The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-04-19


kee came Monday for a few days visit
with Edgerton relatives.
AT the Lyric theater Thursday
evening Miss Nyria Gle will give a
reading entitled "What Are You Going
to Do to Help the Boys?" A chorus OF
young ladies will assist her. Do not
miss this treat.
The parents of Lieutenant Andrew
Thoreson have received letter from
their son during the week in which ne
notes that he has just obtained his first
mail since he landed in France. He is
located within 20 miles of Lieutenant
Woods command, near enough so he
hopes soon to visit some of the Edger-
ton boys. His present address is U. S.
P. O. TIA, A. e. F., France.
Among the As select men called tc
be sent from Rock county to Camp
Grant April &c, the names Otto Man
the, James Jones, Russell Reynolds,
Richard Ploutz, Fred Dallman, H. j.
Gossage, August Trittin, Herbert Pom
erov, Severt Amundson and Fred Bon
mig are from Edgerton. Lee Hanson
and Frank Gokey are named as alter.
mates.
Nearly forty Edgerton men in Glass
l, Division A, under the draft, organ,
lied the Edgerton One-A Loyalty club
at a meeting Thursday night in the K.
P. hall. They elected Clayton Hubbel
president, William Dickinson vice pres
ident, and George Dallman secretary
treasurer. The purpose of the, organ
ization is to promote fellowship among
the men liable to call for service and to
help the members in various ways as
they are called and after they enter
the service. The membership will num-
Der approximately sixty.
The internal revenue Office at Mad
ison has returned the money secured
under duress by the deputy revenue
agent last week from the Edgertor
Federation of Women's Clubs. This
was money paid as tax and penalty
for failure to report the proceeds re-
ceived from dance given for the bene,
fit of the soldiers Christmas fund han
died through the Red Cross. 1t would
appear that the deputies should have
their instructions from the department
more conciseiy stated in the future.
We are anxious to make ship
ment next week and would like to have
those who have taken home garments
to make return them not later thar
Wednesday. There are also many
knitted articles that should be in at
this time to go in this box. There is
an urgent call for hospital garments
and it would seem that all ladies coulC
so arrange their : ousehold duties thai
they might spend one afternoon, either
Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday, al
the Red Cross rooms helping to make
these things which are so much needed
Come and do your share. Chairman
Hospital Supplies.
AT the Sunday morning service
Rev. Marvin R. Brandt, pastor of the
Congregational church, read his resig-
nation to his congregation. The society
will be somewhat 10th to accept, we
imagine, for during the past years OF
his passionate here his relations with
the community have been most pleas
ant and he has come to be regarded as
among the growing, earnest men in the
ministry. It is with regret, therefore,
that he will leave us to accept cal
to Sheboygan where he and his bride
expect to ago about the middle of June.
"A complimentary banquet was ten.
dered Mayor-elect Jos. j. Leary at The
Carlton hotel by his friends on Friday
evening last. Sixty covers were LAID
and most elaborate feast was fault
lessly served by mine host Cutlery.
With George Blanchard as POSTMASTER
the new mayor was welcomed in fit
ting speech to which Mr.. Leary re.
sponded. Brief talks were also made
by Thos. Welsh of GAINESVILLE, ex-Mayoi
Conway, VIM. Mcintosh and others, ir
which the duty of everyone to sustain
the government in all war measures
was made prominent. The affair was
marked by the goodfellowship among
the business interests of this city.
Tobacco Notes.
I A Iensnn has started the ware.