Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-08-13
LOCAL ITEMS

Paul Kasper of Liberty was operated
on for appendicitis at Doolittle hospi-
tai Wednesday.
Miss Emily Machin of Madison Wis
tied Miss Ruth Mink of Lancaster last
week, returning home Friday.
Mrs. Herbert Mcpherson of Bloom
ington underwent minor operation
at Doollttle hospital last Tuesday.
Mrs. Mark Carmody is a patient at
Doolittle hospital where she had a
major operation last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John La Gasse and
Miss Sarah La Case of Thorpe, Wis,
are guests of Will Brintnall and wife.
Marcella West, daughter of Ben
West of Mt. Hope, ha dtonsils remov-
ed at Fowler hospital last Thursday.
Mrs. Barbara Fletcher, county nurse,
has been finishing out her vacation
with few days stay in Minneapolis.
DR.. Fowler reports the birth of a
daughter at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fletcher Garthwaite in Beetown. Aug.
Miss Ruth Higginbotham returned
home to Oklahoma City, Saturday. af-
ter a pleasant visit with her sister,
Mrs. Lloyd Brooker.
Lancaster schools open Sept. 9Th.
Prof. S. S. McNelly will publish list
of teachers, courses of study, faculty
details and so on in the near future.
The Lance Music Store is undergo
ing general housekeeping, papering.
painting, etc. The store will reopen
Saturday. The office is moved tempo
rarily to the Farmers & Citizens bank
building.
H. R. Brukhart of Milwaukee, who
relieved R. S. Grilley at the depot
while Mr.. Grilley substituted as agent,
left Saturday for Preston where he re-
lieyes Agt. Kimmel.
Mrs. Albert Knuth of GAINESVILLE ar
rived here yesterday for a visit with
her daughter, Mrs. E. L. Hinckley.
The latter and infant son went home
from the hospital yesterday
Keith Vesperman, 5-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Vesperman of So.
Lancaster, fell Wednesday while play
ing on a gate post. He dislocated his
right elbow, requiring attention by
DR.. Fowler.
A two-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Bass of So. Lancaster
had the bad luck to step on nail
Wednesday while playing in the yard
The nail pierced her foot, causing a
painful wound
L. Weber and wife and son, Kenneth,
plan to leave soon on a motor trip to
Niagara Falls and possibly New York
City. They have further sight seeing
in mind and will settle that further
along in the trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Brooker, Harry
WenzeI and Miss Helen Walter of
Lancaster and Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Mel
son of McGregor leave here August
q for a fortnight's vacation to be
spent on a lake near Ashland, Wis
Marco Nevelcoff of Hazel Green has
made application for citizenship, to be
heard at the October term of court.
this country via New York, on Nov.
-, 1913 Robt Bray and Peter
Dechoff of Shullsburg are his witness
ses.
Miss Helen Graney entertained at
six o'clock dinner to about twelve
guests Thursday evening in honor of
Misses Emily Mackin of Madison and
Ruth Higginbotham of Oklahoma City.
Miss Ruth Mink entertained at lunch
con Wednesday in honor of the same
guests.
Teachers institute is the big event
in Lancaster this week with a hun
dred or more of rural school instruc-
tors attending sessions at the Lancas-
ter high school. PrOfs. Warner and
Brockert of Platteville Normal are
instructing and Co. Supt. F. E. Ralph
presides.
Mrs. James Fowler and daughters,
Catherine and Sally Lou and Misses
Dorothy Gibson and Hazel Ward mo-
tored to Madison Thursday and re-
NAMED until Friday. While there
Catherine, Hazel and Dorothy made
arrangements toward entering the
University in September.
Hugh Orion and a party of five boys
are on a ten-day camping and out
ing on the Wisconsin river near
WOodman. In the party are Robert
Henry, Allen Austin, Richard Orion,
Geo. CIementson and Eugene Chap
man. The same group spent week
near Mccartney last year and had a
fine time Mr.. Orion acts as super
visor and the boys respond carefully
to the sensible regime he prescr1bes.