Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1919 — HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

- WALKER CENTER Will Meyers visited Henry Meyers last week. Rollo. Poole was a visitor in Valparaiso Sunday. Louis Hurley visited W. N. Henkle, near Rensselaer Sunday. Amelia Shultz visited Catherine Meyers of Wheatfield, Saturday. Mrs. Lee JemjDjgs has been sufferlng from hay fever this week. Mrs Tomllson and Will took dinner with Ernest Tomllson’s Sunday. Jess Stowless and family of Fair Oaks spent Sunday with Roscoe Poole’s. / The woodsawyers have begun work In the Bicknell woods again this week. Hazel, Estal and Arthur Meyers took dinner with Joe Salrin’s family Sunday. Miss Eva Lilly returned Thursday from a week’s visit at Momence, Illinois. Mrs. Paul Hershman entertained a few friends at a musicale last Sunday evening. The Walker Center thrashing run held a meeting Tuesday evening. Everyone is beginning to cut wheat. Claude White and wife of Remington spent from Monday until Wednesday visiting Clarence Bridgeman and family. F. M. Garriott and family took dinner with Scotts Sunday. They helped C. B. Scott celebrate his birthday anniversary. Arthur Meyers was one of the - graduating class from Walker Center to attend commencement at Knlman last Thursday. Mrs. Clarence Hurley and daughters were badly frightened when their horse ran away with them last week. No one was Injured. Mrs. Clarence Bridgeman, Mrs.

Ernest Tomllson, Hazel Meyers and Henry Meyers attended the graduation exercises at Knlman last Thursday. M. Medary and family, Mrs. Roscoe Poole, Rollo Poole and Miss Blanche Rectanwall of Valparaiso, visited Mrs. Lee Jennings Wednesday. - Mrs. W. N. Henkle and Wesley Hurley of near Rensselaer, and Miss Elizabeth Hurley of Parr, were visitors at Clarence Hurley’s last Wednesday. Mrs. Charley Pettet and children of Kersey attended the graduating exercises Thursday at Knlman, and visited Henry Meyers and family Thursday, Joe Salrin and family Friday, and returned to Kersey by way of Gifford, Saturday. • Tuesday evening about twenty friends of Donald Bridgeman surprised him and helped him celebrate his twenty-first birthday anniversary. An excellent time was enjoyed and all went home hoping he would have another birthday soon.

GANT CORNER Nice corn wearther now-a-days. Mrs. Asher called on Mrs. James Hill Monday afternoon. ' Miss Maude Hill has been spending a few days at home. Mrs. Long is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Amos Davisson. Miss Neva Hibbs spent Sunday night with Mrs. Flora Spurgeon. * Mr. and Mrs. James Crownover

are the proud parents of a baby boy. Scott Cooper called on Ed Spurgeon and family Sunday after--noon. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Foncannoa called on John Guss Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Williams and daughter, Fay, spent Tuesday afternoon with the Jaftes HUI family. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Smith and family spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Grace Hibbs. Miss Gusta Bretenbaugh was visiting the Jarnos Hill family Saturday night and Sunday. Mrs. Flora Spurgeon and children took dinner with Mrs. Grace Hibbs and daughters Monday. Little Joe Crownover is spending a few weeks with his aunt, Mrs. Minnie Lowman of near Hebron. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Spurgeon and Miss Neva Hibbs attended the children day exercises at Rosebud Sunday night. , k

PLAINVIEW Russell Wood spent Saturday night with home folks. Walter Chapman was the happy guest of Marion Garvin Saturday evening. The surprise on Tom McAlear was well attended and all report a good time. The click of the binder is now heard —farmers are busy cutting rye and wheat. The title of the Sunday school lesson next Sunday will be “The Church.” Everyone come with a good lesson. ( The wearers of the blue buttons came out ahead Sunday 135, with an Ice cream supper in the near future at the expense of the reds. Charles Johnson, Rebecca Paula and Dessie Johnson, Oscar Paula and Virgil Johnson spent Sunday with friends in Remington. Greer Bunnel and wife of Delphi, Tom Johnson and family, Lud Clark and wife and Miss Sophia Clark were guests of Wm. Chapman and wife Sunday afternoon.

VIRGIE Mrs. Leo Zellers returned to her home in Hammond Friday. Mrs. T. J. Mallatt called on Mrs. James Wiseman Saturday. Mrs Ansel Potts called on Mrs. John 'Zellers Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Ansel Potts and family went to Rensselaer Saturday. Lewis Todd and family called on L. E. Harrington’s Tuesday evening. Miss Flossie Wiseman has been on the sick list for the last week or so. ' Mr. and Mrs. John Maher visited at the home of Charlie Clemens Sunday. Mr. Swift, the DeLaval man from Winamac, was in Virgie on business Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Harrington and family visited relatives in Fair Oaks Sunday. Mrs. George Cover and daughter Edrle spent Friday with the James Wiseman family. Frank Binge and son Rex went to Kewanee, Illinois, Monday for a visit with relatives. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Spurgeon has been sick the past week, but is now better. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Zellers, son Dean and Harold Zellers, went to Rensselaer Saturday evening. Mrs. William Terpstra and Mrs. Estel Marlon have been visiting with their father, R. G. Gasaway, the past week. Mrs. William Potts returned home from Attica Saturday. She was accompanied home by her daughter, Mrs. Wells and children. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Harrington, L. E. Harrington and daughter Evelyn and Mr. and Mrs. John Maher were Rensselaer goers Wednesday.

LEE Walter Gilmore is in lowa, looking after his farm there. The Ladies’ Aid did all day quilting at Mrs. J. W. Mellender a Wednesday. Mrs. Nan Stiers’ sister from Michigan is here this week visiting the former and family. Mrs. Ann Rishllng’s granddaughters from Remington were here this week visiting Mrs. Rishling and other relatives. Mrs. Mary Ellen Randle of Rensselaer came last Saturday and is here this week visiting her brother and sister, Robert and Alma Stiers A large crowd from here attended the funeral last Sunday afternoon of Mrs. Overton at the Christian church in Rensselaer. Burial in Osborne cemetery.

FAIR OAKS Born, last Friday, to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Bozell, a bouncing baby boy. Gladys Halleck went to Hammond a few days ago for an indefinite stay. The farmers were never more busy than they are now-a-days, harvesting their wheat, and rye. Grandma Noland of near Parr visited with Aunt Hannah Culp and others in Fair Oaks this week. It is reported that A. I. Abel has purchased the McCull property, formerly owned by the late R. H. Dodge. • Miss Amy Bringle visited her uncle, W. D. Bringle and wife at Rensselaer a couple of days the first of the week. John Kight and family of Indianapolis came up Saturday bringing with them Mike Shein and family

of Monon for a week’s vacation. Hot, yes, guess so. The mercury has registered about 90 in the shade for three or four days arid we are in need of rain now. Rosa Wood, who returned from overseas service about three months ago, decided he liked military work best, so re-enlisted a few days ago for three years more. Arvel Bringle and wife of Remington, who had been visiting the latter’a parents at Edinburg, returned home Saturday and drove up to Fair Oaks Sunday. Mrs. Bringle’s mother, Mrs. Bosell, and two children came with them and are visiting her son Herbert this week. The writer and Jesse Brouhard bad a collision Saturday afternoon with Sol Norman's Studebaker while on their way home from Rensselaer. We started out of town past the depot and entered the range line road from the west, and, when we had lined up after we had turned north, we noticed Mr. Norman coming down the west side of the road and naturally we pulled across to the opposite side, which was our side, and had gotten Hear to the grass line when he ran into us. We can see no reason for the accident If Mr. Norman had held bls own side. He bad as much as 40 feet to turn his car back, but from the time he first turned his machine he made a bee line across the road, hence the collision. If he had been driving fast it might have been difficult to have turned back with safety but the cars were both moving slowly.