Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 303, Decatur, Adams County, 24 December 1927 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller. Pres, and Gen. Mgr. R Holthouse &»O * Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Rates: Single copies. — ~ 1 02 One week, by carrier..™..—.lo One year, by carrier 8.00 One month, by mail 35 Three months, by mail 1.00 Six months, by mall 1."5 One year, by mail — 3.00 One year, at office .. 3.00 .(Prices quoted are within Oral ‘and second zones. Additional postage added outside those sones.) Advertising Rater: Made known by Application. Scheerer, lnc„ 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago 100 fifth Avenue. New York. A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL. GREAT AND SMALL. We hope old Santa fills your stockings with every gift you may desire and your cup with all the happiness in the world. Christmas Eve and the gladdest season of the year, “Peace on earth, good will toward man.” Be sure to I remember in your Happiness what this occasion is. According to reports there is a good supply of liquor over this country for the Christmas season and there will be a commensurate number of headaches the day after the celebrations. Indiana may have many things to apologize for but so far it hasn’t had a George Remus or a soft jury like the one which boasts that if the court hadn't prevented he would have! been free for Christmas. Tomorrow is Christmas and so is the next day, a big double holiday, the gladdest of the year. Business will cease on Monday iu legal observance of the occasion and consequent-* ly tberfc will be no issue of the Daily! Democrat. Be sure to have a hajipy time. \ f The federal grand jury iu session at- Indianapolis returned 317 indictments after but a few days investigation. If they would work at it as long as the Marion county grand jury has there wouldn't be many law violators to worry about.

Through our columns today many local merchants and business people ' are wishing you a merry old Christmas and they mean it. It is the best display of a feeling of cooperation! I ; and good will towards every one in this community and we hope it grows and grows and grows, as we believe it will. Another Adams county couple, Mr. and Mrs. William 11. Teeple of St. Marys township recently celebrated i their Golden wedding, fifty years of happy married life. We congratulate' them and theirs on the happy occas-l ion and wish for these splendid pion-1 errs of this community many more anniversaries. Herschel Andrews. Indianapolis negro who murdered Tom Tate at Champaign, Illinois, last Christmas morning wished everybody in the jail yard at Urbana a merry Christmas and a happy New Year as the trap was sprung that carried him into eternity. It is probable the "same to you" from one of the 200 witnesses j was automatic but at that quite appropriate. Why do we tolerate bands of dirty gypsies any way? They are of no account to anybody and have no more rights to travel the country faking the people than have any other tswind- L lors. Thcfr should be made to go to work earning honest livllhoods and police should see that when they stop here they are ordered to move on with all speed. Every few months we hear of some theft or fraud committed biy these rovers and yet wo permit ihem to continue at theirwork. The Cloverleaf family got together last evening for a good time. It was Bill Klejiper’s Christmas party to the

employes of the local plant, their P families and relatives and we doubt if a more genuine feeling of good will was ever formed or expressed in this locality. There was a Christmas tree, •, a real live Santa who crawled in i through the window and distributed toys to the children, the passing out of compensation checks and talks by i Mr. Klepper and Mr. Quinn. It was I a genuine family party with good will j on every hand and a spirit of cooperi ation that is sure to make 1928 .a I bigger, better year than any which J have come before. I — ■ - Many of us have worried consid erably about the modern flapper and her lack of clothing, but along comes Mrs. John D. Sherman, president of the General Federation of Woman's clubs with this opinion: “She dresses differently," she says, “and talks differently than her grandmother, but she is coming out all right in tht end. I wish critics would get over the idea that lack of clothes means lack of virtue. You can be virtuous in the costume in which you tak> your bath. And, wearing a trunkfu of clothes you can be as wicked as any woman in history. Let's stop worrying about the flapper." We think of Americans as being a free hearted lot of people and of (course they are They spend a lot lof money and some times don't get much in return but a glance at the total savings in this country is sc staggering that we begin to believt we are more thrifty than we have be I lieved. This is a growing and a go ‘ ing country which has increased fifty ■ per cent in population during the past twenty-seven years and during that period the total of life insurance car ried has increased five hundred pei cent and life insurance is one of the best ways to protect your estate and ; your family. Perhaps we're not st ; bad off after all. _o — ; OBITUARY Ora Ernest Stopher was born to M j I ban and Alma Stopher. September Is ! j 1886 in Adams County Indiana. He has traveled extensively, havint ’ visited practically every state in th> I union. He spent 13 years in Montan: j 11 years in Ohio and a shorter amoun j of time in many other states. i On November 28, 1923 he was mar ! ried to Miss Cora Cook and has livei j *in Blue Creek township ever since iTo this union was born two children ■ Alice Mae, age 3 and Marion Wayne * 18 months. 1 He is survived by his wife, two child j ren five brothers, Robert and Harve o I Centerburg, Ohio; Clem and Charle: ( of California; and Frank of Big Fork

Ay*>ntaia; two half-brothers, Dewey and Thomas Stopher of Ohio; four hall sisters, Jennis Hecker of Andrews Indiana, Grace Bixler of Salem. Etel< Stopher of Morengo, Ohio, and Claw Stopher of Denver, Colorado; thre< step-brothers, Thomas and Lynn OH ver of Monroe and Marion Oliver o Decatur; He was pieceeded in deatl by his father, mother and one sister Myrtle. He was fatally injured in an automc bile collision about a mile east of hit home on December, 6th about 1:45 F M. He was taken to the Adams Count; Memorial hospital and Surgeons di< all they could to save him, but the! ! efforts failed and he passed away Dec ember 16th at 10:27 I*. M. I The day before he passed away h< | was rational and gave evidence that h< had made his peace with God and wa: ready to meet Him. He had a stron; desire to get well to care for his fa mily that he loved so much. But h fought a losing fight and had to leav, them in the hands of a loving mother “Oh- where is that father we loved s< well? And why did he leave us so soon" Why he has gone up yonder to bi: homo in heaven And he'll never, never return. Hew we miss you dearest husband, As we move around our borne, And think, bow can we stand it, If you'll be forever gone. And as we go from room to room, And listen here and there, Wt> cannot even hear your voice, And see nought but your vacant chair I But we'll try to bare H bravely. . And say, “Thy will be done,” And live tor home and children’s sake j Until life’s race is run. And we know that we can meet you Up above beyond the sky, Where theic will be no more sac partings And we'll never say good-bye. —Clora Riley. .4 — | It may take nine tailors to make a i man. but one Christmas is easily j enough to break him if he is the - happy father of nine children. ' Astronomers report Mars probably too cold for life, even too cold lor J Coolidge.

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«48¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥« * TWENTY YEARS AGO * * * * From the Delly Democrat File ¥ * Twenty Yeare Ago Today ¥ *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥« Dec. 24- Miss Joauette May and Mr ■ Thomas McGongle accept Squire ’ Smith's offer and are married in the Hensley window. More than 2,000 witness the ceremony. C. L. Ayres, Decatur man, now vice president and general manager of the Northern Assurance company of Michigan. Horse belonging to Decatur Lumber company injured when sewer caves in at rear of the Noah Ark building. Rev. Frank Hartman, of the Berne Evangelical church, will go to the Holy Lands in February with the Clark Bible student cruize. Studabaker family hold 40th annual reunion at the John Niblick home. Dr. E. G. Coverdale home from Chicago. . ' Howard Wisehaupt, Ben Beavers and Harold Wilcox, of Decatur, win Holy Grail debate over O. V. Graham,■ Otto Izmgenbarger and B. F. Shirk on negative side of "Resolved, thel world owes more to the printing press; than to the pulpit." o *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* * BIG FEATURES * * OF RADIO * 3¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥!fi SATURDAY'S FIVE BEST RADiO FEATURES WJZ—Hookup 7:00 pm. RCA Hour; New York Symphony Ocrhestra and University Women's Chorus. WJZ—Hookup — (8:00 pm. — Philco, Hour: "Babes in Toyland." •VEAF— Hookup 9:30 pm — National ; Christmas Carol Service, with Dr.

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1I 8. Parkes Cadman. 9 WLW—Cincinnati— 6:00 pm, Haen- . | del's Oratorio “Messiah." I WCAE— Pittsburgh (461)- 8:30 pm - Christmas Playlet. i I ‘ I Sunday's Flvs Best Radio Features Copyright 1927 by UP J WEAF, hookup. 8:15 p. m—Atwater Kent program. WJZ. hookup, 7:15 p. m. — Collier's > Hour. i WOR, hookup. 8:00 p. m —Columbia . program. WEAF. hookup. 4:30 p. m—Crosley hour. • WEAF. hookup, 3:00 p. m. — Dr. 8. Parkes Cadman's Christmas address. ,i Monday's Five Best Radio Features Copyright 1927 by UP WEAF and WJZ combined hookups. 3:00 p. m — Christmas concert. WEAF, hookup, 8:30 p. m.—General Motors hour. WJZ, hookup—Roxy and His Gang WOR, hookup, 8:00 p. m. — Musical Album. The Captivators. WSB, Atlantic. 476-Rogers' Red Heal Club. — - o Salem Sunday School Holds Annual Election 1 The Ra'em Sunday school, of Blue Creek township, held its annual election of officers recently, and elected the following officeis for the coming year: Superintendent, Wm. Burke; assistant supt., Marcellus Davison; secretary, neva Dellinger; assistant secre- ■ tary, Mildred Habbeggar; treasurer and corresponding secretary, George McElhaney; missionary superinten-

dent, Edra Dellinger; home department superintendent, Nettie Mercer; temperance superintendent, Joe Hahnurt; pianist, Ocie Miller; assistant pianist, Beryl Merriman; chorister, Agnus Carver; assistant christen Mildied Hubbeggar; cradle roll superin- | tendent, Lydia Meyer; librarians, Dor- ' othy Habbeggar, Louis Del Huger. ,The teachers will bo elected Dec. 25, after the Sunday school hour. These will all take their office Jan. 1. — o #¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥♦ * THE GREAT WAR * ♦ 10 YEARS AGO * **#**♦*¥¥¥¥¥♦ The Kaiser, in a message to his second army, says that "God's hand prevailed In 1917. punishing treachery and rewarding heroic persistence." "If the enemy does not want peace," he says, "then we must bring peace to the woild by battel ing in with the iron fist and the shining sword the doors of tbbse who will have no peace " Five million tons of new ships are predicted as the probable U. S out put in 1918. o — Round after round is the way the pugilist ascends the ladder of fame. It is not difficult for a young man to earn a good living if he has a rich dad. MERRY CHRISTMAS To a'l our customers anti friends and may you look your best on Christmas day. A Mother’s Care to all vou wear. DECATUR DRY CLEANERS 213 W. Monroe St. Phone 695. O - Igw / H’S ONLY ’ROUND / ANt AS TRaT YOU REAU IE \How Many rear. VRELA-TtYES YOU y hUbIDMAN SHUES FUR MEN tohn-T-Myeu & Sou / CIOTNINQ 4«D i>Cl! J fOK o*o iHO iAQINDIANA'

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