Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 182, Decatur, Adams County, 31 July 1924 — Page 5

Local Briefs

i Mildred Pumphrey, of Dele- ’ I w;l r/ohln. is the Kuest of the C. C. , ■ Deininger will go to l | ermd, Ohio, tomorrow to attend 1 ■ . week s millinery opening. ' I ’Mr and Mrs. Cash butt will return I WU from Adams Lake where they I have enjoyed a two-week’s outiing. I ■ Miss Arvili Hendricks, who is em- . I „i«ved in the office of the General I vp,trie Company, will begin a two- I I week’s vacation Monday. Miss Hen- 1 I tricks will undergo a tonsil operation l [he first week and motor to Chicago ■ with friends, the second week. Mr. and Mrs. Ashbuacher, and Mr. 1 gn it Mrs. Herb Burroughs niotore(l to Bluffton Tuesday evening to visit rela- i 1 tives. Mr. and Mrs. Harry K. Knapp, Mr. 1 and Mrs. C. O. Porter, and France Center, of this city, Miss Georgies Vachon, of Markle and Mr. and Mrs. 1 C. D. Flanders, of Fort Wayne, will j enjoy a week's outing at the lakes', next week. Roy Goldner is visiting his parents. ] Mr and Mrs. E. A. Goldner at Preble I for a few days. I Mrs. Grace E. Boyd and daughter, Helen, of Pittsburgh. Pa., have been spending the past two weeks with their aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs.' Al Boner, of Pleasant Mills. The Itaudebush, Brandberry and Reneker Schools homes of south ' Washington township are having ~ electric lights and power installed. , The work is being done by Casper i Lange and Markus Mayer. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Weidler left Tuesday for Piapot Sask., Canada, to 1 visit their son. the Rev. C. J. Weidler. Mrs. William Nyffler, of Indiana anolis. is visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Kirsch and son. Leo, here. Announcements have been received by friends of the birth of a ten-pound girl hahy born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gotsch. of Chicago eights. Mr. and ' Mrs: Gotsch were former residents of , 1 Union township and Mr. Gotsch taught classes in the Emanuel Lutheran Church. Miss Anna Yager spent the day in Fort Wayne visiting friends. H. S. Michand made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Mr. McWhinney, of Geneva, looked alter busffless interest* here'this afternoon enroute to Fort Wayne. Miss Anna Winnes left today for a two or three weeks visit with friends and relatives in jhe east. She wil stop at Philadelphia. Atlantic I and Pitman, N. J. at which places i rhe will spend several days visiting relatives and friends. The E. Burt Lenhart family is planning a motor and camping trip to Bayton. lowa, where ffiey will vjslt with relatives. They intend to leave next week and will be gone two or three weeks. They will camp along the route and may go as far as Denver. Colorado. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Borman are planning to go to Clinton. lowa about the tenth of August where they will visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Ilabegger and family of Berne left today on a motor trip through the east. They will stop at Philadelphia. Blauvert. N. Y. and in New York City whore they will

-XXWBOIW * || BORROWING FROM FRIENDS Asking a friend for a loan is usually i embarrassing, requires an npolo- ? Retie manner and decreases (he self repect of the borrower. | Borrowing from a bank is no cause | for embarrassment or apology; it is v strictly a business proposition. The » depositor who dins built up a credit responsibility finds it comparatively | easy to get a loan. The first step is \ a good checking balance. Build yours here and borrow your money through the bank—the business- £ like wav. “ Bank. \ ‘ Capital anil Surplus 3120,000.00 \ Indians \ I

visit with friends and relatives. Fifteen young people gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Liechty in Berne Tuesday evening and surprised Miss Florence Liechty on her nineteenth birthday. Miss Haze] Smith returned to her home at Kendallville this morning after spending a week as the guest of Miss Marie Brodbeck, east of the city. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Miller and dattgh ter, Dorothy, and their guests, Will Nix and son Pob, of Bay City Michigan. spent Wednesday at Rome City, as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. [Kortenber and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bailey. Mrs. Alvena King has returned to Celina, Ohio, after a several days visit with the Ed. Kelly and Frank Drake families. Walter Johnson, of east of Pleasant Mills, was a business visitor here this morning. Miss Ora Weber, of Indianapolis, is visiting her brother-in-law and sister Mr. and Mrs. Wai Wemhoff, of North Fifth street. I-eo Kirsch, motored to Fort Wayne this nionflng on business. o Davis Makes Public New Appointments (FT. P Sta*f Correspondent) New York. July 31—(Special to Daily Democrat)i-John W. Davis, democratic presidential nominee, today announced the following appointments to the national organization; Thomas J. Stellacy of Conn., has 1 been appointed director of eastern headquarters at New York and will begin his new work immediately. In charge of the general organization work of the democratic national committee with headquarters in Washington will be William B. Wilson of Penn., and former Congressman Lincoln Dixon, of Indiana. Some significance is attached to the naming of Wilson in this work as he was secretary of in the cabinet of the late Woodrow Wilson. Davis is confronted with the task of arousing the sympathetic support of organized labor and it is held likely that Wilson will devote his efforts in that direction. o Sues To Recover S7OO Lost In A Crap Game (United Press Service) Logansport, Ind., July 31. —Suit to recover S7OO lost in three crap games I has been filed here today by Leopold ; Goddard, of Muncie, against Walker Kirkpatrick of this city. o Killed By Lightning Paragon, Ind., July 31. —A bolt of lightning instantly killed Herbert Duckworth, 23, and seriously injured Lawrence Bowman, 2'l, and Ervin Thomas, 19. • I The three men and other members of a threshing crew had sought shelter in a barn during a thunderstorm. A fe w minutes after they entered the barn it was struck by lightning. o— Merely Fable of the Sea. The stories of ships being swallowed in the vortex of the maelstrom are simply fables

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1921

ypCiotty Thursday Moose Legionaires—Moose Home. Baptist Woman's Society—Mrs. Archold. 2:30 p. m. Mt. Pleasant Philamath Bible class —S. P. Sheets home. Young Married People Class of Baptist S. S.—H. C. Price. Friday Ben Hur Installation. W. R. C.—Legion Hall. 2 p. nt. Woman's Home Missionary Society of M. E. Church—Mrs. J. D. Harkless. Saturday Monroe Epworth League pastry sale —Central Grovery, 8 a.m. The Epworth League of the Monroe Methodist Church will hold a pastry sale at the Central Grocery, in this city, Sautrday morning at eight o clock. The liberal patronage of the public is solicited. The Young Married Peoples Class of the Baptist Sunday School will meet at the H. C. Price home on Thirteenth Street, this evening at eight o’clock. All active and honorary members are urged to be present.

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Goldner-—Myer» At the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Goldner at Preble, Wedneday afternoon, occurred the wedding of their eldest son, Irvin J. Goldner, kp Miss Mildred Myers, of Fort Wayne. The ceremony was read ut three o'clock by Rev. Sherry, of the Reformed church. The home was artistically decorated with palms ferns and gladoli. Miss Mildred Campbell, of Fort Wayne, and Roy Goldner, brother of the groom, attended as bridesmaid and best man respectively. Lohengrin’s Wedding March was played by> Miss Dorothy Helling, also of Fort Wayne, for the entrance of the bridal party. Georgette in French Blue made princess style and heavily beaded was worn by the bride. She wore silver footwear, silver wreath , in her hair and carried a shower bouquet of pink roses. Miss Campbell, wore a lovely gown of ashes of roses georgette made with ecru lace and pleated apron. She carried Commonwealth Roses tied with a chiffon bow. Following a reception and wedding dinner the couple left on an eastern ★ | trip after which they will reside in Toledo, Ohio, where the groom is I employed as salesmanager for the’ Davis Baking Powder Company. The' bride’s going away costume was a three-piece suit of almond green em- I broideted in silk. With this she wore a champagne duvetyn hat and marten

fur piece. Mrs. Goldner was employed in the offices of E. L. Gaines at the Home Telephone and Telegraph company at Fort Wayne and made her home with Mrs. Ann Campbell, on West Jefferson street. The groom is a graduate of Indiana University and a member of the Sigma Chi and Phi Delta Kappa fraternities. Guests from Fort Wayne who attended the wedding include Mrs. Flossie Nobles and daughters Ruth and Esther and son, Franklin, Mrs. Johji Helling and daughter, Dorothy, Mrs. Alice Campbell, Miss Mildred Campbell and the Misses Olive Lehman and Esther Huntine. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Lewton and daughter, Eloise, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ohmart, of Portland, at a dinner party given at the Country Club, at Portland, Tuesday evening. Other guests were Miss Mellinger and Mrs. James Crowe, of Portland, Mr. C. C. Williams and Jack Patterson of the Union Central Life Insurance company, of Cincinnati, Ohio. o Mrs. Phoebe Houk Dies In California Relatives in this city received word today of the death of Mrs. Phoebe Houk, wife of Frank Houk, of Los Angeles. California, which occurred Wednesday morning at a hospital

there following an operation for an internal abscess. Mr. Houk was here just a few weeks ago ax:companying the body of his mother, Mrs. Isaac Brown, from Los Angeles to this city where burial took place. When he left home his wife was enjoying good health, it was stated. Relatives hero were not advised of the details of her death. Funeral services will be held Friday in Los Angeles. Mr. Hvtik is a step-brother of S. E. Brown of this city. — —0 ... —, Monroe Methodist Notes The Epworth League held a good social Tuesday evening, July 29. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L C. Mills A goodly number were in attendance and all enjoyed a good time. A number of our people are talking of going to Epworth Forest at Lake Webster on Sunday, August, 10 to be present for the dedicatory service of the new tabernacle. Bishop L D. will give the/ principle address on this occasion at 3:30 in the afternoon. Eight or ten of our young people will attend the Epworth Jjeague ’ Institute at the same place, which opens on Monday August, 11th. The second sermon of the series on the waters. Ezek. 47 under the theme “Gradual Discoveries of the Prosient Believer’’ will be given next Sunday morning by the pastor.

MERCY IS PLEA OF DARROW IN MURDER CASE - (('onl inib'd Freni Page one) Assistant State's Attorney Marshall after a 4 hour argument yesterday, consumed the entire morning session, except for a few moments spent in wrangling between attorneys for both sides and a few remarks by the court, Repeatedly the court made it plain that the scores of rulings presented by the state had not caused him to change his mind. Yesterday he overruled the gtate'e objections to admitting defense alienist testimony, but left the final decision open pending presentation of argument by the state. o $ J—S—WANT ADS EARN—S s—s 0 ... Camphor Water for Eye Nothing has the quick action of simple camphor, witchhazel, hydrastis, etc., as mixed in Lavoptik eye wash. One small bottle Lavoptik helps any case weak, strained or sore eyes. Aluminum eye cup free. Smith, Yager & Falk, druggists.

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