Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1911 — Leroy Lewis and Wife Adopt A Little Boy from Orphans' Home. [ARTICLE]

Leroy Lewis and Wife Adopt A Little Boy from Orphans' Home.

Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Lewis, living north of town, have taken into their home a 5-year-old boy secured for them from the children’s home at Indianapolis by Truant Officer Steward.

Dr. George W. Switzer, of Lafayette, who for some time was the presiding elder of the Methodist church in the state, and who has been the corresponding secretary of the Methodist Episcopal hospital for some'time, has tendered his resignation, assigning as his reason, his inability to spare the time from his‘private business affairs. Rev. W. E. McKenzie, of Crawfordsville, has been named as his successor. Dr. Switzer is now engaged in the banking business in Lafayette.

County Councilman Frank Babcock, of Carpenter township, has a 19-year-old son that would like to arrange a match at catch-as-catch-can wrestling with any young man of like age in Jasper county. Roy Maple, who is to be “Billy” Stewart's next opponent, has created considerable interest in the game over in Jordan and Carpenter and about all of the husky youths of that neighborhood have taken a round with Maple, but it is said that none have thus far been able to do a thing with him and over in that section of the county the Maple stock 1s said to be away up. Young Babcock would like to go on in a preliminary with any 19-year-old. Here is a chance for aspirants for wrestling honord. I. C. Dunlap and little daughter, of El wood, returned to their home today after a visit sinoe Saturday with hie father, T. F. Dunlap and family, of near Burrey. /