Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-10-14
LOCAL ITEMS


been looking up location at Beloit.
Mis- Grace Bracket of Chicago is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Fred Brack-
EFT.
Mrs. Anna Eddy plans to spenr the
winter at Pensacola, Fla. She leaves
soon.
Mrs. Martha Simpson has taken an
apartment in the Schmidt bakery
building.
Mr.. and Mrs R. A. King are home
from omtor trip to Waukesha and
Waupun.
The Robt Grilley family have To-
Gated in rooms in the Mrs. Bessie
Chapman home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Scott spent the
other scenic points
Mrs. Rebecca Dolphin, residing with
her daughter, Mrs. Harry Orion, has
been quite i'll of late
Mrs. w. r. Shattuck left Thursday
for Benton where she will reside dur
ing the winter months.
Mrs. RObt. Jordan of Boscobel was
here on business last mid-weew. leay-
ing for home Thursday
Mrs J. P Williams is visiting few
y.
Jerrett. near Livingston.
Henry Gerloch has moved his shon
from the Wright block to the second
floor of the Carthew buildin
Drawing the first snow of the year.
DR.. w. ]. Schade motored to Clark
county Friday and visited over Sun
day at his farm near Owen.
Mrs. Don Slater and babe of Wash
hnr eic
William J. Webb, recently. They
also visited relatives at Fennimore.
Miss Alice Groenier has returned to
her home in Chicago following a sum-
mer visit with her sister, Mrs. Ora
Sitter, who has been in poor health.
Rev. and Mrs. Mckinley, Mrs. Mary
Thompson and Miss Mary Farrell mo-
tored to Appleton last week and at
tended a Congregational church con-
vention as local delegates.
The John Stelpfug family of near
Tennyson plan to locate in Lancaster
some time soon. They have rented
the Cond l. o. Mills home in the sec
ond ward. This is palatial place.
Miss Lenice Schneider of Parkers-
burg, w. Va, is visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs Louis Schneider. Miss
work at Parkersburg and likes her
duties very much
The Herald of last week neglected
to mention that the arrival of babes
in the Ned Willis and Thos Reilly
families took place at Godfrey hos
pital. being the first time there were
two infants in the hospital together.
l.. G. Phinney and wife of Milwau-
kee spent the weekend here with
their son, Neil. Mr. Phinney had a
run into Lancaster for many years
and is now conductor on the North
western between Milwaukee and Wi
mona.
Mr. and Mrs. John Clark left last
Thursday for Indianapolis, Ind,
where they will visit their son for a
few weeks before proceeding to
Louisville, Ky, where they will visit
Rev Oliver Johnson and wife during
the winter
The Woman's club entertained the
city teachers and husbands of mem
bers at Grantland club room Wednes-
day evening. Miss Emma Schreiner
read a paper describing her trip to
the Orient and around the world
which took place last spring.
Miss Genevieve Powell, daughter of
Rev Chas. Powell, who came here
from Kansas City to reside and at
tend high school, has returned to her
former home She was unable to OBJ
tain a course in teachers training, in
which she wished to specialize.
A large crowd of local rooters ac-
companied the high school football
team to Fennimore Friday afternoon,
some of them by mtor car and the
balance by train, returning on the
late bsu. The game went to tie, six
and six, on a wet field. Part of the
game was played in sleet storm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvester Smith were
surprised at their home last Monday
evening by about twenty friends. A
pleasant time was had by all present.
The Smith family moved to Dodge
vile last mid-week. Mr.. Smith, for
many years baker for Harvey Schmidt
here, bought a bakery in the Iowa
county capital.
H c. Orion, E. L. Mccoy and Clar-
ence Calvert were in Pittsburg last
mid-week. That is they were so en-
crossed in getting radio returns from
the Worlds series they thought they
were on the ball grounds. The re-
ception was remarkable it being pos
sible to hear the bats breaking. the
plays being called, the band music
and the announcement of the arrival
of nOtables.
Rev. John BirrelI writes the Her
aid from Richland Center that he and
family like it there very we'll. The
people are splendid in every way. The
Birrells are not settled yet as work
men have been busy for weeks max
ing the parsonage over like new. Rev
BirrelI extends best wishes to his
friends here and hopes to motor over
for a days visit shortly.
J. L. Sisley and Lee Cumimns ar
rived in Lancaster Thursday after
noon from Sparta, Wis, driving the
distance of over a hundred miles in
a wagon. Mr.. Sisley reports crop
conditions god in that part of the
state He was especially interested In
Camp Robinson where many Wiscon-
sin soldiers were in cantonment prior
to entrance into the World war
Many of the young men who trained
there went overseas later
Mrs. Edith Prideaux of Council
Falls, Idaho, who has been visiting
her aged parents, Mr.. and Mrs. JOIN
Blackburn of this city. and Other
relatives and friends in Grant county
left Monday for Madison where she
will visit her two sisters, Mesdames
Clyde Richardson and J. o. Dutton
for a few days. She will return by {
different route from the one by which
she came to see more country. She