Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-04-11

of the Baraboo river drainage COM
mission, on Saturday was formally in
Quoted into office to succeed G. w.
Whitman Of Baraboo, deceased. He
was elected treasurer. The other
commissioners are j. S. Towers and
w. H. Roehm of Portage. The COM
mission is awaiting the report of the
drainage engineers engager to survey
the entire project-Portage Democrat.
Mrs. M Bentley, of Fourth avenue,
was reminded yesterday that April 2
was her anniversary by number in
vading her home and spending very
pleasant social time with her. Flowers
and refreshments were part Of the
"surprise" She is a very active wOm
an for her age and says she never
thinks of age. She comes Of a family
which pass the fOur-scOre mark. One
sister is over ninety, and six other
brothers and sisters passed the four
score-and-ten mark.
Mrs. julius Schulz has returned to
La Vale after visiting her sister and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Steinke.
Lewis Lucht, who has been visiting
relatives in Baraboo, has returned to
Madison, where he is employed by the
Washington Motor Car company.
Mrs. Amy Brandt, who has been
visiting her sisters in Chicago, has re-
turned The sisters are Mrs. w. D.
Sansum and Mrs. Frank Spicer.
Mrs. H. Rooms has gone to Camp
Douglas to visit her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs Marion Doug
las.
Mrs. O. G. Wheeler has returned
from Madison, where she was the
guest Of the William A. Wheeler fam
lily
Mrs Russell Case, daughter Lucetta
and son Archie of Norwal Ridge, Wal
ter Case of Cameron and w. A. Crock
er of Tomah have returned to their
homes after attending the funeral Of
Russell Case
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Palmer have re-
ceived word that the formers uncle,
Rev. r. c. DOuthit, underwent two
serious operations at Louisville, Ky.
March H. A card that was received
later states that he is getting along
nicely. He was engaged in work in
the U. S. Quartermaster Corps at the
big government depot at Jefferson
vile, Ind where he was taken sudden
Iy ILL., Mr.. DOuthits home is at
Petersham Mass. He was pastor Of
the Unitarian church in Barab00 a
number Of years ago.
Harley SQuires of Fairfield went to
Baltimore, Md, this morning, having
enlisted in the quartermaster corps at
TT. Holabird.
Miss Lillian Lea, who has been Wis
iting her sister, Miss Hilda Lea, in
Fairfield, has returned to her home at
Whitewater.
Mrs. Paul Mueller and two children
went to Merrimack this morning to
visit the formers parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Gust Achterberg.
Arthur Grossfeld of Watertown has
charge of the Western Union tele-
graph office while Miss Barbara Cam
eron is away to attend the funeral Of
a brother in Michigan.
Mrs. B. J. Higgins, assisted by Mrs.
G. A. Carow and Mrs H. c.. Neitzel,
entertained the mission circle of the
Baptist church on Wednesday after
noon. There was large attendance,
and refreshments were served.
Miss Helen Dryer, who has been
spending the winter with her sister
at Shawnee, Okla, returned home
Monday. Her sister and husband, Mr..
and Mrs. Bradley, who were visiting
at BelOit, came with her.-Reedsburg
Free Press.
Mrs. William Organ of Fairchild,
who has been visiting at the w. II.
Pobjoy home on First street here, has
gone to Merrimack to visit her son,
Elmer Kaitel, and Mrs. Herman Burck-
hardt. She will also visit at Prairie
du Sac with her son, Edwin Kaitel.
Mrs. H. S. RUBEN has returned from
st. Petersburg, Fla, where she spent
the winter. Her husband, who also
spent the winter there, is in Chicago,
but will return to Baraboo in day or
two. Mrs. RUBEN states that she
likes the climate in Florida, but pre-
fers the north.
Miss Judith Schultz entertained at
her home on Fourth avenue at a
o'clock dinner Wednesday evening.
The guests from away were Miss
Catherine Markham, Vicksburg, Miss;
Miss Emma Schemes, Cairo, ILL.,, and
Miss Lucy Baird, Indianapolis, Ind.
Miss Margaret Koch has gone to
Portmouth, Va, to attend the funeral
of her niece, Miss Ralpheta Koch, who
died at her home there from pneumo-
MIA. Deceased, aged % years, was a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Otto Koch
and granddaughter Of the late DR..
and Mrs. Theodore Koch of Baraboo.
She was niece of r. J. Koch, station
agent for the Chicago & Northwestern
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