Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1918 — HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

FAIR OAKS Health still continues reasonably good in our burg. - • Trustee Hammerton made a business trip here Tuesday. A. D. Washburn of Kentland was here Saturday looking after his Interests. Rev. Downey delivered a splendid sermon from the M. E. pulpit Sunday evening. Mrs. Ike Kight, after a week or ten days* visit in Chicago, returned home Sunday evening. Enos Moffitt sold his team the first of the week and is preparing to move to his claim in Montana soon. There were eighty-nine automobiles passed through here on two C- & E. I. trains last week headed south.

Cuta Trump and Orval Abel, so they say, left a few days ago for North Dakota, where they will find employment this season. Mrs. William Cottingham and two little daughters of Momence are visiting her patents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gundy, this week. The two Criswell brothers, who have been in training at Camp Shelby, came home Saturday on a ten-day furlough. They are looking fine. The high school pupils of our school attended a reception given by .Mrs. Sterrett at her home in ■Rensselaer Friday night All had a very nice time. The meadows and grain are coming along fine but the trees and shrubbery are not showing much development as yet, owing to the cold, chilly winds. Amy Bringle, who has been teaching music and drawing tn the high school at Roanoke, Indiana, closed a very successful term there Saturday and returned home M6nday. Wednesday morning opened up bright and sunshiny after a pretty stiff freeze during the night, which will no doubt put the finishing touch on what few peaches there were left, also the early strawberries and huckleberries. We Certainly have been having rough weather the past few days. It began raining Saturday and has been at it off and on up to Tuesday night and the prospects are good at this writing- (Tuesday night) for several days more. There was quite a bit of snow mixed with the rain and the wind was pretty strong Monday. It finished pushing one of Firman Thompson’s silos over down west of Parr.