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

NEWS from the COUNTY

REMINGTON (From the Press

Dr. Besser was out at his Blue Grass ranch near Morocco Sunday. Albert Griffin of English Lake spent Monday with Remington relatives. Miss Jennie Turner went to Indianapolis Sunday as a delegate to the grand lodge of Daughters of Rebekah. Jones Bros, report the sale of the E. S. Steele building on south Rail-

road street to Chauncey McCulley. Consideration $2,050. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Walker and Mrs. Ella Wilson went to Wabash Wednesday for a week’s visit with the former’s brother. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Geier drove over from Reynolds Tuesday and spent the afternoon with his brother, Will Geier, and family. Jones Bros, report the sale of the V. N. Jones property on north Indiana street to S. G. Hand and Fern Lough. Consideration $1,250. Mrs. Blake and her daughter, Mrs. Phillips, of Wabash came Wednesday evening to visit the former’s sisters, Mrs. Skinner and Mrs. Roush. ' Mrs. Isabel Green and Mrs. Hitchcock visited a couple of days with the Broadie’s at Lafayette last’ week, and attended the club federation meeting. Paul Hyman and family of Logansport and Marion Parks and family of Ft. Wayne drove through from Logansport Sunday and spent the day with Mrs. Ella Parks. Dewey Roades came Sunday evening from Oklahoma where he has been holding down a good Job. Dewey has a two weeks’ lay off and returned for commencement and a visit with” home folks. Mrs. Ada Dobbins, who has been the guest of her brother, H. R. Hartman, and other relatives here the past two months, went to Chicago Tuesday morning, to visit her daughter, Miss Chloe, and son Cassius and wife. Charles Alson came down from Mishawaka Monday for a couple of days. On Wednesday he went over to Pontiac to see the folks and then accompanied his son Merlin and his mother-in-law as far as Chicago on their way to St. Lawrence, S. D„ where his son will remain with his uncle. George Hemphill went to Gary Sunday where on Monday he took a job of tool dressing at one of the factories. George says $1 an hour for eight hours’ work and $2 an hour overtime beats blacksmithing a long way and he intends to grab off some of the easy money while the grabbing is good. Mrs. Pearl Currens of Indianapolis came > Saturday night to visit her father, the venerable Peter Mann. She was called back Sunday evening, however, by a message stating that her daughter Blanche was to undergo an operation Monday for appendicitis with which she had been troubled for some time. John Hardebeck spent Sunday with his wife at the Presbyterian hospital in Chicago. He reports Mrs. Hardebeck as doing extremely well and recovering strength fast, and will soon have an operation for goiter. Expects she will be home in a couple of weeks. Many Rem-

ington friends will be pleased to hear that she is doing so well. This week brings to a close the school year in Remington. Examinations were held Tuesday and Wednesday and cards are to be handed out on Friday. Thursday night the recital of the music classes, which was postponed from last Wednesday, will be given at Christian church. Friday night the commencement exercises will be held at the Methodist church at which time the following will be graduated: Dora Hicks, Alta Lucas, Marguerite Roades, Marjorie Hascall, Clarence Kelly, Vern Williams, Charles Johnston. The speaker of the evening is Dr. Sherman Davis of Indiana uni-< versity, who will speak on “The High School and Social Service.” There will be an admission charge of 15c.