Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1920 — NEWS from the COUNTY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEWS from the COUNTY

WALKER CENTER Henry Meyers called on Will Tomlinson’s Monday. Orval Meyers was visiting the Pettet’s Sunday. A. P. Huntington was on the sick list last Monday. Mr. Barrett was out looking over his farm Saturday. Will Tomlinson called at A. P. Huntington’s Monday. Mose Hancock is working on the stone road near Virgie. Miss Bertha Hershman and mother were Wheatfield callers Saturday. Mrs. J. J. Tomilson and son Will took dinner with M. Zufall’s Sunday. Mrs. A. P. Huntington spent Wednesday with her mother, Mrs. F. M. Lilly. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Huntington were business callers in Rensselaer Saturday. Wess Williams was working in Remington on the stone road the past week. Will Stalbaum and sons are work-, ing on a contract for stone roads near Newland. Mrs. Ellen Cooper has been In Kniman the past week, having her house repaired. Miss Ruby Pettet is helping Mrs. Gail Michaels in the store at Kniman on Saturdays. Charles Scott was a business caller in Rensselaer Saturday, turning in his assessor books. F. M. Lilly and family and Henry Meyers took dinner with A. P. Huntington’s Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Tomlinson and son spent Thursday with Ernest Tomlinson’s of Kniman. Mrs. Clarence Bridgeman called on Mrs. Sanders, who lives on the Volney Peer place, Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Huntington and Clarence Bridgeman and family took

dinner with. F. M. Lilly’s Sunday. Owen Williams’s family are all on the sick list with the smallpox. Some of the family have recovered. Misses Alice and Lena Meters spent the week-end with their sister, Mrs. William Alexander, of Goodland. Mr. and Mrs. R. Poolq and Mrs. Lee Jennings and son Robert, who has been sick, were callers in Rensselaer Monday. Robert is slowly improving. Mrs. Linton’s daughter was kicked by a horse and her leg broken just above the knee last Wednesday. She was taken to the Rensselaer hospital at once. The Victory club met with Mrs. F. M. Lilly Wednesday and a good time was had by all. The club is sending out Invitations to a birthday party to be given May 23 at the home of John Pettet, fdr Mrs. J. J. Tomlinson and Mrs. John Pettet, club members, and an honorary member, Henry Meyers.

FAIR OAKS Health is very good in our village at present. Mrs. Al Blake assisted Mrs. Bringle in hanging wallpaper Monday. Miss Amy Bringle of Lafayette spent Sunday here with home folks. Rev. Todd filled his regular appointment here Sunday at 11 a. m. Ike Kight took a trip to Detroit, Mich., last week-end to visit his son Allen. Les Warne sold a nice bunch of stock hogs Tuesday to Mr. Dove, on the Lawler ranch. Mrs. Mike Shein of Monon came up and spent a few days with her mother last week. Jacob Johnson, the gravel road contractor, is using his truck to haul gravel on the road near here. Roy Brouhard and wife drove up from Goodland Saturday evening to look after their property-frere. Esther Karr, who taught school near Crawfordsville, closed same last week and returned home Saturday. A miscellaneous shower was, held Friday evening at John Barber’s for his son Elmer and wife, newlyweds. A. D. Washburn and wife of Kentland came up Saturday evening to look after his stock in pasture here. Mrs. Muriel Miller and baby, who have been visiting her parents here,

returned to her home at Monon Sunday. Work on the new garage was shut down for about a week awaiting material, but begun again Tuesday morning. Carol Burroughs, formerly of this place, graduated from high school at Lowell this year. The commencement exercises were held Monday evening. There was a lively game of baseball pulled off here Sunday afternoon between the Mt. Ayr -team and Fair Oaks. The result was 8 to 4 in favor of the home team. W. J. Wright’s auto truck from Rensselaer delivered a load of furniture to Frank Brouhard the latter part of the week. Frank has the cage and the furniture and no doubt will have the bird in a few days. We got quite a heavy rain which began Sunday evening and continued until Monday evening. There is a great amount of water on the ground which will take days for it to disappear. Some fanners are getting behind, and are going ahead with the plowing if it is a little wet. A great many have started planting.

GIFFORD Mrs. E. Wise called on Miss E. Smart Saturday. V. M. Peer spent Sunday evening with Nate Keene’s. Will Berwinger and daughter Alberta were Rensselaer goers Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scott spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.- David Spriggs. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Parker spent Saturday evening with T. M. Haniford and daughter Elsie. Miss Nile Britt of Niles, Mich., spent Tuesday with Mrs. W. T. Hankins. She’s out for a weeks visit with her many friends. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hankins, Opal and James, . Mr. Hanlford, George Haniford of Goodland and Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Reprogal of Monticello spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. James Haniford. Mr. and Mrs. Orvill Putts of Remington and Ted Keene, who is working for Putts’s, Mr. and Mrs. Nate Keene and sons, Vern and Wilvert, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Orvill Fisher of near Wheatfield.

PINE GROVE Lowell Hayes spent Sunday with home folks. Virginia Odle has the mumps at this writing. Creola Torbet called on Grayce Price Thursday afternoon. Will Hayes called on Richard Streltmatter Sunday morning. Miss Grayce Price called on Mrs. Paul Leirsch Thursday evening. Everett McCleary spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Bluford Torbet. Mr Odle and family of Blue Lake spent Sunday with their son Vern and family. Mrs. James Torbet took dinner with Mrs. Vernle Torbet and children Friday. Ruth Torbet called on her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James Toi bet, Wednesday morning. Cad Caldwell and family called on Mrs. Newt Price and daughter Grayce Sunday evening. Manley Stowers and family spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Walter Brown, and family of near Roselawn. Mrs S. L. Jordan and daughter Day called on Mrs. James Torbet and daughter Creola Tuesday evening. Mrs. James Torbet and Mrs. Andy Ropp called on Mrs. Jane Burgett Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Burgett is very poorly. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gilbranson of Rensselaer and Rudolph Ritter and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Grant Davisson. Mr and Mrs. William Gratner and son Louis, Mrs. Will George and Mrs. James Torbet were visitors at War-» ren Galbraith’s Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Shelby Comer, daughter Ruth and son Max, Mrs. Blanche Britt and son Billy, Mrs. Streitmatter and daughters, Olivia and Donna, and Ruth Torbet spent Thursday afternoon with Mrs. James Torbet.

northern jasper Several in this vicinity have been exposed to the smallpox. Lon Hilliard spent the week-end with relatives in Chicago. Miss Verna White left Tuesday for Chicago, where she has a position] Miss Lulu Nelson traded her piano for a fine new player piano last week. Women may have poorer memories than men, but they never forget a compliment. When two become one, it sometimes happens that the missing one will never be missed. The average man thinks he sees the image of perfection every time he bumps against a mirror. The ball game Sunday between St. Joseph college and Wheatfield teams resulted in a victory for thq home team by a score of 9 to 5. John Collins’s Ford was stolen Saturday night from in front of Rasmussen’s store in Tefft, but was found Sunday morning in the woods a few miles south of town. LEE Bernard Lefler visited Lloyd Overton Sunday. Mrs. Harry Rishling’s mother of Barkley was here to see her Sunday. J. H. Culp and family visited last Sunday with his brother William and wife. v Frank Eldridge and family visited his brother Nate, east of Reynolds, Sunday. The Ladies’ Aid held a business meeting at the churph Wednesday afternoon. Arm Lewis, who had been in poor health all winter, died Wednesday night at midnight.

John Jones and family of McCoysbur’g visited his brother Charles and family last Sunday. Cora Grace Overton of Monon is here this week visiting at the home of her uncle Frank and family. Carl Westphal and family of near Reynolds visited Sunday at S. M. Jacks’s, and called on Mr. Lewis, Mr. Kesler’s of Monon spent Sunday here with Mr. and Mrs. James Watts. His health is very poorly. Mrs. Lowell Morton and son Jack of Rensselaer was a week-end guest of her parents, Mr. and Mi’s. O. A. Jacks. Elmer Gilmore and family and Mrs. Artie Clark and children spent the day Sunday with their parents," Mr. and Mrs. Ephriam Gilmore. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stewart, Mrs. Snedeker and Mrs. J. H. Culp attended the White county Sunday school convention Thursday at Chalmers. O. E. Noland and wife went on the milk train Sunday morning to Roselaw r n to visit their daughter, Mrs. Clarence Smith, and husband, returning in the evening.

GANT CORNER Louis Hill visited home folks Sunday. Herman Schultz is building a new garage. Mrs. Bundy called on Mrs. Leota Garriott Friday. Louis Hill is quite sick this week with the mumps. James Hill, Jr., is tile ditching for Mr. Sayers this week. Miss Myrtle Elliott called on the Hill family Monday evening. Louis Hill has purchased a Ford. Who is ready for a car ride? Mrs. William Hurley took dinner with the Elliott family Tuesday. Mies Neva Hibbs is spending a few days with her aunt at Parr. Miss Sylvia Elliott spent Saturday afternoon with Opal Garriott. Carter Garriott and family called on Mel Wood and family Wednesday evening. Nile Britt of Michigan visited the Carter Garriott family a few days last week. There will be a dance at James Crownover’s Saturday night. Everybody invited. Harnie Elliott called on his brother David, who is working at Moody, Monday. Among those who drove to town Saturday were Mrs. Garriott and daughter Marie and Nile Britt, Mr. and Mrs. Asa Elliott and daughtei Myrtle, Louis Davisson and James Hill, Jr., Louis Hill, Fay and Doc Williams and Mrs. Mel Wood and two daughters. Carmen and Margrette.