Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 69, Decatur, Adams County, 20 March 1936 — Page 3

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B ■ „, H.,11 ••:!! »'«» «"» - K Hil .. ■ , u. r ...... - nt- ■ |.,mon will bo ... .I" Xi s<,i " rity ? ,„ ,- llk Tu.--I.iy .-veB, jt f ix thirty o'* Io: k. B Department <>f the dub will in.-' ' with "'t* Ki: 'I ■■■ "">u •" o'clock. Kry ANO MARTHA CLASS Kj C y POT LUCK SUPPER Hr 11... V ' I-’’ 1,1 ’>»»' ■ school . • ioy.ul a [»->t |K .... h: th" ■ bar* h ThureH. uiii -t< other R„ . ... were pre.-ent Ks, »w- ll'-' an l M ' 11 K - K .-i and -eu Er.-lerick. Mr. and I’hest Colds ... Best treated Ft without "dosing'’ |?V»CKS - ■Spirited, Sparkling I FASHIONS ■tot elebraie Spring I Suits tailored E '*‘ th a decided ■ »'*’ amount of I v\ dash—|B' $6-95 By I to I' Ms24-s<» ■ I jy Swaqgers-tail- , ■ f I leurs-fur trim■L- I k - med or plain. S . t' every fabric of ■ Il I the season ■ /\\ it represented — ■I (. ' |\ in all sizes. I l) ■ I. ' Ready for your K . spring COAT? El SK \l We cer tainly are. g 'l> . Moderately E priced from Iw sl9-75 fleeces, snort and dress ■ styles, for miss and matron. I Everything that’s new | in DRESSES | $3.95 to $12.75 [pp* 4 * sheers, Jackets, “dressy*’ y‘ gs ' pastels, navy, sizes for •* r y one. ■ FASHIONS come FIRST to ■ Mrs. Louisa Braden. E 3rd and Monroe st.

WALL PAPER SI RING WALL PAPERS ARE HERE! Famous Mayflower Washable Wall Papers tested and approved for color fastness. beautiful ceilings in stars and dots. Prices As Est Per Low As y(j Roll Line of everything for spring Chamois, Sponges, ‘Farr’ c„. n ne , r ’ J°h ns ons and Old English Wax. bal Soda, Soda Ash. Kohne Drug Store

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Mre. Fanny Macy Phones 1000 — 1001 Friday 1 Pat lota XI called meeting, court | room, 7:30 p. m. Evangelical Young Peoples Clr-!<-le, church, 7 p. in. j Little Flower study club. K. of ,C. hall, after church. I Young Married Couples class, Mr. and Mrs. Harry t'rownover, ‘17:30 p. in. ’ ‘ Pinochle club. Mrs Frances I Eady. 7:30 p. in. Phoebe Bible class. Mrs. Walter Deltsch. 7:30 p. in. Star class, Mrs. Dorphus Drum, 7:30 p. in. —Postponed. Zion Reformed girls choir, ; church. 7 p. m. Saturday Boys group King's Heralds, Jim Hunter. 2:30 ,p. ni. Monday 1 i Literature Section. Mrs. O. L. I Vance. 7:30 p. ni. ’I Junior Chamber of Commerce, ', Rice Hotel. 7 p. m. ; Music Section. Mrs. Clyde Butler, 7:30 p. m. Tuesday ■ j Psi iota Xi. pot luck dinner. Miss 1 Elokie Lewt n. 6:30 p. m. St. Patricks day Inn heon. Metho- ■ dist church. 1 p. reunion Chapel Young Peoples' i class!! Mice Ruth Fleming. 7:30 : p. m. Delta Theta Tati, Miss Helen Bur- | thel. 8:15 p. m. Wednesday St Vincent De Paul, K of C. home I 2 p.re. Thursday M. E. Indies’ aid. parsonage. 2:39 i P- m i Mrs. Wilson Beery and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wi ke. After the supper the meeting was . in charge of Mrs L. Dolch. Mrs. James Harkle.re had the devotion- • als- The iadiee decided to have a baked good*-* eale April 11. the Sat- | urday before Easter. A card was read from Mrs. Emma ; Daniel Davis of Washington D. ('. I I who wa-s a former teacher of the 1 ■<lass. j A social time was enjoyed after' the business meeting. FREE- TRICKER NUPTIALS ANNOUNCED Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Tricker of south of Decatur announce the marI riage of their son Kenneth to Lenore Free, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Verne Free of Sturgis, Mich., on March 8, 1936Mro. Tricker was graduated from : Sturgis High School with the clas< 'of 1934 and later from International Business College. Fort Wayne, and is now employed in the office of the Harvey Paper Products. Mr. Tricker is a graduate of South Side High School. Fort Wayne, and ie a member of Alpha Phi Delta Fraternity. At fpreeent he is in bueinese in St. Joseph. Mich. The Literature Section of the Woman's club will -meet with Mrs. O. L. Vance Monday evening at erven(thirty o’clock. MCCRORY-ROBINSON WEDDING ANNOUNCED Announcement was made today of the marriage of Miss Blanche CcCrory, 610 West Madison street, and William P. Robinson. Madison

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Hotel, whk-b took iplaco In Williamstown. Kontm-ky. November 10, 1934. 1 The ceremony was performed by ' KeV. H Blu-4 man of the Baptist I x-hnreh. Mrs. P.obinson is well, known and popular and has taught In the Decatur high school for a number [ of years. Mr. Robinson, who is also a welli known resident <ft Decatur. Is interested In the lumber busineM at 1 Schumni. Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson v ill reside.! at 610 W<at Madison street. MRS. SHERMAN KOOS ENTERTAINS LODGE The Women of the Moose -held 1 the regular meeting at the Moose I hom * last evening. Pane were made ! for an Easter esupper the Saturday I before Easter. The women voted to nulmcrlbe for a five dollar Centennial >ond. The meeting next Thursday will, be a pino -hie and bunco party. After the regular business Mrs. Sh -rnian Koos entertained with pinochle and bunco. Prizes were awardled to Mi-e. Clara Baumgartner Mrs. Bob August and Mies Grace Llchteneteiger, Mrs. Koos served Ice cream and cake at the close of the evening. — Th St. Vincent De Paul society will meet at the K. of C home Wed- i nesday afternoon at two o’clock. Mre. .Alex Tanvase, Mre William Parent and Mrs. Dora Cook will be the host -suea. There will be a ailed meeting of Psi lota Xi in the mayor's court room at o-ven-thirty o'clock Chiu' evening. The Ladies' aid of the Methodist Episcc;al hurch will meet with Mrs. H. R. Car Hon Thursday afternoon at two-thirty o'clock. [CHRISTIAN LADIES AID HOLDS MEETING The Ladies' .Aid of the Christian , church tr.-t with Mre. Fred King Thursday afternoon, with Mrs. Ralph Welsh as assisting hosteesThe meeting opened with song followed by scripture reading and sen-1 tence prayers. During the business meeting it was de. id-d to have each member work individually during April and at the meeting April 30. report the; amount of money earned. The thee - following members who have been very ill were reported as imrrovyd. Mrs. Jane Acker, MreDurr and Mrs. Burt Mangold. Mrs. Adam Kunewich gave a paper n St Patrick. Mrs. Ella Ever-' hart reed Give Jesus Your Beet".' Mrs. Hawton Kraft eang a eolo' “Come Pack To Erin", Th meeting closed with scripture reading. Delicious refreshments were e?rved. The next meeting will be ' held with Mrs. Herb Kern and Mrs. Noah Mangold will be assistant hostess. The meeting of the Star class which was to have been held with 1 Mrs. Dorphus Drum thiti evening ' has been postponed on account of the d ath of Mrs. Drum's father. I SOCIETY ENJOYS FOUNDERS’ DAY The Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal church ( obs rved founders’ day Thureday afternoon with an interesting pro- ' gram at the church. Mrs R. A. Stuckey was in charge ', of the following program: devotion- ( als, Mrs. H. R. Carson, “Purity”, j talk "Mission n China." Miiss Marion N’e?rud; candle light service, ( Mre. Delton Passwater; vocal solos. "My Task" and “Master Let Me Work With Thee," Mre. Ben Schreyer. Lovely refreshments were served by the hostesses, Mrs. Frank Krick, Mrs- Frank Crist and Mre. Charles Fletcher. 1 The next meeting will be held April 16 with Mrs. Herman Myers

Floodwaters Take Heavy Toll in New England V , I >X-' ;Tt MgM. » , A. .. A..: w w""’?' 1 ” .. - Ws / * igKay ’ar’ I? --*'*■ C J ** ' r "- ■'- s» v ■ J _*- jgSfr * Js? 9? . — dgFjS& . ' • .«Fd " SX'w..£<rTut — — A.rUl ™w U floodedl town

w—— New England is recounting the costs of the wor.'t floods in years which inundated many sections, wnwhinjr out highways such as the one at the up-

ii»i hrwtess, asulated -by Mre. E. W-1 i Johnson. Mre| Dan Tyndall nnd - Mrs. 11. R. Cureon- - MRS. AFFOLDER IS CLUB HOSTESS The Decatur Home Economics [club mAt with Mre. William Affold | er Wednesday afternoon with twen-ty-uix members and three guests present. Mre. William Little, presi--1 dent, presided. The leadens, Mre. J. E- Anderson 1 [and Mre Arthur Miller gave the lesson on "A Place For Everything" j' Mns. Charles Hammond read an in-; tercsting paper on “What the Irieh I I Have Contributed To Our Country.”! Mrs. Alb- rt Beery was taken into the club ae a new member. Mns. Affolder assisted by her J | ore. daughter Pauline, served tea at the , dining table which was beautifully I centered with a bouquet of spring i flowers. The next meeting will be h?ld 1 with Mrs George Myers. PERSONALS . Victor Bagley, Fort Wayne archi- ' t?ct, was a Decatur buefnees visitor' ' Thursday. . Mre. E. H Cosner and daughter' .Irene and Miss Mary Lou Kerlin of Dayton, Ohio, arived today for a we-k-end visit at the Rev. C. M I Plug" 1 residence They will be ac-f-oni|>anr d home hy Mre. Prugh and daughter Doris Jean Doris Jean will c -lebrato her second birthday anniversary Tuesday, Marsh 24. at the home of her grandparents ' in Dayt n. Mrs. Helen Bennet, daughter of Mr. and Mre. Willis Fonner of this city, is seriously ill at her homo ■in Fort Wayne. Mre. Bennet is sufi f ring from a throat illness, feared |to be atrepticcoclc infection. Mrs. 1 Fenner has b°en in Fort Wayne J since her daughter first be anie ill.' Mrs. George W. Schug and son John of Parkersburg, Va . are the guests of Mre. John Schug. 330 South Third street. Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Peterson and I c'.iildren will spend the week-end in Decatur with relatives. They will be accompanied home by Mrs. Peterson’s sister. Mre. Ge-orge Schlug i and son. I Ralph Engle of Oden. Mich., is a guest at the Burt Townsend resiI dence for several days. Miss Ruby Martin will h ave MonI day for Lewiston. Idaho, Miss Martin has been employed at the Gen- ' eral Electric for the past two years o QUARTER OF MILLION , (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) swept from their foundations on Wheeling Island a few minutes after noon today. It was not known whether any , residents were trapped in them. Deputy Sheriff Charles Flanagan i saw the houses torn away by the rushing flood waters of the Ohio a 1 few minutes after Chief of Police Albert Megale ordered a general evacuation of homes on the submerged island. A score or more of families had refused consistently to be remov-, ed from their homes, standing by their possessions in the face of surging waters that catapulated garages and trees down the stream. Megaie eariy in the day “advised” them to leave. A few minutes before noon, he changed his advice to an order. Megale said he feared the foundations of most of the island

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per left at West Upton, Mass., near Boston, and completely marooning scores of towns, among them Northbridge, Mass., lower righty

| homes were weakened and that ; liouhch might go at any time. Fire Threatens (Copyright 1936 by UP 1 Hartford, Conn., Mar. 20. -(U.R) ' —The raging Connecticut river spilled Its flood torrents into one half of Hartford und into the populous Hartford area today. A tierce gasoline fire threatened and a 34foot wall of water, loosed by a . broken dyke, swept down upon a suburb. [ Dater stood five feet deop in

Pictures Os Flood In Eastern States FH If HfteSSr *' ■< < >w 1 a. 11 :I■\ t ' * Pittsburgh’s largest theater was flooded when three rivers which converge in the steal city overflowed their banks, inundating principal streets of the city. M Il MWW jBM - hiiig fcwaafr igisMKsiifc W’*-* B&. .IlSiMf ■HOB hw JSK ‘ I - --IS J&- 5 ■ w — ■ 11 * -1 Jr. j ® 'J <FF.„ *- a ■'> <£.- '<■ ~r t.-"j "ire and flood combined to wreck havoc with this Pittsburgh building which was destroyed by flames, along with several adjoining build ngs, after a terrific explosion set off a blaze which roared through the block while flood waters 10 feet deep swirled through the street.

some sections of Hartford. All of eastern Hartford, comprising onehalf of the city, was under water Five miles buck from both banks of the Connecticut river for 25 miles was u churning sea of yellow, tumbling water. At 7a. m. the river stil was rising. Between here und the sea, a dlslttnce of 40 miles, the river hud engulfed or was threaten* ing to engulf a dozen communities. 34-foot dyke In South Hartford near the plant of th*' Colt Patent

. I KWIS ■ > 1 & ■ ■kJ .. < I > r I , ; a ' ’ XH v*l TT > %>•: Ji Bhk; N I 13! lK ‘l® i ■"■.#' E w ’ * •• ■■*••■■ <&«■> This graphic photo, taken in the residential section of Johnstown, gives a dramatic idea of the height \ of flood waters which swirled through homes and buildings.

Fire Arms Company, protecting Columbia Gardena, a suburb, collapsed with a tremendous roar early today, dumping ti greu* wall of water onto the i-liiHters of homes Hint normally shelteied 3,000 per sons. At 7 a. tn. bouts still were taking residents from upper floor windows and roofs. So fur us could he determined no one had been drowned. Most of the residents had been evacuated before tho dyke cfrtlapsed.

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Fort Wayne Pastor To Speak At Monroe The Rev. Howard J. Brown, p:t-i---tor of For* st Park M. E. church at Fort Wayn - will speak at an Easter banquet at the Monroe M. E c'iittrch March 27 at 6:45 P m. Price of the banquet han been set at 30 cents. Bob Smith, al«*o of Fort Wayne, will entertain with ini personal ion actm The public Is invited.