Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1911 — News Notes of Nearby Towns [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

News Notes of Nearby Towns

A» Furnished by Our Regular Correspondents

MIT Items of Interest jJ from Surrounding Town» Tersely Told. Chronicling the Happenings in the Territory Adjacent to the Jasper County Metropolis

NEW CENTER. Oats sowing is in full blast. Nick Digman was a Wolcott goer Tuesday. Chas. Howell was a Wolcott caller last Monday. Chas. Beaver called on Geo. Caster Monday morning. Andy Latta spent Sunday with his best girl in Benton county. John Ward and family spent Sunday with Geo. Caster and family. Wiley Latta and family spent Sunday with John Southard and family. Frank Sommers and George Beaver were Rensselaer goers last Friday. Wiley Latta had a new telephone put in last Friday on the Remington line. * .

Ernest Miles went to Morocco Saturday evening for a short visit with friends. Mabel, Ernest and Ora Clark attended the last day of school at Lone Star last Friday. Manson Beaver and James Hamilton were through this vicinity last Friday breaking a colt. Mrs. James A. May and daughter Belle and Howard Stuart were shopping in Rensselaer last Friday.. True Holdridge has improved the appearance of his farm by cutting off the timber and burning the brush. Miss Ara Griswold’s school was out last Saturday, and Ara will spend the vacation at home this summer. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beaver spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Manson Beaver. The latter is still in very poor health. Miss Etta Howell returned to Piper City Wednesday where she expects to spend a couple of months with her sister. A son was born Saturday morning to Mr. and Mrs. George Coffman. Mrs. John Woosley is assisting them with their work. A good crowd was reported as being out to Sunday .school Sunday. We want Sunday school to improve and will do all we can to assist. Last Saturday was All Fools’ day, and I think some in .these parts had good reminders of it. John Southard was the lucky one to find a package of smoking tobacco consisting of black oak leaves and other ingredients. r ' Mary Miles. Belle and Jessie Southard attended Jessie and Lena

Williamson's last day of school at the Blake school house last Saturday, and enjoyed the program and big dinner \yhich was good enough for a king.

| FOUR CORNERS. Geo. O. Stembel is again able to attend to his office work. The Royal Neighbors instituted a camp at Wheatfield Wednesday eve. Tefft school closed Monday, preceded by a box social Saturday night. Fertilizer agents are more numerous than lightning rod and book agents. The continued snow and rain has put a stop to oats seeding in this section. F. G. Barnard of Lochiel was looking after his land interests here the first of the. week. Trustee Shirer and Orville Fisher of Kankakee tp., were business callers at Rensselaer Monday. Trustee Keen of Wheatfield, Fred Karch and John Pettit of Walker were down to the hub on official busihess Monday. H. iW. Marble is expecting his dry land dredge in a few days, which he will use in digging the laterals on the Davis ditch. Elmer Hunsicker and Walter Darner rode the M. W. A. goat Monday night. They both confess that they received the worth of their money. The 'Mi W. A." camp "now meet in the I. O. O. F. hall. The change

was made for the purpose of giving to the prospective Royal Neighbor camp a suitable place to meet Man Patton school closed Saturday with a literary program and a grand dinner. The teacher, Miss Stella Nelson, will, we are informed, take up a new industry in the near future. James Anderson, one of Wheatfield’s ball players, started Monday to meet a Michigan team at Bluffton, Ind., as a pitcher. Anderson some day in the near future will command a large salary. ■ Simon Fendig, Louis Jensen and Joe Hilliard were elected Monday night to attend the county meeting of the M. W. A. at Rensselaer Wednesday afternoon. W. S. DeArmond and Elwood Davis of Tefft camp were representatives elected to attend the Rensselaer meeting. MJss Carrie Jasperson of east Walker called at the county clerk’s office Monday in company with a young man of near Rensselaer, Lawson L. Bruce by name, for some important papers that the above official has control of. They were given possession of the documents, we are informed, and are now hap-, pily living together near the hub as man and wife.

j LEE. j Roy Stiers is visiting home folks. Carl Westphall is carring his hay to ship. S. M. Jacks is op- the sick list this week. ’ - L. M. Jacks made a business trip to Monon Tuesday. Lural Anderson visited home folks here over Sunday. Harley Clark is working for Horton & Mosley on their ranch near here. Orval Holeman and Clayton Mellender took dinner Sunday at Frank Overton’s. A family by the name of Fisher moved onto the D. E. Noland farm Wednesday. Misses Vera and Fern Parker of Rensselaer visited their aunt, Mrs. G. A. Jacks, over Sunday. Agnes and Hamilton Stiers are both sick with symptoms of typhoid fever. They are better at this writing.

Walter Jordan and family and Walter Gilmore visited Saturday and Sunday at Ray Holeman’s near Reynolds. Miss Morris, the teacher, and pupils are making extensive arrangements for a good program for the last day of school. Miss Sadie Cody of Chicago visited her sister, Mrs. Dora Jacks, this week, before leaving for her new home in California. There was a large crowd here at Sunday school Sunday. All of the new neighbors that have recently moved into the community are cordially invited to attend. April 15 is the date set for the Monon township examination, to be held at Monon. There are two from the eighth grade and five from the seventh that are going to try from this school.

BLUE SEA | Back again, news is scarce. Everett Clark spent Sunday with Homer Templeton. Born March 29, to Mr. and Mrs. Elza Webb, a daughter. The Baptist Ladies’ Aid met with Mrs. Anson Dobbins Thursday. Miss Irene Marchand is doing Mrs. Elza Webb's housework this week. iMiss Vesta Arrick spent Sunday with her friend. Miss Grace Mattox. Miss Lillie Lear spent Sunday with Misses Carrie and Elsie Anderson. Miss Elsie Beaver spent Sunday with Misses Effie and Floe Gallagher. Asa Holeman and wife called on Mr. and Mrs. Elza Webb Monday afternoon. A large crowd attended the baptising services at the Baptist church Sunday evening. The patrons of the new Banner school gave a surprise dinner on the teacher last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. John Gallagher and two children called oh Mr. and Mrs. Elza Webb Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Jack Boone and two children spent Sunday with her parents, Mn and Mrs. McDuffy, near Wolcott. A number of friends of Mr. and Mrs. Clell Clark gathered at their home Saturday evening and spent the time in games and friendly conversation. A number of Paul Dawson’s friends came in and surprised him Friday evening, it being his sixteenth birthday anniversary. A good time was reported. <

ROSEBUD. | Mrs. David Alter is on the sick list this week. Ralph Lakin visited the Rosebud school Tuesday. Most of the snow took its departure Tuesday. Kate Smith spent Sunday with Gertrude Rardin. Al Witham’s father visited over Sunday with him. Walter Harrington attended the lecture at Parr Sunday night. Joe Pullins and family spent Sunday with Rev. Rardin and family. Mrs. B. D. Comer spent Friday afternoon with Mrs. J. W. Smith. Quite a few attended prayer meeting at Rosebud last Thursday night. Rev. Rardin and family spent Tuesday with J. W. Smith and family. Little David Yeoman fell through a hole in the hay mow Monday and broke his arm. Mrs. A. Jenkins is spending a few days with her daughter, Mrs. Victor Yeoman. Mrs. Mary Gant of Rensselaer is spending a few days with her uncle, Taylor Wood’s and family Clyde Antrim visited with his brother Ross Sunday and attended Sunday school at Rosebud. Marjorie Rardin expects to go to Ssheridan Wednesday to visit her grandmother, who is quite sick.