Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1920 — COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE [ARTICLE]

COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE

LEE. Lloyd Overton is sick with the “flu". Sam Nolands visited Harry Rishlings Sunday. Wm. Zabel and family visited Sunday with Wm. Wacker and family. A - Mfu Nina Pogue, who teaches school at Rensselaer, visited over Sunday at H. C. Anderson's. Orville Hohman and family took Sunday dinner with his mother, Mrs. Kate Holman. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Quaile of Illinois and Lonnie Noland and family spent Sunday at 0. E. Nolands. Little Jack Morton of Rensselaer spent several days last week with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. 0. A. Jacks. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fisher and Miu Sarah Burr of Tefft spent Sunday with Mrs. Fisher’s father, L. E. Noland, and other relatives. Mrs. Sarah Heichel and daughter, Mrs. Anna Wheaton, of Reynolds, visited Saturday night and Sunday with their cousins, the Culps and Nolands.

PLAINVIEW.

We are all still busy. Charles Marchand has moved to Monon. John Grugle and wife were Wolcott visitors Tuesday. Loyal Snyder hauled his cane to Mr. Gross last week. The little Miu Chapman has been named Helen May. Mrs. C. Stuart visited Mr.s Claude Spencer Sunday afternoon. Walter Chapman called on Clarence Blankenship the other even*Mr. Duncan of Wolcott preached at Milroy church Sunday and will also preach this Sunday, Oct. 17. Mr. Pheobus and wife of Chicago have rented what is known u the Chas Jones'house and moved into the same. Bob says that pulling onions is the laziest, sleepiest, weeping job he ever «saw. Well, Bob, most ped- ' pie are sympathetic when they work with onions. There will be a box supper at Queen City next Friday night, Oct 22. Miu Kendall is the teacher, and boys, she wants you to be sure and bring plenty, of money to buy the boxes. She wants all the girls to bring boxes so the boys won’t be disappointed.

M'COYSBURG.

Mrs. J. R. Phillips was in Rensselaer Monday. ' '' ' Next Sunday is preaching- day. Let’s fill the house. Lon Stroup entertained company from Kersey Sunday. Ruth Cochran was the Sunday guest of Beatrice Tilton. Mrs. James Jeffries and Fred Beebe were in Rensselaer Tuesday. Albeit Lin-back and family were the guests of Kora Eldridge Sunday. Rev. Dean and family were the guests of Charles Ferguson and family 'Sunday. William Willit And wife were the Sunday guests of Mrs.' Willits brother, Sunday. ' Mrs. Van Wood and daughter of Rensselaer were the guests of her folks, J. R. Phillips, Monday. • • Bertha Campbell of Parr was the over Sunday guest of her uncle, Chas. Ferguson and family. Charles Ferguson and family and M. S. Newgent spent evening with Mrs. S. C. Swisher-at Reynolds. „ „ _ Mrs. Vern Boze, Mis. J. R. Phillips, Mrs. George Johnson, Mrs. Zelpha Brown and Ruth Cochran attended the Ladies’ Aid at John Johnson’s Thursday. - The following attended the Democratic speaking at Lafayette ’DIWh day evening: G. L. Marrs and family, S. E. Cook and family, 0. E. Kitchings and family, Paul Stevens and Lon Stroup.

remington.

Dr Besser was in Chicago the first of the week on business. Bom on the twelfth to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Parker, a fine new daughMr. and Mrs. Ed Bellows left the first of the week for Chicago for a few days. - . . Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Stortz of Wolcott motored over for a abort visit on Tuesday. Lucille Washburn, K who has been quarantined in the past week, is quite a good deal better now. Bud Cain who was quite ill with throat trouble last week is much improved but his wife is now sick with the same complaint. Mrs. Roy Emerson » the latest victim of Diphtheria. Mrs. Emerson is reported as being in ayery serious condition from the disease which is in a bad form here now. Mrs. Frank Turner, grandmother of the little Gladys Harris, who died last week with Diphtheria, contracted the disease while caring for child and was in a very -bad condition but is now on the mend. The first number of the lecture course was held onTuesday evening. The sale of tickets was the largest that was ever put thro ugh. The numbers are all splendid ones and will be enjoyed by alh Fred Hamilton has been selected as a’ member of the executive com- - ■, ... ■ - ■=—

L WALKER TOWNSHIP. Mm. John Pettet was on the riek lint Tuesday. The Victory Club will meet at Mrs. Frank Hershman’s October 20. Mrs. Pearl Sanders and family visited Caldwell’s at Gifford Sunday. Mrs. Wesley Hurley visited Miss Lena Meyers’'school at Buckhorn Friday. - Jay Pettet cot corn for A. P. Huntington Wednesday with a corn binder. Owen Williams and wife motored to Lafayette and visited relatives, Saturday. Clarence Bridgeman, F. M. Lilly and. Will Tomlinson sowed fall rye this week. M. Zufall and family called on Daniel Williams and family Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Wesley Hurley and Miss Lena Meyers called at John Pettet’B Friday evening. Mirs. Earnest Tomlinson of Kniman visited her mother, Mrs. John Pettet, Wednesday. George Long threshed buckwheat for John Long and Clarence Hurley for C. B. Scott Saturday. F. M. Lilly, wife and son, Letter. and Mrs. A. P. Huntington were Medaryville callers Saturday. Elston Sayers was taken sick with the whooping cough Monday. This makes five cases in the neighborhood. ♦ v . Mrs. Clarence Bridgeman and Mrs. F. M. Lilly visited Mrs. A. P. Huntington’s school at Oak Grove Friday. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Huntington and Joy Pettet spent the' day with Mr. Huntington’s mother at Mt. Ayr Sunday. The muck fire set out by Jess Wynkoup on his own land is spreading to Gifford land and on A. P. Huntington. M. L. Sterrett visited Miss Asalia Spurgeon of Hershman school and Miss Lona Meyers of Buckhorn school Thursday. Tom Lynch rebuilt his barn this week which was blown over by the wind last spring. Will Tomlinson' helped him Monday and Tuesday. Fire broke out on Bill Hershman’s land Sunday evening and all the Neighborhood had to turn out to fight fire to keep it from spreading. People who set fires this time of year should be tended to as it it extremely dangerous. Oak Grove school had a surprise Friday afternoon' when Louis Banders, Ernest Johnson, Dorothy Williams and Ardrey Hartley celebrated their birthdays by giving the rest of the school a good time. Ardrey and Dorothy made pop-corn balls of which there was a plentiful supply and Louis and Ernest furnished apples and grapes. The school house was decorated in fall leaves and vines. Games were played and everyone had a good time and plenty to eat.

‘ WHEATFIELD.

Mrs. Bessie. Freeman is visiting friends at Gary at this writing. The lend company, north of town finished their silo /operations last Monday. Quite a number from here attended the Jubilee at North Judson last week. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Keins moved Tuesday to Gary where he has a position as clerk. Mrs. Berenice Clark went via auto to St. Petersburg, Fla., to spend the winter with friends. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Dooley and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Dooley are away on a visiting tour at this writing. Mr. Minor went to Valpo last Saturday to get ready to undergo an operation at the hospital there. Mr. and Mrs. John Jessup of South Bend returned home Monday evening from a visit here with relatives. , Warren Fisher, our new fledged railroad man, was visiting friends and relatives here last Saturday and Sunday. „ Don’t fail to hear Mrs. Henry Pearson, of Bedford, Ind., who will speak at Wheatfield Thursday evening, October 21. . ■ Joseph Hilliard returned Thursday from attending the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias at Indianapoha. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ott of Crown Point visited here the past week at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Ernest Goseh apd husband. Charles Gerber, the cement and bridge contractor,, is getting ready to put in two bridges on the Walker and Wheatfield township lines. Albert Stembel, who recently bought the Click Hamilton residence property in the west end of town, moved Monday to his new home. William Meyers, who has been with friends and relatives at North Manchester, Ind., for a few days, arrived home the latter part of last week. Gert Hendrickson has bought the former Click Hamilton barber shop. It kin da looks natural to see the old veteran whittling away at the whiskem. ■ <V DsU Headley, while operating a corn binder last Thursday, accidently got his hand caught m the me-1 chanical part, cutting one of his j Makeever of. Renamher and Dr. Sallsburyef j Crown Point attended the awafag ; of the Board of Durectors at the Bank Monday* I Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ledke motored to Valparaiso in their n4w| Dodge last Saturday* IMI went Dartioulariy to get his new set of, food grinders as he is mighty tired of Bedford, । tod-, will talk to the women voters * of this vicinity jet, tie Prawjhea-| and school house FMday evening, Oct. 22 ’ Lase Langdon, who ent Mb leg * "a

X — - ‘ against him for' being a Cox. man. , Quite a few of our people attended the Jubilee, at ortn Judsop last week. This annual affair at North Judson surely attracts a pointer to us, to do something in! this line to advertise our hustling | town. , The whisker • company here has sold its holdings to Girdon Hendrickson - who now succeed Click in the barber work. Gird is a well known barber and will, as in the, past, give satisfaction to all his pa- t trons. ’ By the moving away of Mr. and . Mrs. James. Walter and family, we have lost one of our best families. ! To their new home goes the best wishes of a host of friends here. ; Mr. Walter is going to engage in the hardware business. ~ | The corn crop here, on the average is the' best produced here for , years from the standpoint of both 3uality and quantity. If-the price oes not slump through the sinister influence of fixed markets, the farmers here will partially overcome the loss on their wheat crop. He can’t for the life of him, remember when he committed matn-

mony and who is • the girt bound to him in the bonds of Hemlock. This is to him a great mystery and he is anxiously waiting to see if any one else will claim him and thus put him in the leaky boat bigSamuel Payne , and son-in-law have just finished sowing 90 acres of wheat Wm. Mutchler is going to sow one hundred acres of rye. A large number of our heavy wheat growers have cut down their yield to about ,40 acres. The farm journals are of the opinion that late sowing of wheat will hastily overcome the ravages of the ly. On Saturday evening, Oct. 28, our band will give its program of patriotic music. Let us,i upon this date, stage the largest patriotic demonstration ever seen here. Next week we will publish the program. Come out every Saturday evening but be sure and be on hand Saturday evening,. Oct 28. Tell all your friends every where to come. The High School is developing a basket ball team which in a short time will make itself felt field of sport., All,of the boys have the necessary qualificationsi to make themselves stars if supplemented by the proper practice and training. Let us sal whoop her up for the boys and thus give them the proper amount of encouragement, and then wateh them go over the top. - ■