Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-08
LOCAL ITEMS

! Mrs. II. y. dauSer ana CnllQren VS.
tied Fennimore friends Saturday af-
ternoon.
John Orion has been helping at the
! Stratton greenhouse during Mr.. STRAIT
toms illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jerrett have
moved back into the north fiat at the
Mrs. Letha orion residence.
Miss Alice Wright departed We'd
nesday noon for Racine where she is
visiting friends for week or so.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gralapp of Wit
tenberg, Wis, have been visiting at
the Geo. p Martin home here.
The Burns Electric Co. has sold 50
radio sets in this vicinity in the past
year and five sets in one week re-
Gently.
| Paul Weber is entering a Dubuque
school of learning He finished with
honors in the Lancaster high school
last year.
Thos. Rundell and wife of Adams,
have returned home following a visit
at the parental John Rundell home in
Lancaster.
R. E. Hoyt of Los Angeles, Calf,
here on legal business, went to Blue
River Friday to visit at the home of a
cousin, w. X. Stettler.
Mrs. J. R. Schultz returned home to
Tulsa, Okla, last week following an
extened visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs John Pink Sr.
Miss Ida Trip, an employe at the
Grant County Home, was called to
Pardeeville the latter part of the week
by the serious illness of sister.
J. w. Layden, North Western train
master, with headquarters at Baraboo,
visited in Lancaster in his official
capacity the latter part of last week.
DR.. F. H Baldwin of Bloomington,
drove to Lancaster Friday, bringing
his wife and children who took the
train to Livingston for a visit with
Mrs. Baldwin's parents.
Mrs. J. H. Muesse, who has been
visiting her father, NJ. V. Burris, and
sister, Mrs. c. S. Moore, for couple
of weeks, departed Thursday for her
home in Vancouver. B. C.
| Miss Bessie McNair has been visit
ing in Houghton, Mich, with the fam
lily of her sister-in-law, Mrs. F.. W..
McNair. During Miss McNair's alb
/ sence, Miss Portia Showalter has been
acting librarian.
Downer Kilby and family of Madison
were recent weekend visitors in Lam
caster. They are returning to the
capital city from Reedsville where Mr..
KiIby managed a canning factory last
summer. The boys, Dallas and Jack,
continue their university courses.
A few years ago, when Al. G. Barnes
| trained animal circus showed in Ian
caster, the six dancing horses were
among the interesting features of the
| show. Last Wednesday the horses
were burned to death while being
| transported in car from Chico to
Willows, Calf.
Clarence Hinch is leaving soon for
F't. Atkinson and announces an auc7
ton sale of effects for next Saturday
afternoon. Mr.. Hinch will operate
bus line between the Fort and
Evansville 1t will be his own enter
prise and he is engaged now in MAX
ing the bus.
Clinton Budworth motored to Fen
nimore Thursday evening with his
aunt, Mrs May Pipkin who visits
! there for a few days with her brother,
| Dwight Parker, and then goes to
Chicago for visit with relatives. Mrs
Pipkin will return to California be-
fore cold weather sets in.
Drs. Godfrey performed delicate
surgical operation on August Berger
of Boaz last Wednesday. Mr.. Berger
was struck by q Northwestern train
! four weeks ago and has since been
under medical care at the Miss Lizzie
Hore home here. The surgeons in
serted a silver plate in one of Mr.. Ber-
gers legs.
Medals were awarded at the Father
Sons Kiwanis banquet to a number
of boys. The medals came from the
Playground Association of America,
signifying excellence in playground
wo k, tests and activities. Those re-
ceiving medals were: Ralph Cranes,
Clark Croft, Ralph Tiller, Stanley
Hatch, Lee Mason, Carl Croft, Walter
Hore. Fred Granville, Joe Funk, Leroy
Eastman and Glen McKelvey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Orion left Friday
for McGregor where they visited their
son. Harvey, and family over the
weekend. Mr.. Orion was joined Sun
day by Virgil Showalter, Delos Ed
wards and Ernie Jones of this city
and a party of Waterloo, Iowa, Wal
tonians. The combined party went
to a camp in the Winnishiek near Hite-
| IL,
fishing. The plan of local Wantonians
is to secure a good camp site in the
Winnishiek available for all Lancast-
er members where they may answer
the call of the outdoors undlsturbed
and on private grounds.
Mrs. M. G. Dial of San Fernando,
Calf, started for home via Lancaster
Friday following a visit of several
weeks with relatives and old friends
at Bloomington. Mrs. Dial spent the
summer with a sister, Mrs. S. A. Gle,
of Minneapolis, also former resident
of West Grant The ladies are the
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. Newcomb,
pioneer residents of Patch Grove.
Mr.. Newcomb taught in the Patch
Grove Academy in the early days,
and at other points in Grant county.
The family left this county in 1883,
locating in Minnesota. Mrs. Dial,
formerly Miss Nettie Newcomb, took
a great pleasure in looking over child
hood scenes, and renewing old ac-
quaintanceships
MINIS. Lizzie Orion and Martha
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