Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 130, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1909 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Wm. Bachtoll shelled corn Tuesday. Joseph Stewart’s are warming by a fine tfig base burner. R. C. McDonald and Wash Cook went to Lafayette Tuesday., Si Robert M. Jordan butchered his summer meat Wednesday. « Mrs. J. Ross and son, Elmer, went to Lafayette Wednesday. Word came here Tuesday night from Marion that Jake Parker was dead. Some of the relatives left for Marion Wednesday. Geo. and Isaac Parker came home Monday night from Marion, where they were called Saturday evening to the bedside of their brother, Jake. Death resulted Tuesday night. Trustee Parker went to Indianapolis Wednesday morning to attend the state meeting of township trustees. He will also keep in touch with his sick brother at Marion by phone, and will prob-, ably visit him again before returning home*. *7 Sunday rain and snow made the roads quite icy, and only sharp shod horses can travel on some of the roads. We hardly ever have a sleet but that a few persons get some hard falls. Tuesday evening Mrs. Simon Cook fell on the ice near the door of her home and sprained her ankle quite severely. Each spring we have the usual amount of moving. R. B. Porter and Oscar How r e will soon have their sales and leave our midst, While we regret very much for them to go, their absence will be keenly felt among their neighbors and more so by the writer, as they are excellent patrons of the rural route. The Christmas tree and entertainment will be held at the McCoysburg school house Friday evening. Dec. 24th. Mr. Noland will teach until Friday noon, and the afternoon will be used in rehearsing the program and decorating the tree. Presents should be brought or sent as early in the evening as possible. Some good competent person will be-left Tm~charge of the tree, and presents will be carefully looked after. Don’t forget that Geo. Johnson is a candidate for road supervisor in his district. The election will be held tomorrow (Saturday) and this matter should not pass unnoticed, but voters should come out and re-elect or elect new men, as the case may require. The “good roads” problem is receiving much attention throughout the state, but has room to receive more. During the past five years Hanging Grove towmship has built six miles of rock road, built one new steel bridge, and re-constructed a number of smaller bridges and culverts, besides graveling and sanding lots of bad pieces of road. This may not be much compared with some localities, but is more than had been accomplished in a like number of previous years. And the man that w r ill take an interest in his work and accomplish the most with the means at hand is the man for the office.