The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-07

| Miss Zena Grefthen went home to
| Northwood, Iowa, last Wednesday to
visit her aged parents. She expects to
return in two or three weeks.
Miss Nora Farman left Wednesday
for Washington, D. c., where she has
secured employment in the soldiers in
surance department of the government
as the result of taking civil service ex-
animation recently.
Mayor Leary has secured turbine
| sewer cleaning machine from Mil
/ waukee firm. The machine is sent here
! on trial and will soon be working on
some of the sewers that are clogged
with roots If satisfactory the council
will undoubtedly purchase the machine.
Rev. A. j. Sedan, chaplain at
Camp Grant, will speak at the German
church next Sunday evening at 1870.
| His address will be in English and an
outline will be given of the work that
is being done for the soldier boys. He
may speak in German at the morning
! service.
| j. Edward Sweeney departed Sat
nrday for BerkIey, CAL, to commence
training in the aviation school. Mr..
| Sweeney took his examinations and
was enlisted in this branch of the serv-
| ice last January and was deligeted to
receive his call as the long wait was
growing irksome. His many friends
! join in wishing him success and good
| fortune in his country's service.
The United States Public Service
| Reserve has within the last ten days
| been called upon to furnish over 1000
men for the government shipyards,
| comprising both skilled and common
laborers. Carpenters, painters, ma
| chinists, as well as unskilled workers,
are eligible for enrolment in this gov
eminent service; this is voluntary
service and any person enrolling in it
need not accept a position unless the
! wage offer is satisfactory. The local
agent is C. A. Hoen.
On June IL at the Library hall in
GAINESVILLE meeting will be held for
| all the women of Rock county who are
interested in woman's war work. Mrs.
Morgan, the state chairman of the
Woman's committee, Mrs. Edith Hoyt,
chairman of the State Child Welfare
department, and Mrs. Emma Conley of
the Home Economics department of
the University, will be the speakers of
the day. The musical numbers and
readings will be furnished by James
Vile, Beloit, Evansville and Edgerton.
An invitation is extended to all women
in the county to be present. Meeting
will be called at 1880 a. m.
The Order of the Eastern Star is
in receipt of letter from Mrs. Mary
F. Grimshaw, Elroy, Wis, the repre-
sentative of the o. E. S. of Wisconsin |
on the state council of defense, in |
which she urges very strongly upon the |
members the necessity of greater ac-
tivity along the lines of Red Cross |
work. Members of the Edgerton Chap |
ter No. 63 are earnestly requested to |
be present at the work room of the |
Red Cross at the library on Tuesday |
afternoons, where there will be found |
plenty of work and competent in |
structor; also on Friday afternoon or
evening for surgical dressing work at |
the same place. Let each member |
show to the world through this work |
that the Eastern Star was not found |
wanting in the worlds hour of need.
Several changes in passenger train
schedules went into effect on Sunday |
last, whereby trains No. 5 and 8 are
discontinued between Madison and Mil
ton Junction. Train Ne. A for Milwau
kee and Chicago departs on it's old
time, 6:12 a. m. The Chicago passen-
ger No. Jap comes IA minutes later, at
1919, and connects at Milton for Mil
waukee. The afternoon Chicago train
No. 146 is nearly 80 minutes later, at
4:59, and and Madison-J anesville train
at 7:39 instead of 1907. Going west in
the morning the old time of $40 a. m.
prevails but No. 131, before at HOS,
nav reaches US at 1880 a. m. The
evening Chicago train comes little
later at 7:39 and No. l from Milwaukee
at the old time, 9:25. The new ar
rangement will prevent the Milwaukee
afternoon trains from reaching us until
evening, and passengers out of Mil
waukee at 1890 do not get nearer than
Milton on this train as the run ends at
GAINESVILLE.
On Monday evening under the aus
pices of the ladies of the congregation,
an occasion of deep interest was the
farewell reception in honor of Mr. and
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