Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1919 — HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

*'*' 1 MEDARYVELLE t ~ (From the Tribune.) Mrs. John Antcliff went to MontUello Friday. From thence she went t* Kentland to visit relatives. Homer Timmons and family, Henry Timmons and family of the west side of Jasper county spent last Sunday with the John Bush family. The ladies are sisters. Probably John P. Ryan of Gillaan township is the largest hog raiser in Pralaski or Jasper counties. He sold to Smith Brothers la 1918 $12,017 worth of hogs and about SIO,OOO worth in 1917. Some hogs! Mrs. T. E. Knotts of Gary, wife •f former Mayor Knotts, spent several days last week with her sister, Mrs. Charles Robinson. She was one of the many mothers who had to sacrifice her son for our country. P. M. Pulllns of Benton Harbor, Michigan, came down Tuesday for a weeks visit with friends and relatives. He sayß Michigan is havia g the same kind of winter we are having with the exception of a good sledding snow Christmas time. Godfrey Fritz and Miss Tina Riggs were married at Winamac ¥y Rev. J. J. Rankin- last Wednesday. • She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Riggs and he i 3 a progressive’ Jefferson township farmer. The newly wedded couple have gone to the groom's farm, where he: 'has recently built a new house to live. W. S. Robinson and wife of Oaldwell, Idaho, who have been visiting and sipending the winter here with relatives and friends, returned to their home last Saturday. They were acompanied by Jas. Stevens and wife who expect to spend some months in the west with the hopes of it benefltting their health. Miss Lizzie Faris went west with them to visit her brother, C. W. Faris, who resides at Nampa, Idaho. She has for some time been in poor health -and it is hoped that she will be benefited by the much needed change •f climate.

MT. AYR (From the Tribune.) Mrs. Wm. Shaw is visiting her aou Prof. Raymond Stucker and wife at Anderson. Mrs. Charles Elijah, who is in the hospital is reported in quite a critical condition. , Miss Virginia Yeoman and Mrs. Dave Book and son, Robert, spent Friday in Rensselaer. Mrs. Fred Standish spent Saturday in Rensselaer with her daughter, Mrs, Grace Downs. Mrs. J. D. Booth of Indianapolis is here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom. Watkins. J. B. Ashley and Mirs. Loma Miller and Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Pete White spent Wednesday In Monon. Mr. and Mrs. Forg Moore, Louis Payne and Ira • Norris of Ham-

mond called on Mrs. - Bordwell Sunday. Master Edwin Chupp and sister, Lilian of Parr visited several days this week with their uncle, Davy Miller. Mrs. Fletcher Smith and children went to Raub Monday, to visit relatives before leaving for their future home in Missouri. Fletcher Smith left Saturday with his emigrant car for his future home in Missouri: Clarence Reams accompanied him. Sidney Johnson and Frank Ricker are two more soldier boys of our section to have received their honorable discharge this week. Mrs. Effle Wide, Mrs. Phoeba Yeoman, Miss Corn and Miss Leah Flora, of Rensselaer took dinner Sunday with the family of John Rush. Mrs. J. D. Booth returned to her home in Indianapolis Saturday. Mrs. Booth was formerly’ Miss Agbll Watkins and came for a visit before her folks left for their new home in Chicago. Tom Watkins and family left Monday for their home at 5611 Wentworth Ave., in Chicago. In their going the community has lost a splendid family, but all hope that they will do well in their city home.

WOLCOTT (From the Enterprise) Mrs. D. J. Pettit spent Thursday at Logansport. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Plummer, January 26, a daughter, Mable Norlne. * Miss Margairet- Carroll of Terre Haute was a week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Carl. Arthur Matthew went to Kankakee, 111., Tuesday evening to visit relatives and friends. Earl Carl of Indianapolis came Friday evening to spend a few days with his parents. Mrs. Emma Sell went to Logansport for a few days’ visit with her son, John Sell, and family. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Farney returned Wednesday from a visit with Mrs. Farney’s patrents, near Indianapolis. Harry F. Dart . went to Chicago Tuesday evening to take up his old position with the Western Electric company. Paul St. Pierre of St. Anne, 111., visited his brothers, Samuel, Edward and Arthur St. Pierre, Sunday and Monday. Henry Stutter of Fairbury was the guest from Monday until Tuesday morning of Philip Streib and family, northeast of Wolcott. Mir. and Mrs. Frank G. Garvin and little daughter Jane, who have been visiting Mrs. Garwin’s parents at Terre Haute, returned home Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Wtm. V. Spencer have received word that their daughter, Miss Gail, of Kokomo hag arrived in Washington, D. C., where she has accepted an appointment as stenographer with the United States shipping board. Spencer Wynkoap, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Wynkoop, and Miss Edith Colenian of Scottsburg were united in marriage' Wednesday at the Methodist parsonage in Monticello. Rev. Hovis, pastor of the Church in that city, officiating. The young people will take up their residence on the groom’s father’s farm, southeast of Wolcott.

GOODLAND (From the Herald) Attorney and Mrs. A. D. Babcock were callers in Chicago this week. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Poutre are visiting their daughter, Mrs.- Del Menifee, at Ambia. * George Welch, who is making his home at Wabash, Ind., was a caller in Goodland this week. Miss Magdalene Brook is visiting her sister Martha at Tipton, Ind., who has been ill f<4r several days. Rev. and Mrs. V. B. Servies. went to Lowell Thursday whTere they at-

tended an Eastern Star banquet that evening. Mr. and Mm. J. W. Baker of Washington, lowa, viaited thie week with their daughter, Mrs. E. B. Marsh, and huafband. There will be considerable building the coming season and our carpenters claim they are hooked solid through the summer. Henry "Beany” Leins was mustered out *t Camp Taylor Saturday and arrived home Sunday morning, looking fine for his - many months spent in the service. Doris Kinneman, student at Butler college, came home Wednesday night for a few days’ visit with her parents. Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Kinneman. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Verrill and children went to Chicago Tuesday evening, being called there by the serious illness of Mrs. Venrill’s sister, Miss Addle Curl. Miss Edith Fox, who taught In the Goodland schools during the first of the present term, and who resigned to accept a position in Washington, D. C., is expected home in a few weeks. Ed Messersmlth, who is a double pneumonia patient at the Walter A. Reed hospital at Tacoma park, Washington, D. C., is improving nicely. His father returned from his bedside last Saturday, after he was reported out of danger. A. J. Patton of the Lone Star state is here the guest of Goodland relatives. Mir. Patton will be remembered as the poultryman of Goodland of years ago and who built the large building owned and operated by E. E. Bogan company. Gaylord Nafzlger had the misfortune to break his right leg at the ankle Friday afternoon at the home of his grandparents. He, with oiheir boys, were, (playing on a spring seat and same fell with the Nafzlger lad’s foot underneath with the above result.

Attorney A. D. Babcock, who has two boys in the service, received good tidings Saturday in the nature of a telegram from Congressmen Wood at Washington, which stated that one of the boys was about to sail for home and that the other would soon follow his brother. Mrs. T. M. McCollum, who came down from Chicago to care for the sick at the A. C. Louette home, contracted the influenza, which turned into double pneumonia, but is out of danger at this time. Her husband came down from Chicago to spend the week-end, returning the first of the week. Miss Mamie Hall went to Indianapolis Thursday where her mother is a patient at St. Vincent’s hospital. In company with her mother, who expects to leave the hospital Friday, they will go to Muncie for a visit with Mrs. Hall’s daughter, Mrs. James Little, and husband, after which they expect to return home the flrßt of the week. Lemont Dunkel was mustered out at Camp Taylor Monday and Tuesday arrived home. He was stationed at Camp Devens in Headquarters Company 36 th infantry, and worse home a first prize for one-poond gunner’s contest. Lemont is looking fine, and in company with Henry Leins expects to return to their work in the steel mills at Gary. Tuesday marked a golden day in the married life of Mr. and Mrs. John Weiss of this place. They had been married fifty years, and surrounded by their children and grandchildren and friends they celebrated the event with a great deal of pleasure. Many years ago they both ca.me from Germany and met later at Ottawa, Illinois, where they were married on February 4, 1869. Some time afterward they moved to Newton county and for many years lived on the "home fairm in the southeast part of Iroquois township. Later they moved to Goodland, where they are enjoying the fruits of their toil in a well earned rest. It' is such emigrants as Mr. and Mrs. Weiss that have made our country wfhat it is today. The sturdy stock came to make this country their home. The lawabiding and God-fearing pioneers who left old conditions to enjoy new ones. They and all their kind became true Americans. We wish them long years of prosperity and happiness. The children present were; Ohas. and family from Jasper county, Chiris and family from Chicago, John and family from near Fo’resman and Mrs. Carrie Freese and family from Chicago. All of the nine grandchildren, were present with the exception of Oscar, son of Charles, who is at the Great Lakes Training station, and who could not get off for the event, but visited there a few days before.

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