Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1912 — News Notes of Nearby Towns [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

News Notes of Nearby Towns

A* Furaithed by Our Regular Correspondent*

flteai of Interest from Surrounding Town* Tersely Told Chronicling the Happenings in the Territory Adjacent to the Jasper County Metropolis

KNIMAN

Eddie Meyers, son of Henry Metyis on the sick list. AlLfred Moore made a business to Illinois and Lafayette last week. Mrs. Bessie came Saturday for a with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O’Connor. Miss Thelma Summers returned k*me Tuesday to spend the holidays with her parents. MSss Nellie O’Connor came home Saturday and spent the holidays with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hendrix left Monday morning for a visit with relatives in Illinois. Ollie Hart and Miss Irene Jungle. 3 Mont Sunday afternoon with Misses Maggie and Elsie Peer. There was quite an excitement in Kniman Sunday night when some low-down fellows tried to take out •heir spite on the school house, the M. E. chhrch and Harry Brown, by breaking several window lights and spilling a can of oil for Mr. Brown.

MILROY.

Ocie id kens visited the Banner school Tuesday. Branson and Everett Clark were tat Rensselaer Tuesday. Martha Clark visited Edna Brock Wednesday and Thursday. Lural Anderson is spending the holidays with friends at Lee. Charles Clark and Pearl Abersoll attended the Christmas tree at Lee Sunday evening. Mrs. George Wood and Ivlrs. Willard Johnson visited Banner school Tuesday afternoon. Misses Edith, Pearl and Dora €Bark visited Banner and Lone Star ■ohools Monday and Tuesday. A number visited Lone Star Tuesafternoon to bear the program ami enjoy the Xmas tree and Santa. Glen McKinley, who is attending •bhool at Fairmouint, Ind., has arrived home for the holiday vacation. W. ,I. Bivans moved to Illinois last week and Jean Marchand moved to the farm vacated by Mr. Bivans, the Mardhand’s having bought it of R. Foulks. Our Sunday school elected officers Sunday as follows: Superintendent, Maggie Foulks;. assistant superintendent, Mrs. McKinley: sec., Mrs. Dora Beaver; organist, Miss Lillie •Mitchell: treas., Joseph Grouns. Please come and help and make this a« evergreen school.

FAIR OAKS.

Qur Christmas exercises were fine m 4 everybody had a good time. Mr. Johnston went to Ms 'home at Jtobart bo spend the holidays with iMcne folks. Warren Zellers and wife of Aix were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. J, Mallhtt Christmas. flam Potts and wife are talking •ertously of going down to Tennes eee to spend the winter. Cottage prayer meeting was held at Abe Bringle’s Wednesday evening with a good turn out. Mr. and Mrs. Clevenger went 'to Chicago' Tuesday to spend the holidays with their daughter. Floyd Johnston, our advanced room teacher, filled Rev. Downey’s appointment at Roselawn last Suitday. The exercises at the schools Tues-

day evening were exceptionally fine and the children enjoyed a fine treat. Joe Clouse expects to move from here this week to Dubuque, lowa, where he has a position as signal maintainer. John Talbott’s son and daughter of near Streator, 111., are visiting with their grandma, Mrs. Winslow, this week. Miss Ella Johnson, daughter of Thomas Johnson of the west part of town, is seriously ill with something like appendicitis. ,William Blair and wife of Chicago came down and spent Christmas with his father and sister, Mrs. Eggleston of south of town. Miss Paray Bozell will leave on the sixth of next month to enter the nurses training school of the Methodist hospital at Indianapolis. She will take a three year course. Rev. Downey visited the Sunday school at the M. E. church here Sunday and expressed himself as very well pleased with the interest that is being taken in the school. Douglas Carpenter, who formerly ran the section on the Monon here, and who moved down west of Indianapolis, was here and celebrated Christmas in the same old way with his friends. Miss McFarland went to Rensselaer Tuesday evening. Lawrence HaJleek accompanied her, and Wednesday morning they boarded the train for her home at Marion. Lav,pence will enter the Marion business college.

~~f IROQUOIS VALLEY. j -H- I Lynn Daugherty was a Rensselaer IMr Wednesday. Etibel Marlatt was a Rensselaer goer Wednesday. •William Green had 'his annual •hristmas dinner for the family. IDrs. K. Zillhart and daughter, Pauline, spent Sunday at the Eib kerne. Quite a number attended the •hristmas exercises at Burnstown •chool house. Dam and James Hopkins went to Wabash Monday to spend Christmas with the 'home folks. Hr. and Mrs. George MeKlfresh >4d Miss Pauline Zillhart were in Rensselaer Wednesday evening. Bessie and Alpha McElfre:l« ale Ghristmas dinner with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Schroer. Mrs. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Galbraith and daughter Alice spent Ghristmas with Bud Lewis and family. Misses Margaret Hurley, Anna Ritfliman and Leo Hurley and Mr. Fullerton attended the show in. Rensselaer Friday night. We expect the wedding bells to ring for several of our young people soon. Hurry up, girls, only a few more days left this year. On Christmas evening Miss Margaret entertained about twenty-five, of her friends at a 6 o’clock dinner party. The house was very prettily decorated with tinsel, Xmas bells and holly, and underneath the huge Xmas hell in the parlor hung a bunch of mistletoe. Several of the young people were discovered standing under it. before they realized it. After partaking of a sumptuous feast the remainder of the evening was spent ini playing games. The guests departed at a late hour, all wishing Margaret many more merry Christmases.

] LEE. j Mrs. Holt has hen visiting with relatives in Monticello. Miss Odie Meyers of near Frances▼ille spent Christmas here with Mr 3. Alvin Clark. 1 J. H. Culp and family ate their Christmas dinner with his father, Wncle David Culp. ,The children of Mr. and Mrs. E. Gilmore spent Christmas with them at their home in Monon. Mrs: Anna Warner and son of Rensselaer spent holiday week here visiting with relatives. There was a large crowd and a good time here at the Christmas entertainment on Christmas eve. Wiliam Rishling and wife spent Ghristmas with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Wood. L. M. Jacks has been confined to his bed for the past week, but is somewhat improved at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. Bush, relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Arm Lewis, spent Christmas here with them and other relatives. George Culp and family and Estel Osborne and family of north of Rensselaer spent Christmas here with relatives. Aaron Holeman, the little son c t Asa Holeman, has the mumps and Lucile Westphal has the chickenpox. Quite a mixture in one comBranity.

UNION. | ■—l 1Happy New Year to all. Patience Florence called on Mary Reeder Christmas day. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Faylor were Rensselaer goers Tuesday. Jack Reeder and daughter, Miss Mary were Rensselaer goers TuesT*he plasterers finished plastering William Faylor’s new house this week. Oarrie Hahn, came /home Saturday to spend over Christmas with home folks. A. R. Schultz and family took Christmas dinner with Daniel Wolfe and family. . Rinehold Schultz and Fred Krueger are cutting wood on the Thompson ranch. Lewis Todd and family called on Arthur Millspaugh and family on •hristmas day. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Faylor and nfcildren, Ray and Bessie, were in ■■■ ■■

Rensselaer Monday. Mrs. Blankenbaker called on Mrs. B. D. Comer and Mrs. Amos Alter Thursday morning. Paul A. Schultz and family called on his mother, Mrs. Bertha Schultz on Christmas day. Everybody enjoyed themselves immensely at the last literary. The “ass” side won in the debate. Ernest Ton and family and Miss Edith Gall and brother spent Christmas in the Schultz Settlement. B. D. Comer, Josie Dexter, Mr. Budd and Miss Wilson are the debitors for next literary program. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Schultz lert Saturday for a few days visit with relatives at Hammond and Gas City. Wanted —To know what has become of that Schultz pencil pusher? Did he go back to der Faderland? Mr. and Mrs. Emil Schultz, Emil Stibbie and family, Paul G. Schultz and family, and Miss Minnie Fechner took dinner with Rinefoold Teska and family. The next literary will be held on January 4. Don’t miss it: To say we heard some “rare” speaking at our last literary would be putting it mildly, for we certainly did. The young people are becoming very interested. Miss Lois Meader, teacher of the Mofflt school seems to be rather unfortunate lately. Some time ago she lost a silver mesh bag containing a check for a considerable sum, while returning from institute, but fortunately, it was found by Mr. Willis, the Virgie teacher, and Saturday while returning home from town she lost the same mesh bag with about forty dollars in spot cash t herein; but as good luck woul have it, this also was found lying rear the side of, the road about a quarter of a mile from the Meader home, where it had probably fallen from the automobile. Miss Cora Dex. ter found the bag this time. Next and last, while teaching at her school the hack end of .the stove fell out last Monday and she had to dismiss school and get someone to drag out the stove and get. one from the Fuller school. Miss Meader resumed school Tuesday morning and ended up with a fine Christmas program Tuesday afternoon.

I , PARR ! —I 1— Madie Porter has returned from Illinois. Ocie Wood was a Rensselaer goer Saturday. Antna Marion was in Rensselaer Saturday. Suppose, everybody a merry Christmas. Mrs. C. Warner is now improving rapidly. May Warren is working for Mrs. C. Warner. Miss George is visiting with Miss Ocie Wood. Martha Cohreeg was in Rensslaer Saturday. •Miss M. Tullis of Illinois is home for Christmas. Opal Illff is spending Christmas with home folks. Martha Schreeg was in Renssel- ” Tullis Wednesday. Marie King spent Sunday with Miss Martha Schreeg. Adam Brusnahan returned to Chicago Thursday morning. Mr. and Mrs. R. Tullis spent Wednesday with G. Tullis and family. William Price of Rnissetaer was the suites; of the TeHis family on Tuesday. A big crowd attended the Christmas exercises and all report them excellent. George Tullis moved in to his house Friday, which he recently purchased. Mrs. L. Schreeg went to Chicago where she spent the holidays with her daughter. Mrs. A. S. Bowman went to Chicago Monday to do some Christmas shopping. Ray Brusnahan, who works in Chicago Heights, spent his Christmas with home folks. Nettie Davisson of near Parr, who is very sick with rheumatism, is reported to be no better. Miss Hazel McColly of Chicago Heights is spending a few days as the guest of the Iliff family. Mrs. G. Marion’s little baby died Saturday and was buried Monday. The mother of the child is very poorly. Dude Meyers was in Rensselaer Saturday to see a doctor about having the eleven stitches taken out of his ear. Lena Tullis, who goes to high school in Rensselaer, came home to spend the Christmas vacation with ier paren ts. Santa Claus was real good, only he forgot something for the boys with the fancy hair dress. What was it, boys? t Dudley Meyers, who was hurt some time ago when his team ran away, is very sick at his home, having caught cold in the wound on his head. 'Some of the girls received dolls on the tree which some of the naughty boys put on for them. Never mind, boys, the girls will put one over on yon yet. Those wtho spent Wednesday with Dennis Healey and wife were—John Healey, Anna Healey, Otto Makus Marie King, Frank King, and Mr. Gaffey and wife.

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