Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-17
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The |. O. o. F. and Rebekahs will
hold their annual homecoming meet
ing Tuesday evening at their hall.
Supper will be served and suitable en-
tertainment furnished. An orches-
ira has been engaged to furnish plenty
OF music and all are anticipating a
good time.
The schools here will close Friday
for two weeks vacation. The diff
ferent rooms are preparing entertain
ments which will be given Friday af-
ternoon. In the high school the boys
department Of the literary society will
give their regular monthly program
which will be of Christmas nature
Vincent Neise who bought out the
ice business from Verne Brookens, has
put up a large new ice house on the
Hoskins lots south of town and is
now harvesting the first crop of ice.
The ice is thick, clear and of fine
quality.
Mesdames r. N. Hoskins, L. G. Bart
ley, NJ F. Woodhouse, M. B. Glasier,
J. M Donnelly and Miss May Dung
went to Lancaster, Friday, and were
entertained by Mms. John Wright, Al.
Morse and Jas. McGonigal in honor of
Mrs. Wright's birthday. The ladies en-
Joyed themselves very much and had
a fine sleigh ride, although a rather
cold one, on the return trip in the ev-
ening
Mesdames r. French, j. B. Gilligan
and VIM. Mulrooney made a trip to
Dubuque the first of the week return
ing Wednesday.
Grant Garner spent part of the
past week in Chicago
Mrs. Orville Ballentine is clerking
in the Hatch drug store during the
holiday rush.
officers elected by the Rebekah
lodge for the ensuing year are: Noble
Grand, Mrs. lisa Bailey; Vice. Grand,
Mrs. Ella Chapman; Sec, Glenn J..
Shafts; Treas, Mrs Allie Edwards.
L. w. Brooks writes from Wichita,
Kas., that the cold weather has not
missed that part of the country, the
temperature falling to below zero.
However the Brooks family like their
new home and think Kansas a great
state and Wichita fine city.
The sleighing is good now and
many teamsters are taking advantage
OF it to get their hauling done. Plenty
OF wood is coming to town and can
be bought for SO cord.
The young people are enjoying nu-
merous sleigh ride parties and do not
mind the cold.
Miss Inez Brookens, teacher at
Point Jervis, N. Y, arrived home on
Sunday for visit with the home
folks. This is her first visit home
for year and half
Arthur Taylor and family have
moved into town from the AL. Mar
shall farm and are living in the
house recently vacated by Mrs. Letha
Donnelly. Mr. Taylor is employed
at the Ludden store
Dale Burgess and family from Ora
ham, Ia, have arrived in our city and
will take charge of the telephone ex-
change. They will live in the BETTER
building where the central office will
also be located, the move being made
this week.
Miss Laura Nagle has gone to Ro-
| chester, Mimi, for consultation in re-
gard to her health.
j. B. Ludden has new furnace lin
stalled IN his store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Patterson Jr., are
rejoicing over the arrival of a new
baby Sunday afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Alderman are
the parents of a baby boy born Sat
urday morning.
Everett Sandelback and family will
move this week back to their farm
near Bridgeport.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald French arrived
Sunday for visit at the Reub French
home.
A party of Rebekahs surprised Mr..
and Mrs. S. A. Hatch at their home
Wednesday evening, the occasion be-
ing Mr.. Hatch's 83rd birthday. A
nice fountain pen was presented to
him with abundant good wishes for
many happy returns of the day.
The Bert Garthwaite family and
Mrs. Linda Garthwaite will move to
Mt. Hope this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. AL. Marshall and son
Revan have decided to go back to
their farm and will move this week.
Mrs. Charles Enke is now GONZALES
cent from a long and serious illness.
The children of the Sunday schools
are busy preparing their Christmas
entertainment.
The sale of Christmas Red Cross
seals is being pushed by teachers and
pupils of the schools under general
direction of DR.. M. B. Glasier.
Vernon Judd Of Lancaster was in
town Saturday in the interests of the
dance to be given by the the Ameri-
lean Legion in that city Dec. IS.
Mrs NJ Enclyipc o,,fapfo ~ n
party of friends Tuesday evening to
help Mr. Hoskins celebrate his birth
day.
Mr.. and Mrs Grant Ballentine gave
dinner party at their home Tues
dav evening