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Local Happenings . —L. A. Anderson of Madison called at Edgerton Wednesday. —Miss Clara M. Jenson is visiting friends in Whitewater. —Ruth Mclntosh returned Tuesday to Winona after her holiday vacation. —The Monday club will meet in Cul ton Memorial hall Monday at 3 p. m. Mr. and Mrs. Edson Ogden spent Monday with relatives in Stoughton. —Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Hubbell are both confined to their home due to ill ness. Mrs. E. A. Meyers is spending ,the week with her mother in Port Wash ington. —A number of tonsil operations were performed at the Lockwood hospital last week. —Mrs. Moss, Beloit, visited her -daughter, Mrs. Elmer Ebbott, during the holidays. —Mrs. Frank Holt of Janesville is reported ill at her home with an attack of diphtheria. —Friends of Mrs. Hugh Sweeney honored her with a surprise party one day last week. —Miss Helen Watson has been visit ing at the Haylock and Kiel home over the holidays. —Mrs. Torgerson, Stoughton, spent New Year’s with her daughter, Mrs. Aimer Aalseth. —Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Hansen enter tained a number of relatives and friends at dinner Friday evening. —Ernest Menhall of Beloit spent over New Year’s with his brother, James Menhall, and sister Nellie. —Katherine McManus of Janesville was a visitor at the home of Mrs. Will Earle during the holidays. —Mr. Helge Moen has returned from the Mayo clinic at Rochester where an operation was performed. —Miss Lenore Burdick spent a few days last week with her sister, ' Mrs. Marshall Robson, Stoughton. —The annual conveotion of the Wis consin Farm Bureau federation will be held at Madison Feb. 1, 1922. —There will be a regular meeting of the Service Star Legion Wednesday, Jan. 11, at 7:30 in the evening. —The ladies of the M. E. Aid society will meet in the church parlors at the usual hour Wednesday, Jan. 11. —The Ladies society of the Central Lutheran church will meet in the church parlors Thursday, Jan. 12. - —The Luther League will meet in the church parlors Sunday, Jan. 8. All members are requested to be present. —The young people of Fulton gave a surprise and watch party at the Hay lock and Kiel home Saturday evening. Mrs. Lawrence Johnson of White water was a guest of Miss Clara Jen son last week Wednesday and Thurs day. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Perrigo and two children of. Milwaukee spent ,the Christmas season with Mrs. S. W. Per rigo. , —Jack Collins of the Buick garage, together with Miss Alice Mooney, spent New Years at Mr. Collins’ home in Madison. Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Martin of Mad ison attended a New Year party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Earle in this city. —Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Jackson and Mr. and Mrs. Metcalf of Janesville vis ited Monday with the Shaw and Wright families. —Mrs. F. W. Coon returned Wednes dao after visiting her son Warren and family at Minneapolis and her daugh ter Helen at Madison. —Miss Florence Hankins returned Thursday evening from Mineral Point where she spent the holidays with her father and other relatives. Miss Gertrude Spencer returned to Minneapolis Monday after spending her holiday vacation with her father, John Spencer, and sister May. —Watch for the announcements of the minstrel show to be put on at the Rialto by the Ralph Amundson Post of the American Legion. —Mrs. Marvin Jarlsberg, Verna Al derson entertained the 500 club at cards Thursday evening last week. Gladys Anderson won high score. —A society within the upper classes of the high school had a New Year party in the high school Saturday even ing. Refreshments were served. —The Ladies society of the Congre gational church will meet at the church Wednesday, Jan. 11, at 3 o’clock. Elec tion of officers and picnic supper. Mr. and Mrs, F. B; Gleave and daughter Virginia of Madison were guests at the home of Mr. 1 and Mrs. John Henderson New Year’s day. —Helen and Pauline Dickinson. Valdo Ellingson, Geneva and Russell Schoen feld returned to their school duties at Madison Monday after their holiday va cation. —The new year was welcomed by a large party given by the social club of the local Masons. The members of the order invited friends to attend, and the party, while private, was not restricted to members of the lodge. —Services in the English language next Sunday at 11:00 in the morning Norwegian Lutheran church. Sunday school at 10:00; confirmation class Sat urday at 1:30. Mrs. B. C. Willson is at the Mayo clinic at Rochester. An operation was found necessary. Mrs. Willson stood the operation well and is doing as well as can be expected. —The city schools opened Wednes day morning of the new year, and most of the young men and women studying at other higher schools have returned to continue the year's work. —Gerhard Jenson returned Monday to Champaign, 111., where he is attend ing the university, after spending the holidays with hia mother, Mrs. Andrew Jenson, and other relatives. —The tax on the 10 cent and free tickets to the theatrical performances has been removed, not on tickets above that price. Patrons of the Rialto in our city will bear this in mind. —A smoker was enjoyed after the business meeting of the Ralph Amund son Post of the American Legion a day last week. The minstrel show to be staged was gone over carefully. * —The dry goods, variety, groceries, meat markets, clothing, jewelry, furni ture, hardware, shoe and book stores will close each evening at 6:30, except Saturday night, until further notice. Mr. August Geske, a man in his thirties, was the victim of a stroke last Saturday morning. He fell over while attending to the furnace. His condi tion is not considered serious, however. Mr. and Mrs. John Marks, Mr. and Mrs. Alf. Teisberg and Gilman Teis berg attended a family dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Teis berg at Deerfield on New Year’s day. —The Pringle Store Christmas club donated to the Community Council for four families and toys and added in this way to the cheer the council could bring to those in need of it. Word was received by relatives in Edgerton that a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brown Monday morning. Mr. Brown is with the P. Lorillard Cos. in their big warehouse in La Crosse. —John S. Flagg came to help his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Flagg, celebrate the happy Christmas season. He has been at the military sanitarium at Mar ion, Ind., and returned again the first of the year. —The basketball game between the Ft. Atkinson and the Edgerton Legion teams resulted in a score of 20 to 18 in favor of Edgerton. The game was played Monday evening in the high school gym. —Not many public gatherings or so cial events have been given during the holidays; most gatherings have been strictly private and family affairs — after all, the most enjoyable and ap propriate to the season. —The next meeting of the Men’s club will be entertained by Eafl Shaw at the Shaw home Friday evening, Jan. 20. This is the annual meeting, and election of officers will then be one of the principal duties of the meeting. —A hall dance will be given at the Elmer Thronson farm, 3 miles north west of Edgerton on the Edgerton and Stoughton road, Saturday, Jan. 7. Ev erybody invited. Heated hall. Floor space 55x40. Music by Olson’s famous orchestra. —The Bethany Circle will meet in church parlors Thursday evening of this week and will be entertained by Borghild Thoreson, Molly Harrison, Lutie Stewart and Edna Hanson. As this will be a business meeting a large attendance is desired. Miss Dorothy Johnson of Minneap olis, who has spent' the holidays as the guest of her cousin, Virginia Jenson, and Master Wendel Johnson, who has been at the home of his grandmother, Mrs. Andrew Jenson, returned to Min neapolis Tuesday morning. —January 16 to 20, 1922, the twelfth annual Good Roads congress and thir teenth annual Good Roads show will be held at the Coloseum, Chicago. Through the mayor of the city of Edgerton a cordial invitation is extended to the citizens of Edgerton to attend. —The fiftieth jubilee of St. John’s Lutheran church will be observed Sun day, Jan. 15. Services in the forenoon at 10:00 in the German language; at 3:00 in the afternoon an organ recital; at 7:30 in the evening services in the English language. Program later. Spil man, pastor. —Mrs. Chas. Brown died at her home on the farm near Newville on Wednesday morning, Jan. 4, about 10 o’clock. The funeral will be held from the home at one o’clock and from the Norwegian Lutheran church at two Saturday afternoon. An obituary will be printed in the next issue of The Reporter. Mr. and Mrs. Nightingale of Madi son spent a week during the holidays as guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Hatch. Mr. Nightingale is a professor at the U. W. Miss Annis Davis, niece of Mr. Hatch, also enjoy ed Christmas at home. She is teaching at Greenbush. On Chrismas day 30 guests ate dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Hatch, an annual observance. Rehearsals for the minstrel show to be put on by the American Legion began last Tuesday evening, and it looks good. —A meeting of the W. R. C. will be held Tuesday, Jan. 10th, at the K. P. hall for the installation of officers and regular work. A 6:30 picnic supper will be served. —At a special meeting of the M. W. A. last Friday evening, Ira L. Lutz was elected clerk to succeed the late H. B. Knapp, and Frank Brown was elected trustee. A regular meeting is to be held Friday evening of this week at which time there will be installation of the newly elected officers* and other regular business. —Dr. Glenn Howard of Columbus, practicing medicine at Rockford, 111., died after a brief illness last Thursday. He was a nephew of Harry Son who went down to Rockford at the time of the shipment of the body to Columbus where burial took place Saturday in the family lot. The deceased was well known to many Edgerton. —Every Knight of Pythias is urged to attend the initiation of the Gottery Memorial class of Pages, to be staged by the Edgerton lodge on Monday, Jan. 9th. As there are 15 to take this rank, the ceremonies will start at 7:45 sharp. Beloit lodge with its smiles, its octette and its team will present the drama of Friendship. Arrange to be there and bring a fellow member. Mr. W. F. Reichardt, city engineer, in a communication of condolence to The Reporter office because of its loss of the business manager, H. B. Knapp, makes the following statement which we consider a just and merited tribute to the deceased, and we take the lib erty of giving it publicity: “When I think of Harlow B. Knapp,’’ says Mr. Reichardt, “the word ‘steady’ comes to my mind, for he was ju3t where you expected to find him to be, whether in business, politics, or as a friend, and really I do not know that I have ever seen a more reliable person.’’ —The concert put on at the Rialto Monday evening by the Nevin Concert company was a very charming musical entertainment and was appreciated by a fair sized audience. While none of the performers was individually a great artist, the ensemble of their perform ance was most pleasing, and their of ferings of music of a high type. The first half of the program, which was devoted to interpretation of the Amer ican composer, Nevin, was excellent. Lovers of good music left the hall with a sense of gratitude to Mr. Palmer for giving them an evening of enjoyable musical recreation. —At the annnal meeting of the Nor wegian Lutheran congregation O. G. Hanson was reelected trustee, C. A. Hoen, secretary. Alfred Teisberg was elected general secretary, and to assist a finance committee consisting of Olaus Staff, H. Haried, Ed. Haugen and Peter Edwardson. John Marks, retir ing treasurer, reports a handsome bal ance to the good in the treasury. The trustees were authorized to complete the deal for two acres additional land to be included in Jenson cemetery. The committee on call of new pastor was continued in its service. Peter Hanson was reelected janitor. —Mr. and Mrs. Royal Maltpress boarded the train Monday morning with San Diego, Calif., as their destination. They expect to spend the balance of the winter there. Mr. Maltpress called at The Reporter office before leaving. He stated that the oil inspection serv ice would be taken care of by Joe Hruska, and that he was much pleased to have secured Mr. and Mrs. Carl Josephson to take care of the Marion flats. Some 34 years ago Mr. Maltpress was in San Diego. He left his young wife and haby in Edgerton and he landed in the California city with only $lO in his pocket. This time conditions are quite different. —Plans are under way for the Ed gerton Hi-Y club to have two delegates and their club leader at the council of Hi-Y clubs of Rock county, to be held in the Beloit Y. M. C. A. building Sun day, Jan. 16th, 3-6:30 p. m. Thisas the second council held this school year. The first was held in the parlors of the Congreg itional church of Evansville, Dec. 11th, when the Evansville Hi-Y fellows cooked and served the supper. At this council problems which con front the clubs in their work of pro moting clean athletics, clean speech, clean scholarship and clean living are discussed. There is now a club repre senting each high school in the county. The Edgerton club has as leader C. P. Daane, and Arthur Cunningham as president. —The Misses Clara Jenson, Alice Mooney, Alice Nichols and the Mes dames Roy McDonald, Will Dickinson and Charles Bunker entertained 120 ladies at a card party Wednesday af ternoon at Culton Memorial hall for the benefit of the Service Star hospital fund. Light refreshments were served. The prizes were donated by the Edger ton Cigar Cos., The Badger, Henry Schmeling, Tobacco Exchange bank, First National bank, Christenson & Aalseth Cos., Atwell-Dallman Drug Cos., Strieker Bros., W. A. Borgnis, Pringle Bros. Cos., Frank Ash and Conn & Boenig, the latter also donated coffee. Over $65 was taken in. The hostesses wish to thank the ladies who furnished tables, cards and table coverings, and the boys who helped. Obituary HARLOW B. KNAPP. The death of Harlow B. Knapp re moved from his immediate family, from hosts of friends, from the city of Ed gerton, and from the office of the Wis consin Tobacco Reporter a man who will be sadly missed during many a day to come. The end came so suddenly that this added to the shock which was felt by all who during a life time had been associated with him more or less intimately, socially, in business and in public affairs. Never of robust physique, and during recent years more or less ailing from ill health, he was always an indefati gable worker in his profession, and at those duties imposed upon him on ac count of his willingness to serve his friends both privately and publicly. He stuck to his post, expedited the work, and was always ready to take upon himself a little more than his physical powers permitted him to do with ease. He was one who gave a life of service to his fellow men, unstintedly and with out adequate remuneration, a good and faithful servant, indeed. Harlow Bradley Knapp was born in New York state, March 9, 1859, the only son of Walter Bradley Knapp and wife, Helen. Before the child was a year old the parents moved to Wiscon sin and settled at Otsego, Columbia county. Here Harlow spent his boy hood days. After the death of his father and the remarriage of his moth er the family moved to Jefferson county. In the seventies he went in to Jeffer son and hired out as an apprentice printer to the Jefferson Banner. Here he learned the trade of a practical printer, and became in time one of the most efficient, aa well as trustworthy of men in the mechanical department of the printer’s craft in southern Wis consin. From Jefferson he went to Oconomowoc, following his trade. In 1884 he joined Mr. F. W. Coon and the Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter at Edger ton, and with the exception of one year at Waterloo, he remained in the service of The Reporter until his death, first during the long and successful career of Mr. Coon, and since 1919 as business manager under the present ownership of the paper. On May the 16, 1895, he was married to Miss Ann Watson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wray Watson, and to them was born one son, Hixon, who is mar ried and lives at home. Previous to his marriage he had bought a property on East Fulton street, and it stood fur nished ready to move into when he and his wife returned from their wedding. Here they have lived together 26 happy years. His good judgment and interest in municipal affairs soon brought him into the service of the city, first as an al derman, and for thirteen years, previ ous to 1919, he served as city clerk, and since that time as deputy city clerk. His knowledge of city affairs was inti mate and accurate; he was conserva tive in all matters pertaining to public business, and believed and practiced as an axiom that a public office is a public, trust. In July, 1901, some time after joining the order of the M. W. of A. he was elected its clerk, an office that he filled to the satisfaction of all mem bers until his death. While he did not formally join any church, he attended the M. E. church, of which his wife is a member, and on his death bed he sought spiritual con solation from those near him. Together with his wife he spent the last Christmas day at Stoughton, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Trace Christen son and other relatives of his wife’s family. He seemed in his usual health until Monday evening after Christmas. At about 10 o’clock that evening he was taken suddenly ill, and after a night and a day of suffering, bearing it all with great fortitude, at 7;45 Tues day evening, Dec. 27, he passed away quietly, retaining full power over his faculties to the very last, and fully re alizing the way he was going, while his nearest and dearest stood about him in helpless grief. The funeral services were conducted from the home at 2 o’clock and from the M. E. church at 2:30 Friday after noon. The Rev. Boyd W. Kramer of ficiated and spoke words of comfort to the bereaved family, and a large audi ence of mourners who had come to pay the beloved citizen and friends their last respects. The body was laid to rest in Fassett cemetery. Besides his widow and son, he leaves to mourn him a sister, Mrs. Hettie Hager, and her son Carl of Jefferson, his step-brother, Heth Hemmenway, and a step-sister, Mrs. A. Henry, also of Jefferson, and the relatives of his widow, all deeply devoted to him dur ing his past life. Beautiful floral offerings from organ izations in the city, and from individ uals in and out of town were eloquent tokens of respect for the deceased, and the sympathy for the bereaved family. The city council attended the funeral in corpore. Fred Smith and Albert Muffley, for years associated with the deceased in The Reporter office, acted as pall bearers together with D. G. Ristad, Weetman Dickinson, A. W. Shumway and Geo. Blanchard. Among the out of town people who attended the funeral were, besides the relatives mentoned above, M. Foster and J. Winterling of Jefferson, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Henning and Mrs. Hippemeier of Stoughton, Mr. and Mrs. Trace Christenson and Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin Olson of Stoughton, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Risdon of Milwau kee, the last three ladies being sisters of Mrs. Knapp, also Mrs. Wray Wat son, Mrs. Knapp’s mother; Mrs. Sem row and daughter Katherine of Janes ville, mother and sister of Mrs. Hixon Knapp; the Misses Mary and May Dorn of the same city, and Mr. Ten Eyck of Footville. Our Edmonds “Foot-Fitters” will fit more feet comfortably and proper ly than any other last in existence. This specialty manufacturer models these lasts in such a manner that the shoes will accommodate the Feet comfortably and their outward appearance present Harmonious and Graceful lines. In this manner, style is intro duced, without the sacrifice of comfort. In this, as well as in materials and workmanship, the genuine Edmonds “FOOT-FITTFRS” excel all others. $6.50 \ \ Anderson & Farman Cos. 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