Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 157, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1914 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Born Saturday morning, July A to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bussell, a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Bussell went to Logansport Saturday for a visit over Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Searight. Several from here went to Parr Saturday morning to celebrate the Fourth (An accident was narrowly averted Sunday morning as Russell Willits was returning from Sunday school with his father and mother and family. He was just passing a crowd of men and boys at a low rate of speed, when small boy named Snyder started in front of the machine. Russell set the brake and slid the wheels several inches, striking the lad with one front wheel, cutting his lip slightly. The boy’s father jumped in front of the car to rescue him and would also have been injured had the machine been moving rapidly. It has been noticed that some of the little boys ivi 11 see how many times they can cross the railroad track in front of a moving train before it passes. This is a dangerous practice. Misses Florence and Ella Bussell went to Lafayette Friday evening for a visit over Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. James Lefler. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Garrison and little niece, of Elwood, are visiting for a few days with J. M. Ray and family. Miss Ethel l Parker is staying with Mir. and Mrs. Roy Bussell this week. The work of laying steel on the Gifford branch was begun last week by T. B. Stevenson, who has a bunch of foreigners workihg under him. W. A. Stephens has a new Overland 5-passenger auto. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ross and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johns visited relatives here Sunday. The Catholic educational association at its closing session Thursday at Atlantic City, adopted a resolution condemning the teaching of sex hygiene in schools. The resolution declared siieh teaching degraded morals rather than promoted them.