Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1920 — NEWS from the COUNTY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEWS from the COUNTY

LEE Arthur Miller was shredding corn this week in this locality. Morris Jacks and wife spent a few days last week In Chicago. Joseph Clark and family ate Sunday dinner at O. A. Jacks.’ Mr. Lamport had a • carload of cattle shipped In a few days ago. Orval Holeman and family of near Palestine visited Sunday with Roy Stiers and family. Raymond Warren and wife were week-end guests of his uncle and family In Lafayette. John Noland of Alaska Is here now visiting with his father, Leßoy Noland, and other relatives. A program Is now being arranged for a Christmas tree entertainment at the church Christmas eve. J. W. Mellender and wife visited Sunday with his sister, Mrs. C. A. Holeman, and Frank Overton and family. William Brock and family have moved this week into their new property, irhlch they built to replace the one destroyed by fire last summer.

FAIR OAKS Mrs. Joseph Kosta of south of town is very poorly at this writing. Isaac Right is making very satisfactory gains In health nowadays. Mrs. Lyman Hall went to Chicago

last week for an indefinite visit with relatives. William Geary went back to his old job Monday as foreman of the coal chutes. A. D. Washburn of Kentland was here this week looking after bis real estate Interests. Oeorge Wood delivered something over 100 bushels of corn to Abe Brlngle Saturday. Joe Brown is moving the old postoffice building for Mrs. J. C. Thompson at this writing. The Spltxer hotel had as its guest a few days last week one of the oldfashioned organ grinders. Floyd Baiter and family, of Kniman moved to Fair Oaks last week and occupy the Keller property. Sam Karr and Paul Barker butchered a beef Monday evening and now have part of same on the market. We got about a 36-hour rain the latter part of last week, which put the dirt roads again In a bad condition. Charles Hall made a trade last week wherein Joe Warbritton became the owner of £harles’ motorcycle and Charles the owner of Joe’s Ford. Both made a good trade. The news came here last week that Sam Kettering, who Is foreman of a section at Dunn’s Siding, In some manner got both his feet severely smashed while on duty. There were four automobile loads of our school children, with the high school basketball team, who went to Wheatfield Tuesday evening to have it out with the latter team. The former went to do the yelling stunt, while the latter did the rest. Trustee Odel of Colfax township, Newton county, got another carload of coal the first of the week and before it was transferred to the switch to be unloaded he solcf several tons to people here In town, as he had quite a bit more than he needed for the schools.

WALKER CENTER Mrs. Clarence Brldgeman was on the sick list Sunday. Lee Jennings is putting in about 10,000 tile on his place. Clarence Brldgeman was a Virgie caller Sunday afternoon. A. P. Huntington sold a load of hogs Monday to M. Clark. Will Hartley moved,*® is family to the Turfler fqrpp Monday.

Miss Amelia Shults has been helping at Ernest Tomlinson’s. Donald Brldgeman took dinner Sunday with Richard Williams. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Scott attended a sale at Virgie last Monday. John Pettet and son Ray were callers In Renselaer Monday. A. P. Huntington sawed wood Monday and F. M. Lilly assisted him. Mrs. John Pettet spent Wednesday with her daughter, Mrs. Ernest Tomlinson. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Huntington were business callers In North Judson Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Huntington spent Tuesday evening with F. M. Lilly and family. Mrs. J. J. Tomlinson visited her new granddaughter at Ernest Tomlinson,s Saturday. Miss Ruby Pettet was home Sunday from Rensselaer, where she Is attending high schooL * Mrs. J. J. Tomlinson and son Will called at Clarence Bridgeman’s and A. P. Huntington’s Sunday after noon. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Tomlinson are the proud parents of a baby girl, born December 2. Mother and babe are doing nicely. The club met with Mrs. F. M. Lilly Wednesday. Mrs. Sanders visited the club. The next meeting will be held Wednesday, December 16, with Mrs. Mats. An open meeting will be held New Year’s.