Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1920 — NEWS from the COUNTY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEWS from the COUNTY

FAIR OAKS Health is generally quite good nowadays in our village. The wedding bells are expected to ring in our town some time in the near future. L. L. McCurtain did papering for

Abe Bringle last week in a couple of his houses. There has been but very little garden made in these parts and but few potatoes planted. Dr. Rice and Trump Kight of Roselawn were business callers in our town Wednesday. John Thorn and wife drove up to Hammond Saturday evening in their car, returning. Sunday evening. Mrs. James Clifton, who has been having a very serious time with the flu, is now able to walk about the room some. Frank Goff sold his garage to Herby Bpzell a few days ago, who will move it onto his place and convert it into a summer kitchen. Mrs. J. 0. Thompson, who came home from lowa to attend her sis-

ter’s funeral, will not go back to her job of cooking on a dredge. Ray Brouhard went to Goodland Monday morning' to take charge of a section on the C. & E. I. railroad. They will move down there soon. William Cottingham was here Sunday from Momence and visited his wife, who is confined to her bed at her parents’ home with heart trouble. We surely have been having some awfully hard rains the past week, which put more water on the ground than we have had for several years, and the roads are in a very ban condition at this writing. Rev. Todd filled his regular appointment in >the M. E. church Sunday at 11 a. m. He also delivered a splendid address before the high school graduating class Sunday evet nlng. It was heard by a filled house. LEE Miss Cora Noland had her tonsils removed at the hospital at Lafayette Tuesday. Len Lefler and friend, Mr. Bartee, of Lafayette stopped for Sunday dinner at G. A. Jacks’s. Mr. and Mrs. Arm Lewis’s two sons of Remington spent Sunday here with their parents. J. L. Osborne and wife visited Sunday with Mrs. C. A. Holeman and cousin, Mrs. Broughter. Frank Turner and family of Wheatfield drove here Sunday to see Clare Peregrine and his sister Nancy. Frank Eldridge was helping J. H. Culp haul gravel Tuesday for the foundation of a barn which he is going to build. Very early Sunday morning there was a freight wreck here just east of town, which delayed the trains for several hours. John Clark of Pennsylvania is here helping care for his brother Clyde, who is in a very critical condition at this writing., Elmer Burk and famlily of Monon has hired to Dwight Large to work on the Large farm, and moved into the place where Jack Large did live.

GIFFORD Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Smith are moving to Roselawn. Lionel Oavdnder of Hammond spent a few days with the Walker family. Miss Elsie Hanlford spent Saturday evening with Miss Beulah Walker. William Obenchain has rented his soft drink and pool room to Reecy Cavlnder. Lloyd Cooper of Rensselaer spent Saturday and Sunday with his uncle, H. E. Reed. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Smith, who had been visiting Jake Myers’s, returned home Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. William Berwinger are the proud parents of a new son, named Charles Damon. Miss Maude Steel of Indianapolis spent Saturday and Sunday with her grandfather, R. R. Steel. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hankins, daughter Opal and son James attended the dance at Wheatfield Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. Amen Williams were called to Rensselaer by the death of their uncle, William Casto, whose funeral was held Wednesday. Miss Helen Kessinger’s and C. M. Blue’s schools were out Friday. There was a large crowd gathered at the noon hour with well-filled baskets and a fine dinner was spread as a surprise. All reported a good time.

FOUR CORNERS The I. O. O. F. lodge has purchased new regalias and now are ready for public Inspection. H. Minor, who was taken to Valparaiso for medical treatment, is reported some better at this writing. Mrs. Jake Pitsley of Tefft, who had been sick for some time, died Tuesday evening and was buried Wednesday at 2 p. m. David Collins of Kankakee township, who has been under the doctor's care for the past year, remains in about the same condition. The rains of the past week have given way to sunshine at this writing, and let us hope that it will continue to shine until the farmers get their oats sown. George Hohen traded his old Ford for a new one, then traded his new car for a Maxwell. George says now he can make the curves or go over the top whenever the notion strikes him. John Akers of east Walker, on account of the tailing of Mrs Akers, has moved into the home of bis daughter, Mrs. Luther Meyers, on the Mrs. L. C. Asher farm in Kankakee township. The jazz band of Indianapolis which furnished music for the benefit dance at Wheatfield Friday night, brought in the gross sum of S2OO, and the ball team wins all the way around. The music was pronounced the best ever. The class play given Thursday night'by the Tefft high school, “The Country Girl,” was a financial success and was well rendered. The characters were exceptionally good, several of which were above the average given by high school pupils. O. M. Turner has been on the repair list since the Easter storm, having come in contact with the cement walk at his home by not being able to keep his feet under him, resulting in a badly sprained back. At this time he is able to be around once more.

GANT CORNER Mrs. Crownover visited home folks Wednesday. ■yVe are having some fine weather at this writing. Miss Marie Garrlott is working in town nowadays. Louis Hill visited home folks Wednesday evening. Mrs. Asa Elliott is on the sick list at this writing. Miss Myrtle Elliott called on Mrs.

Mel Wood and children Sunday forenoon. Mrs. James Hill called on Mrs. Harry Hibbs Sunday. James Hill, Jr., helped Asa Elliott repair his car last week. Miss Lola Hill is serving her turn with the mumps nowadays. James Hill, Jr., called on the Elliott family Sunday evening. Dan Wolfe spent Saturday night and Sunday with home folks. Sylvia and Harvey Elliott visited at Gifford and Lewiston Friday. Missies Ethel and Leslie Hill called on Mr. and Mm. Mel Wood Saturday Mel Wood returned home Wednesday from Rensselaer, feeling lots better. James Hill, Jr., visited Arthur Wortley over Saturday night and Sunday. Misses Fay Williams and Ethel Hill visited Mrs. Mel Wood Tuesday evening. David and Myrtle Elliott called' on Garter Garrlott and family Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Wood spent Sunday with his brother, Mel Wood, and family. Miss Lola Hill returned home Tuesday after staying a week with her sister, Mrs. J. B. Crownover. David Elliott, who is. working at Lewiston, came home to spend Saturday and Sunday with home folks. Doc Williams, Ethel Htlll, Louis Hill, Fay Williams and Dan Wolfe visited the Elliott family Sunday afternoon.

NORTHERN JASPER Farming Is lots of fun—unless you have to do It for a living. Rev. Abel spent Saturday and Sunday with the Seegrist family. A woman forgets all her troubles when ehe is wearing her new spring hat for the first time. Chester Anderson of Chicago has been visiting with the Rasmussen families for the past week. The senior class play at Tefft last Thursday night was a decided success and drew a very large crowd. Mr. and Mrs. James Lackey of Medaryville and Wm. Stalbaum and famiily visited at John DeArmond’s Sunday. The dance at the Primo last Frl-» day night, given by the baseball boys, drew a Iqrge crowd even though the weather was bad. James Jones and mother of Demotte, Mrs. Lizzie Hilliard and children and Verna White called on Sam Seegrlst’s Sunday afternoon. A few more smiles -'Of silent sympathy, a few more tender words, a little more restraint on temper may make all the difference In our lives. Sam Toger of Detroit, the young man who fell under a freight train at Tefft last fall and had one leg so badly mashed that it had to be amputated, is visiting at the Milt Jones home this week.

Mrs. Rachael Pltsley, who had been seriously 111 tor the past two months, died at her home In Tefft Tuesday' evening. Relatives who were at her bedside during her last hours were Mr. and Mrs. Henry

Gross of Lacross, Mr. and Mrs. Oth Gross and daughter of Wolcott, Mr. and Mrs. Art Lelby and daughter and George Gross of White Pigeon, Mich.