News: Granton Locals #1 (1 Aug 1913)

 

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Surnames:  French, Breed, Beeckler, Dyer, Sherrett, Hales, Dahl, Ebbe, Paulson, Brooks, Eberhardt, Marsh, Stallman, Roll, Dietrich, Knickle, Schwantes, Becker, Lautenbach, Petz, Huff, Schuelke, Goebel, Davis, Gardner, Garbush, Tykac, Hogenson, Hurlburt, Raymond, Carlson, Beeckler, Williams, Crandall, Huntley, Ross, Prest, Riedel, Converse, Howard, Gerzemehle, Storm, Klein, Nichols, Gluch, Loeffler, Grove, Rose, Trimberger, Housley, Agin, Davis, Henze, Wentworth, Hurd, Baer, Breese, tufts, Tompkins, Osgood, Viergutz, Bunde, Smith, Yoder, Holmes, Schmitz, Burdick, Shaw, Trader

 

 

----Source: Granton News (Granton, Clark County, Wis.) 08/01/1913

 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert French of Independence, Iowa, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Breed of Neillsville spent Wednesday here at E.A. Beeckler’s.

 

Miss Genevieve Dyer returned to Chicago last Saturday night after a several weeks visit with her sister, Mrs. Ezra Sherrett.

 

Mrs. A.W. Hales and son Guy spent Wednesday at Marshfield.

 

Mrs. Wm. Dahl and baby son went home to Wheeler on Wednesday.

 

P.R. Ebbe, after a visit at Ross Paulson’s home, went home to Ebbe on Wednesday.

 

Chas. Brooks transacted business at Marshfield Wednesday.

 

Miss Hallie Eberhardt of Camp Douglas spent Sunday here with Miss Ora Marsh.

 

Arthur Stallman came home last Saturday for a couple of weeks’ vacation and visit.

 

Miss Amelia roll of Wadsworth, after a two week visit here with her cousin, Mrs. John Dietrich, went home Wednesday.

 

E.H. Knickle, Fred Schwantes, Otto Becker, Wm. Lautenbach and Geo. Petz autoed to Marshfield last Friday evening.

 

Geo. Huff left for Blanchard, N.D. last Saturday where he expects to spend the summer in the harvest fields.

 

Chas. Schuelke, Paul Goebel, W. Scott Davis, A. Gardner, Otto Garbush and John Breese were business callers at Neillsville on Monday.

 

B. Tykac and the Editor autoed to Columbia Sunday morning and within 2 hours’ time returned with 47 quarts of choice blueberries.

 

Mrs. Adolph Hogenson and two youngest children went to Black River Falls Saturday for a couple of week visit among relatives.  Harley and Ruby, who went down several weeks ago, will come home with them.

 

Mrs. Hurlburt and son Ray of Shamrock are visiting at the D. Raymond home since early this week.

 

Miss Bertha Carlson, who came home from Minneapolis two weeks ago, returned to the city again Sunday, accompanied by her sister, Miss Judith.  They expect to make an extended stay in the city.

 

Miss Bessie Beeckler is visiting Stanley and Spencer since Wednesday.

 

Mrs. Dave Williams of Neillsville spent Monday here with her daughter, Mrs. Eugene Crandall.

 

Grover Huntley of Neillsville was here on business Monday.

 

Mrs. P.M. Ross visited friends at Marshfield Monday.

 

Vernie Prest of Lindsey, who had been working at the F.D. Riedel farm, went home Monday.

 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Converse came up from Melrose Saturday for a visit among relatives and friends.

 

Miss Gertrude Howard came home on Monday from a seven week visit with friends at Athens.

 

Mrs. Gerzemehle and Mrs. Wm. Storm attended the funeral of Wm. Klein at Neillsville on Tuesday.

 

Geo. Nichols was a Marshfield visitor on Tuesday.

 

Herman Gluch is building a fine new barn.  His brother August has been assisting him in the work.

 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Grove, after a visit between the W.D. and Geo. Rose homes, returned to Plymouth on Tuesday.

 

John Trimberger has materially enlarge his barn, adding to it both at the east and west ends.

 

Dr. and Mrs. Housley of Chili were guests at the henry Agin home here, between trains Tuesday.

 

Arrangements are being made for a game of baseball between Granton and Chili at the Frank Davis corner next Sunday.

 

The Misses Delia and Lucille Henze went to Plymouth Tuesday on a couple of weeks visit among relatives and friends.

 

Mrs. Ruth Wentworth, Miss Wilma Hurd and Mrs. F.J. Baer drove out and called on Mrs. Lucas Hale.

 

John Dahl was in town Saturday pretty well banged up but still in the ring.  He informed us that the day before he fell off a load of hay just after driving into the barn and one of the rear wheels of the wagon gave way.  John fell to the floor head first, suffering painful injuries about his head and hands.  His son, who was on the wagon with him, also fell off, but escaped injury.

 

Mrs. Will Tufts of Withee came down last week Thursday and made a several days visit between the C.H. Ide, J.M. Tompkins and Rella Osgood homes.

 

Miss Hattie Viergutz, who spent a month here with her parents in the town of Lynn, returned to Milwaukee last Monday to resume her duties at that place.  She was accompanied by her sister Elda, who goes there for an indefinite stay.

 

While we enjoyed a gentle shower here last Saturday afternoon, that section of country a little ways south of Owen was in the clutches of a fierce tornado.  We are unable to obtain particulars as to the damage done, but we are informed that the buildings on a number of farms were destroyed and great damage done to crops.

 

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Hubing of Athens and Dominic Klein of Wausau arrived here Saturday in response to news of Wm. Klein’s illness.

 

Mr. and Mrs. Rice Davis drove to Arpin Saturday and spent Sunday with Gardner McClaflin and family.

 

Mrs. Bunde and daughter Winifred came up from Beloit Saturday to spend some time at the Lue Smith home.

 

John Yoder, who is assisting H. Roehl with his farm work at Chili, was in town between trains on Saturday.

 

Miss Inez Holmes spent several days last week at the Geo. Brooks home with the Misses Frances and Beatrice.

 

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Schmitz went to Marshfield Saturday and made an over Sunday visit.  Mr. Schmitz, who suffered a stroke of paralysis last October, is apparently slowly recovering and suffered no bad effects from the trip.

 

Miss Hattie Beeckler and her mother, Mrs. Frances Burdick came home on Monday after a ten day visit with Clyde Shaw and family at Cornelian Junction.

 

Mrs. Joe Trader, her daughter Velma and son Gerald came from Fall Creek Saturday and made an over Sunday visit at the Eugene Osgood home.  Little Velma remained over for a several weeks visit.

 

 


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