Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 94, Decatur, Adams County, 19 April 1932 — Page 3

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CLUB CALENDAR 1 u»«d»y Historical Club closing banquet, 1 Rico Hotel, 6:30 p. tn. M, I£. Mary and Martha Class. ' Mrs Frank Krick, 7 p. m. , Evangelical Dorias class, Mrs. Walter Koos, 7:3(t p. ni. Civic Section, Library Rest Room 7: IS p. m. Young Matrons Club Closing. Mrs. Albert Mutschler. 6:30 p. m. 1 j C. L. of C. Pot luck supper, D. C. ill. S„ 6:30 p. m. Delta I heta Tan. Miss Margaret ' Vian, 7:30 p. m. 1 ' Zion Ref irtned G. M. G.. church ■ ■ ; arlors. 6 p. m. Wednesday • , Thursday Night Bridge Chib. Mrs. IClayson Carroll. 7:3J p. m. Monroe Methodist W. F. M. S. Airs. Losie Ray 2 p. m. Wedne-day Night Bridge Club, Miss Helen Dorwln. 8 p. m. N. and T. Club, Mrs. Robert Garard, 2 p. in. Thursday Monroe M. E. Ladies Aid Society, i Mrs. W. S. Smith, 1:30 p m. Presbyterian Ladies Aid, church parlors. 2:30 p m. Evangelical Ladies Aid Society, I church parlors. 2 p. m. Five Hundred (Tub. Mrs. A. R. Ashbaucher, 7:30 p. m. Baptist W. M. S. dinner meeting 1 I church parlors. 6:30 p. m. United Brethren D Y. B. Class. ' Mrs. R. E. Vance, 7:30 p. m. I Ad Libitum Club. Miss Wilheli mina Schnitz, S p. m. I’. B. Progressive Workers Class j postponed. Evangelical Loyal Daughters. I Mrs. Henry Stauf er. 7:30 p. m. Christian Ladies Aid. Rev. and i Mrs. C. R. lamman, 2:30 p. m. Methodist W. F. M. S. Mrs. C. O I Porter. 2:30 p. m. Friday Art Department dinner. Mis. D. iJ. Harklet-, 6 p. m. Ben Hur 32nd Anniversary, lodge ’'hall. Friday night. , i Evangelical C L. W. Class. Miss ’Helen Koos, 7:30 p. ni. Saturday KirkUnd 4 1 (Tub. Kirkland k i school. 1:30 p. m. • daughter Mary Catherine, whose • i birthdays took place Friday, were • celt mated. I Covers were laid for Mrs. Eva ' i Meek of Fort Wayne; Ji oph Frick ’■and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Martin and ! .children Viola and Wayne. Mr. and ■ Mr-. John Hirschy und daughter , Lena May. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth ; Kayser and children Mary Cathlerine and son Doyl, Mr. and Mrs. I Hubert Fuelling of Fort Wayne, , i Robert. Freeman and Virgil Crick. A delicious basket dinner was served at the noon hour, and the J honored guests were presented with ■ imam use ul birthdav gifts. [| ' i BERNE MAN MARRIED FRIDAY i Miss Esther Leah Glendening of ■ I Bryan: and Merle Parr of near ’ Berne were married Friday after- ; noon at four o'clock at the Portland ’ Gospel Tabernacle apartments. Rev.

DFCATIIR DAILY DEMOCRaI TUESDAY, APRIL 19. 1932.

Charlog Fisher, pastor of the tabernncle, performed the ceremony in the presence of Mrs. Glendennlng, mothet of the bride. Mrs. Fisher and Rev. Kenneth Yost. The groom Is the son of Mm. Rose Parr of Jefferson township. The < ouple will reside on a farm in 'Jefferson township. DRAMATIC DEPARTMENT PRESENTS TWO ACT PLAY "The Old Peabody Pew" a twoact play by Kate Douglas Wiggin I was presented by the Dramatic De-: partmont before members of the I Woman's Club and the public at; the Decatur high school auditor ! inm, Monday evening. The piny was a dramatization by i Kato D. Wiggin of her own story I entitled: “The Old Peabody Pew" and was produced by special arrangement with Samuel French of New York. The scene was laid in the Tory Hill .Meeting House in Edgewood about fifty or sixty years ago. The story centered about the romance of Miss Nancy Wentworth, played by Mrs. Bryce ■Thomas, and Justin Peabody, played by ("halmer Fisher. The first act was a meeting of the Carpet committee of the Edgewood Dorcas Society. Miss Eva Acker played the part of Mrs. Burbank. president of the society and was the first one to arrive at the| mee'ing. The stage was arranged | to represent a church with several! old church pews, a pulpit and old I fashioned organ. Other members of the Dorcas society were Mrs. Miller, wife of I Deacon Miller the sexton, played Iby Mrs. Janies Cowan; Mrs. Sari gent, a village historian, played by 'Miss Helen Shroll: Mrs. Baxter, the minister's wife, played by Mrs. 'James Elberson; the Widow Buzz’ll. willing to take a second risk, ■played by Mrs. Herb Kern; Miss Ixibelia Brewster, who is no lover of men. played by Mrs. Frank Downs; Miss Maria Sharp, quick of speech and sound of heart, filayed by Mrs. Ed L. Coffee. All of the players wore costumes of the period in which they were to have lived, and many humorous lines contributed to the interest of the play. Mrs. Albert Mutschler as the reader, gave the audience the trend of the story which was afterwards enacted by the cast of characters. The play was directed by Miss Vertical Whalen. Miss Whalen. Mrs. James Elberson. Mrs. Janies Cowan, and Mrs. Bryce Thomas comprised the com mittee in charge. Between the first and second acts the Young Men's Chorus of the I Zion Reformed church, under the direction of Noel White, sang several selections. Miss Eleanor Reppert was the pianist and Henry (Graber was the sponsor. Preceding the program Mrs. E. ID. Engeler. retiring president of ’the club, made several announce- ! ments and remarks. She annotineeo that the Woman's (Tub was 'awarded the Merit flag for the third I consecutive time at the Eighth district federation convention at ' Muncie, last Thursday. Other anj nouncements and a report of the various departments of the club were made. This was the last program meeting of the year for the entire club, with the exception of the duh closing which will be held in the near ' future. | The Women s Foreign Missionary '[Society of the Methodi t Episcopal ■‘ Tiurch will meet with Mrs. C. O. [ Porter on Mercer avenue, Thurs- ! ' lay afternoon at two-thirty o clock. ; ENTERTAINS i BRIDGE CLUB Mrs. Clem Kortenber was hostess jto the members o the Monday Ni.ht (Tub and a guest, Mrs. Rich'aid Ehlnger. Monday night. Small tables were arranged for i game of bridge and Mrs. Andrew |A; leman and Mrs. Ed Boknecht received the high score prizes while Mrs. Clyde Butler won the consolation prize. A guest prize was presented to Mrs. Ehinger. Foil, win j the games. Mr-. Kortenber. assisted by her sister. Miss Dorothy Miller, served 'a delicious . two course luncheon. The next dub meeting will be held in two weeks with Mrs. Hubert 0m’.0.. The Thursday Night Bridge Club will meet Wednesday evening at seven-thlr.y o'clock at the home of Mrs. Clayson Cafroll. The Progressive Workers Class of the United Brethren church will not meet this month, but the meeting will be postponed until next ninth. The Kirkland township 4-H Club will meet Saturday afternoon at one-thirty o'clock at the Kirkland high school building. ENTERTAIN DINNER GUESTS Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fuhrman enItertained at dinner Sunday for Mr. and Mrs. Forest Danner of India'napolis. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Fuhr!man of Monroe; Mrs. Charles Schnitz and Mrs. Sadie Schnitz of this city. The members of the Art Depart-; ' ment of the Womans Club will en-1

joy a six o'clock dinner at the home of Mrs. D. .1. Hurkless in Borno. Friday night The committee In clutrgo of tlie arrangements will in.'bide Mrs. Homer Lower, chairman. Mlhs Mary Suttles, und the Mesdatiu-H L. A. Cowans. RotiWt. Mills, ami L'nymotid Koller The N. and T. Club will moot with Mrs. Robert Garnrd on Mercer Avenue. Widnesifny afternoon nt two o'clock. TROOPS ADDED AS BITTERNESS IS THREATENED •Cit.NTINCED ITK'V PAGE ONE/ because of general conditions. "Mon have worked steady in the mines tor five yours and never received a nickel in cash,” J. H. McGrow, a Belmont county leader, snid. The strikers also are opposing the Institution of the company stores, which, in instance, are reported to charge more than private stores. Miners allegedly must trade at these company stores under penalty of dismissal. Blast Injures Police Chicago. April 19 (U.PJ—A gas I explosion that roared out when I policemen switched on electric ’ lights to search for the body of a suicide in a North Clark street flat today wounded two policemen pro'tibly fatally and seven other' persons less seriously. The second floor flat, on North Clark street, is two doors from the garage whore the St. Valentine's Day massacre, in which seven gangsters were slain, occurred in 1929. Hudon Avenue police went to the flat in response to a telephone call that Edward Gelp. 40. had committed suicide. ♦Tongress^today - * • (UR) —• Senate: Continues debate on ten per cent cut in appropriations bill for departments of slate, justice, commerce and labor. Finance committee continues tax hearingc. Appropriations committee considers reduction in treasury-post office appropriation bill. Manufactures committee consid-l ers Bingham beer bills. Interstate commerce committee j considers bus and truck regulation bill. Agriculture sub-committee hearing on bill to amend food and drug act. Mines and mining committee hearing on JVavis-KuHy coal bill. House: Considers navy appropriations bill. Ways and means committee continues bonus hearings. Economy committee meets in executive session to consider economy legislation. Ranking and currency committee considers commodity price stabilization legislation. o SHORT SELLERS INVESTIGATED CONTINUED FROM F’AGE ONE' tion yesterday, said today that he was working up new material with which to continue Thursday the ones. ioning of Richard Whitney, president of the New York exchange. Gray said the examination of the list so far had disclosed recognizable names but he declined to divulge further information except to intimate that they were names of professional traders. o Sapp Is Reappointed Indianapolis. Apr. 19--(U.R) —Arthur H. Sapp. Republican, Huntington. was reappointed to the state highway commission today by Governor Harry G. Leslie for a four year term ending April 17. 1936. The governor said he had not I been advised whether Sapp plnnnj ed to announce his candidacy for the nomination for governor. Sapp is a former president of Rotary International and chairman of the state school aid survey commission. He was appointed to the highway commission in June, 1931, to succeed Jess Murden, Peru, who resigned. Get the Hghit — t-’H. »t THE CORT TONIGHT - TOMORROW Special Return Engagement of the great picture “Daddy Long Legs” featuring Warner Baxter and Janet Gaynor. If you've seen this picture before,l see it again. If you haven't, don’t: miss it now. Also—Cartoon and Comedy. 10c-15c Sun. & Mon. —Eddie Cantor in "PALMY DAYS."

I MONROE NEWS The Bettor Homes Home Economics ('lull mot nt Um home of Mrs. . W. S. Smith on Friday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Jim A. Hendricks vlslti-d Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hendricks and family at Fort Wayne | lon Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hocker cull | ed on Mr. 11. M. Smith and family J at Berne on Tuesday evening. Mi. and Mrs. Raymond Crist and | son Kermit and Quentin spent ' I Tuesday In Fort Wayne with ' I rlend . ■ Mr. and Mrs. Menno Roth and Miss Alice McKean spent Friday afternoon In Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Johnson of Decatur win calling on relatives and friends in Monroe on Thurs- ■ lay. Mr. and Mr-. Wl'J'am McKean visited Dr. and Mrs. T. J. McKean at Montpelier on Wednesday Mr>. R. J. Meyeri spent Wednesday afternoon in Decatur. Mr. John McKean and Mrs. Margaret Dulin were married at the I ! Monroe parsvnage bj . i Rev. E. M. Dunbar on Thursday i I evening. Mr. and Mrs. Ford Smith spent 1 Wednesday in Fort Wayne with friends. 0 WREN NEWS . I The following relatives spent Sunday in the Asa Carter homo: Mr. and Mrs. Walter Whittenberger, Mr. and Mrs. John Manlier of near Wren. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Miller and daughters, Wilma and • Ruby of Decatur, and Miss Dorothy Myers of Fort Wayne. Miss Helen Prestige, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Frank Prestige underwent a mastoid operation in the Van Wert hospital recently. Mr. and Mrs. C C. McWilliams entertained the following persons in their home Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Priddy and Mrs. Olive

THE SALE IS OVER - I To All Adams County and Surroundings THANKS! We wish to express our sincere thanks and appreciation for the wonderful response to our Great Stock Disposal Sale of the last two weeks. It was a gratifyi ig display of confidence and loyalty such as yours that spurs us on for the bigger, better and finer things in life and business! We have sold more than our desired quota of merchandise and it all went at prices never before offered at such low levels. Those who shared, bought quality, at great savings, and we hope each and every one has been satisfied to their utmost expectations. Again let us thank you—and now that the smoke of hilarious selling has cleared and before we resume with our future schedule, we inaugurate a Rummage Event for 4 days only. Merchandise of Odds and Ends and Short lines have been marked ex tremely low for quick clearance. Early Come—First served. All other merchandise goes at regular prices. BOSTON STORE. Oscar F. Lankenau, Prop. AND NOW!A RUMMAGE, WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY - FRIDAY - SATURDAY LOADS OF FUN—BARGAINS GALORE — Come Rummage Around Our Store Fee What Was Left Over From Our Great Sale—Take the Leavings Almost At Your Own Price!—Odds and Ends —Extra Small and Large Sizes —Remnants Galore — All Rummage Stock Ist Grade! Here Are A Few Os The Values You’ll Find — But Remember — Selections Are Small and Not Guaranteed To Last Until Saturday! One lot ANKLETS One lot Better W., One lot RIBBONS Colored Tops, pair Ol PURSES, each **ol Big Variety, yard One lot SW EATERS OQ/» One lot GLOVES 19/* ()ne lot EMBROIDERY j Fancy patterns, each very special very special, yard AV One lot GLOVES 7 n One lot SWEATERS 7Qp Small lot RAYONS IQ big variety, pair IV a wonder buy I «7V pretty patterns, yardA*zV One lot Childrens Plain 1£) One lot SILK HOSE IQ One lot GINGHAMS /* and Fancy HOSE I£C selling at pair JL«7V good assortment, yard .... W One lot Krinkle IQ n One lot Infants IQ OIL MOPS to close out JQ BED SPREADS, each ... dot WOOL VESTS, each .... at each ‘AOV One lot PURSES IQ n One lot UNION SUITS QA One lot SILK HOSE 1 Q/» good selection, each JLtzU Bodice Tops Buy several pair, per BOSTON STORE .

Ray and daughter Ilcrnlla of Van Wert, and Mrs. Emma Wthndl ol'i tills place. Mr. und Mrs. Dnylon lliirbsc, <>f[ Wilb hire spent Sunday among relatives iiiul also attended service at the U. B. church. Mrs, Eva Moser and daui'.hler Mac. entertained relatives nt Sunday dinner. The following relatives enjoyed I a pot lin k dinner Sunday in the Frank Stnndiford home: Mrs. E. W Jackson and son Maurice and i granddaughter Jiinice Jackson, Mr.j and Mrs. Artie Jackson, Mr. and! ‘ Mrs. Albert .Mutschler mid son BoliLy, and Mr and Mrs. Wallet ■ Koos and daughters Helen and I Genevieve, all of Decatur. Thei occasion whs In celebration of the birthday anniversaries of Mrs Stnndiford and Mr Koos which I incur it) this month Boh Coil nf Spencerville, Ohio nnd Lula DeVinney were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Ix>wis of Middlepoint, (). Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Finkhousen were Sunday guests of Mrs. J. S. Moser. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Morris of ' i Zanesville, Ohio, announce the ' ' liirtli of a daughter horn to them . I A.pril 6, Mrs. Morris before her , | marriage was Miss Lois Standilord, daughter of Mr. and Mrs ■ Frank Standiford of this place. . ! The' little girl will answer to the j name of Aimudelle. Negroes Receive Stay Montgomery. Ala.. Apr. 19—(U.R) —Seven negro yontlis, convicted of assaulting two white girls a year ago. and sentenced to die. today were granted a stay of execution by the Alabama supreme court pending an appeal to the United States supreme court. The state has granted until June 24. They had been ordered executed May 13. the date set previously by the state high court which re cently overruled an appeal. Mr. and Mrs. Je-se Swartz spent' Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ves I Nelson at Fort Wayne.

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i Forrest Pyle and Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Pyle of Geneva were looking after business in this city today. Iho Mi dames W. G. Brown and i Albert Si heiman, and the Misses | livable Hower and Miriam Parrish motored to indiunajiolis t niay I whore they will spend several days, Mrs. Margaret Elzey was the guest o relative in Rockford. ().. I today. Pat Parrish and son Dave Parrish I if Fort Wayne visited in this city Monday. Miss Naomi Butler and Dr. Rus sell Speckmun of Cincinnati, O„ visited with relatives in this city over the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wells and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Render and daughter June of Fort Jennings. O„ • Were gue-its of relatives in this 'city Sunday. Mrs. Roy Dierstlne. Miss Mary I Cooke and M .s Dorothy Hortzmeyer of Fort Wayne visited In this ; city M inday evening. Mr-. Raymond Keller, Miss I Madge Him. and Miss Loraine

TWO PERSONS FOR ONE ADMISSION TONIGHT ADAMS THEATRE — Last Time Tonight — ( LARK GABLE and MARION DAVIES in “POLLY OF THE CIRCUS” You'll live every thrill, every romantic heart-beat in this drama —with the screen's finest pair of lovers! Added—A 'STAN LAUREL 4 OLIVER HARDY' Comedy and Pictorial. Wednesday & Thursday—“THE BIG PARADE" with John Gillie:'. Renee Adoree. Karl Dane. King Vidor's Heroic Drama makes a Triumphant Return in SOUND!

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| Topple motored to Fort Wayne, j Monday afternoon. Cloyce Eicher, Randolph Brandyberry and George Cramer spent Sunday evening at Celina. Ohio. The Missis Mary Eyanson and Ruby Ladd wore the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Eyanon and daughter Virginia. Agnes, and Naomi Viola. They spent Sunday afternoon visiting In Convoy. O. Mrs. Frank DeVor of Franklin is spending several days in this city with her parents. Mr. anil Mrs. .1 iph Cloud. Mi : Kathryn Aurand of Fort Wayne is spending the week in this city with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Aurand. Nelson Gladieux of Toledo. Ohio ! ' spent Saturday evening in this city ■ with irlends. — o ' I FOUND Ladies ring, today noon. ! Owner may have same by identij Tying ring and paying fur this ad. IJ. 11. Tottman, at Nichols Shoe t Store. 94 3t