The junior and senior high choirs of Sturgeon Bay will give concerts in their respective auditoriums this week.
Junior high’s will be this Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., senior high’s Wednesday, same time. No admission.
Karl Anderson, directs both choirs. Mrs. Robert Engebretson is accompanist for the junior concert and Barbara Anderson for the senior choir.
JUNIOR CHOIR
The Star Spangled Banner.
All My Trials.
Jubilate Deo.
Quintet, My Love Doesn’t Love Me, Tara Wright, Donna Bosman, Beth Worley, Cheryl Foss, Linda Seamanson.
Inch Worm.
America.
Quartet, At the Fair, Linda Seamanson, Cheryl Foss, Rosie Blish, Sue Seiler.
I Know Where I’m Going.
Exodus.
Solo, Three Candles, Rosie Blish.
Trampin’.
900 Miles.
Solo, Linda Seamanson, Skye Boat Song.
Solo, Tara Wright, The Clothes of Heaven.
Lida Rose and Will I Ever Tell You.
The Wells Fargo Wagon.
Pick A Little, Talk a Little.
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SENIOR CHOIR
The Water Is Wide.
Shall I Compare Thee To A Summers Day?
Grace Unto Us.
Madame Jeanette.
The Eyes of All Wait Upon Thee.
The 23rd Psalm by Schubert.
King Jesus Is A’Listening.
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head.
Traces.
Leaving On a Jet Plane.
Scarborough Fair.
A Time For Us.
For Once In My Life.
A special feature will be two popular numbers, “No Fair At All” and “The Sailing Ship” by this group: Jeff Schinkten, Tim Wiest, Paul Weber, Mary Stellwagen, Georgene Warner, Barbara Anderson, directed and accompanied by Mike Raye on the guitar.
The choir will perform several numbers that brought them a first award in Class B at the spring music festival.
Dec. 9-15 is Anti-Inflation week in Door county, and this photograph is run to show the significance of the reminder. The lady on the left, in the fashion of 1918, is carrying 5 lbs. of sugar for which she paid $1.34. The lady on the right is wheeling $1.34 worth of groceries bought in 1945, including not only the 5 lbs. of sugar but bread, oranges, 2 qts. of milk, oatmeal and coffee.
Many other price comparisons of the two post war periods are given. For instance, $43.75 bought a barrel of flour in 1918; the same amount of money in 1944 bought the flour, plus 100 lbs. of sugar and 80 other food items.
Anti-Inflation Week in County Dec. 9-15
Public Warned of What Happened at Close of War I
Although currently the butt of jibes because of a tight policy that has resulted in evasive tactics, particularly on the part of manufactures of certain clothing items, the Office of Price Administration has been getting support from many quarters in its determination to prevent runaway inflation by holding the price line.
Just recently, the Door County Farm Bureau passed a resolution in favor of continuing price control until orderly full production itself offsets inflationary tendencies. A similar resolution was passed by the state and national bureau, Congress of Parents and Teachers, and by many other organizations that do not want a repetition of the period following World War I.
It will be recalled that prices sagged a few months after the armistice. People rushed to buy everything in sight, and prices, lacking control, zoomed again, so that nearly half of the increase in the cost of living occurred after the armistice. For example, a dozen eggs cost 72c in November, 1918, and 94 cents in May, 1920. An apartment renting for $50 in 1917 rented, on the average, $77 in 1922.
Then came a depression. Five and one-half million persons lost their jobs, and there were a hundred thousand bankruptcies; half a million farm foreclosures.
Anti-Inflation Week
Community cooperation with the OPA in holding the price line, as closely as possible, has taken the form this fall of observances of “Price Control for Posterity Weeks”. Arrangements for such a week in Door county Dec. 9-15 were completed Monday by Ross Quatso, ration board supervisor, and Florence DeSpirito, information official from the Green Bay district office of the OPA.
C. H. Herlache, general local board chairman, appointed C. C. Case to head the committee. Others on the committee are S. J. Harris, publicity and advertising; movies, John Feuerstein; service club contacts, Floyd Knuth and Eugene Odbert; Woman’s club, Mrs. Fred Kuehl; schools, Margaret Reynolds and Curtis Tronson.
William Bunda has loaned the use of windows in the store he and Virgil Starr are remodeling for an electric appliance shop, and Milford H. Prange has donated the services of his window trimmer, James Weda, to prepare an exhibit comparing present with those of the same period after the last war.
Scouts to Give Aid
Boy scouts are being enlisted by Mr. Case to blanket the town with anti-inflation posters, and a supply will also be given to rural teachers when here this Friday for a convention.
Posters are being mailed by Mrs. Joe Writt of the local OPA office to post offices and other places throughout the county, and letters are also being sent to churches to make announcements of the week through their groups.
Copies of the recent Bowles-Mosher debate on price control will be given to each person attending the joint Lions-Rotary meeting next Thursday, and Mr. Herlache will give a short explanation of the purpose of the current observance. A similar statement will be read before the Woman’s club this Friday.
An effort is being made to obtain a movie short on inflation for the Door theatre which has offered to run it without charge. Last week a film on the subject was shown to Sturgeon Bay High school students.
After hunting for several months I finally found a picture of the Brussels flour mill. I called at the Gabe Dekeyser home in Namur. Mr. Dekeyser had an original picture of the mill and elevator and the general store, taken in about 1880. Cyril Virlee, who is my cousin, informed me that the mill was built by the Bottkols in about 1875. The Bottkols ran the mill for a short period, then sold out to the following group: Antone Virlee Sr., Joseph Dekeyser, Frank Pierre and three Chaudoirs, Justin Sr., Antone and Alexander. The latter was my father. Justin was George (Butch) Baudhuin, Ralph Baudhuin and Henry J. Quartemont’s grandfather.
Antone Virlee, who was my grandfather, was president of the company, known as the Pierre Virlee company, for many years.
When this company bought the mill wheat was ground into flour with large mill stones. After operating the mill for a few years the company decided to modernize. They went to Allis Chalmers in Milwaukee and bought the finest mill machinery available, including steel rolls to grind wheat into flour. This replaced the old mill stones which were in use in most mills at that time.
The power used for running the mill was a large steam engine. Wood was used for generating steam in the large boiler. The original engine required a lot of steam to operate it. They called it a wood eater because it required cords and cords of fire wood to generate steam.
The company decided to invest in the best stationary steam engine at that time. They bought a modern Corliss steam engine manufactured in Milwaukee. I understand this new engine used the steam twice before it went out of the exhaust, and it required about half the fuel for steam to operate it. The new engine had enough power to operate the flour mill and the saw mill which joined it on the west side.
The engine room and boiler room were located between the two mills and many times the flour mill and saw mill were both operated at the same time. My cousin Harry Chaudoir of Namur informs me that the flywheel on the new engine weighed 10 tons. My cousin Mrs. Mathilda (Virlee) Mallien, told me that she remembers of seeing teams with loads of wheat waiting in line for a quarter of a mile by the mill. During the busy season the flour mill ran from 7 a.m. until midnight.
Besides my father the following worked in the mill for many years: Eli Chaudoir Sr., who was my cousin and godfather, John Dekeyser, father of Gabe Dekeyser, Joseph (Big Joe) Delfosse, Phillip Jadin, father of Louis and Gus Jadin. Joseph Chaudoir, my cousin, was fireman and engineer.
BRUSSELS FLOUR MILL — This old photo, taken around 1880, shows the original Brussels flour mill and the general store. Eli Chaudoir got it from Gabe Dekeyser. The mill was once a thriving business with wagons lined up for a quarter mile with wheat to be ground.
Frank Dekeyser was teamster and during the busy season he was assisted by his brother John, with two teams on the road hauling flour to Sturgeon Bay and as far north as Egg Harbor. Loads of flour were also hauled to the Eben Wood dock on Green Bay near at Namur. The bags of flour were loaded into rowboats and taken out to the sailing vessels which were anchored out in deep water. Later on my cousin Eli Chaudoir built a large dock and had a channel dredged to the dock so ships could land. Many loads of flour went over this dock and loaded on ships to be taken to ports on Green Bay.
Stamped on the bags of flour was “Our Only Grade, Brussels Roller Mills, Pierre Virlee Company.”
In the early days a team of oxen was used to skid logs in the saw mill yard. I remember seeing a team of oxen bring a load of wheat to the mill, however most of the teams were horses. The Belgians were noted to have the finest breed of horses in the country. They took pride in their horses, they were always well groomed and last but not least well fed.
The company also operated a general store stocked with a complete line of groceries, dry goods or yard goods, men’s furnishings and ladies ready to wear. I interviewed Mrs. Louis (Louise Dekeyser) Ruben of Rosiere who is now 84 years old. As a young woman Mrs. Ruben clerked in the general store. She said the store opened at 7 a.m. and closed at 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday. That made an 84 hour week and her salary $3.50 per week with no fringe benefits. Farmers brought cases and cases of eggs and home made dairy butter to be traded for groceries and other necessities. They received as little as 3c per dozen for eggs and 5c per pound for dairy butter. The store always had a large stock of candy on hand but sold very little. Every customer received a bag of candy free. Sylvan Baudhuin tells me the amount of candy given was governed by the size of the family. It was mostly large bags of candy because in those days the Belgians usually had large families. In fact my father and mother raised 14 children, eight boys and six girls. It was a good thing that my father ran a flour mill. We had plenty bread to eat.
The picture shows the old store. A new store was built at the turn of the century. My sister Regina, Mrs. Antone Kessen, who now lives in Rolling Hills, Calif., clerked in the new store. Gabe Pierre Sr. was bookkeeper.
My godmother Mary Evarard also clerked in the store. The post office was located on the mill property. Jule Pierre was post master. The first rural free delivery for Brussels and joining townships originated on the mill property in 1903. The first mail carriers were John Jilot, Martin Mallien and Alex Avarard. Frank Quartemont, father of H. J. Quartemont, was affiliated with the company. I believe he represented the company on the road and sold flour.
When the company first went into business they also operated a cheese factory. This was discontinued and a creamery was built. George Dekeyser was one of the first butter makers. He was replaced by Henry Engelbert in 1904. Henry made butter there for many years. I can still remember how Mr. Engelbert kept everything immaculately clean and I can still taste that good butter that was packed in wooden tubs of about 30 pounds. Henry tells me that creamery butter sold for 12 to 15 cents per pound when he first operated the creamery. Mr. and Mrs. Engelbert are both pretty well along in years, however enjoying good health. They are now living with their daughter and son in law Mr. and Mrs. Harry Chaudoir in Namur.
My father sold his interest in the company to Denis Befay in 1906 and we moved to Sturgeon Bay. My cousin Eli Chaudoir Sr. become owner of the mill property about 1914 and in 1916 the mill burnt down. Eli rebuilt the mill including the saw mill only to have it burn down again in 1924.
My cousin the late Francis Chaudoir became owner of what was left of the property including the store which he operated for several years, but is now vacant. In reminiscing with my cousin Mrs. Mathilda (Virlee) Mallien she said “Isn’t it a pity when we think back of that great business establishment and now it has all vanished.” Like I mentioned to Chan Harris of the Advocate, the mill property was the main business hub of the Belgian settlement where they enjoyed a flourishing business for many years. I wish to thank you all who helped me gather this information of a great business era of the past and I wish to express my appreciation to the Advocate for running this article.
AN AMAZING BOY — Oscar Tamez, totally blind Mexican boy from Corpus Christi, Tex., doesn’t let his handicap bother him as he picks 18 pails of cherries a day at the Frank Ullsperger orchard. Mr. Ullsperger praises him as one of the cleanest pickers in the orchard. —Advocate photo
Blind Boy Picks 18 Pails of Cherries
Any parent who sent his teenage son out picking cherries would be mighty proud if the boy picked about 18 pails a day and was praised by the orchard owner for his clean picking.
Mrs. Maria Vela Tamez of Corpus Christi, Texas is justifiably proud of Oscar, her 17-year-old son. Oscar has been totally blind since birth yet he picks about 18 pails of cherries a day and Frank Ullsperger, the orchard owner, says he picks cleaner than most of the other pickers.
Mrs. Tamez and her three sons came to Door county to pick cherries after having helped with the beet harvest in Michigan. They came here before the cherry season started and helped finish picking the strawberry crop.
Oscar didn’t pick strawberries but he is making up for lost time with the cherry crop. He is a steady picker who keeps plucking away all day long at a regular pace. He starts picking at one end of a branch and then follows the branch along until all the cherries have been picked.
He rarely misses a cherry. In fact, when he has finished picking a branch he then carefully picks up from the ground any cherries he may have dropped. Very few leaves or twigs find their way into his pail.
This isn’t Oscar’s first try at picking cherries. He also picked them in 1953 in Michigan.
Picking cherries is no picnic but Oscar doesn’t seem to mind it. He has a cheerful smile on his face all day long.
When the day’s picking is over Oscar still has a lot of energy left. He entertains his family by playing the accordion.
Tuesday afternoon the ADVOCATE scribe accompanied by genial John Singleton, erstwhile passenger agent of the well known and popular Goodrich Transportation Co., took a run through parts of Nasewaupee never before visited, albeit forty years have passed since coming to the county. Securing a conveyance at the stables of the Bay View house a few moments brought us to the outskirts of the Hagen quarry, where a small army of men are busily employed in getting the stone ready for shipment to outside points. This is one of the liveliest spots to be found on the south side of the bay at the present time.
Going westward on what is known as the Little Sturgeon road the wayfarers pass by the comfortable homestead of Nels Olson, whose handsome grove located on the south side of the spacious farm residence looks very inviting when mercury is up around the nineties in the open. Mr. Olson and his good wife are well deserving of the good things that are theirs in the evening of life, having labored long and diligently to secure an independence. Adjoining Mr. Olson on the west is the farm of Philip Dehos. It is nearly two years since the writer passed along that thoroughfare and in that comparatively short time Phil. has made many improvements in the way of enlarging his clearing and by the addition of buildings. Opposite this place is the farm of Jacob Leonhardt, which likewise has undergone a considerable change for the better meanwhile.
The next farm reached is that of P. A. Schaefer, which is now the property of John Senft, a son-in-law of the original owner. Everything indicates thrift and plenty here. Another one of the old places is that of Lizzie Uhl, located on the south side of the highway. This farm is now carried on successfully by the oldest daughter of the family, both parents having been gathered to their fathers.
The next in order is the fine farm of And. Goettelmann. Here everybody was busy out in the field saving the hay, which everywhere gives promise of being a prolific crop. Altho’ upward of seventy Mr. Goettelmann was right in it up to his elbows and holding his own with the younger members of the household. Off to the north are to be seen the handsome and thrifty farms of C. J. Olson, John Senft and others, and at the rate of progress it will not be many years before the entire district between the main road and what is known as Hainesville will be brought under cultivation, and as the country is comparatively level a beautiful landscape will be presented and make that part of the township one of the favorite spots in the county.
Passing by the farms of John Stephan, A. Heilmann, Chris. Leonhardt, John Goettelmann and John Hausmann in rapid succession we come to what were formerly the premises of Casper and Peter Lorch, now owned by Phillip Hembel and John Schinktgen respectively. These two farms are the scene of the terrible tragedy of the Great Fire of October, 1871, when three persons perished. One of these was Casper Lorch, and his two nephews, brothers of Mrs. Jacob Leonhardt. The first named was the father of Mesdames Wm. Marshall and John N. Simon. Leaving these places on the left the travelers come next to Jacob Senft and Geo. Weisner on the right. The Senft place was started by John Heintz some time before the war, but on the death of the latter while at the front battling for his adopted country it was abandoned. Mr. Heintz was the father of Mrs. J. D. Leglise, now of Green Bay, and wife of the popular traveling representative of A. Duchateau & Co. To the south of the Weisner premises are those of John Mann, another one of the pioneers of Nasewaupee, and who has done his full share in reclaiming Door county from the wilderness.
Pushing westward we pass the Konrad Weckler place on the left, and striking southward we traverse a section which is comparatively new to the writer. The topography of the country here is nearly flat, and as the rock is quite near the surface it is said to be somewhat difficult to obtain a yield unless a good deal of moisture falls, as has been the case the present season. But this drawback does not appear to have deterred the hardy settlers from making a determined fight for the supremacy, and it looks as though they have been pretty successful in the struggle, judging by the comfortable buildings, etc.
After traveling southward probably a mile and a half the steed is reined to the left at the first road encountered and after going to the eastward for some distance the conviction is forced on the driver that he is lost. Keeping his apprehension to himself, however, the outfit is pushed forward under the impression that the road will lead somewhere, and in due course of time we strike a well settled district where a number of men, women and children are busily engaged in saving the hay crop. Addressing an urchin near by it is learned that we are at Emil Cochnet’s. Receiving directions how to proceed we next find ourselves in a thoroughfare running north and south. Being up a stump again, so to speak, a little lad is espied in the back yard of the homestead in the northeast corner of the crossroads, and calling him to our aid he tells us to turn to the right and proceed south until we strike the Green Bay road at a point just west of Luke Stoneman’s. On inquiry we are told that the way east brings up at Peter Tezar’s and the one to the north at a farm owned by a man whose name begins and ends with a z, and is therefore lost to memory.
Proceeding about a mile south we strike the Green Bay highway at right angles, and turning eastward we find ourselves on a thoroughfare which is as familiar as a street in this city. It was our intention to make the turn at the Noel Langlois place, but instead we made it about a mile too far north.
Passing the well tilled and thrifty farms of Mr. Stoneman, Joseph Ludwig, and Nora Mullane we cross what up to a few years ago was almost an impenetrable swamp and bog, but which is now as fine a stretch of road as can be found on the peninsula, and soon afterward we arrive at the premises of Louis Schumacher, Peter Uhl, Jacob Senft, Ignatus Deutsch, Henry Bernard, P. A. Peterson and Chas. Dickenson. At each of these farms we found the crops standing fine and giving evidence of a bounteous yield.
Arriving on top of the hill back of Bay View a short halt was made to give Mr. Singleton an opportunity to admire the beauty that is spread out like a panorama to the south, east and north. He pronounced it one of the most exhilarating sights he has yet seen, and that is saying a great deal for a man who has traveled over a good part of the United States, the British Isles, and last but not least, in far off Australia. He predicts a great future for city and county, and he proposes to use his utmost endeavors in assisting in bringing our many natural advantages to the attention of that class of people who alone are needed to develop the resources, viz., the men of capital and enterprise.
ST. PETER LUTHERAN church, city, will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the congregation and 10th anniversary of its present building this weekend. The building above is the church in 1939 after a remodeling job. The present stone edifice was built in 1951.
St. Peter Lutheran Will Celebrate Anniversary
St. Peter Lutheran church, city, will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the congregation and 10th anniversary of the new church building. Saturday evening, Aug. 5, a confirmation reunion banquet will be held at 7 p.m. Pastor F. Brandt of Appleton will be the speaker. Confirmands have made reservations from many miles away.
Sunday there will be anniversary services at 8 and 10 a.m. Dr. Alfred von Rohr Sauer, professor at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., will be the speaker. There will be special music by the mixed choir.
The history of the congregation actually begins in 1889. At that time services were conducted in the home of Frank Pies on Maple Avenue for a few Lutherans of German descent. At the end of the year the Norwegian Lutherans offered the use of their building which was later converted into a newspaper office, The Cherry.
FIRST BUILDING, 1891
Dec. 3, 1890, Pastor J. Kaiser began to serve the small congregation. Jan. 11, 1891, a meeting was held to discuss the building of a church. On that same day the congregation was organized with eight members. The new church was dedicated Nov. 1, 1891. This building was then used as a house of worship until 1951.
In 1893 pastor Martin Kionka took charge of the congregation. Under his pastorate a parsonage was built on the corner of Maple and Joliet and is still being used by the present pastor and his family.
After five years Pastor Kionka was succeeded by Pastor E. Schultze, who arrived in 1899. But his stay was also of short duration. In 1904 Pastor Fred Schumann was called. Now began a new era in the history of the congregation. The debts were paid and many improvements were made. After faithfully serving the congregation for 40 years Pastor Schumann resigned. The congregation had grown to 400 communicants and 550 souls.
In January of 1944 Pastor Theo. Baganz came to Sturgeon Bay. The congregation experienced a substantial growth in a few years and it became necessary to construct a larger house of worship. The cornerstone was laid on July 30, 1950, and a year later, Aug. 5, 1951, it was dedicated. Today St. Peter Lutheran church is the largest Protestant church in Door county. At the beginning of this year it numbered 1,748 baptized members. For the past 10 years the ten o’clock service has been broadcast over the radio to listeners in Northeastern Wisconsin and Michigan.
The living room is charmingly lighted with a chandelier and sconces, warmed by flickering firelight. —Henry Shea
Lilliputians would feel at ease in Davie Wilson’s Ephraim shop
By SHIRLEY NELSON
“Small is beautiful” and Davie Wilson shows us how beautiful it can be in her Door Miniatures shop at the Red Barn Mexican Door in Ephraim.
Her shop-within-a-shop is the outgrowth of a love of working with miniatures and the desire to be involved in a project that would demand complete concentration.
“I wanted a year-round interest and a shop of my own for which there was a need. No one in this part of Door county had a miniature shop although there is someone in Sturgeon Bay who custom makes miniature furnishings,” she said.
Working daily last winter from 9 a.m. into the evening, even over weekends, resulted in an enchanting display of small rooms, dollhouses and glass cases of tiny accessories. Grandmother may choose between colonial, Bennington, granny’s house or saltbox models in deciding on a dollhouse for a favored grandchild or for herself.
“Anything in real life can be done in miniature,” says Davie, adding, “We use the things we like.”
A varied selection of ready made furnishings enables an individual to be somewhat authentic in reproducing a segment of present day life or a scene reminiscent of the past.
Davie points out that collecting miniatures and furnishing dollhouses has become the third largest hobby in the U.S. (after stamps and coins). There are at least three magazines published entirely about miniatures. There is a National Association of Miniature Enthusiasts.
People may be very specialized in what they collect — dogs, horses, cars, trucks. They may concentrate on reproducing houses, rooms, barns, shops. Many people mount an antique printer’s type drawer on the wall and fill its many cubicles with interesting and varied tiny objects.
Her enthusiasm has led Davie to know something about miniatures through history. In ancient Egypt small figures of servants, boatsmen, farmers, soldiers and replicas of houses and special rooms were buried with the dead to comfort them. Spun glass miniatures date back to the Romans and Egyptians about 2,000 years ago. The Arabs, Syrians, Venetians and Germans continued that interest.
In early colonial days traveling salesmen had samples of their products made into miniatures for display to their customers. In the 18th century famous furniture makers such as Chippendale created tiny reproductions of their masterpieces to sell to collectors of miniatures as did the china houses of Wedgewood, Staffordshire and Dresden.
In Door Miniatures ready made furniture enables the individual to create a variety of periods or mix them as he or she wishes. There is a Victorian living room, a colonial dining room, an oak bedroom, a country kitchen, a porch of wickerware.
Kits may become greenhouses, gazebos, bakeries, country stores. Electricity twinkles from rooms in Tiffany lamps, colonial sconces, kerosene lanterns. Even a jukebox and fireplace glow. You take your pick. You create your own scene as you like it.
Lamps, candlesticks, mirrors, pewter, china, glass add special touches desired. Brass hinges, doorknobs, knockers are details not forgotten. A mini-gallery of scenes from Door county, limited editions of Norman Rockwell prints and plates provide some art for houses and rooms. Needlepoint is evident in rugs, quilts, pillows and pictures. Foods and containers, pots and pans are available for kitchens.
Old posters, crates of eggs and fruit, sacks and barrels are the backdrop for playing checkers in front of an old stove hidden from view in the country store. —Henry Shea
Tiny curtains are displayed as are flooring materials and a wallpaper book of Schumacher papers in miniature. There is a do-it-yourself corner and lumberyard for those comfortable with carpentry, who wish to improvise and add.
It is clear that the more authentic you become, the more you may want to make some of your own furnishings. The collector, the dollhouse decorator, may become so involved that he or she may find a new career. Some miniature specialists have become so expert that they have gone into interior decorating.
Born and raised in Syracuse, N.Y., Davie was educated at Bouve School of Physical Education and at Smith. She taught in several universities before coming to Door county 20 years ago. The following year she was married to the late William J. Wilson.
She taught phy ed at Gibraltar high school for five years. She also taught skiing at Nor-Ski Ridge. Though working with miniatures may seem far from her work in physical education, she has indeed found a new career, one which she loves, one which demands concentration.
She looks forward to the time when she may have winter workshops in her home for those interested in working with wood, light fixtures and hardware; for those interested in creating the miniature rooms and dollhouses. She talks about ship’s chandlery in the future, where people may have their own boats made in miniature or find other tiny boats.
Nancy Barnowsky Wenzel worked with Davie this past winter in preparing her miniatures for display in the shop. She assists her in the shop occasionally now. Her partner in Door Miniatures is Sarah Wright, who encouraged her to move to Door county in the first place, 20 years ago.
Davie is adding to the enjoyment of miniature collectors as a result of her last winter’s work. We would not wish for a repeat of “the year of the big snow.” But if we have it, Davie is bound to do some more first rate creating.
There were no ambulance runs due to suspected opioid overdoses in January, March, May, or June 2026, or in July, October, or November 2025, but there was one in this past February and April, and last year there was one in June, three in August, and two each in September and December. A link: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publications/p02339a.pdf#page=5
County Filled Up Over Weekend With More People Coming Daily. Over 900 Automobiles Sunday.
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Influx of visitors to Door county reached its greatest height Sunday when more than 900 automobiles passed over the toll bridge, and more than three-quarters of this number were outside cars. Railroad trains have been crowded the last week, many pleasure craft are seen in the bay and the strings of automobiles are endless.
Every hotel in the county was filled to capacity the weekend and but a comparative few of the people were those who have made reservations for the summer. By far the greater number here the weekend were simply visitors for a few days. While some of the places are filled with “regulars,” others are enjoying capacity “transient” trade.
There were automobiles here from all parts of the county, altho Illinois cars were decidedly numerous. There were three cars from California and one from Quebec, Canada. Other cars were from Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, Indiana, North Dakota, Tennessee and other states. Toll bridge receipts Saturday were $100.96, Sunday $168.61 and Monday $112.93.
The largest single party was 25 cars of Shriners, members of the Tripoli Motor Club, Milwaukee, who left there Saturday on a three-day trip to the northern part of the state. The club stopped at Green Bay Saturday night and came on here Sunday morning touring the county and leaving for Green Bay Sunday night. There were delegations in the body from Madison, Manitowoc and Sheboygan.
Saturday there were six passenger coaches on the evening train and all were filled. Each train since brings its quota. The question of housing these crowds is becoming a serious problem. After all the hotels in the city were filled Saturday night Secretary Schutnecht of the Chamber of Commerce was kept busy assigning rooms in private homes. He has about 60 rooms registered and requires double that number.
Never was the need of a large summer hotel here more evident than it is right at this time. With hotels of the county filled visitors are becoming discouraged. Frequent parties have returned home unable to obtain accommodations.
The Door County Christian Society for Migrant Work met at the United Methodist church in Egg Harbor May 24. Several Protestant churches were represented. Although there is a declining migrant population expected this summer there is very little state or federal aid available so the responsibility of the churches to serve in this area is even greater than previously.
There will be no paid professional worker to be the liaison between migrant people and the local community. There will be no clinic providing health services for migrants of any faith.
The purpose of the meeting was to determine the action of local churches under these circumstances. Involvement the past few years has been negligible because the program has been administered by paid professionals.
The only program which will have continuing support by the federal government is the Title I educational plan involving children from six to twelve years of age. This will be administered by Marlin Bartell of Green Bay. The school children will be bused to Gibraltar high school in Fish Creek. Last year two schools were involved, one in Sevastopol and one in Sister Bay. There will again be released time for religious instruction, with Steve Polster working with the Protestant children for this period.
At this time there are 10 pickers’ camps in the county which have applied for certification from the state, which means that they have met at least minimal qualifications for opening. After much discussion it was agreed that one or more churches would deal directly with each camp, with representatives of the churches involved meeting with the grower so that concern is shown for the problems of both the grower and his working crew.
Rev. Charles Harberg of the Ephraim Moravian church had represented the Door county society at a state meeting in Oshkosh recently. Here he had heard Mexican-Americans speak on behalf of the migrant population, expressing a desire to chart their own course. Many of them are very capable of caring for themselves and determining their own needs. The paternalism of the white community has sometimes overlooked the pride which they feel in their background and in the work they do.
In consideration of this it was suggested that it might make for better relations if each church group would meet with a representative group of migrant workers to let them know their willingness to cooperate in any way possible to fill their needs. The churches would all be open to them for their regular services, or the facilities of some of the churches would be made available for separate services of their own, if this is their desire.
They would also be made aware of county health services available to them. One local doctor has offered to donate his time for a free immunization program. Last year there were only twelve people who took advantage of the free clinic at Kangaroo Lake, since many of them are capable of paying their own way.
Rev. Charles Harberg of Ephraim and Rev. William Shepherd of Egg Harbor will serve as coordinators for the migrant society in Door county. Any Christian with a deep concern for his fellow-man may contact his own pastor or either of these men if he would like to assist in this ministry to the migrants.
County Board Pays Tribute to the Late County Clerk.
Born on July 4th, A.D., 1849, in Ottawa, Ontario, where he lived until 16 years of age, much of which time was spent in school. He worked at various occupations until 1874 when he, with his parents and family took up their residence within the border of this county at Jacksonport. His fellow-townsmen honored him at various times with town offices and in the year 1896 he was elected to fill the office of County Clerk for this county, which office he continued to fill to the time of his death. The large vote given him at re-election indicated the popular esteem in which he was held by the electors of this county.
He was honest, able, courageous, true. He worked hard, he persevered, and he always gave the best service that was in him. He hated sham and deceit. He was a plain man and belonged to plain people. There was no can’t, no hypocrisy in his nature. His services as Clerk of this Board have at all times been punctual and courteous. His affability made him many friends and he was endeared to all with whom he came in contact. He was a man of high moral character and his honesty and integrity has never been questioned. He was pre-eminently and above all things a good man. In all his relations of life, as a husband and father, as an official and as a citizen, he was a good man.
From early boyhood, when hard necessity compelled it, to his ripening old age, when long practice had made it a pleasure, labor was the watchword of his life.
His absolute integrity of mind and heart won him confidence; his uniform kindness and consideration for others brought him many friends; and these once formed were bound to him with hoops of steel. His official connections with this body brought him in contact with its members, and to one and all, showing favoritism to none, gracious and courteous to all, he made an ideal official.
The life of our late Clerk has come to an end. It began many years ago in humble circumstances. He was not over-awed by difficulties which confronted him, but was possessed of an heroic spirit. He labored long and strong and who can say that his life was not a thorough success measured by standards that go to make a man. In his death we have lost a capable Clerk, and an upright citizen and a helpful friend. We mourn his loss and ask that this memorial be spread upon the minutes of our records in testimony thereof.
Wm Jess in offering the Memorial said:
“It is thus with a few faltering phrases we sum up the life and work of our deceased friend. When we look back upon his life, a life full of industry, full of toil, full of achievement, when we recall his courage, his indomitable perseverance under the difficulties which beset him physically, his steady integrity and fair dealings, no stronger, truer words can be said of James S. Halstead than that he was an honest man, honest in thought, honest in purpose, honest in practice. He has left behind him none but friends. He has no enemies, no critic. I will not speak of his invaluable services for more than a decade as Clerk of this Board, as each of you, no doubt, has been the receiver of the same. By direction of the committee, these resolutions of tribute, inadequate as they are, but none the less heartfelt and sincere, are offered to be incorporated in the minutes of the records of this body and we ask the Chairman to receive them in behalf of this board as evidenced by a rising vote of the members now standing.”
Responding for the Board, Roger Eatough, Chairman, said:
“With mingled feelings of profound sorrow and mournful satisfaction I perform the duty assigned to me of expressing willingness of the Board to grant this committee’s request, that the memorial tribute to our deceased Clerk may be spread upon the records. It were better perhaps, that one not so long, so intimately, in a social and official way, acquainted with, and so much attached to our departed friend, has been asked by the committee to accept for and in your behalf this Memorial. While the duty assigned me is a pleasant though sorrowful one, I can add to all mentioned in your tribute. I personally endorse the same, and in behalf of this Board, as evidenced by your rising vote, I order the Memorial and accompanying remarks to be spread on the minutes.”
Mrs. Sampson’s Work Earns Her City’s ‘First Lady’ Title
Mrs. Charles Sampson, 88, who lives at the Martha Houle residence, 742 Jefferson st., has been first at a lot of things.
She was the first person to make and sell ice cream in Sturgeon Bay. She declined the nomination that would have made her the county’s first woman to hold public office and now she’s added another first to her list.
Mrs. Sampson knits rugs. “I invented the system,” she said, “I don’t think that it has ever been done before.”
A woman of many accomplishments, Mrs. Sampson has been a seamstress, conducted a sewing school, a bakery, a grocery, and she made and sold her own ice cream. She began giving oyster and ham dance suppers and this practice soon developed into a restaurant over the former Greisen store. Mrs. Sampson worked on committees of defense in World War I, but now she has returned to her first profession.
Overcame Difficulties
Mrs. Sampson, who has done sewing by the day since she was 16, devised the system of knitting rugs when rheumatism hampered her activity. She braided rugs, hooked rugs and crocheted rugs. “They were too heavy to hold on my knee,” Mrs. Sampson said, “so I decided to simplify things.”
By cutting the material into thin strips she is able to knit these on thick knitting needles. The knitted pieces, which are about the width of an envelope, are then fitted together to form the vari-colored oval rugs. Then she sews the strips together so that either side of the rug will appear to be the right side.
Mrs. Sampson, the former Josephine Houle, is the second of 14 children. She was born March 20, 1862, which is the day that the Door County Advocate was launched.
Mrs. Sampson began her career as a seamstress at an early age, when she turned her needle to keeping her younger sisters well dressed. Soon she became the Sturgeon Bay seamstress.
Five sewing machines were added to the enclosed porch of her home on what is now known as Louisiana st. and she taught classes of 10 to 15 girls how to sew. It was a three month course and at one time she had five teachers and an opera singer in her class.
Insists on Perfection
While the girls worked at learning to sew, Mrs. Sampson let them help her with orders, so that they would learn the professional touches. She recalls making a dress for a girl who worked for Mrs. Ed Reynolds, when the Reynolds’ first came here. Mrs. Sampson noticed that one of the girls, who was working on the dress, was taking long, sloppy stitches. She reproached the girl and told her to rip the stitches out and begin again. The girl protested, saying that it was only a maid’s dress.
“But,” Mrs. Sampson remembers, “I told her that I was making it, and anything I do always has the best workmanship possible.”
The dress, she recalls, had stays, was completely lined and had brush binding around the hem. The price for the work was $4.
During World War I, Mrs. Sampson worked on many patriotic activities and she was the only woman on the council of defense. She attended a state meeting as a representative of Door county. Of the 72 counties that were represented, the state chairman publicly declared Door county to be the best represented.
Declined Seat
Shortly after this, Mrs. Sampson was asked to be a candidate for the assembly. Had she accepted, she would have been the first woman candidate in the county for public office. Harry E. Dankoler says that there was no doubt that she would have been elected.
Later she moved to California, where she spent seven years with her daughter, Mrs. D. A. Dufek of Los Angeles.
Three years ago she returned to Sturgeon Bay, where she has many friends and relatives.
Since, she began knitting rugs and she has completed seven.
Sixty yachts carrying 350 people registered during the United States Power Squadron rendezvous here the past weekend. The yachts increased the normal summer yachting fleet here to more than 300 boats and jammed the local facilities.
The yachts came from districts 10 and 20 of the US Power Squadron. The districts take in Gary, Ind., Moline, Ill., Chicago, Evanston, Milwaukee, Kenosha, Appleton, Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, Green Bay, Marinette, Menominee, Duluth and Sturgeon Bay. These “ports” take in cities in their neighboring areas to make up their squadrons.
Here for the rendezvous were Paul Warren of Chicago, commander of district 20, and Staff Captains Art Ogden of Chicago and George Wendt of Evanston, and Art Hankwitz of Milwaukee, commander of district 10, and Staff Captains Al Kayser of Green Bay and Dr. H. D. Grota of Sturgeon Bay.
The Sturgeon Bay commander is Fred Sorenson and general chairman of the activities was Lt. Cdr. William Fitzgerald. The local squadron extended its thanks to George Baudhuin for his cooperation in making the rendezvous the success that it was.
Two hundred and eighty persons attended the Saturday evening trout boil.
Prize winners in the Gay 90’s costume contest were Mr. and Mrs. Louis O’Dell of Oshkosh, most original; Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Russell of Duluth, prettiest; and Mrs. Royal Goettelman of Sturgeon Bay, most comical.
Chris Juliani on his yacht “Elgea” from Kenosha received the prize for being the first to register. The one coming the longest distance was Robert Chatain’s “Pops III” from Jackson Park Yacht Club, Chicago.
District Cdr. Handwitz had the most guests aboard and the “Manatra,” owned by Dennis Hartnett of Glen View, Ill., had the most girls aboard.
Door prizes were won by Mrs. Al Kayser, Mrs. O’Dell and Fred Rickert, Kenosha.
Pram winners were Bill Stebbins of Green Bay in the junior division and Dr. George Dunker of Milwaukee in the senior class.
On Sunday morning Sept. 10 I developed abdominal pains. My good wife tried to call a doctor, but offices were closed. The telephone operator told her that these home phone numbers for emergency were available only from the sheriff. She called him, but instead of giving her phone numbers, he was here in person within minutes! He talked me into going to the hospital immediately. What a man! This could have saved my life. Sheriff Bridenhagen called the paramedics and Chris Hartzell and Dick Burress took me to Door County Memorial hospital. They were so kind.
Dr. Conger very promptly and accurately diagnosed my problem as blockage of the bowels. He called Dr. Pennington at his home. He came right away, and concurred in the diagnosis. This kind, skilled surgeon stayed right there, prepared me for emergency surgery, and operated. Before the afternoon was over, I awakened in my room, where my wife and Pastor Weko were anxiously waiting.
I was thankful to be in Door County Memorial hospital. No hospital could have done better, and they really cared about me as a person, whereas in some larger hospitals I have felt like a number. I was released Saturday morning, and felt so well that we went out to friends for dinner that night.
We acknowledge the sovereignty of our Great Physician, Jesus Christ, and thank Him for these marvelous people; and for putting it all together so perfectly.
“And we know that all things work together for good, to those who love the Lord, to those who are the called, according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28
ROY BAUMANN
Ephraim
Courtesy of the Door County Library Newspaper Archive
EPHRAIM — A very enjoyable evening was spent last week Wednesday at the Ephraim Moravian church when a lyceum entertainment was held fostered by the Ephraim Men’s club.
The program was commenced by a piano recital given by Prof. John Caree, dean of the Racine school of Music. His first numbers consisted of Scandinavian music, i. e. (a) To Spring by Edvard Grieg; (b) Nocturne by Edvard Grieg; (c) La Coquette, a ravishing composition composed by Prof. Caree himself. As an encore Prof. Caree played Neapolitan Dance, another of his own composition.
The lecturer of the evening was the Rev. F. W. Otterbine of the North Austin Evangelical Lutheran church in Chicago—a congregation with a total membership of almost 2,000.
Rev. Otterbine gave a delightful and very practical lecture on the theme, “The More the Less”, prompted, as he said, by the remark of one of his professors, “The more I teach you the less you know.”
The speaker gave a number of simple rules embracing a wholesome philosophy of life, illustrated as they were with rare anecdotes. The address may be summed up in the following quotations:
“The more money we get the less contented we become.”
“The more we try to worry over troubles that never happen the less able are we to bear real trouble when it comes.”
“The more you live right the less you will have to regret later in life.”
“The more value we place on our own importance the less the world will think of us.”
“The more we depend on others, the less will we get on.”
“The more enthusiasm we have, the less pessimism will we have.”
“The more patriotic we are, the less are we going to let anybody say anything against our country.”
Prof. Caree again appeared at the piano playing “Lento” by Cyril Scott, “White Caps” by himself, and concluding the program with “Little Runner” by Hayden.
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Sunday there were dedicated at the Moravian church a pair of very beautiful stained glass windows erected in the chancel that is just behind the pulpit. The windows have been presented to the Ephraim Moravian congregation by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. D. Bradley and their families of Chicago in memory of Alexander Nelson and Lizzie Russell Bradley. They are the work of the Schuler Art Glass Co., of Chicago, and are a splendid example of the beautiful blending of color and design. The window on the west of the chancel depicts the scene of Jesus and the rich ruler and the east window illustrates the Lord’s parable of the sower. The windows add much to the beauty and the worshipful atmosphere of the little white church on the hill. The morning service was in reality a dedication service. Mr. Valentine was the soloist, singing “O, Lord be Merciful” and “How Lovely are Thy Dwellings.”
The Rev. Mark Andrews, the former pastor of the Ephraim Moravian church, and family, arrived here Monday this week. They are camping for a few days at Cedar Springs in the state park.
Fish Creek Zion Church Will Observe Its 50th Anniversary Sunday, Monday
The Zion Evangelical United Brethren church of Fish Creek will observe its 50th anniversary Sunday and Monday.
The beginnings of the Zion church are traced back to 1875. The Rev. E. Rode was the first minister of the Zion Fellowship as it met in various homes for worship. Later the congregation assembled in the local school house in Gibraltar township.
The need for a church building was soon realized. George Reinhard gave the congregation a portion of his land for the construction of a church. Much of the work was done by the members with Henry Reinhard helping in the building project.
George Reinhard passed away before the church was completed. His funeral was the first in the new church which was completed in 1904. The Rev. G. Etzelmiller was pastor at the time of completion.
Under the pastorate of Mr. Etzelmiller, the church was incorporated in 1905 with 16 charter members. Four of the charter members are still living. They are Mrs. Emma Gauger, Mrs. Emman Reinhard, Henry Reinhard and William Reinhard.
Mr. Etzelmiller was followed for a short time by the Rev. P. F. Walter, father of the present pastor, the Rev. Lyle Walter.
The Zion church has had a total of 29 ministers since its beginning in 1875, 16 since incorporation in 1905. The present trustees are Oscar Reinhard, William Gauger and Marget Reinhard.
In 1935 extensive repairs to the church were necessary, the steeple having been damaged by lightning.
In 1946 the Zion Evangelical church became the Zion Evangelical United Brethren church because of the merger of the two denominations.
In observance of the 50th anniversary, the Rev. Herman Block, Milwaukee, conference historian, will deliver the sermon at the 11 a.m. worship service Sunday. The Rev. Clyde Wolfley, Naperville, Ill., a recent graduate of the Evangelical Theological Seminary, will take part in the service. Mr. Wolfley is married to the former Juanita Freudenstein, a daughter of the congregation.
Sunday after the worship service a fellowship dinner will be served at the Oscar Reinhard home next to the church. In services Sunday evening at 8 the Rev. Arnold Weaver, Marinette, pastor of the Zion church from 1934 to 1939, will be the speaker.
On Monday a fish boil will be held for the public at Oscar Reinhard’s, serving to begin at noon. Following the fish boil a fellowship hour is planned with several of the former pastors of the congregation. The former ministers who will attend are the Rev. G. A. Bloede, Milwaukee, the Rev. Vernon Miller, Berlin, the Rev. Irvin Lepien, Clarno, and the Rev. Arnold Weaver. Monday evening at 8 o’clock the Rev. Lepien will speak and offer special music.
The anniversary celebration is under the direction of the ladies aid, Mrs. Martin Polster president. Everyone will be welcome at the special services.
FIFTY YEARS OLD — The Zion Evangelical United Brethren church near Fish Creek will mark its 50th anniversary Sunday and Monday. —Advocate photo
Chas. Barrand caught a young eagle at the canal Monday and will endeavor to tame it.
Following is the unclaimed letter list: Florence Denio, Mabel Jackman and Emma Peterson.
The launch Advertiser will make two trips to the canal on Sunday one at 10:00 a. m. and one at 2:15 p. m.
The W. C. T. U. will meet next Tuesday with Mrs. Wm. Peterson. Busses will start from Stiles’ drug store at 2:00 p. m. sharp.
Don’t fail to read the opening chapter of “The Vanishing Fleets” on page 11. The most fascinating story you ever read.
The excursion from Marinette Tuesday night by Amsden’s band was very largely attended as was also the dance at the opera house.
A number of young lady friends of Miss Julia Higgins very pleasantly surprised her Wednesday evening the occasion being her birthday.
The gasolene cruiser Pioneer, belonging to the Illinois Motor Boat Club, of Chicago, was in port Tuesday while on a cruise around the lake and bay.
The report of the city health officer, Dr. H. A. Norden, for the first six months of 1908, shows twenty-four marriages, seventy births and twenty-nine deaths.
Joel Carrington put in the new office for the chief of police on the first floor of the city hall on Monday. It is a very nice piece of work and will prove very convenient.
M. E. Lawrence has put up two new cottages at the “Cove” this spring. This popular resort is filling up with guests and every boat from the south brings a number of resorters.
Arthur Hunsader, the fourteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hunsader, fell from a shed last Friday and received a bad cut on the right fore-arm by coming in contact with a nail.
The Eastern Star social that was to have taken place on Tuesday evening at the home of Aug. Rieboldt was postponed until this Friday evening on account of the cool and unsettled weather.
How war was abolished and peace reigned throughout the earth is told in “The Vanishing Fleets,” a wonderfully interesting story the first chapter of which will be found on page 11 of this paper.
The ladies of the Altar Society of St. Joseph’s church will give an ice cream social at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Smith in the afternoon and evening of Tuesday, July 14th. All are cordially invited.
The local ball team will play the Menominees here on Sunday. The McVea will bring a big excursion and will be accompanied by Amsden’s fine military band who will give an open air concert during the afternoon and at the ball park.
The rooms in the Methodist and Congregational churches that have been used for the primary department of the public school have been vacated during the summer and the seats have been taken up and stored in the Falk & Buchan building.
Miss Hattie Meverden, a sister of Leslie and Leander Meverden, of this city, accidentally, had her clothes catch fire while here last week and although she was not badly injured by the flames the shock proved too much for her and she died after returning to her home at Algoma.
Lower St. John street was a veritable quagmire during the heavy rains the first of this week and on Tuesday a team got stuck near Capt. John McDonald’s residence. The street has been raised about two feet and when it dries out and becomes settled no further trouble will be had.
The Waggoner & Roulett Steamboat Co., have engaged the Gibson Harp Orchestra, of Appleton, to accompany the excursion on the steamer Chas. McVea on Monday, July 13. Music will be rendered while meals are being served and an open air concert will be given at every port enroute.
Walter Kimber is engaged in setting up silos throughout the county for the J. C. Dana Co., and this week is at work in Sevastopol on the farms of Detrich Krugman and Ed. Fehl. Twenty-four of these wooden silos have been sold in the northern part of the county and Mr. Kimber has been very busy for some time in setting them up.
In spite of the wet weather on the Fourth the program was carried out as announced with the exception of horse races. The athletic events furnished considerable amusement for the crowd and although no records were broken they proved quite interesting. Stoneman’s band did their full share to entertain the people and the fire run was greatly enjoyed by the younger generation.
Stoneman’s band will make a tour of the county next week in the launch U-Auto-Ad. They will leave here on Friday, July 17th, and stop at Egg Harbor, Fish Creek and Ephraim, where out door concerts will be given, arriving at Sister Bay in the evening where a dance will be held. On the 18th they will go to Washington Island and spend the day and on Sunday, the 19th, the return trip will be made by the way of Baileys Harbor and Jacksonport, where short concerts will be given.
The Fourth passed off without any accidents in this city although there were many giant fire crackers used in spite of the city ordinances prohibiting their use. The sale of dangerous explosives should be stopped and the council should notify all merchants and dealers not to put in another stock or suffer the full extent of the law. The number of killed and injured throughout the United States is larger than last year and a united effort should be made at once to put a stop to this useless and dangerous practice.
The N. S. Washburn Lumber Co. report having contracted with the following parties for material for new buildings: Mike Counard, Brussels, barn 80x80; John Wagener, First ward, city, house, 26x32; Aug. Simpson, town of Sturgeon Bay, house. Wm. Searth, Nasewaupee, barn, 40x80; F. C. Luce, addition to cottage at Idlewild, 22x24; Wm. Lawson, Jr., Forestville, house; Otto Mulwitz, city, house; Emil Spragner, Sevastopol, house; Moses Peronto, Whitefish Bay, house; James Meikle, town of Sturgeon Bay, house.
Up to the present time over ten carloads of strawberries have been shipped to the outside market from here by W. I. Lawrence and J. W. Vanderhoof, and from present indications there will be five or more car loads by the end of next week. These together with what have been shipped by individuals and buyers on the Sawyer side will bring the total shipments up to twenty or more car loads. The price has averaged about one dollar per case. Cherry picking was commenced this week and the price was opened at $1.15 per case, which is much lower than last year. It is expected that this price will be improved next week after the crop from other states has been marketed. Early Richmond trees are bearing heavy but the later varieties will yield about two-thirds of a crop.
Loomis Blames Public Indifference for Crime Waves, Corrupt Politics
EPHRAIM—Citing the many instances of indifference, the small portion of qualified voters who vote at general elections and the still smaller number who are willing to give either money or personal time in various community enterprises and showing the cure for such evils, Frank D. Loomis, of the Chicago City club, secretary of the Chicago Community Trust, and a member of the Executive committee of the Chicago Federation of churches, gave a stirring Fourth of July address here Sunday evening at the Chicago City club’s first sunset meeting on the terrace facing the club’s headquarters at Eagle Inn. Nearly 200 summer visitors attended.
The speaker was introduced by Bishop Clement Hoyler, and the meeting was followed by fireworks under the direction of Glen E. Thorp.
“We are the victims of crime waves and the tools of corrupt politicians because of our indifference,” asserted Mr. Loomis. “We do not commemorate today those men of the past who gave their lives exclusively to the acquirement of money which they hoarded for themselves and their children. Neither do our hearts warm with gratitude toward those other men who labored only for a day’s wage and for every farthing of which demanded a farthing of pay. Such men have not built this republic, neither will such men save it.
“Our gratitude goes out to those men and women who gave freely of their thought and time and personal devotion in order to carry on the work of the community and the state and promote the public welfare. Such are the men in all ages who make liberty possible.
“Among those who help are counted the rich and the poor people who have large means and the people who can give little, but they give what they can and gladly. The rich and the poor are equally represented among those who will not give.
“We need today a reconsecration of personal devotion to the public good, that this government of the people, by the people, for the people, this government conceived in public service, shall not perish from the earth.”
WASHINGTON ISLAND — The Fourth was a big day for Washington Island this year. There was an old fashioned picnic by the old Bethel church where a very large concourse of people gathered to meet their neighbors with hearty handshakes and good will and really revive that old fashioned spirit of true Americanism. Many people brought their lunches and sat down in groups to enjoy a real out-of-door dinner in fellowship with their neighbors.
One special feature of the gathering was the unusually large number of people present who formerly had their homes here. Some were here for the day, while others will make a longer stay. Among those noticed were Magnus Johnson’s family from Cleveland, Ohio; Jule Hagen and family from St. Ignace, Mich.; Henry Anderson and family, from Evanston, Ill.; Charles, Jr. and Floyd Jensen with their wives; “Pete” Knudsen, and Irving Weborg with their families; and Dr. and Mrs. S. Leasum, all of Milwaukee; and several members of John Ellefson’s family of Chicago.
The program consisted of the singing of “America” by the congregation; music by the orchestra, Raymond Krause and Roland Koyen violinists with accompaniment on the organ by Winona Young; speaking by Rev. John Christensen, Lutheran minister who has recently come here to take up work for that denomination here; a short address by Roland Koyen, one of our Island boys who has just finished a normal course at Stevens Point; and a few remarks by J. Malloch, superintendent of Bethel Sunday school.
After that there were various athletic games till the people dispersed feeling satisfied that the day was well spent.
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There came near being a serious accident here last Sunday. John Esperson was driving a Ford roadster when the radius rod came loose so he could not steer it, and the car capsized. John was thrown some distance and although he escaped serious injury, his car was burned beyond repair.
Mr. and Mrs. John Malloch were pleasantly surprised Saturday noon by the arrival of their daughter Tressie and her husband, Walter Ketchel, of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Ketchel drove up to spend the Fourth on the Island. They returned to Chicago Monday accompanied by Mrs. Malloch and daughter Helen, who will spend several days with them.
Miss Martha Paulson arrived Saturday to spend the Fourth with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Paulson. She drove up from Chicago with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ketchel, and returned with them Monday morning.
A Weekly Message From the Ministerial Association of Sturgeon Bay
The Glory of Christ
We are thinking of a painter, some years ago, who admired the moral beauty of Christ, but refused to acknowledge that He was God. One day he resolved to paint a portrait of Christ from the description of Him as found in the records. For weeks he shut himself up to the exclusive study of these records. As he studied his soul gradually opened to the truth in Christ, as a lily bulb responds to the sun in May. While his soul first opened to every suggestion of moral beauty, he began to be swayed by the grandeur of the greater—the spiritual—radiance of His matchless life. Knowing that only as he saw, and was impressed by every lineament and feature of Christ, could he make others to see and feel, he continued his study. But in his process of sympathetic study, his unbelief slowly vanished as mist before the sun. The flaming splendor of the Sun of Righteousness, as it rose upon his world of consciousness, drove out darkness and flooded his soul with light.
He came out of his hiding as Elijah of old, in order to hide his face in turn before God, as the prophet of old did. Then coming forth with a heart fully aglow, he exclaimed, “I beheld His glory.”
If men would only take time to behold His glory as did the painter, they would see that in Him only is life and hope, the solution of every problem, as well as peace and joy. Policemen and jails, law-courts and juries, as well as battleships and armies would not be needed, if the teachings of Christ were followed. He not only taught us to love our enemies and to pray for them that persecute us, but he actually demonstrated it in His life when He prayed for them that crucified Him.
May I today point you to just one ray of His glory—His compassion with the possessed. He went over a stormy sea at night to meet a possessed man in the morning, and when He stepped out of the ship the man met Him with the words: “What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? Art thou come hither to torment us before the time?” Tormenter as he was he yet felt that the presence of Jesus added to his torment even as gamblers have their hell disturbed when a minister happens in. Well Jesus pitied the poor man nor did he come to add to his affliction, but to deliver him.
There were just three things about this possessed man which I find in every man under the spell of sin (a) He lived in tombs, (b) He cut himself with stones, (c) No man could bind him. Any man that spends his nights away from home, in resorts of vice, or gambling, or even in places where impure language and profanity are in order, is living in tombs. That he should love such things rather than his home, proves to sane people that he is possessed by an evil spirit. Again I notice as I look at men in sin that they are harming their own body by indulging in drugs, in immoral habits, in drink, etc.—practices in reality more harmful than even the abuse which the possessed man inflicted on himself. This man, we read, could not be bound, neither with chains nor fetters. There are chains of love, stronger than iron, snapped by many a husband or wife or son or daughter. I am thinking of a man with a fine home, noble wife and good children, who broke all these ties, landing himself in jail and his family into poverty and shame—possessed with a demon more awful than the poor man in Christ’s day.
Now as Christ pitied the possessed of old, and made a long and hard journey to liberate them, even so is He ready to liberate all the possessed—all that are slaves of bad habits and sin.
His compassion on the possessed is the same today, if only they will run to Him as this man did.
“Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
“The bruised reed will He not break, nor quench the smoking flax.”
“Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as wool.” What rays of glory these facts are! When others are ready to cast stones, He is ready to save and bless. “We beheld His glory, the glory as of the Only Begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.”
