Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-12-27
POTOSI EVENTS
General Items of Interest
Gathered by Our Special
Correspondent.


mer years and, on the whole the mer-
chants are well pleased. This APP
plies also to the Tennyson store. The
store was filled with holiday buyers
from early morning until late at
night, requiring four and five clerks
to wait on customers who came from
parts 0 fthe surrounding country. Mr..
Walsh credits his fine trade to judic-
ious advertising in the Herald.
The st. Thomas congregation OBJ
served their patron saints day with
the usual impressive ceremonies on
Thursday, Dec 21st. Rev. FIR. Biers-
ner was assisted in the services by FIR
Scheffer of St. Andrews, and Wier-
eek of the Holy Ghost church, Du-
buque. FIR. Werlich delivered a ser
mon that was most beautiful and APP
propriate to the occasion.
Mrs. Neil Mclaughlin is very i'll at
her home in the village resulting from
= a stroke Of paralysis. Her daughter,
Miss Belle Mclaughlin, a registered
nurse of Dowagiac, Mich, is here at
tending her mother. The many ole
friends of Mrs. Mclaughlin extend
sympathy and hope for an ultimate re-
coery from her affliction.
Mr.. and Mrs. E c. Thomas went TO
visit with their daughter, Mrs Lake
Roesch, and family, on Boice Creek,
last Thursday. They left the Roesch
home Saturday and proceeded to Mad
ison to spend the holidays with their
son, Roscoe Thomas, and family.
Henry Keehner, dispenser Of near
beer, soda water, etc, at the CONNER
ciaI hotel annex, departed Thursday
for Pocahantas, Iowa to spend the
holidays with his sister, Mrs. George
Kiefer, and family
The Pot0si schools closed Friday at
noon for two weeks vacation. The
teachers from abroad have gone to
different points to spend their vaca-
ton. Prof B. ]. Patterson and wife
will isit relatives at Bloomington and
Leadmine Miss Vera Foster will Wis
it friends at Milton. Wis. Miss Louise
Kubly and Miss Martha Degman went
to their respective homes in Monroe
and Wauzeka.
A little child of Mr.. and Mrs. Cor
nelius Ulbric, not yet two years OF age
fell from a high chair last Tuesday,
resulting in a collar bone fracture.
Under the skillful treatment of the
doctor the little one is doing fine.
Leo Roth, manager of the Potosi
Oil Co., is confined to his home with
a severe attacI rheumatism. John
MEME Jr. is substituting for him.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Edwards and
Mrs. G. M. Schmitz were in Lancaster
Wednesday,, Mrs Schmitz is taking
treatment at a hospital there.
The purse of money found by John
Meme Jr. and advertised in the Her
aid a couple of weeks ago, proved to
be the property of Johnnie Fecht.
Another proof that it pays to advertise
iii the Herald.
Jess B. Key and wife, of Dubuque,
called on friends in ,Potosi Wednesday
last.
The basket sociable held by Kath-
ryn Durley at Long Branch school,
was a success The proceeds amount
ed to SIS. An interesting and much
appreciated Christmas program was
rendered by the pupils.
Earl Campbell visited with friends
in Madison a few days last week.
Miss Bertha Schmitz teacher at
Monticello. Iowa, came home Saturday
tG spend the holidays with her par
ents.
Marie Pluemer, Marie BFawner,
Alois. BraWner, and others attending
Platteville normal, are at their res
pective homes for the holidays
The Potosi high school basket ball
team was defeated at Bagley Thursday
evening The score was 90 to II. On
Friday eve. Dec. 30, the Potosi and
EBagley city teams will lock horns at
Bagley. This game promises to be a
holly contested one.
The Misses Martha Centield. Sylvia
Stockert and Helen Webb, charter
members of the Girls Campfire organ
ization in order to prove their worth
and gain the honor of becoming red
hot fire makers, were required to cook
and serve a meal in as short time
as possible. They met at the home of
Miss Stockert last Thursday eve, and
being equal to the occasion. they set
up a spl cad at $50 and sci we'd it to
guests present in such manner that
they gained the honor Of being pro-
ticient cooks and walters.
Mrs. Sallie Runkell and daughter
Clara. Of Madison. are at the old home
IN Potosi to spend the holidays with
son and brother. Percy
WI, anu wi y. JOS. ID dhG anu oOlHs
went TO Cassville and ate Christmas
dinner with Mrs. Brakes mother, Mrs.
Alderman
Medard Schmitz and wife of Bagley.
came Friday to spend the holidays at
the Casper Schmitz home in Potosi.
and the VIM. Vesperman home near
Rockville.
John John Wunderlin and wife of
So. Lar caster, were in Potosi for a
breif period Saturday afternoon. They
were enroute to their home from
Rochester, Mimi, where they had been
for the past three weeks. Mrs. Wun-
derHn received treatment at a hos
pital for impaired heart.
A. G. Kiefer, cashier of the Potosi
State Bank, and family. motored to
Bellevue, Iowa, Saturday to eat their
Christmas dinner with relatives.
Leo thinner came over from Dyers-
lille Thursday to spend Christmas with
his father, Jacob thinner, and sisters
and brothers.
The five o'clock Sunday morning
mass at st. Andrews was the most
attractive ever seen in the church