Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 285, Decatur, Adams County, 3 December 1926 — Page 3

I• a • I vf* / ■ k • 1~ s CLUB CALENDER Friday ; I Minnehaha Club—After Lodge I Presbyterian Rummage Sale- Kirsch ■building. Pocahontas Initiation, 7:30. I W. H. M. S. of M. E. church—Mrs. ■ pan Sprang, 2:30 P. M [ Woman's Home Missionary Society ■of M, E. Church—Mrs. Dan Sprang. K:3O p m. Saturday Presbyterian Rummage Sale-Kirsch Ladies’ Aid Society of U. B. Church ■ 2c Supper—Church, 5 to 7.. Home and Foreign Missionary SoI ciety of Presbyterian church — Bake ! ■ gale—Schmitt's Meat Market. Monday Five Hundred Club —Mrs. L. H. I Kleinhenz. 7:30 P. M. Woman's Club —High School Audi- ■ torium, 7:45 p. m. Delta Theta Tau, Margaret Mylott. Tuesday C. L. of C. — K. of C. Hall, 8 P. M Dance —Red Men Hall, 8:15 p. m. Psi lota Xi —Marcella Kern, 7:30 ■ P M. Mrs. L. IL Kleinhenz will be hos- ■ tess to the Five Hundred Club Mon- ■ day evehing at 7:30 o’clock. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the I United Brethren church will serve a ■ cafeteria supper Saturday afternoon, ■ from five to seven o'clock. The fol- ■ lowing mnu will be served: Creamed I chicken, escalloped oysters, noodles, I mashed potatoes, been salad, baked ■ apples, baked beans, cranberry sauce, I pickles, bread and butter, pie, cake, ' ■ ice cream and Eskimo pies. The

11l — oraaHraaoseacxwtaus:.ssasei-?e.?asara ;tl a r._.;. ■ll ±>: ?:. ■r i * thii <ia || I Sai’efor I I * Cnristmas«'i927; I I ~ 111 iITFW I An z 'mL oid nr Adams Savings I/' jJMHB Account | // Saves 11 i Months of ■ ;3S Old Adams County Bank I —not only assures you of having money at Christmas time, but any time g you want it Besides we pay you 4% interest on all Savings Accounts g every six months and credit the interest to your account, which also g ‘ / bears interest if left in the bank six months or longer. j* WE HAVE A SIMPLE SAVINGS PLAN . I ' -whereby you can deposit as much as you care to each week or each | month—no specified amount unless you want to—and at the end of the | More than 1,300 persons are members of our Savings Ciuo, and | their total savings amount to many thousands of dollars. | SI.OO deposited weekly for 5 years will grow to $287.53. 1 SAVE. AND HAVE I k

liberal patronage of the public Is , solicited'. ’ It was erroneously stated in the | account of the Historical Club meeting Wednesday afternoon the Miss Helen Dugan furnished photon and pictures I With Which Mrs. Martin Jaber* Ulus, t trated her paper on "Venis. the la- < land City." Miss Naomi Durkin, who ' spent three months abroad last summer, furnished Mrs. Jaberg with tna- , terial and photos for her paper. Miss Fern Passwater hostess < at a miscellaneous shower given at her home on Madison street, Tues- < day evening, complimentary to Mrs. I Bert Smith, formerly Daisy Girod. 1 Two very clever contests were enjoy- I ed and prizes were awarded to Mien Ethel Tumbleson, Rose Snell, Alta I Smith and Dora Miller, who presented them to the bride. A miniature I bride holding a letter in her right hand adorned the table in the living i room gave instructions to Mrs. Alta Smith to find the key hidden in the 1 I room which would unlock the chest holding gifts for the bride. The hos- ] tess served dainty refreshments following the shower of gifts. Twenty I intimate friends of the honored guest i were present, , Mrs. France Conter entertained the ( members of the Bridge Club last evening at her home on Second street. Mrs. E. G. Coverdale won high score and was presented with a beautiful prize. Mrs. Clark Michael, of Markle was awarded the guest prize. Refreshments were served at the conclusion of the games. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Clayson Carroll. —— - o Several members of the Fort Wayne Lion’s club visited here today and discussed the organization of a club here, meeting with very good success. E. D. Engeler was at Fort Wayne . on business today.

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JLwah Our reformers had better lay off o' booze fer awhile an' give tbvr attention t’ th’ stage. Keep cool With th' Stevens family.—Abe Martin, Indianapolis News. | Mrs. Carrie Haubold and son. Tommy, spent the day in Fort Wayne. A. A. Weiskopf, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, was a business caller In the city this morning. D. J. Hensley will motor to Bronson, Michigan, tomorrow, to spend the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Ilunsicker. Mrs. Hensley who has been visiting there for the past week,| will return with Mr. Hensley Sunday afternoon. Miss Monai Butler, who Is a student in the Muncie Normal College, returned to her home here Wednesday, suffering from a severe case of quinsy. Zach Vachon and daughter, Marcile Mr. and Mrs. Clark Michaels, . of Markle, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. France Conter yesferday. Cliff Siniff, superintendent of roads for the state highway commission in this part of the state called here today. 0 ~ , CHRISTEN RITES SET FOR MONDAY (CONTINUED FROM PAGE OWE) or, he served on many important civic committees aijd was J charter member or member of a number of thezleading lodges and clubs In the city. Mr. Christen’s body was brought here about 7:30 o’clock last night from Fort Wayne, where death occurred at St. Joseph’s hospital, and was taken to a local undertaking establishment. The body was placed in a copper and bronze casket and taken .to the Christen home on North Second street late this afternoon, where

It may be viewed by friends. Sever■al of the lodges, of which Mr. Christen was a member, are planning to view the body Sunday afternoon, I while members of one of the service clubs of which he was a member, will visit the home in a body this evening. Mr. Christen took ill only about, a week ago and was taken to St. Joseph’s hospital. Ills case was first diagnosed as sleeping sickness, the symptoms being very similar, and attending physicians held this belief until a post mortem was held late yesterday and it was found that death ; was caused from a tumor at the base of the brain. , o Bank Clerk Found To Be SIOO,OOO Short In Accounts | Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 3. — (United Proas) —Rush IL Parke, clerk of the American Savings bank and Trust company fled Memphis «trly today after auditors had found a shortage of more than SIOO,OOO in bis accounts. Parke came so work early, bank officials say, found the auditors in his cage, turned and fled from the building. | The complete audit of bis account was not finished until several hours later when it was found, the shortage would exceed SIOO,OOO. Parke had I been a trusted employe of the bank for several years.

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Fire Destroys One Os Evansville’s Best Theatres Evansville, Ind„ Dec, 3. — (United Press.) —Fire which broke out u few minutes after the night nhow had started last night destroyed the Strand, one of Evansville’s principal theaters. The crowd which jammed the theater marched out in an orderly manner. One fireman, who was slightly Injured when he fell from a ladder.

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; was the only casualty. Damage was at about j $200,000. The Bert Smith players, a I rnuscal comedy stock company, was , playing at the theater. The compI j any's loss was $25,000. ( . -® o ——~ - ! Seven States Agree On Reciprocity Regarding Automobile Licenses ■ Chicago, Dec. 3.—(United Press.)— Seven states have agreed on roql-

I ’ proetty regarding automobile licenses us the result of a meeting of secretaries of state held here. The states represented at the meeting were Illinois, lowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. The secretaries agreed to recommend to their legislatures a uniform law granting reciprocity or all but ; trunks operating on regular routes. - ■ -o —" Get the Habit—Trade at Home, It Paya

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