Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 183, Decatur, Adams County, 4 August 1925 — Page 2

“gy® CALENDAR Tuesday riHMs of E. V. church—Mrs. Dorm' < !ss ’ 0[ r ' liclAMo' 1 ’ 81 * 1 * ehurolx— M,BB . liosrd 7:3« P-">-H Zo class or Baptist Sunday school X Helen Beard, 7:30 p.m. WM-«• of Zi °" Rtfor,ned th * 2:30 P ' D1 Wednesday Ever Ready Class of M. E Sunda; School-™* Pearson home. ‘ faithful Followers Class of the 8.,||o church, he Cream Social— School“iTlota XI Benefit Show ‘ Grounds Jo r Divorce ’. Adims Theatre. Thursday Concdrd Aid and Missionary Society u r3 Calvin Kunkle, 2p m. Delta Theta Tau breakfast hike—--eet at the home of Naomi Durkin at 3 baptist Woman’s Society — Mrs. Bina Buhler, 2 p m. Ladies. Aid Society of Calvary church— Jennie Smith. 2 pm. Work and Win Class of JJ. B. church _Mrs. Frank Baker, postponed. Woman’s Home and Foreign Mis--0M ry Society of Presbyterian htirchc _Mrs. M. A. Frisinger, 2:30 Work and Win Class of U. B. church— Frank Baker, 8 p.m. Friday i Woman’s Missionary Society of U. B. Church -Church 7:30 p.m. Minnehaha Club—Club rooms after lodge . Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dickman and Mi and Mrs. Charley Ford and family, of Decatur, and Mr. William Lehman, of Berne, attended the eighth annual reunion of the Lehman family, held at the fair grounds in Celina, Ohio, last Sunday. More than one hundred relatives were present. The 1926 reunion will be held at the same place. KINSEY—REUNION The annual reunin of the Kinsey family was held in Haynes Park, Portland, last Sunday. A total of 157 relatives were present. S. M. Kinsey was the oldest member of the family and Russel Kinsey was the youngest. Reports showed that there had been four births and only one death in the family during the iast year. At noon a bounteous dinner war, served. During the day a social and business session was enjoyed. The following officers were elected: C. Holly, of Portland, president; Samuel Kinsey, of Buffton vice-president; Mrs. Erma Benhour, ot Fort Wayne, secretary-treasurer. The next reunion will be held in Ft Way<fc on the first Sunday in August. 1926. Relatives were present Sunday from Adams county, Portland, Churubusco. Albion. Columbia City, Craigville, Magley, Curryville, Montpelier Bluffton, Fort Wayne, Muncie, Ridgeville, and Chicago. W I. — — Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ahr. and Mrs. Fred Ahr, and sons, Bobbie and Edwin Louis, Mr. and Mrs. Millard Baumgartner, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gehrig, Mr. and Mrs. Tilman Gehrig, and son, Howard, Dr. and Mrs. Eichhorn and children, Junior, Mary, Bobble and Richard. Miss Jaunita. Baumgartner, Miss Lola Swartz. Russell Baumgartner. Lloyd Ahr and Albert Gehrig, of this city, Mrs. Tridell, of Marion. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Moomaw, of Waterloo. motored to Gordon State Park, at Lake St. Mary’s. Ohio, Sunday and enjoyed a picnic dinner. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Ashbaucher entertained at dinner Monday in honor of the Rev. and Mrs. L. W. Stolte and daughter. Naomi, of Dayton. Ohio, who are visiting friends here this waek. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Knapp, of this city, were guests also. ' The Tri Kappa Sorority will hold a Paitry sale at the Central Grocery Saturday morning at nine o’clock. The liberal patronage of the public is solicited. The Mt. Pleasant Ladies' Aid society will meet at the home of Mrs. francis Fuhrman, Thursday afternoon at two o’clock. All members are re quested to be present. Mrs. Adelia Laughlm. of Fort "ayne, announces the forth coming I’ltniage of her daugnter, Miss Grace, to Mr. Joseph Coyle, of Pennsylvania, which win take place at the St. Peteft church at Fort Wayne. Tuesday morning. August 11. Mrs. Laughlin cud family were former residents ot this city and have a host' of friends here. Miss Mildred Butler delightfully endmaer party at lively appointments

last evening at the home of Mr. and' Mrs. F. E. Vail, on North Second street. The house was decorated with garden flowers. The table was laid with yelloy linen and a low bowl of blue girden flowers formed the centerpiece. Covers were laid for the Misses Harlett Myers. Ruth Castle, Jesteen Hocker, Lucile Engle. Josephine Suttles and Margaret Zwlck. At a meeting of the Delta Theta Tau Sorority at the home of Miss Margarpt Mylott last night, it was decided to hold a breakfast hike Thurs-1 day morning at 5:30 o’clock. The members of the sorority are asked to meet at the home of Miss Naomi Durkin, on Mercer Avenue, at 5 o'clock. The Concord Aid and Missionary ( society will meet Thursday afternonw at 2 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Calvin Kunkle, on the Fort Wayne road.' The Minnehaha Club will meet at ( the club rooms after lodge Friday eve-, ning. Mrs. Emeson Bennett and Mrs. Alva Buffenbarger will be the hostesses. Mrs. J. R. Smitley, of North Seventh , street, entertained a number off riends and relatives Monday evening in bon-, or of the thirty-ninth birthday anni-' versary of Mr. Smitley. A pot luck , supper was served. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Cochran and family. Mrs. Leonard Merryman. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Foreman and family, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Gause and family. Mr. ami Mrs. Russell Melchi and family, Mrs. C. Musser and family. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Shaffer ami family. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Green, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Keller and sou. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Fisher and family. Mr. and Mrs. Sepbus Melchi and son, Mr. I and Mrs. Clennie Smitley, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Smitley and daughter, Mrs. | William Darwachter. Mrs. Cecil Melchi, Mrs. John Smitley, Miss Florine Bunner, Mr. and Mrs. Alva Buffen- ■ barger. Mr. and Mrs. Rollie Smitley and family. The Work and Win Class of the United Brethren church will meet at the home of Frank Baker Thursdayevening at eight o'clock. Election of officers wtl be held and a good at ten dance is desired. Women’s Missionary Society of the United Brethren chuch will meet at the chutph Friday evening at 7:30 o’clock. A good attendance (is desired. —o — Buy Coal For Hospital The trustees of the Adams County Memorial hospital met Monday and awarded a contract to Carroll and Son. of this city, to furnish one car load of Pocohontas coal, No, 3 to the hospital for |5 *2 per ton. The coai m to be delivered as soon as the shipment arrives. —o — * REVIEW BOARD MAKES INCREASE (Continued from Page One) I the state board, mandatory proceedings would more than likely have taken against the board and. in the end the county would have be.eu forced to place the increase on the farm property. County Assessor William Zimmerman stated that he believed the local assessments were as nearly correct as they could be, but that since the state board ordered the increase there was nothing for the board to do except to f'.ace the increase on farm lands and improvements. It will be necessary to change every individual farm assessment on the books in order to put the change in effect. «- - - ■—— faUm legislation President Coolidge Will Rely Upon Farm Commission To Draft Agricultural Program To Lay BeforeP Swampscott, Mass., Aug. 4.—(Vnit- 1 ed Press.) — President Coolidge will: rely upon the farm commission which | he appointed last year to draft the i administration farm legislatiou program which will be brought before congress next winter The commission. Os which Secretary of Agriculture Jardine is a member. will meet this tall to determine a program, it was declared today. I Consolidation of railroads, it carried out will solve most of the transportition problems of the nations in the opinion of President Coolidge. Mr. Coolidge regards the Van Swearingen Nickel Plate merger, which is now before the Interstate Commerce J Commission, as a test case and if it I is consummated, he expects many Oth- I er railroads to follow suit, it was I said at tke summer White House. Anderson. — African M. E. church i •’ *• II from the white congregation. !

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TO BROADCAST HEAT TO NORTH POLE BY WIRELESS London, Aug. 3.—(United Press) —Wireless broadcasting of heat to the North Pole regions will make more habitable space for the inhabitants of this earth, in the opinion of A. M. Low. scientist. Low also predicts that electrical rays ‘will eventualy divert rain clouds to desert regions to make them bloom like the moist regions.

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In the list of Boy Scouts who went to the summer camp nt Hamilton yesterday was the name of Kenneth Tricker. It should have been Richard Tricker. Kenneth is too young to be a wont, but he will be old enough to go to camp next summer. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gladon, of Dayten, Ohio, returned to their home today after a week’s visit with Mrs. Laura Crill and other friends here. Miss Elizabeth Meihls has’gone to Fort Wayne to spend a week with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. H. 11. Ladig. Misses Blanche and Marie Ritter left this morning for Detroit and Cleveland where they will spend two weeks with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Gass and daughter Beatrice, Mrs. M. Fullenkamp and Mrs. Clara Meyers and son, Cletus, motored to Indianapo’is today to attend the C. M T. C. dress parade at Fort Benjamin Harrison and visit Bob Gass, who is in camp there. Mrs. Fullenkamp and Mrs. Meyers and son. will I remain in Indianapolis for a several days visit with the D. M Reid family Mrs. D. B. Ford, of Portland, and Miss Anne Gibbons, of Cincinnati. 0.. who are guests at the James Arnold ' home and Mrs. Arnold spent the day in Fort Wayne visiting with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maley returned to their home at Goshen today, after spending a week with Mrs. Paley's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Schrank. Miss Katherine Maley is remaining here for a visit with her grandjarent* until school opens September 8 at Goshen. Miss Kathernie Kocher has returned front Lake Hamilton where she spent the past week with her mother. Mrs. J. L. Kocher, and family. The Misses Marjorie and Mary Louise Coffee, of Fort Wavne. are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Stalter and Mr. and Mrs. F. Vail this week. Mrs. Amos Fisher has returned from a ten days trip in Eastern Ohio. She also visited her brother at Warren, Ohio. Mrs. H. C. Andrews, of Dewitt, Ark., who has been visiting relatives here for the past few days, left today for a visit with her brother, Joseph R. Smith at Petoskey, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Beemer and niece, of Delphi. La., are here for a

I THE ADAMS Theatre I I TONIGHT ONLY g I “LOVING LIES” I ■ A Big Super Attraction Willi fflt § Monte Blue, Evelyn Brent and others » ■ A thrilling sen picture woven arouud a wonder story hb of love and adventure. m |g EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION—In connection with 53 H the feature picture we will show tonight only, an old S time movie ol Mary Pickford as she appeared in the ||, M| movies 13 years ago in “A Reality at Bay —also m SI old time songs. A real novelty. DONI MISS 11. |g| 10c 25c H WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY If “Grounds for Divorce” ■ Florence Vidor, Matt Moore, Louise Fazenda. g K (Benefit Wednesday only, Psi lota Xi Girls) K = ■ ■ "" __LZZj I THE CORT I I TONIGHT AND TOMORROW | | “The Ladjt Who Lied" M A First National Attraction with || Louis Stone, Nita Naldi, Virginia Valli m and wonder cast. Can a lie hold love? Does a man g ever forget, learn and be wiser. ■ t “Oh Bridget” a comedy with Walter Heirs. * I 10c 25c I SEES-—~=-

visit with tit* James Gattshall family and other friends. Mr. Beemer reports crop renditions splendid in the south , and the outlook for a prosperous time I ahead. They came here last evening fnn Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. Ned Steele, of Marion, Indiana, visited here for a few hours 1 laat evening with the J. S. Peterson family and other friends. , Mr. and Mrs. Walter Martz and children returned yesterday from Hamilton, Ohio, weher they were call ed by the serious illness of Mrs. Martz’s father. Mrs. Edward Wilson and children returned to Fort Wayne today after a several days visit at the John 8. Peterson home. Mrs. William Bowers spent the day in Fort Wayne as the guest of her parents Mr. and Mrs. P. I. Leahy. Harry Meshberger, of Linn Grove, was a business, visitor here today. The August number of the Dairyland, official monthly journal of the Cloverleaf creameries, will be mailed out tomorrow. Superintendent Arendt, of the Hol-land-St. Louis Sugar company, St. Louis. Michigan. Is here this week for a few days at the local plant. Herbert Fullenkamp and Art Rausseau. of Chicago have returned to that city after spending a two week's vacation with Mr. Fullenkamp* mother, Mrs. Mary Fullenkamp. Mrs. Russell De bo ft, of the Dore B. Erwin Office, is enjoying a months' vacation. Mrs. Pierre Goodrich and daughter Nancy, of Winchester, who have been the guests of Mrs. Goodrich's parents Mr. and Mrs. C. A Dugan, for the past several days, left this morning for Petoskey. Michigan, where se will lie a guest of Mrs. Winifred Bond at the Ellingham cottage at Waloon Lake. Jesse D. Robinson, oil operator. Wichita, Kansas, dropped off here today for a few hours visit with relatives enroute home from a business trip to Buffalo, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Hanna and family of Kokomo are visiting friends and relatives of this city during the week. IjOCALS etaoi shrd odaradaid Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tawney and family, of Swanton, Ohio, returned to their home today after visiting their brother-in-law and sister Mr. and Mrs. William Colchin. The Misses Mayme and Adelaide Deininger left today for Cleveland. Ohio, where they will attend the Cath olic Ladies of Clumbia Convention as delegates from the local chapter. Mrs. L. O. Clark, of Dallas. Texas was a guest of the home of Mr. ami Mrs. E. W. Johnson, of Marshall st., this afternoon. Miss Margaret Belle Atz, of Goshen, is a guest of Miss Mary Macklin for a few days. Mr. and Mrsfu A- Bowser and Mrs. Ella Stoner, of Fort Wayne, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Brokaw, over Sunday. —— o ~ BLUFFTON— Leroy Cobbum is the new deputy clerk here.

Bleeke Reunion To Be Held Sunday, August 9 | The annual reunion of the Bleeke family will be held at the home of Otto I Bleeke, six miles northeast of thie city, on next Sunday, August 9. All I relatives of the family are invited and .urged to attend. | — o Three More Students For Auction School New arivala at the Reppert school of Auctioneering since Monday noon 1 include Stafford Wimberely, of Keany, Nebraska; ;Otto Rowenhorst, of Orange City, Iowa; and William F. Vilhauer, of Tyndall, South Dakota. This makes a total of twenty-eight students enrolled in the school. Seven of the total are from Nebraska. Class work was well-started today. -'O i. ■ See “Ground* for Divorce”, Benefit ' Blue side Psi lota Xi. Adam* Theatre Wednesday. . . . 183-2 t

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