Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 195, Decatur, Adams County, 18 August 1927 — Page 5

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I cIA b CALENDER 9 Thursday 9 |{ c Yeoman Hall, 2p. m. ,', J. 1. ..muaires-Moow Home,) I -'•"»»* Society - Mra.| I ’’tvHl l>.H.!»era class of 9 Mi „ Gladys Thompson, 99 •;« p. |» fl Friday 9 Kuday ’’ E Woman's S . r v Society postponed. S Friday Pleasant Mills Epworth 9 u ,, Marcellus Davison home. 9 Friday Section Two U B. Ladies '9 Aid **=' "' Cookie a,,d I ‘ oushuu, M le-chuich. 9 n y It i ass.-Mrs. Janies rook9 Methodis W. F. M. ,S. Mite Box 9 opening-' tiurch parlors. 7 30 p. m. ■ "I'leasair Mills Epworth League— S 9 Cecil and Albert Davison. 9 Jlinnehalia Club—After Dodge, fl Sunday 9 Annual K 'sen reunion Charles Gage : |9 grove at Monmouth. fl Tuesday 9 Yeung Women's Missionary Circle 9of Er. cl'.'i:ch- Miss Mary Macy, 7:30 p. nt. 9 The Young Women's Missionary 9 Circle 01 tile Evangelical church will ■9 aee; Tin-day evening at 7:30 o'clock 9 with Mi- Mary Macy, on Winchester D 9 street. 9 The \V-.men's Foreign Missionary '9 Society of th Methodist- church will 9 hold it* mil box opening in the church 9 P arlors Friday evening, at 7:30 HK o'clock. 9 The 11 Y I! Class of the United jj9 Brethren Sunday school will meet 9 Friday evuiing at the home of Mr. 9 and Mrs. James Stonerook. A pot--9 luck supper will be served. The oc- ■ casion will be a farewell party for 9 Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Stogdill, The 9 hwband.-, of the members will also |9 hrtrnr”* ■ '9 Th" Woman’s Missionary Society 9 of th** M'thodist church, which was |9 ‘j have met Friday afternoon, has 91 been po- .pout'd. All members are ,3 urged to note the change. The meet--9 ing will I" held Thursday, August 25. 9 The ant Mills Epworth Leeague 9 will m> • ■ at the Marcellus Davison home Friday night. A good attendBfl ante is urged. 3fl Ylrs. Magdalena Egley and family, 9 w est of this city, entertained 9 t»en:y-five guests Wednesday even--9 ing in honor of hei brother and sisfl ter-in-luw, Mr. and Mrs. Jacab Am--9 stmz. of Lima, Ohio, who are spendfl ing a t<; " days here enroute to Los 9 Angeles, California, where they wil 9 spend the winter. I Von Gunten ■ Egley Reunion fl The Von Gunton - Egley reunion ij will he held Sunday, August 21, in -1 Lehman's grove, one-half mile from ■ Berne. All relatives and friends are 1 invited to attend. A basket dinner fl will be served. Ice-cream, cake and j lemonade will be served during the M afternoon. fl Section two of the Ladles' Aid BoI eiety of the United Brethren church I will hold a doughnut and cookie sale I ‘ n the church Friday. The liberal ■ | Patronage of the public is solicited. Annual Convention Os Missionary Church Opetas Berne, Aug. IS—Several Berne people went to Wbodburn Tuesday to attend the convention of the Indiana Missionary church, which opened yesterday. Rev. a. M. Clauser, of Berne Is Indiana district superintendent. The sessions cf the convention were to be held in the new school building at Woodburn. The convention will close vunday evening. Pastor A- W. Rolffe, of Toronto, (a natta, has been secured as the convention speaker. He is known as a strong pulpit orator and highly spiritual man. The various foreigj. mission fields will be represented by a krge number cf missionaries. — ——o :— Somet.'ines after a girl has fished for a than and landed him she doesn't know how to get him off the hook. E 'en hotheaded men occasionally Rst cold feet. Many a man who declares his opin’°n has none.

■ J. N. Mattes and son, Willard, and I daughter, Edna. Mrs. Christens Hoevjel and Leonard Mattes*, of Fort j Wayne, spent Wednesday evening at, 'the Henry Kiting home. They were' accompanied home by Mrs. J. N- ; Mattes and daughter, Lueila, who ( I have been spending several days here. Miss Gertie Moots is around again j after three beauty doctors have given her up. 1 don't know nothin’ about aviation, but I do know that - If we all waited around till th' weather got right we'd never get no place. —Abe Martin, Indianapolis News. Mrs. B. Graliker and son. Steephen, have returned to their home In Decatur, Illinois, after a week's visit here] with .Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Graliker and daughter, Betty. Mr. and Mrs. Mat Harris and family will leave Sunday on an eastern motor trip through Pennsylvania to Washington, V. C.. and New York. | Miss Virginia Laurent and Robert Meibers motored to Rome City this' afternoon to spend several days at the. Meibers cottage with Mr. Meibers'. mother. Mrs. Leo Kirsch motored to Fort Wayne Wednesday morning. Cal E Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. John Nelson, C. O. Porter, Mr. and Mrs.. C. D. Teeple and daughter, Alta, and, Mrs. Elmer Anspaugh will attend the meeting of the officers of the Adams County Sunday School Association at Berne tonight.* Mr. and Mrs. Leon Ellsworth and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ellsworth, of Fort Scott, Kansas, will leave tomorrow after a several days visit here, for their home. They arrived here the first of the week accompanied by Ed Ellsworth, of this city, who had taken a new car from Detroit for delivery to his brother, Leon, and the party caq»e through in the new car. The Misses Irene. Leona and Margaret Zwick spent last evening in ort Wayne. The Misses Bertha and Rose Vcgle- 1 wede and their guests. Mrs. Tom Haefliug and daughter, Ruth, and son, George, of Indianapolis, are spending the day in Fort Wayne as the guests , of Mr. and Mrs. James P. Heafiing. O ' " Chicago’s “Gold Coast” Is Raided By Police Chicago, Aug. 18.—(UP) — Police raided a palatial ‘'Gold Coast” mansion yesterday, unevoered a great gambling establishment and today are looking for ‘Big Tim” Murphy and Nicky Arnstein, nationally prominent •ex-convicts, who they say owned the place. The house .located in the heart of] Chicago’s wealthiest district, contain ] ed mote'than |6WIO worth of gambling equipment. Roulette wheels, black jack tables and various other devices fell victim. William and Louis Wertheimer, alleged Deticrit. gamblers, arrested in the raid, told police Murphy and Arnstein were the owners. Among the list of patrons, found wete some of Chicago’s social elite, police announced. Arnstein and Murphy became “Pals'T during '(heir terms in Forth Leaven worth Penitentiary. Plan Stricter Supervision Os Milk, Water Supplies Indianapolis, Aug. 18.—(UP) —Plans for more strict supervision of milk and water supplies in Indiana were under consideration today by the State Board of Health, following authorization of the addition of one or more trained milk inspectors to the State’s staff. Immediate steps will be taken to make safe will be taken to make safe the water supply at Lawrenceburg and at several tourist camps. The Board adopted a resolution' pointing cut the typhoid. death rate] in Indiana is higher than in any other .totlheiit alate and declaring this is not due'to any setigus epidemic but la local outbreaks, many of which are caused by infected milk. ' The resolution further adds the sit-, nation calls for prompt action on the part of health authorities. The du-] the new inspectors will be to ( make close eexamination cf dairies and milk supplies and to co-operate with local authorities in c ' educational way.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1927

DRY LEADERS IN MEET AT WINONA Second International Congress Os League Against Alcoholism Opens Winona Luke, Ind., Aug. 18.—(UF) — Formal opeaing of the second International congress of the world League against alcoholism will take place here tonight, with dry leaders from many nations attending. Preliminary to the international conference, the Young Peoples session | sponsored by the inter-collegiate prohibition association opened here WedI nesday night. This branch of the League will close its conference tomor- ! row afternoon to make way tor the The famous ‘‘Pussyfoot” Johnson, . more mature leaders. whose attacks on liquor represented j one of the Hr :t aggressive movements in favor of prohibition, is one of the delegates present. He arrived from New York yesterday. Among othei»here were Mme Hussein Bey, leader of the Turkish Red Cross and the Green Crescent AntiLiquor organization in Turkey; Dr. Otto Melle, of Berlin; Dr. Robert ] Huercord of Lausanne, Switzerland; the Rev. Henry Carter, secretary of the social welfare department of the Wesleyan M. E. church of England; . and the Rev. David Ostlund. representng Scandinavia. Nations and continents which will be represented at the congress are ] Japan, Sweeden, Germany, Scotland, ; England. Ireland, Switzerland, South

I THE ADAMS Theatre | j- “Where the Air is always Fresh and Cool” Tonight and Friday g le y« “SIN CARGO’’ ■fi With Shirley Mason, Robert Frazer, Earl Metcalf, Gertrude Astor and a well-known supporting cast. A Vivid Pulsating Story of Youth Today. How the younger set ft ■H spend their week-ends, is the theme of this more than 2l , sfi] entertaining comedy drama! yi UC ALSO—“TAKE IT EASY,” A Good Comedy. 10c —2sc ' Sunday and Monday—“CAPTAIN SALVATION." with Lars HannJE sob, Pauline Starke. Ernest Torrence and Marceline Day. |Lfc ■ an! | THE CORT As •g Tonight—Tomorrow ts Id ft 1 “THE HEART OF MARYLAND” -f K 4 A Warner Bros. Classic with yP Dolores Costello. |jL UC The icalMjuil bi„.ity of the old South. Then the llasb ind roar of the mighty events that made the Civil ft War, with love in a flame of heroism and renunciation S ‘■u “Nice Neighbors” Comedy 10c, 25c Sunday X Monday—“ The Poor Nut." the great stage ft| IqQ success, featuring Jack Mulhall. ■I ] H ' I He Proved It ]|! A man finished paying for I his car and kept right on pay- f ing the same monthly amount 9 to his savings account. He I thought he couldn’t save until he proved it that way. How is your balance growing? H i 9 I' ' 1 ft G

America, Hindustan, Canada, Austral- I la, Egypt, Iceland, Denmark, the Baltics Norway, Finland, Italy. Turkey and Africa II HH|I I 1,11 Bluffton Firemen Change Their By-Laws Bluffton, Aug. 18.—The city council has granted the fire department authority to change their by-laws. Under the new by-laws, the department formerly known as the Bluffton Hook & ladder company is to be known as the Bluffton Volunteer Fire Department. Included in the changes is a new ruling requiring each fireman to return to the department all outfits when service with the company is ended. Another requires , the fire chief to have full charge of all apparatus during a fire instead of the foreman, as stipulated in the old rules.

WE ARE POSITIVE You Will Enjoy and Save by visiting our Millinery Department. NEW FALL MODELS Specially priced at $2.95 and $5.00 Mrs. Maud A. Merriman 222 So. 4th St.

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