Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-14
LOCAL JoTTINGs

ewoc to visit her son.
-Selmer Peterson is home on a
furlough from Camp Grant.
Write or call at Romans Grocery
for quotations on honey. 3O-3
Barn paint at $1.50 per gal in s.
gallon cans at 0. E. Davis Drug Store
Mrs. Gulbrandson is advised bv
her son Lyder that he arrived safely
in France.
Bring all your honey to Romans
Grocery and receive the highest mark
Miss Rose Roman of Michael
Rees hospital, Chicago, is spending
vacation at home.
Ben Nuzum and family motored
from Tomah for a Sunday visit at the
Joel Nuzu1n home.
Mrs. l. x. Loverud arrived from
her northern Wisconsin home TO visit
among Viroqua relatives.
IF you see it, you will want 70
buy my secondhand Ford touring
car. H. Z. Vergeront, FiFoqua.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Larson and
four children motOred to st. Paul TO
visit her mother and two brothers.
Nick Krogan was up from Cash
ton on Tuesday. He reports a num-
Der harvesting tobacco along the road.
Miss Pauline Thompson received
appointment rs supervising teacher
in Portage county, commencing next
month
Joe Deters has purchased from
John Watson, JUNIOR, the modern cot
tage last year erected on North Main
Street.
Percy Roman arrived home from
Beloit, where he did Office work and
played in the band Of the Fairbanks
Morse factory.
DR.. Holmberg, wife and son, Of
Candy, Minnesota. were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. T. n. Beaver in this city on
Friday and Saturday.
Rev. Luther NJ. Roseland depart
ed, yesterday. for his pastoral work
in the army, GONG 10 Camp Funston,
Kansas, in his touring car.
Everybody picks cucumbers. The
pickle farm IS delivering daily three
to six tons Of cucumbers to the salt
ing station. Help gather the crop
and make good money.
An ice cream socia, Red Cross
benefit, viii be given at the home of
C. a. Nelson at Liberty Pole. Friday
evening of this week. Ladies request
cd to take cakes without frosting.
Young VIM. Morrison of Rhine
lander is visiting relatives here. As
a bird man in France ne fell 1000 feet
and was seriously injured last jan
uary. He has received an honorable
discharge.
Because Of storm, members Of
the Beaver society were prevented
from going to the farm of Henry Run
ming for picnic supper last Wednes-
day Instead they enjoyed their iced
at the lodge room.
"A company Of Viroqua gentlemen
went out and assisted Albert Larson
clear away his wrecked tobacco shed.
Others have been helped who have
sustained similar wrecks. Daily. bu-
siness men are assisting their country
brethren in farm labor.
John Stoll motored to Sparta
Saturday night and brought back Har-
old Stoll and Irwin Getter. The young
soldiers only had a thirty-six hour
and returned to Camp Sunday noon.
John taking Harold back, Alba Groves
uOillg lftS SAINT IOE TWIN.
On the occasion of their 43rd we'd
ding anniversary, last Sunday, about
fifty friends and relatives invaded the
resident of Mr.. and Mrs. D. T. Buch-
anan and gave them the surprise of
their lives A splendid social time
and sumptuous dinner were enjoyed.
Mrs. o. B. Wyman went to Hills
bOro to attend the funeral of her
niece, Miss Elsie Hammer, youngest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. o. F. Ham
mer, who died in La Crosse hospital,
where she was taken several weeks
ago for an operation, and up to ten
days ago she was doing nicely and it
was thought she would be able to re-
turn home soon when she had d re-
lapse and failed continually until the
end came. Miss Hammer was 20
years old.
The Henry connections in this
section learn of the death of their rel
alive, Mrs. Sarah Ann Shipman, at
Chippewa Falls, at the age of "a
years. She was a sister of the late
Myron, Samuel and Marvin Henry,
residents of Viroqua and well-known
pioneers. Mrs. Shipman was the last
of eleven brothers and sisters. She
was a native of Michigan, married in
1862, and later went to Chippewa
county where she had lived contin-
uously for 60 years. This good moth
er is survived by six sons and daugh-
tiers, twenty-seven grandchildren and
eighteen great grandchildren.