Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 182, Decatur, Adams County, 1 August 1936 — Page 1

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CENTENNIAL OPENS SUNDAY

Lnp/efe Week’s [program Planned | For All Visitors

I iy VarH Program Io Be Ottered Visitors I, Decatur’s CentenL| For Seven Days I HIGHLIGHTS Lining doing every minute of ■p oU r of every day of the L has been the slogan of the ■L r Centennial association in Bying a complete seven-day KL for the celebration of De ■ and Adams < oiffity’s 100th A,lni; with services devoted ■Lj OUS an ,l historical services Esunday. particularly fitting to. occasion, a program has ■prang'd for visitors to the Knion. unequalled in any othEcrtaking ever attempted in ■ wnmunity's history. Ltors to Decatur's Centennial to, greeted by a brilliantly L »nd decorated city, with Eitens of Decatur undoubted Kemined to surpass by far Elebration ever held here. ■ tpeciai program has Been arE for every day of the week. I Opening Day Lfer will mark the official opKof the Midway. With the Euia! »sso< iation adhering to E mle forbidding stands or Kwionsof any type to*>e erectEthe streets of the city beKotday. the Midway will he a k of activity, starting at mid- ■ Sunday night. ■stators of rides, shows and Lions will begin work at Lit Sunday in order to have (Midway in readiness for the tel opening at 7 p. m. Monday, te fair, a sideline of the Centel program, will be formally led with a brief, yet colorful ide promptly at 7 p. m. Five ds and only a tew floats, with iters of the Centennial comfa, will form the line of inarch, te Midway will be flooded with fc: lights as the parade is ttd and all concessions will be iy to operate as a bomb sounds opening of the fair. Homecomers And Youth tesday will be devoted to the *t residents of Decatur and fctnre leaders of Decatur, and tolly designated as "HomeW and Youth Day." n- Centennial association has L the Christian church, corhtSecond and Jefferson streets, teidquarters for the Honiecom--I*ll week. Special music will be mded on Tnesuay and a regis■t booth will be located in the Lie of the church During the J»»on. members of the Rotary ILiou clubs will furnish autoto take former residents • tear of the city's industries, 'Homesteads and other interesI Points in the city. 1 Jouth program will be held "®orial park, south Wincheststarting at 1:45 p. m. Siple, who was chosen from mousands of Boy Scouts in “ited States to accompany mi Byrd on his trip to the “ole, will relate his experu •Hile in Antarctica. Other es will be presented on the to. » Plr «de, Fireworks most colorful parade of the iwn a ' )r *'^ ant fireworks disfeature Wednesday’s prote Wltlt more than a '' bands, many floats, and '“S many novelties, will Womptiy at 8 p. m . This par- , a parades during the week, til ?/! J ll the intersection of Hi streetß - “nd march Third street to Adams. 0 First, where it will disLhi th Parade ' s wiil be held 'he Midway on Second , ÜBe of the lack or "i* sabJ na . bility t 0 View the * ,r 11 ' faCtOrlly ’ «. * iant, pyrotechnic display. Lr^wi'l^u 111 lhe hißtory of Th e ' d /‘‘ be Btaged at 10 ‘ P--1U nm ay w '" be uhown on L eW ’. the scene of the reLt .»7 Ceg and historical for apon PAGa TWi

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

BEGIN JUDGING FOR ENTRIES Judging Is Started Today For Clothing, Canning Entries Judging began today for the clothing and canning entries In the 4-H club shows, housed in tne Hensley building on South Second street. This display will not be opened Ito the public until Tuesday morni ing, when the first ribbons will be 1 affixed to the prize winning arI tides. The displays were brought to i the building Thursday and arrangj ed for the judges. The judges, who | are all vocational home economics I teachers, are: Miss Bessie Sale, i Bluffton: Mrs. Retta Kimmel Geigi er, Albion, and Miss Charlotte I Bragg, Winchester. Thursday the baking and food ■ preparation displays will be brought to the Hensley building. ■ They will be judged the same day , by Miss Catherine Weidler, home 1 economics teacher at Monmouth. , These will be removed Friday ev- , ening. . j Three ribbons will be given the winners of each class. There are five years in each of the projects. I The best clothing displays will . be sent to the Indiana state fair. j In conjunction with the 4-H club ' show will be the annual Ball canning competition for all girls. The winners here will compete in the state fair. ’ | There are 13 girls clubs reprei sented ih tht“ local 4-H club display. >1 FREE ACTS TO THRILL CROWD > • Three Free Acts To Make Appearances During Centennial i The greatest array of talent ever (presented to the people of Deca- ’ I tur has bean obtained for the free i acts during the Decatur Centen- . nial. according to Herman Yager, > chairman of the committee in . charge of these events. . The acts will be given several > times daily. r The Foust brothers Flying Dev- . 41s. well known trapeze and tum- ( bling artists will present their act as a part of the free acts ’ which will appear here during Centennial week. I Their act consists of many feats of daj-ing. combined with a very clever clown act which assures ( the crowds of plenty of laughs , along with a thrill packed enterr tainment. Miss Dorthy Sims, the s girl member of the troupe, adds plenty of thrills to the act with r her contortionist and tumbling act , on a 12 Inch platform perched on top of a pole high tin ithe air. The Fousts’ act will be given at , the corner of Jackson and Second atreietls. The Flying Valentinos, one of the best in all show business, will perform on Monroe street between ! Third and Fourth streets. They will do some of the most dangerous acts known to trapeze artists. Many will thrill at Rita and ' Dunn, "The undisputed queen and ‘ king of the high wire,” who will ’ act on equipment located on the ’ Central school yard. ’ This act is performed without 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) f — Public Library Open During Afternoons f Ruth Winnes, citv librarian, an--1 nounced today that during Centen- • nial week the public library will be 1 open from noon until 6 o’clock. The "j regular schedule will be resumed Monday, August 10.

Sunday’s Centennial Speakers . J ______ I V 1 If # L gJn f vW Bishop Noll " Rev - Rev. Geiseman Pictured above are the speakers who will deliver the sermons at the three religious services Sunday, w'hich will serve as the official opening for Decatur's Centennial. The Rt. Rev. John F. Noll, bishop ot the Fort Wayne diocese, will deliver the sermon at the Catholic military field mass. Rev. O. A. (leiseman. pastor of Grace Lutheran church of Oak Park, 111., will speak during the Lutheran hour. Rev. James McGinlay. pastor of the Central Baptist church of I»ndon. Ontario, Canada, will be the speaker during the union Protestant service.

FOUNDATIONS ARE FINISHED Pouring Os Foundations At Zion Lutheran Church Completed Pouring of cement for foundations of the new Zion Lutheran church was completed yesterday. Phil Sauer, contractor, stated today. Both the foundation under the old part and that for the new part have been completed, heutated. The foundation for the new structure takee a space of 31 by 52 feet, in addition to the f ’de entrance, necessitating an added foundation space of 11 by nine feet. Foundation for the new tower of the church has been poured, and is ready for work by the general contractor, he stated. The entire basement floor of the structure will be taken up by rooms, including the general assembly rooms rest rooms for both men and ladies, ladies recreation and other rooms. No excavating was done for the stage in the assembly room, the concrete being poured on the natural level of the floor. The Rev. Paul W. Schultz, pastor of the church, stated today that (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Girls In Parade To Meet Monday Morning All girls who wish to dress as Red Cross nurses and ride bicycles in the parade Wednesday evening are asked to meet with Mrs. Bryce Tho-j mas and Mrs. Albert Gehrig at the Central school building Monday morning at 9 o'clock Decorations for the bicycles will be furnished by the local Red Cross chapter. HOME OFFERED FOR VISITORS Knights Os Pythias Home Offered To Centennial Visitors The Knights ot Pythias home today was offered to the Centennial association for the convenience ot; the visitors to the Centennial.: Every facility will be used for. the comfort and entertainment ot' the People. Members of the Pythian Sisters will begin serving refreshments Sunday morning and continue until Saturday evening, sandwiches and iced drinks will be served to assist in the problem of feeding the huge crowd which will arrive in the city Sunday and remain during the week. Chairs and tables will be located on the first floor. The bowling alley will be opened all week. Park plan dancing will be offered I the public each evening, beginning , Sunday. The combined Hal Teeter’s, and Gene Johnson’s orchestra will furnish the music. The local home is located on North Third street.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, August 1, 1936.

FAIR WEATHER Cheering news was received by the Decatur Centennial association today from the United States weather bureau. The weather outlook for the period from August 2 to 8: For the region of the Great Lakes: Light precipitation indicated towards end of week: I near normal temperature. DECRTUR WOMAN IS HURT FRIDAY Mrs, Ida Patesell Only Slightly Hurt Last Night In answer to a call last night at 6 o’clock that a woman was lying either dead or injured In a road ditch near the Union Chapel church, east of town, authorities found Mrs. Ida Patesei, of Patterson street lying there in a dazed and injured condition. Advancing the theory that she might have been thrown from an auto. Mrs. Patesei was questioned by the authorities. She stated in answer to their questions that she I had not the slightest Idea how she 1 came to be found in the ditch. She explained by the cuts and bruises on her face by saying she ! had been strlick by a hoe handle when she stepped on the metal digger. A local ambulance was called and she was removed to the local ! hospital. She was released this morning after being treated for injuries and exposure. How long she lay in the ditch could not be determined. i ■ ■ — WEATHER Fair tonight and Sunday; rising temperature Sunday and north portion tonight.

Mayor’s Proclamatian DECATUR CENTENNIAL WEEK — AUGUST 2 to 8 WHEREAS, this year of 1936. Anno Domini, is the One Hundredth Anniversary of the founding of Decatur, and WHEREAS, this is also t’ e One Hundredth Anniversary year of the establishment of Adams County, and WHEREAS, Decatur is commemorating the Centennial Birthday of i city and county in a seven day civic celebration of colorful pageantry, f usic and entertainment, and WHEREAS, the Centennial Committees, cooperating magnificently | in harmony with that civic spirit responsible in large measure for Decatur's progress, have worked long and hard for many months and have left nothing undone to make the program worthy of the occasion, and WHEREAS, the celebration will attract to our city thousands of visitors. many returning after long absences to scenes, sweet to the happy memories of earlier days. THEREFORE. I. Arthur R. Holthouse, Mayor of the City of Decatur, designate the days of August 2 to 8, inclusive, 1936, to be set aside for the participation of all citizens in celebration, rejoicing and appreciation in the week’s Centennial program symbolizing one hundred years of achievement and Inaugurating a new century of progress. (Signed) ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Mayor of the City of Decatur, Ind. August 1. 1936.

I GIVE PROGRAM DF YOUTH DAY Youth Dav Program Will Be Held Tuesday Os Centennial The complete program for the » youth day observance next Tues- - day afternoon at the Legion Memlorial park was announced today by Bryce Thomas and Miss Marion Neprud. co-chairmen of the event to be held from 1:45 to 4:30 p. m. f Jack Wainright's band will furnish the music. S. S. Hotchkiss. Boy Scout area representative of Fort Wayne, will f be introduced and will act as the presiding officer. Representatives of the various youth organizations will be introduced as follows: t Boy Scouts — Junior Zerkel. s Girl Scouts — Helen Jean Kohls. . Cubs — Frank Young. Jr. ’ Catholic Youth organization — Vincent Tanvas. * Protestant youth organization — Robert Franz. 4-M club—Eleanor Johnson. Representatives from the Girl reserves of Fort Wayne and Van ! Wert have also been invited to att tend. Next on the program will be the pledge to the flag. Paul Siple, well known Boy 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) ; ' o i Third Degree Knights, Holv Name To March i J ' AU members of the Holy Name ’ Society and the third degree ’l Knights of Columbus are requested ! ! to meet at the St. Mary’s Catholic ‘; church Sunday morning at 9:30 I o’cloqk. These organizations will march together in the procession from the rectory to Niblick field, where the Catrolic military field ' mass wil lhe held at 10:30.

Months Os Tireless Effort To Be Climaxed With Opening Os Centennial Celebration Sunday

LIST SCHEDULE TAXING BODIES County Auditor Lists, Meetings For Taxing

Bodies I County Auditor John W. Tyndall, today announced the schedule of meetings of taxing bodies which will determine the tax rates for the counties and townships in 1937. The schedule is: County Budgets Estimates of county officers shall be tiled with the county auditor ’ on or before August 5. The first publication of the county budget shall be made not later, than August 29. The second pub- ! lication of the county budget shall be made not later than September! i 4 ' The annual meeting of the coun-] ty council will be held September 8. Ten or more taxpayers may appeal to the state board of tax commissioners from the county, council action not later than Sep- • tetnber 28. Township Budgets The first publication of the township budget shall be made not lat- 1 er'than August 22 (ten days be-! fora the annual meeting of the: ■township advisory board!. The second publication of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) COMMUNITY IS CONGRATULATED Father Ryder Congratulates Community On Centennial The Rev. Father J. Ryder, pastor of the St. John’s Catholic! church of Fort Wayne, today issued a statement congratulating the community for the manner in which the 100th birthday is being observed. < Rev. Ryder will explain the mil-1 itary field mass, Coram Episciopo. | (in the presence of the bishop) to | the audience at the Catholic service at 10:30 o'clock Sunday morning at Niblick Field. Rev. Ryder will begin his explanations before the service proper starts. Rev. Ryder's statement is: “The celebration of the Holy, Mass in connection with ffie Centennial of your city recommends itself strongly to the historic mind. During these days of your jubilation, many great souls of the past. will again march across the horizon of your honored past to remind you of their patriotism and zeal. “So also in the Holy Mass, the church asks the priest to pass before the altar of antiquity and through ceremony and prayer to portray the loyalty of the Redeemer to the human race. “From the magnificent outbursts of praise to the Gloria in Excelsis, through the important functions of the offertory and the sacred act of the Consecration, to the solemn chanting of the Ite Miss Est (Gos the Mass is ended), a whole tide < of antique associations presents itself. “The legacy of the Holy euc.harist at the Last Supper, and the voluntary sufferings and Supreme Sacrifice of the Saviour are called to mind, and wherever the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 Sixty Men Ushers At Protestant Service Sixty men will act as ushers dur- J ing the union Protestant service at Niblick field Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock. A. R. Rshbaucher is chairman of I the ushers. Other bead ushens are j R. E. Glendening, GTen Hill, Cal E. I Peterson, asked to meet at Ashbau-1 cher’s tin shop at 1 o’clock Sunday afternoon for final inatructiona.

FIRST PAGEANT SHOW WILL BE GIVEN SUNDAY

First Showing At 8 p. m.; To Be Repeated Monday, Tuesday Several thousand persons are expected to witness the first presentation Sunday night at 8 o’clock of “A Century Marches By.” an historical pageant colorfully depicting the 100 years in Decatur and Adams county. Second and third performances will be given on Monday and Tuesday nights. After hours of tireless practice, and a dress rehearsal last night .that lasted until nearly midnight, directors and chaperones of the i pageant pronounced it ready for presentation. The pageant will be formally opened with the coronation of Miss Frieda Scherer, as Miss Decatur, , queen of the Centennial, who, in ’ the company of her two attend- ■ ants. Miss Indiana and Miss Adams County, and the court of honor will I receive the crown from Mayor ! Arthur R. Holthouse. Father Time, turning the first page in the history of Decatur — . the pow wow of Adams County and the dance of acceptance by the Red Man —the founding of Decatur by Samuel Rugg—the fantasy of the Limberlost —the foundation of the Mennonite colony—the wedding of Gene Stratton Porter— Peace, in the person of a local actress, reigning supreme from her place of prominence—all are parts of the pageant under the giant lights of the field. A grand finale, with hundreds of small children, marching in rhythmic step to patriotic organ strains, closes the largest and most colorful spectacle ever to be presented here. Musy' for the pageant is furnishjed by the Mennonite choir of , Berne, country-wide renowned for their splendid songs, the newly in--1 stalled Hammond electric organ, whose stirring marches can be , heard over the amplifying system for a great distance and a band led |and directed by Bob White. In the pageant may be seen ■ native Indians, in their tribal war dress, several score of little ladies in red. white and blue costumes, as the U. S. A. girls, Pioneers, in full costume, Mennonites in authentic costume, hardy, pioneer soldiers. oxen-pulled covered wagons, (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o CORN PRICES AT NEW HIGH Higher Prices Are Likely For All Staple Foods Chicago, Aug. 1— (U.R> —Corn prices bounded up the limit of four cents a bushel to new s4xyear highs on North American grain exchanges. After' a, slow start the speculative boom in the Chicago market again was ignited by reports that as much as 90 per cent of Nebraska corn has bean killed by droughts. With the nation’s corn crop withering aj the rate of twentyfive million bushels per day future traders were stampeded into a rush of buying that swept September corn up the Winit for the tenth time (this month. Higher Prices (Copyright 1936 by United Press) Chicago. Aug. 1 — (U.R) — The drought reached into the pocketbooks of America's housewives today threatening a winter of higher prices for almost all staple foods. Commodity and grain markets iMJOmed as the normally bountiful farm lands of the middle west (CObiTUiUED ON PAGE SIXX

' DECATUR ’ CENTENNIAII AUG. 2 to 8

Price Two Cents.

Three Religious Services And First Presentation Os Historical Pageant i To Feature First Day. ANTICIPATE CROWDS

Decatur’s Centennial, the great- ’ est celebration ever to be in this city, will be formerly opened tomorrow morning. The first day will be appropriately devoted to services depicting the appreciative ’gratitude of a ' community blessed with the finer : things of life, such as Decatur and i Adams county have known through ■ out the century of the communi- ■ ty’s individual existence. 1 And Sunday, as the opening day 1 of the celebration, will provide The climax for those citizens of Deca- • i tur and Adams county, who have devoted days, weeks and months • of their time, often needd in pttr- ‘; suit of their own individual businesses, to make of Decatur’s 100th birthday anniversary a celebration ’ w’hich will go down in history as 1 the finest ever presented in a com- ■ munity of this size. 1 Three solemn religious services ' i embracing the faiths of the var- ’ i ious denominations of Lhe city and J county, will mark the opening ■ day’s ceremonies. t ; As the closing chapter in the day's reverent and colorful pro. I gram, the historical pageant, “A , Century Marches By.” will he pre- . sented in the first performance at j 8 p. n. r All Sunday services will be held at Niblick field. Field Mass [ The Centennial celebration will - formally open with the Catholic i military field mass at 10:30 a. m. The Rt. Rev. John F. Noll, bishop ■of the Fort Wayne diocese, will de- ■ liver the sermon at the mass. ; | Bishop Noll will leave the St. ! Mary's rectory at 10 o’clock. He will be escorted by the Holy Name . society and Knights of Columbus lodge, both of Decatur, and fourth . degree Knfghts from Decatur and • surrounding cities. The procession . will be headed by the flags, color . i guard, firing squad, band and drum corps of Adams post num- , her 43 of the American Legion. Music during the mass will he sung by the famous Moreau seminary choir of Notre Dame. The Rev. Father J. J. Seimetz, pastor . of the St. Mary's Catholic church of this city, will be celebrant of the mass. Lutheran Hour Lutheran churches of Decatur , and Adams county have united in arranging a splendid service for the Lutheran hour at 2 p. m. The sermon will be delivered by the Rev. O. A. Geiseman, pastor of the Grace Lutheran church at Oak Park, Illinois. Rev. Geiseman is recognized as one of the'most able ’ and most forceful speakers of the j Lutheran faith in the entire United States. Special music for the Lutheran , hour will be furnished by the Fort Wayne Lutheran choral society, an organization of more than 100 voices, under the direction of the eRv. Paul F. Miller, with Miss Helen Limbert as soloist. Union Protestant Sponsored by the Decatur and Adams county ministerial associations. all Protestant churches of the city and county will join in a union vesper service at 4 p. m., as the concluding religious service of the day. The Rev. James McGinlay. D. D., pastor of the Central Baptist church of London. Ontario, Canada, will deliver the sermon. The first 30 minutes of the service will be devoted mainly to congregational singing, led by Homer Rodeheaver, internatitfnally known evangelist singer. The Berne choirs, recognized throughout the nation' as a result of fine showings at Chicago Musicland festivals, will sing special music for the service. Historical Pageant “A Century Marches By,” an historical pageant depicting, in 11 colorful and stirring episodes, the “achievements of a century” in Dei (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWOI