Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1916 — Mt. Ayr News from the Tribune. [ARTICLE]

Mt. Ayr News from the Tribune.

The bam being built for Lewis Wicker, north of town is nearing .ompletion. Chas. Penwright has the job. The Modem Woodmen put up the hay of Mr. Dan Drist last Sunday. About 30 men were present. The 10 'acres w ere up by 1 o’clock and lucky it was along the rain. The I .gh wind Sunday did considerable damage in this vicinity. Brook and Morocco also report com broken off and blown down. The roof of the canning factory at Morocco was blown off. Trees blocked the streets of Morocco and water flooded the gardens. Rev. Hoover and wife, Miss Myrtle Lund, of Chicago, and Mr. Abner Huntington went fishing Wedensday to the Iroquois river north of Foresman. Mrs. R. S. -Bohannon, of near Brook, stopped a few minutes at the home of Wm. Little and faihily while,on her way to attend the funeral of Mr. Henry Putt, of near Monon. The M. E. Sunday school will give a picnic Sunday, July 30. The place will be published later. Mr. J. B. Asfiby and daughter, Mr. Loma Miller spent Sunday with Mr. A. Witham and family at Rensselaer. Miss Elise Benson came home from Valparaiso Friday to spend a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Benson. Miss Virginia Halstead, the eleven months old daughter of Mr. and r rs. Everett Halstead, who was taken suddenly ill two weeks ago last Tuesday while on the way home from ValpaJ raiso, is reported to be doing better at this writing. Joe Lewis, Cecil Dawson, George Shoop and Abner Huntington motored to Cedar Lake Sunday. John Jinkersqn and family, of Rensspent Sunday with his father, Mr. Joseph Jinkerson. F. A. Standish and family and Kinder Kennedy family spent Sunday with Joe Shindler and family near Rensselaer. ' Mrs. Jasper Wright spent a few days the latter part of the week with her daughter, Mrs. L; Hickman, of Goodland. Mr. Ray Adams, of Gallion, Ala., is visiting his father-in-law, Mr. Scott Brenner.

Cecil Dawson returned home from Brideman, Mich., Saturday, where he had been working for Frank Teach. Our sister towns brag on the large number of tourists that pass through on their streets this year. Mt. Ayr is not one inch behind them. Here is some interesting data handed the editor by a reader the other day: On Tuesday, July 11, five cars filled with tourists passed through town. One bore a Ky. number; two Ohio, and one an lowa and the other an Illinois with a Chicago pennant streaming on the windshield. Can»you beat that for a town that is off of any main highway ? The big barn that is being built on the Tobin ranch is well under way. The beams are raised ready for siding and floor is being laid. Tom Michell and Ed Beckworth are doing the work. Geo. Corbin and family and Firman Ashby and family motored to Brook Sunday evening. Mr. M. Foresman, Mr. Stonehill and Mr. Rich, of Brook, were in Mt. Ayr on business Monday. - A. D. Babcock, of Goodland, was in town Saturday. He arrived in time to take in the scene of W. W. Miller’s burning barn. Mr. Dan Drist came home from Chicago Saturday after undergoing an operation in a hosnital there for appendicitis. Mr. Drist says he feels fine, but it will be some time before he is able to work again. Edwin Harris and family were Rensselaer visitors Monday evening. The Brotherhood of Mt. Ayr gave a very interesting program in the* M. E. church Friday evenirfg. Among some of the numbers that drew special interest was a reading given by Miss Addie Harris. Song by the Youngster Quartette, which is made up of . G'lbert Brown, Romeo Hufty Effie DeLong and Richard Harris, and the music furnished by £he Brook Orchestra appealed to everyone who attended. Refreshments were served after the program. Abner Huntington and ye editor were Brook visitors Monday. Johnny Batchlcr, who has’ been for several months in Colorado, returned to Mt. Ayr Monday. Johnny states that it is very dry out there and that the grasshoppers are eating ap what is left of the corn. Mt. Ellis Snow and sister, Florence, were Rensselaer visitors Monday evening. Miss Venja Craig, of Ch'cago Heights, died in a Chicago hospital July 7 and was buried in Morocco July 10. Mrs. F. A. and Misses Lera, Vera and Ruby Standish, Mrs. Kinder Kennedy and daughters, Leia and Pauline, and' Mrs. Joe Shindler attended the funeral from here. Born, Sunday, July 16, to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Leek, a 7-lb. boy. Born, Sunday, Tuly 16, to Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Baker, an 8-lb boy. Bom, Wednesday, July 12, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Gluck, a boy. Messrs. Marvin and Clarence Craig, of Chicago Heights, and Miss Leora Bishop, from Momence," spent tho night with their-aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Standish. ', Miss Lera Standish left Tuesday morning to visit her aunt in Chicago Heights.