News: East York and West Fremont (07 Dec 1917)

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Surnames: Saunders, Lee, Downer, Hantke, Wilke, Jahr, Converse, King, Yordi, Krueger, Coil, chapel, Bonner, Smith, Scharf, Buss

----Source: Granton News (Granton, Clark County, Wis.) 7 Dec 1917

Joe Saunders is working for T.F. Lee this winter.

The Ara Lee, Joel Downer and Fred Hantke families are prepared for cold weather, with new furnaces in their homes.

Miss Clara Wilke spent Thanksgiving vacation at her home in Neillsville.

Miss Florence Converse returned home late Wednesday from Muscoda, where she has been staying for the past two months.

Mr. and Mrs. Ara Lee entertained their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Home King and Mr. and Mrs. T.F. Lee, and the Ernest Lee family, at Thanksgiving dinner. Also Mr. and Mrs. P. Hanson of Ogdensburg, who came through in their car to spend the day with her sister, Mrs. Ernest Lee.

Mrs. Otto Yordi went to Marshfield Sunday and entered the St. Joseph's Hospital there. An operation for appendicitis was performed and she is rapidly recovering. Mrs. Yordi will remain with her this week.

Mrs. Krueger of Marion is at the Yordi home taking care of baby Norman during his parents absence.

The Ed Coil and Leo Chapel families, and Clay Converse ate Thanksgiving dinner with Mrs. Amerlia Converse and son Hugh.

Clay Converse and H. Bonner are putting wood up for L. Smith.

Will Scharf is home from the hsopital at Eau Claire since Monday.

Herman Krueger, who worked for Fisk Lee the past 9 months, went home to Clintonville on Wednesday.

Fred Buss, an experienced cheesemaker from Marion, who came last week Tuesday on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Yordi, is a particularly welcome guest there now and has charge of the factory during Mr. Yordi's enforced vacation and stay with Mrs. Yordi at the Marshfield Hospital.