Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1916 — Rev. Fleming and Family Back From Extended Auto Trip. [ARTICLE]

Rev. Fleming and Family Back From Extended Auto Trip.

Rev. and Mrs. J. Budman Fleming and daughters, Misses Lula and Ida Fleming, returned Saturday noon ,from their trip to Franklin and Warren, Penn., to visit old home scenes of the two former. Most of their time was spent with Mrs. Fleming’s mother, who is 84 years of age and quite feeble. had a most delightful trip and experienced no serious automobile trouble. Their speedometer registered 582 miles in going and 579 miles in returning. They returned by a somewhat different route but there was Only 3 miles difference in the entire distance. They drove about 500 miles in visiting different points of interest while there. Rev. Fleming says that they had quite a good deal of detouring to do on account of many of the roads being improved, and that the improvements are being made with all sorts of material—brick, concrete and stone. Out of many of the larger cities they found the brick and concrete roads extending several miles into the country. These roadways were plenty win<- enough to permit two automobiles to pass each other and then there was a dirt road at the side. They found beautiful roads in through the mountains of Pennsylvania and in winding around the hills every turn to right or left was marked, “slow down,” “sound horns,'’ etc., making it safe and enjoyable driving. They found many very steep hills, but none their car could not surmount, and the trip was the most delightful one they ever took. Rev. Fleming and family left Rensselaer on August 1, and therefore they were gone precisely 26 days.