Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 222, Decatur, Adams County, 20 September 1927 — Page 3

NEWSFROM BERNE 1 —by— Miss Helen Burkhalter ~Rob. it Huser, of Fwt Wnyne. vhli. P d with hU brother Philip P. Huser here, FridayOliver Welty, Blirdctt Gerber. Jacon Gobi Ik and lhe Edhh Bprun ’ ger and Verna Welty, of Fo/t Wayne, attended band concert here Thursday, evening. and visited with friends. Miss Matilda Christner .has return..d to Fort Wayne t o resume her duties as stenographer in the office of Mollering Brothers nnd OTeen. after spending a week s vacation with her mother, Mrs. G. Christner. p; .1, Schug returned Wednesday evening from lijs trip to the Colorado mountains, where he with over one hundred fellow agents of the Peoples fjfe Insurance company were,treated to a ten-day outing. William Christner, who has been ill for Some time, is able to be about again. * 1 * ’S Albert Redsser and Hugo Steiner spent Friday afternoon at Celina. Ohio fishing. Peter A. Habegger, the assessor of Monroe township, will hold a public sale on Wednesday, September 28th 'at his home, twq miles-north of Gottschalk's tile mill, and then move to ’ Berne intojiis house, which he bought about two years ago. Alex Sauerwein, a brother of Rev. C. W. H. Sauerwein, and a student ot the Evangelical Theological College at Dallas, Texas, filled the pulpit of the Cross Reformed church Sunday morning and evenink, He is on his way home from Olympia, Washington, where he and another student were i holding tent meetings this summer. His home is in St. Louis, Mo. Clinton Sprunger, of the Indianapolis Life Insurance Co., attended the banquet of the Fort Wayne Life Underwriters Association at the Shrine Chib fit Fort Wayne, Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Klopfenstein 1 of Grabill, were week-end visitors at I , the home cf Mr. and Mrs. Edison 1 Sprunger. Mr. and Mrs. David Neuhauser and ! family of Ridgeville Corners, Ohio, were visitors at the homes of their parents, Jacob Neuhauser and Soloman Habegger. Mr. and Mrs. Herman C. Ellenberber and family, of Jfew Haven, visited friends an drelatives here, Sautrday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hazen, of Fort

MIGHTY PURCHASE SALEI featuring thousands of dollars of high-grade Merchandise | Quality Goods Taken From Peoples Store, Berne Ind. Stocks I ■■■ ,— v —-—- —— I WOOL SERGE J d BELDING SATIN wM BELDING TAFFETA E SILK GEORGETTE A fine grade of Wool Serge in U No finer Satin made. A good selec- HO?! BmBIM Genuine Belding’s $3 Taffeta in fine The same Georgette you pay $2.50 popular colors. Extra fine quality. B tion of colors and the finest quality. array of colors. Pine Quality. for at all stores. Good selection of I Mighty Purchase Sale, ■ Regular $2.75 quality, K■ ' oWwfflMLrXj Mighty Purchase Sale. colors. .Mighty Purchase Sale S| regular value SI.OO g this sale . per yard per yard 49c $1.65 98 c $1.39 I j n Piece MaBHHaDMHBnBHMBMMMHnM • IWBBMaMMKMHMMBMMaaM SKINNERS SATIN I H COTTICELLI SATIN |||||\ Goods FLAT CREPE i WINDOW SHADES I You know the quality of this fine h N The regular $2.00 quality. - •£* W All colors. Regular $3.50 value. B 7 ft. long. 32-34-36 inches wide. Satin, and in this sale it | Good selection of colors. iX&MfS Fine Quality. In this sale, g Good Quality, goes at per vard 0 You bu y nat vard —> at P er y ard I Out thev go, at each $1.95 $1.65 WJ $ 1.951 59 c The ECONOMY DEPT. Store ECONOMY DEPT. Store I DECATUR INDIANA •>>“"«“' ■»»«"“• 89 c | DECATUR. INDIANA I regular $1.50 vaiues aamEMi

I WaynK were week-end visitors at the home ot Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hoff man. Mrs. Hazen was formerly Miss Florence Rohrer. , ' Hlrtnan Sprunger, manager of the Herne Overhall and Shirt Co., returned home Saturday evening from Soo and Mackinaw, Michigan.n where lie spent several days attending' to busiuess. Mrs. Martha Heavers, of Fort Wayne spent the week-end with ber little daughter, Maxine, at the Mrs. Abe Dagley home. Howa.d von (lunten, who is attending Berne high school, spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. anil Mrs. John von Gunten, at Fort Wayne. Tlie Misses Mary Ann Sprunger and Frieda Lehman were .at Greenville, Ohio, Sunday, to hear Gypsy Smith. Arvfne Welty, of Dalton, Ohio, was “ week-end guest of Enos Neuenschwander. Mrs. John Rohrer, "of Fort Wayne, spent Sunday with the John Welty family. Mr. and Mrs. Noah Amstutz and two children and Miss Helen Gabel, of Bluffton, Ohio, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Amstutz and other relatives here. Preston Ray, of Hartford City, was a visitor in Berne, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. David Somer and daughters Marcella and Edith, and son, Walter, of Fort Wayne, were Sunday guests at the Joel Lehman and Caleb Sprunger homes. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rohrer and family, Mr- and Mrs. Frank Amstutz and family and Mr. and Mrs. Soloman Habegger were at Greenville, Ohio, Sunday to hear Gypey Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Wittwer of Fort Wayne Mr. an J Mrs. Gerald Timmons and daughter, Polly Ann. of Portland, were Sunday guests at the William Wittwer home. Miss Edith Neuenschwander, of Fort Wayne, spent Sunday with friends here. Reuben Lieehty, accompanied by Robert Sprunger of Monroe, were bnsi iness callers at Fcrt Wayne on Wedj nesday. A little daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Sprunger on Saturday morning. September 17. Miss Beatrice Merriman, of Blue Creek township, is a new employee at the Berne Review office. Melvin Moore, of Indianapolis, spent Wednesday with the John Emery family here. x Menno Hanni, who has been a patient at the Mossman hospital the past ten days, after an operation for

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appendicitis, was removed to his home • at Linn Grove, Thursday. i Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lieehty and son Mr. and Mrs. Xivob Lieehty, returned ) home Wednesday evening from a two . weeks' motor trip to Washington D. > Mrs: RB, Rhodes, of Lajolia, Califor > nla arrived here Friday to visit with . the Rev. Sauerwein family. C., and Niagara Falls. . . Jeff Sprunger was t» business callj er at Decatur Wednesday. Mrs. John Fohrer of Fort Wayne was a Sunday guest at the John Welty . home. A card from Rev. Alfred Habegger . Friday morning, stated that he and his family were having u nice trip I and have got as far as Cedar Falls, , lowa, without any troulrte. — o — CRAIG VILLE NEWS Misses Ines Frauhlger, Lillian and , Elizabeth Fiechter visited Mr. and Mrs . Glen Bayger Sunday afternoon. Mrs. John Pfister. Miss Emma Psis- > ter, Walter and Ernest Pfester, of p Fort Wayne, spent Sunday with Mrs. . Eli Pfester, of near here. i Miss Elizabteh Feichter returned to Fort Monday morning after < spending Sunday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Pen Feichter, Sr. | Mr. and Mrs. John Gerber and fa- | mily, Mr, and Mrs. Alfred Fare, of Al- . gona, lowa, are visiting friends and I relatives of near here for several days. Ruben Gerber and daughter, Minnie . of Roanoke, ill., are spending several , days with brothers and sisters. i Miss Margaret Henchen, of Fort , Wayne, visited with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Henchen Sunday ass ternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Gideon Gerber and . daughter, Mabel motored to Fort . Wayne Thursday afternoon. Mr. Charles Yager left Sunday morning for f Chicago,. 111., where he will attend the i Electrical school.. Mr. and Mrs. John Isch and family of Bluffton, called at the home of Gi- . deon Gerber Saturday evening. Craigville was quite excited Saturday morning when report came that . Mrs. Sarah Hartman's house was on . fire, the flames were extinguished in a few minutes with water. The oil 1 stove exploded. The damage was srfiall. Mr. and Mrs. Holter, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Fare and son John Lehman, Isch Shoemaker, Ruben Gerber, Misses Min- . . nie Gerber and Naomi Anthler, of Ronoke. 111., Mr. and Mrs. John Gerber, . and family, of Algona, lowa, had din- ■ ner Saturday evening with Mr. and • Mrs. Gideon Gerber and family.

* PETERSON NEWS * * By * Miss Jeanette Spade * ;; ¥ ¥ ¥ * * * * ¥ * * -Y Ji Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Arnold. z of west of Peterson, took Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. George Bright. Mr. Glen Girod was a caller here Wednesday evening. Miss Kathryn Jackson called on Miss Doris Johnson, Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Momma and sons, Marell arid Dickie Don, of Fort Wayne, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Bowers Satin day. Mr. and Mrs. W. H Dettinger and daughter, Mary, and Mrs. Hildebrand spent Saturday afternoon in Decatur. Avon Burk, of Deeatutr, made a ' business trip here Friday afternoon. Simmon Smith made a business trip to Peterson Saturday noon. Joseph and Cornelius Schirack visited Kienzie Kelver Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Win Spade, of Vera Cruz, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Spade and daughter Velma spent Sunday' with Mr. and Mrs. Wm Wolf, of Plea- 1 rant Bend, Ohio. 'Mr. James Ernst, who has been on the sick list for some time, is slowly improving. Mrs. W n Johnson and sons, Buddy

| a Y‘ n more AND BETTER BREAD \ y — FOR sale BY—- — A■/ Fisher & Harris, Decatur I rfspRSEX Miller & Deitsch, Decatur Hower Bros., Decatur uS'l "/lO®*** * g Taber Grocery, Monroe Bower Grocery, Magley cQv I Williams Equity Elevator Co., i I — Williams, Ind. N | Spitler & Son, Willshire, Ohio t fl Everett Grocery, Pleasant Mills i Berne Milling Co., Berne —Homer Crum Groc., Honduras

and Marvel, called on Mrs. Clara Ball Saturday aftermmn. Miss Esta Brown was a shopper In Decajur Saturday afternoon. Jack Bowman nnd Earl Arnold made a business trip to Decatur Saturday. George Geever, of Lynn, is spending a few days with Mr and Mrs. Boyd Keevqr and son. Miss Mardt-ile Hocker, ot Monroe nnd Ralph Spade spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Frank SpatK Miss Jeanette Spade spent Sunda ■ afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Dilling and Miss Cleo Werllng, of Preble. ■Miss Margaret Arnold, Dl'ecn Zimmerman and ('leo Werllng spent. Saturday afternoon -visiting friends at Poe. George Bright made a business trip to Decatur Sautrday afternoon. The Ixidies Aid of the Beulah chapel church met with Mrs. Wm. Johnson Wednesday. Tne day was spent in sewing and at noon a delicious potluck dinner was enjoyed. These pro- [ sent were Mrs. Otto Dilling, Mrs. 1! . F. Keever, Mrs. Frank Spade, Mrs. j Clara B ill, Mrs. Janies Ernst, Mrs. Ed. Arnold. Mrs. Milton Hoffman. Mis. I August Schlickman. Mrs. A. Straub. Mrs. Wm. Johnson and Miss Leia ijclilkfaman, Doris Johnson, Phyllis I and Rodney Dilling. Miss Opal Ball, of Fort Wayne spent

the week-end with Mrs. Chua B:.P, Manry Briener spent Saturday astern .oit in Decatur. Miss Gla iv i Spade, of Craigvlll'i, spent the weekend wl‘h her parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Spude. Mr. mid Mrs. O«ear Weldy and son of Fort Wayne, spent Saturday afternoon with Mr. and Mis, W. It. Weldy. Miss Catherine Ernst, of Huntington, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs

i T 'l MaimilMa l v T' *" *'** i Fall Neckwear ! • | has more Color than Coat. | In Bible time Joseph's brilliant coat created I a stir—ant! now it’s new these ties. All the B iJ’ warm, bright leaf color, all the pastal tints H i I combined with deeper oriental touches, all f the glow of the* harvest season, are smartly ' j patterned into them. I I) |i Shepherd checks, regimental stripes, j i .‘ mall all-over geometrical patterns j: | in the richest silks. The best of them are ! r si.so ! | Fine ones at 50c, 75c, SI.OO | I Holthouse Schulte &Co 1 si > Li 1 I

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J. M. Ernst. Mr. and Mir. Milton Biown and eon worn gue.itf with iMr. and Mrt t John Brow i Fun lay. Mr. mid Mrs. Glenn Straub and family, of Ih’iatnr, wore guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. Straub Sunday. (>; , i in< K i-.urdg left yesterday for a business trip to Muncio and Indianapolis.