Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-09-18
Thursday


grandmother many times and
great grandmother twice, and has
lived in Baraboo for the past sew
enty years.
H. Barton of Madison and DR.. j.
M. Beckman Of ST.. Louis have re-
turned home after short stay in
Baraboo. Mr.. Barton is a son of
A. o. Barton, a local historian of
Madison, and DR.. Beckman is a re-
cent graduate from a st. Louis
medical school.
Mrs. Ella Duncan entertained the
Senior Girls class of the Congre-
gational sunday school Wednesday
afternoon at her home on Fourth
street. After an afternoon of
sewing for the bazaar, the hostess
served a dainty lunch to the girls.
The w. c. T. U. met with Mrs.
I. C Barry at her home on Seventh
street Tuesday afternoon with a
fairly large number in attendance.
Following a short business meeting
the following delegates were elect
ed to attend the state convention at
Beloit: Mrs. H.. l. Barber, Mrs.
George Hansen, Miss Elizabeth
Lueppke. Others will be chosen la
ter The meeting closed with sew
eraL delightful readings given bV
Mrs. Sidney Wakefield,
Folks, who have often wondered
how people get themselves out OF
straightiackets and chains when
they have been tied in, had The
chance to see how it, was done
Tuesday evening about six o'clock
on the First NationaE,bank corne'
when a man passing through town
demonstrated his agility in getting
out Of a tight place. AZ straight
Jacket was placed on him AMI
chains tied around his ankles aud
arms binding them to his bod.
Inside of six or seven minutes the
man had freed himself and explain
ed each step as he did it.
On Wednesday afternoon Mrs.
William Stortz entertained the
Presbyterian Ladies Aid at her
home on Second street. A short
business meeting was followed by
a delicious luncheon.' The hostess
was assisted by the following lad
les: Mrs. Eugene Cross, Mrs. Frank
Whitman and Mrs. Grant Alb2rts.
About fifty friends and relatives
of Miss Jessie Martiny gave her a
miscellaneous shower on Wednes-
day afternoon at her home on
Moore street. The affair was a
complete surprise to the young
lady and she was the recipient OF
many beautiful and useful gifts.
The afternoon was spent in a Soc
ial way. and a delicious lunch was
served to the guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Aulis have
returned from a two months motor
trip through Maine and Canada.
They visited the latter's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Words
worth of Skowhegan, Maine, and
the formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Aulis. in Hanover, New Ham
pshire. While making the trip
home they stopped in Quebec and
Montreal, Canada. About the end
of this week Mr.. and Mrs. Aulis
expect to move from their home on
Summit street to new house on
Third avenue which has just been
completed by r. r. Deppe.
Frank burlington of Berkeley, Cal
ifornia, is making an interesting
trip from coast to coast. He
started eleven days ago, from san
Francisco and made 500 mile boat
trip to Vancouver. Then he vent
to st. Paul from which place he
came t Baraboo to visit his sister,
Mrs. John r. Hofstatter. Mr.. Bur
rington lived in Baraboo all his
life up until about twenty years ago
when he moved west and has many
friends here. He expects to &C on
to New Hampshire and New York
before returning to his home.
Munroe McMarlin of Fairfield
recently had the misfortune to tal
off the hay rake which he was
riding when the horses unexpect-
edly started up. Mr. McMarlin was
bruised and shaken up quite pad
" but was unable to determine at
once whether he had suffered any
internal injuries. .oa
Miss Mary Plendl underwent
major operation at the General nos
pital in Madison on Wednesday
morning. Miss Plendl is a sister
of Mrs. E. M. Koltes and had gone
to Dane to visit her mother and
other relatives. From there she
went on to Madison and whi'e in
the Capitol City, it was found nee
essary for her to have an opera
ton.
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