Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-07-21
IN GRANTS BORDERS
Interesting Letters From Our
Outside Reporters.
Local LacOnics, NeighbOrhOOd NotcS;-
Fgfsynar Pickups and Mis-
cellaneOus Items.
POTOSI.


the society and the large number of
people who had the pleasure of at
tending. AS early as seven o'clock
in the morning people began to ar
rive from all parts and. continued to
come up to and along in the after
noon. when fully, 1900 people weresAu
tls eHolV3d 10 take in the festivities
a principal feature of the day vas
the open air high mass at 10:30 a. m.
celebrated by Ri. Rev. Mgr. George
Heer of Dubuque. An open air mass
is very unusual with the Catholic
church in this country but Rt. Rev
James Schwebach, bishop of La Crosse
granted dispensation for this one
to be held. Following the mass Rev
FIR Peter Pape, rector of st. Joseph
Cathedral Of La Crosse and former
pastor of the st. Andrews and ST.
Thomas churches delivered a most
beautiful and impressive sermon.
When the sermon was concluded the
people made a scramble for the din
ing hall where the ladies of the con-
gregation had prepared a bountiful
dinner. AT 2 O'clock in the after
noon an address was delivered by
Rev. FIR. August B. Selleck of Milwau-
kee and also a former pastor of the
churches heretofore named. He used
as his subject, Local Conditions 25
Years Ago." and spoke on religious
topics and his remarks were surely
received with great interest by the
people who dwelt here a quarter of
century ago. FIR. Selleck organized
the st. Andrews Benevolent society
in the winter of 1895. 1t grew from
from a small membership and now
contains 105 members. FIR. Selleck
removed from here in April, 1895 and
the good work was taken up by his
successor, FIR. Pape, and later by FIR
Scheffer the present pastor The del
ative positions of the priests at the
mass were Rt. Rev. Mgr. Heer, ceIe-
brant; FIR. Selleck, Asst. Celebrant;
FIR. Pape, deacon; FIR. Prucha, sub
deacon; FIR. Brudermann, master of
ceremonies. Other priests present
were FIR. Jones of Cassville, FIR. Wer-
nemous of Dickeyyille and FIR. Schef-
fer. Following the address of FIR.
Selleck, III. A. Schmitz of Appleton
spoke on the work of the Central So
ciety of Wisconsin and handled his
subject in good manned. He was
followed by Nicholas Conner of Du-
buque whose subject was Farm Or
sanitation. Rev. FIR. Weirech of Du-
buOue delivered an address to the
ladies' in the church 1t is not defin-
1tely known at this writing but it is
estimated that nearly 900 people had
dinner and supper in the dining hall.
Refreshments of Ill kinds were had
on the grounds and music was made
throughout the afternoon and evening
by an orchestra from Lancaster. The
festivities closed in the evening with
drama by local talent entitled "The
Iron Hand followed by a comedy,
Have Mercy. Judge" The large hall
was filled to overlooking by an appre-
ciative audience. Many priests were
in attendance at the celebration. Be
sides Mgr Heer of Dubuque there
were Frs. Pape of La Crosse, Selleck
of Milwaukee, Prucha of PotOsi, Brud-
erman Of Sinsinawa, Wernenn of
Dickeyville, Wambold of Lancaster,
Kaiser of Boscobel, Wierech of Du-
buque, Jones of Cassville, Mechler OF
st. Philips parish and Scheffer, resi-
dent pastor. There were others
whose names we were unable to OBJ
tain,
Our announcement made in the
Herald last week was a medium in
drawing the record-breaking crowd
to the celebration.
Rev. FIR. j. E. Prucha, for over three
years pastor of st. Thomas Catholic
church in Potosi, will leave here
about Aug. / and will be stationed at
Muscoda, Wis. FIR. Prucha by his
courteous manner and kind DISPOSE
ton has endeared himself to all peo-
ple in Potosi regardless of all re-
igious beliefs and his departure from
here causes general regret and he
will be greatly missed. Miss Emma
Czech, his housekeeper, young lady
Of high social standing, will also lea e
and her departure causes sorrow to
her countless number of Potosi
friends Who will succeed FIR. Prucha
as pastor of St. Thomas church is
vet unknown.
Chester Schmitz. the little son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. NJ. Schmitz, under
went an operation at the Doolittle
hospital at Lancaster last Tuesday
for removal of tonsils and adenoids.
y. T. McWilliams of Milwaukee,
special agent for the Fidelity and Cas-
ualty company of New York, was look
ing up business in Potosi last Wed
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Bierman of Pitts
Vile, Wis, were here Sunday to take
in the big jubilee making the trip in
an auto
S. A. Thomas went to Chicago Sat
urday to purchase goods for the firm
of Thomas, Vannatta & McKelvey.
Mrs. jeff, Key of Patch Grove is Wis
iting at the home of her son, Jess B.
Key.
Mesdames ]. H. Coons, Herman
Schroeder, A. B. Hurst and J., r.
Campbell entertained at the Ladies
Aid Society meeting last Thursday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. F. III. Grimm the milliner, was
q business caller in Dubuque the fore
part OF the week.
Mesdames Elizabeth Turner. Geo.
Stoll, john Stoll and Mr.. and Mrs.
Clyde Potter were shoppers in Du-
buque Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Kaltenbach enter
tanned at party Friday afternoon,
July 40, in honor OF their little daugh-
ter Nellie's fourth birthday.
Mr. and RFrr T-ro,,l- Il,s5Iiv,S and