Life Goes On.

Life Goes On.

The Wolfe's moved as well, to 360 Beulah avenue (later Superior). Surviving the embarrassment their daughter Lulu caused the family, they began to frequently appear in the community's social news. That same year, June 1888, little Birdie was "delighted by a lawn party" for her eighth birthday at which "thirty young lads and lassies" were treated to games and dancing.

Joseph and Lulu gave the Wolfe's their first grandchild when Mable Mary was born in Ashland in April 1889.

In Milwaukee Lulu's brother George had become a nail-feeder in the mill, while in 1890 her father John was listed as a clerk, though later listings again call him a weighmaster.

The whirlwind of social events continued for the Wolfes'. Elizabeth hosted a party for her husband at which she presented him with a "handsome" gold watch and chain to celebrate his 43rd birthday in September 1891.

Elizabeth's nephew from Minnesota visited in the spring of 1892. That summer, husband John and their son George faced off against Warren Brinton and Ward Gallagher in a lawn tennis contest at the home of the former which was well enjoyed by the Ladies Aid society of the Trinity M.E. church.

Fences mended, the March 3, 1894 column News of the Suburbs reported "Mrs. Joseph Petelle and daughter of Ashland are visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Wolf." It was about a two week stay, though the couple moved back to Milwaukee the following year.

The 1895 Wisconsin state census shows John and Lizzie and their children George, Birdie and Walter. In the city directory that year John continues as a weighmaster, George as an ironworker, living at 285 Superior [formerly Beulah].

A Game of Cinch.

They were avid players of the card game Cinch and as such were members of the Lakeside Cinch club which they sometimes hosted. The basic game requires 2 teams of 2 partners at a table. Players bid based on the hand they receive.

It appears they played well, for there are numerous mentions in the society section of a family member taking the prize.

Our uncle Paul Pettelle was found to sit in for a hand or two as well.

In spaces "artistically" decorated with American flags in the Odd Fellow's Hall, they participated in dances and musicals sponsored by the Nemo Club. Lizzie was a member of the Daughters of St. George which was affiliated with the Order of St. George. It was a fraternal organization for the benefit of Welsh familes, and over time began to offer sick and death benefits to its members.