Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-01-05


Earl Vesperman left Tuesday for
Dubuque where he enters the business
department of the Presbyterian semi
nary.
Misses Catherine Schuster and
Irene Caspers, who are attending
school at Sinsinawa, returned Tuesday
afternoon.
Mrs. Gordon Smith, (nee Elva
Place. of Monticello, Iowa, is visiting
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Han
mum Place.
-Otho Doll left Monday for Fem
vile, Mich, where he will join Mrs.
her parents.
Miss Margaret Taylor returned to
Madison Monday afternoon, where
she is attending school at the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin.
Miss Evelyn Frish, of Madison,
spent last week with Mr.. and Mrs. A.
H. Kessler Miss Frish returned home
Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Miller, of
Dodgeville returned to their home
Sunday, after a brief visit at the
George Beck home.
-Elva UT, who is teaching school
in Prairie du Chen returned Monday
after visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Everett UT.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Austin, of Lib
erty, spent Monday evening at Mrs.
Austin's home and also attended the
New Years dance at the rink.
Frank Meyer, who has been visit
ing the past month with his sister, Mrs.
Edward Nathan, of Fredericksburg,
| Virginia, arrived home last week.
The Misses Gladys Hickok, Jean
Roberts and Elva Fields passed
through here Tuesday from Blooming
ton enroute for .Platteville, where they
attend the normal.
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Genevieve Bennett and Marcus Baxter
left Monday afternoon for Madison to
take up their studies again at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Glen Vesperman died last Friday even
ing at the age of ten days. Interment
wasm ade last Saturday afternoon at
the BOice Prairie cemetery.
Frank Elwell of Beetown, visited
in Lancaster Tuesday afternoon. Mr..
Elwell lost an auto chain about two
weeks ago that has not turned up. He
will be pleased to hear from anyone
finding it.
Hiram Pennock visited the Her
aid office Tuesday afternoon to greet
the editor and renew the old ties Mr..
Pennock recently resigned his position
as city weighmaster and is taking life
easy at present.
Frank Behncke Of this city, is car
rying his hand in a sling as the result
of miscue with butcher knife. The
wound which is three weeks old, is
still giving him considerable trouble
as one of the cords was cut.
| Last Wednesday evening about
$50 scholars of the Methodist church
gathered at the Sunday school rooms
and sat down to supper that made
every little heart happy. After the re-
past games were played and a general
good time INDUCED in. The children
went home voting they were royalty
entertained.
At the home of Mr.. and Mrs. David
Johnson Thursday evening, Misses
| Berna and Emma KnObel entertained
the following young people: Hilda
Caspers, Paul Schmidt, Clyde Heber-
! lein, Alma Henkel, Meta Schmidt, Leo
Henkel, Emma Waldman, Fred Hen
KEEL, Erich Gulke, Ernest Nauman and
Miss Fischer of Livingston.
"A birthday party was given at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. George B.
| Clementson Friday evening in honor
of their daughter, Annals fourth birth
day. Those who were present were:
Ruth Frye, Roger Sherman, Stanley
Hatch, Robert Morse, Francis orion,
and Mary Morse After a delicious
supper was served the children played
various games.
Richard Meyer, Jr., who has been
visiting for the past week or so with
his daughter and son-in-law in Vir-
ginia, returned home Thursday. Mr..
Meyer says that Virginia farms are
an almost minus quantity as from
Washington to Fredericksburg he saw
only two farms worthy of the name.
The old plantations have been going
down hill since the war, and in the
hands of tenant farmers. The soil
is a red gravelly clay and apparently
very poor.
A basket SOciab1e and entertain