Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1916 — The Annual Reunion or the Jacks Family. [ARTICLE]

The Annual Reunion or the Jacks Family.

The annual reunion of the Jacks family was held at Edgewater club house. Monticello, Sunday, Sept. 3, with 136 relatives and friends present. The old officers were reelected for another year as follows: Charles Kelley of Ash Grove, president; W. I. Jacks of Monticello, vice president; C. A. Lefler of Lee, secretary; C. E. Tyner of Monon, treasurer. The association voted to make Monon a permanent meeting place until there was occasion for a change, it being more centrally located for all concerned. The entertainment committee rendered an informal program consisting of readings, piano solo, cornet .solo and several selections by the ‘‘Dolly Varden’’ quartet, -which was very much enjoyed by all. Those present were: Lona Jacks and baby, William E. Jacks, wife and three children, C. A. Lefler, wife and two children, G. A. Jacks and wife, O. A. Jacks, wife and daughter Dqllie, Morris Jacks, wife and son, Rebecca Jacks, Mrs. Ann Rishling and Lonnie Noland of Lee; < harles Ward and wife, Charles Craft, wife and Pau] Murray, 11. A. Tyner, wife and three sons, C. E. Tyner and wife, E. 11. Wood, Mrs, (’harles Rogers and children, Estel Osborn, wife and two sons, S. L. Johnson and family, Lowell Morton, Mrs. Luther Robinson and three children and the “Dollle Varden” quartet, composed of Misses Disa Longwell, Edna Tyner, Vera and Mildred Montgomery of Monon; L. L. Lefler and wife, Mr. and .Mrs. Charles Rose and twins, J. R; Tyner, Wife and two sons, George Kelley, wife and baby of Lafayette; T. M. Walter and wife, Thorston Otterburg, wife and son, Mr. and Mrs. True Woodworth. Frank and Fay MeKillip, Hoy Rishling and family and Mrs. Nora Phillips of Rensselaer; William Vanardel and wife, Ira Tyner and wife of Indianapolis; T. M Nelson, wife and daughter and Charles Kelley and wife of Ash Grove; Arnold Liters, wife and daughter, Gifford Marrs, wife and baby, Elmer Jacks, wife and daughter and John Osborn and wife of Jasper county; O. C. Middlestadt and wife, W. I. Jacks, wife and son Harold, Howard Gustin, Maud Hod sh i re, Edith Wygmore, lone Phillips of Monticello; Homer Rogers, wife and four children, Mrs. James Rogers of Wolcott; Ed McKillip, Mattie MeKillip; J. R. Biown and Wife of Battle Ground; F. H. Sorrell, wife and son of Tipton.—Monon News.

Mussels Scarcer. The rapid decrease in the number of mussels, Once sb abundant in the rivers of Indiana, is so appreciable that it is now a subject of serious alarm. The demand for the shells of fresh water mussels for the manufacture of buttons bids fair to exterminate this shell fish in many localities in the Central West. The fresh water mussel of the Mississi i>pi basin is of the genus Unio margaritifera. There are several hundred species of mussels, many of which are found In Europe and many in this country. Some of the genus unio produce fine pearls and of these many valuable ones have been found by the pearl fishers of the Ohio and the lower Wabash.' It is well known that pearls which are a form of carbonate of lime, require light and air to retain their luster and when laid away in the dark for any length of time may not only become dim but

many fall into powder. Many of the pearls worn by the Romans were obtained in Britain. Suetonius says pearls were a chief inducement of the expedition of Julius Caesar to that country. They are still found in the mussels of Scotch and Welsh rivers. It is set forth that this bivalve mollusk, which abounds in the salt waters in Europe is? edible. Jo New England sea water mussels are eaten, but in many cases their use as food is followed by severe sickness. • ;