Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-21
LOCAL ITEMS

Mrs. Geo. Tuffley was Fennimore
caller Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Horton of Fen
ninore attended Builders Days" here
last week, returning home Saturday.
Joseph Wright of Lancaster was a
visitor in MuscOda yesterday CWednes-
dav) and paid his compliments to the
Progressive office.-Muscoda Progress
sive.
Miss Gladys Stillman of the Home
Economics department" of the Univer-
sitv was in Lancaster Friday deliver
ing a lecture on milk and its Uses,''
before the Woman's club and feminine
guests of the day at the Grantland
Mrs. Louisa Oswald and daughter,
Miss Nettie, write Lancaster relatives
that they are enjoying the winter at
Lake Worth, Fla. Lake Worth is but
a few miles from the great winter re-
sort. Palm Beach. So far this winter
fine weather has been too warm if any
thing along the southern peninsula
w. H. Williamson and wife leave
Saturday on their California trip
They go first to Los Angeles and will
Droceed north to Seattle, following
the birds as the weather grows warm
or. They expect to be back in Lancas-
fer around March oath. Mr.. Burkhardt
of the Ashland division will relieve
Mr. Williamson as agent during the
latter's absence.
Adolph Vesperman, So. Lancaster
farmer, shipped % cattle and AZ hogs
to Ben Jacka, Mineral Point butcher,
last Friday. Jacka has a reputation
for meat quality and generally comes
into Grant county for his beef, claim
ing the beef cattle here to be just
what he wants for his select trade. He
handles nothing but the best and does
a strictly cash business.
Clyde Hauser shipped his poll par
rot to Milwaukee Friday, Mrs. Will
lis being the buyer. The parrot, aged
81, was formerly the property to F. P.
Barnett The bird is a gifted creature
being able to talk intelligently in
about seven different languages. Mr..
Hauser said he could understand the
English spoken by the bird but the
other lingo was all Greek to him.
Troop Wakandya, Boy Scouts of Am
erica, announces the appointment of
Paul Austin as assistant scoutmaster
of the troop Mr.. Austin has made
steady progress as a scout from the
rank of tenderfoot in 1919 to that of
Eagle Scout, the highest rank in scout
ing, in 1923. For the past two years he
has been senior patrol leader of the
troop. Mr. Austin is the director of
the Wakandya orchestra, the only
troop orchestra in the city. Within the
past few weeks they have played for
the Sons of Veterans auxiliary, the
Women's Relief Corps, and on New
Years eve they gave a program at the
italian Methodist INSTRUMENTATION
State Journal.
Miss Emma Schreiner left Lancas-
ter Saturday on her trip around the
world as related in detail elsewhere.
Her brother, Herbert, went as far as
Chicago where he transacted business
Saturday, attending Ross Bond Co.
sales meeting.
George Quick was called to Milwau-
kee Wednesday morning by the ill
ness of his daughter, Mrs. III. j.
Voigt. He expected to stay for few
days visit.
Bell Telephone Mgr. G. E. Briggs
was Fennimore business caller on
Thursday afternoon, attending tele-
phone conference there.
A. G.. Knapp departed Saturday for
milwaukee where he is taking in the
automobile show at the big auditor
ium.
Mrs. A. w. Sterne of Grand Island,
Nebr., has been in Lancaster visiting
Chas Stratton and wife.