Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-10-02
BLOOMINGTON.

Sented a service flag to the church.
Special music had been prepared and
decorations were beautiful consisting
of autumn leaves, flowers and flags.
The exercises were all of patriotic
natur. The names of the boys for
whom the stars stand and who were at
some time members of the Sunday
school are: Earl Morrissey, Frank
Morrissey, Orville Ballentine, Oscar
Schneyer, Gay Bates, Grant Bohring-
er, De Forest Brown, Earl Field, Lin
coin Abraham, Henry Geiger, Aleck
Brady, Jennings Brady, Harrison Day,
Hubert Krohn, Ed. Porter, Marion
Knapp, Gerald Greer, Fred Krohn,
Elgie Bohringer. Others will be adj
ded as fast as the boys enter the SER
vice.
Rev. r. A. Chase, of Platteville,
Dist Supt., held quarterly meeting at
the M. E. church Sunday morning.
He delivered very eloquent, patriot
ic address. After the service a fine
dinner was served in the church base
ment. A number from Dodge and Lit
tie Grant churches were present. The
many friends of Rev. and Mrs. w. C.
Snow were sorry to hear the an
this place for Hazel Green where Mr..
Snow will take charge of the church.
The vacancy here viii be filled as
soon as possible.
About sixty men assisted at the
raising of a fine new barn at the Har-
ley Starrett farm Wednesday. Sew
enteen women were present and help
ed in serving fine dinner and sup
per. Mr.. Starrett lost his barn in the
tornado last May.
Mrs. J. NJ Donnelly, Mrs. F. L.
Greer and Dr. NJ B. Glasier attended
a meeting of the Mysterious Club at
the home of Mrs. Chas. Basford in
Lancaster, Friday.
The workers of the Red Cross have
finished their September quota of 200
French Relief garments which will
be shipped soon A. large amount of
good clothing has been donated for
the Belgians and is ready for ship
ment.
j. B. Ludden has rented the Brady
building now occupied as pool room
and will move his stock of mems
furnishings into it in the near future.
Frank Hoskins is making a bust
ness trip to several points in Iowa
this week.
The Junior League held social at
the M. E. church basement Wednes-
day evening. A good number of
young people were present. A fine
supper was served and pleasant ev-
ening was spent in playing games,
contests, etc.
DR.. M. B. Glasier, Mrs. Reub. French
and Mrs. Lincoln Abraham went to
Milwaukee Monday to attend the
grand chapter o. E. S. DR.: Glasier
will also attend the state medical So
ciety which meets at Milwaukee this
week and visit relatives at Racine,
Manitowoc and Appleton.
Miss Marcia Brookens of Tama, Ia,
is visiting her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Caleb Kenyon. III
Mrs. Albert Snyder of Letcher, S.
D., who is spending few weeks with
relatives at Mt. Hope, called on
friends here Saturday She made the
trip from Letcher by auto with Mr..
and Mrs. Jay Snyder who had been
out there for visit.
Miss Jessie David, teacher in the
Lancaster schools, spent the week
end with Miss Helen Stafford and
other friends. Miss David taught here
last year.
Messrs. and Mesdames Bert and
Rupert Strang and Allen and Tom
Strang of Richland Center, came over
Saturday and spent Sunday with the
Greer families.
Ted Sprague came home Saturday
from East Moline, ILL.,, where he is
employed in munition factory He
will return in a few days accompani-
ed by his wife and little son Edward,
and they will live there during the
winter.
Misses Helen Pearson, Rose Belt
Ter, Bessie Mulrooney and Dorothy
Ballentine left Monday for Madison
to attend the university.
G. A. Guernsey went to La Crosse
Thursday to see his son Horatio who
is attending school there.
Melvin Cooper, Roy Martin, Irving
Woodhouse, Leonard Cooper, Fred
Schreiner, Miner Knapp, Charley My
ers, Donald Brady and Neil BaIIen-
tine have gone to Madison where they
will take the military training course
offered by the government in connec-
ton with school work. Melvin Coop
er resigned his position as principal
of the Patch Grove schools.
Word has been received of the safe
arrival overseas of Robert Hickok,
Louis Hanley, James Hampton, Alex
Wilkinson, Peter Morris, Lutte Garth
waite, John Meisenberg and Ralph
Hoskins-
Mr.. and Mrs. BurneIl Oates and two
children returned Saturday from an
auto trip to Mazomanie and Madison
where they spent week with rela-
tives.
Will Ferguson who lives near Mt.
Hope, lost some of his grain by fire
caused by a spark from the engine
of the threshing machine.