Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-07-09
new SCHOOL VOTED
FOR BLOOMINGTON
ANNUAL MEETING PASSED RESO-
LUTON By VOTE OF 1874 no 2e.
PROBABLE COST $4,000.


The electors of the Bloomington
village school district voted 1874 to 26
for a new high school building at the
annual meeting Monday night. Tcnta-
tive plans indicate cost of STE, 0OO
G. L. Harper of Madison, attended
the meeting and talked on school
consolidation.
The 4th was a very quiet day in
Bloomington, as nearly every one who
was able TIC do Sc went to Lancaster
to help celebrate and participate in
the homecoming cheer for the SOL
diers and sailors The general YER
dict is that the occasion WIS 4 pleas
ant one, special mention being gem
orally made of the fine street parade
Considerable difficulty was experience
ed by a good many on the way home
in the evening because of the heavy
storm. Several cars were mired thus
blocking up the roads for a time
However, all arrived safely in time
A good crowd went over again Satur-
day night to hear the minstrel show
and many words Of praise are heard
for it from those who attended.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Seele and two
children spent the last half Of the
week at Waterville, Ia, celebrating
the 4th and visiting the Oscar Seele
family.
Miss Edith Pennock attended the
N. e. A. at Milwaukee and is now Wis
iting at Oconomowoc
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Baldwin return,
ed Friday morning from their honey
moon trip to Chicago They left Sat-.
urday afternoon for their new home
at Superior.
Prin Chauncey E. Vanderbilt has
accepted position Of the Waterfowl.
schools for the coming year. He and
his family will remain here during
the summer
Mesdames Chas. Wetmore, John,
Pennock and Arthur Hamer are Wis
iting this week with their sisters, Mrs
Peacock at Fennimore and Mrs W.
Smithyman of Platteville.
Pin Christianson of the Arcadia
schools was in town Tuesday on bus
mess.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hadley arrived
Thursday from Dos Palos, Calf,
to spend some time among numerous
relatives. They report VIM. Hadley
a former old resident of this COM
munity, now of Dos Palos, as being in
very poor health.
Mrs. Louise Hayden went to P. d.
c. Sunday to spend week at the SAN
itarium.
Miss Nellie Phillips is home from
Milwaukee where she has been en-
gagged in teaching. She attended the
N. E. A. before coming home
Mr.. and Mrs. Linn Woodhouse and
children are at their summer cottage
near Bagley this week.
Miss Beulah Hickok who has been
teaching at Seattle, Wash, is home
for the summer vacation.
Lancaster visitors during the past
week were Mr. and Mrs. Geo. GOble
and daughter Leila, Mrs. John Wright,
Mrs. Joe Wright, Oscar Wright and
children, Mrs Geo. Marks and Hattie.
Frank BARLEY returned Sunday
from Minnesota after an absence of
about a month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hickok and Hell
en-, and Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Black
bourn of Minneapolis, came down by
automobile and spent several days
with relatives. They left Tuesday. for
Pittsfield to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Alb.
Blackburn, parents of Albert and
Mrs. Hickok.
De Forest Brown returned Sunday
from two weeks visit at Appleton,
lola and Milwaukee.
Mrs. Meta Ward and children re-
turned to their home at Oelwein, Ia,
Thursday, after a visit of several
weeks with relatives here.
Mrs. Harry L. Woodhouse started
Monday on her return trip to Eugene,
Wash, after pleasant stay at the
S. A. and Ora Hatch homes.
Eugene Sawyer and son Harold
came home Thursday from Rochester,
Mimi, where they had operations, the
former for tonsils and the latter for
an obstruction of the nose
Miss Carol Budworth of P. D. c.,
is visiting at the S. Kitto home.
Ralph Hoskins went Monday to
Lake Mills to visit his brother Mon
roe and family.
The Cassville and BLOOMINGTON
ball teams played a game at the for.
mer place Sunday. The score was 8
to 5 in favor of the Cassville team.