Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-27
Local News

Frank Zeller of So. Lancaster is
sick with the flu
The family of Henry Macke of So.
Lancaster, are all sick with the flu.
Miss Irma Maso spent the week
end at the J. A. Huff home.
Mrs. Roy Walker, residing near the
asylum, is quite i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Lowrey Of the
Hurricane, have baby girl.
December is the month for Red
Cross dues to be paid. Don't wait for
them to be solicited.
Mrs. Burr Walker is able to be IN
and is staying with her mother. Mrs
Vernon Kinney.
Misses Austin and Fischer, teach
ers in the North school, have the in
f1uenza.
John Rock and men are doing the
finishing work on the August Beyling
new residence.
Fred Irwin is building large hog
house and corn crib combined for w.
B. Griswold.
Miss Dakota Alexander spent We'd
nesday night with her friend, Doris
HUFF
Miss Pearl Wayne visited the past
two weeks in Lancaster with relatives
and friends.
Mrs. Florence Wayne and baby
daughter of Sitter, visited the week
lend with Mrs. Lon Wayne.
Miss Opal Stephens, supervising
teacher, and Miss Irma Maso were
visitors at the ROwden school Friday.
w. B. Griswold and family spent
Sunday with the Jay Hore family
south of town.
Joe Seipp and son have been paint
ing the silO and other buildings on
the Gerhardt West farm.
Mrs. Chas. Hampton and little
daughter of Cassville, paid the Herald
a pleasant visit last Saturday morn
ing.
We are glad to learn that Harvey
Croft will remain in the neighborhood
as he has purchased the Earl. Knoke
farm.
The new pastor for the Evangeli-
cal church is the Rev. G.. G.. BratzeI
of Brookfeld, Wis. Rev. Bratzel and
family will arrive here Dec 3rd.
About 80 friends of Lorenzo Riley
were entertained at the Riley home
Friday night in honor of Lorenzo who
is home on ten day furlough from
Norfolk, Va He returned on Sunday.
Robert Hoffman and Henry Heb
erlein are both in Doolittle hospital
recovering from serious appendicitis
operations.
Otto Failing and wife of Cassville,
passed through here Monday enroute
to Milwaukee where Mr.. Failing will
attend a Gamers convention.
An enjoyable picnic was held at the
Rowden school on Wednesday. The
day was spent in cleaning up the cy-
clone wreckage and picking up after
the builders of the splendid new school
house.
The Baptist church folks had a
basket supper at the G. H. Vesperman
home last Friday evening. Baskets
were auctioned and very pleasant
evening had all around.
Linda Grimes, the fifteen year
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Grimes of this city, died Monday af-
ternoon of a complication of diseas-
es.
Mrs. Geo. T. Jerrett and son, Har-
ry, went to Milwaukee, last Friday,
where the latter will have an opera
ton for misplaced septum. They ex-
pect to return this week.
Outbound Monday were Miss Kiss
ell and sister and family to Montfort,
Principal McNelly to Northern Wis
consin where he will hunt deer, and
Rev VIM. Harberts to Madison.
Soldier boys home last week were
Clyde Clanton from Camp Grant; Leo
Henkel of Madison S. A. T. c.; Glen
Paulley and Glen Chapman Of Bur-
ton, with the Vocational Army school
at Madison.
Theo Calvin and wife write from
5642 Fountain Ave-, Hollywood, Calf,
that they have bought new Coloni-
al bungalow and are nicely located.
They hope to live happy life in their
new location and their friends here
will join them in this wish.
Lester Pritchett of Sitter, is home
from FIT. Ethan Allen, VT, where he
had a weeks training in the aviation.
Lester is anxious to return but is not
quite sure as to what the government
will do with him. He is on furlough
at present.