The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-12-20
Local Happenings

Lyman Strouse near town on Friday
last.
Miss Clara Jensen came home from
Red Wing. Mimi, Tuesday evening for
the holidays.
The Ladies Aid society of the M.
E. church will serve New Years din
Der at the church parlors.
VIM. Schultz has received his dis
charge from Camp Grant and returned
home the latter part of the week.
Mrs. Theo Johnson departed Mon
day evening for Savannah, Mo-, for
treatment at the sanitarium there.
DIR. Floyd Shearer is home, having
been released from military service IN
the medical corps, and anticipates en-
gaging in practice again.
Mrs. Clyde Horton left Thursday
for Fennimore for short visit to rela-
tives previous to removing to her old
home at Wyandotte, Mich.
The office fixtures and apparatus of
the late DR.. Horton have been sold to
DR.. Floyd Shearer who expects to re-
sumo practice in Edgerton.
Donald Heddles of Colorado, who
has just been released from the S. A.
T. C. at the university, visited his
grandparents here over the week end.
Howard Saunders and wife have
returned from a summer spent at Kill
deer, N. D., and will pass the winter
at the home of his parents on Albion
Prairie.
"A new telephone directory is in
preparation and will be issued in the
early part of January. Any changes
desired to be made should be handed
into the telephone office at once.
Edward Sweeney, who has been
training at the March aviation field at
Riverside, CAL, reached home last
week, having been released from serv-
ice and listed among the reserves.
Christmas almost here and few
would realize that this is winter
month so mild is the temperature 80
far. There is little frost left in the
ground and the country roads resemble
a spring breakup.
"A high compliment comes from the
county Red Cross headquarters for the
faultless work done by the Young
Ladies society of ST. Johns German
church on garments made for the Ed
gerton branch of the Red Cross.
Friday evening Miss Esther Schrubb
was pleasantly surprised in honor of
her birthday when a company OF her
girl friends came to her home with well
filed baskets and spent the evening.
The evening was passed at cards and
pleasant time is reported.
Charles Lund met with painful
accident while at work at the trailer
factory Saturday afternoon. An emery
wheel at which he was working broke
and a part of it struck him in the
shoulder A part of the wheel went
through the roof of the building.
Preparations are under way for
street paving the coming season and
property owners should watch
closely the advertisements as they are
published the first part of the year.
If the paving affects you, let the prop
er authorities know how you feel about
it.
Robert Wilson returned from the
Great Lakes naval training station
Tuesday evening, having been given
his release from Uncle Sans service.
Having done his bit he will now devote
his attention to his grocery business
which he left when his country needed
his services.
Our soldier boys are coming home.
Every day or so one is welcomed back
to resume his former place in the COM
munity. Lieuts. And. Thoreson, Chas.
Mcintosh and Warren Coon are ex-
pected back before the close of this
week from various camps to be with
home folks for the Christmas holiday.
Election of officers was held by the
Royal Neighbors last Thursday night
The following were chosen: Oracle,
Hattie Merrill; Vice Oracle, Lizzie Will
liams; Chancellor, Ann Cohen; Record
er, Onnie Sherman; Receiver, Mrs j.
Newman; Marshal, iona Palmer; In
ner Sentinel, Mrs. o. Kaiser; Outer
Ser6inel, May Perrigo; Managers, Mar
garet Conn, Kittie Smith, Maude badly.
1t is reported that the Blackhawk
division, made up largely of Wisconsin
and Illinois troops, is booked for an
early return to Camp Grant for demob-
ilization. A part of the Seth was used
for replacement upon their arrival in