Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 299, Decatur, Adams County, 20 December 1933 — Page 3

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"■tv held last night iota Xi I'Lrl.-im.i - J .A hang*' was held last 7' |t .)i,. homo of Mrs. A It hall street. io ellterlalOine u^B’ mr itv membership. h a glowing fireplace as ilevoralioiiH and ■f 1 ...„,.. i.uenls in keeping with !'"■ li'ink room formed idling for the eight three course din set v.si at seven, o'clock. dinner gifts were '. "!•• H' llll Ali "' Holt .j.i-.,;' Santa Clans „.. , and prizes wore the Misses Dorm v and Bernice DeVoss. es besides Mrs. 11-di \|rs ('. I). Porter. Mrs. ■T q,« .. ’ and Muss Pan Hani ~ , Workers > | . ~ Brethren Sunday «.!i night at s o i look at the ( . In ■ "n Ninth street A , ~ .-\ Will be held. I ld . \nl Society of the |V\ ~, church will met h l lnif'day afternoon k I'his will be an impm and election of elf, , member is urged lo A Pile' I’dble class of the Reforn ' d Sunday School will ■ party al Cm hmm JK". Hot. S. hroyer Friday night o'clock. The ~ will be Miss Matilda Mrs. Fred Frm lite ..ml A It- Ashbancher. W,,m. n of the Moose w . . . _ e.Aoii o'clock at llm Home. EXCHANGE at class meeting |K..., . he United Brei'nr.-n e, hool held a Chris'm.i .. t the home of Eloise K..... d ... meeting was op.-m Hoagland. telling -lory, followed with carols. wfcte enjoyed and ( o.

JW ran* W fl For a ( hristmas T reat fl -a case of your J favorite I BEER ■ Be prepared when your friends call on you. ■ They'll be glad to refresh themselves and 9 acclaim you a real host. I We will deliver several hotties or a ■ case any time you wish. I Carl’s Confectionery | S North Second Street I Uv sb,PPtfi * I » K dr k i>l ■ z 4i| I '' Soft, brown Elk. fell lined E K&CT. j for warmth, padded sole. ■ K X Colored Kid. leather lined ■ X \ throughout, leather 501.., 18X1*145 SOCKS 9 |S™l ** largest election of pat3 .. ... CT . terns we have ever shown. I 25<* H Smart! -aßKa.c f . a.l Bl ■Serviceable! 4 P *'"fT BOX .. • • -*• H Comfortable! I GOOD SHOES FOR ALL THE i 142 N. Second st. Deca u ’ tßu W; A

CLL'BCALENDAr' i Society Deadline, 11 A. M Mt»» Mary Macy Pbonea 1000-100) Wednetaay The Historical (’| Mb Christinas . Party, Mrs. ,1. M . Miller, 1 p. I •vangelleai Christmas program i reheasal, church, 3;;>o p. ni I Zion Reformed Girls Choir proc- ; Me. church, 7 p. m . . Decatur Home Economics Club ' hr lstma« party, Mrs. Robert Gar- > ard. l:3o p. In Zion Walther League, Lutheran . School, Sp. m. > Thursday Christian Ladies Aid Society church. 2 p. m. Evangelical Loyal Daughters Christmas party, Mrs. Frank Hutler, 6. p. nt. F rivollty Club Christmas party. Mrs. Ralph E. Roop, 7:30 p. m. i I’nited Brethren I). Y. H. Class, Mrs. Charles Robinaid, 7:30 p. m. i Carpe Diem Club, Mrs. Grant Fry 6 p. m. United Brethren V. I. S. Class, R. A. Crider. Art Department Christmas party Mrs. A. R. Ashbancher, 6 p. m. Bona Terns Christmas party, Mrs. W. P. Lose. Eta Tan Sigma Christmas party Mists Clara Egley and Mrs. Herb Kern's home, 7:30 p. tn. W. O. T. M„ regular meeting. Moose Home, 7 p. m. Methodist W. F.M. S. Mrs. Frank Krick, 2:30 p. m Baptist Women’s Missionary Society, Mrs. S. E. Hite. 2:30 p. nt. U. B. Progressive Workers class Mr. and Mrs. (’. E. Merriman, 7:30 Friday Zion Reformed Phoebe Bible class Christmas party, Mrs. Ben Schroyer, 7:3n p. nt. Christian Beginners class, Mrs. Fred King, 3:30 p. m. Saturday Zion Reformed Mission Band Christmas party, church parlors, 1 i to 2 p. ni. Tuesday Installation of Officers and ReI I ception, Phi Delta Kappa home. Hip, m. mas gifts were exchanged. A delicious luncheon was served to those ! present including Eldora Baker, - Violet Girod, Dorcas Hoagland. Ber-

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’M'n I.ytle, Eloise Mllllsor, Naomi Maid, Dorothy Wertzberger, Helen! Miniums, Hilda Williams. Mrs. Myers, and the guests, Margaret Huff, man. Frances Smith, Onnalee, Maxme and Eleanor Mllllsor. PINOCHLE CLUB HOLDS MEETING The Friday Night Pinochle Club met Tuesday evening with Mrs. Minium Lister. Prices were award'd to the Mesdames Francis Eady Kenneth Eady and Guy Raudenhush. A delicious luncheon of Christmas appointments was served by the lioate-s. The next meeting of the ’lull will be held WllluMrs. Brice | Roop in two weeks. * FAREWELL PARTY HELD FOR SHEETS FAMILY •A farewell party was held recently for Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Sheets and sone, Leland, Carl and Earl. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Merlca and sons, Edward and Glenn Merlca, Paul Harden. Jimmie. Faye and Bennie Harkless, Helen, Iretu and Catherine Fairchild, (Irene and Marie Kruetzmann Charlie Hoile, Helen Hoile, Frank. Harold and Brice Burger, Lloyd and Lester Sheets, Raymond Fuelling, Donald Hoile, Teddy Hobrock. Marie Dull and Viola Dull. A luncheon was served and games were played. The Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church will meet Thursday afternoon at two-thirty o'clock with Mrs. Frank Kridk. 324 Line street. Mrs. Joe Hunter will be the devotional lead.er and Mrs. Jack Leigh will have the lesson, the subject of which will be “Woman ami the Social Change.” The assisting hostesses will be Mis. Floyd Acker and Mrs. William O. Little. CLASS ELECTS NEW OFFICERS 1 The Sunday school class of the Evangelical Sunday School of which Miss Dorothy Spoiler is the teacher. held a Christmas party at the home of Miss Mary Maxine Martin. Monday night. The meeting was opened witli prayer by Mte-s Spoiler after which a scripture lesson was read by Miss Rosella Heare. The Christmas carols, “Silent Night" and "O Little Town of Bethlehem" were sung. During tlie business meeting the election of officers was held, and Miss Helen Richards was chosen president; Miss Jessie Smith, vicepresident; Miss Rosella Heare, secretary Miss Mary Maxine Martin, treasurer and Miss Agnes Foreman, press reporter. After the business session a social time was enjoyed and games were played. The hostess, assisted by Miss Jeanette Christen, served dainty refreshments. The members present were the Misses Dorothy Spoiler, Kathleen Banning, Agnes Foreman, Rosella Heare, Marjorie Masonnee, Wilma Miller Helen Richards. Jessie Smith and three guests, Jeanette | Christen. Bernice Hannie, Barcia ' Martin and the hostess Mary Maxine Martin. ! FIVE HUNDRED CLUB i HAS CHRISTMAS DINNER The members of the Five Hundred Club enjoyed a Christmas dln- | „er and party at the homose■ of Mtm | a R. Ashbancher on North Thud I street, Tuesday night. Table decorations of Christinas appointments and a decorated Christmas tree were special sea tores Os the party and a delicious dCer'was served at six-thirty o‘’'Tables were arranged for games ot nve bnndted and a gift shop was cl. ducted, the winner of each game Xivinga gift. Grand p® r awarded 1 ~e thp evening weie Mesdames B. R- Karr. Joe Lose ami imwrence Klelnhenz. —— ELKS LODGE TO r " A 77°<‘ N S» '■*" - iU “ , New Year's Eve Dance tn the ballroom at the Elk's Home on North Second street. Slin, ' ay December 31. Dancing will etatt at nine o'clock and a good orchestra ; ias been secured for the evening. MARY AND MARTHAS ELECT new officers The members of the Mary and Martha class met at the home of Mrs Daniel Sprang, Tuesday evenin... The meeting was opened with Christmas Carols and Mis. l ied Mills conducted the devotionals. Twelve calls were reported and a card was read from Miss Nellie Blackburn, a former member of the Class. . .. During the busines-s meeting the election of officers was held and Miss Katheryn Mangold was named president; Mrs. John Bright assistant president; Mrs. Lulu Swearingen, secretary; Mrs. Fred Busche, assistant secretary, and Mrs. baura Crill, treasurer. A. Christmas program was presented in which Harriet Gilson gave a reading, "The Timely I ofnter and sang “Silent Night. Emma jean Bright played a piano solo and Thelma Smith gave the read g. .. The First Christmas. Pa'itta Melbers read "Naughty Dolly" and Anna May Merriman read Christmas Eve." Mrs. C. D. Lewton told the Christmas story. The hostesses, the Mesdames

( Dan Sprung, Mart Gilson, Martha Melbers, Charles Fsmsl, Fret) Mills and C. D. Lewton, served refreshments to the thirty eight persons present. A fishing pond was held and gifts wore exchanged. The Women's Missionary Society ! of the Baptist Church will meet at the home Os Mrs. S. E. Hite Thursday afternoon at two-thirty o'clock * for u business meeting and Christ- 1 j mas exchange. YOUNG PEOPLES CLASS HOLDS CHRISTMAS MEETING I The members of the Christian' Live Wire anil the Young Men's I i Bible classes of the Evangelical I Sunday School a Christmas party' at the home of the teachers, Mr.; and Mrs. lAtnos Ketchum on Winchester street, Tuesday night. Thirty members and guests attended the meeting. Miss Melvena Newhard had charge of the business meeting and Miss Arline Becker conducted thej devotional services. Miss Esther! Sunderniann told of “Christmas Customs of Other Igmds." Mr. Ketchum entertained with a selection on the drum. During the evening games and contests were enjoyed and refreshments were served. The beginners class of the Christian Sunday School will enjoy Christ mas party Friday afternoon from three-thirty o’clock to five at the home of Mrs. Fred King on Mercer avenue. YOUNG MATRONS CLUB HAS CHRISTMAS PARTY The Mesdames Tillman Gehrig and Dallas Goldner entertained the members of the Young Matrons Club with a Christmas party and dinner at the home of the former J Tuesday evening. A delicious two course dinner I was served at six o'clock. The table was centered with green glass holders and tall red tapers. Place cards and nut cups of Christmas designs marked the covers for the guests The hostesses were assisted in serv- ; ing by Miss Harriet Shockey. Following the dinner games of j five hundred were played and , prizes won by the Mesdames Dave i ] Campbell, Irene Schafer and Char- t les Brodbeck. Santa Clause arrived during the , evening and distributed a club gift to each member. The Gehrig home was beautifully decorated in keep- , ing with Christmas, with a large ( fireplace and a decorated Christmas tree around which wae a picket fence and a pretty snow scene. Gifts for the exchange were arranged under the tree. Colored sttickings hung at the fireplace and ' Inside the stockings were numbers which corresponded with the gifts under the tree. o — Gospel Temple And she brought forth her first born son, wrapped him in swaddling clothes, laid him in a manger, ' there was no room in the Inn St. ‘ Luke 2:7. The World gives Jesus 1 no room today. This week's services are as follows: Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, 7 and 7:30. The Christmas program will be given Sunday afternoon at 2:30. The public is invited ' to all services. —o — Medicine Shows Revived I Manawa. Wis.— (U.R) —An old fashioned medicine show, the first i to make its appearance in this | 1 vicinity for a number of years, was - so enthusiastically received by the • 1 public that the operators reported | ■ a complete sell-out. Among the ! contests staged by the show was 1 one for the best accordian player > in the county, and one for the most ' popular housewife. • (j ; Get the Habit — Trade »» Homs

The Loveliest Gift of them all . Exquisite I SI Lace-trimmed Nor Embroidered I ' LINGERIE i Dainty Lingerie, in the 1 lew manner . . . Fthe gift delightful that bewitches the feminine heart. In our array is many a lovely item milady “has had her heart set on” for some time. Tailored and fitted Alencon. Lace-trim-med or embroidered.

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! Luxurious Satin or Crepe Slip 1 $1.98, $2.98 1 Gowns — tailored and elaborately laced. ■ Dancettes—with gorgeous dark > Alencon lace SI.OO to $1.95 ' Night Gowns - $1.95 to $2.25 i s Costume Slips $1.25 to $1.95 I I Pajamas—Silk Crepe $1.95 to $2.25 ! Lounging Pajama Ensembles ’ $2.25 to $6.50 American Home i Shop. Inc. MRS. LOUISA BRADEN ’ Phone 737 Cor. 3rd and Monroe

FIFTH AVENUE FASHIONS -By ELLEN WOWTH Are You Ready for New Years Eve? i 5 Be a shining example of Pros- ‘ perlty, 1834—and wear the shine z Z /-»>U j.y.- \ on your shoulders in big clotn-of- / gold bows! Your frock will, of / course, be a shimmering black / ' velvet sheath, skilfully seamed to WWE \ make you look regal, and beauti- \ fully slim. You'll look expensive— \ ) ft yet if you make your gown at iaUwjfe j home, you'll cause hatdly a ripple \ I in the budget. IHnpW The frock sketched is a first fashion, from Its new square-in- ■' < SwlbW front neckline to the smart back 1 fulness of the skirt. Notice that ■KSs nipped -in- at - the - waist look, O’ achieved by sections flanking the jL '"7 front panel and crossing in back •/' 'kt below the deep V decolletage. The jHHK ,'' > glittering metal cloth bows call I attention to the shoulders and j minimize your hips. Size 16 re- MHIKK quires 3? a yards 39-inch material, ll'a yard 39-inch contrasting for bows. Width about 2% yards. For IBM other evening frocks, see the new Winter Fashion Book. Pattern No. 5382 is designed for ' « sizes 14, 16. 18, 20 years, 32, 34, 36. *2* 7 -1 38, 40, 42 and 44 bust. gp w 5332 Copyright. 1933 by United Feature Syndicate, Inc. No. 5 3 8 2 Size Price for Pattern 15 cents. name street address city state Our New Fashion Book is out! Send for it—put Check here and enclose 10 cents extra for book. Address orders to New York Pattern Bureau the Decatur Dally Democrat Suite 110, 220 East 4snd St. New York City. (Editor’s note—do nut mall orders to Decatur, Indiana.)

U. S. Offers Animals 1 Washington.- (U.R)—Anyone desiring a nice, refined buffalo, elk or deer to keep the kiddies company while you're at the movies ; may acquire same by applying to Unde Sam. The ranges in the national forests of Montana. Nebraska. North Dakota, and Smith Dakota are overcrowded to the extent of 170 game animals, according to the U. S. Biological survey, and any one or all of them can he obtained for the cost of handling and transportation. 0 Repeal to Aid Virgin Islands I Syracuse, N. Y. —(UP)—Repeal! of the 18th Amendment will return ! prosperity to the Virgin -Islands ac-1

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cording to Mrs. Paul M. Pearson, wife of Governor General Pearson, in Syracuse to see her newly born grand-daughter. Mrs. Pearson liases her prediction on pre-prohlhition popularity of St. Croix rum. for j which one of the Islands is noted. Death Rate Hit New Low Montreal — (UP) — Montreal's death rate reached a new low level in 1932, Dr. S. Baticher, Director of the Health Department, states in , his annual report, just issued. Duri ing the year, a record of 11.68 1 deaths per 1,900 Inhabitants was i registered on a population of 833,- ! 000 the report states. o Get the Habit — Trade a* Home

———y PERSONALS Ora Baker, of Bluffton, district road superintendent for the suite highway commission, was a caller here this morning. He is one of the busiest men we know. A. M. Fisher, one of the pioneers of this city and well known over the county. Is In a very serious condition at hie home on north Fourth street. He hus been 111 several months and the last few days his | condition has been critical. Mrs. Stella ('overdale and dangbj ler, Miss Mary, spent yesterday in : Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. H. IL Moltz. Mrs. George Flanders, Mrs. L. A. Graham ami Mrs. Gladys Chambers | were Fort Wayne visitors yi»sterI day. t Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Heller will go to Indianapolis Friday afternoon, where- Mr. Heller will attend a meeting of Hie state college 'board. They will remain over Christmas for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Dick I Heller and Mr. ami Mrs. I. W. Macy. Daniel Schafer of Duke Univer i sity, Durham, North Carolina, hae I arrived iu Decatur for the Christ- , mas holidays. Miss Dolores Klepper, a student I at Marynionnt College, Tarrytown, j New York is .spending the Christ- | mas vacation in this City with her I parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Klep--1 per. Harold Zwiek of Indianapolis will spend Hie Christinas holiday in this city. Mr. atnd Mrs. .1. I. Houser of Kendallville will be the Christmas holidays with Mr. ami Mrs. Fred King. They will also visit with Mr. and Mrs. Russel Smith of Troy. Ohio. The Misses Sara Jane Kauffman, Doris Cook and Edwina Shroll, stu-

o;k barber shop • BEAUTY SALON • \ Ue opening under the a management of jy Frances Dawson 0 £ Formerly of the Lockerbie Hotel, ( Beauty Salon, Indianapolis, Ind. 0 ) Expert Finger Waves, Shampoos, . g I Permanents, and other beauty / treatments. Special Get-Acquainted Prices for a limited time. Phone 55—or stop in for an appointment—l 29 No. Second St.

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; dents at Indiana University, Bloomington, will arrive In this city today i to spend the Christmas holidays. Miss Ella Miitsehler has arrived i from New York City to spend the j Christmas holiday with Mr. and ; Mrs. Ben Schroyer. May Be a Reaeon El Paso, Tex. <U.RF—There may be sc*e reason when a man takes j u shot at his wife. Judge W. D. Howe decided when he suspended i Ramon Enriquez’ three year sen , fence on charges of assaulting Mrs. Enriquez with intent lo murder. | Judge Howe suspended tile seni tem-e because Enriquez had no previous criminal record and Mrs. Eni riquez has obtained a divorce since I the shooting, ha said. | o Montreal —(UP) — A 95-year-old $2 bill, believed lo be the oldest In , existence in Canada, was found between the leaves of an Old book bought in a second-hand store hero by A. H Ward, of Montreal. The 1 bill Is drawen on the Union Bank of I.ower Canada. The form was print--1 ed in New York and issiiwi on Aug. ! 1. 1838. i ' oLiqi.or Banned Frod Campus Seattle —(DPI A law passed in | 1895 by the faculty of the University of Washington will remain in ' ! effect. The law pertains to the sell- : ing of liquor near the uulversity. , No liquor will be sold within two I miles of the university according to Ilubert T. Condon, dean of men. Mothers ! In treating children’s colds, I don’t take chances..use ** I V Vapoßub i j bwi j VIW {TTrmmi | M 4 111 DI»Uh4»S