Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-02-08
AROUND THE COUNTY
VIOLA NEWSLETs

flOLA NEWOLElC
Mrs. Joe Davis of Boscobel is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. o. n. Wheeler
in Mound Park.
Chas. Miller played basket ball with
the LaFarge team at Niroqua one
night of last week.
Mrs. Gus Slaback d daughter,
Mrs. Norval Smith were Readstown
visitors Friday of last week.
Miss Leatha McCumber OF Sylvan,
WHO'S a student in our schools, Is con-
fined to her bed with an attack of
pneumonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Dobson are great
grandparents to daughter born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Gochenaur of near
Richland Center last Saturday, JAN
uary 20. Mrs. Gochnaur will be re-
membered as the former Miss Mile
Joseph, a student of our schools.
Thursday of last week Mr.. Geryase
Wilson was hauling save dust for
Levi Eckhart at Sylvan and received
a dislocated hip and broken knee when
the pile caved in on him. He was dig
ging under the pile of saw dust, the
top being frozen, and without mo-
ments warning the top caved off, bury
ing him under more than a load of the
saw dust. 1t required the efforts of
companions about fifteen minutes to
dig him out. He was unconscious and
nearly smothered when rescued. DIR.
Weber was called to attend the man
but because of the character of the
injuries he thought best to bring him
to town for X-ray examination. On
Friday he was taken to- DR.. Parke's
office where the X-ray revealed a dis
location of the hip and fracture in
volving the knee joint. The disloca-
ton was corrected here but the knee
fracture being small pieceof bone
driven between the knee joint it was
thought advisable to send the man to
a sohpital. He was taken Friday
morning to Madison for surgical treat
ment.
Mrs. Everette Stokes of LaFarge
was caller here Friday.
Mrs. Lulu Stormont and children at
tended the Winter Carnival at La
Crosse.
Miss Beatrice Cliff is home from
her teaching duties at Richland Cen
ter because of illness.
Mrs. Newt. Kellogg, who has been
confined to her bed with an attack of
pneumonia is somewhat improved at
this writing.
Ross Bender traded his residence
property at Readstown last week to
Ernest Grim, taking the latter's res
idence at this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. John VanFleet enter
tanned Frank VanFleet and wife and
Mrs. S. T. Beighley to dinner last
Wednesday in honor of Mrs. Van
Fleets sixty-eighth birthday.
o. o. Hurless traded his big Rusk
county farm last week to Geo. Schroe-
der for the Studebaker garage at this
place. Mr.. Hurless is the third owner
/ of this garage within the past five
weeks.
A pessimist and an optimist were
discussing life from their different
viewpoints. 81 really believe" said
the former, shat | could make a bet
ter world myself" "Sure," returned
the optimist, "that's what we are here
for. Now let us go to work ond do it,
In the Milwaukee Journals $1,000
lpatrolman's contest for District No.
81, comprising the counties of Richland
Iowa and Grant, E. G.. Newell of Boaz
won first prize. Simon Glenn of West
by won first for Vernon county in
District No. 5. Vernon also leads and
as we are located on the line between
these two counties we are indeed for
tunate
Messrs. L. j. McBain and John Pei
lett each received a fine pure bred
Chester White pig at this station Mon
day from Evansville. The man form
erly owning these pigs has the dis
tinction of having raised the cham
pionship hogs of the Chester White
breed at the National shows of the
past two years.