Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1917 — NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS

ROSELAWN Mrs. Conner' was a Roselaw n visitor Wednesday. J. W. Crooks was a Rensselaer visitor Wednesday. Miss Camilla .Weaver is attending ■Summer school at Indianapolis. Cordell Weaver -o' Roselawn .s working at the Monon railroad shops at Lafayette. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Burton of Kentland visited, here Sunday vita Mrs. I. W. Burton. Pickle planting will ’ soon be in progress. A large' acreage will be put out on the Otis ranch, east of town. I. N. Best and family. Henry Burton and wife and Claud Burton attended the funeral of the late Dr. I. N. Wells at Demotte Sunday. . Tam Myers and Mr Gunyon of Parr started Thursday for Minnesota via auto, w:r.ere Mr. Gunyon has a contract for a dredge ditch. Mrs. O. G. Wilder has returned, home from Kingsbury where ‘ she had been visiting her daughter, Mrs. James Kennedy, and family'. : Miss Bertha Bess. fust, learning, to m-n her new Ford, tried to climb a tree -in front of her home Wednesday evening One 'of the-.Acht.-•tn the car was broken . fender tent, but aside. s -'cBTUs no other damage was dJi; A disastrous fire W •. ■ Monday afternoon o -4,0 Brt“ farm one m-b? Shelby. About 5, . gram and* J wo- gC were destroyed. We i? "n whether the loss was 3 /« 'by' insurance or rot. -'Jr Lee You; son of Andrew Yott of Lake Village, was instantly killed | cy a train Monday at Momence. | Yott was. a brakeman on the “Three-I" and presumably was making a coupling of cars. but there was no witnesses to the accident. The body was frightfully ground and mangled. The young man was 22 years old and leaves a wife and two children at Kankakee.

JiEE Mrs, Hubert Maxwell spent Thursday with home folks. W. E. Jacks and wife of nw Rensselaer came Tuesday to see

little Kenneth Jacks, who was very sit k. : • ... The Moth- • ' - f - - - . * Mrs. G A. Jacks' Thursday afternoon; I’harles ' Jord -.fi e.hd f.-. milyKK-k Sunday dinner with Walter Jordan's. A - ’ ..... t .Moeqii Wednesday'.aft-bbmm . for the flag raising. Mis? Rural Anderson.' who had ■ « .-■hool Saturday .-.nd returned to her home at this place Sunday evening. t Rev. Olin Stewart and -family of •hear Crawfordsville, are here this : week visiting IStewart and wife, and other 'relai rive?... ’ I S. M. Jacks' little son Kenneth had ".the. .measles some time back.: ’ then took cold - afterward and he 'was .very bad during the past week, but is improving nicely now. - J. H. Culp and wife spent jTueidr.y with his father, who i- /fivhie with his son Wilimm "t pere David's health is nW so gopd and his feet and limbs are sWjMing considerably.

POSSUM RUN Charles Parker is plowing for Jasper Cover this week. Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Cover were Rensselaer goer? Saturday. Mrs. Jasper Cover called on Mb? T. J. Parker Tuesday morning. Willard Abbott bouzh t a fine horse of T. J. Parker Monday. Mrs. Isaac Marlatt and children were Rensselaer goers Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. George Davisson and Mrs. Joe Fay were Rensselaer goers Saturday. . Charles and Everett Parker spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. James Dayis of Zadoc. Misses Goldie apd Lena Hurley called on Orpha and Myrtle Parker Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. T. J- Parker spent Friday night with William Markin and family of Rensselaer. Mr. and Mrs. Georae Heil and daughter, Mrs. G. H. Comer, were callers at Winamac Sunday. Mr. and Mrs.' Miller and daughter of Wolcott spent Sunday and Sunday night wiih Mr. and Mrs. George Davisson. Mr. and Mrs. William Hurley and son Cecil. Orpha and Myrtle Parker J and Goldie Hurley spent Sunday

evening with Mr. and ? Mrs. Geoyge Davisson. The evening was spent with Victrola music, ’. Mrs T. 1 Parker and daughters, '.Orpha and-Myrtle, called on Mr=Ores • Cunningham , • and daughter Mary Wednesday afternoon.

- McOJYSRURG Mrs. J. R Phillips spent Tuesday i. with friends in Rensselaer. Mrs Robert Johns is. spending a .few- divs at .her... J-near../Lee. ■ Sun-lav is rrearhiny. day again.. Would like td see J U rgecrowd Pm’. .. and son, Kenneth -u-’ ■ inm‘Rensselaer moit.business . Tuesday. ’ Cha-- F-ng":-'n and familv were over Sundav' snxestw-PT Mrs. S. CI, :Swisher 'at R-yno’ds. ■■ „. ■ . . Mrs Orv*'. Hitching-, Miss May Th>mas .-m ; Mrs J hr. Osborn were. ■Rensselaer goers Saturday. ' ‘ ' Mff_ T evi Herr an<! Mrs Oyten I'mk-r ' J '.ur-n f -n. Mrs. iCha-r * m Wedn- ’ - PINK GROVE d Will Hays was a Rensselaer goer Monday. . " ■ T .and- A rui’y spent Sunfa.v with John 'Dale and family. p./hari- '.led on Robey nd K-mn- -h Srctt Sunday evening. I' -arisi picbard? spent Saturday ■ . - nd s mday-'witljsbis-.-parents near Moody. . Bluford Torbet and family were vr- Ssrah McCleary and 2:r. Evs-y- S .n i.-y. "r Randolph 'and fajnily spent Samr-iav night and Sunday with: Mr. - and' Mrs Sthvers. .. . Mr? and Mr-. -Charles Shroyer at Sunday afternoon with Com-, ms'-'i-rre Snow and family. . , i Mrs Charles Shroyer and daughrer. Mrs Roy Torbet. srent Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Jack Cooper.

VIRGIE. Mer> Freeland seen* Sunday Mr and Mrs A I- Curtain were Rensselaer goers Sa'urday. Mrs. fienry Weiss o*' Chicago is -rending tte week with relatives here..’ *' m Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Florence srent Sunday with Frank HoopeTi and family. Misses Patience and Dora Florence sr-’-nt Sunday with Gladys Harrington. John Reed and family autoed to Gnodlanc Sunday and sr-eitt the day with relatives. Miss Minnye Bomfeld leaves toA day for Valparaiso.' having finished her school term here. Fleet Lakin and family and Mr. and Mrs; William Wilcpk spent Sunday with George Cover and family. Misses Gertrude and Bessie FayJam. Hazel Hurley and Mrs. H. ;J- ---: Dexter attended the last, day o* school at Fair Oaks Friday. The farmers' club of north Union met here Saturday night. There uas a large attendance present to hear the interesting program. This was the first real meeting and proved itself an entire success. Countv Superintendent Ernest Lam son County Agent Learning attended the last day of school here Wednesday. Mr. Learning was raising an army of club workers for the various clubs being organized in this county this season.

REMINGTON < From the Press! Mrs. Ed Sutherland and sons of [ Danville. Illinois, spent Saturday and Sunday with Remington friends. Mr. and Mrs. William Roadifer attended the Masonic Grand Com- f manderv for annual conclave at | Kokomo Wednesday and report a j grand time. Mr. and Mrs. Max Broadie of | Fowler were Sunday guests of her i parents. Mr. and Mrs. M. C«,| Smalley. Mrs. Breadie remaining I for a few days this week. I A very pretty wedding took place at Sacred Heart church Tuesday morning when Joe Grantz and Miss May Joegers of Wolcott were united in marriage. Rev. Father Baker officiating. Harvey Williams and son drove: to Clymer? Saturda and brought j home a big type Poland. China sow and eight pigs of ex-1 cellent breeding, which they bought of Charles Wellington, who has had years of experience in feeding ? and breeding Poland China hogs and has some of the best that money can buy or careful breeding pro-j ■ dure. •< - | Mrs. Dudley Dinzle. who has been spendins the past three weeks with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Walker/ left Chicago Tuesday evening for her home in Winnipeg. Canada. She was accompanied to Goodland by the family, who spent the night with Mrs. James Bell, going on to Chicago Sunday morn- 4 | ing. Mr. Walker and Miss Alice returned to Remington at the same time, but Mrs. Walker remained until Wednesday morning when I Mrs. Bell came home with her to attend the funeral of Mrs. Johnston. For the third time-this week wj> are called upon to chronicle the ’ death of one of our most respected te>nd estimable women. Mrs. John Jordan, whose illness during the past five weeks has many times been mentioned” in these Columns, passed peacefully away at her home in the north part of town Wednesday morning about 7 o’clock. Some five or six weeks ago she was taken With pneumonia, which later developed into more serious trouble, and for a. long time it seemed but w question of hours before death would result. , “Aunt Mollie,” as she was familiarly known, was one of our very early pioneers, coming ■to this vicinity from Ohio with her I father. Lewis* Foster, who settled south of town, at a very early period. She was married to John Jor- ’ *da n and has since made her home ‘

here continuously. No children are the result of this union, but she leaves, beside her aged husband, on- sister, Mrs. Albright, of Flora, Indiana: two brothers. J. D. Foster, rof y. mticejlo, and Will Foster, of Kansas, and hosts of near friends to mourn her departure.- The funeral will be public, at the home, Saturday at 2 p. m„ conducted by a lady from Indianapolis. Burial at Remington cemetery.