Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 142, Decatur, Adams County, 15 June 1936 — Page 1

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EXERCISES ARE HELD SATURDAY Graduation Exercises Are Held For 269 Hural School Students ; Speaking mi "Whose In Author ity, tlrovei Van Ihiyn, assistant slate superintendent ut public m striielion, addressed Hie 2G!t grade ates of the rural eighth grade schools in the ttnih annual com mem einent exercises held Saturday in the Decatur high school build Ing. Mr. Van Duyn gave numerous examples of men who have won authority over others such as Mils isolini, Napoleon and David In each of these cases, In- said, they came ihto power because of their control over themselves. David was able to kill Goliath because he practiced self disipline. County Siiperiniendenl ol Schools Clifton E. Striker made a short talk in which he urged the pupils to continue their education. He said that he did not consider them '“graduate." They had only begun their graduation he believed. Mr. Striker introduced the honor students among the graduates. A perfect grade would have been 581. Miss Dorothy Hoffman of Washington township, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Otto Hoffman of southwest of Decatm. received a grade of 503 to lead the graduates. Betty Jean Williams of Monroe township received a grade of 4U!I for second place and Clifton Herb er, Wabash township. 495 for third place. Township scholastic leaders and their grades were: Harry Bleeke, I I Ilion. 41S. Mary Rabbit, Root. 397; Marvin Schroeder. Preble, 442: Donna Zimmerman. Kirkland. 390. Robert Mann, Washington, 43u; Myrtle Death St Mary's. 471; Betty White. Blue Creek. 403: Vera Mailer, French. 439; Majeska Baumgartner. Hartford. 430, and Lester Strahm, Jefferson. 38S. Mr. Striker introduced the three pairs of twins. They were: Mary and Martha Blair, daughters of Mr .and Mrs Charles Blair of Union township; Edith and Elsie Haljegger, daughters of Mr. aud Mrs. John Habegger of Blue Creek township, and Max and Maxine Noll of St. Mary s township. There were 135 hoys and 134 girls among Hie graduates. These were divided among the townships as follows: I nioii. eight boys and (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) MRS. WORKiNGER DEATH'S VICTIM Mrs. Charles Workinger Dies At ll(>me In Blue Creek Township Mrs. Armanda Elizabeth MeyersWorkinger. 07. died al 0:45 Illis morning at her home one and one half miles south and live miles east id' Monroe. Death was calls eil by ulcers of the stomach. Tile deceased was born October 6. 1868, a daughter of Jacob and Nancy Meyers of Blue Creek town : ship. She was a member of the United Brethren ehun h ami spent her entire life in Blue Creek township. Surviving besides the husband, Charles Workinger. are the tollow ing children, Mrs. I.- 1- Hay 1,1 Willshire; Glen of Monroe town ship; Harry and Loy of Ft. Wayne; one brother. Fred Meyers of Blue Creek and two sisters, Mrs. A. < ' Conterman of Blue Creek and Mrs IJ. C. Frank of Washington town , ship. . ~. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 o'clock (ESI > at the home and 10:30 at. the Union U. B. church, with burial in the Tricker cemetery. Rev. E. E | Bragg will have charge of the ger viC6S« The body was removed from the Lobenstein funeral home in Monroe early this afternoon and may be viewed at the residence. o— Decatur Girls Band Wears New Uniforms The Decatur girls band ’ under the direction of Albert Sellemeyer I made its first appearance Saturday " new uniforms. There are mor? than 25 girls in he band The uniforms are red, trimmed in . W The uniforms have been obtained in order that the girls may make a good appearance during the Centennial celebration from August 2 to 8. — WEATHER Fair tonight and Tuesday, rising temperature north pot- | tion Tuesday.

Crowd Hears Roosevelt at Vincennes -• • ar'""-* ««i»vrvv<». •• - r * Ir F s '' J $5 FF % BHBBM ~ * . ’‘ A f I V BI IM : 1 Bl ’ t-i -hii llHnnilil hi mnii i K: || J Bt : mRuiSKEL flm President Franklin D Roosevelt stopped at Vincennes. Ind . Sunday, on his way back to Washington from a tour of the Southwest, (to speak at the dedication of a memorial to George Rogers Clark, famous pioneel and explorer of the Northwest. President Roosevelt (indicated by arrow) is eliown as he addressed a crowd of approximately 20.000 persons from the flag-covered platform in front of the circular granite monuniPiit of (li>*ek architecturp

NORGE AGENCY CHANGESHANDS Huntington Man Purchases Local Norge Sales Agency .Joseph Zickgraf of Huntington today announced the purchase of the Norge Sales in the K of <’ building lon Vest Madison street. The business was purchased from Mrs. Don Lutes, who founded the | store. Mrs. Lutes will continue in the capacity of a sales lady. Mr Zlc'hgraf was associated in I the Wickenhiser tleedy company, one of the large Indiana hardware land Inline appliances stores. He has been conn ' ted with the retail refrigeration business for 15 yearw. The store announced a new immei diale connectio mind maintenance i .service. Mr. Zickgraf is married and has two s Ills. At the present he is maintaining his home in Huntington. but plans lo move to Decatur as noon as he finds a home hero. The store in also p'aiining an electric stove and automatic refrigeration school in the city in a lew idols. The details will be announced so<>nAfter the school a complete dis i lay of Norge products will be [shown al the store. No change in ■ policy is anticipated. o BERNE WOMAN DIES SUNDAY Mrs. R. R- Schug Dies Sunday Evening At Home In Berne Mrs. Mina Schug. 68, sister of Fred Reppert of this city, died at her home at Berne at 8:45 p. m. Sunday. Mrs. Schug attended i church services Sunday morning, sufTering a paralytic stroke shortI]y after returning home. : The deceased was born in Preble township, November 26. 1867, a daughter of Fred and Louisa Sellemeyer Reppert. She married R. R. Schug November 23, 1889. Mr. Schug was formerly president of [the Peoples State Bank of Berne. Surviving besides the husband are the following children: Mrs. Stella Gilliom; Homer, Nelson R , and Emma Schug, all of Berne; Oliver, Fort Wayne; Urban A., Detroit. Mich.; Luster, Pendleton; a niece, Esther Reppert, who made her home with Mrs. Schug, and the following brothers and sisters: Fred Reppert, Decatur; William, near Monroe; Mrs. Charles Walter (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, lune 15, 1936,

Congress Speeding Toward Adjournment 1 Washington, June 15 (UP) I. Congress pimlied along the crowded 1 legislative path toward adjournment I today, disposing one by one of eon- ■ ference reporta and last minute committee hear Ings. Speaker Win B Bulkhead prediit d tile house would meet dav and night this week to accmplish the adjournment goal. PROPERTIES ARE SOLD SATURDAY Three Decatur Business Houses, Five Farms Are Sold Here Three Decatur up-town business buildings and five farms, divided into seven tracts were sold at sheriff’s sale Saturday afternoon, in Hie corridor of Itlie Adams county court house. The properties belonged to J. (1. Niblick of this city and were sold by deputy sheriff Leo Gillig for the American Life Insurance company of Detroit. The high bids received totaled $37,625. The following properties were sold: Vance and Linn building to Miss Rose (’outer, bid. 17.1)75; Daily Democrat building so Tim Decatur Democrat Company, bid. SU.SPO; Kroger store building to Miss Rose Confer, bid, $6,500. These buildings are located on the east side of Second street, between Madison and Monroe streets. Wolfe fti.i-m, 119 acres St. Marys township to Harry .Frit zinger. bid. ' $5,500; Egly farm. 93 acres. Mon roe township, to Harry Frit zinger, bid, $3,800; (’offer farm. Monroe township, 120 acres, divided into three 40 acre tracts and sold to Omlor Bros.. Julius Schultz and John Braun, bid, $4,800; Sheep shed farm. 52 acres. SI. Mary's township, to John Baker, bid, $1100; 80 acre farm. St. Mayy’s township to Marcellus Davison, bid $2350. Attorney C. J. Lutz represented the Insurance company and Attorney Arthur E. Voglewede rep re(CONTINUED nN PAGE FTVBJ) ' o — No Remonstrances Filed With Board Until 2 o'clock this afternoon no remonstrances or objections had been filed against the tax ’ levies In Union or Root townships ' before the Adams county board ' of tax review. Tuesday the board will hear ' protests from Kirkland and Pre- ‘, ble townships. The board will be jin stwalon this month

LEADER PASSES MILLION MARK Second Cut In Contestants Tor Queen To Be Made Tonight Freida Scherer, leader in Deca tur's Centennial queen contest, [passed the million mark today in number of votes garnered. Miss : Scherer now has a (total of 1,192,l 250 votes, to hold a margin of more than 200,000 over her nearest opponent, Mildred Teeple. with 957.550. Miss Teeple. however, with Ruth Elzey, who has 759.2. m. Kathryn Engeler. wilh 652,400. Patricia Fullenkamp witli 647,400 land Gladys Harvey with 621.000 all are conceded an opportunity to close the gap before the closing of the contest on Saturday, June 27. by members of the publicity committee of the Centennial, sponsors of the affair. Highlight of today’s results, including Friday and part of Saturday's votes was the rise of Patri-1 ciu Fullenkamp from sixtli to fifth place. She succeeded Gladys Har- [ vey, who had held that ra.uk for nearly u week; the rise ol Mar-J (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) EMMA BOENKER DIES SUNDAY Mrs. Fred Boenker Dies At Hoagland After Long Illness Mrs. Emma Boenker, 64. died Sunday at 4:45 a- m. at her home in Hoagland after a long il'nees of diaibetes. The deceased was born in Allen county February 15, 1872. She mar- ’ ried Fred Boenker, October 6, 1892. She was a member of St. John’s Lutheran church. Surviving besides the husband 1 are the following children. Walter of Adams county, Mrs. Alma Bradtmiller and Mrs. Elsie Nieter of Alien county and Mrs. Louise Thieme of Adams county, Louis, Arthur and Bertha, all at home. Three children preceded the mother in death. Two sisters, Mrs. Fred Bulmahn and | Mrs. Louis Selklng of Adams county also survive. Funeral services will be held ‘ Wednesday at 1:30 p. m. at the home and 2 o’clock at the St. John’s j Lutheran church with Rev. A. R. ! I Treulzsch afflclating. Burial will be , in the church cemetery. The body was taken from the . I Zwick funeral home to the Boenker s i home three quarters of a mile west of Hoagland late Sunday afternoon

FIRST OF VETS BONDS RECEIVED THIS MORNINC Mail Carriers To Deliver Bonus Payments Here Tuesday The finst of lite soldiers' bonus bonds for Adams county were received by Postmaster Phil Macklin this morning. Others are expected to arrive this week. Although all of the bonds were I mailed from Washington. D. C on the first train after midnight last night it is probuible that all wilt ■not lie received in time for diu--1 tribution Tuesday morning City and rural mail carriers will distribute the bonds These 1 were mailed under Ithe restricted ’ registration service ,which will ' prevent all. Imt Hie parties to whom they are being sent, from ! signing for them. 11l (“OiSea where the recipients ’ are known by the mail carrier 1 only one signature will be neces- ’ :«ary. In other cases a second sig- ‘ nature will be required Those who desire cash for th-? bonds must make application for 1 checks either through the post 1 office or direct. When applications are sent direct to Washing ton an a,ffidavi,t will be necessary. When applications have been 1 received tlirough the post ollie ■. ! checks will be mailed from Indianapolis. Thevse may be cashed at 1 the post office or any bank. There are between 600 and 700 ’ persons in Adams county who are eligible for bonds. The exact 1 figure is not known a.s some have 1 '(changed their addresses since fit- 1 ing their applications. Begin Distribution Washington, June 15 <U.R) The ' nation's 3,518.000 world war veter- ' ans collected $2,300,000,000 from 1 Uncle Sam today as a bonus over ■ regular army pay for the months land years they spent in training ' camps, dugouts, end trenches. Special delivery postmen began distribution of the biggest American payroll of all times, in villages and cities clear across the country, at exactly midnight. Long before dawn they had ha.nded checks and bonds worth millions of dollars to veterans in little homes, big homes, shelters of the < homeless After dawn the golden flood (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o SLATE HELLER AS SECRETARY t Report Local Man To Succeed Johns; Leave For Convention Indianapolis. June 15. Dick Heller of Decatur is slated to become secretary of the Democratic slate committee wilthin a few days. Democrats “in the know say the resignation of Keith Johns id Marion lias been given to State Chairman Omer S. Jackson Io be come effective before ithe end ol the month. The iappointmen'l of Heller has I more than usual significance. ■ since it would tend io bear out the general impression that Gov I Paul V. McNutit is partial to the nomination of Lieut. Gov. M < litford Townsend for the Democratic nomination for governor in tile state convention here Tuesday. Heller is campaign manager for Townsend, and before that was 'Secretary to (the lieutenant-govei-nor. He also has served as eecretary of the state house of repre-, sentatives and of the state senate. To Convention A large number of residents of Adams counity will attend the state Democratic, convention ini Indianapolis today and Tuesday. | The official delegates are: District one, David D. Habegger; I district two. William J. Heeter; district 'three, Chester T. Mich- ’ aud; district four, Henry Aeschliman; district five. Henry Breiner; district six, Henry F. Gallmeyer; district seven, Anton F. M ■ Thieme; district eight, Fred ' Bluhm; district nine, Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp; district 10. Judge 1 Huber M. DeWoss; district 11. i —„— — I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 —- Decatur Lions Club To Muncie Tuesday i ’ The Decatur Lions club will meet 1 at the Knapp service station, Sec- • ond and Jockson streets, Tuesday > afternoon at 4:30. The members ■will go to Muncie for organization ■ of a new club In that city. The ’ ; ceremonies will be held at the Ball t State college gymnasium at 6:30 |P m

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GOV. McNUTT PRAISESLAWS Indiana's Governor Explains New State Welfare Measures (Special to the Democrat) Indianapolis. June 15 -Praising the new Indiana laws devoted to the consideration of the public welfare and human needs, Gov. Paul V. McNutt, in ids weekly radio addresn, explained lite working order of the state department of public welfare and the county 1-oards of ipubblic welfare In administering economic security for the aged. Hie blind, and needy children and mothers. Tim Governor pointed out that In 91 out of tlie 92 counties the departments have been certified, ami work is now going forward The governor said in part: “It must be understood at Hie ' outoet, that we are working on a long-time objective. We are developing a plaui of administration in-to which can be fitted the var ; toils phases of the security proigram when it is timely to do so. I We cannot work miracles, nor can we solve all our problems at once. Much of this program has no precedent ami m a pioneer move ■What we are attempting to do, however, is Ito lay a sound foundation on which we can build a structure to give a greater measure of safety and happiness to the individual entitled to assistance. than we have ever known in this sltate. "And ao by dint of hard work the state department in cooperation witli the various county departments is gradually getting under way and it is my hope that by September 1 this year, the entire program will be in lull swing amt functioning smoothly. “Under the old age pension law of 1933. come 32,000 aged persons were receiving assistance of aji average of $7.50 per month By September of this year our objective is to assist every one of these 32,000 entitled to assistance under the new law, and others who qualify, by an Increased payment ! of an average of $20.00 per month “The new economic securi,:y laggoverning old age assistance pro vided that, pending investigation of applications, the rate of assistance should continue as under the 1933 act. 'Plus rale lias been kept ' up ito the present time while local | welfare boards have been investi i gating the new applications. “The county boards also are now receiving applications for assistance to the blind and for assist | lim eto dependent children. I it- . der the old Indiana law approximately 1200 blind persons were! receiving a. maximum of $25 per niouth. while the new law permits a maximum of S3O per month, halt paid by the state and halt by Hie federal government. “The old age assistance payments are divided as follows: twenty percent by the county; thirty percent by the state and fifty percent by the federal govII'ONTINI'ED ON PAGE SIX) DEATH CLAIMS LOUIS KINTZ Son Os Adams CountyMan Dies Saturday At Fort Wayne Louis Kintz, 59. died Saturday night at 10 o'clock at the St. Joseph hospital in Fort Wayne. Death was due to heart trouble and followed ! an I’lness of six months. The deceased was a eon of W. E. Kintz, who resides southwest of Decatur. Surviving besides the fath- ■ er and the widow are the following children; Mrs. Marie Pitzen, Lawrence Kintz. Mrs. Dorothy Bacon and Mrs. Irene Pranger, all of Fort Wayne, Sister M. Alphansilla. Lafayette. Acquanlta, Vincent. Rosa Ruth and Josaph, all at home; brothers and sisters. Mrs Ellen Junk, Fort Wayne, Orvan Kintz, Eugene Kintz, Van Wert and John Kintz and Mrs. William Kohne ot l Decatur. Funeral services will be held i Wednesday moruiiig at 9 o’clock I (C. D S. T.) at St. Andrews church » Fort Wayne, with burial In the Cath i olic cemetery-

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I Band-Wagon Movement For Lieut.-Gov. Townsend Is Anticipated; Meet Opens Tuesday. NAME DELEGATES Indianapolis, June 15 — <U.R) Claims and counterclaims of candidates for the gubernatorial nomination rippled among delegates to the Democratic slate convention as they thronged the festooned lobby of the Claypool hotel today. A band-wagon movement for Lieut. Gov. M Clifford Townsend, [administration-supported favorite, was anticipated. Towns md's managers repeatedly have forecast his nomination on the first ballot of (the convention which opens at the state fair grounds ■eoHseum at to a. m tomorrow. Meanwhile, nianagent for E Kirk McKinney, Indianapolis, and Pleas E. Greenlee, Shelbyville, j other announced candidates, eon- | tended a recheck of their deleI gates showed that a Townsend I victory on the first ballot was I impossible. McKinney's forces predicted a victory for their favorite on the third or fourth ballot. McKinney's chief strength lies in ithe Marion county delegation which lias 231 votes at the 'convention. Townsend managers claim to have made inroads in the delegation tlirough the efforts of Judge Frank P. Baker, of Marion criminal court Judge Baker predicted that oneIthird of the Marion county delegates would bolt to the Townsend forces on the first ballot McKinney contended that the claim of the Townsend forces was an attemilt to create u "bandwagon psychology” ajuong the early arriving delegates. The race for the nomination for lieutenant governor has attracted considerable interest among the delegates. William E Storen, treasurer of the state committee; Edward H Stein. Bloomfield, speaker of the house; and Herbert W. Lane, Jasper, are announced candidates. The name of Earl Crawford, patronage secretary of the administration. probab’y will be placed before the convention by the forces of Gov. Paul V McNutt if Townsend is nominated for gover(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) CROWD ATTENDS CHURCH PICNIC St. Mary’s Church Picnic Attracts Largest Crowd In History A total of 1.110 dinners and several hundred suppers were served at the third annual St Mary's church picnic held at Sun Set park. The largest crowd In the history of the picnic attended beuacse of perfect wether conditions Joe Laurent, treasurer of the picnic and member of the genera! comI mittee, was unable to give an esti- | mate of the money cleared because | all of the bills have not yet been ’ filed. However, approximately 175 more ' dinners were served this year than last when $2,000 was netted by the r event. As the snipper was served cafeteria style, no record could be kept of the nunnber of people who participated. A -large percentage ot the guests remained all day. ' The money raised will be used to i pay the interest on the indebteds ness of the school. 1 During the afternoon a concert, was played by the American Legion 7 city band under the direction of Bob f White. Gaines were played. A numi- ber of the guests enjoled the fact!- ? '.ties ot the park. Many remained • for the dance held in the evening, u Members of the general committ tee were: Matt F. Harris, chairi- man: Joe iaiurent, Al Geimer and a the Rev. Father Joseph J. Hennes. ; The ladies of the St. Mary’s soe. n iety were in charge ot the serving t, of the food, which was donated by' n members of the parrish. if Other committee members were: lotto, Cornelius Geimer and Herman d Miller; b'.ngo. Arthur Miller and k Charles Om'.or; dart game. Law1, rence Beckmeyer and Peter Loshe; li- ice cream, Louis Kelley and lAnslem Hackman