Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 144, Decatur, Adams County, 17 June 1929 — Page 3

ADDRESS OF THE REV. LEONARD W. A. I.I’CKEY. I'h.n NEW YORK CITY AT THE GEO. W. LI ('KEY FAMILY REUNIOX’ BERNE, INDIANA SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 1999 Mollo: “LOOK UP, LIFT UP, BE UP”_I uckev To My Nearer and Dearer Kin, " - v GREETINGS: And why did I nay NEARER and DEARER Kin - W... it . . vou who are gathered together in the Luckey family ,“„ni , U all mankind kin but you are the nearer Blld th. ilea e" to , W *‘ To the Luckey family and posterity I would «»v wl < ’ s,'xrx»' te - You know that there are men and women, and even fnmiiu haVP given birth to history, science, art, industiv -,,<) , o who amethlng equally worthwhile and glorious to Hook ‘2 upon, and for which we seek to do them reverence und wni.H* memorialize them They are distinguished because of'their true and because they seized their God-given opportunhy and m a de the ve v best possible use of them And not only so, but munv of them anlm'ited t a es of wh,ch ,h - n What then shall be said of us and our families and of th Q , family of Luckeys? What of the Q. W. Luckey 1;l milv and poster J’ These are pertinent personal questions to he weighed and individually considered by us and pondered over well ea< h time we meet in our family reunions. Let us seriously ask ourselves what can be said of our domestic history; our literary and classic achievements: our personal and family integrity, honesty, uprightness of character; our charity and benevolence and our indefatigable spirit of philanthropy and Christianity It takes thinkers, good thinkers, men and women of character to make good history and to promote that real Progress and advancement ln the human life on the earth that is truly worthwhile Have we the Geo. W. Luckey family, so lived as to measure up t 0 the full standard and statue of that true manhood and womanhood? Have we been thinkers and produced good thinkers? Have we brought forth the public spirited men and women that we should; th..-e who when tried hive been found true in principle and character? Then, and then only, can the world say of us. there is a family tint “LOOKS UP. LIFTS UP. and BE UP." Such has been the writers motto and I pray it may be your motto and made the slogan of the whole Luckey posterity. It has been said, some are born great, some achieve greatness and others have greatness thrust upon them, but such is a very low if not false view of true greatness for it serves of the earth and is earthly. True greatness of the individual or the family comes not from the without, by or through the surrounding circumstances of life, hut from the classic life forces within. Our greatness can only be made and exhibited to the world by our richness of character. A character which does not depend upon surrounding circumstances or the will of others, but springs from the spirit within us and discloses the mental and piritual fiber of which we are made. We must be right of mind and heart before we can be great and good in life. If we have the right spirit dwelling within us. and will always submit ourselves to education, direction and discipline, we can not help becoming great. If we will be fbund looking up to God for strength, will lift up others and help them to stand erect on their feet, there is no power on earth to hold us down or keep us from getting on and being up in the world. When we come together in our annual reunions it is well for us to take cognizance of these facts and have such a retrospect of our family life as will be wholesome, of interest and helpful. We should all look up and thank our God for our powers of mind and heart and the ability to use them aright. We should thank Him for the mind to perceive, the heart to feel and the memory to bind us together and set us aflame in living, loving, individual and family endeavors. Memory, O what hidden forces are wrapped up in memory! It is the fine and precious silken threads which bind all life, and ties our dear old family together in bonds of love which never can be broken (on earth or in Heaven) not even by the Almighty. There are some things that even our God can not do. He can do no wrong. He will never sever our family ties. It was in love He- created these powers and He and we shall forever rejoice in them. It is said that in old age memory shall fail us, but I hear you witness that this is not so. in some respects it is much more forceful. The days of our childhood are ever before us in age, and the long distant past comes up more vivid the older we get. It may be that in old age the memory is not as apt and active as in the days of our youth, but the memories of childhood in our advanced age are much more vivid and touching. The many scenes of the home-place; the dear old faces and voices; the garden with its currant and gooseberry bushes and beds of flowers; the walk-a-ways or paths therein where our little bare feet made tracks in the dirt; the dear, sweet scented lilac bushes which grew at the southeast corner of the old house; the white oak tree which stood in the front yard and which had its top removed so as to afford a shady seat for us children in summer; the big woods which grew in front of the home and which had so many wild flowers in the spring and summer and acorns and hickory-nuts in the fall; the big pond in the back lane and the tall sycamore that grew nigh it; the little creeks were we waded and paddled; the corduroy bridges over the muddy places; the old log cabin where I was born and which stood west from the later house and was then removed northeast of the old house and used for a shop; the many tools and grindstone, and scythes and cradles and hard-rakes that were kept in it; the brake and swingle which we used to scutch the flax and separate the woody fiber from the tow for the spinningwheel and from which were made our tow-linen breeches and apparel, the old schoolhouse and the meeting-house; all, all, are so very vivid to me now that I am tempted and do actually forget many of the things of vesteiday and last week in the contemplation of them. Yes in old age we may not be able to recall readily some of the things and scenes 01 the pas week, but those of the earlier days are clearer and brighter and dearer as the days go by and they shall never fail us. Who of us can ever forget the looks of dear old father ami moth Luckey? Who of us children can ever forget their prayers and tears and words of loving admonition? Were you to blot our our eyes yet woui they appear the clearer; and were our ears forever destroyed jet won 1 they ring the clearer, for they are so deeply imbedded in the mind ami heart at the age of seventy that I am personally astonished and confound ed. I am certain, I know, that I shall soon hear those voices agai my ears, see those dear old faces again with my eyes and join with ti ei and my sisters in a lovely family reunion of greater joy. And let me here say, that this is the one reason why I always do so love to visit the old cemetery where their sacred dust r P . , time 1 return to the old home place. , It was out of the tomb (grave) that the resurrected One tarn and assured us, "Because He lives" we “shall live also Sure lyth - the ground shall yet praise Him! For He said. if Ibe 1 ■’ ”• ( draw all men unto me.” And He was. and He will. Ute wth ”* Hun is an enigma. Life viewed from the eaithly appt a.l , > enigmatical. Life is rendered thus because we can not see Winning to the end. The future lies wholly unrevealed and he past Is not fully visualized and we can not see our Ute tn its < mph The memory of the past gives us some knowing' • j n ,. al .- Had we no knowledge of the race, no vision and histoij irisllllas> nation. Atonement and Resurrection, then would we la e death no Good Friday and no Easter, and there would be " Jo, alld the and life would be a riddle, a guess, a dark puzzle.„. ; roc “ B sion w h°le family of mankind would be moving in one y-- hes t 0 t | ie with out "Hearts like muffled drums beating funeral m. As I see it here in this great big city withl its ’’ n „ one be everywhere, one confused, blind, hurry, sCU ■ int() t he blackof us could tell but that our very next step would land us eßt night with darkness eternal. o „.,e P hp,i from its fond And when I look again, I see the little babe t)ie yol)ng Parents breast, just as our Leonard J1, ” ,0r . waß . vi n iq spuller, and other •nan of hope and promise, as was our Nephew • dea r members of our family taken away in y° uth ; ® ld , th eir niaturer sisters, Martha, loving Louisa and Mary al ’* int ‘ , nn | v in the home years, and not a single one left of tlle 0 1 J' vou nee d not tell me Juwn of Decatur and the county of Adams, a immortality is not that life on earth without Christ and the assurance lof m houge enigma. Surely the pillars of the house *] ave falle . ~r ect ed a more ‘ s . crumbling to dust and ashes, and if there is >’ wdj ] e [t i 8 simply furious structure in the beyond then life is not it _ 01| e obscure inexplicable mystery that puzzles all ' ge£ , u all look I know the Luckey family is Christian, and. cat - follow “I> and smile, saying, "Lase is irflmortal” and their wont ‘hem" and "the best shall survive." ‘endolive after them.” ut not any more so than that, "the evils w hi looking back e must look the truths of life squarely in • • the y , )a ] an ce-? ® Ver the life of our family see how the scales do stat ■ ()f - faith and °r rather do they not hang down heavily >'P° f ,' ()nl U 3 by death, rtehteousness. If they do, then those remo ' h)gher sphere father It be timely or untimely, have been raise yery nd a state more glorious. The Savior ha them, just as He he took them and He had prepared a place for them, j said he would do. .. . k lID Lift Up and He Up. * , Th en let the Geo. W. Luckey posterity Look P. Christ and for in due season we shall all be lifted up so as to be w ur forebears forever.

BECATI R DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, .JUNE 17. 1929,

Adams County, Way Back When— Before 1890 X “Story" Made Up Os a Group Os Stories About Pioneer lute And bAents Which, Collectively, Go To Make Up the Interesting History Os The County. By French Quinn. - -

Hair Cuts H is not so clear to me liow the ladies wore their hair but 1 know that my mother wore a knot at the back ol her neck and ringlets over and in front of her ears and parted square m the middle and brushed down flat and I think that was the prevailing fashion. Once in a while you would see a lady wit*- short hair and she would have to have a good alibi to retail! her reputation. Little girls of course all wore long braids called "Pig tails” with a little ribbon at the ends. Boys universally had a “home” hair cut and "stair steps" caused no comment. A good many of the farmer men wore "crock" hair cuts that is, a crock was forced dowji on their heads and the hair that showed received a cropping with the sheep i shears. Ot course the styles changed and these fashions of my early youth gave i way to artitectual improvements, the ladies encouraged bustles and baloon sleeves and vouminous skirts I and petticoats by the dozen, and cast iron corsets, like they used at the Spanish inquisition, and tiny waists (hour glass waists), but the sweetI uess of the belles of the day has never been improved upon, for it seemed as if feminine arts thrived upon conceali ment or partial concealment and knock knees were no bar to matrimony because a defect here or there cut no figure to lovers after the wedding ceremony. Now-a-days—but 1 guess I had better not make any comments. Little boys wore red boots with little brass plates at the toes, most of their clothes made over

WEEK END EXCURSIONS via Nickel Plate Road LOW ROUND TRIP FARES from DECATUR to TOLEDO $4.70 MARION $2.00 FRANKFORT ... $4.25 INDIANAPOLIS... $4.75 LAFAYETTE .!.. $5.30 and many other points. Tickets good going on certain trains on Fridays, and all trains Saturdays and Sundays. Return limit, following Monday. Consult Ticket Agent for Train Schedules, fares.

The Reserves TWf?Save The Day YOUR Dollars are like an army. They are always out fighting for you, but when the “regulars” drop by the wayside you must call upon the reserves. A well-tended Savings Account affords a splendid reserve forceprepared at any minute to meet an emergency. Every general, every baseball manager, knowr the value of adequate reserve strength. Do you? MAKE THIS BANK YOUR RESERVE “BARRACKS” Old Adams County Bank

from daddy's and lit th- girls were taught that primness was a magnificent virtue. I can remember the hoop skirt period and one of the most difficult athletic feats imaginable was for a young lady to board a buggy in the presence of company modestly. (To "be continued) o CONGRESS TODAY Senate: Considers Borah resolution to limit tariff revision. Finance committee continues tariff hearings. House Considers bill for increasing salaries of capitol employees.

K IN ORDER M 14 k'J that one may feel certain that he is M proceeding along the right lines in IH making the final arrangements, we 11 Mi 1 have for years made it a practice to mark all our merchandise in plain L'l figures. 1/ XI/1 This means that one may call upon M ' ,IS f° r serv * ce definite assur- Al ance that the ' cost will bc under absO ’ k'l bl ‘ e con t r °l ab t* mes * M I fl IT ® S.E. BLACK Jf M funeral Director MM 206 South Second St. N < Office,soo,J^.side.ncel2.7 VI ( H 11, | mf tan,iuijiaui J., \ q EZZLZJ DOI \ ES / = H ■ Ml w

• BIG FEATURES • • OF RADIO • Tuesday’s Five Best Radio Features Copyright 1929 by UP Central Standard Time WF.AF, NBC network, 7—The Potters. WABC, CBS network, 7 Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra. WI.W Cincinnati, and WOR. WLS, 7. —Special program tracing the history of radio. WABC, CBS network. 8 - Voice of Columbia. WEAK, NBC network, 9 —Vaudeville Hour. • HOSPITAL NOTES * Mrs. Herman Brunner, Geneva route two, underwent a major operation this morning, at the Adams County Memorial hoaiptal. Mrs. Haive Ginter and Ervin Ginter, of Craigvllle, underwent operations this morning for the removal of tonsils. John Smith, Preble, is a patient at tile local hospital, where he under-

I went a major operation, this morning Edward Roe, Decatur route nine, was admitted to the Adams County .Memorial hospital, Friday, fih- medlj cal cure. His condition is quite serious. Richard Baker, ion of Tice Baker, who experienced u fiactured back In an automobile accident a few weeks

Stop Farm Wastes*Add Them to Your Profits Jri a w Hz-W 7 L™ l/f JU Krl S'/ 5 iB ft. |r k* klujy)- 'tS -Ji WHEN stock ibreakg through a run down fence 11 you not only lose part of your crop but you ■ stand to lose valuable animals through injury or gorging. Such losses would pay for enough Red aH Top posts to strengthen up the weak spots in your MEM fence lines and prevent such losses. MM Corn the pickers overlook, small grains scattered in the stubble field, grain hailed or blown down are other losses that can be prevented by hog and stock tight fences around your fields. Then hog and stock rtM could be turned in to salvage this grain. And farm -Ig. I animals killed through wandering on the highways HFM are serious losses that would oay for many rods of good fencing. |M All these losses can be turned into profits by good hi MI fences. Erect them on Red Top posts for long useful jtM fence service. Keep several bundles of Red Tops I on your farm for replacing rotting wood posts and M'- ■ strengthening your present fence lines. O' to erect needed temporary fence. Red Tops drive so „ I easily that you c?n do this work in odd times. S. I \ : .-i y x v Come in and let us tell you how easy it is to arrange pH M your fences so you can earn the extra income that [flU you can get in the form of increased yields per acre, CTM more money for crops sold on the hoof, increased w.M soil fertility and farm value per acre, labor saved harvesting crops with hogs and stock. Lee Hardware Co. Stations for Service In December 1013, the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) built its first Service Station. Today there are 6,577 Standard Oil Service Stations in the Middle \\ e5t—6,577 tangible expressions of the Company's creed, to serve 6,5.. proofaofits desire to answer motorists’ needs as helpfully and efficiently as modern knowledge and skill will permit. Service Stations of the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) are more than telling agencies. They are ’ stations for service— where rest rooms, water, air, road maps and other free services are provided as Courteously and gladly as are purchased services. Many improvements have been developed, contributing to the comfort and convenience of tho niotorist. These have b»s-n incorporated in Standard Oil Company Service Stations. Behind these improvements is the spirit of service which always has lieen the unchanging, imperishable feature of Standard Oil Company (Indiana) policy, and which goes into the making of all products sold at Standard Oil Service Stations. The most important service which this Company renders to motorists is represented in the products it provides for their cars—products new and improved to meet new and changed conditions, but never failing' in performance, never varying in dependability. Working with all the experience, knowledge, and great resources at its command—focusing the liest ’ effortsof approximately 27,000 loyal men and women on the problems of modem motorists, this Company provides petroleum products scientifically developed to meet every need of every car on the road today. Motor oils, rich and sturdy to stand up under tho strain of modem driving conditions. Auto jiolish to keep the car clean and well groomed. Fuels to satisfy every whim of the modem motorist. To meet the needs of the modern high compres- • sion engines—the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) developed and introduced Rod Crown Ethyl gasoline. It increases speed and power, reduces gear shifting, quickens acceleration, knocks out that knock and makes possible the brilliant motoring performance of the modern ear. Standard Oil Company (Indiana) General Office: Standard Oil Building 910 So. Michigan Avenue, Chicago For quick tervice ute air mail

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ago, wu in ved, Saturday, from th* Adams County Memorial liopsltal, to his home northwest of the city. The young mull Is confined in a cast In which be will be compelled to remain some time yet. this morning, at the local hospital. Theodore K Burger. Decatur route three, underwent a major operation,