Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 4 January 1926 — Page 5

CLUB CALENDER . Monday Odd Fellow’s Lodge—7:3o pin. Evingelical League of Christian Endeavor Business and Social Meet Ing'-Al Church, 7:30. Research Club—Mrs. Nellie Haney. 2:30 p. m. Delta Theta Tau—Hrs. H. L. Kern. 7:30 p. m. Tuesday Corinthian Class of Christian Chur|^i— Mrs. Olin Baker. Rebekah Lodge — Rebekah Hull. 7:30 , p in. Auction Bridge Club—Mrs. Ix>e I«iw less. 8 p. m. Dore., i Class of E. V. churvh—Mrs. Henry Adler, 7 p. m. Mar' and Martha Class of M. E. church Mrs. James Rice, 7p. m Awei ■ can Is gion—Legion Hall, 7:30 pm- \ Tbs?"' Matrons’ Club—Mrs. Irvin Miller, 7:30 p. m. Psi lota Xi—Mrs. Edgar Gerber, 7:30 p. ni. Kirkland Indies’ Club—Kirkland 11. M„ 7:30 p. ni. Bridg' Chib —Mrs. J. H- Heller. Afternoon Bridge Club—Mrs. John Heller. 2:30 p. m. C. gL. of C. Anniversary—K. of C. Hall, «:30 p. m. Wednesday W.|M A. of U. B. Church—Mrs. Carl noble, 2 p.m. üßicheon Bridge Club—Mrs. LawrenniKleinhenz, 7:30 p. m. Historical Club- Mrs. M. E. Hower, Fourth street, 2:30 p. ni. St.iVinccnt de Paul Society—K. of C. Hull, 2:30 p. m. Thursday Winan s Home and Foreign Missionary Bociety of Presbyterian church— Mrs. A- N. Anker, 2:30 p. m. LBUes’ Aid Society of Zion Lutheran chdrcdi—Schoolhouse, 3:30 p. in. W. V. Missionary Society—Clirmli .. - i’- n*. Antioch Misionary Society — Mrs. Phillip Rash. Friday St. Marys Township Home Eco nouiics Club—Mrs. C. O. Green, all day Minnehaha Club —After Lodge. The Historical Club will meet at the home' of Mrs. M. E. Hower, on Fourth street, at 2:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoibn. Mr| an<j Mr«. David Deitsch. of Elm street, entertained at New Year's 1 dinner for Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Hebble* and daughter, Margaret, Mr. and Mrs. ,G. E. Owens and son, Robert. Mrftand Mrs. Edward Warren, and the Misses Eowitina Deitsch, Iris - a, > Catherine Hebblc. Messrs. Edward Deitsch and Vernon and Franklin Hebblc. j Th' Young Matron’s Club will meet with Mrs. Irvin Miller Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock. gjyh’- Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church will meet Thursday afternoon, January 7, at 2:30 o’clock at thd home of Mrs. A. M. Anker. Mrs. E. fc. Engeler will lead the devotion- | ais and Mrs. C. D. Teeple will conduct the Missionary queries. Mrs. C. C. Noble will have the lesson, the subject' being ‘‘The Book Made Known.” Mrs. D. H. Campbell will give a reading ‘‘What One Talent Lid.” All ladies of the church are H invited and urged to attend. — Strickler-Dunifon Mftic marriage of Miss Mabel IJunifon and Mr. Clarence W. Strickler was solemnized at the Church of God parsonage at Marion, December 26. The Rev. Mr. Bragg, pastor of the Church of God, received the vows of the impressive double ring ceremony. Miss Dunifon formerly was a nurse at the Adams County Memorial but for the past year has been doing private nursing at Fort Wayne. She is a popular young lady of (Fort Wayne and is a daughter of ■

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Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Dunifon. of Van Wert. Ohio. MT. Strickler is a prominent young man of this city. Slice being graduated from the local high school, he has been employed aa a bukcr in one of the local bakeries. Mr. and Mm Strickler wtll leave Wednesday for West Palm Beach. | Florida, where they expect to spend several months. All members of the Odd Fellows Lodge are urged to attend the important meeting which will be held at the hall this evening. Mr. Abo Bebout, of North Fifth street, was pleasantly surprised last evening when several Triends and relatives called at his home. The occasion was his sixty-second birthday'anniversary. A. delicious pot luck dinner was enjoyed, after which a social hour was spent. The guests were Mr, and Mrs. Doyl Bebout and family, of Chattanooga, Ohiog Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bebout and family, of Willshire, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Glen Bebout, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bebout, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence\Brunnegraff and daughter, Alice Kathryn, Mr. Roger Bebout and Mrs. Abe Bebout. The Mary and Martha Class of the Methodist church will meet with Mrs. Jim Rice, on Fifth street, Tuesday evening at seven o’clock, prompt. All members uro urged to attend. The E. L. of C. E. will meet at the church this evening at 7:30 for its regular monthly business and social meeting. All members urged to take notice and be present. — \ The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Zion Lutheran church will meet Thursday' afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the schoolhouse. Election of officers will be held and a good attendance is desired. Mrs. Lawrence Kleinhenz will be hostess to the Luncheon Bridge Club Wednesday evening, at 7:30 o’clock. The Dorcas Class of the Evangelical church will meet Tuesday evening with Mrs. Henry Adler at seven o’clock. The Evangelical Missionary Society will meet Thursday afternoon at two o’clock at the church. The presence of every member is urged. Mrs. Lee Lawless will entertain the members of the Auction Bridge Club Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, at her home on Seventh street. An important meeting of the Delta Theta Tau Sorority will be held tonight at the home of Mrs. Herb 1 Kern, on Seventh street. The nieet- , ing has been called for 7:30 o’clock ' and all members are requeted to be there prom pity. The St. Mary’s Township Home Economics Club will meet with Mrs. O. O. Gfeen Friday, all day. A pot luck dinner will be served. All members are urged to be present. 7 The W. M. A. of the United Brethren church will meet Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock at the home of Mrs. Carl Noble. Mrs. Olin Baker will be hostess to the Corinthian Class, Tuesday’ evening at her home on Tenth street. The members of the Rebekah lodge will meet in regular session Tuesday , evening. Installation of officers will I be held after the business meeting. The attendance of every member is . urged. 1 lie Cavalry Ladies Aid society will moot next Thursday at the home of . Mrs. Mytrlc Hindenlang. The meet- . iting will be an all-day affair. The day will be spent in quilting. At noon a irot-luck dinner will be served.

Ka©<Elllte Mrs. Hugh Crumley and daughter, Helen, and son, George, of LaFou)tltain, spent the holidays in this city with the John Tyner family. They returned to their home today. Mr. and Mrs. 11. 11. and children, have returned to their home at Altoon, Pa., after visiting relatives here for the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Brown attended the basketball game al Fostoria, Ohio, Saturday evening. Miss Marjorie May has returned from Corunna, after spending the holidays there with her parents. Gletin Hill and Harold Devor have returned to Columbus, .Ohio, where they are students at. Ohio State University, after spending the Christmas vacation with their Tespective parents in this city. Christen Macy and Harry Sutton have returned to Purdue University, lat Lafayette, after spending the hull-*

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days here with their parents. ' Mr. and Mrs. Ray Keller spent Sunday afternoon in Fort Wayne visiting with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Smith have returned to Columbus, Ohio, where Mr. Smith is a student at Ohio State University, after spending the holidays here with Dr. and Mrs W. E. Smith. Winifred Gerbe has begun duties as teacher in the Lancaster Center Consolidate Schools In Wells county. Mr. (lerke formerly taught in the t Murray schoo lin Wells county. He . will assist in basketball coaching. .xty-s. E. Fritzinger, of this city, will leave Wednesday of this week for California, where she will spend two months with her sister, Mrs.' Hattie Johnson. They will spend some time in San Francisco and then go to the southern part of California for the remainder of the winter. | Miss Lucile Engle has returned to Indianapolis, where she is a student . at Madam Blaker’s School, after spending the holidays here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Engle. | Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Sowers have returned from Cambridge City? where they spent the week-end with Mr. Sowers' sister. Mrs. Sowers be-| fore her marriage Ja ml ary 1, was Mies Mabel Hower. They will reside in the Murray Hotel apartment. Miss Mayme Deininger spent the day in Fort Wayne visiting with friends. Miss Ruth Cook and Mr. Bryce Thomas have returned from Blanchester, Ohio, where they visited Miss Cook’s parents. J. S. Peterson motored to Indianapolis today, where he looked after business interests and visited hiq sons, Robert and Dwight, and their , families. He was accompanied by Miss Lois Peterson, who will return to Bloomington W’here she is a student at Indiana University, and Robert Hale Peterson, Jr., who has been visiting with his grandparents here. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Peterson who have been located in Indianapolis for the past several years, will move to Cincinnati, Ohio, within the next few weeks, where Mr. Peterson has been transferred.

Mrs. Henry Lankenau and daugh tors, Clara and Louise, and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Laifkenau, who were the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. K W. Lankenau have returned to their homes at Fort Wayne. Harry Yancy has returned from Indianapolis where he looked after business. Mr. James Kinney and daughters, Helen and Agnes, have returned to their home at Geneva, after attending the wedding if their niece and cousin, Milss Katherine Kenney, at Madison, Wisconsin. Mrs. Rose Moran and son, Richard, have returned to Indianapolis, after a visit here with relatives and friends. Mrs. Anna Golden and daughter, Gertrude, of Fort Wayne, and M. J. Sennet, of Dayton, Ohio, visited here Sunday with relatives. Miss Mildred Moran has returned to Hardinsburg. Indiana, to resume her school work after spending her vacation with her parents near Geneve, Indiana. Miss Mildred Leonard has returned to Battle Creek, Mich, to resume her studies at Battle Creek Physicial Culture School, after spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Leonard, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Butler and Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Kern motored to Fort Wayne Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Perry motored to Van Wert. Ohio, Sunday and wore the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Shanahan, They were accompanied home last oiening by Miss Virginia Keller, who spent the past few days there.

Robert Voglcwede, Hugh I tollhouse and Fred Schulte returned to Notre Dame Ujn|vterpityf4 this afl)?rr noon after spending the Christmas vacation with their parents in this city. Herman Geimcr, of Root township, was a business visitor here this morning. Two Decatur automobiles collided .Saturday night on North Second street.' [The cars were driven by Max Teeple | and Fred Braun. The cars were not 1 seriously damaged and no one was injured in the wreck. Stated meeting of Decatur Chapter Royal Arch Masons, Jan. 5, lfi26. Installation of officers and other important business. L. C. HELM, 11. P. 3-2 t. , — o— —— « Former Judge Is Dead Zionsville, Ind.. Jan. 4. — (United | Press)—Frank Loby, 72, former judge of the Indiana Appellate court, will be buried here tomorrow. He died Sunday. from pneumonia. |

GEORGE KRICK ASSUMES, DUTIES OF MAYOR TODAY (COMTINVKD FROM PAGE OMB) Linn, look over the reigns of the third ward, succeeding A. R. Ashbaucher. Joseph Hunter, of the Citizens’ Telephone company, assumed the duties of councilman of the second ward Mr. Hunter succeeded James Li Kocher, the only republican on the outgoing council. Fred Linn represents the first ward in the new regime taking the seat formerly held by Emerson A. Beavers, The new administration takes office with the city treasury in fine financial condition, according to annual reports filed, recently. During the last four years, $24,000 of bonded indebtedness has been retired and more than 8100,000 in improvement has heen expended fro nithe earnings of the municipal power plant. All other appointive officers also started their tferms today, including Dr. J. M. Miller, Dr. 11. E. Keller and I Mrs. J. H. Heller as members of the board of health; Jack Friedt, as tire chief, and Amos Fisher, as street . commissioner. MANY RENEWALS ARE BEING MADE (( (IMIM EII FROM PAGE ONE) zone and $3.50 in the other zones. One of the items which has increased publishing costs is the increased postage rates, which have been advanced several times in recent years. Renewals at this time will be greatly appreciated and will assure subscribers of receiving the Daily Democrat during 1926, for the pjolicy of stopping those papers not paid for in advance will be rigidly enforced. o—

AUTO PLUNGES INTO A CREEK Albert Cramer, Os Decatur, Bar Narrow Escape In Accident Near Ossian / Albert Cramer, 26, of this city, had a narrow escape from death about 6 o'clock this morning, when h(s Star touring car plunged over an enbanknient into a creek at the south edge of the town of Ossian, several nii'es northwest of here. Mr. Cramer was uninjured but his automobile was a total wreck. Mr. Cramer recently purchased a shoe repair shop in Roanoke and lie was on his way to that town this moi ning when the accident occured. He was going west on the road which 'passes the cemetery in Ossian. That road ends where it connects witii State Road No. 13, but Mr. Cramer did not know that it ended there and he failed to make the turn on to the state road. The car ran through a fence and into the creek near the bridge on the state road. o DICTATORSHIP RULES GREECE

Premier Pangalos Propclaims Himself Dictator; Elections Postponed Athens, Jan. 4—Greece today is under the rule of a dictatorship. Premier Pangalos has proclaimed himself dictator and has indefinitely postponed the senatorial elections. Pajiglos proclamation was delivered in the course of a military banquet. Declaring that Greece, by the military revolution of 1909 had comel to the üburbs of Constantinople -but by the 1920 revolution had been thrown into the “grip of parliamentarism.” Pangalos promised “with the help of the army and navy,” to govern as dictator and to have “a fleet dominating 'tjlt'J eastern basin of the Mediterranean and the strongest army in the Balkans.” ; Pangalos, who becam peromier in the brief and bloodless revolution of last June, received from all garrisons in Greece congratulations and promises of support while the majority of the populace appeared satisfied with his step. , The party leaders previously had challenged the government when they refused to participate in senatorial elections. o Mrs. Made Cook Hall Dies In Kansas City Mrs. Ben Schrank, of this city, has received word of the death of her niece, Mrs. Matie Cook Hall, of Kansas City, Missouri. Mrs. Hall was the daughter of the late John Cook ! former Decatur resident.

QUEEN MOTHER OF ITALY DIES 1 ' Dowager Queen Margherita * Succumbs To Blood Clot On Brain Today » Bulletin Boridigerha. Italy, Jan. 4. — (United Press)—Dowager Queen Margherita of r Italy, is dead. , Arter being upon the way to re- . covery from a pleurisy attack, a blood I clot developed on the brain last night, > which caused her death at 11:10 a. m. - today. i At tfer bedside when she died, were i thhe King and and Queen and memf bers of the Royal Family. The Queen mother, 74 years old, fol- > lowed in death only a few weeks anr other Dowager Queen, Alexandria, of I England. i Her death came as a shock through ‘ the land, for bulletins on her condition 1 t had ceased a few days ago since her. recuperation was quite satisfactory. I The King a iid Queen, after visiting her, 1 had returned to Rome, assured that she, [ was recovering. The Queen mother was popular throughout Italy among all classes of ’ people and she had the respect and ad- ' miration of every crowned head in Europe. ' Margherita was born on November 22, 1851, the daughter of the late Duke and Duchess of Genoa. She married the late King Hambert in 1869. o Girl, Four, Fatally Shot By Brother, Three I Evansville, Ind., Jan. 4. — (United : ITess) —Willie Laura Rodenburg, four, 1 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Rodenburg, is dead here today at the hands of her 3 year old brother, Warren. The children were playing in the i living room of the home when the lit-! tie boy got his father’s\22 calibre rifle : from a bed room and started to take it into the living room. He tripped and fell, the gun was discharged and his little sister was fatally wounded. ' Airplanes Being Used in Search For Officers San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 4. —(United 3 Press) —Airplanes are searching for * two United? States army officers lost 3 in the mountains of Nuevo Leon, Mex--1 i ico. The ifien are Lieut. C. S. Thorpe, | Brooks Field pilot, and Lieut. Marion 1 T. Pharr, Fourth field artillery, Fort Mclntosh, Loredo. 3 The officers became lost from a' * hunting party Thursday. News of their j 1 plight was received at. Fort Mclntosh I Sunday by other members of, the hunt1 ing partv. who returned there, r o B J Blind Inmate Os Infirmary *jls Champion Jig Dancer Columbus, Ind., Jan. 4. ~ (United ITess) —Miss Anna Kelly, 70, blind inmate of the county infirmary here, is the champion jig dancer of Bartholomew county. 1 At a recent dclebration staged 1 the inmates by the Kiwanis Club, Miss Kelly, who spends practically all of

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