Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 129, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1920 — STEP UP, “SHORTY,” AND MEET MR. CRIST [ARTICLE]

STEP UP, “SHORTY,” AND MEET MR. CRIST

E. J. Crist, of Chicago, and a representative of the William Penn Motor Indemnity Exchange, is in Rensselaer this week on business. Mr. Crist has a very warm spot in his heart for Rensselaer and especially for some Rensselaer boy who aided him during the late war. Mr. Crist was overseas as a member of the 37th Ohio Field Artillery. During a battle a shelf' exploded a few feet in front of him and as a result he was totally blind for a period of forty-two days. Lost on the battlefield and his eyesight gone, he was indeed in a preteari ous condition when found by an American soldier and led to safety. Mr. Crist is unable to state who. the soldier was who aided him other than he went by the nickname of “Shorty,” that he was very tall and slender and that he hailed from Rensselaer, Indiana. Mr. Crist would be very glad to meet the young man who befriended him, so if the soldier alluded to is in the city and his modesty will permit, he can renew the brief acquaintanceship be made with Mr. Crist on the French battlefield.

George Babcock went to Dayton, Ohio, rtoday to visit a friend. Go to Rowen’s Grocery for Bargains* Saturday. •Toh printing at the Repub'.<ean office.