- Part of Old Ball Tavern Stil Seen on Route
10
- There is a plain stone monument along the Janesville-Evansville
highway, number 10, marking the
- site of the "Old Ball" Tavern, one of those pioneer
stopping places in the stage coach days. A part of the old tavern
still stands just south of the monument and there is some question
among several Evansville residents as to the exact site of the
tavern.
- The monument was erected by Byron C. CAMPBELL, a pioneer
of Evansville, and is dated
- 1840.
- At that date there was no Evansville, the old stage coach
road going to the east of the land now
- occupied by the city. There were four taverns enroute from
Janesville to Madison, the old Rock River house, still standing
on the road near the Four Mile bridge, the Old Ball tavern, south
of Evansville, Leyden and then Union, north of Evansville. Considerable
trade was obtained at the Old Ball tavern, which was given the
name because the early owners put a huge metal ball outside as
a sign, from the pioneers coming west to take the stage to Milwaukee
as well as to Madison.
- The original tavern burned down and the second tavern was
erected in 1850 by Bishop VAN
- WORT [VAN WART]. His son David VAN WORT
[VAN WART] came back from the gold rush to California
and ran the tavern for a few years. Lou VAN WORT [VAN
WART], Evansville druggist, was born in the historic tavern
in 1866 and remembers much of its history.
- The second tavern is now being used as a dwelling house and
a part of the old stable is still
- standing - shaky but still intact. Wings of the original
building have been torn down. The remaining old tavern is among
the few landmarks still remaining of the stage coach days and
the territorial roads. Then a lodging, meals, care and feed for
the horses or oxen and a reasonable quantity of "liquor"
could be obtained for the magnificent sum of 75 cents. However,
those days are gone forever in more ways than one. [p. 11,
col. 1; col. 2 shows "The Ball Monument"]
- OBITUARY.
- Samuel Clark, Edgerton.
- Edgerton. - The funeral of Samuel CLARK, 63,
who died at his home on Albion Prairie
- Thursday morning, will be held at the home Sunday at 2 p.m.,
the Rev. Mr. Geach officiating. Interment will be in the Albion
Prairie cemetery. Mr. CLARK was born and had always lived
on the farm where he died. He received his education in the schools
at Albion and later took charge of the home farm. He was married
to Miss Louisa DICKINSON, who died in 1891. On March 19,
1894, he married Mrs. Clara STROUSSE. He is survived by
his wife and five children: Mrs. Victor JOHNSON and Mrs.
Clifford VICKERS, Albion Prairie; Beulah, Ft. Atkinson;
Edna and John, at home; two step-children, Lyman STROUSE,
Albion, and Mrs. Gordon ISAAC, Dunkirk; one brother, James
CLARK, Janesville; and three sisters, Mrs. Hannah CROFT,
Edgerton; Mrs. Judith CRAIG, Stoughton, and Mrs. Mathilda
HOWARTH, Rock Prairie. [p. 11, col. 1]
- INDIAN FORD CLUB HAS MUSICAL NIGHT
- The Indian Ford Community club met Friday night in the hall.
Hostesses were Mesdames Peter
- DANIELSON, Olie AMISON [AMUNDSON], Henry
TELLEFSON and Gordon PAGE.
- The motion picture entertainment could not be represented
but probably will be given later. In lieu
- of this, phonograph music, games and dancing were enjoyed.
A record demonstration was given by Mrs. Florence HYDE,
community editor of the Gazette, showing how the phonograph can
be used in school and home. Selections including several from
the music memory contest list, songs from "Hiawatha"
and "As You Like It" [line missing] Edgar Guest's
poem, "A Heap O' Livin'."
- The men of the club are to entertain at the next entertainment,
Feb. 16. The committee on
- arrangements is as follows: Harry LANGWORTHY, Lars
LUND, Frank KEALEY, Carl BECKER, Walter
BECKER, Otto WILKIE, Claude WATSON and Ole
AMUNDSON. [p. 11, col. 1]
- CATHOLIC SOCIAL CENTERS TO BE HELD
- Social centers will be held at 3 p.m., Sunday, in St. Patrick's
and St. Mary's churches, for the
- second time following out a plan to hold open house every
Sunday.
- The Catholic Woman's club is fostering the project and has
arranged programs and a social house
- for each church. All Catholic women of the city, especially
newcomers, are welcome.
- Hostesses for St. Mary's will be Mrs. Glen SNYDER,
Miss Agnes GRANT and Miss Maymie
- GOSSELIN, and for St. Patrick's, Mrs. E. J. MANNING,
Miss Emma CRONK, Miss Jane QUIN [QUINN]
and Miss Emma BRODERICK. Refreshments will be served.
[p. 11, col. 1]
- WOODMEN BOOSTERS INVADE EDGERTON
- Edgerton Modern Woodmen were hosts to the M.W.A. Boosters'
club, Friday night. Short talks
- were given by Bert OAKMAN, national deputy; F. B.
EASTERLY, district deputy; F. G. HELGESON, deputy
from Milwaukee; Alderman BRANNIGAN and Thomas LIEN,
Beloit; August MEYER, Janesville; Dr. Fred MEYER,
J. L. LUTZ, L. C. HUBBELL and Mr. FISHER,
all of Edgerton. Mrs. SMITH of the Royal Neighbors, gave
two vocal solos, and Mr. OAKMAN led the men in community
singing. The Beloit quartet sang.
- Royal Neighbors of Edgerton served a supper to 115, twenty-five
of them from Florence camp,
- this city.
- The next meeting of the Boosters' club will be held Feb.
17 at Clinton. [p. 11, col. 2]
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