Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1920 — The WEEK'S DOINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The WEEK'S DOINGS

LEE Fred Nelson has gone to Jackson county to visit his parents. Estel Osborne and Art Telfer shipped a carload of stock Tuesday. Raymond Warren and wife have moved into the Mrs. C. A. Holeman house. The Home Missionary ladies met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. S. M. Jacks. The teacher. Miss Anderson, and pupils are preparing h Thanksgiving program. The Jacks families from here attended a birthday dinner at Remington Sunday. Rev. Dean and Charley Weypiouth and wife were Sunday guests at J. W. Mellender’s. O. E. Noland and wife and Paul Morrell and wife of Rensselaer spent Sunday at S. W. Noland’s. Glenn Culp and Miss Georgia Hays of Monon were married Nov. 4 at Shepherdsville, Ky., and spent several days there with her sister and other relatives before returning home.

FAIR OAKS Mervin Dunn moved to Wheatfield Saturday. „ We were favored with another shower Monday night. Mrs. A. M. Bringle had an attack of the grip the first of the week. Mrs. Sam Kettering moved their household goods to Dunn’s Siding, their new location, Tuesday. Mrs. Eggleston, who had been visiting in Ohk) since last summer, returned to Fair Oaks last week. Abe Bringle and wife and daughter Amy spent Sunday with Arvel Bringle and wife at Remington. Jake Spitzer, J. C. Thompson and A. I. Abel and son Orval attended the McCray blowout at Kentland Tuesday. It is reported that Joe Norman will move down Into the old Halstead neighborhood in Newton township in the spring. . John Kight of Indianapolis and Mrs. Shein of Monon came the first of the week to visit their father, Isaac Kight, who is somewhat under the weather. There has been several cases of the grip in our town the past week. Landis Wood begun driving the school hack from the southern part of the school district Monday. The heavy snow, which visited us about 10 days ago, did considerable damage to cherry and peach trees in these parts, as it was so damp It stuck to the branches until they were badly broken. A. D. Washburn had a bunch of men start moving his house on Front street over onto his farm last week, but when they got to the railroad they stopped, by request of the railroad employes, and it is still It is reported that Oren Gourley of Gary and Miss Mary Norman were secretly married at Crown Point last May, while the latter was making the Gourley family a visit. They have been very successful in keeping it from their friends until a short time ago.

ROSELAWN Dorcie Kight is better at this writing. Fred Call and family took dinner with Walter Brown’s, near Fair Oaks, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence McDonald spent Sunday with his parents, Tom Parks and wife. - Frank Smith and Ed Myers and wives took Sunday dinner with Oscar Atwood and wife. Alva Call and wife spent Saturday night and Sunday with her parents, Sam Butts and wife. Mrs. W. T. Kight is going to Gary to keep house for her son Dorcie. She will spend Sunday here. Little Jim Cox of Tennessee is moving to Roselawn in the near future and will occupy the Baxter house. Clarence Smith moved Wednesday into a part of Mrs. Kight’s house, she having part of goods in same. John and Will Cunningham and families 1 of Detroit, Mich., arrived here Thursday via autos to visit with their parents, John Cunningham and wife.

MT. AYR (From the Tribune) Mr. and Mrs. Ged. Lynch were Brook visitors Tuesday. George Corbin and family spent Sunday with Mrs. Corbin’s brother, J. Nichols, near Lake Village. Mrs. Haskell Randolph and babe left Sunday evening for Baxter, Tenn., for a visit with her folks. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Fenters of Attica are visiting Mr. Fenter’s sister, Mrs. George Lambert, and family. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Harris and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Lee of Rensselaer visited Harry Brunton’s Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Rice of Lansing have been spending the week with Mrs. Rice’s folks, the Huntingtons. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Perkins of Goodland and daughter, Mrs. Geo. ißtaton, of Brook visited J. R. Sigler and family Thursday. Julian Swan has been here for some time visiting his sister, Mrs. : Ed Huntington. Mr. Swan’s home is at Mazomanee, Wis. Chas. Snow went to ChicagOs Saturday and spent the day Sunday with his wife and daughters, returning home Sunday evening. Arthur Baker returned to his home at Coffeeville, Kas., after a few days visit with his father, John Baker, who has been quite sick for some and J. M. Stutzman pf Arthur. 81., came to attend the J. B. Stutzman sale Friday. The former is a brother and the latter a nephew oi Mr. .Stutzman. _ . . . , The doctor reports a fine baby girl at the home of Leonard Brooks, on Tuesday, Oct. 26; Mr. and Mrs. Brooks five at Thayer, but win be

remembered as having lived here at one time. Mrs. Wm. Conser was here from Earl Park Wednesday to visit the Armold’s. When she returned home she was accompanied by Mrs. Armold and Mrs. Jennie Ashby, who remained till Saturday. Mrs. Loma Miller returned from Niles, Mich., Saturday where she has been to have her eyes treated. She returned much Improved and feels with a few more treatments she will get entire relief. Miss Orpha Barton returned to her work at Indianapolis Sunday after a week’s vacation spent with home folks. The trip home was occasioned by the election and Miss Orpha's deqire to cast her first ballot. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hicks, who have been visiting Mr. Hicks's sister, Mrs. W. H. Med Worth, and family, started on their return trip to their home at Backing Ridge, N. J. Mr. Hicks is a railroad employe and had only a short vacation. Mr. and Mrs. George Hopkins, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hopkins, Miss Lydia Renwick and Miss Susie Wood spent the day Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dickinson, near Goodland. Mrs. Dickinson was formerly Miss Florence Cacyn, a teacher in our schools here.