Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1920 — LOCAL NEWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LOCAL NEWS

i Charles Mullaney of Roselawn was a visitor in the city Saturday. Miss Etta Dunaway of Ottawa, 111., came Saturday for a visit with Mrs. A. J. Bellows. i Mrs. Lester A. Brown and children of Indianapolis are guests of her father, Len Griggs. Arthur Trussell and daughter, Mrs. Wiltha Bqker, and children went to Forest Saturday for a visit with relatives. H. G. Abbott of Indiana Harbor * spent Saturday and Sunday here with his wife, who is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Reeve. Carl Heinz of Hammond spent Sunday here with Ms wife and daughter, who are visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. D. McColly. Mrs. A. J. Brenner of Winchester ramp Saturday for a visit with Mrs. A. J. Kenney and family of west of town and other relatives and old friends in Rensselaer. Mr. and Mrs. John Putts and two daughters went to Indianapolis Saturday for a visit with Mrs. Putts’s sister, Mrs. M. F. Long, and husband. They will also visit relatives C at Kokomo before returning home. 4 Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Sears returned to Watseka, 111., Sunday after a couple of weeks visit with the A. F. Long family and other relatives. ' Mr. Sears is past 94 years of age and is still able to be about but has lost several of his faculties.

Ray Laßue was in Lafayette on business Saturday. / Orpha Gant returned to his twork at Gary Friday after a visit with friends here. Charles E. Rank of Chicago came Saturday for a visit with S. C. Irwin and other’ relatives. Mr. and Mrs. *O. C. Chamberlain of Berwyn, 111., spent the week-end here with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sprague. They returned home Sunday evening, accompanied by Miss Myrtle Dayton, who will spend the week with them.

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Griggs of Attica visited the former’s father, Len Griggs, here Friday. Miss Myrtle Ford, nurse at the county hospital, spent the week-end with relatives in Remington. Mre. E. J. Duvall, ’ who recently suffered a stroke of paralysis, is improving quite rapidly, it is said. Mrs. Frank Ellis was called to Gloster, Miss., Saturday by the serious illness of her mother, Mrs. James Swaim. . Among the Chicago goers Friday were Mrs. Joseph Jefferies, William Traub and daughter Wilhelmina and Samuel Cook. Miss Nellie Winsor of Richland, Mo., came the Jast of the week for a visit with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Welsh, of Jordan township. ; v Why not buy a Mme in Rens-' selaer? See C. W. Duvall, who has a number of good home* for sale, priced to meet any sized pocketbook. Phone 147. — s-10 Charles Randle, who has been employed at Kokomo, returned home the last of the week, having been temporarily laid off with others at the factory where he was employed. Jesse E. Wilson of Hammond spent Saturday and Sunday here with his wife and children, who have been with Mrs. Wilson’e mother, Mrs. J. M. Wasson, who has been quite 111, but Is now considerably Improved. Mrs. Fae Petty-Brouhard of Goodland was a visitor In the city Monday. Mrs. Brouhard has yielded to the urgent request of County Supt. Sterrett to teach again this year in the Fair Oaks schools, there being such a shortage of good teachers.

“Uncle" Abe Simpson passed his 80th milestone Monday. Hildreth Pefley ot Chicago spent the week-end here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pefley. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Austin canie down from Chicago Saturday and spent Sunday with old friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph O’Riley and Dr. and Mrs. I. M. Washburn and daughter Mary were Lafayette goers Friday. J Miss Nellie Eck returned to Blaisdell, N. D., Friday afteY a visit with relatives and friends in Carpenter township. Mrs. John Fairchild and daughter of Monon came Saturday for a visit with Miss Oka Pancoast of Newton township. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Day and daughter Glenn visited with their son Omar and family at Anderson from Saturday until Monday. Joseph Reeve, Alfred Thompson, W. I. Spitler and Marlon Learning came down from Chicago Saturday and spent Sunday with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. Ord Yeoman and four eons drove to Columbia City Saturday and visited until Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Newt. Pumphrey. Word has been secelved here of the birth of a daughter Aug. 4 to Mr. and Mrs. Harve J. Robinson of near Liberty, Miss. This is their fourth child. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yeazel left Saturday for their home at New Lawrenceburg, 0., after a visit with the latter’s sister, Mrs. Henry Ropp, of north of town.

Mrs. Edward O’Donald and son returned to their home at Champaign, 111., Saturday after a two weeks visit here with her sister, Mrs. T. M. Callahan. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Baumgartner and daughter Catherine and Mr. and Mre. Harry Parker left Sunday via auto for a week’s outing among the lakes in northern Indiana. R. W. Schaupp, teacher in the Rensselaer high school last year, has moved his household goods to Bloomington, where he will take a law course at Indiana university. Mrs. Anna Threlkald ot Fredonia, Ky., who had been visiting her brother, John Bill, and family, went to New Salisbury, Ind., Friday for a visit before returning to her home. Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Downs, who since last March have been with their son, Chester Downs, and family near Mitchell, S. D., returned to their home here the last -of the week. A' card received from Mrs. L. L. Lefler ot Lafayette, the last of the week, stated that they, with some friends, were spending a two weeks vacation at Blue Lake, Ind., near Churubusco.

James Donnelly sold a fine Hereford calf to J. J. Eigelsbach last week that was but eight months old weighed 900 pounds, and brought Mr. Donnelly S9O. Not so for these Democratic times. Thomas A. Crockett, who is a patient at the county hospital, desires through The Democrat to thank his friends for the many beautiful flowers sent him. There is not very much change In Mr. Crockett’s condition. ..„ - — Mrs. H. B. Murray, who had been at the Home hospital In Lafayette for the past two weeks, undergoing an operation for eye trouble, returned home Sunday. It is thought she will be greatly benefited by the operation. Vern Nowels and family, who for the past few months have occupied rooms at the Mrs. H. E. Parkinson home on Van Rensselaer street, have moved into the Earl Duvall house on College avenue, which he has rented. < „ * < -V , The James Lowman farm of 240 acres one mile north of Fowler, on the west Goodland-Fowler road, sold last week to G. B. Hardebeck at $475 per acre, the top price ever received for a Benton county farm. The previous top price was S4OO per acre for a farm sold last winter.

Enough rain fell nere Friday afternoon to lay the dust, and during the night there were several good showers, enough to wet the ground pretty thoroughly and practically insure the corn crop. Rain also fell early Sunday morning and a fine rain rama toward evening. While the rains stopped the threshing Saturday, they were of great benefit to the corn, which in many places had begun to need rain quite badly. These rains were quite general In this section of the state.

J. C. Perry ot Chicago is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Parker. Howard L. Harris of Fulton is the guest here of his aunt, Mi's. F. H. Hemphill. Miss Maude Spitler spent the week-end in Chicago with the Marion Learning family. Miss Lucille Phillips of qhampalgn, 111., camp Monday for a visit with Miss Ruth Wood and other friends here. \ Mrs. Fred Popp and daughter of Gillam township went to West Pullman, 111., Saturday for a visit with relatives. Mrs. Harry Jlnkerson and baby of Chicago came Sunday for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wiltshire. The acceptance speech of Governor Cox appears on another page of today’s Democrat, in condensea form. Read it.

Misses Helen Good and Lois Ham of ’ Lafayette spent the week-end here, guests of Misses Helen Warner and Alice Witham. - - - Delos Thompson returned home from Springfield, 111., Monday where he has been looking after his state road contracts near that place. A. G. Lucas returned to his home at Gary Monday after a visit with his mother at Remington, and with the Earl Clouse family of southeast of town. Defaun Heuson returned to her home In Lafayette Saturday after an extended visit here with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Nat Heuson, of north of town. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wiltshire and two daughters of Janesville, 0., came via auto Saturday for a visit with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wiltshire. Mrs. Peter Giver and daughter Catherine of Wabash are also guests at the Wiltshire home.

Miss Thelma Wynegar of South Bend spent the week-end with retar tives and friends here. Lilo Hauter ot Madison, came Saturday for a visit with hie parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hauter. Miss Hagel Gray ot Remington, who had been attending school tn Indianapolis, returned home Saturday. Rev. J. G. Rhlnd and wife of Remington took the train here Monday sos Ephriam, Wls., for a three weeks* vacation.* I Lloyd Parks and. Harry English went to Gary Monday to enter in the Northwestern Indiana Tennis tournament. Dr. Hewlt of Demotte suffered quite a severe stroke of paralysis Monday, but was reported to be improving yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Bostwick are having their house raised on south Weston street and putting tn banement, heat and bath. L. R. Eisenberg of St. Louis spent the week-end here with his wife, who is spending the summer with her mother, Mrs. Nathan Fendlg. Mrs. C. M. Nichols returned to her home in Portland Monday after a visit here with her grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Tudor, and other relatives. Mrs. Adda O'Malley and Mr. anu Mrs. Earl Sheperd returned to their homes at Pontiac, 111., Monday after a visit here with the L. A. Harmon family. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Sprlgg of Oklahoma City, Okla., who had been guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Clark, left Monday tor a visit with reiar tives in Michigan. i Among the Chicago goers Monday were Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Gunyon ot Parr, R. G. Burns, J. Benema, W. I. Hoover and Mr. and Mrs. Erneet Lamson and daughter.