Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 258, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1920 — LOCAL AND PERSONAL [ARTICLE]

LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Mrs. Arthur Meadows of Monon came today to visit Mrs. Mary Clayton. Charles Sickingvr, a west Carpenter township farmer, was in Rensselaer today. Mrs. Russell, wife of Dr. W, E. Russell of this city, went to Chicago this morning. R. W. Barns went to Boone county to visit Mrs. Mac Murray and family today. F. W. Rutherford went to Monon today to visit his daughter, Mrs. Glenn Brown. Fred Kaupke and son, Emmett, of Barkley township were in Rensselaer today. Mrs. Frank Gaspie of Oxford came Wednesday for a few days’ visit with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Warner. W. R. Lee, the Mt. Ayr editor and merchant, Dr. E. N. Loy and Clifford Bever west to Chicago this morning. Mrg. J. F. Farrell of Hammond, who has been spending a few days with William Frye and family returned home Wednesday, The mercury slipped to the thirtyseven degree the night, five degrees from the • freezing point. Fritz Kulske, Howard Lane, F. W. Fisher, John Finn and Oliver Tuner of near, Tefft were in Rensselaer today. Mrs. Florman Potter, of Converse.who had visited with her son, H. H. Potter, and family, went to Manteno, 111., today. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Howard of Remington were in Rensselaer Thursday. Mrs. Howard is Jasper county’s efficient jtepublican Woman chairman.

Harvey Phillips, who had been in the west for sonje time, but is now visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Phillips, went to Chicago this morning. Herman B. Tuteur has just installed another pressing machine in his establishment, it being of the same make as the first which he installed a few months ago. Ed Harris of Mt. Ayr was in our city today. Evidently Mr. Harris is counting on the election of Harding as he has his usual good natured smiles just a little more prominent than ever. /_ Ludd and James Clark of Milroy township were in Rensselaer today. They were accompanied by their brother, Alva Clark, who lives near Gardner, Kansas, but whcr is here for a brief visit. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Banker, who have been visiting in Clinton, la., went to Kankakee, 111., Wednesday evening where they will make their future home. Mrs. Banker was formerly Margaret Walter,, of this city. Leslie Clark went to Chicago today to visit Mrs. Clark, who has been a patient in Augustana hospital, but who left the hospital today and went to the home of her sister in Chicago, where she will remain for several days. A movement is on foot in the Monticello high school toward curb ing the ‘practice of the smoking oi cigarettes by the high school boys. Letters are being sent out to the parents of the boya asking for their co-operation in the campaign. Sergeant Maples, of Gary, in charge of the recruiting service in this district, was in Rensselaer Wednesday. Sergeant Thomas, who-has charge of the work here, announces that beginning Saturday enlistments for -service in Germany will be accepted. Superintendent C. Ross Dean of the city schools went to Mishawaka today to attend the meeting of the Northern Indiana City Superintendents’ duh. This is a very important meeting and Rensselaer is to be congratulated upon having a wide awake superintendent who will be an active member or a plub which can be of much assistance to him in his work. Robert S. Drake and family, who had been living ifpon his farm on a rural route out of Lafayette, have moved into the city and are now residents at 107 Fowler Avenue, West Lafayette. Mr. Drake was formerly a resident of Hanging Grove township and he and his family were held in the very highest esteem by all who knew them. He was for a number of years trustee of Hanging Grove township and' was a most efficient public servant Elizabeth Murray, of Lafayette, niece of Mrs. W. C. Babcock, fell through a trap door, which gave way under her in the West Side drug store across from her home in West Lafayette and fell a distance of some fifteen feet to the cement floor. She was very severely injured. Her ankles were injured, her tower limbs badly bruised and it was thought for a while that she was hurt internally. The acci_dent happened last week and at this time she seems to be recovering satisfactorily.

A Franklin automobile, the property of a Mr. Stewart, of Knox, turned over in a ditch near the Roth Brothers’ farm about four miles northeast of town about fivethirty o’clock Wednesday evening. Mr. Stewart, his wife and two children were in. the car at the tune the accident occurred, and all escaped uninjured. The accident was due to the slippery condition of the road, the car skidding and getting beyond Mr. Stewart’s control.

The Primary Community club will hold its first meeting at the primary building Friday, October 29, at 2:30 p. m. Phases of Child Welfare will be discussed. Everybody is invited.