Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-05-09
Personal Mention

Rev. J. De Vries of this CITY. and
Rev. Gilbert of Mt. Ida, will attend
the Baptist Bible Union convention at
Kansas City, Mo-, which meets from
May 10 to Is inc. About 5000 dele
gates are expected. This is the first
convention of it's kind for advance
ment of the Fundamentals move
ment. De Vries will deliver the
Mothers Day address in the absence
of the pastor, and Mrs. Gilbert will
preach the evening sermon.
Insurance rates in the business dis
trict Of Lancaster have received gem
eral and substantial boost from the
various allied companies handling the
business in this city. Property owners
do not fancy this and would have put
in a protest had they been consulted.
However, the powers that be did not
consult us.
The spring seeding was we'll in by
last week and local farmers an
nOunced themselves as ready to start
on the corn as soon as they were con-
WINGED that the warm wave was per-
manent rather than temporary. Fol-
lowing cold if not backward spring,
May weather has been warmer than
usual.
Assessor w. d. Garner is at work
assessing the city of Lancaster. Mr.
Garner is a conscientious assessor
doing the work as we'll as anyone
could without thorough revaluatiOn
Of local property. The Heralds recent
check brought this out fOrcibly.
Allen P. jerks and wife of Chicago
visitsed over Wednesday with Mr..
jerks uncle and aunt, Judge E. B.
Goodsell and wife. Mr.. jerks tray-
els for the American Seating Co. OF
Chicago, and was here in the interest
of the concern, comforting with the
theatre committee.
Miss Portia Showalter has a broken
right wrist as the result of a fall last
week at the Dobson store. Someone
had dropped a bottle of olive oil on
the floor breaking it. s1iss Snowalter
in walking over the spot slipped and
fell. She is under the care Of DR..
Fowler
Ben Wilson, employed for the past
year by c. H. Vesperman, as garage
hand, has gone to Gillette, Wyo., to
accept similar work there. He may
go in the sheep ranching game later
VIM. Heronemus has taken Wilson,
place in the garage.
The Herald erred last week in
stating that Mrs. Jos. Godfrey had re-
turned home from Davenport Iowa
DR.. Godfrey returned home but his
wife remained in Chicago to take
special medical treatment at the Au-
gustana hospital.
Downer Rafferty,, a brother of DR..
Fred Halferty of this city, died at his
home in Salem, Ore. DR.. Halferty re
ceived a wire to this effect last week
Mr. Halferty was raised in the Mount
Hope vicinity but had resided in the
west for years.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mink, ]. B..
keenan,, V. P. Bernhard, Hugh Har-
per, Annabelle Schneider and Lucille
Wells mOtored to No. Andover We'd
nesday and attended community
program They report a jolly time
Mrs ]. A. Hosegood and children
arrived here from Waupun Saturday
to begin Lancaster residence with
Mr. Hosegood, manager Of the A. &
P. Store. They have rented the Mrs.
Anna Eddy house in the first ward
Miss Helen Judd Of Madison, recu-
perating at her mothers home east OF
Lancaster for the past month, re-
turned Thursday afternoon to her
duties as student nurse at the Meth
odist hospital in Madison.
F. M. Smith and mother, Mrs. Isa-
bella Rounds, departed Wednesday
morning for Mr. Smiths home in Ed
reka, Calf. They expected to stop off
at Rockford to visit pr. Percy Rounds,
the old lady's stepson.
Mrs. John Rohde went to Wales
yesterday as companion and attend
ant of Herbert Rohde, Mr.. Rohde's
son. Herbert has been i'll all winte"
with tuberculosis and goes to Wales
for treatment.
The Harold Clanton family has
rented the Shattuck residence in the
first ward. Earl Duffy, residing IN the
Shattuck house, has moved to the Mrs
Isabella Rounds house on the Platte
vile road.
Mrs. J. r. Hoffman and daughter,
Helen. went to Dubuque Friday to
consult an Oculist in regard to Helen,S
eyes, and to visit the weekend With
friends.
Claire Dobson is driving new Ford
Bert Sumner, who took i'll while Wis
iting at Cassville, has returned ID
his home in Lancaster.
District. Atty. Clementson post
poned the hearing in the Patterson
case until Thursday, May 10, at IL 4.
M, and new subpoenas have been IS
sued to that effect.