Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1901 — Fair Oaks. [ARTICLE]

Fair Oaks.

Mrs. Cottingham aud Mrs. Gundy did shopping at the oounty seat last Monday, A party of fifteen people attended the foot ball game at Rensselaer last

Monday Clarence McKean, of Chicago, is visiting his sister, Mrs. G. W. Proud- , *yNow that Thanksgiving has come and gone, prepare for the holidays. Mrs. Wm. Thompson, of Lafayette was the guest of her friend Mrs. Cottingham a few days last week. A number of our people spent Thanksgiving with friends and relatives out of town. Ethel Arnold has given up her schooling at Rensselaer and returned home for the winter, Isaac. Right has rebuilt the cellar walls under his store room, the old ones having given away. Gus Extrom, of East Chicago, spent Thanksgiving with friends in town and also attended the dance. Albert Knopinski, who now has a steady position at telegraphing for the C. & N. W. Ry., was the guest of Agent Nelson and • wife last Monday. Moses Gilmore, who has been in the well drilling business at Macon, 111., since last spring has returned to Fair Oaks for the winter. Mrs. Fannie Morgan and little son Vernon, and her sister Maud Fry, have returned home after a seven weeks visit with relatives and old friends at Barnesville points in Ohio, Why not our churches unite in a Christmas entertainment this year? If so, it is time to begin preparations to make it a success. Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Graves, of Morocco, spent the past week with friends and relatives in town, Miss Rilla Cox has returned to Fair Oaks, after a ten weeks visit to her cousin Nina Cox and other relatives at Chicago Heights. She is at present making her home with her grandparents, Uncle Billy Cox and wife. Latest reports from the condition of Mrs. Kight at the Davis private hospital, are that she is rapidly improving and expects to be able to return home before long, all of which her many friends will be pleased to learn. Several people from here attended the dedication services of the new Baptist church at Parr last Sunday. This ohurch cost about $1,200, and the balance of the debt, some S3OO, was soon raised at this meeting. One of the most successful oyster suppers yet held in the town was the one given by the ladies of the M. E. ohurch at the Kessler room last Thursday night. The net receipts were about S2O, and will be used to help defray the ohurch debt. The dance at Kesslers Hall last Thursday night was a success in every way. A large crowd was present and a good time was had until early morning. The receipts were large. Married, Wednesday evening of last week, Nov. 27th, 1901, Mr. Allen J. Gray, of Goodland, to Miss Stella Dewitt, daughter of Barney Dewitt, of this place. Rev. Bird, of Brushwood, performing the ceremony, The new bride and groom will make their future home at Goodland.