Surprise Twenty Fifth Anniversary Held At Odd Fellows Hall
Mr and Mrs C A Shoresman were honored with a surprise silver gifts anniversary party at Odd Fellows Hall organized by the Lady Maccabees and Rebekahs for their 25th wedding anniversary. The event featured cards games luncheon and a silver percolator tray and chafing dish presented by D W Corning. The couple has resided in the city most of the past twenty three years and is highly esteemed locally. A farewell party for Ernest Arseneau Rudolph Arseneau and George Burke was held at Mrs Gilbert Olsons residence with luncheon and friends prior to their departure for Vancouver Barracks. A lost pocketbook from a Cornucopia visitor was recovered after an advertisement and reward published in the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Shoresman
Odd Fellows Hall
Maccabees
Rebek‘ahs
Shoresman
Minnesota
Gilbert Olson
West Third Street
Ernest Arseneau
Rudolph Arseneau
George Burke
Vancouver Barracks
Uncle Sam
Olga Anderson
Ethel Cudmore
Rose Kowalczyk
Clara Larson
Nellie Martinson
Alma Martinson
Lillian Newhouse
Clara Olsen
Inga Olson
Laura Scantland
Exilda Theriault
Ethel Theriault
George Brake
Edwin Holt
Jack McDonald
Bernhoff Martinson
Elmer Olson
Homer Sainden
Fred Thorson
G. Olson
Fred Cudmore
Muriel Stapleton
Daughero
Mike Stapleton
Arthur Cease
Daluth
Staub
West Dalath
Bell Telephone Office
Tne Xreen
Waco Injury Delays Soldier as Letters Reach Home
A letter from William DeMars in Waco Texas describes an accident that left him with a broken ankle after a motor truck ran over his leg. He will be laid up five to six weeks and hopes to join his company in France once fit. He asks friends to write and support him during recovery. Miss Muriel Stapleton and Arthur Cease wed in Daluth with Rev. Staub officiating. The Methodist Brotherhood elected 1917 officers and arranged a concert with violinist Prof. G N Howard for February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Wellin DeMars
Texas
William
William DeMars
France
Base Hospital
Ward 11
Camp McArthur
Methodist Brotherhood
Len ton season events at Garden Hall teased with masquerade
Bayview Town Board extends tax due date to March 1 1918 as Harvey Irish town clerk records resolution. Meanwhile Garden Hall announces two final Len ton season events a masquerade on Friday February 8 and a chocolate dance Monday February 11 with free chocolates all evening. The hall features a glass floor and the notices urge remembering the dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amuscantland
Adv
Bayview
Bayfield County
Wis
Harvey Irish
Bayfield Co
Young Men Enlist Voluntarily for Spruce Division Service
Washburn and Bayfield men flock to the Spruce Division of the Signal Corps joining voluntary induction for World War II effort. A batch of twenty six sails to Vancouver Barracks WA, with others already departing, as food ration rules tighten nationwide and War Savings campaigns begin in Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washburn
Bayfield
United States
Spruce Division
Signal Corps
Vancouver Barracks
Wash
Frank Clock
Edward F. Mitchell
John Garberg
Harvey Demars
Adolph Peterson
Henry Passage
Wesley Boutin
Louis Boutin
Alex Arseneau
Harvey Hudson
Louis Summerfield
Bernard Arseneau
Embert — Haugen
Rudolph Arseneau
Albert J. Smith
Alfred Thoreson
Albert Carlson
Reinhardt Johnson
Thos. Thoreson
George Burke
Albert C. Scoville
George Duffy
Lauren Breneis
Theodore Hahn
Theo. L. Roy
Ernest J.vallincour
Ingve Korsberg
Oscar L. Hanson
Adolph Morrin
Stephen S. Rusch
Laurie R. Brigham
Alfred Kretchman
Fred J. Walmquist
Arthur F. A. Fiege
Jos. L. Lindwall
Pacific Coast
Signal Rontainen
Washburn seeks 400 dollars for War Camp Recreation Fund
A community drive in Washburn requests 400 dollars for the War Camp Community Recreation Fund. Committee chair W A Robinson and members Ike Berman Selmer Haugen A C MacPherson and Carl Holman will raise the amount by Feb 15 1918. The fund supports camp environment recreation welfare and social activities near training camps, distinct from YMCA and Knights of Columbus efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washburn
War Camp
W. A. Robinson
Ike Berman
Selmer Haugen
A. C. MacPherson
Carl Holman
America
Europe
Y.M.C. A
Knights of Columbus
United States
Sword of Lt John McKay Returns to Bayfield County Court House
The sword carried by Lt John McKay of Company K during the Spanish American War has been recovered and will be housed in the Bayfield County Court House. D M Maxey and others had sought its return with Léver Lier of Grand Marais aiding the search. John W Gibson delivered the relic from northern Minnesota. If seen in years to come, the sword will recall Lt McKay who disappeared years ago in Lake Superior near Grand Marais.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Washington
United States
John’ McKay
Bayfield County Court House
D. M. Maxey
Léver Lier
Grand Marias
John W.’Gibson
Minnesota
John McKay
Lake Superio
Grand’ Marias
Lieut. McKay
Can Join Navy For War Only
All Navy enlistments now are for the war period. Young men hesitating over four years can join under wartime terms and help the country. After training, enlistees may be sent abroad on battleships with chances for action. The Navy seeks apprentice seamen firemen wireless operators and tradesmen for aviation. Machinists gas engine overhaul men carpenters and wood workers have good prospects. Contact your postmaster or write to Navy Recruiting station 222 Grand Avenue Milwaukee Wis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Uncle Sam
Aviation
Grand Avenue
Milwaukee
Wis
O'Sullivan Brothers Join Army En Route to Jefferson Barracks
Bernard O'Sullivan son of the city postmaster and Mrs. O'Sullivan left Monday for Jefferson Barracks Missouri to join the Engineering Corps. He is the second O'Sullivan to depart for the front as Toby left earlier for the east to aid in the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard O'Sullivan
Evelyn Laura Olson and Sidney R Lebo Wed in Canada
Miss Evelyn Laura Olson daughter of Mr and Mrs Gilbert Olson married Sidney Robert Lebo in Russborough Saskatchewan Canada on January 23 1918. Washburn friends send congratulations and best wishes to the couple. Ingvald Syke visited friends in Duluth and Superior over Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Laura Olson
Gilbert Olson
Siddney Robert Lebo
Russborough
Sask
Canada
Y M C A Drive in Bayfield County Big Success
A Bayfield County Y M C A campaign report shows a total collection of 4082.06 during the 1917 drive. Funds will support Army camps, battlefields in France and Belgium, and soldiers and sailors, with major contributions from Bayfield, Bayview, Cable, Drummond, Iron River, Port Wing, Washburn, DuPont employees, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayfield County
F. T. Beers
Bayfield
France
Belgium
United States
Bayview
Drummond
Iron River
Mason
Grand View
Kelly
Lincoln Yarry
Pilson
Port Wing
Washburn— Kenfield Lamoreaux.Co
City
DuPont
Funeral for William Soshea Held in City
The funeral service for William Soshea was held Tuesday at St. Louis Catholic Church. He died Friday en route to the Du Pont plant, age 57, survived by wife and six children. He had lived in Washburn and Odanah, later returning to Washburn where he worked as a foreman at J. S. Stearns Lumber. The death was attributed to heart failure and the family received ample sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willam Soshen
Washburn
Odanah
Soshen
J. S. Stearns Lumber Company
Levi Soshea
Army of the United States
Kelly Field No. 1
San Antonio
Texas
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Cornucopia
Met
Duluth
The
United
Hoover
Congregational Ladies Aid
Flack
Soldier's Fund
War Camp Recreation Fund
George McCullock
Onion River
McKay
Marion Anderson
Arthur A. Anderson
Eward Alberedson
Ellsworth Alvord
Frank Bowe
Ole Blexrud
August Bodin
Geo. B. Brunette
Hurlbert Bell
Remsen Bell
Ole Flonness
Carl Finstad
Ronald Flack
Horace Frost
Fred J. Gregoire
Lieut
R. A. Harvey
Chester Hanson
Thomas Hawks
Charles Hawks
John Hal
John D. Hare
George F. Haren
Albin Jonson
To ‘A. “Soans
Ferris Mc Kluge
Kearns
Edwin L. Larson
Chas
PS Lowry
Robert
P. T. Trowbridge
M. D
R. J. Trowbridge
H. S. Lewis
William Finnegan
Clarence Thoreson
Dolly” Olson
Ingvald Syke
Superior
Suna
Harry Aenderson
Rabe
Kansas City
Clyde Estabrook
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