Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1917 — NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS

1 FRANCESVILLE (From the Tribune) Mr. and Mrs. Orla Clouse of Rensselaer were visitors in Francesville Sunday. ( Mrs. Elmer Leaf of Lafayette is the ’ guest of her mother and brother, Mrs. Fred Sard and son Charles. Miss Grace Blankenship returned to her home at Indianapolis Friday morning after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Robert Record and children northwest of town. It is more than probable several boys who are now attending high school will join the army or navy as sodn as school closes. The fever is going higher. . Miss Jessie Duncan, who has been teaching the Prairie school in Jasper county, west of town, has closed her school for the term and left for Valparaiso Wednesday where she will enter the university. Harold Mayhugh, aged 22, son of Mr. and Mrs, Edward Mayhugh, left for Indianapolis Sunday for military service, this action being unbeknown to his parents. Tuesday a card was received from him stating that he would be sent to Jefferson barracks, St. Louis, where he will join the United States cavalry. '

GOODLAND (From the Herald) Fred Berger purchased a Marmon touring car last Saturday. Mrs. Frank Pierce and daughter of Indianapolis are visiting with Mrs; C. L. Constable this week. J. A. Mason of Everete, Missouri, visited here this week with his uncle, S. ‘H. Dickinson, and family. Jacob French, who has been a patient at the St. Bernard hospital in Chicago, returned to Goodland Saturday, " Miss Bernice Humston, who has been at St. Vincent’s hospital for several weeks, returned home last Sunday and is getting along nicely. ’ Miss Jessie Dowell, student at the Lafayette Business college, visited here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Dowell, part-of last week and this. The little child of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Alexander swallowed some cleansing material which it found in a box at the Alexander home Monday and for a while was quite ill. Mrs. John Hinchman underwent, an operation for gall stones at the Presbyterian hospital in Chicago Saturday and is getting along as well as could be expected at this' time. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Art Gagnon and children and Mrs. Oscar Weidenbaker autoed tb Kankakee, Illinois, Sunday morning for a visit ’ with relatives. They returned home on Monday. - T. C. Carlock returned last week from a visit with relatives in North Vernon. Indiana. He was accompanied home by his sister, Mrs. Iva Miller, and littie daughter, who will visit here for awhile. Attorney A. D. Babcoek will go to Indianapolis on the 15th day of May, 1917, for the purpose of making an argument for the plaintiff in the supreme court in the case of Mitten vs. the railroad. His son, James E. Babcock, will assist him in this matter. George J. Martin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Butler of this place, enlisted in the army last week and is at Fort Andrews, Massachusetts, in the 16th squad, 2nd company. He writes’ home that he likes it fine and wishes that more of the Goodland boys would come and put on one of Uncle Sam’s uniforms. Mike Polen passed away Saturday morning at the 'home of his son, Mike Polen, Jr.., just west of Goodland, after a few days’ siege of uremic poisoning. Mr. Polen had spent several months in Kentland, but after he was taken ill he was removed to the home of his

son. The funeral services were held from the St. Joseph Catholic church Monday morning and interment was made in the Kentland cemetery.

brook (From the Reporter) Miss Ruth Gagnon of Goodland spent Sunday with Miss Selma Wilson. ’ Miss Grace Thompson and Mrs. Commons of Remington came on Saturday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Denham. Arthur- Irwin left the last of the week for Cherubusco, Indiana, where he will train the high school graduates in their class play? Fred Lyons returned from Wheatfield on Monday and reported Louie going steadily with the tractor, which is having a tryout cutting the grass roots of the original sod. Wallace Mclntosh left for Ft. Wayne on Tuesday to enlist for the' war. 'lite is the first one to break the way for the many that will go from this place during the next six months. . Buster Brown of Foresman is to take the training course of two weeks at Culver this spring. We will lose a correspondent, but the government will gain a good soldier some day. . c Glen Reed is one of the twenty seniors in agriculture sent out from Purdue university to different counties over the state to conduct campaigns in the interest of greater food Glen is working in Tipton county. ?

Henry Weston and William Murfitt concluded not to try to break any weight records with their big stag, and sold him on Monday to Lyons & Wert. It weighed 750 pounds and brought $ 1 05.5,0. This breaks the price record for awingle porker in this section. O. M. Lyons shipped twb loamr of hogs to Chicago on Tuesday that topped the market at $15.90. Sant Kemper fed them on the farm near Foresman. They brought $5,400 net and averaged $40.41 a head. The market is off quite a good deal from last week but the quality of hogs from here keeps tip. • Will Pence returned the last of the week from his farm in Wabash county. He reports wheat in, bad condition and lots of it being plowed up. They have had too much rain in that section to do much spring work and the oats were just going into the ground. .While there he visited Morton Ulrey and family and found them busy, with too much to do to have time to get homesick,

WOLCOTT (From the Enterprise) Mrs. Robert Karp of Boswell came Friday for a visit with her mother, Mrs. Mattie Dyer. Isaac Parcels and family were guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Miller, Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. George Timmons and daughter Zelda were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Rawlings in Remington. Saturday, Mrs. L. W. Sexton went to Monticello Thursday morning to spend a few days with her daughter, Mrs. J. F. Duncan. Miss Anna , Downing went to Rensselaer Wednesday for a visit with her friend, Miss Bertha Eldridge. Mrs. John Fox and son John, Jr., of Gary were guests of her sister, Mrs. William Kinney, and husband the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Dailey of Urbana, Illinois, were guests at the Ihorne of J. E. Shields from Saturday until Monday. Mrs. F. B. Voisard and daughter Alice of Indianapolis spent from Saturday until Monday with Mr., and Mrs. J- A. Wai burn. Mrs. Lizzie Cobb of Houston, Texas, came Friday evening to see her brother, John Wynekoop, at the home of the Misses Edna and Flossie Wynekoop. Mrs Bruner, who had been visiting at the home of her son, William Bruner, the past two weeks, returned to her home in Kentland Wednesday evening. Mesdames I. Leopold and William Beal spent Wednesday in Remington and attended the Dorcas

club at’ the home of the latter’s sister. Miss Grace Sharkey. Mrs. Minnie Parsons entertained a£f dinner Sunday, her guests being Mr. and Mrs. Ray Parsons, Miss Marguerite Irwin of Rensselaer and Earl Parsons of North Manchester. Mrs. Ernest Mattox and Mr. and 'Mrs.-- Francis Tyrrell were called tp. Watseka to the former’s and latter’s mother, who is very poorly and was' taken to the hospital for treatment. John O’Connor of Rensselaer-and daughter, Mrs. H. F. Stokes, and children of Hammond, who had been gueS.ts of the former s daugh- ■ ter, Mrs. Chester Besse, and husband, returned home Tuesday, morning.. ' ' Miss-Marvel Clark, who teaches school near Goodland, was accompanied home Friday evening by one of her pupils, Clara Mulligan. Miss Clark’s school closed Tuesday. Her ■ s ister. Miss Carrie Clark,- and Miss j Gladys- M illard went over and spent I the day with her. Mrs. Hannah Spencer entertained at a family dinner Sunday, her guests, being her daughter, Mrs. Paul Straisinger, and husband of Kokomo; her son, VerTie Spencer, of Swayzee and her sister, Mrs. Lury Hoppe, and son Fern. The children were all home except Miss Lidia of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Miss Gai] of Kokomo. Mrs. Margaret J. Goss, wife of William Goss, died very suddenly Sunday afternoon at, 5t30 o’clock. Mrs. Goss had been in poor health for some time, but for the past two weeks had been feeling better, and was able to be up and around the house. Her daughter, Mrs. .George Cochran, of Buffalo. Indiana, had come to spend Sunday with her; her son, S. R. Goss, and wife had been down for. the afternoon, and had Just reached home when the telephone rang, telling of his mother’s sudden death. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon from the Baptist church, Mrs. Goodacre i officiating. 'Burial was made at’ Meadow Lake, - -

MEDARYVILLE (From the Journal) Mrs. Hunt and Mrs. Domke have returned home after spending the winter at Pasadena, California. John Linback and family, living near Rensselaer, visited Sunday with the -former’s mother, “Grandma” Linback. Dr. H. G. Jones and Mrs. Charles Rice returned home last Thursday evening from Florida, where they had spent the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Orval Maddox were called to Fairmont Tuesday on account of the serious illness of the latter’s mother, Mrs. William Planck. Mr. and Mrs. Lee G. Baughman, Mrs. Turpie, Mrs. Mary Low and Mrs. Ragon spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baughman at Winamac. Mr. and Mrs. George Fengeson of Wheatfield and Mr. and Mi's. E. E. Rockwell of Gillam township visited Sunday at the home of Rev. John Sebring and wife.

Thursday evening at 5 o’clock the railway motor car carrying the San Pierre section crew of the Monon railroad, in charge of Foreman Charles Kruger, left the rails near the Farm siding north of San Pierre while running at a high rate of speed. The car turned completely over, killing Herman Grutman and breaking the arm of another member of the crew. The unfortunate man killed leaves a wife and five children. Rev. Ernest Brenion, pastor of St. John’s Evangelical church, near Medaryville', was united in marriage last Friday to Miss Martha Leher at the home of the bride in Jackson, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Brenion arrived here Friday evening and are now at home to their friends at the parsonage. Wednesday evening a large number of the members of St. John’s church gave Rev. and Mrs. Brenion a surprise by gathering at the parsonage for a reception. Those present were: L. H Selmer and wife, J. W. Selmer and wife, Otto Grieger and family, William Grieger and family, Rev. C. E. Weiss and family. John Miller and family, Mrs. Walter and familv, Mark Tetzloff and family, Henry Tetzloff and family. Mrs. Gust Steinke and daughters and Harry Krais. The guests presented to Rev. and Mrs. Brenion a beautiful leather rocking chair, and an excellent supper was served.