The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-04-05
Neighborhood NeWs

22nd Last season the Opeka All
Stars were defeated by the Wilmot
players by score of to 2. The
Wilmot club has been most fortunate
in scheduling crack teams for the
coming summer. Among them are the
newly reorganized Antioch team, Lake
Villay Burlington and Eagle Lake.
The club is doing extensive improving
this year. The outfeld is being lev
eled off, the grandstand painted and
the fence covered with galvanized
sheeting, painted and spaced for adj
vertising purposes. The local ball club
are sending. their scoEebooks to press
late Friday evening. Space in the big
20-page news and scorebook has been
eagerly sought for advertising pur-
poses as ten thousand. copies are, now
being made and will be given free at
each game to every patron,
Irving and Walter Carey made a.
business trip to Milwaukee last week.
Frank Kruckman lost valuable
diamond from a ring one day last
week and was fortunate in discover
mig it amongst the crumbs in an emp
ty fried cake box in his store that he
was about to destroy on the next aft
ernoon.
Grace Carey entertained at a mis-
cellaneous shower and FIVE hundred
party for Miss Vera Hegeman on
Wednesday evening. Mary Murphy,
accompanied at the piano by her
mother, Mrs. E. Murphy, gave two
very pleasing dance numbers, "The
Gypsy" and the "Coquette."
Frank Kruckman entertained at a
stag for number Of friends on We'd
nesday evening.
The next meeting Of the Patron
Teachers will be held at the u F. H.
school on Tuesday evening, April 10th.
Miss Rasmussen, the county nurse,
will give the talk for the evening.
Refreshments will be served, and a
social hour will follow the meeting.
The Wilmot Woman's club is to
meet with Mrs. Frank Kruckman on
Wednesday evening, April 18th. All
women interested in furthering the
gymnasium fund are cordially invited
to attend.
The following article copied from
the Bloomington (Wis.) Record Of a
few weeks back will be of especial in
terest to this community. The article
| is headed I'm Any Town:
Gone town in Wisconsin of $50 peo-
pie has the makings of big city so
! far as the spirit of cooperation and
progressiveness is concerned. 1t has
built a $4,000 community hall with
gymnasium and all the comforts Of
good social meeting place.
However, the community hall is not
the beginning but the elimination of
the community spirit. There is
young peoples band of nearly so
pieces. Every member of this band
is taking lessons to make a musical
organization of genuine ability and
strength. Then there is club which
gives plays, besides several smaller
clubs. There have been spelling bees,
indoor fairs, athletic contests, and de-
bates. That kind of stimulating life
leads to community hall.
Here is real social and intellectual
stimulus None Of the gossipy dead
village type here. The boys and men
donated their time to build the com
munity hall. The lumber dealers and
merchants or other building materi-
ais free or sold them at cost or less.
Businessmen loaned 500 each, with
out interest. Everybody works to
make the town better. Carping crit
icism is at a minimum. Planning,
working and cooperation are the or
der of the day.
''This record is a standing admoni-
tion to- many town of much larger
population We ought to have 5000
towns of that kind in Wisconsin The
wonder is that it is not done oftener,
Given few leaders with a vision and
it can be done in any town, small or
big. Milwaukee journal.