Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-08-06
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BLOOMINGTON.

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Hillcry can veri-
| fly the statement that miSfOrtUnes
never come singly. Saturday. morn
| ing Mrs. Hillery was on the upper
porch of her residence and in throw
ing something off the porch she
slipped and lost her balance falling
against the rail- AS she caught the
rail for support a portion of it gave
way letting her fall to the ground a
! distance of at least II feet. She is
badly shaken up and has a sprained
ankle but luckily no bones were
! broken. Sunday afternoon Mr. Hill
lery had his right arm broken by a
misdirected blow from sledge ham
mer in the hands of an assistant, as
they were doing some repairing at
the Hillery garage.
The fire company was called out
/ Wednesday afternoon soon after the
heavy storm, when it was found that
the Ellis creamery was on fire. Light
/ ming had followed the electric light
wires into the attic and created a
blaze which was promptly extinguish-
ed. About the same time a blaze
from the same cause was started in
the Dell Moore residence. 1t was dis
covered by Mrs. Moore and put out
i after a small amount Of bedding had
/ been burned The lights on Main
street were burned out, leaving the
street in darkness for q few nights.
Hiram Harvey, for many years a
resident of Blake's Prairie and later
of Bagley, died recently at his home
at Viking, Alberta, Can He was well
known in this community. He is
survived by his wife and five chill
dren. The remains will be brought
back here this week for burial at the
Red school cemetery.
The Roberts annual family reunion
was held Sunday at the George Star
rett farm home which was, enjoyed
/ by 35 guests. A bountiful dinner was
served and program given, the main
4 feature of which was the dedication
of the family service flag which bears
s stars and one triangle Those in at
tendance from Bloomington and vi
entity were Messrs. and Mesdames
1 Henry Roberts, Andy Roberts, Lynn
narrower, George Sterrett, Harley
Sterrett, S. E. Pearson, Fletcher
Miles, Norma, Helen and Carlyle
/ Pearson, Jean Roberts, Clarence and
Pearl Miles, Bobby Narrower, Floyd
Sterrett and Mrs. Elizabeth Roberts.
Out of town relatives present were
Mr.. and Mrs. Alf Roberts and son Roy
of Arlington, Ia; Mrs. Irene Bentley,
Mrs. Robert Wilson and daughter
Ora of Oelwein, Ia; Mr.. and Mrs.
Chris Roberts of Fremont, Neb.; Miss
Maud Sterrett of Portland, Ore; Mrs.
Lou Knoke and son Paul and Miss
Lucia Wiedenbeck of Lancaster.
The following teachers have been
engaged for our schools for the COM
ing year: Principal, L. A. Wochos of
Florence, Wis; history, Miss Harriet
M. Smith of Superior; English, Miss
Lulu Adams of Mt. Hope; agricul-
ture, Oscar Schneyer of Prairie du
Chen; 1st and End grades. Miss
Florence Mcnamara; 3rd and 4th
grades, Miss Clara Foshay; 5th and
9Th, Miss Alta Lewis. A teacher for
the 18th and 8th grades has not been
secured.
Miss Jean Roberts has accepted a
position as teacher in the schools at
/ Iron Mountain, Mich.
/ Miss Nellie Morrisey has charge
of the girls sewing class which
meets every Thursday afternoon.
Threshing is in progress this week,
the grain turning out pretty we'll in
this section
! The Bloomington band played at
the Fennimore Big Days Thursday
and Friday. A good many other peo-
pie from here attended and enjoyed
4 the program.
Mesdames David Rath and E. d.
Beeman of Dubuque, spent the past
week here with relatives, returning
home Monday. Mrs. l.. M. Greer en-
tertained a party of ladies Thursday
afternoon and Miss Emma Glasier a
company Friday afternoon in honor
of these ladies.
Mrs. Fred Hadley who fell and
broke her hip week ago is resting
comfortably and the prospect is good
/ that the bone will knit. Mr. and
Mrs. Hadley are from Dos Palos, Cal.
and have spent the past few weeks
among relatives here. They were ex-
pecting to leave for home in a few
/ days when the accident occurred
An airplane flying low passed over
this place Friday morning. 1t dis
! tributed some literature relative to
the Fennimore Big Days.
Miss Elva Field returned home af-
ter a month spent at Platteville doing
some special work at the normal. She
will teach at DePere Wis. the COM
ing year.
Fred Yoss of Monroe, spent the week
at the Chas. Wetmore home.
Miss Hazel Pearson of Chicago,
i spent the past week at the S. E. Pear
son home.
Mark Hoskins is visiting his broth
er Monroe and family at Lake Mills.
Elmer Enke of Milwaukee, is visit
ing at the H. G. Enke home
Supt. NJ N. McIver and wife and
two children Of Oshkosh, are spend
ing a part Of their vacation here at
the homes of S. F. and Miss Mary Nc
Iver.