Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-03-19
LOCAL ITEMS


ed in Lancaster over Tuesday.
C. d. Hayden and William Ilker ST..
left Sunday for Chicago on business.
Thos. Reilly, dist. highway engineer
was a Darlington passenge Monday.
Miss Gladys Morley visited at the
parental home in Fennimore over Sun
day.
Sam Bushnell and mother, Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Bushnell of Beloit, visited in
Lancaster last week, returning home
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry j. Belscamper
announce the birth of seven pound
daughter at the Fowler hospital Sun
day, March 10th.
Chas. Tiede of Baraboo, relieved
Engineer Williams on the morning run
to Galena las week He returned
home Wednesday.
Miss Leona Showalter went to Madi-
son Saturday to take a position fol-
lowing a visit with her mother here
since the holidays.
Helen Wenzel, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. August Wenzel is a patient at
Doolittle hospital where she will I'M
dergo an operation soon.
Mrs. w G. Gralapp returned home
to Wittenberg, Wis, Wednesday fol-
lowing visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. P. Martin
Vivian Edwards, employed with the
Wisconsin Telephone Co. at Monroe,
spent the weekend here with his
mother, Mrs. M. c. Edwards.
Miss Minnie Caspers departed Sat-
urday for visits in Spring Green, Chi
cago and Grand Rapids, Mich. Miss
Caspers is much improved in health.
Swede Delaney, pitching for the st.
Louis Cardinals, pitched the first five
innings in a shut-OUt game against
Milwaukee Brewers at the training
camp last week.
Chas. Voelz is the first farmer re-
porting hatch Of chicks to the Her
aid Out of 420 eggs set to hatch in
a Klondyke incubator 326 chicks ma
terialized on March 10.
Lovers of fine comedy will look for
ward to Raymond Hitchcock's engage
ment at the Grand in Dubuque on
March 90 Mr.. Hitchcock will appear
in that delightful comedy of modern
life, 1.-The Old Soak"
Rev. John Birrell will attend the
Mid-Year Institute for Platteville
district at Shullsburg Friday to Sun
day. He will instruct in world
service anu pI6bCn Lie 4uSIltuLS
sermon Sunday.
Judge Smalley heard testimony Sat-
urday in the divorce case of Mrs.
Nellie Stanchfeld VS.. George Stanch-
field The suit was dismissed. Mrs.
Stanchfield through her attorney, Geo.
B. Clementson, will appeal the case.
A year ago yesterday the trains
stopped running out of Lancaster due
to the big snow storm. The storm was
followed by cold wave OF short dur
alton. Spring was late last year, the
last heavy frost falling on April II.
Mrs. Paul Fischer of Fennimore, re-
turned home Sunday after stay at
Doolittle hospital for an appendicitis
operation Her sister, Mrs. Raymond
Hambrecht of Madison, was here on
Sunday to accompany Mrs. Fischer
home.
Mrs. H. C. Gill of New York City,
is visiting her friend Mrs. Vernon Kin
ney, while her son Stanley, chem
ical engineer, is in Texas looking ov-
er oil wells belonging to Sec. Mellon.
Mrs. Gill was formerly ,Maude Keene
of Hurricane.
Melvin Bonn, rural school superV1s-
or, spoke at North Andover Wednesday
night, addressing the community club
on Equalization of Education" MI.
Bonn points out that the school year
in the country is six months while In
the city it is nine months or longer
Mrs. ]. R. Villemonte, Mrs. Grant
Lewis, Mrs. Geo. Armneld, and H. M.
Weaver, all of Fennimore. visited In
Lancaster over Friday and took the
performance of Ben Hur at the Grant
land. Bert Lewis, a Fennimore young
man, who took the part OF Ben Hur.
The wedding of Pirl e. Davis and
Miss Alma Emler took place at the
Methodist parsonage Wednesday, the
Rev. Birrell officiating. The young
couple went to Madison on their
wedding trip. They will live on
farm four miles east of Lancaster.
Judge Smalley and reporter caught
the morning train Monday for Daring
ton where court is in session TINS
week. Next week the judge goes 10
Dodgeville. Following that ne VIII
hold court at Milwaukee. The Juuge 5
slate is filed with out-of-toWn WORK
until June at least.
Those from Lancaster attending the
Griswold Bros purebred Shorthorh
sale at Livingston Wednesday were.
w. Mccormick, L. O. VeSperman, Wm.
Marberger, and Wood Bros OF Mount
Hope. Wood Bros and VIM. Marburg-
er bought two of the choicest oner-
ings. Wood Bros. bought Baron CHI
ton Sd. 119S315, and Mr.. hamburger
W. 49, .oo..oo
Village Stamp 123449S. ,,
The two night performance OF Inc
Prince of the Orient" held at the
Grantland Friday and Saturday nights
surprised and pleased large NUMBERS
of local people. The appointments OF
Lancaster's beautiful civic theatre
lent themselves well in production
like this to produce a gratifying re-
suit. The play was directed ana cos
tuned by Mrs. Anne Hooking Smltn
of Darlington, director of thirty
years experience. Local people per
formed like veterans under Mrs.
Smiths tutelage. The story OF ben
Hur," General Lew Wallaees master
piece. is familiar to all and needs no
repetition. However, it will probably
be re-read with interest by many IN