Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-12-14
Party of Eight Local People Are
Now at Home in Big Bayou, at
St. Petersburg
T. THANKSGIVING DINNER Is
SERVED AT D. A. LEWIS HOME
Mrs. Nehs Tells of Lovely Weath-
er and Beautiful Flowers ney
Are Enjoying In Southland

The following letter has been Il
ceived by Baraboo relatives from
Mrs. +. A. Nehs, who in company
with her husband. Mrs. Amanda Nebs
Mrs Martha Marriott, Mrs. Elmer
Johnston, Mrs. J. p Witwen. Miss
Marie Witwen, and Miss Henriette
Glarner, left Baraboo for the win.
ter's sojourn in St. Petersburg. Fla.
on Nov. 81.
EXTRACTS from her letter are given:
We had a fine TIP down. The sun
shone SO We had a fine view OF
Lookout Mountains and the Tennes-
see river and the arge electric light
plant when we were at Chattanooga.
Upon our arrival here, we were
met by Mr. and Mrs. A. Burt and
Mrs. ~ NJ Bliss. Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lam Atom. Mrs. D. A. Lewis and
Leora and taken in autos directly 10
Big Bayou, where We are all located
within two blocks IF each other.
Thanksgiving Dinner
The first gathering Of the neigh.
borhood was on Thanksgiving dav
when II OF us from - different
states ate turkey dinner under the
big mango trees in the yard of d. A
Lewis 1t required tour large turkeys
and lots of ether good things to sat.
isfy the appetites Of the crowd. The
excellent cranberries served at our
dinner were sont by Miss Edith Bar
Der OF War1ens, Wis who has a
beautiful home on our street but is
unable TO ccme down this winter.
The day was ideal and the morning
was spent in getting acquainted with
the many newcomers and greeting
cd friends, while some OF the men
pitched horseshOes.
In the evening. we attended the
barbaque at Lewis Tent City" near
by, where two $50 pound pigs had
been roasting since early morning in
care of an army cook
Bob Jones Meetings
For six weeks this fall, a series OF
meetings were held here in a taber
nacle built for the occasion and Bob
Jones, southern evangelist with his
singer and advance man in Charge.
Magistrate E. NJ. Burk says that
the Bob Jones revival has almost
put his court out of commission He
says it was the revival or something
that has caused things to be very
quiet in his line He has had hardly
any cases to try in the last six weeks
be says. The people have been es-
pecially well behaved and there has
been little need for warrants to b.
issued.
Many Tourists
There are many more names OF
tourists registered here now than
there we're at this time last year. At
Lewis Tent City. there are so families
now at the beginning of the season
and the highest number there last
year was 65. There We're a great many
autos here last year but many more
this year.
Saturday, our Baraboo people and
as many more Of tee neighhors spent
the day at Pan a Grill. a resort on
the Gulf of Mexico. We rode S miles
on a street car, then took a 5 mile
ride on a boat Had fine fish dinner
at the casino and the afternoon was
spent in bathing nd picking up shells
along the ever-restless ocean.
Mr.. Lazotte, the proprietor OF the
casino. visited RaraboO and the Dells
25 years ago and had net forgotten
the beautiful scenery in that part OF
tho country.
Church Going City
This is certainly a church-gOing
city and in very few weeks the
church doors VIII be closed when
seats are ali taken and many will BE-
turned away.
I am in ladies' Sunday school
class at the Presbyterian church az
which there were. 20 present last
Sunday
Tonight a reception will be given
Dy the church members 10 the IIS
new members added to the church
since the first CT last April There
ire over 500 members. This church
S now supporting three foreign mis-
'ionaries. also a D9tiye evangelist ia
africa.
Yesterday morning. we attended