Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 300, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1922 — Page 5

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Mis* laicllle tyidga will return from Indianapolis where she is at- . tending teacher’s college, on Saturday I afternoon to spend the Christmas va- 1 Htioii with her P a » entß > the Rev. and M , s . (J. 8. A. Bridge. Mr. and Mrs. Don Bridge and son 1 Jack Frost Bridge, of Indianapolis, 1 will arrive in Decatur on Saturday afternoon to spend Sunday and Christ- I mas day with the former’s parents, < the Bev. and Mrs. U. S. A. Bridge. 1 jlr. Bridge is employed in the merchandising department of the Indian- , spoils News- Mrs. Bridge will be re- i membered by her triends as Miss Icy i Frost- I

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Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Ford and son, anl'vr " ?' 11 ** tl ”‘ K ue *»ts of Mr. and Mrs. Dttllaa Howm Mr. and Mrs. Ed Yahne, of Fort ayne, ill be the guests of the latter's P-™ts Mr. and Mrs. Henry Helm over Christmas. Mr- and Mrs. j eM Dailey and cWJ •Iren. Harry and Marietta. of Pauldiug. bio, will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Hower for Christmas. Herman Meyers and Thetus Hocker. arrived last night from Bloomington where they are attending Indiana tn vereity, to spend Christmas with their parents.

DECAWr DAILY DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 22, 1922

1 T 'dwi' h N ;‘ bll<k ’ J ’ 3 Person and! j-t Dwight Peterson motored to Fort I’ Wayne this morning on business eter Porting, former Decatur elti- **"’ “ n ‘‘ " ow «f Fort Wayne, was a business visitor here today. Miss Lola Peterson an Josephine Meyers returned from Blooming last night to spend Christmas with their parentN. Mr. and Mrs. J. Dwight Peterson, of Indianapolis, are the guests of friends and relatives of this city. Misses Helen and Dorothy Walters arrived home from Wesleyan College to spend Christmas with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Walters. Mr. Roy D. McGee, of St. Paul. Minnesota. and Miss Edardine McGee, of Grand Rapids. Michigan, are the guests of their sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Xfrs. John Carmody, over the holidays. H. S. Chase, of R. R. No. 3, will go I to South Bend Sunday to spend Christmas with his son, Arthur and wife, and also visit his niece, Mrs. Albert Kathenry and family of Mishawaka. I’ony Mopps, who is languishin' in th lockup fer stealin' a ham, has ■written t’ Bill Hays fer another chance. Mrs. Tipton Bud lias finally decided t' give her husband a. silver flask an’ let him select his own pres ent.—Abe Martin, Indianapolis News. Mr. and Mrs. Harry I). Clark of Chicago, will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. 1 C. E. Bell during the holidays. Mr. Clark will assist with the Christmas meeting at Baptist church. He will be ordained January 2nd as minister in the Baptist church. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Walters and (laughters, Helen and Dorothy, went to Fort Wayne today. Miss Lois Connell was a visitor in Fort Wayne today. Joe Spangler, of east of the city, was a business visitor here today. Mart Grote, of Preble, was a business visitor here yesterday. William Ruppert, Monroe, was here today on business. Christ Helmriek. of west of the city, was here yesterday on business. Fred Busche. of Monroe, was a business visitor here today. August Werling, of Preble, was here yesterday on business. John Gerber, of Magley, was in this city yesterday attending to business. Ben Linninger, of Preble, was a business visitor in this city yesterday. A. Elderding. of Preble, was here today on business. Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Holsapple will leave tomorrow morning to spend Christmas with' their son, Glen and family in Indianapolis. Walter Crum, of Purdue University, returned home Thursday to spend Christmas witlt friends and relatives of this city. Lewis Worthman, of west of the city, was a business visitor here today. 11. E. Baxter, of east of the city, was here today on business. Charles Babbitt, of gast of the city, was here today attending to business matters. Peter Forbing of Fort Wayne was here today extending Christinas greetings to itis many old friends. The old Adams County Bank building in tlic Niblick block is being put in shape for the January session of the Reppert Auction school. Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Macy and Mrs. J. 11. Heller motored to Fort Wayne this morning. T. M. Reid and R. C. Parrish, of Fort Wayne, called on friends here last evening. Mr. Reid lias just returned from a trip to the northwest for the Waring Glove Company. Mrs. Clyde Noble left today for Princeton, where she will visit wit’’ her mother over the holidays. Mi Noble will leave here Saturday night to join them. Elmo Ehinger, went to Fort Wayne today on business. Lois Hammond returned from Fort Wayne to spend Christmas with her parents of this city.

Carl Humphrey, of Bluffton, was a business caller here today. A. R. Morton will arrive tonight to spend Christmas with his daughter, Miss Peggy Morton at the C. A. Dugan home.

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condition of Wally Raid, liiiu star, was reported slightly worse today. , "His condition is not so favorable as in the past few days," his physicians declared. He is weaker and his pulse baa increased to 104.