Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 66, Decatur, Adams County, 18 March 1937 — Page 18

FIRM HAS LARGE EXPORT MARKET LaFountaine Handle Factory Uses White Ash For Products In 27 years since its location here, the LaFountaine Handle Factory has established an enviable reputation for its white ash band-, les a reputation known us well u broad as in this country. Approximately 75 per cent of its products are now exported, a system which brings thousands of dollars to this state annually to be distributed among the owners of woodland, truckers, yardmen and others. The type of white ash grown in j this country makes the finest handles in the world for shovels and farm tools. To this type of mater ial the LaFountaine Handle Factory has added a good quantity of, workmanship, a combination guar-! auteeing success. Today about 50 persons are etn-j ployed in the various phases necessary in transforming the standing timber into handles. The majority of the timber used is purchased within a radius of 100 miles of Decatur. The plant itself can handle approximately 1,000,000 feet of timber annually. The plant is now operated by C. E. Bell assisted by his son, William. C REAMERY IS (Continued From Page 15) I ation with the Chamber of Commerce. At the same time remodeling of the Creamery department will both increase the production and enable the plant to meet the highest standards of inspection. The general office of the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., is located in Decatur with a manufacturing branch at Huntington and sales branches in Warsaw and Fort Wayne. The Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc. present a ready cash market for milk and cream from the rural community. It forms a link between rural and urban communities by transforming the farmers' largest and most profitable crops —milk and cream, into quality products that are readily accepted by our own urban community and by some of the largest markets in tlie United States. Club Feeds Game Birds Minneapolis —(UP) —More than 1 1,700 Minneapolis residents have 1 joined the “Downtown Outdoor 1 Sportsmen’s Club.’’ The object is 1 to provide feed for Minnesota game 1 birds during the winter. Members of the club pay a $1 annual fee. 1 ————————————— | G. E. Head 1 —l 1 1 |||| jIH 1 I ] mix 11 I ' .V i ■hWs / I t E. W. Lankenau has been super- ( intendent of the Decatur branch of | the Fort Wayne Works of the Gen- j eral Electric since it was established here in 1920. j Heads Meeting Wp.ir | E. W. Busche, prominent farmer of near 'Monroe and president of the Central Beet Growers associa lion, presided over the farm meeting held in honor of Gov. M. Clifford Townsend m the court house this afternoon. ‘ .1

Entertains State School Head

— — f W. Guy Brown p- ■ ■«.?» ts-tyyw-i g - O w ■ Rev. J. J. Seimetz

School problems of Adams county and Decatur were learned at first 1 hand today by Floyd 1. McMurray, state instructor of public instruction. 1 when lie was entertained by a committee composed of Clifton K. Striker, I county superintendent of schools: Walter .1 Krick, superintendent of the I Decatur public schools: The Rev. Father Joseph .1. Seimetz. pastor of I the St Mary's Catholic Church and superintendent of the St. Joseph I school, and W. Guy Brown, principal of the Decatur high school. a

MUSTCHLER CO. ; IS GOOD MARKET Farmers Have Opportunity To Sell Livestock In Decatur Thousands of dollars have been saved farmers of this community by the fact that a modern packing! plant located here furnishes a goodl market far beef, pork and veal eli- j minating costly shipping bills. The Mutschler Packing company has operated in Decatur under this name since 1919 and has grown I with the agricultural prosperity of the community until now it employs 52 persons and has an annual payroll of approximately $70,000. Pork, beef, veal and all kinds of' sausages are manufactured here | and distributed over an area of I many miles around Decatur. Modern equipment insures sani-l tary production of high quality | meats, which “sell themselves.”! Nearly every meat shop in Deea(,ur handles Decatur-made Mutsch-I ler products. Tons of distilled water ice are manufactured annually at the plant' and distributed in Decatur. The use of distilled water guarantees the ice to be pure. Edgar Mutschler is president and manager of the plant with Ben Shroyer as vice-president and Mrs., Faye Mutschler, secretSTy-treasur-er. o Baboon Baby Thrives Keokuk. la. — KU.PJ — Buschi. six: weeks old. is believed to be one of the few baboons raised in this, country. The mother is a Guinea baboon and the father a giant: llamadryas, 35 years old and weighing 55 pounds. The animals belong to Hendry Sanders, Jr., who has a private zoom

Reception Committee Chairmen

■ ‘ ? Ac jIHI — * Judge DeVoss

Judge Huber M. DeVoss, of the Adams circuit court, and Mayor Arthur R. Holt house, ol Decatur, were, the chairmen of the committee. : composed of prominent Adams couuty’citizens who greeted Governor M. Chttord Townsend and bls party when they arrived in tins city shortly .! before noon.

BBS Walter Krick I H I nr<K Clifton E. Striker I

W. A. Klepper | I®* I i ™ ■:> in. ! I ’ k I W. A. Klepper is president anti I general manager of the Cloverleaf I Creameries, Inc., a subsidiary of I the Kraft Phenix Corp., with ntan-i] ufacturing plants at Decatur and I Heads Committee | I Adame County Agent L. E. Ar<-|> I bold is chairman of the agricu’.turial committee for QovenKw’u Day.

I ■ *** «wfl ■ - aRg I Jfl •*WMayor Holthouse

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY, MARCH IS, 1937.

KRICK-TYNDALL BECOME LEADERS; I - ( Best Quality Hollow i Building, Drain Tile Made Here i Each year Decatur is becoming j better known because of the drain , and hollow building tile manufac- ( tured by the Krick-Tyndall Co ( and now being extensively used , in an area of five states. One of the oldest of the city’s I industries, it was founded here in i 1592 and has since grown until it occupies quarters more than five ■ times larger than the original 40 < by 100 foot building. Modern machinery and kilns are in operation 1 night and day supplying the de- 1 mand created by its reputation as i a firm supplying only the highest <

| The Krick-Tyndall Co. •'SSECMHET’ — **** ~'B ■ -■X.xiSEI | DECATUR INDIANA ■ I*'.’'* ’ - ' y*. ‘ ' A’ ‘ I K < 'L'/ I - • ' ’ 'I •, .•■/. -‘c*: ._u k aL-M 1 SitelOl MAKERS OF | Drain Tile and Hollow Building Tile We are proud to say the farms of not only Adams County - - but over a large area of Indiana and surrounding states have been drained by tile made in Decatur. We manufacture Drain Tile in sizes from three inch to 30 inch. Also a complete line of hollow building tile. All materials meeting both state and federal specifications. Among the recent projects in which our material has been used, are Indiana State Highways, Paul Baer Airport, Fort Wayne, and the South Bend Airport, now under construction. MKB Our Hollow Building Tile have been used on the Allen county orphan’s home, I Fort M ayne State school, Whitley county infirmary, New Wawaka gymnasium, Michigan City gymnasium, Jefferson township (Whitley county) school, Jackson township (Allen county) school, Geneva school house. Our material is manufactured . C arco,H>()l the few clay product manufacturers in the state by the I)e-Aired process, consid- of Indiana meeting the highest ered the most modern in the requirements of the American industry. Society for testing materials, a guarantee of quality products. The Krick-Tyndall Co.

quality of material*. All material in the Decatur plant is manufactured by the Dc-Alred process considered the most modern iu the industry. As a result of this and other characteristics of good workmanship, the Krick-Tyn-dall company Is one of the very few tile mills in the state whose products meet this highest requirements of the American society for testing materials, which is the highest guarantee of quality. Farmers from Indiana and surrounding states have called upon the local firm to furnish tile to drain their land. This tile has been used on Indiana state highways, the Paul Bauer airport in Fort Wayne, and the South Bend airport, now under construction. Among the recent projects in which the hollow building tile produced here has been used are: the Allen county orphan's home, the Fort Wayne State School, the Whitley county infirmary, and the new Geneva school house and many others.

Beer Finances Schools t SI. Louis (U.R) Missouri received 1 $5,347,797 in beer and liquor tax - revenue during 1936. according to f a report compiled by the Missouri t Brewers Association. As one third -of the fund Is turned over to the r state department of education, it ■ 'was figured that the tax was suffi- ■ I cient to provide public school edu-1 r I cation for 29.710 children. Hawaii Proud of Bißg Guns . Honolulu —(UP)— Hawaii is t proud of the 16-fnch guns that com- >, pose part of its coast defense. Once s'a year, at the annual Inepectiou when they are fired, all shipping i is warned to stay 60,000 yards off 1 shore. o —...- — i Found: Oversize Batning Suit .! Cleveland. <U.R) Lillian Meyers ■ wondered who left the oversize . bathing suit at a summer resort < owned by a relative of hers. Three girls have found they can wear It r‘at the same time, two of them using the armholes as neck openings.

G. E. REACHES (Continued Front Page 15) well ventilated with a complete system of air conditioning. The company has begun the construction of a modern recreational hall which will lie ready for occui pancy within six weeks or two months, it will contain four bowling alleys, a number of pool and billiard tables, a shuffle board, a 1 complete electric kitchen, and an ' auditorium seating approximately . 300 persons. i Built at a cost of approximately , $35,000 It will be turned over to the G. E, Club, an organization of ’ all employes, and to the Gecode | club, an organization of 95 per ,1 cent of the girls and will be used > > by them and their invited guests. I E. W. Lankenau, superintendent, > i has been in charge of the Decatur t i works since its opening in 1920. •I o Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

■ ws IT I I fl J H-P. Schmitt, Decatar 1 ’ ket proprietor, is , h a i rB J I committee in charge old jinents for the Governor'.l f quet.