Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1915 — NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS

Mrs. Walter Johnston returned this week from a three weeks’ visit at Leßoy, 111. Mrs. Chet Besse of Wolcott, came Friday to spend several days with the George Besse family. Miss Elizabeth Kirk returned to her home at Rensselaer Wednesday after a two weeks’ visit here. Mrs. Will May and children of Mississippi, came last Thursday for an extended visit with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hyman left Saturday morning for a week’s visit with his parents at Young America. Mrs. Turpening returned Saturday evening from a several days’ visit with Mrs. S. J. Pothuisje at Goodland. > Mrs. Wade Green and little son of New York City, came Saturday evening to visit her father, Dexter Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stoner of Valparaiso, accompanied by Miss Grace Thompson spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Denham. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Thompson and daughters of Knox, Ind., visited last week with Earl Thompson and family and Howard Jones and family. Mrs. Thomas McLean and Mrs. Rose S.hankerland of Wellington, 111., were guests the last week of their uncle, George Bfesse and family. Ernest Rawlings moved this week into the house vacated by Mrs. Hargreaves, and A. Schankerman moved Wednesday into the former Barnes property. Mrs. C. J. Hepburn of New York City, and Mrs. B. B. Anderson of Chicago, are visiting their sister, Mrs. Copper, and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Thompson, The Remington Chapter O. E. S. presented Mrs. Jennie Hargreaves with a beautiful past matron’s pin on her departure from Remington to take up her residence in Chicago.

Mr. and Mrs. L. Jordan and daughter, Leota, 'of Montmorenci, and the Misses Mabel and Mariej Schrass of West Lafayette, spent this; Thursday with W. R. Geier and family. Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Bellis of Des-' Moines, la., are spending the week! with L. B. Elmore and wife. Mr.' Bellis is a newspaper man and came ' through with Blanchard in the “tin I Lizzie.’’ Luce Bartoo has moved into the; house with Mrs. Lewis. Bert Cowgill moved into the house he vacated and Mrs. Estes moved into the residence vacated by Cowgill, which she recently purchased. A picnic in honor of Mrs. R. Crain was held in the town park Friday afternoon, before her departure from our town. Mrs. Crain _has been the teacher of the M. E. ""Sunday school class, who gave it, for 15 or 16’tears. «» j Milo Julian and wife drove over t OhWftrd Saturday evening and spent Sunday with his parents. Sunday evening they went to Lafayette, taking Mrs. Julian’s brother, Herman Foster of Wolcott, to the hospital at Lafayette for an’ operation. Keith and Dorothy Spencer left by auto Tuesday morning for Chicago to attend the wedding of their cousin, Mona Quayle, which took place on Wednesday. Miss Mona has visited here a number of times and will be remembered by many.of her friends here. !• Miss OrpliA Timmons returned to Remington Monday from Settle,. Wash., for her summer vacation' which she spends regularly with her mother here. She is well and hearty, ' and enjoys the novelty, to this country at least, of drawing wages while she has vacation, as Washington state \ pays her teachers twelve months in the year. Little Mary Esther Parker, whose serious illness was mentioned last week, died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Parker, Saturday morning at eight o’clock, after an illness of considerable duration. She was the youngest daughter of iher parents and her age was four years, ten months and twenty-four days. She was born at Rensselaer, and leaves besides her. parents, two * brothers and two sisters. The funeral was held at the home at 3:30 p. m., Sunday by Rev. Warriner. The bereaved parents have the sympathy of >their many friends and acquaintances in the sad loss. The marriage of a very populai young couple occurred last Thursday, June 24, at the home of Mrs. Ella Parks, when her daughter, Miss Blanche, was given in marriage to Mr. Paul E. Hyman. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hyman of Galveston, and has been on the faculty of the local school for the past two rears. He is a thorough young man of sterling qualities and his ability has shown itself in his very successful* work here. The bride is a daughter of Mrs. Ella Parks of this place, was raised in this community and enjoys a wide acquaintance. Her pjleasing person-

ality has gained her a popularity which she justly merits and which will be an adjunct in building a happy home. The bridal couple left Saturday for the home of the groom’s folks near Logansport, for a visit and will spent the summer visiting. The last of the June weddings for Remington was celebrated at 2 o’clock Tuesday, June 29, when Mr. Floyd Elmer Butcher and Miss Viletta Bell Casey were united in marriage at the Christian parsonage at Rensselaer, Rev. Titus officiating. The attendants were Mr. Jesse Schembs and Miss Flo Casey, a sister of the bride. Following the wedding ceremony the bridal couple returned to the home of the bride's parents; where a bounteous three course supper was served. In the evening the happy couple were given a good old-fashioned charivari. The groom is a son of Ed Butcher and has been employed at farming in this vicinity. He is a fine young man, favorably known and a good farmer. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Casey, of east of town, and is favorably known and enjoys a large circle of friends. After a few days the newly weds will go to Mulberry, Ind., where they will make their future home, and it is needless to say, the wishes of their many friends will follow them to their new home for a long and happy life.

GOODLAND. [From The Herald.] Mrs. Weidebaker is making no improvement. Sumner McCurry of Jacksonville, Miss., spent his vacation here with his father, A. T. McCurry. Mrs. George Belfield went to Monon Wednesday to visit with her daughter, Mrs. Marie Sims, and family. Mr. and Mrs. John Kiken of Harvey, 111., came last Saturday for a short visit with their son, Jacob and family. Miss Laura Ponton of Remington, visited here this week with her sister, Mrs. A. C. Louette, and band. W. E. Atkinson, editor of the Gilman, 111., Star, and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Miller autoed over to Goodland Sunday. Miss Laura Warnock or .Remington, a former teacher in the Goodland schools, is attending the I. IL at Urbana, 111. Mrs. Frank Pierce of Indianapolis, is the guest of her parents, Mr. and .Mrs. C. L. Constable, and other relatives and friends.

George O. Bales, our genial lumber merchant, was a business caller in Mt. Ayr Tuesday, making the trip in his touring car. . , Mr. and Mrs. Bert Gravel and little son of Chatsworth, 111., are here the guests of the former's father, A. F. Gravel and family, Msr. Bert Patton returned to her home in Bloomington, 111., after a short visit here with her mother, Mrs. W. W. Gilman, and other relatives. Mrs. George O. Bales attended the Bentofi Hoosiers in Chicago picnic last Saturday. This picnic is an annaul event and is here at Jackson park. - Mr, and Mrs. Peter Retterath and Mr. and Mrs. Bryon Church of Lafayette, Sundayed here the guests of the former’s brother, Frank, and wife. Mrs. Gailbraith and daughter, Mrs. Mary Fleming, have returned from California, where they spent several months visiting with relatives and enjoying the fine climate there. Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Green of Ameft, la., visited there this week with their neice, Mrs. Charles Daniel, and family. Thursday morning they left for Ohio to visit with other relatives. Frank Antcliff moved Tuesdaj into their new home bought front the Toods. Arthur C. Louette moved into the Mrs. Henderson cottage on east Pairie avenue vacated by the Antcliffs, Quite a scandal is being “aired out over at Earl Park. The parties are well known here and it is rumored that two Goodland men will be, named in the case if the matter reaches the courts. • ; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde McCurry of , Tipton county, visited here this week ‘ at the home of Dr. and Mrs. M. L. ! Humston at the bedside of the form- : er’s brother, Howard, who is ill at i the Humston home. j Mrs. J. B. Johnson of Villa Grove, I HL, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hall, of this city, will soon en- , ter a hospital in Chicago to undergo ■ an operation. Her many friends here ; hope for the best results. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hartley, who have resided in Goodland for the past year, will leave next Monday for Beltrami, Minn., where the former will assist his father in operating that city’s only hotel and restaurant. Walter is a fine boy and we wish him success. George Hall, formerly of this city, but now a resident of Chicago, was elected president of the “Benton Hoosiers in Chicago." Mrs. Hall was re-elected secretary. Their annual picnic is held each year some Saturday in June at Jackson Park, near the German building on the south side. ‘ Frank Clark, wife and two daughters and Miss LePet Wood of Chi-

cago, autoed to Goodland Sunday for a visit here with the former’s sisters, Mrs. Lovett and Mrs. Perkins. Monday they motored to Wolcott to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Covington before returning to their home on Tuesday. « Lawson and Pauline Cooke expect to leave Monday for their summer outing. They will go direct to the Pacific coast and will attend the Panama exposition at San Francisco and then will enjoy a coast line ocean voyage to Portland, Oregon. They expect to call on several exHoosiers on their return.

MEDARYVILLE. [From The Advertiser.] Mrs. Jennie Wishard of Rensselaer is the guest of the Ellis Redinbo family. / Vick Redinbo returned last Friday from a week’s visit at Kankakee and other points in Illinois. George Capouch has returned to Bloomington this week to resume his studies at that University. Misses Blanche and Georgie Howe are visiting with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Antrim at Hebron. Robert Domke of Chicago, is the guest of ,Mr. and Mrs. Gus Steinke, and other relatives here this week. Wm. Rockwell, who was operated on for acute appendicitis last week by Drs. Sharrer and Stone is doing nicely. Lee Willever, who is employed at Byron, 111., spent a week’s vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willever, west of town. Mrs. Perry Vaughan of Monticello, and Mrs. J. W. Loveland of Delphi, were the guests of Frank Vaughan and family this week. Mrs. Jennie Carter and two children of Chicago, were the guests of her mother, Mrs. Sam E. Linton, and husband this week. Dr. Stone reports t.he following births: May 12, a boy to Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Kelly, Walker tp.; May 8, a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kleger, north of town; June 25, a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Musgrave. . Albert Reep visited his wife at the Lafayette hospital last Sunday and again on Tuesday apd Wednesday. Another operation was decided upon which took place last Wednesday forenoon with very encouraging results. Claude Horner and wife and the former’s mother, Mrs. E. W. Horner, returned last Tuesday from their extended trip to the Panama exposition and other parts of the country. While they highly enjoyed the sights seen, they are glad to be home again. Miss Esther Friday left last Wednesday morning for an extended trip in the west, going first to St. Louis, from there to Cameron, Miss., and then to the Panama-Pacific Exposition before returning home. She expects to be gone the rest of the summer.

Charles Sebring and little son, George, of Gary, Ind., were visitors at his sister’s and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Robert. Layman, part of last and this week. On Wednesday last they left for Rensselaer, having received news of the illness of his father, Rev. John Sebring, at that city.. Y : The street work improvement in our town ordered by the town board has Commenced. National street from Main to Ridge street has been graded and is ready for the gravel. The work on the streets will continue right along and it will not be so very long until wc may be justly proud of all of our streets.

FRANCESVILLE. [From The Tribune.] Mrs. John Molitu* was the guest of her parents at Medaryville, Thursday. S. W. Kahler, sons William, Ray and George, and Emil Marti motored to Lafayette Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Eldridge went to Monon and Monticello Friday to spend a part of the week with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Kahler and daughter, Lenora, and Misses Clara and Laura Kahler, motored to Peoria, 111., Saturday, returning home Tuesday evening. John Ren and John Koster, county commissioners,, met with the Jasper county board, Monday, for the purpose of making a joint establishment of the T. F. Watson road on the county line, Mr. and Mrs. George Moore left this morning for Rochester, Minn., where she is to consult the Mayo Brothers about an operation for a tumorous growth of the stomach: Roy Heltzel, son-in-law, made the trip with them. Miss Minnie Schultz of this place, attended the wedding of Miss Martha Long of Rensselaer, to Mr. Russell E. Strawbridge, at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Long in Rensselaer, Wednesday afternoon of last week. Miss Schultz lived with the Long family for twenty years and of course it was a case of going back home for the event. The marriage of Miss Mayine Golesberry and Mr. Earl Duhurst occurred last night in Lafayette. Sihe is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Golesberry of this place, and the mother went there yesterday "to be present for the event. Mr. Duhurst is an employe with the American Express company in the city, where they will make their permanent home. " J. W. Marlon of Gillam, brought to this offljee Saturday a sample of wheat grown on his farm, that is as good an exhibit of that kind of grain as has been raised in Jasper county in fifty years. He only has a patch of about seven acres, which will probably yield forty bushels per acre, and it looks so good to the neighbors that the yield is all to be taken by them for seed, except what he will keep for himself. Mr. and Mrs. John B. Haynes and five children are detained at the

home of John c. Engle, because their 15-year-old son has a bad case of tonsilitis. The family came here Thursday, enroute to North Dakota, where they are moving, and stopped with Mr. and Mrs. Engle, who were their neighbors here several years ago. The boy complained of a sore throat coming over from Illinois and by the time they got here the case became very acute. It was at first pronounced diphtheria, as the symptoms were such but as the case progressed it proved to be tonsilitis:

BROOK. I [From The Reporter.) Born, Tuesday, to Mr. and Mrs. David Heistand, a boy. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Eastburn of Sheldon, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kindig were guests on Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Agate, north of town. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Myers, Mrs. T. L. Davis and Mrs. Henry Wolff and little daughter attended the band concert at Rensselaer Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Waling, Mrs. M. Waling and Art Mayhew and family of Rensselaer, motored to Roselawn on Sunday and spent the day with relatives. Will Anderson of Wichita, Kans., was the guest of Bennett Lowe and family this week. Mr. Anderson was at one time a resident of Kentland and vicinity, but for seventeen year* has been engaged in teaching at various places. He says that Kansas is blest with one tremendous wheat crop this year, and some of the farmers have on hand last year’s crop. Mrs. Arthur Dirst was given a surprise on last Sunday, it being her birthday. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs James Ricker, Mr. Barce so Rensselaer, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Murfitt and family, Henry Weston and family, Otto Mayhew and famliy, J. F. Dewees and family and Phillip Duclose and wife of Morocco, and Sam Hays and wife of Brook, were present. They brought the good things to eat along and spent the day with Mrs. Dirst and family. If you hear the sound of “Home Sweet Home’’ floating out on the evening air during threshing time you will know that Chris Nafziger is back on the job once more, running a threshing engine. Chris a few years ago made everybody think for a time that the circus had come to town, and the steam calliope had broke loose. But what brought fame to Chris also made trouble with other engineers for as they signaled each other across the country with their shrill calls, Chris would answer with the strains of “Hom( Sweet Home” and the boys became jealous and stopped the performance, so Chris sold the musical whistle.

WOLCOTT [From The Enterprise.] Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Chester Watson, Sunday, June 27, a daughter. Mrs. Louis Hinchman spent Wednesday in Remington' the guest of her parents. Miss Clare 3 Garvin of Rensselaer, is spending the week with her sister, Mrs. Frank Seifert, Miss Mabel Thompson of Dwight, 111., and Miss K. Reiplinger of Chicago, were guests of Mrs. H. Good' acre Tuesday. Little Miss Hope Babcock of Rensselaer, apd Misses Mabel and Viola Roberts of Goodland, were Sunday guests of their teacher, Miss Maud Rader. Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Spencer and children were at Seafield Sunday, to see Mrs. Spencer's father and sisters, J. L. .Warne and daughters, Myrtle and Edythe. Mr. and Mrs. John Baker accompanied by their son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Baker and their little son, of Lancing, Mich., were guests Sunday and Monday of Mr. and Mrs, George F. Baker. John Baker is a cousin of George F. Baker. C. W. Keck, who has been ill with typhoid fever at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Fred Lux, returned to his home in Fairbury Saturday. He was accompanied home by his daughter, Mrs. Fred Lux and little daughter, who will spend a week there.