Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 159, Decatur, Adams County, 7 July 1927 — Page 7

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CALENDAR Thursday Mt. Plea Hunt Ladles’ Aid Society— Mrs. Ed Spaugler, all day. W. R. C.—Legion Hall, 2 p, m. Baptist Woman's Society — Mrs. Will Wlnnes, 2:30 p. m. Section Two of Ladies' Aid Society of U. B. Church—Mrs. Clarence Drake Calvary Ladles’ Aid Society — At Church, 1 p. in. Missionary Society of Evangelical Church—Church, 2 p. ni. Presbyterian Missionary Society— Mrs. Ferntheil at the Manse, 2:30 Christian Missionary Society—Mrs. Minnie Daniel, 2:j<? m. Ever Ready Class ot M. E. Church -•■-Mis. Clay Engler, 7:30 p. in. Otterbien Class of U. B. Sunday School—Mr. and Mrs. Harry Poling. Pleasant Grove Missionary Society —Mrs. Ross Harden, all day. Friday Tirzah Club of Ben Hur Lodge— After Lodge. Winners Class of E. V. Church — Church, 7:30 p. m. Gideon Ciass of E. V. Church —At Church, 7:30 p. m. Sunday Houk-Bittner-Thieme Reunion —Otto Bleeke Grove. The Houk-Bittner-Thienie Reunion will be held in the Otto Bleeke grove Sunday July 10. All members of the families are invited and urged to attend. A Good program has been arranged for the afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Johnson, of Seventh street, entertained several guests at dinner Sunday, instead of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Johnson, as was stated in last evening's Daily Democrat. Mrs. Jess Martz and children, of Van Buren, were among the guests. Thirty-two friends and relatives enjoyed a delicious chicken dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Olivef'Mi Neal. Monday. Games >ere played daring, the afternoon. Light reffeSnfcients were served at six o'clock. The guests included Ms. and Mrs. John Vining and son, Elmer, and daughter Maude. William Vining and daughter. Eileen, Ger aldine, Florence, and son, James. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Vining and daughter Helen Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weber and sons, Clifford, Freddie, and Elsworth. August Henschen, Mr. and Mrs. George Vining, Mr. and Mrs. Elywn Jones and daughter Alice, all of Fort Mayne. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Vining and daughter, Cera, Mr and Mrs. R. F. Falconer and Donald Griffin, of Cleveland. Ohio Mr. and Mrs. Oliver McNeal and ti, Kenneth. , HOSPITAL NOTES Mrs. Emerson Bennett, 604 V -st Madison street, entered the Adams County Memorial Hosp al today for medical treatment. Walter Boenkor. Decatur route 7. underwent a major operation at the local hospital Wednesday. His c niditicn was reported as fair today. Frederick Watkins, es Upland, underwent a major operation at the hospital this morning. Marie Krider, 417 South Line street underwent an operation for removal of her tonsils this meriting. W 0 “ Personals I wish th’ pajama factories would decide on some sort of a reasonable waist line an’ stick t’ it. If a feller could buy a diplomy from th’ School of Experience he’d sure have a good runnm’ start in life. —Abe Martin, Indianapolis News. The Misses Helen and Mary Colchin visited friends at Fort Wayne and at Bluffton today. Hugh Holthouse made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sautter and daughter, of Dayton. Ohio, are visiting relatives here for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Gentis and son. Bobby, have returned from Cleveland. Ohio, where they spent the week-end with relatives and friends. Cal E. Peterson. Fred Elzey anil Rev. O. E. Miller motored to Winona Lake last evening to hear Rev. Billy Sunday. Louis Boerger and son. Lawrence, of Monroeville, were bii-iue s visitor, here today. August Scheuntan. out' Preble, was a business caller in the city this as-

■" ■■*" i "i i 11, - —— i ternoou. Mrs. Andrew Fuelling and daughters, Flora and Roselle, of Root ship, were shoppers here tills afternoon. Mrs. Helen Berling, Mrs. Paul Briede and sons, Bob and Dick, left yesterdy for Fon du lac, Wisconsin, for a week’s visit with Sr. M. Cleta, daughter of Mrs. Berling, who is in the St. Agnes Convent for the summer. Miss Margaret Frlsinger, of Fort Wayne, is spending the week at the G. Berling home. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Lammiman, are the guests of Mr. Lammiman’s brother, H. H. Lammiman and family, and. sister, Mrs. R. N. Runyon and family. Mr. and Mrs. Lammiman were recently married and are returning from their honeymoon, which included Denver and several western cities. They will spend several days here before returning to Bay City, Michigan, where they will reside. Mrs. H. H. Foreman, mother of Doyle Foieman, who left yesterady onj foot "for the west", stated that shC| doubted if her son was going to walk to California. He told his mother he 1 was going to look for work and would' probably stop at Huntington and then go to Chicago. It is possiide that he may go to California, but his mother believes that he will i eturn here this fall and during the winter enter tliej business college at Fort Wayne. Walter J. Krick, principal ot Deca-' tur high school, left Tuesday for New York, to enroll in Columia University where he is working for a Master’s degree. Dr. Harry Erwin and R. C. Parrish, former Decatur men, now located in Fort Wayne, and Samuel Jackson, law partner of Mr. Parrish are enjoying a week cf real fishing in the Georgian Bay country in Canada. The auction sale at the Hensley store will close Saturday evening. Joe Simmons, of Bluffton, was looking after business here today. ’* Mr. and Mrs. Forest Elzey and Mr and Mrs. Charles Zimmerman are en joying the week at Celon, Michigan, where the fishing is fine and where they are having a wondeiitil time, according to reports. Mrs. Mary Congleton v, no has been seriously ill for several weeks is improving slowly. Frank Leslie and several others from Van Wert are guests of C. A. Dugan this afternoon at the Decatur Country club. Gtry !T- Hint . EBfJffiAHD I PfMCIL J I /SB Machine % 0™ Own ihk Name onaTine 5? 'Pencil A high grade pencil bearing your own name stamped into I the wood —as many as you want at a nickel each. Distinctive, personal, practical. )! We have the sole rights for our town to this marvelous machine. See it only in our store. u Prints on your name | . and sells you the pencil I automatically. Come see it and try it! The Holthouse Drug Co

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Billy Sunday Receives A Threatening Letter Winona Luke, Ind., July 7.—(United Press) —The Rev. Billy Sunday. I the noted evangelist, told today of i receipt of a threatening letter de--1 mundlng SSOO. The letter, Rev. Sunday explained, was the reason for the posting of "a i large number of policemen" around j the evangelist’s own auditorium here | Wednesday night when he delivered a lecture on "Hold Fast That Which Is Good.” Rev. Sunday had just returned from Bangor, Me., when he received 1 the letter. Ho said that it was obvious he would not comply with it. o Man Alleges His Wife Hurled Clocks At Him Gary, Ind., July 7 — (INS) —She i threw not wisely but too well, when it came to clocks, John Harry Wilson alleged in superior court here, in obtaining a decree of divorce from Mis Lea Wilson. Wilson charged that at one time his I wife hurled the parlor clock at him | with such telling accuracy that he here the scars from the injuries for I some time. Judge C. V. Ridgely decided a penchant for throwing clocks was not calculated to produce niarttal bliss. - o Bert Segur. years ago a dependable boy on one of our paper routes, now a successful engineer with offices iu I Chicago, called on friends here last - evening, his first visit home in years. 1 His father Harvey Segur, who was ' connected with the Vail plants here for years and who lives with his son, accompanied him as far as Fort Wayne, where they attended to business. Bert's last business deal here ! was to clean the brick after the Big Store tire. He took it at a low figure, I but did the work himself and by workI ing about fifteen hours a day, made v hat seemed to him a large profit.

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U.S. ANO JAPAN | STANDING FIRM Great Brittain’s Demand For Large Cruisers Threatens Conference Geneva, July 7. —(UP) —An executive session ot President Coolidge’s naval limitation conference was convoked today for tomorrow, to enable the chiefs of the delegations to consider the uncompromising opposition of the U. S. and Japan to Britain's demand for large cruiser tonnage. The conference has reached a stalemate which only could be overcome, it apepared today, if Britain gives in. Collapse Threatened Washington, July 7. — (UP) —The Geneva naval conference will collapse miles Great Britain -withdraws her cruiser demands, in the opinion of officials here today. I Secretary of State Kellogg has informed Sir Esme Howard, British ambassador this government refuses to discuss the British proposals entailing doubling of present British I modern cruiser strength, and, increasing of such American ships six-ofld. I o Three Horses Are Killed By The Heat Berne, July 7 (Special to Daily Democrat)—Live stock in this vicinity suffered considerably in the recent heat wave, especially on Friday when the mercury mounted to the 100-dcgree mark. Three horses near Berne were killed in their harness that day. One of the finest specimens of a brood mare in this region, owned by Leon Neuenschwander, a mile south of town, dropped dead in the hay field last Friday. The animal was a dark brown six-year-old registered Belgian mare and was an exceptionally fine ainmal Fanciers of fine horses esli-

- mated that tho mare was easily worth I SIOO. I Sam Teeter also lost a splendid sorrel mare while he was cultivating corn last Friday. Mr. Teeter had plowed I three row» when the animal was overcome by the heat. This also was a good mare, and has balanced tho scales at the ton mark. Fred Isch, northwest of Berne, lost a horse during the hot spell, It is reported. Mr. Iscli was rushed with work so lie bonowed a horse from a neighbor, and this same animal died while it. was in Mr. Isch's service. ■— —o Get the Habit—Trade at Home, it Pays

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Three Baseball Players Fined For Intoxication Terre Haute, Ind., July 7—(UP) — UhargCMl with being intoxicated, five members of tho Bloomington, 111., Three Eye league baseball team were fined $lO and costs in city court today. Tlie quintet, taking advantage of tile absence from the city of Manager Campbell are said to have gone on a "spree” and were taken into custody on the complaint of an aged woman

THE CORT Tonight—Tomorrow 5 “CRADLE SNATCHERS” g A riotous comedy of women with young ideas, featuring, Louise Fazenda and Wonder Cast. C Weary wives ami college sheiks—Wandering husbands and dashing blondes And when they all get g together A riot of Fun and Laughter. hi Comedy 10c—25c News e Sunday and Monday Dorothy Maekaill. Lowell Sherg man and wonder cast in “CONVOY.” I THE ADAMS Theatre “Where the Air is always fresh and cool” | Last Time Tonight | “TEN MODERN COMMANDMENTS” " with Esther Ralston. Neil Hamilton and Jocelyn Lee. - What are the Jazz girl's Ten Modern Commandments? j 3 You must come ami see for yourselves. You will love j Esther Ralston in this picture—as she is at her best. 1 The story is taken from Jack Lait’s brilliant novel, and is portrayed by a famous director and an all star cast. [ ALSO—Topic of the Day, Aesop's Fables and Pathe News showing Col. Lindbergh’s reception in Washington. i 10e 25c ’ Friday and Saturday—RlCHAßD DIX in "QUICKSANDS.” | = He-man Stuff—this! “ Sunday and Monday—JOHN BARRYMORE in "THE BELOVED j 3 ROGUE,” with Marceline Day.

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