Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1912 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Malcom Clark of Wheatfield s-pent Sunday here with friends. Robert Wartena was over from Kentland Sunday to spend the day. Miss Letha Wright went to Chicago Monday for a few days visit. Hurley Beam came down from Chicago Saturday to spend Sunday with ills wife. - The six-year-old son of Ira Brown who is sick with pneumonia, is slightly improved. ,

Mr. and Mrs. John Eger motored to Wolcott Sunday afternoon with Art Ba'ttleday at the wheel. Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Shirer and son Richard and John Warne motored to M heatfield Sunday in the former's car. ’ Lawson Meyers and a friend were down from Gary in his touring car Sunday to spend the day with old friends. James, Fisher, the carpenter, who is now employed in Hammond, was home Sunday to spend the day with ■his family. • W. F. Smith and wife and C. W. Rhoades and wife motored to Lafayette Sunday evening in the former’s auto.

Ross Ramey resigned his position with the Eger grocery and has gone to Philadelphia where he &pects to get employment.

James George is spending a few days here with his mother, Mrs. Charlotte George, and his sister, Mrs. W. H. Beam, Jr. All accounts that have run longer than four months are now due and payment on same will be greatly appreciated.— l. M. Washburn. Mrs. Thomas Fay of Parr, who had been visiting her daughter and other relatives at Muncie and Peru for some time, returped home Monday. Harrison Timmons went to Monon Sunday to meet his wife and babe, who were returning home from a week’s visit with relatives at Buffalo and Francesville. Mrs. L. C. Canada and little babe arrived here the latter part of the week from their home in Winchester to join her husband, who is working at the Rensselae Garage.

A number of the Rensselaer band boys went to Cedar Lake Sunday to furnish music for the Chicago picnickers. They played for the dance at the pavilion there that evening, returning home Monday.

A. H. Hopkins and family and aunt, Mrs. Keever of Monticello, left Monday for Conover, Wis., where they will enjoy an extended outing and will probably not return here until the first or second week of September.

£harlie Pullins was in from Barkley tp., Saturday and left a bunch of oats stalks at The Democrat office, the longest of which measured five feet and seven inches. He had ten acres iw this field and he had not seen such oats before in many years. The men cutting them thought they would yield 70 to 75 bushels to the acre.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Schacha of Cleveland, Ohio, came Saturday for a few weeks visit with Mr. Schacha’s uncle, E. P. Lane, and other relatives here. Mr. Schacha is a medhanical draftsman and also assistant band master of .the sth Regiment Band of Cleveland. He will play with the Rensselaer band in their concert oni the street tonight.

The annual picnic of the Sew Club and the members’ families, was held on the spacious lawn of the H. R. Kurrie residence at the south end of Front street Friday evening. All kinds of good things to eat were there in an abundance and races and contests in which various prizes were offered added to the enjoyment and amusement of the guests, and was acknowledged by all to be one of. the most enjoyable events of the season.

Miss Ruth Makeever gave a dinner party Sunday in honor of her guets, Miss Elizabeth Dixon of Roseville, 111. Those present were: Misses Lucy Healy, Marie Heckaman, Bernice Rhoads,- Gertrude Jackson, Martha Ramp, Florence and Aileen Allman, Maurine Tuteur, Edna Robinson, Ethel Davis, Ocie Wood, Edna Babcock of Rensselaer; Miss Nellie Ejj;an of Medaryville; Miss Blanche Hunt of Baroda, Mich.;, Avaline and Geraldine Kindig of Monticello.