Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1919 — FRANCESVILLE [ARTICLE]

FRANCESVILLE

(From the Tribune) James Beabe of Hammond is visiting with Rev. and Mrs. J. S. Van Orman. Miss Delia Nelson of Nappanee is spending her vacation with her parents here. Mrs. Chas. Hughes of Monon was the guest of Mrs. C. M. Hubbell yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. U. C. Mallon and Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Calvert and son motored to Indianapolis Sunday. ■ ... Miss Ethel Hewitt will leave in a few days for Gary to spend her two weeks’ vacation with relatives there. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Wolfe and son were guests of their daughter, Miss Lera McMurray, at Valparaiso Sunday. Mrs. Paul Casteel and daughter of Kankakee are spending a few days here with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Shirtz and Mr. and Mrs. Silas Kopka. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Low and daughter, Clarence Werner and, Miss Lois Petra motored to Lebanon Sunday where tfiey were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Slusser. Dr. R. J. Ives took Ernest Bair, age 7, to Lafayette last Friday where he underwent an operation for appendicitis. Noah Bair, the boy’s father, returned from there Tuesday evening and reports his son as doing nicely. Fred Hubbell arrived in New York Sunday afternoon on the George <? Washington from France. He was met there by his brother, Jess Hubbell. Fred will spend some time in the east, especially at Toledo, then will come here for an extended visit with relatives. Earl U. Gray of Washington, D. C., where he is assistant chief clerk to the. comptroller of the U. S. treasury, made a brief visit here Tuesday to see his brother Edward. Earl came' down from Chicago where he had just delivered $63,500,000 in currency and bonds to the sub-treasury there. He traveled in a private car and was met at the Pennsylvania station in Chicago by a squad of police and secret service (men. It required «33 mall pouches to contain the bonds and currency. Earl is the youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thoms Gray, who lived southwest of Francesville several years ago.