Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1919 — MT. AYR [ARTICLE]

MT. AYR

(From the Tribune) Cecil Lee and wife of Onarga, 111., visited here and at Rensselaer Sunday. z Mr. and Mrs. Otto Fraunhoff of Brook visited in the C. H. Stacker home Sunday. W. A. "Lutz and Alfred Hoover of Rensselaer were business visitors here Monday. Walter Ponsler of Columbia City spen| a couple of days here the latter part of the week with hrs son Lawson. Mrs. *Wm. Shaw returned this week from a visit with her son i Raymond and wife at Anderson. She reports them in excellent health and doing- well. Alex Elijah was in Chicago the past week where he bought a carload of fine black cattle. And Alex Is the old boy who can tell a good load of steers when he sees them too. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Dunn of Milroy township In Jasper sipent several days this week with relatives here. They were In attendance at the big dance Saturday night. Mrs. J. W. Phares, who has been in the hospital fpr the past few weeks, was brought home this week but very little if any improved. She will probably seek a change of climate in hopes of a betterment in her condition. A number of men were "laid off’ this week on the section work along the C. & E. I. The gangs have all been cut to two men besides the foreman, except Mr. Bengsten’s force. He has been allowed to retain three hands. 4 Our basketball squad went to Fair Oaks Friday night to meet the team of that town. This was the initial game of our boys and they got a trimming by 12 points. They are nothing daunted and expect to meet the Fair Oaks boys here in a few weeks when they fully expect to turn the tables. They report nice treatment from the Fair Oaks people, including a nice supper by the domestic science class of the schools there. Our team has a number of 'games Scheduled with other towns to be played in the near future. If these is anything in the old adage, "A poor beginning makes a good ending,’’ we are to expect many trophies to be won during the balance of the winter.