Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-12-22

the city
Tom Haley expects to leave Friday
evening to spend his Christmas with
his mother in New Richmond, Wis.
"A unique and happy Christmas
program will be given at the COngre-
gational church next Sunday evening
at 7:30.
| Fifteen were added to the Con-
gregational church last Sunday. Sew
eral more will be received on the first
Sunday in January.
The trees in the lawn of the par
sonage of the Congregational church
are being taken out, the work being
done by H. F. Barnett.
Miss Elisha Kinzel, who teaches in
| the Platteville high school, is home to
spend her Christmas vacation at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Wenzel.
Miss Nellie Keitlinger, teacher of
the Ellenboro cement school, at the
close of this week will take an indef
mite vacation on account of i'll health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Krohn went
to Fennimore Tuesday morning to
spend the day with Mrs. Krohn's pa
rent, Mr.. and Mrs Edward Pendleton.
Paul Schmidt, who is attending
school in Elmhurst, Indiana, is home
to spend the holidays with his pa
rents, Rev. and Mrs. Louis Schmidt.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Bennett and
children left Tuesday morning for
Mather, Wis, where they will spend
the holidays with Mrs. Benefits pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. j. Hoffman.
w. j. Schade will leave Friday
noon for Fairfield, Iowa, where he will
spend his Christmas. From there he
will go to Chicago, where he will re-
main until Monday after New Years.
| Miss nellie Belscamper arrived
home Monday evening from Jefferson,
Wis, where she is teaching school, to
spend the holidays with her mother,
Mrs. S. Belscamper and brother, Hen
ry.
Miss Marie Fischer arrived home
from Madison Thursday evening"
where she is attending school, to
spend the holiday season with her un-
Gle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Fischer and family.
ATTORNEYS L. A. Brunckhorst and
David Gardner Jr., of Platteville,
John ]. Blaine of Boscobel, Jens Jens-
valid of Fennimore and Michael Casey,
of Bloomington, were in Lancaster
Monday on legal business.
Miss Genevieve Meysembourg ar
rived home Saturday noon from Chi
cago, where she is attending the Cum
mock School of Oratory at Northwest
ern University, to spend her Christmas
vacation with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Leo luxembourg.
George Henry of Mt. Hope, recent
ly purchased the M. M. Zeigler prop
erty on North Washington street and
will occupy it with his family about
March. Mr.. Henry has two children
at home, both of whom will probably
enter the Lancaster schools.
&C. w. Burrows attended the fun
eral of his brother, William, at Galena,
ILL.,, Thursday. Mr.. Burrows suffered
a stroke of paralysis about six weeks
ago and a second stroke about month
ago. He was section foreman on the
Chicago & Northwestern for about
thirty-six years. Mr.. Burrows was
6S years old at the time of his death
Mrs. John j. Craemer, of this city is
a daughter of VIM. Burrows, also
attended the funeral
Prof and Mrs. U. F. Schwalin of
North Lancaster, Indiana, and Mrs.
D. L. Stoner and two children of La
doga, Indiana will spend the holidays
with Rev. and Mrs. H. A. Studebaker.
Mrs. Schwalin and Mrs. Stoner are
sisters of Mr. Studebaker. Prof
| Schwalin is instructor in history in
Manchester college. Mrs. Schwolin
was here year ago last summer. 1t
will be recalled that Mrs. Stoner's
husband, who was superintendent of
schools at Ladoga, Indiana, died last
April.
The Kensington club held a COW
cred dish party at the home of Mrs.
Arno Alt last Thursday afternoon. One
pleasant feature of the occasion was
gift box, into which each member
had previously contributed a gift. A
ribbon was fastened to each package
and hung over the edge of the box. At
signal from the hostess each one
drew a package which contained
very pretty gift or token The de-
licious supper was literally partak-
en- of, after which the ladies retired
to their homes delighted with the af-
ternOOn.
W. B. Dyer and J. Lee Wright at
tended the Chicago horse sale held at
Dexter pavilion in that city Decem-
Der Is, IA, Is, and 16. Mr.. Dyer says
the sale this year was we'll attended
the trotting bred stock shown very
high class, and in general the sale
! was one of the most successful held