Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1919 — GOSSIP by OUR CORRESPONDENTS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GOSSIP by OUR CORRESPONDENTS

* BROOK (From the Reporter) Chester Beese and family were In Hammond Sunday attending a family reunion. , Miss Ruth Lam aster of Goodfand was the week-end guest of Miss Gertrude Weishaar. Mrs. Wm. McMillen went to M<udlavia aprio<9 last Friday to take the baths for rhuematlsni. Mrs Florence Bliss of "Andover, Mass., spent the week with her uncle, John Irwin, and family. Miss Lorene Conn left Tuesday for Elkhart, Kans., where she w|ll remain for most of the summer. Mrs, Newton Waterman of ChiCfifco visited her sister; Mrs. Charles Vondersmith, the last of the week. J. D. Rich was in Chicago the first of the week with a couple of cars of cattle from-his Blue Grass farm. Mr.' and Mrs. Charles Stearman left Monday for St. Louis where they will enter a hospital for treatMrs. Anna Reed was called to Indianapolis the first of the week owing to the serious illness of her daughter. Miss Grace Reed. Mrs. Eugene Thayer and daughter Mary went to Chicago last Thursday to visit relatives and friends. They returned during the Mrs. Mattie Strole returned from Chicago the last of the week where she had spent the winter with her Children. She will remain in Brook during the summer. A quiet home wedding took place Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Sell when their daughter, Della May, and. Loren C. Courtright were united in marriage. Harlow Park of Logansport is visiting his cousins, the Miss Eunice Park, Byron and Frank. He was with the Pennsylvania railroad company for almost a lifetime, and ie retired on a pension. ' Earl Tyler came down from Michigan Saturday and visited relatives in Brook. He was released from the army about a month ago, and has had his share of the fight in France. He looks well, having gained 50 pounds while in service. Mrs B. A. Bli.esy and daughter Edna of Chicago are guests of their relatives and friends in Brook. Her daughter, Mrs. Charles Bentley,

gave a dinner Bunday in their honor. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. C.’ Biscay, Mrs. M. Westfall and Miss Selma Wilson.

woixxyrr (rom the Enterprise) Russell Wooden went to Wheatfield Wednesday to visit friends. Mrs. Milroy Sigman spent the dap Wednesday with Mrs. B. Harper at Remington. Mrs. D. J. Pettit visited her mother, Mrs. Lucy Pitts -at Remington Wednesday, Mrs. Agnesfc Dluzak went to Reynolds Monday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Roach. Loreene Gosa wertt to Remington Monday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lucterhand and other relatives. Mrs Lewin Nevit and children went to Hammond Saturday to visit her mother, Mrs. Dicks for a few days. Mils. Barve Watson and Mrs. Minnie Parsons spent Thursday at Kentland, the guests of Mrs. Aaron Brown. Mrs. Herbert Mesmer and daughter Evelyn went to Manor, Pennsylvania Saturday to visit her mother, Mra. Milva. .Mrs. William Yochem and nephew, Hardin Crowden went to GOQdland Monday evening to visit Mrs. Yochem’s father, who is quite ill. C. N. English of Newton, Kansas, who has been visiting his brother and sister, J. M. English and Mrs. Luella Hughes, returned home Wednesday. John Manor of Towanda, Kansas, and his mother, Mrs. Mary Manor of Monticello, came Tuesday to visit his sister, Mrs. W. F. Cruthers. Mr. and Mrs. Tim Phoebus and two children of Kalamazoo, Michigan, came Wednesday to visit his mother, Mrs. Belle Phoebus and other relatives. Louis Davis and family of Remington and Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Davis of this plaice spent Sunday with Charles Rice and family near Miller’s Corners. Theron Wooden of Lansing, Illinois, came Friday and visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Wooden and his brother Russell, until Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Johnson went to Lafayette Tuesday to spend a few days with Mr. Johnson’s father, James O. Johnson, who is in a hospital in that city. _ Mrs. I. W. Jenkins of Monticello, and her daughter, Mrs. Homer Hendrickson of Rensselaer, were the guests Monday evening of Mrs. Jenkins’ sister, Mrs. Ord Johnson. Mrs. Almedia Waltz of Kokomo visited her sister Mrs. A. B. Wooden and nephew, Russell Wooden,

who has Just returned from overseas service from Wednesday until Tuesday evening. Mrs. D. 8. Taylor and Mra. H. C. Spangle went to Indianapolis Monday as delegates from the Wolcott Rebekah lodge to the Rebekah Grand lodge, which was in session in that city this week. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Parsons, Friday, May 16, a son, Ferdinand Raymond Parsons. The father, who is io France with the A. E. F., was notified of the young gentleman's arrival by cable. „ Mr. and Mrs. Frank Geiger, who until recently have resided at Bi Campo, Texas, have been the guests of sr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Baker for a few days. They left Tuesday for Lon Angeles, California, where they expect to make their future home. Miss Jennette Dobbins of Pheobus, Virginia, came Wedneeday evening to spend a week’s vacation with relatives and friends here. Miss Jennette, who for several years was our deputy postmaster, has been absent from Wolcott a year this week. , Mrs. Chris Helderle, Mrs. Phillip Stortz, Mrs. Sam Gauger, Mrs. Dan Farney, Mrs. Phillip Schott, Mrs. Minnie Smith and John Smith went to Goodfield, Illinois, Wednesday to attend the funeral of the mother of| Chris Helderle, which was held in that place Thursday. Geo. F. Baker, Jr., came Thursday evening for a short visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Baker. George is a member of the Engineer Corps in the army servfee and is now located at Camp AA, Humphreys, Virginia, only a few miles from Washington, D. C. He left Wolcott for Camp Humphreys Wednesday morning. Mr. and Mr®. Walter Goodrich and daughter of Michigan City, and Mrs. Arley Lewis of Louisville, came Saturday to visit their mother, Mrs. L. A. Goodrich and son Lewis, and their sisters, Mrs.,Reed Spencer and Mrs. Claud Scott. Walter and Lewis have been in the army service the past two years and this is the first time all have met in two years. Mrs. John M. Spencer, who has been in failing health Jot jeveral months, died at her home In Wolcott Thursday, May 15, about midnight, at the age of 77 years, 6 months and 3 days. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at two o’clock from the Christian church and was largely attended. Rev. Frank Barber of Rockford, a former pastor of the Palestine Christian churjch, of which Mrs. Spencer had been a member for many years, preached the funeral sermon. Burial was made in the family lot In the Wolcott cemetery.

MEDARYVILLE (From tb« Journal) Noel F. Nieoies arrived la Newport News thia week from overseas. •Mrs. Mary Hough is visiting her son Milo and wife at Indianapolis this week. , Mrs. O. A. beovitt of Basin, Wyo„ is here, the guest of her sister-in-law, Mrs. John Antcliff. Fred C. Comer came down from Kalamazoo, Mich., to attend the high school commencement. Eatol Call, whose arrival from overseas was mentioned last week, reached town Friday evening. .Mrs. George Ballard and two grandchildren went to (Hammond and Chicago this week for a visit. .Mrs. Gust Steinke and daughters left Saturday tor Westville for a short visit, after which they will go to Gary for the summer. Rev. Warriner and family were here from Remington last week attending the high scuool commencement and visiting at the J. R. Guild home. Percy Overman is home from overseas service, having received his discharge at Camp Taylor last week. Owen Robinson left this week for Wilder, Idaho, where he will work for his uncle, WwS. Robinson, the coming summer. He will enter some Indiana college this fall. Mrs. L. B. Dellinger of Frankfort and Mr®. Isaac Wolfe of Francesville, sisters of Grant Eldridge, are visiting at the Eldridge home this week.

The co-operative elevator ,at Francesville has secured the services of J. T. Morrow of South Bend, for permanent manager. Mr. Morrow has been in the grain business for 10 years. Misses Benita and Sadie Petry spent Tuesday in Lafayette. From there Miss Sadie went to Noblesville to visit for several weeks before entering the state university at Bloomington. Mr. and Mrs. John Barker of Lebanon have been visiting their son Gilbert and family. Sunday the two families motored to Pulaski and spent the day with George Kestle and family. Holby Farnsley, an old-time resident of Medaryville and a veteran of the Civil war, died at his home of pneumonia last Friday. He was born In Jefferson county, Ky., aboirt 66 years- ago. He entered the army Dec. 21, 1863, serving in Company F of the 81st Indiana Infantry. He was married in southern Indiana before moving to Medaryville. He is survived by a wife, and three children, Dave of Ft. Wayne, Ray of Gary and Mrs. Fannie Querry of Hebron. The funeral was held last Sunday at the M. E. church and burial made in the old cemetery. •

GOODLAND (From the Herald) B. F. Butler of Logansport visited with Goodland friends Sunday. Maude Mustard visited at Monon at the J. S. Toyne home last week. Frank Hancock returned last Friday from Kokomo, after spending a few days there. Geo. Mclntosh of Los Angeles, California, is visiting here in Goodland and Kentland. Mrs. A. D. Babcock and son Charles went to Chicago Wednesday. for a few days stay. Grandmother Mitten came to Goodland from Chicago this week to take up her home here. Mr. and' Mrs. Milton Enell of Gary autoed here Sunday and spent the day with Geo. Stromstadt and family. \ Charles Wellington of Logansport was in Goodland over Tuesday evening the guest of his mother, Mrs. Jane Wellington. Leslie Tice underwent an operation for appendicitis at St. Vincent’s hospital in Indianapolis Tuesday. He is getting along fine. Mrs. Harvey Dickson and little baby of iHjamlet, Indiana, came inis week for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Spinney. Magdalene Brook went to Indianapolis Thursday morning, where she has been employed as designer in one of the large department stores of that city. Miss Nell Harper was called to Goodland from Alabama by the death of her father, D. R. Harper, and is now visiting her brother and family in Chicago. Mrs. Frances Hopkins and daughter Gertrude, Mrs. Frank Watson, Mrs. Jay Lamson and daughter, Helen of Rensselaer were guests of Jno. L. Cooke and family Sunday. » n Mr. and Mra. Isaac Colborn, who have spent the winter at their winter home in Monrovia, California, visited friends in Goodland this week enroute to their summer home at Walloon Lake, Michigan. E. A. Sticknoth and daughter, Mrs. Wm. Babcock and Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Sticknoth of Milford, Illinois, were called to Hysham, Montana, owing to the serious illness of the former’s sister, Mrs. Chas. Beohl. Mrs. Hal Mavlty and daughter, Mary, returned to her home In Lafayette last Friday, after spending the week here with homefolks. Miss Kittie Fox accompanied them to their home and will visit with them for a while. Mr. ahd Mrs. L. H. Jordan and Miss Annette Wilson of Indianapolis, Mr. and (Mrs. J. C. Jordan and Ralph Wilson of Colfax, Indiana, and ' Miss Vada Tannehill of Norfolk, Nebraska, were Sunday guests of the J. L. Cooke family! I Miss Mary Watson of Lafayette spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Watson. ■ Miss Florence Watson came home Saturday evening from Dyer, -where she had been teaching school, and will spend her vacation with her parents. Mrs. Robt. P. Henderson left here Saturday for her home at Emmettsburg, lowa, after attending the funeral of her husband’s father, Robt. Henderson. She will stop off to visit with her sisters at LaSalle, Illinois, and Vinton, lowa. Joseph Crowden, who has ilk for several week® passed away early Wednesday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. C. N.

Humston on Mill street. Funeral services wUI be held this Friday afternoon at 2:30 at the Chas. N. Humston home. When D. R. Harper passed a Wray at his late home on south Newton street at 6 a. m. Wednesday the dwindling line of the boys of ’6l numbered one lees. Mr. Harper served three years in the Civil war having enlisted in 1862 and serving until the end of the war. tHe has ’ been a resident of Goodland for many years following the vocation of masonry which trade he followed until only a few years ago. D. R. Harper, son of William and Arminda Harper, was born in Unionville Center, March 28, 1836, and died May 21, 1919. He enlisted in 1862, in Co. I, 12let Ohio Volunteers at above place. He served three years in that company. He was united in marriage to Julia A. Williams, to this union was born the following children, William E. S. Harper, Nell Harper, Robert Harper, George Harper. Also one son who was laid to rest in Ohio. In the year - 1893 he was united in marriage to Helen A. Smith and they lived a happy contented life together for 26 years.

FRANCESVILLE (From the Tribune) •Misses Vivian Judy and Maude Rees went to North Manchester Monday to visit relatives. Lloyd R. Ohrabaugh and Mins Anna Nimms of Lafayette were the guests of relatives in Jefferson over Sunday. .Mrs. Byron D. Roberts went to Plymouth Saturday to join her husband, who has just been released from military servibe. Mrs. J. R. IHayworth has returned from Quincy Sunday where she had a tumerous growth removed from her side by plastic treatment. Hugh Krueter, Charles Wlndisch, George Stickel and Mrs. Jennie Jones and children of Knox, were the guests at the home of W. R. Jones last Sunday. Miss Delia Nelson of Valparaiso and her cousin, Mrs. Grace Clark of Muncie were over Sunday guests of Mr. and Mr®, C. Mrs. Clark was formerly Miss Grace Mattingly of this place, daughter of Judge Leon Mattingly of Selina, Ohio. Misses Anna Kopka, Marie Finnegan, Grace Frohm, Madge Jones, Sylvia Shafer, L. A. Stalnaker and daughter Dorothy; Mrs. J. L. Beesley, Mrs. Oscar Boulden, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Alklre, Ira Shafer, Mrs. O. D. Engle and daughter Donola, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Low attended the “Welcome Home Day” for the returned soldiers in Lafayette Monday. Mrs. Stephen Eldridge and Mrs. Lawrence Poundstone intended to Weave today for Benton Harbor, Mich., where they will undergo operations in Mercy hospital. Mrs. Eldridge fell last winter and suffered a frateture of the shouilder. It has not yielded to treatment very satisfactory and an abscess hae resulted which must be removed. Mrs. Poundstone has complicated trouble? Dr. F. L. Sharrer, formerly of this place, will be the operating surgeon. Four miles of the road between Medaryville and Francesville is to be rebuilt some time this year. The road has been in bad repair for several months on account of 'shortage of stone for repair and because County Road Superintendent William Kahler of Winamac has neglected to see that it was graded frequently after thaw® and rains. County Commissioner Fred Kroft had to have his machine pulled out of one of the holes in this road yesterday morning. The county commissioners of Pulaski and Fulton counties met at Culver Saturday where they considered the proposition of building a joint tuberculosis hospital to be maintained at the expense of the counties. • The commissioners have learned that there are many in favor of the sanitarium, while oth-

era are opposed to the building and expense of maintenance. As a rebult of this division of opinion the commissioners of this county have decided to give the taxpaying public just 30 days in which to decide by petition and remonstrance whether or not they desire that the sanitorium be built. Mrs. Joaphim Wendt, one of the oldest residents of the county, aged 82 years, died at her home in Francesville laet Friday morning at 1 o’clock. The cause of her death was* complicated troubles. Mrs. Wendt’s maiden name was Marie Lange. She was born In Germany September 18, 1837. She came to the United States in 1865 and during that year was married to Joachim Wendt. To this union five daughters and three sons were born. The living are William Wendt of Winamac; Charles Wendt of Michigan City; Mna. Ernest Weltzin of Medaryville: John Wendt and Mrs. Jacob F. Malchow of White Post township. The funeral was held Monday morning at the Salem Evangelical church in Francesville, Rev. Weiss officiating. Burial was made in the Evangelical cemetery in White Post township.

GIFFORD V. M. Peer’s have the measles at this writing. Greeley Comer and family autoed to /Wheatfield Saturday night. Mrs. Ruby Heil is visiting her mother, Mrs. Brown, this week. | Miss Opal Hankins and Miss Es- | sie Comer autoed to Rensselaer Saturday. Mrs. Blanche Knapp of Wheatfield spent Sunday with her sister, ' Mrs, A. E. Zook. Mrs. T. A. Caldwell called on her daughter, Mrs. Burl Blackman, of Kersey Saturday. Arthur Walker and sister BeuJah and Elsie Hanlford were Rensselaer goers Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Grrmm spent Sunday with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nate Keeh. Mr. and Mrs. Obenchain autoed on Sunday to visit the former’s sister, Mr. and Mrs*, Ancel Hilton. Misses Bertha Richards and Sylvia Grimm and John Richards attended church at Alx Sunday night.