Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 229, Decatur, Adams County, 26 September 1936 — Page 1

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In Mayor’s Class 1 [ r / F 1 I ’ I Frazier E Wilson Frailer E. Wilson, mayor of Greenville. Ohio, will be a member of the honorary mayors' class at the Red Men initiation cereInoniee tonight. He will also speak during the afternoon session. LIST PROGRAM OF CONVENTION County \V. (’. T. C. Convention To Be Held Here Tuesday The complete program for the county W ('. T. I' convention, to be held at the local I'. B church on Tuesday, was annoum -d totlay by officials of the organization. Election of officers will be held during the morning session Mrs. D Iton Paxswater. of this city, is thpresent pr-sident. Other officers are: Mrs. I. 1.. Yager of Berne.ee.-retai-y and Mrs. Lydia Shamp, of flit? city, treasurer. The morning program, opening at 10 o'clock: Worship in song. Mica Frances Bmihalt r. Berne. Devotions, the Rev. H W. Franklin. paetor of the Decatur I'. B. church. Greetings from Mrs. Passwater, president. Appointment of lommittei*. Election of officers. Reports of local presidents an I department superintendents. Special music, Berne. Noontide prayer. Mrs. Leota Beery. Dinner. The program for the afternoon session, opening at I:3d o'clock. Devotions, the Rev. Homer J Aspy. pastor of the local Baptist churcli. Reading. Mrs Lola Slutter, Gen-va. V<». ul Solo, .Mrs. Walter .1. Krick. Decatur. Address, theßev. 11. R Carson, pastor of the Decatur M E church. Harp nolo, Mrs. Ben Schreyer. Decatur. Closing iprayer, the Rev. George S. Lozier, pastor of the local First Evangelical church. TOMATO CROP REACHES PEAK Adams County Tomato Crop Is Above Average Yield This Year The tomato crop in Adams county reached its peak production for the season this week, according to the federal graders, al the receiving station located < u South Twelfth street, and owned by Crampton Canneries, Inc. The tomatoes, grown here, are shipped to the Celina. Ohio, plant where they are processed. Wednesday. 42 tons: of tomatoes were delivered to the station to make the biggest day of the season. A total of between fam and 600 tons have been shipped by the local station. The tomato crop this year is above average in yield as the majority of the tomatoes are grown east of the drought area. The crop in Adams county is good this year. One reason for this la tha.t there have been sufficient rains. Another is that this is new tomato ground and diseases which affect the older territories are not prevalent here. The majority of the tomatoes here have been qualilied for U. S. grade number one, for which the highest price is being given.

TREASURY HEAD TAKES STEP TO PROTECT MONEY Purchases Sterling To Prevent Palling Money Prices Washington. Sept 26 <U.P) S-cretary of Treasury Heniy Morgenthau. Jr . unnoticed today that this country has purchased one million pound sterling offered on the ex-hunge market by 'he | Russian government “at any j price." Morgenthau said the action was ! taken after he learned that some :one is driving down the pound sterling. In making the announcement he pointed out that a. tripartite agreement between France. Great Britain and the I'tiiwd States seeking to stabilize worl I currencies h a( | invited "the cooperation" of other nations. He said that lie had learned • this morning. however. thaj "someone is driving down the pound sterling.” The sterling was 1 quoted at $5.02 yesterday and has • sunk rapidly to $4.91. "On making inquiries I found ■ that the Russian state bank had given orders to sell one million pounds at best' which means at any price." Morgenthaai said. "When 1 learned this I bought their sterling. I bought what they | wanted to sell with ottr stabilization fund money, the sterling the Russian state bank was using to . depress the pound. "This is the only incident to date of any government or any bank or any individual attempting to try to artificially influence the » foreign exchange markets in the ’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) PTA DISTRICT MEET TUESDAY Eighth District ParentTeachers .Meet Here Next Tuesday The city of Decatur will be host ■ to the eighth district I’ar-nt Teaclt- ■ ers association Tuesday, when ap- ' proximately .'too to 400 members of ' the northeastern Indiana council will meet ut tin- Zion Reformed church. The Decatur Parent-Teacher • council, composed of individual councils at the South Wald. West Ward and Central schools, will join 1 with the city in entertaining the visitors. S veral prominent educational 1 leaders have been secured to address the members during tin- sessions. which will lie helii in Hie i afternoon and evening. . Mrs. Grogan Hughes, state president of the PTA councils, and Mrs. . W. |t Whitten, national field staff | representative, will talk at the ses- , sions. Dr. Thurman B. Rice, of the state board of health, will also de- . i liver an uddi ess. The meeting will be opened at !) o'clock witli invocation by the Rev. Charles M Prugh, followed with music by the Decatur high school thorns, under Hie direction of Miss Helen Haultold. W. Guy Brown, high school rpiucipal, will give the address of welcome, and the response will be delivered by Mis. Faye Smith-Knapp, secretary-treasurer of the district council. Miss Hazel warren, state chairt man of the library extension work, will deliver the other morning talk. Superintendent Walter J. Krick, of the Decatur schools, will preside at the noon luncheon in the i church. Mrs. K. L. Jeffrey, of. Bluffton, state president, will preside at the morning session, and Mrs. Chaimi er O. Porter, chairman of the DeI catur council, will conduct the afternoon meeting. ■ The afternoon program, open-t ing at 1:45 includes chorus music and talks by Mrs. Whitten and Dr. Rice, and a question box conduct- • ed by the national representative. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Tax Conference To Be Held Next Week The national tax conference will bo held in IndiaiKtpolis. on Monday until Thursday, inclusive, of next week, accord it g to wotd received here by County Assessor Ernest Worthman today. An invitation to ajl taxpayers lias been extended by the state • board of tax commissioners. The . county assessor ie planning to at- • ' tend the meetings on Tuesday and i Wednesday

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, September 26, 1936.

(HTicials Os Red Men Order I I* W*' B Huston J. Pattereon Edward Harding F’icturisl above are two officers <rf the Indiana Improved Order of Red Men. meeting in tri-stute convention here today. Huston J. Patterson. great prophet of Indiana Red Men. is general chairman, and will also speak at this evening’s session Edward Harding is great chief of records of Indiana.

DISTRICT MEET AT MOOSE HOME Women Os Moose To Hold District Meeting Here October I The district meeting of the Women of the Moose will be held In this etty Sunday. October 4. with Decatur chapter number 625 as hostesses. Both afternoon anti evening sessions will be held at the Moose I home on North Second street. The afternoon session, at 2 o’clock, will open with the drill team of the Decatur chapter seating the officers. Ritualistic work w ill be fully emphasied The !<>< u.l chapter will conduct the memorial ceremony. Chapters which will compete , for prizes in the ritualistie work will be Angola. Auburn, Bluffton. Columbia City. Decatur. Fort Wayne. Huntington. Kendallville and Wabash chapters. • Chaptern at Vajt Wert. Ohio and Marion have been invited to attend I as guests of the local chapter. The evening session will op’ll at 7:30 o'clock, witli the Decatur 1 [ drill team conducting the initiatory • work Candidates from other cities will be initiated, as well a, four ' I from the Decatur chapter. I Refreshments will be served at I the close of the meeting. Mem- . bers of the refreshment commi*- ! tee are Mrs. Edna Roop, Mis Vera Gause and Mrs Lola Mille —o — - i' Appel man I'u neral I Held This Morning Funeral services were held this, • morning at 9 o'clock in the S'. Mary’s Catholic church for Mr-. I . George Appelman. prominent Di cajur lady, who died Wednesday , night. The Rev. J. J Hennes. | assistant pastor of the chtircli. i . was celebrant of the mass Burial . was made in the St. Joseph’s cemetery. PRODUCTION AT PLANT BOOSTED ■ — Wayne Novelty Company i Is Increasing Its Production Daily The Wayne Novelty company is increasing its production daily, it was announced by officials of the plant ‘today. More than 30 persons are now employed. As soon as the organization be-' comes complete the plant expects , to put on a. night force to fill the I large number of orders which are i arriving each day. At the present only boxes are| I being made. The largest of the boxes are to be used as cases for home and portable phonographs. Smaller boxes are used for silver chests, cigarette carton boxes, toilet net containers, stationery boxes and many other uses. Ordinarily about a week is required to turn the lumber into finishetl products. However, boxes can lie finished in about four days. All the equipment has been I moved here front Grabill and uome new machinery has been installed which ha.s increased the production of the plant. The orders are now being filled for the Christmas trade. Chil-; • dren’s furniture will also be manu- j factured for Christman sales. • Next spring the company will, I begin the manufacture of lawn | , furniture for sale in the summer.

Ohio Poll Shows Roosevelt Leading Columbus, Sept 26 Returns from 45 of Ohio's 88 counties in the Scripps Howard Newspapers straw poll today showed President • Roosevelt continuing to lead despite an 8 per cent balloting for Lemcke. Roosevelt's strength xfas displayed in the face of a majority for tile Republican gitbernator- ' ial nominee. Tim standing with about 45.060 votes counted: Roosevelt 19.1192 53 5 per cent. Landon 13,667 37.1 per tent. Lemcke 2.932 S per tent. A straw vote by the Columbus Dispatch which is supiiorting lamdon gives Roosevelt 52 7 per cent of 11,113 voles counted: latndon 42.8 per cent, and Lemcke. 4 3 per cent. DEMOCRATSPLAN FOR CAMPAIGN Young Democrat Club Seeks 2,000 Members I’or This Year Membership cards were distributed last night al She hist meeting of the advisory board of the Young , Democratic ('lull, held in the i Democratic headquarters. An effort is to lie made ibis year to obtain 2.000 members. In 1934. I when the club was organized, more than 750 persons joined. Tlie < lub voted to hold its first dance of the year, Thursday, October 15 Committees were chosen :to obtain lhe hall and orchestra .and to make other arrangements. Tile sale of tickets was launchied for joint .Adams Wells county i Townsend meeting to be held at I Bluffton, Saturday. October 10. The I banquet w ill begin at 6.30. The program, which will he given Tn tin* community building, will beI gin at 7:45 o'clock. i These tickets can lie obtained i from the* Democratic headquarters in Decatur. Earl Sauders in Monroe. the Berne Review in Berne and tile Geneva Herald in Geneva ' They must lie purchased before October 5. i A meeting was planned lor next | week, and w ill be annoiinced Monday if arrangements can lie made • for the hall. MembersTcßi tickets for the club I may be obtained at th” Democratic headquarters or from members of the advisory board, who are being appointed by the precinct committeemen. Edwin Kauffman, chairman of the advisory board, presided over the meeting Friday night. He explained tlie membership drive. ArcCONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) City Water Supply Test Satisfacton — As a precaution an additional test of the city water supply was requested by city officials this week and the analysis was received from the state board of health. The report showed tlie water satisfactory. Three samples were sen in and no bacteria was found. The city sends in a sample of water every month for examination and each time it lias been found satisfactory. Talking Picture To Be Given Bv Lodge — "Fraternity Marches On." a talk- • ing picture sponsored by the local j Moose lodge will be presented at ■ the home for members of the | lodge, their wives, families and ! friends. j The picture will be shown on Tuesday. September 29 at 8 o’clock J

OBED GILLIUM DIES TODAY AT LOCAL HOSPITAL I’rcnch Township Man Dirs Os Injuries Suffered September 3 Obed Gilliom, 29. French township, died at tin* Adams county memorial hospital at 10:30 o'clock this morning of injuries sustained in an accident at noon Thursday, September 3. Gilliom was apparently slowly : recovering from his severe injurIles when his condition 4wame i worse early this week. The Adajns county man suffered n skull fracture, broken right clavicle and numerous cuts and bruises when the team and wagon he was driving crashed head-on ■ with a truck The collision occurred on feder- • al highway “7. two and one-half miles north of Berne. Gilliom. who resided with his prwnets. Mr and Mrs Oral Gill--1 lorn, was returning from Bern" after delivering a load of hay. The team and wagon were struck by a truck owned by the Hotftnp-Davis Seed company of Lebanon, driven by Paul Harr. 2<>. also of Lebanon. While three were no eyewitnesses to tlie cra.sh. the truck ap--1 patently veered onto tlie wrong side of the highway, striking the horses heddon. Harr stated that ho had been experiencing difficulty with the ‘ steering apparatus of tlie truck prior to the accident, and that the truck suddenly swerved directly 1 at the leant as he neaged it. Driver of the truck was only slightly injured One of tlie horses was killed instantly. Mr Gilliom had been a resident of Adams county all his life and for the last few yeans was assoI dated with his father on a farm in French township He was the ' son of Mr and Mrs. Oral Gilliom, both of whom are living. Mr. Gilliom was never married. * Surviving besides tlie parents are the following brothers and sisters, (UONTINUEn ON PAGE SIX) — o — Dramatic Art School Will Present Program The Withey school of dramatic art under tlie supervision of Vir- ■ ginia Withey will present a vaudeville program the latter part of October under the auspices of tlie parent-teacher association. Participants in tlie affair will I be boys and girls of Decatur who are studying witli Mrs Withey. One playlet “When I Grow up." will feature a half dozen tiny tots from the ages ol three to six years. A class of girls from high school will present "All on a Summer's Day." II A miniature revue, with the boys and girls classes in clever numbers, impersonations, dances and chat1 ter acts will be given. Selections 1 by the high school orchestra will be enjoyed and Decatur studefits from Violet Reinwald's school of the dance will also appear. G. E. WORKERS AT CONFERENCE Gecode Club Members At Annual Conference Os Elex Club Miss Lorena Reppert, president; ■ Mise Elsie Brunnegraf. vice-presid-ent; and the Mi&see Fern Passwater and Mary Leonard, of the Gecode club of the Decatur General Electric plant, are in Fort Wayne today attending the annual conference of the Elex club, as representatives of the local organization. The conference is being reported through the Fort Wayne Works News, a publication of the factory. The issue for this week also carries the pictures of the candidates for offices of the loca l G. E. club.' ' The candidates are; Sol Bowser, president; Dora Miller, director; Harold Batlghn and Don Gage, vicepresident: Herman Lengerich, president; Esther Deibolt and Elsie Brunnegraf. director; Irene Schafer, vice-president and the Misses Mary Ulman. Harriet Shockey and Mar- > celine Gage, secretary. The publication also carries pic- , tores of the Decatur softball team and of Miss Mildred Acker, runnerup in the recent city women’s tennis tourney. Paul Handler and Miss Reppert I are the correspondents from the ■ Decatur plant for the weekly news i of the Fort Wayne works.

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Extends Welcome u ** -1 ** M Arthur R. Holthouse Arthur R. Holthouse, mayor of Decatur, will deliver tlie address of welcome to the Improved Order of Red Men at this afternoon's session at the Catholic school auditorium. This meeting will be open to tlie public. Mayor Holthouse will also he in lhe honorary mayors' initiation class tonight. REMODELING OF STORE MOVING Remodeling VV <> r k At Schafer Store Is Progressing Rapidly Remodelling work at the SchafI er Store in this city is progressing satisfactorily, officials of the company stated today. ' The entire first florr of the commodius store is being remodeled, and when completed, the Schafer Store will he one of the finest, most up-to-date department stores in tiny city in lhe middle west, of I a size comparable to Decatur. Work has practically been completed in tlie dry goods and china department, located in tile south purl of the building. Entirely new . fixtures have been installed in Illis department, which has been greatly enlarged front its former size. Under tlie direction of George ' B Kyle, of the store engineering . dpartinent of tlie Ely Al- Walker dry goods company of St. Louis, workmen are making progress on work Mr. Kyle, who drew original lilans for remodeling of lhe entire first floor, lias been in tlie city for live weeks, superintending all work. Entirely new type show cases ' and display counters and shelves will'be installed and are now being built under Mr. Kyle's direction. New and unique ideas in display of hardware merchandise are be--1 ing incorporated into tlie remodeling work. This department will I compare favorably with hardware , stores in metropolitan cities. Additional lights are being placed | throughout the entire first floor. 1 adding to the attractive displays in all departments. Several of the departments have. ' been changed in location. The chinaware department is on the j south side, at the rear of the dry goods department, and the harness department is at the rear on the , north side. The center show window is being rebuilt. The floor of the window has been lowered nine inches to permit a more effective display of furniture, the window has been deepened and refinished and an entirely nw hardware floor is being laid A wider, more gradually sloping staircase has been built to the second floor. The Schafer Store occupies three ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Wilt Funeral Rites To Be Held Monday Funeral services will be held Monday for Charles A. Wilt, of Fort Wayne, who died Thursday morning at Ann Arbor. Mich., of ! injuries suffered while diving at Lake James. The lad's mother w-as Miss Mae Rademaker before her marriage. Services will be held at 8:30 a. ! m. at the residence in Fort Wayne at 1240 Fairfield avenue, and at 9 o’clock at the St. Paul's Catholic church. Burial in the Linden- ' wood cemetery,

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Improved Order Os Red Men Gather Here For Tri-State Meeting Os Organization. HUNDREDS ATTEND At 11 o'clock this morning a j total of 212 members of Red Men ' lodges in the Tri-State area had registered in the lobby of the Rice hotel, and additional registrations were being made as quickly as they could be accomodate. Visiting members from southern I Indiana, eastern Ohio and northern Michigan were just arriving at the noon hour, which is expected to swell the registration total to several hundred before the afternoon session. Local officials in charge of the desk, stated that the ! booths would be kept open all afternoon to accomodate the late arrivals. Decatur was a scene of bustling activity today as hundreds of members of Red Men lodges in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan gathered for the third session of the Tri Stain organization of the improved order of Red Men. Early arrivers poured into tho city this morning to register at; the Rice hotel during the two hour registration period. With a large crowd at the ceremonies on the courthouse lawn this morning, local lodge offit ials predicted an even larger attendance at the afternoon and evening sessions. Following the registration this morning, the festivities were opened at the Gene Stratton-Porter memorial with a portrayal of the founding of the order, "Tlie Unforgotten Warrior." Alva Kerst, of Greenville. Ohio, a prominent member of the lodge, presented the monologue, witli the aid of a dozen local Boy Scouts Offit ial activities ceased during lhe noon hour, white visiting members. their wives and families retired to restaurants and confectioneries for the noon luncheon, and visited local shops and stores. Open Meeting Activities will again be reopened at 2 o'clock. this afternoon in tlie Catholic high school auditorium, in a meeting open to the public. Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse, of! Decatur, will deliver the address of welcome, extending a cordial invitation to the visitors, in behalf of the city. The Rev. Father Joseph J. SeiUtetz. pastor of the St. Mary's Catholic church here, will also address the assembly. Mayor Frazier E. Wilson, of Greenville. Ohio, is the other speaker for the occasion. The "street trail.” a colorful parade of painted and costumed members in regulation tribal regalia, will take place at 7 o'clock. The secret meeting of the order will open at 8 o'clock in the auditorium. with degree work being conferred upon an honorary mayors' class by great chiefs of the great council of Michigan. Decatur and Greenville mayors will taka (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) WORLD TRAVELER GUEST SPEAKER Mrs. Demarcus Brown To Address Woman’s Club October 5 Mrs. Detnarcue Brown of Indianapolis will be the guest speaker at the opening banquet of the Woman's Club, which will be held at the Zion Reformed church Monday; evening, October 5. Mrs. Brown, a world traveler, recently returned from a trip to Greece and ha.s selected ae the subject of he rlecture. "The two women Napoleon feared ", She ia an eloquent speaker, (presenting history and facts in a very entertaining manner. This last spring Butler University conferred upon Mrs. Brown a doctor's degree in honor ot her invaluable contributions to history and literature gleaned from her many trips aboard. The state federation of clubs, the literature, art and music clubs of Indianapolis also honored Mrs. Brown with a reception at the English Theater in May. The local club has been fortunata in securing tjita talented woman.