Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-04-19
LOCAL ITEMS


at the VIM. Burgess home over Eas-
ter.
Nettis Ellis spent Easter with her
sister, Mrs. Clyde Jackson, in Wood
man.
Mrs. F. S. Brandt and daughter
Francis, spent Easter at the H. E..
Borah home.
Henrietta Knuth of GAINESVILLE,
spent the Easter weekend with
friends here.
viii Hsronomous, who is employ
ed by the Standard Oil Co., was home
for the weekend.
Sarah Smith departed Saturday to
spend several weeks with Mrs. Eta
Smith in PIatteville.
Dorothy Mcmahon, teacher at Itha-
ca, Wisy spent weekend vacation
Miss Nellie Keitlinger, teaching at
Lake Mills, spent the Easter vacation
with her parents here.
Mrs. F. H. Edge and daughter.
Marion, of New Diggings, visited at
the R. ]. Bennett home here last
week.
Mrs. Maggie Ressmeyer of Belle
lille, Wis, is spending the week in
Lancaster with relatives and old
Irl6nQS.
line and they report a pleasant al
though somewhat cloudy winter. They
will move back into their home in the
second ward.
The sons of Frank Orion and AL
bert Phillips were christened at
Emmanuel church Saturday, the Rev.
l.. Crittenton officiating.
Mrs. James Ellis was called to
Sitter Wednesday to spend a few
days with her father, Joseph Witzig,
who has been seriously ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. H. Stevens departed
Wednesday for Culver, Ind, to spend
Easter with their son, Harold stu
dent in the Culver military academy.
The big clock in the tower of St.
Clement S church. stopped during
the last devotional hours preceding
Easter, resumed it's peal Saturday
evening.
Mrs. Chas. Kaap entertained Satur-
day night in honor of her sister, Mrs
Chas. Brewer, whose birthday fell on
Saturday. Dinner was served to rel
atives and friends.
Miss Schade of Chicago and
nephew, Jack, are visiting the latter's
father at the sanitarium. They will
all go together to the farm near Owen
to spend the summer.
Mrs. Benz. Petty is spending a few
weeks with her daughter, Mrs. G. l.
Nye, in Minneapolis, Mimi. Miss Es-
Their Petty, teacher at Hancock, Wis,
is also visiting her sister, Mrs. Nye,
during her spring vacation.
George Muesse recently celebrated
his S3rd birthday and a few old
Fri tha
evening in visiting. Mr.. Muesse re-
ceived a handsome bouquet in honor
of the occasion. He is a pioneer
business man of Lancaster.
Mrs. Marguerite Garthwaite and
Miss Blanche Powell, both of Fenni-
more, visited here between trains last
Wednesday. They were accompanied
by Clarence Birmingham of Superior,
who was spending a few days with
his cousin, Mrs. Garthwaite.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Woolsten
holme of Grand Island, Nebr., have
announced the marriage of their
daughter, Irma, to Ralph Sonneland
of Sioux City. The wedding took
place April 5th. The young couple
will reside in Sioux City, where Mr..
Sonneland is in business.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Cohoe of Chap
pei, Nebr., have moved to Lancaster
and will make their home here in the
future. Charles and Roy, sons of the
old couple, have ben living here for
a number of years. Roy is a farmer
north of town and Charles motor
car mechanic in Lancaster.
Mildred Hagerty of Madison de-
parted Wednesday to spend a few
days in Montfort in girls club work.
While here Miss Hagerty, who is
assistant state club leader of the
Wisconsin University Extension Di-
vision, was associated with Co. Supt.
Ralph and Co. Agent Graf in organ
ization work.
The Asylum trustees held their
regular monthly meeting here Tues
day. They are Messrs. Frank Schrein-
err, Lancaster; t. S. Watson, Living
ston; George Brown, Millville. Mr..
Brown has been sick for several
months with complications following
influenza but came over to attend the
board meeting anyhow.
The Herald Mt. Hope correspondent
states that DR.. Baldwin of Blooming
ton has decided to locate in Mount
Hope for the practice of medicine
Mt. Hope people are pleased with his
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in the Abrams building at Mt. Hope.
His family will not move over from
Bloomington until the close of the
school year.
On Friday evening of this week the
local oratorical contest will be held |
at the opera house. Those partici- |
pating are: Oratorical-Oscar Ed
wards, Lloyd Stanley, Henry Kroen-
in, and Carl Heberlein. Declamatory |
Florence Leibfried, Esther Kapp, |
Katherine Walker, Marion Gardner.
Leila Bruss, Nellie Jahnke and Mar.
garet Batty. The winners will repre-
sent the school at the district contest
to be held in Platteville, May II.
Some correspondence is reaching
the Herald office the day after the
paper is out, and of course is too late
for issue. BY the time the next paper
rolls around the news is stale and
hardly worth printing Our friends
are reminded that the Herald is II