Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-10-28
LOCAL ITEMS

don family.
Mr.. and Mrs. A B. Shannon Of
Portage visited the weekend at tha
Thos. Peacock and Frank Burgess
home.
Guy Huff, who has been attending
school at Hedding College, Aggingdon
Ill, is home recuperating from a sick
spell.
Mrs. Cecilia Garthwaite returned tn
Bloomington Thursday following a Wis
it of three weeks with her friend. Mrs
L. Morrow, of Lancaster.
Lloyd Tucker of Ellenboro is one
of three or four who bagged fox re-
ceiving the bounty allowed by the
state conservation commission.
Virgil Scott is home from San Pedro
Calf, where he resided the past year
His trip home was occasioned by the
serious illness of his mother. Mrs
John Scott.
Mrs. Chas. Edwards of Linden Wis
tied over Sunday with her parents
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Rowdon Mrs. Row
dons health has been somewhat poor
of late.
Mrs. w. n Moulton and Miss Belle
Swanson of Two Harbors, Mimi. re-
turned home Monday following a visit
of two weeks with the Schreiner fam
lilies here.
Tonsil operations were performed
at Doolittle hospital Saturday on a son
of Fred Droesler of Platteville and
daughter of Chas. Petty of So. Ian
caster.
S425 was collected in the Salvation
Army fund drive here and forwarded
by Treas. F. c. Meyer to the state
treasurer Of the organization at Mil
Waukee.
Geo. H. keenan, of Madison, Assis-
tant Grand Lecturer for the Masonic
fraternity, was a Lancaster visitor
with his brother-in-law, Joseph Ben
nett, over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Thompson Of
Evansville, accompanied by Mrs. Laura
Thompson and daughter, Hildred, of
Madison, motored here Sunday for
visit with relatives. Mrs. Laura
Thompson will remain here for q
couple Of weeks.
To organize the interest they have
in the high school band, mothers of
the band boys have formed a club
with Mrs. J. D. Hatch, president, Mrs.
Edgar Croft, vice president, and Mrs
Jas. Fowler, sec-treas. Entertain
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be devoted to the band.
E. ]. Morse was down on his farm
on Grant Saturday. While there he
picked up number of enormous puff
balls These fungi were enormous in
size, some of them being as big as
pumpkins. The puffball is pared,
sliced, dipped in egg batter and cooked
like eggplant. The taste is not un-
like that of eggplant.
The big high school gym was the
scene of much festivity Friday night
when pupils of all classes with the
faculty met for merry evenings en-
tertainment. Interesting games,
grand march and other events includ-
ing refreshments made the occasion
one long to be remembered. The stu
dent body of $50 and their mentors,
who joined in heartily, created consid
cradle activity in the big room. 1t is
planned to hold similar events in the
future
DR.. Fowler reports the birth of
daughter at the Raymond Ertz home
in South Lancaster on Wednesday
forenoon, and the birth of a daugh
ter at the Joseph Reynolds home in
the town of Potosi Saturday afternoon.
At the present writing all parties to
these two happy events are doing well.
Miss Martha Petty, Wisconsin u,
was home for the weekend. While
Martha was here the G. L. Nye family
motored up from GAINESVILLE and a
family gathering took place at the
Petty home. Birthdays of James Petty
81, and Martha Petty, 19, were cele-
brated in proper manner.
,,ro,,I5 noo,,, oIroocf iporodih1n th at
a local concern could develop good
business in selling typewriters and
adding machines, but the impossible
has been achieved by H. L. Folio,
newsdealer, who is handling good
line of each article. Last week How
dy" sold Victor adding machines to
Cottingham & Co., Hickok Estate and
the Co. Supt. Of Schools. Remington
portable typewriters were sold to c.
o. Goble, Willie Shenk and r. M. Or
chard. This has nothing to do with
many previous sales in and around
Lancaster. Mr. Folio traces number
of inquiries to Herald advertising.
Prin. Arch Terrill of the Platteville
schools spoke to the Lancaster XII
wants Wednesday on the Religious
Day School," as worked out at Platte
vile and some LOO other cities IN
the country Under the plan all prl-
waite schools are either done away
with or rendered unnecessary. The
children are relieved at stated hours
during the week for religious IN
struction, the choice of the church be-
ing left entirely to the parents. The
PIatteville plan has proven quite sat
tsfactory and source of satisfaction
to those taxpayers who pay taxes on
public schools while their children
may be attending a private school. In
conclusion Mr.. Terrill paid high
tribute to the youth of today saving
that despite all the slams, modern
youth is finer, cleaner, healthier ana
more moral than any other generation
preceding.
A. H. Martin, consulting municipal
engineer of Pra. du Chen, was Lam
caster caller Friday. Mr.. Martin mao
talk with the mayor and some OF the
city fathers in regard to paving the
principal Lancaster streets. 1t IS gen