Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1919 — The WEEK'S DOINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The WEEK'S DOINGS

Charles Elijah of near Morocco was a visitor in the city Tuesday. Ray Laßue and Forest Morlan of Chicago spent Sunday with their parents here. * Among the Chicago goers Monday were Zern Wright and Mr. and Mrs. John Hayes. Mrs. Jaimes Britt of Barkley township returned Monday from a visit with relatives at Attica. Mrs. Newton Sunderland and daughter Opal went to Delphi Saturday for a short visit with thte former’s sister.

Mr. and Mrs. Dawson Meyer and daughter returned to their home In Gary Monday after a shojt visit here with relatives. Mesdames Frank Ham- and A. A. Rodgers of Lafayette came Saturday for a short visit with WOrs. C. W. Rhoades and other friends. Mrs. George W. Royster was called to Greencastle Monday by the Illness of her daughter Betty, who is attending Depauw university. Mrs Lottie George, who had been spending the winter with her daughter, Mrs. Hurley Beam, In Chicago, returned to Rensselaer Sunday to spend the summer. Miss Louise Blanke came "down from Chicago Saturday evening and visited until Monday evening with her sister, Mrs. E. J. Duvall. She was accompanied home by her niece, Miss Irene Duvall, who will visit there for a short time.

Mrs. E. M Thomas was called to Sheridan Saturday by the death of a nephew. Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth returned home Saturday from a visit in Chicago. An addition is being added on the west to the W. C. Babcock grain elevator office. E. L. Hollingsworth has had a new sleeping porch added to his residence on McCoy avenue. Mrs. Nat Heuson of north of town went to Kankakee, 111., Saturday for a visit with relatives. George Wenrick and family of near Goodland visited here Sunday with Mrs. Wenrlck’s mother, Mrs. D. S. Baker, and family.

Mr. and Mrs. David. McConnehay went to Indianr.nolis Saturday for a visit with the 1.-.tter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Huffman. Mrs. Norman Sebert and children returned to their home at Dwight, 111., Saturday after a visit here with her parents, Mr. ( and Mrs. M. Gosnell. Miss Lorcne Warren, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M-.rsh Warren, commenced her duties as bookkeeper and stenographer Monday morning at the W. J. Wright furniture stone.

The Logansport Presbytery convened in Rensselaer Monday and brought many Presbyterian divines to the city. The meeting was still in session yesterday, and < a report of the more importhint 'proceedings will be given in Saturday’s Democrat.

Mrs. John O’Connor of Kalman was a Rensselaer visitor Monday. A. 8. Laßue is building a new garage at his home on Park avenue. George Haskell and W. C. Smalley were over from Remington Monday afternoon. Among the Chicago goers Friday were Milt Roth, John Marlatt and Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Fendlg. Mrs. Theodore Roy of Hammond is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kolhoff, of just south of town. e Mrs. Ora T. Ross has received word from her son, Bradley Ross, announcing his safe arrival from overseas. Dr. Rose M. Remmek attended the funeral Monday of Mrs. John Emmison, formerly Miss Naomi Gregg, at Vinoemnes.

Otis Browm, who has been clerking in the B. F. Fendig drug store for some time, left Sunday for a visit with his parents in Missouri. Albert Akers returned to Camp Custer, Mich., Sunday after spending a short furlough with his parents, Mt. and Mrs. John Akers, of Tefft. Mrs. R. A. Congram and daughter returned to their home in Paxton, 111., Monday after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Lee and other relatives. Mrs. E. J. Hewitt and two children returned here last evening from Nashotah, Wls., and Chicago Heights, 111., where she had been visiting relatives. Yesterday's local markets: Corn, $1.48; oats, 64c; wheat, $2.30; rye, $1.50. The prices one year ago were: Corn, 90c; oats, 84c; wheat, $2; rye, $2.30. William Wasson of this city and Miss Marceline Ulyat of Brook were married Monday at Danville, 111., but at the time of going to press The Democrat w'as unable to learn the particulars. Milo F. Long, who recently arrived from overseas, received his discharge from the service at Camp Taylor, Ky., Monday and arrived in Rensselaer yesterday morning to Join his wife, who had been here with her mother, Mrs. Fannie Wlaason, during his absence.

A fine rain fell here during the early hours Sunday morning and again yesterday morning. While It has turned somewhat cooler since these rains, the rains have started vegetation nicely and the oats are beginning to come up. Lawns and pastures are showing up a beautiful green and the fruit prospects are also very bright. E. J. Duvall has bought of G. A. Williams the temant houee of the latter facing Home avenue and has moved same onto his lot immediately west of his own residence and will remodel it into a modern five-room bungalow, with all modern improvements, such as furnace heat, bath, etc. The exterior will be of stucco finish. It will be for rental when completed. Mrs. Henrietta Jack, widow of Colonel John H. Jack, who organized. the Roosevelt rough riders in Indiana, died Sunday at Dayton, O. The body will be brought to Lafayette for burial. Mrs. Jack was a resident of Lafayette for 3.0 years. (Her husband for 17 years was general £gent of the Monon railroad there and was a member of the staff of Governor Porter and Governor Hovey. .

The Democrat was misinformed regarding the remodeling of the old Gayety airdome, in saying that a cement floor was to be put in over the entire surface and that it would all be used for a garage. The south part is to have a hardwood floor, we have since been in? formed, and is to 'be used by Horton Bros, for a dancing floor and skating rink, and only the north part used for an automobile salesroom and • W. R. Brown returned Saturday afternoon from a few days’ visit with his sons, Clint and Everett, near Huntington. He reports that Clint’s wife, who has been in the ■hospital for the past two months, is somewhat better. Wheat is looking well up that way and business is booming at Huntington, which now claims $ population of 16,000 and has set its slogan In 1920 for 22,000. - A new three-story opera house, 60x100 feet; new SIOO,OOO hotel, three stories and basement; a new chemical works with a capital of $125,000, and a new nurses’ home at their new hospital are among the improvements now going on. There are also three prosperous community clubs, all doing a I lot of Improving, Mr. Brown says.

J. J. Montgomery and Alfred Donnelly were Lafayette goers Monday. Yesterday’s local prices off eggs and butterfat: Eggs, 35c; butterfat, 64c. Mrs. Ralph Brown of Foresman visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Turner, here Saturday. Mrs. Firman Thompson and children have returned home from Miami, Fla., where they had spent the winter. County Chairman Welsh has receivednotice from the secretary of ceived notice from the secretary of the State Council of Defense that all County Councils of Defense are to be discharged or demobilized on April 17. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Robinson received some interesting war trophies from their son Edwin yesterday, Including a German officer’s helmet, a locket Ed picked up in the cathedral at Rheims and two souvenir postcard albums of sdenes at Chateau Thierry and Rheims. Ed does not expect to get home before July.

Judge Robert Van Atta of Marion, special judge in the Tuesberg ditch case by appointment of Governor Goodrich, has submitted his findings, holding that the law is with the petitioners and taxing the court costs against the remonstrators. The ditch is to drain the lowlands of Laporte, Starke and St. Joseph counties. Harvey Williams, vice-president of the Jasper Betterment association!, calls attention to an error made in the report of the meeting of the Livestock Committee of that organization in our last issue Mr. Williams was appointea to arrange a combination sale of Big Type Poland China hogs and O. S. Bell was appointed to arrange for the Spotted Poland China sale. The error was contained in the report furnished to The Democrat. ( A liberal patronage and most generous donations enabled the Red Cross to clear $71.76 at Fred Phillips’ sale April 12. The women contributed 82 pies, the merchants coffee and sugar and good discounts, and Walter Lynge gave half the proceeds of the pony bought by Will Ade of Kentland at S4O. This money will be used in an endeavor to put the Red Cross magazine In every school in, Jasper county to educate the children in Americanization and patriotism.

Mack Bowsher, age 22, who mysteriously disappeared from his home January 30, was on Tuesday located at Terre Haute, where he was being held as a vagrant. The chief of police (notified Sherman Bowsher, the young man’s father, that unless a charge of S6O was paid Mack would be sent to the penal farm. The father went to Terre Haute to Inquire into the matter. A letter from Mack stated that he was on his way home, but gave no account of his wanderings. His mind was affected when he disappeared.—Monon News. The Zeelandia is due in Charleston, S C-, April 18, with the 801st and 802 d companies, transportation corps; the 2d batte.llion and medical detachment of the 105th engineers; Companies C to F, Inclusive, of the 105th engineer train, eight casual companies and detachments <sf base hospitals Nos. 1, 26, 31, 32, 36, 47, 52, 58, and 70; detachments of excavuation hospitals Nos. 1,2, 4, and 6, md the 114th company, transportation corps. Wether- any of the Jasper county boys with the 105th engineers is with this bunch we are unable to learn at the present writing, but John Kriz of Newton township was with Co. B. which arrived at Charleston Sunday, at last reports.

Joseph Reeve opent yesterday in Chicago. He will probably resume his duties with the Monon railroad in that city the first ot next week.