Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1917 — REMINGTON [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON

(From the Press)

Mr. and Mrs. George Bartee drove to Chicago Mpnday to spend the week with relatives. Will Bahler left Tuesday evening for a trip into northern Michigan, to be gone about a week. Mr. and Mrs. Elza ALson moved to the Charles Spenard property in the south part of town Monday. The venerable mother of Frank and George Howard of Chicago is spending a few weeks with her boys. Mrs. -Helen Hart and two sons of Indianapolis were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Thompson Saturday and' Sunday. ’ Miss Ethel Green went to Wheatfield Friday where she will teach domestic science in the town schools the coming winter, Mrs. Fred Baier returned Wednesday evening from a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Fred Hofer, at Cisna Park, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Marion O’Connor drove over from Delphi Wednesday to spend the night with his mother, Mrs. Ellen O’Connor. Mrs. Will Bahler and children went to Bay City, Michigan, Saturday where she will visit her mother for a short time. Miss Greta Dunn went to Rensselaer Monday at which place and at Monon she will spend a week visiting friends and relatives, John G. Harris and Mr. and Mrs. John Fenwick started Tuesday morning for Searcy, Arkansas, where they will visit for a spell. IH. Elliott of Kankakee, Illinois, spent the latter part of the week here. Mr. Elliott is the owner of the farm occupied by John Scott, and he found things looking mighty fine.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Whitehead, and sons, Glen and Lowell, and Mr. and Mrs. Orville Thomas and son Floyd returned Wednesday from a trip to Kokomo, Elwood, Jonesboro and Manon. J. G. Tharp has received a card announcing the arrival of Mary Louise Johanneson at 1689 Parkside avenue, Austin, born September 17. Mrs. Johanneson was formerly Missu Alice Tharp of this pladfe. W. T. Elmore, who,, informed us that he had sold his property a few weeks ago to Will Little, now tells us that he 'has decided not to sell, as he could not find a desirable place to buy in Monticello at a reasonable price. Mr. Little thep clased a deal for the George Bartee ‘place at .$2,900. Mrs. David Shearer, who had been visiting her brother, Will Chappell, and family for a few days, returned to her home in Chicago Saturday, accompanied by her niece, Miss Delia Chappell, who will soon begin on her second year of nurse's training at the Mercy hospital, Chicago. Ellis Jones hit a thrashing rig on the road south of Wolcott . Friday night. The rig was standing without lights, and in attempting to pass, it miscalculated a little and caught a fender on the rear of the rig which turned the car about, badly damaging its radiator and other bendable apparatus. H. H. Walker accompanied his son Jesse to Laporte last Thursday where he visited a few days. From there he went to Chicago to attend the annual reunion of his old regiment which took place Tuesday. He was joined later by his daughter, Mrs. James Bell, of Goodland and they visited relatives there the last of this week. William, Martin, Josephine, Rose, Mary, Barbara and Annie Schieler, also John and Daisy Crow and John Zimmer of Pontiac, Illinois, drove through in their Fords to spend a part of last week and this week with friends and relatives. Mr. Crow was accompanied by Mrs. Lee Alson, who had been visiting home folks in Graynjont. Illinois, for a few weeks. Maurice Eck, formerly a Remingtoi. boy, lately of Lansing, Illinois, where he has been an oper- ! ator for some time, was here oyer : Sunday. He has been drafted into I service and went from, Harvey Wed--1 nesday to the Rockford training i camp, where they make soldiers. 1 Maurice always was a tine young man and has many friends here who will wish him well. A fire which occurred at the 1 farm of Lewis S. Alter, five miles northwest of Remington Sunday morning left that place stripped of means of transportation in the motor vehicle line.; The fire occurred in the tool house, in which were stored two automobiles and a motorcycle, besides many tools and other things. The loss was complete. Both machines and the motorcycle were burned together with all the other things in the building. Mr. .Alter estimates his loss at SI,OOO with no insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown. • Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Burton were ! Remington visitors Wednesday. The ‘ “old man”; was a sight, having been through an auto accident that day. Himself and wife and William Corah and daughter Grace of Huntington were enroute here. At Wabash the driver, Miss Corah, became muddled and in making a turn went into a deep ditch and out into a field. Luckily nd one was severely injured, though Mrs. Burton was somewhat scratched up, and Mr. Burton got some bruises about the head and face that caused considerable swelling of the nose and mouth. He also had a few black eyes where he hit the bows at the top. They returned home this Thursday morning. Another of our popular young

ladies to join the matrimonial class is Miss Martha Kyle, who was married Wednesday, September 19, to Pearley Dixon at the home of the groom’s father in Rochester, who also pronounced the ceremony. The bride is the eldest daughter ot, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Kyle, and is a very popular and agreeable young lady. The groom is a son of Rev. Dixon, former pastor tof Shiloh church. Those present at the ceremony were the groom’s parents and his two sisters, and the bride’s narents and her sister Amelia. They drove through from Rochester Wednesday evening and are now at the bride’s home. After March 1 they

will go to housekeeping on one of Mr. Kyle’s farms. There are hosts of friends here who will wish this couple all happiness. > The Chappells, George, Will, Byron and Ji™ l , packed their car and started westward Tuesday forenoon. They will drive through to the coast in the new Ford Will purchased a few weeks ago for the purpose. They are 9 to drive slowly and take all the time they care to enroute, and will probably make quite a stop at Omaha, Nebraska, if working conditions are good. They carry a camp outfit and will enjoy open air entertainment most of the way if the weather permits.

Their points of destination, is Portland, Oregon, to which place they are forwarding their goods. Mrs. Chappell and little daughter Mildred will leave by train some time this week and will be accompanied by Helen (Toots) (Towery, who will spend the winter with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hicks at Portland. Thus we lose the last representatives of one of our oldest pioneer families, who settled here in the very early days, when the country was mostly country and towns of any size were very scarce. At that time Remington was known as Carpenter Station and there was no railroad at aU at Bensselaer.