Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1919 — HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

PINE GROVE Will Hayes was a Rensselaer goer Monday. Rudolph Ritter was a Rensselair goer Tuesday. John Nichols Is working for Bluford Torbet this week. Andy Ropp was in Indianapolis on business last Thursday and Friday. Mrs. Vernle Torbet and children spent Sunday with Mrs. Jahn Dale and family. Lowell Hayes began working for George Daugherty, northwest of Rensselaer, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Bluford Torbet and daughter Ruth took dinner with Everett McCleary Sunday. • Mrs. James Britt returned homo Saturday from Attica where she had been to attend the funeral of brother. * Misses Eva and Anna Morgancgg. Nora Vest. Creola Torbet, Jessie Lakin and Frances Payne took dinner with Elizabeth and Laura Hurley Sunday.

GIFFORD Mr. and Mrs. George Hell were In our town Saturday. Mrs. Annie Hall spent Sunday with Mrs. Ed Timmons. Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Zook spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walker. Miss Mabie Scott and sister spent Sunday evening with T. A. Caldwell’s family. Bessie Spriggs returned Sunday From a two weeks’ visit ■with her aunt at Tefft. Orval Waringtor of Illinois returned with John Sage to Renssel-

aer, where he will leave for his home at Watseka. The dance given at William Obenchain's Saturday evening was well attended. Mrs. Earl Haniford of Moody called on Mrs. Harry E. Reed to see the big boy. Mr. and Mrs. Reece Cavinder spent Sunday with Mr. and Mis. William Obencbaln. Services closed Sunday evening with several more members to unite in the church. Mr. and Mrs. James Cavinder spent Sunday with Mr. Cavindet's father, John Cavinder. Mr. and Mrs. Artie Campbell spent Saturday and Sunday with Taylor Hankins and family. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Spurgeon and the latter’s mother, Mrs. Bundy, Mr. and Mrs. John Wilbanks and little granddaughter spent Sunday with Greeley Comer. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Parker spent Sunday with his father, John Parker. *They left their little daughter PauHne and son John with the grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. John Fenwick of Remington spent Saturday and Sunday with T. M. Haniford. They were here to take part in the church services, also John Sage and Rensselaer. V. M. Peer of Gifford gave a dance Saturday night for Mrs. Peers brother, who had just returned from the service. There was quite a large crowd there and all reported a pleasant evening. LEE Miss Lural Anderson did shopping in Lafayette last Thursday. Joseph Stewart’s brother David

of Ohio la bar* visiting him aad family. Roy Btlere and family vlaitad Sunday nt Grover Frillmmr'a, aorfh of Monon. Mr* rt. C. Anderson ba* been •lek with rheumatism during the past week. Mrs Roy Heltsal and Mrs Frank Overton viaited the high school at Monon Tueeday afternoon. Mrs 8. W. Noland came near having an attack ot pneumonia during the peat week, but ie better at thia writing. Mr*. Eatella Holeman and children and Burnell Jenkins of Monticello, Orval Holeman’* family of Monca and Elmer Gilmore and family and Mr*. C. A. Holeman of thia place wer* Sunday gueata at the home of J. H. Culp. Mra. M. Lamport was taken last week wlttj. a very severe attack of gallstones, of which she suffered greatly. Later she seemed to be improving, but death came Monday morning. Funeral services were held at the M. E. church In Monon Wednesday at 10:30 a. an., and Interment made in Monon cemetery.

MILROY Dora Clark sjient Wednesday with Mrs. Karl Foulks and family. Carl and Clifford Beaver spent Wednesday with their uncle, Thos. Lear. .Mr. and Mrs. Marion Dunn called on Mrs. Lillie .Mitchell Monday afternoon. Mrs. Fred Saltwell and Mrs. Lillie Mitchell were in Rensselaer Tuesday. Mrs. Fred Saltwell and Mrs. George Foulks took dinner Monday with Mrs. Frank May. Mr. and Mrs. Frank May and daughter Ruth railed on W. B. Fisher’s Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Lud Clark attended the funeral of Mrs. Mahlon Lamport in Monon Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Loyal Snyder and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Foulks went to Rensselaer Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brand and Sam Ravenscroft took Sunday dinner with G L. Parks and family. Lon Chapman and sister Pearl, Mrs. William Chapman and Mary Johnson and daughter Beryl went to Rensselaer Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Foulks, Mrs. Roy Culp and Mrs. George Foulks attended the senior class play of the Monon high school Tuesday. Herschel Woodward of Laipel, Ind., and Mrs. C. E. Bassett of Goodland vieited the Fisher family over Saturday night and Sunday. As it rained last Sunday evening a meeting will be held Sunday at the church at 2 p. m. to organize a Sunday school. Be sure to come.

OAKS Paul and Sam Karr went to Virgie Monday and purchased a Ford lit Ancil Potts. Abe Bringle and “Joe’’ made a business trip to the Virgie garage Tuesday evening. Les Warne, Will Fritz and Cuty Trump went over west of Goodland last week to cut cordwood. Mrs. Wm. Myres of near Parr came up the latter part of the week and hung paper for Ike Kight’s. Abe Bringle, wife and daughter Amy visited Sunday with the former’s uncle, Jess Bringle, near Julian. Moses Karr, who had been In Uncle Sam’s service for about a year, got his discharge and returned hotfne Saturday. Friday closed the term of high

school here and, taking It a* * whole, It was one of ths most successful teran* w* have ever bad. Harry Young, who had b*sn working on th* ••ction the past year, quit bls job and went out to work on th* Lawler ranch Monday. Th* people of our village wer* greatly shocked Monday evening by th* sudden death of Mr. and Mr*. Lyman Hall's 11-year-old daughter Lillie. We extend our heartfelt sympathy. Rev. J. B Fleming Of Rensaelaer delivered the baccalaureate sermon at the Christian church Sunday evening for the graduation class, which wa* certainly splendid, but owing to the inclement weather there was not a very large a-udlence. The recent cold nights surely were deedeners to lota of vegetation. Fruit of all kinds ia about all put on the blank Hat. Huckleberries, which looked the most promising for several years, were completely wiped out, and the oats on the muck land were just about ruined.

POSSUM RUN Everett Parker went to Virgie Saturday. Mr. and Mrs, James Davis were Rensselaer goers Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ores Cunningham were in Wheatfield Saturday. Windell Cunningham spapt Saturday night and Sunday with home folks. . Reece Cavinder and family spent Sunday with William Obencbaln and family. Mrs. James Davis and children called on Mrs. T. J. Parker and daughters Tuesday. Pearl, Hazel and Lester Davis spent Saturday with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Parker. Church at Gifford, which had been going on for two weeks, closed Sunday night with quite a few joiners. • Mr and Mrs. T. J. Parker, son Everett, daughters, Orpha and Myrtle, and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Parker spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Parker of Medaryville. Mr. and Mrs. James Campbell, who had been visiting relatives at Hoopeston, 111., returned home Sunday, Mrs. Campbell’s brothebringing them through in his car. When Corns and Bunions Ache Do as the soldiers do! Shake into your shoes each morning some Alien’s Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder that makes tight shoos feel easy and gives rest and comfort to tired, aching, swollen, tender feet. Always use it to break in new shoes. —Advt.

mt. AYR (From the Tribune) Mrs. J. M. Hufty han been on the sick list a few days this week. Mrs. Lydia Johnson and daughter Grace spent Sunday with Mrs. John; son’s niece, Mrs. Jos. Heisher, near Earl Park. William and Mattle Geesa were Kentland visitors « Saturday. Miss Mattie went to take the teachers examination. George Corbin and family went to Watseka, 111., Sunday where Mr. Corbin is taking radium treatments for ulcers of the stomach. Oscar Stacker's new bungalow southwest of town is rapidly nearing completion. Four or five hands have been busy most of the time and they now have it almost ready for the plasterers. Harry Gallagher of Rensselaer, in trying to evade a collision with Claude Seward, made a circuit out along the Ifence and In getting back into the road smashed a front wheel on his Oakland Saturday night just west of the. town corporation. The machine was brought to a stand before any one was injured. ■Mr. and Mrs. Harry Henry of Morocco were callers here Monday. They had been to the hospital at Rensselaer for the purpose of having an X-ray examination made ot Mr. Henry’s foot, Whidh was injured by a horse a short while since. It was first thought to be a sprain, but the examination disclosed a broken bone in the arch of the foot. John and Verne Strain and Earl White have been noticing some indications of wolves about their place, and last Saturday decided to have a little wolf hunt all their own. As a result they captured five young wolves about 10 days old. They have been using the cubs as a decoy to catch the old ones, but up to the present we have not heard that they have been successful.