Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1914 — REMINGTON. [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON.

Mrs. Harold Bowman spent Sunday with her parents and attended the carnival. Mrs. Nelson Boicourt is visiting her mother and witnessed the carnival. Mrs. Sam Thompson, of Monticello, is here nursing her mother, who has been quite sick the past week. Our ice men have been able to fill their ice houses with a fair quality of ice. Miss Helen Eck and Mr. T. Samuels were married last Wednesday. They will reside in the former A. V. Locke house, in southwest Remington. Special meetings have been planned for this week in the M. E. church, beginning last Sunday evening. Dr. Briggs filled the pulpit Tuesday night. Miss Elizabeth Putts, of Rensselaer, was a week end guest of Miss Ruth Stoudt. The lecture course number last Friday night was well attended and highly appreciated. The Strollers Quartette linade good in every number of a varied program. Born, to Mr. and Mrs'. Dennis, O’Connor, a boy. To Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Swiss, a girl. To Mr. and Mrs. Lee Yochem, a boy. The Presbyterian Industrial Society met with Mrs. Hargreaves last Thursday. Officers were elected for the new church year: president, Mrs. John Wilson; vice-president, Mrs. James Greene; secretary, Mrs. Emma Goss; treasurer, Mrs. HarYey Hartman. A market will be held in Townsend’s drug store Saturday, March 7th, conducted by Miss Alice Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bellows spent last Friday in Rensselaer with their father, who has been feeling poorly. Several of our citizens were attending county court the first of the week. Our train service was demoralized Monday hy the heavy drifts, especially high between here and Goodland. The C. E. Society met last Sunday evening with Mrs. Ed Sutherland. Adrian Foster is at home on an enforced vacation because of a badly burned hand. Club a. The Dorcas Club met with Miss Grace Sharkey last Wednesday evening, Feb. 18th. Reports of the Federation meeting was made by the directors. Mrs. Landon was hostess to the Sew and Sew Club Friday afternoon, Feb. 20th. Her rooms were profusely "decorated with the emblems of Feb. 22. the luncheon favors being miniature shields and hatchets. By vote of the club the three directors now holding office were field over until time for the' annual election, that the official roll might be filled at one election. ■ The directors gave a full report of the outline of work planned at the federation meeting. The president, Mrs. Frank Peck, is hostess on March 6th. The Fortnightly members _ have received invitations from a committee representing the ‘‘husbands,” to be present at the K. of P. hall Wednesday evening, Feb. 25 th. Public School’to the Front. Our public schools furnished ample entertainment for two full evenings last week. On Thursday evening at the opera house the grades gave an entertaining patriotic program of song, .drill, recitatioir and tableaux. The address of welcome was given by little Miss Lueile Washburn. The costuming in the drills and other numbers evidenced much painstaking preparation by the teachers, while their skill In training was made plain by the ease with which the little ones carried out their parts. The chorus work was excellent. On Saturday evening the high school gave a carnival of minstrelsy, drama and mystery. Stages were erected in two of the upper rooms. On one was given ‘‘the latest dramatization of Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” with a full chorus of colored singers. On the other a minstrel band gave a 40 minute program of song and joke. Three performances were given before crowded rooms. Much real talent was noticeable and underlying the jokes, and abandonment to fun was seen a strong school, doing their best, even if only fun, because each one was interested. Several policemen in the corridors made happy arrests, trundling their victims off to court in the patrol (a toy express). The hoax mysterious were there inviting the nickels and dimes, also candy and corn. Financially it was a success, and as dramatic art is ability to make - the part real, we are happy to have found so many artists in our school. The grief of “Cotton” Maxwell as Uncle Tom, seemed real. The irresponsibility of “Tops?" was pictured perfectly by Miss Helen O Riley.