Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 282, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1912 — BEMINGTON. [ARTICLE]

BEMINGTON.

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Fell and Harold Bartee arrived Tuesday from Colorado. Mrs. Fred Bishop, of Council Bluffs, lowa, is a guest of the Howard and Warnock households. Miss Bessie Hitchcock is visiting at the home of Mrs. Clarke Bartee in Lafayette. Kieth Spencer returned Wednesday eveping from a visit at the I. U. in Bloomington. January Bth to 11th are the dates decided on for this season’s poultry show. Charles Alberson, of Shettgart, Arkansas, was in town last week and over Sunday. A. B. Coleman, who is touring the west, called on the Remington colony in Redlands last week. A chicken pie supper is scheduled for Thursday of this week, served at the home of Mrs.. James Washburn by the M. E. ladies. Mother Washburn, ibt Earl Park, accompanied here by/ her daughter Grace, and Mr. Angus Washburn, is a guest of her son, James Washburn. The M. E. Missionary Society gives a reception next Tuesday at the home of Mrs. James Washburn. The ladies of the Christian church will hold a bazaar and serve dinner on Thanksgiving day. Thanksgiving day services will be held in the Christian church this year, the sermon to be given by Rev. E. H. Bull, pastor of the Presbyterian church. Mrs. Walter Gumm was called to Joliet, 111., Tuesday to assist in caring Jor Mother Gumm, who experienced a fall, the effects of which, coupled with her advanced age, make her condition quite helpless. The Fraternity Glee Club gave a splendid program Monday evening to a large gathering in the M. E. church. This was the first number in the lecture, course which has as its patronesses the ladies of the M. E. Mission-: ary Society. . . ~ Bert Spencer sustained a loss dfT>tnr $8 or $lO in the fire caused by sparks from a chimney flue burning out. The roof of his jewelry store caught fire, but before the fire company could arrive, he was able to extinguish the flames. H. H. Balthis, paymaster U. S. N., retired, is a guest of his sisters, Mesdames Spencer and Hargreaves. His wife and daughter, Edith, are returning now via Nagasaki, Honolulu and San Francisco, from a two years’ trip abroad. ‘ * Mrs. Wm. Townsend and Miss Primmer returned Saturday evening from Huntington. Mrs. Townsend is very much improved by the special treatment received during a nine days’ stay.