Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 251, Decatur, Adams County, 22 October 1934 — Page 1

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lECATURS SCHOOL LEADER IS DEAD

zfpYMARS JiIIIRACE AS Suers crash v ’*b« —" --lAriti'li Aviators. En*!'*lriesln Xre Burn ‘ ' >VIO !H v(I To I)cath of race <| E I \R IX I ROM |. . \ . TjE§K| S -I" ' 'l' l>l HU'S the finish line or<'■-I Kterilv. more than lO.IMMI ■jta I rliiml the leaders, one | 111..E *, !t .flic, i Harold I). Gil I” Paines of Great ecar Foggia after W. ■ ; 'h. fliers were (•ZBof tbe’e still in the race. C. W. I £gX an<l T Campbell Black ! dashing j‘ last stages of the race., • Ausiralia and well in 7 . --mashed the rec-. England to Australia by i Ere |h.m I' 1 " hours. Their new minutes ami left Darwin, on the northof Australia, at 8:34 a. ' f. • ' int i. > ville. Australia, e rßkßjfsi Biles away and 787 miles 'he final goal. I'. 'iiud them was the; ■ ’.is air liner flown I Ptiti of K I’. 1’ irJ Moll and C. Van Km- ’.'hill Batavia. Java. Kyftlr'., a at r. a m EST., a dis,;,ai, American

■u. *»«■<» T n--r ami Clyde left Singapore at a in wi'li tlie possibility t<> Darwin, a of 2.084 miles. - were the section of the race, for a of approximately $40,000 ■nt coin .lined at not less Vc.nently ■p|< ■ A011I1! enable any to catch them. Cos. competitors ' Jones and K--n : e.i! I,i tain, who left , at 9: US FIST after a he- 1 1-cd by trim- ■ amt Ante ' to mechanical other arizes to he won are MS*! in the speed section ,lli " i ,he S ! ,<>P(l section, first in the handicap secand second in the section. S4.WO. m u ■ • it Mnall Infant ■■ Buried Saturday services were h 1! Satmorning at Bluffton f r H^V 1 Ann Carnail, infant daughMr and Mrs._J.imrn Carnall. was made in the Bluffton Carnall wan formerly Mis 1 hin. daughter of Mr. and Colchin. 119 North Fifth this city. ■■ -oMot Township I Meet Postponed R "t township Deroeiati’ originally scheduled to lie C:e Monm nth school Wnlt^B a y-v.eiing. has been postponed Saturday evening. October 24 Clelland. Fort. Wayne ottorcounty chairman, will be speaker. ' ■ • — o —— Carrol! Buys ■ Best End Barber Shop Carroll has purchased the Em i barber shop, located on Monroe street, fn m I). M. PI - Mr. Carroll formerly a part*n the Pingrey and Carroll bar1 ok possession of bin new this morning. Bakespeare Club S Meeting Postponed Ladies Shake.spc.tre club * a9 to have met with Mrs. ■ Heller in her home on south ® tree t has been postponed ” wlneirtlay afternoon because he funeral services for Mr. W man. The club will meet ■"'bi-lay afternoon at 2:3(1 o’eli -ck.

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Vol. XXXII. No. 251.

Martin Warthman Always Deeply Interested In The School Children Martin Worthmans thoughts were always with the school children and in their interest. He loved them und was solicitous of their wel. | , fare. They were part of his life and his desire was to be "with them" I and to "give more of his life in their behalf.”

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Martin Worthman, in character, thought and deed was the kind of man who believed in the Master s saying, "suffer the little children to come unto Me."

Young Democrats To Meet Wednesday Plans are nearly complete for the "scavenger hunt” to be held by the Young Decocratic club of Adams county after the regular meeting of the organizati n Wednee<kjy night at 7 o'clock in the Demo--1 c ratio headquarters. Only members ( f the dub will be eligible for .prizes. The contest will begin promptly at 8 o’clock and i close at 10 o'clock when prizes will be awarded to the winners. Refresh- , ments will also be served at this - time. 'Con(«Btants are requested to bring suggestions for items ti be . -4. <■ -a • • . V 1 _ .M . . ~ f

: sehrcfiM f. r in fife hunt on stipe of ' unsign ll piper. In order that no ; one will lie able to know ahead of . time as to what the list will include 'lt will .not be made known until . , during the business meeting which will the hunt. I _, o HEART ATTACK PROVESFATAL Marion L. Oliver Dies Sunday At Home Os Son In Bluffton Martan L. Oliver, 72. retired real estate dealer here, and a resilient of Adams county practically all his life, died at the home of his non. i Chancey Oliver in Blufft n. Sunday evening at 6 o’clock. Death was i cause) 1 by a heart attack. Mr. Oliver was born in Darke ; county, Ohio, October 8. 1862. a son |of Mr. and Mrs. Silas Oliver. He ■ came to Adams county when 12 •.years old, moving to Decatur 10 years ago. I He was a member of the M> nroe Methodist Episcc al. chur h. His wife, Ella Dfsner-Oliver precede : him in Heath in 1910. Surviving are I the son, .Chancey at Bluff on, a brother. Thomas of Decatur and a sister. Mrs. Amanda Shroll of Decatur. Two eons, Homer and Eddie are deceasedFuneral services will be held at the son's h, me at 706 Clark avenue in Bluffton Tuesday afternoon at 2 30 o’clock, in charge of Rev. P.B. ’ Smith. Burial will ibe made in the Decatur cemetery. District Contest At Ft. Wayne Nov. 3 The 4-H club district contest will be held at the Hillcrest school near I Fort Wayne Saturday, November 3. I I The district winners will compete at the state contests at Purdue next spring- . . Vera E. Schwartz will represent Adams county in the clothing juJg- ' ing contest anil Elma June Wyan and Bernita Lytle in the demonstration contest. Postpone Meeting Os School Leaders The Adams county principals and . superintendents association, which i was to have met in the Kirkland I high school this evening will be ► postp ned until next month be- . cause of the Idyath of M. F. Worth- : man, superintendent of the Deal- . tur schools.

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Probably one of the last letters i which Mr. Worthman dictated j from his hospital bed was sent to I Arthur R. Holthouse of the Daily Democrat, in which he expressed the true Martin Worthman spirit, unselfish and noble In Intent. The letter was dated October 8, the day before he submitted to the oper-j ation and conveys a thought which all will cherish. A paragraph reads: "Yes, I am going to fight for o m-i plete restoration of my former health. I still live for the boys and girls of Decatur and am anx- i ious to give more of my life in their behalf Decatur citizenship has a splendid group of children. They stand high above the average city group and, that is one reason 1 want to win thia battle in the hospital. I want to be with them." « « • «

SUGAR PROCESS TAX IS UPHELD Court Refuses Plea Os Hawaiian Sugar Producers On Program Washington. Oct. 22 — (U.R) — Constitutionality of the JonesCostigan sugar act was upheld today by the District or Columbia , supreme court. Associate Justice Jennings Bailev after a trial which lu.gau OcL

ey. aner a iriai which iM>.gwu wv-u , 2, refused to grant an injunction - restraining secretary of agrictilj ture Henry A. Wallace from enforcing the act in Hawaii, sought by 37 plantations in the territory. The decision as entered in the ■ books of the clerk of equity was ; simply as follows: “Case dismissed with costs." Suit was brought by the 37 ' Hawaiian plantations on the ' grounds that the sugar curtail--1 ment plan inflicted “irreparable damage” to them, since Hawaii ! cannot market its sugar anywhere I except in continental United Sta’es. The Hawaiians contended that with annexation of the Republic of Hawaii in 1898 the territory beI came an “integral part of the United States" and was entitled to the same classification as that ‘ given the western beet regions • and the southern cane zones in I the sugar act. ’ i Secretary Wallace denied that | Hawaii was an "incorporated ter- ‘. ritory.” 1 , Justice Bailey in his opinion up‘l ’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) > ,_o ; DICE ARGUMENT ENDS FATALLY l Youth Admits Stabbing Another After Dice Game Sunday Indianapolis. Ind.. Oct. 22 —(UP) , —(UP) —Fearing mob violence to avenge the federal stabbing of Colvert Whitlock, 17. at Edinburg Sunday. Sheriff Albert R. Malkins, , Franklin, today rushell Chanley ’ Hedger, 21, alleged slayer, to the Marion county jail here 1 Johnson county , ffii s said Hed- ’ ger admitted killing Whitlock in self defense during the argument ! over a five-tent dice game. Hedger threw the dice away after losing his last nickel and Whitlock * CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) i — 0 Science Teacher At Ft. Wayne Dies Indianapolis. InlJ., Oct. 22 —(UP) —E. M. Suter. 50, science teacher >i in Fort Wayne high schools for 18 i years, died in Methodist hospital I j here yesterday of a heort a‘tack ij suffered last week while attending I the state teachers association con>l vention here. He was vice president of the ■ Fourth district for the state asso- ■ -iatlon. He taught at Wabash before going to Fort Wayne.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, October 22, 1934.

INTENSE HUNT | IS BEING MADE FOR GANGSTER Woods Are Being Combed For Charles (Pretty Boy) Floyd THOUGHT OUTLAW BADLY WOUNDED BULLETIN Washington, Oct. 22—<U-R> 1 — Federal agents late this; afternoon killed Charles (Pretty Boy) Floyd, notor-. I ious outlaw, on a farm eighth miles northeast of Liverpool,. Ohio, headquarters here announced. Details of the shooting were not immediately available here. Wellsville, Ohio, Oct. 22— (UP)—A picture of Chari?- (Pretty Boy) ' Floyd, was definitely identified by two men as that of the man who shot his way out of a police trap here Saturday, fleeing wounded to. the woods, Wellsville, O„ Oct. 22—(U.R) I Armed posses searched woods and 1 II hills near here today for Charles (Pretty Boy) Floyd. Police, federal agents and Citi-: ■ zens participated in the search, which was spurred to new fervor I by a report that the notorious out-1 law had been sighted this mornI ing near Frederickstown, O. Leaving a few men to guard - Floyd’s confederate, Adam Richetti, in the Wellsville jail, scores , of possemen rushed toward the 1 spot where a negro road worker I .; reported having seen a man reI sembling the wounded killer just |

J before daybreak. Richetti was raptured Saturday in a gun battle in which Floyd managed to shoot his way to freedom. c. mmonded two au’omobiles ON PAGE SIX) o FLIERS AWAIT GOODWEATHER Two Aviators On Long Australia To. California Flight Suva. Fiji Island (Tuesday), Oct. 1 23 — (U.R) —While fuzzy-haired Fiji i island policemen guarded their ! plane, "The Lady Southern Cross. ’ jSir Charles Kingsford-Smith and | ('apt. P. G. Taylor awaited today for a change in weather conditions ito permit their taking off on the second leg of an Australia_to-Cali-fornla flight. Neither appeared anxious to reI peat the “by guess and by God” •navigation which brought them j here through storm and darkness from Brisbane, Australia, on Suni day (Saturday, Pacific coast time), j They may be delayed for several i days, Kingsford-Smith indicated Ahead of them lay the hardest : and most dangerous part of their • flight, a 2,736-mile hop over the ocean, marked by only a few small islands and none of them offering a landing place or aid in case they break down. It is a flight which will take 21 hours and the intrepid fliers want to be certain that weather condiions are favorable, at least at the takeoff. Once in Honolulu, they expect comparatively easy sailing tor the third and final lap, the 2,(CONTINUEID ON PAGE FIVE) — —o Scottish Rite Masons To Conduct Services All Scottish Rite Mas ns are askell to meet at the Masonic hall Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Scottish Rite services will be conducted for M. F. Worthman at the Zion Reformed church. ,_ o Parent-Teachers Meeting Postponed The regular meeting of the SouthWard Parent-Teachers Aseocla ion scheluled fee Tuesday afternoon has been pcatponed on account of the death of Superintendent M. F. Worthman. The date and program for the -meeting will be announced later.

18 YEARS SUPERINTENDENT j — ! Martin F. Worthman held the position of superintendent j of the Decatur city schools : longer than any of his 11 I predecessors. He held the po- i I sitlon from 1916 until his death j a total of 18 years. The 12 superintendents of the Decatur city schools from the organization of the high school until now are: S. G. i Hastings, 1878-1881; C. G. ; While, 1881-1883; G. W. A. Luckey, 1883-1887; C. A. Dug- . j an, 1887-1891; j. Lewis, 1891- . I ! 1892.; A. D. Moffet, 1892-1897; | I W. F. Brittson, 1897-1899; H. i, A. Hartman. 1899-1906; William | Bechler. 1906-1909; E. E. Rice, | 1909-1913; C. E. Spaulding. | I 1913-1916; Martin F. Worthman, 1916-1934. SECOND HONOR I FOR YEARBOOK Award To High School Annual Second In Last Four Years The winning of first place in ! the Indiana state high school press I association by the Ravelings, Dei catur high school annual, entered ’in the class for schools with an | enrollment of less than 350, makes i the third trophy won by the school ! in the last five years. | In 1929 the school paper, I "Wings,” won first prize in the state contest. In 1930 the year book won high honors. Barbara Kri :k was editor in ■ chief and Robert Chile business | manager of the annual. The faculty advisors were Miss Blanche McCrory and Sigurd Anderson.

. I Other members of the staff ■ were Marion Baker, Virginia Dolch, James Harkless, Glen Dick- ’ erson, Thelma Whitright, Odes 1 j Bodie. Mildred Acker. Evelyn I Kohls, Pauline Affolder. Jack Grether, Max Zimmerman, and , Harold Teeter. The theme of the 1934 annual ■ was "Recovery.” Each of the division pages was dedicated to I *76oNTJNUED ON PAGE SIX) I Sherman Minton To Head District Rally Sherman Minton. Democratic canI Jidate for the United States senate, | will be the principal sipeaker at a i fourth district rally to be held at i the Shrine •niditi -riurn in Fort - Wayne Saturday evening. October ■27. I After the meeting a public recup- - tion will be held tor Mr. Minton at i the Democratic headquarters in the ■ Anthony hotel. Samuel D. Jackson. . Fort Wayne attorney and head f the state speakers’ bureau, will introduce Mr. Minton. : DELAY HEARING ’ FOR KIDNAPER t . I Arraignment of Mrs. Rob- ’ inson Postponed Until Tuesday Louisville, Ky., Oct. 22 (U.R) Arraignment of Mrs. Frances Robinson on charges of kidnaping , Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll was post I poned in federal court today until , 10 a. m. tomorrow. ’ At the same time it was announced by Mrs. Robinson s attorney, Clem W. Huggins, that the defendant will appear in court tn | person to enter a plea of not guilI ty to charges of aiding and abett- ’ ing her husband. Thomas H. Robinson, Jr., in the $50,000 abduction. Mrs. Robinson and her father- ‘ in-law, T. H. Robinson, Sr., are 1 under bond following indictment 1 by the federal grand jury on charges of violating the Lindbergh law. The younger Robinson still was the object today of a search Ithat extended from coast to coast. There were indications the kidnaper is spending some of the ransom money and department of 1 justice officials announced they ! expected to capture him shortly. Ask Death Penalty Louisville, Ky., Oct. 22- (U.R) — ' While members of her wealthy (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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SADDLERY CO. I IS RE-OPENED Twenty Men Start Work At Schafer Saddlery Plant In This City Decatur’s industrial and employment situation was given furtherimpetus last week with the opening of the Sch.iter Saddlery factory in the Schafer Company building on .\',.rth First street. About 20 harness makers started | work last week and every indica- | tion Is given tliat the factory will enjoy many months of steady run that the present working force will be increased from time to time. The company manufactures a [ complete line of harness anil sad ■ dlery equipment and is one . f the j few harness factories operating in i this state. Last year, due to a heavy | volume of business, the factory was ' moved from the Madison street I building to the second floor of the 1 Schafer building c.n First street. \ Salesmen for the company arc I now receiving many orders for. I Schafer harness and bins are being | tilled in anticipation of capacity' business during the winter months i janil for early spring shipments. Earl Fuhrman is superintendent l i of the local factory. Ralph Gentle > and Don K. Lutes of this city, sales- ' i men for the o nipany, report heavy '; bookings for harne.» and much of I the busin as is for ir.mediate ship ' ment. The Decatur representatives I I I cover territory in Indiana, western i 1 1Ohio and aenther.a Michigan. — o— Mexican Held For Stealing Fruit 1 . Stanley Ramoes, a Mexican living ’ northwest of Berne, is being held in ■'the Adams county j>iil on a petit ’ i larceny charge. He is alleged to 1 have stolen %ome canned fruit from

i uatt. »• -jv.■ —- f i the basement of a farm home near 1 1 Berne. Sheriff Burl J. hns n male ’ the arrest Sunday oft moon. I o BANKERS HOLD ANNUAL MEET North Carolina Banker Criticizes President’s Statement Washington, Oct. 22. — (U.R) ' Criticism of President Roosevelt 1 tor praising British bankers and an attack on government economic ; methods brought the first rumbliings of controversy at the start of 'the American Bankers Association 'convention today. j The critical appraisal by Robert ' j M. Hanes, a North Carolina bank;'er, came at the opening session of the important convention, which met in a surface atmosphere, at i least, of cooperation with the administration for business recovery. | lHanes, president of the Wachobih Bank and Trust Company, of I Winston-Salem, N. C-, one of the | first speakers, said that the implied | criticism of American bankers by j the President in his last "fireside" j talk was “totally uncalled for and unfair." The President in his ’ speech had praised British bank, ers for cooperating with their government for recovery. Most . f the nation’s leading bankers were present to hear , Hanes and other speakers at the meeting of the state banking division of the association. More than 4,000 had registered as the first divisional session opened. President Francis M. Law of the Association in a pre-convention TcONtTnuED ON PAGE THREE! 0 Berne Man’s Stolen Auto Is Recovered Sheriff Burl Johnson has received word that Raymond Orr. wanted for the theft of a V-8 For!! sedan belonging to Milas Reiff of 365 West Franklin street, Berne is being held by Sheriff Ernest T. Shay of San Bernadim\ Californ’n. The car was stolen in Fort Way.ne June 18, 1934. Sheriff Johnson notified the protective and information bureau at Chicago as soon as the. ' theft was reported and it was through their effort the allege 1 thief wae apprehended. It has been recommended that Orr be turned over to the Unitell States department of justice for prosecution under the Dyer motor vehicle theft act.

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I Arrested ■I I Irving Weitzman, 37, wealthy Chicago wholesale baker, who was arrested and questioned by ChiI cago police in connection with the murder of Eli T. Daiches. slain advertising executive, last March. ; Weitzman is a brother of Daiches’ | former business partner. STORM DAMAGES WESTERN COAST — At Least 12 Persons Killed; Heavy Property Damage I Seattle, Wash., Oct. 22 — (U.R) — i The Pacific northwest counted at I least 12 dead and a huge toll in today after a storm in which winds of hurricane force .•nob email llrikVA* <

. I sank several small vessel*, drove ,' larger ships from their courses and disrupted communications. 1 In the wind which reached a ■velocity of 95 miles an hour at several points and 75 miles here, the | j little purse seiner Agnes was enl gulfed by a huge wave, carrying /five men to their deaths. The I coast guard cutter Haida, en route , to aid the storm-lashed freighter ; Floridian, now en route to port, 1 saved two of the crew • Two person, a man and his wife. . were drowned when the waves . swept away their house at Belling- ; ham, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. Carl I Christenson of Tacoma were elec- I trocuted and their daughter, Betty, ' ’was burneu badly when the wind I blew a high velocity wire across | J the radio aerial they were repair- ■ ing. Los Kin, Chinese, was killed ! when' the Alki hotel collapsed here. A fisherman was missing from a rowboat which drifted ! ashore near Seattle. Chris Pae'tow. Astoria. Ore., was drowned 1 when his hunting boat overturned l There were reports of other I ♦- ♦ •-* ♦ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ! TEN PERSONS DIE IN WRECKS Traffic Accidents Take Ten Lives In Indiana Over Week-end Indianapolis. Oct. 22 —(U.R) —At least ten persons were killed in traffic accidents in Indiana ns Hoosier motorists crowded the highways to enjoy the crisp fall weather over the week end. Tw’O pedestrians were killed by automobiles in Greene county. Albert Wright. 42, was struck by an automobile driven by Joe Wright, 20, Dugger, on state road 54 near Linton. H Irani Hatfield. 63. a deaf mute farm hand, was killed when struck by an automobile driven by John Padgett. 33, Freedo. on state road 67 north of Switz City. Three deaths were recorded at (Seymour. Albert Crockett, grocer, died of injuries suffered when his automobile was demolished by a passenger train. Two negro children. Inex Vaughn. 2. and Beacham Reed. 18. both of Indianapolis, were killed when a truck overturned. Homer Lamar, 22, Lafayette, died of a fractured skull suffered when an automobile in which he was riding skidded and overturned in fresh gravel on the iaifay(OONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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M.F. WORTHMAN DIED SUDDENLY LATE SATURDAY — Educator’s Death Is Severe Loss To Entire Community TO HOLD FUNERAL RITES WEDNESDAY The public schools were 'dosed and in mourning, Decatur citizenry dejectedly went about its business today and everyone keenly felt the loss to the community in the death of Martin F, Worthman, 51, city superintendent of schools, who died at 11:10 Saturday night at tne Adams county memorial hospital of pulmonary embolism. Decatur's apostle of service, advisor and inspiration of youth, lost his gallant battle for life following an operation which he submitted to at the local hospital October 9. Mr. Worthman desired to get well, because he wanted to "live for the boys and girls of Decatur." Rallying from the inroads di the knife, i hopes were high for his recovery ! until Saturday evening when a reI lapse occurred. Death, however,, was sudden. ’(Tie blood clot had ali ready snuffed out life by the time ■members of the family were sumi moned to his bedside. With Mr. Worthman s death, one of the greatest hearts that beat ardently for Decatur and its school children was stilled. Funeral Wednesday Final tributes will be paid to Superintendent Worthman, his ■ noble character and life’s work at services to be held at 2:30 o’clock I Wednesday afternoon from the < Zion Reformed church, at which I place the body will lie in Btate I from 12 o’clock noon until time of the funeral- Boy scouts in uni- ' form will form an honorary guard .around the casket. Short services j will be held at the Worthman ■ home. 227 North Sixth street, at * ; two o’clock. The body will remain at the church, however, and the casket will not be opened during or following the service. Scottish Rite services, in charge of Frank Studer of Fort Wayne, will be held at the clfurch. The church services will be in charge of the Rev. Charles M. Prugh, pastl or. Catholic Schools Close The Rev Father Joseph Seimetz, I pastor of St. Mary's Catholic j church, announced that the Cath- | olic schools would close during the funeral hours. Business houses will also dlose, Dan Tyndall, president of the Chamber of Commerce announced. Widely Known As secretary of the Northeastern Indiana Teacher’s Association, Mr. j Worthman was widely known in ! school and educational circles in this state. Only last Friday the assembly of teachers held in Fort Wayne elected him to a ninth term ; as secretary-treasurer of their as. I sociation. He was held in high I esteem by his co-workers and those j who came into contact with him. | Mr. Wprthman formerly served 1 several years as a member of the executive council of the Indiana Teachers Association which has heailquarters in Indianapolis. T.lr Worthman completed his eighteenth year as superintendent of the Decatur public schools last August. During his administration he saw the building of the new high school and later the addition of the gymnasium and auditorium. He was instrumental in establishing playgrounds and athletic fields for the youth of the city ..nd although "the head man” in the school system and bearing the dignified title of professor, never (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Business Houses To Close For Funeral Dan Tyndall, president of the De<Mtur chamber of commerce, announcell teday that many ? f the business houses in the city had indicated that they will cloae during the funeral services tor Mr. Worthman. Mr. Tyndall issued a statement this morning asking that all business houses ibe closed from 2 o’clor k until 3:30 o’clook Wednesday while the services are being held in the home and at the Zion Reformed church.