Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1919 — HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

GIFFORD T. M. Haniford has been quite sick for a few days. „ George Hell’s of Tefft spent Sunday with the Greeley Corner ilyLloyd Cooper has been spending £. a few days with his uncle, Harry * Reed. W ■ —«« ii i i —nosrswe

Miss Elsie Haniford fook Sunday dinner with Harry Reed and family. Mildred "Timmons and Geneva Markin spent Sunday with Opal Hankins. Earl Smith and wife, Geneva and Richard Myers spent Sunday with Homer Myres.

Earl Parker and wife spent Saturday and Sunday with Sheridan Logue of Chicago. Mrs. William Berwlnger and daughter Albert spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. V. M. Peer. Tine Perkins of Saybrook, 111., spent the latter part of last week with Tom Lambert and family. Mrs. Ruby Grimm is spending this week with her mother, Mrs. Keen, while Mr. Grimm is away husking corn. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Kerns of Wheatfield spent Saturday evening with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James CavlnderNate Keen and son Vern autoed to Goodland Friday, where Mr. Keen Is visiting with relatives and Vern intends to husk corn. Mr. and Mrs. Don Thompson of Russiaville, who are visiting the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Wilbanks, were calling in Gifford Saturday. Tift literary at Gifford Friday evening was well attended and proved a success. The next literary will be Nov, 7 and a good program is being planned. FAIR OAKS Abe Bringle purchased his winter supply of Irish tubers of Frank Hooper Tuesday. Mrs. Cal' Burroughs baby of Shelby came Friday and called on old neighbors until Saturday morning. Charles Manderville, after two or three days bee hunt up on the Kankakee river, returned home Tuesday. \ Enos Moffitt returned Tuesday morning from near Wheatfield where he hsfd been plowing wivn his Fordson tractor. Tom Johnson is slowly recovering from his sick spell, but Is still confined to his room. One of our local ntarods reports the bagging of one wild goose and a couple of mallard ducks. Rabbits? Yes, rabbits, too. We were visited with quite a heavy rainfall Monday night, followed with a falling temperature with a heavy fros{ Tuesday night. Mrs. C. A. Gundy and son Charles went to Westville the last of the week to remain with the former's daughter, Mrs. Weaver, indefinitely. William Blair and Carl 'Hoover, who are working on the Erwin dredge near Wolcott, spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives in Fair Oaks W. W. Zellers of Virgie • Forded to Hammond last week and while there he was “rammed” by another car and was pretty badly smashed up, but he promptly called on the “rammers” and made them come across to the tune of about SBS. We fell like taking off our hat to our trustee these days, as he favored us with something over eight oarloads of gravel which is being put on the road from the main road south of town past the depot, and some on the streets in

town. This Is the first this part of the township has had for about seven or eight years. The people of these parts are donating the work of hauling and spreading the gravel. POSSUM RUN Everett Parker took dinner with James Campbell Sunday. Ada Hahn went to work for her sister at Goodland Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. David Hahn had company from Brook Sunday. Lyde Ward spent Wednesday with T. J. Parker and family. 'The Oak Grove school gave a fine program Friday afternoon. Mrs. T. J. Parker and daughters called on Mrs. John Price Thursday afternoon. Orpha and Myrtle Parker and nephew spent Sunday with James Davis and family. Mrs. T. J. Parker and son Everett and little grandson were Monon goers Saturday. The literary at Gifford Friday evening was well attended. The next one will be held Nov. 7. Ada and Eber Hahn and Orpha and Myrtle Parker attended the band concert at Rensselaer Wednesday evening.