Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 277, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1914 — Mt. Ayr Correspondence To the Brook Reporter. [ARTICLE]

Mt. Ayr Correspondence To the Brook Reporter.

Filey Ashby went' to Chicago on Sunday to take a position which he has in view. A.9-pound daughter jwas born to Mr. and Mrs. James Wildrick on Friday, Nov. 19. Ed May and family, of Remington, spent Saturday-amd Sunday at the Harris home. Trustee Stucker and thd Jackson township teachers attended the county teachers’ institute at Morocco Saturday. 'Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bangston, of Foresman, spent Saturday and Sunday with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Makeever. Thp families of Francis and Jasper Makeever attended the funeral of their brother, Newton Makeever, who was buried at Rensselaer. A number •of neighbors and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Nelson went in and gave them a pleasant surprise Wednesday night. The young people enjoyed a dance in the I. O. O. F. hall on Saturday night. A good crowd Was present and all report a good time. A number off friends spent Wednesday evening with Oapt. and Mrs. Brown. The Captain entertained them with a number of se lections on the Victrola. A number of our citizens were called to Wheatfield Tuesday bo fore the federal court. They appeared- as witnesses against the C. & E. I. railroad, which is endeavoring To take off the passenger train. Frank Teach and Sheriff Dowding went to Kentucky Thursday on a moonshining trip. They returned on Sunday afternoon and judging by Mr. Teach’s description of that state, he is thankful that he is a Hoosier. Albert Teach motored to Crown Point Friday for a short visit with home folks. He returned Saturday afternoon accompanied by his brother, Mack and his two sisters,, the Misses Kittie and who were guests at the Harris home. Ed Harris and guest, Ed May, L. E. Ponsler, W. A. Shindler and Grant Clark’went-on a fishing trip to~the Kankakee river Saturday. They made a successful catch and returned with enough fish -to supply a few friends for a good meal. Geo. Shupe and Chas. Moore had a runaway Saturday night that might have proven serious. They had Jap Wright’s team of sorrel ponies and were returning from Goodland when they met an automobile near Foresthan. The team took fright at' tile machine and started into the ditch -and turned the buggy over. The boys were both thrown out and the team turned square around and followed the machine into Goodland, dragging the buggy on the side. The boys then followed the team and found them in Goodland with a badly wrecked buggy. The boys were lucky, however, as neither of them received a scratch.