Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 183, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1918 — FIRST DISTRICT HOLDS MEETING [ARTICLE]

FIRST DISTRICT HOLDS MEETING

SELECTMEN HOLD ROUSING MEETING AT WHEATFIELD MONDAY NIGHT. The selectmen of Keener, Kankakee Walker and Wheatfield consisting of District No. 1, met at Wheatfield Monday evening under the direction of the Board of Instruction. This was the first district meeting to be held in the county and it was a decided success. Most of the selectmen of the district were present i Addresses were made to the boys Iby County Superintendent M. L. j Sterrett on “The Geography of the i War.” Hon. W. L. Wood, opr rep- ; resentative in the state legislature I made a spendid address on the subi ject of “German History.” Rev. J. ;B. Fleming, pastor of the Presbyterian church of this city, gave as i is his habit, a most excellent address : on the subject, “Why We Are in The War.” I One of the most* enjoyable features of the meeting was the spendid , singing. The boys entered into the spirit of the occasion and sang lustily. This part of the program was in charge of Mrs. J. A. Dunlap, as leader and Mrs. Bert Hopkins at the piano. The drilling will be a feature of these meetings and the program as above will possibly be used but once each month. Quite a number of people from here attended the meeting and all were delighted with the interest and enthusiasm of the selectmen. A number of men from this city are doing a very great Amount of work in the training of members of the Liberty Guards. These deseiwe very special mention for the service they are rendering: ,J. M. Sauser, Moses Leopold, True D. Woodworth and A. E. Wallace.