The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-03-18

LYLE Francis of Evansville were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs Martin Matheson one
day last week.
-Hixon Knapp and Harvey Davis of
the Electrical Appliance Co., were in
| Madison last Monday on storage bat
| terry business. The firm is making
plans to install as part of their line of
work, expert handling and charging of
| storage batteries.
Mr. Willard Doty, reporting for
the Chinese relief fund, states that to
he amount of $185.75, already for
warded to the Central Wisconsin Trust
Co., Madison, $500 has been added
from collections in the grade schools by
the city nurse, Miss Mats. The money
| contributed is sent on its errand of
mercy.
| Mrs. L. N. Persons, who during
the last several years has lived at
/ Sparta, where Mr.. Persons has been In
| the tobacco business, passed away last
week and was buried at Whitewater.
! the home of her girlhood. Mrs. w. S.
Brown and Mrs. ]. j. Culton of Edger-
ton went down to be present at the
funeral. The Persons spent number
of years in Edgerton.
Have you secured ticket or a
book of tickets for the entertainment
| to be given for the benefit of the Ed
| gerton Concert band? 1t does not so
much matter whether you remember
the day of the entertainment, but it is
important that you secure your tickets.
It's the tickets that are going to buy
| the uniforms that the band must have.
Passion Week will be observed at
the Congregational church with three
special services. On Tuesday evening,
| March "a, the sacrament of the Last
Supper will be celebrated. On Friday
afternoon at 300 and Saturday after
noon at 500 will be special vesper serv-
ices. All of this will be quiet and de-
votional in character. Everyone is cor
daily invited to each service.
The Service Star Legion will hold
rummage sale Friday and Saturday,
| March Is and 10, in the Mcintosh &
Thompson building vacated by Otto
Dahlman; also food sale Saturday af-
ternoon at o'clock. Anyone having
articles for the rummage sale, please
leave as early as possible Friday morn
/ ing. A good organ for sale by the
Service Star at the rummage sale.
"A meeting to talk over matters in
general concerning the new Memorial
hospital was held in the library last
Tuesday afternoons by members of the
newly organized board. Several propo-
sitions to sell or donate sites have come
in to the committee, and while the COM
mittee does not propose to settle mat
tiers of this sort hastily, it feels that it
is we'll to discuss matters and get to-
gether on views in general.
B. J. Springer and wife have pur-
chased the Geo. Crittenden property on
Broadway, and possession given. Mr..
and Mrs. Springer are going to rebuild
and make the property into an up-to-
date dwelling with modern conveniences
and it may be summer before they will
be able to move in. There are two lots
most excellently located and when COM
pleted the property will be most desir-
able place to own and tosreside on.
Gilbert Evenson, veteran of the
Mexican war, 1S48, was buried at
GAINESVILLE last Saturday. There are
only lat veterans of this war now liv-
ing in the entire United States,
though upwards of 1000 widows of vetl
Grams of this war are still alive and
drawing pensions. Mr.. Evenson came
from Norway to Dane county the year
before he enlisted. GAINESVILLE has
been his home dnring all these years.
Ben Meyer of New York and Eman-
uel We'll of the same city have taken
memberships in the Edgerton Country
club Mr.. Meyer took eight member
ships. Henry Scott of Stoughton and
| several other gentlemen from CnaC city
and men from other towns and from
the vicinity of Edgerton either have or
expect to join the club. The board
chosen to look after the interests of
the club are the sort of men who both
pay and work.
Ed. Drotning, well known here,
postmaster at Stoughton during a per-
iod of years, has passed away after a
long period of illness. The funeral was
held Saturday afternoon from Central
Lutheran church, Stoughton, and burial
was made at the West Koshkonong
Lutheran cemetery, where the family
has burial lot. Mrs. Oscar Olson,
wife of Oscar Olson, cashier in the