Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1919 — HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

FAIR OAKS B, F. Clevenger of Chicago was t n Fair Oaks on business Tuesday. Mike Shein and wife of Monon came up Wednesday morning on

business. We have certainly been blessed with several good showers the past >few days. Ike Kight and wife returned

home Sunday from their visit at Detroit, Mioh. James Clifton did some repair work on the M rs - Cottingham house the first of the week. The Lawler men loaded another car of corn here Tuesday to be shipped to McCoysburg for feed. Miss Flo McKay, who had been relatives near Kirklin, returned home the latter part of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brouhard returned home the first of the week from a visit with the latter’s parents at Plainfield. * 1 Mr. Johnson, the gravel road contractor, is now putting gravel on the road between Fair Oaks and Parr, two miles from town. Abe Bringle and family attended Fountain park assembly Sunday. Miss Amy remained with her brother Arvel that she might attend the entire program. A. C. Campbell and family are expected here this week from New Albany. He will be the principal of the Fair Oaks schools again the coming teruni. They will occupy the Enos Moffitt property. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Johnson were more than surprised Tuesday morning when their soldier boy George dropped in about breakfast time. He had not been home In over three years and has about six months more In the service, when his term will be out. He .was overseas nearly two years and was in the first engagement our boys had with the Huns, but came t through without a scratch. . He is on a two weeks’ furlough, and Is looking fine.

• * LEE Ray 'Htoleanan and family spent Sunday at Elmer Gilmore’s. Mr. Pierpont’s brother from Newark, 0., Is here visiting him and wife. Mrs. Nan Stlere Is spending this week with her son Earl near Reynolds. Ruth Kepner of Rensselaer was here this week visiting G. A. Jacks and wife. S. M. Jacks and family ate Sunday dinner at Lonnie Noland’s, east of Monon. Mrs. Charles McCakhen and children visited part of last week with friends near Reynolds. Frank Eldridge and wife and two little girls went to Fowler last Friday to visit relatives for a few days. Joseph Stewart and wife and Asa Holeman and family ate Sunday dinner at Mrs. C. A. Holeman’s. Mrs. Vern Jacks’ mother of Lafayette came Monday to make a few days’ visit with Mrs. Jacks and family. True Woodworth and wife of Rensselaer and O. A. Jacks and wife visited Wns. Jacks’ In Monticello last Sunday. Len Lefler and family of Lafayette and his brother Tony and wife of South Whitley were here Monday at G. A. Jacks’ home for dinne.*. We were all well pleased wita the senmjpn our minister’s wife gave us Sunday, in his pfe.ce. Rev. Dean being away at Evanston for a short course In study. H. C. Anderson and family went Wednesday In their car to Attica to take Mrs. Hoover home. The latter had been visiting them here. They will make a visit there while gone. e Mrs. Edna Mitchell and ‘daughter Pansy and her nephew and two nieces, Tommy, Hazel and Ethel Mitdhell, came Monday from near Franklin, Johnson county, in their car to visit their aunt, Mrs. C. A. Holeman, and other relatives for a week. Best job work at Democrat ofllce.

VIRGIE L. E. Harrington went to Chicago Sunday. Charles Wiseman is visiting home folks this week. Earl Wiseman returned home from France Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Spurgeon went to Demotte Saturday. Leslie Zellers of Gary visited home folks over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Reed were Rensselaer goers Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Zellers were Rensselaer goers Tuesday. W. A. McCurtain went to Michigan on a fishing trii> last week. There will be Sunday school at Virgie Sunday at 10 a. m. Everybody come. Ancll Potts and son Elvin and mother, Mrs. Wm. Potts, went to Rensselaer Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Johnson of Fair Oaks visited Jcfhn Zellers and family over Sunday. George Crockett and sons of Southeast of Rensselaer took dinner with W. W. Zellers and family Saturday. Mrs. James Hill and Mrs. May Crownover helped Mrs. Bertha Terpstra cook for threshers at her father’s home, R. G. Gasaway’s, Monday. A dinner was given for Earl Wiseman by Mrs. T. J. Mallatt Tuesday. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. James Wiseman and Earl, Charles and Kenneth, daughters, Flossie and Indus; Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Zellers and son; Mrs. John Zellers and daughters, Elsie and Jessie.