Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-05-05
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BLOOMINGTON.


The league oratorical and declama-
tory contest in which Mt. Hope. Lam
caster and Bloomington high schools
competed took place at the Congre-
gatlonal church Friday evening. The
church was filled to oyerf1owing,
large delegations from Lancaster and
Mt. Hope, including Prins McNelly
and Miller being present. Other
nelghborlng towns were well repre-
scented. The program of the oratori-
cal contest follows: ..Ingersoll at
the Grave of His Brother" by Irving
Philips; "A Real Muck Rake Man :"
Raymond Ludden; "The Union Sol
dler, Fenton Abrams; Liberty or
Death, Orville Livingston; 1.-THE Red
Terror" Kenneth Royal; "Organized
Labor and the High Cost of Living. ;,
Vivian Edwards. In the girls con-
test the following numbers were Civ
zen: Billy Brad and the Big Lie"
Gladys Gilligan; "Rebeccas Journ-
ey, Opal Henry; "A Pleasant Half
Hour on the Beach,, Edith Livings-
ton; THE Only Way" Leila Ludden:
The Littlest Rebel" Olga Hodoval;
THE Soul of the Violin Una Haz-
en-. The judges awarded first place
IN the bows contest to Vivian Ed
wards of Lancaster; second to Ken
meth Royal of Lancaster, and third to
Fenton Abrams of Mt. Hope. In the
girls contest Miss Gladys Gilligan
of Bloomington was given first place
Miss Opal Henry of Lancaster. sec
ond, and Miss Olga Hodoval of Ian
caster third. All of the Young peo-
work showed careful preparation and
good training. There was good mu-
sic furnished by the Lancaster high
school orchestra and a solo by Miss
Gertrude Edwards of Bloomington.
Class yells were enthusiastically Civ
en- and spirit of good feeling pre-
vailed. The judges of the contest
were Prof. v M. Russell of Platte
vile, Miss Cook of Madison and Co.
Agent Davies. The winners, Miss
Gllligan and Vivian Edwards will rep
resent their schools at the district
contest at Platteville May IA. 96-~@
Thursday evening West Grant Post
OF the American Legion was organiz-
ed here with the following officers:
Post CON-, Bert Johnson; Vice. Com,
Foster Porter; Adit., Dr. F. H. Bald
win; Master at Arms, Carson Scott;
Finance officer, Lee Welch; Chap
lain, Melvin Cooper Meetings will
be held about once a month.
John Pennock met with quite an
accident few days ago which might
easily have been much more serious
than it was. A riding pillow he was US
ing out at the Loring farm tipped ov-
er with him and his leg was caught
in the wheel IN such a way as to
badly bruise and wrench it. No bones
were broken however so he will
probably be around again in a week
or two.
The annual meeting of the Blake's
Priaire Agricultural Society was held
at the l. o. O. F. hall Thursday even
ing. Various matters pertaining to
the affairs of the society were dis
cussed and the following officers were
elected for the next year: Pres, John
Ripper; Vice Presidents, Arthur Nc
Kevitt and Jas. Metcalf; Sec, Oscar
Knapp, Asst. Sec, Samuel Kitto;
Treas, S. E. Pearson. 1t was voted
to hold the fair this year on the usual
dates, Sept. s, 9 and 10. Every effort
will be made to make it a success.
Dr. NJ. B. Glasier is making prepar-
ations for the anti-tuberculosis elm
ic to be held here May 24-25-26. Ev-
cry effort is being made to have the
clinic success and it is earnestly
hoped that anyone who has cause to
suspect a case of tuberculosis will
take advantage of the help thus offer
ed.
A. c. Roberts who has been city
superintendent of schools at Everett,
Wash, for the past seven years, has
been elected president of the Cen
tralia, Wash, Normal school, He is
a son of the late Jesse Roberts, for
mer resident of Grant county, and a
relative of the Roberts families liv-
ing here. He is a graduate of the
of Wisconsin
Most of the business men along the
street have entered into an agree.
ment to close their places of business
at 1920 Saturday nights. 81
Mrs. Elizabeth Roberts will go to
Lancaster this week to spend some
time with her sister, Mrs. Suttle.
A number of relatives and friends
from this place attended the funeral
of Alfred Duble at Mt. Hope Friday. |
Mr.. Duble was for many years a res
often to transact business. He was
the father of Mrs. Walter Schneyer
of this place. He was 80 years old.
Dr. H. H. Hancock came down from
La Crosse Thursday afternoon. Fri
day p. m. party composed of DR..
0. N. Brodt, Linn Wood
house, Chris Garner, A. G. Bishop and
Lee Greer went down to Little Green
river on trout fishing expedition.
They returned home Sunday with a
fine lot of fish.
Quite delegation from the Beaver
colony expect to attend the district
convention at Lancaster Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. r. N. Hoskins, Mrs
Lizzie Hickok, Luke Webb and Mr..
and Mrs. l.. P. BARLEY were Sunday
visitors at Lancaster.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Pennock of
Lancaster spent Sunday at the John
Pennock home.
Mrs. A. ~ Conklin is spending a
week at her old home at Brodhead.
= Miss Alta Wetmore has accepted
position as teacher in the Boscobel
school for next year.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. BENEFITS drove
over from Prairie du Chen Saturday.