Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-04-09
POTOSI EVENTS
General Items of Interest
Gathered by Our Special
Correspondent.


Potosi and Lancaster road was
brought before the voters. After the
noon hour a large gathering of voters
were in the town hall and after Town
Clerk Tobin had stated the object of
the meeting and the reading of sever
al letters from Postmaster Mcmahon
of Lancaster, there was a short dis
cussion pro and con, on the matter of
voting the tax. A vote was then call
ed for, but how to proceed became a
question, some faYOring a vote by bal
lot and others by viva Voce. AS no de-
cision was reached on either PROPOSE
ton a division of the house was call
ed for and the clerk announced that
all in favor of voting the tax to stand
in the front of the room and those OPP
posed to stand in the back part. There
was such a rush to the fore that it
was thought the front part of the
building would have to be removed.
After the rush it was seen that one
man only stood back. Another dis
senter occupied a chair and did not
rise This almost unanimous vote
manifests the sentiments of the peo-
pie Of old Potosi for the maintenance
of good roads.
The declamatory contest for the
high school girls last Wednesday ev-
ening drew a very large crowd OF peo-
pie. There were IA contestants and
the honors were carried off by first,
Miss Regina Pink, subject: "Humor-
esque." Second, Miss Clara Pluemer,
subject, "In the Hands of the Enemy"
Third, Miss Lucille Webb, subject:
"The Perfect Tribute" Fourth Miss
Kathryn Seaton, subject: THE Mas
ter's Violin" The judges in this con-
test were Ben Basing of Potosi, Han
old Brockman of PIatteville and Prof.
Cothbert of Bagley.
A record breaking crowd was in at
tendance at the boys Oratorical con-
test Friday evening. The first honor
was awarded to Alvin Schmitz whose
subject was "The Flag on the Firing
Line" Second to Robert Travis, sub
iect: "The Price of Freedom" Third
to Celestin Day, subject, America and
the New Era" Fourth to George Dos
er. 1.-THE Plea of Cuba" The judges
of this contest were Prof. and Mrs.
Cothbert of Bagley and Miss Hanover
of East Dubuque The boys and girls
winning first and second places in the
contests will represent POtOsi in the
league contest soon to be held at Lam
caster. We must not omit mentioning
that at the Friday evening contest
Miss Bertha Schmitz renderedsa beau
tiful and pleasing solo entitled reg
istration." Following an encore she
sang another solo entitled when
Am With You" Miss Cecilia Sweeney
played the piano accompaniment.
Miss Schmitz has a beautiful soprano
voice.
The ladies of the British Hollow
Cemetery Association held a meeting
at the home of Mrs. John r. Campbell
in Potosi last Tuesday afternoon AT
ter the general routine of business
officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows: Pres, Mrs. Louisa
Kuster. Vice Pres, Mrs. ]. r. Camp
bell; Sec, Mrs. Ella barrow; Treas.
Mrs. Sam Edge; Directors, Clyde Nc
Kelvey and Mrs. Clyde ROesch.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rethwisch OF
Lansing, Ia, arrived here Friday fol-
a brief visit with the latter's father
Ben Elskamp, and other relatives:
The Ladies' Aid Society will be en-
tertained at the home of Miss Elean-
or Richter next Thursday afternoon
Mrs Raymond Lesser and daughter
Loretta have returned from ROcheS-
ter, Mimi, where the latter has been
taking treatment for some time for
an effection on her face of cancerous
nature Frequent visits to the hospi-
tai must be made for examination. The
little girl however, is showing great
improvement and the visits to the hos
pital will soon cease.
Owing to the miserable condition OF
the roads for teams and wagons a car
NF IViuoT1 thrnIIcrh Do
tosi to the depot last Tuesday that
was a sight for the rising generation
to see. But to the older ones it re-
minded them of the days in olden
times when hogs were ddiven to the
Galena market taking two and some
times three days to make the trip.
At the township election April ]
Henry Blindert was reelected chair
man of the board of supervisors de-
feating Walter Kuster by the small
margin of five votes. Joseph Pink was
elected supervisor to succeed oTm
Vannatta. All other officers are the
same as before.
The village election, like the town
ship, was very quiet. There was but
one contest, George Ames, an Ameri-
can Legionaire, defeated Z. c. Thorn
as for assessor by 20 votes The viii
lage officers elected for the ensuing
year are: Pres, w. C. Hymer; Trus-
tees for two years: Charles Baumler,
j. A. Seaton and Robert Travis /;
Clerk. NJ. B. Elskamp; Treas, Walter
Schumacher; Assessor, George Ames /;
Police Justice. Louis Gable; Con-
stable. E. Wiedman: Supervisor, w.
c. Hymer.
The amendment to the constitution
to pay the legislators $500 per term
was badly defeated in both village and
town.
Everett Faust arrived here from
Cross Plains. Wis, q few days ago
with the expectation of going south to
take a position as cook in a river i'm
provement camp.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Garner have
moved their household effects from
The aNartment in the Henry Specht
house and are now occupying the
Fnnwas Thlen house down near the
IU0bar yard
Mrs y r. Brown, who week