Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1909 — MT. AYR. [ARTICLE]

MT. AYR.

(From The Pilot.) Caleb Baker was calling on friends in Rensselaer Sunday. A number of our citizens attended the theater at Rensselaer Mon- ■ day night. ! Miss Ellen Crisler returned home i Saturday after visiting relatives in i Rensselaer a few days, i Lewis Shriver and family spent Sunday in town with. Mrs. Hattie Barton and daughter Orpha. | Frank Heyath and wife gave a i dance at their home near Brook last ; Thursday evening and several of the 'young people from nere attended. j J. H. Dunlap and family spent the ! day last Sunday at the country I home of their daughter and husI band, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Prouty. | Miss Madaline Penwrlght left Thursday morning for her home in Kankakee, after visiting a couple of weeks with friends and relatives here. Mrs. Thomas Mitchell of Montezuma, Ind., and Mrs. Violet Sheets of Danville, came Friday for a visit at the country home of the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Murfitt. A. M. Winklepeck left here Suncay morning for his home at Elnora, Ind. It has been reported i that Mr. Winklepeck will again be at the head of the Mt. Ayr schools next fall.

J. B. Ashby has the carpenters at w'ork on his bluldings and in a days will have one of the , :ost f 1 icious and good looking 1 :rd ware and furniture stores to be iound in this part of the state. Claude Sayler of Kniman made a short visit here the first of the week with his brother Ira and family- Claude will leave in a tew days for the state of Washington where he will reside in the future. Walter Hitchlngs of near Foresman, father of Mrs. Wm. Johnson met xlth an accident one day the latter part of the week and is now in a very serious condition. He was driving a team hitched to a loaded manure spreader when the team became frightened and ran away. During the run Mr. Hitchlngs was thrown from the seat in such a way that one wheel of the spreader passed squarely over his body, injuring him Internally. At last report he was showing signs of Improvment.