The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-05-22
Local Happenings
Home talent tonight.


church Thursday evening for 23c.
Fred Gleaves and wife visited with
his parents in Madison over Sunday.
Henry White, wife and child of Be-
lott were guests of relatives here on
Sunday.
Rev. F. w. Schoenfeld, Joe Conn
and VIM. Barrett left Tuesday for
Montana.
DON'T fail to attend the home tai
ent play tonight. Benefit w. K. Z.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Choate directors.
Beginning last Monday all passen-
ger trains on this division will stop at
Kegonsa and Waubcsa stations for
summer trade.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Mcintyre mot
ored here from Oak Park, ILL.,, Satur-
day for an over Sunday visit with the
editors family.
Walter Dunn and wife rejoice over
the arrival of girl baby at their home
Wednesday, May Is, 1914. 1t is Grand
pa Reynolds now.
Band concert at 7:15 tonight IN
front of Majestic theater. Come and
hear it and attend the home talent
play, Forgiven.
-Chas. Clatworthy has sold his home
In the 3rd ward to Chas. Seffins for
$1225. He removed his family to James
vile during the week.
E. C. Hopkins passed Sunday with
his brother at Fennimore and the bal
ance of the week at Prairie du Chen
and in the Kickapoo valley.
Chris Olsen,,, who has been at
Rochester, Mimi, with niece for an
operation at the Mayo hospital, re-
turned Friday evening after four
weeks absence.
Mrs. Louise Pearce began her
duties as boOkkeeper in the Tobacco
Exchange bank Monday, succeeding
Miss Hazel Biederman, resigned on ac-
count of illness in her family.
Mrs. Harry Ash left Saturday
morning for Rock Island, ILL.,, where
she is attending the Supreme conven-
ton of Royal Neighbor order, as del
egate from Wisconsin,, in session there
this week.
The juniors entertained the grad
uating class of the high school at
banquet served by the domestic science
class at the gym Friday evening, fol-
lowed by program of music, toasts,
ETC., that proved a most pleasing occa-
lon
Charles Seffins has returned from a
trip to Montana, where he went to in
Vestigate real estate matters. He re-
ports the crop prospects excellent, as
sufficient moisture has fallen in most
sections of the west to ensure good
crop of grain.
-Twenty-four little friends of Miss
Esther Nelson happily surprised her
last Saturday by calling at her home to
celebrate her 18th birthday. A birth
day feast was served, the afternoon
hours were pleasantly passed and Es-
Their was the recipient of beautiful
ring as a memento of the occasion.
Ten farmers in the vicinity of Gin
ton have organized a "Road Drag
Club" The object of the members of
the club is to drag roads in their vicin-
ity at such times as the work will be
most effective and as often as condi-
lions make it advisable. There ought
to be more of such clubs formed and
we suggest the town of GAINESVILLE as a
good place to begin.
AT the meeting of the Mems club
Friday evening the project of securing
a lecture course in EdgertOn the COM
ing season was discussed and citizens
committee to take up the matter of
securing talent and arranging the de-
tails was named as follows: F. o. Holt,
Andrew Mcintosh, Henry Willie, James
Conway, Adolph Jensen, D. w. North
and A. E. Skinner.
There will be an important confer
ence of farmers at Fort Atkinson June
and 2, when state farm contest is
to take place. Ex-Gov. Hoard has
taken an active interest in the better
ment of farm conditions and an excel
lent program has been arranged for
the meeting. About year ago Prof.
d. H. Otis organized state farm con-
test and to encourage the work Mr.
Hoard offered prize of $500. About
$50 farmers living in eleven different
counties participated in the contest.
Local meetings have been held in each
of these counties to discuss the results
of the years Investigations as to the
different methods of farm management
eo,,,5 on oacb of those farms