Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1903 — FAIR OAKS. [ARTICLE]

FAIR OAKS.

Mr. and Mrs, Jack Right have gone to housekeeping. John Leach, of Parr, was the guest of Bessie Marion last Sunday. Wearing of the green was much in evidence on St. Patrick’s Day. Born, 00 Friday, Feb. 27th, to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hurley, a daughter. Miss Pearl Mallett is visiting her brother C. D. Mallett and family at Michigan City. Sheriff Hardy was in town Monday on official business. Mrs. Wm. Kilgore did shopping at the county seat Monday. Postmaster Thompson was at Rensselaer last Sunday. • Milt Gundy spent Sunday with relatives at Rose Lawn. Mrs. Hattie Kessler spent the past week with her sister, Mrs. Henry Wilson, in the country. Mrs. Cottingham was at Remington last Monday and Tuesday on business. If this spring weather keeps on it will soon be time to clean house and make garden. The ducks are beginning to make their appearance in boundless numbers and our local sportsmen are happy. W, J. Campbell has moved here from Monticello to accept a job on the Monon section with his brother-in-law, Foreman Ferguson. Chas. Baker has moved his family back from Kingman, Ind., where he has been living since last summer. * Miss Pearl Burson has organized a piano and organ music class here for a term of 25 lessons and will visit us twice each week. Miss Rilla Cox, of Lafayette, is visiting her parents near town, and also other friends in Fair Oaks this week. Rev. Allen opened a series of revival meetings at the M. E. church on Monday evening of last week and they are being well attended. This week two meetings each day are being held at 2:30 and 7:30 p. m. The two weeks’ old son of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Moffitt died with brain fever on Thursday of last week, and was buried the next day at Fair Oaks cemetery. Mrs. Robert Schofield, who has been very sick with hemorrhage of the stomach for the past two weeks, at her home in Michigan City, is now rapidly improving. Her mother, Mrs. Thos. Fry-and daughter Maude, have been at her bedside. A meeting in the interest of the proposed pickle factory will be held at the school house on Saturday of this week at 2 p. m. President J. J. Wilson will be present to address the meeting. Everybody come.