Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 72, Decatur, Adams County, 25 March 1935 — Page 3

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Of Marriage Made Kettily Appointed Dinner-Bridge KI nt of tli' 1 murrlaK* 1 of Miss Ituth Engle, daughter of |(ilH ( | (y ani | pick Durkin, of Indianapolis. son of EnK I*’ 1 *’ " ( Decatur, was made at a dinner-bridge party of K ,ibv ~lirßl with which Mrs. Milton Swearingen entertained aDlioi |,,n "'' . ‘'

K. home Satutdav night, triage k on Ma' ' IWfr’cv liltin' l ' pastor of the ■...fttaahd at -he ceremony of tint- -"tolls 'l'.' l »° ,h ' arrange.) ~l small tables ■ cent, red w ith bud ■of jon.iutl.-r. Bouquets of ML-"..- ;:ia " R,, ‘ l “'j 11 " room*. Mrs. ■• fn ae-isled by Miss ■ Richards in serving the of bridge were played lir:z ... were won by Miss ,1o, ‘ ■ Purkin and Mrs. William ■art. Th- hostess presented guest with a gift, ■s Durkin was graduated front ■ ft'catur high school and ■,,,..| Burble i.tii.' tvi'y where a meinner of the Alpha sorority. She is a mem■f Alpha Sigma chapter of Tri She nas lu > n employed in department of the ■erlraf Creamery. K Dinkin was also graduated K the Decatur high school and Kipioyed with the Hook Drug ■any of Indianapolis. Mr. and ■ ptirkin will make their home ■dianapolis in the near future. K- guest list for the party inKd the Mesdarfies Leo Savior--. Kam Lenhart. Walter BockK Ervin Goldner. Alfred Beav-KRi-bert Helm. 1-awrence Linn. Kam Bowers. Ruby Durkin.. Kry Knapp. Luvere Engle, and j ■ Misses Eleanor Pumphrey. Kthy Durkin. Mary K. Schug. j Kg Christen and Bertha Johns. ! Commonweal study club will | ■ Thursday evening at seven Kye'clock at the.Knigi.itß of ColKe hall. ■ LUKES Kies aid meets ■he St. Lukes Ladles Aid Soc- ■ met recently at the home of ■ willlini Klusmann. A pot-luck ■er was enjoyed and the after- ■ was spent in quilting. ■> Meeistroth read the Scrip-. ■at the close of the meeting. ■.Sylvan Stmhm will be hostces - ■he mit meeting. ■hose present were the Mea-, ■es Ervin Lo liner. Harry Young . ■i Dick. Leah Dochner, Christ i ■h. Clint Zimmerman. James

I Bj HARRISON CARROLL I Copyright, 1933, ■ King Feattm-t Syndicate, Inc. ■ Boi.I.YWm i| west coast f the premiere of Mary Pickyds play, if she does one, but there • t a chance of Hollywood getting •* honor. ■ Mary, her intimates say, is con-

vinced that stellar personalities of the films are too well known in their own home town to make good boxoffice draws. This shrewd business woman would open her play probably in Seattle, do an engagement in San Francisco, then break the jump

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1,,, , to Broadway F'“atew weeks in Chicago. L‘,'* Oh, yes, It is likely L, a dramatization of ‘The EnE?« ng ." l<iow ”’ which the star is E. i? ahingas a novel - Mary r<” Kat n fa drtrinally for Grace Moore, I TiJ’* Sh * "a" 18 *0 do It herself; L, !s s,i " vel- y much in F'/armatlve stage, but the star Is f ? vor Henry Buffy as the hoadway ° th ° n the coaHt and on •tk'of th**? ' lates almos t here, the ns. h»n^2. M “ e West Picture Is be--1 fiirthf*' asaln - And unless there th. wavering, the film will Joan" n exhll> ltors as “Goin’ to •*>out th. °i°. ne *** m 8t 0 know much the b ; tcst 6wltcil - Some say “How Am Tn t ’. a, ' tment "hjeeted to changerieanuD ' 1 ln deference to the I. 1 Pagn - “ Now lm a «« censor* eared ’ mieht offcnd p hw<M^knnw h t“’’ ” a ' B w,n ** surand 2 ? has wr 'tlng am ‘ h ’ desert v »^.^ en makinß use of heetmi-nt „» tatlon to do a screen N studios, m. St ° ry tor one of the l “t admit, th-° n ‘ say whlch ° ne •ta and th«\ story *• suitable for t» do it ” M he h °Pes to be able ball’ll iL? dent Hollywoodltes, ? h ‘“ the toWß rds the time At that n ° longer wants U ‘'dome a writer” 1 datC ‘ he hopes ° f Vll 't°r McLaglen’s un-

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Miss Mary Macy Phones 1000 — 1001 Monday Music Department, Mrs. C. M Prugh, 7:30 p. m. Pythian Sinter lodge and Needle Club, postponed. Art department meeting, Mrs. Harry E. Dodd. 7:30 p. m. Literature department meeting Mrs- W. E. Smitih. 7:30 p. m. Research Club, Mm. Charles Prugh, 2:30 p. m. Dramatic department—Mrs. Ernest Uhrlck. 1-ady of Victory Study Club, Miss Rose Steigmeye.r, s p. m. Tuesday Civic Section, Library rest room, 7 P tn. Young Mtitrona Club, Mrs. Irvin Miller 7:30 p. ni. Root township Home Economics Club, posttponed one week. R- bekah Lodge, I. O. O. F. Hall 7:30 p. m. Carpe Diem, Mrs. Roy Johnson. 7:30 p. m. Zion Junior Walther League, Lutheran school, 7:30 p. m. Root township Home Economics Club, Mrs. Dale Moses. 1:30 p. ni. American Legion auxiliary glee club, Mrs. Walter Gladfelter, 8 p. m. Wednesday St. Vincent de Paul Society, K. of C. Hull, 2 p- m. Ladies Shakespeare Club, Mrs. J. j H. Tyndall. 2:30 p. m. , Historical Club, Mrs. Leota Beery 2:30 p. m. Thursday St. Paul ladies Aid Society. Mrs. Fre< man Walters, all day. St. Mary's Township Home Economics Club, Mrs. Artie Jackson, 1:30 p- in. Eastern Star regular stated meeting. Masonic hall 7:30 p. m. Commonweal Study club, K. of C. hall, 7:30 p. m. Friday M. E. Ladies Aid Society. Mrs- J. M. Miller, 2:30 p. m. Brown. Howard Weller, Elva Roth, Earl Arnold, Sylvan Strahm, Hurry Manley. William Shoaf, H. H. Heckstroth and sone Marion and Spencer, Harry Erhart and daughter Mitxine, I-eo Engle, Roy Klusmann and daughter Carol Joan, Miss Miss Anna Klickman, Mrs. George Martin. Mrs. William Klusmann.

usual hobbies is to foster the development of first aid units on the coast. Through the Red Cross, the star is presenting a trophy to the winners of a contest to be held at his sport center, near the Los Angeles Breakfast club. Sixteen teams, many from American Legion posts, will compete. HOLLYWOOD TICKER-TAPE: Night life in the film capital centers more and more on that stretch of Sunset boulevard where the Trocadero, the Clover club, the El Rey (just off Sunset), the King's club, the Case Roxy and several lesser fry vie for the business of the stay-up-laters. Another new spot is the Chapeau Rouge, where the walls represent Parisian scenes, with one simulated shop front even having a show window in which shoes of the film stars are displayed. Up until a late hour, however, there Is no entry from La Garbo... Fred Perry, the tennis champ. Is to be Marion Davies’ house guest over the weekend.. .Shirley Temple’s footprint now adorns the forecourt of Grauman’s Chinese theater... Very funny about the chap who tends to the ceremony. He calls himself a cement sculptor.. .Piche) Pichel. 15-year-old son of the actordirector. Irving Pichel, has the most pronounced mechanical bent of filmdotn’s second generation... He’s bought three automobiles from junk shops, reconditioned them and sold them to his fellow pupils at the Flintridge School for Boys. With a net profit of s34...Lucyle Keeling, of the Warner contract pretties, gets a break with a solo “torch song’’ in

The G Man"... Virgin's Sale bought a secondhand car that actually goes Into hys te r leal honking when she backs it up. It’s such a swell gag she won’t let a mechanic touch it...80b Montgomery hears that Sid Skolsky. diminutive columnist, is go-

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ing to rent Colleen Moore’s dollhouse to live 1n... And Warren William craves to eat, of all things, tomatoes with sugar and cream. DID YOU KNOW— That Marlene Dietrich used to earn the equivalent of 53 cents a day as an extra in German films?

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1935.

LOYAL DAUGHTERS HOLD CLASS MEETING The Isiyal Ikiughteru class of the Evangelical Sunday School met at the home of Mrs. Milton Brown Thursday evening with Mrs. George Myers the assisting hostess. Mrs. Claude Foreman had charge of tiie devotions and led in prayer. I lie regu!«ir business meeting was followed with a social hour and refreshments w- re served by the hoßt- as. Mrs. Foreman will be hastens at • the next meeting and Mrs. George Sprague amt Mre. Joe Linn will he the assisting hostesses. TUie meeting of the Root township Home EoonomtaH Club which was to have been held Tuesday tins been postponed one week. There will the no meeting of the Pythian Sister lodge or of the Needle Club at the K. of P. Home I tonight. The Young Matrons Club will meet Tuesday night at seven-thirty I o'clock with Mrs. Irvin Miller. Mrs. Dallas Goldner will have the topic.- | The regular stated meeting of ■ the Eastern Star lodge will be held ' Thursday night at seven thirty j o'clock in the Masonic hall. The St. Mary’s township Home Economics Club will meet Thursday after no n at one-thirty o'clock with Mrs. Artie Jackson. All members are invited to attend. The first leeson on Home Management will be given. ENTERTAIN AT FAREWELL DINNER Mrs. Roscoe Elzey entertained' with- a farewell dinner for Rev. J. Clair Peters and fiimily and with a ' reception for the new minister of i the United Brethren Mission church I Rev. Fix, at her home Sunday noon. • Those present were Rev. J. Clair Peters an dfamily, Rev. O. Wilbur Fix. I-awrence Michel, Mrs. Akey, Mrs. Womack, W. L. Womack. Mae Womack. Miss Gladys Bell, Mrs. Fugul. Mr. and Mrs. Thomxs Dague and Miss Myrtle Drake. Afternoon visitors were Rev. Eddy, pastor of the United Brethren church of Wren, Ohio and Fran-k Johnson. Tie Indies Aid Society of the St. Paul church will hold an allday meeting Thursday at the home of Mrs. Freeman W>liters. A potluck dinner will be served at noon and the day will be spent in piecing quilts. ENTERTAIN AT TOWN HOUSE Mr. and Mrs. G. 11. Wehmeyer of Mercer avenue entertained twenty five relatives at dinner Sunday at the Town House in Fort Wayne. The gueete were seated at one long table which was centered with a variety of yellow spring flowers and four tall yellow tap. ns in crystal candleabra. Folowing the dinner they return- 1 ed to the Wehmeyer home in Decatur where they formed tables at bridg ■ JOINT MEETING OF LEGION AND AUXILIARY A joint business and social meeting of toe American Legion and auxiliary was held Friday night in I the Legion hall. Edgar Lober of Col- ’ umbbi City, past district command- j er and Mr. and Mrs. Chalic Keller of Fort Wayne gave short talks, i During the program, a ballet ■ d-ince was given by Katheryn Sch-

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mitt and Nancy Daniels, and a cat dance by Rosemary Fullenkamp and Donnahelle Fennimore. Several u<cordlau and violin selections were played by Henry Faurote and Tillmon Gehrig A luncheon was served at the close of the evening. The Music department of the Woman's Club will meet with Mrs C. M Prugh tonight ut seven-thirty o’clock Instead of with Miss Eleanor Rii, pert us was announced. All de- : part.iv- nts nre asked to make their final reports on the towels tonight, and all money is to be collected. The Civic Section of the Woman’s Club will meet in the Library rest ra m Tuesday night at seven o'clock. ■amis Dr, Roy Archbold visited in Logansport. Sunday, The members of the Bel Chore club visited with Dr. and Mrs. Glen j Neptune at Lima, Ohio, last eve- ' ning. I Plans are being made for Dairy ! Day to be held here August Bth and lit will be the biggest and best ever, which is saying stnnething. Howard Brandyberry of Monnue, student at Indiana Central College at Indianapolis, was in the city Satunkiy. Howard graduates this spring from a two years teachers training course. He stated that his friends. Henry Busche of Decatur, ihas become the college iiiand master and officiated at the annual concert of the band Friday night before the school and faculty. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Steele and Mr. i and Mrs. Vera Welker of Fort : Wayne were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mns. M J. Welker. | Orval “Pat" Parent, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Parent writes from Santa Anna. California that he 1b with the All G. Barnes Circus and that they will be showing eight days at Los Ang-'Js. California from March 30 to April 7. Bernard Louche is confined to his home on Norti'.i Fourth Street with the flu. Donald H. Smith of Van Wert. Ohio will be the speaker at the Fort Wayne Kidanis Club in the Anthony Hotel Tuesday noon. He will deliver an address on “Peculiarities of the Presidents.” Miss Eva Acker entertained tibe members of the Saturday Night Bridge Club at her home Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Foos of Cleve- ! land. Ohio and Mr. and Mrs. Jim I Mathias and daughter Mary Kath- * eryn of Fremont. Ohio, spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Lose. Mr. and Mrs. Jared Voors and family and Mr. and Mre. Lewie Voors and family of Fort Wayne, and Mr. „nd Mrs. Ed Schuekel of New Haven were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. J- Reed. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Maples and ‘ daughter Rose Mary of Huntington spent Sunday evening in Decatur visiting with relatives and friends.Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Myers and daughters Marjorie Rose and Joan : Clair and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Mown of indianaipolis visited with re atlves here Sunday. Mrs. Walter Gladfelter and Mrs. Charles Weber made a business ■ trip to Berne this morning. Mrs. IVHy Roop and granddaughter Alberta returned to their home i in Hammond after a week's visit at | the A-. C. Foos and L. C. Pejry ’ homes.

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RURAL SCHOOLS TO GIVE PLAYS One-Act Plays Will Be Given On March 29 And April 5 The casts for the one-act ploys to be given by the public speaking classes of six of the rural high schools on Friday, March 29, and Friday. April 5, were announced today. The .proceeds will be used to purchase scholastic nwards. The admission wil Jbe 10 cents for everybody. Three northern Adams county ihigh schools will present one-act plays at the Monroe high school Friday March 29 at .7:4-5 o clock. The following Friday they will give the same plays ut the Hartford township high school. The three southern high schools will give their one act plays at the Hartford township high school Friday. March 29. at 7:45 o’clock. The following Friday they will give the same plays ut the Monroe high school. The casts for the southern high schocls are: Hartford Township Name of Play — Sophie From Sandyville. Cast Aunt Ethel— Mary Catherine Bentz SiT'hie Groantimasher ‘ Betty Mfcshberger Larry Lemmond . Leon Meshberger James Martin, Chauffeur Elizabeth Stahly Geneva Name of Play—Miss Mary Smith Cast Cbirles Miller, A young lawyer Jack Fenstermaker Lillian, his wife — Leah Stanley Fred Miller Lester Grile Estella Bertram Ruth Wheeler Marv Smith Katheryn Chew Mary, Called "Bridget”, a serventnt Millers Burnice Chew An Expressman Joe Neal Jefferson Township Name of Play — The Boor Cast Mrs. Popoz Naomi Reef

Miliali Smironor ' -Chalmer Bollenbicher. Luka, servant Lloyd Baker ; . Coachman Don Abnet!. Gardener .. David Maser I ' Three Workman Eugene Kelley, Rolland Engle. Francis T ster.; The casts tor the northern high schools are: Kirkland Township Name of Play—The Third Man Cast i Hausmann, A man of leisure Donald Hoffman Apollonia. His wife ... Mildred Beer 1 Adelheid, Their Daughter 1 Eileen Byerly I • Klotilde, Their niece and Ward I Loks Mtmn ■ Pleasant Mills Name of Play—Crazy Lot Farce Cast 1 .Dr. Fred Squills, A doctor crazy tor practice George H. Clark I Dick Smith, Known as Loony, crazy for money Robert Wells , Ebenezer Smith, a fiirmer., crazy.[ I i with joy Arthur Anspaugih i | Cholly Nice, a dude, not crazy, but | i ’ idiotic Gorden Welker ] > Ricketts, just a crazy coon Luther Sovint Monroe Township Name of Play—Not Quite Such a' Goose Cast Mrs. Bell, a happy mother Drusilla Burkhard . Albert Bell, her sixteen year old eon Richard Moser , Sylvia Bell, her daughter Esther Sehneipp , Philip Flick, Sylvia’s sweetheart . ■ Harry Brown Hazel Henderson, Sylvia's friend ..Alda Lieohty o AUXILIARY TO CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE ceive $25. The following judges have been appointed: High bclioolh in the county, except Berne and the Catholic high school in Decatur. Bryce Thomas, Clank Lutz, Mrs. T. J. Metzler. Grade schcote in Decatur; Miss Velma Fortney, Miss Jeanette Clark Mrs. Herb Kern. I St. Joseph high and grade school: | Mies Groce Coffee, H. P. Schmitt,Clayson Carroll. County grade schools’- Miss Mir- £

iam Small. Mrs. Dallas Brown, ' Jesse Rice. ißorne high scCoo! and grade ( schools: Walter Krick, Carl Pumphrey, Mrs. Charles Weber. Final judging Committee: A. R. | 1! Ith..use, Mias Katherine Kauff-| man, Mrs. Walter Gladfelter. 0 ARRIVALS Mr. and Mrs. Harley Roop are; th? parents of a 10-pound boy baby, born at the home northwest of De- j catur Sunday morning. The child 1 has been named Lawrence Eugene.| This is the fourth child and second j son tn the family. Shirley Ann is the name of the* Ibaby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Rob-, ert S. Working r Saturday, March oo o Secretary Howe Reported Better Wasington, March 25 — (UP) — Assured by medical experts that the crisis in secretary Louis McHenry Howe’s illness Ltd paused. President Roosevelt today decided to Lave late tonight for a cruise in ■ against heart and bronchial disordFlorida waters. Howe, who waged a valiant fight ere ti'.iat amazzed physicians, was so muct). better this morning that he called for a cigaret. Encouraged by the favorable turn of th? la-st 24 hours, Comdr. Roes T.

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M Intire, who has been attending Howe, summoned a consultation of doctors and they reached the opinion that while the ultimate prognasis was not so good, there was indication of steady improvement to rum:' fra month or more. o RECEIVE FINAL CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE Bank of Berne, Thursday, and at the Briggs garage in Geneva, Fri day, to deliver checks. Persons who do not visit the cCfnmittee at that time may get their checks later at the county agent's office. All the checks for Preble, Root, Washington, Jefferson and Kirkland townships have been received. Parts of the checks for live townships were received as follows: Union, A to T; St. Mary s, A to R; Monroe, S to Z; Blue Creek, A to T; and Wabash. II to Z. None of the checks has been received for French and Hartford townships. j o Fi r e Alarm On Toot Milton, Mass.—(ll.R) —The town’s , fire alarm atop the Baker chocolate factory at Dorchester went on a toot recently. Blown for a minor blaze, the alarm wouldn’t stop and continued to shriek until the steam was exhausted. Meanwhile townfolk kept the police headquarters busy in answer to their questions about a conflagration sweeping the area.