News: Granton Locals (21 Dec 1917)

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Surnames: Davis, Anderson, Paulson, Kempine, Hefty, Schlinsog, Knorr, King, Marg, Baer, Washburn, Devos, Dixon, Schoengarth, Anthony, Schroeder, Fuller, Osgood, Sweeting, Lawson, Rath, Bender, Chapman, Lamps, Smith, Lange, Ure, Doiassie, Garbisch, Sires, Breseman, Holbert, Winn, Spry, Reindel, Storm, Gluch, Erwin, Poutz, Peterson, Barth, Downer, Rausch, Thayer, Cole, Arthur, Manthe, Mantey, Rose, Campbell, Neinas, Bower, Hitzke, Stockwell, Faber, Clark, Beaty, Norris, Eberhardt, Malamphy, Crevecour, Wentworth, Petznick, Garbush, Downer, Kissinger, Lowery, Drescher, Jahr, Beeckler, Peterson, Gerzemehle, Palmatier, Bashford, McHone, Teatz, Hickox, Wilke, Nitzke, Greunwald, Wischuelke, Krause, Vincent, Hagen, Redman, Wright, Bergeman, Burch, Washburn, Rose, Rath, Amidon, Stevens, Eldridge, Welsh

----Source: Granton News (Granton, Clark County, Wis.) 21 Dec 1917

Miss Jean Davis is home from Eau Claire since Friday.

A.C. Anderson and son Lester of the town of Rock were here visiting Ross Paulson's Wednesday.

Miss Edith Kempine of Chili was a guest of the Frank Davis family several days this week.

Miss Mary Hefty went to Chili Wednesday on a couple days visit to relatives.

Aug. Schlinsog Jr. visited friends at Marshfield on Saturday.

Mrs. A.J. Knorr entertained the Circle and a few friends on Wednesday.

Mrs. James King is visiting relatives at Crandon since Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Marg were county seat visitors on Friday.

Mrs. F.J. Baer spent Friday at Neillsville, engaged with abstract work.

Roland Washburn of east Lynn is home from Waterloo, Ia., since Friday.

Mrs. A.L. Devos of Neillsville spent Friday here with her sister Mrs. Ernest Dixon.

Miss Anita Schoengarth is home from her school work at Eau Claire since Saturday.

Mrs. L.N. Anthony of Weyauwega is here since Monday visiting her daughter, Mrs. E.A. Schroeder.

Mrs. Lib Fuller, with Mrs. Mot Osgood and Gertrude spent Monday with old friends at Neillsville.

Mrs. Wm. Sweeting of Waldo, after a visit with the H.F. lawson family, went home to Waldo on Friday.

Mrs. R.R. Rath arrived home from a week's visit with friends in Chicago on Monday.

Elmer and Alton Bender, Ray Chapman and Kurt Lamps, all of R. 4, went to Park Falls on Monday.

Holly Smith of Reedstown is visiting at H.L. Bender's on R. 4 since Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lange of York came home Tuesday from a week's visit at Merrill.

Mrs. Geo. Ure of Neillsville spent Tuesday afternoon here with her old friend, Mrs. W.S. Davis.

Mrs. Peter Paulson and daughter Agnes of Neillsville spent Tuesday afternoon here with Mrs. Dan Rausch.

Mrs. Ed Doiassie, with her sister Miss Sadie Garbisch of York, visited Neillsville friends on Tuesday.

Mrs. Lee Sires, with Dale and Ida Belle, after a several weeks visit at Theodore Breseman's, went home to Altoona on Thursday.

Miss Celia Holbert of Beloit, after a several months stay at Clifford Winn's, went home on Thursday.

Scott Smith and Phelps Spry went to Richland Center Thursday on a several weeks holiday visit among relatives .

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Reindel arrived home from a 3 week visit between Chicago, Jefferson, Johnson Creek and other places, Thursday.

Wm. Storm spent Thursday with his son Frank at the Marshfield Hospital.

Herman Gluch and little daughter Irene spent Thursday with old friends at Marshfield.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Erwin and baby Beulah are home from Milwaukee since Thursday.

Reuben Poutz of Ixonia is here since late last week and assisting with the work incident to the holiday rush at his uncle H.C. Witte's store.

Little Vivian Peterson of Nasonville is the guest of her aunt Miss Bertha Barth at the Albion Downer home this week.

Mrs. D.S. Rausch is home from St. Joseph's Hospital at Marshfield since Saturday and is, although as yet very weak, convalescing nicely.

Mrs. Perry Thayer went to Neillsville Saturday on a couple days visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cole.

Mrs. Sam Arthur and daughter Evelyn of Sheboygan Co., who were visiting at W.J. Davis', left for Waupaca on a further visiting trip on Saturday.

Mrs. Jos. Mantey of Stevens Point came last week Thursday and was a guest of the Albert Mantey family, over Sunday.

Mrs. Geo. Rose and daughters Elva and Pearl spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Campbell at Marsfhield.

Miss Lydia Neinas went to Marshfield Friday afternoon and remained until Saturday evening, the guests of relatives.

Herman Bower and another gentleman from Marshfield were guests in the Elmer Hitzke home on Saturday.

The Baers autoed to Neillsville Sunday and with Mrs. L.M. Stockwell of Bolga, S.D., visited the A.E. Stockwell family in the town of Pine valley.

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Dixon and baby Donald were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. A.L. Devos at Neillsville.

Mrs. Peter Faber of Granton, R. 2, came home from the State Hospital at Mendota late last week and in company with an attendant from there, made the return trip again on Monday.

Mrs. W.J. Thayer has been made chairman of the Granton Red Cross branch to succeed Mrs. W.S. Davis, who on account of illness, is unable to attend the work incident to the chairmanship.

Mrs. Howard Beaty and son Eber came home from Richland Center Tuesday, accompanied by her brother Geo. Norris of that place, who is since visiting here.

Otto Yordi visited his wife at the Marshfield hospital Saturday and went over again on Monday and brought her home, and she is now well on the road to ultimate recovery.

Oscar Eberhardt visited friends at Marshfield on Saturday.

John Malamphy of Chili was here on business Tuesday.

Ernest Crevecour went to Marshfield Tuesday.

Mrs. Albert Davis entertained the R.N.A. Wednesday evening.

Mrs. Hans Paulson Sr. is here with her daughter Mrs. D.S. Rausch since Tuesday.

Rush Wentworth is visiting his father at Edgerton since Tuesday.

Miss Elda Petznick came up from Cascade where she has employment in a back, Wednesday, to spend the holiday vacation with her uncle Robert Petnick and his family.

Arnold Garbush went home to Random Lake Thursday. His uncle John Garbush, who accompanied him here two weeks since, remained for a more extended visit.

Helen Downer and Dorothea Mantey spent Saturday with the fomrer's sister Leona, at the Marshfield Hospital.

Mr. and Mrs. John Kissinger of Fox Lake are here since last week Monday on a Christmas visit to the Albert Mantey family.

Jake and Sherman Lowery of La Farge came up last week Wednesday for a visit with his brother Will, their parents Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Lowery, and ohter relatives in this vicinity.

Mrs. W.S. Davis, slightly improved in health, is home from Milwaukee since Saturday. Her son Lawrence went down on Friday and accompanied her home that night.

Fred and Clara Drescher, brother and sister of Ordway, Colo., came over from Neillsville late last week and made a several days visit to their aunt Mrs. Augusta Jahr and other relatives here.

Rex Beeckler and Ethan Peterson, students of the Stevens Point Normal School, are home since Saturday when that school closed, not to reopen until after New Year's.

Mrs. Gerzemehle and daughter Amanda, Mrs. Wm. Marg, Mrs. Fred Dopp, Miss Gretchen Palmatier and Miss Edna Bashford were guests of Neillsville friends on Saturday.

Jewel McHone, Clarence Downer, August Teatz, Mr. and Mrs. Webb Winn, Mrs. Orren Hickox and Mrs. Chas. Wilke visited friends at Neillsville on Friday.

Adolph Nitzke and Mrs. Theodore Greunwald of Random Lake, after a 2 week visit between the Gustave Beilke and Wm. Wischuelke families, went home Tuesday. Mr. Wischuelke accompanied them as far as Marshfield.

Lynn Knorr on an auditing commission for Marwick, Mitchell, Peat & Co. of Milwaukee, is at Wausau the past two weeks and came home from there last Saturday evening and made an over Sunday visit. He is expected home again this Saturday to remain over the holidays.

Carl Krause, although as yet in a serious condition, promises to yield to treatment and eventually recover. The professional nurse is as yet assisting the Dr. and Mrs. Krause in his care.

Mr. and Mrs. F.D. Vincent of Carthage, S.D., arrived here Monday evening on a visit to relatives in the J.F. Vincent home on Neillsville, Route 4.

Mrs. Gus Hagen went to Marshfield Saturday and spent the day with her uncle Herschel Rodman of Neillsville, who is a patient in the hospital there through the effects of a wood chopping accident, when he suffered the loss of one of his eyes two weeks since.

Vernie Wright returned from Chicago early this week after passing a satisfactory examination for Uncle Sam's Aviation Corps. He expects to be called to Chicago again sometime in January to report for duty.

Neil Downer, who for the past year had rented the eagle Hotel of Gust Bergeman, with his family moved onto his farm in the town of York early this week. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Burch ahve rented the hotel and are in charge of it since Monday.

R.T. Washburn, station agent at Lynn, a sufferer from kidney trouble, is a patient at Mayo Bros. Hospital at Rochester, Minn., whither he went Sunday. His many friends are hopeful that his visit and stay there may prove very beneficial.

Dr. and Mrs. H.L. Rose and daughter Dorothea will leave for Wauwatosa Saturday to visit his parents and other relatives, and will be absent until January 5th. The dental parlor will in consequence be close during this period.

Dr. Rath has on display at the G.E. Amidon Drug Store a fine specimen of stuffed or mounted Armadillo, the gift of his brother Floyd, who is with Uncle Sam's forces at Waco, Texas. Dr. proposes to present this specimen to the Granton High School after the holidays.

The Circle at Mrs. Knorr's Wednesday enjoyed a Christmas tree and each member a unique gift, therefrom. The reverse side of the name car with each gift had a stanza of poetry or a witticism, the reading of which was most mirth provoking. A goodly number were in attendance and all enjoyed the treat. Each went home happier for having been there.

W.J. Thayer's new hardware store is almost ready to be moved into now. The new shelving and show cases are in and being given the finishing touches at the hands of painters and varnishers this week. Some fixtures from his present quarters are being moved over and all will soon be ready for occupancy and business in the near future. It is a mighty fine new store building and we Grantonites are sure proud of it.

L. Stevens of this village and his twin sister Mrs. Lena Eldridge were given a delightful surprise birthday party by Mrs. Emma Stevens at Spokeville, when she entertained a large company of relatives Wednesday in celebration of their 68th birthday anniversary. Mrs. Stevens and Mrs. Welsh were sent for, Ruel Stevens coming by auto for them, and Elmer Knickle saw them safely home on the return trip.