News: Granton Locals #1 (24 Aug 1917)

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Surnames: Bredlau, Valleau, Blake, Riedel, Agin, Goebel, Aukland, Toptine, Davis, Hickox, Rabenstein, Prange, Grassman, Lawson, Scott, Schoenboom, Amidon, Strobusch, Palmer, Feiser, Jacobson, Hogenson, Palman, Bauer, Schroeder, Snyder, Kelpin, Montgomery, Prindle, James, Fraser, Hayden

----Source: Granton News (Granton, Clark County, Wis.) 08/24/1917

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bredlau of Loyal, Mr. W.E. Valleau of Ashland, Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Blake and Miss Bertha Riedel spent Sunday at the John Goebel home.

Mr. and Mrs. H.S. Agin returned home from Mondovi Thursday evening of last week, accompanied by her sister Mrs. Aukland of Waldo, who joined them at Chili.

Miss Dora Toptine went to Neillsville Thursday evening of last week and made a several days visit to her brother Newton Toptine and family.

Spring Lodge Guernsey Herd, W.S. Davis proprietor, is represented at the Marshfield fair by a good showing from his fine herd, in charge of Orren Hickox.

Carl Rabenstein of Co. A., 3rd Inf. was up from Camp Douglas for the weekend with his parents at Neillsville and old friends in this vicinity.

Miss Edna Prange came home from Plymouth Monday evening accompanied by her mother’s brother Arthur Schoenboom who has just returned from a several years stay in Oklahoma and whom Mrs. Prange had not seen in nine years.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Grassman and baby Evelyn came over from Auburndale Saturday on a visit to the H.T. Lawson family. Mr. Grassman went home Monday, while his wife and daughter remained until today.

Members of the old Priscilla Club with a company of invited friends, some 20 or thereabouts, enjoyed their annual picnic and outing last Friday upon the banks of the creek back of the H.T. Lawson place.

Geo. Scott came up from Melrose Saturday and made an over Sunday visit to relatives in the G.E. Amidon family and went home with his sister Miss Alice on Monday.

Mrs. Chas. Strobusch of Ft. Atkinson is here since Saturday visiting her sister Mrs. Dan Palmer and other relatives on Route 4.

Barney Feiser of De Pete, after visiting his 4 brothers in the army at Camp Douglas came on Monday and spent this afternoon among old friends.

Mrs. Lulu Jacobson and little daughter Genevieve came over from Neillsville Saturday and were guests of the Misses Ora, Amy and Thea Marsh until Sunday morning, when Mrs. Jacobson went home. Genevieve remained with other friends until Monday evening when Ruby and Vivian Hogenson went home with her.

The Misses Mary Palman and Caroline Bauer of Weyauwega came up Thursday of last week for a visit at Victor Anthony’s and E.A. Schroeder’s on Route 3. They were joined here by the former’s brothers Paul and Robert Palman, who autoed up on Friday and took the girls home with them on Sunday.

Albion Snyder and daughter Luola came down from Duluth early this week on a visit to his parents Mr. and Mrs. M.L. Snyder at Neillsville, and friends at this place. They accompanied his brother Frank down. Frank has been ill much of the summer and is here now for an extended stay and visit with his parents. We are sorry to learn of Frank’s illness.

Wm. Kelpin sold his fine 53 acre farm here in Grant yesterday to one Wm. Mitchell, and Mr. and Mrs. Kelpin, who give possession today, are for the time being with their daughter Mrs. Carl Bloche.

Mrs. A. Montgomery came home from Fond du Lac Tuesday evening accompanied by Miss Grace Prindle of Eden who will visit at Orren Montgomery’s too before returning home. Mildred James who went down with Mrs. Montgomery stopped off at Marshfield on the home trip to spend the balance of the week with relatives there.

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Fraser and children, returning from St. Louis, Mo., missed a train connection at Chicago by a close margin Saturday afternoon and did not get into Merrillan Junction until midnight that night; the hour that should have seen them in Granton, but fortunately for them, Louis Hayden recently of this village, met them at the depot and took them home with him, where they enjoyed a good rest and visit before leaving on Sunday’s morning freight, their first chance for home here. Master Wilbur has improved greatly and is now wearing shoes and foot braces, and after a couple months rest here at home, it is expected that he may be able to manage crutches that have been provided him. Mrs. Fraser expects to take the little fellow back for another three months stay next spring.