Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1920-05-06

ter short illness. His rest was need
ed and he looks and feels better.
Louis Reiehel, the jeweler, is back
from his three weeks absence in the
south and west He reports seeing his
son and spending a splendid visit
Miss Lillian Parks Of Chicago, as
isstant of Nine Etukow-Ry der was a
week end guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
Nash, Oak street. Miss Ryder expects
to locate here and will organize a class
in music.
Mrs. Daniel Arpin, Jr., and son who.
spent the winter here with Mrs. Ar
pins mother, Mrs. Jennie Taylor, re-
turned to their home at Bruce Mon
day.
At the meeting of the council Tues
day evening a resolution was adopted
by that body that it was the sense of
the council that the matter of the
! length of the bridge and the design
should be determined by the state and
the state highway commissions bridge
engineers. Several weeks ago the city
council passed a resolution recon-
mending the bridge be the length of
the present one but the opinions of
many members Of the council have
| changed and it was decided that it was
better in the long run to rely on the
/ Judgment of the state engineers as to
the length and construction of the
bridge
Mrs Johannes Roehstroh, Third ave
nue. north entertained the Entire Nous
Bridge Club at her home Tuesday at a
/ o'clock luncheon followed by auction
bridge. At. the close of five games
played, Mrs. w. j. Conway held high
honors. The house and tables were
prettily decorated with spring flowers
and a delightful afternoon enjoyed by
all
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Harland of
IeICHldHu OeilCGI are lliOFlIlS llItO Clic
Daily Flats. Mr. Harland has accepted
position with the Consolidated Wat
er Power & Paper Co., and they will
make their future home in this city.
Mrs. N. w. Brooks and daughter
Of Green Lake arrived here Wednes-
day afternoon for a visit at the home
of Mrs. Brooks mother, Mrs j. D.
Gilkey, Fourth street south.
Messrs. o. Garrison, Won Holiday,
Of the Schill Garage and Ed. Daily, ar
rived home Sunday from Saginaw,
Michigan, from which point they drove
three Buick cars for the Schill gar
age. They reported the roads in Mich
igan poor on account of rains.
Miss Julia Collier, tailoress with Lee
loft, the tailor, who resides with her
mother, Mrs. Mary Collier, Second
avenue south, met with an accident
four weeks ago in running pin in
her hand from which blood poisoning
set in. She has suffered greatly with
her hand and has been in a serious
condition, but at this writing is able
to be about.
A copy of the Memorial Day An
nual has been received at this office
It was compiled by O. S. Rice, super
visor of School Libraries and issued
by c. P. Carey, state superintendent
1t is Illustrated with several pictures
Of the war and public monuments. It
also contains much valuable reading
appropriate for Memorial Day.
Frank Lamberton, an old resident
is night clerk at the Witter Hotel He
reports his son, Clay Lamberton, who
has been superintendent Of the County
| Normal at Berlin during the past five
years, has accepted the city superin-
tendency Of the Berlin schools. at a
salary of $4,000. Clay is graduate
Of the Lincoln High School in this city
and we are glad to note his progress.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tony Peerenboom, the
wners of the wellIznown Tea and Cof-
fee store in the MacKnnon block. ex-
3ect to leave the first Of June in their
eight-cylinder Olds, for the, Pacific
cast. They go out the southern route
and come back the northern and ex-
pect to be gone three months. They
| }lan to take one of the Prentiss- Wa
bers Kamp Kook Kit Stoves with then
and their fishing tackle and do some
amping along the way where fishing
is good. Mr.. Peerenboom feels that
he is entitled to an outing since shey
ave sold their two grocery stores. .one
n this city and the other at Nekoosa.
Mrs. Kate Hofstetter Nelson. who has
seen with the Peerenbooms the past
ifteen years will have charge of their
store during their absence