Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1914 — All Over The Couty [ARTICLE]

All Over The Couty

GIFFORD. Nice spring weather we are having n°w. > Oats sowing is the order of the day. Beulah Walker took dinner with Lillie Cavinder Sunday. Ida Snow took Sunday pinner with Lizzie and Marie Smith. Elma Cavinder took dinner with Nella Timmons Sunday. Mrs. Lema Hankins called on Mrs. Jennie Zook Monday evening. There was a surprise party on Nella Timmons Monday night. All had a nice time. Mrs. Chester Caster and family took dinner with Harry Reed and family Sunday. ’ Othel Caldwell and wife, and Cal Caldwell and family spent Sunday with their parents. Wiliam Nuss and Peter Swisher took an auto ride Monday evening. How did you enjoy it, Bill? Silas Tombs gave his first barn dance of the season Saturday night. Another one In three weeks. Several of the young folks of this vicinity attended the Easter exercise at Newland Sunday afternoon. The Gifford school closed Friday with a big dinner and a nice entertainment. All had a nice time. Quite a crowd of young folks gathered at Lona Cavinder’s Thursday nigM to practice for the last day of school. Arthur Walker and sister Beulah, Ralph Timmons and sister, Nella, called on Pearl Davis and family Saturday night.

fair oaks. Ed Lakin, of Tefft, was in Fair Oaks Tuesday. Cottage prayer meeting was held at Siam Potts’ Wednesday evening. Weather is fine and everybody busy. Farmers are making every minute count nowadays. Grass, is coming fine and the prospect for wheat and rye, in these parts, was never better. The meetings, which have been going on at Will Warren’s the past two weeks, closed Sunday evening. Al Blake has been putting in a cement foundation and floors for a new barn on the Spang farm this week. Can Manderville is having a new fence put around his newly purchased lots, with the posts all painted red, too. _ Bert Wlarren was called to iMilroy tp., Saturday, to preach the funeral of a Mr. Clark, who had died from tuberculosis. Mrs. Vondersmiith, of Brook, came up the first of the week and placed

a stock of millinery goods in F. R. Erwin’s store. The Easter exercises Sunday, while the program was short, was fine. Rev. Postill was on hand and gave a good talk. Miss Grace Peyton, who is attending the Baptist Missionary Training school in Chicago, was here and visited at Abe Bringle’s and also her sister, Miss Wilma’s school, the first of the week. F. M. Goff had a very severe attack of gallstones last week. Dr. Rice, of Roselawn, was called and he thought Frank would have to go to a hospital. He took a change for the better, however, and is now out again. Frank Garriott, of the Lakin farm, while feeding cattle one day last week, in some way run a pitchfork in his knee and it was feared it was going to be pretty serious matter. He was confined to his bed fop a day or so,I but has got all right again now. f Frank Berenda’s family, who live about five miles from here, are having a very serious time. About a month ago one of his little boys took down with what was diagnosed as lung trouble; when he got better, another one took down, and then his aged father was taken down, and was very low for about a week before he began to recover. Now his mother is very seriously ill vrith spme disease and has become unable to move her limbs, and is very stiff.

MILROY G. L. Parks was a Remington visitor Monday. Mrs. Lud Clark assisted Mrs. Elsie Clark with her work Tuesday. Sunday school tomorrow at 2 p m., and preaching at\ 3 o’clock. T. A. Spencer and family called on G. L. Parks Tuesday afternoon . 'Y 1 1 Bivans - of Rossville, 111., visited old neighbors here WednesGay. Mfs G. L. Parks spent Monday with her mother, Mrs. Ravenscroft near Remington. Mr. ana Mrs. Henry Goble, of fonon, attended the funeral of Branson Clark Sunday. c Peet - °f Monticello, spent the last of the week with her brother, T. A. Spencer, and family. John Sommers, Jr., and family

and Schuyler Irwin and family, o,f Rensselaer, spent Sunday with G. L. Parks and family. Center, Lone Star and Banner schools closed last wek, and Queen City this week, with a big dinner and good time, Friday. Mrs. Elsie Clark was in Monon Monday and called on Mrs. Louisa Foulks, whose condition is much the same as in the last few months. Williard Johnson moved Monday to Mr. Gaffield’s farm. Isaac Hamilton will move to the McDonald farm, vacated by W. Johnson’s Monday. Creighton Clark and family, Mr. and Mrs. Stiers, Miss Ethel Jordan, Hubert Maxwell, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Goble, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Clark and Mr. Kalfis ate dinner Sunday with George Foulks’. Branson Clark, whose slickness has been mentioned before, was released from his suffering by death and entered the joy of the Lord to suffer and sorrow no more, on Friday, April 10, at 3:30 p. m. He was 44 years of age, leaving a wife, daughter, Edith, three sons, Everett, Ernest and Howard, father, six brothers and one sister, besides numerous fives and friends who will greatly miss him. Mr. Warren conducted the services at the Milroy church Sunday at 2 p. m. Interment In the Milroy cemetery beside his little son.

TEFFT. Mrs. Hyle spent Tuesday with Miss Poole. (Mrs. Rausch has opened up her icecream parlor. There will be Sunday school and church Sunday morning. Miss Yeager spent Tuesday evening with Frances Hibbs. Margaret Yeager spent Easter Sunday with Miss Anna Rasmussen. Mr. Treichel is improving his store by building a porch to the front of it. Mrs. George Sands returned home last week from Chicago with much better health than when she left. The Civic League closed last Friday evening. Before closing new officers were elected, so Chat the work could be taken up again next fall.

’ LEE. Hubert Maxwell has the lung fever. Eva Creel is making her home with Mrs. C. A. Holeman. S. W. Noland and daughter, Qora, went to Rensselaer Monday. The Home Missionary Society met at Mrs. Snedeker’s Tuesday afternoon. Roy Steirs and family spent Sunday afternoon with his parents, Fred Steirs’, Wm. Wall and O. A. Jacks are building a cattle barn for Epihriam Gilmore. Arthur Miller and family spent Easter with her parents, Wm. Zabie, and family. Mr. Synder, of Reynolds, came Sunday via auto to visit Ray Holeman and family. Several from here attended the funeral Sumday afternoon of Branson Clark, in Milroy tp. We have had fine spring weather this week so far, and everyone is making good use of it. Leonard Widner has moved\in the Ann Rishling property here, lately vacated by Harold Lamar. George iHoleman and family, of Monticello, came Saturday and visited relatives here till Sunday evening. Mrs. Becky Jacks and daughter, Lona, have gone to keep house for the former’s brother-in-law, s. L. Johnson, of near Monon. The* Easter guests of Mrs. C. A. holeman were her son, George, and family, of Monticello, and iner sons, Asa and Orval, and families, Elmer Gilmore and family, Frank Overton and family and J. H. Culp and family.