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A. L. FONTAINE, Publisher.
REPORT OE
ioy scorn
EXECUTIVE
Submitted at Mid-Year Council Meet
ing in Nekoosa Tuesday Evening
—Promotions Made and Merit
Badges Awarded.
The mid-year meeting of the Wis
cnsiu Rapids Council, Boy Scouts of
America, was held in the high school
auditorium in Nekoosa Tuesday even
ing.
Probably most interesting of the
matters considered was the report of
the Scout Executive, E. H. Justice,
telling of some of the things he has
done since he came here. The report
in full follows:
When 1 came last December we
had three troops registered and four
troops which were meeting.
We now have 11 out of the 13 going
and all are registered and going and
one new troop has been organized.
We now have 197 registered Scouts
and 18 who have not been meeting late
ly and whose registration has expired,
making a total of 215. Of the 197 reg
istered Scouts, 17 are first class, 50
second class and 130 tenderfoot Scouts
not including the promotions of to
night.
During the past six months your
executive has made 72 talks to more
than 35,000 people, attended 25 troop
meetings, issued 3,000 pieces of mail,
including the Scoutmaster’s bulletin
which is weekly, acted as chairman of
five Scoutmasters’ meetings, headed
six Scout leaders’ meetings, helped
plan progTam for the Wausau confer
ence, attended six executive committee
meetings, helped six Court of Honor
meetings, gave almost 100 Scout tests
to boys, conducted five hikes of which
wo were overnight, attended over 30
meetings of council committees, ran
a class in Scouting at Biron and Port i
Edwards for three months’, meeting
weekly; managed the rebuilding of the
amp when the roof caved in, worked
up the plans for the south camp and
lined ui directors and arranged the
voider and had it printed, made ar- i
. angements for directors of girls’
.imp this summer, taught a ten weeks’
.‘ourse in Scouting at the county nor
aal taking one period a week, put on
conservation campaign in the schools
which brought surprising results, in
; ho way of trees planted, bird houses
built, flowers and lawns cared for and
protected.
We have kept well within our bud
et except on postage which will run
i.ver f
More than 100 men were enrolled in
rout work, of whim more than half
were active.
E. IT. JUSTICE.
At the session of the Court of Hon
r a number of boys were promoted
. iid awarded merit badges, as follows:
From tenderfoot to second class
outs: Clifford Polansky, Troop 1,
.ekoosa; Frederick Goddard, Earl
opkins, Ira Rounds, Duane Bass,
* lifford Dolan, all of Troop 2, Nekoo
i. From second class to first class;
hn Bedford, Troop 2, Wisconsin Ra
ids.
Merit badges: Leland Pomainville,
voop 2, Nekoosa, swimming; Michael
ureoux. Troop 3 Nekoosa, swimming;
> Paries Anderson, Troop 1, Nekoosa,
irpentry and craftwork in wood; Ray
hns, Troop 1, Nekoosa, carpentry
id craftwork in wood; Garrison Nash
: oop 2, Wisconsin Rapids, first aid;
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WORLD S LARGEST VIOLIN
One of he main features of the nation-wide music conference held recent
in New York was/the world’s largest violin. It is 11 ft., 7 in., high, 4 ft.,
; n ., wide, 13 in., deep and weighs more than 150 lbs. The strings, as thick
: a man’s little finger, are 7 ft. 10 in., long. The bridge is 12 in., high and
: :s keys 8 in., long. The bow is 30 in. long.
WOOD COUNTY REPORTER.
Entered June 2, 1903 at Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, as second-class matter, under Act of Congress of Mar. 3, 1379.
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At the session of trie Scoutmaster's
| minute talks were made by each one
| present of those who attended Hie
1 Scout Leaders Conference in Wausau.
NOTICE.
Dr. W. M. Ruckle and family will
! leave June 24th for an Auto Trip thru
j the eastern part of the state. They
expect to be gone about ten days. 2tc
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A Ford ear driven by William Otto
: of Auburndale, employed at Port Ed
wards, collided with another Ford
standing on the right side of the South
Side road Tuesday night. The Otto
car rolled down the side of the road.
It had four occupants, being besides
j Mr. Otto, John Zeher of Vesper, also
! employed at Port Edwards, and two
I lady friends. Mr. Otto received a cut
on one hand. Mr. Zeher lost a tooth
and was bruised about his head and
arms. The girls escaped with a few
scratches. Otto was pinned beneath
a wheel, but was released by the oth
ers as soon as they freed themselves j
from the wreckage. Both cars were
badly damaged.
Mr. Otto’s story is that in motoring
to this city he came upon a car without
a tail light, directly in his path and
so close before he noticed it that he
was unable o avert the collision. An
investigation disclosed that the de
serted car belonged to Bert Robinson
of Nekoosa, who had loaned it to Olden
Winters, also of Nekoosa, who, it ap
pears, became stalled and started on
foot for the Consolidated mill in this
city, his place of employment, under
the impression he was out of gasoline,
and when he returned the next morn
ing with a can of gas he found the car
wrecked. He works on the night shift.
WERE T ANARUS“"
MARRIED
MONDAY
Miss Mae Klein, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Klein of this city, be
came the bride of Irving Rocheleau,
Monday evening, the ceremony being
performed at the parsonage of the
East Side Lutheran church, Rev. F.
H. Kretzschmar officiating. The cou
ple were attended by Miss Pauline
Shearier and Jerry Klein. The bride 1
and her attendant were dressed alike,
weai’ing dark tailored suits with hats
to match and corsage bouquets of ros
es and sweet peas. A dinner was serv
ed at the home of the bride’s parents
after the ceremony. The newlyweds
left on a week’s motor trip thru the
state, after which they will be at home
in this city. Both are highly esteemed
young people and popular among their
friends. She held a position as oper
ator with the Wood County Telephone
company the past three years. He is
an electrician, employed at the Biron
division of the Consolidated Water
Power & Paper company.
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WOOD COUNTY, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, June 22. 1922.
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G. A. R. VETS CHEER SHERIDANS HORSE AS IT STARTS ON LAST JOURNEY
Photo shows G. A, R. members surrounding the mounted skin of “Winchester,” General Phil Sheridan’s horse so
celebrated in poetry and history, before the beautifully mounted figure left Governor’s Island, New York, when it was
sent to the Smithsonian Institute, at Washington, D. C,, where it will remain permanently. “Winchester” was pre
sented to General Sheridan by s the Officers of the Second Michigan Cavalry at Rienzi, Miss., 1862. “Winchester” took
part in 50 battles and engagements from 1862 to 1865. He died in 1878.
HOMESUNOAY
The officers and 21 men of Battery
E, 120th Field Artillery, W. N, G.,
mounted, returned home at 1:30 o’-
clock Sunday afternoon from a hike
to Camp Douglas, where they spent
several days attending a school of in
struction. They took with them two
guns, one caisson, a battery wagon
and a motor truck. The boys return
ed in good health and with a much
larger store of knowledge along mili
tary lines. The officers are Captain
Wm. Kraske, First Lieut. Chester Sev
erance, Second Lieut. Ernest Smith.
Through the courtesy of Cant.
Kraske we are able to give the fol
lowing record of the hike:
Left here at 5 a. m. June 11, march
ed in rain all day, had delicious chick
en dinner at R. Nowatny home at New
Miner, were joined by seven men from
service battery of Nekoosa and Port
Edwards and two men from the Ste
vens Point battery, bunked in town
hall over night, left at 7 a. m. June 11,
arrived at Necedah at noon, had din
ner in a restaurant, left at 1:30, ar
rived at New Lisbon at 5 p. in. biv
ouacked for the night, left at-5 a. m.,
June 12, for Camp Douglas, arriving
there at 9 a. m., schedule time, start
ed with detail work in preparation for
school of instruction, which consisted
mainly of fire °ontrol, in other words,
practice in computing of firing data,
selecting of battery positions and act
ual firing of the 75 milimeter guns.
The senior instructor was Col. Kuech
enmeister.
The return trip was a forced hike.
Leaving camp at 5 a. m., June 17, the
contingent reached Necedah at 12
o’clock noon, had dinner, left at 2
o’clock and arrived at Finch’s farm at
7 p. m., ate supper and bivouacked for
the night, left at 5 a. m., June 18, ar
rived at Nekoosa a* 10 a. m., had din
ner, left for the Rapids at 11:30, ar
rived at home at 1:30.
The boys were loud in their praise
of the hospitality shown them by May
or Woltz of New Lisbon, who not only
provided a field for camping but as
well wood for fuel, water for the hors
es and other courtesies, of which they
were very appreciative. The Marsh
field unit was the first in camp, we
were informed by Captain Kraske.
A HEART "
RENDING
ACCIDENT
From Milwaukee Tripoli Tattler:—
Mr. Jesse Carr, foreman of the Re
porter office returning to New London
last week in stepping from the single
upon the double track, just Mis-ed a
young lady, who, to avoid a collision
made a spring, for the double track
also, and both just in time to be swept
down by the rose perfumed yet pon
derous wheels of that mighty engine
—Cupid, U. I. Love, Engineer.
Notwithstanding the fearful calam
ity the twain have been double-track
ing it ever since. Parson Lathrop res
cued the twain, and we judge from the
few lines in the New London Times,
that he had warned the careless peo
ple against making flying switches in
the future, lest they uncouple.
The carting of household truck in
the direction of Abnerville tells us
they are on the right guage, and we
are glad of it. We have only one
thing to regret, but that will soon
wear out, our foreman, is a powerful
hand to sleep in the morning. We
hope to see a little hand car pounding
along life’s track, by and by, but then,
don’t hurry matters to accommodate
us, Carr.
* & *
The above was copied from the
Wood Conty Reporter, Grand Rapids,
Wis., dated June 18, 1874 —forty-eight
years ago.
Jesse is a 33 degree and a member
of Tripoli Temple and an old pal of
mine.
W i sconsin Rapids, I Wis.
(Class of March, 1892,) Geo. N. Wood.
The above Mr. Jesse Carr, now of i
OshkoJi, Wis., a successful and pop
ular insurance agent, was formerly
the foreman of the Wood County Re
porter printing office in 1874, the above
account of which told of Mr. Carr’s
marriage. Mr. Carr is a very pleas
ant gentleman and comes here occas
ionally on business. AA’e take pleas
ure in re-producing this early account
of his marriage back in 1874 from the
files now in this office.
BOAT FIRM
‘prosperity
Demand For Small Pleasure Craft Is
Unusually Strong—Boats Made
in the East —May Erect Fac
tory Here.
The Disappearing Propeller Boat
company is enjoying a very good run
of business. R. M. MacKinnon, secre
tary of the company, reported that 125
orders for boac-s i.ad been received
the past six months and that the out
look forecasts a continuation of this
wave of prosperity. One-third of the
orders have been filled and the work
on the remaining orders is being speed
ed up as much as possible. The boats
are being made in Buffalo this year,
but later these activities may be trans
ferred to this city, as the company has
intentions of erecting a factory of its
own when conditions are favorable for
such an undertaking.
The efforts of the sales force at
present are being confined principally
to central and southern Wisconsin and
Northern Illinois.
“In talking with other manufactur
ers of small pleasure craft, such as
motor boats and canoes, I have dis
covered a curious fact which is that
they all are unable to fill their orders
as fast as received, from which I take
it that this is one of the few indus
tries that has not been materially af
fected by the general business depres
sion during the past year and a half.
The demand for pleasure boats is
stronger than I have known it to be in
vears.”
News was received that Lucille M.
Dailey was married to Ernest B.
Chady:at Elba, Wis., June 17 last. The
bride Was -n instructor in the domes
; tic science department of the Lin
coln high school in this city the past
year. They will i, ake their home at
j Whitewater where the groom runs a
! jewelry store.
CITY PAYS
'fallen hero
Clias. Hagerstrom Buried With Mili
tary Honors Wednesday—Serv
ice Was Impressive—Attend
ed by Large Crowd.
Private Charles Hagerstrom, who
made the supreme sacrifice overseas
in the late war, having died from
wounds received in action, was buried
with military honors in Forest Hill
cemetery in this city under the aus
pices of The American Legion post
Wednesday afternoon. The citizens in
general joined in paying tribute to this
heroic young man. Flags were at half
mast at many places from Tuesday
morning until after the funeral and
business, wherever possible without
serious inconvenience, was suspended
during the time of the service and
funeral, pursuant to a proclamation
of Mayor Roenius.
The casket containing the remains
of the soldier arrived from France at
Hoboken, N. J., June 2, reached this
city last Thursday and was taken to
the Ragan undertaking establishment,
from whence it w r as removed to the
Armory, where it, since Monday, lay
in state, draped with a flag of the
colors so dear to all of us, until Wed
nesday afternoon, when the last sad
rites in honor of the deceased were
held.
The service began at 2 o’clock and
was attended by an immense number
of people, accupying all the' seating
accommodations and much of the
standing room. The bier -was banked
in a wealth of floral tributes, includ
ing a number of beautiful floral de
signs from individuals and organiza
tions, above and back of which were
American flags. Rev. Chris Madken
gave the Invocation. The speakers
were the Reverends Schoechert and
Bennett, both of whom extolled the
deceased soldier’s virtues, particular
ly his loyalty to his country, having
loved it so much that he gave his life
for it. Beautiful music was rendered
by a male quartette.
At the close of the service the band
played a dirge while the casket,
mourners and ez-service men and the
battery boys left the hall, during
which time the others who had assem
bled remained seated.
The order of the funeral procession
was: band, colors, escort ministei
caisson bearing casket with three pall
bearei-s on each side, mourners, mem
bers of the deceased soldier’s battery
and regiment ,exservice men, Battery
E, service battery, other organizations.
Rev. Schoechert spoke at the grave.
This number was followed by The Le
gion ritual, conducted by Chaplain Hill
The firing squad fired over the grave,
and taps were eounded, after which
the flag was removed from the casket
and presented to Wm. Hagerstrom,
father of the deceased soldier.
P ° Miir
Postmaster A. L. Fontaine has been
making some more improvements in
the rear of the postoffice work room
for the better handling of parcel post
packages. Across the back end six
stalls have been provided, above which
is another tier of six ■stalls. These
different stalls are labeled so as to
systematize the proper handling of
the parcel post packages. Across the
top of the eight R. F. D. carriers
desks he has added a shelf two feet
wide and about 25 feet lo’ng to pro
vide a place for the parcel post pack
oges. in • changes will simplify
the ha u .n . of the packages.
When J Armstrong, a postoffice
inspect-r of this district, was here
the pr. we k. he stated that it was
absolut : • ] hired to accept any
thing but cash in the postoffice depart
ment for Hie issue of money orders.
Patrons v. I please govern themselves
according He also stated that C.
O. 1 . packages should be paid for with
cash o and was discretionery in the
judgment of the postmaster as to whe
ther be would accept payments there
for by check. The inspector would
rather prefer that all C. O. D. pack
ages be paid for in cash.
The local postoffice has installed a
telephone No. 634 for the convenience
of the public and for the convenience
of the employees as well. There are
times during the day when it takes
one person’s entire time to answer the
telephone calls. The postmaster and
his employees are always glad to an
swer phone calls that ai*e confined to j
matters of importance for them to j
know. For instance, we are not per- 1
mitted by phone to tell you whether
you have any mail in the general de
livery or not. You should come to the
general delivery window and ask for
your mail or bring an order when you
want anybory else’s mail showing that
you have authority to get such party’s
mail. In some postoffices the num
ber of the phone is not published in
the directory to avoid the answering
of questions that are not appropo to j
the postoffice service. Please bear
these facts in mind when calling the
post office.
Mrs. Henry Knuth entertained a
number of young folks Sunday after
noon in honor of her little daughter
Ruby. The occasion was Ruby’s eigh
th birthday anniversary. She received
a number of nice gifts. The supper,
served at 5 o’clock was featured with
a beautiful birthday cake.
PARTY FOR
MISSFONTAINE
Mrs. A. L. Fontaine entertained
twenty-two young ladies at a Cobweb
Party Monday afternoon, June 19, in
honor of her daughter Janet’s tenth
birthday. Various games and contests
were arranged and the young people
enjoyed a right merry time. Refresh
ments were served at two long tables,
the color scheme of pink being carried
out in the floral table decorations and
in the refreshments, Tbe guests in
cluded the Misses Charlotte Arpin,
Ruth Link, Mary Jane Arpin, Gretchen
Rintelmann, Dorothy Billmyre, Har
riet and Marcie Blackburn, Isabelle
Herrick, Ruby Brennan, Margaret La-
Bour, Barbara Nash, Margaret Kaudy,
Helen Carey, Irene Miller, Lorena
Justice, Margaret Rinehart, Elizabeth
Ridgman, Lucille Kellogg. Assisting
Mrs. Fontaine in entertaining these
young people were: Mesdames F. J.
Wood, J. B. Arpin and Lina Corriveau.
THE DAILY HAND SHAKING CROWDS CALLING ON PRESIDENT
HARDING
How would you like to be President Harding? The above photo shows
the every day crowds that visit the White House to pay their respects and
shake the President's hand. At least 200 people call daily, and the President
seems to enjoy the meetings.
VOLUME G 4, No. 24.
PFRFPCIMORE
DETAILS FOR
i CONVENTION
Program Will Include Banquet, Picnic,
Auto Ride—About 300 Visitors
Expected to Attend
H. Robinson, chairman of the ar
rangement committee for the state
convention of rural letter carriers, to
be held in this city from Au r. 14 to 16,
announced that a special meeting of
the Wood County Rural Letter Car
riers’ association was held in fit.sville
Sunday, at which further details for
the convention were completed. The
state gathering will be under the aus
pices of the county association. Among
other matters it was decided to fea-
I ture the social part of the program
with a banquet, picnic and auto ride
for the delegates.
He stated that the committee in
tends to make an effort to get a re
presentative of the postoffice depart
ment and Congressman Browne hers
as the principal speakers, it is expect
ed that the gathering will draw about
300 visitors to the city, about half
delegates and the others ladies of del
egates and others interested in the
convention.
The arrangement committee is com
posed of Chairman N. H. Robinson
and Reinhold Timm, city, and Ed. Dex
heimer, Marshfield.
Rill i/l HAY
SAMEROOF
A Fond du Lac dispatch in the Mil
waukee Sentinel contained the fol
lowing:
Not all men were meant to be de
tectives. When Leonard Fritz, Marsh
field, reached this city in a search for
his wife, Catharine, who had fled from
his home, taking her sister with her
he registered at the Star hotel.
Apparently Fritz didn’t figure that
his better half might be staying at
the same place for he never glanced
at t l ie register, in which ,on the very
line above the one on which he had
sgined his name, his wife had written
hers and the name of her sister, with
out even troubling to disguise them.
It was not until police took a hand
in the matter that the two girls w’ere
brought to headquarters and Frits dis
covered his wife had been under the
same roof with him.
Mr. and Mrs. Fritz had been mar
ried for three years and have been
unable to agree, they said. A few
days ago, Mrs. Fritz with her sister
Elizabeth Thor, fied from the Fritz
home in Milwaukee, and from there
to this city, where Mrs. Fritz secured
employment in a restaurant.
The authorities communicated with
Mrs Thor, wffio directed that Eliza-,
beth be sent home She returned to
Marshfield, while Mrs. Fritz will re
main in Fond du Lac. The whole
matter w r as threshed out in the office
of District Attorney Murray.
Mr. and Mrs. Benkowski, Jr., of
Gleason visited the former’s parents
in this city over Sunday. ,