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- Miss Marion THOMPSON, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
THOMPSON, and
- Frank POWERS, son of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin POWERS
were married Saturday July 31, in Milwaukee.
- Mr. and Mrs. POWERS are both from Evansville and have
been employed in
- Milwaukee for some time. They are in this city and on Saturday
will return to Milwaukee where they will make their home. [p.
4, col. 2]
- Miss Lucile ANDREW and Mr. Fred DRAFAHL, of
the town of Center were
- married last Friday at the home of the bride's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. George DRAFAHL. [Should this be Mr. and Mrs.
George ANDREW?] The young couple were attended by
Miss Helen CLARK, as bridesmaid and Raymond ANDREW,
as best man. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Singleterry.
After a fine wedding dinenr the young couple left for a short
wedding trip to the northern park of the state by auto, where
they will enjoy camping for two weeks before settlingd own at
the home of the groom's parents. Mrs. DRAFAHL will teach
the Cainville school the coming term. [p. 4, col. 2]
- PORTER - TUTTLE
- A wedding of interest to southern Wisconsin society at which
several local persons
- were guests was that of Miss Eleanor PORTER, former
Evansville girl and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. PORTER,
Madison, to Mr. Fordyce TUTTLE, son of Mrs. Cora TUTTLE,
Madison, formerly of Evansville, which took place at 4 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon at the summer home of the bride's parents,
Lake Kegonsa.
- The pretty ceremony was performed by the Rev. Hugh MISDALL
of the Methodist
- Episcopal church, Beloit. Following the nuptial service a
reception was held at the summer home which was artistically
decorated with dainty lavender and pink wild flowers. A wedding
dinner was served to sixty guests.
- The bride wore a period dress of ivory satin and point lace
with a veil fashioned into a
- dutch cap fastened with bands of pearls and knots of orange
blossoms. She carried a shower bouquet of white roses and lillies
of the valley.
- Attendents of the bride included Nancy Anna ARTHUR,
Janesville, as flower girl and
- Master Theodore ARTHUR, also of Janesville, who carried
the wedding ring in a lilly. Miss Alice COLONY of this
city, wearing a period gown of pink taffeta and tule lace, acted
as maid of honor.
- Mr. Ray TUTTLE, Madison, brother of the groom acted
as best man.
- Four Janesville persons furnished the nuptial music, Mrs.
Eber ARTHUR, violinist,
- Mr. Eber ARTHUR, Celloist, and Miss Katherine KATY,
pianist played Lohrengrins wedding march. A solo, "Oh Promise
Me" was sung by Mrs. Carl METCALF.
- The fraternity affiliations of the bridal party are intersting.
The bride is a member of
- Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and has attended the University
of Wisconsin the past three years. Miss Colony, the maid of honor,
was graduated from the university this spring and is a member
of the Sigma Kappa sorority. Both the groom and the best man
are graduates of the university and the groom is a member of
Theta Delta Chi fraternity.
- Mr. and Mrs. TUTTLE are motoring in the East and stopping
at Rochester, New
- York, Montreal, Canada, and Chicago before their return to
Madison.
- Mr. TUTTLE is employed at the Forest Products Laboratory
in Madison and the
- couple will make their home at 1806 Mound Street in that
city after September 1.
- Evansville guests at the wedding included; Mr. and Mrs. R.
D. HARTLEY, Mr. and
- Mrs. John BAKER and daughter, Margaret, Mr. and Mrs.
Will SCHNEIDER and daughter June, Mr. and Mrs. Henry PORTER,
Mr. and Mrs. Potter PORTER, Miss Ruth COPELAND,
Miss Catherine RODD and Miss Mary BAIRD.
- Friends of the bride who assisted in serving the bridal dinner
included the Misses Ruth
- COPELAND, Margaret BAKER, and June SCHNEIDER
of this city.
- Among the out of town guests were Mrs. Herbert GORDEN,
Washington D.C.; Mr.
- Milow EVANS, Minneapolis; Mr. and Mrs. Milton SHUMAKER,
Chicago; Mrs. Carol LEONARD, Chicago; Mrs. Della EVANS,
Chicago; Mrs. Clifton TUTTLE, Rochester, New York; Mr.
and Mrs. SCHUSTER and son Davis, Pasadena, California.
[p. 4, col. 2]
- Mrs. Charles E. PARK passed away on the evening of
Aug. 2, 1926, at the home of
- her daughter Mrs. Arthur SHEULAND at Rockford, Illinois.
- Sadie Catherine CRONN was born Nov. 22, 1861 in Penn.
at the age of nineteen
- she came to Belleville, Wis. with her parents and two years
later was united in marriage to Chas. E. PARK of that
place.
- Five children were born to them one dying at the age of 2
1/2 years.
- In 1895 they moved to Evansville where they have since made
their home. Mrs.
- PARK was one of a family of thirteen children, six
of whom remain to mourn her going. She also leaves her husband
and four children, Avanal and Mrs. Nina MEIER of Evansville,
Myron of Janesville, and Mrs. Eva SHEVLAND of Rockford,
Ill. She was a member of the local Relief Corps and Royal Neighbor
Lodges of which she was a very earnest worker.
- She had been a patient sufferer for several motnhs, but never
faltered, always looking
- to every detail that would tend to bring comfort and relief
to the rest of her family so soon to be bereft of a mother's
tender and loving ministrations.
- The funeral will be held at her late home at 2:30 o'clock
this afternoon and the services
- will be conducted by Rev. G. C. Saunderson, pastor of the
Methodist church of this city, the interment being in Maple Hill.
[p. 4, col. 3]
- Mrs. George HALSTEAD, 51, died in her home on North
Madison street, Thursday
- morning, from apoplexy. Mrs. HALSTEAD has been in
poor health for several years.
- Mrs. HALSTEAD, formerly Cora Minerva SMITH,
was born, April 24, 1875, near
- Brooklyn, where she grew to young womanhood. About 30 years
ago she married George CARLSON. Four children were born
to them, one daughter, Elsie, died Jan. 3, 1911, at the age of
five years. Mr. CARLSON died in August, 1912. Several
years later, she married George HALSTEAD, this city. Mrs.
HALSTEAD was a member of the Advent Christian Helper's
union and the American Legion auxiliary.
- She is survived by her husband; three children, Jay Clark
CARLSON, Des Moines,
- Ia.; Miss Lucy CARLSON, Milwaukee, and Stephen CARLSON,
at home; four sisters, Mrs. Anna YOUNG, Milwaukee, Mrs.
Lucy BUTON, Westside, Ia., Mrs. Katherine ALLEN
and Mrs. Bertha DENNIS, Evansville; four brothers, John
SMITH, Westside, Ia., Frank L. SMITH and Boyd SMITH,
Brooklyn, and George Roy SMITH, Evansville.
- The funeral was held at the Baptist Church, this city, the
funeral sermon being preached
- by the Rev. Singleterry, interment being in Maple Hill cemetery.
[p. 4, col. 4]
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- Courtesy of Ruth Ann Montgomery.
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- Harmer D. HENDRICK was born September 15, 1858, at
Clinton, Iowa. He came
- to Nebraska with his parents in 1871 and settled in York
county, where he grew to manhood. On February 18th, 1879, he
was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. COOK. To this union
were born seven children, all of whom survive their father, except
Edith, who died December 15, 1896, being 17 months of age. In
1887 he moved with his family to Bruning, Nebraska, and engaged
in the grain business, until 1901, when they moved to Wisconsin.
After about 18 years in that state, he disposed of his interests
and moved to New York State, which was his home until death overtook
him Tuesday night, at about midnight, July 21, 1926, being 67
years, 10 months, 6 days of age.
- About twenty-five years ago, Mr. HENDRICK confessed
his faith in Christ and
- placed his membership with the Methodist church at Evansville,
Wisconsin, and was a faithful member until his death. Mr. HENDRICK
was a loving companion, a kind and affectionate father, loved
and respected by all who knew him.
- Mr. and Mrs. HENDRICK were here on a visit this spring,
and had the pleasure of
- visiting their children, and many of their old time friends.
- He expressed the desire that if he should be called to death,
that he wanted to be
- buried in the old home cemetery. He was a member of the Modern
Woodman Order, in fine fellowship when the end came.
- The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in the Methodist
church in Bruning at
- 2:30, conducted by Rev. Ruppert, pastor of the Church of
Christ, of Hebron, Neb., and assisted by Rev. Bates, pastor of
the Methodist church at Bruning.
- There was a large concourse of old time neighbors and friends
whom he had known
- when he lived in Bruning and was engaged in the grain business,
who came to pay a tribute of respect to an old-time friend and
neighbor.
- Mr. HENDRICK leaves to mourn his death, his wife and
five daughters, Carrie M.
- DAVIS, of Pasadena, California; Effie L. DAY,
of Hebron Nebr,; Lena N. STONE of Sioux Falls, South Dakota;
Mamie L. DANKS, and Ruth E. HUBBARD, both of Evansville,
Wisconsin; one son, Lee L. of Schenectedy, New York, and one
brother, Clark, of McCool, Nebraska; 23 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren;
besides many relatives and neighbors and friends to mourn his
death, but they mourn not as those who have no hope, for he died
with a strong faith in God. May these bereaved ones have strength
for this sad experience. Interment was made in the Harmony cemetery,
about five miles northeast of Bruning. The beautiful floral offerings
were very beautiful, and the music which was furnished by a mixed
quartet was very appropriate. The pall bearers were his old time
friends, who had known him so many years ago, when he lived in
this community - Hebron, Nebraska Press. [p. 4, col. 3]
- Died at her home on West Church Street, this city, Saturday
August 7, at the age of
- sixty-five years, Mrs. WILLIAMS, after a long illness.
- Born in the Isle of Wales, in 1861, she came to America with
her parents at the age of
- ten years, they making their first home in Wisconsin, at
Albany.
- Here she received her education and grew to young womanhood.
July 7, 1878 she
- was united in marriage to Richard WILLIAMS, of Albany,
first occupying a farm there and later moving to Viola, living
there until sixteen years ago, when they moved to this city,
Mr. WILLIAMS departing this life five years ago.
- The deceased during her residence here has always been identified
with church and
- lodge work, being ever ready to do her part in the interests
of Christianity and the good of her country, being an active
member of the Congregational church and the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union.
- To this union eight children were born, one son dying in
infancy, and another daughter,
- Alice dying 15 years ago and one son, John died two years
ago.
- Five sons, Arthur, Madison; Eber, LaFarge, William E., Viola;
Ben and Dan,
- Evansville; 12 grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Jonathan
SWANCUTT, Sioux Falls, S. D., Mrs. L. F. MILLER,
Mrs. J. E. EASTMAN and Mrs. Fred RODD, Evansville,
and two brothers, Will KINSEY, Rice Lake and Eli, Viola,
survive her.
- Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, in the Congregational
church, the Rev.
- Robert H. PRATT, of the Baptist church, officiating.
Mrs. W. F. BIGLOW and Mrs. V. A. AXTEL singing
duets appropriate for the occasion.
- The pallbearers were B. A. MEYERS, V. A. AXTEL,
Harry BLAKELEY, Robert
- D. HARTLEY, Charles WEAVER and F. W. HANSEN.
Burial was in Maple Hill Cemetery.
- Relatives and friends from out of town attending included
Mrs. Will WILLIAMS and
- two children, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. KINSEY and son; Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde AMBROSE, Mrs. Lester JOSEPH, Viola;
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur WILLIAMS and family, Madison, Will
KINSEY, Rice Lake; Eber WILLIAMS, La Farge; Mrs.
Emmett WARD, Cameron; Mrs. Mary KINSEY, Wilton;
and Mr. and Mrs. AUSTIN, Avalon. [p. 4, col. 4 &
5]
- Mrs. Helen R. PORTER RICHARDSON, the daughter
of Eliza BACON and
- Joseph K. P. PORTER, was born September 13, 1849,
in Cooksville, Wis. She grew to girlhood on the PORTER
farm, east of Evansville and studied music under the tutelage
of her mother, a gifted musician. She received her education
in the then red brick school house in Cooksville; the Evansville
Seminary and Milton College. Later she attended the Boston Conservatory
of Music.
- After the completion of her education she taught music in
Monroe and Janesville until
- 1884, when in November of that year she was marreid to Alexander
RICHARDSON the founder of the Richardson Shoe Company,
of Janesville. In 1898, Mr. RICHARDSON moved his factory
to Menomonie, Mich., and there Mrs. RICHARDSON took an
active part in musical and literary actitivies of the city.
- In 1901, the family moved to Evansville where for many years,
Mr. RICHARDSON
- was postmaster. He died in 1918 and since that time she has
made her home with her daughter.
- Mrs. RICHARDSON's love of music was the outstanding
feature of her life and for
- several years she trained a choir of 30 voices in the Methodist
Church, of Evansville. She was a member of the Women's Literary
Club and the Afternoon Club, where she conducted a school of
music.
- While she made her home with her daughter, Mrs. LIGHT
of Munising, Mich., she
- continued her work with music with her grandchildren until
the day her last illness overtook her.
- Four children, Mrs. C. J. LIGHT, Munising, Mich.;
Robert of Evansville; Alexander, of Madison; and Mrs. John N.
GAGE of Virginia; and eight grandchildren survived. A
sister, Mrs. T. C. RICHARDSON, and a brother, William,
both of Evansville also grieve her loss. [p. 4, col. 6 &
7]
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- Ferdinand Boge, aged 10, died at 1:30 a.m. Monday at the
home of his parents, Mr.
- and Mrs. F. E. HARDESTY, from heart trouble and complications.
Funeral was held Monday.
-
- CARD OF THANKS
- We wish to express our thanks to all those who so kindly
assisted us in our recent
- trouble, in the sickness and death of our beloved son, Ferdinand.
Especially do we wish to thank those who kindly showed their
sympathy with floral offerings and those who furnished cars.
- Mr. and Mrs. F. E. HARDESTY. [p. 5, col. 2 &
4]
- Mrs. Daisy WALL SHAVER, Evansville, and Leslie
SMITH, of Belleville, were
- married Saturday in Rockford, in the Methodist parsonage,
the Rev. Liston performing the double ring ceremony. They were
attended by Mrs. Iva TUBBS, Janesville, and Arthur CRAWFORD,
Evansville.
- The bride wore a gown of blue satin crepe, while the bridesmaid
was gowned in green
- crepe de chine.
- Mr. and Mrs. SMITH returned to Evansville Saturday
night and a reception held for
- them Sunday.
- They will be at home after Sept. 1, in their new home, Water
and Almeron Streets. [p.
- 5, col. 4]
- MILES - HAYNES
- The W. G. MILES home was the scene of a pretty wedding
last Saturday at noon,
- when their daughter, Miss Beth, became the bride of Roscoe
A. HAYNES, only son of Mrs. Charles R. JOHNSON,
this city.
- To the strains of Lohengrin's wedding march, played by the
bride's cousin, Miss Joy
- TOWNSEND, of Huron, S. D., the bridal couple, attended
by Miss Ruth BERRYMAN, Evansville and Leslie MILES,
Madison, took their places in the living room, where the Rev.
A. W. STEPHENS of Clinton, performed the double ring ceremony.
A color scheme of pink and yellow garden flowers was used throughout
the house, golden rod and gladiolas predominating.
- The bride is a graduate of the Evansville Seminary and has
spent most of her life in this
- vicinity. She was formerly employed in the Farmers Bank,
of Worden, Mont., but for the past year has been assisting in
the Farmers and Merchants Bank, this city. The groom has grown
up in this community, is a world war veteran and is employed
by the Evansville Mercantile Association as clerk and interior
decorator.
- Following the ceremony, a two-course luncheon was served
by Mrs. Claron
- POWLES, Miss Joy TOWNSEND, and Miss Ethel JOHNSON.
Those from out-of-town who were present were Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
WALKER, Beloit; Ethel JOHNSON, Madison; Mr. and
Mrs. C. H. TOWNSEND and daughter, Joy of Huron, S. D.;
Mr. and Mrs. Robert THORNTON and Richard WELCH,
Oregon; Miss Myrtle SKRENISH, Madison and Mr. and Mrs.
Louis RUMMAGE, Brodhead.
- Mr. and Mrs. HAYNES left on an automobile trip of
a month, going into Canada to
- visit, and upon their return will make their home in this
city. [p. 5, col. 4]
-
- Courtesy of Ruth Ann Montgomery.
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