Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1920 — NEWS from the COUNTY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEWS from the COUNTY

LEE The Ladies’ Aid did work Wednesday afternoon for Mrs. Ephrlam Gii> more. Harold LaMar and family of Lafayette were here Sunday with relatives and friends. The Queen Esther society was organized at this place last Monday with nine members to begin with. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Warren have gone to housekeeping in Mrs. C. A. Holeman’s furnished house. Don’t forget the ice cream social to be given here this Saturday night, June 26, for the benefit of the band. Asa Holeman, who lives near But ler, Ind., came Saturday, and returned home Monday, taking his mother, Mrs. C. A. Holeman, for an extended visit. On account of rainy weather Sunday the Children’s day program was held in the church, which could not hold near all the crowd. The program was greatly enjoyed by those present. MILROY Emma Tow visited her sister last week. Fred and Louise Marchand spent Monday in Monon. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Walls visited John Tow and family Sunday. Dessie Johnson came home Satur day night for commencement. Mr. and Mrs. William Banes visited Earl Foulks and family Sunday. Clifford Ogle, who is working in Logansport, visited friends here Sunday. Marie Fisher gave a shower Sat-

urday night for Annis Mitchell of Wolcott. Mrs. Charles Marchand and dren called on E. C. Marchand’s Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wood and baby spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Lud Clark. Mrs. Elsie Clark moved some goods Monday to Monon and will finish moving soon. Thomas Johnson and family and Theodore and Dessie Johnson spent Sunday with the Chapman family. Mrs. Fisher and daughters, Marie and Lillian, and son Woodward called on Mrs. G. Foulks Tuesday after - noon. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dibell of Middleton and W. B. Fisher of Lapel visited the Fisher family over Sunday. A large crowd attended the Hanging Grove and Milroy commencement Saturday night. An excellent program was given. The Jensen orchestra of Wheatfield furnished music.

VIRGIE Thomas Mallatt went to Fair Oaks on business Monday. Patience and Charles Florence spent Sunday with home folks. Mrs. William Terpstra and children called on home folks Sunday evening. Thomas Florence and family visited his daughter Eleanor at Remington Sunday. Bert Duggins brought his truck to the Zellers garage Wednesday to have it “gone over.” Eleanor and Nora Gasaway and Evelyn Harrington visited Esther Wiseman Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Firman Pettit and Mrs. Norby picked strawberries for their mother, Mrs. James Wiseman, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. John Zellers and son Harold came home from the mill Saturday'for the week-end. Lonzo Wiseman returned Monday from a wek’s visit with his sister, Mrs. F. W. Thews, near Remington. Mr. and Mrs. Firman Pettit and

Dr. and Mrs. Norby called on James Wiseman and family Sunday evening. was a good-sized crowd out to Sunday school Sunday, and a larger one is expected next Sunday. Come out and see your friends and neighbors, ye people of Virgie. The Virgie “kid” ball team got skinned by the Parr. “kid” team Sunday at Fair Oaks. But we hear another game will be played soon and our boys are going to “slay ’em.” Joe Fay sold a coop of chickens to Ancil Potts Wednesday and Ancif took them to Rensselaer where he marketed them at a nice profit. It surely pays to have ‘ a “flivver” on the farm. X. Geesa called on Trustee Harrington Tuesday evening to collect damages on some six or eight turkeys killed by a dog. There seems to be still more damage done in the neighborhood, committed by the same offender, probably. Earl Wiseman is doing team work at the new elevator this week. Bert Abbott and his gang of workmen from Rensselaer are working hard to get the elevator in readiness for the wheat and oats harvest, and the work is progressing rapidly.

GIFFORD Elsie Haniford spent Sunday with Beatrice Caster. John Kellner of Rensselaer was in our burg Sunday. Owen Barker of Anderson has been visiting relatives here. Mrs. William Burnwinger called on Mrs. V. M. Peer Wednesday. There will be services here Sunday evening by Bert Warne. W. T. Hankins spent Sunday with W. R. Hyman in Logansport. T. M. Haniford spent Sunday with John Fenwick in Rensselaer. William Kerns purchased a Ford roadster of Ed White Tuesday. Opal Hankins is visiting Willard Hyman and family at Logansport. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Myers were Medaryville goers Monday evening. Verne and Ted Keene spent Sunday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nate Keen. Mrs. Nate Keen spent the first of the wek with her daughter, Mrs. Orval Fisher, of Wheatfield. Gerald Jarrette of Rensselaer is starting in business here. He has a barber shop and ice cream parlor. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Nuss and Mr. and Mrs. Owen Williams autoed to Anderson to attend the annual camp meeting Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Owen Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Nuss and Mr. and Mrs. William Nuss attended church at Rensselaer Sunday. John Meharry and family of near Mt. Ayr, Recorder Edgar Stewart of Kentland, Roy Heil and wife of neat Wheatfield and George and Francis Brown of Mt. Ayr spent Sunday with Edgar Brown and family.

NORTHERN JASPER • The truth is allright, but so many people are ashamed of it. Roy Flores Is working for William Stalbaum of Walker township. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. George Davis, Tuesday morning, a son. It is more difficult for some men to collect their wits than their bills. Mrs. R. E. Davis and Mrs. William Wills spent Tuesday afternoon in Wheatfield. Vic Peregrine went to North Judson Monday and purchased a fine new Chevrolet car. “Sox” Meyers and Earl Darner took in the ball game at Medaryville Sunday. Some game! Edna DeArmond of Lacross and Dick DeArmond of Kouts spent several days last week visiting in Tefft. David Collins, who had been seriously ill for sprue time, died at his home near Tefft Tuesday of laAt week. The funeral was held at the home Thursday afternoon and burial made in the San Pierre cemetery. Mr. Collins leaves to mourn their loss a wife, four sons and one daughter.

PINE GROVE William Hayes shipped two veals to Chicago Tuesday. Mrs. Albert Snow called on Mrs. Commodore Snow Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Davisson attended band concert Wednesday night. Bluford Torbet and family were guests of J. M. Torbet and family Sunday. Mrs. George Daniels returned home Saturday after a few days’ visit in Rensselaer. A. T. Ropp and family and Vern Odle and family were Rensselaer goers Saturday. Mrs. Verne Torbet and children and Mrs. Bessie Odle and daughter visited Mrs. J. M. Torbet Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Streitmatter and two sons and two daughters of Princeville, 111., visited over Sunday with his wife and family. Miss Creola Torbet went to Ed-

wardsburg, Mich., Tuesday to assist her sister, Mrs. John Dale, In canning cherries. Mrs. Horace Daniels and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Shroyer picked cherries Wednesday at the former’s place near Rensselaer. Mrs. James Torbet returned home Saturday from Gary after a two weeks’ visit, and was accompanied home by her daughter, Mrs. C. E. Wells, and two sons. Mrs. Frank Brown and son Robert and Ethel Shriner, Mrs. Frank Payne and daughter Frances and Mrs. Roy Beaver and daughter Marie were guests of Mrs. J. M. Torbet Monday afternoon.

POSSUM RUN Carrie Hahn spent Saturday night and Sunday with home folks. Mrs. James Davis and children were Rensselaer goers Friday. James Campbell, Sr., was a Rensselaer goer Saturday afternoon. William Hurley and family spent Sunday with T. J. Parker and family. Mr. Crownover and family took dinner with the James Hill family Sunday. Mrs. Crqwnover and children called on Mrs. Will Hartley Wednesday afternoon. The dance at Clyde Davisson’s Saturday evening was well attended. All left at a late hour wishing for another good time there soon. Charles Parker and best girl of Monon, Orpha and Myrtle Parker, Lena, Roy and Russel Hurley and Ernest Johnson took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. James Davis Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Parker, son Everett and Mr. and Mrs. William Hurley were guests in the afternoon, which was enjoyed with music by William Hurley, daughter Lena and James Davis. GANT CORNER Leslie Wood called on home folks Sunday. Louis Hill called on home folks Sunday. Harvie Elliott called on James Hill, Jr., Sunday. James Hill, Jr., is working for Louis Davisson nowadays. Miss Jessie Wood returned to her work near McCoysburg Monday.

Mrw. Mel Wood and two daughters drove to Rensselaer Wednesday. Misses Jessie and Carmen Wood called on Myrtle Elliott Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Asa Elliott were In Rensselaer on business Monday. Miss Ethel Hill spent Saturday night and Sunday with home folks. James Crownover and family called on James Hill, Sr., and family Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. William Hurley visited Asa Elliott and family Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Pollock 01 near Moody called on Harry Hibbs and family Sunday. Miss Opal Garriott returned home from Lafayette Saturday where she has been visiting her aunt. Asa Elliot and family called on Grandma Lambert and Tom Lambert and wife of Gifford Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Asa Elliott and Mr. and Mrs. William Hurley autoed to Michigan City Thursday, returning Friday. Carter Garriott and family, Myrtle and Harvie Elliott and Fred York called on Mel Wood and family Sunday evening. Mrs. Mel Wood returned home from Rensselaer where her daughter Is being treated and who was some better Sunday. Quite a number from this vicinity attended the barn dance at Clyde Davisson’s Saturday night. All reported a fine , time. TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE Lottie B. DeArmond et baron to Richard E. Davis, Nov. 15, pt e% ne. 27-32-5, Kankakee, >39,501 sq. ft, 13,500. Mabel E. Fell to Charles E. Bonner, Sept. 16, 1918, pt ne, 25-27-7, Carpenter, >2,200.