Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 173, Decatur, Adams County, 23 July 1937 — Page 3

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Zion Reformed Church Hold ■nnual Carden Party Thursday Evening

■I IWO hundred guests utter ■ Lnlres of the ladies of the KUideiis at the Hen Seh „ tven o'clock Thursday W'lVii'' Ho;.eland Van Wert, hr i.. number from Decatur ■ , io the gardens was with hampers of whit. ’.'.vendor phlox and bows ot ‘ puper Hampers of flowers strands of colored lights ... th,. attractiveness Ol the u< u ~l,.voted Stage, which was .. ..p; v .I', .noted with flowers *1 ;jus t..lined the background ’.'^KI 1! V entertaining pro(Hl the stage v.>-re two ■',, ;i cello and a piano. Those |Ml. u i ,;nl Mrß ' harpist. Van Wert: Miss |(.. cello soloist, i'oit Gerald Korn, harpist, Vitz. Xew Bremen, Ohio; Louise Haubold. Mrs Ben ami daughter .Miss of Decatur. Ralph Yager, who was ~f the entertainment. by Mrs .Jack Little ami The first number was v ,. c sole by Richard Vitz, acjHfmpani’il at the piano by Miss Mrs Egan then played M map < t solos on the harp bet” Mrs, Schroyer. RichK... ..IHo . a Vitz sang a<l .».-t. y Miss Haubold a> - was followed with ci up of piano solos by Miss A group of cello and :i was then tw05...0..d ),y Kreis, her and Mr. Korn. Kathryn Schroyer sang a • ■> companied at the by her mother. Mrs. at tile harp by Mr. M O-! committees included the' committee which was >' ~f Mrs, Charles I’rugh. Fred Heuer. Mrs.. Fred ami Mrs. T. L. Becker: Mrs. Cletus Miller. Harohl Murphy. Mrs. Fred h. •, Mrs Geoige Thomas Mrs Don Stump; menu. Mrs.

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By HAKKISON CAKKOLL . Copyright, ISS7, luoj Feature, Syndicate, tne. HOLLYWOOD-The ew offices of the Crosby corporation don't | even have desk i —„ space for Bing, '

I who only makes : I most of thej I money. The! I name Bing | Crosby, Inc., has disappeared, too. The sign on the door now reads Everett N. Crosby, Ltd. Brother Everett, of course, 1 is the manager of the star, in .addition to

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having projects of his own. Up until recently the offices were in the director’s building at Paramount, but are now in swank new ■ quarters on Sunset boulevard. . . . halls paneled with yellow leather, fur niture, just like a movie The crooner himself, by the way, i JS nobbling around on crutches sprained an ankle in a fall at Del .‘ ar ’ If 13 the second mishap in I e Crosby family in the last fort- i One of the twins, Dennis, off a davenport and suffered a . •ught concussion of the brain. i 1 So the June Lang-Vic Orsattl 1 romance is over after less than 1 ,, 0 m °nths of married life. It’s I most a Hollywood record. The s P ir returned from their honey- 1 moon two weeks ago and, since t h ' n ' have been living in June's i use. So has her mother. 1 *°t has been said recently t in ®°Phie Tucker’s black book, 1 „n sh e keeps the names of I tn h I >€o P ,e w ho have been kind r , ”* r - a matter of fact, the I ~.„'} ln ] e " re< i hot mama" of t an , ville a l so keeps a red book i t green book - • • • The red 1 h™, mg the addresses of all the f a ** where she has been a guest ( twn ,'“ e birthdays, etc., of the i People who live in them. ... The £ 5 3n c °ntaining dope on the s Pomes of which Sophie is an in- t iterate follower. 1 9°*dwyn publicity depart- t ■>. t submitted a questionnaire to f wiihT? lyw °od beauties working t “ Gary Cooper In "Marco Polo”, t

■tided the annual garden party, under Zion Reformed church, given in the iroyer residence at 710 North Third evening. Guests were present from • Monroe, Bente ami Bluffton, as well • | CLUB CALENDAR if j Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Fanny Macy e Phones 1000 — 1001 s —— __ Friday All Gleaner Girls, Mrs. Ruth Will--8 lams, 7:30 p. m. • Ice Cream Social, Union Chapel > 7:30 p. m. >■; Pocahontas, Red Menn hall, 7:30 “ p. m e i Legion Auxiliary Social Meeting 1 Legion Htne, 8 p. m. ■oesday 1 , Kirkland Ladies' Club. Kirkland • High School. 1 p. tn '■' Root Township h-tne economics ’ club, Mrs. Janies Moses, 1:30 p. m. ’ ■ Zion Junior Walther League, 3 School, 6 p. tn. Wednesday ’ Union Twp. Woman’s Club, Mrs. • Jlugh Nidllnger, 1:30 p. m. St. Mary s Township 4-H Club, Janice Fease). t — - Charles Brodbeck. Mrs. Floyd Ant drews, Mrs. M F. Worthman. Mrs. I Tillman Gerber. Mrs Albert Bein- . eke, Mrs. Faye Mutschler, Mrs. Cal Yost and Mrs. Dallas Goldner. At the close of the program, i lovely refreshments were served at small tables by the following 1 young girls: Mary Franks, Betty ' and Phyllis Hunter. Alice Yost, , I Marjorie Miller. Phyllis June BeinI eke, Kathryn Weidler and Kathryn Schroyer. The Uni.', n township woman's club will meet with Mrs. Hugh .Nidllnger Wednesday afternoon at onethirty o'clock Each member is to wear an apron or receive a fine. Assisting hostesses are Miss Jeanette Brown, Mrs. Flla Miller and Mrs. Ainmi Miller. A good attendance Is desired. The last meeting of the St. Mary s 4-H club will be held Wed- • nesday. July 28 at the home ot Janice Feasel. All sewing and record books are to be finished and ready to hand in to the club leaders. Members are to bring hangers for dresses. Those from North St. Mary's are requested to be at the Bobo school by one o'clock. All Gleaner Girls are invited to attend the lawn party this evening

I One of the queries was: 'who is | the friendliest feminine star in 1 Hollywood?” Marion Davies got 16 votes, ' Myrna Loy was second with five. Answering Your Questions! Joe Filler. Los Angeles: Illness of j Noah Beery. Jr., was malaria con- ! traded on a recent visit to Mexico. He’s all right now. We Hollywood paragraphers are going to catch the dickens in a newspaper the Mauch twins are starting. The boys are running burlesques on several of the columns. They are printing the paper themselves and have a guaranteed circulation of 87 copies for the first edition. Cost to the ! subscriber is one cent. Artificial rain will cool Dolores Del Rio’s house these hot days. The star has installed a device that drips chilled water on the roof, which lowers the temperature of all the rooms. A similiar system is said to be in use in a section of the treasury department at Washington. Chatter. ... Roger Pryor planned to surprise Ann Sothern by dropping in on her, but a Detroit hot< 1 clerk spilled his plans and Ann set a place at the table every night. . . . The Gene Raymonds have quite a sense of humor for honeymooners. We got a postcard from Honolulu, but the picture on the other side was of a winter skiing scene in Yosemite. . . . Toni Lanier is back from Reno and isn’t talking anv

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talK 1n g any more about Neil Miller. ... Mona Maris was at the Hawaiian Paradise with Rouben M a turn oulian and Donald Barry at the Swing club with Barbara Read. ... The Screen Writers’ Guild is throwing a big dance at the Ambas-

dl tuc *«-’**-> sador. ... Here’s a chance for a good turn. Harry McCoy, one of the original “Hallroom Boys” and, for many years, an actor and scenarist at the Sennett studios, is in the Queen of the Angels hospital and would like to hear from old pala. I

DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1937.

at the homo of Mrs. Ruth Willlama at seven-thirty o’clock. LOYAL DORCAS CLASS ENJOYS PICNIC SUPPER Twenty-two members of the Loy- . al Dorcas class of the Evangelical Sunday school and their families enjoyed a picnic supper at Legman Memorial Park Thursday evening. Supper was served at two long r tab’es. Out of town guestn Included ? Rev. and Mrs. M. W. Sundermann 1 of Celina, Ohio, Miss Gladys Kern i of Redbird Mission Kentucky. Miss J, Ho Beatty of (taslan and Mrs. Robert Freitag of West Palm Beach, 1 Florida. MRS. EARL CHASE ENTERTAINS PUPILS A number of the piano pupils of Mrs Earl Chase enjoyed a party at her ho m e Wednesday afternoon. Each pupil played his favorite piece. Games and contests were en joyed. Prizes were won 'by Donald j Light. Vivian Hitchcock, Hilda Will la mo and Irene Light. Refreshments of cookies and ice cream were served hy the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Grade Light. I The Kirkland 'allies' club will i meet at the Kirkland high school Tuesday afternoon at one o'clock. LADIES' AID ENJOYS INTERESTING PROGRAM The ladies' aid society of the Methodist Episcopal church enjoy- , ed an interesting program and meeting Thursday afternoon at the church under the direction as Mrs. John T. Myers. Mrs. Myers wan also the devotional leader. A good crowd heard the following program: a coronet solo by Miss Zula Porter accompanied at the piano by Mies Marjorie Miller, readings by Victor Porter; accordian solo, Miss Marjorie Miller; voca' solo by Miss Edwinna Shroll accompanied by Miss Louise Haubold; pia'i solo by Miss Hau'bold. Light refreshments were served at the close of the program. DUTIFUL DAUGHTERS TO HOLD PARTY TUESDAY The Dutiful Daughters of the Evangelical Sunday school will hold a pot luck supper at Memorial park Tuesday evening at six o’clock. In event of bad weather, the supper wi'l be held in the chureh basement. Each person is to. bring his own table service and a birthday offering. Hostesses will be Mrs. Ivan Stuckey. Mrs. Amos Graber, Mrs. Fred Stauffer and Mrs. George Roop. i 0 Personals Miss Anna Jane Tynda'l is spending this week at Lake Webster, ' where she is serving in the capa- ' ' city •£ life guard. "The Ne w Jerusalem” is the . name of the cantata to be given by | the Mennonite choral society at the j Mennonite church in >Eerne Sunday evening at seven-thirty o’clock. The pubic is invited to attend this program. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wemhoff and son Owen left yesterday for Detroit where they will spend the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Bernard J. Wemhoff. Julia Ann, seven-year old daugh- ■ ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sprunger, | Berne, is recovering from a broken blood vessel bursted this week in a fit of whooping cough The injury occurred to her right eye. Rev. Walter Bauer and daughter Isabelle, of Desboro, Ontario, Canada, attended funeral services here Thursday for Miss Leona Hilda Bauer, who died Monday night. Oliver Sheets of Wren. Ohio and Mrs. Perry Harr of Sand Springs. Oklahoma, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Acker Thursday after- : noon. Jacqueline Rose is the name of the eight pound and three ounce daughter born . • Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Gase of Walnut street Tuesday morning at ten-thirty o'clock. o Decatur Young Man Will Be Given Post Indianapolis, Ind., July 23—Dr. James Engeler of Decatur, who received the doctor of medicine defree from the Indiana University ' School of Medicine last month, is ’ one of 97 of this year's medical | class members at the State Uni- ; versity who have received interneship appointments. Dr. Engeler will do his interne work in the Indianapolis City Hospital. o Roosevelt Signs Farm Tenancy Bill Washington, July 23 — (U.R) — President Roosevelt today signed the compromise farm tenancy bill which seeks to alleviate tenancy i ■ evils under an experimental program of federal aid to farmers purchasing their own lands. Approved by congress after a long battle extending since the ; start of the session, the measure authorizes immediate appropria- ' tion of $10,000,000 to begin the I I program and conduct its first year I

I • Baby Kidnaped—by Mistake ’ — Il ‘ W 'V - J l K £ ■ k L* ' > \ x Ji \ A ' : / \T F Jk k < Us V\ L <.n*7 i—. —J..J

Philip Shane Seized by a woman motorist from a roadside near his home at Beltsville, Md.. Philip Shane, 20-month-old son of Mr and Mrs. Norris Shane, was recovered a half hour later when an officer halted the woman s car The woman was identified as Mrs. Marian W. Campbell. 40. a high school teacher. Despite her protests that she thought «he baby was her nephew, the woman was charged with •he baby and with driving an automobile while intoxicated.

'of operations, expenditure of $25,000,000 in the fiscal year 1939 and $50,000,000 in 1940. o United Mine Workers Move Against Green Washington. July 23 — f.U.R) — William Green. American Federa- ! tion of Labor president, will be tried by the next United Mine Workers convention on charges of dual unionism, the mine workers: I executive board decided today. , The board made the decision in I connection with the bitter controversy between John L. Lewis. U.M.W.A. president and Green, a ■ member of the Coshocton, Ohio, local of the union. <

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♦ • Adams County Memorial Hospital ■ > • Admitted Friday: William S. Hil- ' pert, route 5. Decatur. D stni-.-eed Thursday: Mary K. Ul- ' man, 507 Marshall street. Dismissed Friday: Mrs. Herbert L. Hl'eman, Willshire, Ohio. o Water Priced as to Use Little Rock, Ark. (U.R) —lt Is i cheaper to water the lawn than to take a bath here. Mayor R. E. Overman instituted a half-price rate for water used to sprinkle lawns and gardens during the summer. Special meters were installed at no extra cost.

TRAFFIC TAKES TOLL OF LIVES Traffic Accidents, Electro- | cut ion Add To State Toll Indianapolis. July 23 (U.R) j Traffic accidents and an electro- ' cutloii were responsible today for ' the deaths of eight persons | throughout the slate In the past 1 24 hours. I Carolyn Sue. 3-year-old daughter < of Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Davis. Sullivan, was injured fatally when she I dashed in front of an auto. Her death was the first traffic fatality in Sullivan since 1935. Paul Tablet-, 2G. Brookville, was killed when hls car skidded and i overturned on a wet highway near here, pinning him beneath it. Arthur Humphrey, 18, Salem, 'was killed instantly in a motor-1 cycle-auto collision. His companion. James Sumners. 18, also of Salem, is in serious condition in ' a New Albany hospital from injuries suffered in the accident. John Weaver, 76. South Bend. ; was injured fatally when he drove j his automobile In front of a truck. Edward V. Thompson, 26-year- , old public service company driver I of Terre Haute, was electrocuted when he touched a 2.300 volt seedier wire. Cecil Colwell, 45, Culver, died in a Logansport hospital from iniuries suffered in an auto-train I crash near Winamac. Mrs. Elizabeth Leiber, 70, New Albany, died from injuries suffered in an automobile crash last may. Raymond Cox. 18, Winchester, was killed when his car overturned. O— Seven Persons Are Killed In Accident r Upper Marlboro, Md., July 23.—' (U.R) —Seven persons, four of them members of one family, died in the

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Tangled matrimonial skein of Lois and Louise Coats, identical twins, made a Los Angeles judge see double when twin boys. Hubert and Herbert Sharp, asked twin annulments of their marriage in Arkansas to the Coats girls. The Sharp twins asserted their twin wedding wam't legal because interlocutory divorce decrees obtained by their wives from their 1834 husbands, twin IT S marines, Ray and Roy Sebring, had not become final at the tuna of • the Arkansas ceremonies.

flaming wreckage of their auto- held under SSOO bond pending an mobile on the highway near here inquest into the deaths next Monearly today after the machine was day sideswiped by a truck. I ~ The dead all were from Laurel., Maryland. 1 H. W. McMillen returned ThursThe driver of the truck. B. M. day evening from a week's visit in King of Munday Point, Va., was Indianapolis.

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