Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-05-16
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Miss Alma Taylor went to Chicago
last week
Misses Leila Schuppener and Leona
Tanner spent Sunday in Sitter.
Miss Grace Taylor spent the week
end in Patch Grove with her parents.
Mrs. l. McLimans went to Fenni-
more, Friday, for visit with friends.
VIM Mccoy of the U. W., visited
briefly last week at his home in this
city.
Mrs. K. Newroth of Montfort, visit
ed the past week at the VIM. Garner
home.
Chas. Klarman and little son, Vern-
on, went to Fennimore, Thursday, on
business.
Mrs. Frank Boerner of Liberty, Wis
tied here last week with her mother,
Mrs VIM. Wetter.
Clyde Carl and Miss Anna Phelps
of Madison, were Lancaster visitors
portion of last week.
Miss Clara Wier student at the L.
H. S., went to Fennimore, Saturday
to visit over Sunday at her home.
Mrs. VIM. Storrs, accompanied by
her mother, Mrs. Thos. HOre, return
ed to her home in Fennimore, We'd
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Pfaff left for
their new home at Sun Prairie, We'd
nesday Mrs. Pfaff is niece of Rev.
WambOld.
Mrs. w. S. Sandilands of Milwau-
kee, returned home Friday, after a
visit at the Sam Emler home and with
other relatives.
Mrs M. w. Register returned to her
home in Fennimore, Wednesday, af-
ter a weeks visit with her niece, Mrs.
Alonzo Wayne.
Verne Bass and family left Thurs
day for Kearney, Neb., where they
will make their future home. They
drove through by auto.
Mrs. Geo. Reed and children return
ed to their home near Barneveld
Thursday after visiting here week
at the John Reed home.
Merrill Youtz returned to Lancas-
ter, Thursday, from Madison. Mr.
Youtz passed a successful eXamina-
ton but was too late for admittance
to Fl Sheridan
Wallace Galley arrived home last
week for a visit with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Liant Galley. Wallace is
a street car conductor in Detroit,
Mich, at present.
Claude Showalter came Wednesday
from La Crosse, where he is attend
ing school. He is convalescing from
a throat abscess that kept him in bed
for several weeks.
Clyde Goble returned from Madison
and Chicago, Tuesday having failed
to pass the medical examination Ow-
ing to light weight. Ralph Stone ex-
poets to go again after obtaining the
proper credentials.
John Croker died Thursday morn
ing at his home in Lake Forest, ILL.,
Mr. Croker suffered a paralytic
stroke about a year ago. He was
proprietor Of the Farwell hotel here
several years ago and later ran the
Fennimore House. The family have
the sympathy Of all in their bereave-
ment.
The Ford car owned by w. B. Dyer
broke down with it's load of L. H. S.
baseball players last Friday after
noon while on the way to the fair
grounds. The boys walked up and
met a second disaster as Boscobel
high school defeated them to 3. This
makes the two teams even with a
play off to decide the winner.
Following the parade at Fennimore
last Friday in which hundreds of
school children, fraternal orders and
citizens marched a large crowd
gathered at the depot where Ralph
Lathrop, Carl Him and Darrell Mon
teith were taking the train for Fl.
Sheridan Lathrop and Him will en-
ter the officers training camp and
young Monteith becomes member of
the II. S. signal service