Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 3, Number 3, DeMotte, Jasper County, 1 June 1933 — DeMOTTE [ARTICLE]

DeMOTTE

By LOUISE McGLINN

The DeMotte Junior baseball team defeated the Fair Oaks team Sunday on the Fair Oaks diamond 14-12. Mr. and Mrs. Al Ewart and Mr. and Mrs. L. Bauman entertained their bridge club Thursday evening at the Ewart home. Mrs. Art Lagaveen was awarded the high score prize for the ladies and Al Ewart for the men. Sam DeKock and Mrs. Wm. May received the consolation prizes. A lovely luncheon was served. Mac Huizinga and Donald Rooda and girl friends attended the show at Crown Point Tuesday night. Bam Dance Saturday night at the McGlinn Farm. First class radio artist orchestra. 35 cents to dance all night or 5 cents per ticket. Everybody invited. Bill Hastra had an automobile accident in Chicago this week and before the smoke had cleared away he was relieved of $15.00. Bill savs he is going to tne World’s Fair in an airoplane. Josie Hannaway and Pink Spencer drove Carl’s car to the funeral last Saturday. John Fairclough, the ice man, reports business is picking up in his line. He has sold ice boxes to a number of people who have not bought any ice for a number of years. John is right on the job and can deliver you ice or take care of your baby. Everyone is fighting “bugs” in Keener Township. Dance to the tune of Doc Dietel's Orchestra at Shelby, Saturday night. Good eats and refreshments of all kinds. Ed. DeVries, one of the biggest breeders of Duroc hogs in this end of the state, consigned a load of Meerten are weeding onions for “Huck” this week. The colored Avondales of Gary defeated North Judson Sunday on DeMotte diamond to the tune of 7 to 2. The Avondales were then defeated by DeMotte 4 to 3. Two real games. Our string of City ball players went home some what peeved Sunday because DeMotte refused to use a couple of washed out ball players they had along. A large number of acres of farm land in the Kankakee Valley is still too wet to be farmed. Two more persons have applied for membership in the absent minded club. Louise McGlinn was very pleased Sunday when her dad sent six base ball players to the house at 12:30 for her to get dinner A number of changes are now being made in both bosses and laborers on State Road 10 and 53. Headquarters for the patrolman for this district is Wheatfield. Mrs. Roy True has taken over the duties of Postmistress in DeMotte. It seems funny to see a Democrat on duty in Keener township. Sounds like Ben McColly has slipped. Two games of ball will be played Sunday. The 14 to 16 year old kids of Wheatfield known as Wheatfield Wild Cats will play the team of same age from DeMotte. This game will start at 12:30. The DeMotte A. C.’s will play Wheatfield’s best in the second game. The batteries for the first game will be for Wheatfield, John Hight, pitcher and Jennings Bott, catcher. For DeMotte, Bahler and Bowman. Batteries for the second game, for Wheatfield, Jensen and Jensen and for DeMotte Smith and Hart, tmpire Wm. Burns. The books of the Jasper County Farm Bureau were audited this week. Following is an extract from the letter the auditor wrote our county president: “The authority for all disbursements was assumed to be adequate. Balance sheets have not been prepared, inasmuch as those prepared by your bookkeeper, Miss Blake, have been found correct in every particular. It is our opinion that you are to be congratulated upon the way in which your records are being kept at Jasper County. Yours very truly, Indiana Farm Bureau Co-op. Ass’n, Inc. F. K. Wadsworth, Auditor.