Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 128, Decatur, Adams County, 29 May 1929 — Page 5

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.Jacket Costumes Are Campus Vogue I Ni:\V YORK, May 29. —(U.P>— That cotton ami linen are firmly entrench- ■ j n the campus mode is evident at an Eastern college where costumes ot K . fabric* are favorites in the classroom as well as on golf links one! tennis ■ r ,-t>, Two types may be pointed to as outstanding, the one calling most to a gayly printed jacket or long eoat with dress ot pastel monotone K ' er pique, while in the other, the coat is more definitely linked to the K since it repeats the material of the coat as trimming on the dress.

■yellow is the favorite color, and jacket costumes are particularly Interesting because of the way other Kiors are combined with this tone. ■,. reversible red and yellow jacket, for instance, affords oppor■nines for red in accessories, while Kizer-striped flannel jackets or ■eaters join yellow with blue or Kth light green. White is also freKetitly combined with yellow, repremore often in sweater coshowever, than in linen and Win the choice of coats, the seven ■ghth length shares honors with the Wmrt jacket, the three-quarter types representation in only few HTss with collar cut on johnny lines ■id patch pockets the favorites, ■ccasionally where the longer coat is Sponsored, a suede belt in a bright Ki-ie is worn at the normal waistline, j Printed and monotone linens and ■iques, quilted calico, blazerjstriped Kannel and velveteen are representaKve jacket materials, while for the Kennis frock, pique and linen, most Ktten in monotone, are by far the Kiajority choice. Men’s shirting silks ■nd printed creipes are worn by a ■few of the girls. i Another costume type that is seen ■often enough to warrant mention is Kite V or crew-necked lisle or zephyr ■slipover sweater with white flannel Kkirt and long coat. Green and yellow ■lead the color selection in sweaters, ■and the color note is always repeated Bin the lisle socks. ■ TRI KAPPA SORORITY ■ HOLDS PLEDGE SERVICE Miss Mary Macy entertained The ■ members of the Tri Kappa sorority ■ and several guests, Miss Naomi Hark* I less, who has been teaching at Auburn, and the Misses Josephine Archbold, Merriam Parrish and Isabell Hower at her parental home on Winchester street, last evening. A business session was held, during which tentative plans were made for the future activities The impressive pledge service was then held fur the three pledges, the Misses Hower, Parrish and Archbold. I Five tables were arranged for Bridge I and. at the conclusion of several games, the prize for high score was awarded to Miss Harkless, while the | prize for high score among the pledges was awarded to- Mirriam Parrish. The I hostess, assisted by Mrs. H. B. Macy, and Miss Helen Christen, served a lunch at the close of the evening. The Ju-L Club will meet witli Mrs. Clyde Butler, Friday afternoon at two o'clock. ENTERTAINS BRIDGE CLUB Mrs. Charles Omlor entertained the Monday Night Bridge Club, last evening, gt her home on Adams street Five gaWtes of bridge were played, after which prizes were awarded to Mrs. Robert Miller and Mrs. Wm. Schumacher, for high scores At the conclusion of the evening, the hostess served delicious refreshments. The next meeting of the organization will be held with Mrs. William Lose, at her home on Winchester street, next Monday evening at seven-thirty o’clock. COUNTRY CLUB HOLDS OPENING EVENT The Decatur Country Club, south of the city, was formally opened, last evening, at a delightful party given at the tlub, by the manager. Bernard Clark. The party was in the form of a dinner-bridge, in which about eighty Persons from Decatur and members of the chib participated. The affair was an ejoyable occasion and marked the coming season as a most successful one, and according to plans, the most delightful in the club's history. Dr. and Mrs. E. G. Coverdale, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Confer and Mr. and Mrs. Herman Ehinger assisted Mr. Clark in receiving and entertaining the guests. The guests wore seated at one long table, decorated witli •arg? bouquets of spring flowers, and a delicious three-course dinner was served by the caddies at seven o’clock. Dr. Coverdale, president of the club, presided and several talks were given and announcements for the club year made. At each plate was a year book, giving the rules of the club, members of the various committees, and the program for the season. Mr. Confer announced the Stag opening, to be held next Wednesday, which will be in the form of a club tournament and diuner Following the announcements and distribution of bulletins by the caddy committee, the

CLUB CALENDER Wednesday Alpha Zeta Bridge Club, Mrs. Harry Berriman, 7:30 P. M. Corinthian class, Christian S. S., II W. Thompson, 7:30 p. m. Union Twp. Womans Club, Mrs. Hugh Neidlinger, 1 p. in., standard time. St. Vincent de Paul Society, K. of C. Hall. 2:30 p.m. Zion Lutheran Ladies Aid, Mrs. Gust Werling, all day quilting session. Tuesday Night Bridge Club, Mrs. Kenneth Eady, 7:30 p. m. Thursday Antioch Missionary Society, Mrs. Elis Skiles, all day. Friday Ju-L Club, Mrs. Clyde Butler, 2 p. m. Pocahontas initiation, Red Mens hall, 8 p. m. Ben Hur lodge children's day meeting. Ben Hur hall. Minnehaha Club, Red Mens Hall, following Pocahontas Lodge. Saturday U. B. ladies plate supper, postponed. Sunday Emanuel Lutheran picnic, Otto Bleeke Grove, 10 p. m. Monday Monday Night Bridge Club, Mrs. XV. P. Lose, 7:30 p. m. evening was spent in playing bridge, and a social time. Honors at bridge were won by E.'W. Lankenau and T. M. Reid Mrs. J. H. Heller and Mrs. Vincent Bormann. A short business session of the ladles’ committee was held at the close of the social hour, at which time plans were made to ' entertain the Ban Wert Ladies club lat a social event, and golf tournament, July 31. MONROE SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS MEETS The Willing Workers class of the Monroe Methodist Sunday school met at the home of the class president, Mrs. Cecil Badders, Tuesday evening. Fifteen members and eight visitors were present. Rev. Williams had charge of the devotionals. The business session was conducted by Mrs. Badders. Mrs. Williams had charge of the program Refreshments were served at the close of the meeting. - • DECATUR MAN WEDS FORT WAYNE GIRL A wedding which canre as a pleasant surprise Io the man *’ frtends of the couple, was performed in this city Monday afternoon, when Harold Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ves Baker. North Ninth street, and Miss Catherine Overholser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Overholser, 933 XV. Main street Fort XVayny, were married by the Rev. Paul W. Schultz, pasjor of the Zion Lutheran church. The ceremony was held at the Lutheran parsonage. . The bride is a popular young lady of Fort Wayne. She is a graduate of Central Catholic high school and of the Fort Wayne Aft. school. Ihe groom is a well-known Decatur young man He has been employed in Fort Wayne, and at present is employed as a special salesman, for PattersonFletcher company. Mr. and Mrs. Baker are visiting in this city now and will go to housekepeing in the near future, at 535 Washington apai ments, Fort XX ayne. large crowd AT LEGION DANCE A large crowd ot dancers attended the Monte Carlo Ball, held at Sunset Park Tuesday night by Adams Post No 43 of the American Legion. Musi for' dancing was furnished by a Fort Wayne oichestra. Proceeds from the dance will be used by the Legion in equipping the Legion tjium corps. HONOR PRESIDENT WITH MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER Mrs. Leigh Bowen and Mrs. Ros.. Stoakes delightfully entertained the members of the M. E. Epworth Leaguelast evening, at the Bowen home on Madison stieet, complimentary to •- cil Moser, president of the organization. The party was in the form of i six o'clock dinrter and miscellaneous shower. "She guests were seated at small tables arranged about the entertaining rooms, centered wilh bu vases containing sprays ot mock or ange blossoms. The place cards weie in the form of the Epworth League emblem. Large baskets of flower Were used throughout the looms. A most delicious dinner was served to th e following guests: Mrs Urc 1 Chase, the Misses Dorothy Valters,

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY. MAY 29. 1929.

In College Dispute K a * The differences between the fundamentalist school and the modernist of tlie Baptist church were aired again at Des Moines University, a Baptist school, when Dr. T. T. Shields., top. fundamentalist, and president of the hoard of trustees, ordered the school closed after (Cstudent riot in protest against Dr. Shields. Miss Edith ttebnian, secretary to Dr. Shields, figured prominently in the strike which the students called. Marcella Nelson, Etola Gattshall, Bernice Engle, Monia Butler, Bernice Nelson, Helen Eady, Agnes Houston, Florence Haney. Mabie Staley, Catherine Dixon, Dessolee Chester, Fern Passwater, Mrs. Veda Christ, Mrs. Walter E. Johnson, Mrs. Eleanor 1)411ing of Fort Wayne, and the honor guest, Cecil Moser, who was the recipient of many beautiful and useful gifts. GIRL’S 4-H CLUB . HOLDS GOOD MEETING The 4-H Club met at the Kirkland high school building, Tuesday after- , noon. The instructions of the work required were read and explained, as ter which the officers of the organization were elected as follows; president Leah Griffiths; secretary, Frances Schlickman; song and yell yeaders, Mary Reinhard and Wilma Andrews: news reporter, Marie Scherry. Thirteen numbers attended the meeting, as follows: Leah Griffiths, Ruth Yake, Mabie Borne, Marie Scherry. Wilma Andrews, Fiances Schlickman, Mary Reinhard, Irene Girod, Ruth Borne, Alice Baumgartner, Mary Deihl, Alice Reinhard, and Doris Andrews. Those who acted as leaders of tlie Club were Irene and Lorine Kirchner and Blanch Fugate. Delicious refreshments were served by the Ladies Aid of the Kirkland Township. BIRDREFUGE IS PLANNED Indianapolis. May 29 —(UP) — The state conservation department will cooperate with tlie Federal Government which proposes to establish a refuge for migrate,) y birds in Indiana, according to George N. Manfield fish and game division superintendent. Manfield is in receipt of a letter from Paul G. Redington, chief of the Biological Survey of the IT. S. Department of Agriculture, stating that his department is ready to proceed with his woi k, and wished to make the preliminary survey this summer to determine a site. At its last session Congress appropriated $6,000,000 to establish federal refuges in the various states, and according to Redington, Indiana probab ly will be among the first states where a <>ird sanctuary would be established He has been assured by Indiana conservation oUieials that th will yeivgS seivation officials that they will give all possible aid. o Tennessee Mob Hangs Young Negro To Tree Alamo, Tenn., May 29.—(U.R) —Joe Boxley, 18. negro accused of attacking Mrs. Johnnie James, wife of a Crockett county magistrate, was taken from Alamo jail by a mob today and hanged to a tree near here. A inch of approximately 1,000 men battered down the door of the Gibson county jail at Trenton last night and demanded the negro be turned over to them. They finally were quieted t arly today and Boxley was spirited out of town to Alamo. But the mob followed and shortly before daybreak succeeded In entering 'the jail and removing him. —O' ‘—— All Union Barber Shops will remain open until nine o’clock this evening and will be closed all dav Decoration Day. It Secretary.

Miss Na moi Harkless who has been teaching in the Auburn schools, returned to her home In this city, Saturday. where she will spend her summer vaAttlon. Bert O. Vogeler, of Ashton. Illinois, arrived last evening for n several days visit, while enroute to his home, after a visit in Miami, Florida. Charles Hite wont to Detroit. Michigan. last evening, where he attended to business. Ralph L. Helserman. traveling freight agent tor the Pennsylvania rail road attended to business here and at Berne today. Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Edwards and daughter of Iveipslc, Ohio mOtlored here yesterday for a short visit. Miss Mary Suttles who completed the school term for her sister Miss Josephine, teacher tn the Leipsic schools and who is a patient in the Memorial hospital heie, aecmpanied them home. XV. A. Kleppei made a flying trip to Chicago tliis morning and will return this evening. Dr. and Mrs. Jaffray J. Vega of Chicago are guests at the Henry Thomas home for over Decoration day. Mr. and Mis. Robert Gray of Dayton Ohio will arrive this afternoon for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thomas. . R. E. Peters of Fort Wayne motored down to place flowers on the graves of relatives in the Decatur cemetery. Henry Thomas of the White Stag company made a business trip to Monloeville this afternoon Local Moose are advertising an exclusion to Mooseheart, 111., on June Stil, leaving Fort Wayne on the Pennyivania at 4:00 A. M'and returning the same evening. Plans for the mid-summer editorial meeting at Lake James next week go forward and Miller Ellinghain, president, in his final leter assures every one who attends, a fine time. Better join the crowd. • L. C. Waring was a visitor in Fort Wayne last evening. Dr. L. E. Somers attended a medical meeting at F'ort Wayne last evening. William Heim will leave tonight for Indianapolis to attend the 500 mile race Memorial day. Saturday is tlie first day to secure an automobile drivers' license. The license costs 25 cents and 25 cents for a notary's signature. It is good for three years. Several local people are planning or. amending the auto race at Indianapolis Memorial day, while others are planning on attending the races at Funks speedway near Winchester. With summer weather the style the last few days lightweight suits and straw hats are libbing up and leal merchants report heavy sales in summer clothes Hot weather is on the weather forecaster's program for Decatur the next few days. Flower gardens are reported to lie growing rapidly. There will lie a meeting of the Decatur Industrial Association board of directors at the association rooms at 7 o’clock tonight. Joseph Laurent, chairman of the finance committee for the Qt’catur Free Street Fair, announced today that his committee would meet at the Industrial Association rooms at 8 o’clock tonight. More than 199 fight fans from < elina Ohio, are planning on attending the Memorial day exehibition Thursday night at Sunset park. A Celina scarp per, Battling Schunk is on the hill. The fox ranch owned by Dellas Brown and Boyd Andres is reported to be increasing in population rapidly. Theie are more than 50 head on the ranch now. Most of the animals are nwned by local people T. F. McKay is spending a few days at Kankakee, Illinois. Mrs. A. R. Newbin, of Indianapolis, is spending a few days at the Rice hotel visiting friends. Daniel Erwin and (’lark Lutz motored to Bluffton yesterday on business. Pat Troutner living near Poe was in town yesterday. , William Leids, of Fort Wayne was in town Tuesday. Dallas Spuller, of east of the city, made a business trip to Decatur yesterday. Jaspet Wable, of near Monroe, was in town yesterday. Elmore Cook, of Monroe, attended to business in the city yesterday. Fred Koltcr made a business trip to Bluffton yesterday. Henty Heller and Robert Heller motored to Bluffton yesterday. Frank Johnson, of Indianapolis, delivered a truck load of oranges in the city yesterday evening. Tom Vail of Oak Park, Illinois, visit ed in Decatur today. Col. Fieri Reppert and Roy Johnson were in Middletown Ohio, yesterday were they attended to business. Mrs. Aithur Lutz and daughter Virginia. left today for Fort Wayne, where they will visit with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ashton. Roy Johnson made a business trip to Richmond today He was accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Meyer a n d daughter. Betty Lou, of Detroit, Michigan, will arrive tonight to visit with Mr. Meyer's mother. Mrs. Clara Meyers and family. Tomorrow, Mr. and Mrs. Meyer and Mrs. Clara Meyer will go to Indianapolis, where they will be the guests ot Mr. and Mrs. Bob Meyer and Mr. and Mrs. Bernard i Meser.

Miss Margaret Schenk, south of tliis city, and Miss Mary Zahl of Fort Wayne will leave tomorrow for South Dakota where they wilt enjoy u two weeks vacation, visiting with friends slid relatives. Miss Lorena Reppert went to F'ort Wayne today, where she visited with friends. Milo and Sylvan Habegger of Monroe, visited in Decatur today. Mrs. Charles Johnson and daughter Eleanor, residing north of the oitv, spent the day in Decatur. Mrs. Sarah Purdy of Indianapolis is visiting with friends and relatives here today. Wilson Reed, residing on route 9, was a business visitor in Decatur today. Mrs. Charles Gage and daughter Louise, of Monmouth in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Beery of F'ort Wayne were in the city today, where they called on friends and relatives. Miss Marietta Dailey, will return with them for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. Beery will leave for Igike Wawasee, June 8, where Mr. Beery has charge of the Oakwood Hotel. 0 GENERAL SYNOD SESSION ENDS (C'ON’HNItBD FROM FAME ONE) tion. The authorization of the appointment of two women to tlie executive committee. A decision to retain the method of apportioning the budgets of the Boards on the present Imsis, rather than change to a per capita apportionment. Approval of tlie appeal made by the executive committee that the classes make a serious effort to raise their apportionments. A reduction in the number of special days observed in the church. Tlie general synod received during its sessions, a telegram from the general assembly of the Presbyterian church in the U.S.A., reaffirming the desire of that body for organic union with the Reformed church. The Rev. Dr. Geo. iV. Richards, president of tlie Reformed Church Theological Seminary at Lancaster. Pa., said — "So far «s union with other Reformed and Presbyterian churches in the United States is concerned, the Reformed church in the. United States is always favorable to such a movement." The annual budgets adopted for missionary and benevolent causes were only slightly larger than last triennimn. They aggregate $1,294, 450.09, which is to be distributed among about 360,000 members. The Reformed Churchmen’s League was constituted an authorized agency of laymen of the Reformed church in the United States to develop “organized cooperative effort among the men of the church for the work of the church, especially in evangelism, stewardship and missions" today at the closing session of the General Synod. This League which will report to each regular meeting of the General Synod will work in cooperation witli tlie executive committee of the Genoral iSynod. It will bo financed outside of general synod’s budgets. The new organization is the outgrowth of a Reformed Churchmen's Congress held at Harrisburg, Pa„ November 21 and 22, 1928, which appointed a committee representing six synods, to consider "the future of laymen’s work in the Reformed church." This committee met with 31 members of the executive and general committee of tlie Laymen's Missionary Movement and reported at the final session of tlie Congress. The substance of the resolutions that were unanimouMy adopted was an appeal to the general synod to constitute a men’s organization such as was authorized today. o North Dakota Farmer Killed Rescuing Cat Minot, N. D., May 29— (UP)— Con cerned for the safety of a cat perched among high tension wires, Charles H. LaFrantz, farmer sacrificed his life to save that of the animal. The cat was stranded at the top of a pole among the wires when La Frentz, donning linemen's hooks, wen' up the pole on his rescue mission As he took hold of the cat, one of tlie metal hooks touched a ground wire on the pole, and the current speeding through the cat, killed LaFrentz. He and the cat dropped 30 feet to the ground while a small crowd ot spectators stood helpless. La Frentz was Instantly killed. The cat, unconscious for several minutes, recovered and appeared tiont tin wore tor its experience

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MANY INDICTED AT EVANSVILLE Eleven Prominent Men, Eight Being City Officials, Face Charges Evansville, Ind., May 29.—(U.R) Indictment of three attorneys and a contractor in connection with expenditures of city funds in a sewer project brought the total number of prominent men now under Indictment here to 11, eight of whom are city officials. True bills returned yesterday named City Attorney Henry Hardiu, Isador Kahn and L. L. Rofcera, attorneys, and George Pontarelll, sewer contractor. The attorneys were charged with being accessories before the fact in presenting false claims for payment of city funds on sewer contracts and Pontarelll was charged witli presenting false claims on one count and witli perjury on another. Others under indictment as result of a three months grand jury Investigation include: bld Heberer, waterworks board president; John Males, waterworks board secretary and son of Mayor Males; G. ('. Bruner, waterworks hoard member; Charles Anderson, waterworks superintendent, all charged with "padding" expense accounts on a trip to a convention at San Francisco. PLANS MADE FOR MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE HERE (CONTINUED num PAGE ONE) tlie chief address. The local post’s drum corps also will participate in the program. Following the public service, a committee of the Adams post and the Limberlost post will visit every cemetery in the county and place flage on the soldiers' graves. Tomorrow's program wftll be the

The ADAMS Theatre Tonight and Thursday jK\ ''rufOOCKSor ■nr NEWYOUK BETTY COMPSON BACLANOVA R' 11 A P A A. A NA ~T V A slushing, gusty dninitt of waterfront life! Sailors. Stokers, Stevedores..their girls..their fights, .and their love*n<iking on ’I HE DOCKS OF NEW YORK! Bv the author of WINGS and LEGION OF HIE CONDEMNED. Also Billy Doolev in “THE GALLANT GOB.” 10c 25c Sunday, Mon. X Tues. “THE CABNATION KID” wilh Douglas Mac Lean and Frances Eee Mostly TALKING! M IE! wX uA I I June "WHITE ROSE” is the flower of Happy Destiny e WEDDING AND ENGAGEMENT RING Newest of wedding rings and loveliest. LOVELIEST not only in its symbolism but in its rare beauty. UNIQUE in that it has the sparide and radiance of a circlet of diamonds. ♦ The namt WHITE ROSE b itamped <n etigry ring PUMPHREY JEWELRY STORE DECATUR PORTLAND

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first public service held here for the lust several years and it is being sponsored by the American Legion. Plmsm Navy M*n Navy men have noted with Intereat the number of expressions the civilians havo borrowed from the seagoing world to decorate their language. There is one expression which seems especially to appeal to them. XVhen a landlubber wishes to be emphatic and decisive he describes a situation as ‘’shipshape."

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SUNDAY EXCURSIONS via Nickel Plate Road Low Round Trip Fares from Decatur $2.75 TOL E D O Good Attractions at Theatres. Museums and Zoo. Baseball. Seasonal Sports. Consult Ticket Agent.