Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-12-01
THANKSGIVING DAY
A Perfect Indian Summer Day-Ther
mometer was Above 60 Much
OF the Day.

| "A nicer THANKSGIVING Gay HtNei
dawned upon Wausau than that OF
last Thursday. The wind was in the
south at sunrise and while it shifted
to the west as the day advanced, the
temperature was very mild, the ther-
mometer showing above 60 from early
in the morning to late in the after
noon. A general spirit of thankful
ness prevailed, for the general good
health which we are enjoying; for
living in a country free of war with
plenty to eat and to wear; for the in
dications which promise us real
business awakening, after an inactiv-
ity of over seven years. All these
were tangible reasons why all should
be thankful.
There were union services held in
the Methodist church at 1870 o'clock,
the M. E. Presbyterian, Baptist and
Universalist churches joining. The
Rev. o. d. Briggs, pastor of the
Baptist church preaching the sermon.
Special services were held in nearly
every church in the city and there
was much good cheer brought into
many of the homes of the poor, by
assistance rendered in the shape Of
clothing and food.
The committee having in charge
the work of preparing dinners for the
poor was eminently successful. The
citizens responded very literally in
cash donations and about 60 families
including over 200 persons were sup
piled. The committee furnished
poultry, meat, apples, candy, etc., to-
f. E.. Schneider, the city poor COM
missioner, at the city hall, who ar
ranged and tagged the baskets, and
these were distributed by Miss Flor
ence Gilbert, Miss Nina Kickbusch
and Miss Ruth Alexander and Others
in automobiles, under the direction
of Mrs. E. +. Stockum, secretary of
the city Federation of Charities. The
baskets were all delivered by noon,
Wednesday. BY working with the
Federation of Charities the commit
tee was enabled to see that no family
received two or three dinners from
various sources but that each was
literally supplied end, too, was en-
abled to take OF larger number than
on former years.
There were many family reunions,
and home parties was the rule rather
than the exception. Hotels and res
tauraDts made it pleasant for guests,
many of whom were far away from
their homes. At the county home
and hospital there was an especially
fine spread prepared for the inmates.
The post office was closed in the af-
ternoon as were all places of business.
NOTES
Work on both, the First Universal
ist and St. Johns churches was kept
up with full force during Thanks
giving day on account of the very
mild weather.
Many of the golf enthusiasts played
the game down on the golf links dur
ing the day.
The committee furnishing dinners
for the poor, raised sl0650 and that
with the balance left over from last
years fund made the amount Sl0S.62
The expenses were S79.S4.
Our president spent an old-fashioned
New England Thanksgiving day with
his daughter, Mrs. Francis B. Sayre.
His program included church in the
forenoon, an automobile ride in
the afternoon and Thanksgiving
dinner at the Sayre home in the even
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Sayre, Prof, Stockton
Axson, brother of the late Mrs. Will
son, and DIR. Cary T. Grayson, Mr..
Wilson's naval aide and physician,
were the presidents only companions
during the day.