Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1919 — HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

MILROY Alva Dunn’s moved to their farm this week. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Dunn were in Monon Sunday. Mason Barlow purchased a Buick automobile Monday. George Beaver’s imoved to the Tune farm Monday. Lud Clark’s spent Sunday with Fred May and family. * Emma Tow is visiting her sister, Mrs. Harry Wall, and family. Mr. and Mrs. George Foulks visited Creighton Clark’s SuTOay. Mr. and Mrs. George Foulks and son Earl were in Rensselaer Monday. Beryl Chapman visited her uncle, Newt Sunderland, and family over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. True Culp and daughter spent Sunday with Chas. Beaver’s. Earl Foulks and Verhise Spencer spent Sunday at Mr. and Mrs. Jesse English’s. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Culp spent Sunday with the latter’s sister, Mrs. Frank May, and fa>mlly. Mr. and Mrs. Fay Lear spent Sunday with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.* Fred Saltwell. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Fisher visited relatives and friends in, and near Lapel, Ind., this week. LEE Miss Thelma Noland spent the week-end with her parents here. Clyde Clark and family of near Morocco were Sunday guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ephriam Gilmore. Mrs. Thorston Otterburg and son Alfred have been spending a few days here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Jacks. Mrs. S. M. Jacks was taken 'to the Lafayette hospital Monday for an operation. All her relatives 'and friends ‘hope for a speedy recovery. Saturday afternoon Wayne Smith of this place and Vernice Gray of Monon were married at Monticello. They will live with his parents on the farm two miles north of Lee. Gifford Marrs moved Monday from the J. H. Cui4? farm to one

of the Lawler farms near Clyde Randle’s. . Elmer Gilmore also moved the same day to the Culp farm. Mr. and Mrs. Vandervert and son Jess of Monon Chapel and Mr. and Mrs/ James Foster of Monon attended church here Sunday and were entertained for dinner at Mrs. C. A. Holeman’s. Wednesday evening Mrs. C. A. Holeman and two daughters, Mrs. Frank Overton and Mrs. J. H. Culp, went to Monticello; then, Thursday morning, they and Mrs. Estella Holeman and daughter Rosemary went to Butler, Ind., to visit Elzie Webb and family over Sunday.

VIRGIE frank Binge went to Rensselaer Saturday. No more cases of the flu have developed here. Frank Binge has been selling his cats here this week. Lewis Harrington went to Fair Oaks Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Fred Thews went to her new home in Wolcott Sunday. Esther Wiseman is now teaching both rooms of the Virgie school. Mi. and Mrs. Louis Harrington were Rensselaer goers Tuesday. Mrs. Wm. Potts called on Mrs. John Zellerg Thursday afternoon. Charles Wood of Fair Oaks is in our vicinity sawing wood this week. Mrs. C. A. Harrington called on Mrs. John Zellers Tuesday afternoon. Charles Davis has moved from this vicinity to a farm near Roselawn. Carl Gasaway has gone to visit h’is sister, Mrs. Estel Marion, in Hammond. Earl Williams and Bertha Wildrick of near Morocco were married last Saturday. James Wiseman and family took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Mallatt Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Zellers and son autoed to Hammond Thursday and returned Friday. Mrs. Marion Cooper received word of ber mother, Mrs. John Beaherns’, death Sunday. Listen for the wedding bells. It

la rumored around here that we will hear them again soon. Ben Zellers and family earns from Hammond Thursday for a few days* visit with relatives here. Mrs. C. A. Harrington and daughter, Mrs. John Maher, took dinner with Mrs. Thomas Florence Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank KJmg and Mr. and Mr*- B F - Zellers took dinner with the .John Zellers family Sunday.

FAIR OAKS Caleb Park of Ambia was a viaitor in Fair Oaks Sunday. The Western Union gang moved from here to Roselawn Tuesday. Mrs. Cottingham came up from Brookston a few days ago on business. Bert Warne took his Ford to a garage at Parr Monday to have some repairing done. Mrs. Al Moore of Lafayette came up last week on business pertaining to her farm near here. Cal Burroughs began work Monday for Harv>e Nelson in a blacksmith shop at Shelby, which Nelson recently purchased. Paul Barker, who joined the marines last fall, received an honorable discharge and returned home the first of the week. February went out HRe a lion. Owing to freezing and thawing and the great number of movers the roads are almost impassable in places. The wood imarket has almost gone clear under; but you can’t buy a cord for less than $4.50, and there is a large amount of it going to waste, too. Commissioner G. H Hillis of Abe Bringle and wife celebrated their 34th wedding anniversary Sunday, and a number of their friends partook of a fine dinner In honor of the occasion. Newton county was In town Tuesday and stated that owing to the soft weather they had been unable to jget into the fields to husk corn. Will Meyers came in Sunday and moved his household goods out to his father-in-law’s, Will Platt’s, and on Monday Mr. • Piatt movgd onto the Thompson farm near red sheep barn. Tuesday Al Prather moved from the Spang place, at the Swim crossing, out onto the Lawler ranch, in the old Kent house. One would think that spring was near at hand, as the prairie chicken can be heard on clear mornings stnd we heard the dove cooing one morning a short ago; and. the meadow lark has arrived and the bluebird put in his appearance the first of the week, but the frogs have not been able tp strike up a note as yet. They probably are sticking to the theory of ‘‘safety first.”