Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 208, Decatur, Adams County, 2 September 1925 — Page 5

CALENDAR , lllhll FollnwerK* Claw of Bob ” Teh X-Mr* B» rl Trumble-on Clnb-Mr.. Herman °' l,lg Thurwlay FMiant Udte'" Ai, ‘ SocietyM»ry C<»*’ 2 V- '« Mbsfonary *w<« »«*“>• , J r cMf’o" *•*•*•- h " dn y. . , """curt AW -n« M”' i " n * ry Bo ‘' et . Mrs John M»plO. 2 P «”• ** ' V Missionary Society-Church. »*’’ Friday ’ w R c.—New Hall. 10 * m - ■ — M P .nd Mrs. John Meyer and Mr. Will O'Brien united in en- . mint at a dinner Tuesday eve-XT-er-< relatives who win Decatur for their homes in var--9 parts of the country thia week ,and Mrs- C. L Meyer, of Mon- ' viUe will leave this week for West ralm Beach. Florida, where they wi iake their home. Jacob Meyer w return to his home in Redland. California this week. Mrs. Frank Parent, and son. Ted. will return to their dome, at Saginaw, Michigan, after a visit here. In the account of the John Meyer family reunion held last Sunday, the names of Mr and Mrs. John Herman ~P „ omitted from the list of relatives present. Exquisitely beautiful was the settnig last evening for she lovely Bridesmaid Shower, for Miss Margaret Moran, bride-elect of September Bth The Elks Home was banked with glowing, autumnal and late summer flowers, and formed a gorgeous background of colorful beauty. On the spacious mantels, stately crystal candlesticks, with yellow candles, gleamed, thus carrying out the color scheme of yellow and white to perfection. A lovely three-course dinner of charming appointments was served at 6:30 o’clock. In the dining room the bride’s table was set, and seated at this table of hmror- were the bride, the bride s mother. Mrs. Rose Moran, Mrs. Clara Meyers, and the jseven members of the bridal jfarly. As a (harming centerpiece for the bride’s table was a beautiful silver loving cup. filled with yellow roses, a trophy that was won by Miss Germaine Christen, at St. Marys College, and bearing her .Mme, and also Miss Moran’s The rest of the guests were seated at small tables. Each table was graced with a crystal bud rase, in a silver holder, containing a dainty yellow rose bud After dinner. Bridge was enjoyed, and prizes for high scores, were awarded to the following: Mrs. F W. Lose. Mrs. Fred Fullenkamp, and the Misses Naomi Duikin and Marie Murtaugh, who, in turn, presented them to the bride. At the conclusion of the games, the guests were ushered into a room, lighted by gleaming candles, and in the center of the room was arranged a clever “Wishing Well.” with a thatched roof, and creeping vines. From the unknown d?pth of the well, little hearts peeped forth, each tied with a yellow ribbon and bearing a message of “wishing well, to the bride from a friend.” From this »ondrous well Miss Moran drew forth lovely gifts, from the guests. The hostesses for this pretty affair were the following: the Misses Gertiaine Chr sten. Irene Holthouse, Margaret Holthouse. Helen Gass. Charlotte Niblick. Florence Harris and Margaret Mylott. The hostesses had as servers the following girls: Misses Helen Holthouse. Mary Meyers, Mar-, garet Reed, Mary Margaret Voglewede. Mary Harris, Rose Marie Sm'th, Bernardine Christen and Alice Clark. Guests from out of the ( Hy. were the following: Mesdames Wry dandy, ot Churubnsco; gtew . -it -Niblick, of Indiana Harbor; V. L Bormann and Raymond Gass, of Huntington and the Misses Naomi -Neva Lohman, of Battle Creek,'

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Mich.; Betty MaJey, of Indianapolis; Mary Helen Kavanaugh and Catherine Hammond, of Huntington. The St John’s Lutheran Young Peoples’ Society will give their annual fall festival Sunday night, Sep tember 6, on the school grounds, on the Fort Wayne-Decatur road Good music and entertainment will be provided. Refreshments of ail kinds ' will be served. The Hart reunion will he heln at Bellmont Park on Labor Day. The attendance of all members is urged —_ o Locate 1 ’ William F. Meyer returned to Fort Wayne today alter a two weeks va- , cation, which he spent with Din Costello on a motor trip to Cleveland. Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Toronto and , other points of interest. Miss Alice Green has returned from ( Dayton, Ohio, where she visited with Lynan Schiraek and family. 1 jAugust went out like th’ custo- ( mer that found one t‘ fit him jest ( like th’ one ITI th' window. I don't know whether Gen. Andrews wears ] a polka dot shirt or not, but he s talks like he used t' be a head of a circus.—Abe Martin. Indianapolis News. > j Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Elzey were . guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Elzey ; at Fort Wayne. Sunday. They wi’l motor to Elkhart next week-end to be ( the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. i Kern f Clark Spahr, of Detroit, is spending t several days here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nichols. Mrs. Spahr ; and children, have been here several j weeks. ' t Mrs. A. B. Ford, of Portland, is visiting at her parental home today, a The Misses Mae and Genevieve Ber- t ling and' Mrs. Paul Briede and son. a Bob, will leave tomorrow for Philadelphia, New York City arid YonkerS, e

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New York. They will meet their mother. Mrs. 11. Berling, who has been touring Europe for the past three months, at New York City, September 8. They will visit their sister, Sr. ("eat, at Yonkers, before returning here.' Fred Schulte anil Carl Gass motoreil to Bluffton last evenirfg and visit ed friends. Miss Mary Macklin, a member of last spring’s graduating class of the local high school, left yesterday'"for Indianapolis where she will enter nurses training at the Robert lying Hospital. Mrs. F. E. Vail and nephews. James and Dick Coffee, Miss Mildred Butler and Mrs. A. F. Stalter and son. James Allen .motored to Fort Wayne today to he the guests of relatives. Jodi Reynolds, chief of police, and Mrs. Reynolds are enjoying a vacation. Miss Neva Laman, of Battle Creek. Michigan, who has heed visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. If. I* Kern is suffering with a severe case of tonsilitis. Mrs. Perry Gandy, of Churubusco, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Niblick and family for a few' days. Laurlno and Patricia Teeplo have returned from Chicago where they spent two weeks visiting rtlatives Miss Wilma Machan, of La Grange is a guest of Miss Mary Guillick, of Pleasant Mills. The Misses Machan and Gullick w(:e classmates at De Pauw University. Miss Dorothy Durkin, who has accepted a position as instructor in kindergarten in the Crawfordsville schools, will leave within the next few days to begin her duties. Mrs. Nora Parrsh, of West Elirt street, is confined to her bed suffer ing with a severe case of heart* trouble. C. C. Schafer. Dr. Roy Archbold and Dr. J. S. Coverdale motored to the Fort Wayne Country Club this afternoon for a round of golf. Earl Martin, of Huntington. attended to business here yesterday.

MINERS ASSUME VACATION MOOD Anthracite Area Resembles Immense Vacation Resort; No Disorder Wilkes-Barre, Fa., Septp 2 Tho anthracite area has taken Vn tho appearance of an immense vacation resort. Miners who only a few hours ago labored in the hazardous holes in the earth, now 'are parading the streets, displaying new collegiate-cut (t'othes and discussing what they shall do with their time. All was quiet and orderly in the steike zone where 160,000 men went out yesterday. Some are even discussing long postponed trips to Europe. This was revealed hy merchants dealing in overseas luggage, who reported that the first day of the strike nearly exhausted their stocks. o — Remus, Released From Prison, Is Rearrested Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 2. — (United Press.) —After serving 20 months in Atlanta federal penitentiary for violation of liquor laws, George Remus of Cincinnati, was released today only to be rearrested on charges of facing him in Dayton, Ohio, and St Louis. He was taken into custody by a United Slates marshal and two depu tes and was to be taken to Dayton Enroute there he will be served with a copy of the charges in St. Louis. Shortly before his release Remus issued a statement in which he said lie was "very happy at the thought of being reunited again with my family.’’ o Mrs Da'e’ Stogdill and daughters, left this morning for a visit with friends and relatives at Ft. Wayne. o ALL OVER INDIANA Frankfort- When Washington township schools in Clinton county reopen Monday the scholars will find no changes in the teacher's staff. However, Walter Cross, who direct ed athletics last year, is expected to resign to accept a similar position in Kokomo. Wabash —Congressman Albert R. Ball announced the appointment of Miss Mary Gillan as his assistant secretary in his Washington office. She will start her new duties in October Hartford City—Mrs. William Crise man and Nelson are nursing sore fingers. Mrs. Criseman pinched off the end of her little finger on her left hand when it became caught in the door of her automobile. Nelson broke his little finger when he attempted to crank his car. Fairmont —The Fairmont Kiwanis Club is understood to be boosting Frederick G Noel, superintendent of local schools as candidate for lieutenant governor of the Indiana district of Kiwanis clubs. Washington—Summer vacations of the Daviess Circuit court will end Labor Day. Judge M. S. Hastings will preside over the September term which will be a six week’s session. There are twenty-one cases on the criminal docket. LEBANON —Seventy-five officials and employes surprised O. P Spilman. former superintendent of the Martinsvile arid Northern branches of the T. H. I. & E. traction company, at his home here. They presented him a watch and traveling bag. He recently retired. FRANKFORT -The budget for next year has been fixed at $143.::44.15. Officials say it will cut the present tax rate two cents. NEWCASTLE —Boys dug up a shoe box while playing in a park. The box contained the body of a premature baby. No information has been obtained as to the party leaving it there. Lebanon. — Though July was hot in Lebanon, it did not interfere greatly with reading. A total of 3.925 books were loaned by the public library during the month, according to the librarians report.

BOYS DAMAGE CARS Several Autos Damaged While Parked Near Chautauqua Tent; Policeman To Be On Duty There. • Several automobiles parked near the chautauqua font, last night were damaged by boys, during (hot chan tauqua entertainment, it was reported today. Several cases were reported where the boys had stood on the hoods of the cars and bent the hoods, while other persons stated that appie cores and other trash had been left hi their cars. Although the dam ages were minor, in most cases, the owners of tho cars were vexed at the action of tho boys and the matter was reported to Chief of Police Rey nolds this morning Chief Reynolds promised to have an officer in the vicinity of the Chautauqua tent tonight and every other night this week while tho Chautauqua is In progress and all automobiles parked there will he protected, A I. I’N-9 NO. 1 IS FORCED DOWN NEAR ITS GOAL (Continued from Page One) than 300 miles from Honolulu and about 250 miles from Kahululi. Island of Haul. San Francisco, Sept. 2. — (United Press) —A collission wit hthe destroyer William Jones and mechanical trouble prevented the naval seaplane PN 9-3 from completing its flight to Hawaii, after being 300 miles at sea. With tho five men nt ns crew still

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Fears Death HAKfJ Eearing death from three armed men who prowled around her home, Mrs. C. F. Sheehan, Boston election commissioner, and the first woman in the country to hold that office, asked police protection. aboard the plane, weary, unshaven and sleepy, but eager to start again, the big craft wa stowed into San Fran cisco bay today and draged onto the ways at Crissy field.

1 Federal Prohibition Agent Shot During Raid W i’Kt Forth Mhhh., Sept. 2—Federal prohibition Agent John M Mulcahy was shot and perhaps fatally wound- • <1 during a raid on a suininer ccttago on Flushing's pond hero tolr*v. Six arrests were made followlig the shooting. Muhahy was accompanied hr j»<vother (penis and members nf th- H*ate po ice. The raid was made at the sumcer home of Joseph Millrop. A (pialititv . f liquor was found, and it was while this was being removed that Mulcahy was shot. Millrop was one of the six persona arrested. He is alleged to have shot the prohibition agent. — ■ —■■ o — 1 — The Dairyland magazine September number, is being printed and will be in the mails tho first of the week. 0 .— lI’POIN IOIEST OF t IIMIMSTRATOH Notice is hereby given, That the undersigned has been appoint! <i Adrninisi ra t«»r of the ♦•stale of Ell i Charleston. late of Adams Count.v. deceased. The estate is probably solvent. WILLIAM A. WELLS. Sept. 1, 1925. Administrator. C. L. Walters, Attorney. 2-9-Di - — O CNo. 2193 NOTH E O1 I’IA%L SETI I.EMEX I (IF ESTATE Ni.ti. - is hereby given Io the creditors, heirs and legatees of Rose Kah.er, deceased, to appear in the Adams Circuit Court, hold at I‘eeatur. Indiana, on the day of September. 1925. and show cause, it any, why the EIN \L SETTLEMENT ACCOI’NTS with thestate of said decedent ahonld not bapproved; and said iieirs are notified to then and there make proof of heirship. and re«’eive their distributive flhares. JAMES W. BECKER. Administrator. Decatur, Indiana, Sept. 1, 1925. ' 1 ■ ' 9-16