Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-08
WEST GRANT
CHAUTAUQUA
INTERESTING PROGRAM TO
OPEN AT BLOOMINGTON.

OPEN AT BLOOMINGTON.
The West Grant Chautauqua begins
at Bloomington next Saturday, June
IL, and lasts for six days. The pro-
gram is as follows: y D.
First Day, AfternoonZThe five VIC
lin Girls with, Hazel Beckwith, enter
! tainer. NightAThe Five Violin Girls,
Beckwith, DR.. William RAIDER, Lecture
! Uncle Sam and American Ideals"
Second Day, Afternoon - Yutaki
Minakuchi, Lecture, "The Border
Land" Night-Walter Eccles, Com
edian assisted by George Townsend;
Yutaki Minakuchi, Sermonette.
Third Day, Afternoon-Julian B.
| Arnold, Lecture, Palms and Temp
les" Night-"Friendly Enemies"
New York play and cast.
Fourth Day-Bohumir Kryl and his
Band.
Fifth Day, Afternoon-The Premier
Concert Party. Night-The Premier
Concert Party; Hon. Leon Dabo, Lee
ture, "The World Conscience Today"
Sixth Day, White and
Black Minstrels; Frank Church, HUI
morist ight-White and Black
Minstrels; Glee Club Orchestra and
Minstrel male.
With good weather, this should be
! the biggest and best chautauqua ever
held here.
The high school commencement ex-
ercises were held at the city hall
/ Thursday evening and were carried
| out according to program. Every
! thing went off we'll. The speech by
| Supt.-elect, John Callahan, was good.
! The valedictory address by Leila Lud-
iden and the salutatory by Mary Jane
Barr were we'll given. The trio by
Gladys Gilligan, Leah Schneyer and
| Leila Ludden, the piano duet by Vir-'
ginia Ballentine and Mrs. Leo BARLEY,
| and the music by the high school Or
! chestra, were all good.
Friday night the Juniors reception
and dance at the city hall was pleas
ant affair in which large number
Etook part. Music was furnished by
/ Gabels orchestra of La Crosse
The pupils of the primary grades
I gave a fine entertainment at the city
hall Tuesday evening. The little ones
Ibid their parts exceptionally we'll and
showed careful training by their res
pective teachers. a,.a
A delegation of Odd Fellows and
number Of other friends drove to Mt.
Sterling this Tuesday to attend the fu-
neral of I'D, Mcpherson. Rev. Conk-
| lin of this city preached the funeral
sermon. The Odd Fellows gave their
burial service,
| Mr.. and Mrs, III. D. Mcpherson and
1 children spent few days with rel
I atives at Mt. Sterling and Gays Mills,
returning home Saturday.
\ Miss Ethel Davey returned to her
home at. Dodgeville, Miss Myrtle Barr
to Glen Haven, and Miss G. Weaver
to Milwaukee, having completed their
4 years work as teachers IN our school.
d. The pupils of st. Mary 8 school gave
an entertainment at the4city hall Sun
day evening. The program was made
up of songs, recitati0ns apd aaplay and
thoroughly pleased the large audience.
Miss Althea SpFagle shas finished her
school work at, Rolos III and Is spend
/ ing the summer vac alton at home. She
expects to- return to Peo flor another
year. ). u. q Tc@A' ~ - ~
Miss Constance LsewylsF returned Sat
urday from Boscobe4 where She has
been teaching the past$yeaf.
+, Charles Wetmore stepped -, upon a
rake and as result is laid up with a
very sore foot.
Messrs. and Mesdames Grant John
i.son and F.. Nuzum drove over from
Viroqua Sunday a
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Jerrett, Mrs. Dan
Kinney, Mr.. and Mrs. Austin, Mrs. Fin
lnegan, Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Murphy and
daughter, Anna, Mrs. 3Anna Eddy and
two daughters, all Of Lancaster, spent
4 part of the day here Saturday.
k DR.. and Mrs. F. Fl. Baldwin returned
Il Sunday from Chicago where they spent
1.-THE, past week.
4 Miss Gladys Mogan is home from
Roundup, Mont, where she taught the
i past school year.
+ Mrs Mate sMcIver returned home
from California Saturday where she
4 spent the winter. On the way home
gshesVisited 1.-THE home of Me-, and Mrs
i J. e. Pickens of Huntley, Mont.
+Supt1 Young, wife and daughter, of
Lancaster, spent Friday here and at
TENDED the Commencement exercises in
the evening". 8 i
Mr. and Mrs, Edward Pohle, Mr. and
Mrs. Vern Gfllis and daughter, motor
ed to Milwaukee, Friday, They went
on combined business and pleasure
trip. r.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Bendorf, Mrs.
Griswon and Mrs. VIM. Barrows of
Lancaster were callers here Friday.
Mrs. Rachel Garthwaite and Mrs.
Abba Ballantine went to LIE Seuer,
Mimi, Tuesday, to see their sister,
Mrs. George Whiteside, who is in very
poor health. @.s
Ernest Brooks, Horatio Guernsey.
and several others spent Saturday az
| Boscobel.s -
Dr. Mclaughlin and Miss Kate Pat
terson went with William Patterson
to Rochester, Mimi, Friday. d E, 90
Rev. and Mrs. Conklin expect4toss ge
to La Crosse Wednesday to be present
at the commencement exercises of the
normal school. Their son, George; is
lone of the graduates from the manual
training department Z, 80 2,
Edward Atwood Of Rockford pSpeht
last Sunday at the Mcpherson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. ]. Dack entertained
Mr.. Dack's sister and her husband