Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-10
FENNIMORE

Especial Correspondence to The Herald.)
Catches 2O-POund Pike.
Wednesday Luvern McLimans,
good hunter as we'll as fisherman of
real note, landed a pike weighing
about 20 pounds in the Woodman lake.
He had hard tussle to get him, but
it was worth the effort. measured
about 40 inches.
Nail Flies in Mans Eye.
Fred Grass, who has the Ralph
O'Brien farm west Of Mt. Ida leased,
while assisting in the erection of the
new barn on the place Wednesday had
the misfortune to have a nail fly and
strike him in the eye, cutting the eye
ball quite severely. He received med
ical aid Immediately and the sight of
it will be saved.
Isaac WaltOns Make Good Catch.
Emil Ruchti, d. A. Donnan, P. W.
Baumgartner and Charlie Horton en-
joyed few days of real fishing at
Kilbourn the past week and were
lucky in landing Sc of the speckled
beauties on Monday. They brought
home 43 pike and the string of them
surely made real showing.
Locals of Past Week.
John and Barney Boyd and wife and
two sisters of Mason City, were visit
ing old friends in this vicinity few
days. They formerly lived on the
Erick Gilbertson farm near Fennimore.
DR.. R. E. Smith was at Madison on
Thursday to see his wife who is a pa
tient in the Methodist hospital there.
She recently underwent an operation
for mastoids and is recovering nicely.
Walter Knox and Edgar Grebe
were here from Lancaster Friday look
ing up Studebaker prospects. They
were accompanied by Edgar's mother,
Mrs. Jane Grebe.
George M. Gunderson, Jacob STICKY,
Jacob Hirsch and P. S. Graham re-
turned Friday from Colfax, N. D.,
where they went a week ago on bust
ness. They report plenty of rain
and good crops in North Dakota. They
visited the S. E. Borah family while
there and report Gene and family as
well and prospecting.
First Band Concert.
The first band concert of the season
was given Thursday night. There
was a large crowd out to hear them
and their music was fine. They have
a lot of new music and several new
members added to their ranks during
the winter practice season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Gilbertson and
little daughter, of Edmund spent Sun
day at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs Harry Draggs, west of the
city
Loretta Trainor of the Platteville
Normal, spent Sunday at home.
Claire Howell, employed in the
Highway Commission office at Lancas-
ter, was a week end visitor at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. S. Williams spent
Sunday with their daughter, Gather
inc. who is recovering from recent
operations, at Madison.
Harry Sulzer and Loci Monroe drove
out from Madison Saturday to visit
home folks.
Aged Resident Dies.
Mrs. William Rogers died at her
home in the eastern part of the city
Friday night at o'clock, at the age
of IA years She had not been well
for some time. She was the wife Of
William Rogers. the well known citi-
zen of Fennimore who established the
fair grounds on the west side of the
city and completed it through his own
efforts. She is survived by two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Bert Govier and Hattie and
one son, Bud, the latter two children
making their home with the mother.
also five grandchildren and three great |
grandchildren. Her husband and one
soni, John, preceded her in death a
few years ago. She was kind and
loving mother, unassuming nature, but
held in high regard by all who bore