Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 96, Decatur, Adams County, 22 April 1927 — Page 3

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i calendar I Friday I ■l.adi'*’ Aid Soc iety of U. B. Church < Sale. Phone 914. I ■ roninmnity Meeting and Dinner - ’ School, 7 p. m. Blf jjridge Club -Mrs. Elmer Kumpe, S y M. I I Luncheon Bridge Club -Mrs. J; nm.. ■Krnold. 8 P- >»■ | B Ladies Aid—Methodist church—Mrs I Heber Humbarger. Saturday I I Every Heady Class of M. E. Church I lake Sale Central Grocery. Tuesday Tuesday Afternoon Club — Mrs. larry Staley. 7 p. m. Civic department of Woman's Club -rest room of library, 7 p. m. So Cha Rea Benefit Card Party—ilks Home, 8 p. nt. The civic department of the Woulfs Chib will meet in the rest room I the public library at 7 o’clock Tues-

K{.,; evening. | I The members of the Delta Theta Alumni entertained at two beneBridge wties Thursday .t the of Mrs. H. L. Kern, on Fifth At the afternoon party, high ■core was won by Miss Rose Tcnnelier Mrs. Dick Hoch, anil at the even■ng party Mrs. Ray Kohne and Mrs. Ilriede held high score; . Beantiprizes were awarded the winners. I I All arrangements have been made ■or the So Cha Rae Benefit Bridge to be given at the Elk's home. ■Tuesday evening. Playing will begin at o'clock and tables will be ar■anged for Bridge and Five Hundred will be served following ■he games. Tickets ate being sold at ■itty cents and may be purchased from ■any member of the society. Mrs Fred ■’ullenkarnp is chairman of the party. I The Dancing Club met last night at ■he Elk's home. Don Farr's Orchestra ■urnished the music for dancing from ■>ine until twelve o’clock. Mr. and ■Mrs. Frank McDowell and Mr. and ■Mrs. Hartman, of Bluffton, were out ■[•town guests. I Miss Florine Michaud entertained ■the members of the Bridge Club last ■evening, at her home on Mercer Ave ■Hue. Guests besides the duh members ■ were the Misses Maude Anderson and ■ Mary Suttles. Frizes were awarded to ■ Miss Mildred Liddy and Mrs. Herman 'wMHMr WWIIR>. ~ »■»»»»<« ful two-ccurse luncheon at th? close oi the evening. The Tuesday afternoon Club "will meet with Mrs. Harry Staley, Tuesdayevening at 7:00 o’clock. Miss Naomi Durkin is spending n few days at Hartford City, the guest of Miss Evelyn Persley. This evening Miss Durkin will attend a Bridge party given in honor of Miss Dorothy Mur Phy, of Mishawaka, a bride-elect cf May 10. much suffering IS REPORTED IN FLOOD DISTRICT iCONTINCIiID FKUM fawai <»!»•>. Use in isolated areas, and the coast guard servioe announced it wpufl.il send small boats from the Great Lakes to the flood districts if necessary. The guard landed 607 NewMadrid, Mo., refugees at Hickman. Ky., last night. Red Cross advices told of six fast motor boats shipped last night from St. Louis to Little Rock. Several Arkansas concentration camps are now flooded. Brassville, w >th 1,000 refugees, is one, and food is being rushed there by boat.. The stork has visited the camp and the confined mother is in a temporary infirmary. Heavy rains and cold are adding to the misery. Cotton Plant. Ark., camp is rapidly flooding. Rain Clouds Disappear Kansas City, Mo., April 22—(UP)— Rain clouds that have hung over the s ou*hwteßt almost continually .for three weeks disappeared today and f°i the first time in many days there no immediate danger of new floods in Kansas, Missouri or Oklahoma. The danger point yesterday was offeyville, Kans., where several hunlnd men labored for hours in a near feezing temperature to save the ~ as ’ levee. The re-inforced wall tprne< back a tremendous rush of water n the Verdigris river and saved the CJ tJ from inundation.

Personals J. D. Rieter of Bluffton was calling on tile trade here yesterday. William IF.jSettle. president of the Inidu’a Farm Federation will speak at th ■ Monroe school house next Tuesday evening at eight o'clock and his message will lie worth listening ton . Farmers along the Mornorc roa.l, state and fedetal highway 27 are busy moving their fences so the improvement can be made. A week from next Monday is the last day for paying your taxes. Work at tlie country club is being slowed up considerably by the wet weather but the course will be ready for the golfers in a short time now. The manager and professional have arrived. Pustmaster-General New's •‘come-at-able” is causin’ mor comment than President Harding's normalcy" Al-

though “come-at-able" means gitable, approachable, will listen t’ reason, kin tt be bought etc., it’s not a ’specially coined Indianny word, as might he e supposed. It seems Henry Ford was dah maged mon 'n wuz at first supposed, 11 an’ he may have t’ be sent t’ th’ facr tory. Abe Martin, Indianapolis New.;, Billy Schrock, son cf Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Schrock, is recovering from a ■ severe case of the mumps. James Beckner, of Kirklanu town- ' ship, was a business visitor here this morning. Mrs. B. F. Farr and daughter. Helen 1 motored to Marion this morning to attend the funeral of an uncle. Mrs. Alpha King, of Leipsic, Ohio. ! is spending a few days with her moth--1 er Mrs. Ves Venis. 1 David Erwin of Foit Wayne was say- ' ing howdy to a lot of his old time friends here this afterndon. Mrs. Wiley Slusser. and daughters, 1 of north of the city, were shoppers 1 here this afternoon. ! Mr. and Mrs. IleHrb Curtis and Mrs.' 1 Carolyn Acker-Huntington motored to| 1 Indianapolis this afternoon to spend the week-end with relatives. Mrs. H. L ( outer and Mrs. Bert 1-ranee, ct Chicago, are the guests of Mrs. Center's son and daughter-in-law Mr. ami Mrs. France Center, of Second street. The Misses Mildred and Lillian' Worthman, Mrs. George Squires an 1 ■laughter, Violet attended the commencement at Ossian last night. The are members, furnished the music last night at the commencement exercises The Misses Charlo ,te and Margaret Niblick will go to Fort Wayne tomorrow afternoon to visit their mother, Mr.;. Minerva Niblick and Mr. and Mr;;. Perry Gandy, over the week-end. REPORT MADE ON BOY SCOUT DRIVE ■ CONTINI'EO FBOM PAGE ONE) j man national Scout commissioner, presiding, at which time plans would be made for carrying out the Scout area council work. | A nominating committee will be appointed by Mr. Lankenau, to nominate candidates for the four officers to be elected in the local Scout organiratlon. Brazil, Ind., April 22 — (United Press) Fruit Growers of Clay county believed today that the apple crop has been killed here by the heavy freeze ast night. The temperature droppd to 18 dgrees during the night and I< j froze to a thickness of a quarter of an inch. I RHEUMATISM - For 35 Yean z< TRUSLER’S RHEUMATIC TABLETS HAVE GIVEN RELIEF AII DntgtiUl. Too Sijra, sOc und $ 1.00 U Trualer Remedy Co. Cincinnati. O. * Sold by Callow and Kohne aaiwvmwwvwmwvwvuwmwwwww lAshbaucher’s I FURNACES LIGHTNING RODS ; SPOUTING SLATE ROOFING i Phone 765 or 739 ;;

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, APRIL 22. 1927.

Mrs. Cal, Mrs. Al, In Easter Garb /A ■ "■ I ■ \ i ? a. / Mi «•* Sm 1 La t 11 S-' | | -wR«p . ' ' ■ I ''’fl I , i i rw’aWiWß fe. i MBBeW*’ ; WIB I. i-> * y IIN Y ' E- -•■•>•:•'» MWt •■ ■>:. '■MWttMt. .-. a-.-.-.-.-.-. • -x-:---: *■ •••■••■•• .. --.v.>v... . . . , How Mrs. Calvin Coolidge (left) and Mrj. Alfred E. Smith, -wife of New A ork s Governor and possibly Mrs. Coolidge's successor as First Lady of the Land, appeared in the Easter parade. Mrs. Coolidge is seen leaving church in Washington: Mrs. Smith was snapped at Atlantic City.

MANY ATTEND K. OF P. FISH FRY HERE — Eighty Members Os Order Attend Event Here; District Officers Are Present 1 More than 80 members of the local K. of P. lodge attended the fish fry and drill contest held at the local Phy- ' thian home last night. District deputy Sholty, of Warsaw; tormer district | | deputy Robinson, cf La Fountaine, anil I Comity Deputy Pease, of Geneva attended the meeting and supper. The drill team contest, which is being held on a grade basis, will not be completed for another week, it was an- | nounced. The grades of. the various drill teams are being sept in to the state headjuarters’ and they will be I compiled there and the winners an t nounced later. Local members say that Decatur has a splendin chance of placing in the competitive contest. The drill was held last night' after the fish fry and regular business meeting. - ——.—_ o American Legion To Hold Benefit Show Adams Post, No. 43, of the American Legion, will give a benefit show at the Cort Theatre, on Tuesday and ***’——' matinee on Wednesday afternoon. The show will be, “Getting Gertie’s Garter." starring Marie Prevost and Ray. It is one of the sensational comeries on the screen and members of the Legion will appreciate it if the public purchases tickets.

I THE ADAMS Theatre | i TONIGHT ONLY | “THE PHANTOM OF THE FOREST’’ with THUNDER, The Marvel Dog. §F •j A Clipping Adventure Drama amid the mighty g Redwoods of California. UC i Also—“A SMALL TOWN PRINCESS,” with Billy Bevan if and Madeline Hurlock. A Mack Sennett Comedy. fill “ 10c 25c S Saturday—Buddy Roosevelt in “BETWEEN DANGERS” LC r Sunday and Monday—“THE TELEPHONE GIRL” with = Madge Bellamy, Warner Baxter and Lawrence Gray. Ql

THE CORT | Last Time Tonight tfi ‘‘FIGHTING LOVE” | A Producers Attraction with bn) JETTA GOUDAL and Good Supporting Cast. Hfi A romantic story of love, passion, and self sacrifice, shifting from the noble palaces of Italy, to the hot i£ pitiless sandy wastes of the African desert. ye “HOT SOUP” Comedy and “FELIX. THE CAT” ■£ 10c 25c Saturday—Jack Hoxie in “ROUGH AND READY.” Sunday and Monday—Harry Langdon, screen’s great- ycst comedian in a colored picture, “LONG PANTS.” Qjg

MRS. STOBLE FOUND GUILTY Freehold, N. J.. April 22.—(U.P.)— Mrs. Christina Stoble. who killed her 16-year-old daughter when she found her with a new born baby in her arms, was found guilty of manslaughter today by a jury which had deliverate I approximately 19 hours. Justice Frank Lloyd sentenced her to 10 years in prison. o The Kaw and Missouri rivers, which threatened the industrial district here early yesterday, were rapidly receding early today with the i crest of tlie rise passed.

CHICAGOI Xl $3.50 via Erie Railroad SUNDAY, APRIL 24 ‘ «•*' wr. going on train No. 7 leaving Decatur at 2:48 A.M. Returning leave Chicago 10:20 P.M. Central Time. For further particulars call. (i. E. TEEMS, Ticket Agent i

BAPTIST MINISTER I TO DISCUSS HYMNS — Special Emphasis To Be Placed On Contributions Made By Various Denominations In the Sunday evening services at the Baptist church, special emphasis is being placed upon the contributlua made by the various denominations to Ute hymns of all churches. This coming Sunday evening the fallowing progiant will be carried out: 1. A hymn contributed by the Greek Catholic church in the eighth Century A. D. known in Neale's traitsulatipu. 2. An English Anglecan Hymn. 3. An English Baptist Hymn. 4. A Scotch Presbyterian Hymn. 5. An English Unitarian Hymn. C. A Congregationallst Hymn. 7. A High Church of England Hymn, written by a man who afterward became a Homan Catholic Cardinal. All these hymns are well known and ate sung by all churches. These services, for several Sunday evenings, will attempt to inspire to a netV tippre elation of tlie great hymns we love. o DECATUR PERSONS TO OPERATE HOTEL D. W. Beery To Take Charge Os Oak Park Hotel At Laks Wawasee; Mrs. Haney To Run Cafateria . W. Beery, of this city, has contracted to take charge of the Oak Park hotel on Lake Wawasee, and will opet this popular hostelry on Decoration day, operating it throughout the summer season. Mis. Nellie Haney, a’so of this city, will have charge of the cafeteria. The ho el, which is owned by the Evangelical members of Indiana, is new and modern with seventy rooms end is located on the west end of the lake, near Syracuse. The room rates will be from $1.50 ami to $2:50 net

LADIES! Phone 1080 or call at 213 Adams street 1 house west of 2nd st. for your Pleating, Hemstitching, Cloth Covered Buttons and Button Holes. MRS. HAZEL AESCHLIMAN. ■■

yfII iHT 11 5 i WwTT ' I" /[ dMi sKL® J © Ladies! We take great pleasure in letting you know /15?* I wc l ,ave secured the services of 11 • I MISS MARY FRENCH /, I —v:n< of the scientifically trained Lady Toilet (roods DneCaXlst -coni the -United Drug Company of Boston— A1 Makers of the famous Cora Nome Beauty Treatment L— { ' fef'CNaffil B and Toilet Specialties. We are sure you will derive a * J l\ \ great deal of valuable information by knowing this lady V \ an< l wc want you to meet her. She will show you v \ Im* “How to properly care lor your skin." %-\YtS In order that you might have the opportunity ol meeting Miss French personally, we have set aside thirty minutes of her time for anyone who wishes an appointWyif inent with her. s,ie wi)l fd a <Hy ca *l on you at your home any time between the hours of -IwlUI |Wi 9 o’clock a.m. until 5:30 p.m. W W jl. Beginning the week of Monday, April 25 l/l/i'ill jl I I Kindly call Miss Smith at Bexall Store MO VVffl 1 In to arrange for your appointment. llumUn j'n| No Charge Phone 82 |m\|| fill Smith, Yager & Falk |i

day. with rates for those who deslr > to remain a month or longer. Mr. ami Mrs. Beery and Mr Haim; will leave liete about May 25 so us to get ready for the opening day. Tlie h> t. | Is nicely located, well furnished and in every way comfortable and with normal weather, the season should lie a profitable one for'those in charge. 0 CONFESSES HE WRECKED TRAIN (COWTIIHIttn FHOVI PSOR OMBI word of a wreck. latter he said ho. called the train

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’ dlspiitcher and was told that 27 cars were In the ditch, the confession declared. The freight train which was wrecked was running 19 minutes ahead of the Manhattan Flyer. Railroad detectives york®* l on ,hn cuse for weeks before suspicions turned to Wilson. A sentence of 2 to 14 years imprisonment, l,s posftjlbUr ‘for the act. „ — Cabbage plants, ice cream, soft drinks, all kinds of fresh meats. Open evenings and Sundays. Miller & Deitsch. phone 464. 86tf