Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-02-06
Phelps News.

ne nau spent mOnCh IN the sun
ny south.
Mrs. Frank Hunter and daugh-
ter Mrs. Clarence Englund were
visitors at Eagle River, between
trains Monday.
The Ladies Aid society of the
Congregational church was enter
tanned last week Wednesday at
the home of Mrs. Albert Pray.
G. NJ. Christensen came up from
Chicago last Monday for a few
days visit.
The many friends Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Englund rendered
them with miscellaneous shower
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. E.
M. Anderson last Saturday even
ing Many articles, useful around
the home were received. Lunch
was served about midnight and
the echoes of a happy future could
be heard across the shore line of
Big, Twin lake as the party was
leaving in the wee small hours of
the morn.
The Ladies of Phelps recently
organized a Ladies Bowling Club.
They already have four teams and
there are couple more in the
making. Match games are played
twice a week; the club fees being
paid at each match game. A rec
ord of all games are kept, and
those receiving the different high
marks will receive the prizes that
the club has put up to be given
away at the close of the bowling
season. The alleys have been
turned over to the ladies on Sat-
urday and Friday evenings for
the rest of the winter.
Ira MacDermott, who for several
years has worked for the H. P. B.
Co., at this place, and who for the
past year has been working on
their train at State Line, was tax
en- to Eagle River last Friday for
medical aid. 1t is said that his
condition is critical.
Clyde Neldberg, was confined to
his home last week with the
grippe.
Mrs. Chas. Bodacker returned
to her home in Duluth, after a
two weeks visit with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Anderson.
Mrs Bodacker is better know here
as Marie Anderson.
The H. P. B. Co.'S, operators at
State Line are certainly shipping
in logs to Phelps. The company
has a crew of about 100 men, and
with Camp 10 running to capacity,
the mill is unable to cut the logs
that arrive daily, so there are a
couple decking crews kept busy
decking the logs on the lake shore
in order to have sufficient logs to
keep the mill running during the
spring breakup. Leo Klabunde
has change of both camps.
A shower was rendered to Mr..
and Mrs. Earl Kranky by their
many friends last Saturday even
ing. Many useful presents were
received.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lobisher re-
turned to Phelps last Friday to
spend the rest of the winter get
ging things ready for next sum-
mers run at the Maple Grove re-
sort after a couple of months
spent in Chicago visiting with
friends and relatives in that city
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Sleiger
.returned last Friday from Green
Bay, where they had been called
by the death of Mr.. Sleiger's moth
er. They had just returned the
week previous from that city
where they had been called by the
sudden death Of Mr.. Sleiger's ia
Their, due to a stroke of appoplexy
received on the train when he
was on the way to visit his wife
in the hospital. Mr.. Sleiger is
known to number of people in
this community, and always being
well and never complaining of i'll
health, his death came as a shock.
Mrs. Sleiger had been failing for
the past two years. The entire
community extend their sympa-
thy to Mr.. and Mrs. Sleiger.
F. ]. Strong of Eagle River was
business visitor in town the first
of the week, giving a demonstra-
ton with the snowmobile, for
which he has the agency.
Mrs. Fred Herman was an Eagle
River visitor last Thursday and
Friday at the Elmer Patten home