Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-01-13

Of the year 1921 are given III "a. pre-
liminary report of construction work
issued by the state highway commits.
sion
| Although 100 years have passed
since the first white man landed at
Ferryville. Crawford county, the vii
lage has never had church. NOW
plans have been formulated TO erect
community church. A preliminary
! fund of $1,000 has been raised. The
residents have not agreed on the de-
nomination OF the church. but it will
probably be Congregational or Metho-
dist.
Mrs. Mary Buhl OF Algoma met her
brother, Joseph Schlunz of Oak Har'
Dor, O., for the first time since they
were children in Mecklenburg, Ger
many. Mrs Bull has been in this
country forty-seven years anu her
brother emigrated to the United
States thirty eight years ago. The sis.
ter is 65 years old and her brother
"A years old The meeting was made
the occasion for family reunion.
Being present at her daughters
golden wedding was the rare privilege
enjoyed by Mrs. Louisa Kemper, 81
years old, of Manitowoc. Little did
Mrs Kemper realize a half century
ago, when she gave her daughter in
marriage, that fifty years later she
would attend the celebration OF this
event The daughter is Mrs. {. Z.
Etrz who with her husband, are
among the most widely known resi-
dents of the community.
| Twenty-Five brokers and three real
estate statesmen were denied HcenseS
| TO operate in Wisconsin last year, the
annual review of the state real estate
board, made public on Jan. /, dls-
closes. Ninety hearings have been
held by the board during tie year
/ 1921 and 140 persons who have ap-
tDlied for real estate licenses from the
board have not received them. while
there have been ten revocations OF
licenses.
Awakened to find their home in
danes, Fred Zoellner and his sister,
/ elizabeth, Fond du Lac, managed TO
| save their mother, Mrs. Maggie Zoell-
ner, 81 years old, and cripple, by
carrying her from the burning house
! in a blanket AS the man and woman,
! staggering under their burden, passed
out of the house, the blanket was on
! fire and the clothing of the rescuers
was smouldering when sparks fell up
on them.
Dodge county is the leading dairy
! county of Wisconsin, with a milk pro-
! luction of 34S,836,100 pounds in a
year, an average of 5,173 pounds per
! cow. according to the report OF Coun-
/ ~ Agent c. A. Brown. Live stock
adds moreto the wealth of the county
han do it's crops. Dodge has 81, 100
milk cows and 33,065 other cattle,
mainly young stock of the dairy
/ breeds. About 5 per cent are pure
bred, with total OF $3.50 head, rep
/ resenting breeds as follows: 5,29l
! Holsteins, 81 Jerseys, 80 Shorthorns
/ So Ayrshires, So Guernseys, Il Brown
Swiss and Red Polls.
More than half Of the school chill
! dren in Outagamie county have some
/ physical defect, according to Miss
Bertha NJ. Schultz, county nurse, who
/ has lust completed her annual report.
Miss Schultz examined 3,487 children
! in lis schools and found 1886 defec-
! tive. More than one-fourth of all the
children were more than 10 per cent
under normal weight. Of the 1856
defective children, 1927 were suffer
! ing from enlarged tonsils, 248 had de
! fective vision, Sc were hampered by
defective hearing, 20 had defective
speech and 40 We're suffering with
skin diseases.
| New honors have been bestowed OH
| Tomahawk and her young people be-
| cause of promptness and efficiency in
preparing and filing records in the re-
cent state fair boys and girls club
contests and for this have received
$40 prize from the state. In addition
to this prize, an individual prize Of
| so has been awarded to Miss Mar
guerite Davis, who is state champion
Gamer, having canned the greatest
number OF pints in the state and hav-
| ing sent in a very satisfactory record
book, emitting her to this prize. Elliott
White has been declared second place
champion dairy calf boy and received
prize of SIS.
The Wisconsin National guard has
practically filled its quota of officers
and men, provided for by the federal
government, and will not be able to
make further extensions until next
summer, according to announcement
Of the adjutant general The guard
now has 101 units, with three in the
process of formation. Total strength
is 6,673 officers and men, which can
not be greatly increased until extern
sion is authorized by the federal gov
/ eminent There are now 81 infantry
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