Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 138, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1911 — REV. CLARKE RESIGNS; GOES TO INDIANAPOLIS. [ARTICLE]

REV. CLARKE RESIGNS; GOES TO INDIANAPOLIS.

Pastor of Christian Char-ch fqr Six and a Half Years to Depart for . New Home July Ist Rev. George H. Clarke, pastor of the First Christian church of Rensselaer Yor the past six and a half years, has tendered his. resignation to take effect July Ist, when he will go to Indianapolis to '(become pastor of the Sixth Christian church. The decision of Rev. Clarke to remove from Rensselaer will not only be met with unanimous regret among the members of his church, but will be similarly regretted by all churchgoing people and by all with whom he has come into contact during his residence here. Words can not be employed in such manner as .to too highly speak of him. He has been a diligent worker with the church in this city and during his residence here the new church was built and almost paid for and more than 300 additions to the church were secured. The church now has a membership of about 500. Rev. Clarke has stood for everything that is good in citizenship and this has made him friends who will remember him with kindness and admiration long after he has removed to his new home. Rev. Clarke’s chief motive in removing to Indianapolis and accepting the call to the Sixth church is to be near his son Elton, who graduated from the Rensselaer high school this year and who will enter Batler university this fall, the same school from which his father was graduated. Another reason is so that he will be closer to his aged father’s home at Edinburg. The church will scarcely know where to go to find a successor to Rev, Clarke and it is probable that It will be without a permanent pastor for several weeks. Mr. Clarke owns the property in which he lives, on North Vanßensselaer street, and he expects to rent this and retain it for the time at least.

The temperature moderated Sunday, greatly to the comfort of every one. Today is another mild and beautiful day. There was the faintest sort of a raiq Sunday morning. It looked for a time like it would be a*big one and last all day but the clouds soon disappeared and the precipitation was 'immeasurable. Corn never looked any better than it does now, and the dry period has enabled farmers to kill the weeds by careful cultivation. A good rain now, however, would help things immensely.

Ed Duvall arrived home Sunday from Lawton, Okla., where he has been for the past four months. He had been working for an electrician but the job would be over soon and he had an opportunity through Robert Wartena to get a job at better wages at Elkhart, to which city he will go tomorrow. He says we don’t know what hot weather is up’ here, compared with the heat they have been having at Lawton. In renewing his subscription to The Republican, William Fuller writes from Balaton, Minn., “We have a fine country up here and if you ever come up this way I would be glad to have you stop and I will show you over the county. Crops are looking fairly good but we need a rain. We have evidences of prosperity here, such as free mail delivery and telephones in almost every home and many farmers have their own automobiles. Land sells from SSO to $75 per acre.” “Suffered day and night the torment of itching piles. Nothing helped me until I used Doan’s Ointment. It cured me permanently.”—Hon. John R. Garrett, Mayor, Girard, Ala. .