People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1895 — Union School Closed [ARTICLE]

Union School Closed

Surrey, March 28. —Farmer.have begun their spring work. Violet Brown was the guest oi Miss Stella Gillnore last Sunday. LueWilcox will s-tart for school at Valpar a 1 so Apr i 1 1. Mrs. L. Potts and her daughtei were the guests of Mrs. Thomas Gilmore last Saturday and Sunday. The W. C. T. U. will meet at the president’s next Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Miss Maggie Kenton is attend ing protr icted meetings at Rensselaer this week. We are sorry to say that C. D. Thornton, the president of our A. C. F., is g >ing to leave us. We wish him s iccess. John Kenton, who has been g< - ing to scho d at Danville, lias n. - turned home for the summer. Union school closed last Friday. Quite a number of guests were present. A number of people attended our A. C. F. last Sunday evening. There will be a quarterly meeting at Vaughn Chapel on April 14, All are cordially invited. Burr Oak Center, Mar. 27. The farmers are beginning to sow i oats. I Quite a number of geese and ducks are seen in the marshes north of he :e. John Guildtngoph kllel seventeen with nine loads. Mr. Christian Wuerthner spent i las jSunday with old friends here,

Julius Guildengoph returned from a week’s visit with friends and cousin in Peotone, 111. Mr. Janies Clifton of Fair Oaks has built a house on the land of his brother-in-law, Mr. Fr. Hopkins, and* intends to haul milk this summer for the Mt. Ayr creamery. Miss Rosa M. Culdenoph visited Rosa Lane yesterday. An so nCh u pp of S u r rey is working for Mr. John Raker. Several people from the vicinity of Morocco intend Io visit the Catholic church on Easter. Milroy, March 26. There is much activity in western Milroy and eastern Jordan. The numerous new settlers are very busy improving their farms. One can see new houses in any direction, teams traveling and brush burning. This part of the country is undergoing a very groat change. The schools are Io close the fifth of April. There is some sickness—sore throat and la grippe. John Pen wr igh tismak in g good use of the gravel road in his many drives to Remington. Worth, Henry and Miss May Farmer returned hist Saturday from Grand Prairie Seminary, at □ narg.i, Ills., where they have been in school for the past seven months. Albert and Worth will return to Onarga next Monday for the spring term. The hav pressers have about finished their work' in this section. The maids here are becoming hopeful, as quite a number of bachelors have moved into the neighborhood this spring. Itemizer.