Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1915 — MT. AYR. [ARTICLE]

MT. AYR.

Rev. Downey is holding revival meetings at Foresman. Miss Rose Keeney of near Rensselaer, spent Saturday and Sunday in Mt. Ayr. Nolan Delong went to Kingston', Ohio, for a month’s visit With relatives and friends. Scott Brenner started for Alabama Tuesday. He intends to stay there until spring. Will Shindler and wife and Ed Harris and wife spent Saturday and Sunday in Chicago. Clarence .Drullinger is lineman of the ML Ayr telephone company, Fred Standish uit last Friday. Will Shindler and Mrs. Ponskr and daughter, Edna, took dinner with Ed Harris and family'Wednesday. Mrs. Walter Ponsler and daughter, Edna, of Columbia City, Ind., are here visiting Mrs. Ponsler’s son, Lawson and family. ' ~rn '_»r~ ill ill aaiMiir 111 ■'■■Oi~!■ »M*-grnr: Order your Calling Cards at The Republican ofltea.

Monticello at a citizens’ mass meeting held a few nights ago decided not to undertake any street paving this year. Financial depression was offered as the cause and when a motion was made against making improvements there was only one dissenting voice. C. T. Faris and wife, of Haigler, Neb., who have been visiting Rensselaer relatives for some time will go to Medaryville tomorrow to remain with relatives for a time before starting for their home. It is 31 years since they moved from Jasper county and they find many changes. On Jan. Ist Mr. and Mrs. Faris ate dinner in Delphi with the widow of George Burk, who is Mr. Faris’s aunt. It was her 77th •birthday and they recalled that just 32 years before on the same date. Mrs. Burk is enjoying excellent health for one of her age. Her daughter, Miss Eva, lives with her, and the other daughter, Mrs. Bessie Matthews lives two miles out from Delphi. Attorney Halleck returned yesterday afternoon from Indianapolis where he spent two days. Jle was with Representative Wood part of the time and says that Logan is making a good showing, has been placed on some good committees and made a number of valuable acquaintances. He occupies one of the best seats on the republican side of the house. The Kankakee drainage measure which Mr. Halleck especially went to see about has not yet been Introduced. He was able to see the proposed measure, however. It seems to be framed with a view to placing the land in the Kankagee valley in the hands of a commission to assess for the removal of the rock ledge at Momence. The measure is fathered in Illinois and when the Indiana legislature understands that the great majority of the land in this state has been or soon is to be drained according to state laws it is not probable the measure will re ceive much support in the legislature.