Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1920 — The WEEK'S DOINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The WEEK'S DOINGS

GIFFORD John Bicknell of Rensselaer spent Tuesday evening with Nate Keene. Charles Hall and wife spent Sunday with Charles Jones and family. Miss Elsie Haniford is spending this week with friends at Newtown. Miss Essie Comer and Denver Potts were Rensselaer goers Saturday evening. E. M. Hibbs and daughter Frances of Tefft spent Sunday with the Dave Spriggs family. Miss Bessie Spriggs, who is working for Mrs. Kent Parkison, spent Thanksgiving at home. Miss Ruth Kepner of Rensselaer spent the latter part of the week with Miss Opal Hankins. Mr. and Mrs. Orval Putts of Remington and Dick Davisson of Goodland spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Nate Keene. Mrs. Frank Antrim and children and Mrs. Pearl Lang of Monon spent the latter part of the week with Robert Steel and family. LEE A birthday dinner was given last Sunday for Morris Jacks. Elmer Gilmore and family took Sunday dinner with his sister. Oscar Jacks, who is working in Lafayette, was home Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Freeman of Francesville visited here Sunday at Harry Rishling’s. Mrs. Grant Hoover and two sons of Attica were at H. C. Anderson’s Wednesday for a few hours. Glenn Culp and wife have rented the J. W. Miller property and have gone to housekeeping in same. Mrs. Artie Clark and children and Joseph Stewart and wife took Sunday dinner at H. C. Anderson’s. There was a large crowd present at the Epworth League meeting last Sunday evening. Music was furnished by the Lee orchestra. George Culp and family and Mrs.

C. A. Holeman and John, Jr., and Estel Osborne and families ate Sunday dinner at J. L. Osborne’s. Last Saturday night a miscellaneous shower was given at J. H. Culp’s for their son, Glenn, and wife. Many useful and valuable present were received.. Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served to about forty guests.

WOLCOTT (From the Enterprise) _ J Kossie Clinebell went to Chicago Tuesday morning to spend Thanksgiving with friends. Jethro Mattox of Kentland was the guest Monday of his cousin, P. L. Mattox, and family. Miss Cecelia Cooley of Raub spent the week-end here as the guest of Dr. and Mrs. E. L. Welsch. Mrs. W. H. Gerberlch went to El Paso, 111., Tuesday to spend Thanksgiving with her sister, Mrs. A. H. Wolk. Mr. and Mrs. George Spangle of near Rensselaer were the guests Sunday of Mrs, Spangle’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Dunn. Mrs. William Winger and daughter, Bertha, went to Fairbury, 111., Tuesday for a short visit with Mr. Winger’s sister, Mrs. Julius Reiman. Oswald Sieger and James Huebner of Toledo, 0., came Wednesday for a few days’ visit with William Fisher and family of north of Wolcott. Professor and Mrs. Charles H. Wolf went to Indianapolis Saturday for a week’s vacation and visit with Mrs. Wolf’s brother, Otto Wolf, and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dissoway and little son of Sheldon came Wednesday evening to spend Thanksgiving with Mrs. Dissoway’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Clark. Mrs. Artie Jones and sons, Harold and Ryland, left Tuesday evening for Benjamin, Texas, where they will spend the winter with Mrs. Jones’ father, George F. Nelson, and other relatives. Miss Mable Grugle of south of Wolcott and Miss Iva Blankenship of north bf Wolcott, who are attending the academy at Cicero, Ind., visited with their parents here from Thursday evening until Monday morning. Oliver Doctor, who is engaged in dredging and for some timb has been working near Merkle, Ind., came home Sunday for a few days’ visit, after which he will go south, where he will be engaged in dredging during the winter. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Pugh, Ed Churchill and family and Mrs. May Kenrlch and children drove to Battle Ground Sunday and visited the ladies’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Collins. The occasion was the golden wedding o anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Collins. Mr. and Mrs. M. Snick went to Cerro Gordo, 111., Saturday to attend the wedding of their niece, Miss R. Ebey Walllck, which was solemnized Sunday. Mr. Snick returned home Monday, %Irs. Snick remaining for

a visit with her sister, Mrs. Cyrus Walllck. Dr. and Mrs. E. L. Welsch went to Fowler Wednesday evening to spend Thanksgiving with the doctor’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Welsch. They will also visit Mrs. Welsch’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Holston, at Ambia and will return home Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Colonel Sentman and daughter, Eunice, and baby, Mary Eleene, of Covington, who were on their way to Plymouth to spend Thanksgiving with Mrs. Sentman’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mattox, stopped off here Tuesday and spent the night with Mrs. Sentman’s brother, P. L. Mattox, and family. After a two weeks’ visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William V. Spencer, Miss Gail Spencer returned to Washington, D. C., where she has been employed the past two years as a stenographer with the United States shipping board. On her return trip. Miss Spencer will visit at Kokomo, Dayton and Cincinnati. Marvin Berdell Wright, the three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Wright, died at the home of his parents north of Wolcott Sunday. Deceased was taken ill Tuesday, November 2, with stomach and bowel trouble and while everything possible was done for him it was of no av» and he passed away Sunday morning. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon and burial was made in the Wolcott cemetery.

MT. AYR (From the Tribune.) Mrs. Eli Miller is suffering from tonsllitis this week. Miss Addie Harris was down from

Tefft to spend the week end with her folks. Leslie Clark and Harry Kreelur of Rensselaer were business callers here Friday. Attorney T. B. Cunninghsm of Kentland was a business visitor here Monday. Hurshel Blate had bis father and mother and also some other company from Francesville Sunday. Miss Cecil Miller was home from South Bend tor Thanksgiving. She was accompanied by her friend, Curtis Brugh. Mra. F. A. Standish and daughter, Mis. Lester Waling, visited another daughter at Fair Oaks the latter part of the. week. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Stucker visited the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Brown, who live south of McCoysburg. Sunday. Messrs George and Lloyd Hopkins and their wives spent Sunday with George's sister, Mrs. Minnie Crisler, of north of Rensselaer. The Thanksgiving dance at the hall wub very largely attended. The young folks also had a pleasant Invitation dance Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wilstead of Canton, 111., visited several days with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Phares. Mr. Wilstead is an uncle of Mrs. Phares. Archie Lee and cousin, Arthur Lee, of Rensselaer stopped here a while Monday morning as they were enroute to Brook to do some electrical work. Mrs.’ Spangler and Mrs. Jones, who visited at the Lloyd Hopkins home last week, were from Jonesboro instead of Rensselaer, as was reported in our last week's issue. Bert Rich and family were down from Chicago last Sunday and spent the day with C. H. Tucker. Mr. Rich reports business activities slacking up perceptably in the city. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Steele, who will make their home at Monticello, are here visiting with their niece, Mrs. Joseph Witcher. Mr. and Mrs. Steele have just returned from Baltimore, Md. Mrs. Ellen Mahanny of Chicago Is visiting with Mrs. Jane Makeever, F. M. Makeever and D. S. Makeever and other relatives here. Mrs. Mahanny was Miss Ellen Makeever. being one of Mat Makeever’s daughters. Miss Bernard went to her home at Peru Wednesday evening to spend Thanksgiving with her folks. Miss Renwick and Miss Bridwell also went to their respective homes for the turkey holiday, Miss Renwick going to Monticello and Miss Bridwell to Forrest. L. A. Brunton was quite seriously injured Saturday when a board that he was nailing up in the top of his cribs broke, letting him fall on the automobile below. The hood was off and Mr. Bruhton went head-first into the engine. It was thought for a time that he was dead, but he came to and is getting better as rapidly as can be expected.