Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1919 — HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

FAIR OAKS Sam Karr is the weighing man at the elevator nowadays. Health is very good with us, but the weather remains extremely dry and hot. Mrs. Cottingham of Brookston came up the first of the week on business. Abe Bringle and wife took Sunday dinner 'with Cal Burroughs and family. Mrs. N. A. McKay and daughter Florence went to Kirklin last week to visit relatives. Ray Haste moved his household goods and family to Monon this week where they will make their, future home. Mrs. C. A. Gundy and son Charles returned home Monday after a month’s stay with her daughter, Mrs. Weaver, the latter returning home with them. Miss Amy Bringle and Miss McRea returned Monday frotm a visit at Hanna and Valparaiso. Miss Lena Veade of' Rushville came Tuesday to make Miss Amy a short visit. A party from Chicago has hired a bunch of men and will cut the dead timber into cord wood off a section of the Lawler land and will haul it by truck to the station for shipment. J* VIRGIE Threshing is the order of the day in these parts. Lewis Harrington went to Rensselaer Sunday evening. Mrs. T. J. Mallatt called on Mrs. John Zellers Tuesday evening. W. W. Zellers and T. J. Mallatt were Rensselaer goers Tuesday. Mrs. James Hill is visiting her daughter, Mrs. May Crownover. Mrs. W. A. McCurtain called on Mrs. Philip Kerns Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Marion , Cooper, Lucille and William, went to Rensselaer Saturday. J. M. Alle and John Gilmore and son of Fair Oaks were in Virgie Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Wm. Potts and Mrs. Ancll Potts and daughter called on Mrs. John Zellers Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Harrington and Mr. and Mrs. John Maher and daughter visited Mrs. Etta Sanders, near Surrey Sunday. Stop! Look! Listen! Come to the farmers meeting at Virgie, Saturday, August '2. A good program and ice cream. Everybody coune. Miss Elsie and Jessie Zellers, Gladys Ogle and Goldie Kessinger returned home Friday evening, having conirpleted the twelve weeks course at Terre Haute.

WALKER CENTER Rev. Switzer preached at Walker Center Sunday. Miss Eva Lilly was a Gifford caller Thursday. Mrs. Clarence Bridgeman has been on the sick list. Lena and Ailed Meyers called on the Hurley’s Friday. Alex Kern was quite sick last week with an attack of appendicitis. Ferman Pettit and Ernest Tomilson were Mt. Ayr callers Tuesday. Miss Ruby Pettit visited her sister, Mrs. Paul Hershman, last week. F. M. Lilly and Miss Eva Lilly itere Momence callers Monday and Tuesday. Clarence ‘Hurley threshed for Lee Jennings and Henry Meyers last week. Charles Tomilson and family took supper with Ernest TomiP son’s Sunday. Mrs. Clarence Hurley and daughter Elizabeth called on Mrs. C. B. Scott Thursday. Tom Inkley and son Thomas of

Mt. Ayr were visitors in Walker Center’ Saturday. Mrs. Ellen Cooper is visiting her daughter at Roselawn and being under the care of the doctor. Misses Hasel Meyers and Miss Elizabeth Hurley helped Mrs. Lee Jennings with threshers Thursday. Jasperson’s threshing gang threshed for Salrin’s, Schroeder's, Stallbaum’s and Hershman’s last week. Will Stallbaum returned from near Rensselaer Thursday where he has been working on a stone road contract. Henry and Ira Huntington of Mt. Ayr called on A. P. Huntington Monday and he returned with them Monday evening. The Liberty club meeting which was to have been held at Mrs. Roscoe Poole's July 30, has been postponed until August 6 on account of threshing. Little Robert Jennings was hurt quite seriously Saturday afternoon. His brother was using the lawn mower and Robert, thinking it was a fan, put his fingers in to feel the air. As a result hfs second finger was nearly severed and will have to be amputated, and his first and third fingers were badly cut.

PLAINVIEW Everybody is busy. We are wondering if Lloyd likes pickles. Fred Marchand is home from overseas. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder had threshers for dinner Wednesday. Mrs. Mabel Foulks and children visited her parents Monday. Mrs. Shales Wood has been on the sick list for a few days. Wm. DeMoss and family were Monon callers Saturday evening. Virgil and Dessie Johnson were Rensselaer visitors Saturday evening. Mr. Kellenberger and wife called on Ed Johnson and wife Saturday evening. Russell Wood and Iva Blankenship were guests of Opal Sunderland Sunday. Lon Chapman and Irene Marchand attended band concert Thursday evening. Wm. Chapman and wife entertained the threshing crew three and a half days. Kathlyn Bivins was the guest of the McCurty family Saturday eve and Sunday. J. Grugle and wife and Charles Jones and sister of Chicago visited Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Latta Sunday. Mrs. Elsie Clark, Lud Clark and Elsie Snyder assisted Mrs. Chapman with her cooking for threshers. The Literary and Farmers’ club meeting was well attended Friday night at the church. A nice program had been prepared, refresh ments were served and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. Ivan Blankenship visited friends at the Wabash Valley Sanitarium at Lafayette Saturday and Sunday. Lud Clark and wife. Miss Sophia Clark and Mike Chapman went to Monon Saturday night. Many of the farmers are worrying about it being too dry for the corn and say that if it doesn’t rain we won’t have any. But don’t worry. David said, "I was once young ijnd am now old and have never seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging bread.”