Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1917 — VIRGIE [ARTICLE]

VIRGIE

Miss Bessie Fay lor spent Sunday with Miss Hazel Hurley. Miss Zelah Wiseman is spending this week with home folks. Miss Bertha Florence spent the week-end with home folks. Charles Reed has been laid up this week with a bad cold. A. L. McCurtain was up near Lowell Wednesday on business. Mr'S. John Reed and daughter Hertha were Rensselaer goers Saturday. : . Mrs. A. L. McCurtain helped Mrs. George Cover cook for silo fillers Tuesday. ■■ News is scarce around Virgie nowadays. The main thing is filling silos. L. E. Harrington attended the farmers’ meeting at Kniman Thursday evening. Warren Zellers has ordered a Ford and is looking for it most any time now. Earl Williams is cutting the wind in a brand-new “flivver.,’’ Look out, girls. Less Zellers will leave shortly for Kentucky where he will receive his military training. A large crowd was out to church Sunday night. Rev. Flickinger delivered a splendid sermon. James Wiseman’s new house is being completed rapidly. The plastering was finished Monday. The new bourity superintendent was out Wednesday looking after the interest of the Virgie school. Mrs. Warren Zellers and mother, Mrs. Thomas Mallatt, called on Mrs. James Wiseman Sunday afternoon.