Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-07-26

mSAl III " III the WduHdlosd Celnt-
terry.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold j. MacNeil,
Of Omaha, Neb., visited fer a few days
with their parents, Rev. and Mrs.
Samuel Nj. Mac Nell at 243 East Mil
waukee Avenue.
The meeting of the twentieth Cen
fury Topic club scheduled for Tuesday
afternoon was postponed owing to the
illness of Mrs. Sheridan who was to
have addressed the club on the cart
lists Conception of the Virgin"
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Benoy. who have
been spending the past three weeks
motoring through the western part of
the state, returned home Wednesday
They encountered lots Of rain and
heaps of mud
Warren D. Voelkel, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. H. Voelkel, Greystone park,
has been promoted to sergeant at
Camp Grant He was one of those
among the drafted men who left the
first of this month and was one of the
Wauwatosa light guard.
The subject of the morning sermon
at the Underwood Memorial Baptist
churc next Sunday will be "The Bat
tie A gainst Kaiser Io1ze.9' A special
invitation is extended to all who are
interested in the progress of the
movement to make our country dry.
Families who have relatives in the
service of the government are request
ed to send names and addresses to
Mr.. w. H. Getz, secretary of the 10y
atty Legion, 1876 Wauwatosa avenue,
so that proper record of such service
can be made and service flags pre-
scented.
After July %. knitting materials
will be obtained and work returned
when finished to the Red Cross rooms
at the council instead of following the
former plan, that of taking and re-
ceiying the work at the home of Miss
Helen Stickney, 100 East Milwaukee
avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Wood, Cedar
Street, announce the marriage of
their daughter. Dorothy, to Mr. Maun-
sell Fuller Thomas, Great Lakes, H.,
on Wednesday, July II. The ceremony
took place at the Trinity Church, this
city Both bride and groom are well
known in Wauwatosa.
Mayor Koenig has purchased $50
dozen Economy quart Jars with covers
at So cents per dozen for distribution
among the citizens of this city at cost.
These jars ale very scarce at this
time. An effort is also being made to
secure a large quantity of jar covers
direct from the factory.
Mayor H. A. Koenig has been APP
poirsed food administrator for the
town and city of Wauwatosa. An Office
has been opened at Kuhnmuench's
drug store, where sugar can be OBJ
tanned for canning between 8 and
each afternoon. Other sugar offices
may be opened later.
Lieut.. William ]. MacNeill, son of
Rev. Samuel NJ. MacNeill, of this
city, stationed at Camp Zachary Tay-
lor, KY, has been promoted to be
captain the the U. S. National Army.
Samuel P. MacNeil, of the
U. S. Marine Corps, has been promo
ted to be a Gunnery Sergeant.
The committee has announced that
$40 children under six years of age
were weighed in Wauwatosa which
was % less than the Red Cross list
called for. Forty-eight were from To-
cal institutions, the Lutheran Home,
the Carmelite Sisters and the Martha
Home. The two weighing
stations were the Aetna Park School
and he Central Grade school in Wau-
watosa.
In conjunction with the Community
Singing to be held at the Wauwatosa
High School on Tuesday evening, July
80, the Wauwatosa Chapter, Wiscon-
sin Loyalty Legion viii present serv-
ice flags to the families of our boys in
the service who have gone to camp
since the last presentation of flags.
Representatives of all families who
have not received service flags are
urged to this meeting.
Chief of Police Baltes was called to
one of the nearby homes for the de-
luded" Monday to quiet nervous per-
son. who, armed with an axe, had ter
rorized several people in the nearby
vicinity and had threatened to kill
anyone who came near him. Baltes
easily overpowered him and turned
the man over to the institution. A few
scratches is all that our chief has to
show for his trouble.
The marriage of Miss Florence
Sharpe and Benjamin Gridley of the
town of Wauwatosa took place at the
home of the groom, North avenue, on
Saturday evening. Rev. H. D. Davies
officiated. Miss Margret Gridley at
tended the bride and Gilbert Mower
was best man. The guests included
relatives, the members of the families
Swans, Gilberts, Weinbrenners, Tul-