Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1917 — NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS

GOODLAND (From the Horald) Mrs. A. C. Louette went to Remington Wednesday for a visit'with her parents. Frank E. Louette has closed out his grocery stock in Fowler and has returned to his home in Goodland. Ford Harrington has returned to Goodland after having been on the Harrington farm near Crothersville, Indiana, for the past eight or nine years. Mrs. C. C. Bassett and children, Kathryn and Gene, and Miss Lois 3age left Friday morning for Hattiesburg, Mississippi, to spend the holidays with relatives and friends who are at Camp Shelby. Richard Thurston and wife came Saturday from Hobart for a short visit with home folks. Richard has enlisted at Gary and left Wednesday for Indianapolis for examination. He expects to be stationed at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, as mechanician in the aviation camp.

BROOK (From the Reporter) Ben Leavitt left for Independence, Kansas, on Friday to join his •wife, who went there several weeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. Merle Bringle have a young Hooverite who arrived on Wednesday morning. The lad weighed 8% pounds. William Cory, who has just returned from Michigan with his parents last week, has enlisted in the navy and left for the East on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Myers were in Rensselaer on Thursday to see the latter’s aunt, Mrs. Harmon, who is quite sick. Word also reached them that Mrs. Myers, Howard’s mother, is quite sick at her home at Washington, Illinois. Louis Cory is now happy once more. He moved his family from Michigan back to Brook the last of the week. It is no secret that while the family has been fairly well satisfied in Michigan, Lou has . had a longing for Brook that, hag ■ot been satisfied all these years and he doesn’t deny it. We are glad to welcome them back.

; WOLCOTT (From the Enterprise) Miss Bernice MCCulloni went to Monticello Tuesday evening to visit her aunt, Mrs. J. H. Randall. Charlie Ross and Orla Timim went to Indianapolis Monday to take the examination for admission to the army. Mrs. Minnie Parsons went to Logansport Tuesday evening for a tfew days’ visit with her son, Ray Parsons, and wife. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Wilkinson ot Lafayette, former Wolcott residents, left Wednesday for St. Pet-

ersburg, Florida, where they will spend the winter. John C. Spencer, Jr., of Walla Walla, Washington, is on his way here to visit his aged father, John M. Spencer, and is expected to arrive this week. Mrs. Martin McNett,. for manv years a resident of Wolcott but who for some time past had beep a resident of Monticello, died quite suddenly early Sunday morning of heart trouble at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Thomas Spoon, in that city. The remains were brought to Wolcott Monday and the funeral I held at the M. E. church at 2 [ o'clock p. m.. Rev. D. A. Rodgers officiating. Interment was made in Dobbins cemetery.

FRANCES VIIXE (From the Tribunei Misses Opal Thompson and Mary Lad ley of Monticello visited Sunday with Mrs. John Reeder. John Reeder left for Indianapolis Monday to enlist. He will ask to be assigned to the bakery de- j partment. Mrs. Orie E. Morris and daughter Helen of Tipton, who have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Reeder, retruned home yesterday. D. W. Long of Monon, aged £4 years, died at his home there last Friday. The funerai was held Sunday and burial was made in the cemetery west of town. Mr. Long was a former resident of Francesville, having lived here twenty-five years ago. John Malchow, aged 27 years, one of the well known young men: of this community, died at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. j Fred Malchow, Saturday evening at 6 o’clock. The cause of his death was tuberculosis, from which his health had been declining during the past three years. He was a cigar-maker in Michigan City, and S. G. Burkhart, C. B. Wakefield and E. G. Argenta, representatives ‘ of the Cigar Makers union of which John was a member, were here to attend the funeral, which w.as held at the Salem Evangelical church Monday afternoon. Rev. Weiss was the officiating minister, and burial was made in the cemetery ea-t of town.

MKRARYYILLE (From the Journal) Mr. and Mrs. Lee G. Baughman spent Sunday with relatives in Monon. Mr. and Mrs. Otto ChasteCn of near Brook motored here Friday and spent the day with the former’s mother, Mrs. George Thornton. Mrs. Charles Sprague and brother, William. Faris, of Caldwell. Idaho, visited . from Friday until Monday with the James Stevens family of Gillam. Frank Righter of Saunemin. Illinois, who owns a farm east of town, returned home yesterday after spending a week on his farm overseeing the installation of scene tile. Henry Luken and family are moving into their new home on Pearl street this week. They have remodeled the house which formerlv belonged to Mrs. James Cooper un’ 1 it makes one "of the finest looking homes in town.

M. X. Stoffels, one of* Medaryville’s oldest citizens, left today to j make his home with his daughter, Mrs. Muriel Hanson, in Chicago, j Mr. Stoffels caime to Medaryville in 187] and has been engaged in business here ever since until a few weeks ago. Mrs. Frank Clark came here from her home in Grand Rapids. Michigan, last Saturday to close up a deal with Theo. Bremer, whereby Mr. Bremer becomes the owner of the Clark farm. While here Mrs. Clark visited with Mrs. Lewis Timm and friends.

Miss Ada Prall, who has been i here and in Chicago taking care of j Dougls Prall, who was operated on recently for appendicitis, returned to her home in Henryville Sunday.; Douglas is getting along fine and expects to be able to go to school after the Christimas vacation. Mrs. Albert Bonham received a telegram on Tuesday stating thalj her father, August Michaelis, was dead. She left Tuesday to attend the funeral, which was to be held in the German Lutheran church at Porter, and interment in the German Lutheran graveyard where his wife was buried twenty years ago. Mrs. Ella Schott, wife of a former editor of the Medaryville Advertiser, died at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning of this week at the StElizabeth hospital in Lafayette. Mrs. Schott had been making her home with her nephew, Allen Williams, near Lafayette, where she was stricken with paralysis two Weeks ago yesterday. She was taken to St. Elizabeth hospital imI mediately but never regained eonI sciousness. The body will be

brought here tomorrow on the 10:49 | a. m. train anti' taken immediately to the Christian church where services trill be held. Burial at the local graveyard beside her husband.

REMINGTON (From the Press) f. Miss Anne Harper slipped on the ice and broke her right shoulder. Clyde Hackley, who has been quite with scarlet fever, is able to be out again: George Wahl, who has been spending the past year or so in the South and West, but more recently at Mishawaka, came home Saturday. Mrs. Charles Chamberlain of Colfax, Washington, came Thursday last and is spending a week or so ; with her sister, Mrs. Florence Landon. Mrs. C. S. Foster, who has been visiting her sons. David at St. Louis i and Leonard at Chicago, for the past six weeks, returned borne Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Alowman and two children of Big' Rapids, Michigan, spent last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bartoo. of north of town. Samuel Bowman spent several days this week with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Griffin at Monticello. He says Fred. Jr., passed his examination at Indianapolis all right and is now at Fort Thomas, Kentucky. Mrs. Robert Gardner of near Burnettsville came Friday and spent a couple of days with her father. Jasper Guy, and family, and sister, Mrs. Leonhardt, who is visiting, here. i Owing to the scarcity of fuel the public Übrary will only be open in the afternoons, with the exception of Saturday?, when it will be open in the evening, from now until further notice. Cards are out announcing the wedding of Miss Bessie M. Tobias, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Tobfa? of south of town, to Mr. John W. Durham, which will take place at the home of the bride on Wednesday evening. December 19, at 7 o'clock. Bert Blood got his arm pretty badly scalded Monday while helping butcher for Ford & Hensler. In some manner while scalding a porker the, animal slipped and drew his arm into the hot water up to his elbow. He had on gloves and a heavy sweater. The glove he pulled off immediately and his hand,,is not badly burned, but before he could get the sweater off the arm from wrist to elbow so badly burned that the skin came away with the removal of the clothing. The burns are so severe that l;e is unable to ; sit up.