Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-09-28
KICKAPOO SCOUTS

Mons Monson of Soldiers Grove and
Fred Twining of Gays Mills have been
drawn to serve as grand jurymen in
Federal Court which convenes at Mad
ison next Tuesday.
Ed Halvorson and family of Mt.
Sterling, were guests at the Dave Sine
home Sunday.
Mrs. P. NJ. Foss attended the fun
eral of her aunt. Mrs. Holland, last
Monday.
Peter Natwiek returned on Tues
day from Parshall, North Dakota,
where he has been the past two
months looking after his property and
also working thru harvest and thresh-
ing. He states the wheat crop is only
fair this year, in some localities going
as high as twenty-five bushels to the
acre while other places they got only
about five to the acre.
Mrs Erie Alexander and daughter
Bernice, returned this week from She
boy gan, where they visited with Mr..
and Mrs. Ora Alexander.
Ole Halvenson has been drawn for
grand jury duty. The grand eonvenes
at Madison next Tuesday, the 9th
Mrs. Carl Foss and daughter Juan
itd dIS Wishing WIN ASioeNSo az DS1
yer Dam.
Mrs. Charles Simpson and daugh-
ter Gail, and Mrs. Fleckestein of Mt.
Hope are visitors at the G.D.Posey.
Coney Turban and his crew of men
are putting new concrete foundation
under the Bekkedal tobacco warehouse
across the street from the depot
Bill Briggs suffered paralytic
stroke little over a week ago which
has paralyzed one entire side of his
body and has caused loss of speech.
An eight pound baby girl was born
to Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Turban on Mon
day Sept. II.
Unusually heavy rains have visited
this section Of the county the past
week and the old Kicka2oo friver has
been out of its banks most of the time.
Some bridges were washed out and
Dads were also washed out in places.
Lawrence Peterson went to La
Crosse Monday and brought back his
little son Paul who had his leg broken
in fall last week and was taken to
the hospital to have it set. The little
boy is getting along nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Mckinley, Mrs.
Lowrey and son Maurice, returned
last night from a visit with relatives
at Augusta, Ill.
Mrs. Fannie Blankenship of Den
yer, Colorado, is here visiting here
father, Bill Briggs, who is very i'll.
Victor Lake and Tom Ferris were
business visitors at Lacrosse on Tues
day.
Julia Helgerson was born February
IL, 1851, in Sogn, Norway. AT the
age of five she emigrated with her
parents to this country and they set
tied in Wisconsin, first in Rock county
where they resided but short time,
later moving to West Prairie, Vernon
county. This remained her home I'M
til the time of her marriage to Jacob
Holland on Nov. 3, 1871. Mr.. Hoff-
land took his young bride to the home
which he had already established near
Soldiers Grove, where they have spent
their entire welded life. In common
with all early settlers of those days
they also experienced the hardships
of pioneer lie. But hardships seemed
to act only as a stimulus to greater
effort to those sturdy settlers from
Norway, and to strengthen their reso-
luton to establish a Christian home
for their children. Thirteen children
were born to them, of whom three died
when quite young. Those who re-
main with their father to mourn her
death are Josephine, married to Olaf
Olson of Soldiers Grove; Thea, Mrs.
T. A. Hathaway, Excelsior; Thomas
and Almore, residing at home; Rich
ard Of Blanchard, N. D.; Bonnie, liv-
ing on a farm near home; Joel, on a
farm near Fennimore; Sophia, Mrs.
Oscar Rhude, Galesville; Orpha, at
present attending Milwaukee state
normal and for several years teach
err in this county; Beatrice, Mrs. Til
man Knutson, living on farm near
Soldiers Grove. Also fifteen grand
children and one great grandchild.
Funeral services were heldat the home
at one o'clock Monday afternoon, Rev.
S. X. Thollehaug speaking at the home
and at the Kickapoo church at two
o'clock.