Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 85, Decatur, Adams County, 9 April 1931 — Page 1

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EALTH CONFERENCE TO START FRIDAY

leaker Nicholas Longworth, J2 L Dies Today

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Child Health Head i FljWr • . W.i i ~• A 1 ■ Br m W JH Dr. Ada E. Schweitzer t Dr. Schweitzer will speak at the j j l Friday afternoon session of th* ! ( ] conference for Child Health an 1 . I Protection. She is well known f throughout Indiana, being charge ; ( of the child hygiene division of t the state board of health. (Photo ( courtesy of Bretzman and Indianapolis Star.) , FUND DRIVE IS : NEARING END: I Salvation Army Solicita- , tion In Decatur Is a Over $l3O Mark Major W. J. Pnrthie. district rep- J resentative of the Salvation Army , visited in Decatur Wednesday to i check up on the annual Salvation i t I Army drive. Decatur's quota this! j year has been set at S2OO and to I t date a total of $l3O has been obtained. Major Purdue stated that Deca i tur was one of the few pities in I j northern Indiana and southern i | Michigan which had not -met its] full quota in the drive. The total v.as swelled yesterday to $l3O, by j two contributions, one from Jhe American Legion for $12.50 and one from employes of the Post Office . of this city for $16.45. Major Purdue stated that he was anxious for the drive to be completed in Decatur and urged that all local people who intended to contribute to the cause, but who had not yet done so would please send their contributions to Albert j Scheimann, treasurer of the local < (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o t MRS. LONGWORTH I 1 I MAT RE CHOSEN; I Late Speaker’s Widow i May Succeed Husband As Representative J i Washington, April 9.—(U.R)i —The j death of Speaker Longworth throws confusion into the delicately bal- < anced situation in the House ot | Representatives. And it is possible, though nothing is known at the moment, that I his Alice Roosevelt Longworth, might succeed to his seat. No woman in Washington knows [ politics more intimately than she, ■ in spite of her refusal ever to participate openly in political activity. Longworth's death raises two ■ questions in the house, first wlreth- , i er Longworth, who was re-elected ( - last November by a close margin, j 1 will be succeeded by a democrat ■ from the first Ohio district, and , ■ second, who will succeed to his , place as the first republican in the , ' house. He would have been re- , > , I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX > ’ Cold Weather Forecast Indianapolis, April 9. —(11.10 - The ; high temperature, which yesterday ’ broke a 41-year record in Indian- | apolis for April. 8 at 73 degrees, \ will be of brief duration, it was i " predicted today by the U. S. weath- . er bureau here. ShoWers and lower temperatures - were forecast for this afternoon and tonight.

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COUNTY GROUP MEETS TODAY I‘urdue Home Economics Leader Presides Here At Second Class The leaders of the Homo Economics Cluhs in Adams county met in the domestic science room of Decatur high school today with .Miss Aneta Beadle of Purdue University, and the second lesson in the fourth year work of Nutrition was given.. The morning session was opened , at 9:3(1 o'clock by the county, l chairman, Mrs. E. W. Busche, and ] the club song, ' The More We Get Together" was sung, and the club creed was repeated. Mrs. Busche gave a short talk emphasizing values of Iteing on time and having order at the meetings of the clubs. She told each dull to nfiike its own scrap book, and that she would give a prize for the chib having the J>est scrap book, at the Achievement Day program. together with the most paid up members. Miss Beadle took charge ot the meeting, and the minutes were i read and approved, and a general discussion was held on ‘‘What To lk> on Achievement Day.” The roll call was reeponded to by each club leader giving a re-1 view of the meetings in each j township since the last leaders i meeting. Twelve meetings were held by the organizations, and 180 I people were reached through the gatherings. The lesson "Food for the Preschool Child” was given by Mies Beadle, also a valuable outline for mothers with children. The women then prepared three nourishing dishes for children, as well as for grown-ups. The afternoon session opened at 1:30 o'clock, and the lesson (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) GRADE PUPILS PLAN PROGRAM Entertainment Will Bei Given at D.C.H.S. Auditorium Sunday Night The pupils of the grade classes of the St. Joseph School will participate in the annual entertainment, to be given in the Decatur Catholic School auditorium, Sunday , night, April 12, at 8 o’clock. Pupils from the first to the eighth grade will have parts in the program. A variety of stunts, humorous dialogues and situations will be features of the evening's entertainment. and beautiful and appropriate costumes in keeping with the various parts, will be worn. “Camouflage” is the name of a play which will be presented by the pupils, and is a splendid play that will appeal to the audience. The cast of characters shows the variety that is to be found among the characters and augurs well for the enjoyment of the audience. Program Greeting Chorus Intermediate and Grammar Grades “Rainy Daisies” — Playlet Tiny Tots “A Contest” —Dialogue (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) — o “Dad” Cramer Observes B(Mh Birthday Today Uhriah E. Cramer 413 Winchester street better known here as “Dad” Qfamer celebrated his eightieth birthday anniversary today April 9. Mr. Cramer was born two miles east of Decatur on the farm now owned by O. Marshall and his entire life has been spent in and near Decatur except a few years at Kokomo. Mr. Cramer or “Dad” as everyone knows him has for several years been in the restaurant business, and started with a small wagon in which he immortalized the lowly “hamburger". When he had a small lunch room on the lot now occupied by the Newberry Five and Ten Cent store he sold one Saturday over 1200 hamburgers. Mr. Cramer is now located at 413 Winchester street, where he and Mrs. Cramer have a small lunch room.

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Decatur, Indiana. Thursday, April 9, 1931,

Will Speak Here HF 1 ‘ - jSkhQDH 3 4 MT M ' » DR. WILLIAM F. KING. — » I Dr. King will lie one of the I speakers at the Friday night ; meeting of the health conference i to be held here Friday and Satur- j day. He has long been a promin- i ent figure in state health circles. ! (Photo courtesy of Indianapolis i Star.) JONASTRITCH CHIEF SPEAKER Principals of County Hold Monthly Meeting In This City Jonas Trltch of the Internation- ' al Business College in Fort Wayne delivered the principal address at the monthly meeting of the Princi- 1 pal's Club of Adams County, which i was held in the Christian Church ; basement, Wednesday night. The principals from the schools in ; Decatur, Berne, Geneva, Kirkland. Monroe. Hartford and Monmouth . are included in the organization, and meetings are held each month at the various places. The Decatur! principals entertained the members of the club, their wives, and sweetI hearts, with a banquet last night, served by the ladles of the Christian Church at 6:30 o'clock. d Lawrence McTurnin, formerly assistant state superintendent of publie instruction also addressed the meeting, and a number of musical selections were played by the Riley school Harmonica Band, in ■ costume. i Those present were Mr. and Mrs. • E. M. Webb and Miss Caroline Hir- , schy of Berne; Mr. and Mrs. Virgil J (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) MUNROE PLANS GOMMENCEMENT l I Graduation Date Is Set For April 20; Baccalaureate to Precede The programs for the Monroe High School baccalaureate service and the commencement exercises i to be held April 19 and 20, have been announced. t The baccalaureate service will be held Sunday evening, April 19 a' 7:30 o'clock at the Monroe M. E church, and the commencement service will be held Monday evening, > April 20, at 7:30 o’clock at the M. E. church. Rev. Robert W. Rash will deliver | the baccalaureate address and the commencement speech will be given r by Dr. L. C. Hessert. Following is the baccalaureate 1 and commencement programs: Bac- ] calaureate program:: ’ March Jeanette Rich ' Song Audience Invocation (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIXI o ’ Negro American Legion Post To Be Organized i i Princeton, Ind., April 9 —(UP) — 1 Application has been made by Gil--1 son county negro World War vett erans for an American Legion post, r The name of the proposed post is to be C. H. L„ in honor of the firs' ? three Negroes in the county to die 1 in the war. They were Samuel Cari ter, Howard Hardiman and Oscar Lawrence.

LOCAL MEN AT CONVENTION — j South Bend Scottish Rite Convocation Held; Council Also Meets Eight Decatur members of the Scottish Rite consistory motored to South Bend Wednesday where they attended the Scottish Rhe convocation of the vAlley of South Benn. A new degree, the twenty-second, entirely in musical accompaniment was given by tlie South Bend mem- ' bers. j Those who attended from Deca- | tur were Ed A. Ashbaucher, C. A. i Dugan, Norman Lenhart. R. 1). Myers, Charles Burdg. Sim Burk. Leigh Bowen and Cal Peterson. Following the convocation, Mr. Peterson attended the meeting of the Council of Deliberation, which ! was attended by all officials of tne Scottish Rite order, all members ot the thirty-third degree and 10 Indiana Masons who will become thirtythird degree Masons next September. Among the ten who will join the highest rank of Masonry are Mr. Peterson and Governor Harry G. Leslie. All the’Decatur men who attend the convocation are the Valley of Fort Wayne, Scottish Rite o — Invents Tubeless Radio Columbus, Ind., Apr. 9 —(UP) A tubeless radio, invented by Ernest Patrick, Edinburg high school student, has been sold to Chicago business men, it has been reported here Patrick, in adition to a reported cash payment, will be employed by the group at a salary of S2OO u month. A television invention.-which firs' brought Patrick prominence, will be retained by him, he said, until improvements on it are perfected. Patrick, who is 19, was married a year ago. REV. SCHULTZ GIVES ADDRESS Local Pastor on Program At Lutheran Meeting At Fort Wayne Rev. Paul W. Schultz, pastor of the Lutheran Church in this city delivered an inspirational address at the opening service of the Easter Conference of the Northeastern Indiana Circuit of Lutheran churches of the Missouri Synod in Fort Wayne Wednesday. The conference is being held in the Trinity Lutheran Church in Fort j Wayne, and will continue through i Friday, during which time discussion of future policies and activities and reports of various committees will be conducted. In opening his address Rev. Schultz said, “Abound us today as a great temptation is a tendency to tower the, standards of indoctrination, to depend at least in a measure on emotional assent, instead ot conviction based on thorough knowledge of the word and will of God. Rev. Schultz said. “The Lord judges His servants not according to outward success and reputation, mental and physical excellency and superiorities, but according to faithfulness. And if unfaithfulness in (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o ♦ ♦ Charley Coverdale Is Home For Birthday Charley Coverdale, who left here 50 years ago to go out and whip the world and did it rather more successfully than the average fellow, is home to celebrate his seventietn birthday. He is the son of the late Elias G. Coverdale, for many years a prominent attorney here. He was horn, reared and educated here and ha kept in close touch with folks all his life. He located in Bluffton when a young man and later became asscociated with the People’s Life Insurance Company ot Frankfort, assisting in the pioneering of that field, becoming an officer and director and some seven years ago ' sold his interests and retired. Since then he has lived in Los 1 Angeles, California, when not traveling. He is now completing a year of (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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CERMAK TAKES MAYORALITY CHARGE TODAY Thompson Vacates II i s Old City Hall Stand; New Rule Starts CIVIC LEADERS EXPRESS JOY Chicago. April 9. — (U.fi) —The change in municipal leadership which Chicagoans decreed by a record shattering vote came about today with amazing swiftness as Mayor-elect Anton J. Cermak moved without ceremony into the city hall where Big Bill Thompson previously ' had ruled. It was a great day, and a busy one, for Cermak, marking as it did the climax of his steady rise from immigrant boy and mine worker to the mayorship of the world’s I fourth largest city. Leaders in the city’s business, professional and church life declared it was a “big" day for Chicago as it was for Cermak. One of the important things upon the new executives program for today was thej official tendering of his resignation as president of the Cook county board. CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO! Legion Making Plans Indianapolis, April 9 —(U.R) — Plans are being made by the American Legion here to entertain 700 delegates to the annual spring conference April 19, O- A. Davis, Tipton, department adjutant, announced today. The state executive committee will meet Saturday, preceding the conference, with Floyd L. Young. Vincennes, presiding. The conference will begin at 10 a.m„ Davis said, and during the day membership drives, junior baseball, redistricting, and the state convention in Anderson. August 22 to 25, will be discussed. May Change Districts of State American Legion — — Vincennes, Ind;. April 9 —(UP) — Alteration of American l.egion districts to conform with changes made in congressional districts will be studied by a committee to be appointed by Floyd L. Young, state commander, it was announced to day. The state convention in Anderson in August will determine whether the legion districts will be altered MRS.WERSTIS DEATH'S VICTIM Decatur Woman Succumbs To Pneumonia; Second -Death In Family Mrs. Hester Young Werst, 45, wife of Rufus Werst of Schirmeyer street died at her home Wednesday night 6t 7:40 o’clock from pneumonia. Mrs. Werst was the mother of Miss Elnora Werst, 13 year old girl who died from pneumonia at the Adams County Memorial Hospital recently. Mrs. Werst was born in Ohio. Julv 26, 1885, the daughter of Joby and Mary Young who are deceased. She was one of nine children, three brothers and three sisters being deceased. On January 14, 1902 she was united in marriage to Rufus Werst in Adams County, and ten children were born to this union, eight of whom survive. They are Joby Werst of Grand Rapids, Michigan; Olli* Werst of Pontiac, Michigan; Lula of Fort Wayne; Anna, Lnella, Maxine, George and Betty Jean, all at home. A son and a daughter, Elmer and Elnora are deceased. Two sisters also survive, Mrs. Lee Lindsey ot' east of Berne; and Mrs. J. M. Kockenberry of Hartford, , Kentucky. Funeral services will be held Sat- , urday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock a' the home on Schirmeyer street, and at 2 o'clock at the First Evangelical Church with the Rev. M. W. Sunderman officiating.

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Bishop on Program Bishop Noll Rt. Rev. John F. Noll, Fort ! Wayne will speak Friday night at the Adams county court house in connection with the conference on Child Health and Protection. LOCAL CHURCH HOLDS MEETING I Mrs. E. B. Adams First Presbyterian Woman to Be Elected Deacon The annual congregational meeting of the Presbyterian church was | held Wednesday evening at 7:30 o’clock in the church auditorium. John Schug was elected Moderator, Miss Rose Christen, Clerk, R. IT. : Glendening, weacon to succeed himself, Mrs. E. B. Adams, deason, and J. R. Horton will succeed himself as trustee. Mrs. Adams is the first woman ever elected deacon in the church. Mr. Schug presided at the meet- ] ing which followed a pot-luck supper served at 6; 30 o’clock by the Progressive Sunday School Class iin the Sunday School rooms. The ! Mesdames Janies Bain, Ruby Dur- j kin. and Henry Thomas comprised , the committee in charge of the supper. Rev. Harry H. Ferntheil conducted a short devotional period at the opening of the business meeting Reports were made by ail departments of the church and a balance was shown in each instance. The ' Sunday School reported a 26 per cent increase in average attendance for the past year and the Missionary Society showed a decided gain in attendance and contributions. A discussion period was held and many valuable suggestions for tne coming year were presented. A large number of church members were present and much enthusiasm was shown in the work for the year. 0 Young People To Give * I Play At St. Johns The St. John’s Young People’s Society will present a play, "The , Time of His Life,” at the St. John s Lutheran school house on the Fort Wayne-Decatur road. Saturday and Sunday nights, April 11 and 12 beginning at eight o'clock. Music during the intermissions . will be furnished by Ted Barr's orchestra. and the play promises to he a good one. Following is the cast of charac- • ters: [ Mr. Bob Gray Emil Scheuman Mrs. Bob Grey Lillian Scheuman ‘ Tom Carter Edward Rossman ■ Mrs. Peter Wycombe Erna Schroeder r Mr. Peter Wycombe I Edwin Scheuman ■ Dorothy Landon 3 Lydia Scheimau r Mrs. Janies Landon Louis Boenker • Uncle Tom Norbert Auman 1 Officer Hogan 1 Herbert Schroeder t Club Rules Are Drafted s 1 Ralph Myers, Reinhold Koldewey - and County Agent L. E. Archbold t met with Henry Rumple at his home r in Jefferson township and drafted rules for the 4-H pig club in Adams e County. The club will be limited to 1. Hampshire, Duroc, Chester White I, and big type Poland China Hogs. It is specified that the barrow should be sired by a purebred boar. Any ' boy in the county interested in rt joining the 4-H Pig Club is asked 1 to communicate with,one of the tour ■- above mentioned committee members.

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TWO SESSIONS WILL BE HELD HERE FRIDAY Public Invited to All Meetings; Great Array of Speakers Chosen CHAIRMEN ARE ANNOUNCED LUNCHEON SATURDAY I —■ X The Saturday noon luncheon , in connection with the Adams I county conference on Child | Health and Protction will be ] held at 12 o'clock. Saturday, j April 11 at the Rice hotel. The ] public is invited to attend and | reservations for plates should be made with Mrs. Maybelle 1 Myers, county attendance of- | fleer not later than 8 o’clock i tonight. One of the greatest array of prominent speakers ever to assemble in Decatur will appear on the two-day program of the Adams county confer--1 ence on Child Health and Proi tection to be held here Friday land Saturday of this week. ■The conference, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp, is a follow-up on the state and White House conferences. All meetings will be public and large crowds are expected at each : session. The program starts Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the auditorium of the Decatur Public Library. Mothers are especially invited to attend the Friday afternoon meeting. Daniels to Preside Dr. R. E. Daniels, secretary ot the Adams County Medical Society, will preside at the opening session of the two-day conference Friday. Music will be furnished by the Harmonica Band of the Riley school. Invocation will be delivered by the Rev. Arthur B. Brown. Mrs. Knapp chairman of the conference will open the session. The first address will be given by Dr. Ada E. Schweitzer, director of the child hygiene division of the state board of health. Dr. Schweitzer's address will be on “Maternal Care In Relation To Infant Helath." Dr. Carlo Coming Dr. Ernest Carlo, Fort Wayne, prominent baby health specialist will talk on “Essentials For Good Growth in Infancy and Childhood.” Dr. Carlo is well known in Decatur and his address is anticipated with (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Lecturer To Be Here Dr. Daniel Burghlater of Tiffin, Ohio, traveling secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions of tho Reformed Church denomination will give a stereopticon lecture on China at the local Reformed church next Sunday night at 7:30 o'clock. Dr. Burghalter has traveled extensively through America, China and Japan. He is a speaker of much ability and his lantern slides of China will be of much interest. METHODISTS ASKED FOR AID Speaker Seeks Reorganization of Dry Forces To Combat Wets Mishawaka, Ind.. April 9 —(U.R) — A rally of churcti leaders to quell wet activity in the United States was urged here last night in an address by Dr. D. Stewart Patterson, Washington, of the board of temperance, prohibition and public morals of the Methodist church. He was speaking at tlie convention of the North Indiana Confer- ! ence of the church. "Prohibition is not yet a sueI cess," Dr. Patterson said, “but 1 the church can make it succeed.” 1 He urged the church to battle • efforts for repeal and referendum, and flayed social and political I leaders who are fighting with wet interests. 1 The annual memorial service for I members of the conference and ‘ wives and widows of ministers • who died last year was held yesterday.