Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1919 — HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

MOROCCO „ (From the Courier) . Mr. and Mrs. Jaimes Ricker of Brook and Mrs. Lyman Barce of Rensselaer were Sunday guests of Arthur Dlrst and family. Wednesday Postmaster Frank Billings purchased of William Russell the latter’s 40 acres lying onehalf mile south of Morocco. There are no improvements on this 40 and the price ipaid was $325 per acre. Roy Pettigean drove to Kankakee ■with his truck Sunday night and took a load of Spotted Poland China hogs to the fair for-E. G. Perrigo. Mr. Perrigo is one of the best breeders of Spotted Poland Chinas In the country, and we .need not be srarprlsed if he takes in a number of blue ribbons this fall. W. H. Myers, fprimer publisher of the Courier, has purchased of James L. Johnson a 92-acre farm 1n Fulton county, located seven miles from Rochester and hear the towns of Leiters Ford and Germany. Mir Myers Intends to occupy the farm after the first of next March, , and It is probable that he and his family will remain here until that time. Mrs. Dice Ellis was taken to Longciiff Monday for treatment. Mrs. Ellis has been failing for some time and recently went to the hospital at Rensselaer, where she showed much Inmprovement, but the nature of her affliction made the attention of a specialist necessary and it was thought best to take her where she could have such services. 'U-l - ' Thrfee young men, Russell S'oueie, age 24, of St. Anne and Ezra and Sylvanus Fortin, aged 19 and 21, of Beaverville, were killed at St. Anne at 11:20 Saturday night when the Saxon car in which they were returning from a dance was struck by the Dixie Flyer oh the C. & E. I. The boys were held up at the crossing by a passing freight train and as it passed they drove upon the track directly in front of the passenger train, which is said to have been late and running unusually fast. The Fortin boys were killed Instantly, but Soucie lived until early Sunday' morning. SCHOOL NOTES. Miss Mabel Kemper has been employed by Grant Davisson to teach in Barkley township. Miss Kemper graduated from the Wheatfield high school last winter and received her 12 weeks’ professional training at

Valparaiso since school closed at Wheatfield. Trustee Duggleby of Kankakee and Trustee Fairchild of Keener have each filled their high schools with qualified high school teachers. They each found it necessary to pay the salaries demanded by teachers of the qualifications necessary to teach in commissioned and certified high schools. Mr. Harrington of Union, township has not secured his faculty at Fair Oaks to' date. He is lacking a teacher to take the positions held by Daza M. Brown and Mrs. Sterrett last year. All schools in the county under the county superintendent and trustees supervision of the county superintendent and trustees are filled except the Fair Oaks high school. Gladys McGlynn, who taught for Warren Poole of 'Hanging Grove, will teach for Charles Wood of Milroy township the coming year. Miss McGlynn has returned, from Terre Haute recently where she and her sister Mildred were in school. Miss Mildred will teach for Burr Porter of Carpenter township. Miss Dott Porter, who taught for Charles PostllJ at the South Marion consolidated last year, has gone to Seattle, Wash., where she will enter the Washington state university. Glenn M. Tindall resigned as music Instructor at the last moment. Mrs. Loren Sage of Rensselaer has kindly consented to take charge of the"institute imnisic.