Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1915 — NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE]

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS

GIFFORD. Pearl Davis and wife were Megoqrs Thursday. ’ Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thomas visited with the latter’s parents, B. Lowry and wife, Sunday. Mrs. Clyde DaVisson of Possum Run, called on Mrs. W. A. McCurtain Saturday afternoon. Everybody seems interested in getting a church built here, and about SBOO has been subscribed. Mr. Walker and wife of near Rehsselaer, spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Lon Daniels. Little Ruby and George Smith visited from Thursday until Sunday with their grandma, Mrs. Long. Mrs. Marie Cavinder of Seafield, came Saturday for a few days’ visit with her parents, Theo. Smith 'and wife. The quarantine on Sheridon Lo gue’s house was raised last week, but another case of scarlet fever is at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Daniels of southwest of Gifford, then 17-year-old son, Ira, is sick. On returning from Sunday school at Oak Grove Sunday, W. A. McCurtain was given a complete surprise on finding a~bout 115 of his friends gathered at his home to remind him that it was his brithday anniversary. An elaborate dinner was spread and a grand time was had by all.

FOUR CORNERS.

F. W. Fisher and family and Jas. Spry and wife took in the show at Rensselaer Thursday. Mrs. Orville Fisher and babe visited with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nate Keen, Wednesday. Charles Peregrine has purchased a new Studebaker Six car and now Vic is trying to master the “critter.” The river dredge is moving down stream, and expects within a week to pass through the C. & E. 1., bridge at Dunn’s siding. Mrs. Fred Wasson of Demotte, came to see the new boy and visit her sister, Mrs. James Keene, of Wheatfield, Wednesday. Gifford is making an effort to build a church. Two ladies were soliciting money from the good people of Wheatfield for the purpose Wednesday. The play at tM opera house last Wednesday evening, as predicted,

proved a success and crowned the actors with glory and stuffed the treasurer’s receipts S7O. The Wheatfield high school commencement Tuesday night was well attended. There were six graduates, and the address by Charles H. Platteburg was both entertaining and instructive. Mrs. Ed Jessup of Lacross, is with her daughter, Mrs. James Keen, of Wheatfield, who presented her husband with a 11-pound boy Tuesdaj eve. All doing well, even James, who only hits the high places about town. Thomas Jensen has an eye open to the welfare of the farmers in this community. He has made arrangements to handle cream, for which he pays the and, the farmers are saved the trouble of purchasing express tickets and shipping. An auto truck from Kouts takes the cream from his store. Wheatfield has organized a real ball team, with James McColly, president; W. B. McNeil, manager; Robt. Mannan, secretary, and Simon Fendig, treasurer. The business men ana citizens are back of the team and will make an honest effort to give the public some real baseball. Now, everybody, “play ball.” Mr. Vonasch, while driving his team of steppers out of Wheatfield Tuesday evening, had an exciting runaway in turning the corner onehalf mile south of town. The team overturned the buggy and in some way Mr. Vonasch got tangled in th< line and was drug about 80 rods. When all was over the buggy was demoralized and the driver looked as though he had been and was on his way home from Europe.

FAIR OAKS.

Anna Erwin visited relatives at Brook over Sunday. Charles Halleck’s are spraying their orchard this week. F. M. Goff had a telephone put in his housp the first of the week, on the Bruner system. Health continues good in these parts and everybody is busy planting corn and cleaning house. S. C. Brokus of Rensselaer, is here making quite extensive repairs on C. A. Gundy s house, this week. Mrs. Al Moore and little son of Lafayette, came up the first of the week and made her sister, Mrs Bringle, a visit for a few days. , Grandpa Erwin, who had been down at Brook with his daughter,

Mrs. Vonder smith, returned to Fair Oaks the first of the week, feeling fine. v • Will Wen del and Mildred Bozell went to Edinburg Wednesday, the former to visit his parents a couple of weeks and the latter to stay with an uncle this summer. “Stub’’ Gundy came home from his job at Gary a couple of weeks ago and took down with an attack of pneumonia. He has been having a pretty tough time of it since, but is some better. Tom Parks, who lives on the fruit farm over in Newton county, was in the firs! of the week having some blacksmithing done and reported the serious accident that befell one of his bbys, who is staying with his grandfather at Cherryville, 111., and going to school, but which might have been more serious. At their place there was an old dug well, 8.0 feet deep, walled up with brick, and which they had discarded and thought they had filled it up a number of years before, and in which had been left a 1 % inch well pipe. While working about the boy stepped onto the filling of the well, which had settled, perhaps a foot, when he fell through down a distance of 3b feet breaking one leg and was considerably bruised and cut. The lad took hold of the well pipe and climbed the entire distance to the top, where his sister, who was the only one that witnessed the accideni, grabbed him as he was just in a collapsing condition, and with all of the strength she could put forth, succeeded in pulling him out. It certainly was a close call.