Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 150, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1910 — FAIR OAKS. [ARTICLE]

FAIR OAKS.

Mrs. N. A. McKay is on the sick list this week. Mrs. Pearl Right has been seriously ill for past few days. John Baker and family visited Lou Stowers over Sunday. Frankie Goff is having quite a busy time with his bees lately. Mrs. Jim Wildric went to her home in Lacrosse last Saturday. Minnie Cox was brought home from the hospital again Sunday. Dr. Rice has made several professional calls here this week. Frank Garriot and Minnie Cox took dinner at A. M. Bringle’s Sunday. Dr. Fyfe and family came over by auto and visited relatives Sunday. Charles Barker’s mother, of Yeddo, Ind., is visiting relatives here now. Vean Littlefield and family, of Rensselaer, visited Felix Erwin’s Sunday. Mrs. Ella Rayner and son .Howard are visiting at Grand Rapids, Mich., for a few weeks. Mrs. Chas. Halleck and son Lawrence were in Rensselaer Saturday and Monday on business. Grandfather Gwin, of Rensselaer, came up this week to visit his daughter, Mrs. Parker, north of town. Mrs. McGlinn and Mrs. Elza Grow came over from Rensselaer Thursday to attend the commencement exercises here. Fair Oaks -went over to Parr Sunday and engaged in a very lively ball g&me, resulting in favor of the F. O.’s, Sto 2.* ' Mrs. Dave Overly, of Monticello, visited Mrs. Cottingham Friday and Saturday. She came this far -with her husband, who was enroute for Canada. Willie McCain, of Chicago, visited F. R. Erwin’s Monday and Mrs. Erwin spent Tuesday with Willie and his mother at Cedar Lake at their summer cottage. Mrs. Robert Little, of Brookston, visited with Mrs. Cottingham a few days last week. They were schoolmates at Brookston when young and while together recalled many happy memories, Rev. Peterson closed a very successful tent meeting here last week, which resulted in 27 additions to the M. E. church, and we feel that great and lasting good has been done in our little town and community. The M. E. church was crowded to overflowing Thursday "at the commencement exercises of the Union township schools. The church was beautifully decorated jErith,flowers and ferns, and the class colors, which were lavender and white. The program consisted of the different themes delivered by the graduates, eleven in number, interspersed with music. The exercises finished with the presentation of the diplomas by Prof. Warren, of Rensselaer. 1