The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-05-13
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Albion

Mrs Elverton Painter is on the SICK
list at present.
Nj Babcock left for Battle Creek,
Mich, Monday morning.
Arlon Stone and mother spent the
week end in Milton Junction.
Miss Ina Shaw of Milton attended
church here Sabbath morning.
Miss Fern Crosley of Milton visited
at Dea M Crosley's Saturday.
FB Lawton and son Giles are spend
ing some time in Battle Creek, Mich.
The Christian Endeavor society will
hold vesper service Sabbath evening,
May 18th.
Mrs Roy Coon of Stoughton visited
relatives and friends here few days
last week.
The students of the academy are
greatly improving the appearance OF
the campus.
Cyrus Fink of Milton Junction took
dinner Monday with his niece, Mrs c M
Williams.
The many friends of Grace Babcock
will be pleased to learn that she is
steadily improving.
Mesdames F M Green, r G Green
and F Atwood spent Wednesday, May
4th, in GAINESVILLE.
Mrs A d Frink of Milton Junction
visited her daughter, Mrs G L Walters,
the first of the week.
Mr. and Mrs Fred Lawton visited his
brother. c. d Lawton, and family from
Friday until Saturday.
Claud Burdick and family of Edger-
ton were over Sunday visitors at the
home of his father, A G Burdick.
The Ladies Home Benefit society held
box social at the home of Mrs John
Bliven Sunday evening, May 8.
DL Babcock left for Hamilton, N Y,
Saturday, called there by telegram
telling of the burning of his parents
home.
Miss Minnie Godfrey of Milton, also
Mr. and Mrs L o Painter and little
daughter, took dinner with Mr. and Mrs
Nathan Kelly Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs John Crandall of Milton
Junction, Mrs VIM Wescott and two
sons and Mr. and Mrs w d James of
Fort Atkinson, Mr. and Mrs Conway of
Chicago, and Mr. and Mrs C E Crandall
of Milton were here Saturday to attend
the funeral of Pearl BabcOck of Osh-
kosh, who was brought here for burial.
The older residents in this community
will remember the Luse family who at
one time were residents of Albion. In
formation has been received of the
death of the son, Carl A., at Amboy,
Oregon, recently. For some years past
he has been a Methodist minister, be-
longing to the Oregon conference. He
the latter residing at Superior. The
mother is still living at Tacoma, Wash,
and is 81 years of age.
OBITUARY-BABCOCK
Pearl Babcock, son of Thomas E. and
Eliza Potter Babcock, was born in En-
poria, Kansas, Aug. %, 1868. He came
with his parents to Albion in 1864,
where he grew to manhood, receiving
his education in Albion academy. His
musical education was obtained in Mil
ton college from which he was grad
uated from the musical department in
June, 1888. He was baptized by Elder
S. H. Babcock in April, 1886, and united
with the Albion church. On the 18th
day of October of this year he was
united in marriage with Louise, daught-
er of Franklin and Harriet Wescott.
For few years they lived in Milton
and Milton Junction, after which, in
1891, they removed to Oshkosh, Wis.
Here for the last nineteen years, he
with rare skill, worked at his vocation
of sign painter. 1t was doubtless in
this occupation that he contracted the
disease from which he was great suf-
ferer during the last two or three years
of his life. He was a gifted musician
and was member of the famous Arion
band of Oshkosh. Portal sclerosis of
the liver was the malady which finally
stopped the machinery of life. After a
brief illness, lying in semi-unconscious
state, he passed into rest on Friday,
May 3, 1910. Funeral services were
conducted in Oshkosh, after which he
was brought by the family to Albion,
where funeral services were conducted
at the home of his mother, Mrs. E. B.
Crandall, Pastor T. j. Van Horn Of
ficiating. Thus an aged mother is be-
reft of her only son, a loving wife is
left in mourning, two daughters, lone
and Harriet, and one son. Thomas H.,
must now go through life without the
loving counsels of fond father; and
one sister, Mrs. James Noble, Inourns
with the others the departure of this
brother. A large circle of other rela-
tives and many sympathizing friends
met at the home to pay loving regard
to the memory of the friend of former
years. lnterment was made in the Al
bion cemetery by the side of the father
who went on before manV wears ago.