Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1907 — $3,180.00. [ARTICLE]

$3,180.00.

The Total Receipts of the Catholic Fair EXCEED LAST FAIR OVER SI,OOO. Will Clear About $3,800 As the Re* suit.—Lucky Contestants Who Win Prizes Help to Swell Receipts. The “Fair” held by the St. Angustinqs Catholic church closed Saturday night in a “blaze of glory,” and the results were beyond the most sanguine expectations of the church people. There was an immense crowd in attendance Saturday night and money flowed freely ( into the coffers of the church. |- In round numbers the total receipts of the week’s fair was $3,180, and the expenses wpre about S4OO, leaving nearly $2,800 “to the good” which will about wipe out the indebtedness of the church on the Chilcote property, purchased a couple of years ago and, where the sisters who are instructors in the Parochial school reside. Following is the result of the different contests and the awards of articles for Friday and Saturday nights: Joe Borntrager, stove. Fred Phillips, furs. Geo. Reusch, overcoat. David Hochstetler. Mt. Ayr. watch. Frank Weishaar. Brook, rocking chair. Rev. C. D, Stetler. Kentland, blankets. Emma Stack. Goodland, pitcher, Louise Brown, Kentland, watch, • Joseph Liters, Toulese geese. W. H. Eger, hog. FrankiWeginsr, clock. Peter Hordeman, Sr., beef. James Prohasky, jardineer, Frank Weging, hat. Anna Palzer, toilet and manicure set. Levi Souleigre, ladies' hat. W. Wylie, water tank. Judson Fitzpatrick (editor Francesville Tribune), two tons hard coal, J. L. Nichols, North Dakota, chamber set. F. Spitzuagel, Lafayette, braking plow. G. B. Porter, suit of clothes. Abe Wartena. overcoat. Thos. Lornegan. corn. D. J. Harris, hog. F. P. Meyer, Danville, HI., hog. J. L. Babcock, Parr, hog. W. C. Babcock, ladies' cloak. Theodore George, eow. Mrs. Matt Worden, bedroom suite. Addison Parkison, horse, buggy and harness. In the young ladies' popularity contest Mias Grace Worland turned in $178.21; Miss Emma Lane $129.68. Prize, gold watch. Married ladies’ contest—Mrs. Stephen Kohley, $202.79; Mrs. Joe Thomas, $131.41, Prize.fgold wateh. Single men centest—Peter Hordeman, S2OO, Owen Callahan. $37.30. Prize gold watch, Married men's contest—J. J. Eigelsbach, $213, L. A. Harmon, sll9. Prize $75 diamond ring. The horse, buggy and harness was the most valuable prize, and brought nearly SSOO. Addison Parkison, prior to his departure for California, left word, jokingly, that if he got this prize to sell same at auction and after giving $25 to the church to send him the remainder. He won the outfit and his instructions were carried out. Len Lefler of Pleasant Ridge bid the horse off at $140; John Zimmer of Newton tp., the buggy at $75, and the harness at sl3 by Nat Heuson, $228 in all. * Father Meyer and the church people are well pleased with the results of the fair, and the former announced in church Sunday that each of the losing contestants would be given handsome prizes, and they will probably receive the same valuable prizes awarded their competitors, as an appreciation of their work.