Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1918 — NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS

WOLCOTT (From the Enterprise) Mrs. Jennie Graham spent the day Wednesday in Remington. Miss Marion Garvin of Rensselaer is visiting her sister, Mrs. Frank Seifert. Mrs. Hanna Spencer went to Kokomo Monday to visit her daughter, Miss Gail Spencer, who is ill. \ *George Scripter and daughter Golda spent" Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. James Simmons at Kentland. Mrs. Isaac Leopold and son Robert went to Chicago Sunday evening for a few days visit with friends. Mrs. Minnie Keller and Mrs. Amii Diemer went to Sheldon Tuesday to attend the funeral of Walter Rose. Mrs. Minnie Parsons and son Guy and her father, Mr. Bowen, went to Logansport Wednesday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Ray Parsons. Mrs. George Funk, who has been visiting her sister.Alrs. Ed. Sell, the past two weeks, returned to her home in Ft. Wayne Wednesday. Mrs. R. T. Lee, Mrs. M. Fieldcamp and Mrs. Ida Lee of Saunemin, 111., were guests of their sister, Mrs. J. S. Reynolds, from Friday until Monday. Lieut. Harry C. Dibell capie home Tuesday evening from Camp Shelby, Miss., and is spending a ten days’ furlough w’ith his uncle, E. J. Dibell, and family. Mrs. Aaron Brown of Kentland stopped off here Monday evening on her way home from Frankfort, and visited her daughter, Mrs. Ed. Spencer, until Tuesday evening. Mrs. Daniel Ball, who a' few days ago was taken to St. Elizabeth's hospital at Lafayette for an operation for cancer of the liver, died at an early hour this Thursday morning. William A. (Punk) Cowgill went to Wabash Thursday. He was registered in the draft in Wabash county and was called to report Thursday afternoon. IHe expects to go to Camp Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Carl and little son. of Remington came over Sunday and visited Mr. Carl’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Carl, and Earl Carl of Terre Haute, who is here on a short visit before entering the service. W. C. Kinney, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Bolden and Theron Holdridge went to Watseka Tuesday to attend the funeral of their aunt, Mrs. Lucy Gregory. Mrs. Gregory is a sister of Mrs. John Kinney, but both she and Mrs. William Kinney were 111 Tuesday and were unable to attend the funeral. Miss May Irons, who has been in California the past winter, and who only a few days ago had came back to the Mayo hospital at Rochester, Minn., for an operation for inward goitre, died at 7 o’clock this Thursday morning, without havidg gained sufficient strength to undergo the operation. _

GOODLAND (From the Herald) Mrs. Carl Tedford visited this week with her parents at Wellington, 111. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Will Klingert, an eight pound girl, Thursday, April 18. Mrs. J. W. Oswald went to her farm near South Whitley, Ind., Tuesday and will return Saturday or Sunday. Mrs. C. L. Constable, Mrs. Archie Constable and Mrs. Frank Pierce autoed to Watseka, 111., Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Mary Fleming and daughter Minnie of Woodstock, 111., were Called here to attend the funeral of Frank Fleming. Mrs. W. Cloutier returned last Saturday ‘after a week’s visit with her daughter, Mrs. Will Stewart, and family at Dana. Mrs. E. Yonkey and Mrs. Frank Young of Sparta, Wis., are here the guests of the former’s son, Vernon Yonkey, and family. Grant Williams was called home from Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss., by the serious illness of his father near Monticello. T. C. Carlock went to North Vernon, Ind., the first of the week. He wag accompanied by his mother, Mrs. M. R. Carlock, and his sister, Mrs. Iva Miller.

Corporal Seaver Davidson arrived home Monday night from Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss., on a ten day furlough. Seaver is looking fine and enjoys camp life. Henry Hoover, a son of Mr. and Mrs. George Hoover of this city, a prominent farmer living two miles southeast of Earl Park, died on Tuesday night with pneumonia. Mrs. C. C. Bassett, Mrs. V. B. Korner and J. S. McCurry were in Indianapolis this week attending grand lodge as delegates from the local chapter of Eastern Star, No. 405. *

Mrs: Maude~ Gilipa.n visited with friends in Watseka, 111., this week. In company With. Mrs. Parker and Mrs. F. F. Thompson she motored to Goodland Tuesday to visit her brother, Seaver Davidson, who Is home on a furlough. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Sage have presented the Goodland ihuseum with a large assortment of ocean shells, a large piece of sponge and some sea w r eeds. The shells were picked up on the Atlantic coast and along the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, bn their recent visit to the sounthland. The shells are very beautiful and will be prized very highly by Mr. Babcock, and are now a part and parcel of the Goodland museum, an institution that will some day be the pride of every man, woman and child in Goodland. This museum is already known all over Indiana. The Herald has always taken a pride in this museum and has asked its patrons in the past to remember it when on their vacations, and this requirement seems to be bearing fruit. < George B. Davidson, son of .the late James and Matilda Davidson, born January 7, 1847, in Middleton township, Columbiana county, Ohio, died Wednesday ’morning, April 10, at R:1J) o’clock at his home No. 137 'East North avenue, East Palestine, Ohio. Deceased was a farmer by vocation having spent a good part of his life in Jasper and Newton counties, Indiana, where he met with good success at farming and stock raising. iH>e was a member of the First Presbyterian church of Poland, Ohio, until recently when the family letter was transferred to the First Presbyterian church of East Palestine, Ohio. Four years ago he purchased a farm at Achor, Ohio, where ,he lived until eight weeks ago. Twenty-six years ago he was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Louise Kennedy of Beaver county, Penn. He is survived by his wife, and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Elizabeth Beatty, Negley, O.: Ben Davidson, Goodland, Ind.; Mrs. Wm. R. Cover, Poland, O.; Mrs. John Henderson, Struthers, 0., and James E. Davidson, Beaver county, Penn. An older sister, Mrs. Sarah Wright, formerly of Salem, 0., preceded him in death six years ago. Funeral services were held at his late residence Friday, April 12, at 1:30 p. m.» Rev. T. L. Kiernan, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of East Palestine, officiating. Interment was made in the new addition to the Glen View cemetery, East Palestine, Ohio. - . .