Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-09-23
P0T0S| EVENTS
General Items of Interest
Gathered by Our Special
Correspondent.
Killed i'm Rail Accident

Robert Travis received the sad news
by wire last Monday evening that his
brother, James Travis, and wife were
killed in a railroad accident at Have
lock, near Lincoln, Nebr., Sept. 18th.
Mr.. Travis departed Immediately to be
in attendance at his brothers and sis
ter-in-law's funeral at Oshkosh, Nebr.
The circumstances of the accident are
such that Mr.. and Mrs. James Travis
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Loder of Wav-
erly, Nebr., were riding in an auto
when they were hit at a crossing near
Havelock by a Burlington train. The
result was the death of Mr.. and Mrs.
Travis and Mrs. Loder who was a sis
ter of Mrs Travis. Mr. Loder is the
only occupant of the auto who wasn't
killed though he was seriously in
jured and is in a hospital at Lincon.
A large sized sign board obstructed
their view at the crossing. Hence the
accident which is deplorable in the ex-
IRENE. The bodies of the slain were
terribly mangled.
Organize Local Mining Company
A mining company of local investors
has been organized to develop mining
on lands owned by Miss Barbara
Pluemer east of the village of Potosi
and south of Tennyson. The organi-
zation will be known as the Ridge
way Mining Co. The promoters are
J. H. Coons, Jake Ude1hofen, Lawrence
Muller, Bob Travis, Leo Stoll, Charlie
Vogelsberg, Leo Roth, John Pluemer,
John MEME and Carl Schumacher.
Entertain at Dinner Party
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Reynolds en-
tertained a party of friends to dinner
at their hospitable farm home last
Sunday. Those present were: Mr..
and Mrs. Mike Reynolds and sons,
Lyle and Harold and daughter, Sylvia
of Lancaster, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Reynolds and daughters, Mary, Han
nah and Martha, and sons, Walter
and Clarence, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Rey-
nolds, Mr.. and Mrs. Will Wunderlin,
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Reynolds, son Ro-
maid and daughter, Ruth, Mr.. and Mrs.
Delbert Rice son, John and daughter,
Minola, Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Kastner
son, Junior, and daughters, Virginia
and Airline, Mrs. Mary Reynolds and
daughters, Clara and Theresa, and
son, Herman, Archie Reynolds, Wal
ter Leibfried, Miss Vera Elwell and
Miss Kathryn Reynolds.
Visit in Windy City.
Miss Mildred Pluemer of TennySon
was in Chicago the past week and en-
joyed pleasant time with relatives
and friends.
Take Trip Out West
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Buacher left last
Wednesday for two weeks visit with
relatives at Cotton, S. D., and Esther
vile, Iowa.
Ladies' Aid to Entertain
The Ladies Aid Society will be en-
tertained at the Masonic Hall next
Thursday afternoon by Mrs. John
Campbell, Mrs. Archie Hurst, Mrs.
Alvina Schroeder and Mrs. Ames
Home From Prairie States
Theodore Mioska and son returned
Friday from a months visit in Min
F0recasting For 1926
There are two important events for
1926 that should be taken into con-
sideration by the good people of the
st. Thomas and st. Andrews con-
gregations in the town of Potosi.
First, what would be amiss if the peo-
pie of the st. Thomas church would
take it in hand at proper time, say
in June, 1926, and celebrate the Goth
anniversary of the foundation of the
church in Snake Hollow, now the viii
lage of Potosi This to be followed in
August, 1926, by celebrating the 80th
anniversary of the founding of the St.
Andrews church in Dutch Hollow,
now called Tennyson. The st. Thorn
as congregation was organized in
June 1886 and the st. Andrews con-
gregation in August 1916. 1t was on
the 18th day of June, 1886, that the
people of st. Thomas church, aided by
people of all other denominations cell
ebrated the 50th or golden anniversary
of the birth of the congre cation. The
late lamented Rev FIR. Joseph A.
Dreiss was then the pastor of the
church and took very active inter
est to make the celebration what it
proved to be. 1t drew one of the lar
gest crowds of people ever before or
since seen at a celebration in Potosi.
People of all creeds and nationalities
joined to make the event a memorable
one and their efforts were crowned
with success. The st. Andrews con-
gregation has never as yet in the al
most 80 years of existence taken any
action toward celebrating its anniver-