Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 123, Decatur, Adams County, 25 May 1917 — Page 2

D AIL Y D E M 0 C R A I FubU,h,ul Kvery Evening Except ■unday by The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER .President ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE. Secretary Subscription Rate*. Per Week,, by carrier. 10 cents Per Year, by carrier ...*B.OO Per Month, by wail 26 cents Per Year, by mail >3.00 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the Poetoflice in Decatur. Indiana, as second class matter. The outlook for the most wonder ful crop ever raised in this counit.' is very bright ajul if as is said, crops will go as far as bullets in winning the present war. we will give them a good joltabout harvest time Get your share read.' for the ) . M A. fund from Adams county. This work as we have several times stat I is as Important as Is any part of the great work of preparation for it is an honest effort to bring your Loys bar k to you as clean as they leave. Who would not gladly give of what /flhave to aid such a cause. Company A has nearly a bundle.l members but they need fifty more to meet the requirements of the order from headquarters if they would re lain the company. There are'a num ber of advantages in joining the jnilitia rather than the regular servile. just as much patriotism and considerable more home pride. The number desired ought to be secured easily within the next week or ten days. You perhaps realize tiial every m. .11 between the ages of twenty-one and thirty inclusive, must register at th ir voting precinct on Tuesday June />• i for military service if called. This e not an ordinary matter but an ord r from the president of the United .States which must be obeyed and without exemption. If you are un it for any reason you will so state wii a you register but register you must ar.'.l on the day named. If you know some one who is likely to overlook this duty or does not Know of it for any reason you should in fairness to then, tell them of the importance of obey ing this order. • I A Council of Defense composed oi seven members is to he named ; :i each county in Indiana to supervbe the various campaigns and patriotic matters that will arise during tne progress of the war and the circlet judge will be asked to name such :• board which is to include one woman, one .representative of labor and such others as the judge may see fit t-j name. They are to work during the term of the war and without financial recompense. The idea is along thline suggested in this paper yesterday and will we feel sure prove a great aid in the many efforts that wi.l have to be made during the next year or two in every community. The pres ent crisis is by far the gravest in the history of this nation though so fir but few seem to realize that fact. It is important that all tin >rk for such a cause be performed systematically that the results may be thorough, fair and at all times well done.

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| DOINGS IN SOCIETY J E <Jtx:r.3CKMx;<ie;>sacs«xia®xxx»E WEEK S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Friday. EuHVtrn Slur Meeting Masonic hall. Christian >id. -Mrs John Harnett. Zion l.tnheritn Aid Mrs. Fled i Schtdnmnn at Schoolhouse. t H< « Hur Aid society After lodge I session. i Queen Eslliers Martha Met'rory 1 ami Esther Butler. 1 , No- great advance has ever been made in science, politics or relig.nii without controversy Lyman Beecher. Mrs. Nam ' Ferguson of North Sei; olid .'treet was hostess yesterday to the Pleasant Mills Baptist Ladies’ Aid societi. whic it. at her home for the day. and v. fe guests at a line dinner served at noon. ladies brought their crocheting and had a tine time with conversation and a general social. Guests were Mrs. Ezra Meßarnes and daughter, Cora; Mrs. Ed Frames and gtamhhild: n. Helen and Margaret Daniel; Mrs. George Davis. Mrs Andrew Porter. Mis Gabe Everett. Mrs Fred Bend er. .Mrs J M ■ Bowers Mr. and Mrs. Will Eley and chil dren of Topela. Indiana, are visiting at Berne ami with Mrs Eley A sister. Mrs. W A Fonner. at Monmouth Sunday a number of brothers and sisters wilt join them at tin Fonner home. A lovely pink and whte party, with a friendship shower of many beauti ful gifts for tne guest ot honor was that at the Olen Baker home last evening on Madison street, when Mrs. Baker. Misses Dorothy Schultz and Stella David entertained. The guest of honor was Mrs. Carl Schafer, for ■nerly Miss Irene Eady, whose marriage was Tuesday, and the thirty-five jr more guests were those friends with whom she associated in betwork in her Sunday school class and in her home circle. Great bouquets of Him s made tin air fragrant and with’ pink shaded lights, and streamer decorations, added the pretty touch of color. There were nine ta’ib for progressive hearts, and tally cards were illustrated with maiden heads. Winning twelve games. Jessie Magli-y -was awarded the first prize while Misses Vera Eady. Dorothy Williams, Fanchon Magley and Frances Mougey. winning eleven games. <nt for the second prize, which went to Miss Eady. The prizes were handsome pi. i »- of communit.' silver, and '-.re of course, presented to the - ritle. After the games good things to eat and pretty to look at, with their pink ami white colors, were brought in while the guests were still seated at the table. Following this, tht- guest of honor opened the gift parcels which hail been laid on a table dedicated to that purpose, under a pink and white streamer canopy. A very luitle assortment of beauttfu! gifts of community silver, cut gla > wicker, china, linens, aluminums and other things, manifested the good will of the friends. Assisting the hostesses in the dispensing of the refreshments were the Misses Vera Eady and Vivian Burk. Out of town guests were Miss Margaret Daniels. Fort Wayne; Miss Ruth Daniels, of Toledo. Ohio. The Concord Leaders ate preparing lor a most interesting play to be given Friday evening. June first, at the I Monmouth school. Aunt Dinah’s Quilting Party’’ is the very suggestive subject and the twenty characters in the play assure a very enter--1 taining evening. The public is corp dially invited. t Miss Bessie Wilder spent the day i in Fort. Wayne with a sister, Mrs. Fred Nye. ‘ One hundred seventy-five guests have been bidden to the wedding . feast at the home of .Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bultemeter at St. John’s Sunday evening, following the marriage of their daughter. Miss Sophia, to Mr. Edwin Schamerloh. which will be at the St. John's Lutheran church Sunday afternoon at two o’clock, sun time. , The public will be much interested In the_Eberhardt cabinet or secretary which will be displayed at the Gr gory building, corner of Madison ami Third streets. May 29-31 under the auspices of the Methodist Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary society. This was made by Mr. Eberhardt >f Ashland. 0.. of several thousand pieces of wood, each carved with a representation of the historical features from which it is taken. Ten cents wi'l be charged. The public i. invited to come and see a wonderful piece of work. The Bachelor Maids opened* their season with a lovely patriotic party given by Miss Rose ’ Voglewede. Beeidea Uie Maids there were a number of guest;—Mrs. Fred Fulleukamp. Mrs. Frank Barthol, Mrs. Fred Schaub 1 *

of Fort Wayne; Mrs Omer Niblick of Oelwein, lowa, and Mrs. Dallas Reed • Tin- game of five hundred was play d •and <!ub prizes went to Gvor. ia Melbers and Bess Tonnelter. while the gueata prize, a silk handkerchief with tin embroidered flag therein, went to Fred Schaub and the booby; a small flag pin. to Mrs Dallas )!< < d The national colors adorned the napkins for the luncheon and favors small silken flags waving from a very fort like mound of sherbet. The ho t esa had us assistants in dispensing the refreshments, the Misses Kathleen and Helen Haefling Mis. Jean < rosliy, of Loveland. <1 orado. is here for a several days' visit with Mrs Dan Sprang. The two ladies were old schoolmates and the reunion is a most delightful one. Mrs Owen Davis entertained last evening at a party in farewell to Mrs. Virgil Krick, who left today noon for her future home at Greenville. Miss The guests were the members of the old Cinderella Girls dub Games and music were enjoyed. finally merging into progressive hearts, in which Miss Ada Stevens won the first honors. The girls wrote a series of "train letters." which are to be opened and read by Mrs Krick while enroute to •her home, and which will no doubt relieve the tedium of the long journey. ■ uiests were Misses Mary ami Bieneke. Eola Gent is. Ada Stevens Mrs Leland Frank and Mrs. Ralph Miller. The Epworth Leagite held its an nual election of officers last evening, the same to enter upon service June first, as follows: President. A. 1) Suttles; first vice president. Bessie Teeple; second vice, Florence Myers; third vice. Cecil Andrews; fourth vice. Anita Swearengen secretary. Esther Butler: treasurer, Clyde 'tfft ler; pianist. Beta Beavers; chorister. Gladys* Flanders. A social was held in connection with the business period. Lines of hymns were matched and acted out and charades given. proved a very enjoyable entertainment. A typographical error was macle m this column last Monday when it was stat'-d that the Misses Marguerite and Irene Gerard motored here tr im Toledo with a “Rev." Harrigan. It should have read Mr. Harrigan. — o COURT HOUSE NEWS. Hooper A Lenhart fcjg Ernest Franz filed a -nit against Ellsworth H. Car ter. on note, demand SSO. attaching it and garnishment proceedings also l,e ing begun. A marriage license was issued ■ < Herman Moellering, farmer of Allen county, born September 26. 1892. son of Charles Moellering to wed Mert ia Scheumann. born July 30. 1891. daugh ter of C. 1). Scheumann. Real estate transfers: Jesse A. Swartz et al to Felix W. Hollhou.-e. 50.77 acres in Root township. $7.65 Trustees M. R. E. Cemetery to Sa-.I Nussbaum, lot 409. M. R. E. Cemetery. SSO. Hooper A Lt nhart are attorneys f ir Dowling-Shuey Company in a suit against Ellsworth H. Carter, on note, demand. S3OO. Affidavit in attachment and garnishment proceedings were iso begun. Roy Carter is summoned as garnishee. ——o SOLVING FLAG TROUBLES. The committee in charge of hanging the big flag between the K. of ('. ami Masonic halls have been having much trouble keeping it from wrapping up, have taken it down several times and tried various means. Again this morning the flag was brought down, repaired and a new plan tried that it is believed will prove satisfactory. The committee includes Joe Ijose. Hugh Hite and Herman Yager who have kept industriously at the job and deserve credit for their fforts. MAY GET WELL. Elmer Tricker received a let' >r from his mother at Muncie -lattig that they had operated again upon his sister. Ninia, and the bullet was extracted from the region of her spine, where an abscess, had form’d. If blood poison and no complications arise, it is believed that she will recover. She was shot several weeks ago. by her lover, Howard Petty, f-il-lowing a lover's quarrel. BARNEY WEISMANTLE ENLISTED Barney Weis man tie. who has be in at Rome City tlib past two summers, ofx-rating a tailor shop, sends word there tlWit he has listed in the ar: n ilml will not return to the lake resort. Mr. Weismantle formerly conducted n tailor shop in Bluffton. Blul’fiui i News. i Mr. Weismantle is a nephew of Frank Gass of this city. —_n— — j Mrs. Otis Hoc ker of Monroe was I here yesterday on business.

A LARGE CLASS Hundred Eighty-seven U ill Receive Diplomas at the Commencement TO BE JUNE SECOND At Geneva—Complete List Announced by Superintendent Christen. One 1 hundred eighty-seven graduates from the common schools of Adams county will receive diplomas Saturday. June 2. at the county commencement to be hold at Geneva. The list of graduates as announced by County Superintendent E. S. Christen, follows: Union Township Harold Schm-pp. Harrv Worden. Elizabeth Sheets. Root Adolph Weldler. Lucile Al herding. Mary Bohnke. Mabel AN liters. Dolly Burrell. Dora Marie Mag ley. Thurman Schieferstein. Esta J Fleming. Wilda Rice. Gertrude Jones. Winifred Gerke. Thomas Fonner. Sherman Fonner. Herman Hine k. Lawrence Geels. Leona Baker Preble Theodore F. Heckmanu. Herman Bulmalin. Elme r Greber. Fmilie Bulmahn. Agnes Scheumann. Amanda E. Miller. Ed 'Miller. I'.' na Tullis. Arthur Kreutzmann. Waljer Shady. Rosy S Buuck. Esther Borne. George Manns. Arthur Fruechte. Beatrice I. Dettinger. Ella Worth manit. Kirkland—Emma Scherry, Beatrice Stalter. Albert Beineke. Vernon \rnold. Naomi Brac ht. William Yam y. Faythe L. Byerly. Luzerne Pease. Laurin I). Yager. Carl Lester Eury. Itella M Greber Washington Cleo Beavers. Martha Egly. Vivian M. Carpenter. Glenn Barkley. Emma Johnson. George Wittgenfelci. Forest Owen. Beatrice Butcher. Homer Ellsworth. Clifford Durbin. Mary Thomas. Clifford Marshall. Paul Gerber. Calvin Andrews. Sadie McKean. Margaret Kidwell. Paul Gould. Albert Coppess. Calvin Coppess. Curtis Engle. Janice Smith. Allen Smith. Dee Smith. Kenneth Hawkins. St. Mary's—Marie M. Jones. Bessie Carter. Gladys Bunner. Velma Vera Alfather. Elizabeth Dailey. Glen Jackson. Roland Miller. Lois Louise Colter. Lelah Steele. Law rence Walters. Purl Davis. Daniel Bender. .Glenn Longenberger. Amy McCullough. Blue Creek Lamont Buckmaster. Charles M. Frank. Ethel M. Foreman. Leah Christy. James Vernon Myers. Ethel Byer. Ira Wliittredge. Lonie Heidler. Naomi Gilbert. Alger Eley. Cara Lawson. Georgia Campbell. Monroe Sanford V. Wagoner. Ida Meyer, Gladys Reftey. Arnold W. Reinhard. Edna V Lehman. Edna E. Nussbaum. Ada Fluekiger. Russ' 11 Sturgis. Lenora Lehmann. Alton Ray. Barbara Stauffer. Edna Rich. Ada Idechty. Agnes Gillioni. Helen GilHom. Viola O. Lehmann. Reuben Lehmann. Pear! Yoder. Florence 1 O. Sprunger. Forest Frank Badders, Esther Liechty. Wilfred F Ray. Marvel Mills. Forest Kessler. Ralph Weslev Cole. Arthur Mitchell. French Marie E. Roth. Walter D Stucky. Irene M. Tonner Viola V. Lockner. Amos Isch. Chester Moser. Martin Neuensc-hwander. Hartford — Raymond Winteregg. Arthur Bohren. K. E. Buckmaster. Losier Eckrote. Wilma Spichiger. Geratld Orvil Runyon. George Acliles mann. Voe Moyer. Velma Schindler. Mary Pnsey. Leora Pusey. Roy Fields. Victor Eicher. Ellis Eicher. Robert Shoemaker. Dorothy Sprung er. Irvin Sprunger. Laurel Hullinger.' Bert Haviland. Mary Ralston. Walter LeFavour. Inez Monee Wabash- Kathryn /Stauffer. Rufus Amstutz. Sophia Yoss. Viola Harlow. Martin Zoercher, Effie Yoder. Emma Wahli. Lillian Kirchofer, Etna Sprunger. Ida Heuselman, Lillian Burke. Charles E. Armstrong. Paul Nelson. Lewis Armstrong, Charles Thornhill. Adah Felty. Jefferson Ina Woodruff. Ernest Heistand. Lois Lovella Buckmaster, Ernest Forlow, Chauncey Carey, Chclson Wyant. Berne —Emma C. Schug. Dessie Amstutz. Katherine Schug. Irene E. Sehneck. Walter Harris. Mathilda Felber. Agnes E. Franz. Arveda G. Wullimann. Louise Hilty, Anna V. Luginbill. Helen Burdg. THE DAYS EVENT (Continued from Page One) .Committee 1 on Evergreens—J. D. and smi. Committee on Martial Music—J. R. Parrish. J. Q. Neptune. Committee on Vocal Music—J. !>.• Hale. Henry Dellinger. Committee on Decoration of Court Room -Hugh Hite, Charles Teeple. Marshal of the Day—R. D. Myers. Memorial Sunday Services. Special Memorial Day services will be conducted next Sunday. May 27. at the Methodist church. Decatur, and all members of the G. A. R. and W. R. C. arc requested to meet at the hail at 9:30 to attend this sei-v ice. By order of ’ COMMANDER. o Could Tell Him That. Client—" How mueli "ill your opinion he worth in this ease?” Lawyer—"l mu too iiii-ilesl Io say. Bui I can tell you w liat I'm going to charge you.’’ — Boston Transcript. 1 1'011 SALE—'Scarlet Sa«je or Sylvia plniils. 2<s<' per dozen, al Fullenkamps. 125t3

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CARD OF THANKS. We wish in this manner to thank , our neighbors anil friends fur the I kindness and sympathy shown us at ■ the death of our son. Lawrence. Also extend thanks to the singers and to the minister for his kind words of consolation and to those

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