The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-09-12
WISCONSIN, TOWN
.WAKESUp FAMOUS.
Wonan's Activities Provided
! Paved Streets and Bridge.
HOW She AROUSED THE MEN
RaisedfMoney For Town Improvement
by Giving sPsrties-Ptooeeds Devoted
to Cleaning Up Place and Paving tho
Main Street.

ty GIVING sP5rties-Proceeds Devoted
to Cleaning Up Place and Paving tho
Main Street.
A. woman has put Waukau on the
map. Waukanis in Wisconsin. 1t has
II population Of less than 500 but be-
cause of the woman the less than 500
have n, 81 600 bridge and sidewalk.
Mrs. Peter Macdougall first awoke to
the fact that the one bridge over Wau-
kau's one street wasn't more than half
a bridge after forty-five years Of wear
and tear and that the street wasn't
more than half n street because there
was nothing much'but Wisconsin clay
TO walk on. The day she took this in
with that new sense of civic response
bihty that is developing in women ey-
erywhere was. the day she began to-
aets Stepping into Bagley's, she talk
ed with tire general store man about
the probable cost and ways and means
of raising the money. He said it
would cost more than she could ever
get. hut she tackled up a subscription
paper In the store. and the work of
bridge building and sidewalk building
had begun
You may not know Waukau, but you
probably know some place not unlike
WaHkau so you know just how hard
.it WAS to start something in Waukau.
The first thing on the program was a
box social A box social is party to
which every girl takes a lunch in
box. ana the. boSes are auctioned off
Ito the mon. The box social nctted $50.
Summer cane. and ice cream socials
k:ot popular Meantime the sidewalk
had been started. and by autumn the
Street between Baglcy's and the depot,
h stretch jA00 feet long, was paved,
and there was $500 on hand, with q
tlcticit of So. TO he made up. By now
hearty everybody in Wauzau was as
fun of fried chicken. devied eggs,
Fallc and ice cream as the law allowed,
and the winters program had to show
change Mrs. MacdouGall got slight
variation with chicken pie social that
brought in So. Then she got the
schuotcachers to make up among them
II pursc Of SD Then she had an old
folks dance that was so popular that
even Il violent storm could not keep
people away. Net result, $4T.
Then she got the ladies of the Won
ans Christian Temperance union TO
have sale of fancy articles and q
Zen cent supper and that meant 1871
more Theu she had another old folks
dance. Life IN Waubau had become
Inst one long gay whirl; but. what with
the entertainments and private sub
scriptiuns and donations of things for
Mrs Macdougall to sell, $3.50 had
been contributed. and Waukau had a
stone bridge and Il cement sidewalk
froU the depot to the bridge. More
over. the bridge has gas pipe railing,
and The total cost of bridge and railing
was :3i5.
Tie people over in Canada" the part
of Naukau north of the bridge, came
10 Mrs Macdougall for help. They
wanted sidewalk too. They needed
il more than the other half because the
las of their land was lower. Mrs. Mac
dongall began all over again. Again
she fed Waukauans on chicken pie and
Ice cream. Again Waukau whirled in
the dance. When she had got together
$50 the Canada sidewalk was begun.
IL isn't flushed, and the money is not
in hand to pay for all Of it. Mrs. Mac
dpugall says that about $500 more Is
needed She says getting money out of
INaukau now is like getting blood out
or turnip.
or course the men voters OF Waukau
hclpc,l Mrs. Macdougall materially in
all this One gave her So, one gave
her s.. an Omro merchant gave her 10
rents. two of them gave her the gravel
needed. musician played at one Of her
dances for nothing. a great many gave
promises. and any number gave advice,
net forgetting Tom Malady, now OF
Elk River. Ida. but once OF Waukau.
He sent check for SO.
lf amy other woman who has ever
faced and solved civic problem OF
this constructive nature knows of any
iicw ways of raising money that might
work in faded Waukau. Mrs Macdou-
gall would like 10 get iuto immediate
communication with her.