Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1908 — Fair Oaks [ARTICLE]

Fair Oaks

Oscar Attwood and wife will move into the Jim ©ox property soon. „ * Protracted meeting at Warrens again this week. All are invited to attend. ‘ We hear that Mr. Baughman the baud master is soon to be a resident of our town. William Cottingham and Alta Peeper have returned irom a weeks visit in Brookston. Frank Hooper and family have moved out southwest of town iuto the Egelston house.

And Fair Oaks ir soon to have a brass hand and a news paper teo. What more could we ask Miss Beulah Shekeu of Lafayette spent a part of the holidays here With her grandmother Mrs. Knight. Mrs. Lydia Cullum and children have goue to Rensselaer te visit a couple of weeks With her water Mrs. Nortuau. A whole week ofsunshine weath er right here in the middle of winter. Surely we ought to appreciate it. and hot grumble when the storm comes. Jake Junglees has been in town this week with his corn shrewder, teaiing things up generally, which we suppose is the usual business of th« sh reader. Mrs. John Gwinn is here teaching the primary room iu Miss Adam’s place, who has been sick for a week but will probably be able to teach by next week. Christmas and New Years have c >me and gone and that without any serious trouble in Fair Oaks that we know of, which is saving a great deal, considering there has been go much doing within ihe last, two weeks.

The Christmas tree and entertain inent at the M. E. church was attended by a very large crowd and good order prevailed. The enter tainment wasshort but entertaining. Santa Claus was there and helped to destribute the presents. Quite a crowd of young people gathered at Mrs. Gundies New Years eve and danced the old year out and the new 1 year in. The bells even neglected or forgot to ring for the first. tinijP since there has been a church iu Fair Oaks