Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 296, Decatur, Adams County, 16 December 1933 — Page 3

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I c. CLASS CHRISTMAS PARTY ~ members of the Young Marf„iipl<>s class °f t*>® Methodist m School enjoyed a prettily Christman party at the , o t Mr. noil Mrs. P. 11. Thomas ■jlrd street, Friday night. The nine hosts and hostesses were gnd Mrs. Alfred Beavers and md Mrs. IL DeVor. Thomas home was beautifulgrated In keeping with Christtiiil the color note of red and was carried out in the apin After a short business M a Christinas program was Fllle d. with Mrs. ('. O. Porter largeirlatmas carols were sung, and pnrter told the story of “The , r \Vise Man.” (lames were enjand prizes were won by Mrs. V crownover. Mrs. Clyde Butnd Albert Beery. all tables were arranged about fntertaining rooms, laid with n luncheon cloths, and a dellclancheon of the prevailing „ was served. ! important meeting of the choir of the Zion Reformed ch will be held at the church lay morning at ten fifteen ION AUXILIARY NS ESSAY CONTEST # Christmas party for ntemof the American Legion Auxilwas held Friday night at the ; c of Mrs. Vincent Bormann. home was decorated with i itmas appointments and a ire of the decorations was a s lighted Christmas tree. short business meeting was ami reports from the district nittees were given. One new iber was welcomed into the orration. iring the meeting plans were e to have pupils of the Jiigh cis in Adams County to take in an essay contest, the subof which is "Peace with Sely.'' The winner of the essay est in the county will receive dollars and fifty cents, and will irn compete in the district conin which a similar prize will warded. The state prize will ire dollars. Mrs. C. K. Champis chairman of the Fidac com re to have charge of the conand site will appoint judges

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res. _ With the red- I ided star’s in- II asing flair for ' unatie roles, j i RKO Studio | lie ve s she I >uld adopt a ■ ore dignified j st name. Who, | y argue, 1 uld imagine | th a billing, f, as “Ginger sgers in 'CraSong'”? So far, no one s thought of a itable name

d the matter iy be put up to the fans. If you « a good idea, write to Ginger the RKO Studio in Hollywood, ould your suggestion be adopted, l sure you would, at least, get a autographed picture. There is plenty of precedent for th name changes. It wasn’t so ®y years ago that rising film fortes inspired Lucille Le Sueur to •nge her name to Joan Crawford. The transcontinental telegraph res are humming with messages toeen Pat Wing and Bill Perry, h young Kentuckian who has M East on a business trip. Ruors still insist that the two will be •Tried this month. rat, who is taller than her sister, 'by, and who is just as brunette Toby is blonde, refuses to conrn or deny the reports. She extts the boy friend back by ChristA would-be-helpful public has en bombarding Warner Brothers w wires since they announced the k| ng out of a $75,000 policy to inre against Bette Davis ever 'ghing over 120 pounds. “ ne Pasadena doctor writes in •? tar < w ho weighs only 107 i, never Put on that much en S Peca use her long legs and ■aeral measurements clearly indish® hasn’t the skeleton for it. "?t D ? iraf fe is to the animal im u ette ’ s * vpe ’ s t 0 human behe Romowhat amusingly re>ln a .different vein is the reply , Physical culturist who claims ..., ® asi, y run Bette’s weight up and then, with equal dis- ’ re duce it to normal. He hints ». Jhe studio may collect the innce money and split with him are laughing out at MGM on n °? y Ghidelli’s debut as a nio“'S, P>«ure actor. casting department found

-1 CLUBCALENDA? Society Deadline, 11 a. M. Mtse Mary Macy Pbonea 1000—10 OJ I Saturday Christian Ladles Aid supper postirnned indefinitely, Zion Reformed Ml.sfon Rand, church 2:30 p. m . Zion Reformed pageant rehearsal church 2 p. m. Zion Reformed w. M. S. rummage sale, Church basement, io a m. to s p. m, Sunday Delta Theta Tan sorority. Niblick and company store, 9.3 ft a . m . Monday Woman’s Club. Christmas party and program by Junior Arts department, Library hall, 7:45 p. m. Research Club, Mrs. Fred Fruchte 2:30 p. m. Tuesday Women of Church of God, Mrs. Lewis Reynolds, 6:3ft p. nt. Kirkland Ladies Club, Kirkland school. Psi lota X! sm lai meetng, Mrs. A. R. Holthouse, 6:30 p. m. M. E. Mary and Martha class, Mrs. Dan Sprang, 7:30 p. m. Wednesday Zion Walther League, Lutheran School, Bp. nt. Thursday Art Department Christmas party Mrs. A. R. Ashbaucher, 6 p. m. Bona Terns Christmas party, Mrs. . W. P. Lose. Eta Tau Sigma Christmas party Mis*< Clara Egley and Mrs. Herb i Kern's home, 7:30 p. m. I for the county event. Mrs. Charles Weber was named to fill the vacancy caused by Mrs. , Walter Gladfelter, as first vicepresident and chairman of the I membership committee. Twenty women were present at the party and after the business meeting four games of bridge and bunco were played. Mrs. TonyMetzler received the bridge prize and Mrs. George Myers, bunco I prize. Refreshments were served by the hostesses, the Mesdames V. Bormann. James Staley, Charles Weber. Leo Ehinger. Ferd O’Brien and Ralph Roop. Members brought gifts to be sent to the orphans at the Knightstown home and a large collection of gifts were received.

r , — him down on Main Street behind a hot chestnut stand —and such a chestnut vender was needed for atmosphere in the new MGM picture, “Old Hannibal.” Tony was taken to the studio. “All you do is sell chestnuts,” instructed Director Charles Reisner. The action then started, with the cameras taking their first shots up at the other end of the imitation city street. Half an hour later, the crew moved up to Tony’s stand for a closeup of May Robson buying a bag of chestnuts. But there was no Tony. He had sold all his chestnuts to the extras, had pocketed his profits —and had gone home. QUICK GLIMPSES: The romance between Jean Parker and Pancho Lucas has become so serious that she is trying to get the studio to let him appear in a picture with her. Thqse two youngsters were schoolmates and after Jean won a film contract, Pancho came to work as an office boy at MGM. Then, he, too, was * discovered by Mrs. Ida Koverman and was given the role of Pancho Villa as a boy. Jose (Pepe) Ortiz, Mexican matador who gave George Raft lessons in bull-ring skill, fought at Mazatlan recently. If George could have made the trip, the first bull would have been dedicated to him. Lupe Velez is furious. Upon a word of instruction, Johnny Weissmuller’s new police dog will watch "n object and not allow it either to move or be moved. It is Johnny, way of having fun to point at Lupe and" give the word. Hn , lvwood Most worried man m Holljnvood was a certain correspondent of an English newspaper who r eoe'’ e . d ®" assignment to attend his first foot-

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ball game and find out what it was that attracts j so many film I stars to the | sport. .• • I Perkins post- ■ cards from Mos- | cow that Buster H Keaton is still ■ the most popular & movie star m ■ Russia. . - • Sil- F ver metal cloth predominates in the evening gowns of the j. e . v wardrobe that Joan Craw-

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DECATI'R DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY. DECEMBER 16, 1933.

CHRISTMAS PARTY OF MONROE LADIES AID The annual Christmas party of 'he UdleslAld Society of the Monroe Methodist Church was held Wednesday night at the holne of Mrs. Z. o. Lewellen. Twenty-five members and eleven visitors were present at the meeting which was opened with devotlonals by Mrs. E. M. Dunbar. its. Rena Kessler had charge of the program which Included guitar, piano and vocal selections by Mrs. Otto Longenberger and Mrs. Joseph Rich. An exchange of Christmas gilts was held and a singing contest ”A Song That never was Sung,’’ was enjoyed. Mrs. Lewellen was assisted by the Mesdames John McKean, John Hocker and Jim Hendricks In serving a luncheon of Christmas appointments. The Art department of the Woman’s Club will hold a Christmas party in the form of a pot-luck supper Thursday night at six o'clock at the home of Mrs. A. R. Ashbaucher. Each member Is asked Io bring a gift for the Good Fellows and hetown table service. The women of the Church of God will enjoy a pot-luck supper, and Christmas exchange at the home of Mrs. Lewis Reynolds, Tuesday night at six-thirty o'clock. At this meeting the capsule friends will be revealed and names for capsule friends for next year chosen. ' FRIENDS ENJOY BIRTHDAY PARTY A number of friends gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Merica north of Decatur, recently, and surprised Mr. Merica on the occasion of his. birthday anniversary. A pot luck supper was enjoyed by the guests, and following the supper the evening was spent in playing games and music. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Houk. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Houk, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Houk. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Houk, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Emenhiser and son, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Flory, Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Gerke and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Merica, the Misses Margaret Houk, Louanna Houk and Garnita Gerke, the Messrs. William Houk. John Houk, Harold Melcher. Robert Gerke. Buddy Houk. Edward Merica and Glen Merica. There will be no meeting of the Adams County Choral Society until after the first of the year. The meeting scheduled for Tuesday night has been postponed. INTERESTING PROGRAM GIVEN AT W. M. S. MEETING The Women’s Missionary Society of the United Brethren Church met at the home of Mrs. Delma Elzey Friday afternoon. Mrs. Orlen Brown was the leader for the afternoon and her topic was “The Dedication of Our Gifts in Such a Time as This.” Ti e program was in the form of a musicale and Mrs. Earl Chase furnished accordian music consisting of Christmas songs. The reading of the Christmas story by Mrs. Brown was interspersed with the musical selections. Interesting talks were given by the various members of the society on "The Gifts we May Offer to the King ” Six candles were lighted for each gift as the talk was given. Mrs. Elzey had charge of the business meeting and the roll call was responded to by fourteen members. One visitor was present and the society received one new member, Mrs. Marie Debolt. At the close of the meeting dainty refreshments were served by the hostesses, Mrs. Elzey; rs. * Hams and Mrs. Lilly Hill. The Zion Walther League will meet Wednesday night at eight oelock at the Lutheran school for a Christmas exchange. IMI members of the Delta Theta Tau sorority are asked to meet at •he Niblick and Company store Sunday morning between nineSty and ten o’clock for a bus.nX meeting relative to the investigating committee. The Five Hundred Club will meet a t the home of Mrs. A 11. At hbaucher Tuesday night at six-thirty <-lock for a Christmas party. ENTERTAIN class at CH T B h rX S s P lda R 7otts and June Miller entertained with a party ot Christmas appointments tor numbers of the WAR class of the Bap ist church Thursday evening at the home of Miss Miller. Decorations were in keeping wit the Christmas spirit, gifts were exchanged, after which Mrs. Vaughn - lin Shroll, Harold Strickler and I hllip the contests, a deli- . J u °J'°l”ourse luncheon was served by the hostesses and Miss Wilm Those pXt were Misses Ruth Wynnes Helen Shroll, Katherine "u n Wilma Chronister and LunShell, yilma t McMaken Mr . C "d Mr ” Va’ugVin Hilyard, Harold Strickler Ralph Kenworthy. Philip Baker and the hostesses, Misses ' Potts and Miller.

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RECEPTION GIVEN FOR MRS. FRANKLIN Mr. and Mrs. F. V. Mills of this city attended a reception given Friday night at Garrett by the members of the Frst Methodist Episcopal Church of that city for Mrs. B. 11. Franklin, daughter of Mr. and Mre. Mills. The church members presented Mrs. Franklin with a mloor lamp and serving table. o ONE LAW RULED VOID BY STATE SUPREME COURT (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) urer, had brought suit in Jasper circuit court, attacking the act ■ abolishing his office. The lower court upheld the law, the supreme court reversing its action. Inasmuch as the act isolated the 1 four Lake county cities, rating as 1 a strictly loval and special law. 1 it was not a general law within i 1 the constitutional meaning and therefore ranked as class legisla- ! tion. the court held. ‘ The $1.50 tax law ease originated in Lagrange circuit court where , Maude Murray and other taxpayers sought an injunction against * James E. Zook, county auditor. They sought to prevent him from enforcing a tax rate any higher ’ than $1.50. The rate in question- ‘ was the total for Milford township. Lagrange county, where the total rate was $2.06. ‘ The county tax adjustment j 1 bo<rd had declared that an emerg-1 ency existed in the township spe-; cial school and tuition funds. Itsj action was upheld by the state tax , board. Holding that the adjustment and tax board s actions are final, | with no court recourse except | when fraud or dishonesty can be; proved, the supreme court point-

1— • Minnie Had An Ice Trip jhd?/ Js.. f l&t »at wßfc* - Jra® rUr =■* i U- - ■/ jqllml 11L 1 IRb® nW in r w 1 r -•-» ■ Zf| ! • Wtrf ■ * >’Jt law 1 v II w* j ——— —■—- ■ 1 There’s fishing and fishing, and this is the kind that hardly anyone 3 i threw his refrigerating plant into high gear. Ine entire crew were 1 assigned to ice-cVpping before cargo could be unloaded.

I ed out that the two boards were ! provided by the legislature as safeguards for taxpayers. The chain store tax case originated in Marion county where the Midwestern Petroleum corporation claimed that if filling slations were not exempt from the tax the law was unconstitutional. Action of the court now will free to the state $440,456 in store taxes paid by filling stations but held in escrow pending outcome of the suit. Sherk’* vbupa.-iio* The larges .-nan eating sham sometimes attain c length of 80 to /> feet. It is not tree that liie fe Bale shark Is blind. The pilot-fish i member of the mackerel family snd only about 12 inches lo.;g. av Ympanles ships and else sharks, guiding the sharks t€ tliefr food It swims close In front of rhe shark but probably does tL.’” h> feed ot fragments scaritred by «‘he snark i and also to s icii" proi.“':Sop fmw Ys 0 raniou* flngfirhmes 9 Will* A r ills have been filed In Somerset Souse. Londmi, s/nce 138L' Among them are tie Itst testaments -T Shakespeare Milton. Admiral Net <on. the duke of (Vellln„*<>n fcoi* |u&or of Napoleon). WHHam * / >t, Burke and Dr. Samnei Johnson A fee of one shilling entires any t >«r son to inspect any of these wills with the exception of Shakespeare ) r»- which rhe toe >s to,. «h*l|lngs 0 Flag and the “Color*" The flag Is our national emblem that is hoisted on a flagstaff. The colors are national or regimental emblems carried by A»ot troops when marching or parading. These I emblem* of the mounted organize Hons are called standards. o ‘ Get the Habit — Trade at Home

Personals Mr. ntul Mrs. Alva Buffenbtirger I wont to North Manchester today to visit with their son. Carl, who ■ Is a freshman at Manchester col- , lege. They will remain for the Manchester-Kalamazoo basketball game tonight. Carl Is nne of the 16 underclassmen who received u foothull letter for .performance on the varsity squad during the past season. Twenty-eight new members were Initiated Into Bluffton lodge of Elks this week. District Deputy A. R. Lukenblll attended the meeting. In November the Bluffton lodge took | In 38 now members and another class is being prepared for February. Attorney R. ('. Parrish of Fort Wayne attended to legal affairs here this morning. Christmas shoppers were busy today and the local stores did an old fashioned business. Mrs. Robert Harding of 2417 South Webster street was injured Thursday evening when struck by an automobile at Broadway and Wayne street. Mrs. Harding was struck by Bernard Long of 943 East Wayne street who was driving west pn Wayne street. The injured woman was taken to St. Joseph’s hospital. She suffered a fractured clavicle. Ixmd said that he was unable to see the woman because his windshield was covered with mist. Hospital attaches said her condition was fairly good. —Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. Miss Mildred Worthman of this city, will take a part in the presentation of the "Messiah” by the Indiana State Teachers College at I Terre Haute, Sunday afternoon, it' hue been learned here. Students of the Dramatic Society of Marymount College, Tarrytown, New York, will present the opera ' "Geisha” as an annual Christmas > charity benefit Sunday. December i 17, in the College Theatre. The cast | of characters includes Miss Dolores j • Klepper of this city, daughter of ■ Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Klepper. Leo Yager received a letter this . ’ morning stating that his brother ’ Ism is now a patient in a hospital 1 ■ at Tusvon, Arizona. He has been J 1 in that state more than a year, hop1 ing for improvement from the j • asthma with which he has suffered ‘ for years. He was better until a month ago, since which time he has been suffering considerably and j was advised by hie physician to take treatment in the hospital. Albert Svheiman of Allen county . was a shopper here today. Rev. and Mrs. Matt Worthman , and daughter of Bluffton visited in this city Friday. Supt. E. M. Webb of the Berne schools was a visitor in Decatur today. .— o — Dice of Asiatic Origin? It Is not known how and in what manner dice actually originated Wherever dice have been found In ' the tombs of ancient Egypt. In Greece, or In the Far East, they I differ in no material respect from those In use today. They were prob . ably e v olved from knucklebones It ] is certain that dice games were played in times prior to those ot which we have any written record j The fact that dice have been used | throughout the Orient from Hine (memorial seems to indicate an Asiatic origin — o Old Symbol of Power The fasces on the United States dime is not used as a symbol of Rome, but because It was an ancient symbol of power which has been used In artistic designs for centuries. The hend Is that of Lib- I erty. I

"Cracks Down” on F.D. Attackers • —————■ I ■ ■■ I——— 1 ’'■ "■ Answering "chillers, racketeers” and "bullion pundits” or "so-called raptains of finance,” who criticize the President’s monetary policy with the assertion that “Roosevelt’s dollar is the soundest dollar," General Hugh Johnson, NRA administrator, is shown in his famed “cracking down" pose as he addressed the National Manufacturers’ Association at New York.

Fondants, Fudges and Bonbons Christmas is coming! Do you want to make some homemade i candies for the holiday season? Our Washington Bureau lias ready i for you its bulletin on FONDANTS. FUDGES AND BONBONS, with I full directions on making these candies at home. Fill out the coupon ! below and send for it: I CLIP COUPON HERE Dept. 264, Washington Bureau, DECATUR DEMOCRAT, 1322 New York Avenue, Washington, D. C. I want a copy of the bulletin of directions for making FONDANTS. FUDGES AND BONBONS, and enclose herewith five cents I in coin (carefully wrapped), to cover return postage and handling j costs: 'name - i STREET & No--I CITY STATE I am a reader of the Decatur, Ind., Daily- Democrat.

Early River Navigation The first t.ip tn’ the (ihlo rivet by steamuoar wnk made in May 1815. by the Enterprise, of 75 tot*. Rhe traveled from New Orleans tn Louisville In that year the trip tak Ing 25 days. The steamer Washing ton mads the same trip in 1816 ano Inaugurated steamboat navigatlol la the Mississippi valley. o Pussy Cam I Back A cat belonging tc 1. Quick, o1 Ssnlt Ste. Marie. Onk.rlo. was be lieved to have broken a leg. so It was decided to dispatch It. The cat was placed In a bag with a large stone, and the tied bag w»*. dropped over the brink of a 123 foot water fall When the executioners returned to Mr Quick's house, there wns the cat. seated on the porch, broken 'eg and nil. No one knows what happened to the bag and the •tsne Bedford Woman Badly Wounded Bedford. Ind., Dec. 16— (U.R) Mrs. Nellie 'Stotts Sanders, 32, ! mother of two children, was in a critical condition in Dunn Memorlai hospital here today, suffering ; bullet wounds allegedly inflicted j by Delbert Seidl. 21, in an argu- , | ment over the woman's car.

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The shooting occurred just as two policemen, called by Mrs. Sanders to aid ter regain possession of a car she had loaned to Seidl, arrived at her home. The policemen disarmed Seidl and held him in the Lawrence county jail pending outcome of Mrs. Sanders' wounds. o Get the Habit — Trade a* Home

ADAMS THEATRE SUN., MON., TUE. 10-25 c “CHANCE AT HEAVEN” with Joel McCrea. Ginger Rogers. Marion Nixon Added-An “Our Gang” Comedy and “Oddity.” TONIGHT—“MEET THE BARON" with Jack Pearl, Jimmy Durante. Zasu Pitts, Edna May Oliver, Ted Healy and Stooges. Added-Last chapter "Three Musketeers” and Popeye the Sailor in "I Eat My Spinach.” 10-15 c.