Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 282, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1916 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Mr. and Mrs. James Lefler and Mrs. Mary E. Lowe, of Rensselaer, took dinner with Charles Bussell and family Sunday. This is the first trip out for Mrs. Lefler for several mjWitW but she stood the trip real well. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Willits visited ' Nate Eldridge’s Sunday. J. M. Ray and two sons, Vjina and Cletus, and Jesse Doan, or Tipton county, were here last week visiting old friends and hunting a little bit. Mr. Ray has bought out Wilson Bussell’s farming equipment and will move back to the farm now occupied by Mr. Bussell as soon as possession can be given. It will be remembered that Mr. Ray just sold out last February and moved back to Tipton county. W. S. McDonald went to LaCrosse Tuesday evening, where hq and his brother” Tom, have bought* a store. Will expects to take active charge at once and vill move his family , there as soon as possible. While everyone will be glad to see Will succeed in his new business, yet the community will lose one of fts best families. Both Mr. and Mrs. McDonald are strong workers in the Sunday school and the church and their absence will be keenly felt. Mr. McDonald came here almost three years ago, buying out the general store of Lowman Bros. Last February he .sold out to the present owner, S. E. Cook.

Scott Robinson, -who has been visiting relatives here for the past three weeks, and Harvey Phillips left Tuesday morning for Larimore, N. Dak. They will go from there in a few days with an ice harvesting crew to the state of Washington to put up ice. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Stephens have gone to Waynetown for a visit with friends and relatives, after which Mr. Stephens expects to start west m hopes of benefiting his health. O. N. Berry has moved from the former.Geq. McCoy farm to the David Culp farm, now owned by Gus YeoMrs. C. C. Randle and Miss Agnes Stiers are visiting relatives at Pekin and New Albany. Frank Ringeisen and family, Mrs. Geo. Westfal, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cochran and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Cochran visited J. F. Cochran and family Sunday. . _ John Robinson has his new house almost completed, which affords them a very neat little home. - Wilson Bussell will move to the Cary Lowman property at McCoysburg as soon as vacated by W. S. MeDonald. W’ilson intends to devote his entire time to the grain and cream buying business. He found that trying to farm and run the elevator, too, was irksome, thereby necessitating this move. W. S. Lowman again has his crew of men ditching and will be busy now until the weather gets too cold to ditch. Mrs. Chas. Ferguson has been sick the past few days, but was better Wednesday. John Wuethrick has been at Eureka, 111., the past several days on account of the sickness of his father. A letter from Longcliff states that Mrs. Simon Parcels is doing very nicely since being taken there .about ten days ago and that her chances for recovery are; quite encouraging. Mrs. Chas. Armstrong’s condition remains about the same. Mrs. Walter Jordan fell from a chair Friday afternoon in such a manner as to break her left arm.