Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 162, Decatur, Adams County, 9 July 1936 — Page 3

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g i __ - —■ M lENEVIEVE smith I (EDS ROY STRICKLER I marriage of Miss Genevieve ■ Lh. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. ■ ‘ snnthol 'Ve.t Main street. Berne. IMI llov E. Strickler, son of Mr., | , Mw . George E. Strickler of | ■ L was solemn.zed Hl ■ ' k this afternoon at tne ■ of Trinity EvangellKl chuu li in Borne. R-v. M. O. ■ R.nnan. pa-tor f the church, re- ■ j t |„. v.>ws and read tn the Rgle ring ceremony. ■ >IH Catherine Mettler, friend of ■„. and Maurice Smith, broth- ■ 11( bride, attended the couple. I ■ ti,.. bride is a graduate of the high school and Mr. Strick- ■ . J. a graduate of the Monroe HL, Miss Smith served us ■Lev editor of The Berne Wit- ■,. and bookkeeper of this firm. ■„ couple will reside in a duplex ■ -’W-s Oliver street in Fortt Rayne «liere Mr. Strickler is affiRu.d ait', tli Sears and Roebuck Business meeting ■f missionary society ■ Tip. M..--i.uiary Society of th Zion Ruth, ran church met Wednesday ■fiirniwu with Mrs. Herman R,.rk-s with Mrs. Bob Freeby. the t stating hostess. Twenty five perns were present at the meeting. | £3 , VIM cotidurtR,i after which a social hour was R| and refreshments were t ■erred. Resting of R. DE L. CLUB I m .. ri,’ \ \\ • ’ tzberger was hosR-.- t< tile members of the F. de L. ■ a' li-: home Tuesday evening. |K,:- 'bridge were played and Thelma Cook received high [ ]■ . z.-attd Mis Verena Meyers , presented the guest prize. ■■ A Innelieon was served following ; Cook wi.'l entertain : . at the next meet■ng. LADIES FOR PICNIC BH Tie :•< ti.:: msiness meeting of t'atii iii Ladies of Co’unibia |K*-a lr Id in the Knights of Colum- | hail Wednesday evening at ; time plans were made for ’ ■fl picnic to be held at the Legion i Park Tuesday evening.' R|hily 21 at six-thirty o'clock. ■I Mis W.ii am Schumacher was apchairman in charge of the an 1 tile following members I also serve on the committee: i ■ Mr- Haun nd Huhne, Mrs. Alva •

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S B wsr ~ K By HARRISON CARROLL BE Copyright, 1936, ■K King Features Syndicate, Inc. K I HOLLYWOOD. Cal.—Only the reBM rtrictions of a budget will prevent 9M ’he Marx Brothers from including a B 9 live skunk as a member of their company when they go on the road with "e stage version of their new 9 comedy, "A Day at the Races". Bk Event).ins; was planned for Harpo 9 to use the skunk as a part of his KB routine, and a Hollywood trained animal farm had produced a fourBH footed a ctor that was a veritable Hamlet of his kind. BH The comedians agreed to pay the BK skunk |5 a day for the run of the BH s "ow. Tie n came the complication. ■9 trainer refused to rent the ani--9 mal unless he went with it. For this MB "anted an additional $12.50 a day. BE Result, the play-going public will HB sp e a stuffed skunk in the show. Be. The first Hollywood visitor to Bob 9 Mw »«omery s New York farm will MB Sector Robert Leonard. He has ■■ “"vpted Bobs invitation to go east IBM a8 soon as complete the picture, Bgl Piccadilly Jim", it seems as Holly■l * w <! hasn't realized the true extent MB ” Montgomery's land holding, His SI fa.m, located about 60 mites from BM ■'"* lork City, consists of 3.000 acrt s. and u now occupied by six 9 ''ranches of the star's family. There El fi«t Private hunting preserves and 9» p S 0 ? k * d stream «. in addition to H ?, • evol “tionary farm house, which 9 een com Pl*tely modernized. El ed^w'h 8 arb ° 8 i°ciuaeious lapse end- ■ 9 It r», ? n ,‘ ,tle reached Hollywood, but El of '"Oded some of us the other day 9 devoid T* * J ' f °re the Swedish star El Wil«nn Md her Sphinx complex. Carey Bl In rßca ' ,ed this anecdote. IE dav T?i m !? St of a tennis party one II c>.ieh„ . Elilbert dared a group of 9 hl " Wests V* t0 >, * he airport “nd be JtS them ,1 , ” what "' as - for many of 9 the crowd r flrst plane ride - Among El ,thp n at ts erC l . Garbo ' Co,leen Moore 9 ,;p or ep p i , h ‘' helght ° f her fame). Bl others 2,naur ice and a half dozen 9to nr ° BR activities were news S n, ltan ’ °f Picture fans. El Wi| lng nr™!?’ Was a tOBB - v one— El ,he Partv art Cally zer °— and, when El officials u . ,nved at the airport the fil oly 'with * r<> d,) bious about taking BB However SUCh an ex P®n*‘Ve cargo. ■ a " early' i,m a ’ hCr repor ’ s indicated B Par ty de i" 1 ® ° f the haze - so ’-be II y Prided to adjourn to a nearby

iXU3 CALENDAR Society Deadline. 11 A. M. Fanny Macy Phones 1000 — 1001 Thursday Dinner Bridge Club, Mrs. William Bowers, 6:30 p. m. Christian latdit* Aid Society, Hollyhock Tea, Church, 2 to 4 p. m. American Legion Auxiliary fourth district meeting, Methodist Episcopal church in Rome City, 11 a. in. (DST) Evangelical Y. P. M. Circle, Mrs. C. R. Smith, 7:30 p. m. Mt. Pleasant Indies Aid Society. Mrs. Marie Sheete, 2 p. m. M. E. Ever Ready class family picnic, Mrs. Leota Beery, 6:30 p. m. I'nlon Chapel Ladles Aid Society church parsonage 1:30 p. m. Methodist W. H. M. S., Mrs. C. D. Lewton, 2:30 ip in. ’ U. B. Juniors, ice cream social and amateur contest. Better Home Economics Club, school building at Monroe, 7 p. m. Root Twp. Haippy Home Makers 4-H Club, Misses Norma Jean and Alice Tumbleson 1:30 p. m. W. O. T. M., Moose Home, 8 p. m. Friday Delta Theta Tau 4-H Club, Decatur high school, 2:15 p. m. American Legkon Auxiliary bueiness meeting Legion home 7:45 ipjn. Saturday M. E. Ladles Aid society cafeteria 'supper, church dining room, 5 to 7 p. m. Presbyterian Ladles Aid Society rummage sale, Hensley building, all , day. Monday Monday Night Club, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Eady. 7:30 p. m. Tuesday Catholic public benefit Bingo ! party, Catholic school ground. 8:15 | p. m. Nichols. Mrs. L. C. Perry. Mrs. Andrew Schirack and Miss Rose Schurger. Each member is invited to attend and to bring her own table service. The M nday Night Club will meet ! with Mr. and Mrs. Francis Eady Monday night at seven-thirty j o’clock. MEETING OF BIBLE CLASS Seventeen members of the Mt. ! P.'easant Bible class met Wednes- , day evening with Mr. and Mrs. MilI ton Fuhrman. The meeting was I opened with devotions conducted by I Rev. Reynolds who also taught the

csjei_-jui coffee shop and await possible flying weather. As the procession filed out through the gates, Garbo looked them oxer appraisingly and turned to Gilbert. "Hmm,” she murmured. "Quite a lot of famous people. If we crash, Jack, I wonder who’ll get top billing?" YOU ASKED ME AND I’M TELLING YOU! Mrs. N. H. Pederson. Minneapolis: Bob Burns still lives in the same apartment, but the rent has gone up from $27.50 to $35 a month. The bazooka-playing star could do a lot better it he wanted to. though. He owns two homes In Hollywood, which he rents, and Is buying four more as an investment. Dorothy Lee is a visitor in town. Met her on the “Swing Time" set at R-K-O ... A pretty annoyed girl, too, over a printed report that she was at a late spot with a young actor. It isn’t so, she says. The little Lee, more subdued these days, affirms she is not looking for a Job because her hubby wouldn't approve. •‘l’ve settled down and am living a quiet life,” she says, "playing a lot of golf and bridge and not worried about Hollywood, though it's nice to be back and see my old friends." Here and There in Movi eland . . . Martha Raye, the blues songstress, has lost 24 pounds in the eight weeks since Paramount signed her for "Rhythm of the Range” . . . Mary Blackford's friends are planning another campaign to help the courageous little actress. The original fund is about gone . . . Saw Lucille Ball lunching at R-K-O with Helen Broderick, who will be her mother-in-law some day—maybe . . . Incidentally, did you hear what Broderick calls Ned Sparks? "Laughing Boy”. . . . Dolores Del Rio, back from Paris, is drawing the stares of film beauties because of her skull caps designed by Lucien Lelong. She wears a clip on either side of the cap . . Gail Patrick’s latest escort is John King, Universal contract player . And Roscoe Karns' 14-year-old daughter, Mary Jane, makes her footlight debut this summer in amateur plays. Today’s Puzzle: What character actor, who never takes a drink, had to quaff four glasses of beer for a scene the other day and got so tight the company had to call lunch?

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lesson, taking as his subject, "John." Following the business meeting a social hour was enjoyed and the host and hostess served refreshments. ANNOUNCEMENT MADE OF RECENT MARRIAGE Mr. and Mrs. Earl J. Reber of this city announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Mary Jane Reber, to Edward J. Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Matthias Baker, a'so of Decatur. The marriage was solemnized Saturday morning, July 4 at seventhirty o’clock at the St. Peters Catholic church in Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ball of Fort Wayne attended the couple. The bride wore a gown of pink satin fashioned with a jacket to match. She Wore white accessories and carried a bouquet of pink roses. Mrs. Ball wore a gown of white satin. A wedding breakfast was served following the ceremony. .Mr. and Mih. Baker are making their home in an apartment at 2206 Winter street, Fort Wayne where they are both employed. PERSONALS Rev. and Mrs. H. R. Careon are attending the camp meeting at Epworth Forest this week. Miss Betty Lou Yoder and Carl Iluffenbarger have returned to North Manchester after visiting with Mr. Buffenharger’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alva Buffenbarger, and at Crooked Lake. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Walters. who; have been visiting in Long Beach. California for the past four weeks,! their daughter. Miss Helen Walters' of Detroit, who flew to California last Friday to spend the week, and Mr. and Mrs. Kenyon Walters of Long Beach are enjoying a week’s sightseeing trip through California. They iplan to visit Cecil Cole in San Francisco, to go over the Sierras and Yosemite Valley and other i scenic places. In a recent letter they stated they had visited with Bob Carson, son of Rev. and Mrs. H. R. Carson of this city, and with Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Passwater. Mr. Passwater is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Delton' Passwater. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Trlcker of St. Joe, Michigan, wiQ return to their home tonight after visiting a tew days with Mr. Tricker’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Tricker. Miss Margaret Lose, 707 Winchester street, was removed to her home Wednesday evening from the Adams county memorial hospital where she underwent a tonsil operation Wednesday morning. Miss Betty Myers and Norbert Myers are spending the week with their grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. John Myers at Willshire, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Unkefer and young son. Ralph Unkefer, Jr., of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania are visiting here with Mrs. Unkefer’s ' mother. Mrs. C. A. Dugan. Mr. and ! Mrs. Unkefer will leave in a few days to visit with Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Hearle and daughter Nancy of Ind-

«i I r ans today piness and ep you one t Weather. Fans \ —WM T. »I’Bs $5-65 t» $5-95 I 12 in. Heavy Duty I Oscillating Fans JmW • $22-50 16 * n - Heavy Duty Oscillating Fans S2B-50 '■ HARD WARE and HOME FUR N I S'H IN G S !

Members of “200 Per Cent” Club ■ ' ii, JL ■■ ' - cani At s«» V\ *-• -Jo : waMMB Kg |i ■ Mt < la&egziwj a iMB53l^*M JETERS S*HMML 5 *HMML 4 i'i rrmr- -irri —-■*— Pictured above is the personnel of the Al D. Schmitt Motor Sales, who set the pace in the recent Centennial "Good Will” bond campaign, by subscribing 200 per cent to their quota. Each member of the staff subscribed in addition to the store bond. In the picture, reading from left to right: Percy Gould, Lloyd Roth, Woodrow Richardson, Russel Bowman. Charles Magley, Bobby Bowman, Ed Sproat, Don Bright. Tommy Leonard. Charlie Leonard, Ollie Schneipp, Freeman Schnepp, Hugh Holthouse, John H. D Richardson, sales manager; Harold Lytle. Thurman Schieferstein. Pete Amspaugh. Al D. Schmitt, owner; Helen Barthel and Ruth Smith. H. B. and Elton Archer were unable to be present when the picture was taken. Under the chairmanship ot Herman F. Ehinger. the 1 ond subscriptions are now being collected. Cooperation of the subscribing merchants by meeting their obligations has greatly enhanced the speed of making the collections, and the committee hopes to complete the work at an early date, to use it in financing the Centennial celebration August 2 to 8. I

ianapolis, who have a eummer home on Lake Maxlnkuikee. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Myers spent Wednesday in Fort Wayne. Miss Francis Dugan of Boston. Massachusetts is spending her sunt-; mer vacation here with her mother, 1 Mrs. C. A. Dugan. Mrs. Sam Fuhrman of near Deca-' tur has received an interesting let-i |t r from her daughter, Mrs. Ken-! I neth Cobble of Andersonville. Tenn-1 eesee. telling of her experiencs. Mrs. ■ | Cobble stated that Tennessee had ! i not received any rain for several, months unti.’ July 2 when there I was a much needed rainfall. She said that previous to that time the i people in her vicinity had had to 1 have water hauled to their home 1 from springs. Mrs. Cobble’s home! is four miles from the Norris Dam. 1 ! Mrs. Hobart Rauch of Charlevoix,! . i Michigan, is visiting here with rela- ( tives and friends. She will remain 1 until July 15. | Sant K. Schwartz, a tenant on the . Andrew Gottschalk farm, one mile ■ east of Berne on state road 118, has ! been reported missing. Mr. Sch- \ wartz disappeared Tuesday noon. Mrs. Frank Butler, Mrs. Francis 1 ■ Eady and daughter Miss Atola Jane ' Eady spent Wednesday afternoon in • Fort Wayne. > Miss Margaret Fris-inger was a ! ! Fort Wayne visitor this afternoon. ■I — o I Pageant Rehearsals D C. H. S. Auditorium ' ♦— * Monday U. S. A 1:00 P. M.; I; E. F. B 1:30 P. M. I Dutch 2:00 P. M. ■! Ballet 2:30 P. M. ; Sailors ... 7:00 P. M. I Indians 7:30 P. M.: 1 Tuesday . Wedding 7:30 P. M. 1 ■ 1 States 8:00 P. M.

| Many Reunions Scheduled For Summer Months | I* Sunday, July 12 Pleasant Mills alumnae picnic, Sun Set park. Annua’ reunion of the Burdge Fa-, . inily. Cabin I at Heekin Park, Mun-i ! de. Sunday, July 19 Annual Parent reunion, Sun Set ■ park, Chattanooga Zion Lutheran ! church picnic, Sun Set park. Sunday, July 26 Haggard family reunion, Lehman' Park, B"rne. | ■ July 26 —Fuhrman reunion, at; I Fuhrman grove, 4 miles north- j ■ west ot Decatur, on River road. | Borne annual reunion, Sun Set! I park, rain or shine. 1 Myer family reunion, Sun Set park , Annual Wietfeldt reunion, Sun-| Set park. Huffman reunion, Sun Set park, i Sunday, August 2 Annual Archbold reunion, Sun Set | park. Miller and Snyder reunion, Sun- 1 Set park, rain or shineSunday, August 9 Rcl’ig and Rcohm reunion, Sun- ■ Set park. Annual Hinkle reunion, Sun Set! park. Sunday, August 16 Annual McGill reunion, Sun Set, park, rain or shine. Dillinger family reunion, Sun Set park. I Smith annual reunion, Sun Set : park. Walters family reunion, Sunset park. Sunday. August 23 Annual Kuntz reunion Sun Set ! park. Barker family reunion, Sun Set

park. Sunday, August 30 Riesen Family reunion at Sun Set; . park. Zink and Kuhn Annual Reunion, 1 Sun Set Park. Sunday August 30. Annual Braun reunion, Sun Set i park, rain or shine. I Wesley family reunion, Sun Set ipark. Sunday, Sept. 6 I Schafer and Wilson reunion, SunI Set park. Urick annual reunion, Sun Set i park, rain or shine. Annual Schnepp and Manley re- ( union, Sun Set park. Labor Day, Sept. 7 . Lenhart annual reunion, Sun Set ! park. Sunday. Sept. 13 Annual Roebuck reunion, Sun Set | park. I — , 0 PREBLE NEWS J j Misses Wilma Andrews and Marli lyn Hoffman spent several days at I Muncie. J Mrs. Lawrence Linnemeler and; I daughter E’la Louise of Indianana-' I polis visited Mr. and Mrs. William I Frietag. Mr. and Mrs. William Shady of' ; Fort V, ayne visited Mr. and Mr.-.

• — — ! 9H99899HE993! NIBLICK & CO. JULY DRESS SALE! The Dress Sensation of the Season! H 175 Silk Dresses. Silk Crepes! Figured Chiffons with S fslips! Laces, etc. Light or dark colors. Sizes for < Misses, Women. Half Sizes and Stouts. Every type you < want for summer! You'll surelv tind your dress here! \ Group No. 1 Group No. 2 Group No. 3 xydjgSjSKCTL / DRESSES DRESSES DRESSES $3.88 $4.98 $598 Also tw o lots of New Silk Dresses at $1.98 and $2.98. jUEhI Cotton Dresses Girls Sheer zHMMf Reduced Cotton Dresses Keep cool in a smartly Batiste Organdie Mgg/i stvled better cotton and I ique ’dress! 185 sheer cotton A large selection of new dresses on sale! All the iTvrs'on* newest styles are here! Size < to 14 yrs. QQp jigja?g|rM Batiste, Lavon. Blister . Sheer etc. One lot "* I 19ra||B| Group No. 1 Dresses, sizes 4 "TK Regular $1.98 Dresses 12 to 16 yrs. at L reduced to Giris Pique Dresses, in P |ain white and P astel \| I ! shades. Guaranteed fast \\/l Group No. 2 colors. Size 7to 14 yrs. , \\ A Dresses reduced to Sa!c I>rice wa J? SI.OO each tKK ■ STRAWS, PIQUE, FELTS. w A ■ I : I White and Pastel shades. ’ ■ <3 I Hat bale - Rd on ° /yc F v i , r BATH TOW EL SALE Summer Pillows tt'/fjv (Cannon Mills Seconds) Hundreds of bath towels, sent direct vered with flowered »c ' /A B> ue from the Cannon Mills. All sizes j n tz, size 18x18 in., tape ///f and quality. Buy ai supply now! You II ?e s. Filled with genuine • save plenty! . . * W ’ Bcloclsc2oc<.,4oc X39c -ai Each OTHER JULY SALE VALUES! Sheer Batiste Gowns. Flowered, each 59c pi|| O ws, size 21x27, filled with Nainsook Gowns, Hand Embroidered 50c vv . a || new Kapok. Non irritating Crepe Paiarras, one piece style one » One Lot Pajamas and Gowns, values from SI.OO to $1.50 to sufferers from asthma or hay reduced to fever. Coverings are fast colWomens Cotton Bathing Suits, each 79c 0| _ p r j n t s welcome relief Childrens Cotton Bathing Suits, each 75c Girls Slacks, light color crash, size 7 to 14 yrs., each 69c sll |||| NAVY or BROWN SLACKS, sizes 16-18-20 yrs., each SI.OO pillows. Each tp.I.»VV i |B

' Albert Shady Thursday. Mrs. Kenneth Welsh and daugh- | ter Jenny Lee of Findlay, Ohio, visI ited Mrs. Bessie Amhews and j I daughter, and Mary Steel. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Fiultemeier ! and family visited Mr. and Mrs. ; George Bultemeier and daughters, Thursday evening. Mrs. Lena Sherlock of Corunna ■spent several days visiting Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hoffman and fanii.'y. Mr. and Mrs. Le Roy Cable and family spent the 4th visiting Mr. and Mrs. Peter Helmrich and daughter Anna. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mayer and daughter of Columbus. Ohio visited Mr. and Mrs. Eli Goldner Saturday. Robert Rheinhart of Elkhart npent th? 4th visiting Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Elzey. Mrs. Harry Chalfant and daughter Elsie of Griffith s.pent several ! days visiting Mr. and Mrs. Eli Goldner. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rutc and I children of Waynedale vieited Mrs. and Mrs. Harry Bauer. Miss Martha Eicher called on Irene and Lorine Kirchner Sunday. I Mr. and Mrs. Eli Goldner had as ! their guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. i Raym; nd Werling and son of Fort j Wayne; Mr. Smith: Mrs. Ida Werl- ' ing and Mrs. Harry Chalfant and daughter Elsie of Griffith. In the

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evening Mr. und Mrs. Fred Goldner called. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas E’gey had as their guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kettle and daughter Luella. Mrs Marlon Kettle and grand daughter Juanita of Fostoria, Ohio, Arthur Miller; Emma Miller of Mountznmm, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sheets. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Sheets, Dallas Elzey and ißerthu Heuer of Fort Wayne. Dr. and Mim. J. C. Grandstaff and Donna Ethel returned home Sunday ' after spending several weeks at the | lakes. | Mr. and .Mrs. Milton Hoffman and family, ami Mrs. Lena Sherlock spent Sunday at Spencerville Ohio visiting Mr. and .Mrs. Earl Straub and family. They were accompanied home by Dorothy Hoffmao. who sp.-nt a week visiting Mr. and Mrs Straub and family. 0 Old Fine Paid With Bonus Toledo (U.R) - Enriched by hU bonus, an ex-soldier paid the 98.10 court costs of a 1933 trial cht'.-ged against him. When his attorney in that trial heard of it, he remarked: "1 hope he remembers my fee.” () For the convenience of the farmer, our store will be open until S p. m. every evening through harvest. McCormick-Deering Store. 161t2 Bl DINE OUT IN r Bt£ST Cr homes < [without invitation J Jpv-' * V; i 1 ~ Why should you provide board and room for roaches? You can kill them quickly and surely with DWIN. You'll like its delightful fragrance. <4/ grwrj), dntg, fcrrrfwcr uan* NX BALDWIN LABORATORIES. Ina SAEGERTOWN. PA. IQ7JHI INKCT KILLER