Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1917 — HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

GIFFORD Frank Eldridge of McCoysburg spent Mpiiday in our burg. Miss Opal Hankins spent Sunday afternoon with Martha and Eylven Louge. John Akers, Harry Walker and Jees Grimm were Rensselaer goers Saturday. Mrs. Lizzie Swisher and children spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Hall. Missefe Rosa and Clara Dunn of Medaryville spent Sunday with Beulah Walker. Charles Scott, our blacksmith, was a Lafayette goer Saturday, returning Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Mack Steel moved intp the Dr. Myer house, east of Giiford, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Myers spent Swnday with Mr. and Mrs. William Hurley of Laura. Mrs. C. B. Steward of Rensselaer took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Reed Tuesday. Earl Smith and sister Gladys and lilss Lida Akers spent Sunday in Morocco, visiting friends. Reuben Snyder and daughter •pent Friday and Saturday _ with Mr. and Mrs. Smith of Laura. William Steel and Carl Stockwell are moving and building a dwelli»g house for Taylor IHankins.

Howard Abbott of Indiana Harbor is here visiting a few days with his uncle, William Obenchain. Mr. and Mrs. Dice Zook and little niece of Demotte called on Mr. and Mrs. Guy afternoon. Mrs. Emma Nubs, who had been viaiting relatives in Illinois, returned Tuesday after an absence of two weeks. Art Akers and family moved to Moody Sunday. A nice crowd gathered at their home Saturday night and held a dance. The snow that fell Monday night did a lot of damage to the onions that were in, the fields, as some are not done “topping” yet. Chester Caster, who has been working on a dredge at Hebron, epent Sunday with his wife here. The latter also returned with him for a week’s visit. Miss Vesta Brown, our school teacher, took sick Tuesday morning at school and had to be taken to Sheridan Louge’s, where she boards. There will be no school for a few days.

FOUR CORNERS

DeArmond and Morrow are putting in an iron bridge near the county line. W. B. McNeil purchased a carload of stockers at Chicago the first of the week. Alfred Duggleby absorbed his

bench lecture at the K. of P. hall a night or so ago. Elwood Gulbransen has rented a farm near Hebron and will take possession March 1. Alfred Duggleby is putting the finishing touches to a cement cattle barn and fruit cellar. The business men shut up shop Wednesday afternoon to push the sale of Liberty bonds. Sam Gillespie has taken charge of the office work on the Monon railroad at San Pierre. Assessor John Shirer has the contract for hauling pupils from the Dahncke district to Tefft. A new telephone line is being built along the township lines of Kankakee and Walker townships. Enos Hibbs has built a new barn on the old H>. D. Turner farm in Kankakee township, which he now owns. John Garlach has been harvesting his German fruit, kraut, in its primitive state. The price is sls per ton. Walter Seegrist of Camp Grant was home over Sunday. We predict that Walter will make good fox U. S. A. Ed Lambert of East Walker is in Missouri, his former home, this week, assisting in the settlement of the estate. Ed Lakin, who recently suffered a broken forearm when his team ran away and threw him out, is getting along O. K.

H. Tirnan, H. Ray and Elmer Berg of Richmond came for a few days’ visit with Mr. and Mrs. Morris McCullough of Tefft. William Fitzgerald of Kankakee township is unloading a car of limestone. He is convinced that it is a paying proposition. Bro. John of the Review is too busy nowadays to accommodate one of his customers. Joe, we will bring your batteries from the county seat. The Masons of Wheatfield gave Oscar Turner the bumper degree Tuesday night and then did justice to a Liberty loan banquet. Oscar was able to attend to business the following day. Thirty-eight birthday post cards were sent to our old telephone man and photographer, Nelson, now in Colorado. We can, in our imagination, hear his ha, ha! when he receives them. Superintendent John Matt of the Tefft high school was called Friday by telegram to the bedside of his mother at Stillwell, Laporte county, who was not expected to live but a few hours. She died Friday, and the Tefft school to show marked respect sent flowers. Bro. John, has been eating our butter for two or three weeks and it has failed to produce a smile of

recognition when he meets ns on the street. Now we do not propose to keep his infernal machine—we should have said internal machine —in running order if it does not produce the smile of brotherly love. Now smile, darn you, smile, or we will put our butter under t the embargo act and non-smiles need apply. Some young bloods, who had tarried too long at the river dive, ran their car into the ditch near the old Turner farm Sunday night. The car was damaged but not sufficient to put it out of the running, and they continued on their way south. If there is a worse hell-hole than at the river dive don’t tell us of it, for we want Porter county to have the credit. A nice law body of officials in Porter county there sure is! ~ .

FAIR OAKS

Health is fairly good with us this week. The new minister of this M. E. charge was here and delivered his first sermon Sunday. James Clifton has been doing some repair work on G. I. Thomas’ property here the past week. If the weather would behave Lawler’s men would get through filling the silos near here this week. Sam Potts and wife will move off of the fanmi about the first of the year. They will move back to town. The well drillers at the new school building completed their job the first of the week at a depth of 100 feet. The work on the new school house is progressing fine nowadays.They have about fifteen men at work on it now. Lou Moffitt came up from Fort Harrison and spent Saturday night and Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Cedarwall, and others. N. A. McKay’s house puts on quite a different appearance since they got it leveled up and a new porch and some new doors added. Miss Estella Parigp, who teaches the school at Mead Chapel, was a guest at A. M. Bringle’s from' Saturday evening < until Sunday evening. There were several from here that attended the divorce trial of William C. and Kate Hintz at Keulland Monday. Hintz, who sued for a divorce, was granted same. William Burch, who had been working as a motorman on a street car line at Hammond for some time, resigned and went to work on Erwin’s dredge near Roselawn Monday. A. B. Tolin of the .Tolin ranch was taken to the hospital Sunday, to be treated for some kind of stomach trouble. The doctor was going to use the X-ray on him to assist in diagnosing his case. The Fair Oaks basket ball team scored two victories last week, one over the Wheatfield team Friday night and over Shelby Saturday night. In each game they won by a large majority. They expect to have another contest soon. We were visited with a young snow storm Monday night and left a pretty heavy coat of snow on the ground, but the sun came out and it was soon about all gone, and in the afternoon the weather put in most of the time raining and snowing. The trial against some fellows in Lincoln township for brutally beating Jacob Hawold, who died from the effects last spring, came off and the offenders were fined SIOO only. It seems as if a man’s life is not of much value in these parts in this day and age of the world. What do you think?

SOUTH AMERICA

Albert Dolfln was a Wolcott goer Thursday. Jessie Dolfln was a McCoysburg goer Saturday. Mrs. James Blankenship was a MOnon goer Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dolfln were Monon goers Saturday. Clarence and Ivan Blankenship were Monon goers Saturday. Jessie Dolfln called on the Marchand girls Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. John Blaser called on Mrs. Lilly Mitchell Thursday. Miss Jessie Dolfln visited with Dollie Blankenship Sunday evening. Mrs. Fred Saltwell and daughter, Mrs. Lud Clark, were Lee goers Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. JTred Saltwell took Sunday dinner with Albert Dolfln and family. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Saltwell called on their daughter. Mrs. Lud Clark, and family Tuesday. Mrs. Fred Saltwell and Mrs. Lud Clark and daughter Sophia were Rensselaer goers Saturday. Misses Erma, Ora and Olive Clark were out joy-riding Sunday with some friends from Rensselaer. Mrs. Lilly Mitchell and sons visited with her sister, Mrs. Thomas Lear, from Friday until Saturday morning.