Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 215, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1914 — REMINGTON ITEMS [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON ITEMS

Lex Fisher has moved into" the Balcom property on South Ohio. Miss Irene Balcom leaves Friday for Covington, Ind., to resume her position of musical instructor in the public schools. Friends here are receiving cards from members of the Chas. Dye-fam-ily, of Lafayette, formerly of this place, who are touring the east in their auto, Washington, D. C being their last point up to date. ’■Mrs. T. R. Quayle, daughter and son, of Lake Forest, 111., were week end guests of the Spencer and Hargreaves families, leaving Tuesday for Clifton, HL C. H. Peck is in Dayton, Ohio, this week competing in the Great American Trap Shoot handicap. Dr. and Mrs. Rowe Robinson attended the 75th birthday anniversary of her mother, Mrs. Shelland, in Goodland Sunday, meeting there her sister, Mrs. Lees and’daughter, of Chicago Heights. Fred Hicks and family and Mr. and Mrs. Ross Meyers returned Friday evening from an auto trip to Indianapolis, where they visited Mr. and Mrs. Steve Yeoman. Mrs. Charlie Griffith, of Chicago, is visiting the Carl Griffith family. x Mr. and Mrs. Scott Shellman are the parents of a son born Wednesday, Sept. 2nd. Editor Healey, Of The Republican, was on our streets Tuesday morning. Marion Parks was brought home from Lafayette Sunday seriously ill and threatened with pneumonia. He had just gone to the city to enter Purdue. The corps of teachers in our schools includes several new ones. Supt. G. C. Powers, Principal M. C. Twineham; assistant principal, Laura Warnock; Grades, Paul E. Hyman, Belle Southard, Iva Musselman, Carrie Greene, Gertrude Besse, lona Beard. Music, Helen O’Dell. Manual training, A. J. Reames, assistant,- Jas. Hawkins. Mrs. Kate Billings,-of Chicago, -is visiting her sister, Mrs. Fanny Parks, since last Thursday. Mrs. Gore, of Ashkum, 111., is a guest of Mrs. Jas. Gilbert. Regular church services were resumed last Sunday after the assembly season, The September Presbyterian missionary meeting will be with Mrs. Howard Jones, Thursday, Sept. 10. Notice of the Presbyterian Synodical meeting at Marlon in October has been received. Rev. E. H. Bull attended a call meeting of the Logansport Presbytery last Thursday at Logansport, at which time the first and second churches of • Logansport were consolidated, given the name of “Calvary,” and the two pastors retained to Have charge of the 1,000 or more membership. Rev. Frank Grand-

staff, who delivered a sermon lecture at Fountain Park this season, is pastor. The library board was in regular session Monday evening. Mrs. Hal Sheetz and daughter, of Indianapolis, is a guest ot her brothers, B. F. and H. Spencer and families. Mrs. Walter Hicks and daughter, of £leatttle, Wash., are visiting relatives here and in Rensselaer. Mr. and Mrs. Lough are entertaining his parents, who came Monday evening. Vernon Balcom expects to have his new residence ready for occupancy in less than a month. It is a well built cottage of six rooms, bath and basement, to cost about SI,BOO. v ;■ Walter McCullop, wife and son, of Kokomo, were guests Thursday of Mrs. Estes. The parochial school opens on the 14th with the same sisters who were in charge last year. Rev. and Mrs. Walter Elliott, of Peoria, were here for a few hours last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Biddle and Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson attended the national encampment of G. A. R. in Detroit last week. Tom Dawson returned last week to West Lafayette after assisting at Fountain Park during the assembly. Clubs. Mrs. Nora Lambert will receive the Dorcas Club Wednesday, Sept. 16. Mrs. Maud Burger receives the Sew and Sew on Friday, Sept. 11, at the home of her mother, Mrs. Geo. Hemphill. The Fortnightly Club ’observes president’s day with its new president, Mrs. Haseall, on Wednesday, Sept. 16th. Mrs. Margaret Schmitz, mother ot Rev. Father Schmitz, pastor of Sacred Heart church, died Wednesday morfiing, Sept. 2, at the age of 74 years, after an illness of many months. Mass was read. Thursday at 7:30 a. m. The funeral party -left immediately, via Goodland, for Chicago. The final services were hold from St. Alphonsus Ohurch, Chicago. Solemn requiem high mass was celebrated by Rev. John M. Schmitz, assisted by Father Hounen, as deason, and Father Keller, as subdeacon. Interment in St. Boniface cemetery. Mrs. Schmitz attained the age of 74 years and 5 months, having enjoyed rugged health throughout her whole life. She was the mother of ten children, two of whom have preceded her into eternity. She'lived in widowhood for 31»years, her husband having died in Germany in the year 1883. One daughter is in the order of Sisters of St. Mary in Oregon, Sister M. Loyola, but owing to the distance, could not be present at the last services.