The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-04-09
The Misses Aileen. Ruth and Kath-

The Misses Aileen, Ruth and Kath-
leen Mcintosh were callers in Madison
Saturday.
The Ladies society of the Norwe-
gian Lutheran church will be enter
tanned by Mesdames Anton Olson, Emil
Edwardson, Peter Edwardson and Peter
Helgestad, Thursday, April 8. Every
one welcome.
Mr.. James Barton was pleasantly
surprised on Saturday evening when
the employees of the Sweeney & Son
warehouse, where he is foreman, came
to his home to remind him of his birth
day. The evening was spent at cards
and dancing and the guests departed
leaving their best wishes and set of
silver knives and forks and set of
champaign glasses, besides other glass
pieces. All present report pleasant
evening.
AT special meeting of the direct
ors of the Housing Corporation held at
the office of the Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday evening of last week it was
decided to engage the carpenters who
are now at work on the Highway Trail
er Co. s new plant to build the houses
on the new Hill Crest addition. There
are now about twenty carpenters en-
ployed there. The foundations for the
new houses will be poured and ready
when the carpenters are ready to begin
work. Quite number of window and
door frames are completed and ready
for use, which will eliminate consider
able of the delay usually encountered
when building. The city has the. water
pipe on the ground in the new addition
and bids for installing same have al
ready been received.
Mr.. Alonzo Dickerson was run
down by an automobile last Monday.
Before the driver had presence of
mind to stop the car it had knocked
Mr.. Dickerson down and passed over
him. Friends ran to his assistance and
he was brought to the Drs. Shearer
office and given medical aid. twas
feared that ribs were broken and that
there was an internal hemorrhage; to
ascertain the nature of the injury an
X-ray was taken. Tellefson's ambu-
lance was called and the injured man
was taken to his home. He was also
hurt about the back and lower limbs,
but no bones were broken. No serious
complications have developed so far,
and it is the hope of all his friends that
he may soon recover. The driver OF
the car that hit Mr.. Dickerson was not
going at undue speed at the time the
accident happened according to the
testimony of bystanders. The number
of his car was taken.
The GAINESVILLE Gazette for April 2
announces that Supt. F. O. Holt of Ed
gerton has been elected as superintend-
ent of the GAINESVILLE schools. The vote
to elect Mr.. Holt was unanimous. The
Gazette says:
The new superintendent is James
vile product, born and reared here.
In 1902 he was graduated from the
GAINESVILLE high school and in 1904 from
the Milwaukee normal school. In 1907
he was graduated from the Wisconsin
state university with honors. He has
since taken three summers of post
graduate course at the university, and
one summer at the Chicago university.
His experience as trained teacher
includes four years at the head of the
Sun Prairie schools, and for the last
nine years has been superintendent of
the schools at Edgerton. He has more
than made good there and enjoys the
reputation as one of the best school
men of the state. He is man of
pleasing personality, strong and able
educator, an executive of rare ability
and live wire.