Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-08-23

Monday for few days visit.
Rex Mink plans trip to the state
fair at Milwaukee next week.
Miss Ella Folyer of Fennimore was
a Monday visitor in Lancaster.
Miss Mary Schmidt of Platteville,
visited at the P. F. Graf home last
week.
Miss Ruth Campbell of Platteville
IS expected here for visit with her
friend, Ruth Mink.
Miss Mary Clark of Plattsmouth,
Nebr, is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Clark, of this. city
Miss Thelma Stevens went to Mont
fort Monday for visit with her
grandmother, Mrs. P. T. Stevens.
Miss Margaret Luessman, Fenni-
more girl, was here the past week Wis
iting the Felix Wanazek children.
Miss Beda Mackin of Madison, col
lege chum of Ruth Mink, spent the
weekend as Ruth's guest in Lancas-
ter.
Mrs. Bert Mink of Adams, Wis, who
has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Har
vey Foster, has departed for her
home
Chas. Stratton and wife returned
| Friday night from their extensive
motor trip in Nebraska, Missouri and
Iowa.
Miss Carrie Chambers of Chicago
returned home Monday after a visit at
the Mrs. Carrie Greer home in Bloom
ington.
Floyd Tannehill, employed by the
| Interstate Power Co., has gone to
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position
Mr.. and Mrs Arthur Williams were
Monday passengers to Livingston,
where they are visiting at the Geo.
Dobson home.
Misses Eva Fivecoats and Ruth
Frye went to Madison yesterday to
spend week or more with Mr.. and
Mrs. Ellis Schmidt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Mink and their
guests, Dr. and Mrs. F. @. Brown, of
! Epworth, Iowa, motored to the Dells
of Wisconsin yesterday, to return
today.
Miss Neva Taylor, employed at
Madison, returned to work Monday,
after a visit of two weeks with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Taylor, of
BeetOWn.
Miss Mabel Anstey of Beetown has
returned to Lancaster from Madison
and accepted a position at clerical
work in the 9th division highway Of
! fee here.
w. P. Elliott and wife and daughter,
| Gypsy Belle, returned home to Hol-
/ land, Mich, Monday after visit with
the Ohio Doll family at Sinnissippi
| Stock Farm.
Guests at the Mrs. Al. Budworth
and Homer Irish homes last week
were c. L. Irish and wife and daugh-
ter, Mrs. E. L. McGovern, of Grand
Island, Nebraska ***
Water supply in the second ward
will be cut off this morning while
Supt. Mccarthy is searching for a
water gate that has been closed for
some time AS a result the supply
has been forced in a roundabout
manner This will be corrected.
The Geo. Flesch home in the town
| of Liberty was the scene of a pleasant
surprise party Sunday when 46 rela-
tives and friends gathered in honor of
Mrs. Flesch's 46th birthday A fine
dinner was served at noon and later
in the day ice cream and cake We're
passed Mrs. Flesch received cash
present of 81 in silver
Miss Abbie Phelps has mammoth
! bed of day lilies in her yard in full
| bloom. The bed is about eight feet in
diameter, being the largest of its kind
the Herald knows of. The plant is an
annual, blooming from bulb, about
| August Of each year. The flower is
! pure white with golden-tipped pistils.
1t emits lovely fragrance.
Mrs. l.. Stippich, Wichita, Kansas,
| has been visiting in Lancaster with
her sister, Mrs. Kate Wetter. Mrs.
! Stippich is spending part of her time
with other relatives and is now at the
| Will Stippich home in Fennimore.
/ She has resided in Wichita for the
past thirty-fve years and likes the
place exceedingly. Wichita, 10000, is
said to be the most prosperous city in
| the United States.
The w, c. T. U. county convention
was held at Hazel Green on August
Is and 16 Those attending from Lam
caster on Wednesday were Mrs.
! Thompson, Mrs. Chas. Burrows, Mrs.
VIM. Barrows, Mrs. Lincoln Houn-
! sell. Mrs. Richard Holmes, Mrs. Ora
Place; Mrs. Thomas Pendleton; Mrs.
Judge Smalley and Mrs. Chas. Case.
r. A. Irwin and wife have returned
from the Sturgeon Bay region where
they attended the summer meeting OF
the state horticultural society. They
were much interested in the fine or
chards of the district, cherries, apples
and plums growing in profusion. Mr..
Irwin thinks Grant county can raise
fruit equal to that of Door county.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Livens OF North
! Lancaster have as house guests Mr..
and Mrs. w. E. Miller of Beloit Mr..
and Mrs. A. H. Wright, E. H. Livens
and Miss Dorothea Garner, all OF Mil
waukee. Mr.. and Mrs. Wright are en-
route to California where they expect
TO spend the winter They are driv-
ing to the coast via the Yellowstone
Trail and will visit many points OF in
terest, including Yellowstone Park
and the Grand Canyon.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Cover and son,
Vernon, leave this week for the west.
Their itinerary includes a visit to
| Yellowstone National Park. They
will then go to Caldwell, Idaho, for a
months visit with Mr.. and Mrs. John
Tish. brother-in-law and sister OF
Mrs. Govier. From there they go to
Long Beach to visit Mrs. Govier's