Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-04-17
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pany is the name of the new electric
line to be built between Baraboo and
Reedsburg. The line will be part
of the Wisconsin Power, Light & Heat
company and A. II. Voeck will be the
representative for the villages. G. r.
Blakesley of Baraboo> is the district
superintendent.
Harold L. Giese, who has been with
the Wisconsin Railroad Rate commits
sion, has accepted a position with the
Wisconsin Power, Light & Heath COM
pany, his Office being assistant to
President Marshall e. Sampson Of
Chicago. Mr. Giese will spend much Of
his time in Wisconsin.
The Congregational Junior Endeav-
or society held it's third party Of the
season at the church parlOrs last
evening The children came in the
Some of the best ones were Vera Holt
and Nellie Jeffries as fairies; Gather
inc Moog and Pearl Frank as 30
Peep" Messie Rumpf and Genevieve
Gollmar as Little Miss Muffet;" Frank
Kramer as Simple Simon;" Gene
We've Kramer as Little Red Riding
Hood" Richard Moog as Little Old
Man." Elizabeth De KOeyer as MARY,
Mary, quite contrary and Harris Par
ish as Little Jack Horner" with his
pie" Also there were Leora Jeffries
as a Red Cross nurse and Frederick
Wycoff as a soldier, besides many
other duplicate costumes of Mother
Goose. About thirty children were
present. Easter games were played
and the tables were appropriately dec
GRATED, the centerpiece being large
nest with Mother Rabbit, surrounded
by colored eggs. At the close Of re-
Ifreshments the nest proved to be
filled with favors for the little ones,
each child drawing tiny basket con-
tanning candy eggs. All enjoyed the
evening. The next Junior event will
be the picnic, which will close the con-
test between "The Live Wires and
the Busy Bees"
Albert Switalski and bride have
been guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. E. Wakefield, on their way
from Brooklyn to Owen, WIS They
were recently married at Brooklyn,
the event taking place soon after the
young man returned from service in
the army overseas. They were ac-
|companied by Joseph Switalski, a
brother of the groom. The last named
was also in the army but d not get
Charles Carpenter, who resides in
the Second ward, was selected at the
April election to fill the office of alder
man for that ward After his election
it was found that a person holding a
railroad pass cannot hold a public
office. Mr.. Carpenter spent the great
er portion Of his life as conductor in
the service Of the Chicago & North
his pass-a thing he has justly
earned He therefore notified the
council on Thursday evening that he
would not qualify and former Alder
man E. T. Ross was selected by the
council to hold the position for one
year. The place will be regularly
filled at the next spring election. Dur
ing the meeting of the council there
was much talk about changing the
location of the Warner road in Bara-
Iboo from Vine street to Walnut street.
NO definite action was taken.
The other day Jack Boyle, the Bara-
boo story writer, had long distance
telephone call from the Red Book
magazine, the publisher stating there
was a man in California who claimed
to be the author of the Boston Blackle
stories and was trying to sell them =
the moving picture makers Of course
the picture people were informed
there were rights to the stories and
could not be filmed without procuring
permission from Mr.. Boyle OF Bara-
boo. No doubt the shark received a
sharp reception if he returned to the
movie man Evidently here is a
sharper who has not ben discovered
by Mike Maher in his rounds of Cali
fornia.