Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1915 — HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILAGES

SOUTH AMERICA. Mrs. Louis Swartz called Mrs. J. F. Grouns Monday evening. Supervisor J. F. Grouns took dinner Monday with ex-trustee G. L. Parks. Mr. and Mrs. David Benson and son of Lacross, are visiting their relatives in Jasper county this week. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McDonald and family and Mr. and Mrs. Riley Johns of McCoysburg, attended church here Sunday morning. The box social was largely attended at Center Saturday evening and the boxes sold high. Miss Martha Clark, at Queen City, will hold one Nov. 6. Now be sure and remember the date. MILROY. Joe Lewellyn was sick this week. Warren Myres tuned pianos here Wednesday. Miss Laura Clark visited her aunt Mrs. Mary McCashen, Sunday. Mrs. Mabel Foulks spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. English. pohn Sommers, Jr., and family spent Sunday with his brother, Mart Sommers.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Saltwell went auto riding with Mr. and Mrs. Frank May Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Caster spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. George Caster. Mr. and Mrs. Fay Lear attended church Sunday and spent the afternoon with Lud Clark’s. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Clark and daughter, Mildred, were in this vicinity Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Ogle and Mr. and Mrs. George Foulks spent Monday evening with- Wm. Fisher’s. Mr. and Mrs. Frank May and daughter, Ruth, ate dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Saltwell Sunday., Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Chapman ano children spent Sunday with the latter’s father, John Scott, and family.

There will be a box social at Queen City school house Saturday evening, Nov. 6. Everyone invited Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Clark and son of Lee, spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Foulks. The box social and spelling match at Center school house Saturday night .was a success, $24.15 being cleared. Mr. and Mrs. Creighton Clark and children and Mr. and Mrs. Perfect Spencer and Mrs. Wm. Fisher callea on George Foulks’ Monday. Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Benson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beaver and family and Mr. and Mrs. True Culp ate Sunday dinner with John Mitchell’s. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. McDonald and children and Mr. and Mrs. Roland Johns attended church here Sunday and took dinner with George Foulks’. PARR Say, this is some weather and everyone seems to enjoy it. J. A. Luers has been down on his farm doing some work this week. C. D. Lakin and Amos H. Alter shipped a car of hogs Wednesday. W. J. Piatt and W. H. Myres, Jr., are unloading coal for J. A. Luers this week. Sol Norman’s sale was well attended Wednesday, and everything sold- high. Mrs. W. L. Wood, who has been sick for some time, is some better at this writing.

Alva Stephenson and family are visiting his wife’s folks over in Illinois this week.

Jacob Davis says: “If you see a pretty girl that wants a fellow, just trot her down my path.” Charles Wood and Asa Sawin of Rensselaer, loaded some stock here Tuesday for Indianapolis. Wm. A. Witham, the rural mail man, is walking around-wlth a cane, the result of a sprained back. |Hugh Kirk of Rensselaer, has been working in the Parr Garage this week, doing the fancy work. Joseph Ploughjeck, who is working on a dredgp at Urbana, Ohio, was at home with his family over Sunday. W. A. McCurtain, the famous auctioneer, has a-date for a sale up in Wisconsin on Nov. 15. “ Buck,V that is too far away from home. Miss Neva Garriott, who has been visiting with M. O. Gant’s, at Attica, returned home Tuesday evening, and Paul is all smiles once more.

The new poultry firm here is doing quite a business, when your poultry gets ripe, call up by phone or bring it over and get the highest price for it.

The Rensselaer Dredge Company came near a serious accident. The boiler came near blowing up Monday night or about 3 o’clock Tuesday morning. It was damaged so badly that it is dangerous and will be taken out and a new one Installed. B. D. Comer.and Clyde Gunyon went to Chicago Tuesday and purchased a new one, which will be Installed at once and work resumed.,

FAIR OAKS. J. J. Lawler received several carloads of cattle Wednesday for feeding. .... t: Ther6 lias been quite a bit of sickness in our town since our last report.. Willard Rice and wife went down to Foresman Tuesday where he will work on a farm. Ike Kight’s uncle, Joe Nichols and wife ot .Nebraska, are here now making Ike a visit. Rev. Postill came up Sunday and delivered another splendid sermon. He failed to get here a week ago, but he surely made up for lost time. Mrs. John Thorn and sister, Miss Gladys Halleck, went up about Demotte last Sunday and brought home a big wagon load of cabbage for their use. They will perhaps sell some of it.

Miss Pansa Bozell, the nurse, was called to Mrs. Huntington’s, down near Mt. Ayr Tuesday evening to take care of one of the boys.who had been sick with typhoid fever. He had taken a relapse and is quite poorly. It is rumored that our old-time merchant, T. J. Mallatt, who located here when Fair Oaks was in its infancy, will move to Virgie and go in partnership with his son-in-law in the mercantile business. We are zndeed sorry to see Tom go, but wish him all kinds of success in Jiis new location. Pames Clifton got a telegram a, few days ago that his brother-in-law, Frank Hopkins of Roscommon, Mich., had passed away. He had been sick for some time with a complication of diseases. 'He was a brother of Postmaster and Ex-Post-master George and Carey Hopkins of Mt. Ayr. He leaves a wife and two grandchildren. The little babe of Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Pritchett, born the 13th, passed away the 23rd. It had not been well since birth, and Dr. Rice and Dr. English were called Sunday evening to see it. It had a gathering or tumor on its abdomen, and they decided there would have to be an operation performed to save it’s life, but it passed away Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Pritchett feel very thankful to their neighbors for their assistance in caring for it. We are sorry to announce the sad news of the death of William Petty who was taken to a hospital Tuesday evening in Chicago to undergo an operation for an obstruction of the bowels. We did not learn whether the operation was performed or not. The body arrived here Thursday morning, and the funeral held here at the M. E. church Friday at 10 a. m., conducted by Rev. Postill, and burial made in the Prater cemetery in Barkley tp.

FOUR CORNERS. Some Chicago people visited over Sunday with Mr. Vonasek and wife of east Walker. George Smith of east Walker, was called as a witness in the Keen-At-wood law suit at Demotte Thursday. Thomas Jones of Tefft, finished his painting for this season, and will at once begin the building of a home for Lee Glazebrook. The DeArmond stone road in Kankakee tp., is completed, and we be lieve we are safe in saying that it is the best stone road in the county. The Rasmussen Bros, have ce ment feed troughs built around the base of their silos, which Will lessen the work of feeding their stock the coming season. Some farmers are now busy making wild hay. The marshes have been so soft all season that they have been unable until the last week to get on them. Lee E. Glazebrook and wife are now numbered with the citizens of Kankakee tp. They will begin the erection of a nice cottage at once, just east of the city of Tefft.

Mrs. Gore and Miss Annie Rasmussen are visiting in Indianapolis. They drove through in the former’s car. The senator is quite lonely, wandering around with no place to call home.

Our rural carrier, Clarence Nelson, will take his vacation next week, then otir mail will be delivered the old fashioned way. Well, it does one good to take a back seat once in a while. Mr. Henry of Valparaiso, who owns a farm in east Walker, is making some improvements in the way of buildings, fencing, etc.,which will add much] to the appearance of his farm. George Smith and wife are the proud parents of the 6th democrat boy. If all the democrats were as faithful as George we would not mind to head the democrat ticket in Jasper county. Jesse Collins, who has been very low for the past year or two with tuberculosis, is not expected to live but a few hours. He is unconcious a greater part of the time and growing weaker each moment. Monday night, about sixty friends gave to Ted Biggs and his intended a shower p&rty, followed by a nice social dance. Many nice and useful presents were given, and all departed wishing that all would end w’ell for Ted.

Allen Fendig, who is in school at Lafayette, was home over Sunday. He reports the Jasper boys are doing good work. Lee Fisher, who is taking a course in pharmacy, is teaching three hours each day, for which he receives $1.50 per hour. The first entertainment given by the Wheatfield lyceum course was A No. 1, and the crowd in attendance were with the company from start to finish. If the remaining numbers prove as good as the first, no one will regret the time or , money spent. ' The Long-Thompson Lumber Co., of Wheatfield, contemplate some real and needed improvements in the near future to keep in line with their fast increasing business, which,

when completed, will give them one of the most-up-date lumber yards in the county. A number of people from Kankakee, Walker and Wheatfield tps., went to Demotte Thursday, some to attend as witnesses in the Keen and Atwood lawsuit, some through curiosity, while others anxious to see how Demotte appeared since Bowie moved the C. I. & S. depot to its new location. Treichel, one of Tefft’s most successful merchants, expects to close out his stock of goods soon to a young German of South Bend, who will make some of the dispensers of merchandise stand up and take notice. Mr. Treichel has attended strictly to business since he came to Tefft and has made good. Now he can retire and take life easy. The Ward Hamilton light plant is now assuming form and in a few weeks more the light from the powei house will cast a glimmer across the doorway of the 2x4 office of the wire pulling political dictator of Wheatfield democracy, the editor who had his picture taken on a handcar at the historic city <JV Zadoc, Ind., and a most behutiful picture it was.