Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-25
BLOOMINGTON
Andrew Roberts Dead

this city Wednesday morning after a
long illness, aged rs years. He was
born in Lancaster, Dec. IL, 1848. His
parents were Henry and Cynthia Rob-
ertS who had come from Indiana about
a year before. They purchased the
farm now owned by George Starrett
and this was their home for many a
year. Mr.. Roberts was married to
Miss Sarah Gordon, Dec. 25, 1878.
They lived on farm near this place
until 1886, when they moved to Oak
dale, Nebr. After a year there they
returned to Bloomington and again
engaged in farming until 1908, when
they retired and bought a home in this
city. Mr.. Roberts served number of
years on the village board and was
always interested in the affairs of the
community. He was road overseer
for several years and had advanced
ideas in the building of good roads.
He was a charter member of the NJ
| w. A, and a member of the R. n. A.
He leaves to mourn his passing, his
wife, one daughter, Mrs. Lynn Har-
rover, one grandson, Robert Harrow
er, one sister, Mrs. Geo. Starrett, and
two brothers, Henry of Blooming ton,
and Alfred of Arlington, Iowa. Flu
neral services were held Friday after
noon at the M. E. church, the Rev.
Burden officiating. The M. w. A. at
tended in a body and gave their rit-
! ual> service at the church. Burial in
the village cemetery.
Second Place i'm Tournament
The Bloomington high school basket
ball team played in the. tournament at
Rlchland Center Friday and Saturday
and won second place. They lacked
but one point of gaining first place
The boys have done some good, hard
work and have improved rapidly since
the new gym has been available for
practice
Missing their rain at Bridgeport on
Wednesday morning, the boys caught
a freight to Muscoda and hired cars
there to take them the rest of the Way.
They encountered muddy roads but
arrived in time for the game. Prin-
cipal Schneyer went with them.
Killed i'm Automobile Accident
Il. n. Hoskins received a telegram
from his brother-in-law, Fred Hadley.
OF Dos Palos, Calf, stating that his
youngest daughter, Leila, Mrs. Benz.
King, had been instantly killed in an
automobile accident
Girls Discriminatory
The first girls declamatory contest
for the local high school was held on
Friday evening at the high school as
sembly room. In this contest only
Freshmen and Sophomores were rep
resented. There were seven speakers
and the judges gave first place to
Pearl Chapman in "The Rivals" Hell
Ell Lewis in "The Slow Man" won
second place and Monona Myers in
Our Angel Boy" won third place
All the girls did exceptionally well
and showed that they had done some
hard work on their selections. The
second contest will be held Wednesday
evening, and is for Juniors and Sen
Tors. The winners in these two con-
tests will compete with the girls who
haVee won in previous contests. and
were therefore exempt from these pre-
ilmlnarles. The boys contest will be
held about March II.
SharpenS Disc; Cuts Knee
EDWARD kOttke received a had cI+
just below the knee, which required
several stitches to hold it in place
a dlsc which he was sharpening at
ms shop, slipped and inflicted the in
jury. '"0 ~
Caucus Results
/ Inc town OF Bloomington caucus re-
SUITS: Chairman, Henry Bonn: SIN
| erVlsors, L. J. Pohle, Charles Plond-
ke, W. j. Schreiner, Roy Gates. Oh
Jay Martin, Ora Pohle; Treas M D
Knapp, Fred Mason Assessor Tbeo
| Gr1mesey, Frank MilIin
! vintage caucus will be held Wednes-
ods evening at the city hall.
| Locals OF the Week
grant Garner has secured a position
~ store at treeport, ILL.,, and will oo
| .lere April 1. Mrs. Garner will io;n
mn mn mere little later. We regret to
nave these good people leave our civ
ana nope they will like their new
nome. Ihey will be missed in tba tei.
ephone central where they have ron
uered efficient service for sovo,a1
years. several
Iuesoay was Mrs. C. E. Burdon,c
olrth date and about 25 of ber f,io,,d .
surprised her by bringing lunch hos
ne.s ana spending the evening. A fina
meal, plenty of music. etc. made tbo
evening pass pleasantly.
IuII mouse greeted the local nj n
-, - Wednesday evening at BagIev
tLley gave a program of n1nc;c
onu readings, the proceeds of wb;oh
VIII help pay for the piano recent,
PurGhased by the Bagley church Tbs
abagiey ladies served a delicious 1,,n n
70 the visitors, following the nrooran,
Claude Edwards and lisa Acke 9, an
Mere married at the NJ. b. narson ,.a' -
Wednesday, the Rev. C. e. Rurdo, dor, - 81
ilcIatlng. They were attended nv R'e
sgll Scnreiner and Dorothy Edwa ard
NE ne pride is a daughter OF Mr. ana
MRS. Dell Moore and the groono q 1nu
son OF MI. and Mrs Frank Edwa ,s5s .
after the ceremony a wedding di in 20.
was served at the home of the hrida,s
parents, the immediate relatives nar
taxing o. the repast. Mr.. and Mr.
EDWARDS will reside at the Moore fa rr =,
1or the present. Friends offer heart1,
congratulations io'i ~
WI: and Mrs. Will Rita and children
lett Sunday for Appleton where tbe n
VIII make their home. Wits motbe,
Mrs. Minnie Rita, who has visitod
at the farm the past week. retnrpod
" Appleton with them.
raymond Lewis was in hosnita1