Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-01-27
Will Webb went to Madison Sat-

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Mrs. Roseine Snyder left for
Platteville Wednesday to visit friends.
Miss Jane Pengelly left for her
home at Dodgeville, Friday, to visit
her parents.
Miss Pearl Wetter went to Fen
nimore, Friday, to visit her sister,
Mrs. Harry Keys.
Miss Nellie Pritchett and Mrs.
Roy Garthwaite returned from Eliza
der, Ia, Thursday.
Mrs. Vina Stone, of Madison,
was here to visit relatives the latter
pert of last week.
Misses G. Brown and +. Mon
son, of Montfort, were here to attend
the dance Thursday night.
Miss Julia Sweeney returned
Thursday from Livingston, where she
has been visiting relatives.
Misses Marie and Anna Kret-
schmann passed through here Thurs
day, enroute to their home at Fenni-
more.
Mrs. j. P. Faith returned to her
home at Fennimore, Thursday, after
visit at the Herman Brendemuhl
home.
Miss Ethel UT went to Platte
ville,. Friday, to spend a few days
with her sister Elva, who attends the
Normal.
Mrs. H. ]. Darkein, of Aber-
deem, S. D., returned to her home
Wednesday, after visit with her
brother, H. A. Fisher, of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Henkel, Mr..
and Mrs. Will Henkel and the Misses
Esther Henkel and Genevieve Ennor
went to the L. Boerner home at
Liberty for dinner, Sunday.
There will be dance at the
hall in British Hollow next Friday
evening, Jan. %. B. Honerbaum,
proprietor; Geo. Miller, Jay Bradley
and Tom Berg, floor managers. Free
lunch served at IL o'clock.
1t will be of interest to local
basket ball fans to know that Dodge
vile put it over Fennimore, last
Friday evening, to the tune of Is to
! 80. The local five has met both of
these teams, once in victory; once
/ in defeat.
The dance at the rink last week
was attended by a large crowd,
considering the cold weather, and the
Gibson music was enjoyed as we'll as
ever by all who were there. The
next big dance, and the last one be-
fore Lent begins, will be on Wednes-
day night, Feb. 10. Music by Gabel's
orchestra, of Lacrosse.
The Merry go-round Club took
bob sled ride to the home of Ada
Haynes, north of the city. Wednes-
day, where they spent pleasant
evening. Those who attended were
Nellie Carmody, Bessie Gibbs, Nellie
Dival, Pearl Austin, Emma Nehls,
Tresha Warren, Ruby Hoffman, Dora
Vesperman and Martha Heidrich.
At the meeting of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union held at
the home of Mrs. Ed King, the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President, Elizabeth
Jordan; 1st Vice Pres. Louisa Rumble;
End Vice Pres, Phebe Chatfeld; 3rd
Vice Pres, Elsie Maiben; Rec. Sec.,
Fannie E. Barrows; Cor. Sec, Elma
Knox; Treas, Elva Burrows.
The match and the child make
always a disastrous and often a fatal
combination. In the practice of fire
prevention nothing is more essential
than the impressing upon parents and
elders in the house the imperative
necessity of keeping matches from
the reach of children. The general
carelessness in the handling of these
dangerous little agents of flame is ap-
palling.
-Assemblyman A. V. Wells, of
the first district of this county, has
been given position by Speaker
Whittet on the committee on taxa
tion, while assemblyman Ed Heath
cote, of this district gets place on
the finance committee and is chair
man of the committee on engrossed
bills. Finance and taxation are both
important committee so the Grant
county members may feel that they
have Jared pretty well.
w. E. Kirk, who for the past
two semesters has been in charge as
teacher in the commercial depart
ment of the Lancaster high school,
has resigned the position, in accord
with a previous understanding he had
with the local school board, and left
here Friday for Madison where he