Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 122, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1919 — FRANCESVILLE [ARTICLE]

FRANCESVILLE

(The Tribune) (Mrs. Cyrus Hubbel went to Lafayette Friday. (Fred C. Westphal had business in Lafayette Saturday. Mrs. L. A. Stalnaker and Children went to Lafayette Saturday. Ora Eldridge, of Monticello, was here Tuesday, the guest of his parents.

Fred Eggert and family visited in Watseka, Ilk, last week. Lloyd R. Ohrabaugh and Miss An-, na Nimms, of Lafayette, were the guests of relatives in Jefferson over Sunday. Mrs. J. R. Clark and children, who have been the. guests of William A. Lamar, have returned home. Mrs. Wilson Timmons returned to Monticello Saturday, after spending a few days with friends here. Misses Vivian Judy and Maude Rees went to North Manchester, Monday to visit relatives. Miss Florence Doyle is spending a few days with her parents near Lafayette. Mrs. W. D. Byers went to Lafayette Sunday to visit with her daughter, Mrs. Ray Hudgens. Mrs. Albert Shirtz and Mrs. P. J. Von Tobel, were Michigan City goers Thursday. Ernest J. Shultz, formerly in service in France, has been visiting friends and relatives here. Ira Shafer returned home from Ft. Washington, Deleware, last week. He is leaving for North' Manchester, where he will attend school. Mrs. J. R. Hayworth has returned from Quincy, Sunday where sha had a tumerous growth removed from her side by plastic treatment. Mr. and Mrs. John Priest, of Lafayette, have returned from a two weeks visit with their son, Atty. Harry Priest, in Oklahoma City. ■ Mrs. Byron D. Roberts went to Plymouth Saturday to join her husband who has just been released from military service. James Allee, northeast of town, sold a truck load of hogs in Lafayette Tuesday that brought him almost s2l per hundred pounds. Clover seed at S3O a bushell isn’t so high when you take into consideration the number of seed there are in a bushel. A man can’t afford to count them at that price. Hugh Krueter, Charles Windisch, George Stickel and Mrs. J.ennie Jones and children, of Knox, were the guests at the home of W. R. Jones last Sunday. Miss Delia Nelson, of Valparaiso and her cousin, Mrs. Grace Clarke of Muncie were the over Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Nel-* son. Mrs. Clark was formerly Miss Grace Mattingly of this place, daughte rof Judge Leon Mattingly of Celina, Ohio. Misses Anna Kopka; Marie Finnegan, Grace Frohm, Madge Jones, Sylvia, Shafer, L. A. Stalnaker and daughter, Dorothy, Mrs. J. L. Beesley, Mrs. Oscar Boulden, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Alkire, Ira Shafer, Mrs. O. D. Engle and daughter, Donola, Mr and Mrs. Lloyd Low attended the “Welcome Home Day” for the returned soldiers in Lafayette Monday. Mrs. Stephen Eldridge and Mrs. Lawrence Pouhdstone intended . to leave today for Benton Harbor, Michigan, where they will undergo an operation in Mercy hospital. Mrs. Eldridge fell last winter and suffered a fracture of the shoulder. It has not yielded to treatment very satisfactory and an abces has resulted which must be removed. Mr. Poundstone has complicated trouble. Dr. F. L. Sharrer, formerly of this place will be the operating surgeon. iLieut. Casper Clark is bringing base ball fame to the Indiana State Normal at Terre Haute by his great work as batter and catcher on the Normal team. Saturday he participated in the game against Rose Polly for the Terre Haute college championship and the Normals won through the able support he gave pitcher Kerr, winning b# the score of 4 to 2. He scored one run after a walk and drove in two more with a scratch two bagger to center. The other two runs were, batted in by Kerr and Clark and Winters scored on his triple. Next Saturday the Normal plays Franklin college for the State championship, and on May 31st the Normal team will meet the St. Joseph’s college team at Rensselaer.