Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 194, Decatur, Adams County, 17 August 1927 — Page 5

CU’H CALENDER Tuesday Ladies Aid Sojftr—Church, 2:30. P- m. z(on i.uilu'ian Ladies Aid Society-, Church. I Wedneeday Kirkland township W. C. T. U — Kirkland high school building 8 p. m. Thursday V K. C $ eoman Hall, 2p. ni. Moosc legionnaires —Moose Home,;' ! * Missionary Sewing Society — Mrs. j laiyal lMpghters class of Christian [ Bible" school —Miss Gladys Thompson,! j:SO P- nt. Friday Pleasant Mills Epworth League— Cecil and Albert Davison. Minnehaha Club—After Lodge. Sunday Annual Kitson reunion Charles Gag<‘ pove at Monmouth. T he Loyal Daughters class of the Christian Hible school will meet at the home e£ Miss Gladys Thompson, on Seventh street, at 2:30 o’clock Friday afternoon. The NYuenschwander-Btxler Reunion will be held next Sunday, August 21 at the home of John Buike, near 80-no All relatives'are invited to be present. The Moose Legionnaires will meet Thursday evening at) eight o'clock. , Ail members are urged to attend. The W. R. C. will meet Thursday afternoon at two o’clock in the Yeoman Hall. All members are urged to attend. The members of the Pleasant Mills Epworth league will hold their social and business meeting at the home of Cecil and Albert Davison Friday evening. All members are urged ta attend. Hitchcock Reunion The third annual reunion of the Hitchcock family was held at Watt, Ohio. Sunday. Sixty relatives attended. At noon, a basket dinner was served after which a business session was held. Officers elected included AN iiliam Hitchcock, president, Mrs. Leo D Miller, of Fort Wayne, scretary and treasurer. Mrs. Merle Sheets, retiring secretary, read thp minutes of the previous meeting. The next reunion will be held at Watt the second Sunday in ■ August 1925. Those present were Mr and Mi Albert Loshe, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schnepp and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. 0. D. Miller and son, Bobby, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rabbit and daughter Hem Mr. and Mrs. D. R. NVinans and sen, Dick, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Miller and family all of Fort Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam Kelley and family, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hitchcock and family Mr. and Mrs. William Beltz and family Mr. and Mrs. Metle Sheets, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Hower and Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hitchcock and family, all of this city; Mr. and Mrs. Levi Schafer, of Bobo. Mr. John Sheller, of Hunting ton, Mr. and Mrs. Millard Hatkless, ol Mcnmouth, Raymond Kelley, Monroeville, and Mr. and Mrs. William Hitch cock and son, Hugh, of Datt, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Falk, of Yankton, South, Dakota, wild are visiting n this city with Mr. Falk’s father, John Hulk, and uncle and aunt, Mr. an, l Mrs. Dan Erwin, were married at Yankton, Wednesday, August 10. The ceremony took place at high 11 ' 0n at the bride s home with Dr. George W. Nash, president of Yankton College, who acted as best man a* the wedding of the bride's parents, Hr and Mrs. E. M. Valentine, officiating at the interchange of vows. Miss Evqtyn Hohf played the weddiing Processional. Little Geraldine Johncon, dressed in green organdie, earrif '(l a basket of rose petals, which shr scattered in the path of the wedciittg party. The Misses Lavinja Schaeffer and Elsie Frick, in pink georgette, and the Misses Lillian iggenand Dale Wyne, gowned in Rr, '“» georgette and each carrying 1)011 duets of pink roses and smilax K Prays, attended as bridesmaids. The bride entered on the arm of her fath--01 The bride’s costume was white satin-faced crepe fashioned in Ixruffnnt stjT.e, long skirt, basque waist a,)| l panel front, with deep flounces e! lace at each side. She wore a 'Oiig wedding veeil of lovely white ’"I e caught with a coronet of pearls. ,!rr only jewel was a necklace of Ttalian white gold, the gift of the groom.

I She carried a shower bouquet of 1 white roseH and swansomla. The groom's attendant was Henry Van Horn,.of Sioux Falls. Dr. (J. W. Nash, Who officiated, read from the Presby'terlan ceremony, the ring service be-] ling used. The bride received her eduI cation in the Yankton high school and ! Yunkton college. For the past year 'she taught tin the high school at | Woonsocket. She*is accomplished in | dramatic work and her talent in i aesthetic dancing has made her prominent in public entertainments. Mr. Falk is a son of John Falk, of this, | city. He is a graduate ,of the YankWon high school and Yankton college. , Mr. and Mrs. Falk will reside at j Tripp, South Dakota, w here Mr. Falk I will be superintendent of schools. — ( —o Personals Mrs. Catherine Schneider and daughter. Mrs. A. Wagoner, of Saginaw, Michigan, and Mrs. Schneider’s grandson, Hilly Schneider, of Decatur, left today for New York city to visit with Billy's grandmother, Mrs. Anna Brennan for two weeks. They will also visit at Bluffalo, Niagara Falls and Cleveland before returning home. Mrs. Windsor Kale writes t' ole-time friends here that she's still married an’ feelin' fine, cept her husband's father has no other place t' live. Ever' dog has his day, but th' feller who pays his bils is welcome anywhere. —Abe Martin. Indianapolis News Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ziegler, of An tioch, Illinois, C. H. Zeigler, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, are spending a few days with rheir bpother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Merry, of West Monroe street. Willis Leigh, of Portland, was a business caller i lithe city this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Riley Chrisman and family, of Nashville, Tenn., are the guests of Mr. and Airs. B. R. Farr. The Chrisman family formerly lived here. The Misses Genevieve Berling and Mrs. V. J Bormann are spending the day |n Toledo. Ohio, as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Thompson Mrs. Thompson was formerly Miss Frances Mougey, of this city. Air. and Mrs. Forrest Hastings have retained from a two weeks visit with relatives rear St. Louis, Michigan. Miss Genevieve Kitson has rescn.td her duties at (he Old Adams County nmk after ‘jjjyiug i iv*j \vet*Ks va-c-alien. Anna Jane Tyndall, little daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Tyndall, underwent a tonsillotomy at the Adams County Alemorial Hospital yesterday morning and is recovering nicely. Air. and Mis. Albert Bogner and family, of Fort Wayne, will motor to will reside. Air. Bogner is a son of Los Angeles, California, where they Mrs. Frank Bogner, of this city. The Alisses Helen Gluber and Claudine Schulte, of Fort Wayne, are the guests of the former's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Alts. Doy Lhamon of West Marshal) street. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gruetzman of Magley, were shoppers here this afternoon. Mrs. Jr C. Barkley and daughter Beulah, of .Monroeville, spent the afteinoon here shopping. *MrS. H. E. Butler and daughter, Naomi, Alls. G. V. Porter and daughter and Miss Inez Chase motored to Eaton yesterday where they were the guests of Mr. and All's. D. S. Fisher and family. Airs. G. V. Porter and daughters returned to their home at Columbus, Grove, Ohio, this afternoon after a several days visit lieie with her parents. They were accompanied home by Mis. H. E. Butler and daughter, Naomi, who will spend several days there. (i. E. Band To Hold Rehearsal Thursday The members of the General Electric band are requested to meet at the club rooms in’ the G. E. factory a 7:30 oi lock Thursday evening for a rehearsal. Serious Trouble Is Threatened In Shanghai Shanghai, Aug. 17 —(UP) —Serious trouble threatened in Shanghai today as troops and refugees converted on the city and •northern troops continued their successes agaiust the nationalists further up the Yangtze valj ley.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1927

'INDIANA BAPTIST 1 ASSEMBLY MEETS i d i f Attendance Records Bro- v I ken At Annual Session At 1 Franklin College Franklin, Iml.. Aug. 17. — (U. P.) — All attendance records have been broken at the Indiana Baptist Assom-I lily by the registration of approximately .TOO persons for the fifteenth annual session being held at Franklin College hero. J The actual enrollment in the 'courses being offered for the two] weeks’ training is 206. There are 40 instructors and officers. Registration for single sessions and the large group expected here this week-end for the state Baptist Y’oung ■ Peoples' Union probably will put the total beyond the 500 mark. I The work given in the annual assembly counts toward an assembly diploma. Ten were graduated last year, with a total enrollment of 147. The number of graduates this year is expected to be much larger than eves, before. The list will be ready for' announcement this week. i N, 0, BROWN DIES ! IN CALIFORNIA —. I Prominent Merchant, Son > Os Decatur Woman, Dies In Porterville . N. O. Brown, 51, head of the Brown I furniture company of Porterville. Uali- , fornia, son of Airs. R. E. Dickerson, of • Decatur, died August 10, in San Fran- . cisco. Air. Brown had gone to San Francisco to recuperate from a recent illness. . j Funeral services were held in Porterville last Friday afternoon. Air. Brown tvas born in Wayne counI ty, Indiana, October 5, IS7O. After his f graduation from school, he became a tiokkeeper in a store at Van Wert, Ohio, and a year later engaged in a department store work at Laurel, lowa. He was in the merchandising ■ business in lowa for ten years. In 1918 hfc became associated with his bro- ( ther, J. M. Brown, in the furniture business. In 1923, he purchased his broI tiler's interest in the store. Air. Brown served as a member of f the city council in Porterville and received the highest number of votes when he was elected, entitling him to act as mayor, but due to his poor health he turned it ovet to A. F. Kess- 1 J l • I , mg. On December 19. 1902, Mr. Brown I was married to Miss Elizabeth Flem-' ing, in Decatui. One chi d was born to them, Aliss Altice Carroll Brown, j Mr. Brown was cue of the best known residents of Porterville. In recognition of his long service to the community and his public spirit in helping the work of the chamber of commerce, the Porterville chamber of commerce passed a • resolution, urging all stores in the city to close their doors for oue r hour during the funeral of Mr. Brawn Friday. The survivors are: the widow: • daughter and mother a sister. Airs. 1 It. K. Fleming, of Decatur; five brothers, L. I). Brown, of Porterville; J. ’ Nuys, (California; R. L. Brown, of Al. Brown and T. Al. Brown of Van I Hollywood, and It. D. Brown, of Marshalltowu, lowa. OIL FRAUD CASE GOES TO JURY: i s Case Against Edward I). Fitzgerald Nears Close At Detroit Today 1 Detroit, Aug. 17. — (UP) —The case ’ of Edward D. Fitzgerald, 60 years old - promoter, charged with using the • i mails to defraud will go to the jury in ’ federal court late today. The government charged Fitzgerald swindled Walter Varnes and Charles j Eddy of Topeka, Kans., in an oil land deal involving Indiana and Kentucky oil property. INCREASE GUARDS AS COURT WEIGHS CASE OF RADICALS icovi’ixi t;i> from i*aue oxe> i cipal hope on a victory in the state 1 court. A new appeal to Governor Alvan T. Fuller also has been considered, j Michael Angelo Musnianno, of the de- ‘ tense counsel, has been investigating “new evidence” with such a plea in view. *

BUDGET FOR 1928 PROVIDES FOR A 11 LEVY OF 71 CENTS (fOXTIM El) FROM I*.\GK UMJ) departments of the city plant will pay for the bonds which become due iwxt year. For several years, the had been redeeming these bonds, no levy being made for them. SELLS INTEREST , IN CONFECTIONERY! ii ’ i A business deal was completed 111 | this city today, whereby Herman Om-| lor becomes the sole owner of the M. < and O. confectionery store on South!Second street. Mr. Omlor purchased i the interest from his partner, Gerald i Mylott, of this c'ty. The name of the confectionery will i lie changed from the M. and O. to the i Omlor confectionery store. The firm 1 will continue to serve confections | and light lunches and handle candies 1 and other delicacies. | A4r. Mylott has not decided definite-! [ ly what he will do. but he stated to- 1 i day that he would in. all probabilities go into business in this city. TRANS-PACIFIC RACE TO HAWAII NEARS ITS END 1 COVI'IWED FROM l*AOta ONE) the Doie prize flight. — San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 17. — j (U. P.) —Four airplanes — carrying j eight men and one girl—today were j believed to be sweeping through the hazy darkness over the Pacific ocean, on a thrilling air race from Oakland : to Honolulu. They are competing for the James j E. Dole $35,000 contest prize, the most remarkable test of speed and stamina in the history of aviation. | The take-off in this modern air venture was at noon Tuesday and since that time there have been only j meager reports of thq race. Early in the night the “Woolarac,” | piloted by Art Goebel, was in radio communication .vith steamships and reported its position as 517% nautical miles from San Trancisco. Resides the "Woolarac” the other planes in the c< ntest are: “Aloha” piloted by Martin Jensen. “Golden Eagle’’ piloted by Jack Frost. i “Miss Doran,” piloted by Augey Pedlar. The one woman in the race is Miss Mildred Doran, pretty Michigan school teacher, who is riding in the plana which bears her nnrne. | COURT HOUSE Morningstar Released Henry Morningstar, of Berne, who has been held in the county jail for several days following his arrest on a charge of violating the prohibition law, was released late Tuesday, after his bond had been approved by Judge Sutton. In Clerk% Court Miss Alice Lenhart was in charge of the county clerk’s office today. County Clerk Nelson went to Toledo, Ohio, on the annual M. E. Sunday school excursion. ' The Misses Helen Gass, Virginia Lament, George Andrews and Robert Meibers spent tlie day in Toledo. o i Get the Habit—Trade at Home, it Pavs 20 Years of Stomach and Kidney Trouble Trouble All Gone Now. Backache Quit. Eats Anything. “I suffered with stomach trouble | for twenty years. I was bloated and | j at times I felt as if there was a rock ! lying in the pit of my stomach. My kidneys were weak and I had to get up several times during the night. My back ached all the time. Nothing I ate did me any good, and I tried different medicines without improving. Then a friend told me to try Viuna. The first bottle made me feel better and so I kept right on. When I started in I only weighed 145 pounds; now I weigh 157 pounds, -a gain of 12 pounds, and I feel fine. 1 Don’t have i anyPtrouble with my stomach any more and can sit down to the table and eat a good hearty meal without one bit of fear. I don’t have any trouble with my kidneys and back, either.-All the pains have gone. My constipation is entirely gone, and I want to say Viuna did it all.”—Chas. LU Scott, 839 East Maryland St., Indianapolis, Ind. Viuna acts promptly on sluggish Bowels, lazy liver and weuk kidneys. It purifies the blood, clears the skin, restores appetite and digestion, and brings j new strength and energy to the whole body. Take a bottle on trial. Then if j you’re not glad you tried Viuna, your money will be refunded. $1 at druggists, or mailed postpaid by Iceland Medicine Co., Indianapolis, Ind. p> VIUNA The vegetable regulator . Sold By * CALLOW & KOJINS i

GARY’S BODY IS ! BROUGHT HOME Remains Os Steel Magnate Borne Through Streets Os Chicago Today Chicago, Aug. 17. —(U. P ) —The body of Elbert H. Gary, chief of the U. 8. Steel Cor potation, was borne today through the streets of Chicago and out along the country road that leads to the seine of his boyhood, which is to be Gary's last resting place. _ A considerable throng of Chicago citizens and many laborers from the vast steel mills at Gary. Ind., were gathered at the New York Central station as the body was removed from a special section of the Twentieth Century Limited and placed in a waiting funeral coach to be taken to Wheaton, Illinois. Without pomp or circumstance, the short funeral procession started for i Wheaton. 40 miles west of Chicago, where the body is to lie in state in tile Gary Memorial Methodist church —a church which the steel chief erected as a memorial to his parents. It was in Wheaton where Gary grew tip from farm boy to an attorney and I it was still his home when first he took part in organizing the U. S. Steel Corporation. | The road over which his body was home today is now a paved thoroughfare—the main highway to the west from Chicago. In the days when Gary i . T j - Mil I :j : JI ( ELIZABETH ARDEN i ’ Announced j. that her exrfuioitt VENETIAN ' j TOILET PREPARATIONS j ' I for preserving and ■ | enhancingthe beauty i ; of the skin, may al- j .: way*s be had at Zimmerman Drug Co. t fir** . ■ip | »T -, , ,v«,.i / Enjoy the Week Ends Visit Relatives and Friends One Fare for the Round Trip via Nickle Plate Road Between certain points on the Clover Leaf Districts. Minimum Round Trip Fare SI.OO Go on FRIDAY - SATURDAY SUNDAY Return Limit, Monday Following date of sale. Get full details of S. E. Shamp, Local Ticket Agent, regarding above excursions; also reduced fares to Mountain, Lake and Seaside Summer Resorts and National Larks; or address C. A. Pritchard, D. IVA., Ft. ’Vavne. Ir.d. | _ ' '(hZ 'tof PIACE <o Be When If $ Rains. You l Cany Ctf any M ' iyp f BOSTONIAN SHOES FOR MEN TotuvY-Mvfia & Son J CiOTNMVO AnO SI OtS J fO*. DAO AN 0 ' 4t» " DF.CATU'j -

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I Chase residence, 3 miles north of DoIculiir, or 10 miles Houthwost of Monroeville, on Anifust 25, has been postponed until Thursday, September 1. - o J. F. Arnold, who has been looking ] after business Interests at Lagoota for ' the past several days, will arrive home Saturday^