Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 163, Decatur, Adams County, 10 July 1936 — Page 1

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5,000 JOBS AUTHORIZED in drought area Levelt Announces L ps Taken To Aid Stricken Area L .hintton. July 10-<U.»- A Lnf WPA job ’ “ lreUdy F heell authorized in th® t h! \r«a». President Roosevelt F '“trlzlng relief activities to the region now being burnr ..... of the worst droughts IXory Mr Roosevelt said the I ' itl addition to its other ac-| IL also l« making loans to cattle owners in order that L ,an move their stor k and at Lme time retain title to them. |.' rwr .r. he explained that F will l )e perfected during the i for financial aid to the larger Kcben in order to transfer their E, to better grMrtng lands. E. the 75.0 M to be given work. Km will be placed In Jobs in the l hwe , t he said. There 16,500 lady are at work in Minnesota. | Dakotas. Wyoming, and MonlltPst weather reports placed ■ president s desk said that L showers have fallen in the. E and that a heavy rain fell at Els Lake. N. Ik. but that the! Kperatures remain extremely Re president added that the reEement administration today Edeclare an emergency exists ■ nine additional counties in Eesota in the drought area, Kging the total of affected conn-1 Ein the whole region to 277. Keanwh.;.-. drought reports were ! Kjred from lowa where the, K crop was in danger. In 267 ■ dir 277 affected counties there ■l strictly farming population of K.iiw .Mr. Roosevelt pointed ■"however, that not all of these! Kid need relief. ■frron Funeral I Saturday Morning lit- tody of Mrs. Eleanor Isabel i Kron 79. mother of Mrs. Harley K of th s city, who died Thure- ■ evening at the home of her | Kghter. Mrs. Olive Twigg in KalaKoo J!:>-htgan an iv. d in this city ■l2:’? o'clock thie noon over the Kvvlrania railroad The body ■ liken In th*- Zwh k funeral dirKn to the Roop home where it ■ remain until time for the funK. which will 1 e held Saturday Klin! at lOod ck at Bryant. ■ o ■ Sell State Fair | Tickets Half-Price Eu'* fair tickets will again be ■ in advance at half price, or Jjtenu each it wa< announced at ■ dktri t organization inching ■lThiirsday at Columbia city. ■Keill Adame county delegates ■kaeeting were County Agent ArehbnM Mr. and Mrs. E. W. ■kh and Henry Aschleman. ■tons county will again be rep■•lsl at the mate fair by ex■ik from the 4-H clubs in add'.- ' ibose front other organizaIndividuals. the local deleptonr.eed th.- district officers

■Persona/ Property Valuation

valuation f personal ipropAdams county has inereas- ■ than a million dollars: according to tigtires an-i by County Assessor ■?. Worthman, today and hy the county board of the month of June, ■ , ' BS( "‘ Worthman said today report is not quite cotnK’’ a ff w assessments were '•«! and are now being takBbL 10 * totaled the personal valthe county j 8 $4,140,765. 0 ” 8 with former years fc*”’ 1933 K $ 102,970 ■L" 157:700 Kd ■ $96,750 KL |ln 112,270 ■ llrv/ 169,120 ■ 75,710 ■hrw 92,665 Kkk 204.160 Bttlord 130,390 ■^ h 124,680 Mtlioa 154,920 ■eti Corn 104 80 ° 131,140 Kt«r?C nßton 2,830 1R,0 “ M7 ’ 97 ° O 82.990 ■V fttal ~ ■ $3,013,710

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CHILDREN TAKE PAGEANT PARTS Seventy-Three Children, 8 To 10, To Take Part In Pageant The 73 members of the historical pageant cast from the ages of eight to 10 inclusive, were announced tol day by Mrs. Chalmer Porter, chairman of the tailent committee for the event to be presented free of charge during the first throe days of the Decatur centennial celebration. August 2 to 8. The children are: Joan Zener, Elizabeth Stultz, Virginia Lee Kuhnle. Nancy Daniels, Jean Johnson, Rose Marie Kohne, Mary Ellen Kortenber, Florence Meyer. Joan O'Brien. Mary Smith, Katheryn Voglewede, Dorothy Wenthoff. Mary Faurote, Patricia Bolinger. Mildred Wemhoff. Grace Flaugh, Yvonne Smith, Catherine Schmitt, Betty Graliker, Doris Richards. Donnabelle Roop, Ruth Yost, Joyce Roop, Norma Baker. Ruth Joan Miller, Viola Steele, Jean Strahm. Betty Jean Roop, Eileen Davis,' Beatrice Light. Juanita Fruchte, Margaret Fruchte. Betty Jane Roop, Colleen Miller. Anna Maddox. Jane Maddcx. Phyllis Coffee, Martha Eyanson. i Virginia Eyanson, Marjorie Meyer , ■ Lenora Stauffer. Helen Frank, i Kathleen McConnell. Dorothy Ham-: ■ mond. Doris Ad'er. Irene Brooke, Evelyn Andrews, Virginia Hutker. Jean Hutker. Geraldine Andrews. Rosamond Graham, Anna Jane Guilder, Joan 1 lamina. Irene Andress. Lota Ann Eady. Norma Eady, Betty Weber, Mary Jo Butler. Helen Barber. Mary Jo Krick. Matilda Speakman. Clarice Ans- | paugh. Margaret Baker. Naomi I llrown, Betty Gallogly, Donna Grandstaff. Marjory Linn. Patricia Edwards. Belva Burke. Avanelle Kraft. Elizabeth Macy, Barbara Kohls and Betty Jane Roop. NEW OFFICERS | ARE INSTALLED Rev. C. M. Prugh, Other Rotary Officers Are Installed Rev. Charles M. Prugh. pastor of the Zion Reformed church, was installed as president of the Decatur Rotary club at the weekly meeting of the club Thursday evening at the Rice hotel. Rev. Prugh succeeds James Elberson. filling station owner. Other officers installed last night were: W. Guy Brown, high school principal, vice-president; Roscoe Glendening, cashier of the First State Bank, treasurer; Walter Gard, agent for the Pennsylvania railroad secretary; and Charles Langston of the General Electric company. s*r-| geant-at-arms. Mr. Elberson. as retiring president, will serve as the sixth member of the board of directors. Rev. Prugh, Mr. El here on and Bryce Thomas, who attended the recent international convention of Rotary, he'd at Atlantic City, gave brief reports of the mesting. and also told of some of the places they visited enroute to and from the convention.

are: 1933, $3,013,710; 1934. $3,149,I 491. and 1935. $3,651,350. This figure does not include real i estate, which is assessed only every four years. The real estate will be increased 7777 s year, however, because of new construction adding improvements to the land. The valuation of properties owned by utilities is not incltfued either. These are assessed by the state which has not yet submitted its report. The valuation of the townships ! and various taxing units for the /years 1933, 1934, 1935 and 1936 is: 1934 1935 1936 1 $ 108,410 $ 157,360 $ 179,110 170,530 234,610 264.470 201,330 225,480 260,570 ’ 119,170 163,070 178,590 180,470 196,040 262.250 80,120 115,585 128.270 102,110 141,690 165.950 1 263,840 256.780 302,320 i 125,760 160,780 204,270 i 130,300 143.550 164,480 i 156,010 189,710 226,990 i 117,871 128,320 146.170 i 126,590 117,850 123,640 I 433,450 447,925 492,200 , 36,920 47,610 43,750 i 2,210 3.040 3.790 l 687,150 734,840 807,025 i 167,250 187,110 186,920 I $3,149,491 $3,651,350 $4,140,765

Zion Lutheran Church Being Remodeled A ■' ’ ‘ '**■ -'J* “J k ■ feferfj #3l* T t llZ’i J I Ms! lbi >ll lam Ji J.. □ jfik "b vL .--■i' "A Pictured above is a view of the Zion Lutheran church of this city, as it will appear when remodeling is completed. A new section is being built in the rear of the building. A new- tower is being erected. On the west side will be a new entrance and the entire building will be faced with a light colored brick.

ROBERT FRANZ WINS CONTEST Local Student Wins Fourth District Poppy Poster Contest Robert Franz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Franz of this city, was awarded first prize ftt th? high school division of the Fourth District American Legion Auxiliary Poppy Day contest, Thursday. The award was made at the Fourth district meeting of the Auxiliary held at Rome C-tty Thursday. Robert won the county high school contest on the poster which was displayed in the Decatur Dem- j ocrat window for several weeks, i This carried a cash prize of $2. I The district cash prize is $2 50. The poster wi'l be entered in the | state contest, which will be judged during the state American Legion convention at Muncie, from August ■ 22 to 25. The poster was originally design-! ed and executed by Robert in the' art department of the Dcatur high : school, under the direction of Rath- • eryn Kauffman, art instructor. i A drawing of an eagle on a white i cross over the American Legion emblem forms the background of the poster. It carries the slogan. ‘‘Lest, We Forget.” The youth was a junior in the Decatur high school at the time the I (poster was drawn. The ladies from the local auxiHry who attended the meeting Thursday were: Mrs. Ralph Roop; Mrs. Vincent Bormann. Mrs. Da’las Brown and Mrs. Herb Kern. o — CITY SCHOOLS OPEN SEPT. 8 School Calendar For Decatur Schools Is Announced Today The Decatur public schools will ' I open Tuesday. September 8, accord-1 ing to an announcement made today j by Walter J. Krick, superintendent • j of schools. 1 The complete calendar of the | school year has been determined by j the city school board. I School will be dismissed Thursday and Friday. October 22 and 23 when teachers attend the annual Northeastern 'lndiana teachers association meeting in Fort Wayne. The Thanksgiving vacation will be Thursday and Friday. November I 26 and 27. School will be dismissed Wednesday December 23 for the Christmas vacation and resumed Monday, January 4, 1937The first semester will close January 22. 193" and reopened January 25. 1937. Schoo’ will be dismissed on March 26. 1937 which is Good Friday. School will 'be dismissed for the year on May 28.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, July 10, 1936.

* HOT! *' I i | Bluffton. Ind., July 10. —<U.R> — Physicians here shook their I , j thermometers frantically today, 1 I | but all their shaking couldn’t I || make them register less than || | 100 degrees. |' Since the normal human tern- ; i perature is 98, it was imposs- | | ible for them to check their ‘ 1 j | patients' temperatures. »- . —»| TO MAIL BIDS FOR LUNCHEONi Invitations To Luncheon For Court Os Honor To Be Mailed i Invitations to the royal lunch- j eon sponsored by the Holsum 1 Bakery of Fort Wayne in honor I of Miss Decatur and her court of ' honor will be mailed Saturday I night, Mrs. Ethel Conaway Peters, home service director of the company, stated today. The luncheon will be held TueeI day evening at 7:30 in the Holsnm j Bakery in that city. Reservations can be made by calling Miss Corolene Townsend at 167. The office has been moved downstairs durI ing the hot weather, hence the I change in telephone number. I The luncheon is open to any i member of a Centennial commiti tee who has made reservation by Saturday night. Frieda Scherer, as Miss Decatur, Mildred Teeple. as Miss IndiI ana and Ruth Elzey as Mies Adams County will be feted at the luncheon, as well as the court of honor, comprised of one girl from each of the 12 townships in Ad-. ams county. Several Centennial committee I members have announced their | intentions of attending but have failed to send in their names. These persons are asked to do so at once to insure the reserva- : tions. Persons having room in i their cars to take members of the I royal party are asked to leave | their names when calling. The iparty will leave Decatur in a body ' Tuesday night at a designated , I time, which will be announced i later. o Time Os Archbold Reunion Changed The Archbold reunion is to be held Sunday, July 19 at 12 o’clock noon at tire Leota Beery residence i east of the city, instead of 3:30 as was previously announced. Dedication of the marker on the grave of Thomas Archbold, Revolutionary War veteran, will 'be held at the later hour. After the basket dinner east of Decatur all relatives and interested persons will attend the dedication services at Reynolds cemetery, three miles northwest of the city. 0 WEATHER Fair and continued warm tonight and Saturday. 6

REMODELING OF CHURCH STARTS Improvement At Zion Lutheran Church To Be Finished In Fall Remodeling and enlarging of the | Zion Evangelical Lutheran church |is well under way. The entire pro- f I ject is to be completed by October. A new section in the rear of the ' i present building will be added and lis to be 32x50 feet. The rear wall I has already been removed, perI mitting the addition to the present j mian building. In the front of the | church another tower of the same dimensions as the present tower, yet not of the same height, will be erected, making possible a front vestibule, a rest room and a stair- ; way to the basement. On the west I side a new entrance will be constructed with stairways to the church auditorium and to the assembly rooms in the basement. The entire structure, including the, old portion of the building, will be of a light colored, smooth faced brick. The entire basement section is ‘ being excavated and when completed will contain an assembly room, lavatories and necessary space for a boiler. A steam heat boiler will be installed with cabinet heaters in the main auditorium and unit heaters with electric! fans in the basement. A new sixteen rank Gottfried pipe organ with deagan chimes has been contracted and will be in-' stalled when the building is com(CDNTINUKD ON PAGE FOUR) 0 LOCAL MAN IS SENT TO JAIL Harry Spencer Given 30 Days In Fort Wayne City Court Fort Wayne, July 16— <U.R) — Harry Spencer, 37, Decatur, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $5 and costs here today by city judge W. H. Schannen. Spencer was the driver of a car which struck an auto driven by Ora Blessing, police department station master while it was parked. Spencer’s driver's license was revoked for one year. Ora Blessing, 2209 Oliver street, a, police department stationmaster, j was injured in the crash. The auto he was driving wan struck by another machine after he parked when he saw that Spencer's car was swerving from side to side in the street as it approached. The (accident, occurred shortly before 9 p. m. Blessing suffered a cut on his ; right knee, on the left forearm < and lacerations on his head. Vernon Ross, aged 29, 2529 Bowser* Avenue, who was in the Blessing , auto, suffered an injury to his right shoulder. An X-ray exatnin(CONTINUED ON PAGE BIGHT)

Hail And Rain Storm Causes Heavy Damage A t Kendallville As Heat-Wave Goes Unabated

Nation’s Death Toll Nears 300 Mark; Forest Fires Cause Heavy Damage To Michigan Woods. STILL SPREADING — Drought at a Glance By United Press Another day of devastating heat sent the death toll to near 300, Forecasters saw no relief from 100 degree temperatures in the next 36 hours. Forest fires added to the destruc- . tion in Michigan. Wisconsin, and the Black Hills. President KooseWelt announced , that a total of 75,000 WPA joins alj ready have been authorized in the i drought areas. Farm damage mounted to more than $250,000,000 government loans aided farmers in moving cattle from barren pastures to grazing leve.ls. The New York state health department said the state's water supplies may be seriously affected. The agriculture department announced modifications of the soil i conservation program in the North i Central area to preserve all available forage and livestock feed. Chicago July 10 —(UP) — Five million drought-weary farmers looked to the skies for relief today but were blinded by the same relentless I sun that has destroyed $250,000,000 in crops and taken at least 292 lures. New destruction came in reiports 'of forest fires raging over more : than 1.000 acres of national woodI land in Michigan. Reinforcements . were rushed to aid men fighting a blaze sweeping through 800 acres in (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) O RULING GIVEN ON SANITATION Board Os Health Secretary Makes Statement On Sanitation Dr. R. E. Daniels, secretary of the city board of health, issued a statement today in regard to collecting and disposing of garbage in the city. He stated that with the extreme hot weather prevailing, extra precautions are being taken to insure more than ordinary sanitary conditions. Each home, he said, must have a garbage container in the rear of the building, of at least five gallon capacity. The container must also have a lid. Ed Newport, city garbage collector reported to the board the conditions existing and recommended the use of the large container to prevent numerous pickups. Many homes now have only a small container, and several do not keep the container properly covered. Dr. Daniels stated that regular collection of garbage will be made only when the home is equipped with the proper disposal container. Special Meeting Os Fourth Degree Monday A special meeting of the fourth degree assembly of the Knightfi of Columbus will be held at the K. of C. hall Monday night at 8 o’clock. All members are requested to be present. o Regular Legion Meeting Monday The regular meeting of Adame post number 43 of the American Legion will be held at the home at First and Madison streets Monday n-:ght at 8 o’clock. Nominations of officers will be closed at this meeting and all members are urged to attend. o Mrs. Grace Everett Condition Unchanged The condition of Mrs. George Everett, of Monroe street, who is a serious condition at the local hosipital suffering from a fractured left leg received late Monday afternoon, remains about the same. No visitors are (permitted to see Mrs. Everett. She fell at her home Monday, fracturing her leg just below the hip.

JUDSON TEEPLE DIES SUDDENLY THURSDAY NIGHT I Former Mayor Os Deca-' I tur Dies Suddenly Os Heart Attack Judson W Teeple, 79, former mayor of Decatur and prominent life-long resident of Adams county, died suddenly at about 8:30 o'clock Thursday evening, of angina pec- , toris. a few minutes after he called at the Mrs. Bertha Ellis apartment, 105 South Second street. Mr. Teeple walked down town (torn his home. 617 North Second I street, earlier in the evening. As a friend and legal adviser to the I Ellis family he called at the apart-j ment, located on the second floor.! When he reached the top of the | stairs he had difficulty in breath-1 ing. He was invited into the apart- j ment by Mrs. Ellis, who provided l a chair for him. His condition be-| came worse and while he attempt-1 ed to walk from the chair to a 1 couch fell dead. A physician and county coroner Robert Zwick were called. Death was pronounced from the heart ailment, aggravated by the intense, heat. Mr. Teeple was mayor of Deca-| tur from 1909 to 1913, being elected in 1908, after serving four years on the city council. He was head official in the city when Decatur celebrated its first home-coming in 1912 at the time when the Holland St. Louis Sugar factory was established here. Mr. Teeple was prominent in Adams county bar and Republican political circles for a number of i years. Following a study of law, I he was admitted to the local bar in 1883. He read law in the office of Smith Peterson, one of the leading attorneys in this city and at one time was a partner of Shaffer Peterson. He was the second oldest member of the Adams county bar. Judge James T. Merryman exceeding him in years. In politics Mr. Teeple took a leading part. He served four years as president of the Lincoln League, was a member of the Republican central committee, a former county chairman and was elected Justice of the Peace in St. Marys township, before moving to Decatur. Mr. Teeple was born in St. Mary's township, October 29, 1856, the son of John E. and Catherine Teep'e. He was the second child in a family of seven, three of whom are still living. A brother, William Teeple, prominent resident of St. Mary's township, died recently.' In his youth, Mr. Teeple taught school. He engaged in this profession for 15 years and during that time taught in Missouri and (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

First Centennial Broadcast Presented Thursday Night

The first in a series of four weekly broadcasts for Decatur’s Centennial celebration. August 2-8, was presented over station WOWO Thursday night. The address was presented by French Quinn, prominent Decatur historian and attorney. A splendid musical program was presented by Mrs. Dan Tyndall and Mrs. Walter Krick, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Carrie T. Haubold. Other programs in the series will follow on successive Thursday nights, at 8 o’clock, central standard time. Mr. Quinn's address follows: “We are going to put on a Centennial celebration at Decatur, Indiana. on August 2nd to Bth. “Somehow or other a magnificent wave of enthusiasm’ has been generated in our town. It appears that about half the town will become actors in a drama to show some highlights of what has happened in a mid west community during the last one hundred years. "In the working out of this drama, unconsiously perhaps, the story has been lifted up from a purely local affair into the story of the marvelous growth of the midwest. “The more the work unfolded,

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'Temperature Drops 30 Degrees In 15 Minutes During Storm; Indiana i Toll Mounts. CONTINUES HOT — i Kendallville, Ind., July 10.—<U.R) ’ — Abattering storm of hail, rain land wind struck here at 12:30 p. | in. today, toppling chimneys on ■ downtown business establishments I and shattering plate glass winI dows. The light plant was out of order, with trees blown across light and telephone lines. The temperature, which had stood scorchingly near the 100 degree mark for days, tumbled 30 degrees in 15 minutes. City officials, after a brief survey. said the damage would mount into the thousands of dollars. A call for an emergency crew to aid in rebuilding more than a mile of I electric lines torn down by the • wind was sent to surrounding cities. During the height of the hail I storm, which lasted only 15 iffinutes, an automobile was blown across the principal business i street. Rain-fall was estimated at | one-half inch in three quarters of i an hour. Indiana Suffers Indianapolis, July 10. — (U.R) — The most severe heat wave IndiI ana has experienced in more than . a decade sent temperatures soari ing toward new heights today with I an increasing tol lof lives and crop damage. I The United States weather bu(CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) 0 BROWN FUNERAL RITES SATURDAY Services Will Be Held Tomorrow For R. Edward Brown Funeral services for R. Edward Brown. 45. who died at his homo east of Decatur Thursday morning at 2 o'clock will be held Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clock at th© home and at 2 o’clock at the Winchester United Brethren church. Rev. George Sill of Rockford, Ohio, will officiate and burial will be made in the Ray cemetery at Monroe. Survivors include the widow, the mother. Mrs. Katheryn Griner of Midland, Michigan; two children. Harry McGee and Dixie Joan, at home; two sisters, Mns. Sam Deihl of Decatur and Mrs. Lucy Miller of Gary; a brother. John Brown of Bay City. Michigan and the following half brothers and half sisters: Oscar Brown of Decatur; James (Brown of Peterson: Mrs. Lizzie McGill of Decatur, Mrs. K. Lenhart of Jackson, Michigan; Mrs. Tena Garland of Colman, Michigan; Mrs. Bessie Holetron of Saginaw', Michigan and Pearl Schoch of Midland. Michigan.

it became evident that the settlement of this great immediate region and its growth since Generals Harrison and Wayne subdued the Indians and opened the way, has been an epic poem the like of which has not been known on this planet. “This immediate mid-west is the very heart of our nation. Its people have developed into recognized leaders in all that true Americanism stands for. When we speak of Decatur and the county of Adams, we speak of a thousand places between the Ohio and the Lakes and the Allegheneys and the Great River. “In this celebration our Decatur people have grown ambitious. They want to tell the story of this mid-west when they tell their own story. They want to tell of a kind fate that directed an exceptionally high quality of pioneers, both native and foreign born, to settle and how their progressiveness, unselfishness and public spirit was of that noble quality that has influenced and guided those who have come after them through all these long years. “Decatur is very proud of its religious, cultural and material actUONIINUKD OJ4 JfAGB TWO),