Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette Fort Wayne, Indiana Friday, June 20, 1913 Page 13

OSSIAN NEWS

OSSIAN, Ind., June 19. -- Miss Sadie Cotton, of Bluffton, visited in the home of her uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Will Cotton, yesterday.

The funeral of Fred Mills will take place Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Presbyterian church. Burial will be made at Oak Lawn.

Mrs. L. F. Chalfant has returned from visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ella Wolf, at Mishawaka. Her grandson, Robert, who was quite ill, is somewhat improved.

Foss Smith, who graduated at DePauw last week, is home for a short time. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Smith, who attended the graduation and commencement work exercises, have also returned and will pack their household good and store them in the Elzey building. They all intend making a lengthy visit at Huntington, from which place they will leave for a home in some other city not yet determined. The family will leave Ossian Friday.

Mrs. William Gibson went to Fort Wayne to-day to visit with friends.

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Miller have come home from a short visit at Craigville with Mr. Miller's mother, Mrs. Mary Miller.

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ormsby, of Uniondale, were the guests of friends here yesterday.

Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Bailey and daughter, Miss Ruth, and Mrs. Sarah Foughty, are visitors in Fort Wayne to-day.

A number of friends were charmingly entertained by Miss Areta Deam last evening. The time was spent in music and games and in taking flash pictures. Miss Deam served nice refreshments at the close of the evening. The guests were Misses May Morton, Inez Gorrel and Lulu Summers and Messrs. Wayne Summers and Huge Deam and Rev. Marion Deam, of Petersburg, Ill.

Robert Davis, of Bluffton, was in Ossian yesterday.

Leo Newhouse, of Uniondale, called on Carl Taylor and other friends yesterday afternoon.

Charles H. Bell left for Chicago today, where he will take up his residence, joining his family who preceded him a few days ago.

Mrs. Ray Davis Getty, formerly well known in Ossian, but now living in Fort Wayne, was in Ossian yesterday visiting with Mrs. William Milliken and other friends.

The following relatives attended the funeral of Mrs. Mary A. Gorrell which was held here yesterday: Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Swaim, of Bluffton; Mrs. Don Gorrell and son, Ralph, of Knox; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gorrell and daughters, Mrs. Chester Blinn and Mrs. Frank Stephens, of Winamac, and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Gorrell, of Bremen.


BLUFFTON NEWS

BLUFFTON, Ind., June 19. -- A 4-year-old son of Johen Crosbie, west of Bluffton, fell from a fence on his father's farm and his collar bone was broken.

The local lodge of Maccabees last night entertained twenty-seven members of the Hartford City lodge of that order, and the Hartford City degree team conferred work on a class of five candidates. There was a banquet and addresses by Great Commander Milo Meridith, of Wabash, and by Deputy Great Commander Harvey Reynolds, of Muncie.

There is a small strike reported among the carpenters ant Craigville east of Bluffton. Carpenters employed on residence construction made a demand for an increase from $2.50 to $2.75 per day.

With the expiration of the four-year term of Postmaster L. E. Roush in sight local democrats are exhibiting a lively interest in the race for the appointment of a new postmaster here, who, of course, will be a democrat. The Hon. M. M. Justus, representative from Wells county, and Democratic Chairman B. A. Batson are the most active aspirants at present. Congressman J. A. M. Adair was here this week, but has not indicated a choice of a postmaster here.