News: Granton Locals #1 (31 Aug 1917)

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Surnames: Iche, Lindow, Kohnke, Pickett, Beeckler, Harper, Battersby, Hubing, Beaver, Johnson, Hahm, Koezer, Haltaufderheide, Harris, Lawson, Hindl, Guenther, Bladl, Fields, Shafer, Riedel, Hollenbach, Todd, Packard, Davis, Rhiner, Witte, Grassman, Fuller, Ide, Malamphy, Hantke, Wilson, Blodgett, White, Reimer, Krause, Jaborek, Ure, Kurth, Wahrieben, Kelpin, Arndt, Bloche

----Source: Granton News (Granton, Clark County, Wis.) 08/31/1917

Henry Iche and daughter Miss Sarah of Marshfield spent several days of last week with the Gus Lindow family on Route 2 and left on Saturday for Augusta on a visit to the John Kohnke family there.

Mr. and Mrs. Earl Pickett and baby Ruth Ione came down from Spencer Saturday and made an over Sunday visit at E.A. Beeckler’s.

Little Ruth Ione, who is 10 weeks old, weight 8 1/2 pounds.

Mr. and Mrs. Earl C. harper and Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Battersby, all of Chicago, after a couple weeks visit at the John Battersby home on Route 4, returned to Chicago on Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hubing and two children were down from Athens and made a couple days visit at the George Beaver home last week.

Mrs. E.W. Johnson, Lester and Ruth Johnson are here from Stevens Point visiting relatives in the Gus Hahm family since Monday.

Miss Mildred Koezer of Two Rivers, after a week’s visit at her uncle Chas. Haltaufderheide’s , went home Saturday, accompanied as far as Marshfield by her cousin Earl Haltaufderheide.

Mrs. W.A. Harris of Boston, Mass., after a several days visit with relatives in the H.T. Lawson family, continued on to Sheboygan on Saturday.

Miss Anna Bladl of Route 2 came home from a several weeks visit at Hokah, Minn., Saturday, accompanied by Miss Margaret Guenther of that place, who will visit the Chas. and John Bladl families.

Mrs. Jim Fields of the town of Sherwood drove in last Friday and visited at Wesley Shafer’s. Her daughter Bessie, who had been here on a 2 week visit between the Wesley and Lester Shafer’s, went home with her that evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Riedel and their 2 son were over from Neillsville Monday on a visit to home folk, and to attend the funeral of the Late Mrs. Geo. Hollenbach.

Ernest Todd, a Corp. in Co. A., 3rd Infantry, came up from Camp Douglas Monday on a couple days furlough.

Mrs. J. Packard, son Earl and daughter Daisy, and son-in-law Frank L. Davis and H. Rhiner, all of Taylor County, autoed down last week and spent a couple days with Frank Davis and family.

Mrs. H.C. Witte has her right hand “professionally done up” since last week Friday when she, carrying an earthen dish, fell upon the cement walk in her yard and cut her hand most seriously.

The Misses Clara and Grace Lawson went to Auburndale Wednesday on a visit to the Henry Grassman family, and where Grace is spending the balance of the week. Clara came home that evening.

Mrs. Elizabeth Fuller spent the greater part of the last 3 weeks with Miss Abbie Ide, helping her to pack up and get ready to leave the old home. Miss Abbie and brother Cash are as yet undecided as to where they will take up residence next, but we think it is safe to say there’ll be no more farming for either, from now on.

Mrs. John Bladl and children spent yesterday at the John Malamphy home in Chili getting acquainted with the new Malamphy girl who was a week old last Sunday.

Mrs. Paul Hantke and two children arrived homer yesterday from a couple weeks trip and visit with relatives at Plymouth and Hartford City, Ind.

Scott Davis’ herd of pure bred Guernseys carried off 11 blue ribbons at the Marshfield fair, while Geo. Wilson’s pure bred Holsteins brought home 8.

Jerry Blodgett and W.G. White autoed over from Marshfield the first of the week in Blodgett’s new Locomobile. Mr. Blodgett bought several head of cows of W.S. Davis, here.

Aug. Reimer, accompanied by Walter Krause, autoed to Marshfield Sunday and brought John Jaborek home from the hospital there. Mr. Jaborek is as yet a very sick man and his recovery will be at best, be slow.

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Ure, Mrs. Robert Kurth and Mrs. Aug. Arndt were among the Neillsville folk in attendance at the funeral of Mrs. Hollenbach on Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Wahrieben of Fond du Lac came Saturday on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kelpin. Mr. Wahrieben returned home on Monday while Mrs. remained on a more extended visit and to help her parents in their moving from the old home to the Carl Bloche home west of Neillsville where they will at least spent the winter.