Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-08-27
GRANT RIVER

John Joyce delivered cattle in Lam
caster Tuesday.
Ed. Mclean and family were Du-
buque shoppers Tuesday.
Mrs. Jennie Mayne and son, Howard,
visited at the Frank Mclean home on
Thursday and Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdinand Pagel are
spending a week with their son, Will,
and family.
The Pagel-Plautz-Losch Threshing
Co. began threshing at Will Pagel's
Saturday.
Elizabeth Joyce has purchased a
new Ford roadster in which she ex-
poets to transport herself and sister,
Frances, to school this fall.
Will Shepherd of Davenport, an old
time resident of Pleasant Ridge, and
his wife, are visiting with the Thomas
Green family and other relatives.
Mrs. Lee Rogers was visitor at the
John Joyce home one evening the
past week
Amiel and Elsie Stark were Lam
caster shoppers Thursday.
The Bowen school district did their
bit by sending quite a large contrlbu-
ton to the Grant county booth at the
state fair.
Howard Mayne visited Herbert
Pagel Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. John Joyce and daughter, Ellz-
abeth, were Beetown callers Sunday.
Miss Vivian Clifton is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Frank Mclean.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mclean and
Mrs. Jennie Mayne and son visited at
the Chas. Plautz home Thursday even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mclean attend
ed a birthday dinner Sunday in honor
of Mrs. Reuben Clifton's birthday
About forty guests were present and
among them were Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
vim Clifton and the aged grandmother
of Platteville.
Charlie Mclean and Henry Mankel
visited at Ernest McLean's near Nc
! Cartney Sunday.
The Dan Hoffman and Ed. Mclean
young people with their guest, Ruby
Taylor, visited at George Hoffman's
| Sunday.
Paul Mclean drove to Boscobel on
| Saturday night to meet Ruby Taylor
of Boaz who will visit relatives in the
vicinity.
Dan Hoffman and family visited at
Ed. McLean's Sunday.
Will Walker and Park Dudley were
callers at Ed. McLeans Sunday eve.
Earl and Ella Hoffman caught
three baby coons and are raising them
on the bottle like real babies.
| Will Pagel's aunt, Mrs. Bertha Rink,
and sons, Aaron and George, drove up
from Dubuque Friday and visited rel
atives until Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs Chas. PlautZ visited at
the Ed. Stark home Sunday afternoon.
Martha Plautz took music lesson
in Lancaster Saturday morning.
Church goers Sunday morning were
the Chas. Plautz and John Joyce fam
! lilies
On Friday, August %, a picnic and
! bowery dance were held in the Thos.
| Green grove on Pleasant ridge. One
! of the interesting features of the day
was a barbecue in which lamb and
pig were roasted whole and later
served to all who wished to partake.
Cap Craig, the celebrated chef, was
overseer of the barbecue. Joe and
Waiter Grimes and Dick Lewis had
| charge of the rest of the entertain
ment A good dance floor was up and
music was dispensed by Silbeck's or
chestra of Lancaster. The dance floor
was crowded to capacity all evening.
Little Miss Ruth Weaver of Madison,
entertained the spectators several
times with toe dancing. Quite num-
Der of friends came from Dubuque,
Davenport and Madison The picnic
grounds were thronged with visitors
both afternoon and evening. The
number of people who attended was
estimated at 1900 All had a very
enjoyable time and went away vowing
that the barbecue would be an annual
event of Pleasant Ridge.