Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 147, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1911 — REMINGTON. [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON.

Mrs. Sarah Balcom continues quite ill at her home. Walter Johnson’s baby is recovering from the measles. Miss Merle Lam born was in town Sunday with her brother. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Edwards Monday night. .Mrs. Geo. Fisher, who has been quite sick for over a week, is convalescing. Miss Goldie York, of Bloomington, is a guest "of her sister, Mrs. Elmer Holland. Mrs. Gibson Wilson, of Oxford, was in attendance at the convention last Thursday. Miss Esther Barnes made a week end visit in Monticello, going last Friday morning. Mrs. Homer Hardy, of Huntington, arrived Friday afternoon for a visit with relatives. The M. E. Missionary society met at the home of Mrs. Carl Sommers Tuesday afternoon. Mr. “Duck” Phillips, of Kansas City, is here for a two weeks’ visit with his sister, Mrs. Hollenback. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Parks were in town over night Tuesday and attended the band concert John Ott was in Rensselaer Tuesday with his daughter Daisy and the Misses Johnston and Besse. Mr. Corah, daughter Grace and son Fred went to Huntington last week to visit their son and brother. Wilbur Sutherland was badly bruised in a runaway Tuesday, being thrown from Broqdies’ delivery wagon. The Fortnightly club has a “called meeting” next Friday evening at the home of the president, Mrs. Walter Gumm. Mr. and Mrs. Sharkey and daughter Grace and Myrtle spent last Sunday in Lafayette with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Parks. Bruce Hollenback and wife, of Newton, Kansas, are making a month’s visit with his father, Marshal Hollenback and family. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Shonkwiler, of . Indianapolis, and daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Stewart, are visiting the James Washburn family. Mr. and Mrs. Howard returned Monday tq ttafc dame in Evanston, 111., after a few weeks' visit with their sons, George and Frank. The Sew and Sew club had a pleasant session Friday afternoon with Mrs. Ira Grant. The next hostess is Miss Minnie Hemphill, on June 30. Miss Dorothy Spencer went to Indianapolis Tuesday morning to visit relatives with her brother Keith, whose summer vacation began this week. Mr. and Mrs. Asa Grant and little son, with Mr. and Mrs. Omer Rank

and two little daughters, all of Logansport, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Grant. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Beal are in receipt of invitations to the marriage ceremony of Miss Bessie Davis, of Rensselaer, and Mr. Frank Stafford, of Bluffton, on June 28. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Washburn and family autoed to Raub Saturday afternoon to attend a reunion of the Sbonkwiler family at the home of Mr. Geo. Shonkwiler, on Sunday. Miss Alice Jones, and her father left Wednesday morning for an extended first point being'New York City, where Mrs. Pearl Green resides. < The Misses Millie Gray and Daisy Ott and Rev. Crowder, delegates to the Epworth League convention at Valparaiso, returned Saturday evening, reporting a successful meeting. The Remington band, under B. Elmore, leader, gave its first open air concert Tuesday evening, which was enjoyed by a large crowd, the streets being filled with autos, vehicles and pedestrians. Children’s Day was observed in the Christian church last Sunday evening. A very pretty and entertaining program was given to a crowded house. The other Protestant churches postponed the Children’s Day indefinitely, owing to the recent quarantine. Marguerite Cummons, who is quarantined with scarlet fever, was given, by mistake, a dose of poisonous medicine. Two physicians were hastily summoned and immediate attention soon righted the situation. She is at present In a comfortable condition. Isaac Thomas’ mother died early Tuesday morning. The funeral service was held Wednesday afternoon in the Christian church. Rev. Ashby officiating. The deceased had been a member of that church for thirty-nine years. Burial was made in the cemetery here. Master Herbert Balthis, a student at Colgate Academy, Hamilton, N. Y., arrived Sunday morning- to make his home during the summer vacation with his aunt, Mrs. Hargreaves, and visit his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. French, and the family of his uncle, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Spencer.