Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1919 — NEWS from the COUNTY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEWS from the COUNTY

BROOK (From the Reporter) • Mr. and Mrs. John Dennis were here this week visiting Mr. and Mrs. Charles Waling. Wm. Eaton moved to a farm between BrooK and Rpnsselaer last week. ' ; Louis Yokum and wife moved to Goodland, where the former is employed in the Farmers’ elevator office. Otto Herath, John Weiss and Sam Lyons were in Chicago with O. M. Lyons the last of the week buying cattle. Ross Van Der Voort of Chicago visited with his brother William and family over Sunday. He is one of the superintendents at the Morris packing plant in Chicago. Earl Cory is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Cory. He is just out of the navy where he served during the war on the

cruiser Evans and saw some real sea service. „ Mr. and Mrs. William Brooks and daughter and grandchild were here this week visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Jones. Mr. Brooks is an old settler in Kansas, and like all of them is a good advertiser for the Sunflower state.. Arthur C. Mayhew and Margaret Cottingham were united in ‘marriage Saturday morning, Nov. 15, by F. L. iHovis at Monticello. Mrs. Mayhew is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cottingham of Otia, Mich. The groom is the son of Mrs. Ad Burton of Byook. Word came this week of the marriage of Mr. Jesse Whiting and Mrs. Anna Hoffer at South Bend, the home of the bride. Jess is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Whiting of Brook. He was in the army in France, and when, he arrived home on a visit at South Bend he met his bride. They were here Thanksgiving day and visited with their parents and brothers. James Staton and Miss Josephine Hall were married at Earl Park last Saturday evening- James is a Brook boy, just returned from the army and is the son of Mrs. George Curtis, while the bride is one of the popular young ladies of Earl Park. They have the best wishes of many friends of this place, who are glad to welcome them in their new hbme.

On Wednesday afternoon the marriage of Miss Velma Herath and Mr. Man ford Shrimplln took place at the M. E. parsonage in Kentland. Mrs. Shrimplln is the eldest daughter of Mr.- and Mrs. Frank Herath and is one of the popular young ladles of the younger set in Brook, while the groom is a young farmer living near Donovan. They will be at home on the farm just north of his father s about March 1. They have a large number of friends here who wish them success. * This week has been a busy one in the real estate and business trading line Brook. Ormond Pruett bought the Kemper meat market, and Alva Rowley and sons traded the grocery and all their residence property for 200 acres of land in Wisconsin. An invoice will be taken the first of the month. With the store went the dwelling houses owned by the father and sons. Mr. Rowley and the boys and famSies will move directly to Wisconn. On Tuesday evening Miss Ruth Lawrence and Mr. Walter Sell were married at the Methodist parsonage by the Rev. John J. Wilson. While it was known by their friends that the young couple have been preparing a home at the Shindler place, the of the wedding had been kept a secret, and as neither of the contracting parties, wished a

formal wedding they quietly slipped away to the parsonage and after the ceremony went to Chicago for a few days’ stay, when they will return and occupy the Shindler home until they can build their own house in West Brook on the home farm. Last week we noted the purchase of ejght cars of cattle by O. M. Lyons, but this is not half of the chapter. The feeders in this section have come to regard his judgment as to when and what to buy as the best there is and they were willing to plunge this time although they have had a bad year just passed, so they went with him and purchased 469 head or 20 carloads. The cattle represent an outlay of $48,000 and with the exception of three loads they go to the various farms of what is known as the Lyons, Rich and Light crowd, who have extensive land interests all over the country. But this not all the cattle purchases they- will make during the year, but this is the biggest so far this fall.