Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-07
Merrlnnack

and Mrs. F. E. Tryon motored to
Baraboo on Monday.
Mrs. H. M. Peck was recent guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Cooper at Bara-
/ boo.
Mrs. Jane Coates and granddaugh-
| ter. Halle Claf1in went Monday TO
Mondovi, Wis. They will go soon to
Montana, where the latter's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. B. S. Clafiin will locate.
| Mrs. Coates will return here before
going to Montana in few weeks.
| Judge and Mrs. w. T. Kelsey of Bar
aboo were at their cottage here re-
Gently.
Mrs. J. M. Scott. of Okee, Wis, spent
Sunday with her sister, Mrs. D. D.
| Premo
| Mrs. E. L. Gross is quite ill.
| Frank Coates of Baraboo spent Sun
day with his mother, Mrs. Jane Coates.
Mrs. Wallace w. Fuller was a re-
cent guest of her daughters, Mrs. Will
son and Mrs. F. Powers at Olivia,
Mimi. Her granddaughter, Miss Be-
atrice Anthony, returned home with
her and is a guest of her father, E.
l.. Anthony, and son Wartner.
The commencement exercises Tor
eight, tenth and eleventh grade gradu-
ates will be held at the M. e. church
on Friday evening and Rev. Ernest
Clarke delivered an address to them
Sunday.
A box social was given Friday even
ing at the Tower hall.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Hadfeld of Wauke-
sha were recent guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. G. Clark. =
Mrs. Clara Crozier Cotton and
daughters of Winona, Mimi, were re-
cent guests of Mrs. John Meyers and
family <-
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Odekirk were guests
last week of their daughter, Mrs
George Holt, and family at Delton.
Mrs. N. B.sHackett and son Edyn
Aspenwall, of North Freedom, mo-
tored here last Tuesday.
The Decoration Day program was
given as follows: Song by school,
i"Red, White and Blue" invocation,
Rev. E. Clarks; reading, Raymond
Lee; song, America, the Beautiful, =
by girls chorus; boys soldier drill;
recitation, Lawrence Weinke; song,
american Hymn" by five girls; ora
ton, Patriotism" by Lewis Promo;
pantomime, "Just Before the Battle,
Mother" by boys; solo accompani-
a
the Flag" by school; drill, Red,
White and Blue" by girls; reading,
silas Tyler; drill, any Country, IT'S
of Thee" by young girls; recitation,
William Kirchtein; song, eve Are
Little Soldier Men" by boys; recita-
ton, Orval Kasdorf; reading, Regis
tration Day." by Prof. L. Gordon; rec
itation, Cora Reddaman, given in hon
or of Merrimack's two veterans of the
civil war, William G. Clark and
Charles Pigg; Grafton, Patriotism
Rev. E. Clarke; closed by singing
"Star Spangled Banner" by all. The
two civil war veterans were accom-
panied by Mr.. Krupp, Spanish
American war veteran. The program
was well given and little ones, also
older ones, SHOULD be complimented.
Rev. Clarke gave very interesting
address.
Mrs. Guy L. Clark is a guest of rel
atives at Norwalk, Wis.
Mr. and Mrs. f. A. Cooper and
daughter Gwendolyn of Baraboo were
here Decoration Day.
Mr.. and Mrs NJ. MACPHERSON OF
Madison were in town last Sunday.
The funeral of Miss Eta Farnum
|, was held from the M. E. church here
Thursday afternoon at 2 p. m. Rev.
Ernest Clarke gave words of comfort
from the ninety-ninth psalm, also the
, twenty-third psalm. The choir, DR..
and Mrs. Martin, Mrs. L. Q. Smith and
e. J. Won Berg, gave the following Sc
lections, "Only Waiting" Sometime
Well Understand" and "He Will Take
Care of You" The pallbearers were
George and Daniel Promo, August
Kutzner, August Miller, Ninnian
Shanks and Arthur c. Hills. The mem
bers of the w. G. T.. U. accompanied
the funeral party. Deceased was
born in West Merrimack Feb. 13, 1854
and had resided in the village ten
years. She leaves a sister, Miss Myrta
Farnum, brother William and mother,
Mrs. Roxie Farnum. Interment was
, made at Kerns Corner cemetery IN
| Sumpter beside the graves Of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dexter J. Farnum.
Mr.. and Mrs. Farnum, Mrs. Jacob Hill,
Mr.. Organ, Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Pre-
mo and others from Sumpter, A. Buck
lev of Baraboo and others from there
and Madison were among the many
friends who gathered to show respect
to their departed friend.
Miss Cornelia Blackjack is engaged
as nurse at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
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