Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 243, Decatur, Adams County, 13 October 1936 — Page 3

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HAS *“**EXr meeting , ,-> '■■'■''"’ 1 ""■' al 1? ids |. ||<>in>- MolHiu.v <-V-n- ~. Alin iwHity-iglit 111 ... T , 111,1 ‘•■X ' ''■' mi '" ,v " iihs ' h BT ( , h deliciotlM .. ~. the ■Efr •■> '■’ Mrs. M. E- Hower. Kg, . «Ji<n- .111'1 ;ll >. missionary \|rilm.li-t < hili' 1) will M|„, \!imi .lane Tyndall ‘ i!Si ■ ■ <• ven-thirty ■, a M C class of the Methomeet with Mrs. Harry Crownover Frii’Kw ,h!rty o '''' o, ’ k - ami -Mrs George Harding ,r.l hostess. 'Anyone L ma.-ked may do so. y ■ AV MELCHER birthday . • "f Hoagland ,<HE . b brated his sixtieth • ■ assisted by a Mis n ieiids and relatives, vi-iims were enjoyed ..... aliments were Mi<. Paul Melcher contridecorated cake l sixty candles. K. t mt were William Melcher, - «TX. a::d Mrs. Herman Melcher, . Kunkelhan.i < Mrs Carl Fuelling andi Harriett of Decatur, Mr. ■: O" \|. , and children. Ki .: G- . I 'm. Mr. and Mrs. ° lt! w'* 1 -' ! ' 1,!l ' ' ■ ■"'• a "'* Mrß - t,er ' •r..-r ami son Eugene. Mr. . i.j m*: Wei ling and child* H ■•• and Donald, Mr. and. Melcher and children' Naomi and Loyd. Miss Mil- " of New Haven, ■d Mr<. Ed. Thi- le and childi ii: Norm: and Edward Hau l Mrs E.u-. Hi Melehei of Fort an '* ' lls ' * >a ”' Melcher, Mrs. Waite: Melcher and Marl-ne, Mr. and Mrs. Wils' »!•. :?..i:. and i .Idr n Deloris .■>* . Mr. and Mis. William children Delbert. Hel- . and Edna and Mr. and Mrs. .’ k Hockem-yer and children , r Walter. Lorena and Harold. Ladas' Shakespeare < .uh will xHai the home of Mrs. Charles ■pit We.|. lay a'ternoon at twoBrt: oi k. Mrs. Philip Obenauer ■ Mrs. Arthur Suttles will be [ ■leader, tor the afternoon. The ! of Holland will be the ’ W". A report of the Eighth Disnc held recently will also -JM* Women of the Moose will at the home Thursday even- ■ t six o’clock for a pot luck i in honor of the new mem■land the .past regent. Enterhas been planned after meeting and all menturged to be present. i ML Mount Pleasant Bible class Mr. and Mrs. Merle

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CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Fanny Macy Phone* 1000 — 1001 Tueaday Rebekah Lodge, 1. O. O. F., Hall, 7:30 p. m. Zion Junior Walther League, School Hull, 7:30 p, m. The Adams county nursee’ aseoMeeting, Mrs. Charles Holthouee, 8 p. ni. Iziyal Dorcas Claes, Evangelical church baeement, 7:31) p. nt. Otterbein Guild Girls’ .Missionary Society of U. B. Church, Miss Helen Sheets, 7:30 p. m. Wednesday Beulah Chapel Ladiee’ Aid, Mrs, Gust Take, all day meeting. Historical Club, Mrs. Delton Pass water, 2:30 p. in. Zion Lutheran M.ssionary Society, Mrs. Arthur Hal), 2 p- tn. S’. Ann Study Club, Mrs, Clara Myers, 7:30 p. m. United Brethren W. M. A . Mrs 'Addie Andrews. 2 p. m. Standard Bearer Missionary Society, Miss Anna Jane Tyndall. 7:30. p. m. Shakespeare Club, Mrs. Charles Dugan, 2:30 p. m Ladiee Aid, Zion Reformed church 7:30 p. m. Thursday U. B. Progressive Workens. Mrs. William Arnold, 7:30 p. tn. Christian Brotherhood, Ralph Welsh. 7:30 p. m. Christian Ladiee’ Aid Mrs. Liggie Abell. 2 p. m , Ladies’ Aid, Evangelical Church I 2p. nt. Better Homes Club. Mrs. Eli Grai ber, 1:30 p. m. Friendship Village Club, Mrs. Joe Hahnert. 1:30 ip. m. Eta Tau Sigma Sorority, Mies Kathryn Archbold, 7:30 p. m. M. E. Woman's Foreign Missionary I Society, guest day, Mrs. R. A. I Stuckey, 2p. m. Evangelical Loyal Daughters, Mrs. George Myers, 7:30 p. m. Mary and Matha Class, M. E. Church, 7:30 p. m. Women of Moose, pot luck supper Moose home, 6 p. m. Ruralistic Study Club. Mrs. Joe Heimann, 8 p. m. United Brethren D. Y. B. Class, Mrs. Tom Fisher, 7:36 p. m. ' Friday Mount Pleasant Bible Class, Mr. and Mrs. Merle Sheets, 8 p. m. Philathea Class, Mrs. Brice Butler. 7:30 p. m. M. E. Y. M. C. Class, Mr. ano Mrs. Harry Crownover. 7:30 p- m. Saturday Swiss Steak Supper, M. E. Church 5 to 7 p nt. Rummage Sale, K of P. Home, ! 9:30 a. m. Sheets of north west of Decatur, Friday evening at eight o’clock. The Woman’s Missionary society of the Zion Reformed church will have a rummage sale in the church basement October 31at and Nov. 7th. MRS. WILLIAM KOHLS HOSTESS TO SOCIETY The United Christian Missionary society met with Mrs. William Kohls Monday evening. The meeting opened with prayer. The regular routine of business was attended to. Mrs. Dorphus Drum was the leader for the evening and was in charge of the devotionale. After songs and scripture the topic for the evening. “How the negro lives,” was then discussed. Mrs. Drum read a biography of negroes. Mrs. Homer Ruhl gave an interesting paper on negro health conditions and told of seeing their homes in the south. She also read of Dr. Edwards and the needs of eastern Texas. Mis. Fred King road of the community house or Stanner house in Indianapolis. Mrs. Kohls read of the negro coal mining and their skilled craft, domestic service and the negro women in industry. Lovely refreshments were served at the close of the evening. The Ruralistic Study club will meet with Mrs. Joe Heimann Thursday evening at eight o’clock. The D. Y. B. class of the United Brethren Sunday school will meet with Mrs. Tom Fisher of West Adams street, Thursday evening at seven-thirty o’clock. Assisting hostesses will be Mrs. R. E. Mumma and Mrs. Homer Bittner. Ladies Aid, Zion Reformed church church will meet in the church entertaining room# Thursday afternoon at two o’clock. The ladies aid society of the Zion i Reformed church will meet in the I church paHors Wednesday afternoon at two-thfrty o’clock. Mrs. George Thomas will be the leader for the afternoon and an interesting program has been planned. The hostesses are the Mesdames Fred

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Fruchte, Martin Worthman. Fred Litterer and Otto Reppert. The ladies’ aid of the Christian church will meet at the country > home of Mrs. Lizzie Abell Thursday J afternoon at two o’clock. All mem- , bent are urged to be present. A pic- ! nlc supjrer will follow the regular ; meeting and each member is asked to bring one article of food. WERLING-GERMANN WEDDING NUPTIALS The marriage of Miss Mildred Werllng, daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. August Werllng, ami Paul W. Gerjmann, eon of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. , l Hermann of Van Wert, Ohio was i solemnized Saturday afternoon at | four-thirty o’clock in the parsonage Jof the Zion Lutheran church. The Rev. Paul W. Schultz performed tha , i ceremony. Mine Dora Mae Gennann and Arnold Germann were the couple's only attendants. A wedding dinner was served at the home of the bride’s parents, 316 Nor'h First j street, Immediately after the ceremony. Covens were laid for twentytwo gueets. The bridal table was ,covered with a lace cloth and cenJtered with a three tiered wedding , cake. The bride wore a floor length navy 'blue velvet dress and carried a bouquet of roses and snap dragons. Her attendant wore pink crepe I and carried a bouquet of roses and ' mums. iln the evening the couple left on a motor trip. Mrs. Germann, who is a graduate ,of the Kirkland township high echool and of the International bus- , iness college in Fort Wayne, is employed as bookkeeper at the First State bank. Mr. Germann is a graduate of the Convoy high school. After October 20th, the couple will be at home near Decatur. MRS. DON FARR HOSTESS TO CLUB The Research club met at 2:30 Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Don Farr on Nor’h Fifth street. Mrs. Fred Heuer, leader for the afternoon, read an interesting paper on Co-operatives. Consumer Cooperatives, a system of cooperation in buying and selling for and to an organized group of individuals, started in England about ninety years ago. It has since spread to 43 other countries and has had consid- ' erable growth in the United States in the last ten years. -In Finland it has almost reached the proportions of a national economic system. Whether we are for or against such a system as is tounl m Co-op-eratives depends upon our positions and .point of view, it remains to be seen what more prosperous times

AMERICA'S NO. 1 TEST PILOT — —• stands terrific strain in his meteoric power-dives and blinding pull-outs, as planes disintegrate in mid-sky! B "SMOKING CAMELS KEEPS MY DIGESTION TUNED UP AND RUNNING SMOOTH" SAYS LEE set me right!” Gehlbach says, important for everyone in this wide-awake "You know, chance is only 10% of my eta. So make Camel your cigarette. Enjoy- W business. Keeping alert and in fine condi- ing Camels at mealtime and after speeds up gSS 111! \ tion is the other 90%. I smoke Camels with the flow of digestive fluids—increases alkakV my meals, and afterward, for digestion’s linity — helps bring a sense of well-being. sake. And when I say that Camels don’t get Smoke Camels —for digestion’s sake —for wRA on my nerves, it means a lot.” their refreshing "lift.” Camels set you right! '* |j»\ Good digestion and healthy nerves are And they do not get on your nerves. ’ I L®l " W*~ W more expensive tobaccos BbbPHB ST a... , | •••^° rk ' sh on<l Oomes,ic " ,hon I an y ot her popular brand. THE TEST DIVES Straight down from 4 miles up —motor roaring—struts streaming—Gehlbach tears ' earthward like a bullet dashing from a . — ~ Anything can happen. A bump in the air-a tiny " A ?'° flaw, and the plane can fly to pieces as though ■«<-. , dynamited while the plot takes to his parachute. X - "Sa.ng" B.uid t,e.v K . s,.<i , But Lee Gehlbach eats heartily and enyow his food K 1 Note the Came! cigarette io his hand-one of BEgSt many he enjoys during and after meals. r pmP.b I.over WABC-Coluinbu Network. •‘• •’I ; -.- ;v-> Copyright. ISM. B. J. B«n>ald« Tobacco Company. Winatoo-Salan. N. C. FOR DIGESTION'S SAKE—SMOKE CAMELS

will do to the system In the United States. After a short business session the lub adjourned to meet next Monday at the home of Mrs Fred Heuer with Mrs. Don Farr us the leader. The Progressive Workers' class ■ of the United Brethren Sunday I school will meet at the home of Mrs. William Arnold Thursday evening at seven-thirty o’clock. The meeting will be in the form of a hard times party. All those desiring trans.portaI tlon are requested to meet at the . church at seven o'clock. . JUNIOR ARTS i OPENS SEASON The Junior Arte department of > the Woman's Club opened the sea- » son’s activities with a tea at the i Elks’ home Monday afternoon with Miss Monica Schmitt as hostess. Guests at the tea were the past i presidents of the Woman’s Club, • leaders of the Junior Arts depart- ■ ment and Mrs. Ethel Peters of Fort Wayne and Miss Marion Neprud of • Decatur. The program committee composed 1 of the Misses Anna Jane Tyndall, ■ Jeanette Winnes amt Zulu Porter i presented a delightful program: Reading, Ruth Joan Miller and 1 Kathryn Schmitt. Group of Negro Melodies, on the accordian, .Marjorie Miller. ’ Reading, Kathryn Knapp. Two Negro Songs, double trio. Dance, Kathryn Schmitt, Ruth Joan Miller. Reading, Kathryn Miller. Miss Neprud, community manager 1 of the Homesteaede gave a very interesting short talk on the found-, ’. ing of the Junior Arte club. She paid tribute to the former Mrs. John Kirmberly of Redlands, California, who ia considered the "mother” or ' founder of the Junior club move- ‘ ment. Recognizing the need for I training girle today to accept the responsibilities of leadership in the | club and «ocial life, Mrs. Kimberly > - organized a group of girls and . taught them how to conduct themselves upon all occasions. This work ’ was later carried on under the direc- “ tion of her daughter, Mrs- E. W. Shirk and by women’s elute and ' general federation of clubs. 1 After the program the guests 1 were invited into the dining room '; where tea was served. The tea table was beautifully appointed with a ' j centerpiece of fall flowers with tapers at either end. Mna. Guy Brown ' poured tea. Assisting hostesses ‘ were the Misses Barbara Burk, 1 Kathryn Kohls and Jane Krick. The mothers of the host-sses, Mrs. F. J. 1 Schmitt, Mrs. Sim Burk, Mrs. Wil‘.liam Kohls and Mrs. Virgil Krick ’ also assisted. ! | — 1 Dance Wednesday Sunset.

PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. C. O. France of Gary and Mrs. Grace Altwein left this 1 morning for Shelby, where they will ’ visit Mrs. Allwein's daughter, Mr#. • Dick Shaw, for several days. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hoehn and : Mrs. Edward Mies of Auburn are 1 visiting at the home of Mr. and ■ Mrs, Carl Mies. ' Miss Lena Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Miller, left this morning for Chicago, where she will spend several weeks with her aunt, Mrs. Joe Hanley. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Walter Deltsch ‘ spent Sunday evening at the Beh- ' ringer residence in Celina. 1 Mrs. Fred Collier and daughter Mina of Huntington were week end ’ guests of Mrs. Emma Smith. • I Mr. and Mrs. Herman Ehfnger ’ are spending eevera l days in Chi•|<ago attending the telephone com- ' l pany convention. STOLEN AUTO IS : (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) I! somewhere in the city Sunday [night, and escaped Monday with I the Bollenbacher car. ’ Authorities are conducting an intensive search for the car and the thief. i Former Local Bali Player Is Dead •i . Funeral services were held this . i morning at the St. John’s Catholic J church in Delphos, Ohio, for George | P. i Dummy) Kihm. 63. former baseI ball star, who for several years in [ i the nineties, played on the Deca- ■ tur team and is well remembered [ by the older folks here. I "Dummy” was very popular here, j Though a mute he was considered ! I one of the best first basemen in I the middle west and following his 1 work here, played for years with the Fort Wayne Central league 1 team and later with Columbus. He ' was a hard hitter and an excellent • fielder and for several years led 1 the American Association. He I had been sick several years. I (j McNutt Foresees Roosevelt Victory Indianapolis, Oct. 13 —(UP) —President Roosevelt will carry Indiana, [ Nebraska, Wisconsin and Illinois easily and win lowa and Michigan by a slight margin, Gov. Paul V. McNutt predicted today after a campaign tour in be-half of the president. McNutt said Kansas will be close j

I but that Democrats have a chance “even in the Republican presidential’s nominee’s home state.” McNutt suid he would confer with President Roosevelt at Cincinnati t October 16 regarding a proposed s trip through Indiana but added. 1 “The president is not concerned . over his chances of carrying Indiana." 1 o Theater Manager Robbed Os $6,000 J Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 13 —(UP) 8 —Police today scouted a theory that ( a member of the Alfred Brady gang was the handkerchief-masked bant dit who at the .point of a gun robbed Ted Nicholas, manager of the Lyric theater, of |6.b01) last night. Nicholas was confronted in tha r I theater office as ho counted the receipts from the week end, markr ed by capacity crowds attracted by Ted Lewis and his band. The bandit took only bills from the safe, which he forced Nicholas to open. The manager was forced to lie face down in the corn-r during the robbery. Q— ———— Report Hearing Shots Fired Here i t j At least three persons in the I northern part o fihe city heard exI plosions last night at about 1 o’clock, which they stated sounded 'ike gun shots. No verification of the firing could be made however. | o , Embalmer On Trial For Wife’s Murder ■i Oregon, HL, Oct. 13—(UP) —Guy ' Tallmadge bald little Rockford emibalmer, slumped dejectedly in his 1 [ chair today as four jurors—all quali- ' fied to inflict the death penalty—- [ took their places in the box and ' prepared to hear evidence in the j of his wife. Bessie, ilt was \ expected the jury would be comjpleted by tonight or tomorrow. o ! Says Many Teachers Teach “Pagan Faith" — Columbus, O„ Oct. 13.—(U.R>—A report charging that many teachers in American schools and universities are teaching "a pagan faith” by discrediting religion will be presented to the convention of the United Lutheran church in 1 America here this week, the Rev. ' W. H. Greever, New’ York, church secretary, said today. Greever said the report, as yet ■ [ incomplete, was the result of a •four-year investigation of textbooks, lectures, and courses in (certain schools, the names of which

> were not revealed. ■ "Many schools, hi exercising what they call "academic freei: doin' and in the interest of what 1 11 they call ’speciullzutlon', are given I j free reign to the philosophies of J agnosticism and atheism," Greever; I told the United Press. . , 0 Auto Hits Bridge, One Seriously Hurt ) Fort Wayne, Ind., Oct. 13—(UP)' —Three loganeport men were in-| i jured, one serioiitily .early today i .1 when their car struck the side of u - bridge four miles w»«t of hereon; 1 . I Road 24, George Andrew#, most j .Iserloualy injured, wtm in a fair con- , today. The other two, William ; ■ Sullivan and Frederick Kline, were; J not injured seriously. J The trio were driving behind a . truck and struck the bridge when , i they swung to the edge of the road [a# another truck po«aed. They were i ’ brought to St. Joseph’* hospital In , Fort Wayne. Ji o | ( 'Charge Failure To Maintain Reserve I j Indianapolis, Oct. 13. <U.R> - Vio-j ' lation of a state law "in failing to | maintain a reserve or emergency I II fund,” was charged against the 1 , ■j Benjamin Harrison Life Insurance! ■ Company of Indianapolis today ini l a suit filed in Marion circuit court! i by the state insurance department. 1 The suit was an application for I an order to "show cause” and asked’for a temporary injunction and! 'temporary restraining order against l ’ the company. Raymond S. Spring-; er, Connersville, resigned as sec- '

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ond vice-president September H, according to the suit. ■ ■ — o- , Ruth Moran Admits Killing Her Suitor Kenosha. Wls„ Oct. 13 —(U,R>— : Mr*. Ruth Moran, 21, pale, blond > expectant mother, sought a pl*u l of guilty today to the first degree I murder of her married suitor. The state charged she plotted a, rendezvous with Herbert Winters, 42, Kenosha automobile aalesman, j and shot him to prevent his revealing their affair to Iter new sweetheart whom she planned to marry. The last. I-eo Lindstrom, 24, Highland Park, was held as material witness. "I'm guilty, but I didn’t mean 1o do it,” Mr*. Moran sobbed. Markets At A Glance Stocks, ease from early one to three-point gain. Bonds, Irregularly higher, domestic convertible issues in demand. Curb stocks, irregular in quiet trading. Chicago stocks, higher. Foreign evcliange, lower. Cotton, 9 to 13 points higher. Grains, fractionally lower. Chicago livestock, hogs weak; cattle, irregular; sheep, strong. ARRIVALS Mr. and Mrs. Owen Rush are the parents of an eight end one-quarter pound baby boy, born Sunday afternoon at the home on Decatur route 5. Thie is ths first child in the family.