Morris tribune., 1921-12-30
HANCOCK
From tie Record

From TIE RECORD
A Ene baby girl was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Ed. Chevalier on Friday of
last week and both mother and child
are doing nicely.
Austin Mccarthy is nursing brok-
en- hand as the result of trying to
crank balky car.
Miss Vivian Bahe has accepted
a position as a teacher of the 7th
and Sth grades in the consolidated
schools at Swanville, MINI. She
begins her duties Jan. 8.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Roberts re-
turned Tuesday from Rock Valley, IA,
where they had been called by mes
sage last Friday announcing the ser
ious illness of Mr.. Roberts father.
They drove to Willmar in their car
and caught train out of here that
night arriving at Rock Valley Satur-
day morning. Mr. Roberts, Sr., died
before they reached there, having
passed away at ten o'clock Friday
night.
In some unexplained way fire
caught in the partitions back of the
chimney in the dwelling on the old
Kimmel farm opposite the Charles
Delp place Wednesday morning but
fortunately was discovered by Mr..
Daige, who occupies the place, before
it had made a great deal of headway.
At that it took great deal of hard
work and it was necessary to tear
out most of the brick chimney and
part of the partitions to get at the
fire and put it out.
Eugene Maylott, son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. J. Maylott and one of the
most popular Hancock boys while he
was here, is expected home for
Christmas, and Gene won't come
alone He has been up in Canada
for several years past in the employ
of the International Harvester Co.
and many of his old friends here
used to josh him quite bit about his
single estate in life whenever he did
manage to get home for visit. An
nouncements received by his parents
the past week convey the informa-
tfon that he was married at Brandon,
Manitoba, on Monday last, the 18th,
to Miss Kathleen Canty. A Letter re-
ceived from him also conveyed the
information that he would be home
for Christmas, and his many cid
friends here will be waiting to well
come and congratulate him.
w. J. THESE, who has conducted
; the harness store here for the past
several years this week disposed Of
the business to Wallner Bros, who
have been located over at Danube, a
village near Sacred Heart. One of
the boys is harness maker and the
other is a shoemaker and both can
turn their hands, if necessary, to
either job 1t is quite likely that they
will also buy out P. Won Schepen's
shoe repair business, and if arrange
! ments to this effect cannot be made
they will put in shoe repair shop of
their own, occupying the whole of
the building alone. They will take
possession of the store on January
first.
Hancock will have another pure
bred stock sale at the Sales Pavilion
on Saturday afternoon, Jan. IA, when
William Coll will offer for sale some
twent-five head of pure bred tried
sows and gifts, bred along the best
lines of the Hampshire breeding of
swine. Will has some exceptionally
fine animals and has the start Of as
fine herd of swine as one may want
to see. The Hampshires are scarcely
as we'll known in this section as the
Durocs and Poland Chinas or the
Chester Whites but they are rapidly
coming into favor where better
known and many advantages are
claimed for them by their breeders.
At any rate there is going to be