Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-11-28

On Saturday morning, November %,
at 10 o'clock, an event of. much inter-
est to Wauwatosa citizens occurred at
the yards of the Manitowoc Ship
Building Company, Manitowoc, Wis.
At this hour the new boat 'City of
Wauwatosa" was launched mid
cheers and applause from hundreds of
spectators.
At o'clock that morning, if citizens
still sleeping had been watchful, they
would have seen a few more wide
awake people in the center of our city,
waiting and watching for the gather
ing of the clans, anticipating a drive
through the beautiful November early
dawn to the Northwestern depot,
where they took the GAS o'clock train
for Manitowoc. When tally was
made of those present, the following
responded: Mr.. and Mrs. e. p But
Ter, Mr.. and Mrs S. K Williams and
son Kenneth, Mr. and Mrs. p d.
Gates, Mr. and Mrs. S. l.. Graves, Mr..
and Mrs. j. r. Benoy, Mr. and Mrs.
LIE rerett G. Wheeler, their son Syl-
vesser L. and daughter Catherine, also
their guests Mrs. John Fitz-Gerald
and daughter Nesta of Urbana, ILL.,,
Mrs. L. C. Wheeler, Mayor Hans A.
Koenig, w. A. Walker, Chas. r. Davis,
Mrs. Albert Houghton, H. Fl. Foot and
J. c. Lefeber, Jr. The G. & N. w.
Railway Company very kindly pro-
vided a special coach for the exclu-
sive use of the Wauwatosans, who
very promptly made themselves COM
Portable and formed congenial groups
about the car and began the visit of
the day.
Not many minutes out of Milwaukee,
all began to watch the partial eclipse
of the sun, many times catching the
best glimpses of it through the smoke
rolling back from their own train.
About two hours out the train
came to a standstill and the word was
passed around, "a freight train has
broken down ahead of u.s." Not many
minutes elapsed, however before the
trip was resumed and, in passing the
next crossing, a Ford was seen stand
ing near the track, which had been
struck by the freight ahead. Later it
was learned this was loaded with 100
pounds of dynamite No serious dam
age was done to The Ford, of course,
although the driver was slightly in
iured. However, ye scribe and the
balance of the party are still alive TO
tell of the pleasures OF the day.
On arrival at Manitowoc, our fellow
citizen, H. M. Eldred, was seen on the
platform waiting to greet us, he hav-
ing arrived the day previous. Mr..
Eldred was a welcome addition to the
Marty and brought the number to 25.
From the moment the party landed
at the depot at Manitowoc to the time
of their return, homeward bound, they
were the guests of the Manitowoc Ship
Building Co, Mr.. J. E. Tiell, assistant
secretary, being master of ceremonies.
Fine automobiles conveyed the party
to the ship yards, to the Admlnlstra-
ton Building of the Company. Upon
entering the reception room, the ex-
clamations were everywhere heard,
"Ob. the odor of roses, or, Where are
those American Beauties" etc. Al
most Immediately Miss Catherine
! Wheeler. the sponsor of the boat. was
presented with most fragrant arm
fuI of American Beauty roses, tied
with long streamers Of rich red, white
and blue ribbons. The bottle to be
used at the launching of the boat was
also presented, this being fnclosed IN
silk bag of the same colors, with
aving streamers. The entire party
then proceeded through the yards to
the stand at the point Of launching,