Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 168, Decatur, Adams County, 17 July 1923 — Page 5

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nrvillo K. Allen, of FalrmounL «* a BU „, «t the Ell Meyer home for a Vloree Shoe tourney will be , m , xt week on aeiouut of the fair bat will he finished the following . in a Mrs. Amlel Kinzlc and fumreturned to New Philadelphia, Ohio after spending several days as tho guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wills and Mrs. Anna Mallott. Was Genevieve Kitson, of the Old Adams County Bank, is taking her vacation this week. Mrs H. E. Butler and daughter, Naomi motored to Home City Sunday whe re they will spend n week. Mrs. „ utler will be chaperon for a party oi six from Port Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey liiehl. of Napoleon, 0.. motored here Sunday ‘,HI spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. William Frazier. and other relatives. \ very pleasant reunion was held at | hc park with a basket dinner at noon. Late in the afternoon the guests were entertained at (lie Frazier home and dainty refreshments of ice cream and cake were served. Other guests who attended were Mr. and Mrs. Chester Pryaut; Mr. and Mrs. I>ee Mitch, of Fort Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Zurcher and children, of near Berne; Mrs. Emetine Stalter; Mrs. Klma Kssex and son. Harold; Mr. and Mrs. William Hurke and sons; Mr. and Mrs. Finley Bryan; Mrs. Malinda Mattax; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stove; Roy and Ralph Stove; Myrtle Winkler; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Chronister; Miss Zella Bower; Mr. and Mrs. William Frazier and daughter, Katie; Daniel Wolfe, and Don Essex. Mrs. William Shoaf and sons, Edward and Charles, and daughter. Ireta, motored to Oak Harbor, Ohio, to attend the funeral ; of their i£l h S;r grandfather, Cnrftd .WoWlii t,- yesterday. . * $ • * ' • *' Miss Ireta Erwin left this morning for Dayton, Ohio, where she will spend a week at the John Stewart home. Mr. and Mrs. Sephus Melchi and son. Herald, and grandchildren, Se phus and Catharine Jackson, have arrived home from a week's outing at Klinger’s Lake, Michigan. They also visited relatives. Rev.-Frantz Gnibba of Gary visited in the city today, the guest of Rev. J A. Sicmetz, rector of the St. Mary’s Catholic church. Rev. Gnibba is enjoying his vacation. Ho io a UCpheW of Rev. Siemetz. Miss Erna Winteregg, of Berne, underwent an abdominal operation this morning at the Magley hospital. An early recovery is expected. . Jack Church, of Santa Monica, California, is the guest of Mrs. Maude Dorwin and family. Mr. Church is on his way home having spent two weeks at Atlanta, Georgia. Col. H. B. Kneisley made a business trip to Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Albert Johnson, of Ft. Wayne is visiting relatives' here today. Bob Dent, of Fort Wayne, is spending several days as a guest at the home of Mrs. Maude Dorwin and family. The Misses Margaret and Leona Zwick went to Fort Wayne this afternoon to spend several days as the guests of their sister, Miss Irene.

j| ' ' RUHE* tXMVK TIME HELPS • In 187:5 an account was opened in a Boston bank with SB. No more deposits were made but the owner now lias $55 to his credit — or nearly seven times the original amount. 1 This man tailed to make additional deposits. But we venture to say that he would have done so, had he realized how dollars arc multiplied by time —and Jv compound interest. I r Bqnk mid Surplus $120,000.00

MYs. Paul Edwards spent the afternoon in Fort Wayne visiting friends. Dick Heller went to Portland tills afternoon. Mrs. Henry Hill, of north of the city, was a shopper hore today. Mrs. Beecher Meibers was a Fort Wayne visitor this afternoon. Robert DeVlnney, of Fort Wayne, had ills tonsils removed this mornir.g at the Magley hospital. He Is recovering very nicely. Mrs. D. .1. Hensley. Mrs. Owen Davis, Mrs. Harry Knapp and Mrs. J. R. Blair motored to Bluffton this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lose and family will move Wednesday from the Colter bungalow on Winchester street to Elm street, in the house formerly owned by F(ed Reppert and recently sold to Willard Steele. The Colter bungalow will be occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Earl Colter. James Artman of Tecumaeh, Mich.. is visiting in the city with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Artman. Mr. Artman is proprietor of a five and ten cent store at Tecuinseh.

Landscape Meeting To Be Held Thursday A meeting which will prove of interest to all those who are desirous of improving the surroundings of their buildings will be held at the Ed Chronister farm in Washington township next Thursday. At that time Mr. C. L. Burkholder, landscape specialist from Purdue, will be at the Chronister place to lead a discussion of the principles of landscaping and answer questions relating to the work. Mr. and Mrs. Chronister began their landscaping work in 1918, with the assistance of Mr. Burkholder, *nd those who attend the meeting jrext Thursday will see a wonderful change has been., produced in the surroundings over the short space of five years. Due to the fact that a number of farm people have asked County Agent Busehe where information and plans concerning lawns and plantings might be obtained, the meeting has been planned to give them an opportunity to see results of such work and to learn how it was done. According to Mr. Chronister, the beautification has been done without much expense and the satisfaction gained in having their residence surrounded by beautiful shrubs and vines has far more than repaid them for the trouble.' The Chronisters have been verykind in offering their hospitality to those who attend and it is hoped a goodly number will take advantage of the opportunity to view the great ! change which has been made and to confer with Mr. Burkholder regarding their own problems. Since the work of the latter carries him over the entire state, Adams county people are to be considered fortunate in being favored with his assistance. The meeting will be called at two o’clock in order that those from a distance may be able to attend. —O ; Wonderful Mechanical Show “Fun on the Farm,” everything in motion. Every night this week. Madison street between First and Second.

BIND CONCERTS TO BE RESUMED Decatur (J. E. Band To (Jive Concert At Water Works Park Wednesday Night At a meeting of the Decatur General Electric band last night, it was decided to resume the weekly public concerts. The first one will be given in the Water Works Park Wednesday evening of this week. Recently, the band decided to discontinue the weekly concerts, due to financial reasons, it was said. Owing to the fact that the Northerp Indiana Fair will be held here during next week, there will be no concert given, but there will be a concert during the following week. Walter 11. Lawson, director of the band, announced a splendid program for tomorrow night’s concert, and a large attendance is expected. The program is as follows: 1. March —“Stars and Stripes For ovr“—*Sousa. 2. March —“Ist Regiment Band" — Atkisson. T. Ulccius. 4. Waltz —"Flowers and Smiles”— J. Missud. 5. Intermezzo—"Skookum” Indian Fox Trot—A. I,ange. (Intermission) 6. March —"Lamsonian" —Taylor. 7. Selection — “Frolic of the Nymphs”—F. A. Myers. 8. Overture —“Dramatique”— Dal berg. 9. March —“Brooks Triumphal” — F. Seitz. 10. March —“General Pershing” — Vandersloot.

MORE ENTRIES IN TOURNAMENT Two More Leagues Added To Horse Shoe Pitching Tourney Today Two more leagues have been added to the horseshoe tourney which be gins tonight at the city courts at thi corner of Monroe and Fourth streets The new leagues have been named ‘‘MAN O’ WAR” and “FLUVANIA”. It will be necessary for the member? of these two leagues to play their matches on Wednesday and Friday nights. The first round will start tomorrow night and the schedule is as follows MAN O’ WAR LEAGUE 7; P. M (Wed.) Clyde Cline vs. Felix Maier Fred Ahr vs. M. Swearinger Jeff Lake vs. Gerald Kohne A. Snyder vs. Fred Schulte FLUVANIA LEAGUE 8:00 P. M (Wed.) Marion Biggs vs. Jim Hurst Charles Beintke vs. Jack Bruuton Rev. Wliitesell vs. Harry Knapp Due to some disatisfaction of most of the players the rules which were printed in this paper last night wil . be changed slightly. The men wanted the rules more stringent and it was decided to go by th'e National rules 1. The shoe must land within six inches of the peg. 2. A leaner will not count two, but will count one point or equivalent to the nearest shoe. 3. A player cannot touch either side of the wooden box while pitching, or pitch dosen’t count. A list-of the National rules will be posted on the bulletin board and all matches will he played according to them. There is n oadmission feet to tournament and everybody ,in this city is welcome to attend all of the matches. A plea to the city official? has been made for the use of four park benches to accomodate the spectators, and it will he decided tonight whether or not the wish of the Woman's club will be granted. There is room for two entries in the FLUVANIA league if anyone should care to participate. oBall Player May Die M.'lton Williams, 30. Wells county man, who was struck in the head by a hull pitched by Russell Rippe, coach of the Bhiffton high school athletic teams, while the two were playing in a ball game Sunday afternoon, is in a critical condition in the Wells county hospital. His skull was fractured and he will likely die, it is said. An operation was performed this afternoon. o — Effective Trimming Trimming that gives the scalloped effect of rickrack braid, but is really made of cable cord, covered with the material, is one of the popular trim- ; nrings for summer frocks. ji

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1923.

FARMED FATALLY INJURED IN FAIL Emil Fleuckiger, Prominen Monroe Township Farmer, Died Sunday Einil Flueckiger, 52, prominent farmer residing in Monroe township, died late Sunday night, from concussion of the brain, which resulted from injuries received when ho fell from a load of wheat Saturday afternoon. Mr. Flueckiger received a fracture at tiie base as the skull. Funeral services will be held from the home, five miles northeast of Berne, at 8:30 o’clock Wednesday morning, and from the Mennonlte church in Berne at 9:30 o’clock. Burial will be made in the M. R. E. cemetery. Mr. Flueckiger was helping to haul wheat into the barn from the fields. The wheat was being unloaded into the plow with a sling and the unfortunate man was on top of the load hooking the slings for the unloading. None of the load had been unloaded and he had hooked the fore end of the tackle to the sling. He was walking backward across the load, pulling the other end of the tackle with him. In some manner the fore end had become unhooked from the sling without anyone being aware of thi3. Whqn Flueckiger had reached the rear end of the load he had pulled heavily on the rope, thinking that he would have to do so to pull the slack out of it. Instead the rope had loosened itself and when Flueckiger milled back, he fell backwards off the load of wheat. He dropped about 10 Leet, lighting on a concrete floor. In falling he lit on the back of his head, fracturing his skull. No other injuries were received except a gush on one of his arms. Mr. Flueckiger was still conscious when he was picked up by members of liis family. He soon passed off into a semi-conscious state. He remained in this condition until midlight, having at times been able to '•ecognize members of bis family and o answer questions directed at him. He suffered intense pains from the very first. About midnight Saturday night, '■’lueckiger's body became parallzed tnd he was practically helpless for learly a day. He did not regain consciousness after this. He died shortly lefore midnight Sunday night. Emil Flueckiger was born in Rosenaison. Canton Bern, Switzerland on February 12, 1871. He spent his youth In that country, having inimi;rated to this country in 1892. Only ast year he and Mrs. Flueckiger had eturned to Switzerland for a threenonths’ visit in their native country. On January 3, 1595, Mr. Flueckiger was married to Miss Caroline Lehman. The first five years of their married ife were spent on a farm southeast of Berne. From there they moved to .heir present home, where they have icen living for twenty-three years. He is survived by his wife, six sons rnd four daughters, who have been greatly saddened by this unexpected misfortune. His children are Samuel who had been attending Northwestern University this summer; Carl, )f Wabash tp.; Elmer and Mrs. David D. Lehman, of Monroe tp.; ,’lifiord .Tilman, Albert Senaid, Minla and Eida, who are at home. Tlirce grandchildren also survive. Thrde brothers and two sistci'3 are ilso living. They are Benjamin Flueckiger, of Monroe tp., Theophil, >f Dayton. O.; Adoip of East Bernstadt. Ky.; Mrs. Abr. Sommer and Mrs. Win. Lehman oi Wabash township.

o o “Ducking” In Lake Causes Two Youths To Land In Court j o— —o

Two young boys, ages fourteen and fifteen wore made defendants in Mayor DeVoss’ court this morning on charge of assnlt and bat-ary, filed igainst them by Earl Mct’ounehey, of Winchester street, father of Donald Mi Donnelley, who, the father charges in his affidavit, was thrown into tho lake at Bellinout Park on Monday evening by Vore Welker and Herbert Oakley.’ The hoys were arraigned before .Mayor DeVoss this morning and the affidavit was read to them. When asked for a statement, the Welker boy said, “Well, nio3t of thqt is untrue.” Mayor DeVoss asked them tho names of their fathers and told them to take the matter up with their parents and to appear before him at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Tho boys who are working during the summer at the Schafer Wholesale factory, promised to bo on hand and were not required to give bond for their appear-

ance. The two boys, who are just regular American boys, wont swimming in the lake at the park after working hours last evening and it seems that a difference arose between them and the Mc.Connehey hoy, who was Btuuding on the bank, with the result that the McConnehey boy later found himself in the lake. Whether or not he Jumped in or was thrown in, it is the not known exactly, anyway he ’’got a ducking” and the affidavit, charging nssult and battery, followed. Thu boys said they could produce witnesses to prove that they did not assult the McConnehey boy. They went back to work and in the meantime will secure advice as how to proceed.

Local Woman’s Brother Dies In Fort Wayne Frederick G. Krejaelmeyer, 60, a funeral director for the Rodenbeck Undertaking company, of Ft. Wayne, and a brother of Anna Gunsett, of Decatur, died very suddenly yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock at his home in Fort Wayne, death being duo to sciatic rheumatism. Mr. Kreiselmeyer had been ill for the past month, but his condition had steadily improved until a sudden attack yesterday caused his death. He was born in Van Wert, 0., and lived there qntil 15 years ago, when he moved to Fort Wayne. At one time he was interested in the Goeglein brothers’ hardware store. For the past few years he has been serving as state chairman of the American Luther league and was a mem : her of its board of directors. Rdcentt ly he joined the Rodenbeck firm a funeral director. He was also a- member of the Emmaus Lutheran church TT Head Clear as Bell Thanks to Thachor MILO O. CUTTER, Ft. Wayne, Ind. Whose life was in constant danger because of attacks cf dizziness that made him unsteady on his feet and so blir.-l hj couldn't see passing cars. Mr. Cutter, vho lives at 517 High St., Ft. Wayne, -nd says he has completely recovered his health through the use <if Dr. Thacher’s Liver and Blood hy.'<p awl his head is now as clear as a bell. Dr. Thaeher’s Liver & Blood Syrup Is sold in Decatur at Hie Holthouse Drug Co.

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and a trustee of that congregation. Surviving are the widow', Mrs. Margaret Kreiselmeyer; one sou, Richard, of Adams township; one brother, William Kreiselmeyer, of SapuUa, Okla.; two sisters, Hanna Gunsett, of Van Wert and Anna Qun-

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nett, of Decatur. Funeral services will he hold Thursday afturuuun at 3 o’clock ut the hoijio and at 2:30 o'clock at the Eiumaaif Lutheran church, Revs. Phillip and Fred Wumbsg.ms officiating.