Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1912 — News Notes of Nearby Towns [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

News Notes of Nearby Towns

At Furnithed by Our Regular Correspondents

MTT Itemi of Interest Lil ’.from Surrounding Townt Tertely Told Chronicling the penings in the Territory Adjacent to the Jasper County Metropolis

| IROQUOIS VALLEY. -r- — —iBeck Green is on the sick list. Vilas Price went to Wheatfield Monday. Grandma Lowery is some better at this writing. Leo Kolhoff, spent Saturday night in Rensselaer. Walt Smith spent Friday here with home folks. Chas. Grant spent Sunday afternoon with Wm. Green. John Bicknell spent Wednesday with Sara Lowery. Owing to the' bad roads news is scarce as everyone stay? at home. Lonie Zillhart spent Sunday* with Alpha McElfresh and Frank Brown. Eva Mcrgenegg and Bethel Arnold spent Sunday with Lottie Nichols. j Mrs-. J. W. Marlatt and daughter' Ethel and son Perry spent Sunday with Mrs. J. Walker. Mrs. Chas. Grant, who has been visiting relatives in Remington, returned home Monday. Alex Hurley and wife spent Friday with their daughter, Mrs. Addie Warren, at Gifford. Geo. McElfresh and son Will spent Saturday night and Sunday With Lester Schrieher and family. John and Ken Grooms, who are attending high school, are spending the week with Ike Walker and family.

Misses Katie and Anna ' Morgenegg and Jennie Marlatt -spent Sunday with , Bessie and Jennie, McElfresh. ■ The Burns school, District No. 5,' closing day last Friday. Al fine program was given. A crowd, of 43 turned out and all had, -a 1 fine time. i Frank Brown, who is working In our vicinity, is Slowly recovering from a sudden attack of heart trouble. It is hoped by all his friends that he will soon be up and' around.

.■■■ i ■ ■ ■ 1 ■ ,—■ •—■ I LEE. i O. A. Jacks and family took dinner Sunday at G. A. Jacks’. Mrs. Ida Lewis and daughter Verda spent one day last week with her daughter, Mrs. Orval Holeman, of Rensselaer.

Frank Fisher of near Wheatfield visited Leroy Noland's over Sunday. Walter Jordan buzzed wood Tuesday for Ray Holeman and .!. H. Culp. S. W. Noland and family called cn Car! Westphal and family Sunday afternoon. -Glenn and Gail Culp visited John .Mellender’s east of Francesville Saturday and Sunday. Walter Jordan and Elmer Gilmore and families visited Mr. and Mrs. Ephram Gilmore in Monon Sunday. Obe Noland is hauling dirt and filling 1 n the yard at. the Lee school house, getting it ready to sow, grass seed on. • Mrs. Gilmore of Monon came Wednesday to make a few days visit with her daughter, Mrs. Ray Holeman.

| • BAUM’S BRIDGE. Miss Grace Poole called on Miss Stella Heil Sunday. - James Clark begun movihg onto the Monger place last Monday. A few of our young men attended a nance in, Porter county Saturday. Mrs. Walter yviseman, who nas beer, sick for the past few weeks, ;s a little better now. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Akers and son, were callers at the James Clark home Sunday evening. Austin White has moved from the Monger farm to his lately purchased home in Porte- county. Mrs. Beemer called at the Bush I ome last Saturday evening. . Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sherman have moved , from DeMottCf’ co the Morehouse farm in Porter county, Mr. and. Mrs. A. J. Bush were called to Hebron last Thursday, by the sickness of the former’s uncle. Quite a few of our people attended the democratic delegate convention and the John Greve’s public sale at Wheatfield last Saturday

I SUNNYSIDE. | ~i~~. ; Bud Cam has completed his new barn. Tom Porter lost a fijie colt last week. , Charles Dluzak has sold his cattle to a stock buyer at Oxford. Manuel. Barnes has sold out and moved his family* to California. Eva and Dave Ulm were at Mrs.' Tom Porter’s doing some sewing last week. ' ■ ■ :■■■■' . Reu’ben Blackmore has returned from a week's visit with friends at Wabash. ' ; Carey Mitchell was duck-hunting Monday evening, and got four ducks and two geese. Mr. Boyles was called to Wins-' map .on account of his father being, verj' ill this week. Bud Cain has rented the farm' recently vacated by James Loftus, who has moved to Oxford. Owing to the illness of their mother, Misses Grace and Ethel Cain, could not accept their posif tions as clerks at the Daylight De- | part men t Store at Logansport.

WEST JORDAN. ■ | ' ■ N I . . ■ .. .. b Duck hunting is the game of the j day. . Frank Shipman spent Sunday ; with Joe Kennedy. Miss Florence Putt was in Rens- . se'aer Wednesday, 1 > Miss Hazel Shumaker is working at Charles Hancock's. Frank Hancock of Ramesy, Ind:, , is' 1 visiting his brother Charles and family. i Owing to the backward spring j many farmers will be late with their ! oats sowing. " ; Elmer Lyons, Jess- Beecher and Wilbur Putt were in Rensselaer I Saturday night. ’ Tom and John Stein, Harry and I Cecil Shumaker spent Friday night ’with EarJ Clouse. Robert Long and iFrank 'Staton of Brook were out duck-hunting oh 'the O. M. Lyons farm this week. Preaching services will be held at Mt. Hope church Easter Sunday. AH are welcome to these services. .

Mrs. David Shumaker and children, Vera, Helen and Crystal, spent Wednesday with Mrs. Conrad Schafer of southeast of town. Airs. Charles Hancock and little daughter Loretta and Hazel Shumaker called on the' latter’s mother. Mrs. D. Shumaker, Monday afternoon. . . . ’ ■ " .. ■ Elmer Lyont., Florence Putt, Harry Shumaker. Jennie Taylor. Wilbur Putt, Hazel Putt, Tom Stein and Hazel Shumaker attended church at Mt,. Hope Sunday nigat. ' : '’ C I Frank Leech, tenant on the Wm. Hill farm, met with a very painful accident last Mondaj’ while walking. He dislocated his ankle which wi’l keep him in the house for some time.- ' " Mis. Mary Taylor and family have moved from the George Kennedy farm to the Jay Lamson farm, lie Iliff and family of Nebraska moved in the property vacated by I Mrs. Taylor.

Wilbur Putt and sisters, Florence and Hazel, Elmer Lyons,! Jesse Beecher and James Hill were entertained Thursday evening by David Shumaker and family. I Quite an enjoyable time was had. Music by Jess Beecher on the violin and Wilbur Putt on the organ.! A very pleasant surprise was tendered Howard Ames Saturday night, when a number of his young friends gathered’ at his home southwest of town to remind him of his 1 .'th birthday anniversary. The evening was spent in a very pleas-, ant manner and included various, games. The main feature of the evening was a beautiful birthday cake with 17 candles. A dainty luncheon was served by the hostess which consisted of ice cream, cake and i candy. Those who enjoyed the evening were: Howard and Herman Ames, Harry and Cecil Shu-1 maker, George Wenrick, Harold Fiddler, Tom and John Stein of near Remington, Earl Clouse, Leonard Bice, James Hill, Arthur Ames, 1 Miss Mary Bice, Hazel Shumaker, Helen and Minnie Kessinger, Edith Wenrick, Leona and Mary Ritchey, Blanche and Bernice Kessinger, l Mrs. Ross Porter and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ames. All departed at a late hour wishing Howard many more happy birthdays.

I FAIR OAKS. | i The frogs are being heard again in the ponds and roadside ditches. The roads are in worse condi- 1 tion now than they have been for' years. I Uncle John Casey had a fine new' piano installed in his parlor last' Sunday. i Our militia boys went to Rensselaer Tuesday evening to attend inspection. ( F. R. Erwin and Enos Moffitt were business visitors at Renssel-

aer Monday. ’< Mr. and Mrs. Roy Baldwin of Demotte visited their uncle, Chas. Halleck, this week. Dr. Fyfe’s family of Wheatfield visited at the Cottingham home several days this week. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson of Chi-? cago visited the latter’s uncle, Chas. Halleck, here several days this week. Uncle Dave Winslow and new bride moved Monday into the John White property recently vacated by Sharps Handley. It is reported that old Mrs. Kesler has about decided to move onto a fa,rm and devote her time to raising poultry. Homer Stanley of over in Newton cannty, was in town Tuesday after medicine for a horse that has something like lung fever. Uncle John Cooper, who has been staying with his daughter, Mrs. Geary, during the' winter, is down again and in bad shape with heart trouble. Spring is not very prominent in these parts yet. The high water over the country is going down last since the snow’ and ice has gone from the ditches. > Al Brouhard moved Tuesday out onto the Hillis ranch to work the coming year. The young people gathered in Saturday night and gave them a farewell dance. The prospect for a peach and cherry crop this year is no good in this section of the county. A great many of the trees are dead, but w the apples and pears are all right yet. ■f • ' Marion Cooper of Chicago, who had been out to see his father, William Cooper, near Kniman, took the train here last week for home. His father has been quite poorly , for some time. It is reported that the gravel road running three miles west of town has been badly cut up by . Mike Duffey's men hauling baled hay over it to ship from here. Wonder what's the matter with our officers?

Three or four of Mt. Ayr’s sports changed ears here Saturday on their way to the Kankakee river in search of the feathered tribe. The reports generally are that there isn’t scarcely any game flying up there yet. Uncle Wm. Cooper of near Knlman went from here to Rensselaer Wednesday and returned- It is said he is in bad shape physically/ that his min,d is wandering and he was so bad that when he got here they took a handcar and took him home. i r- , The young friends of Alios Grace Peyton, our primary teacher, gathered Monday eve and gave her a party at Chas. Halleck's. They report ah exciting good time, and on Tuesday the schools closed. Her mother and sister Wilma of Rensselaer, were in attendance.

I PINE GROVE. | There will be no more Sunday" school at Independence. Earl Beck of Indianapolis came Saturday for a few days visit with friends and relatives here. Irving Peregrine went to big. aunt's, Mrs. Chas. Armstrong’s, near Valma, Friday evening and is going to spend a few days visiting relatives near there before returning tohis home at Valparaiso

| PINE GROVE. | Roy Torbet was a Rensselaer goer Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Vern Odle attended church at Brushwood Sunday night. Those that spent Sunday with J. M. Torbet and family were Harry Beck and family. Roy Torbet and wife, and Clint Beck and family. Earl Beck returned to his home in Indianapolis Thursday after a few days visit with relatives. He was accompanied home by his aunt, Ghloae Torbet. who will spend a few weeks with relatives At that place.

j MILROY. | —■— : Fester Morgan was in Lee Monday. ' Lon Chapman was in Monon Monday. Th os. Johnson was a McCoysbtyg caller Monday. i Miss Lural Anderson was 1 in Rensselaer Saturday. Bruce Brown of Monon called on W. I. Bivans Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Blankenship and Mrs. Boone called on Mrs. Bivans Saturday afternoon. . Robert Keeve of Piqua. Ohio, came Friday for_ an indefinite visit with relatives here. Ross. Myres, Martha Clark and Effie Underwood were guests of Geo. Foulks' Wednesday night. Sunday school has been postponed till the first Sunday in this month on account of poor attendance. Let all remember next Sunday at 10 a. in., to be present, please make a special effort to be present.