Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-02
Short News Stories of Interest
by Censor Reporters of the Comngs
Viroqua and Vicinity
School again next Monday.

School again next Monday.
This is the season for subscription
renewals.
Miss Ollie Watson is in the city
visiting her parents.
- The greatest picture since the
Stacker, Draft 258, Monday.
Now for year of cheerfulness
notwithstanding the cruelties of a
world war.
Reuben Helgerson and wife were
over from Red Mound to look after
their tobacco crop.
Miss Charity Hoyt of Onalaska
visited Eva Slack and other young
friends in .Viroqua.
Floyd Curtis and bride came from
Milwaukee to pass holiday time under
the parental roof of the former
Miss Winnifred Drake has accept
ed position in the Genoa schools, fill
ing vacancy for teacher who mar
ried.
Principal OF schools G. NJ. APP
pleman was down from Minocqua to
pass holidays at the old home in Web
ster.
Get busy you Censor correspond
ents from the different towns and vii
lagos. Let your neighborhoods be re-
presented in the county paper.
The Viroqua postoffice was busy
place for fortnight before Christmas.
Postmaster Coffiand and his assistants
handled the wonderful amount OF mail
with satisfaction and dispatch
The Bekkedal family was over
from Westby for a Sunday call at L.
NJ. Roseland's, accompanied by Lloyd
Bekkedal, who is home from New
York for holidays.
The Colman Lumber Company has
crew of workmen engaged making
tobacco cases for all packing houses
in town except the Bekkedal. Theirs
are made in the Bekkedal lumber mills
at Couderay.
The Willard service station for
Viroqua has been secured by Larson's
garage, where you can have all kinds
of battery work attended to promptly.
We take in batteries for storage and
keep them charged during the winter.
Bring yours in.
Miss Marion Dahl departed for
Boise City, Idaho, to assume the DO
sition rendered her as city librarian.
The old slogan used to be Ego west
young man." now it is young woman
go west-and get married.
Mr.. Chas. J. Kuebler and Frank
Wintz were called to- Cassville to at
tend the funeral services of their
mother, who was quite aged. In past
years she has been frequent visitor
here with her sons and families.
Editor D. j. Hotchkiss of Fox
Lake, paid the Censor man a call be-
tween trains on Friday. For two ses-
sions he was subordinate on our staff
as chief clerk of the senate. Mr..
Hotchkiss is a Sparta boy, a print of
the old school.
A large number of subscribers
have been added 10 the Censor lists
during the holiday season. Like the
old fashioned stage coach, there's al
ways room for one more. This is a
rint to get aboard if you are not al
read.y passenger.
There is little apprehension in ed
ucational circles of the city that our
schools may be minus its regular quo
ia of male instructors when the ses-
sion takes up next Monday. Possibil-
tiles of war claiming some of the force
is the question involved.
Her friends in the old home will
be gratifed 10 learn that Miss Marie
Asbiornson has merited and received
promotion in her teaching work at the
state reformatory for girls in Milwau-
kee. Now she is principal instructor
educationally and in music,
Stupid and dull children, like
grown folks, often suffer with eye
strain and we wonder, what their trou-
bles are. Proper care of the eyes by
a specialist gives surprising results.
DR.. Evenson of Lacrosse attends many
of our people every day.-Adv.
Mr.. Henry Lamprich, one of the
leading farmers of Harmony, also ac-
lively connected with the Chaseburg
creamery and bank was a business
caller in the county seat on Thursday.
Mr.. Lamprich owns the big, choice
farm so long possessed by the late old
pioneer, Samuel W. Moore.
Professor Wendell p. Morgan
came from Tigerton, Showano county,
to pass two weeks vacation with rel
atives and friends. He is principal of
schools there with teaching force OF
seven assistants. Mr.. Morgan says
his sons are both in the army, the
youngest one now in France, the eldest
in Washington awaiting orders.
Miss Myrtle Larson is home from
Wausau for holiday vacation. Stella
Natwick also came from Hillsboro
teaching duties for Yuletide with her
parents. Miss Mabel Thompson OF
| Detroit. and Pauline Thompson OF
GAYS Mills were home for holidays
Miss Hannah Hanson was over IRON
Lacrosse with greetings for family
and friends.
The boys and girls of the city. and
not a few grown-ups, are enjoying the
artificial skating rink provided by the
ci park commissioners, who have
made conditions very comfortable oy
having a warmed booth for prepare
ton for skating and for rest The
rink is overlooked from the city sta
ton when necessary. The boys and
girls of Viroqua have never had a ian
/ chance for outdoor sports IN winter
and swimming in summer, The WIN
| ter deficiency is now provided Tor
thanks to those in authority. Now
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