Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 54, Decatur, Adams County, 3 March 1928 — Page 3

I BERNE ■ —by—- ■ Miss Helen Burkhalter II Wutllman spent WedI lv afternoon nt the home of her ■ " Mrs Helena Wulllman. dur- ■ , Pr ; off-duty hours at. the Adams I roiinty M.rnoih* 1 Ifoupitul tn DeenI "u, and 8 ‘ ■ . i.Lhter Miss »*»“>• ”" d BQns I "11 and Leon, of Bluffton. were I ."ner Rtiests at the home of Mrs. Schauer s father, John Neuhaus. 'V Junior Men’s Choir of the .. nnonite ' hnreh motored to Lima, , hi" Wednesday evening to sing for John Thomas, who is holding tings there. The choir was tuk"n I Lima by Harmon Bagley, Free l,n Burkhalter. Howard Lehman. ™ nr Nussbaum ami Arley. Hnbeg. P p M R a y attended to business ml tters'at Oakwood Park, Tuesday. Mr and Mrs. Kenneth Zerkel and U n Gene, visited in Decatur Sunday at the home of Mr. Zerkel's father. J. 4 Zerkel. Miss Flossie Studler and Miss Louise Nussbaum, of Linn Drove, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Smith in their apartment in the Bank of Berne building. Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Schlotzhauer and daughters. Dorothy, Sarabelle. and Anna Louise, of Bluffton, were guests at the home of Mrs. Schlotzh,mser's parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Winteregg. last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Simon Lehman motored to Fort Wayne, Thursday, to get their daughter. Miss Esther, who has I been employed at the Y. M. C. A. k cafeteria. Miss Lehman intends to stay at the home of her parents for | the time being. Mr. and Mrs. Irenois Mattax, of ; Wren. Ohio, who were recently married, and Mr. and Mrs. Arley McAli haney and son Albert, of Fort Wayne, were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs A. J Meyers and family, last Sunday. Sylvanus Augsburger, who has been I employed at the Berne Meat Market for some time, resigned his position last Saturday evening. He left Tuesday afternoon for Gary, where he will manage a hatchery for his father, Joel Augsburger. Mrs. Emma Reusser, Mr. and Mrs. 1 N'oah Fox and daughter, Miss Dorothy and son James, were visitors at Fort Wayne. Wednesday. Mrs. Reusser was the guest of her sister. Mrs. , Paul Simon, while the Fox family called at the homes of Mrs. Fox’s brothers. Arman and Albert Hirschy. Mr. and Mrs. Guystress Eley and Mrs. Eley's mother, Mrs. Hannah Eley, Mr. and Mrs. Eli C. Bierie and i granddaughter Imogene Bierie, Mrs. Harry Meshberger, of Linn Grove. Mrs. Harvey Eilenberger and snrltll child, Alice Mae Stopher, and the Misses Inda Sprunger and Frieda ■ Lehman attended the annual efficiency district conference at the State Counj til of Religious Education, which is in session at the Y. M. C. A. building • at Fort Wayne, Wednesday. Mart Affolder and John H. Leistner, of Rockford. Ohio, attended to business matters here, Wednesday. Mrs. R. L. Libby and son and Mrs. Walter Barklow and son, of Leonidas, Michigan, arrived here Wednesday noon to visit with Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Meyers. Sam Meshberger returned from Moweaqua, Illinois. Wednesday morning, where he had been visiting at the home of his daughter. Dr. and Mrs. Spalding and family, for several months. Mr. and Mrs. Nate Burdge and daughter. Mrs. Helen Bosworth and her child were guegts at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Burde here, Wednesday. Walter H. Gilliom returend Monday e'ening from Cincinnati, Ohio, where he has been supervising some consIniction work that the B-G Construction company of Berne, has been doing for the city of Cincinnati. He was accompanied home by Jesse Hurst and 'unk Aurand, of Decatur, who were *nrking with him. Mr s- A. A. Sprunger, Mrs. Hiram'H. Baumgartner, Mrs David F. Lehman, • s. Edwin H. Gilliom. Mrs. Burkhart ‘ ,h' an and son ' Les!le - were guests • he home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred granger at Fort Wayne, Tuesday. •irs. nie n Nussbaum, who had a nnrf , attacl< on Monday night is reported somewhat improved vliiL an A MrS ' Jeff Leich, y and family W-iv? r® ndß and relatives at Fort wayne, Sunday. milv r . an<l MlS ' Ora Townsend and faT ' pent Sunday at the home of Mr. Claren en 't S SiSter ' Mr ' and Mrser mi and family and other rela Ives at Port Wayne. who h 6 * and Kerm ith Baumgartner, "pent ? IT” WOrki,,K at Wayne Mb<.r t ' n ni ' ay With their ’’’other, Mrs. t Baumgartner and family. Franco' 0 Burkhalter and daughters Emim S^ nd Gertrude and the Misses wer lom and Mar F Burkhalter the B v L ' ma ’ Ohi °’ Sunday, to attend hv r , va T ngeli8 tic meetings conducted 5 br - John Thomas. ter Mrs ' Jesse Yoder and daughend i, h D ° f Woodburn spent the weekYoder’o erne at ,lle home of Mrs. hofer parents - Mr- and Mrs. Kirchmilv r a ta d ,^ rs ' Mllton Gl, liom and faspent J Martin Gillion, Fort Wayne Parents"' q- ay W ' th thelr respective ’ Smion Gilliom and Mr. and

Mrs. John Rlnnker. Amos Nenonschwander, Befne's town marshall, who underwent un operation nt the llosmiimi Hospital two I weeks ago, was taken to the homo of j his sister Mi . and Mrs. Clinton Habeg- | ger ami family, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. EH C. Bierie, little Miss I Alice Mae Stopher Mr. and Mrs. Harry Meshberger and children Roger, Leon and Hetty of Linn Grove, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Beeler and daughter, Miss Lucile, were guests at the homo of Dr. and Mrs. Sterling P. Hoffman and family at Fort Wayne, Sunday. Grover Baumgartner, William Kaufman and Robert Erhart returned Tuesday afternoon from Gary, where thev had been doing some construction work for the 8.-G Construction Com pany during the past two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Clauser and family, of Fort Wayne, spent the weekend with Mr. Clauser’s parents. Rev. and Mrs. Alfred Clauser, and other relatives, here. Price Bennett, of Fort Wayne, spent Sunday with his friends. Miss Bernice Masters, who is a teacher in the local schools here. Miss Josephine Reusser was a guest of Miss Viola Lusk east of Berne. Sunday. Dr. Harry Neuenschwander spent Sunday at the home of his brother. Alfred Zumbrum, Irvin Lehman and Oscar Baumgartner were visitors at Fort Walne, Sunday. Richard Sprunger, little son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Sprunger is suffering with the mumps since last week. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stucky and family, of Woodburn, were guests nt the home of Mrs. Stucky’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Kirchhofer and family, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Miller and daughter Erma spent Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ermine Wall at New Corydon. iss Alice Bucher and her sister, Miss Mary, of Bluffton, Ohio, who is visiting here were Sunday guests of Miss Esther Brenneman, living near Linn Grove. Miss Alice Bucher and Miss Breneman are bothe cooks at the Peoples Restaurant. Mr. and Mrs. Vilas Schindler and family visited friends at Fort Wayne Sunday. Mr. Schindler also visited Mr. Earl K. Shalley. who is a patient at the Lutheran Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Reynolds .moved their household goods from their home on Water Street, to the house formerly occupied by Clifford Steiner and family in the Nussbaum addition. Miss Leona Amstutz returned to Fort Wayne Sunday evening, after spending a few days at her home here. Little Paulie Hess accompanied her *o Fort Wayne to spend a week at her parental home. Earl Winteregg drove Mr. and Mrs. C. P: Neuenschwander to Fort Wayne, Monday. The are spending this week at Fort Wayne, after which they wil Intake their home in Michigan. Dopa Id Sprunger, who is attending the Indiana State School for Deaf and DDurnb at Indianapolis, returned to his studies Sunday, after spending the week-end at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Sprunger and

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family, He was accompanied on his retourn by his parents and his brothers 1 ’oger Lee and Darrel. Mr. anil Mrs. Clarence Crist and small daughter of Fort Wayne are the guests of Mrs. Crist's sister and bro-ther-in-law Mr. and Mrs. William Stauffer here, for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Auburn Thomas arid little daughter Romaigne, of llhlon City, visited at Hie home of Mrs. Thomas' parents, Mr. and Mrs. (’. <’. Sprunger hero. Sunday afternoon, Edward Ehraam left Sunday night for Chicago, where he wil take an electrical course* at the ('in Electric school. Reuben Amstutz, agent for the Amstutz products company, returned to Fort Wayne Monday, after spending a few days at the home of his parents Mr. mid Mrs. John A. Amstutz. Mrs. Horace Caffeo mid children, Enid, John and Phyllis, who had been Visiting at the home cf Mrs Coffee's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Birtimgartner for the past few weeks, returned to their home in Chicago, last weekMr. and Mrs. Thurman A. Gottschalk and children, Miss Elizabeth and John visited Earl K. Shalley at the Lutheran hosiptal at Fort Wayne Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John E. Amstutz and children Lester. Dorothy, Dale and Phillis, of Fort Wayne, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. Amstutz'* parents. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Amstutz and fain By. Mr. an d.Mrs. Enos D. Lehman and son Bobby and daughter Rosemary, of Fort Wayne, visited with Mrs. Lohman’s mother. Mrs. Ellen Hocker last Saturday afternoon and evening. Mr. and Mrs. John Baumgartner and daughter Helen of Portland, visited at the home of Mr. Baumgartner's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Baumgartner, last Sunday. Martin Steiner is the new delivery boy at the West Main Grocery, since last Wednesday. He is taking the place of Harry Augsburger, who moved on a farm with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Noah Augsburger. •Mr. and Mrs. Ben Sprunger, and the Misses Helena Leichty, Velma Sprunger. Gerturde Balsiger and Clara Mettler attended the Thomas Evangelistic meetings at Lima, Ohio. Tuesday Mrs. Wesley and Mrs. Dan Stricker spent Wednesday at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bauman, east of Berne. Peter N. Mcser, who recently moved to Berne with his daughter, Miss Mildred, is now employed at the Eastern Indiana Oil and Supply Company. Mrs. Menno Burkhalter and son Freeman and daughter Miss Frances Mrs. Emma Nichols and Leslie Lehman left Wednesday morning for Lima Ohio, to attend the exangelistic meetings conducted by Dr. Thomas at that place. In the afternoon. Freeman Burk halter, Leslie Lehman and Rev. Verner Lewis, the latter, a member of the evangelistic party, motored to Bluffton, Ohio, to visit with college friends. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baumgartner and daughters Donna Rae and Irene. Mrs. Mary Opliger and daughter Miss Faye, spent the week-end at South Whiltely with Mr. Baumgartner and Mrs. Opliger's sister, Mrs. Emma Rohn and son Bryce. Miss Glendora Beerbower, of Chat-

anooga, Ohio, Is the new cook nt the Jefferson restaurant succeeding Mrs, William Burry who leslgned her position a few weeks ago. Miss Hocrbower is making her home with Mr. and Mrs. C. I’. Heckathorne and little nelce, Wilmadnane Prescott, who is living with them, will move their furniture

""""■■■■■■■■■■■■■■>■■■■■■MMMMMMMMMMMMMlMMaMMHlMß 111 Ml I !■ > ■■*!■! —I MMMMMMMMBBMBMMMMMMMMB * / ■ — ***’*%<-* e:^ P W W The First ■ 3^: KT 11 rr A 99 NEW FORD SPORT COUPE |%| ZVTI T l\/I I ** /V '' (ombtnes the alert smartness of the roadster and the advantages of I \/\J IVI llf If““| “ c osei l Humble seat standard. Landau irons on rear quarter. * M A A. L inished in four artistic color harmonies. FORD Sport Coupe I SOLD IN DECATUR WAS DELIVERED TO Miss Dorothy Walters Court reporter of the Adams Circuit Court, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Walters of this city. The engine nuinbeh of the new car is “A-32166.” Delivery of the New Model “A” Ford Sport Coupe was made Friday by the Adams County Auto Co The Ford Sport Coupe embodies all the improvements brought out in the new Ford car. Engine —Four cylinder “L" head, cast cn bloc. Dore •!'.« inches; i Battery— Ford battery. (> \ots, SO ampere boms. Current supstroke, 4’4 inches; horsepower rating S.A.E. and N.A.C.C . 24.03, plied by n ,. vv power plant type six pole generator, automatically brake horsepower, 40 at 2200. controlled. 1 * Transmission—Standard selective sliding gear type, three Starter -J.oicf <>l new doimi. speds forward and one reverse. Gears and shafts of chrome Cooling Ceiilrifugal water pump in cy.inder head on shaft alloy steel, heat-treated for hardness. Main shafts moving on which also oprentes fan. Tubular radiator, two-blade airplane ball bearings, counter-shaft on roller bearings and reverse idler propeller type fan Ifi inches in diameter, driven by adjustable on bronze bushing; insures exceptional durability and quietness. -v" belt. Capacity, 3 gallons Clutch —Multiple dry-disc. Fcair driving dises, five driven tll-sis. Fuel Gravity feed Irm welded steei tank built integral with Long-wearing wire and asbestos composition facing. Complete- cowl. Capacity of tank. 10 gallons. ly enclosed and protected. Exceptionally smooth and easy in Springs-Transverse semi-elliptic, both front and rear, chrome action. st( . e | Brakes—Four-wheel mechanical, internal expanding shoe typo Instrument Panel Satin finish nickel, mounting speedometer, operated by both seivice pedals and hand brake. Drums 11 gasoline gauge, ammeter, ignition lock and lamp. Choke and inches in diameter. Width of brake shoes, 1 inches. Total carburetor adjustment rod at right. braking surface, 16S square inches. „ , , Control —Steering wheel hti, inches in diameter. Gear shift Camshaft Bearings —five all 1 9-16 inches in diameter. Length, in cente? Hand brake at left.. Spark and throttle control undNo. 1,1% inches; No. 2, % inch; No. 3, 2 inches; No. 4, % er steering wheel; horn button and light switch in center of inch; No. 5,1 inch. wheel. Foot accelerator. Valves—Carbon chrome nickel alloy. Rear Axle i hree-quartcr floating type. New design all-steel housing. Ax e shafts special Ford carbon manganese steel, disCrankshaft Bearings —Three main bearings, a’l 1% inches in ferential geais integral with slialt Spiral bevel gear and pindiameter. Length, front und center, 2 inches; rear, 3’4 inches. ion. Roller b arings throughout Bearings, babbitt, lower half backed in steel, upper half in iron. c-„_* -i,, i .■ . i ’ Front Ax.e —( hroni' a I y steel forging, I beam construction; Connecting Rod —Steel forging, “X” section design. Lower icver.se Ml.ott type; idjusl ible taper roller bearings for wheeli bearing babbitt, inches in diameter by 1% inches bing. Drive—i'< quo tills . I.ceptiouallv heaw radius rods Piston pin machined seamless steel tubing; full floating type. , , Lights —Double filament headlights, combination tail and stop Carburetor—l-inch vertical. Choke aud needle adjustment rod light. Dash light on instrument panel. on dash. Hotspot intake manifold. Equipment--Houdail e hydraulic shock absorbers, speedometer, Steering Gear—lrreversible, worm and sector type with rosier gasoline gauge, ammeter, ignition lock, dash lamp, automatic thrust bearings on worm shaft. Gear housing steel forgings, wlndshic Id wiper on closed cars, handwiper on open cars, rearwelded, steering oclunin steel tubing welded to gear housing, view mirron, combination tail and stop light, tygh pressure making sturdy one-piece unit. Ratio 11’4 to 1 to give easy giease gun for lubrication of chassis, toed equipment, tire pump, steering. jack, oil measuring rod on engine, horn, spare steel-spoke wheel. Oiling System—Gear pump delivers oil to reservoir in valve Tires I . i.loons, Six I .C standard on all passenger car-, chamber providing constant gravity flow on crankshaft main Wheelbase lodts indies bearings. Other engine lubrication by splash system. Oil Wheels Ford steel-spoke wheels standard on all passenger pump driven from spiral gear on camshaft. Oil lever indicator (‘ars. rod, oil filler on left side of engine. Capacity 5 quarts. Turning Radius—l7 feet; circle 34 feet. Ignition—Battery, coil and distributor: new Ford mechanical ~ design which eliminates high-tension cables to spark plugs. Theft-proof ignition lock. Road Clearance -9’4 indies. SHIPMENTS ARE BEING MADE AND ORDERS WILL BE FILLED IN THE ORDER RECEIVED. Adams County Auto Co. FORD DEALERS

from I'lensnni ills, into the house vacated hy Clarence* Reynolds mid family Rev. Menno Amstutz of Pottysvllle, Ohio, arrived here Tuesday night to visit his nick father, Mr. John J. Amstutz. Rev. Tillman Amstutz, who has been at his lather's bedside far three

weeks, left Tuesday night for Minneapolis, Minnesota. Last Monday evening, Mr. and Mrs , Noah Ellenbergei mid dmighters, the i Misses Goldie*, Flossie* mid Verouu entertained at their country home the i Misses Mari'olla Michaud, Anna Ruth • HofHtetter, Florence Kirchhofer and

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Bnrbnrn Burry. Mr mill Mrs. Joel llabegger anil child of Fiin Wnytio vlßited ut the* home* of Mr. Ilahegger’s father, .Mr. Jacob I’ llabegger, here. Thusrday. T. A. Gottshalk manager of the Gottschalk Supply Co , was a businoss caller at Foil Wayne, Thursday.