Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-08-22
POTOSI

names Of the following new members
OF the PotoSi Red Cross chapter: Miss
Winifred Glennon, Miss May Doser,
Miss Tirza Ennor, Trehane Ennor,
Mrs. Henry Doser, Clarence Doser,
e. O. Thomas, Wallace Macke, Mrs
Wallace Macke, Kenneth Coons, John
McKelvey, Clyde McKelvey, Mrs
Clyde McKelvey, Miss Lillian Cox
Ray Fine Adolph Schumacher, David
Welsh, Miss Margretta Key, Rev Fa-
Their j. Y. Schaeffer, Mrs. E. NJ. Will
mott, Miss Eva Wilmott, Mrs. William
Bertram, Mrs. Joseph J. Stollmeyer.
Mrs. Gus Burkett, Mrs. j. ]. Stelpfug,
Mrs. J. F. Walsh, making a grand to-
tai Of 1876 now enrolled in the chap
ter, with more to come.
The Blacksmiths' association picnic
Saturday was fairly we'll attended, al
though not as many were present as
the Dubuque association held a picnic
at KimbalPs park at the same time.
Those Of the Grant county associa-
ton who attended the picnic in Po-
tosi with their wives were as follows:
Bloomington-Reub French, Frank
Scharfenstein.
Lancaster-Henry Carroll, Henry
Belz
Hurricane-John Wunderlin.
Platteville-J. P. Piquett, Henry
Pitts, William Koop, H. H. Kemp
thorn, Ed Huber, Charles Piquett,
Raymond Piquett, Jess Johns.
Rewey-G. Kempthorn.
Patch Grove-A Robertson.
Potosi-John Schiffman, Edward
FIesch, William Pluemer, John Esser.
Mr.. Esser is the only single man in
the bunch, but the married men in
sisted that he be cIassed with them.
Now John will be wondering where
the wife is.
Miss Ethel Thomas, a recent grad
uate of Lawrence university, has ac-
cepted a call to take charge of a
school at Rock Valley, Ia She will
leave shortly to assume her new du-
ties.
Robert Maahs and Miss Martha
Schiffman were married by Justice
Buckley in Dubuque last Tuesday af-
ternoon The groom is the youngest
son Of William Maahs and is a young
man OF good moral character is hon
est and Industrious, and is associated
with his father in the livery and bus
line business The bride is the young
est daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Schiffman and is a very charming
young woman with the ESSENTIAL quail
fications of making good and help
full wife. The happy couple have the
best wishes OF a host of friends.
Scout Master Clyde Galloway had
his squad of Boy Scouts down on the
banks of the Mississippi river camp
ing for a few days last week
Percy Runkel and H E. Coons were
in La Crosse a couple of days the
past week.
Mrs. Elizabeth Zimmerman of Mil
waukee is visiting with her cousins,
Mesdames Adam Schumacher, Nick
Schumacher, Chris Keehner, William
Meier, Miss Pauline Walter and other
relatives in Potosi. Mrs Zimmerman,
whose maiden name was Lizzie Brun-
ner, was born in Potosi about seventy
years ago, and is we'll remembered by
the older residents yet living here.
Several, including the writer, attend
ed the same school with her in the
days of long ago.
Cap Schmitz has a new glass front
in his saloon room, which is a very
decided improvement over the old one.
Mrs. George P. Walker of Lancas-
ter has been visiting at the Louis Mar
Gus home in the north part.
Ray Kelly, who had enlisted with
Captain Weidman at Platteville, June
%, has returned home. He had passed
a successful physical examination by
DR.. Wheeler in Platteville, but at
Camp Douglas he was rejected on &C
count of having false teeth. Ray sore
ly feels his discharge though it is
an honorable one. His ambition was
and is yet to be a soldier of Uncl
Sam. He is patriotic to the core, and
it is regrettable that his wishes can
not be realized.
Miss Helen Hurst has returned af-
ter a weeks pleasant visit with rela-
tives in Dubuque.
Dempsey Mulenix, foreman Of the
Mud Range mine, who had a foot hurt
and suffered the amputation Of big
toe about a week or more ago, is
walking around on crutches.
Elmer Berger proprietor of the pic
ture show, announces that he will
give benefit for the Red Cross chap
ter on the evening of the last Wednes-
day in August, being the goth.
Miss Dorothea Brandemuhl went tC
Dubuque last Wednesday for several
days visit with friends.
John Doser, an old resident of Pc.
tosi, died at the home of his Sol
Frank, Sunday, August 49, aged 81
years.
Arch Hurst has improved the looks
Of his residence by adding a coupl,
of coats Of paint
Mrs. J. P. Pluemer and Mrs. Johl