Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-10-07
POTos| EVENTS
General Items of Interest
Gathered by Our Special
Correspondent.
Repair Congregational Church


church is undergoing extensive i'm
provements The edifiee has been
raised six feet and moved back ten
feet further from the street. Excava-
ton is being made for a. basement
with nine-foot ceiling. This room
will be an auditorium, 40x40 feet
square, in addition to a kitchen, din
ing room, c1ack and fuel rooms. The
basement will be used for social pur-
poses and Sunday school attendance.
The edifice will be wired for electric
lights and a modern heating plant in
stalled These improvements when
completed will entail cost of ap-
proximately three thousand dollars.
Much praise is due to the people of
the congregation for their action
taken in making their church edifice
one which they can point to with
pride. The Herald congratulates
them heartily.
Excavate for Primary Addition
Excavation has been made and the
foundation laid for the addition to
the primary school building in the
village of Potosi. The main building
is being reshingled and the chimneys
repaired.
Have Old-fashiOned Wiener Roast
"A VI lduISS d
wiener roast on the high school cam
pus last Tuesday evening. Those in
attendance were: Mesdames Eugene
Levens, Orville Wolf, Arthur Keene,
Percy Runkell, B. J. Patterson, Claude
Lesser, and the Misses Mary Linn,
Sylvia Stockert, Claire Helstern, De-
lena and Florence Lesser, Louise Do
ser, Mabel Schumacher and Leila
Shea. 1t is needless to comment fur
Their but say the occasion was a most
pleasant one to the participants.
Leave For California.
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Schumacher de-
parted for their Los Angeles winter
home last Thursday. They are ac-
companied by their cousins, Frederic
Schumacher and Miss Ricca Schuma-
cher, who will visit for an indefinite
period in the sunny cline of the Col
den state. Mr.. and Mrs. Schumacher
were rendered farewell party in the
Masonic hall on the eve of their de-
parture by numerous relatives and
served with a chicken supper and the
other good things that go toward MAX
ing a palatable meal. The many old
friends of Adam and wife regret to
see them leave again. We are, how
ever, looking forward with anticipa-
ton to their return to their Potosi
summer home.
Small Vote i'm POtOSi
A small vote was cast in Potosi at
the senatorial election last Tuesday
Only 81 votes were cast in the town
ship. Robert La Toilette received 80
votes and 8 were scattered. In the
village but 81 were cast, 46 for La
Toilette and 16 scattering.
t. III
Erma, 2year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Thole, was seriously
ill last week from eating too freely OF
appleswhich produced commissions.
Mrs. Josephine Lewis has decided to
remain in Potosi for the winter and
will not go to California as she has
during winters of the past.
DIR. Faherty in Council Bluffs, Iowa
DR.. Faherty has gone to Council
Bluffs, Iowa, to join his wife who has
been there for couple of weeks. AT
ter a brief visit among relatives. the
doctor and wife will return to their
home in Potosi
Ladies Aid Has Quilting
The Ladies Aid society enjoyed a
quilting party at the Masonic hall on
Tuesday last. Three quilts and one
comforter were completed which is
evidence of the good work done by
the ladies. The usual good dinner and
supper were served as is the custom
at such functions.
POtOsi BrevitieS
j. F. Walsh, after a visit with rel
atives in Boston, Mass, his former
home, returned last Monday. : Joe
says he had to cut his visit short in
order to get back to vote for Bob La
Toilette
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wealand and
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hannasch and
little daughter of Carroll, Iowa, and
Mrs. Paul Fieburg of Sheldon, Iowa.
are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Reuter- and other relatives in the vi
cinity of Potosi. Mrs. Wealand and
Mrs. Fieburg are sisters of Mr.. Reu-
ter
Mrs. John Kaeding has been quite
i'll at her home in the village the past
week
Rev. FIR. Wernerous of Dickeyville
was visitor in Potosi Friday.
The Ladies Aid society will be en-
tertained at Masonic hall next Thurs
day afternoon by the Mesdames Sam
Edge, c. j. RagatZ, Clyde Roesch and
Charles Hoffmeister.
Mesdames Leo Stoll, Harry Grosser,
Sidney Gillian and Miss Genevieve
Kimmick visited in Cassville Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis w. Nolan re-
turned to their home in La Crosse on
Wednesday after visit of two weeks
with relatives in Potosi. Miss Veva
Ostermeier, a niece, went with them
to visit there for couple of weeks.
Clarence, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ami
yet Liebfried, returned home last
week from Detroit, Mich, where he
has been employed the past summer.
He will aid his father with fall farm
work and when done will return to
Detroit.
The Miller Society Circus pitched
their tent for three days stand in
Potosi Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day, but for some reason the patron
age barely paid expenses.