Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1920 — NEWS from the COUNTY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEWS from the COUNTY

FAIR OAKS Grover Wood sports a motorcycle these days. “ • Ike Kight left Saturday night for a few days’ vacation. Health is very good with us this week, and everybody is busy. Several from here attended the -dedicatory services at Virgie Sunday. W. S. McConnell had a new winter top put op his Ford car last week. Mr. Jordan and family of Newland visited at Prof. Campbell’s Wednesday. Miss Amy Bringle was at home Saturday night and Sunday with her —parents, - ■ ' , ; Taking care of fruit is the general order of the day in these parts now a. da vs. We are still having very dry and warm weather and corn is ripening very rapidly. Mrs. Carl Trump has been confined to her home for a few days with an attack of stomach trouble. Owing to quite a wreck on the Monon near Lee Tuesday we failed to get any mail here that day. Lon Dowell and Mrs. G. I. Thomas of Remington were here Tuesday looking after the latter’s interests. A D. Washburn has a gasoline UWdltcher at work putting in a J|of tile on his farm east of town, c Bert and Leslie Warne went to (the Michigan peach country- Monday K°t a couple of Ford loads of Peter Wood has rented the W. O. Gourley farm near here for the coming year and will begin fall plowing at once. Lawrence Halleck and family and his wife’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. McFarley, of Wabash came Friday

evening and visited his parents until Sunday morning. F. R. Erwin has finished his ditch contract near Wolcott, and wilt now move his outfit to the Lawler ranch west of .Fair Oaks, where he has another job of about 30 miles of digging and cleaning put ditches. Two or three evangelists pitched their tent In the park Tuesday evening, preparatory to holding a series of meetings. They do not represent any particular church, only the church of Christ. All are invited to attend these meetings and help make them a success.

WALKER CENTER John Pettet was a Rensselaer caller Tuesday. M. Zufall’s called at A. P. Huntington’s Tuesday evening. Nettle and Fairy Salrin quit high school at Tefft last Friday. Clarence Bridgeman Vas a Rensselaer caller Saturday, on business. Gail Michal and family of Kniman spent Sunday at Paul Hershman’s. Mrs. Joe Salrin and Miss Alice Meyers called on Mrs. F. M. Lilly Friday. : Junior Peltet stepped on a rusty nail last Thursday, but is getting better now. Carry Williams and Billy Wenrick are putting up hay on the Bartsch place this week.. Mrs. A. P. Huntington called on her mother, Mrs. F. M. Lilly, Thursday evening. Mrs. John Pettet spent Saturday visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ernest Tomllson, of Kniman. John Pettet and wife, Junior and Mildred took dinner with Daniel Williams and family Sunday. John Long and family spent Sunday with Long’s parents, Simon Spriggs, of Medaryville. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Huntington and X. Geesa’s of Virgie took dinner with William Hartley's Sunday. George Gardner and .wife of Greencastle are visiting Mrs. J. J. Tomilson and son Will this week. Charley Tomlinson moved into the Guy Barnard house last week from Moody where they have been living.

Mrs. Alvin Dunn of McCoysburg, sister of Mr. Bridgeman, visited with Clarence Bridgeman’s over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Graham of Kokomo visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Hartley, Saturday evening. Miss Gertrude Misch, who teaches at Walker Center, has been staying with Miss Alice Meyers the last two weeks. Vincent Stalbaum is attending high school in Rensselaer. On Monday Miss Ruby Pettet started to high school there. Miss Azalia Spurgeon, who teaches Hershman school, is staying with Mrs. Paul Hershman. Last Friday she took her children on a hike. Mrs. Sanders and children attended a reunion Tuesday held at Gifford for Grandma Braddock, who is 90 years old. She resides with her daughter, Mrs. Caldwell. Teachers’ Institute was held at Kniman last Saturday and all the teachers were' in attendance. Trustee John Pettet also attended the morning session. The next meeting will be on Oct. 16 at Walker Center. .

LEE S. M. Jacks and wife spent Sunday in Lafayette with relatives. Leßoy Noland has moved here and opened up a place for making brooms and repairing shoes. Frank Eldridge’s parents of Monon were here a few .days the past week, visiting him and his family. Mrs. Rebecca Jacobs came last week from Grand Rapids, Mich., to spend some time with her brother, Joseph Stewart, and wife. Mrs, G. A. Jacks’s sister from lowa came last week to visit her and family, and Sunday the ladies’ cousins from Illinois came via auto to visit with them. Mr. and Mrs. Ephriam Gilmore’s brother-in-law and wife of Illinois were here for a short visit witti them and their children. Mrs. O. E. Noland was at Logansport Monday with her mother, who is very sick. She returned in the evening on account of her husband being In such poor health. All day Tuesday there was a large crowd of people coming and going to the big freight wreck which occurred Tuesday about 1 a. m. It looked at this writing, Wednesday, as if it would be several days before all the wreckage was cleaned up. Trains were detoured for about 18 hours.

MOROCCO (From the Courier) Mrs. Victor Hancock and son went to Chicago yesterday to spend a few days. Miss Georgia Martin went to South Bend Tuesday to visit her sister, Mrs. Opal Higer. Mrs. C. L. Ham of French Lick came Sunday to spend some time here with relatives. , Marvin Archibald -Islted over Sunday with his parents and other relatives at Lincon, 111. A son was born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Stewart Mother and babe are doing nicely. Miss Pauline Law will leave today for St. Mary’s of'the Woods to resume her school wort Mrs. George Erzlnger and daughter Dorothy went to Chicago Tuesday evening to visit relatives. Mrs. B. G. Howard of Chicago. and James Erwin of. Rainsville were gnests Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. George Erzlnger. Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Reams took their daughter to Watseka Tuesday where she boarded a special train for St. Mary’s of the Woods to attend school. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Schanlaub, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Dearbuff and Curtis Borrough of South Bend were Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Miller. An 8%-pound boy was born Friday morning to Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Garry.. Mrs. Garry and baby are at the St. Francis hospital at Blue Island and both are doing nicely. Mrs. Charles Woods of Preston, Okla., came Monday to spend the week with Mrs. Win. Kessler. She

had been at Kokomo, where a son was recently born to her daughter, Mrs. Leota Boyd. Mr. and Mrs. Jessen returned home the first of the week from Yellowstone national park, where they went a few weeks ago with relatives from Ohio. They report a most delightful journey. Mr. and Mrs. Carey Hagen and Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Hagen .returned the last of the week from a visit in Pennsylvania. They made the trip via auto and thoroughly enjoyed their stay, in the east. Mr. and Mrs. Mervin'Sell left Friday for their homd tft Big Timbe>’, Mont., after spending a week her 3 with his sister, Mrs. H. K. Corbin. Mr. Sell was employed here for several years by the Citizens’ State bank. Dr. F. G. Behmlander expects to leave Morocco the latter part of this month and will go to Cleveland, 0., where he has accepted a place on the faculty of the dental department of the Western Reserve university. Mrs. Behmlander will accompany him and they will establish their home there. A. L. Carpenter was up from Remington Monday to see his mother, whose health is slowly falling. Mrs. Carpenter has been at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. E. Triplett, for several weeks past and there is little or no hope for any improvement. She is very weak and unable to help herself at all. The Courier received an announcement Monday of the marriage on Sept. 11 of Herman C. Rogers and Miss Mayme Metzler of Kankakee. They will be lat home after Oct. 1 at 187 N. Chicago Ave., Kankakee, 111. Mr. Rogers is well known In Newton county, having practiced law here for several years. He is a clean-cut, capable and conscientious gentleman, and for some time past has been doing special audit work for the Continental Insurance Co.

MT. AYR (From the Tribune) L. E. Ponsler and wife went to Michigan Friday, returning Monday. Jake Schanlaub is here from Wabash looking after his farm interests and visiting relatives and friends. The Mt. Ayr band played for the Odd Fellows’ doings at Morocco Tuesday evening and acquitted themselves in nice style. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schanlaub and Mrs. Will Stucker came Saturday from North Manchester and visited relatives here till Tuesday." E. Andrus has moved Into the Henry Ploutz place and begun working for him. Mr. Andrus has been working for Rich and Foresman near Roselawn. S. W. McChesney of Peru came Saturday for an over Sunday visit with Miss Bernard. While here Mr. McChesney stopped with the J. R. Sigler family. The electric current was tested out a little Wednesday evening and Thursday all was finally got into readiness and the town received its first “electric shock” in time for band concert In the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Whited and little daughter came over from Rensselaer Saturday evening and spent Sunday with Mr. Whited’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Whited. Earl has a good job In a garage at Rensselaer. Bert Johnson and Irvin Carter drove down from St. Joe, Mich., and spent several days among relatives and friends. They are employed in an auto accessories manufacturing establishment in St. Joe and are both making good money. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Nichols of Benton Harbor, Mich., spent a couple of days here visiting his sister, Mrs. Geo. Corbin, and family. From here they went to Enos and Momence, 111., to visit other relatives. The Nichols’s come from tne heart of the Michigan fruit belt and say it is a veritable bee hive just now.

VIRGIE

Miss Patience Florence stayed with Mrs. W. W. Zellers Wednesday. Miss Mary Ahern is staying with W. W. Zellers’s and going to school on the train. L. E. Harrington and family went to Chicago Saturday and stayed until Sunday evening. - There was a large crowd at the dedication here last Sunday. A collection of |7OO was received. Come to Virgie Sunday school evening Sunday afternoon at 2:30. Come and bring your friends. Miss Esther Wiseman and Mr. Glen Baker were married at the former’s home Wednesday, and left that evening for an automobile trip. We extend congratulations.