Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1919 — NEWS from the COUNTY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEWS from the COUNTY

REMINGTON (From the Press)

Phil Ochs of Indianapolis came Saturday evening for a visit with home folks, Mrs. Ed O’Connor of Logansport spent Wednesday with her mother, Mrs. E. A. Bickel. ' A son was born Sunday morning ing to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Schembs of southwest of town. i Mrs. John Kelley, who had been spending a week with her niece in Chicago, returned home Wednesday evening. Miss Myrtle Ford of Chicago spent the past 10 days with her sisters, Mrs. Jake and Mrs. Chas. Hensler. Mrs. Frank Canutt of Lafayette, who had been visiting Mrs- Hattie Eller since Saturday, returned homie .Tuesday evening. Mrs. M. D. Reed of Idaville, who had been visiting her sister, Mrs. F. L. Peck, for a few days, returned home Thursday evening last.. Miss May King, who had been visiting her sister, Mrs. Chester

Zehr, for 10 days, returned to her home at Gridley, 111., Tuesday evening. Mrs. Frank Howard went to Georgetown, Ky., the first of last week to spend a fortnight with her •daughter, Miss Irene, who is teaching there. Miss Helen Garvin, who is attending school at Depauw university, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr- and Mrs. Tom Garvin, of south of town. Mrs. Martha Blood of Joliet, 111., came Thursday evening for a short

visit with Mr. and Mrs. George l Griffin and other relatives here. She returned home Monday. Mrs. Phillips was called to Boysville, ind., Tuesday morning by the illness of ’her daughter, Mrs. Mary Morris, who is suffering with a severe case of appendicitis. Mrs. W. C. Smalley went to Milford Thursday evening last to stay over Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Nickel. On arriving there she found her mother quite sickThe football game, scheduled to have been played last Saturday at this place between Momence and Remington teams, was called off because of the rain that morningMiss Grace Cain, who had been spending several months with relatives in Wisconsin, returned home Monday evening accompanied by Her sister, Mise Mable, who is nursing at St. Mary’s hospital in Chicago. Miss Leone Harper, who is teaching in the neighborhood of Monticello, is enjoying a forced vacation of two weeks owing to a case of scarlet fever in the district where she teaches, thus closing her school. No other cases reported so far. Lewis S. Alter has purchased the Osborne building recently vacated by A. Schankerman, and is tearing down the same and removing the lumber to his farm west of town. He will use it about the place in constructing an ice house and other necessary repairs. - , WV zl

Mr and Mrs. John Young and Rev. and Mrs. Reynolds of Flora were guests Friday of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weir. Mr. and Mrs. Westfall and Will Biddle of Waynetown and Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Biddle of this place were afternoon guests of Mr. and Mrs. Weir the same day. John S. Zimmerman, who recently purchased the property in which he Hives on north Illinois street, of Sylvester Villinski, is doing a wholesale job of repairing and rebuilding e of the house and when completed will have one of the most modern and up-to-date homes in the town. John Wortman of Lafayette has been called home on account of the serious illness of h's mother, Mrs. B. F. Wortman, of north of townMrs. "Wortman’s daughter, Mrs. Charles L. Michael, and son Keith, who had been here some time, returned to their home at Logansport

Friday evening of last week. Mrs. Mary Baldwin’ and sons, Otis and Edward, drove to Louisville, Ky-, Sunday to see her son, George Baldwin, who had been in the hospital there, but found that he had been discharged from both the hospital and the army two weeks ago, so did not get to see him. They returned Wednesday. Mrs. George Warden’s milk wagon horse tooTi it into his head to run away this Thursday morning when the harness parted, and for a short while made things lively in the north part of town. The wagon came to rest against a telephone pole .with Mrs. Worden in it, unhurt, and the horse was caught a few blocks further away. Tuesday, Oct. 14f at Indianapolis at 1, o'clock the marriage of Miss Blanch Mona Currens and James Conrad Hicks of that city took place, Judge Kellner officiating. Miss Currens, who is a very attractive young lady, is a former Remington girl and her many friends in this, her old home, extend every wish for her future happiness. Mrand Mrs. Hicks will make their home in Kokomo. Lee Alson’s public sale took place Monday and Mr. Alson reports a good sale. Perfectly satisfied," he says. This was a closing out sale, and himself and family left Wednesday for Pontiac, < 111., Where the? will make their future home. We regret mightily the fact that they have seen fit to move from among us, bu/t Remington’s loss will surely be’ Pontiac’s gain and we wish them all good things to come. Samuel Bowman went to Monticello Thursday evening last to spend the night with his nephew, Fred L. Griffin, and going from there Friday morning to English Lake to visit Fred’s son Albert and family. On? his arrival there he found Albert was in Chicago taking treatment preparatory to an operation if such should be found necesrsary. Mr. Bowman returned to Monticello and spent Sunday there, returning hotuue Monday morning.