The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-08-10

waukee on Thursday.
Irving and Grace Carey spent Thurs
/ day at Sycamore, ILL.,
Charles Luedtke of Kenosha spent
the past week with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Otto Luedtke.
August Smith has been i'll and under
the care Of DR.. Becker this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Knudson were in Chi
cage over the week end
Mr.. and Mrs. John Conrad of Keno
sha spent the last Of the week with
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Hegeman.
Mrs. Rush of Richmond was in Will
mot the last week, visiting her daugh-
ter, Mrs. G. Dean. Sunday she re-
turned home with Mrs. L. Coleman and
daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs Anderson of Channel
Lake spent Friday at the home of the
latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. Pea
cock.
Mrs. w. Lewis and children were in
Evanston several days last week, visit
ing Mrs. Lewis parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Wheeler. Sunday Mr. Lewis motored
to Evanston, and the family returned
with him.
Harold O'Malley, who is now engaged
in the real estate business at East
Troy, spent several hours in Wi4mot
! Monday.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Piehl, of Chicago, who
have been a guest Of the latter's aunt,
Mrs. F. Faulkner, the last week, left on
Monday for Twin Lakes, where they
will spend couple of weeks at the
Neidl resort.
Mrs. w. VIM, of Richmond, and
children spent several days the last Of
the week with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Il. Hegeman.
The U. F. H. School gymnasium is
speedily being built The basement has
been dug by Tom Moran; 1000 feet of
lumber has been hauled to the grounds;
Architect Kenneth White has sent the
plans to the Wisconsin Industrial Com
mission for approval carpenters from
! Salem are working on the actual con-
struction of the building, Schultz Bros.
and Feldtcamp.
Clarence Wright has accepted posi-
tion with the Holton factory of Elk
horn and will probably locate at Bur-
lington Mr.. Wright will have charge
of several high school bands for the
Holton company.
The Altar Society of the Holy Name
church are planning midsummer fes-
tival to be held on the lawn of Mr..
Brasky's home Saturday night, August
26.
Madeline Sweson has been home on a
vacation from the West Suburban hos
pital in Oak Park, where she is taking
the training course for nurses.
Mrs. F. Beck spent couple of days
in Racine with her daughter.
Local interests have been conferred
this week in he tearing down of Will
mot's first house of worship, the Con-
gregational church. Recently Ferdi-
nand Beck purchased the property from
the Morgan estate and is removing the
church building to make room for a
modern brick residence. Local histori-
ans say the original lot was part of a
grant given by the government to Lewis
Hatch March 9, 1889. Sept. 9, 1850,
Mr.. Hatch sold the lot with other prop
erty to A. w. Benham, the founder of
the village.
| Wilmot first sprang into existence in
1874, when Asabel Benham and his
family first settled here. Mr.. Benham
called the town Gilead, but at the sug-
gestion of j. Wilbur in 1848 it was
changed to, Wilmot after the famous
Wilmot Provis.
Lots l and 2, which were to be
occupied for many years by Wilmot's
first church, were decided by Asabel
Benham and his wife Elizabeth to the
Congregational Society on June 6. 1856,
aitho the congregation was organized
in 1858 with the following members:
Mr.. and Mrs. Adino Udell and daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Mizello and Mrs Reeves,
Mrs. Carpenter, Mr.. and Mrs. Bullen,
Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Udell, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Benham, Mrs. Ladue and Mrs. McIn-
tyre. Mr.. Bullen and Mr.. Benham were
two of the first officers, being deacon
and trustee respectively. In 1854 a
subscription was started, and frame
building costing $1,000, capable of seat
ing 200 personsy was erected on the
land donated by Mr.. Benham. The first
minister was a Rev. George w. Thomp-
son, who came here in 1853
Of interest to many will be the state
ment made by one of the older resi-
dents Of the village that the first and
only wedding solemnized in the church
was that of Samuel Orvis and Alvina
Sanborn on Sunday morning, Nov. A.,
1867. The bride was very charming in
a grey outfit, and they were attended
by brother of the bride, John San
born, and sister of the groom, Emma
Orvis, the ceremony taking place di-
rectly following the usual morning
services.
Carpeters at work on the building at
/ present remarked at the solid oak tim
bers and boards that were used in the
construction and they hope to locate a
cornerstone containing papers that may
disclose more of the history of the sec
ond Oldest town of the county.
Rev. Weber of Chicago and Rev.
O'Conner of Milwaukee were enter
tanned by Rev. J. Brasky part of last
week.
Marie Mattern and Mr.. and Mrs.
Piehl Of Chicago made the river trip to
the lotus beds in the Mary d. Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. f. Kruckman and Dale,