Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1920 — WHEATFIELD. [ARTICLE]

WHEATFIELD.

Jean Bowie visited relatives at Shelby Monday. Mrs. John Myers was taken suddenly ill last Saturday. Miss Irene Keen is visiting relatives at Goodland and vicinity. Mrs. George Williams went to South Bend Saturday evening. J. W. Ott of Crown Point is here for his annual harvest workout. Bert and Frank Mitchell of Gary spent Sunday here with home folks. Born on Sunday, July 18, 1920, a boy to Charles Jensen and wife. Albert Dunn and Fred Pickner of Gary visited here over Sunday. I Mn. Albert Stembel and son visited last week with relatives at Rensselaer. Bill Mac went Thursday evening to Cincinnati to drive back another new Ford Sedan. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Myers motored to Valparaiso last Sunday and visited relatives. Miss Beula Brooks of Danville returned home after a two weeks’ visit with friends here. County Treasurer John Biggs, George Nees and Fred Thomas were county seat visitors Saturday. The new Wheatfiteld telephone exchange is open for business. Automatic phones and modern equipment. Mrs. Guy Meyers is in charge of the exchange. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Seegrist and son, Walter, Mrs. Alfred Duggleby and Mrs. John Duggleby motored here Monday to see the sights and get' a dish of good ice cream. D. S. Makeever, Ed Randle of Rensselaer; Dr. L. A. Salisbury,. of Crown Point, attended the meeting of the directors of the Bank of Wheatfield here last Thursday. Mrs. Simon Fendig and son Allen, motored to the Jasper County Hospital last Saturday to see her mother, Mrs. Allen, who is improving so. much that she will be brought home this week. Biss Mac relates some exciting experiences driving a Ford Sedan from Cincinnati last week. Bill said some of the hills were so steep that he had to back up them in order to get the gas into the carburetor and when going down some of the hills he had to go sideways. Uncle Bill McNeil has been all spruced up the past week and everybody has been asking our reporter all kinds of questions. “Where’s Bill going.” “Where’s he been,” etc., and did you notice the new silk ribbon he had on for a hat band and some hinted that he had visited the beauty parlor. Now the reason was that Mrs. McNeil and Miss Maria Biggs went to Denver, Colo., to visit Mr. and Mrs. Alva McNeil.