Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-04-14
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~. ~ -. CliuSIWOOu Spent #toaH
day at his home on North Avenue.
Mr.. J. M. Skinner, Chicago, spent
Sunday with his family on st. Charles
Street.
Miss Jeanette Wade, daughter of c..
G. Wade, this city, has been elected
president Of the Beloit College Y. w.
c. A.
George Baltes received 696 votes
for constable at the election April A..
This was an oversight and should
have appeared last week.
VIM. Il. Schmidt& Sons, Milwaukee,
have purchased the plant recently
occupied by the Sporleder Manufacture
ing Co., on State Street.
DR.. and Mrs. G. Beerend quietly
celebrated the twenty fifth anniversary
of their wedding on Tuesday of this
week. They entertained few friends
at dinner in Milwaukee.
J. r. Ferguson, Seattle, Wash,
Uncle of t. J. Ferguson, with the
Hawks Nursery Co., this city, spent
a short time in the city while on his
way east Mr.. Ferguson is 50 years
old and is well and hearty.
Fred. Opperman, who on Feb. 5,
shot Mrs. Edna Durham of this city
and cut his own throat, was sentenced
to fifteen years at Waupun by Judge
Backus, Monday. Opperman collapsed
when sentence was pronounced.
Every body invited to the judging
of the bird-houses at the Public
Library next Friday evening April
2lst. Some of these houses are for
sale and you may find the one you
want. Come and see them.
Miss Lorraine Armin Tragard Of
this city was the reader of the even
ing before the Mems Club of Neenah,
Wis, last Friday evening. The
Neenah Daily News praises her work,
and says she is coming artist.
Mrs. John Gregg, of Charles City,
Iowa, who has been visiting her sister,
Mrs. L. G. Wheeler and family, re-
turned to her home last Friday. Mrs.
Jefferson Gregg accompanied her, in
tending to remain for several weeks.
The time is near when our college
young people viii be home. Mrs. L.
G. Wheeler expects te entertain as
guests during the ba!ancec the va
cation the Misses Helen and Katherine
Brown, daughters of U. S. Congress-
man, E. e. Brown Of Waupsca, Wis.
DIR. c. r. Chandler, the retiring
alderman of the First Ward, will be
missed by the Common Council
Read the resolution adopted at the last
regular meeting of the Common
Council in another column. They
show that he was held in high esteem
by the board.
a program of solo and ensemble
work was given at the home of Miss
Isabel L. Skinner on Saturday, April
8th, the following pupils taking part:
Rosamond Nolte, Doris De Swarte,
Margaret Petersen, Francis Holsinger,
Edith Van Antwerpen, Myron Junkins
aud Robert Nethercut.
Hans A. Koenig the newly elected
Mayor of the city of Wauwatosa has
lived here for the past thirty years.
In fact has grown to manhood in
beautiful Wauwatosa. We believe
Mr.. Koenig viii fill the Office in an
able manner and will always be found
ready to help any Improvement that
will benefit and beautify this city.
At the meeting of the Twentieth
Century Topic Club held on Monday
afternoon last, Miss Pearl Mac Donald
was elected as second delegate to at
tend the biennial convention of the
General Federation of the Women S
Clubs to be held in New York City,
May % to June 2. TWAS also decided
to hold another bake sale on Saturday,
April 49, at the Wauwatosa Dairy
Building. The sale will open at
O'Clock.
Gilbert W. Barber, pioneer Of
Milwaukee County, died Tuesday al
his home in Allegan, Michigan. He
was the son of Bendiah and Olive
Gilbert Barber, of the earliest settlers
of this county. He was born in the
town of Wauwatosa on February 14th,
1912. He received common school
education and was by occupation a
farmer He was one of the most ac-
tive members of the Congregational
Church of Wauwatosa. On December
o0pI 1pH0 he rparyiad Maptha Il