News: Granton Locals (17 Aug 1917)

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Surnames: Hales, Barth, Jahr, Hickox, Williams, Ives, Spry, Tykac, Wright, Rasmussen, Paulson, Krnoch, Bierhaur, Moldenhauer, Clouse, Hagen, Bealer, King, Wage, Lloyd, Devos, Welsh, Rose, Rausch, Sparks, Todd, Goergen, Prange, Crosby, Lezotte, Berg, Wonser, Davis, Ure, Handt, Blakely, Roberts, Rath, Miller, Drescher, Bus, Hart, Osgood, Marg, Merrill, Riedel, Gerber, Reichert, Deetz, Moses, Reiff, Thiede, Beeckler, Champlain, Wilson, Tompkins, Tower, Rice, Capelle, Lombard, Atkin, Moser, Finner, Winn, Furgeson, McClaflin, Liston, Amidon, Marsh, Hill, Lincoln, Johnson, Handke, Holmes, Murphy, Eschenberg, Schroeder, Martin, Hollenbach, Shultz, Klein, Reed, Hayden, Pierrelee, Downer, Kauth, Marshall, Klauck, Renne, Smith, Sternitzky, Cornelius, Drescher, Lawson, Thomas, Griffin, Montgomery, James, Wentworth, Schmoll, Paulson, Moore, Groner, Crow, Galbreath, Kosnosky, Lamp, Royce, Mooney, Scott, Gabauer, Fuchs, Hahm, Beecher, Hoppenstedt, Wells, Agin, Crosby, Muehlig, Schune, Bolls, Freelund, Dietrich, Proehl, Stolper, Carter, Carlton, Cole, Knoll, Calkins, McKercher, Boyd, Valleau, Bredlau, Blake, Neinas, Crandall, Baer

----Source: Granton News (Granton, Clark County, Wis.) 08/17/1917

Loren Hales spent Saturday at Marshfield.

Miss Bertha Barth spent last Friday with friends at Marshfield.

Mr. and Mrs. Al Jahr spent Sunday with relatives at Neillsville.

Mrs. Orrin Hickox visited Neillsville friends Wednesday.

Mrs. Willis Williams entertained the Circle and a few friends Wednesday.

Mrs. Ives of Heathville is visiting at Homer Spry’s since Tuesday.

B. Tykac spent Tuesday evening at Neillsville.

Fred Wright spent Monday afternoon with friends at Chili.

Julius Rasmussen of Marshfield visited at Ross Paulson’s Monday.

Mrs. Chas. Krnoch and Mrs. Bierhaur were county seat visitors Tuesday.

Walter Moldenhauer and family are here from Spirit Falls for an indefinite stay.

Herman Hagen of Athens was a guest of his brother Gus and family here last week.

Mrs. Chas. Clouse of Loyal, after a visit at Homer Spry’s, went home to Loyal on Tuesday.

Mrs. Herman Bealer and baby Edward went to Neillsville on a visit to friends Tuesday.

Mrs. Homer King left for Beach, N.D. Monday on an extended visit among relatives.

Miss Gladys Wage is home from her summer’s visit at Duluth, since Friday night.

Miss Irene Lloyd and Mrs. A.L. Devos of Neillsville visited Mrs. Ernest Dixon Tuesday.

The Misses Esther Welsh and Elva Rose are home from a month’s visit at Plymouth since Tuesday.

Mrs. Hans Paulson Sr. of Nasonville, after a week’s visit with Mrs. D.S. Rausch went home on Tuesday.

Miss Rose of Wauwatosa is here visiting her brother Dr. H.L. Rose and family since late last week.

Miss Helen Sparks spent several days of last week with her sister Mrs. Hattie Tod on Route 1.

Andrew Goergen of Marshfield is with the E.D. Prange family on Route 3 since Friday.

Wm. Crosby, Wm. Lezotte and Arnold Worchel were county seat visitors on Friday.

Hugh Berg bought a second hand Ford car of E.R. Wonser last week.

Sid Davis was at Neillsville on Monday.

Mrs. Romanzo Davis went to LaValle again on Monday.

Mrs. Ray Ure of Chili visited friends here on Monday.

Mrs. A.M. Blakely was here from Chili between trains on Wednesday.

Paul Handt has a handsome new 7 passenger Cadillac car since Wednesday.

Miss Myrtle Roberts of Wilton is visiting Dr. and Mrs. Rath since Wednesday.

Mrs. J.A. Miller of Route 3 is home from her visit in Illinois since Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Julius Drescher, Dan and Ina, were guests of Mrs. Augusta Jahr on Tuesday.

Joe Buss sold two pigs less than a year old to Fred Mort Monday for $69.75.

Rella Osgood, John Ure and Gus Marg were county seat visitors on Monday.

Mrs. J. Merrill of St. Paul was the guest of Mrs. Dan Rausch the first of the week.

Mrs. Ed Riedel and sons Harold and George were over from Neillsville Monday and visited relatives.

The Misses Cecelia and Lobelia Gerber visited Mr. and Mrs. Louis Reichert at Chili on Monday.

Jesse Deetz and Clarence Moses of Richland County are visiting their uncle Omar Deetz the past 2 weeks.

The Ladies Aid of Rev. Reiff’s parish will meet with Mrs. Herman Thiede next week Wednesday.

The Misses Pearl and Haidee Beeckler returned from their visit at Spencer on Monday.

Mr. Champlain of Clinton, Iowa was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Wilson on Tuesday.

Frank Tompkins is on a piano tuning trip between Melrose and Galesville since Saturday.

G.W. Tower of Eau Claire, assistant superintendent of the Easter Division of the Omaha Ry., was here on business Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Rice of Sheboygan County are visiting relatives in the Fred Capelle home since last Friday.

Mrs. Angelo Lombard and baby Edith Marion went to Merrillan Tuesday to spend the balance of the week with relatives.

Miss Edna Atkin of Minneapolis, after a 4 week stay with her aunt, Mrs. M. Dorst on Route 1, left on the home trip Friday.

Mrs. T.D. Wage will entertain the Circle Wednesday, Aug. 22.

Omar Deetz, with his nephews Jesse Deetz and Clement Hoser of Richland County, spent Monday at Marshfield.

Mrs. Paul Finner and little sons Winn and Richard, after a 10 day visit here at Webb Winn’s, went home to Madison on Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Furgeson, after a several weeks stay at the Madison Sanitarium at Madison, returned as far as Neillsville on Wednesday.

Miss Vivian McClaflin came home from a several weeks visit with relatives at Humbird on Wednesday, accompanied by her cousin Cecil McClaflin, who is here for a short time.

Mr. and Mrs. G.E. Amidon, their daughters Elva and Lola and Miss Amy Marsh, autoed to Melrose Sunday and returned Monday afternoon.

Mrs. Wellie Davis of Chili accompanied Mrs. Mabel Welsh home from there on Monday and remained until Tuesday, having dental work done.

Mrs. Dave Williams of Neillsville spent much of the week here helping her daughter, Mrs. Crandall with the work moving from the Reichert home to the Morris house.

Mrs. Harvey Hill and daughter Gertrude and Mae, after a 3 week visit with relatives in the town of Sherwood, went home to Glidden on Wednesday.

Mrs. Lincoln of Owen came last Friday and visited the Rice Davis family that day, then continued on to Warren McClaflin’s on Route 1, where she is since visiting.

Mr. and Mrs. Gus Hagen, his brother Herman, Mrs. Oscar Johnson, Nellie and Harvey went to Neillsville Friday on a couple days visit to relatives in that city.

Mrs. Paul Handke, accompanied by her little daughters Selma and Mildred, left Wednesday for Plymouth, Ind. on a two week visit to her aged father.

Miss Gertrude Holmes, after six weeks attendance at summer school in Berien Springs, Mich., is visiting at Hinsdale and Chicago, Ill, and expected home yet this week.

Mrs. G. Murphy is home from her visit at Milwaukee and other state points since Tuesday when Dr. Murphy autoed to Marshfield and met her that day.

Miss Caroline Eschenberg of Chicago came Friday on a several weeks visit to her mother and other relatives in the Otto Schroeder home on Route 4.

A.L. Martin of Plymouth, a state boiler inspector, was here on professional business last Tuesday, and at the same time called on old friends hereabouts.

Miss Viola Hollenbach came home from Milwaukee Wednesday for a visit with home folks, accompanied by her friends Miss Edna Shultz of that city.

A note from Mike Klein received yesterday is to the effect that he is employed by the Kissel Motor Co. at Hartford, Wis., and wishes his Granton News to be sent to him there.

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Reed and son Erle of Thorp autoed down and spent Monday among old friends here and at County Farm Corners, where they once live.

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hayden, accompanied by their daughter Glyde and her mother Mrs. Wien, went to Merrillan last Saturday noon to visit Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hayden.

Don’t forget the Wilbur Fraser Benefit Dance at the opera house here tomorrow, Saturday night. Let us all turn out and give the little fellow a good lift.

Geo. Fraser and son Beauford left for St. Louis, Mo. yesterday to help Mrs. Fraser and little Wilbur in their home trip from there. All are expected on tomorrow’s midnight train.

Miss Margaret Pierrelee is expected from Chicago today, and will look after here sister Mrs. Frank Downer’s home and children, while Mrs. Downer goes to Marshfield and remains a patient in St. Joseph’s Hospital there.

Ruby Winn, a professional nures in the Trinity Hospital at Milwaukee, after a several days visit here with her parents Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Winn, left for Arcadia last Saturday to care for a patient at that place.

Mr. and Mrs. John Kauth, Hebert, Norman and Helen, and Mrs. Ordie Marshall autoed to Marshfield Sunday where they were joined by Mrs. A.J. Klauck and daughter Dolores and continuing on to Mosinee spent a couple of days with relatives.

John Renne of Spokeville, returning home for a 6 week pleasure trip at Superior and other state points, stopped off here and visited town friends Saturday morning, continuing on home that afternoon.

Mrs. Owen of Chili is here and helping Mrs. Albert Sternitzky with her work since Saturday.

Mrs. Byrl Winn and baby Aurel arrived home from Grand Rapids Thursday evening of last week.

Miss Dulcie Smith went to Union Center last Friday on a several weeks visit and pleasure trip.

Miss Appolonia Cornelius and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Drescher were Sunday guests of Mrs. Augusta Jahr.

Mrs. Henry Lawson and daughter Clara were Marshfield visitors on Wednesday.

Mrs. H.B. Holmes was given a delightful birthday surprise Tuesday by the Ladies Aid and a few invited friends.

Miss Iva Thomas of Racine, after a week’s visit at the Dr. Murphy home, departed on the return trip on Saturday.

Mrs. Beauford Griffin and daughter Maxine, with Miss Bonnie Smith, spent Wednesday at Marshfield.

Mrs. A. Montgomery, with her granddaughter Mildred James went to Fond du Lac last Friday on a visit to relatives.

Mrs. Howard Wentworth came up from Winona Monday on a visit to her nephew Rush Wentworth on Route 1.

Mrs. Aug. Schmoll, Mrs. Rice Davis, Lilas, Ardeen and Raymond Paulson, and Rodrick Rausch visited at Neillsville Wednesday.

Miss Florence Moore, after a 2 week visit here with her sister Mrs. Leonard Cole, went home to Ogdensburg on Wednesday.

Mrs. Margaret Groner of Stroudsburg, Pa. came Monday to spend several months with her daughter, Mrs. George R. Crow.

Ross Galbreath and his father-in-law H.A. Lamp left for Walea last Saturday on a combination business and pleasure trip.

Miss Annie Kosmosky of Neillsville, with Mrs. H.L. Rose, autoed out and visited Mrs. Bertha Frechette on Route 4 last Thursday.

Mr. and Mrs. E.R. Wonser and daughter Mermel and Elizabeth, autoed out and visited at Elwyn Royce’s near Marshfield on Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ross, with his mother who’s up from Plymouth on a visit, spent Sunday with the Fred Capelle family on route 2.

John Mooney came up from Oshkosh last Saturday and left Milo, N.D., Monday on a several weeks business trip.

Miss Alice Scott of Melrose is visiting relatives in the G.E. Amidon family since Monday, whe she autoed home with them.

Mrs. Martin Gabauer on the Clifford Winn farm on Route 1 is home from the Eau Claire Hapital since Friday.

Mrs. Mabel Welsh and daughter Arlene went to Chili Friday and visited at Sherman Davis’ until Monday noon.

Gus Fuchs, who is employed at the Knorr-Rausch garage, spent several days of last week with his mother, who was sick at Loyal.

Henry Riedel, after a week’s stay here with his brother F.J., helping with haying, went home to Cayuga on Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Drescher of Neillsville came over Saturday and spent a couple days with the Gustave Hahm family on Route 3.

Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Beecher went to Manville Saturday and visited their son Llewlyn and his family until Monday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Davis, after a several days visit with their children in the town of York, went to Marshfield on Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. O.A. Hoppenstedt and children of Chicago, after a several days visit at Burt Wells’, continued on to Fond du Lac last Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. H.S. Agin went to Mondovi Monday to attend the funeral of his cousin Mr. Otto Thames who died at his home there on Sunday.

Frederick Crosby came over from Neillsville Wednesday on a visit to his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Crosby.

T.D. Wage is on a visit to relatives and friends at Duluth, Two Harbors, Spooner and Rice Lake since Monday.

Mr. John Riedel and three sons, with her mother Mrs. A. Martin, spent Wednesday with friends at Marshfield.

Louis M. Muchlig of Roseville is here helping his uncle Mike Grasser with haying and other work for a week past.

Mrs. Adolph Schune and daughter Lydia and Marcella accompanied Mrs. Ferdinand Scholtz home to Neillsville on a visit Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bolls, after a summer’s sojourn on their farm near City Point and a visit with relatives in the C. Freelund family in the town of Sherwood, went to Rockford Friday.

The Ladies Aid of the M.E. Church, with invited friends, enjoyed a delightful surprise party given Mrs. George Crow, the pastor’s wife, alst week Thursday.

Mrs. A.J. Klauck and daughter Dolores of Marshfield, after a several days visit at John Kauth’s, went home Wednesday.

Mrs. John Rausch spent last week with the John Dietrich family on the Ridge and with them autoed to Nasonville and visited the Russ Renne family last Friday.

Mrs. Emma Proehl, with Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Stolper and Mrs. Johanna Stolper, all of Plymouth, came up last Friday on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Capella on Route 2.

Mrs. Henry Carter of Neillsvilel spent Saturday here with the Fred Cole family and Mrs. Haley Davis, accompanied by her sister Rachel Cole, autoed over to Neillsville and took Mrs. Carlton home that evening.

John Hiles took his little granddaughter Adeline Martin home to Milwaukee Wednesday. John has been suffering with the blood poisoning since July 4th and went down to consult a specialist in regard to his condition.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Knoll of Dewhurst and Mrs. Bloomy Sparks of Sherwood autoed in and met Miss Jennie Calkins of Almond, a granddaughter of Mrs. Sparks, who came Thursday evening of last week for an extended visit at her grandmother’s.

Mr. and Mrs. Dick McKercher of Duluth, accompanied by his father Donald McKercher of Solon Springs, and Mr. and Mrs. Franz Boyd of Nasonville, autoed here from the last named place and visited at Albion Downer’s Tuesday. Dick McKercher, who is a brother of Mrs. Albion downer, in response to a telegram to the effect that he had been drafted, left on the return trip to Duluth early Wednesday morning.

W.E. Valleau of Ashland is visiting friends in the Fred Bredlau home at Loyal and the F.J. Riedel and W.F. Blake homes here, since late last week.

Chas. Neinas, his sons Arthur and Henry, Albert Riedel, Floyd Winn, Eldred Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Crandall, Miss Shirley Knorr and F.J. Baer spent Sunday at Camp Douglas, going down on the special that morning.