Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 213, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1919 — TOKEN OF APPRECIATION FOR EACH SOLDIER. [ARTICLE]

TOKEN OF APPRECIATION FOR EACH SOLDIER.

As a tokfcn of appreciation for the services rendered by the sons of Jasper county during the late world war, the county council Tuesday voted an appropriation of $1,200 to purchase for each soldier in the county some small memento of a lasting nature, designating them as having (been a soldier in the war from this county. Following the making of the appropriation, the county commissioners voted to purchase six hundred sterling silver rings. On the top of the ring will be a cut out design of Jasper county. On one side wall be the county seal in the form of a wreath encircling a sheaf of wheat. The opposite side will contain the great seal of the state of Indiana. In the Jasper county design will be the words: “.Presented by Jasper County, Indiana, to Her Sons in the World War, 1917-19.” The design is a clever one and the rings will be a gift that will be greatly appreciated by the eoldiiers. In some quarters the idea met with opposition, those opposing it saying that the expenditure was too great.