Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-31

Miss Laura Turner has entered the
employ of the Doolittle hospital as of
flee girl.
Edwin E. Knobel of Cleveland, o.,
spent Christmas with his mother,
Mrs. D. C. Johnson of Lancaster.
Misses Mildred Case and Leone
Kraemer leave this week for Augusta,
Ca, where they will visit the Bailie
families for three months.
]. A. Mckinley, student at Ames,
Iowa, agricultural college, is visiting
his father and mother, Rev. and Mrs.
G. A. Mckinley, of this city.
Z. G. Chabucos and family of Rock
ford were holiday guests of the Jos.
Adkins family, northwest of town.
They returned home Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schmidt of Mil
waukee spent Christmas at the Frank
Schreiner home, Mr.. Schmidt return
ing to work FRIDAY afternoon.
Miss Floyd Bryhan of Chicago spent
Christmas with her father, Henry Bry-
han, and sister, Mrs. Erskine Scott,
returning to Chicago Monday.
Ellenboro teachers, Miss Minnie
parted Wednesday for holiday visits,
Miss Merritt going TO Cobb and Mrs.
Slack to Mifflin.
Geo. lockwood and family of Mad
ison were here to spend Christmas at
the Thos. lockwood home. Mr.. Tuck
wood is employed at Madison and the
daughter, Ruby, attends the university
Undersheriff Calls was in Muscoda
Saturday conducting sale OF the old
J. F. Postel farm of 400 acres, owned
by J. j. Manning. The place with
$4,000 worth of buildings on it sold
for $4,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Mcmillan and
son, Ray, returned home to Endeavor,
Wis, Monday after a stay OF three
weeks here Mr.. Mcmillan solicited
subscriptions for farm journal while
in Lancaster.
John Schreiner, Wisconsin univer-
sity, and Mrs Paul Schmidt, Malwau-
kee, concluded holiday visit at the
Frank Schreiner home yesterday Miss
Rachel Schreinel, attending school IN
the east, renamed for a longer visit.
Mrs. Christopher Kellner, an old
resident of Cuba City, died there on
Friday morning at the age of 80 years
following a short illness. Burial was
made Monday. Two sons and four
daughters survive.
Geo. Robbins, So. Lancaster farmer,
suffered an ugly wound in his right
eye while saving wood last Tuesday
at his home A stick flew away from
the saw, striking Mr.. Robbins in the
eye. He is under the care of DR..
Fowler.
Mrs. Beth He'll, daughter of Deputy
U. S. Marshal Frank He'll, and wife,
of Madison, was married Dec. 10 to
Walter Frederickson "a Madison sales
man Mr.. and Mrs. Frederickson will
reside at Madison where the groom is
employed.
Elder ]. o. Dutton and wife of
Madison have been visiting Mrs. Dut-
tons parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Blackburn. While here Elder Dutton
held several meetings of the Latter
Day Saints congregations in the Lam
caster vicinity.
Thomas lockwood, an old Civil war
veteran of Lancaster and a resident
here for many, many years, relates
that Christmas 1924 was about the
coolest holiday he ever saw. Still, as
Uncle Tom says, one forgets about
weather in previous years.
Miss Pearl Poland, employed with
Milwaukee banking house, spent
Christmas with her mother, Mrs. Mary
Poland of Lancaster. A brother, Ray
mond, was home from Plateyllle Nor
NAL RAYMOND finishes this year and
will look for a position as manual
training teacher.
DR.. e. w. Brakeman of Wesley
foundation and pastor of the Metho-
dist University church at Madison,
gave an interesting talk along the line
of what the church is doing in d.
recting the lives of young students.
His talk was followed closely by
good sized audience.
Lyle R. Cohen of Fennimore and
Mildred Clark of No. Lancaster were
united in marriage at the Methodist
parsonage last Tuesday afternoon at
2:3O, the Rev. John Birrell officiating
Witnesses were Ralph Cohen and Allce
Clark, brother of the groom and sis
ter of the bride. Mr.. and Mrs. Cohen
will begin housekeeping on a farm
near Mt. Ida.
The cold snap reached its height
Tor lownes) Sunday morning with p
below zero. Sunday was the coolest
day of the present winter and the
hardest to fire against. The thermom-
eter was % below at 7:15, 20 below
at 8:15 and 10 below at 1915. 1t
lowered at this point all day, warm
ing perceptibly Sunday evening and
remaining at zero all night-a blessed
relief from intense and bitter cold.
Principal S. S. McNelly claims Lam
caster is exceptional in other things
beyond the ones outlined in this
weeks page New Years greeting from
the business and professional men to
the community. Last Friday Mr.. Nc
Nelly and Archie Wilkinson went west
on foot on a little hunting trip. In a
couple of hours time they bagged %
rabbits. They used what they needed
and distributed the rest to friends
who found them welcome addition
to their Sunday dinner.
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