Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 23 February 1928 — Page 5

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" club CALENDER Thursday Bridge Club. Mr.. Wm. Schrock. B: J tt le Ught Bearer., Presbyterian M Eeii t r Le'gion-Moo S e Home, ' "»°JcfUa Bridge Club, Mrs. Felix 3 l-V PM. Ladies Aid, Mrs. Mel Rice, "Jeshyteriau Aid Sewing Bee, Mrs. ■ [_ Kocher, 1:30 P- M. J root Twp. Home hcenoniics Club, Monmouth School House. OES., Masonic Hall, 7..0 P.M. Friday St Mary s Twp. Home Economics riub Mrs. Asa McMillin. Minnehaha Club, Red Men Hall as- ■ ter Lodge. Saturday Bed Men Dance, 8:15 P. M. Kings Heralds, M. E. Church, Mrs. Leigh Bowen, 2:00 P- M. Supper. Christian Church, 5-< P. M. Bake Sale, Tirzah Club, Schmitt '.Meat Market 9:30 A. M. Sunday Winners Class of Evangelical Sunday school—at church 9A. M. Monday Literature Dept., Mrs. John Parish, 7:30 P. M. Delta Theta Tau, Miss Beatrice Keller, 7:30 p. m. "The Lottery Man", Senior Class Play 8:00 P. M. Research Club, Mrs. Ed Moses, •:30 P. M. Girl Scouts, Central, 3:45 P. M. Tuaaday "The Lottery Man”, Senior Class Play 8:00 P. M. Wednesday Historical Club, Mrs. Wilson Beery 2:30 P. M. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Gauker, of Geneva. were Wednesday dinner guests of Sheriff and Mrs. I lari Hollingsworth. Mrs. Gauker was a guest of Mrs. Hollingsworth at the Historical Club in the afternoon. MEETING OF LITERATURE DEPARTMENT : The departmental meeting, of nie Literature Department of the Woman's Club, will be held at 7:30 o'clock Monday evening, at the home of Mrs. John Parish on North Fifth street. Mrs. Utah Marshall will review the bosk "Black April". The other members will give topics on recent literature and poetry of the negro race. The committee for the meeting comprises Mrs. Parish, Mrs. Marshall, Mrs. Fannie Elzey and Mrs. Agnes Yager. 4 full attendance is desired as there will be business of importance SURPRISED ON BIRTHDAY .On the occasion of the birthday < f Mio. D ,ight Sheets, February 22. friends gathered at the Sheets home on South First street, Wednesday evening, to assist in celebrating the day.

* THE CORT | Tonight—Tomorrow » | “THE FIRST AUTO” Jjfi A Warner Bros. Classic with Sr Barney Oldfield and Patsy Ruth Miller. ® A melody oi tears and laughter. A romance of the nJ m last horse and the first horseless carriage. A high LE e i comedy-drama of the days when America went afi into high speed. ' Jjfj Eg WINNING PUNCH." The next of the Collegians. | 10c 25c g S SUNDAY AND MONDAY—“THE WHIP W Sfji with Estella Taylor. | THE ADAMS Theatre | (ye y, Last Time Tonight yfi | ' “CHANG” y; ' S a Sreat picture, by all odds the finest of its type. It is jjFfl IE a a J ordlnary combination of melodramatic thrill with the wild, Mh ii rJ? S • k? adly beaut y of the primitive. In theme, it is vital and -Jf;l Hra.k. .' A ,ld 'n action, it moves along with swing and tempo □- -traight to its dramatic goal! ' *fj ALSO—STAN LAUREL AND OLIVER HARDY in ir- "PUTTING PANTS ON PHILLIP." Uj | 10c 25c S pj. I HIDAY ONLY—TIM McCOY in "SPOILERS OF THE WEST" jjj w ' th Marjorie Daw and Wm. Fairbanks. |gj SUNDAY & MONDAY-RICHARD DIX in “SHANGHAI Srj BOUND" with Mary Brian. SOI

Mrs. Sheets was taken by complete surprise. The visitors presented her with a lovely birthday gift and also with a birthday cake with its burning candies. The evening was spent in a social way with games forming a prominent feature of the entertainment. Dainty refreshments were served to Mrs. Addie Sheets and sons Harry. Everett, Rex and Dick; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sheets and son Carl; Mr. and Mrs. Fred McConnell and daughter Patsy; Miss Olive Walters and Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Sheets. • The St. Mary's Township Home Economics Club will meet Friday afternoon with Mrs. Asa McMillin at Pleasant Mills. MRS BELL ATTENDS FORT WAYNE TEA Mrs. C. E. Bell went to Fort Wayne, today, where she attended a reception and tea this afternoon, given at the First Baptist church in honor of the \new pastor's wife, Mrs. Berry. MENU FOR CHRISTIAN CHURCH SUPPER The following menu will be served by the ladies qf the Christain Church Saturday evening, at a 35-cent plate supper: Creamed chicken, mashed ’ potatoes, hot biscuits, gravy. Jelly, ! pickles, pie, bread, and butter and coffee. The patronage of the public is solicited. The supper will be served from 5 until 7 o'clock In the church basement. ’ ——— ENTERTAINS GUESTS AT GEORGE WASHINGTON PARTY The Historical Club, and their invit- ' ed guests, numbering fifty-two in all, enjoyed .a most delightful afternoon, Wednesday, at the home of Mrs. Chas. ’’ Langston on South Third street. The party was carried out in George Washington appointments. A large basket Os gorgeous red roses, centered the dining room table. Mrs. Fred Hancher, ■ president of the Club called the meet- ■ ing to .order and announced a one-act - farce "Mrs. Princeton's Beauty Parlor" which was presented by a cast composed of Mrs. Harl Hollingsworth, Mrs. Roy Runyon. Mrs. Wilson Beery. Mrs. Ben DeVor, Mrs. Brice Butler and Mrs. s Ed Ahr. The play was a take-off on the *■ modern beauty parlor, and with one t character starving herself to get thin. • another suffering to have freckles Ft- ■ moved, and a third having her hair a bleached, the audience was kept in an ■ uproar of laughter from start to fin- ■ ish. Russel Jaberg then entertained a with a group of three piano numbers s which were well received. At the close -of the program, a social hour was enI joyed, after which a refreshment com--1 mittee served a delicious two-course dinner. The first course consisted of pressed veal, perfection silad, escalieped corn, olives, cottage cheese, stra|wberry perserves, hot rolls and f coffee; the second course was white . ice-cream with a green hatchet mold- » ed in the center and white cake from - which a miuature American flag gaily . floated. Mrs. C. C. Langston, Mrs. Ben j| |p»| png |— g 'i ip-rg T1 (r- i

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Devor, Mrs, Owen Davis and Mrs. Wilson Beery composed the committee In charge of refreshments They were assisted in serving by Mrs. Brice Butler and Mis. Fted Ahr. The program committee tor the afternoon comprised Mrs. Homer Lower and Mrs. Harl Hollingsworth. The next meeting of the Club will be held next Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Wilson Beery, and Mrs. M. J. Wertzberger will have the paper. SHAKESPEARE CLUB ENJOYS COLONIAL TEA As their annual guest day celebration, the members of the Shakespeare Club and their Invited guests, enjoyed a delightul Colonial Tea, Wednesday afternoon, at the home of Mrs. A. D. Suttles, on South Fifth street. Mrs. John Heller, president of the Club opened the meeting with the Club collect. After the reading of the secretary’s report, Mrs. turned the meeting over to Mrs. C. E. Peterson, who assumed charge of the program. Mrs. Peterson read a most excellent paper, entitled “Our National Ballads’’ which was illustrated by a group of vocal solos by Mrs. Dan Tyndall, with Mrs. A. D. Suttles presiding at the piano. A reading, "Our National Hero" by Mrs. Charles Teeple, was also well received. After the interesting and entertaining program, the guests were invited to the dining room which was resplendent in the national colors. The dining table was lighted by blue tapers in crystal candlesticks, and a large blue bowl of red roses centered the table. Blue tapers in crystal holders, also burned on the buffet. Mrs. Charity Hooper poured tea from a Colonial tea service. Mrs. Charles Dugan served brick ice-cream with green hatchet decoration: and Mrs. Dan Tyndall served individual cakes decorated in red cherries. A huge bowl of red roses also adorned the piano in the music room. After the tea, a social hour was enjoyed. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. Dr. S. D. Beavers and Mrs. A. D. Suttles will have charge of the program.

MEETING OF LINN GROVE W. M. S. The Woman's Missionary Society of the Evangelical Church of Linn Grove held its regular meeting. Tuesday evening. at the church. “The Day of Prayer” was obssQved throughout the meeting. Mrs. Stedcke had charge of the devotional service, which was followed by the reports of the secretary, Miss Verl Runyon, and the year's report of the treasurer, Mrs. Mary Shepherd. A prayer program was then held, after which Mrs. Harry Meshberger sang a solo entitled “The Prayer Perfect.". “Others", was the title of a reading given by Miss Violet Kaney. A duett, "Sweet Secret Prayer", byj Louise Hoffman and Roger Meshberger. was well received, as was also a solo “In the Beautiful Garden of Prayer” by Miss Dorotha Bentz. Mrs. Stcdeke gave a short talk cn the dangers and trials experienced by the foreign missionaries. Plans were completed for holding a meeting once a month of the "Little Heralds", in the homes of the children. The meeting was dosed with prayer. MEETING OF CORINTHIAN CLAGS The Corinthian Class of the ChrisLan Sunday school, was entertained, Wednesday evening, at the home of Mrs. C. L. August, High street. The animal ele'tlon of officers was held and Grace Lichtensteiger was elected while Mary Bt.rk was elected secretary and treasurer. The class decided to take up a lesson study topic, aud appointed the teacher, the Rev. H. W. Thompson, as a committee of one to select a study book. Tollowing the 'business transactions, 1 social hour was held. Rev. Thomp son was the victor in a contest. At the close of the evening, the hostess served dainty refreshments. Sixteen members were in attendance. REFORMED LADIES AID SOCIETY The Ladies Aid society of the Zion Reformed church held its regular business and social meeting, Wednesday afternoon, in the church parlors. As there was very little business to be taken care of, the major part of the afternoon was spent in a social way after which delicious refreshments were served. Mrs. Glen Cowan, Mrs. i'ioyd Arnold, Mrs. Ed Miller and Mrs. Mart Miller comprised the entertaining committee. MORE MISSING BONOSLOCATED Washington, Feb. 23.—(INS)— Henry M. Blackmer, former head of the midwest Relining company, who fled to Europe to escape the oil trials, received $750,000 of the Continental Trad ng company's mysterious $3.080.000 liberty bond "slush fund," Karl C. Schuyler of l>cnver, his personal attorney, told the senate public land** committee today. The bonds hav© been held for the two years In the vaults of the Equity Trust company of New York in the name of a join! account held by George H Holmes, George Gordon Battle and Schuyler, the witness said. This method of keeping the bonds, Schuyler said, was decided ou as a means of proving that BUckmer was not profiting from his share of the Ccutiueutal bonds.

BUS HITS TREE; 12 PERSONS HURT Michigan City, Ind., Feb. 23. —(U.R) — A passenger motor bus crashed into a tree along the Dunes highway today, injuring 12 persons, several seriously. All ambulances In the city were called to the scene of the wreck to take the injured to hospitals. The accident occurred four miles west of here. The driver of the bus, operated by the Oriole lines, was said to have swerved from the highway in attempting to avoid a collision with a small automobile that darted in front of him. A censorship on the names of the injured was imposed by the bus compuny which announced they would not be given out until claim agents arrive. o — Mrs. Jessie Deam To Undergo An Operation A letter received Wednesday, by Mrs. C. A. Dugan from Mrs. Bert Townsend, of Frankfort, Kentucky, stated that Mrs. Jessie Deam was taken to the hospital where she will undergo an operation which the specialists in charge deem necessary. The

William T* Tilden 2 n <Vp to protect his throat, smokes Luckies “The voice is essential to stage work and its care one of the actor’s greatest worries. During the course of some of my W/ / stage appearances, lam called upon at intervals to smoke g / gi X \ a cigarette and naturally I have to be careful about my K / / B choice. I smoke Lucky Strikes and have yet to feel the Kd I I slightest effect upon my throat. I understand that toast- fl l \ ■ tL / ! Üb! ing frees this cigarette from any throat irritants. flL'\ \ Si B TM’re WO* wi<h g^^T KB WK, Ak W al y ' - Oe* IMF S Si .''W * i -j, jllßw- ' W. %% '-4 WMHBI > ' Prominent Tobacco Buyer says WIL - °The Cream of die Tobacco Crop” \. goes into Lucky Strikes “Buying tobacco for Lucky "WfrWflff iMII Strike Cigarettes is a matter of selecting the finest grown. 1 It is my duty and instruction i iw W to buy ‘The Cream of the Tobacco Crop’ for this brand. Nothing is omitted or spared “* in making my purchase just It s tOcLsted No Throat Irritation-No Cough. C. 1 ;

operation will be performed within a few days. Mrs. Deam has been very crtically ill for several weeks past, complications having set in after a relapse from bronchial pneumonia. Mrs. Deam is receiving wonderful care and everything that medical skill can do, is being provided for her comfort. Mrs. Townsend stated that her room was a perfect bower of flowers and that everyone there was being very kfnd to her. Mrs. Mack, of Alabama, Is with her sister, Mrs. Deam, during her illness. Mr. and Mrs. John Elliot, nephew and neice fiom Alevandria, Indiana, were there to visit with her over the week-end. -Il W — .1.1.. Dancing Marathon At Pittsburgh Continues, Despite Many Protests Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 23 —(U.R) —Despite the protest of city organizations Pittsburgh's dancing Marathon was continuing teday after more than 54 hours of continuous dancing. Although the world's record of 52 hours and 48 minutes was broken at 4:30 A. M. three couples persisted in continuing the Marathon. Start New Attempt To Break Endurance Record > Imperial County Airport, Calif., Feb. M (U.R) — The Zenith Albratross plane which failed on two previous attempts to break the world’s endur- • ance flight record, took off on its i third try at 7:13 a. m. today.

MOTORIST IS SENT TO PRISON Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 23—(INS) — Glenn Kirkpatrick, 34. Tipton, Ind., poolroom proprietor ami alleged hft and run motorist whose automobile killed Allen Campbell, 18-year Western Union messenger here on Oct. 29 pleaded guilty to manslaughter when Ils trial opened in Marion criminal court here today and was sentenced to serve from one to ten years 1 nthe state prison at Michigan City. Public indignation was raised to a high pitch at the time of the accident. Wdbur Buchanan, 20, another Western Union messenger, reported to police that the driver of the car which killed Campbell snarled at him: "You better get out of my way or I'll run over you fike 1 did over one of you other boys." Rewards offered for the unidentified hit and run motorist's arrest finally led to a tip to Chief’of Police Claude Woriey which resulted in Kirkpatrick's arrest four days after the accident. o Watson May Enter Ohio, West Virginia Primaries Indianapolis, Feb. 23. —((J.P) —Invasion of West Virginia and Ohio republican primaries was under consider-

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ation today by leaders of the Wat-son-for-Presldent boom. Spread of thts movement beyond Indiana Is the next logical step, M. Bert Thurman, Sen. James E. Watson's campaign manager, admitted. Watson, he said, is seriously thinking of filing in the West Virginia primary and making a qualified entry In the Ohio race. The Ohio campaign would be tempered by a wish not to harm the "favorite son" aspirations of Watson's colleague, Sen. Frank B. Willis, Thurman asserted. Along such lines, the Ohio effort would seek the approval of Willis, who intimated recently he would not oppose an attempt by Watson, Lowden or Dawes for second choice votes. . —-— ... , o Former Bank President Found Guilty Os Murder Dallas, Tex.. Feb. 23.—(U.R)—John Lawrence, bank president and former mayor of Mesquite, was found guilty here last night of the murder of Jack Kimbell, Mesquite farmer. He was sentenced to serve 50 years in the penitentiary. The jury deliberated only a few hours. Kimbell, lifelong friend of the banker, was shot and killed October 8, 1926, after an argument between the two over Kimball’s wife. Lawrence pleaded self-defense. Kimball had filed a $50,000 alienations of affections suit against Law-