Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-02-14
FLORA.

1 Especial correspondence to Hera1d.)
Lancaster callers from this vicinity
last Tuesday were: A. G. Petersen,
wife and son, Leroy, Ernest Schildgen
and L. E. Wilkinson.
Monday L. E. Wilkinson drove down
the other side Of Beetown to see Leo
Jack. He found the roads pretty bad
ly drifted, but got there all right.
Owing to the drifted roads our
/ teacher, Miss Moore, did not come
back until Tuesday She taught
i school Wednesday, resigned and went
home that same evening. The school
board got busy and had another teach
er on the job the next morning, which
we think, was very luck strike, con-
sidering the scarcity Of teachers in the
county.
Our school clerk George Petersen,
who is making his home in Lancaster,
this winter accompanied county super
intendent Brick down to Flora last
Thursday morning and helped to get
cur new teacher, Mildred Stark, legal
iv started on her work of reconstruct
ton, which we feel sure she will &C
complish in a most satisfactory man
ner
/ Quite large crowd visited our
school last Wednesday.
While starting for the Perrin sale
with VIM. GarthWaite last Thursday
morning Walt Zeigler sustained a SER
ious injury to his knee, caused by the
sudden starting Of the team, which
threw Walt Unexpectedly backward
with the above result.
/ Ervie Edwards, wife and daughter,
Vada, Bernie Taylor and L. E. Wilkin-
son, also accompanied VIM. Garth
waite down to the Perrin SALE
Mrs. Matt Schildgen has been indis-
posed for the last few weeks.
Quite a large crowd greeted the de-
baters at the Budworth school house,
Friday night and we are glad to state
that the world is growing better, at
least that was the decision of the
/ judges.
Ernest and j. P. SchiIdgen were in
Lancaster Sunday morning.
Howard Budworth returned Satur-
day morning from Chicago where he
has been hobnobbing for the last two
weeks.
Floyd Starrett was getting dental
work done in Bloomington, Saturday
L. G.. Hickok, wife and daughter
Laura, accompanied by the Misses
Hendricks and Mcnamara, attended
! the dance at Beetown Saturday even
ing.
Homer Irish and son, Byrl, were
putting up ice for n. H. Suttle the past
week.
Sam Snyder, r. A. Blackbourne and
Fred Foster, our breeders of pure bred
swine, returned from the show at Mad
isOn last Thursday night. While there
Mr. Snyder purchased a full blooded
SOW.
Amy Snyder, who has been helping
with the household duties while Mrs.
L. e. Wilkinson has been sick, return
ed to her home Sunday. Mrs. Wilkin-
son is not very we'll yet, but is great
~ 4upIONSus
While returning from Lancaster last
Thursday night Melvin Snyder had the
misfortune to get his ankle sprained
by the sled upsetting.
w. A. Marshall, of Hearts Delight
farm, was business caller in Lancas-
ter last Thursday
The Beetown Ladies' Aid society
met with Mrs. Henry Buck last Thurs
day. Mrs. Essie Garthwaite, Minnie
Edwards and Elma Peake from Flora
also attended
President Wilson has at last been
forced to break diplomatic relations
with Germany. He has surely been
patient enough and done everything to
preserve peace that could be done
with honor, but it seems that the
kaiser is bound to 1lake the war world
wide, if "kulture" can be relied upon
to turn the trick he will surely come
through all right, but President Wilson