Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-10
THEY WANDERED BACK
TO NATIVE HEATH
Accepting the Invitation Extended Them, Many
Former Residents Of Wausau Attend the
Homecoming Last Week.

Wausau's homecoming week proved
as successful as was anticipated. 1t
was not expected that large crowd
would be present, because the matter
| was not taken up in time to thoroughly
| the vim which would have been done
had it been homecoming only, instead
of combination of county fair and
| Homecoming. In the limited time at
hand it was merely expected to be
state affair, because people living in
distant states must have months in
which to prepare a visit to the city of
their former. home. They cannot pack
up and leave in day For this reason
large crowd was not looked for. But
the success of the affair was greater
than anticipated. The register shows
that outside of our own state, the states
of Illinois, Alabama, Colorado, Iowa,
Minnesota, Michigan, Louisiana, Mis-
souri,, Oregon, New York and California
and the District of Columbia were rep
resented. But there were many from
other states, not shown in register.
While less than 200 people took
| the pains to register, it is reason
ably certain that many more did not.
Some of the visitors saw Wausau and
old friends for the fret time in nearly
forty years and the change wrought in
that time was to them marvellous From
a village where pine stumps stuck their
noses up out of the ground in the streets,
city with handsome stone and brick
buildings, telephone line, electric rail
way, sewers and modern Improvement
has been built The evolution has
wrought greater changes than many of
these people had dreamed of. The
picture in their minds of Wausau as
they left it, vanished as soon as they
alighted from trains and gaZed about
them. Among the visitors were some
old fellows who worked on the river in
rafting days when the business centre
of Wausau was located nearer the river
than it is now, and when what are now
some of our finest residence districts
were wildernesses. OF course they felt
lost. But still it done them good to
come and see the changes and they
promised not to stay away so long
again. One who wanders away from
his native heath is always glad to re-
turn, no matter if the land marks of the
past are lost in the changes wrought
by the evolution of progress and by
Father Time. 1t is home just the same.
1t is true no elaborate preparations
were made to receive visitors and no
set program arranged for their enter
tainment, because the county fair
would be in progress the same week
and the outdoor attractions afforded by
that event would be sufficient to keep
everyone busy. Had a Homecoming
singly been planned, conditions would
have been different
The effort this year was in sense a
test of what can be done next year, if
the citizens desire to take it up. AL
ready there is talk of planning another
for next year, but on an elaborate scale,
and there is no reason why the plan
cannot be successfully executed. If it
is TO be carried out meeting should be
called soon, IN organization perfected,
committees appointed and work started.
The towns in the southern part of the
state which have been so successful in
such matters start to boom their home
comings in the fall before they are held.
This gives people at distance time to
lay their plans and prepare to attend.
it requires the united efforts of all the
people in a city-a few citizens cannot
do all the work. More interest must be
aroused than was shown by our people
in the Homecoming of last week. The
effort is worth another trial.
1t was impossible for us to get the
names of many of the homecomers
when there were SO many strangers in
the city as there was last week, but
below are given a few taken off the
register and picked up on the street. |
If we have missed any their friends
will kindly forgive us and we will pub
lish an additional list next week if the
names are given US.
t. HI. Brand, Madison, 1853.
A. j. Empey and wife, Milladore,
1878.
A NJ Willard and wife and daugh-
ter, Milwaukee, 1854.
Frank G. Liljeqvest, Eau Clair
1870.
George M. Maxson and wife, Milwau-
kee, 1891.
John b. Becker, Oshkosh, 1877.
V. Lenhear and family, Madison,
1901.
Theodore Compton, Merrill, 1877.
Fred Whitaker, Merrill, 1870.
George A. Tuttle and wife, Wash
ington. ID. c., 1870, 1899.
Mark III. Barnum, Jr., Washington,
ID. c., 1857.
C. S. Ashmun and wife, Waupaca,
1869.
Mrs. C. S. Ashmun, Waupaca, Wis,
1868.
A. F. Brechlin, Oshkosh, 1895.
VIM. Gehrke, Arbor Vitae, Wis,
1880.
s. H. Alban, Rhinelander, 1872.
+. H. Rossier, Plover, Wis, 1898.
w. A. Bradford, Eagle River, 1852.
Dolph Pregent, Sumpter, Ala, 1888.
ID. c. Gleason, Sumpter, Ala, 1876.
+. A. Carter, Packwaukee, Wis,
1871.
G. III. Callies, Manitowoc, Wis, 1880.
Chas. III. Kamke, Arbor Vitae, Wis,
1872.
Henry Styles, Arbor Vitae, Wis,
1873
VIM. Hardell, Rhinelander, Wis,
1882.
Mrs. VIM. Hardell, Rhinelander,
Wis, 1870.
E. c. Henning, Rhinelander, 1904.
A. r. Paeske, Edgar, Wis, 1885.
A. A. Miller, Shawano, 1862.
III. R. Madison, Amigo, 1908.
III. q. Braeger, Rhinelander, 1882.
K. Brazell, Rhinelander, 1874.
r TT Rayer Ruruetf IL Wis 1850