Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1911 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

\ Mrs. C. W. Hanley gave a surprise St her home Wednesday afternoon in honor of her mother. Mrs. Maria Hopkins', 69th birthday. A large number of friends of Mrs. Hopkins were present. •

A goodly number of local M. VV. A. men with their wives gathered in the former Ransford store room and, enjoyed an oyster supper Wednesday night after three candidates, were taken into the lodge. The banquet was given by the lodge. The Catholic Foresters’ band furnished the music for the occasion.

The Sherwood pension bill r which provides for a pension of sls per month, where the serv- 1 ice was for 90 days; S2O perl month for 9 months service; $25 per month for a year; S3O per month where the* sendee was for more than a year, passed the lower house of congress Wednesday, and is now upto the Senate.

, At" the meeting of the Commercial Club, held at the office of C. G. Spitler Wednesday evening, D. AL Worland, C. G. Spitler, B. F. Fendig, A. H. Hopkins, Hiram Day, W. V. Porter and J. J. Montgomery were-elected directors. The directors re-elected D. M, Worland as president, C. C. Warner as vice-president and Charles G. Spitler as secretary-treasurer.

Max Kepner. who is assistant manager of the Rensselaer Garage. has purchased the cottage of John Schanlaub on the poor farm road, in the west part of town, and has furnished same, and it is reported that on Christmas day he will be married to Miss Della Leek, daughter of ' ‘ Daddy” ‘ Leek, proprietor of Leek’s hitch barn. The young couple will go to housekeeping in the house that the groom has already fur n ishe <L