Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1916 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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Packer Overton of Hammond spent Sunday with relatives here.

Home-grown strawberries on sale at Rhoads’ Grocery, phone 71. ts

John Bicknell went to Indianapolis Sunday for a visit of a few days.

Mrs. Hurley Beam of Chicago spent Sunday here with her mother, Mrs. Charlotte George.

John Weber and wife of Turton, So. Dak., are guests of his sister, Mrs. E. J. Tobin, and family.

Miss Marjorie Vanatta spent Saturday and Sunday in Lafayette, visiting Mr. and Mrs. Walter English.

Miss Viola Glazebrook returned Friday from a few days’ visit with her brother, Lee E. Glazebrook, and wife at Tefft.

The Unique club of the Pythian Sisters met yesterday afternoon with Mrs. P. W. Clarke and Mrs. Jesse Nichols at the home of the former.

Mrs. G. W. Andrus returned to Hammond Friday after a visit here with her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Clara Parker Andrus, and other friends.

The Loyal Sons and Daughters of the Parr Union Sunday school will give an ice cream social Saturday evening, June 24, in the park at Parr. jl4-17-21

W. R. Nowels went to Mishaw'aka yesterday to preach the funeral sermon of an old friend of 40 years standing, John Healey, aged about 70 years. .

Miss Madeline Abbott, who is attending business college at Lafayette, returned to that city Sunday after having made a short visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mel Abbott.

Joseph Luers, who was formerly engaged in the mercantile business at Parr and recently disposed of same, has moved to Rensselaer and is occupying the Eldon Hopkins residence in the east part of town.

Mr. and Mrs. John G. Shedd of Chicago spent Sunday here with his brother, S. S. Shedd, and family. Mr. Shedd is at the head of the great Marshall Field stores in Chicago and is a millionaire several times over, it is said.

J. A. Larsh and son Jack returned Monday evening from an over Sunday visit with the latter’s grandmother, Mrs. Barnes, at Kokomo. Miss Doris Larsh, who had been visiting there for the past three weeks, accompanied them home.

Mr. and Mrs. Elzie Grow and Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hammond drove to Lafayette and return Sunday. They found crop prospects little if any better down that way than here, and noticed some ground even in south of Wolcott that was still unplanted.

George Long returned Friday from a trip to Detroit, Mich., driving through his father’s fine new Paige Light Six automobile, recently purchased through the Gilbert agency at Remington. It is one of the niftiest looking cars in Rensselaer.

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Overton came down from South Haven, Mich., to visit John Healy and family and other relatives. Mr. Overton returned home Sunday but his wife is remaining for a longer visit and to take in the commencement exercises at St. Joseph college, at which their son is a student and was but recently operated on for appendicitis.

County Chairman Frank Welsh returned Sunday evening from attending the Democratic national convention at St. Louis, to which he was one of the delegates from the Tenth

district. Mr. Welsh visited a couple of days with relatives in St. Louis after the convention was over. Frank says it was some convention, all right.

Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Hopkins and guest, Mrs. Edward Taylor, of Park Ridge, 111., motored to Mudlavia Sunday to see M s V.. Brown, who has been taking treatment there for rheumatism for the past couple of weeks. Mrs. Brown, who had been with her husband, returned home with them, and Monday D. H. Yeoman drove down to bring Mr. Brown home yesterday. The latter is considerably improved, we are glad to learn.