Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1911 — News Notes of Nearby Towns [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

News Notes of Nearby Towns

As Furnished by Out Regular Correspondents

ftlT Item* of lateral □J from Surrounding Towns Tersely Told. Chronicling the Happenings in the Territory Adjacent to the Jasper County Metropolis

| McCOYSBURG. „ | *rJ 7T Eva Johns is visiting in Monon. Grandpa MoCoy is slowly improving. Charles Stultz wtas in Michigan City Sunday. Miss Etihel ROSs is visiting friends near Francesville. M!rs. Mjattie Messenger went to Rensselaer Tuesday. Mir. and rMs. John Phillips went to Michigan City Sunday. Quite a few folks went from here to Francesville to spend the Fourth. Charles Bussell has been carrying the mail in his son’s place for a few days. Mr. Price, of Lafayette, was here Last week looking after his farm and opening up some ditches.

| LEE. —i : : -i Mrs. S. M. Jacks is sick with the rheumatism. Miss Tillie Kupka, who has been working in Rensselaer, is here now. W. L. Stiers and wife and son Hamilton spent the fourth in Lafayette. ' Roy Stiers and Ethel Lewis went to Michigan City Sunday on the excursion. Mrs. Blanche Mann and baby of Kankakee, 111., are here visiting her parents. Some of our young people spent the fourth at Monticeilo and some at Francesville.

Mr. Hughes, son and family of Goodland came here to spend the Fourth with their parents. Fred Stiers and wife and granddaughter Agnes visited their son Earl and family in Medaryville Sunday. The League will give an ice-cream supper here Saturday evening, the proceds will be used to buy new song books. A nephew of Wm. Brock of Terre Haute 5s visiting them. They all went to river east of Monon and camped out the night before the fourth. Several of their neighbors joined them on the fourth and had a plicndlc along the shady banks of the river.

Mr. Vandervort and family of Monon chapel and Ray Holeman and family of near Reynolds, Elmer Gilmore and family, J. H. Culp and family, Frank Overton and family had a picnic dinner and plenty of ice-cream under the shade trees at Mts. Hol ! eman’!s the fourth.

Mrs. C. A. Holeman, who went to McLean, Texas, to visit her daughter, Mrs. A. S. Parcels, and family returned home last week after a lengthy sojourn and reports her daughter’s health as greatly improved. The crops were looking very well but they are like us, needing rain.

r i 1' — | NEW CENTER. 1 - Earl Foulks was a Monon visitor Sunday. Clara Dignan spent last Sunday afternoon with Anna Caster. .Charles Beaver and family spent ounday afternoon with Mt. and Mrs. Sanders. „ The young , people of this vicinity all celebrated the fourth at Montieello. . Mr. and Mrs. Ludd. Clark spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Clark. •John Southard and John Sanders spent the day fishing Monday in the Iroquois river. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Foulks took dinner Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Saltwell. Mr. and Mrs. Will Vanatta called on Mr. and Mrs. John Southard, Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. John Soanmers, Sr., are entertaining company' from Lafayette over the Fourth. William Harwell and son Robert spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hamilton. Jacob Beaver and Carrie Anderson attended the ice-cream social at Palestine Saturday evening. Fred Wysong of Monticello spent Sunday with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. John Southard. M*r. and Mrs. Isaac Hamilton and daughter Mildred spent the Fourth with their son Oliver of near Lee. Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Laitta and children attended the basket dinner at the Lawnsale * school house Sunday. , There will be preaching at the Mlilroy church July 16 at 3 o’clock p. m.„,by Rev. McCorkle of Logansport. r Wiley Latta and family and Carrie Anderson spent the fourth, with and Mrs. Gallagher in Mpnticello.

Ernest Miles, who is employed as a chlauffenr for a doctor at Morocco, came home Monday to spend the - ourth. m Erneetr Beaver left Saturday for a visit with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. David Benson, and other relatives at Knox. John Wlard and family spent the day Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Caster and took Geo. and Phena out riding in his auto. <Mk» and Mirs. Frank Miles and son Ralph spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. William Miles and treated them to a ride in his auto. Miss Mary Miles returned from Buttzvllle, No. Dak., Monday in time to spend the Fourth at home. She likes Dakota very much and says everything looks favorable for good crops. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Sayler and daughter, Pauline, Dr. Martin and Mr. Perrigo of Mt. Ayr came over Sunday in Mr. Perrigo’s auto and were highly entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Vanatta.

f MILROY. j i — ' W. I. Bivans was a Lafayette visitor Monday. Clarence Blankenship was in Wolcott Tuesday morning. Earl Foulks spent Saturday night in Monon With is grandmother. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Saltwell went to McCoysburg Saturday afternoon. Orvan Brown visited the last of the week with Jas. Brown and wife. A. E. Abersol and daughter Pearl were in Rensselaer Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Mary Johnson is visiting her brother, O. P. Beaver and wife in Monon. —- Master Walter Chapman visited his uncle, Lon Wood and family Sunday afternoon. Wm. Chapman and family spent Sunday with Mr. Chapman’s toother, who has been in poor health. Mr. and Mrs. James Brown spent Saturday night and Sunday with her parents, E. B. Stamp and family. Mrs. Geo. Bulling/ton and children spent Saturday forenoon with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Bivans. Mrs. A. E. Abersol and daughter Pearl visited Sunday afternoon with her brother, Wm. Demoss and family.

Misses Pearl Abersol, Jessie and Bell Southard and Vern Culp, Chas. Clark and Earl Foulks spent the fourth in MooMcello.

G. L. Parks and family attended the funeral of Mrs. Balcom, who was Mr. Parks’ sister, at Remington Sunday afternoon. f V. J. Boone and 'family, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Foulks, Mrs. Mary Johnson, True and Chas. Culp took dinner Tuesday with Jas. Blankenship and family. !Ed Johnson and family spent the Fourth in Monon with Mts. Johnson’* parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Beaver and family. Mir. Johnson also went to Monticeilo.

Mr. McKinley has enlarged the cemetery and rebuilt the fence enclosing the new section. He also has cleaned up the entire cemetery, making it look very nice.

EAST JORDAN. Some of the farmers are busy putting up hay in these parts. The Fourth was spent at home by most everyone in this vicinity. Opal Waymire spent Tuesday evening with friends in Remington. Rev. Ashley of Remington will preach at Lawndal July 16. Everyone invited. Miss Mary Bice, who has been sick with pneumonia, is recovering at this writing. Mrs. George Brown of Plymouth is vfsiting her sister, Mrs. Conrad Shafer, at present. Dale Huftord was in this locality Sunday looking after the -threshing run for the oomjing season. The writer wishes to thank Mrs. Iliff and Mrs. Shafer for their help in training the children of Bice’s class. Henry Tobin and Hazel Shumaker attended the big Fourth pf July dance at Stine’s Tuesday afternoon and evening. Rev. Ashley and family and Mr. Smalley and Mr. Lauden and little daughter came over in the afternoon of the 2d to attend the Children’s Day exercises. Grace Reed and little sister Opal spent Sunday with their cousins, George and Edith Wenrick, and attended the Children’s exercises in the afternoon. >.i The union children’s day exercises held in the Besser Grove July 2 were well attended and a good program was rendered. Revs. Brady and Par rest and Messrs. Leatherman and Hamilton gave short addresses in the afternoon, Butter wrappers at The Democrat office, printed or unprinted.

FAIR OAKS. | —j j News is very scarce in this locality this week. Chas. Holly and family of Morocco came over and spent the 4th here with relatives. Mrs. Bert Warren went to Hoopeston. 111., Wednesday for a visit of a . week or so. John Thornton and wife of the soldiers,’ home visited friends here a few days this week.

There were people here from Watseka and Danville, 111., to attend meetings the fourth. John Kight and little daughter Virginia came up from Indianapolis last wek to stay over the 4th. Fred Williams, the painter, begun the job of painting the M. E. church last week. He is papering Ben Zellers pool room today (Wednesday.)

The dry weather has been very hard on the pickle crop in these parts. Unless we get a rain soon there will not be much of a crop this year Frank ( McKay and Miss Cora Trump went to Rensselaer Monday and had the everlasting knot tied. We join in wishing them a long and prosperous life. Bud Hammond, the great North Dakota, arrived in our town Monday and visited this week with his old friends. He gives a goodly report of the Dakota country and crops.

Frank Brouhard and a friend of nis rolled in here Saturday on their bicycles from Lebanon, the distance of 105 miles. They made the entire trip on their wheels and arrived here before sundown.

The young people of this place divided up their attendance at the fourth celebrations. Some went up to the Kankakee river to spend the day, and quite a number went to Parr to help eat dust of which there was plenty. Exceedingly dry and crops are suffering very much for the want of rain. We have been having what some would call hot winds for several day®. The old-fashioned potato bug, together with the hot, dry weather, has been very damaging to the potato crop in these parts.

I WHEATFIELD. | v— — : Will Myres, who is working near Lowell —this summer, spent the Fourth with home folks. Mrs. Thomas Thornton of Rensselaer spent a few days last week the guest of friends here. Misses Laura Miller of Kankakee and Clara Miller of Chicago are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Miller. Miss Nellie Knapp went to Chicago Heights, 111., Saturday tor an extended visit with her sister, Mrs. Gertie Hayes. Mis 6 Mabel Downey, who has toeen visting an aunt in Oarj-01l county for two months, returned home Saturday. Miss Effie Fisher visited with home folks over Sunday and the Fourth, returning to her work at t Laporte Wednesday. (Miss Bessie Biggs returned Tuesday to her work at East Chicago after visiting here several days with friends and relatives. Mrs. Henry Gilbranson was called to Barkley tp. Wednesday by the illness of her aunt, Mrs. Sarah Smith. Mrs. Cyrl Steele accompanied her. Misses Susie and Marie Jessup and brother John visited their sisters. Miss June Jessup and Mrs. James Keen and family the first of the week.

PINE GROVE. j Oats cutting is the order of the day now. The crops are looking very well, but we need rain. Neva Beck spent Tuesday night wsth Creola Torbet. Celine Cragun spent Tuesday night with Bessie Ropp. Mrs. Sarah McCleary and son Everett spent Sunday with Mrs. Lizzie Cooper. Quite a few from here attended the Fourth at Parr and all reported a dusty time. Clint Beck spent Sunday with his brother, Harry Beck, and family of Independence. Rev. and Mrs. Schaefer took supper with Mr. and Mre. James Torbet Sunday evening. "Will Cooper and family of Gifford spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Lizzie Cooper, and family. Mrs. Clint Beck and two sons went to Sheridan Saturday for a few r weeks visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gibbs. Mr. and Mrs. James Torbet, sons Bluford and Charles, daughter Creola and granldaughter Celine Cragun, spent Sunday with the formers’ son-in-law, Harry Beck, and family. A lprge crowd attended Sunday school and church Sunday afternoon at Independence. Rev. Schaefer of Aix gave a fine sermon. There will be preaching again at 3 o'clock Sunday, July 16.

[ SCHULTZ SETTLEMENT, j i— Wanted—Rain, and plenty Of it. A. R. Schulty took cream to PanThursday. Paul Schultz was a Parr goer Friday morning. Mjts. August Krueger spent Monday with her son Fred. IMr. and Mrs. Michael Schultz called on Wm. Schultz Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ernie! Stibbe called on Paul Schultz and family Tuesday. Miss Antona Schultz spent Sunday with her sister, Mr?. Fred Krueger. Stacking wheat is in fast progress in our settlement, some are making hay. A. R. Schultz and family called

on Daniel Wolfe and family one day this week. Mrs. Michael Schultz called on her granddaughter, Mrs. Fred Krueger, Thursday. —— - Yes, we all celebrated the 4th of July at„ Parr, and came home the worse for wear and pijrse. Mrs. Wm. Schultz and daughter. Miss Maria, spent Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Krueger. Mr. and Mrs. August Makus and daughter, Miss Hulda. spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schultz.

Mrs. Paul « Waymoet and little daughter and Miss Hulda Makus are visitng their parents. Mr. and Mrs. August Makus, this week. By the way, what has become of the Mt. Ayr writer. We see no more of his brilliant passages. No doubt he is chasing that pesky squirrel.