Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1918 — WOLCOTT [ARTICLE]

WOLCOTT

(From the Enterprise) Miss Frances Ham spent Saturday and Sunday with Miss Daisy Gray at Remington. Miss Selma M'ay of Remington spent Wednesday with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Cal Sharkey. Misses Jeanette and Florence Btockment of Remington spent Sunday night with Miss Frances Hanna. Mrs. S. G. Milholland of Westport, Indiana, is spending the week visiting tier son and grandson, Morris T. Mrs. E. Retherford of Lyons, Indiana, came Monday evening to visit her daughter, Mrs. Earl Easterday. George Harper of Forrest, Illinois, came Monday to look after matters at his farm, returning home Wednesday evening. Prof, and Mrs. Charles H. Wolf went to Indianapolis Wednesday for a few days’ visit with Mr. Wolf’s brother, Otto Wolf, and wife. Miss Louise Overy, accompanied by her friend, Miss Jane Stall, went to Pocahontas, lowa, Thursday for a visit with Miss Overy’s brothers. Ora Archie Donlinger and Miss Hazel Kendall were united in marriage at the ' Baptist parsonage Thursday, April 11, Rev. T, C. Smith officiating. Lieut. R. E. Duff and wife of Camp Taylor, Kentucky, came Tuesday evening to spend a five-day furlough with his father, R. C. Duff, and other relatives. William Stockton, whose illness was mentioned in these columns last Week, died at the home of his son, Robert Stockton, near Meadow Lake, this Friday morning at 6 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. McClellan of Btockburg, who formerly lived on

Cloverdale farm northeast of Wolcott, were guests last week of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Dart and family and other friends. Mrs. C. A. Stone and son Charles of Chicago came Wednesday evening to visit her brother. Prof. Char leg H. Wolf, and wife. Mrs Stone is moving from Chicago to Portland, Oregon. Harry T. Dart came home last week for a short visif with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otis Dart, and family. Friday he started for College Park, Maryland, to enter a radio school as he has enlisted in the signal corps of the U. Sarmy. Mrs. John Davisson left Thursday morning for Phenix, Arizona, to join her son David and wife, who are there for the benefit of David's health. Mr. Davisson accompanied her as far as Chicago, and from there will go to his farm at Wanatah before returning home. Mr. Wilbert IL Stockment of Remington and Miss Jessie MajSpencer of Chalmers were quietly married at the Presbyterian parsonage in Remington, Monday afternoon, April 8, Rev. Lilly officiating. The bride wore a dress of light blue silk crepe de chine and carried a boquet of American Beauty roses. The groom was attired in a blue serge suit. After two weeks’ absence the young couple will be at their home near Wolcott. Alfred Bissonnette, who was taken to Mercy hospital in Chicago March 20 for treatment, is lying very low and his death is momentarily expected. His son George, who has been visiting him at the hospital, returned home Wednesday. He informs us that his father’s trouble is a cancer of the most malignant type and that there is no hope of his recovery. He was operated on for cancer on his jaw, but the disease is all through his blood and has now broken out on his hip and his sufferings are intense.