and James L. PAUL. The
address was by C. w. Price, of the
state industrial commission.
In the ten round boxing bout be-
tween Stanley Kloskey, of Cuba
City and Art Nelson, of Sparta,
Wednesday night, Kloskey, who has
won all of the previous battles in
which he has engaged, and who
seemed to be having decidedly the
best of it in this go, went to his cor
ner at the end of the fifth round de-