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Home Folks Proud i’ .. - Lydia Van Gilder, who was an unknown music student in Hammond. Ind., five years ago and who will soon appear as a member of the St. Louis Opera CkMupany" after many European triumphs. A special train has been chartered by more than 3t)o Hammond residents to take them to hear Miss Van Gilder sing in St. Ixvuis. CAST FOR PLAY IS ANNOUNCED Names Os Characters In Play “The Inheritance” Are Made Public The cast of chaiacters who will present F. A. Sheridan's popular play, "The Inheritance’}, at the Decatur Catholic schol auditorium in this city, on August 5 and k, was annuonced today by the director. Tile cast of characters and the members of the ch :rus are: Jim Robbins, a boy of mystery, John Albe; ding. Zita, the Doctor’s daughter. Katherine Omlor, Dorothy Alberding. Dr. Lathan, the village doctor, Fred Schur ger. .Detective Looney, from New York. Bernard Eiling. “T-ph”, the village cut-up, Herman Myers. Bob. the Doctor’s son . Fred Foos. Mrs. Lathan, the Doctor's wife, Gertrude Holthouse V. J. Borman Mrs. Blithers, the village gossip. Grace C.ffee. “Squire” the village police force Fred. "Jim" Colchin Selina Banggs. a member of the 400 | Frcrence Holthouse Reginald Fulton, the heir, Leo Dowling. Country girls—Guests at reception Act I—Expectation Act. ll—Realization Act. Hl—Resignation Musical Numbers and Specialities I—" Just Arouud the Coiner" Chorus 2. —"Elsie Schultzenheim",—"Toph" 3- —“Baby". — Chorus «■ —“W :nt You Wait Till the Cows Come iAime’’—Winefride Kitson and Chorus. b— “Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella" —Cho; us 6 “Alwary Waiting for Tomorrow" Mciuliigue by Thos. Dinkin Jr., song by Paul Briede and Fred Fullenkamp, ‘ Incidental music by True Ftlstoe. " —Dance—"Dainty Miss" by Margaret Niblick. B.—" Gypsy Love Sopg"—Pau] Briede I'jreul Fullenkamp and Chorus (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o— — Decatur Attorneys Speaks At Banquet In Portland Attorney Clark J. Lutz, of Decatur, delivered an address on "Community Affairs,” at a "stag" banquet held at the Portland Country Club Monday evening. More than fifty members of the club attended the banquet. —— o East Liberty Home-Coming To Be Held Next Sunday The annual home-coming of East Liberty United Brethern church will be held Sunday, August 5. Services will begin with the Sunday school at 9:30 o’clock in the morning. A basket dinner and social hour will be joyed from 11:30 o’clock until 1:30 o’clock. A program has been arranged for the afternoon . The public is invited to attend the services and join in the basket dinner.

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Former Govei Starts His “( Gets $6,00 Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. L—(INS) of Indiana was the happiest man in th •J. Dunlavy here today apprpoved a d management if not the immediate orchard lake farm near Kentland. Ind., which he lost in the post-war collapse of his agricultural interests. It was this collapse which sent him from the governor's mansion to 40 months' imprisonment in the federal penitentiary, at Atlanta, Ga. It was the first step in fulfillment of Mel'tay's promise made four years ago that he would “come back." President Os Company Judge Dunlavy approved negotiations today for tire sale of the or ' ehard lake farm to a new holding company to be known as the orchard lake realty company, of which McCray will be the president at $6,000 a year salary. The land involved in the deal included the old McCray homestead of 640 acres where the McCrays have lived for more than 50 years. Loyal friends aided the former governor in his comeback. They agreed to finance the deal to the tune of $120,000 subscribed for stock in the reorganized McCray land and cattle company which will lease the Orchard Lake farm to the Orchard Lake realty company Friends Help Him It was learned today that McCray recently consulted twenty of his i friends, fourteen of who were million- | aires ,and all agreed to dig into their I pocketbooks to help him After nearly SIOO,OOO was subscribed McCray organized the Orchard Lake realty company and after incorporating it issued $300,000 in preferred stock. The Holders of nearly $650,000 stock of the old McCray Farms realty company agreed to exchange the old stock for the new issue. Judge Dunlavy approved the treasurer today. When interviewed, here today at the home of his son-in-law William P. Evans, McCray said he planned to raise market cattle and hops on a large scale McCray said he figured that the Orchard l<ake farm can be made to produce an annual revenue of about $107,000 for a net gain of $35,000 most of which will be used to clear up his indebtedness The ex-governor will be assisted in his fight to come back by his son, George U McCray, a graduate of the Purdue university agricultural school in 1925 McCray was paroled from the At- [ lanta prison about a year ago BUY BADGES FDR OLD HOME WEEK Every Committee Reports Fine Progress In Arrangements For Event Every committee chairman reports splendid progress for Old Home Week and there is not the least doubt that it will be a big and eventful week. A number of notables will be here during the various days and the features and free acts will be well worth see-1 ing. It is doubtful if a more elaborate affair of this kind was ever staged in the midde west and there will be many things to interest everyone. The committee has purchased 1,500 badges with name cards for the Old Home visitors, who register and 2000 badges to sell. These will be souvenirs worth keeping with a medallion containing the picture of Stephen Decatur, the date for Old Home Week and the occasion Arrangements to sell many of the badges in advance of the week will be made. The pageant committee will meet this evening to carry on with their plans. M. F. Worthman announced today that he is planning an alumni banquet, which will probably be held at the high school building on Friday evening and it is quite probable that on the same evening the St. Joseph school alumni will hold a reunion. Many other organizations are planning for special events. Jay County Pioneer Dies Jonas T. Hartzell, 82, one of the pioneer residents of Jay county, died suddenly of heart trouble and neuralgia Tuesday afternoon, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. H. A. Arbaugh, in Portland.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, August 1, 1928.

rnor McCray Come Back”; W-A-Year Job Former Governor 'Warren T. McCray, ' lie state today when Superior Judge W. ! deal by which McCray will regain the i ownership of his famous 2,640 -acre I sSOmT IS REORGANIZED — Dr. Burt Mangold Re-elect-ed President; Other Officers Re-elected Dr. Burt Mangold was re-elected president of the Decatur city school j board, at the annual organization meeting of the board held last night. Mrs. Carrie Thomas Haubold was reelected secretary of the hoard and M E. Hower was re-elected treasurer. In addition to reorganizing, the board allowed the regular bills and considered the budget for next year. Little work has been done on the budget so far, this being the first meeting of the board at which it has been discussed. However, the board plans to have the budget completed ! in the near future. The financial reports for the year were approved last night and copies are now being made. AUTO LICENSES AT HALF PRICE More Than 4,100 Passenger Car Licenses Issued Here So Far This Year The state of Indiana, through the automobile license department, was conducting a half-price sale, beginning today and continuing for the next four months. Auto licenses were put< on sale today at half price. Paul Graham, manager of the local license bureau, stated that approximately 4,200 passenger car licenses had been issued since last ’December. The exact, number is between 4,100 and 4,200. This number is greater than the total for the entire year 1927, Mr. Graham stated. The truck licenses total 650 and the trailers 290. Mr. Graham stated. The issuing of lite 1928 licenses at half price will continue until the 1929 licenses are placed on sale, which will be about December 15. Several auto owners called at the license bureau this morning and secured their license, taking advant- | I age of the half price. o Swimming Pool Opened For Children Today The city swimming pool was reopened for the use of children this afternoon, after being closed since last Saturday evening while being cleaned. There was about five feet of water in the pool at noon today. It requires nearly a week to completely i fill the pool after it has been drained. I By Saturday, it is thought, the pool I will be practically full, or full enough I for adults to use it. Until the water | is deeper, only children will be permitted to use the pool. 0 Committee Appointed To Construct Float C. E. Peterson, president of the Industrial Association, today announced the personnel of a committee appoin*ed by him to build a float f r the Industrial Association for the Industrial parade to be held during Old Home Week. September 10-15. Dee Frybaek is chairman of the committee. The other members are Roy Muinma. Dr. Harold DeVor, 1. Bernstein and Freeh Hower. The float will be built in the workshop of the Decatur Lumber company. o Mother Os Eight Held For Slaying Husband Hammond, Ind., Aug. I.3—(INS) —M>'fi. Anna Denrinovich, 36, mother of eight children, was geging held on a charge of first degree murder by police here today for killing her husband because he refused to come home to see their sick baby, according to her story.

FIRE MARSHAL, CITY AND OTHERS SUED FOR SI 5,000 Lawrence E. Opliger Seeks Judgment For Destruction Os Building SAYS BUILDING WAS UNLAWFULLY RAZED The City of Decatur, Alfred 1 Hogston, state fire marshal anti i others were named as defendants in a suit filed in the Adams circuit court today by Lawrence E. Opliger, of this city, in which Mr. Opliger demands judgment for $15,000, for alleged damages. Tlie defendants named in the suit, in addition to the city of Decatur ami Mr. Hogston, are: G. 11. See, chief clerk in the office of the state fire marshal; Cash M. Graham, chief inspector for the state fire marshal's office: Jack Friedt, Decatur city finchief; Herman Gillig, city councilman; Arthur Clark and Melvkj Smitley, city firemen, ami James Elberson, of this city. Building Is Demolished Mr. Opliger states in his complaint that on October 7, 1927, "in the absence of and without the knowledge of the rightful owner.” the defendants "did wrongfully, willfully, maliciously, wantonly, viciously, mischievously and unlawfully demolish in a rush and in a very short time, by using two city fire engines and trucks, caused or are responsible for the demolishment and crushing and ruin and lay waste of" a building located on a lot owned by Mr. Opliger on South Third street, and building material placed on the lot. The plaintiff states that he had placed material on the lot and contracted for labor to remodel the building and that part of the work had been done. He claims that he was abiding by the city ordinances in re- , gard to fire zones and restrictions and that the defendants razed the building "without due process of law and justifiable reason, and without due respect and proper care to the building materials on said premises belonging to tlie plaintiff herein to the value of more than $4,000, and have otherwise greatly injured said estate ami tlie person of the plaintiff to tlie damage of this plaintiff in the sum of more than SIO,OOO, including accumtt(CO4IWRI) ON I'AUr. TWO: o AUCTION SCHOOL TERM IS OPENED Students From 18 States And Three Provinces In Canada Registered Eighteen different states ami three Provinces in Canada are represented in the student body of the Reppert Schoo! of Auctioneering, which opened its annaul summer term at Bellmont Park. Monday. A total of 48 students have registered. Thirty-three students, representing eleven states and one province in, Canada arrived on the opening day. The school is now well under way. Decatur is always glad to welcome these students from all parts of the United States and Canada and extern! a hearty welcome to each member of the class as well as the instructors Tlie School is owned and operated by Fred Reppert. the Dean of auctioneers, who has associated with him, as instructors, auctioneers of national repnatation, which enables the students to learn every phase of the auction bussiness in a practical way. The students will have their firs* public auction on the court house square next Saturday afternoon and evening and each evening thereafter until the close of the school. These auctions arc always well attended as the embryo auctioneers furnish plenty of entertainment as well as hand out bargains during these auctions. The following students are enrolled np to the present time:- James D. Ross Hillsb ro. Ohio. Walter F. Masters. Westerville, Ohio: Glenn W. Clayton, York, . Nebraska, Arthur C. Beattie, York, Nebraska. A. E. Mayo, Cam bridge, Nebraska, Tom Jones, Powers <contif»i®:d on pagk two>

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Fights “Dry” Law ■ fi < S |F' fl | I J Ba* 1 b| _. I ** * Charles H Sabin, chairman of the ] iMurrd of Guaranty Trust Co., who I I has accepted appointment as treasur- j er of the Association against tlie Prohibition Amendment. The banker announced he was ‘‘in the fight to tlie j bitter end." ( COUNTRYCLUB ROAD FINISHED New Pavement Opened To Traffic; Other Improvements Are Progressing The Country Club road, extending south from Mercer avenue past the Adams County Memorial hospital and the Decatur Country Club, was officially opened to traffic this morning . Connecting with Mercer avenue at the intersection of Grant street, tlie improvement extends south to tlie corporate limits or to the Country Club property. This stretch of road is 22 feet wide and is built of brick with a concrete curl) on each side. : The road then extends south for 1 about a mile past the Country Club i and golf course to the intersections of | ! tlie County Infirmary road and Will-1 . shire roads. This stretch of road is 18 feet wide and is built of concrete. Guard rails have been placed on . either side of the bridge. A cable will ■ be stretched over the top of the rail- . ing. 1 Workmen were busy today cleaning off the road bed and completing the finishing touches. A concrete approach is being built at the driveway to the Country Club house. Work on tlie roads past the Decatur cemetery extending from Monroe street west, and the one past the Catholic 'cemetery, extending west from Fiftli street, is progressing nicely. On the Decatur cemetery ; road, brick has been laid beyond the cemetery. On the Catholic cemetery i read, the concrete lias been placed i about midway between the cemetery | entrance and tlie bridge. A con- ‘ crete approach is being built at the 1 entrance to the cemetery. 1 P. L. Macklin, of the firm of Macklin and Zehr contractors on the three • roads, stated this morning that the ‘ twio roads past the cemeteries should ' be completed by August 15 or 20, and ' that they would be opened by Old j' Home Week. o * Wren Home-Coming To Be Held Late In August i —_ f The annual community home-coming and picnic at Wren, Ohio, will be held ■ on the last Saturday in August, it was . announced following the organization -of a committee to sponsor the project - this week. Rev. Sullivan, of Wren, is « president of the organization, and Ray- • mond Leßrun is secretary. o ' R. F. Van Tilburgh i Dies At Portland 1 News has been received here that Richard F Van Tilburgh, 72, died at his home in Portland, Monday e.ven- ( ing at 7:30 o'clock, following an attack of apoplexy. For many years, Mr. Van Tilburgh operated a restaurant in Portland. He visited here frequently and was well known. He was the father of Mrs. John I). Reiter, who lived '■ here many years and now resides in ’’ Bluffton. Other relatives include the ’’ widow, three daughters and a son. Funeral services will be held at the home tomorrow af.ternoon at 2 o'clock.

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BURNING OIL IS THROWN ON 150 FIRE FIGHTERS Steam Pressure Still In Refinery At Lawrenceville, Illinois, Explodes INJURED MEN ARE TAKEN TO VINCENNES Vincennes, Ind., Aug. 1. —4INS} The blast of a steam pressure still at the Indian refining company, at Lawrenceville, 111., [across the Wabash river front I here, which showered 150 firefighters with burning oil this i morning, assumed tragic aspect j this afternoon when Ja c k 1 Freese, 30, of Lawrenceville, died at the Good Smaritan hospital here and physicians announced that 23 others of the 51 injured were in a serious condition Thirty-six of the injured men were brought to tlie local hospital while 15 others were given first aid treatments and kept at Lawrenceville Gasoline Still Catches Fire The explosion occurred while the [ men were fighting a fire in a huge gasoline still at. the refinery. All ambulances from neighboring towns were called to take the injured to the local hospital Tlie cause of the blast has not been determined. Dr. Glen Neptune Passes Ohio Dental Examination Dr. Glen Neptune, junior member of the firm of Neptune and Son dentists, received notification yesterday, from the secretary of Ohio State Dental Board, that lie had successfully passed the Ohio state dental examination, which he took at Columbus, Ohio, in June. Dr. Glen Neptune is a graduate of the dental college of the Minnesota State University, at Minneapolis. Following his graduation two years ago, lie started in business with his father, Dr. J. Q Neptune, in this city. Woman Drowns When She Faints And Falls Into A Pan Os Water Muncie, Ind., Aug. I.—(INS) Falling in a faint, Mrs. Albert Sheets 60, was drowned at her home south of Eaton when her head plunged into a pan of water. She had been washing clothes in the pan. Her husband discovered the tragedy. ADOPT PLANS FOR CITY WAREHOUSE Council Sets August 13 As Date For Receiving Bids On Contract Bids for the construction of a sheet metal covered warehouse will be re ceived by the city council at a special session on Monday,'AugiJbt 13 at the council rooms in the city hall. Plans and specifications prepared by Walter Gilliom, architect of Berne, weie adopted by the council last evening. The building will be one story high and will be erected on the city lots west of North Seventli street. Equipment of the city stieet departments of the city plant will be stored in the building. All the material piled ■cn the ground at the city plant and on the city lots will be removed and placed in the building. The council wants the building built at <snce so that the equipment and material can be moved to tlie building before Old Home Week. The council discussed plans for lighting the city and erecting aicliways at the entrances to tlie city during Old Home Week. M. J. Mylott. superintendent of the city plant, will be in charge of the work 0 46 Classes Formed At Epworth League Institute Webster Lake. Ind., Aug. 1. (U.R) — Forty-six classes are open at the institute of the Epworth league of the Methodist church which opened here Monday with 3,000 in attendance. Sessions will continue to Sunday.

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