Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-08-15
POTOSI

The funeral Of Raymond, youngest
son Of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Koehler Of
Pea Ridge, in the town Of Waterloo,
whose death occurred Monday morn
ing, August 6, took place Wednesday
forenoon from the home Of the parents
to st. Thomas's Catholic church in
POtosi and was very largely attended
by sympathetic friends and neighbOrs
Of the family. Requiem high mass
was celebrated by Rev. Father PrUcha
and interment was made in the Cath
Ole cemetery on the hill The floral
tributes were many and beautiful, and
manifested the high esteem in which
the dear boy was held in the cOmmun-
ity Six uncles-Herman, Chris, Hen
ry and John Hartman and Peter and
Verne Kimmerick-were the pallbear-
ers. The deceased boy was a little
more than thirteen years of age He
was a bright, intelligent and indus
tOius boy, and was always willing to
help his parents III anything he saw
should be done His sad passing away
has cast a gloom of sorrow over the
entirec Ommunity and the grief-strick-
en- parents have the heartfelt sorrow
Of everyone in the loss of their boy
He received his first solemn holy COM
munion at st. Thomass church last
June. Six of his communion class
mates, each carrying beautiful clus-
tiers of flowers, acted as honorary
pallbearers. They were Clarence Dos
er, Henry Keller, Isadore McLaugh-
n
Schmitz., The immediate cause of the
boys death was peritonitis, from
which he suffered much pain for some
time before being called to the king
dom of heaven.
Last week we sent to the Herald
the names of the people in Potosi who
had joined the Red Cross, but were
sorry to note that the Herald's limo
type man overlooked the names of Mrs.
p E. Rethwitsch and Joseph Thomas.
Mrs Rethwitsch is one of the prime
movers in organizing the Red Cross
chapter in POtOsi and the omission Of
her name last week is regrettable In
addition to the number of names pub
lished last week we take pleasure in
SenQlnS Lne IOllOWlng:
Mrs. P. E. Rethwitsch, Joseph Thorn
as (omitted last week.
Miss Anna Mclaughlin, Mrs. Neal
Mclaughlin, John Harps, Miss Kate
GIennOn, Miss Bessie barrow, Miss
May barrow, Robert Travis, Mrs. Rob-
ert Travis, Mrs. Vincent Mclaughlin,
Mrs. Ben Elskamp, Mrs. NJ B. Els
kamp, Mrs. Jake Ames, Mrs. Joseph
Kline, Mrs. Julia B. Roesch, Clyde
Roesch, Oscar w. Seaton, Mrs. Tirza
EnnOr, Mrs. Elizabeth Foster, Miss
Fannie Foster Mrs. Henry COOns, Miss
Esther Schumacher, Homer Walter,
Mrs. John Schiffman, Mrs. H E. Bow
ers, Mrs Clyde Galloway, Mrs. Frank
Morris, Miss Belle Mclaughlin, Mrs
r. w. GlennOn, Jess Day, Lawrence
Burkett, making in all ia now en-
rolled in the chapter. More names
will be added next week
Miss Leila Turner and brother Gill
bert's wife left the house one evening
last week to go to the pasture and get
the COWS. On their stroll they encoun-
tered a large black snake measuring
about five feet in length Miss Leila,
being of a courageous nature secured
a club and sOond ispatched his snake
ship. Proceeding on their way they
came to where they saw a lot of
honey bees and upon investigation dis
covered that they had found a bee
tree. Gee Whiz! we would like to get
a taste of that pure honey when the
tree is cut down this fall
Miss Pearl Beier is down at Savan-
ma, Ill., visited with her sister, Mrs.
Ruby Meier.
Mrs. Lawrence Burket was in Platte
vile Friday to see her brother, Otto
Off, who is suffering from blood pois-
Oning Of the foot. Otto is a member of
Company l, Fourth Wisconsin infantry
Miss Mildred Baumler is making an
extended visit with relatives at Min
eral Rock Wis She is a very popular
young lady, and her many friends wish
her an enjoyablev isit
Miss Mary Block Of st. Louis is Wis
iting her brother, Andy Kaltenbach
and family. Mrs. Block was born in
POtosi, then known as Snake Hollow
in 1886 She is supposed to be the
first white child born in the town. She
can relate many thrilling incidents
that happened in the early pioneer
days of Potosi. She is 81 years of age
Joe Walsh the Tennyson merchant
made a business trip to Chicago last
week
Rev Father Prucha gave a picnic
dinner and supper last Thursday tc
the choir girls and altar boys of ST
Thomas church. The reverend father
enjoyed the pleasures of the feast with
them in the afternoon