Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 208, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1920 — PERSONAL MENTION [ARTICLE]

PERSONAL MENTION

Washington Potter went to Roselawn this morning. Attorney and Mrs. D. D. * Dean were in Lafayette today. J Mrs. John Ward and children went to Monticello Friday evening. A. E. Shafer is on the sick list with a badly ulcerated tooth. Ida Ham went to Sedgwich, 111., today for a visit with her sister. Mrs. P. W. Clarke and daughter, May, went to Beardstown, 111., Friday. Mrs. V. O. Ray and baby went to Frankfort today for a visit with friends. '.-uXT/ . E. . Bates left today for Parkville, Mo., where he will attend college this year. Hugh McMillan and John Parker, of Chicago, are the week-end guests of Alfred Thompson. MrS. Clifford Parkison had her

tonsils removed at the hospital today. . . R. W. Zoll, who had been visrting with his father, Henry Zoll and family, went to Hammond today. Ernest and Charles W. Lentner, Marion A. Wingard and C. W. Stewart, who are with the Monon carpenter gang went to Delphi today. Mrs. Morse Pickard and children of Brooklyn, N. Y., came Friday evening for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Port?r. Charles Kepner whose home is now in Potter, Neb., is spending a four weeks* vacation here with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. John Duvall have gone to Knightstown to* spend a week with their son, Dr. Edward Duvall. Rev. Chas. W. Postil! of this city will deliver the principal address of the Gillum township Home Coming which will be held Sunday. D. S. Makeever, who had been quite ill for .several days, was able to be up town Friday. Mr. Makeever is greatly improved. Nora Lyman, who had visited with her sister, Mrs. Charles Porter, returned today to her home in Valparaiso. , Mr. and Mrs. Louis Paulson and son Harvey came today for a visit with J. W. Tilton and family of East Washington street. Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Hancock, who had visited with H. V. Babcock and family of Brook, left today for their home in Lexington, V. T. W. Watson of Brook, his nieces Silvia and Iva Richmond of Soddy, Tenn., were in Rensselaer today and continued from here to Monticello.

R. A. Gillett, Mrs. E. J. Gillett, his mother and his three children, of Whiteland, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rains. Robt. Kelly, who had visited with Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Lyman, returned today to his home in Greenfield. J. A. Blasdel, who had visited with his cousin, H. W. Jackson and family, left today for his home in Okemah, Okla. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Graves of Lafayette came today for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Omer Felhny of near Foresman. Mrs. William Courtwright and son, who had been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Stockton of Morocco, returned today to their home at Shoals. Marie Nevill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Nevill, will begin her work as a teacher in a school near Colorado Springs, Colo., on Monday, August 30. The condition of C. C. Starr is very grave and he is steadily growing weaker. Mr. Starr was at the hospital for some time but is now at his home on N. Front street. Mrs. Oscar Williamson, who had been visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Day, went to Elkhart to spend a few days with her husband.

Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Spain and two daughters of Wabash and Mrs. Edna Coffell of Colburn are here to attend the funeral of Grand mother Israel, which will be held Sunday afternoon. Charles Holley of Kniman was in Rensselaer Friday to meet his daughters, Opal and Glady, who returned from Terre Haute, where they had taken a teachers’ course in the Indiana State Normal. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Hartman and children, his mother, Mrs. Frank Richards, and Marybelle Richards, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Richards attended the Old Settlers’ Meeting at Monticello today. Cecelia Mecklenberg, daughter of Mr. and M*s. John Mecklenberg of Gary, returned today to her home after a visit here with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mecklenberg of Milroy Avenue, Mrs. Nat Heuson and her sisters, Mrs. John Byrns and Mrs. William Mote of Minnesota, and Mrs. Kate O’Shaughnessy of Chicago, who had been her guests, went to Kankakee, Hl., for a visit with another sister. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Faris of Pax ton, 111., were guests last Thursday of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Nevill. They were en route by automobile to their home, having attended the dedication of the new auditorium at Winona Lake and heard BiUy Sunday make a wonderful address. Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Thomas and son of Lima, 0., came. Thursday to look after his 410-acre farm in Barkley and Walker townships. The trip to this city was made by automobile and they left this Saturday forenoon for Chicago. County Scnool Superintendent M. L. Sterrett held the regular teachers’ examination today at the high school The annual county teachers’ institute will be held in this city next week.

Ira Huntington of Mt. Ayr went to Bedford from here today. Mrs. C. A. Gundy of Fair Oaks was the guest here today of Mis. D. E. Grt>w. Marion Learning and Boy Loy came today to spend the week-end with relatives. . - Virginia Reed of Kentland is the guest of Luella Harmon and other friends. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Randle went to Flora today for a visit with Mrs. Randle’s sister, Mrs. Daniel Lesh, and family. Mrs. Ralph Sprague and two children, Marjorie and Madaline, returned home from a pleasant two weeks’ outing at Lake George. Alfred Hickman and family returned to their home in Hammond Friday after a visit here with John Merritt and family and other relatives. Frank Putts returned this afternoon to his home in Monon. He had attended the funeral of his uncle, John Moosmiller, which was held this forenoon. Michael Dwane returned this afternoon to his home- in Chalmers. He was here to attend the funeral of his father-in-law, the late John Moosmiller. Mrs. Dwane will remain here about a week. John and James Hopkins, sons of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Hopkins, went to Chicago today for a visit with Dr. John Ellis and family. They will enjoy an outing at the North Shore before returning to their home. \ Mrs. E. D. Rhoades returned this afternoon from Chicago, where she had accompanied her daughter, Mrs. C. A. Radcliff and children, who left for Camp Normyl, Texas, to join Captain Radcliff. Mr. and Mrs. Ves Richards, who had been employed by Smith & Co., road contractors, at Springfield, 111., have returned to this city. Mr. Richards is in quite poor health.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Watson left today by automobile for a visit with Mrs. Charles Hays, of Aurora. Mrs. Ted Watson* and children, who had been visiting here with Mr. and Mrs. Watson, accompanied them as far as Chicago Heights. Mr. and Mrs. John O’Connor of Kniman and daughter, Mrs. Ross L. Williams of Hammond, were the guests Friday of Abraham Halleck and family. Mr. O’Connor informed us that forty-six years ago Saturday, August 28, Beaver Lake dam was cut by Lemuel Milk, the father of Jennie Conrad. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson DuCharme and two sons left this morning by automobile for Buchanon, Mich., where they will visit with her mother, Mrs. M. W. Reed and her brother, James Reed and family. Mr. DuCharme will buy a farm in Michigan if he finds something that suits him. Vernon Nowels has closed out his soft drink manufacturing business and accepted a position with the Hilliard & Hamill clothing company. Mr. Nowels has disposed of part of his soft-drink machinery to Rouse & Co., in the east part of town and expects to dispose of the remainder of it to others. Mr. Nowels found that the field in this line was too limited.