The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-11
Local Happenings

Tuesday.
-Serg. Will Mcintosh and Ed Nc
Donough were up from Camp Grant
for an over Sunday stay at their homes.
Ed Rice, who has been employed in
the Peters market for more than
year, has removed his family to Ke-
nosha.
Miss Alice Mooney returned to
Montello Saturday to resume her school
work, after passing the holidays at
home.
Miss Lila Clifford returned to her
teaching duties at Rock Island, ILL.,, on
Saturday, after her holiday vacation
spent here.
W. A. Shelley was out from Mil
waukee to attend the stockholders
meeting of The Tobacco Exchange
Bank on Tuesday.
The storm Sunday night broke the
flag staff on the community Christmas
tree and left Old Glory hanging help
lessly at half mast.
Miss Helen Dickinson entertained
a company of about twenty of her
young friends Friday evening at the
home Of her parents.
W W. Warrichait of Fergus,
Mich, is visiting among friends in this
locality for short time. Up to five
years ago the family resided in Edger-
ton.
Warren Coon has received orders
to report to the ordnance department
at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio,
Texas, on the 18th and leaves next
Monday for that city.
The Gazette calls it a patriotic duty
to shovel your sidewalks. This puts
patriotism above civic pride, but we
suppose it all right. You have to ap-
peal to some folks pretty strong.
"A joint installation of officers of
Fulton Lodge F. & A. M. and Edger-
ton Chapter Order Eastern Star will
take place next Tuesday evening. Jan.
Is, at 7:30 p. m. Refreshments.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Clarke learn
that their son James, with Rockford
company of the Ill. N. G.. at Waco,
Texas, has been selected for the offic-
ers' training camp at Leon Springs.
Corporal Adolph J. Olson of Haner-
vile was in town Saturday arranging
for the military ball that will take
place on January 18th, he being mem
Der of the committee that has this af
fair in charge.
N. E. Nelson had everything set
for his ice harvest when the big storm
came Saturday. The fields had been
scraped of snow and some marking
done A good foot of solid ice is ready
for storage.
DR. J. M. Evans of Evansville, one
of the pioneer physicians of Rock
county, died at st. Mary's hospital in
Madison Monday after an illness of
several months. He is survived by
wife and three children.
The annual meeting of the Albion
Mutual Fire ms Co. was held in the
town hall Tuesday The attendance
was small and the only change in the
directors chosen was that of Geo. Gold
thorp in place of Thos. Pierce, who re-
signed as treasurer.
DIR. F. E. Shearer has received his
call from the government to report to
the medical corps at Fl. Riley, Kansas.
The DIR. will therefore be at his James,
vile office only during the present
week His rank in the medical corps
is that of lieutenant.
Mrs. Mary Burdick, an old resident
of Albion, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Willis Scofeld, We'd
nesday morning at s o'clock. The fun
eral will be held from the S. D. B.
church in Albion Friday afternoon at
80 o'clock. Obituary later.
Mr.. Glenn Gardiner, recently grad
uated from the University of Wiscon-
sin, has enlisted with the radio corps of
the navy. Mr.. Gardiner will receive
special instruction in wireless tele-
graphy at Madison, Great Lakes and
Harvard university, all at the expense
of the government.
"A young Chesapeake Bay hunting
dog owned by Frank Burgy met vio-
lent death on the street last Thursday
when he attempted to dodge f1ivver
and was hit about midship. A SUBJ
marine could hardly have done more
thorough job. Frank says it had taken
two years to raise the valuable dog and
about two minutes to lose him.
AT the first meeting of the Catho-
lie Knights held recently in the city
the following officers were elected for
n.1