Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 14, Number 18, DeMotte, Jasper County, 17 March 1944 — LOCAL NEWS HAPPENINGS HERE and ABOUT [ARTICLE]

LOCAL NEWS HAPPENINGS HERE and ABOUT

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Miss Mildred and Edith Tysen and Miss Florence Hoffman spent the week end in Chicago at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Omer Fleming. Mrs. Herman Osting and daughter Evelyn were business visitors in Rensselaer Monday afternnon. Friends and relatives who helped Elliott Huhn celebrate his seventeenth birthday were Mrs. C. D. Chappell, Jr., and sons Don and Norman; Mr. and Mrs. David Miller of Chicago and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dickson of Beverly Hills. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bauman and son David of Chicago visited over the week end at the L. M. Baumans. Mr, Henry Swart was a business visitor in Rensselaer Tuesday. Miss Doris Grube spent Sunday in Delphi, where she is part owner of a restaurant. Mr. and Mrs. Mel Struble visited the Harold Strubles in Gary Sunday. Miss Elizabeth Woudema visited in Hammond Sunday. Mr. Wm. Ely is on the sick list this week. Mr. and Mrs. John McKee of Crown Point were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Woudema. The five month old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Ed DeVries, Jr., had a light attack of the measles recently. Mrs. Fred Hoffman, Mrs. Bob Peterson and Mrs. Neil Sekema were Gary shoppers Thursday. Miss Marie Int Veld and Misses Marge and Mabie Evers were Sunday supper guests at the Herman Vander Ploegs—to help Mrs. Vander Ploeg celebrate her birthday. Miss Bernice Vander Ploeg, who is employed in Chicago, was also there. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Sekema of Lafayette are visiting friends and relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Arhtur Westerhoff and family of Chicago were Monday evening supper guests at the Neil Westerhoffs. Later in the evening a moving picture titled “The Man Who Forgot God” was shown at the meeting of the men’s Brotherhood of the American and First Reformed churches held at the American Reformed Church.