Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1914 — News Letters From the Country [ARTICLE]

News Letters From the Country

PARR Mrs. Oscar Rude is on the sick list. Mrs. Ambros Marion spent Wednesday with Mrs. Mattie Marion. Miss Irma Holmes spent Sunday evening with Miss Marie King. Miss Marion Meader spent Sunday afternoon with Miss Roxie Gunyon. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Lowman spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Pbares. Mrs. Mattie Porter visited part of last week with her son, William Porter, and family. \ Mrs. Omer Wilcox and Mrs. Effie Myers called on Mrs. A. S. Lowman Thursday afternoon. Mrs. John Lakin returned home Sunday from a month’s visit with her mother at Heigewisch, 111. \Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ploujeck and daughter, Vera, have returned from Arkansas and are at their home in Parr. Mrs. J. Wilson, who was taken to the Methodist Hospital at Indianapolis, is reported to he a very little better. Mr. and Mrs. G. 0. Hammerton retained home Friday after a few days' visit with her brothers at Edinburg, lnd. The young people of Parr met

with Miss Lulu Rowen Wednesday evening to practice for the Christmas entertainment. There will be a Christmas entertainment and tree at the Parr church, Thursday eve., Dec. 24. A good program is being prepared. Everybody welcome. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Lowman spent Saturday night and Sunday with her brother, Frank, at the St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette. Frank is improving nicely now and will be able to come home in a short time. The Larkin Club held an all-day meeting at Mrs. C. A. Rowen’s. A splendid dinner was served and the members did justice to it. The afternoon was spent in visiting and playing the graphaphone. All left at & late hour and reported a splendid time. The club was reorganized with Mrs. Ross Rowen as secretary. About fifty-five friends and neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. J. Reed gather-, ed at their home Tuesday evening with well filled gave them quite a The evening was .spent in playing games and visiting, and all enjoying themselves to the best of their ability. . Mr. and Mrs. Reed are thinking of moving to their farm in Illinois in a short time. The good wishes of all their friends go with them to their new home.

POSSUM RUN. Mrs. John McCurtain is on the sick list this week. c Mrs. Gaylord Hilton spent Sunday afternoon with home folks. Mrs. William Polleck and Mrs. James Piercon helped Mr. and Mrs, Jim Myers pick turkeys Tuesday. Orpha and Myrtle Parker and Jennie Obenchain visited the Mount Pleasane school Wednesday afternoon. There will be a Xmas tree at the Mount Pleasant school house Wednesday afternoon. A good program is to be rendered.

LEE Mr. Warren’s did their butchering Tuesday. The Ladies’ Aid served lunch at Mr. Morton’s sale Wednesday, Wm. Rishling of near Crawfordsville, was here on business Tuesday. Miss Tille Kopka, who is a trained nurse in Chicago, had a week’s vaca-

tion and spent Sunday night here with G. A ; Jacks and wife and attended Epworth League. Carl Westphal of near Reynolds, was here Wednesday at Mr. Morton’s sale. The Ladies’ Aid did sewing for Mrs. John Maxwell Thursday of last w eek. The young people are practicing a Christmas cantata to be held here Christmas eve. There were two carloads of cattle and two of sheep shipped from here Saturday night for Chicago. Rev. Wood, our district superintendent, was here Saturday night and held our first quarterly meeting. The ladies of the Home Missionary Society are packing a barrel this week to be sent to the “Campbell Home” at Gary. True Woodworth and family of Rensselaer, spent Saturday and Sunday here with her brother, O. A. Jacks, and family. Mrs. Grace- Osborne of Chicago, came Saturday evening to visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stiers and other relatives.