Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1915 — HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]
HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES
MT. AYR. [Prom The Brook Reporter.] L. E. Ponsler made a business trip 10 Chicago on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed May and family of Remington, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Harris. Gilbert Stucker and Claude Harris enjoyed a motor trip to Hebron, Kouts and Lowell on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Gebhart and Roy Hale of Buckingham, 111., came on Thursday for a few days’ visit with Mr. Gebhart’s parents. Miss Lucy Harris, who is attending school'at Terre Haute, spent the week-end with iher parents, returning to her school work on Sunday. Born, on Wednesday, Oct. 28, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burns, a girl. A daughter was also born to Mr. and Mrs. Trennis Yoder on the same day. Mr. and Mrs. T- .T. Martin enjoyed an automobile trip to Peoria and other points in Illinois, where they visited the doctor’s parents. They returned home on Tuesday and report a splendid trip, but the doctor says that Indiana roads were missed very badly after they crossed the line. Mrs. J. W. Merry and daughter, Miss Blanche, and Mrs. J. A. Ashby spent the past week with relatives and friends at Elwood and Marion. Miss Merry went to Indianapolis to attend the State Teachers’ Institute which was in session there. They made the trip via automobile, returning home on Saturday. On Saturday night about sixty of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Stucker’s friends walked in at eight o’clock and gave them the best surprise of their lives. The evening was spent in games of various kinds, the women enjoying social games and the men cards. In the card contests Joe Witcher and W. W. Miller proved to be the champion euchre players, having held the tables from 9 to 12 o’clock. After eating light refreshments they returned to their homes at a late hour, wishing Mr. and Mrs. Stucker many more happy surprises.
FAIR OAKS. Health is quite good again in our town. Mrs. V. G. Boyle was called to Laporte Monday eve on business. Cottage prayer meeting was held at Abe Bringie’s Wednesday eve. Ben Zellers has been having a tussle with the chills again this week. Walter McConnell and -wife . ana Lou Moflitt went by auto route to Schneider Monday. Lawler’s men just, recently got through putting up tame hay.. They put up about 130- tons. Uncle Josiah Thompson is making some improvement since liis critical illness last week. Cal Boroughs is building a new coal house on the property where he lives, the Wilson property. Henry Goff and family of hear Lisbon, X. IX. landed here Tuesday eve for a visit with old friends. B F. Clevenge went down about Rensselaer the first of the week where he got a job on a stone road. William Spry and wife of South Dakota, dropped in Sunuay and visited his sister, Mrs. Ike Right, a few days. : . ' . /| Lou Moffitt, who went down (to Kentland a week ago to husk .corn, sprained his wrist, so returned to Fair Oaks. .■ ( Mr. Allen made the sale a few days ago of his light driving team
and carriage to Abe DeKoker of near Demotte. Mrs. Jake Spitzer, who has been under the weather for a couple of weeks, is visiting her mother at Kniman now. Husted, who has been down about Sheridan the past month working in a telegraph office, came home Wedensday. Charles Penwright has temporarily taken up quarters at Uncle John Casey’s and John went to the soldiers’ home at Marion a few days ago and will remain there. It is reported that Mack Comer of near Blackford, is negotiating for property here in Fair Oaks, with the view of moving here and making this their permanent home. Rev., Postill delivered another one of his splendid sermons in the M. E. church Sunday. This time it was picked right off the top-shelf and handed down to the listeners. Chas. Penwright gathered up his musical instruments the first of the week and he and Faun Casey went north on the C. & E. I. train Monday evening. It is surmised that a musical engagement was in prospect. W. E. Moffitt and V. G. Boyle ar<> taking lessons in masonery this week. They built a flue in Enos Moffitt’s new house Tuesday and begun plastering Wednesday. They will probably get the job done this week.
LEE Grandma Williamson is here this week visiting friends. Mrs. W. E. Culp of Milroy, called on Mrs. H. C. Anderson Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Cook of Warsaw, who has
been visiting relatives here, returned home Tuesday. " A T ncle David Culp and wife and Mrs. Harry Rishling spent Tuesday at Alvin Clark’s. The Ladies’ Home Missionary Society met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Cora Stiers. J. H. Culp and wife and son, Gail, went from church Sunday to Frank Eldridge’s for dinner. Ray McDonald and wife of Monticello were the Sunday guests of Morris Jacks and wife. Morris Jacks has re-weather boarded his house, which adds much to the looks and also the warmth. Ray Holman and family and the Misses Thelma and Etha Noland went from church Sunday to Frank Overton's for dinner. Lonnie Noland is husking corn for Mr. Marty', and Glenn Culp is husking for Asa Holman, both on the Francesville prairie. Mrs. May Pattee of Wyoming, and her sister, Mrs. Cleo Hoover, daughter of J. W. Mellender, are at Lee this week visiting relatives. Mrs. G. A. Jacks was called to Rensselaer Tuesday on account of sickness in the family of her daughter, Mrs. Thorston Otterburg, Mrs. O. and baby being! afflicted/ with severe colds. j
FOUR CORNERS. Frank Neier has purchased a new Maxwell of the local agent here. Mrs. W. D. Meyers is reported some better at this time, although her condition remains critical. Chicago landseekers are becoming quite numerous, and the prospects for a few sales .tic good. H. Gulbransen, O. P. Kennedy and others contemplate a land purchasing trip to Wisconsin Mi the neai future. John Allen of Kankakee, 111., came Saturday for a short visit with his mother, Mrs. E. Wallace, and other relatives in Wheatfield. Mr. and Mrs. Alan C. Minor are the happy owners of a new girl, which made her appearance last Friday. All doing well; even pop is able to husk corn. At the city meeting last Friday night the town board granted W. S. Hamilton a franchise for his light Plant, regardless of the yelp made by the dictator and his henchmen. Jack Schriber contemplates mov-
ing to Lacrosse some time this winter. He will, if the weather continues favorable, build at once. He will follow the carpenter and builders trade. Squire Bussell, the Hanging Grove tp. wolf hunter, has promised the people of North Jasper that as soon as there is snow sufficient he will lend a hand in ridding this section of wolves.
It is reported that Alfred Duggleby has sold his se 14 unimproved land for S9O per acre and reserves the crop of growing wheat. This leaves Mr. Dugglebv 240 acres with the buildings and out of debt. Marion Davis, while driving home Friday night with a team of young horses, was ditched near the old Fisher farm. The team ran away but no great amount of damage was done except giving Marion a good shaking up. The parties went on their way and did not stop to see what damage had been done. A few days ago when passing the school building in San Pierre we were fortunate enough to see Trustee Suit’s device of amusement, the Teddy Toboggan Slide, patterned after the one in which the rough rid ing Teddy slid to his political doom last November. Every time the Dot* tor sees this slide it reminds him of his ideal, his last love —the one who couldn’t “come back.” The second number of the Wheatfield Lyceum course will be given Saturday night. The Gretchen-Cox Concert Co., has been substituted for the regular number which was canceled on account of sickness. Last season the best number was a substitute, and this company is said to be even better than the one of h year ago. So come out Saturday night and give your encouragement to something that will elevate and help build up the social element of the town. A free-for-all tight occurred at the dance hall in Wheatfield Saturday night. Parties from Kouts. Lowell, Kersey, Demotte and other places took an active part. The trouble came, it is said, when the management ordered two or three women from the hall, and for a few moments the hall spelled h —, bloou flowed and cursing and blaspheming shook the old building, w r e were informed. The old saying proved true, that hot all who attend a dance are toughs, but all toughs attend.