Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 114, Decatur, Adams County, 13 May 1931 — Page 5

P NEWS n Mrs. Kassel Bowen of I Indiana spent Sunday ■dvrs in Wren. K Mrs. George Kaney, Mr. V (den Laugherburg and ■, (irelaugb of Fort Wayne ■mdnv with Mrs. Bra Mos- ■ t \\’a, i:e Indiana mid Mrs. ■yrd of Scott Ohio spent' Em, ihelr mother Mrs. J. E near here. ■ d. Girls of the U. I). ■nti'ilaincd their mothers ■.pad Satunlay evening in K. crowd of sympathizing ■nd relatives aliened tho If Mrs. Ada Dull Friday usHdatn Gephart an aged resI near Wren is very low ■uttered a second stroke of | f . peele will move Ids faKt the Dun Diilmne property E;i; futuer. Florence Poniroy lias reI his home in Wren alter ■ iieiit some time in Lima. I C. S. Tumbleson is acting [l: me operator. The vacancy jiisi d by the deatli of Mrs. ■I, who for the past four L iieen its faithful operator, i'lyde Standiford of Lima [Friday with relatives al fail Willshire. Rev. Prestige of Pleasant Lit Ist church will deliver tcalanreate sermon in the Bturch Sunday evening. [agley news t ’ —— - — — ♦ ml Mrs. Ernst Sihlickman of visited Grandma Korte r afternoon. in Brae lit, Mrs. Mina Hilde' nd her grandchildren Marie ii Waiter Hildebrand motor’ew liavaria Ohio and visitRev. and Mrs. Otto Scherry lily over the week-end Mrs. and and Marie stayed foils visit while Miss Mary returned home with the nd Mrs. Lasier Bckrote and ircella Scherry were dinner Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. ’orthman. nd Mrs. J. J. Helmrich and Vlr. and Mrs. Adolph Smith lily Mr and Mrs Ear! Wood i .Miss Anna Helmrich and [elinricli motored to Coruiiay and visited with Mr. and ibert Scherlock. Helen Hildebrand was a f Miss Marie Scherry Suu--1 Scherry and daughter r Marie and Miss Help'll' ind visited Mr. and Mrs. and family Sunjrnoon. md Mrs. Otto Peck and r Leona visited Mr. and to Hildebrand and family evening. id Mrs. William Bracht and [ Mrs. Harry Warden and intertained for dinner Sunand Mrs. Harry Knatz and r Helen of Fort Wayne, Mr. i. Lewis Worthman and fu-

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daughter Irene, Miss Minnie liloemker and Mrs. Caroline Jaherg. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Inters enter--1 lained -Or dinner Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Hep pert and son Milurn of Preble, Mr. and Mrs. Walter ; ' Kruetzman and son Richard Mr. land Mrs. Milton Scherry and child- j | ,en Vera Jane and Rowland. Mr. land Mrs. John Peters and Frank; j Milliner. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kolter and j ism Koliert motored to Quincy O. i and visited with Mr. and Mrs. John i liuroker. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bloemker, Mr. and Mrs. William Worthman and | Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stoppenhagen , were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. j land Mrs. Lewis Manns and family; | it being Mr. Manns’ .birthday. Miss Ida llelle Worthman is | spending part of this week with | Mr. a d Mrs. Milton Scherry and family. , Mr. and Mid. John Hilgeman and j family entertained for dinner Sun i day Rev. and Mrs. David Grether | and family Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Worthman and family and Jacob | Uloemker and daughter Emma of j Preble. Mr. and Mrs. Edward J a berg and i daughter Donna Ruth spent Moni day afternoon in For; Wayne on | business and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Biebcrieh and soil , Dwight. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Schliekman lof Decatur visited Mr. and Mrs. j otto Hildebrand and family Tues- ! day evening. | Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hettinger I i entertained for slipper Sunday j veiling Miss Bettie Hettinger and j ! Alton I lower of Garret. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel llower of Peoria, 111., Mr. and Mrs. G. F. (ieil and family K,f Van Wert, Ohio and Mr. and Mrs. Edward llower of Decatur. TOCSIN NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Will Plummer entertained for Sunday dinner Mr. • ind Mr. . Wendell Wasson, Earl and Alma Plummer of Fort Wayne and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd. Barger and son Wayne of near Magley. | Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Miller enter- ! tained their children, grandchild- ! ren, and great grand children Suni -lay for dinner In honor of Mother’s I Drty. Those present were Mr. and i Mrs. Ned Baker and Miss Mereso i Somers of Chicago Heights, Mr. i and Mrs. John Dialer. Mr. and Mrs. IChas Farmer, Mr. and Mrs. George! i 1

% right: A. W. Fleming, Norman Ashton, George McVieker, John Bell, Andrew Jensen and Harry Casbon. Rear row, left to right: Bailiff J. W. Mi-Nay, Marion BrownlHdge, Claude Walters, Robert Brady, Herbert Davidson, Ernest Nelson, U. H. Marrow and Clerk. Mae London.

! Holtz and family, Mr. and Mrs. Hen- j ! ry Borne and family and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fluke and children of. Fort Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. Harold ; i Mahnesmith an dson Glendon of | Ossian and Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Miller and family near Tocsin. Mr. and Mrs. VValter Johnson qf Findlay Ohio were week-end guests ! of M.s. Ella Johnson and son BurI ris. Other dinner guests Suhday were Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Myers and son Gene of Decatur and Mr. and Mrs. Garold Johnson and daughter 1 Barbara of Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Paris AsheroP and , Margaret Gene Nash of Fort I Wayne were supper guests Sunday lot Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Itupright and daughter Elizabeth. Mrs. E. T. Plummer son Wendell ami daughter Olive May and Mrs. Geo. I'lumpier motored to Huntington Saturday afternoon and were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Plummer and family. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Krelg'U and daughter Bonnie Eon were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. L. tV. Merriman of Decatur. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wasson arid son Ralph spent Sunday after-1 noon with Mr and Mrs. W. H. Sow . a. ds. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Confer j norib of Os-iian were dinner guests, Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Perry; Shutter. Ollier guests in Ihe after-, noon were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fish and son Kenneth and Mrs. Ezra Beech yf Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Dailey entertained for Sunday dinner Mr. and • j Mrs. Philip Householder and Mr. j land Mia. Oliver Cole of Bluff-ton. Mrs. T. M. Hall entertained for dinner Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Eeo Wasson and daughters Madge and Merle of Craigviile, Mr. and Mrs. Miles Stoneburner and children Wanda and Roger and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hall and daughter Betty of Toc-j sin. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Mills spent Wednesday evening with Mr. and, Mrs. W. H. Sowards Mrs. (lias Rupright spent Sun-1 day with her parents Mr. aud Mrs.! I. E. Elzoy near Murray. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wolf and, daughters Wiftla and Marjorie, Sam j Wolf and C. A. Wolf left Saturday; night for Columbus Ohio to be pre-j sent Sunday at the Golden Wedding Anniversary of the latteru sister Mr. and Mrs. John McFadden. They returned home Monday. Mrs. Ella Hailey son Jas. and daughter Mary were dinner guests Sunday ot Mr. and Mrs. J. C. GalliI

van near Craigville. Afternoon guests in the home were Mrs. Elida Arnhbold daughters Helen and Olive and Mrs. Herbert Erickson and daughter Meriam and Tom Perkins of near Toesin. Mr. and Mrs. Oral Heckley entertairod Sunday for dinner, Mr. anil Mrs. John lyroigh and son Warner and Mr. and Mrs. Marshal Malinesmith and son Orval of Ossian. Mrs. Hay Hamilton and eons Edwin and Richard were supper guests Thursday qf Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. Sowards. Miss Opal Wasson of Fort Wayne spent Sunday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. 1. W. Wasson Ms. Lydia Beck of Hluffton came Sunday to the home of her son Mr. and Mrs. Shannon Beck near Tocsin to spend the summer Her sister Mrs. Ella Burmison of Willinghby Ohio came to care for her as she is an invalid. o Square Dance Sunset.

j§ v . MS f TAKE A BROOM J TO COBWEBS! j |j “THAT DESK has stood there for years. I wouldn’t S think of moving’ it.” . . . “George is awfully fond of yj IS that chair. It belonged to his grandmother.” ... jfi “Yes, I managed to match the old red draperies ex- " jjj * act>. It wouldn’t seem like home if things were |n changed.” jfi jj|3 You have known people like that, set in their Sfi ways and hide-bound by tradition. Good souls they gl jfi are, fine, solid, substantial... but missing out on so much that they have every right to enjoy. Wouldn’t jfi Si you like to shake them awake ... sweep the cobwebs Ijj from their mental horizons ... give them words like JJ£ “new” and “latest” to replace the “olds” and 4; “always?” If they would only read the advertisements in the daily newspapers! jfi jys New foods and ba’anced diets. Household appli- |c 1 9n ances that add hours to the day. Stylish dresses at jfi astonishingly reasonable cost. In fact, all up-to-date n J ‘ merchandise in complete array. That is the sort of gfi Jfi news the advertisements bring you ... new ways to do old things, new articles to replace the old .. news! jfi ii i 1 31 # P*[pj jig Read the advertisements every day. It will pay : jg ;Sfi you... in added enjoyment, and actual money saved. '1 1 j Decatur Daily Democrat | V

GENEVA NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Atonza Barkley of Anderson. Indiana are spending the week witli Mr. and Mrs. (julnton Hull on Ceylon.Mr. Mathlew Blocker Is ill ut lilh home. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Charities of Flint Michigan are (lie parents of a Imy horn Saturday. Mrs. Charities was formerly Miss Masy Lyburger of this place. Mr. Paul Pontius of Toledo Ohio Is spending a few days with relatives. Mrs. Louise Lynch nnd daughter spent several days at the home of Harold Ma'tax ami Family. Mr. Hubert Brown of Hloonitngi ton is spending a few days witli Ills mother, Mrs. Anna Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Schaeffer and family spent Sunday in Fort Wayne at the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. Weatberholt and family . Mr. und Mrs. James Moore and soli Tommy of Hagerstown lnd. aK‘ visiting at the home of Joe Eckrote aid family. The U. B. Aid Soeiety met Tuesday P. M. at the home of Mrs. Prudence Moser. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Cross Jr. stopped over the week end and visited old friends here, enroute to j their new home in Chicago. The M. E. Aid Society met at the Coftntry home of Mrs. John Miller Tuesday P. M. A Hue program was enjoyed being prepared by the May division of the Aid. The Ford sedan belonging to Kenneth Finch was badly demolished 1 Sunday evening. i Mr. Finch collided with a car I driven by Win. McMichael at an in I I tersection of Road 27. The occup--1 ants of both cars were unhurt. Jack Conner returned home as- - ter spending several weeks at the 1 home of his father, Mr. Earl Con- ■ i nor and family of Crown Point. Bid. -I Miss Donavee Campbell, student | nurse of Lutheran Hospital spent - Sunday with her parents. Dr and i Mrs. J. O. R. Campbell. She was . j accompanied by Miss Helen Hanne | of Hudson Michigan also a nurse of >; Hie Lutheran Hospital . i Mrs. C’has. Snyder was agreeably surprised oil Mothers’ Day by her i children Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Snyder • of Crestline. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. ; Snyder and children of Geneva Mr. *.and Mrs. Luther Clace of Decatur L' | Mr. and Mrs. Cleotls Miller and daughter of Decatur Mr. and Mrs. j Edwin Henslein and son Junior of | or: Wayne and Miss Donnaver WeaI ver of Geneva all of whom came

with Mother and show their appreciation of her on thi* Mother’s special day. A pleasant time was enjoyed by all. , — - n - t Black Majfic To Flourish At Columbus Convention * Columbus, 0., May 13—(U.R> If (Imre are any new creations in the world of deception they will t’h disclosed here on June 2. 3. 4 ' and 5, at the annual convention of the International Brotherhood of Magicians. ' The convention will bring together professional magicians from all over the world. Aecord- . lng to these In charge irf arrangements for the gathering of “black artists,” there will he delegates from Berlin, Paris, London, Sidney, Australia, and hundreds of . cities of the United States and Canada. The brotherhood will pay triliute to Howard Thurston, internaI tionally famous magician, a ua- , tive of Columbus. There will be ilfily free shows at theatres and in the yards of the Ohio slate house during the convention. There also will be a free performance for Ohio’s crippled children. W. W. Durban, of Kenton, 0., is president, MONROE NEWS i Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Smi'h and . Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Smith of I Preble motored to Bucyrus, Ohio, on Sunday and spent the day with . Mr and Mrs. George Smith. Mr. and Mrs. John Floyd motored . to Huntsville, Ohio on Sunday and spent the day with Mr. Floyds par- . ents Mr. and Mrs. Richard Floyd. . Mr. and Mrs. John Amstutz and family of Fort Wayne spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Menno Amstutz. Hubert Meyers and Creo Gris' of I Fort Wavne spent the week-end ; with Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Crist. Mrs. Viola Longacre of Cleveland ' Ohio visited Mr. J. .1. Iloffer and Miss Lc»n Hoffer on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Baliner and -| Mr. aril Mrs. Jacob Scherer spent ■ j Sunday in Fort Wayne the guest : of Mr and Mrs. M. J. Scherer and j family. Mr. and Mrs. George Harvey of Indianapolis were the week-end guests of Mr and Mrs. John Harvey and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Forrar of South Bend visited Mr. and Mrs.

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■ H. K. Forrar on Saturday. Mr. und Mra. Donald Hahnert of . Muncie and Miss Oita Hahnert of Fort Wayne spent the week-end with their parents Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hahnert. Mr. Lawrence Callow of Irt'catur and Miss Karuli Alice Yates living r west of Monroe were married at the Friends parsonage by Rev. Vernon | Riley on Saturduy evening’’ftt 6:30 [ I*. M. Mrs. J. R. Haynes spqpt the I week-end in Huntington with her ; sister Mrs. Maud Dorwiu ami Mr. | and Mrs. Albert Gehrig. Mrs. Dorwin accompanied Mrs. Haynes to ’ Monroe and will visit Mr. dtid Mrs. James A. Hendricks for a few days. Mr. anil Mrs. Delbert Reals, of Portland spent Sunday wßli Mr. 1 and Mrs. H. E Forrar. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Meyers spent I Sunduy evening in Fort ayne. Mr. and Mrs Marion Watkins and daughter Esther and son Eugene of Bourbon spent the week-end with Mr and Mrs. Philip Heffner. , Mr. C. B. Horker of Decatur and , Mr. and Mrs. Thedus Hooker of , Austinc Minn called on Mrs. Jos--1 title Hooker on Sunday afternoon. , Mr. ami Mrs. Louis Armstrong I I of Fort Wayne tailed on Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Rupert on Sunday Miss Francile Oliver returned on Sunday from a two weeks visit wi'h relatives at Indianapolis Mrs. Bid ward Booth living north of Monroe is very ill with heart trouble. Mr. and Mrs. Ora Hendricks and itamtly of Fort Wayne spen' Sunday I evening with Mr. and Mrs. James ■ V. Hendricks.

No More Gas _ • In Stomach and Bowels ■ t" W<«h *• k* parma mb tly i» ot pi la (tomach and bowala taka Baalmana a Gaa Tablata, wfclck ara praparad aapaclally for atomack gai •ad all tba bad afiacta raautua* from gaa preasura. That empty, gnawing farting at tba pit of tba a tomach will disappear, that aaxloua. narvona faallng with heart palpitatloß will vanish, and yon will agala ba able ta taka a deep breath wltbont die comfort. That droway. aleepy faallng after dinner will be replaced by a desire for i entertainment, a. Bloating will ceaaa. Your llmba. arms and fingara will mm longer feel cold and "go ta a!aap~ be cauaa Baalmann’a Gas Tablets prevent gaa from interfering with the ctrcula lion. Cet the genuine, In the yellow par kega. at any good drag atora. Price 11. Always on lirnui at Holthouse Drug Co.