Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-12-25

city. AS yet it is impossible to tell
| the complete returns of the drive, but,
! it is safe to say that the week has
been most profitable one, and those
who have given their time and ener-
| gies to this work can feel amply re-
paid for their efforts; for the past
week has added scores of names to
the already long list Of Red Cross
| membership.
Mr.. and Mrs G. F. Bismark departed
| Saturday evening for Wauwatosa, to
be present at the wedding of their
| son, Sergt Clinton 0. Bismark, whose
marriage to Miss Bernice Kruger
will be solemnized on this Christmas
day at the home of the brides par
ents in WauWatosa. The ceremony
, will be read at 2 O'Clock in the after
noon. Sergt. Bismark, now stationed
at Camp Custer, Mich, is member
Of Co. A, 337th, U. S. Infantry, hav-
ing, been called with the Michigan
contingency. He is native of Wau-
| Sau, and graduate of the city high
school. He is also graduate from
| Carroll college and from the North
western school of oratory. Although
having been absent from Wausau
most OF the time during the past few
| years, he has always kept in touch
| with his home town and has many
| friends here who wish him success in
| his new venture. At the time of his
entering the army, Mr.. Bismark was
| member of the high school faculty at
| Hancock, Mich. Mr.. Frank Bismark,
brother of the groom, and wife, will
also attend the wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. g. Pier entertained
a number of friends at dinner on
Saturday evening in honor of Lieu
tenant n. Fl. Bells. The affair was
also in the nature of house warm
ing. Mr.. and Mrs Pier having recent
~ moved into their new home on
| Tenth and Adams streets. Covers
were laid for twenty, dinner being
| served at seven O'Clock. The table
was in the form of d hollow square
and large Christmas tree, gay with
festive trimmings stood on the floor
in the centre of the square. During
the serving of dinner, Lieutenant
| Bells opened collection of packages
discovered at his place. There proved
| to be many practical gifts to be taken
! ner the guests played auction and
later sang the patriotic songs of the
| day. Lieutenant and Mrs Bells
leave Wednesday for New York City,
| the former to sail eventually, the
latter to remain about two weeks.
About seventy people attended the
Red Cross benefit dancing party which
was given on Thursday evening at
| the Wausau club and which proved
| to be most enjoyable. The ball room
was made unusually attractive with
patriotic decorations and Red Cross
| emblems. Original music was fur
nlshed by an orchestra of stringed
! instruments accompanied by piano
and drum. A buffet lunch was served
late in the evening by attendants in
| Red Cross uniform. The evening was
most informal and the undertaking
most cOmmendable.
The first meeting of the Ladies'
Literary club for the new year will
| be held on Monday, Jan. 7, at which
| time the department of Home and
Education will meet at the home of
Mrs. d. J. Williams OF Grant street.
The program will include talk by
| Mr.. Harvey SWarthout on "HOme
Plans and Decorations. There will
also be demonstration in "Home
| Economics" by Miss Margaret Hasel-
tine, followed by musical numbers.
The Marathon County Medical
society met at the Wausau Club house
last Friday evening A supper was
served at $50, which was followed
| by its annual business meeting. Off
GERS were elected forlthe ensuing year,
list of which can be found in an
| other column of the Pilot. The post
graduate course given in Wausau re-
Gently by the University Extension,
was appreciated by the society and it
is hoped that others will follow.
The Sir Knights of st. Omer Com
| mandery are requested to be present
at the Christmas exercises to be held
at the Temple at 1920 O'Clock Christ
mas morning. The annual conclave
of the Commandery for the election
of officers and the transaction of
other business will be held on
Wednesday evening, Dec. 26th. All
Sir Knights are requested to be pres
emit.
Miss Florence Kelly was pleasing
hostess ON Saturday evening at
| dancing party given at her home on
Grand avenue, Twenty-four guests
responded and as number of the
young people we're just home from
college for the holidays. the event
was in the nature of a reunion and
| consequently a most pleasant and in
formal evening was enjoyed.
w. L. Edmonds, president of the
Wausau club, has appointed an enter
| tainment committee > act during
the coming year. Members Of the
committee are G. K: Gooding, A. ?.
| WoOdson, Mark Scholfield, W. II.
Thorn and f. G. Wiechmann.
A preaching service will be held at
/ St. Paul's Evangelical church next
! Monday evening at O'Clock. The
/ drawing of bible verses, a popular
/ feature, will again take place at the
/ close of the service. Another service
will be held on New Years day at 10
O'Clock a. N.
/ The INSTRUMENTATION Woman's
/ Missionary society OF this city Will
| hold a series of neetingson Jan. 18th,
1 l4th and 18th. Speakers now an
/ nounced include, Mrs. D. B. Wells, of
I Chicago: Mrs. r. I'll. Silverthorn Of
I nanvor and Mrs F. F. McCrea of