Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-08

Z john McMdnOn went 10 Chill
more Tuesday morning on business.
Mrs. Charles Brick is visiting
friends and relatives in Platteville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Frye are the
happy parents of baby girl, born
Feb. 81.
Miss Velma Richardson is the
new bookkeeper at the John Schrein-
er store.
Henry Zenz, who recently rented
his farm to his son, has moved
to Lancaster.
Mrs. Edward Lind and son Fred,
day on business.
| Mr.. and Mrs Charles Govier of
Nessert, Nebr., arrived here, Thurs
day noon to visit Mrs. Lou Daley.
Mrs. Frank Turner spent the fore
part of the week with her sister, Mrs.
Henry Gehrke, of Fennimore.
james Jordan returned home
Monday evening from Madison where
he has been for the past couple of
days on business.
Miss Sabina Stockert went to
Fennimore Tuesday morning, where
she will spend the rest of the week
visiting rural schools.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Blackburn,
of Beetown left from Lancaster Tues
day morning for Dunbarton, Wis, to
attend the funeral of Fred Blackburn.
-Thos Ehlen and son William of
near Burton, were in Lancaster on
business, Tuesday. Mr.. Ehlen looks
forward to better crops and better
times the coming year.
On Thursday all the men who are
interested in keeping Lancaster dry
are invited to meet at the Methodist
church at 300 Plans will be made
for the coming campaign.
B. U. Davis was in Lancaster the
first of the week getting ready to
move to Pewaukee, Wis, where Mr..
Davis has purchased an ice cream and
butter company. He will take posses
sion April 1.
&c. r. Kelley of Sparta, Wis, dis
trict deputy NJ. w. A., is in Lancaster
assisting the local Woodmen in a
whirlwind campaign to add about fifty
new members to their already -four
ishing organization. Mr.. Kelley has
been meeting with good results to
date.
Earl Vesperman who has been
visiting with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Vesperman, returned to his
studies in Dubuque, Monday. Mr..
Vesperman will complete his course
about April 1, and return to this vi
cinity where he will work for Mrs.
Conrad Vesperman.
Charles b. Mccoy of Amarillo,
Texas, visited in the city from Tues
day until Sunday of last week as the
guest of his mother, Mrs. Kate Mccoy,
and his brother E. L. Mccoy. Mr.. Nc
Coy, who is the superintendent of the
Fred Harvey service for the Santa Fe
railroad, was on a short furlOugh.
-lIOulS dIlu VILE VI hlOlSI,
were Lancaster business callers Mon
day, and while in the city paid the
Herald office ap leasant visit. Mr.. and
Mrs. Brandt drove overland in a "tin
lizzie" making the trip in two hours
time. The roads were good coming
up but probably worse returning with
the rain setting in about noon Monday.
Carl T. Fuller, manager for the
International Correspondence Schools
of Scranton, Pa, was in Grant county
last week looking after the interests
of the present scholars and securing
new ones. Mr.. Fuller is bright young
man of pleasing address and as he
represents a we'll established and
thoroughly responsible school, should
do a nice business in this section of
the state
j. M. Burgess and G. H. Bernhard
of Cassville, village and township
treasurers, respectively, were in Lam
caster yesterday settling up with
the county treasurer. Mr.. Burgess
called at the Herald office while in
few minutes. Mr.. Burgess has read
the Herald for sixty years and in the
early days conned the paper of that
time to learn his alphabet.
Henry Macke, ST., and wife, of
Potosi, visited in Lancaster and vicin-
/ ity last Friday, Saturday and Sun
day. They were the guests of Louis
Vesperman and wife, Friday night,
visited with Mrs. Fritz Macke and
Mrs. Johanna Wolfe, Saturday, and
Saturday evening attended the silver
wedding anniversary of their son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Macke of South Lancaster. Mr.. and
Mrs. Macke returned to Potosi, Sun
day.
On March a pleasant evening was
spent at the Whitcomb school north OF
town of which Miss Emma Knobel