Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 74, Decatur, Adams County, 27 March 1937 — Page 4

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a, ■ ■■ . k LJS DAILY DEMOCRAT DECATUR Published Every Evening Except Sunday by rfll DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. titered at the Decatur, Ind., Poet Office as Second Claes Matter. J. H. Heller President >. R. Holthouse, Sec’y. & Bus. Mgr. pick D. HellerVice-President Subscription Rates: Single copiesl .02 Pne week, by carrier— .10 Dne year, by carrier6.oo One month, by mall .36 Three months, by malll.oo Six months, by mai11.76 Pne year, by mall 3.00 One year, at office 3.00 Prices quoted are within a radios ot 100 miles. Elsewhere $3.50 one year. Advertising Rates made known on Application. National Adver. Representative SCHEERER. Inc. 115 Lexington Avenue, New York. 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago. Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dallies. Bet you can't boast of blooming tulips in your garden this Easter. See you in the Easter parade, means that you'll drive by in the car. How about it Central? Are you going to bring the state basketball championship to Northeastern Indiana? Make it a joyous Easter anyway. If you can’t wear the new togs, put on the galoshes and wade right through the snow and slush. Mayor Bangs will be home to set his nest for the Easter Rabbit and no doubt has reason to believe that he should receive a few presents. Thieves robbed Paul Whiteman, jazz band maestro of $4,000 worth of clothes. Now for the ordinary person that would ruin a perfectly good Easter wardrobe. The Dionne Quintuplets are not only healthy and doing well, but they also are good little workers. The famous sisters have already earned $861,900. You have to be good to earn much. More progress is noted here w ith the announcement that the General Electric payroll will be increased approximately SI,OOO a week. By far, this progressive industry has the largest payroll in the city and the benefits which now come to its employes is greatly appreciated by all. Christ's glorious Resurrection 1 from the tomb will be celebrated ' again in the Christian world Sun-| day. In the hearts of those who appreciate the great work of the Re ( demption, a fervent thanksgiving will give expression. Appropriate i services will be held in the churches and the glad tidings of “Hu has Risen" will again renew faith and 1 hope in mankind. Participate in these services and taste of the joy which comes from being in tune with the Master. 1 Down in Kentucky the other day ' State Highway Commissioner Robert Humphreys of Mayfield was fined SIOO and costs for betting on i an election. It was brought out in the testimony that Humphreys 1 wagered slOl with Curtis Kirk I wood. Mayfield laundry owner, that , J. C. W. Beckman would defeat Senator M. M. Logan in the senatorial primary last August. Humphreys lost his bet. And then to CHANGE OF ADDRESS Subscribers are request- ' ed to give old and new address when ordering paper changed from one address to another. For example: If you change your address from Decatur R. R. 1 to ( Decatur R. R. 2, instruct us to change the paper from route one to route two. When changing address to another town, always give present ad* i drew and new addreea.

make matters worse the old Kentucky statua against betting on elections was'dug up and Humphreys was indicted.—Hoosier Sent!i net The sit-down strikers moved out of the Chrysler plant and negotiations are underway to settle the controversy or whatever seems to J be the trouble. Individuals have no' right to take possession of private property, anymore than industry. or the employer has a right to step , into one’s home and squat there. America may have growing pains and is without doubt going through an expansion period, so it behoov-I es all to hold their head and keep their feet on the ground. Let's f keep the country united and friendly. One ot the impressive and unusual observances of Good Friday was held in Indianapolis. Open air! devotions were held in Obelisk ' Square of the World war memorial plaza and public way of the Cross was made by the thousands who attended. Large cresses were placed on the grounds and paintings of Christs journey from Pilate’s palace to Mount Calvary were hung, I from the crosses, forming the 14 stations. A chorus of 4,000 children sang during the services. It was one of the largest public demonstrations held in the country and i traffic was rerouted so that the 1 devotions would not be interupted The coronation on May 12 is ex-j pected to be the greatest show ever staged in London, where the people delight in a fine spectacle. In fact, it seems likely to set an all-time mark fur demonstrations anywhere in the world. Not only is the cost about to establish a newhigh, but the attendance will exceed anything on record, according to present indications. The British government is spending $2,630,000 on the preparations, but expects to get back $350,000 from the sale of grandstand seats along the line of the coronation procession. That will be far from a profitable in- ( vestment, as the government is expending $1,000,000 on grand stands, the work of erecting which has been under way for months. — Indianapolis Star. Q • « | Household Scrapbook t | By Roberta Lee | Planting Roses One authority says that the most frequent cause of loss of a newly planted rose bush is insufficient packing of the roots. The soil should be pounded thoroughly following each spadeful of dirt that is placed in the hole. Vegetable Soup Make vegetable soup from the water in which vegetables are boiled and it will preserve the most valuable minerals, also the vitamines. Rugs The rugs will wear more evenly 1 if the position of the furniture is change occasionally. o Modern Etiquette * By ROBERTA LEE Q. What should one do if a person reaches across another person to shake hands? A. It is not good manners to reach across another person, but if it is done you must accept the offered hand, and at the same time beg the pardon of the person across whom you reach. Q What social function could be given at about four o'clock in the afternoon? | A. Some women have formal luncheons at four o'clock Q. Should a girl rise when being introduced to a young man? A. Not unless she is the hostess. * TW“ENTY YEARS “*' AGO TODAY | From the Daily Democrat File i March 27 — Believed congress f will adopt resolution that state of' war exists with Germany soon as ter convening. Mayor Christen asks that the American tlag be displayed. Son born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brodbeck. Decatur bowlers defeat Portland I team 772 to 732. Don't be a slacker — grow a garden. Old Adams County bank buys' $50,000 of local road bonds. Rev. Folsom of Fort Wayne a visitor here.

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MRS. SPEHEGER. 105 ICOSTINI'Eri FROX. . AGE ONE) east of Bluffton in Wells county, j There were born to them five children, all living, Lena, married to Edward Myers, now 80 years of age. and living in Kansas; Benjamin, 76. and John 67. both living' neat Cralgville. Indiana; Mary Bal-1 er 73 at Cralgville. with whom this ' old mother lives in a neat little cottage there. Elizabeth, 67. married to William Kipfer. of French 1 i Township. Adams county, Indiana.; John the father passed away in 1915. The little old wife sadly thinks of his passing as a young] man of only 86. This little old mother and all| these children are well and hearty. I Sickness has never been on their ] calendar. The mother in all her] long life has had no serious illness ] except, four years ago, when she j was at the century mark, she fell and hurt her hip. But she recovered nicely, and now walks about the house, a little carefully, mind you. for the experience of her fall makes her a little timid. She can undress herself, tends herself with self-reliance, but the daughter Mary, who is only 73 you know, and looks twenty years younger, is always careful to be watchful and thoughtful for her old mother. If you would like a picture of this old lady just get out your "Whistler s Portrait of his Mother" and you have her to the life. She is a little woman, never has weighed over 125 pounds, always was strong and tended her house-1 work and her garden until her fall, in her onehundredth year, and on

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■that year she helped the men folks | in cutting corn on the farm. She ! did not cut very'much of course. I but she went out in the field and did some of the work to her intense satisfaction, although the "boys" protested unavailingly. This writer who has but little : of the German language—the little , old lady, you know, speaks only ! German, understands some English hut very, very little —had diffiicul ■ ty in conversing with her. but | with the help of the daughter, Mary, sought to get the view point of things and of these long years as she sees it. and her mind being i alert and active, to some extent | found that viewpoint. It is a strangely peaceful view- : point, mellow in retrospect, the old days in Switzerland, the long trip ; and its excitement in coming to ; America, the days in Ohio, her \ marriage and the pioneering m Indiana, the coming of the children, the daily life when every convenience that we know did not exist, the necessary resourcefulness and self-reliance that must be had. al! so patiently used adjust part of the days work, the Civil War. the coming of invention, the vanishing forest, the slow development of fine farms and highways, all viewed from her own little narrow window, placidly and understanding!}', its every day filled with pressing duties. All this, thank God. with but little personal sorrows, and with ever increasing prosperity and well being for herself and her children, 1 her church and her friends. A quilet, seemingly uneventful life, one day after another, year after year.

s until now with 105 years at hand e she is peaceful, ready to go when the time comes and her only lami ent seems to be "Ich Kann nicht . arbeiten.” (I cannot work) e She feels useless. Iler duty has been done. And so she sits in her e rocking chair — and one would nevc er think she was so old to see her y sitting there —and she insists that ti when she sits quietlv -in that chair I without any pain oi any kind, she t does not feel her age it m as if she ’. was silting ninety years ago—yet t when she moves that is another s matter for 105 years takes its toll. 5 She has her memories. She has t no regrets. Lite has been good to her. She has a beautiful faith. She - is content. She says in her fine 1 German "Gott hat mieh gut behanP delt und Ich bin jetzt bereit abp zuschbeiden." God has been good r to me and I am willing to go now. i What a wonderful life. A dear, little, old mother who fought the • good fight. The story of a farm- . er's wife in the wilderness unfold--1 ing into the days of today, patientI ly. kindly, lovingly living a life of f service for five score years and e five. 5 It is to any thoughtful person an f' Inspiration gloriously satisfying. o Britain Faces Wood Shortage ; London.— (U.PJ— A warning that 1 Great Britain may be confronted t with a serious shortage of home It timber in a time of emergency is I given by the National Home Grown .. Timber Council in its first annual i-. report. o Sunset open Sunday.

last-minute Easter shopping. This is a scene in Cleveland as blizzard roared through streets.

L ——♦ Attendance Report Os County Schools ( _ ——4 ' The attendance report of the rural schoola of Adams ctjunty for the month of February was announced today by C. E. Striker,, county superintendent. The lust ■column shows number of pupils enrolled, the second the average daily attendance, and the third the ■ percentage of attendance. Union Township Truatee, Howard Mauller William Noll 32 28.65 89.53 Marie Marbach 21 18.50 88.09 j Dorothy Spuller 36 32.45 90.13 Parochial Rev, M. J. Frosch 7 6.90 98 e, Bernhart Schultt 33 30.70 93.03 Root Townahip Trustee. Ralph W Rice Elizabeth Cramer 30 25.17 86.06 Monmouth H. S. Ernest Curtis, Catherine Weidler. Miriam Osborn 57 55.52 97.41 Grade Walter Younkman 33 27.80 86.20 i Georgia Foughty 25 21.92 87.70 R. J. Mann .. 36 34.70 97.60 Parochial M A. Grennke 22 19.45 88.40 Prebie Townahip Trustee, Ed Zwick Wilma Andrews 41 38.35 93.53 Raymond Borne 24 22.95 95 62 | Parochial | H. F. Nielson 38 36 96 97.23 Frieda Buuck 24 22.90 95.00 Rudolph Stolp 57 54 27 86.51 W. E. Uffelman 51 48.95 95 98, Marvin Meyer 41 39.80 97.07 Kirkland Township Trustee. H. H. High Radcl Andrews 27 24.68 91.43 i Mary Dettinger . 20 19.35 96.75 Robert L. Brown 25 24.47 97.90 Layke Scherry . 24 22.42 93.43 Gareld Roth 20 18.77 93.87 Oscar Geisel 36 34.45 95.691 Kirkland H. S. Hansel Foley, Wayne Dilling. Marie Porter, Nelson Eaton, Violet Nordberg, Amy Schenck 92 88.40 96.61 Washington Township Trustee, John M. Doan Esta Fleming 54 33.30 97.94 Arline Becker ... 19 17.62 92.76 Francille Oliver .. . 31 30.27 97.66 Marguerite Lewellen 10 9.75 97.50 Martha Reppcrt . 23 21.90 97.76 St. Mary's Township Trustee, Ben McCullough Pleasant Mills H. S. Henry Snyder, Gerald Vizard, Agnes Yager, Velma Forney S 3 76.47 94.29 Grades Bernice Masters 36 32.87 95.29 Pearl Ray 32 28.75 93.80 Myrtle Clements 35 31.40 92.75 Dora Shosenb"rg 31 27.57 92.68 Bobo Harry Johnson 30 25.93 89.74 Matie Stevens .35 32.50 97.01 Blue Creek Township Trustee, David D. Habegger Elmer Ehrsam . 43 36.71 92.89 R. M. Houck 20 19.05 97.69 Clyde Troutner 39 35.72 95.52 Eldon Sprunger 23 20.20 90.78 Monroe Township Trustee. E. H. Gilliom J. D. R. Schwartz .30 23.63 78.77 Jeanette Rich 34 30.55 92.01 Helen M. Roop 35 32.35 92.42 Mary E. Potts 53 46.23 87.22 Leo Strahm 23 21.37 92.93 I Ezra Snyder ... _... 22 21.55 97.95 Pauline Buckmaster 35 33.42 96 18 L Howard Brandyberry 37 35.60 96.21 Monroe H. S. R. P. Sprunger, Elizabeth Leyse, Mabie Ryker, Geneva Hodges, Helen Schenck 115 107.47 94.07 Leonard Hewitt ... 23 21.55 93.69 Grades Floyd Johnson 35 33.35 95.28 Rosamond Gould .... 40 35.47 96.48 French Township Trustee, Edwin Beer Lester Reynolds 21 18.73 95.95 Lamar Shoemaker .... 20 18.70 93.50 Florence M. Bierly. 33 30.75 94.03 Myron Lehman 27 26.36 97.63 Marcella Robin 26 24.83 95.51 Nellia Coppess 15 13.00 86.66 Hartford Township Trustee, Eli Dubach Linn Grove School Dorthea R. Bentz.... 20 19.21 96.05 Mary Schlagenhauf 28 27.11 96.85 Hartford H. S. Russell Steiner, David Cramer, Victor Eicher. Ruth Mahoney .. 93 90.13 97.69 Arthur Garw’ig 36 34.60 96.12 Grades Edna Glendening . 35 33.68 96.23 Thelma Brown 27 25.73 95.32 Wabash Township Trustee, J. C. Mann 11. C. Long 54 49.72 92.08 Geneva H. S. R. O. Hunt. Nell K Pyle, Margaret Rhoades, John ; Bauman, Blanche Aspy, I Mildred Yopst 109 105.01 96.34 G. Brooks Bell . 43 40.50 94.29 | A. C. Cook 45 41.45 93.14 i Grades Goldine Butcher 38 34.95 91.97 Esther N. Greene 32 29.85 93.28 Elizabeth Kraner 52 29.85 94.04 Blanche Shepherd 48 44.05 93.12 Mary B. Wheat 44 38.77 88.22 Catherine Fravel . 43 39.30 91.92 Jefferson Township Trustee, Chas. C. Abnct Jefferson H. S. Earl C. Chandler, Merrill Tharp, Dorcas Dice, Helen Burns 54 49.05 92.54 Edgar Porter 18 17.35 96.38 Grades J. Ray Duff 38 34.85 91.83 Helen Kenney 39 38.45 98.59 Madeline Robin 24 23.35 98.52 1 $ unset open Sunday.

Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to the Teat Questions printed on Page Two I j 1. A syrup of pomegranates or , red currants used as a sweetening 1 and flavoring agent for beverages. 2. Jack rabbit. 3. English i>oet and man of letters. 4. In the Aegean Sea. j i 5. An ancient instrument for observing the positions of the celes- 1 I tial bodies. It is now superseded by the sextant. 6. Ornithology. i 7. Saint Patrick. 8. East Africa. 9. Lacrosse. I 10. Dry rot. MONROE NEWS Chancey Aurand of Grand Ra>p--1 ids, Michigan, epent the week-end with relative®. Mr. and Mrs. W S. Smith epent Sunday at Preble, the gueet of their I son. Clarence Smith and wife. Mr. and Mrs. J F. Crist visited their daughter. Mrs. Hubert Meyers and family at Fort Wayne Sun- , day. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thrush and Mrs. Ollie Thrush of St. Johns. Ohio, visited Mr. and Mr®. Fred Watkins and Mr. and Mns. Forest | Ray Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Foster and Mr. and Mrs. Hosea Ray of Ridgeville attended the funeral of Miss Anna Goodwin at Dayton, Ohio. Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs- John Floyd visited

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