Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-07-24
BLOOMINGTON.

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ton of Fred Rogers of Oshkosh, who
is state supervisor of Sunday school
work. The attendance was fairly
good, a number of people from neigh
boring towns being present. Mr..
Rogers gave several excellent talks
from which much information as to
the ways and means of study and work
was obtained by his hearers. At the
evening session Tavern w. Brooks, a
one time Bloomington boy, now prin-
cipal Of the Racine high school, gave
a very interesting talk about the Y.
M. G. A. work that is being done at
the Great Lakes Naval Training Sta
ton. Mr.. Brooks is one of about 200
volunteer Y. M. G. A. leaders from the
cities in the vicinity of the Station
who go there each Sunday to conduct
Bible classes for the Jackies. About
eight thousand of the boys are found
in the classes. This volunteer SER
vice lightens the work which was be-
coming more than the Station Y. M. C.
A. could handle.
Mr.. Brooks spent the past week with
his mother, Mrs. j. Brooks, and other
home folks returning to Racine Mon
day. He will serve as a Y. M. G. A.
secretary for the drafted men who go
from Racine to Louisville, Kentucky
for training, the plan being to give
the boys the Y. M. G. A. service while
on their journey and until established
at the cantonment. He leaves with
them next Friday and will be gone
several days.
Friday evening a dance was given
at the city hall for the benefit of the
Fair association. The proceeds, about
5000, will be used to rebuild the am
phitheatre which was blown down in
the big windstorm in May.
The boys who left here Monday to
join the rest of the 194 drafted men
who went to Camp Grant Tuesday
morning are Alex Wilkinson, Matthew
F. Baldwin, Robert Hickok, Marion
Knapp, Nicholas Dorsett, Frederick
Jones, Mark Hoskins and Peter Nor
ris.
Thursday afternoon the Red Cross
branch of Bloomington elected mem
bers as follows: M. F. Woodhouse,
Mrs. S.. E. Pearson, Mrs. Will Hickok,
Miss Kate Patterson, Mrs. M. d.
Brown, Mrs. l.. M. Greer and Mrs. r.
N. Hoskins. The board met Thurs
day evening and chose the following
officers: chairman, Mrs. S. E. Pear
son; Vice chairman, Mrs. Will Hick-
ok; Sec, Mrs. L. M. Greer; Treas,
M. F. Woodhouse. Committee on fl
nance: Mrs. c.. w. Stone, Oscar
Knapp, Fred Mason, Mrs. Roy Gates,
Glenn Myers, and Mrs. M. B. Lewis.
Overseer of Knitting, Mrs. R. N. Hos
kins; of refugee sewing, Miss Mate
McIver; Of hospital garments, Miss
Vina Miller and Mrs. John Pennock;
OF surgical dressings, Mrs. M. D..
Brown; of packing and shipping, Mrs.
Nan Donnelly. The Red Cross work
ers are busy getting out the July quo
tas of conva1escent garments and
knitted helmets.
A goodly number of u townspeo-
pie have attended the Cassville Chau-
tauqua at various times during the
past week. They pronounce the Chau-
tauqua a success.
Friday the children and grandchil-
dren Of Mrs. Catherine Brookens gave
her a surprise party of the good, old
fashioned kind, the occasion being her
81st birthday. Mrs. Brookens is hale
and hearty and her many friends wish
her many more birthdays as happy as
this one.
A. G. Bishop and family are spend
ing a few days with his people at Ell
kader, Ia.
Dorothy of Littell, Washington, ar
rived Friday for a visit at the John
Pennock home.
Linn Woodhouse and Lee Greer
with their families spent Sunday at
the WoOdhOuse cottage near Bagley..
Mrs. Mary Ann Beardsley who died
at the home of her nephew, VIM. G..
Lewis in Platteville, Thursday even
ing, was for many years a resident of
Bloomington and leaves many friends
here. She was born in Ohio In 1885;
came to Wisconsin with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Garside in 1916.
Her father bought government land
neal Patch Grove. Here they lived
until 1873 when they moved to Bloom
ingtOn. She vas married to Birdsey
Beardsley in 1880 and they lived on
his farm west of town for several
years after which they moved to town.
In 1891 they moved to Platteville,
where Mr.. Beardsley died in 1906.
Mrs. B~eardsley then made her home
with her sister in Akron, Ohio until
1910 when she returned to Platteville
where she has since been at home
in the family of her nephew, Mr.. Lew
is. She Joined the Congregational
church in 1856. Her pleasant dispo-
sition and kindly ways made friends
for her wherever she went. Funeral
services were held in the Congrega-
tional church in Bloomington Sun
day afternoon, Rev. G.. G. Stafford OIL
ciating. Burial was made at the
Blake's Prairie cemetery south of
this place.
"The Man Without a Country was
given at the opera house Saturday ev-
ening to a good sized audience. The
pictures were very good and the story
an important lesson IN patriotism.
Walter Harvey Sr. and his son Wal
ter of Portage, uncle and cousin of
Mrs. Roy Gates, came down by auto
Wednesday to buy some pure bred
cattle for their fine farm. Five head
of S%horthorns were purchased. They
visited the Gates family until Friday
when they drove back home.
S. E. Pearson resumed his duties
on the exemption board at Lancaster
Monday.