Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 298, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1916 — WHEATFIELD. [ARTICLE]

WHEATFIELD.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mutchler accompanied Archie Hendrix to Valparaiso university Monday, where they have placed him in school. He will study music and fine arts. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mutchler and Mis. Jas. Whited returned home Friday evening after spending several days sight-seeing in Chicago and visiting the stock show. The second number of the lyceum course drew out a good attendance considering- the, disagreeable weather. The two lady entertainers were of the highest .ability and Miss Gl&dys readings were exceptionally good. Charlie Stembel, of Ohio, and Emery Wass, of Rensselaer, visited their relatives, the Stembel families, here this week. ' Carl Geffert, Jimmie and Allen Fendig and Oscar Turfier autoed to Valpo Friday evening to see the basket ball game. Edward Ledke, section foreman of the C. I. & S., claims that,he is the oldest resident citizen -of the original plat of the town oimW heatfield, and just think, Ed don Wook as old as. he' really is. The League will give"‘hard time supper at the Remley hall Dec. 20. Everyone invited. * The Hebron electric light plant franchise has been forfeited and now there is talk of local people takipg the matter up and take current from Crown Point. A. N. Demarah will hold a public sale of live stock and fgrm tools Dec. 22. See the list in this’ paper. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Pierce, of Kouts, visited here Sunday at the homtof her brother, Edward Ledke and fwnily and they also visited with Mr. and Mrs. 0. Barbee at Stoutsburg. H. W. Marble and Mallie Clark attended the live stock show at Chicago last Friday and Saturday. Henry Heidenblut returned Saturday from a few days’ visit in Chicago with relatives and friends. Henry said the city had the same old tall ones it used to have and he also said there were lots of ppople in the city he didn’t know. Simon Fendig and wife and son, kAllen, autoed to Rensselaer Thursday to see Mr. Fendig’s sister, who was on the sick list. • Ha’rmon Clark sold his jitney to Happy Hoehn. George Swisher since election has shaved off his whiskers. George is a democrat and the shove has no reference to candidate Hughes.