Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-05-17

Mrs. Gilbert Mink has been on the
sick list.
Miss Hildegarde Alt went to Madf-
weekend.
Ohio Doll is operating sinn;ssippi
! STOCK Farm on the BectoWn road, this
! season.
Elmer Schmidt has returned home
after a three weeks session in the
hospital.
Tom Haley drove out from CHICAGO
thursday with new Oldsno2ile
he bought there.
j. Lee Wright went to Milwaukee
Sunday to drive out new car for the
Samson garage
Clyde Suttle and Louis Oschmann
! have been redecorating the Dobson
| store interior and exterior.
S. A. Thomas of Potosi, who recent
', ~ underwent an operation at the Doc
little hospital, is convalescent.
Friends in Lancaster have received
word OF the arrival of a daughter at
the Roy rockingham home, Madison
Mrs. E. E. Dibble, employed at the
county home, departed Monday for
visit in Burlington and Waukesha,
Wis.
Miss Katherine Walker, high school
student, has been on crutches as the
result of fall while picnicking at
Schreiner park.
Miss Bessie Krohn, Letter and
Science student at the University, was
a weekend visitor with her parents,
Albert Krohn and wife.
Mrs. Emma Wing of Sitter, has
been caring for Mr.. and Mrs. John
Cox of Platteville She went home
Monday for brief visit.
Miss Leone Snowalter returned to
her work in the General Insurance
Co. offices, Madison, Thursday after
a weeks visit with her mother here.
George B. ClementsOn went to Mad
ison Thursday to practice in the U.
S. court and Mrs. Clementson and
Larry accompanied him for a visit
with relatives.
| Mrs. Melvin Wayne departed last
| Thursday for Rochester, Mimi, to
undergo a serious operation of
! spinal nature. The outcome is anX
! fOusly awaited by relatives. Mrs.
| Wayne, before her marriage was
Miss Amelia Lorenz.
Oscar Edwards of this city won
second in the district oratorical con-
test at Platteville Friday night. His
address was "The Death Of Lincoln"
Arnold Benedict Of Darlington won
first with "War Must Cease" He
represents the district at the state
contest at Madison.
I. G. Dewitt of MontfoTt was a
Lancaster caller Thursday. Mr.. De-
Witt and wife recently returned from
a visit with their sons in Muscoga,
Okla One of the boys is a bank
president and the other an Oil opera
tor. Muscoga, a beautiful southern
city of $4,000 is having a great boom
and plans for 100000 population by
1880. 1t is located in the oil belt OF
eastern Oklahoma.
Road workers have the Beetown
road from the Rhodes school to Five
Points somewhat torn up. The idea
is to completely remodel the road,
making it narrower and higher to do
away with general miry conditions.
The turn at the Lone Pine corners
has been cut across eliminating the
sharp turn and chance for accident.
The Lone Pine" a landmark for
years on the Lancaster-BeetoWn line,
was cut down by the ruthless road
makers as it stood in the way of the
new road.
w. C. Forehand and wife of Ko-
komo, Ind, were in Lancaster We'd
nesday on legal business. Mr.. Fore
hand, formerly a well known realty
dealer at PIatteville, sold his block
there four years ago to Mr.. Raftery
of Alabama. Raftery moved north
and Forehand to a plantation in Ala
bama. A year later the Platteville
property burned and Raftery lost his
life when the walls caved in an ex-
plosion. Since then Mr.. Forehand
sold out in the south and moved to
the Indianna city.