Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-01-23
POTOsI EVENTS
General Items of Interest
Gathered by Our Special
Correspondent.
Celebrate Golden Anniversary.

scribe 1t contains the portraits OF
two former we'll known and highly
esteemed residents of Potosi, and an
article on the celebration of the Gold
IN anniversary of the marriage Of
MIR. and Mrs. w. II. Hunt that reads
as follows: /.
/. 'fMr. and Mrs w. H Hunt, E. lit
Indiana Avenue, celebrated their
golden anniversary on New Years
DAY. They have been residents of
Spokane since 1920, when they came
Aere from Three Forks, Mont Both
we're born in Grant county, Wis. Mr..
Stunt in 1849 and Mrs. Hunt four
years later. For SO years Mr.. Hunt
was a merchant in Potosi, Wis, re-
firing in 1900 because of failing
health.
ION the occasion of their golden
wedding anniversary all of their chill
dren were present with the exception
gf Mrs L. W. Gibson of AlbertSville.
Wis Those attending the anniveT
sary dinner at the Hunt home were
Mrs B E. Thomas of Missoula, Mon
tana; NJ H. Hunt of Phillipsburg,
Mont; Mrs. Simon Fulton OF Everett,
Wash. and c. H. Hunt, wife and two
daughters of Spokane, Wash"
Referring to the above interesting
article the Herald's Potosi scribe will
say that he well remembers when
William Henry Hunt and Miss Lura
jackson were married at the home OF
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Christopher NJ Jackson, on the first
day of January, 1874. The writer and
other oId-time friends and acquaint-
ances extend their sincere cOngratu-
lations to Mr.. and Mrs. Hunt and
wish them many more joyous mar
Eiage anniversaries. - Both Mr. and
MRS. Hunt were born in the town of
PotOsi. Mr.. Hunt in that part known
as British Hollow, and Mrs. Hunt at
the farm home in the north part.
They are the parents of six children.
tour daughters and two sons, all born
in POtOsi. The daughters are ali
graduates of the Potosi high school.
Mae, the eldest, in 1898; Nellie in
1897; Florence in 1898 and Martha in
1899. The boys were too young to
graduate before Mr.. and Mrs. Hunt
removed from Potosi 20 years ago.
Coop Associations Annual Meeting.
The PotOsi Cooperative Shipping
Association held their annual meeting
IN the Garage hall Saturday, Jan. Il,
az q there was a large attendance of
members present. The report of c.
a. Winkler, shipping manager, shows
that the association shipped 1874 cars
Of stock that brought an aggregate of
$210,868 Fifty-two cars more were
shipped than last year. The report
shows a balance in the sinking fund
Of $5939G.
Officers Of ,he association for 1924
are William Zenz, president; Gilbert
Turner, vice president; G. G. Wink
Ter, secretary treasurer and shipping
lnanageT. The board of directors are
Willia2 Ienz, August Mike, Gilbert
Turner, Archie McClain, Rugust Keel
Ter, AlOis Palmer and c. G.. Winkler
Catholic Knights Elect Officers.
AT a recent annual meeting OF the
Potosi branch No. 252, Catholic
knights Of Wisconsin, the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year James Glennon, president;
C0rnelias Do5er, vice president; Wal
ter Glenu0n, recording secretary; JO-
seph Brake, financial secretary
Claude Lesser, treasurer; Neil Els
Ramp, sentinel; Neil Mclaughlin,
aolor bearer; Frank Doser, trustee
ter three years.
Eastern Star InStaIls Officers.
The installation of officers of the
order Of Eastern Star of Potosi took
place Friday evening, Jan. 18th, and
The following officers for the ensuing
wear were installed: 49,.
W. NJ, Miss Pearl Keehner; A. M.
Miss Eleanor Richter; Patron, E. a. |
Berge Sec, Mrs. Julia Roesch;
Treas, Mrs. e. A. Berge; c., Miss
Babel Schumacher; M, Mrs. Sam
Edge Trustee for three years, Mrs.
Anna Campbell.
The hve points of the Star appoint
Cd are; Ada. Mrs. Chas. Vogelsberg;
Buth Mrs. Elsie Travis; Esther, Mrs
J A. Seaton; Martha, Mrs. John
Campbell; Electra, Miss Mabel Sehu-
macher
The installing officers were Mrs. !
clyde Roesch and Mrs. Percy Runkel, |
who acted as Marshall Following |
the installation a banquet was in Or
der.
M. w. As Help Brother.
A number of men with teams, men, !
bers Of the local Camp of Modern
Wodmen. hauled a quantity of wood
last Tuesday to the house of their at
fticted brother, S. A. Thomas. Mr..
Thomas is confined to his bed and
This generous act on the part of those
men to aid an afflicted brother is
commendable, to say the least.
POtOSi Still without Medicine Man.
Potosi is yet without doctor, with
little or no prospect of one coming.
Can it be possible that as large a town
as POtOsi has gone so low down that
a doctor does not locate here. This
is a good point for a good doctor.
Smaller towns have two and three
doctors. Potosi town with a popula-
ZION of two thousand or more, with
large adjacent territory has none 1t
is high time for the people to wake
up and make efforts to get doctor
10 locate here.
Local News BriefletS. /
A year ago, Jan. 10, the streets OF
Potosi were brilliantly Illuminated
tor the first time in its history with
electric lights. ]
The aides Aid Society met at the
home of Mrs. Fred Grimm last Thurs,
day afternoon.A The next meeting will
be at the home OF Mrs. Percy Runkel