Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1918 — NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS

WOLCOTT (From the Enterprise) Mrs. C. E. Carl spent Thursday ■With her son Lee and wife at Remington. Mrs. William Sullivan went to Remington Tuesday to visit her son Earl and family. Mrs. Jane Jones went to Remington Wednesday to, visit her daughter, Mrs. Alice Burling. Mrs. Charles Schock and Mrs. fciley McClintic of Monticello were guests Thursday of Mrs. Ed. Sell. Mrs. Robert Stockton and daughter, Mary Lois, went to Lafayette Tuesday for a short visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Blake. Mrs. Ernest Rawlings and daughter Ruth of Remington came over Tuesday evening and spent the night )vith Mr. and Mrs. Charles Timfcnons. J Miss Grace Day of Big Sandy, Mont., who has been visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Mary C. Day, Went to Monon Monday evening to visit friends. S. S. Thompson, who has been Visiting at the home of his son-in-law, Prof. H. C. Milholland, the past few days, returned to his home in “Westport Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Dunn, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weitrick and son and Mrs. Carrie Clark were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harve Deltell and family of Logansport. E. G. McCullom received a telegram from his son, Lieut. Cecil McCullom, this Friday morning, saying he had been granted a furlough and would be home Saturday. William and Joseph Sullivan are expected home this Friday evening or Saturday morning. The boys started Monday from Cogswell, N. D., and are driving through in an automobile.

Miss Daisy Sentz, who is working at the George Timonins home couth of Wolcott, went to Burnettsville Thursday to visit her parents, and her brother Charles, who is home on a furlough from the army Caim.p in Mississippi. Charley Henderson Cook, son of Dr. W. H. Cook and IHiley S. Cook, was born February ' 28, 1 880, and died at Indianapolis April 15, 1918, aged 38 years, one month and 15 days. He leaves to mourn their loss, a father, one brother, six sisters, and a host of friends. His mother and two sisters preceded him to the Great Beyond. Funeral vices were held from the Christian church at Wolcott Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. IT. A. Rodgers of the M.* E. church officiating. Interment was made in,'Meadow Lake. MEDARYVJLLE (From the Journal) Russell Bell of Rensselaer visited here over Sunday. Miss Lillian Draves of Reynolds visited her cousins, Misses Mabie end Bessie Short?, over Sunday. Miss Grace Kruger spent Saturday and Sunday with her cousin, Miss Julia Weinkauf, of Sanl’ierre. J. D. Gettinger left Tuesday morning for Mooresville, Ind., to visit with his daughter, Mrs. Ola Thornes, and family. A number of our citizens were in Chicago during the past week, both as witnesses at the trial and as friends of Mell Guild. Dr. and Mrs. R. P. Somers motored to Dayton, Ohio, last Thursday to attend the funeral of the former’s grandfather, Rev. William Fruner. Mrs. Amanda Wayne and Miss Alice Timm went to Louisville, Ky., the latter part of. last week to visit •with the former’s son, Ouster Wayne, Who is stationed at Camp Taylor. Twenty-eight young men of this county are to be called for military Service on Friday, April 26, among whom are Roy Comer, Earl Coburn, William Gorman and Mr. Saltsman of this community. Mrs. John Burris died Tuesday nt home of her parents, Mr. end Mrs. Jerry Hess, of Gillam township. The funeral will be held today (Thursday) at 1 o’clock at the Independence church. Mrs. Nathaniel Harris of Michigan City, formerly of this place, is dead. The remains will be brought here Friday morning for burial. Services will be held immediately after

ihe arrival of the train at the Methodist church. Mrs. Gerald Vanßuskirk and Mrs. Dan White left last Friday evening for Hattiesburg, Miss., to visit with their husbands, who are stationed at Camp Shelby. They expect to remain until their husbands are called to France. Misses Bernice Antcilff and Benita Petry gave a miscellaneous shower at the latter’s home Wednesday evening on Miss Mae Campbell in honor of her approaching marriage with Charles Hardesty* A number of the friends of the young people were present and they received many beatutiful and useful presents. BROOK (From the Reporter) William Viele of Rensselaer was the guest of Miss Mferle Graves on Wednesday evening. John Kline and Terry Brady went to Montana on Monday where they will work during the summer. M. J. Thornton took a truck load of eggs to Hammond on Monday. Rev. Dillman accompanied him. 'Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ward and Mr. and Mrs. Al Blaesy and mother were visiting relatives in Goodland on Sunday. George Allis and Bert Vent went to Whiting on Wednesday where they will work for the Standard Oil company. Mr. and Mrs. Art Weishaar were at Andrews and Peru the last of the week visiting the families of Morton Ulrey and Frank Weishaar, Jr. Leo Hammacher and family of Monticello were here on Sunday visiting Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Martin. The latter has been gradually getting better the past ten days. Emmett* Potts is home on a furlough. /Hie has been stationed at Ft. Greble, R. L, since his enlistment. He is the type of young American who is making good in the training camp. He is a first-class private and an expert gunner with the big >ten’s and twelve’s in the coast artillery.

Clifford Barker met with a painful accident on last Monday. He was thrown from a load of hay and landed on his head and shoulders. He was bruised up quite a good deal and will be laid u<p for some time. It was a narrow escape from a broken neck, but Cliff is one’ of the luckiest unlucky fellows we have ever known. Pearson Pendergrass of Washington township started Saturday the pruning and spraying of his orchard, containing about 55 trees of varying ago. Tie finds that the scale has killed many branches, and reports that last year’s fruit was badly injured by the codling moth, producing many wormy apples. He expects to get rid df both these orchard pets by spraying. A message canine on Monday morning to the family that Chester Harry was seriously, ill at the base hospital with pneumonia. A wire was sent at once to Bruce Beagley at Louisville to find out the particulars. A message bn Monday afternoon from Mr. Beagley summoned the young man’s parents to his bedside. Both messages on Tuesday morning and evening stated that his general condition was better. Last Saturday we" accompanied Fred L’yons ant} Jake Rich to their Highland Park farm near Rensselaer. This place has not been properly cared for in the past, but the new proprietors are improving it in such a way that it will soon be a producer. They have built a new hog house with capacity for forty brood sows, and have plenty of the latter on the place to fill it. They are preparing to fence the entire property hog tight and make one of the best stock farms in Jasper county of it.

FRANCESVILLE (From the Tribune) Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davis of Grand Rapids 'have been spending a few days with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Leman of Eureka, 111., have been here most of the week, visiting relatives west of town. Mrs. Dora Stalnaker of Indianapolis. who has been the guest of her son, L. A. Stalnaker, and family, returned to the city Tuesday. Mrs. Florence Lawson of Spencer, who been spending some time at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gurd Surber, returned home Monday. Ebert Garrigues has returned from Richester, Minn., where his brother William underwent an operation for goitre. Ebert reports that William is getting along nicely. Miss Cynthia Houston closed a successful term of school last Friday in Gillam township. The patrons gave a Hoover war dinner to the sixty-five present, after which they were entertained with an hour program given by the pupils of the school. The Pythian Sister Social club met with Mrs. Ed. Detamore last Thursday afternoon. The following officers were elected: Miss Lillian Leis, president; Miss Cora Shumaker, vice-president; Mrs. Jacob Goble, secretary and treasurer. The club will . meet with Miss Ethel Carnes next Thursday, April 25. IHarry Hayworth of Lebanon, came Wednesday evening for a couple of days’ Visit with, Mrs. Mary Bledsoe, Mr. and- Mrs. F. E. Nolan and Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Bledsoe. Harry has given up his position as superintendent of the llebanon light and power company to join the colors, .and will leave for Camp Taylor in a few days. Ray "Hudgens, John Lentz and C. J. Westphal went to Louisville Saturday and remained over Sunday at Caimip Taylor. Curtis Hudgens, w*hb is a member of the 309th Engineers, has been on the sick list for a few days. Mr. Westphal did not get to spend much time with his son because he had failed to receive a letter in time stating that

he was to be there, and he found the young man on guard duty. Joseph Gant, who has been on a ! dredging contract near Detroit, left Monday for Fargo, North Dakota.] Mr. Gant has traveled about the country considerably since the w_ar began, and he denies the rumor that the Southern states, where he spent much of the winter months, is not observing the fobd regulations promulgated by the National food administration. He says the South is exceptionally loyal to the cause, and in many places the observance of rules appears to be more respected than in many localities in the North. -■ GOODLAND (From the Herald) Mrs. Bert Dillman of Wheatfield spent Friday here with her sister, Mrs. F. G. Hancock. J. N. Johnson of Chicago was the guest of his sister, Mrs. B. A. Constable, over Sunday. Dr. Fred James came from Champaign, 111., and spent the first of the week with home folks. Misses Kittie Fox, Blanche Carpenter and the two little Mavity girls spent Sunday in Oxford with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. John McCloud and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Keene motored to Monticello Sunday to spend the day with friends. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Logan two children and Everette Logan motored to Bloomingdale last Saturday afternoon, returning home Sunday. Mrs. Jack Farborougfa, son and wife of Hoopeston, 111., returned to their home Sunday evening after a short visit here with the Jacjb French family. August Frohreich has presented each of his grandchildren with a $5 War Saving Stamp. Why wouldn’t this be a good scheme for all grandfathers to follow? Juanita Fisher of Wolcott, who has been a patient at Henrotin hospital, returned to Goodland Saturday with her aunt, Mrs. C. C. Bassett, and is spending a few days here. Mrs. A. G. Antrim and three children returned to their home near Royal Center Friday morning after spending the week here with her mother, Mrs. Matilda Hall, and other relatives. , Mrs. Ed. Stombaugh and sister, Bernice Williams, were called to near Monticello Wednesday by the serious illness of their father, who has'been making his home with a daughter, Mrs. Bowen. Mr. F. Fleming passed away at the Mayo Brothers’ hospital at Rochester, Minn., Wednesday morning. Funeral will be tjeld from the Presbyterian church this Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.

Ray and James Mead and Dick Fox autoed to Whitley county last week to buy some hogs for feeding to try and use up their corn. Grain men do hot wish to buy the corn and farmers are at a loss to know what to do ik’ith the crop. Eighteen young people will graduate from the Goodland high school next Friday night. April 26, twelve young ladies and six young men. The girls are: Gladys and Lucv Hauser, Louise Reed, Leota Dickson, Louise Constable, Edith Railsback, Leona C. Dunkel, Leona Leming, Grace Gilman. Eleanor E. Mustard. Leona G. Dickson and Elsie J. Perkins. The young men are: Clifford G. Antcliff, Irvin H. Yochem. Charles D. Babcock, Harry H. Hawn, Harold Jones and Conrad Shetland. Only one larger class has been graduated from the Goodland schools, and that was a class of nineteen in 1 908. President Edwin A. Scholl of the lowa Weslyn college, at Mt. Pleasant, lowa, will deliver the eomencement address on “The New Democracy.” Dr. Scholl is a great orator and no one can afford to miss this great address. - -