Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1912 — News Notes of Nearby Towns [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

News Notes of Nearby Towns

As Furnished by Our Regular Correspondents

<IT Item of Interes jl fretn Surrounding Town* Tersely Told Chronicling the Happenings in the Territory Adjacent to the Jasper County ftdetropolis

-I < | BAUM’S BRIDGE. —1 C. D. Shook of Demotte was through here in his auto Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bush and Miss Nancy Clark called on the Vandercar’s Thursday. Miss Nancy Clark of Wheatfield Center visited last week with her brother James and family. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bush sold quite a number of crates of fine strawberries at Kouts last week. Miss Chloe Beemer of Valparaiso visited over Sunday wjth her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Beemer. Mrs. Beemer and daughter Chloe and Mrs. James Clark called on your correspondent Monday morning.

MILROY. —I ’ 1— Roy Culp is working near Monon. R. Foulks came to his farm Monday. Mrs. Geo. Wood was a Lee visitor Tuesday. Geo. Foulks was a Monon caller Monday. W. I. Bivans was a Monon caller Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Parks were in Rensselaer Saturday. Chas. Wood and Earl FouUks were in Monon Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Pettit of Monticello visited Mrs. Anna Chapman this week. Frank May and family took dinner Sunday with Geo. Foulks. Mrs. John Southard and Miss Belle visited Mrs. ’Walter Gilmore Monday. Revs. Telto and Whittaker spent Tuesday night with John Southard and family. !Chas. Clark and Pearl Abersol attended children’s day exercises at the chapel Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Beaver attended children’s day exercises at Palestine Sunday evening. A telephone line is being erected from Monon through to the west end of the township. G. L. Parks and family spent Sunday with Mrs. Parks’ mother, Mrs. Ravenscroft, near Remington. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Rogers of Monon called on their daughter, Mrs. Sam Griffith and family, Tuesday. Mrs. Mary Johnson and Mrs. Maggie Foulks called on Mrs. Wm.

Rishling Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. W. I. Bivans went to Rossville, in., last week to. visit her son and daughter, and also to take treatment of a physician at Hoopeston. Meetings still continue through the week. Very earnest appeals have been made each evening by Revs. Telto and Whittaker. Meeting June 16, both morning morning and evening. The announcement will be made at that time as to whether, or not meeting will continue.

| TEFFT. People in this vicinity are busy weeding onions. Mrs. George Goar returned home Tuesday evening. Rev. Mcßrayer spent Sunday with Mrs. Nativa White and family. Mr. and Mrs. Raphael Babb were visiting the latter’s father, Marion Albin. They returned to MonticeKo, their home, Sunday. Miss Nellie DeArmond is at home now from school to spend the vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. DeArmond. Miss Mae Albin has recovered from the measles and is at home now. She will return to Chicago in a few weeks to resume her work at that place. Children’s day exercises were held here Sunday. A good program was given and a large crowd was in attendance, many being present from San Pierre and Vvneatfield.

J Lee* i | Agnes Stiers has been on the sick list this week. Clark & Son are painting their hardware store building. Mrs. Smith visited her brother, Uncle David Culp, Monday. Elmer Gilmore and family and Mrs. C, A. Holeman took dinner at J. H. Culp’s. 1 The Ladies’ Home Missionary society met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs, H. C. Anderson. A large number of our people attended Children’s day exercises at Monon Chapel Sunday. Mrs. T. A. Spencer and Frank Overton shipped ttfo car loads of hogs Wednesday from here. W. L. Stiers has had his new house covered with lightning rods and is now painting the house. Clarence Maple and. wife of Logansport visited his sister, Mrs. Obe Noland and family last week. H. C. Anderson took his brother James out for a drive Monday afternoon, the first drive he has taken all winter and spring. G. A. Jacks has bought a couple of couple of lots of Miss Lural An-

derson that lie between the black-* smith shop and Alvin Clark’s residence' property, and is commencing ’ to build himself a house on same. Mrs. May Jacks and Doilie went . to Lafayette Monday to see Mrs. T. A. Spencer and little Ethel, who are there on account of broken bones received in a recent runaway, accident. They are getting along' nicely.

—I . | FAIR OAKS. Can Manderville made a business trip to Roselawn Tuesday. Weather is fine and health is good, with one or two exceptions. Chas. Halleck’s are nutting some nice strawberries on the market nowadays. ' Some of the farmers in these parts are planting pickle cucumbers this week. Miss Pansy Bozell, who is acting as nurse at M. I. Adams’, was at home Sunday. Mrs. Kesler has bought her son Ed's lots where his house burned down last winter. Miss “ Carrol Miles of wet of town, wa- the guest of Amy Bringle a few days this week. C. A. Bringle came up from Lafayette and spent Saturday and Sunday with his parents and others. Frank Goff has been repairing the Munden property the past few days, in which Corah Dewitt 'lives. The Boughton Show struck camp here Sunday night in the bark, where they are holding forth this week. James Clifton and wife have as a guest at their home this week, their granddaughter, Lettie Dekoker, of near Demotte.

A. M. Bringle, wife and daughter and Carrol Miles and Flossie Gundy, attended the commencement exercises at Rosebud Wednesday. The stone road builders’ equipment, which has been in use between here and Enos the past year, was loaded on cars at the Lawler ranch and shipped up about Gary a few days ago. John Cooper’s condition is very alarming and the end is looked for at any time. His brother, Wm. Cooper of Kniman, whose health is also quite poor, came down Tuesday to visit him during the day. Mr. Beck of Washington, Ind., and a number of land prospectors, were here Tuesday eve and went out onto the Lawler ranch. They went to Rensselaer after supper in a couple of autos from the Rensselaer garage. Wm. Blankenbaker and Lee Kimble of Parr finished putting the block foundation under the Allen hotel Tuesday. They certainly did a good job. Mr. Allen will have a cement sidewalk put in front of the hotel and all will add much to the looks and value of the property.

| UNION. —i ———i— Esta Keener is working for Roy Lowman. ' Duke Miller spent over Sunday with the Waymire boys. A. R. Schultz's and Mr. and Mrs. Schreeg called on Daniel Wolf Sunday. Chester Brock, who has 3 ' been working for A. Millspaugh, has resigned. Misses Bertha Stibbe and Elsie Schultz called on Miss Antona Schultz Sunday. Rev. Hess delivered a very interesting sermon on “Sin’’ to a full house at Aix Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. Schreeg, daughter Alga and son Otto, called on A. R. Schultz’s Monday evening. Misses Helen and Lois Meader spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mabie and Grace Waymire. Miss Fern Casey and Russel Lesh attended the picnic in Eli Arnold's woods, in honor of Miss Geneva Lesh, Sunday. ■ Hurrah! B. D. Comer has bought a new 40 horse-power Overland auto. They drove it through from Indianapolis Tuesday. Most everybody attended Sunday school convention at Good Hope Sunday. Some very interesting speakers were present. The comm’encement exercises at Rosebud were well attended Wednesday. Another class of pupils ready for the higher road to fame. Miss Pauline Comer, daughter of Shelby Comer, stepped in a rusty nail one dan this week, but is getting along nicely from the effects thereof.

- | IROQUOIS VALLEY. _■ !_ M. L. Jordon of Ohio was through our vicinity Tuesday. Opal Schreiner spent Friday with' her aunt. Beck Green. James German of Rensselaer was in our vicinity Wednesday. Chas. Grant and Geo: McElfresh hauled hogs to Rensselaer Tuesday. Emmet Pullins and family spent Sunday with John Williams and family. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Foltz of Rensselaer called at his farm Sunday. Grover Brown is assisting Sam Lowery .with corn plowing this week. Quite a few from here attended the dance at John Mccurtain’s Saturday night. Mrs. Wm. McElfresh and daughter Nancy spent Sunday with Geo. McElfresh and*'family. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. .Grant spent Sunday with his father, Alton Gran:, west of Rensselaer. Frank Brown spent Saturday night and Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom„Brown, west of Rensselaer. Miss Lucy Morgenegg, who has been working in Rensselaer, returned home Thursday where she will spend the summer. Rhoda Snow, who nas been working for Mrs. Chas. Pullins, is seriously ill at this writing. Miss George has taken her place. Mrs. Geo. McElfresh and son Alpha went Thursday to spend -a few days with her brother, Lester Schreiner, west of Rensselaer. Mrs. J. W. Marlatt spent Saturday and Sunday w’ith her sister at Morocco, who had been very sick for some time. Word received later Sunday night said she was dead. She will be remembered here by many as Miss Viola Reed. Those that spent Sunday afternoon and evening with Geo. McElfresh and family were: Mrs. K. Zillhart and son Louis, Ethel, Jennie and Perry Marlatt, Anna Richmond. Walter Scellby, Grover Brown. M. Tudor, Wm. Gordon and daughter Bessie.

| MT. PLEASANT. Essie Coiner called on Myrtle Parker Saturday. Miss Maggie Greenlee was in Daiira Sunday afternoon. Everett Parker Sunday with Arthur Zimmerman. Plowing and planting corn is the order of the day in this vicinity. Margaret Gifford called on Olive and Pauline McCurtain Sunday. Eyerett Parker and best girl attended church at Aix Sunday evening. Mrs. John McCurtain and family took dinner with Mrs. Tom Parker Sunday. John Stockwell has been helping John Price plant corn a few days this week. Othel Caldwell spent Sunday afternoon' and night in Gifford with his brother Dick and wife. Gerald Gifford, Ida Hurley and Hattie McCurtain called on’ Tom Parker’s daughters Sunday afternoon.

George Davisson and wife autoed to Wheatfield Sunday to attend to affairs concerning his dredge in that vicinity. Misses Dottie Hankin- and Nile Britt called on Tom Parker s daughters and Lottie McCurtain Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Arthur Zimmerman and sister. Miss Dottie Hankins, and Miss Nile Britt called on Mrs. Geo. Davisson Tuesday afternoon. Perhaps quite a number from this vicinity will attend Sunday school at Independence Sunday, it being organized two weeks ago. Time. 3 p. m.

PINE GROVE. | i 1 , 1 — John Torbet and Simon Cooper were Rensselaer goers Saturday. Nile Britt spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Arthur Zimmerman and family. Chloae and John Torbet took dinner with Chester Brock of Aix Sunday. Elmer Shroyer and Thomas Cooper spent Saturday night with Homer Daniels of Rensselaer. Harry Beck and family spent Saturday night, and Sunday with his brother Clint and family. ' Bert Hale and family and Roy Torbet and family spent Sunday with Clint Beck and family. Lon Daniels and daughter Jessie called on his father. George Daniels and family one day this week. Mrs. Sarah McCleary called on her daughter Gtistave and James Torbet and family Friday afternoon. There will be an ice cream social at the Brushwood church Saturday night. June 15. Everybody welcome:-; . - ' Several from here attended the Sunday school convention at Good Hope Sunday and all report a fine program. Mrs. Lon Daniels and two children of near Gifford spent Sunday with her father-in-law, George Daniels and family. Those that spent Sunday with Tom Parker and family were: Gerald Curtis. Margaret Gifford, Ida Hurley, John McCurtain and family.

NUBBIN RIDGE. r—| I,_ . ■ ' ■ 1 Essie Corner was a Laura goer Monday. Mrs. Greenlee went to Monticello Saturday. We are having fine weather at this writing. Otto Ritter called on Jess Walker Tuesday evening. Joe Davis helped his son James plant corn a couple days. James Chapman and wife were out to his farm Wednesday. Estle Marion spent Saturday night with Otto and Eddie Ritter. Othel Gifford and fieri Greenlee were Gifford callers Wednesday. James Davis and family spent Sunday with Joe Davis and wife. Bert Greenlee spent Saturday night and Sunday with home folks. Anna Jungles called on Almira and Minnie Ritter Saturday afternoon. Clifford Ham has been helping his uncle, Will Ham. farm this week. Bessie McCurtain spent Wednesday night with her aunt, Grace Price. A large crowd attended the dance at John McCurtain's Saturdav evening. Mrs. James Davis and Mrs. Joe Davis were Rensselaer goers Wednesday. Jess Walker spent Thursday evening with Charley and Everet Parker. Essie Comer spent Wednesday with Bertha, Orpha and Myrtle Parker. Gerald Gifford and Ida Hurley called on Bertha. Orpha and Myrtle Parker Sunday. Mrs. John McCurtain and family spent Sunday with Mrs. Thoma’s Parker and family. Nile Britt and Dot Hankins called on Bertha. Orpha and Myrtle Parker Wednesday afternoon.