The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-07-18
CORRESPONDENCE
ALBION

H. r. Edwards and family returned
to their home at Crosby, Minn., Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Lawton and Mr..
and Ms. II. r. Edwards visited at
GAINESVILLE and Milton Thursday.
E. w. Whitford and family and Mrs.
E. A. Drake visited at Floyd Vincent's
near Milton Junction Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Walters and
Mrs. r. C. Green and daughter Doris
spent one day last week at |. ID. Hum
phrey's.
Mr.. Duty Saunders came last Tues
day to visit his daughter, Mrs. Floyd
Burdick, and other relatives and
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Rierson and
son Clair, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Rich
ardson and Mrs. Anna Olson spent Sun
day at the Dells.
MIR. and Mrs. o. A. Kruger and son
Earl went to Lake Mills last Wednes-
day, Master Earl remaining for two
weeks visit with his uncle.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. D. Humphrey visited
Miss Maud Thirty at Milton Junction
Sunday and A. ID. Humphrey spent the
day at Royal Hull's at Milton.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Griffith, Mr..
and Mrs. George Krukenberg and baby
and Mrs. Minnie Dates and little son
Leon visited at the j. M. Dates home
Sunday.
DR.. Rosa Palmburg and adopted
Chinese daughter, Filing. were enter
tanned at D. L. Babcock's Tuesday. In
the afternoon DR.. Palmburg spoke at
meeting given by the Home Benefit
Society to the ladies of Albion at R. c.
Green's on the work of Seventh-day
Baptists in China.
Don't forget to hand your donation
for the Salvation Army drive to d. L.
Babcock, c.. S. Sayre or leave it at the
post office. The noble work they have
done and are still doing should make
each one feel they want to do their
part in helping the good cause and we
want to raise this without having to
solicit.
Perhaps it is not generally known
that Ensign and Mrs. Burdick, better
known as ''Pa and Ma" Burdick, who
spoke in Albion Saturday morning and
Sunday evening, were born, married
and lived in this village until about rs
years ago, when they removed to
GAINESVILLE, soon after joining the Sal
walton Army in which they have served
as officers for the past 10 years.
A family party was held by the
Wording brothers and sisters at Nora
Sunday at the home of Mrs. Lena
Christianson in honor of their brother
Oscar who has just returned from
over seas. Those who attended were
Miss Tilla Wording and Mr.. Ed Dorit
Of Fort Atkinson, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Crandall and son Russell and Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Kelley and family of AL
bion, Mrs. Wording and children of Or
fordville and TOrval and Axel Wording.
A very large crowd attended the
ovation meeting held ON the church
lawn Sunday evening in honor of En-
sign Floyd Burdick and wife who have
just recently returned from overseas.
Mr.. Burdick gave an outline of their
great work in France, telling how,
through their Christian work here in
the u. S., they were better prepared
to meet the great trials over there.
Mrs. Burdick told of her noble, moth
erly work with cur soldier boys, in
making home for them where they
were always welcome, how they were
always ready with a cup of coffee
and a doughnut or piece of pie just
when there was the most need of it,
and how they carried it to the boys in
the trenches and on the battle field;
also how they helped nurse the wound
ed on the battle field and in the hos
pitfalls, bringing comfort and cheer
wherever possible, and holding religious
services whenever possible. Their
many friends and the citizens present
were unanimous in passing the follow
ing resolutions:
Whereas, The town of Albion, Dane
county, state of Wisconsin, is the
birthplace and was the childhood home
of Ensign Floyd Burdick and of his
wife, Mrs. Minnie Saunders Burdick,
affectionately known by overseas SOL
der boys as Pa and Ma Burdick, be-
cause of their fatherly and motherly
attention and care of these soldier
boys; and,
Whereas, Mr.. and Mrs. Burdick,
moved by the true Christian spirit and
Ot1AAot OOoSAiAiiSS nave Will Oil ulGC1-
national reputation for their brave,
efficient and sympathetic services in
behalf of those overseas soldiers; and,
Whereas, Mrs. Burdick's womanly
bravery in danger, wise counsel and
motherly devotion to her boys was
recognized by the French government
in the bestowal upon her of the highest
honor conferred upon any American
woman in overseas work; therefore,
Resolved, by the citizens of Albion
assembled in an ovation meeting in
their honor, this tenth day of July,
1919, That as citizens of the birthplace
and childhood home of Pa and Ma Bur-
dick, we feel greatly honored by the
distinguished honors which they have
won by noble Christian deeds.
Resolved, That we most heartily re-
joice that these honors have been so
worthily won by them, that we are
proud of them, and that wherever they
may go on their Christ-like mission of