Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-10-26
Miss Matilda E. Reul Writes Of
Impressions Gained Along the
pa,fic Slope Of United States
MtETS MANY BAP ABOO
FRIENDS IN THE WEST
Misses The Riot of Color Which
Comes to Sauk County With the
Returning Autumns

Miss Matilda E. Reul left Baraboo
some months ago for a trip to the west
and entertainingly writes of her exper-
fences as follows:
The experiences of the past year
have certainly been eye-openers. Old
impressions have been reconstructed,
new ones have been received. Narrow
sectional prejudices have been lost
in broadened viewpoints. Problems
vital TO national welfare are seen
from very different angles. Altogether
the year has bean a fine schooling
One Of my chiae + 'easures has been
the renewal OF OIL friendship. E. s.
Erswell of Ontario, California, has so
recently been at Baraboo that you no
doubt, know all about Mr. and Mrs. j.
w. Williams and Miss Matte Davies.
Isn't it fine that Matties Davies is so
much improved in health? She spent
much of the summer at Long Beach.
Perhaps, Mr. Erswell also told you
about the Wicherns who live at Whit
tier, near Ontario. The recollections
of a day spent with them and the Frs
wells last fall at Long Beach will al
ways be among the pleasant memories
of Southern California. While there
we called upon the McIntoshes. Just
at that time the oil boom was on and
the McIntoshes hoped to be benefited
thereby. AT Los Angeles | learned to
know Barbara Greenwood anew. She
is still in the kindergarten work in the
southern branch Of the University Of
California. A year ago this summer
she was honored in being sent to Hon
Olulu as a delegate to the Pan-Pacific
Educative Convention. Mrs Mary
True lives with her sister, Miss Bar
bara Greenwood. in the new home re-
Gently purchased. Arthur Hoag, dent
ist, is also located at Los Angeles.
Arthur has the same genial character
istics that he had in his high school
days Nearby the city in very pleas
ant home at Hollywood lives the fami
ly of Thomas S. Williams. Now the
Williamses are loud in their praises
Of southern California, and would
convert Wisconsinites to Californian.
ism; therefore, it is gratifying to find
that Devils Lake still draws them to
Wisconsin during the summer months.
However, California has attractions
which justify its people in boosting it;
and mind you, they do it. Oh yes!
Californians are expert boosters.
Moreover, they do Il effectively, as its
rapid, wonderful development test.
ifes.
Many 5araboo Residents
Are you aware that there are more
than one-hundred former Baraboo
residents on the Pacific slope? Yes;
and about one-fourth of these gradual.
ed from TIE Baraboo high school.
The BaraboO high 5choO. must be a
good SORT judging by the goodly per
cent of its alumni attaining more
than ordicarv success. Some have ev-
en- won distinction; as. for instance
Gordon H. True in the Agricultural
college Of the state university. and
DR.. William d. San sum (0ov' located
at Santa Barbara) in medicine Th-n
there are the WaCEler sisters. Rather
me and Geralda. Both are very sue
cessful as teachers of dom astic sci
euce in the public schools CT Oaklant.
These girls. never satisfied with p q
sent attainments. are most progress
i've. They put six weeks of this sum
mer into study at the sumner session
of the State Agricultural College at
Corvallis. Oregon. Besides their school
work they do philanthropic work.
Katherine's school work is unique
really Americanizat,on under federal
as we'll as state support. Last winter
in a roomed cottage provided by the
government, she taught house-keep-
ing to fourteen girls, only one of whom
was American born. The clan was de-
cidedly forelgn-one Scotch-Irish, two
Spanish, and nine Portuguese whose
residence in the United States was
two years or less. Indeed five-sixths
of that school district were foreign.
The miscellaneous nationalities in the
population of California give that state
problems (the Jap problem is the most
serious; of which Wisconsin knows
nothing. However, California has a
fine system of education which should
aid materially In the solution of her
Americanization as we'll as some OF
her industrial problems.
The friends of Mrs. Nettie Stickney
and daughter, Mrs. Henkel, will be
glad to hear a word of them They
live at San Francisco where Mr.