Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1916 — SHELBY. [ARTICLE]

SHELBY.

Chas. Lee was a Roselawn visitor Sunday. Wesley Brasket was a Momence visitor Monday. . . Mrs. Sam Sirois was a Lowell visitor Wednesday. Prof. White spent Sunday with his best at Cedar Lake. . . Emma Caster, of ted over Sunday with her parents. Prof. Guy Dickey, of Hammond, spent Sunday here with home folks. Mr. and Mts. Chas. Larson, of DeMotte, visited relatives here Sunday. George Dickey, Mick Foley and Anna Larson were Lowell visitors Monday. . Mrs. Chas. Reed wentto LaCrosse Saturday for a visit over Sunday with relatives. Selden Spieth went to Chicago Monday to consult the' Bullmoose executive committee regarding the coming convention. Mrs. Lucenda Watkins, sister of Mrs. James Doty, and who formerly resided here for many years, died at Chicago Sunday evening., Mrs. Ed Dickey, of Schneider, visited here over Sunday with the Dickey families and the whole D.....i femily took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. George Dickey in their new home. * The Rebekah lodge from here went to Chicago Wednesday to take charge of the burial services of the late Mrs. Lucinda Watkins, the burial to take place at Mount Rose cemetery.

Mrs. J. J. Hunt will entertain her sew club Friday afternoon of this week. Archie Lee, a member of the senior class and a clerk in the Comer Case, has been quite sick since last Friday with a combination of grip and tonsilitis. He is staying at Miss Grace Thompson's rooming house and today is considerably improved. Miss Cela Anderson, the fifth grade teacher who underwenta surgical operation last week, is making very satisfactory recovery. Her place was taken in the schools for several days by Mrs. Dean, but now Miss Vietta Rowland, of Goodland, has been secured and began work Tuesday morning. Another grade teacher, Miss Myra Schroeder, of Chicago, who was taken ill while at her home for the holiday vacation, is still unable to return to her work here and her place is being filled by Miss Mary Goetz, who has taught for several .years in the town schools of Newton county. The work of Miss Goetz has proven so satisfactory that it is very' probable she will be urged to accept a position here the coming year.