Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1917 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

The year old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Barker has. been very poorly for tire past week and its condition Leeame such Friday .that the famity physician was called. Some of the children in Korah Eldridge’s family have measles, being the latest development in the measle circle. Children’s Day exercises of ithe -McCoysburg S. S. have been set for Sunday evening, June 10. AH the different committees have been appointed and the machinery will be in working order in a few days. Mrs. R. V. Johns, Mrs. S. E. Cook, Mrs, C. a Randle and Mrs. O. E. Hitchings have change of the program and training and Mrs. R. C. McDonald and Frank Ringeasen have change of the music. Frank Eldridge has bought the barber shop and will sell ice cream and soft drinks in connection therewith. Mas. 8. E. Fulk and son, Clyde, visited friends in McCoydbung Sunday afternoon. James Lefler came up from Lafayette Saturday morning for a short visit with Charles W. Bussell and family. Mr. 'and Mrs. Robert Johns came home Saturday evening from LaCrosse. Robert has a job working on a dredge and Mrs. Johns had been visiting relatives in and near LaCrosse for the past week. Frank Cochran had a birthday Sunday and a number of relatives from various plaices came in ito help him celebrate. Day and 'Wilburn,, the stone road contractors, will complete the LeeMJcCoysburg road in the next few days if stone can be procured. Some difficulty has been encountered the past Week in getting stone. Two motor trucks do the major part of the hauling, making 20 to 25 loads a day. Oharies Armstrong went to Michigan City Saturday to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Armstrong. Mr. Armstrong has been quite sick for the past week. Madge Robinson came out —from Rensselaer Friday night .to visit oyer Sunday with J. R. Phillips and family. Corn is mostly planted and is put in the ground in the (best shape that any com has been planted for several years. Oats were needing rain. Wheat is looking fairly well. Everbody is doing their bit toward raising a good garden. Aunt Mary Ann Robinson returned home Saturday evening after a week’s visit with Mrs. Rebecca Robinson, who has been quite poorly at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clarence Maxwell.