Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 1 February 1926 — Page 5

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Mendon, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. J. Allen,l of Spencerville, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Wilt August, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Griebel, Mr. and Mfs. L. W. Auguet, and children, Donald. Ted and Rhcba, al! of Fort Wayne; Mrs A. P. J. Sutckey and sons, Dave, Rex and Orville, of Ohio City, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Bob August, of this city; Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Troutner and daughter, Mabel, Mr. and Mrs. Hobart of Willshire, Ohio. The Maude Muller degree of the Pocahontas lodge will meet 'at the Red Men's hall Thursday night at rt:3o o'clock. The meeting will be in charge of Mr and Mrs. Alva IJuftenbarger and Mint Ed Whitright. All members are urged to be present. A business meeting of the Delta Theta Tau Sorority will be held at the home of Miss Margaret Mylott, Monday evening, at 7:30 o’clock. All members are urged to attend as a report of tire convention will be given at this time. The Misses Mylott and Chdriotte Niblick attended as delegates. The Misses Naomi Durkin and Mildred Niblick also attended. Miss Durkin won an amethyst dinnei ring that was given away at the con vebtion. Mrs- Hubert Schmitt will bo hostess lat tim Auction Bridge Club Tuesday I evening at eight o'clock. Tuesda; I evening instead of Wednesday eve ning. All members are urged to note the change in date. 1 ■■■ Mrs. Fred Fullenkemp will enter tain the members of the Luncheon Bridge club Tuesday evening at 7:3? o'clock. The Five Hundred Club will meet Thursday evening with Mrs. William Keller, at seven-thirty o'clock. The”So Cha Rea Club members will he entertained at dinner at 6:30 i o'clock Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Fred Fullenkamp. Five Hundred will be played after dinner. The annual Mite Box opening of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church w ill be ■held Friday evening, at 7:30 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. Dallas Hower. A fine program will be given aud refreshments will be served. A large attendance is expected. The members of the Shakespeare (Tub will hold their regular meeting Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock at "the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison. Mrs. J. C. Sutton will have charge of the program. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crist entertained at dinner Sunday for Mr. and Mrs. John Floyd. Mrs. Martha Crist, of Monroe. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hartman, of Bluffton, Mrs. V. J. Bell and Mrs. Rosa Crist. The Pocahontas ladies will be entertained Wednesday afternoon at the hall b ythe outgoing officers. The hostesses will be Mesdames J. Tyner, Dee Fry and C. E. Lutz. \ The members of the Music Department of the Woman's Club will meet 'at the home of Mrs. C. E. Bell tonight at eight o’clock. A very interesting and enjoyable program has been prepared- A study of Franz Shubert will be taken up tonight. The American Legion will meet Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock at the Ijegion Hall. All members are .urged to attend. The Faithful Followers class of Mt. Taber Sunday school will hold an allday mcetinng at the home of Mrs. William Johnson Wednesday. There will bo comfort knotting and a pot-luck dinner will be served at noon. The Antioch Missionary Society will meet Thursday all day at the home of Mrs. Homer Ginter. A good attendance is desired. The officers of the W. R. C. will be installed at a meeting which will be held all day Friday in the Legion Hall. A pot-luck dinner will be served al twelve o’clock. The ladies are urged Io ffleot promptly at ten o'clock. The Psi lota XI state luncheon was held Saturday in the Travertine Room at the Hotel Lincoln. Tables were attractively decorated with bowls of yellow jdnqulls and yellow RHEUMATISM While in France with the American Army I obtained a French prescription for the treatment of Rheumatism and Neuritis. I have given this to thousands with wonderful I results. The prescription cost me nothing. I ask nothing for it. I wdl mail it if you will send me your address. A postal will bring it. Write today. Paul Case, Dept. N-24 Brockton, Mass.

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■ tapers in crystal holders, tied with blue tuHe. carrying out the sorority colors. A musical program was offered and also a clever stunt was given by the members of the Logan ] sport chapter. Following the lunch " eon the members of Delta Chapter, i escorted thfe members • through the Riley Memorial Hospital , where they visited the wards sup- ’ ported by the sorority.—lndianapolis News. The members from the local chapter of Psi lota Xi who attends cd were the Misses Mary Callow, » Mary Macklin, Dora Marie and Flort ence Magley, Carolyn Acker. Marcelnla Kern. Helen Swearingen, Mes- !- dames F. E. .Vail,l J. H. Burroughs, F. I E. Patterson, C. O. Porter, A. R. Holthouse. Leigh Bowen, und Sim Burk. a " e The special meeting for women of the Evangelical church, scheduled to I] be held at the church Tuesday aftera noon, has been postponed until Thursr. day afternoon and will be held hi cont nection with the W M. S. meeting. s n The Corinthian Class of the Chris1. tian church will meet Tuesday with ■r Miss Vivian Burk. ij. 0 .... • Locate e-— , c Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Dttgan will leave Thifi-sday for Tampa. Florida, where they will spend a month with Mr. and r . Mrs. F. H. Hubbard. Mr. and Mrs. n Hubbard were former residents of this :p city. ' Ed M. Ray, of Monroe, and Mrs. Clara Anderson, of Geneva, members ■t of the board of trustees of the Adams n County Memorial Hospital, attended the regular meeting of the board today. II The Misses Genova Stick, Veruoica 0 Anker, and Mr Shierllng motored to e Fort Wayne Saturday evening, and e saw the ‘‘Student Prince," at the Mar. jestic Theatre. Mrs. Roy Archbold and daughter, f Josephine, and Miss Gretchen Schafer ’’ saw the “Student Prince,” at the Mae jestic Theatre at Fort Wayne Saturday ” evening. , W .A Klepper went to Chicago toe day to attend to business. James Cowan entertained a number of his friends at a slag dinner Sature day evening, followed by several hours g of bridge, at which John H. Carmody k won first prize aud J. G. Niblick the • booby. It was a happy event. c H. L. Moore and son are advertising a public sale for February 12 at which time they will offer the 140 acres of ’• land, the old Dibble farm, east of this city and personal property including • three horses, 22 cattle, 20 hogs and a ' lot of implements. John Hendricks of Hartford township, attended to business in Decatur this morning *' Mrs. Chester Lott and daughter, f Marjorie, who visited with her pare eats, Mr. and Mrs George Wemhoff, '■ of this city, for the past two weeks, returned to her home at Fort Wayne today. William Meiners, of Fort Wayne, 1 called on business friends here today. ’’ Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Harkless and daughter, Frances, spent' Sunday at 3 Van Wert, Ohio, as the guests of Mr. z and Mrs. Ivan Decker and family. The Misses Harriett Myers and Lois Peterson left this morning for 1 Bloomington, where they will enter 1 the second semester at Indiana L'nie vgrsity. They were accompanied as far as Bluffton by Miss Peterson’s father, J."*S. Peterson. William Grant returned to Indianap1 jolis this morning, wjierc h ( - is a stul- dent at Indiana Dental College, after 1 spending a few days vacation with his k parents, Mr. and Mrs. Van Grant. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Meyers, of Van Wert, Ohio, were the guests o( 1 Mrs. Meyer’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. e Alva Nichols, Sunday. The Misses Margaret Mylott, Charlotte Niblick. Mildred Niblick and Naomi Durkin have'- returned from s‘Marion where they attended the disij trict convention of the Delta Theta iTau Sorority, which was held there l’•Saturday and Sunday. ]l Mr. aud Mrs. WSlbur Shanahan, of I Van Wert, Ohio, wore the guests of Mrs Shanahan’s mother, Mrs. George s Keller, Sunday. o Miss Rose Confer visited her sister B at Fort. Wayne Saturday evening and li saw the “Student Prince” at the Mav jestic theatre. • Don Hunsicker has returned from Elkhart, where, he visit'll with relatives forth past several days. Reports from the bedside of Mrs. George Chronister state that she is, holding her own aud in some ways ’ is slightly improved. Mrs. Chronis- „ ter suffered a stroke of paralysis of /the whole left side last Thursday. Boon and is in a critical condition. I ( ' Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Johnson, of Fort ,Wayne, spent the week-end with Mrs. . Charles Johnson, of north of the city, twho has been seriously ill for the past J several weeks, t i z /

Best Dressed ' s ■ i c ' v 1 F I w ; wjtf ♦ - L J B ■ K~.. * Ylfe.? Palin Beach, Fla., lias acclaimed Mrs. C. .1. Grtiy of Chi cago as the best dressed woman at the famous winter playground. Sen. Robinson Defends National Prohibition Law Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 1. —(United Press)—A vigorous defense of the national prohibition laws was made byArthur Robinson, junior United States senator from Indiana, at a mass meeting here Sunday sponsored by the Indiana anti-saloon league. “The saloon is gone for godtt," Robinson said. “The dire threats of the wets of what would happen when the licensed liquor traffic was done away with have failed to be borne out by subsequent events. “The saloon was the worst enemy the American home ever had. American homes and American working men have enjoyed better conditions than ever since the advent of prohibition.” _—____ o BANKERS GIVE TALKS TO PUPILS covriM i;i» i hom cage two ing Money.” W. S. Smith, of the Monroe State bank, will speak to the Monroe schools. L. R Schug and E. H. Baumgartner, of Rgrnc, will speak to the Berne pupils. Kenneth Shoemaker and E. B. Gauker, of Geneva, will speak to the pupils of the Geneva and Jefferson township schools. C. R.. Smith, of Preble, will speak to the Kirkland township pupils. talks in the various parts of the county will begin on February- 3. It is the purpose of the talks to educate the pupils along the ITffes of banking and emphasize to them the importance of the habit of saving. o NOTICE To tho members of Rev. JI. W. Thompson's class is psychology in the Community Training school: The examination papers aud note books of the members of this class :<ari be had by calling at the Decatur Dry Cleaners. Mr. Elmer Amspuugh will distribute them. o —. BIRTH • Elizabeth Louise is the name of Iho eight-pound girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Skiles, of 121 South Tenth street, al three o’clock this morning. Tliis is the third child and first daughter. The mother was Mabel Beery hetorb her marriage. Mr. Skiles is employed at the Mulschier -Packing company. The Decatur Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons will meet Tuesday night. February 2, at 7:30 o'clock. All members are requested to attcml. Stated meeting. ' L, C. HELAL

TWENTY STORES Kirn in blaze; LOSS $3,000,000 , c J I c (lOVTIM iai FBOM PAGE OMlf I* - | seething mass of flames. j While all the South Bend tire equip | ment was concent rated on this fire another broke out at the Standard Oil company plant on the outskirts of the I city. The loss from this tire will be | In excess of $500,000 it was said. g Fire equipment from Mishawaka | and other towns was rushed into aid in battling this Are. All of the buildings destroyed in I the downtown section were three- I story structures, housing the largest g stores and shops ia this city. g Captain Camille Dezleeschaumer, a veteran of thirty years service and * for twenty years a Are captain, was I killed when he came in contact with I a live wire while Aghting the Are on g the top floor of the Kuehn building. g He was hurled fifty feet to the street and died on the way to the hospital. Charles Rupp, another fireman sus- I taining serious injuries when he | slipped attempting to avoid falling | masonry. j A third tireman. as yet unidentified, l also was injured when he was struck by falling bricks. The blaze was first discovered in the Brandon-Durell store shortly after [ 3 a. in., and before the fire fighting j apparatus arrived it was beyond con- | trol. The Woolworth Five<and Ten Cent store located near the Brandon-Durell bthlding in a three story brick structure was a total loss as was the Kuehn shoe store one of the most exclusive and largest in South Bend. Spring's Ready-to-wear store adjacent to the Five and Ten cent | store also was totally destroyed by the blaze. The store of Tie Optical company, which had just moved into the loca- _ tion after having been wiped out by .(fire three months ago also was com- )' pletely destroyed. Schuell’s Jewelry store, one of the largest in northern Indiana, was re- - duced to a mass of smoking ruins in which thousands of dollars worth of r diamonds, other precious stones and jewelry was lost. ( In Newman’s Ladies' Ready-to-wear store the complete stock of spring clothing and fixtures were lost. In addition to these stores about 5 fourteen small shops, and offices were destroyed in the upper floors of the buildings. The origin of the downtown fire as ’, well as the one at the Standard Oil company has not been determined. ! Firemen were hindered in fighting the blaze at the oil company plant by r the danger of several large storage tanks pf gasoline igniting and ex- ' ploding- ! Danville, TIL Feb. 1— (United i Tress)—Officials today are probing • the cause of the fire which destroyed a store here with a loss of SIOO,OOO. LaPorte, Fel>. I—(United Press)— ; LaPor#? residents vfero entertained in Fourth of July, fashion when fire last niht burned tho rear of the Kemp building in which firecrackers were stored. J Loss was estimated at $7,000. 5 —O Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Kern and daugh- > ter, Margaret, visited relatives at • ■ Huntington, Sunday.

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Michigan City — An early meeting for the formation of a local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is planned. » I »!.!»■ II 1... 11.,.. I—"I

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Goshen — Spuds are among the lu» uries of life here. A retail price of $3 u bushel ic being paid for potatoes the h'ghest price since the war.