Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1920 — NEWS from the COUNTY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEWS from the COUNTY

REMINGTON (From the Press)

Mrs. D. M. Forry Is very sick at the home of her son, Ira Forry, of southwest of town. Mr. and Mrs. Fern Lough drove to Crawfordsville Saturday evening and spent Sunday with relatives. John A. Gray of Hobart, who Jias been visiting his sister, Mrs. John Ritenour, returned home Tuesday. Mrs. Ed O’Connor of Logansport visited her mother, Mrs. D. A. Epckel, and other relatives here Friday last. Mr. and Mrs. John Healy and sons and Mrs. Mary E. Drake of Rensselaer spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Doc Milner. Ray Milner, Walter Gillam and Jacob Ochs, Jr., drove to South Bend Tuesday afternoon and contemplate a longer journey.. The freshman class has 33 members, the largest in years. It will be necessary to divide the class in Latin and probably in algebra. Mrs. W. H. Kenyon and daughter Josephine went "to Lafayette Wednesday evening to spend a few days with friends and visit the fair. Mrs. G. F. Pampel of Sedgwick, Colo., who has been visiting relatives here the past month, returned to her home the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Jason Bickel, daughter Virginia and sons, Charles and Jason, Jr., drove to Monon Sunday and spent the day with John Treanor and family. Joe Graham returned Wednesday evening from a trip to lowa, Minnesota and the Dakotas. Joe has the appearance of having been out in the sun and wind .mostly. Mrs. W. A. Mullen of Flagler, Colo., who is visiting her mother, Mrs. Sarah Hawn, attended the state fair last week and spent the weekend with her brother, Harry Hawn, at Terre Haute. Mtb. Charles Wood and baby of near Monon are visiting her mother,

Mrs. Eda Wineland, this week and will remain until Mrs. Wineland and son Albert leave for Florida the latter part of the week. , Mrs. Roy Hildebrand and children of Cullom, 111., came last week and spent a part of this with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Roades. Milton Roades returned to Illinois with her for a short rest. Harvey Williams reports a good sale of spotted Poland Chinas for I. E. Charlesworth at Otterbein on the 11th. Forty-seven head averaged $291 each; one sow selling for SB,050 to Independence, Mo., parties. Mr. and Mrs. George Hensler returned Monday night from a week’s trip to Jackson county, where they visited Mrs. Hensler’s brothers, Harry and Abe Dewey. They had a dandy trip and report everything in nice order. Mrs. Lex Fisher and daughter, Miss Cecile, who were to return to their Kansas home last week, did not feet away as stated. Miss Daisy went, but the return tickets of the other two had been mislaid or destroyed and they are awaiting the arrival of duplicate ones. Mrs. Walter Hicks and children, Elizabeth and Richard, went to Rensselaer this Thursday for a few days’ visit with her sister, Mrs. Worden, after which they, accompanied by Miss Helen Clowry, will go to Green Bay, Wis., for a visit before returning to their home at Portland, Ore., about Oct. 1. The school enrollment this year is considerably lower than usual, owing perhaps, to so many families moving away, and to other causes. The total enrollment is 224. Of these 88 are in the high school and the remaining 136 in the grades. The smallest grade Is the seventh year, numbering only 11 pupils. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Beeks, accompanied by Mrs. Frank Pampel and sons, Richard and Leslie, and Mrs. Hubert Cornwell, drove to Hicksville, 0., Tuesday of last week and visited Mrs. Beeks’s sister, Mrs. Elsie Phillips, and family, returning home Saturday. On their return trip they visited their brother, Charles Crabbe, and family at Wabash. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Rank of Chicago drove down Wednesday afternoon of last week and spent till Friday morning with Sam Ravenscroft. On- their return home they were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Rank, the latter having been here for some time with her sister, Mrs. G. L. Parks, has very poor health. A short stay for C. E. Rank and wife yet a jolly good time is reported.

We are told that the fire marshal has made another visit to Remington and condemned another bunch of buildings. About one more trip ofthis gentleman and there won’t be rooms enough left In town to conduct business. This time, we understand, that the millinery store, owned by C. H. Peck, and the meat market, the property of J. S. Zimmerman, and the depot, owned by the apology managers, were all given a going over and suggested that sooner or later all would have to be removed. He also made the remark that If U were not for crowding a number of business men out at a bad time of the year that a majority of the buildings on the north side of the railroad would be condemned.

MT. AYR (From the Tribune) Supt. W. O. Schanlaub was here Frldajf evening and delivered the principal address at the Brotherhood. If all goes well the electric current will probably be turned on some time this week. Perhaps in time for the band concert Thursday evening. Charles Shriver went to Edmonds, N. Dak., Friday to look after the harvest or rather the threshning of his wheat on the farm which he owns near that town. Ira Huntington left Saturday for Bloomington to again take up his work at school in the I. U. university. Ira did some summer work at the university thereby shortening his vacation which he spent at home. Mrs. L. E. Ponsler of Mt. Ayr, Mrs. Georgia Harris Warner, Miss Muriel Harris of Rensselaer, Miss Lois Yeoman of Tab and Blanche Ponsler, who is back from the west visiting made up a party that motored to Columbia City Tuesday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ponsler.