Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-07-19

and Mrs. George Smith and Janet,
Catherine. Willard, Ralph and Walter
Smith are enjoying a two weeks va
carton at their cottage at F1ambeau.
Wis.
Mr.. and Mrs NJ. b. Potter have as
their guests for few days, Mr.. Pot
ter's brother, L. F. Potter and family
of Harlan, Iowa, who are ON their way
to Pennsylvania to attend a chautau-
qua.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. r. Benoy and daugh-
on Child Welfare" She urged all
young women to take up nursing. Mrs.
Davis was the first visiting nurse in
Milwaukee and she knows the demand
that is made for nurses.
Families who have relatives in the
service of the government are request
ed to send names and addresses to
Mr.. w. H. Getz, secretary of the 10y
atty Legion, 1876 Wauwatosa avenue.
so that proper record of such service
can be made and service flags present
ed.
Miss Emma Zimmerman passed
away at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Addie Dittmar, Wisconsin street, on
July 10, after lingering illness. She
was born May 10, 1866, and is sur
vived by five brothers and two sisters.
The funeral was held Tuesday after
noon from the house. Interment was
made in Wauwatosa cemetery.
Warren ID. Voelkel, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. J, H. Voelkel, Graystone Park.
who left the first part of this month for
Camp Grant as one of the drafted men,
has been promoted to sergeant. War
rem was one of the old Wauwatosa
Light Guard and the training he had
at that time no doubt helped him
along good deal to such a rapid pro-
motion.
The Twentieth Century Topic club
will give silver tea at the home of
Mrs. ]. A. B. Tompkins, 113 East Mil
waukee avenue, Tuesday afternoon,
July %. Mrs. Sheridan of Milwaukee
will give a talk on Artists Concep-
tion of the Virgin" All are invited.
The proceeds of this meeting will go
to the support of a Furlough House in
France.
Mrs. ]. M. Potter, president of this
district, gave talk to the Wauwato-
so Woman's club last Thursday after.
noon. Miss Marion Hoyt gave talk
on "Americanism.' She said that it
was the duty of those here to work
among these people, align them with
MS, to put them in a position where
they can answer any insult made to
our country. She suggested a house
toulouse canvas reached by neighborly
Mayor H. A. Koenig has been APP
pointed Food Administrator for the
city and town of Wauwatosa by Coun-
Scoy. An Office has been opened at
Kuhnmuencb's drug store where, be-
tween the hours of 3 to D. M, sugar
certificates can be secured for sugar
for canning purposes. Other offices
are contemplated in the town of Wau-
watosa which will be announced later.
In the meantime all requirements in
the city and town will be taken care
of at Kuhnmuench's drug store.
Our Child Welfare committee fin
ished its work last week with splendid
success. They have weighed SIG chill
dren under years of age, which was
less than % fewer than the Red Cross
list of children handed to them.
Forty-eight of these children were
from the three institutions in our
midst. the Lutheran Children's Home,
Carmelite Sisters and Martha Wash
ington Home. They conducted two
weighing stations, one at the Etna
Park school and one at the Wauwatosa
schools. Besides donating so much
time to the work the committee has
also donated the scale which they
used, to the school. The committee
as a whole has adopted a French war
orphan. They wish to thank the
school board of Wauwatosa for the
1888 which they donated to defray ex-
penses.