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Newspaper
Wingra Park Booster
Location
Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1926
Page
2
The Wingra Park Booster lists the Madis on Wisconsin office at 1762 West Lawn Avenue with editor Robert N. Coulman managing editor Wis 2 M. Wilson circulation manager Kenneth arrowbridge and advertising E Erickson Fotlstad details.
The Wingra Park Booster announces its first issue V.time I and asks readers to read the sheet before acting. It humorously requests charity and patience, even suggesting singing Christmas hymns to complete the task.
A letter objects to removing the old horse trough on Monroe street last summer. It notes the cement fountain under the pines served a use for teams leaving the city and travelers stopping for water. The writer laments the change to the bubbler on the opposite side.
The booster extends heartiest greetings for the season to Wingram Park residents and thanks readers for their attention. Best wishes are sent with a final exclamatory note.
The Wingra Park trading centers expand from vacant lots on Monroe street to brick and stone Main Street style blocks by 1926. New districts along Regent street and Monroe street attract merchants, while Hillington and city-edge areas add small business blocks. A local newspaper is noted as a new advertising medium for merchants and readers.
The appeal urges buying Christmas Seals to fund the fight against tuberculosis, describing the disease as a centuries old threat. It notes tuberculosis kills a city-sized population yearly and, with education and sanitation, death rates have fallen. keeping control for 35 years could nearly exterminate it. The text frames the purchase of seals as a moral and fiscal choice for the nation.
Royetta McChill daughter of Mr and Mrs Bo ipmith writes a Christmas poem from a university setting. The verse describes a candle, holly, stars and a chorus of voices declaring love and peace, with a message that there is no pain. The editor notes Royetta has received attention for her poetry and invites readers to welcome her latest work.
The church holds a Christmas service with sermon on The Supreme Quest. The vested choir performs Comfort Ye My People Glory of the Lord and other solos. At 7:30 pm a cantata The Hope of the City features Hope and listed roles. Parish meeting set for week after Easter.
Mrs L and Ingersoll hosted a First Congregational church section at 1983 West Lawn Avenue. December 7 Tossday gathering included assistants Mrs W J Geib Mrs in Smith T KR Hutson and Mrs J J McDonald.
Ireland visitor Miss Ira Kennedy plans a Sacramento trip to visit an uncle after staying with Mrs. Eugene McDonnell at 1503 Adams St. J. J. Grimm and family occupy their new home at 2126 Hollister Ave. Wingra Park groups meet, Randall Mothers Club gathers for talks, and a bridge party is held. Also noted are new homes, permits, wartime quotes, art exhibit at 1910 Regent, and Wisconsin’s lead in PhD doctorates in science with many women in physical education.
Mrs E M Mediar and Mrs D D Waterls with Mrs F H Hawkins hosted sections 3 and 4 at lunch on Tuesday December 7. Mrs W S Pedley and Mr C W Farrell chaired the luncheon committee as Westminster Society of the Woman’s Society of the West held its regular meeting Tuesday afternoon at 1938 Rowley Avenue.
Elmer Kher Gasper, 14, son of a local earpen ter, lives near the Dudgeon school area and leads a congregation of about 70 youths at Glenwood Mission. This summer neighborhood children were spotted at Red Foxes Glen, a woodland ravine, instead of attending services, prompting Mrs. Georgiana J. Koppke to take action.
Albion Eh Smith established an open air Sunday School in Glenwich with Glenwood Mission. Walt C. Gasman elected superintendent. Mrs Koppke assistant. William Herling secretary. Fred W. Koppke treasurer. Children built benches and supported services. Elmer Casper, a 14 year old who preached, sparked interest yet faced doubt as duties began.
The piece argues education requires inspiration to be effective. Reading, talking, listening and thinking spark insight, with literature varying in purpose from instruction to motivation. It notes skilled workers imagine bigger possibilities, linking education and inspiration to progress and societal advancement.
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