Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-07-03
The Westfeld
Homecoming Is
Happy Affair

The annual meeting and picnic
Of the Westfield Homecoming as
sociation for the year 1924 was
held June 26 at Ochsner park in
Baraboo. There was good attend
ance and the day was ideal, nei-
ther too warm nor too cool, and
people arrived from all directions
and at noon about one hundred
thirty assembled at the table
which was laden with delicious
viands for which Rev. Weisshaar
thanked the Divine Giver of all
good things.
After the noon hour the crowd
separated in groups and games,
stunts and contests were in or
der. Much credit is due the pres
ident and wife, Mr.. and Mrs Fred
Stachhouse, who devised the ways
and means to keep everybody well
entertained. The young people en-
joyed ball game, the men engag-
ed in" barnyard golf and the chill
dren raced while the ladies proud
ly displayed various pieces of jew
erly and other articles, hard earn
ed trophies of nail-pounding cook
Ell eating, whistling and various
other contests.
At the business meeting held
the secretary, Mrs. John Rumpf,
read the minutes Of previous meet
ngs and also the financial report
Of the same. Election of officers
for the coming year we're held
with results as follows:
Pres. Fred Stackhouse
Vice pres-John Rumpf.
Sec treas Mrs. Will Alexander
of Westfield.
The meeting was then adjourned
The time and place Of the next
years meeting is to be the same.
Those from away attending were
Ben Stackhouse, Chicago; Mrs.
William StacBaCuse +, California;
Mr.. and Mrs. August Stackman,
Mrs. Hicke, Mauston; MRS. Mike
Nipert and children and grand
children from Charles City, Him
ois.
Other Items
The young people of the Ger
man M e. church gave a pleas
ing program on Sunday afternoon
for which occasion tiae church was
pre9tily decorated with roses and
peonies and ferns. During the ser
vices, Iva and Marian Brooks and
Dean Oetzman were christened by
Rev. Weisshaar who afterward
gave a talk on the meaning and
purpose of Children's Day. Mrs.
Weisshaar and children, Mrs.
Sells. Mrs. Ed Lueth and Mrs.
Henry Alexander and Ann Beige
+ accompanied Rev. Weissaar from
BaraboO.
About fifty people from here at
tended the Westfield Homecoming
at Baraboo on Thursday the fol
living families being represented:
Alvin Behn, Ernest Koenig, Fred
Brooks, Dan Schultz, Percy Alex
ander. Harry Verthein and Will
lam Alexander.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Schultz and
family of Lime Ridge were Sun
day visitors at Dan Schulte's. 9th
er recent visitors at the Schultz
home were Mrs. Stackhouse. OF
Baraboo; Ben Stackhouse Of Chi
cago; and Mr.. and Mrs. Will AL
exander and family.
Mrs. Chris Schmidt of Ableman
visited with her daughter, Mrs.
Ed Behn, here last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Klansia
and baby Harvey Jewett and son
Dale of Richland Center and Mrs.
Celia Jewe6t Richard Of Palmet-
to, Florida, were recent visitors
at the home Of Howard Suther-
land. They were enroute to Cheek
to visit other relatives and while
there attended the tournament at
Reedsburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. lido Braun attend
ed camp meeting at Witwen or
Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. John Repka and
children and the F. Brooks family
attended the rural school gradu-
ating exercises on Wednesday al
Baraboo. Marian Brooks and Vic
ter Repka being among those who
finished the common school
Miss La Vera Koenig celebrated
her ninth birthday with a party al
which several Of her little school
mates were resent. The afternoon
was spent with games and dam
ty lunch was served which includ
ed ice cream, marshmallows and
a birthday cake which was decoras