Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-03-05
NEWsLETS FROM VIOLA


NEwsLETS FROM VIOLA
At n regular meeting of the local lodge Of
Odd Fellows veteran jewels were presented to
Brothers j. A. Fetty end j. II. Schroeder with
appropriate presentation remarks. These jew
els are given for twenty-five successive years
Virgil Dowell, of Mrs. VIM. DOwell of
this place, returned home from service with
of the famous Rainbow Division and saw a
plenty OF real war as it is waged in the front
line trenches.
who have been spending several weeks with
their brother. DR.. A. !. Dake and family, re-
turned to their home at Newton last Sunday.
They were accompanied by Or. and Mrs. Dake
who spent the day with relatives there.
TIMES TALES FROM WESLEY
DR.. J. X. Schreiner WIS called 70 Lacrosse
because Of the sudden illness Of DIR. C. Chris
tenson of that city.
Our Savior's congregation of this village was
first in the county TO finish and report its
drive for the Lutheran Reconstruction service
all over this nation. The sum of 1924
was collected The remaining districts in the
county have not been heard from as yet.
RECORDS FROM CASHTON
Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert kellicutt went TO Aber-
deem. South Dakota, for visit with Mr.. Kel-
licutts sister, who is in a hospital there and
recently underwent operation.
IA. About hf I. farmers 1s, Of Tomah community
society. Judge MahOney of Viroqua addressed
the meeting on equity to the farmers.
MRS. Samuel Perkins lies critically i'll at her
home in the village. Her daughters, Mrs. Emil
Erickson and Mrs. Ernest Davis of Litchfield,
Minnesota, were summoned to her bedside.
Earl Slack and Clarence Anderson of Viro-
qua, were in town Monday for the purpose Of
trying to rent couple of houses. They ex-
pect to their families here in the near
future. Both gentlemen will be employed at
the Hour and feed mill, Mr.. Anderson as BUSH
ness manager and Mr.. Slack miller.
Soldier News From DeSOto Argus
An honored and welcome caller at this office
was Jack Roberts of Victory, lately back from
France where he rendered democracy and his
country many months of service at the front
before his right finally shattered by
a German bullet, which put the piucky Amer
lean lad out OF commission for time.
The arm is still weak a result of this
wound, but is gradually improving.
Ira Tiedeman, member of the lighting
s6th." or famous Blackhawk Division, arrived
home to the village last Friday after having
served in the army something than a
year and a half, the last six months of which
were spent across the Atlantic in France. The
signing of the armistice occurred just in time
to save Ira and his comrades from the exper-
fence of the front.
The editor received a postal from Sergeant
Clyde B. McAuley Medical Department, I2Sth
Infantry, A. E. F.,dated at Dierdorf, Germany.
STEM" of which the sender says: This is
one of the ferts overlooking the Rhine near
Cobenec. Am over here with the army of &C.
eupation. Am anxious to get back. Don't
.
But we setting pretty. Can stand it. If
the rest can. Saw Dick a few days ago-the
first time since l landed in France" Thus,
it is clear that both the McAuley boys. native
of this village. o. X. They were
among the very first American soldiers put
into France.
The man Of honor in this village, Hast Thurs
day, was Private Rudolph Arneson, who cams
on a furlough from Ft.Snelling to make a
visit with home folks in Redmound community.
He overseas and saw war in its ugliest
realities, He at the front for thirty days
before he was wounded. and then day at
81. Quentin, a shell burst right near him, filling
his body with shrapnel. He was hit in seven
teen different places, all more less painful.
and some very serious wounds. Following
this, he walked couple of miles more be-
fore he received attention from doctors or
nurses. For six weeks he lay in hospital or
was transferred from hospital to hospital, fin
ally landing in the good old U. S. A. or
Smelling. where his injuries are now being
treated.