Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-12-27
LOCAL AND
Personal

FOR RENT One-half Of house
back Of Lincoln school building 5000
per month. Apply at this office. If
Miss Anna Leland, a graduate Of
the Riverview Hospital Training
School for Nurses, was married We'd
nesday noon, December "a, 1917, at
her home in Normal, Illinois, to Mr..
Ira P. VanBuren, young man in the
u. S. Army service, and now stationed
at Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Mich.
Miss Leland during her training in
this city and in her work after her
graduation has made many friends
here who will wish her all happiness
in her new relations
Mrs. Frank Schmeling, nee Mollie
Stahl, and baby, are in the city to
spend the holidays with relatives. Mrs.
Something's home is now at Wausau.
Miss Bernice Johnson teacher of Ply
steal Culture in the schools at Emporia
Kansas, is home for the Christmas and
New Year holidays.
VIM. Monagon, who has been acting
as fireman on the c. & N. w. R. R.
with headquarters in this city has been
promoted to Engineer on a run out Of
Appleton. His family have moved to
Appleton where they will make their
future home. Mrs. Monagon was ac-
companied by Miss Meta Berard who
will spend few weeks in Appleton
with her
The public schools closed on Friday
for the Christmas vacation and will
remain closed until the 7th of January
1918. In most of the lower grades
the children took part in some form
Of entertainment and received little
gifts appropriate to the season. The
teachers living outside of the city
have left for their respective homes,
and many of the home teachers are
visiting friends and relatives elsewhere
also.
Miss Ruth Richer left Friday even
ing for Milwaukee, to spend a few
days of the Christmas holidays with
friends
Dan B. Arpin of Bruce, Wisconsin,
arrived in the city Thursday night to
spend the holiday vacation with his
parents and friends.
Donald Daily, who has been for the
past few months working in Port Ar
thur, Canada, arrived home the lat
ter part of the week, and expects to
spend the rest of the winter here.
Miss Belle Quinn, teacher in the
East Side kindergarten, left on Wed
nesday for Urbana, H., to spend a
week with Prof. and Mrs. Geo. Peltier
Prof. Peltier has very important po-
sition in a university in Tenn, but is
doing some research work at Urbana
at this time and Mrs. Peltier and lit
tie daughter are there with him.
DR., and Mrs Sayles, left on Monday
for Shawano, Wisconsin, where they
will spend Christmas with Mr.. and
Mrs. Dolan. Mrs. Dolan and Mrs.
Sayles are sisters.
Leon Foley, who is in training at
the Great Lakes Training Camp out
of Chicago, is spending a few days
furlough with friends and relatives
here.
Leland Johnson, who has been for
the past nine months, at Whitla, Al
berta, Canada, has returned home, and
enlisted in the aviation. and is waiting
for his call.
Malcolm Johnson, student at Notre
Dame, Indiana, is spending the holi-
day vacation at the home of his mother
Mrs. Nels Johnson on the west side.
Franklin Love, son of Peter Love
on First street north who has been quite
sick the past week. is some better a
this writing.
Mrs. c. C. Packard, is very sick, it
is feared with ptomaine poisoning at
the home of her daughter, Mrs W. C
McGlynn.
Albert Marceau of Minneapolis is
home to spend Christmas, with his
son Harold, at the home of his moth
er, Mrs. A. Marceau.
Mr.. F. S. Woodwork of Pittsville
was in the city to spend Christmas at
the DR.. Hougen home. Mr.. Woodwork