The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-05-19

Antlgo-With an average OF 96.5 per
cent, Guy James was awarded the high
est hOnors of the senior class of the
high school, He will be valedictorian.
Superior announcement was made
of the appointment of Rev. John B.
Scheyer as vicar general of the SUI
perior diocese, to succeed the late
Father Christopher Schmidt.
Grand Rapids-Work will be start
ed within the coming week for solicit
ing $4,000 with which to build a new
hospital in this city. Mrs. Emily Wit
ter left a nucleus of $4,000 for this
purpose.
La Crosse - Alfred Henry Morse,
Rushford, Mimi, former Appleton
Methodist minister, was awarded $751;
500 damages by a circuit court jury
in his $4,000 libel suit against the
Modern Woodmen of America.
Sheboygan - The Sheboygan Coun-
Gil of Mothers, representing all the
mothers clubs Of the city, has de-
cided to invite the State Council of
Mothers and Parent-Teachers' assOci-
atoms to hold it's next convention in
Sheboygan.
Beloit-With more than 100 repre-
sentatives from the farmers Of this
vicinity a branch of the Milk Produ
GERS association was formed with Of
fcers as follows: President, Kay
McCurry; secretary, Joseph Nelson;
treasurer, E. l.. Rasey.
Grand Rapids = Residents of DeX
terville, a village several miles west
of this city, report having seen a
flock of wild pigeons fly over that
place, the flock being composed of
some fifty or sixty birds. The wild
pigeon has been considered extinct.
Superior-The Great Northern rail-
road has let contracts calling for al
most $4,000 in improvements and
engagements at it's Superior yard
terminals. The roundhCuseS will be
made nearly twice as large and the
power houses greatly improved and
enlarged.
Beloit-Whfie his wife looked on,
paralyzed by fear, Frank Blazer Of
Beloit, shot and killed himself in a
private rooping house at Excelsior
Springs, Mo, where he had gone for
er of a grocery and meat market in
Beloit. Melancholia developed from
overwork.
Kenosha--George Kalb reached Ke-
nosha after service of nearly a year
in the German army. He was in Lem
berg in July, 1914, when the Germans
made a draft, and was taken by the
recruiting officer He protested that
he was an American citizen, but when
he was unable to show his passport he
was forced into service.
Medford = The Wisconsin Associa-
ton of Real Estate Brokers will gath
er in Medford and Wausau for it's an
nual convention July &c and 81, the
first day to be spent in Medford and
the second in Wausau. The matters
to be discussed are chiefly good roads
and the licensing of real estate brok-
ers by the state.
Sheboygan = Sheboygan's building
trade tieup was settled after con-
ference between the contractors and
the Carpenters union, at which the
carpenters agreed to go back to work
on a years agreement at 47h cents
an hour in place of the so cents de-
mandcd The men received 43 cents
on the old scale.
Grand Rapids-Vocational work has
been instituted in the English class
of the junior year of the local high
school, the students taking up news
paper work under the supervision of
Miss Lillian Gaskell. The students
Sdlh w FIoIIo W Iuc lOCdI pdpCI anu
see che office in action. 1t is ex-
pected to branch into different sub
jects later.
Milwaukee - Former Assemblyman
Otto A. La Budde, Elkhart Lake, was
elected chairman of the democratic
state central committee, at a meeting
held here. His election was unani-
nous. La Budde succeeds Joseph
Martin, Green Bay, who will represent
Wisconsin on the democratic national
committee. Martins term expires on
June /, and La Budde will then take
charge of the campaign.
Milwaukee-Dr. Charles H. Lemon
was elected president of the Wiscon-
sin Surgical association at it's annual
meeting here. G. w. Mott, Racine, was
| chosen first president; second
vice-presldnt, r. H. Jackson, Madi-
son; third vice-president, Karl Doege,
Marshfield; fourth vice-president, d.
J. Hayes; eecretary, treasurer, Daniel
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