Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 202, Decatur, Adams County, 26 August 1931 — Page 3

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SW^ >I,,S • Miiry 4-' \V : ' -A sl;,rt ■'- - is i,,s ' personal ru t on 11, man sized Si'.’ ■ "* chitin " bordered IKrnunnw! s ' labeled , >-_■< I 'ntralg^Hgr-’!”’ ■" 1;i1 >- •| IP a ■ hi'-f ■Tty . .3 s> v ' 1 a:, ‘ •Lr,)'na evening, ,;.’<m: suggested ! ad rm la^K ! "- ''''""■■ < ‘^K ( . ■ .. ■ ;f ~’, °^Mj tu! ,h.- ■■ and lines ; _ »T Hf; - at '■ 'Mr::: i” < hut; h E,.<li of tile II . ai:ii '■■ I ring her own ■ ;<a/ artii le of »<t sandwiches. MIDAY ANNIVERSARY BIRGER OBSERVED : I’Miif’lrc: and Mrs., ”d at their fl: ■p--': M- Il :>■;_■■ of his „„ anniversary. '"' ’ ..nd Mrs. •. ?■ Hum Albion: Mr.' Harol.l H - Jinin;;- li’inaid and i .-I Mr- bur Simian .■. :. Mr. and MIV ’ I'uhtei Hol- ■ I .a-a ~f this May :■ mum < iri.md M.lb r. ''inm.'i Frank and *Md Borer. M- ; Mrs. A. K. Hr-. . John. RobLucretia. ( I^M RTain gue STS , DINNER AND SWIM Theodor- '.l, Clintoek. of vx ho I ts. Mr. and , ' city, was ■^fl 8 -' .j’^Bto! dinner party. »■,,. , n j ,y P ,| a j t he I' 1 ' ’ Beach, 3 I. Tho table f ■ '"111 B«i? i. ■f ' <&■■■ ■ w > > A • • • fl HAO ?10 I was m Y trou- ■ h * * *? a d hemorrhages and fl/j *”' ns ln my side. I sent for aa ■ Pinkham’s Vegetable ■oJ I |"r U ? d 1 ;i,KI after *^ e second 1 felt better. ■ ‘ kept on taking it and I had Bfcrl P . ain ' Now 1 take " wh «t“ ■ from ov erworlt. (Ince BioVT Herb Medicine for a Bul/ n d “ be lped me.” Mrs. Kd n n P Uutk > 61 1 Milford H^ 5 -- Btruu, New Jersey. STABLE compound

CLUB CALENDAR Wednesday Religions Study Club, Miss Grace Coffee, 7:30 p. tn. Decatur Country Club Ladies Party, Country club, golfing 9:30 a. tn.; bridge and bunco, 10 a. m. Mt. Pleasant Bible Class, Mr. and Mrs. William ones, 8 p. nt. • Ladies of First Baptist Church Mrs. C. E. Bell, 1:30 p. tn. Thursday W. O. M. L.. Moose Home 8 p. nt. M. E. Ladies Aid Meeting and Picnic. Legion Memorial Park, 2:30 Friday St. Marys Township Home Ecoi nomics Club. Mrs. Ren Colter, 7 p. I m ’ United Brethren V. I. S. Class. Miss Mabie Hurst, 8 p. m. Monroe M. E. Willing Workers i Class, Rev. Dunbar. M. E. Ladies Aid Doughnut and i Cookie sale, church basement, all ' day. T uesday Evangelical Dorcass Class Picnic. Legion Memorial Park. I was attractively arranged with a large bowl of garden flowers as a centerpiece, and at either end of the table were pink tapers in silver ' candelabra. | Following the dinner, the guests jwere entertained at the Teepl? ptome on South Fourth street. The guests were the Misses Virginia Kinnaird. Edwina Getty. Margaret Walker. Esther Bauer, Marie Miller, Helen McCrory, Hilda I i Schwehn, and the Mesdames Maur-1 ice Longsworth. Ralph Mollett, and Samuel Johnson, of Fort Wayne. The annual reunion of the Foor 1 family will be held in High's i Grove, one and one-half miles east of Ohio City, Ohio, Monday, September 7. Mrs. Homer Lower and Mrs. ■ Ross Mailonee s section of Ladies , j Aid society of Methodist Episcopal | church will sponsor a doughnut and ' cookie sale in the church basement, ! Friday. Orders may he phoned to either of the chairmen and deliveries will be made Friday. CIVIC SECTION HAS CALLED MEETING Merbers of he Civic Section of ! the Woman's Club met in the Lii brary Rest Room. Tuesday evening ' for a railed meeting. Routine busiI ncss pt the section was transacted. The Bell Family reunion will bo held Sunday, September 13, at Legion Memorial Park in Decatur. SOCIETY i REBEKAH LODGE PLAN® CELEBRATION The regular business meeting of. | the Rebekah Lodge was held in the ' 1 Odd Fellows Hall on North Second street. Tuesday evening. During the i meeting preparations and plans i were made sot the celebration of the I Eightieth anniversary of Odd Fel-1 lov.ship which will be held Septern- j ber 29. ROOT TOWNSHIP ECONOMICS CLUB MEETS A large number of members of the Root Township Home Economics Club attended the regular meeting which was held Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. R. K. Fleming. Mis. Ed. Christen was the assisting hostess. The regular business meeting was I opened by the president, Mrs. Char les Barnhouse, who led in prayer. During the meeting a report was given of the gathering of all the I home economic clubs of the county which was held wi'h Mrs. E. W. I’.usche, county last month. A social hour followed the business session, and the hostesses serv ed refreshments of ice cream and cake. Mrs. Barnhouse and Mrs. Jess Singleton will be hostess at 'he next club meeting at the Ba nhouse home. * — The eleventh annual reunion of the Tyndall family will be held at the Fairgrounds in Van Wert. Ohio, Sunday, August 30. The Women of Mooseh»art Legion will meet Thursday evening at eight o’clock at the Moose Home. • ■ ■■ DECATUR COUPLE MARRIED TODAY Tlte marriage of Miss Anna Kathryn Colchin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Colchin and Othmar Eugene Smith, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Smith was solemnized at eight o'clock Wednesday morning, August i 26. at the St. Mary's Catholic ' church. Father .1. A. Seimetz offiI elated and the single nng cere- • I mony was used. . ’ The church was simply decorated

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1931.

with baskets of garden flowers. The bride was attended by her sister. Mary M. Colchin as bridesmaid and the groom's attendant was Earl < hristen, of Fort Wayne, a college I friend. The bride wore a shell pink satin i dress, styled with fitted bodice, sleeveless, and with ankle length flared skirt. The neckline was caught at the buck with a bow of i pink chiffon velvet and she wore I shell pink mitts and moire slippers! tinted to match her gown. She wore I a chiffon velvet turban of shell : pink and carried a bouquet of i Bride's roses. The bridesmaid was attired in a turquoise blue taffeta dress, fashioned similar to that worn by the bride and trimmed with a bow of shell pink and turquoise blue at the back. She wore turquoise moire | slippers, mitts, and a chiffon velvet ■ turban, and carried a bouquet of | Sunburst roses. Following the wedding the bridal patty was honored with a Wedding Breakfast at the home of the bride's parents, 435 Winchester street. Mr. and Mrs. Smith left for: a wedding trip, keeping their des-! tination secret and after two! weeks will he at home to their I frienjls at 235 Rugg street, this I city. The bride is a graduate of Deca-1 tur Catholic high school and is a | member of the Delta Theta Tati sorority. She was employed as secrets, y ar the Allied Mills. Inc., at Foit Wayne. The groom is a graduate of Decatur high school and Notre Daine. He is a pharmacist at the B. J. Smith Drug company in this city. DORCAS CLASS PLANS PICNIC The members of the Dorcas Class of the Evangelical SundaySchool were the guests of Mrs. Fred Engle, and Mrs. Frank HollopAter, at the horn? of the latter, Tuesday I ; evening. Seventeen members of the class ! attended <the meeting, which was' opened with devotional services ’ conducted by Mrs. Orval Herruff.; I The regular routine of business : followed, and plans were made for a picnic next Tuesday night, at which time the class members will entertain their husbands and t'a-! milies in the Lesion Memorial Park, i A social time followed the meet-! Ing. The next regular meeting of the class will be held at the home of Mrs. William Hamma in September. NEW MEMBERS ENTERTAIN SORORITY Complimentary to the members of the Psi lota Xi Sorority. Mrs. Paul Edwards and Miss Ruth Macklin. who were recently initiated into the sorority, entertained with a prettily appointed dinner bridge at the Edwards home, corner Adams and First streets. Tuesday evening. At six-thirty o'clock a two course dinner was served at small tables which were centered with blue and yellow flowers, effectively carrying out the sorority colors. After the dinner bridge was played and Mis. Charles Knapp received the high score prize while Mrs. Gerald Smith was presented with the second prize. HARKER REUNION HELD AT FORT WAYNE Tire eleventh annual reunion of the Harker families was held Sunday at Weisser Park in Fort Wayne. At the noon, hour, tables were laid with a basket dinner, I after which the election of ofti- : cers and the annual report was | held. Prizes were given to the oldest member. Peter Burgart of Kalamazoo. Michigan, and to the youngest member. Max Arthur Krauter of New Haven, who atterjled the meeting. Two marriages, foul Hlrths. and ten deaths were reported during the year. The officers elected for tho coming year were: honorary pres- ; icfent. Fred Harker; president, Chester Steinbarger; vice-presi-dent, Richard Harker; secretary- ; i treasurer. Miss Perth Mitch. . ! Those present were Mrs. Igiwr- .! ence Vogt of \ and Mrs. Peter Burgart and son. Mrs. R. L. Chapin and Mildred Piter, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Harker and daughter Phyllis of , Kalamazoo, Mich x ; Mr. and Mrs. I Kenneth Wyandt and children . Dorcas, Ruth and Herbert of Bowling Green, O.; Mr. and Mrs. David Van Gundy, Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan Van Gundy and daughter

THE ADAMS THEATRE Delightfully COOL and COMFORTABLE Thursday-Friday-Saturday—lsc-35c DOUBLE FEATURE BILL! TWO BIG HITS! “DUDE RANCH’’ I charlie ruggles With 1 in PALLETTE. ,E STUART E EIb “THE GIRL HABIT” WIN. MITZI GREEN and 1 H NE COLLYER. | You're not too old! You're t ‘Wild and Woolly' Funsters not too voung! You can still Try to impress Tenderfeet.. 1 get THE GIRL HABIT .. . Result is Laugh-Riot! 1 and the laugh of your life! NOTE: THIS THEATRE WILL EE CLOSED TONIGHT (Wednesday) 1

Ranked No. 1 Amateur BJSbrK i / A- 5 S' w 1 « ■ fe" s&ilw fit ? a SiiSPfsf J - 4 The "seeding” list for the U. S. amateur open championship, in effect , an advance national rrfting of the stars for 1931, nas elevated Harri- . I son Johnston (above), of St. Piul, to the position of N. 1 man and, j ! consequently, the official favorite for the title tournament at Beverlj Country Club, Chicago, starting August 31. Johnston won the title it 1929, but failed Ly a stroke to qualify last year.

Doris of Van Wert. O.; Mrs. John Harker and children Dorothy and PhentorJ. Mrs. Kathryn Isbell. Mrs. P. L. Axel of Kendallville; Mr. and Mrs. Burgart and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Sollows of Monroeville; William McClymonds, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kesler and daughters Lillian and Shirley, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Steinbarger and children Pauletta, Ruth. Dorlha and Joan, Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Neu and children Hutoka, Donna,; ■ Thyral and Dorthy, Mr. and Mrs.! | E. L. Siebold and sons Clarence,: ! Wayqe and David. Mr. and Mrs.! Earl Miller and children Lewis, I Lloyd and Betty all of Fort : Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Krauter and son Max of NewHaven; Mrs. Estelle Mitch and daughter Perth, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stevens and children La- ! trieva. Waldo, Owen and Wayne ’ and Richard Harker of Decatur. ENTERTAINS AT DINNER TUESDAY Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Arnold entertained at dinner, Tuesday evening at their home in this city honoring Chester Homer of Griffith and Miss Lucile Biddle. The Fifteenth annual reunion of tho Samuel Workinger family will be held Sunday. September 6 at 'he Bert Workinger farm, six miles east of Decatur. COUNTRY CLUB PARTY LARGELY ATTENDED The women of the Decatur Country Club were hostesses at ; an open invitational golf and i Bridge party in the form of a one I o’clock luncheon at the local club | house today. • About eighty women from the ■ Van Wert and Celina, Ohio, Bluff-1 ton. Orchard Ridge, Fort Wayne, I Are You Interested in developing your ability in Drawing or Painting? FORT WAYNE ART SCHOOL FT. WAYNE, INDIANA Offers competen tinstruction in Commercial Art, Landscape Painting, Sculpture and Interior Decoration School Opens Middle of Sept. WRITE FOR CATALOG — THE CORT — Tonight - Tomorrow “LAUGH AND GET RICH” - Bubbling with Laughter . . Cheer- . ing as a Barlk Account ... A , I Human Story Told in Brimming I Laughs and Heart Tugs with I Doro'hy Lee and B°°d cast. I' Added—"HEßE’S LUCK” comedy News. 15c-35c i Fri. & Sat. — "THE SIN SHIP." Sunday, Monday, Tuesday . I "FATHER'S SON."

and Portland country clubs at-1 tended the pretty affair. Foursomes in golf were formed i during the morning and games of’ Bridge and Bunco were ertjoyed; at the club house. At one-thirty I o’clock a prettily’appointed luncheon was served, and games were ' also enjoyed during the afternoon. HOSPITAL NOTES Louise Craig 3302 Chestnut street | Fort Wayne underwent a tonsillec-1 j omy operation at the Adams County Memorial hospital this morning. o Italy Leads In Egypt Rome.—(U.R>—The Italian flag led all others in tlie shipping han lied in Alexandria, Egypt, during the first five months of the present year. England's tonnage was only slightly less than that handled by Italian vessels. o Taller: To Advertise Chicago.--(U.P)—A million dollars I will be spent by the country's merchant tailors in an advertising campaign to make the country “conscious of the superiority feeling that comes with tailor-made clothes," the Chicago Association of Merchant Tailors has announced. — - ■ - -

ADMINISTRATORS SALE) I CONTINUES WITH SPECIAL LOW PRICES FOR 1 THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY H Out of 60 Spring After 5 days of Tremendous Volume of Selling our remaining Coats E M „ ~ stock is more or less broken in sizes and in order to ‘ 1 ln,nß 1 oats - ‘ , port 4 oats that were assure a complete close-out to the bare walls our on our >7.95 Sale rack NS on our 54.95 Sale store was CLOSED ALL DAY TODAY to re-arrange former values from rack, 20 remain and and re-mark stock to a new low price level. Our sls to $29.50 out now sell for lime is limited to a verv short time to complete t| iev „ 0 choice & f* l * B tas k- ’ I $3.89 LOOK AT THESE NEW BARGAINS $6.48 | 5 Out of 75 Dresses on our Ail remaining Jewelry, large selection-out they r e ma ,n,no onirs nf I* $4.88 sale rack 25 remain go—values to $3.95 GQp Gordon Hose ’ values to B , —every one must go — at choice VtJV $2 .00, Sale price 65c—t KX' b ’'“ $3.88 48c Khk* _________ ■■Hi, .i —— |m| All remaining Spring and Summer Dresses, val- B our r sfTßß n 'sa'le Dr ra S c S k S in" UCS f , Hni $5.95 to $lO. and that Were U?O 1 Q Another shipment of Fall eluding former values to an OUT $2.69 sale rack, now fV *** • I Millinery just arrived and rjM $16.75 re-marked to new again go on sale, your low prices QQ choice for -j QQ ah • 'P’hOO Printzess Suits on our $4.95 sale rack 4 (J?*> QQ only JL.OO S 2 1 3 remain and you buy them now at tpO.oO - B Our $3.88 sale rack of Our Kack of Skirts that sold in sale for $2.95—, - o I T* Childrens Coats, values i e-marked to new low prices. 41? APT to $12.95, hit new low carry them out. each tb !•»/».) pr "" e Hose ’ p '" ok ' n sizes, whites and blacks, M Now seiung $3.18 One Surprise Rack, loaded with new values, including on| l n 0 f ° r 18c H Coolie Coats, Gowns. Slips. Childrens Dresses. Misses jw* Dresses, Smocks, and many other useful OEL . AH remainin', km. s, i». • articles. Don'! Miss This—Choice ZDC I All remaining Knit Suits Our s2gß Sa|e Rack of H B values to $24.75 and sale Out of 24 Rain Coats only 6 remain, regular $7.95 Jackets, values to $6.75, » B priced at $9.95 — now values. Sa'e rack says $2.88, Z*Q again reduced and Offer. I $6.88 . b "*” Sl,y *2.00 Out of 25 Silk Reach Pajamas only 4 remain. QQ > B S Saie D r r 'ck'va°iues U t r o Ail remaining P. &N. Practical Front QQ Out of 62 spring ar-i *5 —cut the second time. Corsets, values to s6.o9—while they last. nter Coats $ - 2 - 50 t 0 Ht B You buy them now at $35 values ’ 26 rema '"- 9? B dto qq Sa e ticket sa ? s $ n I .... r r PACCOCnM ,h " “ I x?,"’ l. r. unouOCo'ivi $12.48 I

IfrlownTaijc Mr. and Mrs. John Wells, Wilhurt Wells, and Forest Wells of Spencerville, were the guests of; Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Becker and daughters today. 1 Miss Madeline Spahr who has visited with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Riffle Spahr in Markle for ; the last several days, returned to ■lier home in this city today. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Becker and; Idaughters, the Misses Arline and' Helen Becker, spent Tuesday in! ; Muncie. Mrs. Riffle Spahr of Markel visit ed today with her mother. Mrs.! Perl Riker in this city. Mrs. Paa) Meyers and daughter Patay Ann, and M:s. L.on Ga.u ami! daughter Kauc L.m were Fort, Wayne - , i.o s- Tuesday aite: i >on. j Mr. ad Mrs. Fred Ahr and son Bob and Buster, Mrs. Ed Ahr and Mrs. Tillman Gehrig have returned i from a vacation motor trip to Be-j ' loit. Wisconsin. They also visited at , Milwaukee, and Lake Geneva. Wisconsin, -and Rockford Illinois, ami I many other scenic points of inter'est. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Rice. Roselyn , l Foreman and Arthur Krick were! ‘ business callers in Elkhart, Mon-. 1 day. Mrs. William Schumacher spent! (•Tuesday in Fort Wayne. She was accompanied home by her niece,' | Madeline Blauvelt, who will visit | here over the week-end. Charles Brock and Robert Shraluka spent the day at Wooster, 0., looking after business. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hoffman and family and Mr. Hoffman's sister, Mrs. Dan Smith and son visited at the T. L. Tollman home in Fort Wayne. Sunday. The Misses Irene Gerke and | Della Boerger returned to Indian-’ apolis Sunday evening where they will resume their studies at the Irj liana University Nurse's Training School after spending a three and two week's vacation, respectively, with their parents near this; city. Miss Gerke is a senior and Miss Boerger is a freshman at the hospital. George Bickley of Philadelphia visited friends in this city today, j Word was received from Arthur i Wemhoff who is managing a ,! Newberry store at Coldwater, ,| Michigan, that be has been tern- . i porarily transferred to Alma. J Michigan for two weeks. :! Boh Anderson of Chicago -| Heights is visiting relatives and - 1 friends in this city. C.J L. Walters had charge of the

meeting of the Lion Club which was held Tuesday night in the Chris’ian Church basement. Prof. M. F. Worthman, superintendent of the public schools in this I city gave an interesting talk, in which he told of the changes in the I j school work since he began to | I teach. Plans were made to entertain the j .Lions Baseball 'cam next Tuesday ! night. o_ OBITUARY Esther Alicestine Brown, the I 1 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. . Brown, was Lbrn near Monroe ; July 16, 1915 and departed this j life Aug. 13, 1931, age 16 years I and 28 days, leaving to mourn her parents and a brother, Harry M. Brown, her grandparents, Mr. ! and Mrs. John Lobsiger of near Monjroe, Mrs. Catherine Schmidt 'of Midland, Michigan, ami a host i !of other relatives and friends. One brother, Doyle Franklin preceded her in death. Esther was converted Aug. 2 !at the tabernacle meetings. Her testimony that evening was as ! follows: "I was a great sinner, now I am | | saved. I did net want to go to hell. Now I know I will go to , Heaven. lam so happy.” ■ 0 dear daughter thou hast left us.

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And our hearts are bleeding sore For daughter, we loved so tenderly | We can see her never more. ■ Oh. how we miss thee, dearest daughter. Miss thy empty chair, Kiiijd words, deeds, and embraces, ■ O, we miss thee every where. > But we fancy now we see thee, ! Beckoning from tho Golden shore ! Oh may our guardian angel help us. To meet with thee, to part no more. Now daughter, we shall say Farewell, Although our hearts seem broke in twain, A few more years with a few more tears. And we shall never part again. Weep njot dear friends, I am not dead but sleeping here. My debt is paid, my grave you see Prepare for death, and follow me. akrivals Homer Junior is the name of the boy baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Homer Arnold at their home west of this city, Monday evening. August 24. Both mother and baby are , getting along nicely.