Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1919 — PLEASANT SURPRISE IN JORDAN [ARTICLE]

PLEASANT SURPRISE IN JORDAN

Neighbors Pay Farewell Visit to Mr, and Mrs. Richard Potts. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Potts, who reside on Welsh Bros, fann in Jordan township, were pleasantly surprised Sunday when, at the noon hour, ten families of their .neighbors and friends came with wellfllled baskets of good things to eat to spend the day with them, before they leave for their new home on one of tire H. O. Harris farms in Newton county. The bountiful dinner was served cafeteria style, to which all did ample justice. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marlatt of Rensselaer; Winfred Lafoon and family, William Wortley and family, Earl Wingard and family, A. E. Wortley and family, A. J. Fleming and family, Bert Griffith and family, George Illff and family, Clarence Maxwell and family, Frank Welsh and family, Mrs. Laura Harris and Miss Helen Porter of Jordan. The afternoon was speoit in conversation and music' and songs furnished by Mr. Lafoon, Mrs. Emma Wortley, and Misses Illff and Maxwell. Short talks were also made on pioneer life and better farming by A. J. Fleming, George Illff, Clarence Maxwell and W. H. Wortley. The farm Mr. and Mrs. Potts leave will be occupied by Framk Summers.