Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-07-06
ROUND ABOUT THE COUNTY
NOTES OF INTEREST ABOUT OLD
VERNON'S PEOPLE
Important Happenings ChrOnieled in
the Papers of Our County
During the Last Week
VIOLA NEWSLETS


The klckapoo team of base ball
players defeated Viola's second team
at the fair grounds last Sunday fore
noon by the score of 10 to 9. 1t was
a hard fought battle and was inter
esting from start to finish.
Messrs. K M. Booth and w. b.
VanWinter and their families spent
Sunday evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs, Frank Button, helping the
latter to properly celebrate her birth
day.
v. B, Mathews has just about fin
ished the remodeling of his porch and
has one of the most comfortable porch
es in town, screened and electric light
ed. Bert Austin did TIE work of re-
modelling.
Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Weodcock of
Sheldon spent the past week at this
place visiting old friends and looking
after their farm.
Gore, Lulu Storrnont, " E. Bender,
VIM. Webb, and daughters, B. Kama
BILE, Grace Walsh and son and Miss
Rena Clark spent Thursday of last
week at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clint Benn at Richland Center.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Tonic Kriigel of this place Friday,
June "a, 1921. 49,
Glib Benson and family of Columbus
spent a few days here visiting with
hrelatives and friends.
s., Mrs. Alberta Barton and children
of Liberty Pole are, visiting with rel
Atives and friends here this week.
sAssemblyman E. r. Cushman and
wife returned home from Madison on
Monday evening, the legislature havr
ing, finished, its work for this term. 1
S"C.sM. Marcus and daughter Bessie,
drove to Madison last Sunday where
the latter win visit relatives there
and at Milwaukee, Columbus and New
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Mr. and Mrs E. J. Lanam, Ernest
andss William Longnecker of Neills-
vile spent from Sunday until Tues
day at this place visiting with friends
and relatives.
]. w. Lawton & Son have made
sales recently of pure bred Holstein
bulls to c.. F. Fawkes of Prairie du
Chen Jacob Ellers of Lake City, Min
nesota; L. d. Carter of Bear Greek
and Howard Ames of Viola.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. B. Hoffman were
Lacrosse visitors last Sunday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fay Lawrence.
They were accompanied home by their
daughter, Mrs. Lawrence and children
who will spend some time here with
friends.
Grover Yekley of near Richland
Center, formerly of this place, is suf-
fering with a broken arm, victim
of the kick of Ford car, while in the
act of cranking the same.
Mrs. p. M. Gore returned home last
week from Chippewa Falls where she
had been spending the past five weeks
Her father who was seriously i'll, died
and was buried last week.
Mrs. L. F. Wick of this place and
her brother, Ed. Kypke, of Boaz were
called to their parental home at Lake
Mills because of the serious illness of
their mother.
Miss Hazel Rohr of Mazomanie who
had been spending the past week here
visiting at the Barber home was called
to her home Tuesday to help her
mother with the homework. Mrs.
Rohr sustained a broken arm Monday
while in the act of cranking their car.
The marriage of Mr.. Buford Hen
thorn to Miss Bertha Beighley, both
of Sylvan was solemnizec at the home
of and by Rev Guy Bailey on Sunday,
June II, 1921. They a.'e popular
Young people of the Town of Sylvan
and are held in high esteem by all
their acquaintances. The bride is a
daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Newt. Beigh-
lev and the groom is son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jap Henthorn.
L. J. Brindley and family were Sun
day visitors at the Gays Mills fruit
farm. They. report the crop condition
as practically a failure. They could
not buy even so much as quart OF
berries or cherries, to say nothing of
getting fruit for customers of the
Brindley & Kanable Co. store. The
apple crop is estimated to be not more
than ten per cent.
Among the names of sixty-four
young men and women Of this state
who were awarded honors of scholar
ship in the u. of w. we find the name
of Vern G. Milum. He is a son of Mr..
and Mrs Geo. Milum of this place
This is high honor and speaks well
for his ability as a student.
Gordon, the little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. n. o. Wheeler, is the first vic
tim to an accident caused by the hand
ling of those harmless ( D frecrack-
ers. The little fellow was enjoying
himself with bunch OF firecrackers
and one Of them which he had lighted
and threw on the ground failed to go
of, so he picked it up 70 see what
was the matter. and Just as he was
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