Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-02
LOCAL ITEMS

The county highway committee and
the commissioner with Will Morrissey
of Bloomington were in Madison the
first of last week comforting with the
state highway commission in regard
to the Bridgeport bridge crossing the
Wisconsin. There has been some agi-
tation toward removing the bridge
from the toll class and making it a
free bridge.
The highway forces have completed
the hard road up the hollow to Fenni-
more on S. T. L. IL. This gives peo-
pie in the northern part of the coun-
ty a hard road to the county seat at
all times and Lancaster people can
now get out of the county regardless
of mud elsewhere.
1.-TWO Fellows and a Girl" drew but
a fair house at the Grantland Wednes-
day night evidencing that Lancaster
people like a show house to look at
and own but not to patronize. The
performance was first class and drew
favorable comment from those who at
tended.
A. Finnegan, the Fennimore monu-
ment man, was a Lancaster business
caller Friday. Mr.. Finnegan still re-
tains the services of Nat Cerutti, his
cutter, and expects to employ other
cutters as increase in business justi-
fies the same
The l. o. o. f. dancing party Fri
day evening was big success with
about rs couples of merry dancers on
the floor in the beautiful hall the To-
cal Odd Fellows are so justly proud
of. The Tafton Tooters of Blooming
ton furnished excellent music for the
occasion.
Dr. Elgie Kraut and Ernie Jones
entertained a few friends at the Kraut
/ home for Thanksgiving dinner. The
doctor and Ernie attended big shoot
not long ago and Ernie won a dandy
turkey. Hence the festivities.
Mrs. Leila Smith has sold her mil
linery shop in the Baxter building to
milliner of Poynette who takes pos
session the first OF the year Mrs.
Smith and sister will continue their
dressmaking establishment.
Mrs. Alfred Kruel of Madison re-
turned home Friday following holt
day visit with Frank Lacke and wife
Miss Bernice Kruel of Muscoda is Wis
iting at the Lacke home. The ladies
are sisters of Mrs. Lacke
Walter Damn and family who have
been located on contract at Neely's
Landing, Mo-, are home for the win
ter. Mr.. Damn has been running a
construction contract there for his
firm. C. E. Rich & Co.
There was family gathering at the
L. H. Stevens home for Thanksgiving
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Montfort and Cassville and Mr.. and
Mrs. Van Pinkerton were down from
Neenah for the day.
Mrs. Carl Roth was in La Crosse
recently visiting her daughter, Alpha,
teacher in the Normal there. While
absent from Lancaster Mrs. Roth Wis
tied her niece, Miss Leone Bryhan, at
W. Allis
Miss Kate eastman is home from
Letcher, S. D., where she was called
by the illness of her brother, John.
The latter has been quite i'll but is
improving in health now,
DR.. J. Fred Henkel and wife and
little daughter, Patricia, of Richland
Center, spent Thanksgiving day with
| Fred's mother, Mrs. Anna Henkel,
and brother. Leo.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. R. York of Cumber-
| land returned home Friday noon fol-
lowing weeks visit with their daugh-
ter. Mrs Geo. Harville, here
The Frank Beetham family are NOV
ing to Lancaster from Nc Lancaster.
They will reside in the Dick Bennett
residence in the first ward.
Supt. F. E. Ralph was in Madison
| last week attending a state conven-
ton of county school superintendent