Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1919 — FETE RETURNED SOLDIER BOYS [ARTICLE]

FETE RETURNED SOLDIER BOYS

WAR MOTHERS DELIGHTFULLY ENTERTAIN DISCHARGED SOLDIERS. The War Mothers of Jasper County again very attractive and enjoyable afternoon in honor of the returned soldier boys Saturday at the court house in this city. There were a large number of people present, the larger per cent being young folks, who assisted in making the afternoon the enjoyable occasion that it was. The one prominent feature of the entertainment was the minuet given by the children of the Rensselaer public schools. This illustrated the colonial times and the day being the birthday of the founder of our country, George Washington, the minuet was timely as well as charming. The little people who took part 'in this had been trained to perfection by Misses Elizabeth O’Brien and Tillie Malchow, of the city schools. The following young people were in the Bud Meyers, Mildred Wasson, John C. Hill, Virginia Thompson, Ward Sands, Martha Grant, Robert Dunlap, Genene Scott, Alfred Collins, Margaret Tilton, Watson Fendig, Margaret Myer, Carl Arnott, Leathe Potts, Frances Boicourt, Harold Bowen. Dr. J. Budman Fleming gave an address to the soldier boys present, urging them to keep their,‘government insurance in force. The young people enjoyed the dancing and the refreshments served by the War Mothers were enjoyed by all. Among the soldiers present from out of the city were Emmett O’Brien and Archie Lee, of Monon. Private O’Brien will he remembered by many as the good natured Irishman who joined Company M on its trip to the Mexican border and who also went with the boys in that company who left here hoping to get into the big fight across the pond. He was familiarly known as “Shorty O’Brien.”