Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-08-07
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family was held at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. Starrett, Sunday. This
IS the old Roberts homestead. Three
Drothers, Henry, William and John,
came west from Versailles, Ind, to
Wisconsin in 1848. John later moved
to Iowa. One sister, Mrs. Elizabeth
Auck, settled in Louisville, Ky. Forty
eight relatives were present at the
reunion. After a bountiful dinner
the meeting was called to order by
the president, Henry Roberts. Let
tiers OF greeting from absent rela-
tlves were read by the secretary, Mrs.
5. e. Pearson. Sketches Of the differ
ent branches OF the family were Civ
en-. 1t was voted to purchase a fam
lily service flag as there are now eight
members OF the family in the service.
Those who attended this enjoyable
gathering were Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Starrett, Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Starrett.
Floyd Starrett, Mr.. n Mrs. Henry
Roberts, Miss Jean Roberts, Mr.. and
Mrs. Andy Roberts, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lynn narrower and son, Mr.. and Mrs.
5. e. Pearson, Misses Norma and Hell
en- Pearson, Carlyle Pearson, Mrs.
Elizabeth Roberts, Mr.. and Mrs. Chris
Grebe, Miss Florence Grebe, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fletcher Miles, Misses Fern and
Leta Miles, Paul and Clarence Miles,
from Bloomington and vicinity; Mrs.
Herman Knoke, Abel Knoke, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Bradley and four chill
dren, Max Yerex, Miss Minnie Caspers
from Lancaster and vicinity; Mrs.
Irene Bentley, MI. and Mrs. Parker
Young, Miss Irene Young, James
Young, Mrs. Robert Wilson, from Del
vein, Ia; Mr.. and Mrs. ALT. Roberts,
from Arlington, Ia; those from Del
vein and Arlington came through in
automobiles, returning home Monday.
]. L.. Erwin, J.. B. Ludden and Will
Morrlssey have been appointed to
superintend building operations at the
fair grounds. Work on the amphi-
theatre has commenced. The prem
ium list has been revised. Dates of
the fair are Sept. 10, 10 and 20.
DIR. S. A. NARROW will attend the
National Dental Convention in Chi
cago this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Greer and chill
dren, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. McGonigal,
Mrs. Nan Donnelly, Mrs. M. B. Gla-
sier and Miss Emma Glasier enjoyed
a trip to Point Lookout, Sunday.
The house and lot and household
goods belonging to the Mary Ann
Richards estate were sold at auction
Saturday afternoon, S. Kitto acting
as au%ctioneer. The house was pur-
chased by Mrs. Cathman Sr. for $3.50.
She intends to repair the house and
make it her home. Lovers of the an
tique found some rare old articles
among Miss Richards belongings.
She came to this country from Eng
land a good many years ago., living
in the little house which she inher-
tied from an aunt, Mrs. Luke Hadley,
until her death about two years ago.
She left no relatives in this country.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. Snyder accompanied
by his brothers, Albert of Letcher, S.
D., Eugene of the Isle of Pines, their
niece, Miss Reba Snyder of Indianap-
oils, and nephew, Edward Bradley of
Letcher, called on friends here Sat
urday. Eugene and another brother
have lived in the Isle of Pines for
IL years. All formerly lived at Mt.
Hope and have many acquaintance
around here.
Miss Isabel Leamy who has a posi-
ton in Roshek's store in Dubuque. is
spending her vacation with friends
here.
Harrison Day of Aberdeen, S. d.,
is here for a few days visit with his
mother, Mrs. Melissa Day, before he
leaves for the University of Iowa
where he will take special training.
in mechanics for army service.
DR.. R.. M. Carter and family are
spending a few days in Madison af-
ter which the doctor will go to Chi
cago to attend the National Dental
Convention. In his absence DR.. Earl
Calkins of Bagley, will take care of
his practice.
Mrs. Wheeler of McGregor, is Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. F. L. Greer.
The finance committee of the local
Red Cross held a business meeting at
the library Saturday evening.
Mrs. U. d. Smith and Mrs. j. A. Nc
Culloch, chairman and secretary OF
the Grant County Chapter A. r. c.,
visited the local Red Cross branch on
Wednesday and inspected the work
being done. Mrs. Smith rave a talk
On matters of interest to Red Cross
workers.
Leslie Grebe has been suffering with
an abscess of the ear but is some
what better. This comes at a par
ticularly bad time as he is in the
midst of harvesting operations.
Another good moving picture show
of a patriotic nature was given at the
city hall Saturday evening. The sub
ject was France in Arms
The stockholders of the Electric
Light and Power Co. held a meeting