Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1917 — MT. AYR [ARTICLE]

MT. AYR

(From the Tribune) Job Overton was here from Monon Friday on business. L. E. Ponsler was in Chicago last week for a couple of days. Roy Wiseman of near Rensselaer was in Mt. Ayr Friday on business. Mrs. Merry and daughter Blanche went to Rensselaer Thursday. 'Miss Blanche Merry spent the week-end taking in University of Chicago events. Tom Mitchell and Foster Brunton went to Fair Oaks Sunday in the former’s car. Frank Garrard and family visited Sunday with Frank Billings and family at Morocco. Earl Leek left Thursday for Amite county, Mississippi, on business for hig father, W. E. Leek, of Rensselaer. Charles Horsewood and family of near Rensselaer and Oscar Stucker and family Sundayed with Mrs. George Johnson. Cecil Shaw went to Muncie last Tuesday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Stucker. Mrs. Shaw left here Friday also for Muncie.

Harry English and .family and Joe Witcher and family went to Hopkins Park, Illinois,' Sunday to visit with Sam Guthrie and family. Mrs. J. T. Martin returned last week from a week’s visit with relatives and -friends at Joliet, Illinois. Mrs. Martin’s mother, Mrs. Mary Robinson, returned with her for a month’s stay.

Fred Hardy, who had been visiting with his uncle, Kenton Parkinson, near Moody for the last month, returned Friday. His brother John, who is also visiting there, did not return with him. t A. L. McCurtain, the auctioneer, was in our town Friday. “Buck” says he thinks he could shoot more Germans than a few, if UncleeSain would only take him across the pond with the boys.