Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-08-28
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Eight members of the B. H. S. class
of 1916, had a picnic at Cassville on
Thursday. They intended to go on
the river excursion in the evening but
on account of the threatening weather
returned home after a picnic supper.
Those who went were: Doris Gilii-
gan, Inez Brookens, Velma Hickok,
Velma Hope, Gladys Mogan, Emma
Hammond, Neal B%annantine and Full
Ter Porter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Morrissey, Mr..
and Mrs. Grant Bannantine, Misses
Bessie Lord, Nellie Morrissey, Leila
Lewis, Letha and Belva Hoskins
drove to Cassyille Thursday evening
and took in the moonlight excursion
on the Mississippi. The excursion
was from Cassville to Prairie la Porte
and return on the steamer G. w. Hill.
All report a pleasant time.
Mrs. e. d. Beeman and her three
boys, Harold, Kenneth and David, re-
turned to their home in Dubuque, on
Friday after a stay Of several weeks
at the home Of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. A. Hatch.
Miss Rema Kitto entertained a party
Of girl friends at tea Thursday.
Miss Emma Glasier spent several
days the past week visiting friends
at Mt. Hope.
Mrs. Andrew Lewis and daughters,
Ivanelle and Ruth Of Lancaster, ac-
companied by Miss Leila Lewis of E..
Dubuque, came over Thursday and
spent the day.
A number of our young people at
tended a dance at North Andover on
Thursday evening.
Judge A. G.. Zimmerman, his wife,
father and sister, Miss Lou of Madi-
son, called on friends here this week.
They are spending a part of their va
cation at Mt. Hope.
DR.. F. H. Baldwin attended the tri-
state Medical society at Madison sew
eral days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ora Hatch left Sat.
urday for ar auto trip to Rochester,
Mimi.
Mrs. Leo BARLEY entertained a
party of girls Saturday afternoon in
honor of Miss Helen Adams of New
ton, Kan, who, with her grandfather,
Mike BARLEY, has been visiting here
for some time. Those present we're:
Edna Wetmore, Elma Morrissey,
Marion Greer, Patricia Gilligan, Lee
lila and Florence Ludden, Gertrude
Edwards, Virginia Ballentine, Helen
Adams, Grace Brookens, Marjorie
Brady, Norma Rehfield and Sarah
Lewis.
F. X. Shuttleworth of Madison, Re-
publican candidate for member of
Congress from this district, was in
town Thursday, meeting old acquaint-
ances and making new ones
Word has been received that Mrs.
VIM. BENEFITS Sr. is seriously ill at
the home of Frank Furgeson, Mt
Hope. She is an aged lady who lived
in Bloomington many years. Many
friends hope to hear of her early re-
covery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Smith spent
Sunday at P. D. G. visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Dave Walker. MIR. Walker ex-
poets to leave for a training camp
Sept. /.
The new buildings at the fair ground
are about completed. They are larg-
er and better in every way than the
ones demolished by the storm. Prep
arations are being made for a good
fair. Remember the dates, Sept. 10,
10, 20.
The teachers are beginning to de-
part to take up work for the coming
year.: Norma Pearson leaves this
week for Sparta; Norma Woodhouse
and Letha Hoskins go to Grand Rap
ids; Edith Pennock to Kansas City;
Inez Brookens to Port Jarvis, N. Y;
Beulah Hickok returns to Seattle,
Wash, and Emma Glasier to Mani
towoc.
DR.. u. S. Lewis and sons Ulysses
and William and daughters Gertrude
and Leila of e. Dubuque, and Harold
Winner of Dubuque, visited at Lee
Greer's Saturday and Sunday. Mr..
Winner is in the aviation school at
Berkeley, Calf. and is enjoying a 80
day furlough while recuperating from
an illness.
Miss Frances Martin had an arm
badly poisoned while blackberrying
last week.
Mrs. Linn Woodhouse expects to
leave this week for Boise, Idaho, to
visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. K. l.
Perkey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reub. French attend
ed the blacksmith picnic at Cass-
vile Saturday.
Miss Sarah Lewis of Madison, is
visiting Virginia Ballentine this week.
Messrs. and Mesdames Grant Bal
l%entine, Will Morrissey, John Lord
and Reub. French, picnicked at Cass-
vile Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Richter went
to Platteville, Sunday, and Mrs. Will
lis Edwards and son came home with
them.
Mrs. w. Galloway and Miss Mabel
Drinkwater of Lancaster, were in
town Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Scharfenstein returned
from a two weeks visit at Cassville.
Friday evening.
A maj starting to lie about every
thing gets careless after a while. and
Is not much believed.