Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 308, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1916 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Hobson will move very soon to their new fruit farm down on the Tippecanoe near Lafayette. Mr. Hobson says he wants to be there and ready to catch the first fish that stars up the river in the spring. His son, Virgil and family, will remain here and continue to run the Fred Rose farm. Mrs. R. L. Bussell and children and Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Parker and family and Chas. Armstrong ate Christmas dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Parker.

Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bussell, Jr., and Elvin L. Bussell were at the home of Chas. W. Bussell for Christmas dinner. Elvin came home from Chicago Sunday to be with home folks over Christmas. He is employed at the Montgomery Ward store and likes his work real well. The milk train was several hours ate Tuesday morning and the rural route mail was rather short that day. Mrs. Gus Stephens and son, Frank, carhc from Montgomery county Sunday evening and are packing their goods preparatory to moving to Waynetown. Mr. Stephens’ condition remains about the same as when here. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Tow and children arrived home from Kokomo Wednesday, where they had been visiting relatives. A family dinner was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Jordan Christmas, at which all of the children and grandchildren were present except Mr. and Mrs. Snowberger, of Yeoman. Harvey Phillips writes back from Thorpe, Wash., that he is enjoying jpvery moment in the west. They haven’t begun active work in the ice harvest as yet and pending the proper weather condition he is seeing a few of the many sights. He has teen out on the Pacific ocean to the island where the American naval vessels lire stationed. He has also made several land tups to various points, one trip being wth a load of fine apples a distance^ of. 25 miles. The road was over some very rough, hilly country and a number of times he could reach out and touch the tops of pines without moving from his seat on the wagon. Wm. Johnson, of Roselawn, visited Monday night with his daughter, Mrs. Leslie Lowman and family. Mr. Johnson’s trip down here was occasioned by the sickness of his son, George, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Lutes on the Rowles & Parker farm. Mrs. Johnson is also at the bedside of her son.

Clarence Cockron is moving into one of the Infield houses in McCoysburg this Week. Verna Ray and a friend from Elwood, visited here over Christmas, returning home Tuesday. Mrs. J. M. Ray and son, Cletus, arrived here Tuesday evening from Elwood. They had intended coming soon after Mr. Ray arrived with the cai of goods three weeks ago, but were unable to drive the machine through on account of snow, so they just stored the machine and came by rail Mrs. Lon Wood and Mrs. N. E. Sunderland called on Mrs. Geo, Parker Wednesday afternoon. 4