Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-07
North Freedom
Department
BY Our Regular Correspondent

! Mr.. and Mrs. G.. i. Richardson ana
daughter Jean of Prairie du Sac came
tuesday to. visit the Carpenter-Apker
families, the latter two remaining for
| the week.
+ Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Ellis were down
from Reedsburg to spend Decoration
Day.
Mrs. William Du Bots spent Tues
tday in Reedsburg
Mr.. and Mrs. T. e.. Johnston and
son Melvin and H. M. Johnston were
in Lime Ridge the middle of the
week.
Bert Fisk was down Wednesday
from Elroy.
John Quandt was down from Reeds
burg on Decoration Day.
Eel Pollock and niece, Miss Nellie
Pollock, of Reedsburg, spent Tuesday
with friends here
Royal Draper is home from Okla
homa, where he has been teaching in
high school.
Mrs. James Curtis of Barron Wis
| tied friends here and at La Rue this
week.
William Egerer returned Thursday
from the northern part of the state
where he had been for the last ten
days.
Miss Emma Koch of Baraboo spent
Tuesday with her brother, William
KOCH and family.
Mrs. Polly Virgins spent Friday
with relatives in Baraboo. @
Ralph Draper car home Friday
evening from Milwaukee. He attend
ed dental college there and has anoth-
er year before finishing.
School Exhibit
Grades 1 and 2, Miss Edna Blank
teacher, gave an exhibit of the work
done by the pupils during the year
There were pasted books of words
and pictures done by the children
drawings, colorings, writing and sew
| ing by the little girls.
Grades 3 and 4 also gave an exhib
| it Of their work-drawings paintings
| little essays, Dutch books, etc. Be
sides these there was quite show
of Red Cross work done by the pu
pills, the materials donated by those
interested. There were bed shoes
handkerchiefs, towels, wash cloths,
Cross collection.
Graduation
The program for graduation was
given in the M. E. church on Friday
| evening. One lone graduate, Miss
| Genevieve Hengstler, completed the
| high school course, this being the first
year there has been four years OF
high school work in the schools here
and there were only two who returned
from having taken the third year in
other high schools to finish here. On
account of illness Lester Rick was
obliged to discontinue his work in
school before the holidays, and was
unable to go back, thus leaving one to
complete the course.
The church was very prettily dec
| grated with the national colors and
! flowers, The North Freedom band
PLAYED several selections. Pupils from
the high school grades sang, the for
men, well Never Let, the Old Flag
FALL" the latter, !"We're All Ameri
cans Now"
The class prophecy was given by
Harold LANCE of the Junior class. His
| idea of the future for the graduate
and others connected with the schoo
| caused much merriment.
Miss Hengstler gave What Our
domestic Science Department Has Ac
complished This Year" She spoke
from experience in the work, showing
her interest in it, and making others
interested.
| Rev. Ernest Clarke of Merrimack
la University of Wisconsin student
gave a very interesting lecture or
Opportunity" taking his text, as ht
called it, from Shakespeare, "Thert
is a tide in the affairs of man which
taken at it's height leads on to for
Itune." He spoke of the many youns
people who are going out at this time
to explore the undiscovered countries
and the great opportunities awaitin:
them.
| Prof J. w. Warne, with words o
appreciation, then presented the di
ploma to the graduate. At the clos
friends congratulated Miss Hengstle
on being the first graduate from tn
North Freedom high school.
/. Decoration Day
!, The program for Decoration pa
, was given in the M. w. A. hall. TIL
, North Freedom band played as tn
! | hall was filling. Everyone Joined il
, singing "The Star Spangled Banner.
Prayer was offered by Rev. Thoma
Foulkes, followed by a song by tn
quartet from the German Baptis
: church, it's personnel being Gilber
J, Voeck, Hilmer Koch, Misses Rut
, Grosinske and Gertrude Koch, wit
l Miss Mertzke at the piano
President of the Day George w. DE-