Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1909 — Ladoga Editor Visits Old Classmate In This County. [ARTICLE]

Ladoga Editor Visits Old Classmate In This County.

Sunday, August 22nd, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Dexter, of Union township, were visited by J. E. Warfel and wife and their 16-year-old daughaer, of Ladoga. Mr. Warfel is the editor of the Ladoga Leader, has been for the past twentyyears, and! he has been the superintendent of the Ladoga schools for the past twenty-three years. Some 28 or 30 years ago he and Mr. Dexter were schoolmates, and their families had never met until the visit of the Warfels to this county. Mr. Warfel is quite well known in cental Indiana, having done some county institute work and being a highly esteemed educator. His visit was a very pleasant one to both families and Mr. Warfel speaks of it as follows in the last week’s issue of his paper: About twenty-eight years ago Harvey J. Dexter was a student in the Ladoga Normal and those who were here at that time will remember him for he attended school for several terms and was one of the most popular students. He taught school for a few yedrs, then married a teacher and was in business for several years In Rensselaer. Ten years ago he bought an unimproved farm of 170 acres twelve miles north of Rensselaer. He has brought it up to a high condition of improvement and has made it the neatest, best kept and most attractive place in that part of the country. His oldest daughter, Miss Cora, is a teacher, but will enter Purdue University this fall tjO,take a scientific course.