Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 115, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1919 — HANGING GROVE [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE

Mr. J. R. Phillips and grandson, Kenneth Stevens, visited Dan Robinson and family at Hammond from Saturday to Monday. Mrs. Phillips went to’see C. W. Bussell and found Mr. Bussei’s youngest daughter, Ella, quite sick with diptheria. Mrs. Verne E. Bussell took the township school enumeration last week and the first of this week. Frank Cochran and family visited at J. M. Roy’s last Sunday. Mrs. Jim Jeffries has received word from her brother, Fred Beebee, that he has landed in the states. Fred has been in France over a year. Mrs. Van Wood visited relatives in McCoysburg this week. Miss Jennie Blunk and Clayton Mellender were married at Michigan City, May 8. Mr. Mellender has three brothers living at Michigan City and after a few days visit with them he and his wife will return to the Mellender home in this township. The bride is a cousin of Mrs. Erank Righeisen where she has made her home for the past few years and the groom is the son of John Mellender who was recently discharged from the U.S. army. They will make their home at Frank Rigeisen’s for the present. Mrs. W. R. Willetts visited sister, Mrs. Hattie Arnott, in Rensselaer a few days last week. The children have begun to practice for Children’s Day exercises.