Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1917 — HAPPENIENGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENIENGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

(From the Press.) Mrs. Charles Parker has been on the sick list the past week. A. Beaseley of was a week-end visitor in town. Fred Parkdr of Racine, Wisconsin, spent Christmas with friends in town. W. E. Johnston and family went to Leßoy Saturday to spend the holidays. Mrs. John Barnett left Wednesday for Florida where “she will spend the winter. Mrs. Gertrude Thompson of Indianapolis is spending the holidays with her relatives here. > Mrs. S. A. Howard of Bloomington is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. John Ochs, this week. Mrs. Wellington Morris and little daughter of Wabash are visiting her mother, Mrs. Belle Green. Mrs. W. C. Smalley spent the week end and Christmas with her mother, Mrs. Nickels, at Milford. ; G. C. Powers, who is teaching near Indianapolis, is spending" the Christmas vacation here with,, his family. \ r Miss Milburn Gordon from Dayton, Ohio, is spending the holidays with hbr cousins, Martin Busey and family. Mrs. Maria Reeves of Silver City, lowa, came Christmas night to assist in caring for her father, Charles Bonner. . .y. \ Mrs. George' Stoudt returned Friday from a short visit in Logansport,’the occasion being the illness of her sister there. Mrs. Frank Case ' of Chicago came Saturday to spend a couple of weeks - with her father, Dave Shand, south of . town. Miss Marie Fournier, Fleta Gray of Valparaiso, and Ethel Green of Purdue are spending their Christmas vacation at home. Theodore Vaughan, of Newcastle and Mrs. Dr. Miner and daughter Dorothy of Kokomo, are spending the holidays with C. B. Johnston. Miss Louise Hartman, whp—is. teaching English in the Bremen’ high school, came home Thursday 'evening for a two weeks’ vacation. Miss Lola Skinner, one of our Bloomington students, is spending the Christmas vacation with her parents, Mr. and James Skinner. Mrs. Charles Elmore and daughter Lola went to Ft. Wayne Saturday for a few days’ visit with her little son John, who .is in school there. Charles Bonner, whose illness was mentioned last week, is still in a very serious condition, though somewhat better than he was at that time. Mr. and Mrs. C, E. Hughes of Sandwich, Illinois, who have been visiting her sister, Mrs. J. H." Whitehead, since Thanksgiving, returned home last wqpk. Joe Milner and family of Indianapolis spent Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Milner. Mrs. Milner and children remained through the week. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Beck and son of Syracuse, and Miss. Freeda Whitehead of Cromwell are spending the holidays with their grandmother, Mrs. J. H. Whitehead, and other relatives. Miss Velma Rich from Butler college. Miss Louise from St. Louis seminary, and Lester from Rensse--laer, are spending the holidays with their parentis, Mr, and Mrs. W. E.—Rich at Goodland. Mrs. Arthur Daily visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Ritenour, Friday, gcring Saturday' to Logansport where herself and husband will make their home. They have disposed of their store business near Attica, and Art has iakejj a railroad job. Prof. Walter C. Woodward, wife, and little daughter of Richmond came Thursday to spend the Christmas time with her parents, Mr. • and Mrs. H. R. Hartman. Prof. Woodward is engaged in compiling a history of the work accomplished by the Centennial sion. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Robinson went to Lafayette Saturday to spend Christmas with their daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. John Fisher. They returned Wednesday, accompanied by Mrs. Robinson’s father, Mr. T. F. Clark of Battle Ground, who is ‘ making* them h visjt. " . ,—. ■ , Charles Weir went to Lafayette Wednesday and brought home with him Mrs. Weir, who has' been in the hospital there so long since her operation. She -has made quite remarkable progress toward rq£ covery, and her many friepds are hoping that the relief may be permanent this time. / •' The recent heavy snow made some pretty good-sized drifts between here and Rensselaer, and the thaw has not' entirely removed thpm. The roads terribly cut ’’•up where the drift? Were, and in a most disagreeable condition, in fact, almost impassible/ condition. The bus got into the ditch three or fdur times coming over Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Charleg G. Beal and daughter Ruth df Crawfords▼lHe came Saturday to spend Christmas with his mother, and on Tuesday; accompanied by the latter went to Watseka to spend a day or two ' with Mr. and Mrs. t 'Dick/ Mrs. Beal will remain nr’three months with her

daughter, Mrs. Dtc,K, before going to Crawfordsville to visit her son. ' Charles Parker is a good fellow and we rejoide with him over the Christmas gift' of a check for .$8 6 from the 1 Standard Oil Co., representing ten "per cent of his past year’s salary. That is alright, but incidentally with the issuing of checks 'to their employees or a short time before, the Stan<ftrd oil people raised the price of gas two cents per gallon. Now as we said, Charley' is a good fellow/ alt right, but he mustn’t be too all-fired grateful to the Standard Oil Co. for the check. He must get it out of his head thgj, the company is giving away - anything, for they are, not built that way, but we, the, people who use the gas, are the ones who really put Qp the coin on that check, though, without dabbt, he would have waited sortie time for it before the people would have demited it in any ether way. , ROSELAWN C. T. Otis shipped, stock, to the Chicago market Tuesday. John iHtorton and wife entertained company from Rensselaer Christmas .day. D. K, Frye filled his ice house with about the best lot of ice he has put up for several years; latst week. Mrs. J. V. Collins came from Rensselaer to spend new-year’s day at the home of her sister, MTS' Otis Phillips, . have made their home in the Kankakee county metropolis while Homer was in • Montana holding down his claim. Sam Brownfield, a former resident of this community, dropped off No. 5 Friday to visit relatives in the neighborhood. H. H. Nelson informs us that he received a patent right on an attachment for binder engines, which he perfected some time ago. John Mulder "came* home Thursday evening from Wisconsin to spend, a part of the holidays with his father, brother and sister. French Crooks returned to his work at Rensselaer Friday evening after spending a'part of last week with his father, J. W. Crooks. A baby girl, born to Mr, and Mrs. John Cox, died Thursday and was buried Friday afternoon. The funeral services were conducted by Mr. Whitten. Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Benjamin of St. Anne, Illinois, and Miss Laura Schrader of Martinton, Illinois, ate dinner Sunday at the home ■ of Mr. and Mrs. Phillips. J. W. Crooks had his ice house filled last week with a fine quality of ice, so you lovers of ice cream and sodas and sundaes need not worry throughout the warm days of 1917, ■ ' 11. 11. Nelson, blacksmith, went to his former home last week to help with the packing of their household goods, preparatory to moving heye. They will occupy the J. T. Bess property. Fred Nelson, assisted by Roger Smith, .buteftered two fine porkers Wednesday. Fred is some butcher when he has plenty of help of the right sort, and by the way, Roger is getting onto the ways of farm work amazingly fast for an exPullman palace car conductor. Mrs. J. W. Crooks came up Friday to look after the store while John was assisting Editor Bowie and other brothers of the Masonic order in taming the goat which had become rather frisky from lack of work during the snappy winter weather we have been having. Homer Lee, a former resident of Roselawn for some years, who has been in Montana for the past four or five years, where he had proved lip ,on a piece of good land, was in Roselawn and Shelby last week visiting friends and relatives, and in Kankakee the -last two weeks with his Wife and daughter, who

PARR, R. R. 1. (Too late for Saturday issue. 1 Cecil Fay. was in Parr Friday. Miss Alean Lakin is visiting a few days in Chicago Heights. Miss Lula Rowen spent Sunday night • with Miss Lucy Brusnahan. P. G. ChionaTd was in Indianapolis on Tuesday and Wednesday. Th e Xmas entertainments at Rose Bud and Parr were both largely''attended. Ernest Florence,' who is working in Chicago' Height's, was home for 'Christmas dinner. „Aliss Luvie Gtinyon of Chicago spent Xmas with 'her sister, Mrs. Estel Price of Surrey. , Mr. and Mrs. Dave Rude of Frankfort visited from Saturday until ■ Wednesday with his brother, Oscar Rude and family. Grandpa Myers passed Friday morning at the home of his son, William Myers, of Parr. y Charles Garriotf, our postmaster, was called -away Thursday on account of of his gister-in-law. . Several young folks of Parr entertained themselves Christmas night by going to Rensselaer in a bobsled. Mr., and. Mrs. Doyal' Brown of Frankfort, visited over Christmas with ‘ her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elzie Gunyon. Several of the young folks attended the party at Meader’s Wednesday night, returning home at an early hour' Thursday morning. All reported a fine time. , Mr. and- Mrs. E. E. Gunyon entertained at Christmas dinner, Mr. and' Mrs. Doyal Brown of Frank 1 fort, Mr. and Mrs.- Oscar# Rude. Roxie and Vibert Gunyon of Parr» Virginia and Hugh Yeoman of Mt. Ayr, and Josie Thomas of Surrey. Sunday school at Parr a’nd Rose Bu4-reach Sunday morning at 10 o’clock. w The revival meetings, which began, at Rose Bud Xmas night, are progressing fine. A lady evangelist from Indianapoliis arrived Thursday to help during the meetings. Everybody welcome. There will be a box social at the

Parr school house January 6, for the benefit of the school. A fine program will be given, by the young' folks. Ladies please, bring boxes., •Gentlemen please bring .your pock-’et-books Well filled with .Everybody comp and see our new, school building and hear the new Victrola. : WELCOME. . I. - ' :—> /pi'T BROOK, - ' . ' . (From the Reporter.) Ed Sutherland of Remington was in town, the first of the week. Ralph Kemper of Bloomington university came home for ?the holidays. X Born, to Mr. and ~ Mrsy Jesse Putman, on Thesday moriiing, a baby girl. I Mrs! Bernard Gragg and the children of Lafayette visited the home folks, over the holidays. Nason Turner and family spent Sunday and Monday -with the formparents in Remington. Ross Merchant of Detroit joined his wife here on Saturday and they spent Christmas week with relatives. Harry Little and wife of Marion spent the Christmas holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Little, Roy Zook and wffe of Chicago spent Sunday and Monday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs, Edward. Zook. John Smith and family of Rensselaer spent Christmas day at the home of Mr. and Mrs? William Ulyat, . Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stair of Indianapolis arrived on Tuesday to visit their parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Stair. Mrs. Ben Price of Stone Bluff was up over Christmas visiting with her . parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Snyder." Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sharpe of Indianapolis visited oyer Christmas with the former’s mother, Mrs. -William Weston. Israel Light and family of Indiana (Harbor came Saturday night and remained oVer Sunday with his, brother, Line, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schriner of Chicago spent the Christmas holidays with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Galbraith. Arthur Irwin returned from Chicago on Saturday. He had a tryout with the Radcliff Lyceum Bureau while there and is now under contract with them to finish the winter lecture season on their course. He was sent to Waukegan to appear before the Y. M. C. A. at once but will not take up the regular work before

GOODLAND.

’ (From the Herald. Dorr Babcock was home for Xmas. He thinks Indianapolis the best city in the world. E. A. Perkins left Tuesday' for Pecan, Mississippi, for a visit with his brother Charles and wife. A. J. Spinney will move to Kentland soon and Ferd Miller will -move into his place soon afterward. Mr. and .William Stewart of Dana, Indiana, spent Christmas at the heme of Mrs. W. Cloutier and family. Dr. C. C. Bassett and family left Saturday for IHlammond to spend Christmas with his father, Rev. J. T. Bassett. Superintendent and Mrs. George N. Porter arid two children spent the holidays in Momence with the ■former’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Railback of Hammond spent Christmas here with the former’s parents, Mr.- and. Mrs. Ed Railsback. Miss Annette Cloutier, her sister, Luella of Clinton, ; spent Thursday visiting her uncle, William Barten and family near Foresman. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Thompson and daughters of Kfiox and Mr. and Mrs. Rexford Banes and children of Monon were home for Xmas. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rochon and children of Chicago Heights spent Christmas here with Mrs. Rochon’s sister, Mrs. Charles Dunkle, and family. Fred Berger - went to Lafayette last Saturday and returned with his daughter. Miss Genevieve, who has been a patient at the Wabash Valley sanitarium. . ITrank Stombaugh has been very ifirat his home this week. He hac. a carbuncle on his hip and blood poisoning set in and he has been in a critical condition. ■- . Mr, and Mt®, W. W. Washburn and little son Bret arid Dr. and Mrs. S'. .Kennedy and son Bret spent Christmas . with Mrs. John Kennedy at Paragon, Indiana. Editor and Mrs. A. J.' Kitt Were over from Fowler Monday calling on the former's mother. Mrs. Anna Kitt, and daughter, Mrs. O. R. Shepard and family, north of town. Mrs. Maude Gilman of Marshalltown, lowa, ahd Mrs. Newton Wickwire and children of Chab meTs spending the holidays with their parents, , Mr. and Mrs. H, P. Davidson. Grandfather Enell. who makes his 'home at the old Enell homestead, now known as the Stromstadt home, just west of town, was ninety-one years old Wednesday and his many friends remembered him with many gifts. Mr. and Mrs. Hazpn went to Chicago last Wednesday to visit Mrs. Hazen’s brother, who is a patient at the Lakeside hospital, and to attend the wedding of her older brother, who was married Wednesday evening to Miss Tillie Friend of Chicago. / John Curl, formerly of this community, but now a resictent of Peotone, Illinois, is a. patient at the Mercy, hospital in On Tuesday of last week he was stricken with uremic poisonin a. Mr. Ourl is a brother of Mrs. Albert Verrill 1 of this city and Thursday Mr. and Mrs. Verrill went toChicago to be at his bedside. Mr. Curl spent about nine years on the farm with Louie-Spaulding and vas

general! known as "Jack.’ Raymond Sage or north of town and Miss, Esther Dickson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Dickson of west of town, were married July 28 at St. Joe, Michigan. This comes as quite a surprise to many of their frie'pds, but as the young couple did npt care to publish the fact their marriage was kept secret. Mrs. Sage will finish her school at No. 4 in this township. Mr. Sage has rented the Charles Stath farm northeast -of Goodland where they will be at home to their many friends after May 1, 1917. These young people are quite popular in this community and their many friends wish them much joy and happiness in their wedded life. Many of our readers remember when the wreck occurred on the C. & E. I. February 8, 1905, when the northbound train left’the track and turned over qn its side in the ditch. 'Of the injured were Harry Hartley, at that time manager of the Wadena elevator, and a Mr. W. S. Collins of Basin, Wyoming. The latter , was brought to Goodland and cared for at the Gdodland Hotel. This last fall Mr. Collins was running for prosecuting attorney of Big Horn county, Wyoming,' and about, ten days before election he received a broken leg. in an auto wreck. His opponent withdrew from the- race making it easy for Mr. Collins to win. This is only a sample of the • great Western spirit, .

northeast corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 33, township 30 north, range .5 west, where it will have a good and sufficient outlet in the Iliff slough dredge ditch. Also a lateral to the main ditch as follows : Commencing on the west side of the public highway running north and south through the center ot section 32, township 30 ndrth, range 5. west, and near the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of said section and running thence easterly about 85 rods to the main ditch. ' , You are further notified that you. are named in said petition as being the owner of lands likely to be affected by the location and construction of the proposed drain 1 and that «your lands are. descrbecl I therein. You are also notified tha 1 the petitioners have fixed by endorsement on said petition upon Monday, the 12th day of February. 1917, as the day set for. the hearing and docketing of said petition, at the circuit court room, in the court house at Rensselaer, Jasper county, Indiana. BARKLEY CIVIL TOWNSHIP, By Grant Davisson, Trustee, et al. Petitioners. A. Halleck, Atty. Attest: , JESSE NICHOLS, (Seal) Clerk Jasper Circuit Cotirt. j 3-10