Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-09-13


They were certainly a happy crowd,
and you can just bet that Mr.. Under
wood saw to it that they were royalty
entertained
Leonard Austin, one of our basket
ball champions of 1916, is now sta
toned On training ship at San Fran
cisco. After leaving q clerical position
in the spring and working all sum
mer in the government ship yards, he
enlisted in the L. s. Merchant Marine
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. R. Lloyd Jones
and family of Madison, were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. l. c. Wheeler few
days the past week, leaving for home
on Monday They were ON their re-
turn trip via auto from their summer
excursion into Door county, this state.
Rev. Dr. James Church is appointed
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
Church of this city for the ensuing
year. DR.. Church has been pastor Of
the Algoma church at Oshkosh the
last seven years. He will preach next
Sunday at the usual hours. Rev
Ludwig will go to Grand Rapids.
Mr.. and Mrs. label, Wauwatosa
Avenue, were saddened on Wednesday
evening by the accidental drowning of
their little boy Richard, nearly three
years of age. The little fellow was
playing in a nearby yard and it is sup
posed he stumbled and fell into the
water, striking his forehead as he fell.
Plans are on foot for the opening
of the new years work of the Parent
Teachers Association, The first meet
ing will be held Tuesday evening,
Sept "a, at s O'Clock. This meeting
win be of social nature, enabling
parents and teachers to become ae-
quainted. Quite large number of our
teachers are new this year, and, as
boarding places are difficult to secure,
parents have an unusual opportunity
to be of service in making the teach
ers feel at home in Wauwatosa. The
program for the first meeting will in
clude community singing and a four
minute speech.
There are several dead trees in our
city, many of them loacted on the
thoroughfares and thus a menace to
the safety of the passersby. We have
learned of one instance where one of
these large trees fell directly across
the street only few moments after
several scholars had passed by. Wood
is needed badly by so many people in
our midst it seems pity this dead
timber cannot be cut down before any
accidents occur Safety first and
conservation of fuel" are two very ap-
propriate matters which are particu-
larly applicable in this case. Look
after your trees.
Housewives, when housecleaning
during the coming weeks, do not for
get the call for contributions for the
White Elephant sale to be held in the
near future, and for which Mrs. Harry
s. Fuller, 297 Church Street, is pro-
viding storage and transportation ia
cilities. Anything that is veritable
white Elephant" to the present owner
will be gladly accepted A special
plea is made for school books, such
as Biographies, histories and, arith-
MATES, for last year many foreign
men who are studying the American
language made frequent inquiries for
this class of books and the supply
was all too meager.
At the last meeting of the Wauwa-
tosa Woman's Club Miss Marion JUS
sen told about the work of women in.
munition factories. Mrs. d. S. Nc
Kinnon sang two solos and lead the
club in singing. Mrs. Henry WatneT,
club historian, announced that the
historical committee of the club were
entertained at the home of Mrs. Chas.
Fisher and that the following women
had been appointed to collect data of
the work done and in event of writ
ing the history of the war work of
Wauwatosa Council of Defense, Mrs.
N. j. Swan; Loyalty Legion, Mrs. l..
G. Wheeler; Red Cross, Mrs. Thos.
DeSwarte; Our Soldier Boys, Mrs. H.
S. Fuller; Camoufiage, Mrs. George E.
Tyrell; The Drives, Mrs. E. j.
Kearney; Public Demonstration; Mrs.
Price Davies; Work at churches
Baptist, Miss Bertha Swan; Congre-
gational, Mrs. W. r. Nethercut;
Methodist, Mrs L. Brockway; Episco-
pal, Mrs. A. S. Austin; Catholic, Mrs.
j. c. Lefeber; The Club Work
Twentieth Century Topic Club. Mrs.
f. F. Cobabe; Women's Club, Miss
Marion Potter; Foreign Relief, Mrs.
w. E. Fisher; Boy Scouts, Mrs. J. H.
Gage; War Relief, Mrs. G. E. Tiff
and Mrs. E. S. Robbins; Souvenirs,
Mrs. r. Sabine; Food Administration,
Mrs. H. Robinson; Literature. Miss
Marian Hoyt; Posters and War Pic
lures; Mrs. Lee Gridley and Mrs. H.
Robinson; Collection of Photographs,
Mrs. Charles E. Perry; Schools. Mrs
A. Copeland; Town Schools, Mrs. J. L.