Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1920 — NEWS from the COUNTY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEWS from the COUNTY

WOLCOTT (From the Enterprise) Mrs. Hugh Treanor of Remington was a Wolcott visitor between trains Tuesday. Mrs. Milt McCollum of Rensselaer was the guest over night Monday of Mrs. Ord Johnson. Miss Frances Osborn of Culver is spending the week with Misses Vera and Eileen Kenrich. Miss Margaret Ellis of Chicago Heights came Wednesday evening and is visiting Mrs. Quincy Hughes.) Robert Clifrk went to Noblesville Wednesday to look after the wheat threshing on his farm near that place. Mrs. Orin Wingard of Hammond came Tuesday to visit her brother, Charles Rice, and family, south of Wolcott. I Alfred Latta and niece, Miss Viola Sigman, went to Kokomo Friday for a few days’ visit with David Latta and family. I Roland Pemberton of Clinton, 111., came by auto Monday and spent a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Pemberton. I Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Holderman of Morris, 111., were guests Sunday of Mrs. Holderman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Ferguson. | Mrs. Elmer Knight of Belzone, Miss., came Sunday evening for a six weeks’ visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Overy. j Mr. and Mrs. John Dellinger and son of Gary were guests from Sunday until Tuesday of A. R. Jones and family and Ed Churchill and family. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nowviskl and baby of Logansport were the guests over Sunday of Mr. Nowviski’s mother, Mrs. Dluzak, and daughteis Miss Myrtle. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Fisher and children of Watseka visited Mr. Fisher’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Fisher, from Saturday evening until' Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. John Dluzak ana daughter of Crown Point were, the guests Sunday of Mr. Dluzak’s mother, Mrs. Agnes Dluzak, and daughter, Miss Myrtle. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Schafer of Piqua, 0., who had>been visiting j Mrs. Schafer’s brother, Charles Weterick, and family this week, left Friday morning for home. Miss Mary Mohr and brother, Kenneth Mohr, went to El Paso, 111., I Wednesday to visit their grandmothers, Mrs. Anna Mohr and Mrs.: Alvira Pinkham, and other relatives.] fc. E. Spangle of Chandler, Okla., came Monday and is visiting his sister, Mrs. M. Snick, and his brother, Henry C. Spangle. This is the first time the brothers and sister have met in 20 years. Mrs. Freda Hull and son Howard of Chicago, who for a long time made Wolcott their home while car-) ing for the late Mrs. Eliza Nordyke, came .Thursday evening for a visit with Wolcott friends. Mrs. Henry Dressier and three | daughters of Hartford Citv were the guests from Thursday evening until Friday evening of Mrs. Dressier’s brother, M. Snick, and her sister-in-law, Mrs. M. Bunnell. Mrs. Dora Hoffer of Paris, Tex., came Tuesday and will visit her brother, John Edwards. On her re-] turn home she will be accompanied by her mother, who has been spending some time with her son here. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rogers and daughter Mary and son Fred, Mr and Mrs. Purtil Martin and M’s. Martin of Lafayette and Mrs. Pearl Rigway of Cairo and Paul Dyer were Sunday guests of Mrs. M. C. Lyons. Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Hohr left Wednesday morning for an automobile trip through Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Mohr will be absent a week or 10 days and will also visit several । joints in Indiana and Ohio on their . trip. | Mrs. Chris Kupperschmidt, who Jiad । been in declining health for several, months, died at her home on south, Range street Monday evening at 6:45, aged 74 years, 7 months and 3 days. Mrs. Kupperschmidt for a few days before her death had seemed to be Improving in health, but Saturday suffered a stroke of paraly-sis-and passed away Monday eve-| ning. The funeral held from the Christian Apostolic church Thursday and interment made in the Christian Apostolic cemetery near here.

7 " BROOK, (From the Reporter) Mi’S. Leo Hamacher went to Watseka Tuesday to visit relatives. Miss Della Lyons was in Lafayette over Sunday visiting with Helen and Frances Wood. Mrs Jos. Hurtt came down from Chicago Wednesday to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. George Battleday. Mrs Sarah Burris of Indianapolis ‘and Mrs- Julia Williams of Greensburg, Ind., were guests of their

nephews, Bert and Charles Bell, this week. Miss Ruth Haynes returned from Ohio Sunday where she had spent some weeks as the guest of her sister, Mrs. Magee. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Tinder and daughter of Danville, Ind., were guests of the former’s son, Dr. Jesse Tinder, and wife this week. Mrs Vondersmlth left Thursday for Mitchell, S. D., where she willjoin her husband for a visit of two weeks. Both will return at the expiration of that time. Hpmer Taylor, who has been engineer at the terracotta factory for the past 11 years, resigned his position and accepted one with Denham & Stonehill the first of the week. Frank Wildrick started Wednesday for a trip through the northwest by automobile. He goes from here to Wisconsin, Minnesota and from there to Canada where he will proceed west, coming back by way of Yellowstone park. Dr. Wood and wife to Rensselaer Saturday and on Sunday took the former’s moher and father to Lafayette to visit the doctor’s daughters, Helen and Frances. They returned to Brook in the evening where the father and mother visited until Monday evening. Otto Frauenhoff, wife and daughter returned from Michigan Monday. They visited friends at Bangor and Hartford. The peach crop is immense this year, the apple crop fair, but of excellent quality. Wheat is excellent in some places, but spotted. Fishing the best in years. Only one bidder put in an appearance for the purchase of the $50,006 worth of bonds for the new Foresman school building. A firm in Indianapolis sent a representative who offered to take the bonds provided the township would pay a premium of $750. Besides this it would be necessary to have the printing of the bonds done at an expense of $250 This latter item can be reduced, no doubt, but the bonus must be paid. The township council and township trustee took the matter under advisement.

MOROCCO (From the Courier) Miss Elizabeth Bachelder went to Danville yesterday to spend a few days with her brother, H. H. Bachelder. Mrs. Tillie Llnblat returned to Chicago Tuesday after spending a few days here with Mrs. Leonard Strom. , Dr. H. F. Leedom loaded his personal effects this week preparatory to their removal to Lynn, in Ram dolph county. Miss Elizabeth Carlstrom of Chicago visited over Sunday with her sister-in-law, Mrs. E. C. Swanson, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Murphy. 4 . Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hanger and A. B. Jenkins of Morocco and Mr. and Mrs. Lon McConnell of Lafayette are spending a couple of weeks at the camp on the Kankakee. [ Mr. and Mrs. Bert Storm of MarshI field and Mrs. Halsie Cluster and daughter Lois of Indianapolis were Sunday guests of the ladies’ brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. O. M. 'Tuggle. Rev. and Mrs. A. B. McKain and the latter’s sister, Miss Ruby Agate, our efficient reporter, left Wednesday for Orland, 111., where they will spend a couple of weeks with the t/o ladies’ grandmother. Mr. and Mrs. Young of Indianapolis were guests over Sunday at the home of J. J. Clark. Their nephew, Jimmie. Armstrong, accompanied them on their return and will visit his grandmother at Newton, later going to Crawfordsville to attend a family reunion. E. G. Pernigo’s sale of Shorthorn cattle last Thursday afternoon brought a general average of over $2lO. Buyers were present from many distant points, but the recent decline in beef prices has curtailed the demand for breeding stock and the bidding was not very brisk. William Thomas of Colfax township returned. Wednesday evening of last week from an auto trip to his former home at St. Bernice, Ind., where he visited his step-mother and three sisters. One of his sisters has been’ ill for some time and he left her very low. When he returned his boys had the corn crop laid by. Mr. and Mrs. Will Enslen and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Fisher of Marlon, who were visiting relatives at Sheldon, drove to Morocco Wednesday and spent the day here with old friends. Mr. Enslen established the Courier here 40 years ago, and left here about 1890. For several years past he has been foreman of the Star office at Marion, but still has a warm spot in his heart for the old home town. While here they were guests of Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Triplett. Mr. and _ Mrs. John Bicknell ' of Rensselaer, Ind., were in this city Wednesday looking for Mrs. John Eastman, who disappeared from her home at Hopkins Park. They were unable to find her and asked Policeman Purnell to keep a look out for her. Officer Purnell discovered her Thursday morning at 5:30 as she passed through town and detained her and her little son, who is about 5 years old, until the above relatives came and took her home with them. Mrs. Eastman is thought to be demented. —Momence Progress.

MEDARYVILLE (From the Journal) Cora Lanam went to Lafayette Friday to visit for several weeks. Mrs. Utterback cf Winamac is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Charles Timm. . Mike Tetzloff and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Louis Tetzloff at North Judson Sunday. Mrs. Herman “ Steinke and daughter Amanda spent last Saturday with friends in Rensselaer. A. E. Malsbary came up from Lafayette and Sundayed at the E. W. Horner home, where Mrs. Malsbary and the children are visiting. Mrs. Anthony Mielenz has purchased the Philip Smith farm of 160 acres east of town. The Smiths are planning to move to Medaryville. A. N. Roland went to Indianapolis last Saturday to visit his son John

and' wife, who are planning to go back to Scotland for Mrs. Roland’s health. Dr. and Mrs. Linton returned from Leesburg, 0., Tuesday where they were called on account of the illness and depth of Mrs. Linton’s brother, Greely'M. George. Mrs. Bert Johnson of White Cloud, Mich., came the first of the week to visit her brother, John Antcliff, and family. Wednesday George Antcliff and wife motored over from Brook and Mrs. Johnson accompanied them home. The Arthur Prevo residence property on east Main street has been purchased by Henry Kroft and possession will be given about Sept. 1. Mr. Prevo is planning to build a home on his lots at the northwest side of town on the San Pierre road. Mr. and Mrs. James Holt of North Judson. Mr. and Mrs. George Winters,. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Winters, Kathlyn Winters, Sophia Winters, Martha Holt, Mabel Howe and LeRoy Holt spent last Sunday at the home of Al Holt and family. Mrs. Marie Holt and children, Florence and John, spent the evening there. Mr. and Mrs. John Manning entertained a number of friends last Saturday evening at an ice cream social in honor of their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Will Conners, of Chicago. On Sunday the Mannings had as dinner guests the following: Mr. and Mrs. Otto Chasteen of Brook, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Guild of Kouts, Mr. and Mrs. Will Connors of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Coburn, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Firebaugh, Mr. and Mrs. Octavius Getz, Hugo Manning and son Robert.

FRANCESVILLE (From the Tribune) Mrs. John Tillett of Francesville spent several days here the first of the week with Mrs. Malinda Sprague. Mr. and Mrs. U. C. Mallon are spending a few days with friends at their summer home at Macatawa Park, Mich. Mrs. Florence Williams of Chicago has been the guest of Mrs. Emma Ames and daughter, Miss Clara, tor several days. Earl' Rice of St. Paul, Minn., is in Francesville the guest of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Rice and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Emmet. Mrs. Mary Huguet has returned from El Paso, 111., where she had been called by the death of her nephew, Joseph Roberts. Claude Record, Nell Williams and Misses Bertha Hayworth and Jennie Colbo were the guests of Mrs. Orla Clouse in Rensselaer Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Will Schleman and son Delos of Valparaiso drove here Tuesday in their new Hudson sedan. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles

Schleman, joined them for a brief visit with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schleman at Rensselaer. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nolan are having their old home place wrecked this week and will build a modern bungalow on-the site. The old dwelling was built about 56 years ago and has been one of the town’s historic spots as well as the home of the late Mrs. Mary Bledsoe. The Nolans are living temporarily in the west part of town. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Phillips of Indianapolis were guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Nelson, Mrs. Cynthia Garrigues and other relatives here Saturday and Sunday. They were on their way home from Michigan where they had been on a vacation trip. Mrs. Phillips was formerly Miss Millie Brewer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Brewer, and one time residents of this place.