Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1895 — GILLAM ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

GILLAM ITEMS.

The farmers are all through plant ing corn, a great many fields had to be planted twice, on account of the cold and the cut worms. The wheat, oats and meadows need rain very bad. Miss Nettie Comer has been quite sick but is some better at present. Decoration day was appropriately observed by the people of Gillam and vicinity. Rev. J. H. Wiley delivered an excellent address at Independence chapel in the morning and at Medaryville in the afternoon. Music was furnished by the Medaryville and Gillam bands. Rev. Tom Guild, of Elwood, lud., preached at the Independence Chaplast Sunday morning. Quite a number of the Gillam peoattended quarterly meeting at the Dew Drop chapel last Sunday. Mrs. A. C. Robinson of Monon, came home to attend the commencement exercises and visit her many friends.

Quite a number of the young people of Barkley and Walker Tps., attended the commencement exercises at Independence last Saturday night Trustee Robinson and Calvin Coppe»s were in Rensselaer last Monday on business connected with the township. Mrs. Samuel Elliott is still on the sick list. Mrs. Laura Fischer of Chicago, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Rathfon. Tom Stoner is putting up a flue house on his farm near Oil Village. The Gillam Tp., schools held their 13th annual commencement at the Independence chapel last Saturday night. There was a large audience to listen to the excellent and well prepared orations of the nine graduates. The graduates were: -Jesse Wilcox, Cora Mitchell, Melissa Rayburn, Myrtle Rowen, Flora Wilcox, Julia Coppess, Odessie Poeey, Mary Rowen, and Mortimer Prevo. After the diplomas were presented by J. H. Long, J. F. Warren presented the rolls of honor to the roll of honor class of 1894-5. Gillam township may well be proud of its schools, for it has turned out as many if not more graduates during Mr. Robinson’s term as trustee, than any previous term, and the schools have prospered under his efficient management as they never have before. The teachers and pupils all worked faithfully to raise the standing of the schools and daring last winter they raised over $75 and invested it in books for the schools.