Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1917 — HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

WALKER CENTER. James Mize spent Sunday at the J. A. Smith home. Mrs. Chas. Scott called on Mrs. F. M. Garrett Friday. E. E. Roger spent Sunday with home folks at Royal Center. Henry Meyers spent Sunday with his son Guy and family at Kniman. Miss Mildred GAgpjd spent Sunday night with Mira Grace Knapp. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Garrett, Wednesday, March 14, a son. * Louis and Elizabeth Hurley spent Sunday evening at the Meyers home. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Chas Tomlinson, are having a seige of the measles. Sunday school at Walker Center every Sunday at 10 o’clock. Everybody welcome. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Tomlinson spent Sunday evening wiSh Mr. and Mrs. James Tomlinson. Preaching at Walker Center by Rev. Flinginger Sunday evening, March 25, at 7:30. Everybody come.

GIFFORD Measles are the order of the day in our burg. _ Grover Norris was a Rensselaer goer Saturday. ' William Obenchain was a Rensselaer goer Saturday. Robert Hilton is quite ill with the measles at this writing. Mrs. Bessie Snyder is not improving any At this writing. Clyde Ward hauled a load of wood for Tom Lambert Monday. Hazel Lambert called on her aunt, May Smith of Saturday. Ellen Hancock took dinner with George Lambert and daughter Friday. Miss Mabie Scott called on Sylvia and Hazel Lambert Sunday afternoon. Irene Snyder called on Leota Lambert Monday evening after the close of school. Gaylord Hilton of Kniman spent over Friday with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. William Obenchain. Owen Wallace of North Judson was in our town Monday, locating ground to build pickle tanks upon. Slyvia Lambert spent Monday night with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Mose Hancock, and also her grandmother. Anson Potts and an agent for the Connecticut Pickle company of Hammond took dinner at George Lambert’s Friday. Ruby Keene, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nate Keene, has been on the sick list the past week, but is improving at this report. Nate Keene was a Wheatfield goer Wednesday for a doctor, as the telephone lines were all down and he could not call one from here.

WHEATFIELD ' These warm days almost warn us that Spring is here. Andrew Misch, Sr., and his son Louie autoed to San Pierre Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Dewey visited

with Mr. and Mrs. Grover Stembel Sunday. Our farmers are getting ready to begin sowing oats at the earliest possible moment. Louie Misch, who has been quite sick for the past few weeks, is up and hround again. Rev. Emerich, who has been holding protracted meetings at Kniman, will close the meetings this week. Messrs. James Goin and Oscari Turner are going into the hog busi-| ness on the partnership plan. We 1 wish them success in their venture. ■ Henry fiienrichs, who has been buzz-sawing for Huber and Grube and Frank Neier, last Saturday and Monday, moved his outfit to the Stoutsberg neighborhood. . Miss Bessie Hewett, who has been at Idaville for the past couple of weeks assisting the Freeman family in getting lined up in their new home, returned last Tuesday via auto, with Lon at the wheel. Lon Freeman, in a little interview, SUid that they “liked their new home and were at this time making maple syrup. It would be nice if he would send the girls up here a few quarts of these molasses. Just a suggestion, you know. A revolution in Russia and the establishment of a liberal government there? Who would have thought this possible? During this war or immediately after it, all the governments of Europe that still hold to the autocratic idea will be overthrown.

MT. AYR (From the Tribune) Ed Herath of Rensselaer was in town Wednesday. W. A. Shindler was a business' visitor in Goodland and Brook Wednesday. Miss Pearl Best of Roselawn was here Saturday do attend the funeral of Jasper Makeever. Mr. and Mrs. Benton Kenton of Goodland came Friday to attend the Makeever funeral Saturday. - Mrs. Jap Wright returned from Milford Friday. Mrs. Wright is considerably improved in health. Supt. W. O. Schanlaub of Kentland made a very pleasing talk before the Odd Fellows gathering Tuesday night. Mrs. W. R. Johnson and daughter Grace of Rensbelaer visited in the home of Clarence Blanken* baker the last of the week. Miss Elizabeth iHJelmuth came from her home at Arthur, Illinois, to spend the summer with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Helmuth. - Z J. T. Ham and wife of Canada, who had been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Hopkins for some time, went to Marion Friday for a ten days’ visit with friends and relatives there. Mrs. Ernest Huntington reached her twenty-seventh birthday anniversary Monday and the occasion was remembered by Mrs. Huntington’s friends in the Ladies’ Aid, of which she is a member. At 8 o’clock this body of ladies gathered at the church and from there proceeded to Mrs. Huntington’s home and treated her to a splendid surprise. After Mrs. Huntington gained her equilibrum she proceeded to entertain the ladies of the evening. Social conversation and crafty attempts to find out how old this or that of the company really was occupied the greater part Of the evening. Nice refreshments were served and all departed at a late hour wishing the hostess many returns.

FAIR OAKS Health continues quite good in our village. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kettering were visitors at the hub Tuesday. Cottage prayer meeting was held at Aunt Hannah Culp’s Wednesday evenink. ■ Enos Moffitt went to Lafayette Monday to make a business visit to his sister, Mrs. Al MOore. Louis Moffitt, who is working for the telephone company at Gary, paid his ’’best” a short visit Sunday. !Mre. F. O. Garriott and Mrs. John Dean visited the former’s brother, Floyd Cox, near Roselawn Wednesday. Mrs. Ben Richards, who has been seriously ill, made a slight improvement a few days ago, but was reported worse again Wednesday evening.

J.j B- Wiseman and son Parm of west of town went to Missouri last week on .a sort of prospecting trip, looking at the country and noticing the prospects. Charles Barker, who has been living in one of Abe Bringle’s properties for about ten. years, decided he wanted^ o make a change, so he moved into Tom Mallatt’s house Saturday. W. S. McConnell, ojir hay merchant, who has handled practically all of the hay in this vicinity the rpast two or three years, owing to the outlook in the hay market, has been having cold feet for some time. ' ■ The program carried out by our schools in the Gundy hall Saturday evening was a grand success. The door receipts amounted ,to something over sls, which will go .to buy library books and other incidentals. . .. The prairie chickens can be heard in the distant fields again since the squall of Saturday and Sunday. The bluebirds and robins couldn’t strike up any kind of a tune for several days on account of the great weather bluff. j Mr. Spang’s carload .of lumber, which has been coming for nigh onto a year to build his new house to replace the one that burned, arrived Friday and was promptly unloaded by Mr. Smith. They will begin Work on the house as soon as the weather settles. Erwin’s dredge is crawling right up to the top end of his job very nicely. They have about one-half mile yet .to dig, then will back down and take up a mile and a half lateral. The Marlow dredge, which is cutting the upper end of the ditch, is closing on their end of the job, having only about a mile yet. It is reported the evangelist and the regular pastor, who are holding protracted meetings at North Star, have stirred up the community and a number have been converted and the old members that have beconie old and stiff spiritually for some time have limbered up and taken on new life, and the prospect for a large membership is remarkably good. t j ’ A certain man in Jackson township was heard to declare that he would be gol-darned, jumped-up and fall-down that the people ought to gather up a mob and go after President Wilson because he didn’t take the big sitek and go out onto the waters and knock the blocks off of thd kaiser s submarine operators and make them stop sinking our ships. This fellow is one of those Republicans who believes in doing things. See?