Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-06-10
BLOOMINGTON
Especial Correspondence to The Herald
Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday.


cises of the Bloomington high school
was the baccalaureate sermon by Rev.
c. E. Burden at the M. E. church Sun
day evening. Special music was rem
dered by the choir. The church was
beautifully decorated by the Junior
class. There was large attendance
at the service. Class day exercises
were held Monday afternoon at the
school house. The program fellows:
Music-High school orchestra.
Class History, Beth Scott.
Class Prophecy, Elma Morrissey.
Glass Poem, Lydia Birch, Mile
Welsh.
Glass Song, written by Annabelle
Gates.
Historian, Leila Ripper.
Peace Pipe, presented by Arnold
Krantz, accepted by Patricia Gilligan.
Glass Will, Ivanelle Orr, Marie
Welsh.
Music, orchestra.
Ivy grafton, Nellie Myers, Sylvia
Mason.
Commencement exercises were held
Tuesday evening at the high school
gymnasium with the following pro-
gram
March, Helen Lewis.
Invocation, Rev. Pollack.
Music, High school orchestra.
Class presidents's welcome address.
Iva Myers.
Music, male quartette.
Address, Thomas L. B Buvick of
Wisconsin University.
Song, Frances Cooley.
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o. L. Schneyer
Benediction, Rev. c. E. Burden.
Chautauqua Opens.
Good progress has been made in
selling season tickets for the chautau-
qua which gave its first entertainment
this afternoon, and the outlook for a
success seems assured. 1t last six
days.
The boys and girls club held an in
teresting meeting at the l. o. o. F.
hall last Friday evening. Talks were
given by Harley Starrett and John
Ripper, and many questions pertain
ing to the work of the club were dis
cussed Music was furnished by the
Juvenile band. There was good at
tendance at the meeting.
Improving Street.
Canal street has been overhauled the
past week. A big county grader
breaking up the surface so that some
extra dirt and rock could be disposed
of. The addition of a layer of fine
crushed rock puts our street in good
condition again.
Locals of Past Week.
Two of the graduating class of the
Lancaster high school, Misses Marjorie
Brady and Eva Fivecoats, were former
Bloomington girls and attended
school here before moving to Lancas-
ter. Congratulations from their
Bloomington friends are in order
Bobby narrower won the prize Of
fered by the ladies of the D. A. r. to
the pupils of the eighth grade, for the
best paper on Colonial history. There
were nine contestants and all the pa
pers were excellent. Those of Dor
phia Brodt and Burdette Ludden re-
ceived honorable mention.
Commencement exercises at Saint
Mary's school were held Sunday eve
ming at the school, with a program of
music, drills, dialogues, etc. Those
who received diplomas were: Dolores
Ostenhaus, Stella Lyness, Lena Mer-
gen, Peter Mergen, Francis Dagen-
hardt.
The Junior class of the high school
had a picnic Saturday near Bagley,
and all say they had fine time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Marty, Mr.. and
Mrs. Leo Gmur. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Stuessy of New Glarius and Mr.. and
Mrs. Groat, of Madison, spent Sunday
at the home of Mrs. Lizzie Hickok.
Mrs. Marty remained for longer visit
and will attend the chantanqua.
Mrs Ida Casper of Lancaster, and
her aunt, Mrs. Branscombe of Seattle,
Wash, visited at the George Starrett
farm Saturday and called to see Hen
ry Roberts, who is i'll.
Miss Irene Edwards is recovering
from an operation for appendicitis at
sanitarium in Prairie du Chen.
Attend Funeral of Relative.
Messrs. and Mesdames Albert and
Will Schreiner and Mrs. Marion Knapp
and son attended the funeral of rela-
tive. DR.. George G. McCallister, at
Ayoca. Friday. DR.. McCallister was in
Los Angeles at the time of his death,
and his body was brought to AvOca,
home home town, for burnal He and
his wife have visited the Schreiner
families several times and made
number of friends here.
Grant Johnson drove out from
Evansville Sunday and his wife and
son returned home with HON Monday.
Miss Martha Degnan and her pu-
pills of the fifth and sixth grades had
their annual school picnic Friday af-
ternoon at Garthwaite park. A fire
picnic dinner, games and general
good time filled the program. r
Mrs. Leo BARLEY entertained a num-
Der of ladies at bridge Friday after
noon in honor of Mrs. Grant Johnson
of Evansville, who has been her guest
the past week.
Lee Bailey attended the 1. 0. 0. F.
grand lodge at Kenosha last week as