Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1919 — HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

REMINGTON (From the Press)

Lowell Rich, who had Just been discharged from service, is again among us. John W. Stokes of the Marion soldiers’ home is spending the week with his sons here. Mrs Nellie Tribby has Just returned from a five weeks’ stay with her son Henry at Terre Haute. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Ross of Kentland spent Wednesday, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Walker. Peach Balcom spent part of Saturday and Sunday with his wife here. He is now located at Gary. Miss Matt Green and nephew of South Bend are visiting Mrs. Belle Green and Mrs. Hitchcock for several weeks. Burnhardt & Graham report the sale of Tom Blake’s 100-acre farm, northwest of Remington to Henry Alberts at $l5O per acre. Born, Friday morning, June 20, to Mr. and Mrs. D. J. 'Harris in Remington, a son—the fourth boy and tenth child in the family. Twenty members of the Alter family of Jasper county attended the big annual family reunion in Clinton county last Sunday. A good time is reported. Rev. and Mrs. Harry Walker of Grand Rapids, Mich., are expected to arrive this Thursday evening for a visit with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Walker. Mrs. Belle Green of this place and her daughter, Mrs. Tom Babb, of Memphis, Tenn., who has been visiting her, left this Thursday for Edgely, N. D., to spend some time. Miss Edna Dickinson went to Ft. Wayne this Thursday as a delegate of the Christian Endeavor Society of the Christian church to the Jubilee state convention of that order. Edgar Tribby, who has Just returned from service where he had been for 18 months with 11. months overseas, spent part of the week here, returning to Logansport Wednesday, Mr. and Mrs. D. Roades went' to Cullom, 111., Saturday evening to | spend . the week-end with their | daughter, the latter to remain the ■week out. They were accompanied by their little granddaughter, Helen Guy. J L. Roblee of Fon du Lac, Wis., and Mrs. Fred P. Stewart and daughter Dorothy, who had been J visiting Mrs. Ernest Rawlings for, the past week, returned to her home at Wilmuth, 111., Wednesday morning. Jesse C. Elrod, who recently was discharged from service in the army and had been visiting his sister, Mrs. Jas. H. Lucas, returned to Shoshone, Ida., where he had been making his home before entering the service. George Hascall has purchased the Rawlings news stand and is now in possession of the same, and Billy Halihan, who had been taking care

of the business since Mr. Rawlings’ Illness, is out of a Job again, much to his own delight, it seems. Fern Lough and family and Mirt Mary Lewis went up into Noble county Monday where they will spend the' week at Long lake. Fern has *an idea that there will be no more fish to catch in that lake after be gets back. Well, here's hoping. The heaviest rain of the season to fall in Remington came Tuesday afternoon, and if there is any lack of moisture around the old town we don’t know of it. A real thunderstorm visited us for • several hours, accompanied by vivid lightning. Col. Griffith has purchased and Is now engaged in wrecking the old building on the coner, known as •'Shep's Tin Box,” which has been condemned by the fire marshal. This is the first building to be razed by order of the state fire marshal in the town. Next Tuesday Keith Spencer will again become the manager of the Lyric motion picture show, which he leased to A. M. Robertson for a year when he entered the service. Mr. Robertson has given us a good service and has presented some exceptionally high-class shows not usually shown in towns of this size. Ray Maxwell is spending a few days among old friends. Ray is still in the service and located in Texas. He has been putting in a good deal of his time lately bringing in deserters from the army. He came here from Mishawaka, where his father and two brothers are located. They are all doing well. Claud and his father are conducting a meat market. Cotton is still in the navy and has a year yet to serve. Ray likes army life and thinks he will stay in the game as he had a good Job and good pay which, with first-class eats and plenty of them, makes life quite “endurable” even in the army. He has a furlough until after the Fourth, and this is his first visit here for nearly three years.

MT. AYR (From the Tribune) Charles Smith, who had been overseas for more than a year past, returned home Saturday. Miss Blanche Merry has Just received notice of her appointment to the county chairmanship of tfbmen of the Republican party. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Ruggles returned Wednesday from Buchanan, Mich., where they had been on a visit to the former’s brother Herman. A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Noland DeLong, south of town, Sunday night about 11 o’clock which lived only about three hours, dying about 2 o’clock. George Lynch purchased a new Ford car this week and had the regular body removed and a delivery body put on. He expects to haul his own ice cream and ice from Monon this summer, our own town being entirely destitute of ice this season.’ Mrs. George Hopkins returned last Monday from a very pleasant 10-day visit with her sister, Mrs. Charles Sutton, at Hutchison, Kan. Mrs. Hopkins was accompanied home by another sister, Mrs. Sarah Miller, whose home is at Lafayette, who will visit her indefinitely. The scarcity of ice is proving quite a problem to our. town as well as many towns’ not’ equipped with an artificial plant. Harvey doff, the proprietor of the meat market, says the expense of shipping ice is so great that the business will not Justify it and in consequence has discontinued the market at least for the present, thus leaving the town without a market for the first time in many years. Harold Oliver, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rush, died Sunday, June 22. The little fellow was born November 26, 1918, and had not been a very robust child any of its short life. He was the only child and the young parents have the sympathy of all in their bereavement. The funeral was held Tuesday, June 24, and interment made in the Morocco cemetery. Rev. Horton preached the funeral sermon.

The friends- of Essie Miller and Dan Lelehty were considerably surprised when the young couple was quietly married Thursday at Kentland by Rev. Harper of the M. E. church of that place. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mra. David Miller of five miles r»prth of town, and Is a most charming lady. The groom’s home is near Fair Oaks, but he has spent much of his time about here the past two years. In that time he has proven himself to be a steady and industrious young man, and while we have not learned of their .arrangements' for the future, yet we feel perfectly safe in predicting the finest success for them in whatever they undertake. The Tribune is glad, indeed, to Join their many friends In well wishing.