Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 241, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1920 — COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE [ARTICLE]

COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE

• TEFFT. , ■' The first Community Institute of Kankakee township will be held atj the Tefft school Friday, Oct. Bth ad •8:00 p. m. Everybody is urged to attend. PROGRAM Song—America. ' Discussion oh life of James Whitcomb Riley. Headings. ' - ' . “When the Frost is on the Pump- 1 kin”; “The Raggedy Man,” Mrs. Ed Sands. Piano Solo —Goldie Hodge. Reading—Katherine Shephard. Vocal Solo—Gertrude Hohner. Readings. “Mrs. Jones Takes a New Lease on Life”—-Monologue. The Model Wise —Bill Nye. Song—Miss Addie Harris. Song—lntermediate Room. Question for discussion—-“ Does the Master Make the School?” . Wm. Cullen, Sr., and Wm. Cullen, Jr., are home from Hammond to ‘ register. ■ Simon Clausen is sporting around in his new Sedan. Won’t be single much longer now. Lottie Porter, who is teaching at DeMotte, was calling on old friends and ate a good dinner at Peregrines. 7- ’’ - * ; ' Gib Seegrist and May said they were both going to vote, but were not going to tell anybody how they voted. The basket ball team played San Pierre Friday. Tbps is one each, Now for the finaL Of course we are betting on Tefft. Sam Cullen and wife, Mrs. Geo. Sands and friend are visiting their father and enjoyed a.fine chicken dinner fresh from the farm. ■ Anna Jasperson returned from _ the conference at Lebanon with a flourishing report and Mr. Abel is sure returning for anohter year. . It seems funny, but when them two Miss Denkeys come home from Chicago Don and Waldy don’t get much sleep. How about it, you two? Clarence Lawrence is as proud as a peacock. The stork landed with a fine boy. Mother and boy doing fine. His name is Francis Powers Lawrence. * The bridge contractor, Charles Stalbaum, has promised to have the bridge finished through the Lewis land in a few days. -A fine improvement. . , Martin Hohner, Tom Maloney, Bill Jeffries attended county meeting of farmers and reported a big crowd and big dinner which made it worth while. wy’-s' ” * Chas. White, the bee expert, has a new way of wintering bees. Anyone wishing- this information can communicate with the above address, Tefft, Ind. There isn’t anybody can beat Mrs. Kerr ydt. She has to get three children ready and is never late to Sunday school. It sure is fine to have such a record. . All those who are interested in Sunday school are requested to be at ehutch Saturday evening at 8 p. m. Also Rally Day Sunday. Let’s have a good start for another year* ♦ • Elwood Davis and Bill Wills and their wives are, visiting Niagara Falls and Canada via auto. They are expected to be gone a few weeks and enjoy the Scenery. Worth while too. Will give more details when they return.

WALKER TOWNSHIP.

■ s OBBa "■ >- _ Henry Meyers spent Thursday night at Joe Salrin’s. < A. P. Huntington “was a Wheatfield caller Wednesday. F. M. Lilly helped Will Stalbaum fill his silo this week.. Mrs. F. M. Garrett was a. Wheatfield caller Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Graham visited Will Hartley’s Saturday. Mrs. F. M. Lilly called on MYs. Clarence Hurley Wednesday. Billy Wenrick and F. M. Lilly were on the sick list Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Huntington took dinner with F. M. Lilly s Sunday. ’ J . Clarence Bridgeman and son, Donald, were Rensselaer callers, Wednesday. \ v Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Huntington took supper with M. Zufall s Tuesday evening. ' _ Mrs. Braddock, Mrs. Pearl Sanders’ grandmother, spent the week visiting >her. .. Will Hartley ,and family took

dinner with’ Daniel W3liami* *nd 'faipily Sunday. . > Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hurley and Lena Meyers visited Charles Petitet> of Kersey Saturday. '“John Price, Jake Meyers and wife, of near Gifford, called on Clarence Bridgeman’s Sunday afternoon. ■ _ ■ Mrs. Clayton Weaver and two sons; of Earl Park, visited her mother, Mrs. J. J. Tomlinson over the week-end. • • Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hershman and Miss Azalia Spurgeon took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Firman Pettet of Virgie Sunday. Will Clinton’s moved their household furniture to Roselawn to a farm which they- have purchased, on Monday and Tuesday. The Victory Club gave a shower for Helen, the daughter of Mts. Paul Hershman Wednesday. Many useful and dainty presents were received by Miss Helen. •- Mrs. J. J. Tomlinspn and son. Will, and Mrs. Clayton Weaver and sons took dinner with Charley Tomlinson’s Sunday and visited Ernest Tomlinson, of Kniman, Sunday afternoon. i' H. Hendricks, A. P. Huntington, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Tomlinson, of Kniman; Mr. and Mrs. Firman Pettet, of Virgie; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hershman and Estol Meyers helped John Pettet fill his silos Tuesday. A large number of friends and neighbors assembled at the home of Henry Meyeys Saturday evenning. An enjoyable time was had by all and fine refreshments were served. All departed at a late hour after a jolly evening.

DEMOTTE.

Dr. Hewitt went Saturday for a visit over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Yeagley. and son went tg South Bend Monday. Quite a few vegetables were shipped from this town the past week to southern points. Mr. and Mrs. Zouthour of Valparaiso spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hazekamp. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wolff, Effiie Margaret Fairchild, Chatty and Edna Erwin motored to Monon Sunday. DeMotte High School ball team went to Shelby Saturday afternoon and defeated the Shelby team by a score of 25 to 2. DeMotte has a hiking club. It meets every morning for a 4 mile hike. Young and old, maids and old maids, young and old men. Mrs. Fred Wolff went to Pontiac 111., to meet her husband, who was driving through from LaPlata, Mo. They arrived home Saturday evening. „ - Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Ter Hoat Jr., and Mrs. T. Ter Hoat, Sr., and Mrs. H. Smidt from Chicago spent a few pleasant days with Mr. and Mrs. Abbring. C. P. Curtain and Ramey and Newton Hixson attended the ball game Sunday tit Boone Grove. They drove to Valpo for supper and picture show in the evening.

WHEATFIELD.

Read the public sale notices in this paper. * Don’t wear a garter around" your neck. , Don’t shake .the trees. Born, on Sunday, Oct. 3, 1920, a girl to Florence Paxton and wife. H. W. Marble returned Friday evening from a two days’ visit at Chicago. • Squire Albert Van Doozer returned from a visit with relatives at Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Mell Wood of near ’Aix were shopping in our town last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. George Swisher were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Clark last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Luse returned from a ten days’ visit at Fort Wayne with relatives. . Mr., and Mrs. W. J. White and Mrs. and Mrs. Edward Ledke motored Thursday evening to Hobart Mr. and Mrs. John Williams and Silas visited friends and Relatives at Indiana Harbor last Saturday and Sunday. _ . • Phil Ryan and Trustee Bowie motored to Knox last Thursday and heard Dr. McCulloch and Dr. Mann deliver an address. • Clifford Hamilton left here Tuesday for Dallas, Texas, where he will hunt a location for his family, who wiR follow later. Mr. and Mrs. George Luse, who has been visiting friends and relatives at different points in Ohio, returned a few days ago. Suppose Wm. Hallier is out west overcoming the influence of F. W. Fisher’s political trip. O, you politics, you are a stem winder. C. P.. is developing into a regular, live wire advocate of the League of nations , and he cad handle the too& of that side of the

Frances W. Powers of West Dffayette, Ind., was a visitor last Thursday to his land interests on the Rowers . ranch in Kankakee tO Speaking of hogs, RoUey Morehouse took a Spotted Poland China hog to market Saturday that wan only two years old z and weighed session of the Board of Registration 201 voters registered, making a total of the September and October sessions of 451 in Wheatfield township. Joseph Hillard w6nt to Indian--1 apolis P Tuesday to attend the anI nual meeting of the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias as the repreI tentative of Wheatfield Lodge, No. i orn a Large numTer° V report a fine time and a very sucI'cessful meeting. I WTI" AFI fl WiTfl- HftTH 11 IOTT Xi’---. •• M-vFv '•

here with the best wishes of all. Click hqs .promised to send us a few communications which we will, from time to time, insert in - our department. The first number of the Lyceum series given under the auspices of the Wheatfield High School will be, held at the Primo Theatre Tuesday evening, Oct. 12. Lee Fitzpatrick, humorous philosopher, Lecturer, will give heart to heart talks. Hear him explain' “what a glorious world this would be if it were not for the other fellow.” Wm. Mason departed for his new field of endeavor at Brazil, IncL, last Saturday evening. Bill told us to tell dll of his good bye, stating he would write us every once in a while and let us know how things are booming up. We told him to beware of the fairies. He promised. >

If the men voters would read; up on the different questions before the American people at much, as the ladies are, there would be for once a deluge of intelligent ( voting. If we would make our ballot represent a careful consid- 1 eration of the issues of the day, a. vote would have a meaning. The scandal revealed "in the opthat had exalted themselvest until they sat upon the very pinnacle of baseballdom would even think of a fixed game is surely a new side of human • October 3rd was Dr. Bucher’s 64th birthday which he celebrated professionally at the home of Fwrence Paxton and wife. Doc hemhowl old he was, but after being I told that he didn’t look as old as he really is and we promised ■ not - engaged the band to give band concerts through October, thusexv, : M _J| — mit hi nrR bitt avoyi tn om a Flo eniOV ft TYlUftl—ing^hVmo^^the give a series of patriotic songs at the concert. Watch for the announce-

thent. Let us make this night a regular Patriotic demonstration. for over 15 years, has been transayrcsa S ST,® is the method the. company takes in showing its appreciation of his oldest foSmen of the coin? pany and is also one of our ster£ng that we will all miss. hip new field of work, gods the best wishes of a host of friends here. ' •

d Cupid, that mystical, all powerful influence that colors our poetry and that breaks forth in song and sculpture is doing a silent work, in these parts, judging by the actions of a few of our young men. Fart of these birds can not be affected very seriously with the ordinary dart but it will take darts made out of second growth jackoak to do the killing unless, like some Indians, you use poison on thq darte. We hope that ere the dose pf leap year that these noble young fellows will be haltered good and tight and. properly tied. . A -Farmers’ Federation speaker from Hancock county has beenadd. easing the farmers an the northern tier of the townships and organising them into clubs. The object of this movement is t° establishes * more direct method of selling the products of the farm to the actual consumer by doing away witn an army of useless middlemen, who not only affect the price of farm products but also rob the Ultimate consumer with an unreasonable price. The Farmers Eederatwn mtcnds to stabilise prices upon the basis of actual cost of production plus, a reasonable profit thus en- £ SSX® £ united action, scientifically applied.

GILLAM.

Miss Clara’ Guild spent Sunday with Miss Letta Hershman. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Guy Faris of Gary -came Saturday for a visit with rd“lmT and spent Sunday at the Charles Pullins h °The WillingWorkers’ society met With Mrs. ; Jack Turner last Wedn6Jess’, Schoonover is here far a visit with his parents; .Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Schoonover. . Mr. and Mrs.' Elvin Ennis and Charles Schoonover visited over Sunday in Ft Wayne. Ted Dexter and sisters of Chicago spent Saturday night with their sister, Mrs. Ivan Coppeso. ; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wood, Allie and Will Wood and John Wood visited part of last week with Ross Faris and famHy. „ Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Young and two sons, of Gary, visited over Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Guild and family. Mrs. Sarath Pullins returned to her home Sunday evening after a two weeks’ visit with her sister, Mrs. Mack Harris, of Gary.. Mr. and Mrs, John Manning and son, Arthur, motored to Kouts Saturday in their new automobile. On Sunday they motored to Michigan City far a visit with relatives, being accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Chester Guild. 7

THAYER.

There will be a Democratic speaking at Roselawn Friday evening, Oct 8, in the auditorium of the school house. w _ Mr. Barce, of accompanied by Judge Scanlon of Boswell, candidate for state representative, and Mrs. Winfield Scott Johnson will constitute the force, and a quartette of ex-soldier boys will furnish the music. Here, is your chance to get straignteneu Hear Congressman Wood at the at | Job Wk at