Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 189, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1911 — REMINGTON. [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON.

Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Johnston are in Kokomo for a week's visit. Rev. Bull filled the Presbyterian pulpit in Mohticello Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Berger were Lafayette callers last Thursday. The C. W. B. M. met with Mrs. Loudon Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Allman, of Rensselaer, were Sunday visitors here? Mr. Ashley will go on Aug. 21st to conduct a three weeks’ tent meeting in Tolleston, Ind. Miss Ruby Lock will accompany her cousin, Gladys Cobb, to Crescent City, 111., for a week’s visit. Esau Hart is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Gumm and will be their guest at the cottage during the assembly. Georgie and Muriel Harris, of Rensselaer, accompanied Irene Balcoin home Tuesday and visited until Thursday. -L_ r

Dexter Jones, arid daughter Alice returned Monday from a visit of several months duration throughout the east. „ —The,...Hicks camping party reached home Saturday, after a week’s outing at a very pretty place on the Tippecanoe; — Miss Minnie Hemphill and niece, Genevieve Berger, left Tuesday morning for a visit of several days in Indianapolis. Mrs. Yeoman returned Thursday from a visit in Rensselaer. Her niece, Miss Grant, accompanied her for a short visit here. Mrs. Frank Hunt and Mrs. Hammond, of Wolcott, were callers last Thursday in the Guthrie Morris and Wm. Beal families. -Quarterly conference services were held in the M. E. church Sunday, Rev. Briggs, district superintendent, occupying the pulpit in the morning. Mrs. Cynthia Harper reached the 77th milestone of life’s journey last week and was showered with over a hundred post cards from far and near. Messrs. George and Ernest Hart, o:! Earl Park, and Frank Hart, of Wolcott, with their families, were Sunday callers at the home of their sister, Mrs. Gumm. Mary Shide, whose death from infantile paralysis occurred last Friday morning, was given private burial in Sacred Heart cemetery Saturday, Rev. Father Schmitz conducting the ceremony. , Rev. Crowder and family were called to Litchfield, 111., last Saturday by the death of a cousin of Mrs. Crowder. As the end of the church year is at hand they will probably not return until after conference. Fountain Park is opening for the assembly with every condition favorable for a successful session. Many cottagers are already on the grounds, the hotel is open for the reception of guests, and the air is full of park news. An enjoyable band concert was given on our streets Tuesday evening, the streets being filled with an appreciative throng. Many listeners were from the adjoining towns. This is the last open air concert until after the assembly season is over. The Protestant churches have closed for the three Sundays during the assembly and the pastors will be out of town. The M. E. Sabbath school will convene as usual, that the aged and very young and all unable to attend at the park may have a church home. Father Schmitz returned last Thursday from a three weeks’ visit in lowa. He was forced to leave his mother in Chicago with relatives because of the aged lady’s illness while enroute. His sister-in-law, Mrs. Kohnerr, and three children, of Chicago, accompanied him here for a short visit.

Mrs. Homer Lambert entertained informally Wednesday afternoon in honor of her mother, Mrs. O. P. Tabor, who came last Thursday for > short visit with relatives and friends. Miss Catherine Greene returned home with Mrs. Tabor, whose guest she had been in Wabash for two weeks. Donald Locke gave a birthday party Tuesday for 31 of his little friends, having reached the age of 11. It was a postoffice party, each guest registering upon arrival. The scheme was so well conducted that when the refreshment time arrived, partner? were arranged through the postoffice, and each had to read aloud the letter bearing his or her name. Fun galore, of course, followed by delicious refreshments served upon the lawn. Souvenir postal photos of Donald as a mailman gladdened the heart of each girl and boy present o Death of William Holland. On Friday evening, August 4th, a threatening storm quickly gathered at about 6:30 .o’clock. It wafjust as Mr. William Holland had left his home to go to attend to his duties as janitor of the I. O. O. F. lodge room. The storm looked quite dangerous and when at the first corner from his home he turned to go back and was about half way to the house when he was struck by lightning and instantly killed. The first contact was directly on top of his head, tearing his hat to pieces, piercing his scalp behind his left ear, and burning his left breast

severely. His wife and son were the first to reach him, and life was extinct Mr. Holland was born in Lafayette, Indiana, November 13, 1859. He Was married to Rebecca E. Barnes, Dec. 24, <IBBB, and has lived in Remington ever since. His wife and son Elmer survive him. The accident caused a very sad and grlevious loss to the family, to his neighbors, and the whole community. He had been night marshal and watchman, faithful for eighteen years, but resigned in June, resignation to take effect Aug. Ist, that he might recuperate his health and live more in happiness. He was employed as janitor for the public schools the coming year. The funeral was conducted in the Christian church Sunday at 2:30 p. m. He had been a member of this church since a boy, being faithful and exemplary in every respect as-a Christian. He was also a member of the I. O. O. F., Rebecca and K. of P. These orders turned out in large numbers and the I. O. O. F. lodge of Wolcott also attended the funeral. Mr. Ashley, pastor of his church delivered the address. Rev. Briggs, district superintendent of tbq M. E. church, read the scripture. JL quartette composed of Mrs. Ashley, Miss Ida Bent, Mr. Wm. Townsend, and Mr. Ezra Whitehead, sang four very beautiful selections. The I. O. O. F. conducted ritualistic services at the cemetery. The floral offerings were profuse and beautiful. •• '• •