The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-12-21
Local Happenings
only four days more before Christ

mas.
Will Bintliff of Dennard, Ark, is
visiting his mother at the Doty home.
Lieut.. Clarence Jones notifies Ed
gerton friends of his safe arrival in
France.
Misses Helen Coon and Iva Tracy
were visitors in Milwaukee over the
week end.
"A o'clock dinner will be served
by the Ladies Aid society in the Meth
odist church on New Years day.
The marriage of Miss Hazel Voog
and Fred Wilkinson of Stoughton is an
nounced to take place Christmas eve.
&C. G. Biederman returned Wednes-
nesday from Montana where he had
been to attend a government land sale.
Mrs. Richard Brown arrived from
Brooklyn, during the week to pass the
holiday season with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. Doty.
The Fire Dept. was called out for
chimney fire at the home of August
Groeler Sunday afternoon, but their
services were not needed.
Mrs. James Mccarthy Sr. died at
her home four miles south of Slough
ton Monday, aged 80 years. She leaves
a daughter and eight sons.
Miss Bernice Saunders, who is Sec
rotary to the president of the Stevens
Point normal school, is home for the
holiday vacation. The normal closed
early, being out of coal.
Fred B. Sherman, our MELVILLE
fruit grower, received prizes on a dis
play of apples made at the annual
meeting of the state horticultural So
ciety held in Madison last week.
Fulton Lodge F. & A. M. elected
the following officers Tuesday evening:
w. NJ, Frank Pearson, S. W., Theo.
Johnson, j. W., Robert Livick, Secy.,
DR.. ]. L. Holton, Trustee, Geo. Doty.
&C. F. G. Geishirt, who has been liv-
ing on ranch in the state of Oregon
for several years, has brought his fam
lily back to make their home among the
old Edgerton friends. He has disposed
of his property in the west.
Mrs. Fannie Sutton has been in
formed that her son Harold, with the
naval reserves, has been assigned to a
mine sweeper operating in the North
Atlantic Her elder son Frank also
recently enlisted in the navy at Spo-
kane, Wash.
Mrs. " N. Green has received
word that her son and daughter will be
here to spend the holiday vacation.
The son, Stewart Sage, is a member of
307th Unfit, machine gun company, at
Camp Upton, L. l., and the daughter,
Genevieve Holcomb, comes from Moria,
New York.
Hon. L. C. Whittet reached home
Tuesday evening from visit to the
Wisconsin soldiers at Camp Macarthur,
Texas, with the governors party. He
reports the boys were in fine spirits
and anxious to move across to France.
The order to be prepared to move about
Christmas had been received.
Hugh Thompson and family arriv-
ed here from Colorado Springs, Colo,
the latter part of the week to take
charge of the Titus drug store in this
city. A few months ago Mr.. Titus
purchased an interest in drug estab-
lishment in that city and later sold his
stock in Edgerten to Mr.. Thompson.
Richard Miller made a big haul
with his SEEMING outfit in the mill pond
at Dunkirk recently, when 16, 600 pounds
of carp was landed. The fish were sold
a Lacrosse firm who packed and shipped
them to the New York market The
cold spell has put stop to SEEMING OPP
erations for the pond is covered with
heavy coating of ice.
The 127th Inf. of Wisconsin in camp
at Waco, Texas, has a big eagle mas
cot. presented by R. E. Hayner Of Sun
Prairie. The eagle is so tame that it
stays about the camp and eats from the
soldiers hands, and is unclaimed, and
has become the pet of the company.
Wisconsin eagles have been favorites
in other wars than this.
Cyril Drew, son of H. Drew, who
died at the general hospital at Madison
following an operation, was buried at
Waterloo, his old home, on Sunday.
The pail bearers were his Edgerton
friends, DR.. Otterson, Fred Boenig,
Ralph Peterson, o. L. Olson, F. Turner
and NJ. Johnson. Mrs. Andrew Berry
and daughter Ruby also attended the
funeral.
VIM. F. Gardiner and family of
Porter departed Wednesday for new
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