Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1918 — REMINGTON [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON

Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Graham and family, of Windfall, are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Luckey. Tom Cambey came from Illinois Wednesday for a visit with relatives. F. A. Hicks went to Chicago on business Thursday. -. L. E. Greenwood moved Thursday to the Townsend property which he purchased recently. Albert Geier, of Reynolds, spent Sunday here with his brother Will and family. . ' , Mrs. Charles Timmons, of Wolcott, spent Friday here the guest of Mrs. Ernest Rawlings and attended the minstrel show. The song, “Ratin’ To Go,” sung by Fred Peck in the minstrel show, •was written by Lon Healy, of Rensselaer, and it was the first time it was the first time it had been sung in public. Sure is a good one and should be one of the war song hits. Warner Elmore went to Lafayette on business Saturday. Emmett Payne, of Indianapolis, came Sunday to visit his folks. Bert Edwards has been on the sick list the past two weeks. Frank Kresler has purchased the Remington-Rensselaer bus line from William Frye and made his first trip Monday. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Elmore, of Monticello, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Moran. The Dorcas club minstrels gave their second performance for the benefit of the Red Cross Tuesday night at the Lyric theatre to a moderate sized house and the net proceeds of the two shows will be $l5O which goes to make up their pledge to the Red Cross. John Ochs writes that he has made a change in positions and is now with the Progress grocery store at Indianapolis. The Dorcas club met Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mr. arid Mrs. Frank Goss. Mrs. Clara Balcom has been quite sick the past week but is better at this writing. . Art Fisher, formerly of this place but now located in Montana, came Wednesday for a visit with relatives.