Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-08-24

Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Wheeler spent
last Sunday at Lake Mills, and report
a very enjoyable and instructive visit
paid to very large dairy farm located
in that vicinity.
Mrs. Fred Morton and her son, Mrs.
Harry Morton and family of this city
and Mrs. Ralph Thayer of Chicago,
formerly resident of Wauwatosa, are
at Lost Lake, Wis.
The street railway company have
been putting in a new abutment at
their bridge near the r. r. bridge in
the city of Wauwatosa recently dam
aged by the big flood.
Regular services will be resumed at
the First Congregational Church next
Sunday. Sunday School at $50,
morning worship at Il; C. e. at 6:15;
and Adult Bible Glass at 7.
How about that subscription to the
Wauwatcsa News you were going to
pay some time ago? We editor is get
ting thin and will have to strike
new diet unless you call and pay up.
Rain fell close to Wauwatosa Sun
day afternoon last, but not drop in
this city and we sure do need some.
We think some of our people will have
to wear their pants out at the knees"
little more.
Mrs. Francis Rasmussen, formerly
Miss Edna Glawe of this city, spent a
few days at the home of her parents
last week. She entertained a large
number of her girl friends at party
last Wednesday evening.
The bridge across the Menomonee
River at the Hawley Road, town of
Wauwatosa, will no doubt be complet-
ed before the snow flies. l tell you
they have very big gang of men at
work and they are some hustlers.
Pork has reached a very high mark,
and the most of us have not got money
enough to buy squeal, or even a
grunt We will have to get substi-
tute soon or go without griddle cakes
this winter, as a greaser is necessary.
That patriotism is not minus guam
tity in Wauwatosa is evidenced by the
large number of fine young men serv-
ing in the regular army as well as the
many older men of this city recently
mustered in the Wisconsin State
Guard 1t can be truly said Wauwa-
tosa does not harbor any slackers.
The funeral of DR.. John F. Roe, who
died on Sunday at his residence in
Graystone Park, was held on Tuesday
afternoon under the auspices of Mil
waukee Lodge No. 261, F. & A. M.
Besides the widow he is survived by
son, Fremont, Camp Douglas, and a
daughter, Bonita Interment was at
Burlington, Wis.
Mrs. ]. A. 8. Tompkins of East Mil
waukee Avenue, gave a silver tea on
Tuesday afternoon at her home for the
benefit of the womans auxiliary of ST.
James Church, Milwaukee. There was
Red Cross work and interesting pro-
gram of reading and music given.
Pupils of Miss Salome Wilson gave sew
eraI selections and Mrs. Henry Walter
mire of this city sang group of songs.
Mrs Van Antwerpen was at the piano.
Nine girls leave next Saturday aft
ernoon for Cedar Lake, where they
have engaged "Skeeter Inn" for ten
days. Those in the party include the
Misses Florence Baldwin, Katherine
Fleming, West Allis, Katherine Cor
den, Roberta, Milwaukee, Helen, Tay-
lor, Bowling Green, Mo-, Katherine
Kenney, Salome Wilson, Helen Green
wood, Margaret Thomas and Lucy
Wilmot; Mrs. c. E. Wilson and Mrs.
j. Thomas will chaperone.
Miss Salome Wilson, who graduated
from Underwood College, Mo-, and
from the Northwestern University
School of Oratory, will give an even
ing's readings at the M. E. Church on
Friday evening, Sept. 7th. Miss Wilson
has been giving private lessons in Elk
preston during the summer to the
young people of this city. Miss Will
son will leave on Sept. 18th for Clan
dale College, Glandale, o., where she is
to be instructor of Physical Education
and Expression. The entertainment
on Sept. 7th is bound to be delight
full affair. Miss Wilson will be ably as
sisted by Miss Helen Taylor of Bowl
ing Green, Mo, Underwood College
graduate of Miss Wilson's and Mr..
Philip Nolte of this city, a talented
cellist.
An open bicycle road race will be
held in Wauwatosa on Labor Day,
September 3rd, 1917, at a. m. The
start to be at Garfield Avenue, on
West Main Street, west to Lovers
Lane, south to Blue Mound Road, east
to Greenfield Avenue, north to West
Main Street East to CARRIED Avenue,