The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-06-09
WINDsORIsMs.
Happenings of Local Interest in the Wind
sor Bicycle Factory.

Happenings of Local Interest in the Wind
sor Bicycle Factory.
Well, Decoration day is over, and
our big and splendid flag flies grandly
in the warm June air. Truly 1t was
great day for us all, and the conspicu-
Gus and important part played by our
Sterling visitors was highly appreciated
and will be long and pleasantly re-
membered. Mayor Pettit's speech was
excellent. 1t was delivered in clear,
strong, impressive voice and was re-
ceived with warm applause. The sing
ing of the quartette delighted the great
crowd, and the Windsor and Sterling
bands won we'll deserved encomiums.
Take it all in all, it was most pleas
ant event, and a fitting opening to the
most memorable Decoration Cay Keno
sha has seen in a decade.
Jim Whites polishers still have to
"ride their wheels" day and night.
Some of the boys are beginning to
suffer from the long strain, and will be
glad when night work is over.
Some Of the department bosses are
looking forward to their summer vaca-
tions. George Berner expects to get
off some afternoon along in August;
Charley Lillebrerg swears, that no
matter what happens, he's going to
take trip out to Hooker Lake, and
Beck calmly states that if nothing in
tervenes to prevent he is going out to
the Sanitarium between now and
Thanksgiving, rain or shine; Jim
White and Gus Swartz are silent on the
subject, though they hold occasional
grim talks, and it is plain they too are
Matching deviltry of some sort, while
Billy Ayton goes about his work with
a preoccupied air, and during his easy
moments is busy getting his double
duplex" into running order. Peter B.
Reck has not, so far, in any way COM
mitted himself. Bennett, of the stock
room, simply looks forward to mild
run of fever about July 1st, during
which relaxation he will glance over a
few hundred " kick" letters and post
up his repair book. Hart Plambeck is
the only man that states boldly that he
does not want any vacation. He has
had an absolute snap for the past six
or eight months ane feels he ought to
be satisfied.
Bandmaster Thomas Swan, now that
the big rush in the shop nears it's end,
hopes to get the boys of the Windsor
band together for systematic practice.
Tom is an enthusiastic musician and
nothing frets him'more than to confront
only half his players on rehearsal
nights.
Our boys who sweep out with their
wheels onto to Prairie avenue from
Pleasant street every night and noon
will do we'll if they reduce their speed
as they approach the popular thorough
fare. Several bad smash-ups have
happened lately at that corner, and
more will surely follow unless more
care is exercised. A heavy fall on a
brick pavement is no joke.
A month or so ago the company
erected a shed just north of the shop
for the accommodation of the bikes
belonging to the boys of the factory.
This has proven great relief to the big
crowd of workmen that swarms in and
out of the one narrow factory entrance
three or four times a day, but some of
the boys that put their steel steeds in
the shed, as directed, wonder by what
right or mystic "pull" other employees
are permitted to take their wheels in
at the front door. What's fair for one
is fair for all. Why not? 1t is safe to
say that one man thinks as much of his
wheel as the other.