Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-05-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Edmond Frost and Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar Benedict autoed over
from Linwood last Sunday and spent
the day at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
R. W. Parks.
Green Brothers of Stevens Point
was in this locality last Monday with
heavy horses for sale.
Mrs. VIM. Clussman was quite sew
erely hurt last Saturday when a chair
tipped on which she was standing,
striking her head against acasing.
D. ]. Kelsey, deputy conservation
warden of Stevens Point was around
looking after his fin, furred and feath-
cred friends in this locality last week.
Miss Amy Winkler wrote for rural
school diploma at Bancroft last Tues
lay.
Tim Fox is home for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. H. Parks and family
and Mr.. and Mrs Bert G. Fox autoed
to Knowlton and Ashley last Sunday
IN the formers car and made a short
Fisit at the R. S. Sparhawk home.
Ed. Shepard and family moved on
he old Malinski place last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs John Durfee spent
few days the first part of the week
1T Stevens Point.
Rev. Raymond and family of Nekoo-
sd autoed up to Meehan last Sunday
and spent the day at the VIM. Cluss-
man home
Robert Ferdone of Linwood spent
.ast Sunday with Meehan friends.
Donald Fox who joined the navy
short time ago was last heard from at
port in South Carolina.
The town board of the town of Plov-
er decided last Saturday to push the
paper mill concrete road as fast as
possible-in accordance with the reso-
luton adopted at the last town meet
ing. The road in question is about
two miles in length and an expendi-
ture of from $4,000 to $4,000 is in
Yolved. The road will be under the
supervision of the town board and is
expected to be let to the lowest bid
der.
A portion of the state aid highway
from Plover village west toward Grand
Rapids is going to be built this sea-
son after all. A crew started work on
same last Tuesday and will be pushed
as fast as possible. 1t is expected this
road, in a period of three or four years
will be completed to the county line a
distance of about ten miles. It now
oehooves the town of Grand Rapids or
Wood county to get busy and show
their road building spirit and COM
Olete their part of this road as soon as
possible which would complete one of
the most prominent roads in this sec
ton of the country and amost beauti-
full auto drive to the city Of Stevens
Point. Come on now, Wood county,
let's pull for one good continuous road
over this route and get it as soon as
possible.
A large number from here attended
stock fair at your city last Tuesday
to buy and tradeat war time prices
Report Of Meehan school for month
ending May 4, 1917:
Number pupils enrolled IS.
Average daily attendance %.
Pupils not absent during month were
Victor Fox, Darrell Parks, Mildred
Lutz, Maude Kinney, Viva Parks, Ply
lis Pike and Fausta Clendenning.
Minnie A. Peterson, Teacher.
Grandpa Lutz has been in very poor
health the past three weeks but is
now some better A number of rela-
ives autoed up from Almond to see
him one day last week.
Arthur Clendenning has put his
Dig team on the Plover-Grand Rapids
road to work for the summer, Dave
Barrows of Stevens Point is his team
,ter.
Mrs. Lucy Hale and family of Stew
ens Point has moved on the old Nor
is place.