Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-10-05
Freedom
Department
BY Our Regular Correspondent

in Waunakee for the past ten days on
account of the serious illness Of her
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Thomas Foulkes,
Jr., has returned home.
Mrs. William Bassett came up Mon
day from Baraboo to visit her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Norman Goodman.
Rev. Henry Janzen, who has spent
the summer here at the home of his
sister-in-law, Mrs. ELIZABETH Janzen,
left Monday for his home.
Mrs. Alice Garfield Darby and
daughter, Miss Cornelia, of Califor-
MIA, spent Sunday with the Barker
and Hill families.
Mrs. TrumbIe Entertains
! Members of the Finch club and a
, few others were entertained by Mrs.
Tumble at the hotel Saturday even
ing in honor of her niece, Mrs. Emma
Ritchie, who has been spending sew
eral weeks here.
After each one had exhibited her
skill, or rather lack of skill, in being
"finched," refreshments of ice cream
and cake were served.
| Family Reunion in North Freedom
| The children of Franklin Hackett
having been notified of his serious ILL
ness, all but three came at once to
him home in North Freedom, and by
Sunday he was so much improved that
they were all able to assemble around
the parental board to eat one of moth
er's dinners together. There were
present: Arthur Hackett of gilbert
son, Mont. Mrs. Mary Prentice and
Mrs. Laura Burgess of Richville,
Mimi; J. F. Hackett of Valley juno
ton, Wis; Joshua Hackett of Lake
Geneva; Samuel J. Hackett of Rock
ford, ILL.,, and George w. and Jacob Of
North Freedom. The wives of S. j.,
G. w. and Jacob and the children of
/ the latter two were also present.
1t had been a long time since so
many of this family were gathered to-
gether and though regretting the oc-
casion which summoned them, the
present conditions seemed to warrant
a happy day together, as it was neces-
, sary for some to return home Sunday
night and Monday. The six brothers
sat for their picture, as the brothers
were all present with the exception Of
half-brother who lives in Tennessee.
The other two sisters live in Montana.
This is one of the oldest families of
the town, and though the children
were all born and raised here, they
have become very much scattered.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hackett were away
for several years, but last spring
came back to make their home in the
village.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Lee and daugh-
ter Camilla of Reedsburg were Sun
day guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney
Fullmer and family.
The Clio club will hold the first
meeting of the season Thursday aft
ernoon, October 5, at the home of Mrs.
E. J. Lawton.
The Home Culture club will hold
it's first meeting Friday, October Is,
at the home of Mrs. C. c.. Apker.
Oscar Iverson, who has spent the
summer near Black River Falls, is
back again weighing out sugar and
kerosene at A. A. Johnson's store.
| Birthday Celebration
More than a dozen boys went up to
the home of Quentin Zimkie on Sat-
urday evening to help him celebrate
his thirteenth birthday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Cook of Chicago and Miss Ruth
Spaulding helped Mrs. Zimkie in plan.
tainment of the guests; also in serv-
ing refreshments. They all had a good
time and left a Kodak for Quentin in
memory Of the day.
Miss Katharine Jacobs was up Mon
day from Baraboo.
Miss Antonio Mertzke of Chicago
arrived Monday to visit her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry MertZke.
Miss Gertrude Stackman of Maus-
, ton is a guest at the FRANKIE home.
Rural School Teachers
The rural schools in this vicinity
have begun with teachers as follows:
District No. 8, Excelsior-Miss Jes-
sic Simpson.
District No. 4, Excelsior-Mi
Frances Platt.
District No. 8, Freedom-Miss Ra-
mona Keitlinger
| District No. 7, Freedom-Miss Ma
| bel Sullivan.
| District No. s, Freedom
Esther LANCE.
Bender district-Miss Esther Kruck.
Maple Hill-Floyd De Bar.
| Moving Day
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