The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-01
WILMOT ITEMS

OF Mary Mcnamara, OF Chicago, the
last of the week.
Bertha Zepp was week end guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. David of Burlington.
Mr. and Mrs. p Meyers and son and
barry Beck, of Racine, spent Wednes-
day at f. Becks. Mrs. Meyers and
son remained for an extended visit.
Fannie Bruel was home over the week
end from Chicago.
Ruth and Aileen Morgan, who are
students at Carroll College in Wau-
kesha, are home for the Easter vaca-
ton.
Mrs. A. Turner spent the first Of the
week in Kenosha.
Mrs. Harry Spear and children
from Sharon are visiting at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Motley this week.
Mary Swenson returned from an ex-
tended visit with Kenosha relatives
the first Of the week.
Mrs. F. Beck and daughters, Hazel,
Violet, and Mrs p Meyers and son
spent the latter part Of the week in
Chicago shopping.
Mrs Arthur Holtdorf and Rosa Pei
letierie were Burlington shoppers Sat-
urday.
Raymond Rudolph and Vivian Holt
dorf were in Kenosha Saturday
There was surprise party by the
members of the Five Hundred club at
the Lynne Sherman home Wednesday
night. The occasion was Lynne's birth
day. The evening was pleasantly
spent at cards, followed by refresh
ments.
Esther Kasper has been i'll at her
homo in Racine with tonsilitis this
week. During her absence from the
upper grades of the Wilmot school,
Mrs. J. Carey acted as substitute.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Nett and children
spent several days the latter part of
the week with the Lentz family of
Bassetts. Mr.. Lentz and Ben Nett
spent Sunday with relatives at Am
herst
Myrtle Westlakc was home from
Kenosha over Sunday.
Mrs. G. Harms was entertained at
the Hermann Hasselman home Sun
day.
Oscar Swenson and family motored
to Kenosha Saturday. Herbert Sven
son returned with them for a visit
over Sunday.
Vera Hegeman came home from
Downer College, Milwaukee, for the
Easter vacation, Wednesday.
Jabez Motley made business trip
to Kenosha Saturday.
Funeral services for Hermann
Schultz, of Salem were held at the
Evangelical Lutheran church Saturday
afternoon by Rev S. Jedele. Inter
ment. was in the Wilmot cemetery.
Invitations for the marriage of Ce-
liza Rasch and Carl Gauger at the
Evangelical Lutheran church on April
z have been issued. Rev. S. Jedele
will perform the ceremony, which will
be followed by reception at the home
of the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. Rasch.
The first basketball team iourneyed
to Williams Bay Friday night to play
the first team of the Williams Bay
high school. The score was % to IS
Cook accompanied the team.
Russell Bruel was home from Keno
sha over Sunday.
Mary Kaiser spent last Sunday at
the home of her parents in New
Munster.
The cyclone that swept up the Fox
River valley Sunday, north from Elgin
followed up through Channel Lake, de-
stroying buildings on the Rudolph and
.ae Two Lasco farms. On the John
MUTT farm it feIled the orchard and
shade trees, destroyed the large dairy
barn, the silo, and removed part Of
the roof from the dwelling. The barns
in the Kennedy Mark Curtis and 0. G.
Nelson farms were the next to be de-
molished At the Fleming farm it
tore in between the residence atads
tenant house destroying a grove Of
trees, the windmill, and wrecking the
porches. At the Curtis homestead the
wind practically destroyed all the build
ings, besides killing several cattle and
about twenty sheep. The telephone
line between Wilmot and Trevor was
completely wrecked. Electric service
was off all Sunday morning on the
Burlington line, owing to damage
caused by the high winds.
George Smith was home from Keno
sha for an over Sunday visit with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Smith.
A butter maker from Madison com
menced work at the Wilmot Creamery
the last of the week. Thirty-eight cans
of cream, the largest shipment from
Wilmot at one time, were hauled out
on Tuesday.
Road conditions have been the worst
in years the past week. The rains of
the last few days have raised the river
the highest it has been this year. At
Bullens bridge, at the C. 10th farm
and east of G. Higgins, the roads are
under water. Auto traffic between
here and Silver Lake has been out Of
the question.
Mr.. Joyce, of Chicago, who recently
purchased the Ben Sanoorn farm
Iouth of here, spent Sunday in Wilmot
He was accompanied by Mr.. Casey, of
Chicago
John Hasselman, Jr., came out from
Kenosha for Sunday.
P, Peterson, of Richmond, and a gang
Of cablement were working on the
New Era telephone lines around here
last week.
Mrs. W. Carey and Grace spent the
first of the weak in Cbicau0