Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-06-28

who have been visiting friends and
relatives here the past two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas, who have
been spending several months with
their daughter, Mrs. 2. d. Scott and
family, left on Wednesday morning
via auto for Oshkosh, Wis, where they
expect to spend few days, then mo-
tor on to their home near Milbank,
S. d.
Master Howell Pritchard, who has
been spending the summer with his
grandmother and aunt at Randolph,
Wis, had the misfortune to fracture
his left leg below the knee about two
weeks ago, but is reported as doing
nicely. His mother, hrs. VIM. r.
Pritchard, is now with him.
The Street Railway company are
trying to get higher rate of fare out
of the Wauwatosa people and have pc
titioned the Railroad Commission in
relation to the same. The Wauwatosa
lines have been proven paying in
vestment and there is no reason why
we should pay more. The people of
this city do not want to see the com
pany lose money, but they will insist
on their rights.
Lieut.. w. R. Nethercut, son of Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. r. Nethercut, this city,
was married to Miss Ruth Habbe at
the home of the brides parents at In
dianapolis, June 81, the Rev. M. L.
Haines officiating. The young couple
left for wedding trip which included
short stay in Wauwatosa at the home
of the groom, after which the happy
couple left for Dallas, Texas, where
Lieut.. Nethercut is now located at
Camp Dick. The young couple have
the best wishes of large number of
friends in Wauwatosa.
Mrs. Charles Edwin Wilson, chair
man of the Wauwatosa Child Welfare
committee, reports that the work
closed on Tuesday, more than 500
children from our city having been
weighed and measured. The commit
tee has been much pleased by the
ready cooperation that has come from
so many mothers in this work A full
report of the campaign will be given
in next weeks issue of the News.
Mines. Henry Leisk, A. Currie,
Charles Shaw, and Charles Gillet, mo-
tored to Delafeld on, Wednesday and
spent the day at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Durbin. formerly of this city.
At the regular monthly meeting of
the missionary Department of the
Underwood Memorial Baptist Church,
which was held in the church parlors
on Tuesday evening, the Dorcas Girls.
presented a patriotic war pageant en-
titled "The Flight of the Kings" The
members of the class, appropriately
costumed, very aptly portrayed vari-
GUS characters of history and mission
countries, one of the principal charac-
ters being Liberty, much discouraged
by the present world war conditions
Near the close of the pageant Faith
prophesied the flight of kings and en-
perors from power and the establish
ment of democracy over the entire
Cnllil, lCdNlAS Miss hADSllS muCH
more hopeful. Various national hymns
were sung at times About IS people
were present at the meeting, and all
thoroughly enjoyed the program and
appreciated the theme presented by
the class. The offering of the even
ing amounted to more than eight dol
lars for the missionary treasury, and
a pleasant social time followed.
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an exam
ination for the County of Milwaukee,
Wis, to be held at Milwaukee and
Wauwatosa on July IS, 1918, to fill the
position of rural carrier at Wauwatosa
and North Milwaukee, and vacancies
that may later occur on rural routes
from other post offices in the above
mentioned county. The examination
will be open only to male citizens who
are actually domiciled in the territory
of a post office in the county and who
meet the other requirements set forth
in Form No 1877 This form and APP
plication blanks may be obtained from
the offices mentioned above or from
the United States Civil Service Com
mission at Washington, d. C. Applica-
tions should be forwarded to the Com
mission at Washington at the earliest
practicable date. During the contin-
uance of the present war the Commits
sion will. in accordance with the. re-
quest of the Post Office Departm mt,
admit women to rural carrier exar4ina-
lions upon the same conditions as men.
PATRIOTIC PAGEANT ON JULY a.