Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1919 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Mrs. Clarence Cochran and Mrs. Zelpha Brown visited Mrs. Verne E. Bussell Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. George Westvall and children are spending this week parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cochran. Mrs. Westvall had a tooth pulled a week ago, and they had to freeze her mouth before the gum would stop bleeding. Mrs. James Jefferies is real sick with a bad cold and la grippe. C. A. Armstrong returned Sunday morning after a two weeks’ visit with Edward Peregrine at Plymouth, and other relatives. Mrs. J. M. Ray and Mrs. Russell Willits will entertain the Ladies’ Aid February 12, at the 'home of Mrs. WiWitsr- — 7:; - ■- The Country Club will give a reception at the home of Samuel Cook Friday evening, Feb. 8, in honor of our soldier boys, John Cook and Lowell Morton. AH members , are urged to be present. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Ray visited their son, Verna, and wife at LaPorte from Friday till Monday. Mrs. Hattie Arnott visited her sister, Mrs. W. R. Willits, Saturday and Sunday. Grandma Ross was also a visitor at the Willits home from Saturday till Monday. Mrs. Edward Cook is quite sick with influenza, and both the little ones have the disease but are not as bad as the mother. The Ladies’ Aid served lunch at two sales this week—Oma Merrill’s on Tuesday and George Potts’ Wednesday. As yet we are unable to learn how much they cleared at the two sales.