Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1915 — HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

MT. AYR. (From the Brook Reporter.) Mrs. Cornish of Chicago, is here as the guest of her sister-in-law,! Mrs. J. A. Ashby. Miss Lucy Harris went to Foresman on Monday to be the guest of Miss Nellie Parker this week. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Harris aad Mr. and Mrs. Charles Snow were Rensselaer visitors on Tuesday evening, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Shindler and Dan Dirst attended the band concert at Rensselaer on Wednesday night. Charles Penwright went to Kniman Saturday afternoon to help furnish the music for a dance at that place. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Bohannon spent Sunday With their daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Little. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hufty and children and Jay Miller motored to Rensselaer on Wednesday evening and enjoyed the band concert. Born, Friday, June IS, to Mr. and Mrs. Emil Her re, a 12 pound boy: Monday, June 21, to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Stucker, a 1114 pound girl. The Misses Blanche and Jessie Merry came down from Chicago on Saturday morning to spent! the weekend with their parents, Dr. and Mrs. Merry. Miss Jessie returned to her work on Monday but her sister remained at her home for the summer vacation. Earl Bruner went to Chicago recently and purchased a new switchboard, which will be installed in the central office as soon is it arrives. Mr. Bruner Is planning to give his patrons the best of service and the central office girls are highly elated over the prospects of a new board. Mr. Clinton, who has been here during the past six months assisting his daughter, Mrs. George Lynch, in the store, went to Oklahoma on Monday, to spend the summer with his son. George Lynch accompanied him as far as Chicago to see the sights. Mrs. Clinton will join her husband later. Mrs. George Lynch went to Indianapolis on Thursday to spend a few days with her husband. Mr Lynch has taken a year’s treatmen

for eye trouble and is now entire!! cured and will be able to attend to his business in the future, and his many friends are glad to see him back in the harness again. They returned from Indianapolis on Saturday afternoon.

MEDARYVILLE. TFrom The Advertiser.l Miss Georgia Linton is the guest of friends in Rensselaer since Wednesday. Miss Selma Campbell is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Frank Vaneck, at Knox, this week. ■ i~> ‘ ' Mr. and Mrs. August Kein and children of Plymouth, ' were here from Friday to Monday. ; r A new son controls the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mill Tiede in this township, since last week. Miss Margie Long is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Wm. D. Pence, and family, at Brook, since Wednesday last. Cal McCay returned last Wednesday from a several days’ visit with his daughter, Mrs. Nelle Palmer, in Chicago. R. L. P. Massey returned Tuesday evening from a visit with his son, Jerome, in Hammond, and Mr. and Mrs. Frazier # Antrim in Hebron. Mrs. Ida Ernst and children of Michigan City, are the guests of the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. August Kripisch, since Wednesday last. Mrs. Maude DePoy and daughter, Miss Adele, of Frankfort, and Miss Florence 'Hollett, of Francesville are the guests of their sister, Mrs! James R. Linton and family this week. I Mrs. Sarah Aery, mother of Mrs Grant Eldridge, left Sunday night on a visit to the old homestead in Virginia, from which place has come

the tidings of the illness of her mother. A party of eighteen of our young people are camping along the banks of the Kankakee river since Tuesday o. this week. The party consists of the Misses Ava, Vera and Alice Guild, Benira Petrv, Bernice Antcliff. Emma Young, Fay Vanßuskirk. >• no Aery and Meta Oglesby, the young mem are: Merrill. Bernard, Oon, Lester and Earl Guild, Roy M iliams, Lloyd Young, Ralph Dunn and Dr. C- K. Little, the latter of Xapr.noe, Ind. All expect to return herhe next Tuesday.

FRANCESVILLE. [From The Tribune.l Mr. and Airs. B. H. Thompson and children were here from Knox Friday for the Sunday school picnic. Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Erdrnan oi Michigan City, were the guests ot -Mr. and Mrs. Fred Malchow Sunday. Mrs. Elihu Morlan and son, Lewis, were here from Knox, a part of the week, the guests at the home of W. A. Geer.'; •- Mrs. Crist Koepkey returned to Lafayette Saturday, having been called here on account of the death of her mother. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Casteel came from Kankakee, Sunday, to visit for a while with Mr. and Mrs. A 1 Shirtz and Mr. and Mrs. Silas Kopka. Mr. and Mrs. John Weutrich and '•rs. Ernest Anlicker returned from Bremen Monday morning, where they had been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Leman. Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Burkhart of Greenfield, were here over Sunday the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Burkhart, south of town. From here they went to Attica. On Saturday Dr. Sharrer assisted by Dr. F. L. Stone of Medaryville, operated upon Will Rockwell at the home of his brother, Ed Rockwell, ; n Gillam, for an abscess of the appendix.’. ' _■ The Xewland Specials won from the Moody Giants Sunday, but it took 12 innings to turn the trick. The score was 6 to 9. Features of the game was the pitching of Stanley, who struck out twelve and Lowery r s peg from left to first retiring the runner.

FAIR OAKS. There are several on the sick list in our town this week, but all are improving.” Mat Lacosse’s little girl, who has been sick with pneumonia for a week, is now some better. There was a number from here attended the third quarterly M. E. conference at Roselawn last Sunday evening. Mose Karr, who was hurt last week by a tree falling on him, came home from the Lafayette hospital the first of the week and is getting along fine. Miss Anna Spry, who has a responsible position in the insane hospital at Kankakee, 111., came Sunday evening and visited her sister, Mrs. Eight, a couple of days this week. An ice cream social was given by the young people on McConnell’s lawn Wednesday evening in honor of Mi%s Mable Downey, who will depart in a few days with Frank McCay s for Michigan. Born, June 2S, to Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Fair, a daughter. Mother and babe are doing fine so far, but the attending physician says, owing to some unnatural conditions,* the babe will not live long. Carl Carpenter and family left here Monday for down below Lafayette and various other places where they will visit for about three weeks. Frank Husted will substitute for him at the depot while he is absent. - j Arvel Bringle, who is rural carrier out of Remington, took sick last week with inflamation of the stomach and was brought home Sunday, where he has been under tht. care of a trained nurse since. He is slowly recovering. Aunt Hannah Culp and Bert Warne and Herbert Bozell went to George Culp’s place, near Lee, Saturday td attend a meeting Sunday. Herb and Bart returned Monday, hut Aunt Hannah stayed on account of the poor health of her biother, George. The funeral of Ray Comer, the young man who Was accidently killed at Hammond Sunday, was held here in the M. E. church Tuesday, and was very largely attended. Interment was made in the Fair Oaks cemetery. The flora; offerings were exceedingly fine. Rev. Postill occupied the pulpit in the M. E. ghtirch Sunday at 11 a. m. His text was, “The bed was too short for a man to stretch himself out on and the blanket was too narrow to wrap himself in.” He certainly made some splendid applications in his talk. M. E. Moffitt is getting to be quite a trader. Last week he made a trade wherein he got a nice young driving horse, and this week he traded a mule for a bunch of hogs, and made

a good profitable time. John Alter of Rosebud, came up the first of the week and surveyed and staked off three acres of ground adjoining town on the south, which was owned by Mrs. Dan Winslow. Arthur Ropp bought the land and will build a house thereon in the hear future. . Frank McCay and Jake Trump, who have been working for Mr. Teach on the stone road down in Jordan tp., were at home over Sunday. They report the job down there finished and they are tearing up the track and loading the equipment on cars and will ship to Michigan, where Mr. Teach has another big job. Jake and Frank with his family will follow up. Miss Mabel Downey, who has been working for Mrs. F. R. Erwin the past two years, will go with them to see the country and will stay indefinitely.

MILROY Elmer McAleer spent Sunday with Howard Stewart’s. W. S. McDonald’s attended church here Sunday evening. Lud Clark met Rev. Satnsei at Monon Saturday evening. Mabel Clark spent Monday afternoon with Maggie Foulks. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Banes took Sunday dinner- with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Foulks. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sallwell called on her brother, John Sommers, Sr.,, Sunday afternoon. H. Sanisei spent Sunday night, with H. Ogle’s, Mr. Ogle taking him to Wolcott Monday evening, Mrs. Fred Saltwell, Sophia Clark and Mrs. Maggie Foulks called on Mrs. Frank May Tuesday afternoon. H. Sarnsel preached three excellent sermons Suruiay, two here and one at Black Oak in the afternoon. Misses Ethel and Iva English, John English, Miss Della McKinney and Mrs. George English spent Tues day with Mrs. Earl Foulks. H. Sarnsel'and Mr. apd Mrs. Geo. Foulks took Sunday dinner at Frank May’s, and attended Sunday school and preaching services at Black Oak in the afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Clark, Mrs. Anna Smith and Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Clark of Lee, attended church here Sunday and took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCashen. Quite a number from this vicinity attended commencement exercises at MeCoysburg Saturday evening. The Misses Pearl, Ross and Blossom Grouns being the Milroy graduates.