Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-08-31
REPORT w. c. T. u. CONVENTION.


REPORT w. G. T. IT, CONVENTION.
The oath annual w. G. T. U. con-
vention of Grant county, met at the
NJ E. church in Plattev1lle, Aug. IL
and IL, 1921. The county president,
Mrs. Beadle of Millville, was present
and presided in her usual efficient
manner. Mrs. Ella Sanford, state or
ganizer and lecturer, was in attend
ance, and was made member of the
convention by courtesy, and given the
white ribbon salute. Mrs. Sanford
was very helpful in her suggestions
and eXhortatiOns, telling of the work
she had been doing in the county, in
visiting towns where unions were dis
couraged or disbanded and giving in
stances where the membership had
been doubled.
Miss Anna Burton of Livingston,
supt. of S. T. l., gave her demonstra-
ton on patent medicine, and asked
for two assistants to help her the COM
ing year. An appropriation of be-
tween SIS and $40 was made for this
department. We are indeed FORUM
ate in having such a helpful worker
and her services are greatly apprec-
lated by the different unions. Miss
Burton urged the unions to get the
book called "The Next Generation"
"a voting members were in attend
ance from the various unions, and
reports were given from these unions
showing work done during the year
Three new unions have been organ
lied
Mrs. Mamie E. Beadle's name as
county president was placed in the
book of remembrance. The name of
Mrs. Flora Abrams, Mt Hope, was
also placed there as past county rres-
ident for 10 years. Miss Jennie Liv-
ingston Of Livingston, county rec. sec,
was made a life member of the state.
Four members have passed away
during the year: Mrs. Kate Stone,
Lancaster; Mrs. Eliza Lowrey, Platte
Vile; Mrs. Mary N. Smith, Platteville;
and Richard j. Bryan, honorary men,
Der, Hazel Green. Tributes were paid
these deceased members by Mesdames
Preston, Trenary, Williams and Bead
lie.
The convention enjoyed the paper,
Back to the Bible" and the Evan
gelistic talks of Mrs. Bertha Nehls,
supt. of evangelistic dept. On Thurs
day afternoon, Mrs. Beadle's address
was given and accepted by a rising
vote of thanks and the white ribbon
salute. Mrs. Beadle makes a very
capable president and we are very
glad to have her reelected.
A pleasing part of the convention
was the papers and discussions, also
the ever interesting question box, the
questions being typical of the events
of the day.
Are we as a people forgetting the
command, Remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy"
The convention regretted the alb
sence of Mrs. Anna Warren, state
vice president. Mrs. Sanford spoke in
her stead. The convention decided to
send congratulatory letters to Senator
Roethe and Cong. Nelson, for their
stand on Sunday observance.
The convention closed Friday even
ing Aug. II. with an address by Mrs
Ella Sanford. We feel confident that
every one who made an effort to attend
this convention went home feeling
we'll repaid and encouraged to carry
on the work for the ensuing year.
Waukesha police are holding Walter
Jankowsky, Milwaukee, on the charge
OF numbering his fishing companion,
Joseph Smolinski, at Pewaukee. A
possible love triangle, officers intim-
ated, would be produced as a motive,
Smolinskis body was found late last
Monday. A scalp wound and marks
OF a rope around the neck indicated
strangulation. Doctors found no wa,
ter. on the lungs Smolinski and Jan
kowsky set out in rowboat early on
Saturday AT noon Jankowsky re-
turned and reported his companion
had drowned. He told conflicting
stories.
The 15-year-o1d son of Anton Knoll
of Tomah died from burns on his
head, arms and shoulders. His older
brothers were trying to start a gas
oline engine and the engine caught on
ire. Fearing an explosion one of the
boys threw can of blazing oil out
side just as the younger brother was
passing, and the lad received the full
shower of blazing oil.
When Carl Ebert, Neenah farmer.
broke through the she'll of an unus-
ually large hard-boiled egg at break
fast, and gouged his spoon into the
white, it struck hard surface. Mr..
Ebert made a hasty excavation and
uncovered perfect egg of nearly nor
NAL size. It's she'll was hard. Mr..
Ebert is now spending his spare time
looking for the biddy that wanted to
be original.