Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1911 — Correspondence [ARTICLE]

Correspondence

| LEE. | —I Mrs. Ida Lewis has been very sick with measles. z Charles Jones has bought a new cream Separator of Clark & Son. Some of our young people attended league Sunday evening at Monon Chapel. S. M. Jacks and family visited Sunday afternoon ’ with Thomas Spencer and family. Alvin Clark, the hardware man, has completed himself a new barn on his property at this place. We have had a very fine rain of which we were greatly in need and everything is growing nicely. Uncle David jCulp improves very slowly and his sons-Will and James are piftting in his corn for him. TheXMonon tp. commencement will be held on ’Wednesday evening, May 31 at the Baptist church at Monon. The young people practiced singing for Children’s day at Alvin Clark's Sunday afternoon. The exercises will be held all day June 4. Mrs. Wm. Lee of Rensselaer, formerly Miss Jennie Bailey, died at her home there and was buried here in the Osborne cemetery Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stiers were called to St. Joe, Mich., last week on account of their son Paul, who has a very severe case of lung fever in a hospital at that place.

I PARR. | Hurrah for the welcome rain! Everybody has got the fishing fever. Sunday school was well attended Sunday. All the corn is planted in this vicinity., Miss Marie King was a Rensselaer goer Saturday. Harry Thomas and brother Fred were in Parr Sunday. Miss Martha Schreeg was a guest of Marie King Sunday afternoon. •Harvey Meyer has been laid up this week by stepping on a rusty nail. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Warren and children were Rensselaer goers Saturday. Mr. and. Mrs. Ed Stahl of Mt. Ayr and children were guests of Louis Schreeg’s Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schreeg vissited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zacher one day this week. Misses Luvie and Goldie Gunyon, Ocie Wood and Virgil Gunyon were Rensselaer goers Saturday. The supper given by the ladies of the U. B. church Saturday night was well enjoyed by both young and old. Ocie Wood, Mary Johnson of Mt. Ayr and Ed Lane and Otto Schreeg were guests of the Gunyon family Sunday. Miss Olga Schreeg land brother Otto went to Hammond this week where they and friends took a trip in an auto to Chicago.

PALESTINE. | Florence Dawson has the measles. Miss Fae McKillip is on the sick list. Miss Floe Gallagher spent Monday afternoon at home. Mrs. Jones spent Saturday afternoon. with Mrs. Conley. Mrs. Anderson called on Mrs. Jones Sunday afternoon. Nelson Anderson called on Mr. Marchand Sunday evening. OBITUARY. Rebecca Jane Kinney, daughter of Wjlliam .and Lucinda Kinney, was born April 27, 1853, in Princeton tp!, White county, Ind., and departed this life May 18, 1911, aged 58 years, 21 days. The whole of her life had been spent in this, place. At the x, age of 15 years she* united with the Christian church at Seafield. Later placing her membership with the Wolcott congregation. When the’ church building and records were destroyed by fire she then united with the Palestine congrgation of which she was a member at the time of her death. On Feb. 21, 1877 she was united in marriage to Moses G. Dobbins. ’To them five children were born, Lena, Maude, Minta, Fred and Mabel. Besides her children she leaves

her husband, nine grandchildren, one brother, John Kinney of Wolcott, and two sisters, Ellen Herron of Wabash and Mary Pugh of Bluffton, Ind., and a host of friends to mourn her loss. All through her life she tried to live consistently with the profession she had made, none called on her for help in vain, appeal came to her and was headed, and it can truly be said “She hath done what she could,” "Servant of Good, well done. Rest from thy loved employ The battle fought, the victory won. Enter thy Master’s joy. . The pains of death are past. Labor and sorrow cease, And life’s long warfare closed at last Her soul is found in peace. The funeral services were conducted May 20 by Mrs. H. Goodacre and the remains laid to rest in the Dobbins cemetery.