Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1917 — BIG BENEFIT FESTIVAL SOON [ARTICLE]

BIG BENEFIT FESTIVAL SOON

Will Be Held on the Court House Lawn Wednesday Evening. On next Wednesday evening Jar per county will give an immense festival on the court-house grounds. Preparations are going forward rapidly and on a large scale. The court house lawn will be beautifully decorated and brilliantly lighted. Company M will give a drill which every man, woman and. child in the county should not fail to see. The Wolcott and Rensselaer bands will provide splendid music for the occasion. The hungry and thirsty crowd will find in the booths fifty gallons of ice cream, 100 large cakes and over 100 gallons of lemonade ready for consumption. A small per cent of the money obtained from the sale of the refreshments will pay for wool to be knitted into socks for Indiana soldiers—all the remainder goes into Company M’s pocketbook. Anyone wishing to donate money for the ice cream or lemons can hand the contribution to Mrs. J. J. Montgomery. Any ladies willing to furnish cakes can lighten the labors of the busy committee women by telephoning their names to Mrs. Arthur Hopkins or Mrs. J. J. Hunt. All of the surrounding counties with sons in Company M are coming in force and Rensselaer is expecting a big crowd and a big time.