Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1918 — HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

FAIR OAKS Miss Grace Bonham of Chicago is visltng her aunt, Mrs. C. L. Eggleston. Wiliam Odle of Camp Taylor was home on a few days furlough last week. O. H. Hillis received a carload of stock hogs last week to be fed on his ranch. In order to make up some lost time, out schools now open one hour earlier in the morning. Mrs. James Clifton, who had been on the sick list for a few days, is some better at this writing. “Pud” Clifton went to Demotte Tuesday evening to visit his sister, Mrs. Abe DeKoker, a few days. There was quite a lot of poultry chipped from here the past few days for the Thanksgiving festivities. Alva Brouhard, who had been Saving a pretty hard fight with pneumonia, is now on the road to recovery. Mrs. Jake Snow and little son, who had been visiting her uncle, John Carder, near Laurel, returned home Tuesday. - The weather has been very good

the past week and the farmers have been improving their time in the corn fields. “Fish” Gilmore, who had been at the McColly camp on the Kankakee river since last spring, returned home Tuesday. C. A. Bringle and family of Remington and W. D. Bringle and wife of Rensselaer were dinner guests at Abe Bringle’s Sunday. LEE The Ladies’ Aid served lunch at the Alva Thomas stock r.ale Wednesday. Miss Lural Anderson and Miss Millie Hoover did shopping n Lafayette Saturday. Sunday Frank Overton’s family were entertained at Charley and Nellie Waymouth’s for dinner. Last 'Friday night Harold and Velda Heltzel entertained their Freshman class from the Monon high school. We are having splendid weather now for coin husking and shredding, which the farmers ac* taking advantage of. RejV. Dean and family and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stewart went from church Sunday to H. C. Anderson’s for dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Freeman of

Barkley and Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Sprague took Sunday dinner with Harry RlsMing and family. Two small children of S. L. Johnson’s, who live r.t Monon, died of measles and were buried, both in one grave, at the Osborn cemetery Tuesday. . .