Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 202, Decatur, Adams County, 25 August 1928 — Page 3

WOMAN JUDGE DENIES modern youth is wild Bv f. 0. BAILEY 4 PrL Staff Correspondent ’■“'“ m. Tenn-<U.R>- Youth may * n,P nsible, end nt times n bit the^ r()U! ’ age ,S "T r ,! ' 14 m the opinion of Judge * 1 n" Kellev. second woman Juvenile X in America ami the first in the Sol " h Kelley wh° ln her SPVe '’ * Lise Os the Memphis Juy«r ’ ** J r . hag heard thousands of *<'W'”'" "“ r ' “ •* " lh . n ever before. about vouth being fast. ,a < ‘ miles ahead of the r w parent. a Kelley said. "We fhilllrPn ’ hit ren but it is the fast, stf er m ■" "J? „r woman whose pent-up childenergv breaks out In a new ..40" she said. “They have the'paths of crime that the jSr generation never dreamed “Situ! parties, drinking and attsu rides into country lanes are winob ' P nsibi.> for one-tenth as much “,;?:2U»ey •• '»<•”< I.WI and they have come to believe Jv really are wild. Why, the dear Aiidren are mere amateurs compared th eir elders." Judge Kelley said. .. n ew world has been opened to .he'routh of today. Most girls know more at 17 today than their mothers did at 27. Youth is going through a period of adjustments and readjust#*outh doesn't just naturally fall llto the paths of crime or usefullness. It is led and influenced and if the parents leave that important duty to the back-lot playmates of their children. the blame is theirs, not the child's. . , . ■lt may be an old story, but the greatest source of delinquency is the broken home and the separated mother and father. If parents thought less nt their own selfish desires and more g the happiness of their boys and prls there would be fewer Juvenile delinquents," Judge Kelley said. ■ —-o- *»*♦*♦* 1 ’NEWS FROM PREBLE * ’ By * • Miss Lorine Kirchner * Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kirchner and daughters called in Craigville Sunday afternoon. Mr anil Mrs. Milton Kidd, of Plywith, spent the week-end visiting Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hoffman and tally, and attended the nd Martin reunion held at Martins, today. Mrs. J. C. Grandstaff entertained in honor of Dr. J. Grandstaff’s birthday Sunday. The following guests were present: Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Lenhart and family, Mr. and Mrs. S. Vance and daughter, Mr. and Mr?. George Sprague, of Decatur. Dr. and Mrs. Floyd Grandstaff, of Inditaapolis; Mrs. Louisa Mann, John Mann. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mann and family, Ruth and li’ene GrantlshalT of Elkhart, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Grandstaff and daughter, and John Francis Grandstaff. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bieberich. Mr? Christ Bieberich spent Sunday visiting Mr. and Mrs. Redman and tally, of Columbia City. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Graber and iwghter Florence. Mr. and Mrs. Willla® Homer and son, of Warren, 0., tailed in Preble Monday, afternoon. Mrs. Milton Werling and sons had J b Wr guests, Wednesday, Mrs. "» King and son. of Liepsic, Ohio. ™ Mrs. Henry Vcnis, of Decatur. Miss Theo. Bauer returned from a Adams County Memorial hospital, wnesday, where she underwent an ’ration for the removal of tonsils, th "k l,la Dilllng ' of Pennsylvania, Dilitn ha l been vis!tln « at ’he David g ' is s P en ding the week an,i Mrs ' Roy Hamilton W family of Tocsin. and Mrs. Earl Wood and son, %l .' ol '. spent the weekCaL * ' ng Mr ' and Mrs - Leßoy ii farail V a « attended the Sunday an< Martin reunion Mr . S ’ J ° hn Kirchner an, l theX, Cr ai ! d Bran,lson visited at noon ber home Sun,la y after--I| f,r and n, \r MrS ’ E ' A Golt,ner visited Ur. Sunday.’' Dan Scherry Os Deca ’ Irene Rirc ' lner and daughters Kti IW<.i P „ anil Erma, and grand•d '0 p q „i n lgene s,lap kley motor®°r,iing uh ' ng ’ 01ll °- Wednesday Mrs. Friu e n hey Visited relat ‘ves. Ernst Conra*i Conrad and family, «d Mt, a ai ' d son ' ¥ialted Mr. “ y "’edneS^y Be Bultemier and »“«>• « Mr. and h » eta SuJlivan . daughter »u •WpilL Mrß ' u Charles Sullivan, lay, by a ° n her birthday. SaturThe attend r ° f her Blrl friendatales, Lot WaS sp€ “ nt In Playing ®«nts war. er ' ~eliclo« s refresh- '' al ”heta J er , Ved by Mrs - Sullivan. Wts. Thoso VWI many beautiful Present were Ethel

Fair Fair Jumper • * ■ * • ■ \v> r k« k-i i; 1 Miss * Nancy Glave. society debutante and mem er of New Yorks’ Junior League, who has offered to make a parachute leap every day of the Long island pageant at Mineola, L. I. Photo at right illustrates perilous nature of the feat the pretty Nancy will perform in the interest of the “400” fair. (International illuitratod N»w»» Shady, Bereneta Hoffman, Doris Johnson. Jean Houck of Peterson. Helen Kline, Esther Green, Marjorie Pusey, Dorothy Stahl, Doran Vorhees, Lorene Schill and Tabetha Teeters of Geneva. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams, of Plymouth, visited Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hoffman and family, and attended the Leimenstall-Martin reunion Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sullivan and daughters had as their guests Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sullivan and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Westerfieldt and family and Mr. Robert Meniel. of Geneva. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bauer and son motored to Pennville, Sunday. Milton Kruetzman and Walter Peck accompanied drivers from the Adams County Auto Co., to Pontiac Michigan. Thursday, to drive machines back to Decatur. Ruth and Irene Grandstaff, of Elkhart, are spending the week visiting their Dk-. and Mrs. J. C. Grandstaff. The Girls Sewing Club met with Luoile Smith, Thursday afternoon. Mrs. William Johnson and family called on Mrs. Charles Sullivan and daughters. Friday evening. Marion Elzey, of Decatur, spent a few days visiting Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Elzey. Miss Lois Fuhrman spent. Friday visiting Miss Susie Dilling. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith, of Decatur. were the guests of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Smith for supper Thursday evening. Mrs. Herman Dierkes, of Decatur, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. August Werling and sister, Mildred, Friday afternoon. Mr. J. Jaebker, of Kansas, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. William Jaebker. —,— o BERNE NEWS The Misses Elma, Alina and Bertha Sprunger left Wednesday for Winona

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lake for a short vacation. Miss Bertha Haberkantp, of New Knoxville. 0., arrived here Wednesday evening to spend several days with her ft lend, Miss Edna Burkhalter at the home of the latter's parents. Mr. mid Mrs, Amos Burkhalter. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gentis and son Bobby are spending this week visiting Niagara Falls and other (mints of interest in the east. Mr. and Mrs. M. Kfrk Smith returned Sunday from a ten days v acation in northern Michigan and Southern Canada. Ell A. Luglnbill was a business caller at Fort Wayne. Tuesday. Mr. ami Mrs. John Walko and family, of Bloomfield. N.J.. returned to their home Monday, after having spent several weeks at the J. D. French home. • Mrs. Ruth Bell, daughter Virginia, sons Edward and Howard, of Fort Wayne, arrived here Tuesday to spend several days at the home of her mother. Mrs. Sam Simison and sister, Mr. mid Mrs. T. A. Gottschalk, and family. Clarence Sprunger, Imres Michaud, Alva Rinaker. Irvin Conrad and Dale Eley left Wednesday for Norwalk, ()., on business. Miss Maloy Runyon, of Saskatchewan, Canada, is visiting at the George Braun home since Tuesday. Fred Rohrer is spending several days at Lexington. Ky„ on business. B. F. Smith is spending several weeks at Oden and Petosky, Mich. Miss Marjorie Tailman, of Fort Wayne is spending this week at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tallman here. Mrs. T. A. Gottschalk and daughter Miss Elizabeth were visitors at the home of Mrs. Wilda Shalley and family at Fort Wayne, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Harve Ellenberger and Mrs. Clinton Bierie were business callers at Fort Wayne, Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Spade, of Portland, were visitors with friends here, Wednesday. Miss Judith LJechty is spending several days at Winona lake. Miss Mildred Heller, who is in nurses' training at Battle Creek. Mich., is spending a two weeks vacation with her father, Oliver Heller, here, Mr. and Mrs. Morris McCray and sons, Mrs. Ida McCray and grandchildren Earl Jr., and Philip were visitors at the George Braun home Tuesday. . Mr. and Mrs. David Zuercher and son Eldon left for their home at Dalton, 0., Thursday morning, after having spent several days with relatives here. William Steiner, of Bluffton. 0., and Roy Shaw, of St. John. 0., were business callers here. Tuesday. Miss Magdalene Everhart, of Indianapolis, is spending this week with her former roommate, Mflss Marie Hilty. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Albrecht and daughter Barbara Ann. of Columbia, Mo., arrived here Tuesday evening to spend the week at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Lehman here.

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Keep The Boys and Girls In School » adj If gF. » — - t 11,1 J We Invite You To Enroll In The Decatur High School To the Parents of High School Boys and Girls... Parents of today realize and fully appreciate the importance of a High School Education for their boys and girls. Education is a necessity for all—not the privilege of a favored lew. Decatur offers them the advantages of a commissioned and first grade high school. The Decatur school board extends an invitation to parents and students in townships not maintaining a high school to make use of the courses of study and the complete facilities offered by the Decatur high school. There is plenty of room, a thoroughly trained faculty, modern equipment in all the training courses and approved courses of study that include everything now taught in a progressive high school. We particularly call your attention to the advantages of our Commercial course, the Manual Training department and Domestic Science departments. Art and Music departments. / Last year more than 280 boys and girls enrolled in the Decatur high school. These boys and girls enrolled in our school because of the sup erior advantages offered by the varied curricula and the recognition given to Decatur high school credits bv institutions of higher learning. The Decatur school board offers the following departments in the High School for the acceptance and benefit of all students: Academic. General and Commercial School opens Tuesday, September 4th, at 8:00 a. m. For information concerning the courses of study or condition of enrollment, write or call. M. F. Worthman, superintendent, or Walter J. Krick, principal. Enrollments should be made by August 30, 31 or September 1, tor 1 the fall semester. % Make Decatur High School your High School Enjoy with us it’s Comforts and Advantages Keep the Boys and Girls in School! They Deserve the Best

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