The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-11-22

and H. NJ Raymond will lead commu-
nifty singing. All the boxes will be
sold at auction for the benefit of the
French orphans.
The Fourth Junior Four Minute
Men contest will be conducted in the
interest of the Red Cross Christmas
Membership Roll Call. Preparatory
| work will commence Immediately, and
| the first contest will be held during
Roll Call week of December 10th to
23rd, probably on Friday, Dec. goth.
Private John Oscar Johnson,
brother of Mrs Ole Gunderson, resid-
ing on rural route No. 2, passed away
Sept. %, 1918, at Portsmouth, England,
and was buried October 1st. Oscar, as
he was known to his many friends, was
a member of Co. |, 343rd Inf, Seth
Division. The cause of his death is un-
known.
Mrs. George Farman and daughter
Nora returned from Washington, D.
c., the latter part of the week. Miss
Nora was holding government posi-
ton when taken with influenza which
later developed into pneumonia. She
will remain at home until she fully re-
covers from the severe illness.
The parents of John Strausberg,
who was one of the original members
of Co. M, 128th Reg, have been re-
lieved by recent news that he is con-
fined in a hospital with a shattered
knee. For nearly three months they
were unable to obtain any trace of
their son after his command had been
involved in several engagements on the
French fighting line.
After numerous injunctions and
legal entanglements had been unraveled
by the courts recount of the wet and
dry votes at last April's election in
Madison has been made, resulting in
victory for dry town by two votes, so
close that another whirl will be taken
in the courts to determine the correct
ness of some of the rulings on the re-
count.
The local exemption boards have
received orders to discontinue exam
nations of registrants. All records of
the boards are to be preserved for flu
ture disposition and the classification
of the different groups of registrants
are to be completed as early as possible
when the organization that has been in
existence for more than year will be
relieved from further duties.
AT a special meeting of the Library
board Thursday evening the resigna-
ton of Miss Florence Day as librarian
was accepted. The release of Miss
Day permits her to accept similar
position at Escanaba, Mich, at con-
siderable advance in salary. During
the past two years since Miss Day
came to us she has made many friends
who, though pleased at her advance
ment, will regret her leaving the city.
Her resignation takes effect December
9Th, and the board made provision for
her successor by electing Mrs. j. A.
Henderson, her assistant, to the posi-
ton. This arrangement. we are sure,
will be highly satisfactory to the pub
lie for Mrs. Henderson has taken spec
ial training for the work.
One of the big things accomplished
by the county board at it's recent meet
ing was the passage of resolution
recommending the appropriation of
| $82, 900 for the erection of tuberculo-
sis sanitarium by close vote. The
question which divided the members
was whether the state ought not to
provide for the treatment of these un-
fortunates rather than the counties.
This decision of the board is, however,
only starting point for a much larger
expenditure for the furnishing and OPP
Grafton of the hospital later on. The
board also raised the salaries of the
county superintendent of schools and
several other employees. A new GEN.
trail heating plant to cost 500, 900 at the
county asylum is also demanded.
Announcement is made by Post
master Hoen that the final date for
mailing Christmas parcels to members
of the American Expeditionary Forces
in Europe has been extended to Nov.
80, 1918, owing to the fact that several
divisions of the army in active combat
were unable to distribute and dispatch
parcels labels until the last week in
October. The nearest relative of any
member of the American Expeditionary
Forces in Europe who has not received
a parcel label by Nov. 81, 1918, or in
case such label is lost, may obtain
Christmas parcel label for sending such
parcel by applying to the local Red
Cross receiving station located at the