Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1920 — NEWS from the COUNTY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEWS from the COUNTY

REMINGTON (From the Press)

A Schankerman is moving his family to South Bend this week. Miss Lucille Forbes of Watseka is spending the week here with relatives and friends. Mrs. Thomas Hayes of Chicago Heights is visiting friends in Remington this week. Miss Pearl Morris has been spending the past week with friends near Wolcott, returning home Wednesday. C. W. May reports Mrs. May doing fairly well at the hospital in Chicago where she has been the past few weeks. Ed Lucas and family and Henry Brooks of Indianapolis drove to Wabash Tuesday for a few days’ visit with John Scott and wife. Mrs. E. J. Vernon and daughters,

Sadie and Helena, of Edgely, N. D., are making a short visit with T. P. Harper and family of Remington. * Mrs. Anna Alter Bortner of Freeport, Pa., is visiting her cousin, Lewis S. Alter. She is accompanied by her little granddaughter, Vivian Scott Miss Nellie King of Pontiac, 111., who has been visiting friends at stopped off here Tuesday evening for a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Vern Hensler. Miss Irene Howard accompanied her friends, Miss Myrtle Glass and Anna Bridges, to Chicago where they will attend Evanston university, returning home this week. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Biddle and James Biddle of Aurora, 111., who has been visiting them, went to Waynetown Thursday and will visit there and at Crawfordsville a short time. Miss Elizabeth Davis of Anderson, who has been spending the past month with her nieces, Mrs. George Chappell and Miss Pearl Morris, returned to her home this Thursday morning. Hartley, the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Thurston, passed away quite suddenly about 5 o’clock Wednesday morning, after a very brief Illness. The cause of his demise is stated as heart trouble. W. I. Wilcox, soif John and daughter Mary Belle, Mrs. Stebbins and Mrs. Barnard of Chicago and Mr. Wilcox of San Francisco spent the first of the week with Mrs. Ella Parks and A. E. Kyle and wife.

Jasper Guy went to Indianapolis Sunday and accompanied his wife and daughter Geraldine home on Tuesday.* Mrs. Guy was attending the "biggest and best” C. E. state convention which closed Sunday nights with a brilliant address by Charles Reign Scoville. Mr. and Mrs. Dell Gray and daughters, Fleta and Daisy, entertained the Just-for-Fun club and several guests at their home in the north part of town Tuesday evening. Everybody reports a fine time. The committee served cooling refreshments. Lewis Alter and family and others to the number of a dozen attended the Altar family reunion in Clinton courfty last Sunday. They report a rousing good time. About 125 were present. The next reunion will be held at the home of Lewis S. Alter, five miles northwest of Remington in June, 1921. Cleve Yeoman and sister, Miss Dell Yeoman, accompanied by their niece. Miss Doris Hicks, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Yeoman at Indianapolis the latter part of the week, Miss Doris remaining until. Saturday. While there the ladies at-1 tended some of the sessions of the C. E. convention. Mr. and Mrs. Milt Julian and Mr. and Mrs. Mel Julian drove to Watseka Sunday to visit Mel’s brother, Orville Julian, whose illness was mentioned in this paper a short time ago. They foifnd Mr. Julian in a; very z serious condition. They stopped ! enroute at Sheldon to see Mel s | mother, Mrs. Aaron Julian, who Is ; also very sick. John Hardebeck, daughter Laura and son Jesse of Remington, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Leneiau and Miss Mable Deno of Fowler drove to Chicago Sunday morning to visit Mrs. Hardebeck at the hospital. They also visited Mrs. Claud May. They report both ladies as feeling fine and gradually improving. Mrs. Hardebeck will be home In a few days. A fine seven-pound son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Meri Wall of Lo-j gansport at the hospital in that city j Tuesday of last week. Mrs. Wall ■ was formerly Miss Daisy Ott of this place and has hundreds of friends 1 who will rejoice with her over the advent of the son. Grandpa John has been to see the new boy anu; declares on his oath (and Mr. Ott: is a truthful man) that the lad recognized him the first thing.