Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1919 — GOSSIP by OUR CORRESPONDENTS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT INTEREST YOU [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GOSSIP by OUR CORRESPONDENTS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT INTEREST YOU

VIRGIE Mrs. Carl Williams is on the sick list this week. I. F. Meader has been hauling oats here this week. Mrs. Ellis Spurgeon was a Rensselaer goer Wednesday. C. A. Harrington made a trip to Fair Oaks Sunday evening. An aeroplane was seen flying ovfer this village last Saturday. W. W. Zellers is building a porcn on the front of his store this week. Will Nuss, John Zellers and Dean Zellers went to Rensselaer Monday. Mrs John Zellers took dinner with the Ansel Potts family Monday. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Zellers made a business trip to Rensselaer Tuesday, Sax Geesa is helping Lewis 'Harrington with carpenter work this week. Ansel Potts and Will Nuss went to Medaryville Wednesday to buy Ford 'bodies. ... 'Everybody come to the North Union Farmers’ meeting at Virgie, Saturday, May 3. We have had much rain here the past few days and some roads are almost impassible. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Harrington went to Chicago Saturday and returned Sunday evening. Esther Wiseman returned home Saturday after having spent a week with her sister, Mrs. Fred Thews of Wolcott. Patience Florence returned to her home Wednesday evening from Rensselaer to attend the commencement exercises at Fair Oaks. A carload of crushed stone has been put on the worst part of the gravel road here. It is believed that it will do the business. The Virgie school boasts of four

graduates this year. They are: Arthur Florence, Ardath Cover, Robert Cover and Bernard Lockard.