Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-28
LOCAL ITEMS

Miss Linda Rhodes of Milwaukee i:
visiting her brother, Howard Rhodes
Miss Frances Tuffley, Wisconsin U
student, wah home for the weekend
Mrs. G. H. Muender of Montfort wa:
q mid-week guest of her mother, Mrs
Jane Grebe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Mcdonald en-
tertained % friends. at dinner Wed
nesday evening.
DR.. Fowler removed diseased ton
sis for Helen Spease, daughter O
Dave Spease of So. Lancaster, las
Thursday. .
Rev. E. Crusius has joined the radio
fan club with home-assembled ma
chine with which he gets stations
from all points.
Miss Emmy Lou Sheltman of Louis
Vile, KY, returned home Monday
morning following visit with Mrs
Thomas Mcdonald Jr. @
Fred Cox has sold his interest in
the former Barnett & Cox creamery
building to Dan Talmo, a Dubuque
buttermaker.
Mrs. William Leffler of DodgeVille
spent the past week here visiting her
son. Robert. She returned home Mon
day. taking grandson, Maurice, for a
visit there.
Chas. Brewer and wife of Chicago
were weekend guests at the Chas
Kaap home Mr.. Brewer has secured
\ good position with the Hudson Auto
Sales Co. in Chicago.
Miss Janice Budd of Fennimore and
Leighton Bickel of Madison were mar
ried Jan. 16. They will reside in Mad
ison where he has a position with the
Burgess Battery Co.
Herman Burkhardt of Escanaba
Mich. is here relieving Agt. w. H.
williamson who left Saturday with
Mrs. Williamson on their 60-day trip
around the western circle.
The Pythian Sisterhood held one of
their delightful little covered dish sup
pers at K of P. hall Wednesday ev-
ening. Members and their families, in
GLIDING the children, were present.
Friends received word from Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl w. Genthe of Dubuque of
the arrival of a pound boy named
Earl Junior, on January II. Mrs. Gen
the was formerly Leila Kerr of this
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Alt left for Mil
waukee Wednesday on business and
pleasure trip. Ernest made a remark
able recovery from, his recent injury
and hopes to be back in business by
spring.
John Howe went to Oshkosh Mon
day as Lancaster KiwaniS delegate to
the state convention of directors. Del
egates will be present from Wiscon-
sin and upper Michigan and a profit
able and pleasant time is expected.
Mrs. Abe Gray of Fennimore was
here Saturday to see her friend, Mrs.
Marion Clark of Mt Ida, who has been
taking treatment at the Godfrey hos
pital. At present Mrs. Clark is stay
ing at the Thos. Pendleton home.
Chas. Graney has bought the j. L.
Williams farm on Platte for his son,
Roy, possession to be given around
March list. Mr.. Williams will hold a
sale in the near future, the details be-
ing announced in this weeks Herald.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bransby Skate of
Livingston, with their son, Carter, and
daughter, Miss lea, motored to Lancas-
ter Sunday and visited at the II. M.
Jane SChermerhorn accompanied them
home.
Northwestern road dignitaries here
Friday in a private car on periodical
inspection were: A J. Workman, act
ing superintendent; J. w. Layden,
train master; c.. V. Axon, master me-
chanic; Frank Maso, road master; l..
B Loucks, district manager; b. K.
Culp. division engineer.
lLessrs. S. S. McNelly, James Fowl
en- and Fred Granville went to Bloom
ineton Saturday evening and attended
the dedicatory exercises in connection
with the new school building, now
completed at cost of $4,000. They
report a building nearly perfect in
its appointments and a credit to the
village.
Retiring District Attorney Geo. B.
GIementson had a busy two terms OF
office serving Grant county in that
capacity A check-up by him shows
l04 liquor cases and. 115 other Grim
NAL actions were handled by him in
circuit court during that time, MAX
ing total of 219 criminal actions dis
posed Of.
Jos. n. Blackburn and VIII COOK
have returned from Milwaukee where
they spent a couple of weeks looking
over the industrial situation. Mr..
Blackburn says conditions are at a
standstill at Milwaukee now but ev-
cry indication points to an abundance
Of building work as soon as the seas
on opens.