Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1918 — NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS

AYR (From the Tribune) )ir. and Mrs. Menno Miller of ( Wheatfield were among us Thurs-' day. Mrs. Jennie Rauch of Peoria is here visiting the editor and wife. ( Mrs. Rauch is Mr. Lee’s aunt. Levi Stutzman and wife and Ben' Yoder and wife took Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Miller. R. J. Yeoman and family attended a reunion of his mother’s people the Moore’s, at Indianapolis Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. William Donaldson and daughter Mary left Wednesday for a two weeks’ visit at Mr. Donaldson’s old home at Mayville, Ky. Mrs. Ella Carter accompanied her son Irving to Kentland Thursday. Irving was of this year’s graduation class from the eighth year of school. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Yeoman, daughter Edna, and son Joe and wife spent Sunday near Chalmers. The occasion was a reunion of Mrs. Yeoman’s people, the Chamberlain’s. Harry Spangler and family of Oxford ’ took dinner Sunday with Mrs. Spangler’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Dirst. Mrs. Mannie Rice and son also visited in the Dirst home Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. R. M.Frye of Silver Lake and Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Roberts of south of town visited George Hershman at Crown Point, enjoyed a fine fish dinner in East Chicago and spent the afternoon at the lake. • Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eldridge and family of near Lee were here Friday. Their oldest son, Ezra, will leave in a few days for the army, and he came to bid his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jinkerson, good-bye.

Miss Blanche Merry went to St. Charles, Illinois, Wednesday to be present at the functions of her sister, Jessie’s, closing ' week of school therh. Miss Jessie closed a very successful term of school as principal at St. Charles.

PINE GROVE Sunday school at Independence at 3:30. Everybody welcome. , Mrs. Ida Vore spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Will Gratner. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Britt are the proud parents of a new son. Charley Torbet attended the picnic at Elza Gunyon’s near Rosebud Sunday. Mrs. Tom Stevens called on Mrs. Janves Torbet and daughter Creola Tuesday afternoon. Will Hayes and family attended the band concert at Rensselaer last Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Wells of Rensselaer spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Torbet, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. IHornickel and family of Roberts, Illinois, came via auto Saturday and visitpd until Monday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Torbet and family. The food demonstration held at the Blackford school house Friday afternoon was well attended. The next demonstration * will be on Thursday, July 14. Everybody come. Mrs. Horace Daniels and daughter Dora, Mrs. Omar Daniels and Mrs. James Torbet and daughter Creola attended the Barkley Ladies’ Aid at Mrs. Harry Arnold’s Wednesday afternoon. Several, of the young folks from this neighborhood attended the surprise on Ernest Garriott of near Aix Tuesday evening. Ernest leaves for Ft. Benjamin Harrison Saturday. We all wish him good luck.

REMINGTON (From the Press)

Miss Mathilda Bahler returned Sunday from a week at Lacross. ; Miss Irene Howard returned from a week’s visit at Bloomington Thurs-1 day. 1 Emmett Boatman of Logansport was a Remington caller Saturday afternoon. Miss Frances Shand went to .Chicago Wednesday morning to enter business college. Mrs. George Haag of Sheldon came Sunday for a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Mell Julien. Phil Ochs of Chicago is visiting his parents this week. Phil expects to join the colors soon. Orville Julian and family of Sheldon spent Sunday here as guests of his brother, Mell, and family. “Peach” Balcom went to Gary Sunday, where he has employment in an electric light, and water plant. Miss Elsie Bickel, principal of the school at Woodland, Illinois, came home Saturday for her summer vacation. Mrs. J. D. Snyder and son Walter of Hutchinson, Kansas, are visiting at the home of her father, C. B. Johnston. Mrs. J. N. Bowman, Dr. Turley and wife ,and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sheetz spent Saturday and Sunday in Indianapolis. Mrs. I?, p. Roades and son Milton are spending the week with the former’s daughter,_Mrs. Bruce Wilson, of near Fowler. Mr. and Mrs. John Clauss left for Staten Island, New York, Sunday to visit their son,' Silas, who is soon to be sent to France. Mrs. Mary A. Baldwin left Wednesday morning for Muscatine, lowa,

where she will make a visit with her sOn, daughter and friends. Born, this Thursday morning, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gardner of near Goodland, a son. Mrs. Gardner wos formerly Miss Bess Guy of this place. Mrs. Col. Griffith and daughters, Mrs. Will Zea and Mrs. Ben May, spent from Friday till Monday in Chicago the guests of Charley Griffith and family. Mrs. H. V. Templeton of Morocco, and her daughter, Mrs. Fred Shafer, and son’ of Washington, D. C„ were guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Bartoo from Sunday till Wednesday. Forty-one government trucks passed through here Sunday morning, and another bunch on Tuesday, and still there are more to come. They sure do put the kibosh oh the roads. , „ ■ Miss Ethel Smalley has accepted a position with the Benton Reviefc and began her new work last week. Miss Smalley has recently taken a course in journalism at Indiana university and will make good in* whatever she undertakes. Fred Gay was in Chicago the first of last week with a carload of cattle. While there he visited with his brother James and family. Jim belongs to the reserve militia and expects to see duty on the Mexican border in the near future. Word was received Monday by Mrs. Ida Williams of the marriage of her son, Ben, to Miss Marie Holloway of Forrest, Illinois, on June 5, at the home of Miss Holloway’s uncle ini Des Moines, lowa, near Camp Funstan, where Ben has been located the past two months. Lawrence G. Eastes and Miss Olive E. Hearn of Detroit were married June 8 at the home of the bride, the Rev. Lloyd H’. Miller of! Woodward Avenue Christian church officiating. The young couple came Sunday for a short visit with the former's mother, Mrs. Ella Eastes, [ after which they will be at home, to their friends in Deroit. Rev. Father Baker had the misfortune to trip over a wire nearly two weeks ago and bruised his face very severely. This later developed into erysipelas and it was thought best to take him to St. Elizabeth’s hospital, which was done on Sunday last. At present the report is that he is getting along nicely. Marriage sometimes has its little embarrassments and unpleasant kiddings from one’s friends. Especially is this so in the case of “Pete” Jordan, who, in spite of protest, was shackled in a trailer and hauled about town like, a captive prisoner. The only fly in the ointment of his persecutors was that he did not put

up a stiff enough fight to make |t interesting. Miss Leona Brucker of Goodland and Mr. Roscoe Eller of this place were united in marriage Tuesday noon, June 11, by Rev. C. L. Harper at his home in Kentland. It was a very quiet wedding and was witnessed by a number of relatives. Mrs. Eller is a sister*of Mrs. John Shearer and is well and favorably known here, where she has frequently visited. Mr. Eller enlisted in December last, and is now located at Camp Hill, Newport News, Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Williams and family attended the celebration of the fiftieth wedding anniversary of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Gibb, at Fairbury, Illinois, Saturday, June 8. There are six children and fourteen grandchildren, all of whom were present except the oldest grandson, Rev. Charles M. Ross of Winnipeg, Canada. Mrs. Williams’ sister, Mrs. Roscoe Combes, and daughter, Mary Eleanor, of Fairbury, acompanied them home to spend the week. A very pretty and quiet wedding took place at the Sacred Heart pai*sonage Wednesday evening, when Mr. Leonard Dickinson and Miss Mae Bilile were united in marriage by Rev. Father Baker. The bride was beautifully attired in georgette crepe over silk, while the groom wore a suit of black cheviot. Miss Lydia Budreau, the maid of honor, wore a lemon crepe de chine, and Mr. Roy Sego a blue serge. After the ceremony a three course supper was served at- the bride’s home and many useful present in silverware and linen were received. Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson will make their home in Rockford, Illinois, where the groom has employment. Ed. Baldwin, the noisy end of the Lyric theatre, came out of an automobile accident Tuesday afternoon in which he was mixed up with a whole skin, though how he managed it is hard to determine. He was driving one of the Remington garage’s Maxwell cars on the range line road going north, when, the steering gear went wrong on him and in spite of all that he could do the car went into the ditch, turning completely over, landing on its wheels. Ed. was tossed from under the Wheel at the firstthrow of the machine and landed fairly in good condition with no bones broken and only slightly bruised. The machine was pretty much of a wreck, one wheel being smashed, the radiator demolished and likewise the windshield. The body of the machine was also considerably damaged. Ed. says he was driving slowly.