Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 302, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1913 — REMINGTON. [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON.

Miss Wilda Greene and Mrs. McAdams spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Greene. Mrs. Edgar Tribby spent the week end. in Lafayette. Rev. Wickham returned Friday evening. His mother is with him at present. > Mrs. Geo. Stoudt and Mrs. Wm. Geier visited the Presbyterian* Bazaar in Rensselaer last week.

Mr. and Mrs. James Hamilton and daughter, Ruby,-spent Sunday in Wolcott. Miss Edith Johnston, of Elkhart, is here for a two weeks’ visit with her parents. John Phelps was in Logansport Saturday. “Kobey” Henderson and family made a short visit here with relatives.

Everett Shearer is at home from Edgar Tribby has traded off the Choinard poolroom in Lafayette and is now in Terre Haute with his brother, Henry. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pampel, of Hastings, Neb., are here visiting relatives.

The inside finish of the Presbyterian church has been contracted by Wm. Bains.

Mrs. Barnett has closed her house for the winter and will spend the next few months in Florida.

Wolcott’s -eighth graders came over Saturday night and beat our eighth grade basketball players on their own floor. Rensselaer and Remington high school met here Friday night. Wolcott defeated our 7th grade boys last Saturday. Harry Hawn, Who was injured in the Vandalia freight yards in Terre Haute, is spending a week with his mother.. .

James Gilbert spent the first of the week in Lafayette with his father. A V. Locke is touring the westren states. - . .

L. C. Phillips, of Chenoa, 111., visited his relatives .on his way to inspect his farm in Ohio. Mrs. Jas. Early, of Cicero, Ind., husband of the former Miss Josephine O’Gonnor, of this place, died of paralysis last Friday. David Gaston died in Burke, S. Dak., last Friday; leaving a wfte, a mother, three sisters and one brother. Mrs. Gaston jvill be remembered by many, having made her home previous to marriage with Mr, and* Mrs. Wm. Holland. Burial was made in lowa, where the mother resides.

IRev. Samuel McKee died of paralysis in Peoria, ’lll., Tuesday, Dec. 9, at the home of his daughter, Flora, wife of Rev. Walter Elliott, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. The funeral party arrived here Thursday. Because of the Presbyterian church being in process of erection the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hartman was opened for the funeral services, which were conducted by the resident pastor, Rev. E. H. Bull, in the presence of many who had claimed Rev. McKee as their pastor when he filled this pulpit some 18 years ago, during which time his wife died and was laid to rest in the Remington cemetery. Immediate relatives present at the last services were Rev. and Mrs. W. Elliott and daughter, of Peoria, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. John Vanatta, of Rensselaer; Judge Robt. Vanatta, of Marion; Mrs. Rathfon, of Sbuth Chicago. Mr. Wm. McKee is iff* California, and the second daughter, Mrs. Julia Fuller, is a missionary worker in Africa.

O. E. S. Installation. • The following officers were installed Monday evening, Mrs. Carl Somers conducting the ceremony: W. M. Mrs. A. V. Locke; W. P. Mr. Cornwell; A; M. Mrs. Lon Dowell; Sec. Miss Porter; Treas. Miss Helen Geier; Con. Mrs. Turley; A. Con. Mrs. Hensler; Adah, Mrs. Price; Ruth, Mrs. Rainier; Esther, Mrs. Cornwell; Martha, Mrs. Gilbert; Electa, Mrs. Harry Spencer; Warden, Mrs. Somers; Sen. Warden, Mr. Fisher; Chaplain, Mr. Smalley; Org. Mrs. L. Fisher. Splendid refreshments were served by a special committee, followed by an extemporaneous program given by the following talent: “How Betsy and I Killed the Bear”—Custard Pies—Mrs. Turley. “Katrina’s Visit to New York”; “The Dutch Telephone Call”; and “Signs and Omens”—Mr. Phillips. "Little Jasper”—Mr. Cornwell.

Clubs. The Fortnightly met with Mrs. Fern Lough Wednesday in celebration of its Xmas exchange and play. The Dorcas members will enjoy their Xmas program Tuesday evening of next week at the home of Mrs. Chas. Bowman. Miss Minnie Hemphill receives the Sew and Sew Friday. The Jolly Club Xmas exchange will be with Mrs. Hubert Cornwell Friday evening.

Fortnightly Xmas Play and Exchange. Mrs. Fern Lough was hostess on Wednesday to the members of the Fortnightly Club and a few Invited guests. The parlors were gay with holiday red and screen, bells, tinsel, trees, poinsettas, making a brilliant background for the daintily clad guests and members. The program in charge of Mesdames Gray, Broadie and Hascall was a playlet, “Seeking a Servant,” with the following cast: Madame, Mrs. Geo. HascalL

Anastasie, her daughter, Miss Callie Bonner. Maria, her maid from Paris, Mrs. Fern Lough. Mary Ann Eliza Smith, from England, Mrs. Rowe Robinson. Cleopatra Victoria Johnston, a negfess, Mrs. Gray. Bridget Flannigan, from Ireland,

Mrs. Wm. Broadie. Amanda Widgery Fishook, from Maine, Mrs. Geo. Chappell. Carmeneita, a Spanish dancer, Mrs. Fern Lough. In appropriate costume these ladies rose to the artistic realization of their various personalities and made a perfect success of the wearisome hunt for a maid. The exchange was carried out as a May pole, the dining room being the scene of activities, and at each ribbon end were found the daintiest Xmas parcels one could imagine, contents as varied as the foliage of autumn. Refreshments suggestive of the merry season added a happy touch to an afternoon full of laughter, joy and good fellowship. The guests of honor were Mrs. Daniel Biddle, Mrs. L. Barnes, Mrs. Claude Townsend, Mrs. Chas. Fell, Miss Margaret Johnston and Miss Lola Lees.