Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1917 — HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

VIRGIE ,1. F. Meader was in Indianapolis On business Tuesday, •• Mrs. T. J. Mallatt spent the day Monday with Mrsi. James Wiseman. Rev. Flickinger will preach here Sunday morning after Sunday school. - Mrs. Marion Cooper and little son Billie were Rensselaer goers Tuesday. . ' , Misses Hazel Hurley and Patience Florence visited, the school Tuesday afternoon. Miss Gladys Harrington is assisting Mrs. Warren Zellers with her house cleaning this week. Mrs. Warren Zellers, son Dean and father, T. J. Mallatt, were in Rensselaer on business Tuesday. Margaret and Firman Pettet, Minnie Homfeld and Paul Hershman spent the day Sunday at Wiseman’s. Misses Elsie and Jessie Zeller spent the week-end with home folks* returning to Fair Oaks Monday morning. The farmers of north Union township met here with the county agent and organized a farmers’ club, which will meet the first Saturday in each month.

GIFFORD Walter Stump of Wheatfield is working here for Jud Zook. Mrs. Mary Obenchain called on Miss Hazel Lambert Tuesday. Ethel Hill and Sylvia Lambert were Rensselaer goers Tuesday. Miss Nile Britt called on Mrs. Lemma Hankins Sunday afternoon. Listen, girls! Charles Britt has got a new Ford car. Don’t all speak’ at once. Mr. and Mrs. Harry "Walker spent Sunday with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grim. Mrs. . Mary Norris and children spent Saturday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Snow. Mr: and Mrs. Nate Keen and daughter Ruby spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Knapp of Tefft. George Lambert, Lon Daniels, Guy Zook and Grover Norris were river goers Sunday for a load of fish. (Mr. and Mrs. Willard Hyman and son Blaine left Saturday for Young America, as our school closed Thursday. Mrs. Pearl Myers of Chicago spent the first of the week here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Myers. Mrs. Maggie Hilton and daughter Violet, who had been sick with the measles, are visiting relatives and friends here this week. Mrs. Pearl Fisher and children and Mrs. Mabel Schatzley and baby of Kersey spent Friday here with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nate Keen. Mrs. Maude Perkins and children of Winamac spent the last of the week with Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Snyder. The latter is not improving much at this writing.

MILROY Irma Clark is working near Chalmers. Clyde Clark balled on relatives here Monday.

Mrs. W. B. Fisher was a Rensselaer visitor Monday,! Clarence and Clyde Fisher spent Sunday near Idaville. Mabel Lansing called on Mrs. George Foulks Tuesday. . The Aid society met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Claude Spencer. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beaver visited their new grandson Tuesday. Mrs. N. Dignan accompanied her daughter to her home at Kokomo for a visit. Mrs. Jesse English spent Wednesday •with her daughter, Mrs. Earl Foulks. Irene McAleer will lead the League meeting next Sunday evening, All invited. Mrs. Kenneth Spradler of Kokomo visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. Dignan, this week. Irene McAleer, Dott Porter and Martha Clark spent Sunday afternoon with the Misses Fisher. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lear and Fred Dobbins and family spent Sunday with John Mitchell’s. Earl Foulks attended band practice in Monon Tuesday evening, and Mrs. Foulks spent the evening with Mr. and Mrs. R. Foulks. Lorin, Fern, John and Miss Iva English attended Sunday school here Sunday and spent the day with their sister, Mrs. Earl Foulks, and family. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Fisher, Mrs. Burdette Porter, Mrs. Sam May and Mr. and Mrs. Frank May and daughter Ruth spent Sunday afterr noon with George Foulks.

ROSELAWN D. K. Fry and farftily had company from Rensselaer Sunday. T. M. Gephart and Otis Phillips were in Kankakee, Illinois, on business Wednesday. Mrs. Joseph Hoppe of Lowell and Miss Wipeberg of Chicago* were Roselawn visitors Sunday. Clarence Boyle is still confined to his home and is gradually growing weaker, it is reported. J. R. Mulder and son, J. J., and’ daughter Margaret were calling on Lee Boyles and Shelby friends Sunday. Henry Lee is still confined to his home with rheumatism, and very little, if any, better at this time. Dr. Horton and wife drove up from Rensselaer Sunday afternoon for a short visit with their son John and wife. Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Benjamin and Mr. and Mrs. William Parke of Martinton, Illinois, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Phillips Sunday. - „ Sunday was an ideal day for travel and a great many autos passed through and many more stopped and partook of the delicious ice cream served in town. Ten new Lexington autos passed through Roselawn Sunday on their way to Chicago. The drivers said the freight car shortage was so acute that they were unable to make deliveries otherwise. The cold weather has greatly retarded the sowing of the oats crop in this vicinity. Those who put in their crops early are fearful lest they will have to re-sow, which would be rather expensive at the present price of 70c per bushel.

FAIR OAKS Health continues good in qur village. ; “Fish” Gilmore and others loaded a carload of junk here Wednesday. Cottage prayer meeting was Held opt in the country at Sam Potts’ Wednesday night. Mrs. N. Littlefield and babe of Rensselaer were Visitors at ,F. R. Erwin’s, Tuesday evening. Mrs. John White and two children of Demotte came down Sunday and visited with her brother, Charles Halleck’s. Janies Clifton and his help are getting along fine with C. B. Spang’s new house. It is almost ready for the roof now. Bert Warne took Tom Johnson and wife to Medaryville Saturday night to see Mrs. Johnson’s brother, who is lying at the point of death from cancer. .

Some farmers had become somewhat alarmed on account of the cool weather keeping oats from coming out. We were needing rain pretty badly in these parts. J. W. Bozell Of Edinburg was here a few days this week trying to rent some land to plant to watermelons, but at this writing he has not- found any suitable. , . We have had a couple of days up to date of; nice, warm, springlike weather, the kind. we have been longing for. It was warm enough Wednesday to batch out a few *'mosquitoes, which make their presence very noticeable. It is reported, that the public building inspector was here last week an<| condemned our school building, so we hre hopeful that bur genial county superintendent and. trustee will try their hand on having a new and up-to-date school building erected here in the near future.. •<

WHEATFIELD Quite a few from here were at Rensselaer Tuesday on ditch business. C. M. Dewey was at Farmer City. Illinois, a few days the first part of the week. Oats that were first sown are just coming up. What we need is a good warm weather siege. Lawrence McDaniel sold a team of horses to Danville buyers and delivered them at Rensselaer Monday. Charles Hewett and Guy Minor attended the horse sale at Crown Point . last Tuesday, where the former purchased a fine horse. Ted Biggs is at a hospital for an operation. At this writing we haven’t heard the result of the operation. We wish Ted a hasty recovery. Paul Grube is confined to his home with the measles. Paul says that his motto from now bn will be: “If at first you don't get the measles, try. try again.”’ Remember . the farmers’- meeting tonight at" the home of Mr. Gdin. Come out and help make the meeting a* rousing success. A large number is coming sure, so be in line and come, too. Show the county agent that the farmers here are progressive. Michael Misch was formally introduced to the Wheatfield M. M. A goat the other evening in true Western style. The stage and the setting were at their best and “Mike” as the star actor surely gave the attentive audience an exhibition of real action. But one thing that puzzles the boy is why they talk about riding the goat, for; he said, that the hard-headed cuss done all the riding in his case, using his pockets for stirrups. Yes, sir. he rode me from Dan to Beershaba Ride him! Thunder! Try something easy, like double-geared lightning. ’ •

MT. AYR (From the Tribune) Tom Inkey was up to his farm in the vicinity of Wheatfield Monday. ’ " ' Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Witham and son Al motored over from Parr Wednesday. Mrs. Jasper Makeever and son Jay were transacting business in Rensselaer Friday. Archie Lee spent several days, this week visiting at Rensselaer, Monon and Moody. Dr. Martin reports the arrival of a fine boy at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Hall, just east of Foresman. 4 Mrs. Alice Hopkins went to see her sons. Bernard and f’frimmer, near Donovan, Illinois. Tuesday and reports the boys as having finished their oats seeding, having sown 100 acres this season. Dutch Harrington. who came home from Gary Friday, reports that Riley Ashby has been quite sick with inflammatory rheumatism but is better now. He says Ralph Ashby has just gotten over the measles. f . Dutch Huntington came home from Gary Friday and gave out the information that h e had joined the army as a truck driver. Dutch went to Wheatfield Monday to see his brother, A. P-. and left Tuesday where he will answer in and begin service if he is accepted. Word has been received from Ben Gessa and the colony that went to Forsythe, Montana, a short while ago, to the effect that they were not favorably impressed with the appearance of the country about there and decided to go a little further up the state, near Coffee Creek. _ z-- . Mrs. C. H? Stocker left Tuesday for a two or three weeks’ visit with the families of her brother and sister at Talala, Oklahoma. Her sister’s husband, Frank Coovert, has been ailing with rheuma-

tism the past year and is reported no better at this time. Mrs. Stucker will make an effort to get Mr. and AJ rs - Coovert to return with her for a visit here. Mr. Coovert’s daughter Delma, who was born here and who is now 17 years old. is a graduate from the high school at Talala on the 19th of this month.