Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1916 — FAIR OAKS. [ARTICLE]

FAIR OAKS.

Bert Warren is painting Arthur Ropp’s new house this week. P. M. Goff will be manager at the pickle station this season. Will Faylor did not move to town as calculated a week or 10 days ago. Mrs. Ethel Smith of Rensselaer called on -Mrs. Oliver Brouhard Sunday. Cottage prayer meeting was held at Abe Bringle's Wednesday evening. Emerson Smith and J. C. Thompson made a business trip to Mt. Ayr Monday. The pickle company had a carload of last year’s pickles shipped away this week. Uncle Harold s new house has now got the siding on and is ready for the rafters. We were visited Wednesday with the worst wind and sand storm that was ever known in thees parts. Alfonda Clifton moved the first of the week to Wheatfield to work in tile ditching with Cora DeWitt. Mrs. John Thorn and little babe of Gary came down a few days ago and is paying her parents a visit. Douglas McConnell is the proud owner of a Shetland pony, his father having purchased one for him the first of the week. Ex-Posntaster Thompson, through Rev. Postill, has secured Rev. W. H. Saylor of Rensselaer to deliver the memorial sermon here Decoration day. Ray Casey, who has been a section hand on the Mon on for several years, was Called last week to Ivirklan to take charge of a section. He will move there soon. Mrs. S. B. Thornton went to Gifford Saturday evening and attended meeting over Sunday. Bert Warne went over Sunday and attended the baptizing and the evening meeting. Uncle Dave Winslow is living alone since his wife died and has been quite poorly for some time and hasn't been able to lay down to sleep for three or four weeks. He sits and sleeps in a rocking chair, but he is making improvement now. Mrs. B. F. Clevenger, whose sickness we have mentioned several times, passed away Sunday at noon. The funeral w r as preached at 2 o'clock Wednesday bv Rev. Postill. The body was taken to Illinois for burial. We join in with Their many friends in offering our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved ones for the loss of their companion, mother and sister. Rev. Postill filled his regular appointment here Sunday. It was thought that through the winter months, when there was a pretty fair turnout at church, that when warm and fair weather came there would be a much larger attendance, hut last Sunday was a fine, warm day, and the -attendance was the

least it had been for a long time. So it looks like it was the other way this spring.