Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 186, Decatur, Adams County, 7 August 1925 — Page 2

CALENDAR Friday u me Mlesionury Society of M. hH '" i rfl . Case. 2:30 P >•>. rh ;iu' rt Mi-lonary Society of C. ' church 7:30 p m. «•» m _M ”' r "“ Meletti. 7 P m - " Saturday T>«ifitrrv S'll* 3 (. f'nfr.'i* Tr i KaPPa Pastrry »•" Orocery. _ HOWER AND VENIS REUNION. Th, Hower and Venis reunion was )(1 al Bellmont Park last Sunday large number of relatives and J ads in attendance. "‘ >W ’ y officers are James A. Hoyer «ident- Mva Baker, vice-president. Jaymond Venis. secretary: Mat Krein,.r.’treasurer; Milton Hower and Mrs John Myers, program committe. The L reunion will be held at Bellmonnark in 1” 26 - Those wh ° attende< ' . Mr and Mrs. James A. Hower. Magley; Mr. and Mrs. J. M Breiner; Mr and Mrs. Gettis Parmer an. daughter; Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Fairer Mr at)d Mrs. John Myers and fam ,j r Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hower; Car Hower. Mr. and Mrs. Alva Baker an. family: Mr. and Mrs. Philip Baker Mr. and Mrs. Ed Baker, and family Mr. and Mrs. Frank Breiner; Mr. am Mrs. 1. B. Stoneburner; Mr. and Mrs William Breiner; Mrs. Sarah Bill man: Mrs. Adam Hower and family r Ms. Ola Gaunt and daughter. Mr am Mrs. Ervin Briner; Mr. and Mrs. Join Soving and family; Mr. and Mrs Frank Baker and family; Mr. am Mrs. M. E. Hower; Mr and Mrs. Ed ward E. Hower; Mr. and Ms. L. S Schilling: Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Venis Mr. and Mrs. Tom Venis; Mr. am Mrs. Floyd Cook; Mr. and Mrs. Ra; Eyanson; Mr. and Mrs. Hower Am old; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Arnold; Mrs Fred Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. Thoma Elzey: Miss Lily Venis, all of De catur: Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Hower Mr. Willard Markley. Mrs. Ida Barn ett. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Venis, Mrs Ellen Venis. Mr. and Mrs. Osca Davis, all of Bluffton; Mrs. Eugen Beeching and family, Mr. and Mrt Leonard Kase, Mrs. F#ed Ramfolpl and family, Mr. and Mrs. D.. 8 Shel ler and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ham ilton. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lutz am family. Mr. and Mrs. Rose Kimme and family, Mr. and Mrs. Calvii Leveston and family, Mr. and Mrs Henry Flock, all of Huntington; Lutb er Hower, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Scot and family. Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Hower Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Tucker, Mr. am Mrs. Earl Amrine, Mr. and Mrs. Free Gaunt, Mrs. Anna Crist, all of Fort Wayne; Mrs. Martin Fetters, o. Ypsilanti, Mich.; Mi|. A. C. Spehi and family, of Detroit, Mich.; Mr ahd Mrs. Ed Koller and son, Mr. and Mrs. Murlen Ernest and son, Mr. Matt Kauffman and son, Rev. and Mrs. J F. Porter and family, all of Craig Ville; Mr. George Steele, Mrs. Martha

Jane Watkins, of Tocsin: Mr. and Ms. Ralph Rogers and family, of South Whitley; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hoover and family, of Columbia City; Mr. and Mrs. Almus Heck and family; Mr and Mrs. Herman Hart and fam i)y, Mrs. Clarence Foreman and fam Hy. of Ohio; Robert Bovine, Mr and Mrs. Frank Myers, of Monroe. Miss Ka'hotlne Kocher entertained at three tables of bridge Thursday evening tn honor of Mias Doris Hoff, of Columbus, Ohio, who Is visit In: friends in this city. prizes wore awarded to Miss Angle Firks, Linn Kern and Miss Hoff. The hostesi served a delightful two-course, luncheon. The guests included the Missel Hoff. Angie Flrks. Veronica Anker, Messrs. Fred Kinzle, Byford Macy, Dick Heller, Linn Kern. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Blair and Mr. and Mrs. David J. Hensley. Mr. and mV' J. C. Mfl’.cy entertained nt dinner last evening in honor oi Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Kracker. and son Elmer, of Masri.lon, Ohio. Covert were also laid for Mr. and Mrs. Clett Kortenber and Mrs. Johanna I’.raur and daughters. Stella and Margaret Mr. and Mrs. Ed Coffee have recelv ■d announcement of the marriage. o heir niece, Miss Maybelle Hauswirth >f Chicago, and Glover Galbraitlj. o °ine Bluff. Arkansas, which occurred it the First Presbyterian Church a ?hicago. July 4. ami was kept a secret intil a few days ago. The bride is veil-known here having visited at the 'offee home on several occasions. The zoung couple wi 1 make their future come in Minneapolis. Minn. Announcements have been receiv'd here by friends from Mr. nnd Mrs. ’ercy G. Williams, announcing the narriage of their daughter. Thelma Irace, to Mr. Wallace W. Mehl. Aug ist first, at Goshen. The bride is well mown here, her father being a photo, rrapher here for several years. She s an accomplished musician. Mr. tfehl is a prominent attorney at Gosh■n. The Winona Camp Fire Giris will neet at the home of their guardian, Mrs. Cecil Melchi. in Line street, this 'vening at seven o'clock. Every mealier is urged to be present. — o Mr. and Mrs. W.*F. Brittson arrived ast evening from a trip through tichigan, and Ohio, visiting Grand Lapids. Detroit, and Cleveland. Th y est todat for their home at Dallas Pexas, and expect to motor through vithin a week. The Provident Building and Loin Association directeors met last eve ling, approved the by-laws and dis ussed plans for opening the business iy September 1. Supplies have been irdered and the company will establish a going business as rapidly as •ossibie. Tile shaes of stock are be ng subscribed for in a most satis actory manner. Before th’ bus business grows lie yond all control'i£tcr ought f be :.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1925.

law requirin' th' drivers t’ shift t third na latr'n two seconds after they shift t' second especially in th' re ib ntlal districts. We ofien wonder if the' average Ford owner taxes any better care of his dog an’ canary mni than he does his car? Abe Martin Itidpls. News. Mr. nnd Mrs c. F. Kraeker. nnd son Elmer of MussiHofi, Ohio, are the guests of relative's here. F. A. Lllty made a business trip to Herne this morning. Mr. ;md Mrs. Ralph Bentz and children, Virginia, Muy, Deloris nnd Hu b<ri, and Mr. Robert Chronister returned from a visit at Pottersville and Lansing. Mich., where they visited relatives. Mr. and Mrs. I/'sicr Robinson nnd children, Arlin and Dorothy, Mrs. John Kelly, of this city Mrs. Dewey Brown nnd son. William, of Fort Wayne, have returned from a weeks visit with relatives at Lansing, nnd Pottersville Mich. -——- — —o— - ■ — Mission Festival Sunday Tile congregation of St. Pau.s Evingellcal church will hold its annual Mifs.on festival next Sunday, August 1, in Grote's Grove. Services will be idle! in th'- forenoon, starting at 9:30 •’cloc k and in the afternoon, starting it 2 o'cloc k. The Rev. Mr. Gerken, of .■'lutrock will preach in the morning service, and the Rev. Reinhold Mueller, of Gar Creek, o former mission ary in Brazil, South America, will deliver a lecture on missionary work at file afternpon sr-sfon. The public Is cordially invite dto atend.

#■ • Your Earnings— I MOST everyope works hard enough for the money he is paid, but in so many cases loses out by not realiz- > ing that a definite part cf It should • iu. |urn work sci him. TH ‘ really successful, saves by a I prai'ical flan of daily thrift and «- ci.aii'-t .1 insseusion of a sum of incite y al.ic'h is the result of bank deposits and their dividend earnings. j WHY not call and arrange to open an account with us? IFirsVNational Capital and Surplus 00 * ’

PAST LIFE A BLANK Former Indiana Man In Hospital At Denver Unable To Give Account Os Last Few Yearit. Denver. Col., Aug. 7. — (United Press I—William1 —William David Sorrels, 4fl, In a hospital here, Ih trying today to pierce the haze that has made his ae- . tivltles during the last few years a mystery. , Sorrels was Informed yesterday his mother was on the way here to see him, from Crawfordsville, Ind. He said when informed of his mother's coming, that he had supposed her I dead. I Today the man, suffering from an acute heart affliction, says that about I all he knows about himself is that he has'been in Missouri, Oklahoma and Colorado during the years since he left his homein Crawfordsville, Im- , mediately after his father's death. I He tells a story of .a woman who has taken care of him in his many sicknesses. He says he doesn't know the woman other than that she has always taken care of him. ; Hawkins Makes Another Effort To Raise Bond ) Indianapolis, Aug. 7 —Morton Haw kins, former president erf the HawI kins mortgage company who is under • sentence of 15 years imprisonment ■ held a long conference today in the Marion county jail with his attorney .1. J. M. La Follett. t It was understood that Hawkins was making another attempt to raise his appeal bond of $50,000.

BROWNING HAS MORE TROUBLE Mother Os First Girl Adopted By Millionaire Wants Daughter Returned New York, Aug. 7 —Moro troubles today beset Edward W, Browning, millionaire realtor, who this week adopted a Iti-year-old Bohemian girl and set out to furnish her with every conceivable luxury. Mrs. Anna St. John, of Rye, Now York, today wrote to the commissioner of public welfare, Bird S. Color, asking him to return to her Dorothy Sunshine Browning, the first child adopted several years ago by Browning. It was ae a companion for Dorothy Sunshine that the millionaire sought his latest adopted daughter. New York. Aug. 7 —Whether little Mary Spas is to wear the Cinderella or whether her coach and dreams of uxury are to be smashed, may be deelded at a conference between Hird

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S. Coirr, commlsßionpr of public welfare. and District Attorney Richard Newcombe, of Queens County, today. The fitness of Edward W. Brown ing, 50 year old millionaire, to serve as guardian of the girl he recently adpoted will be considered when Coler and Newcomb met this afternoon, according to the commissioner. Facts surrounding the presentattlon of two ssoo checkfl, which Browning admits he gave Mr. and Mrs. John Spaa, Mary’s parents, also would lie sought, Coler said. o—■ Seven Hurt When Auto Collides With Oil Truck Indianapolis, Aug. 7 —Seven persons were injured three seriously when an auto driven by F. A. King of Tulsa Okla, crashed into a hea‘y oil truck near Knightstown Thursday. K'ng was brought to a hospital here with injuries that may cause his death His wife and sister Mrs. HoLeran were also seriously hurt. Four children of King and his wife escaped with slight injuries. King and his family were on a vacation trip thru tlte east. o t *-$ WANT ads EARN—S-$ $

QUAKES RECORDED Seismograph At University Os Chlcaoo Registers Disturbances Early Today; Felt in Italy, Also. Chicago. Aug. 7—Earth tremors were recorded on the University of Chicago seismograph, today. The first tremor started at 3:15 atn. and from that time until 4 a.m. several disturbances were recorded. The sharpest movement was at 3:58 and lasted several minutes. The distance was 1840 miles in a Southeasterly direction, attendants said. Faenza. Italy, Aug. 7- A terrific earthquake 10u kilometers distant was registered today on the seismograph of Raeffaeie Bandlni. noted earth quake prophet. He forsees that more shocks wl.l come on the tenth anil twelfth. o ' — ■ ■ CLINTON—Archie Nichols of here was disconsnlate when he returned from Terre Haute. His automobile had been stolc'n, and he had allowed the insurance to expire When he reached the office he was notified that hifl car had be» n recovered by Terre Hauts police.