Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1920 — NEWS from the COUNTY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEWS from the COUNTY

LEE Rer. Olin Stewart and family are here this week, visiting relatives. The Queen Esther girls met Thursday afternoon with Miss Edith Clark. D jj Trout shipped out three carload® of fat cattle from here Sunday evening. Mre. Nan Stiers’s brother’s wife

and little son of Chicago were here a few days, visiting with her. Mrs. Artie Clark and children have returned to her home after being at Joseph Clark’s most of the summer. O. A. Jacks and J. H. Culp have been doing carpenter work for Trustee Parker on school houses this week. Ephriam Gilmore has returned from Kansas, where he was called by the serious illness of his brother, -who died and was buried there last week. C. A. Lefler and family and O. E. Noland and wife, the Noland girls and their husbands and Gifford Marrs and family spent Sunday at Lonnie Noland’s. Miss Lural Anedrson is home thiß week from Muncie, where she has just completed her school work. She will return there the last of the week to begin teaching next Monday in the Muncie schools.

- MILROY G. L. Parks’® entertained several guests Sunday. Earl Foulks attended institute at Rensselaer this week. . Marion Garvin Is staying with Mrs. Merry in Rensselaer at present. Mm Lillie Mitchell and children spent Monday with her sister, Mrs. Thomas Lear. Mm. Jesse English visited her daughter, Mr®. Earl Foulks, and family the last of the week. A poultry culling demonstration was held by the county agent at Mason Barlow’s Tuesday afternoon. Mesdames Earl and George Foulks, Mm. Alice Osborn and Mm. Frank May called on Mrs. Saltwell Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Alice Osborn of Lebanon, Mo„

and Mr®. Frank May visited the latter’® sister, Mrs. Roy Culp, and family Tuesday. Mrs. Alice Osborn and Mrs. Mary May and daughter Ruth spent Wednesday night with Mrs. George Foulks and family. Joe Rees, Frank and Mr. and Mrs. George Foulks went to Monticello Monday and took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clark. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Floyd visited relatives in Pulaski county Sunday, taking a niece home who had been visiting them for several days. CMnton Drake of Columbus, 0., who had been visiting hi® cousin, Mrs. George Foulks, and other relatives, returned home last week. Mrs. Fred Saltwell is in poor health, having fallen to the floor Saturday morning early and lying there until she became conscious again, not knowing how long she had been unconscious.

MT. AYR (From the Tribune) Ernelst Harris left today to resume his school work at Purdue. Dick Harris and Walter Ponsler visited Erhardt Wuerthner at Surrey Wednesday. Mrs. Martin returned this week from a 10 days’ visit with her folks at New Lenox, 111. Haskell Randolph and wife went to Buchanan, Mich., to spend the week-end with relatives. Martin Hickman, wife and daughter of Prairie View, 111., visited here over Sunday with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Spangler bf Jonesboro spent a few days visiting Mr. Spangler’s sister, Mrs. Lloyd HopldnS. Born, Thursday, morning at 8

o’clock to Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Brown, a seven-pound boy. He has been named Max E. Mrs. David Line of Munfordvllle, Ky., is here visiting her daughters, Mrs. Chas. Pharis and Mrs. Ruby Mitten, of Rensselaer. Helen Duvall, who visited her uncle, J. R. Sigler, last week, went to Rensselaer Wednesday for a few days’ visit with her aunt, Mrs. Merry. Mr. and Mrs. Osban and James Blake and Miss Worland from Hammond and Mr. and Mrs. Worland and daughter of Chicago visited over Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ode Sbellenbarger. Miss Marie Harris is home from Muncie where she has been attending summer normal, preparatory to the opening of school. Marie will teach at No. 6, Newton township, Jasper county. . Alex Elijah sold 80 acres of the land which he purchased this spring of J. J. Lawler to Dr. Smalley. The land joined the doctor’s place and we understand the consideration was SIOO per acre. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Frye and two children and Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Gemmer of Silver Lake spent Saturday and Sunday the guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Rhberts. Mrs. Frye and children remained for a week’s visit. Riley Ashby, wife and babe came Tuesday of last week and are spending a two weeks’ vacation with Riley’s grandfather, J. B. Ashby. Riley is still employed In the postoffice at Gary and likes his work fine. Mrs. F. M. Coovert has severed her connections as clerk at Lee’s store and Mrs. Jas. Whited has taken up the work in her place. The Whited’s will move here this week from Parr so that their two sons may enter high school next week. Mrs. Hile, the postmistress, finally received her permit to remove the postoffice 'from the Hopkins room to her own building, recently purchased of Dr. Martin. She removed the office Monday evening, the section men assisting after work hours on the road.