Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 212, Decatur, Adams County, 8 September 1937 — Page 3

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KrseS' association • ■ans picnic meeting District Indiana |Kte Nurses Association will have jj regular meeting together with Huenic supper Saturday. at Sun Se Park. Khe supper will be served at four■,ty o'clock (CBT). The price of ■ supper will be fifty cents and ■,,, vat ions may be made, not lat>Hthan September 9, with Mrs. R. •■tiaes. Homestead 10, phone 640 iHwith Miss Elizabeth Pitman at fl Adams county hospital. iHuie Young Peoples choir of the fl, Presbyterian church will meet flight at 6:45 o’clock. Missionary society of the Presbyterian church will Thursday afternoon at 2:30 K>ck. Mre. W. A. Lower will be leader and Mrs. L. A. Graham aftl Mrs. Dale M."«es the hostesses. 1 ie Indies’ Aid of the First ChrteA church will meet in the church Thursday afternoon at 2 fl ( ,< k All members are urged to Knd. Sunday school will meet at th home of Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Inepp Friday evening at sevenXty o'clock. All members are into attend. orchestra of the First Unltchurch will practice at church Saturday evening at six mock. The choir will practice at o'clock. Miss Bernie Frank■will be in charge and-every-mem-is expected to be present. will be a regular stated minting of the Order of Eastern Thursday evening at seventhly o'clock at the Masonic Hall, is the opening meeting after ■ summer tacatkrn and all memare urged ,0 be present. auxiliary of the American will have installation of ofand a pot hick supper Friday e*ning at six fifteen o'clock at Le■n Home. Each member is to (corns cured >50.00 •• ■iMrtß wttbxt Mdn. BI WARD Mld kMrn * •*»"♦**- sm.ob ****** tiWARO „ m aH> CORN-OFF I HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO.

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I By HARRISON CARROLL Copyright. 1937 U King Features Syndicate. Inc. tiOLLY WOOD—Helen Jepson's p&fits for her work in the "Goldwyn Follies”

■ will be nicked I $5,000 unless I the canary can I find a pair of I diamond ea r- | drops that she I lost at the I studio. Before I leaving her I dressing room I for the set, the J opera star | wrapped the jewels in a piece of paper and

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concealed them the l#e of a slipper. She reMpibers shaking the package out or the slipper later, hut not of it up from the floor. Mjoldwyn had all the trash resrjjved from the studio incinerator (yey even sifted the ashes), but gems are still missing. ■Miss Jepson’s loss is a worse because the diamonds insured. ■After having a policeman push Mr around at one recent preview, jMrbara Stanwyck ran into bad h* k again at the showing of “P' .soner of Zenda”. The star was Mining out of her car signing Mtographs when the crowd the door shut, catching two of Barbara's fingers. She ■layed her vacation two days to bl sure no Infection was going to ■t in. Now she has to wear a Miite glove for two weeks. ■Before M. G. M. tested Paula fiance, George Mason, the •Other day, he had the customary attack of nerves. They assigned ‘Virginia Gray to work with him ■ the scene and Mason was supposed to say: ■ ‘‘You are so lovely, I’d like to vkap you in mink and chinchilla.” ■On the first rehearsal, he blurted M "I'd love to wrap you in chink Ad naan Illa.” ■The other night, car thieves ■ole six machines, including ■orothy Lamour’s, from a parking ■t near the Paramount studio. Sonically enough, all the owners ■ere working in a picture called: IThe Thrill of a Lifetime”. ■ Answering Your Questions! Mrs. ■ W. Wharton. Hollywood: Anita ®>uise and net mother already ■kve discovered that etiquette

— CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Fanny Macy Phones 1000 — 1001 i Wednesday ' U. B. Missionary Society, Mrs. G. 1 ‘ A. Light, 2 p. m. Zion Lutheran Missionary Soc- ' | iety, Church Hall. 2 p. m. Thursday 1 Eastern Star Regular Stated Meeting, Masonic Hall, 7:30 p. m. Presbyterian Missionary society, church parlors, 2:30 p. m. ' Christian church Ladies Aid, church parlors, 2 p. m. ' Baptist Women's society, Mrs. > Will Winnee, 2:30 p. m. I Woman’s Home Missionary Cari ry-in Luncheon, Church, 12:30 i p. m. • i So Cha Rea Club, Mrs. Clem , Kortenber, 7:15 p. m. Union Chapel Missionary Society . Mrs. Freeman Schnepp, 1:30 p. m. Mt. Pleasant Ladies' Aid Society, I Mrs. Chalmer Sheets, 2 p. m. Friday Y. M. C. Class Pot Luck Supper, Dr. and Mrs. Joe Morris, 6:30 p. m. Eighth Street U. B. W. M. A. Meeting, church. 7:30 p. m. Girls Ch.'ir, Zion Reformed Church 8 p. m. Rummage and Baked Goods Sale, Decatur Hatchery Building. Union Chapel C. I. S. Class. Mr. and and Mrs. Freeman Schnepp, 7:30 p. m. Auxiliary Pot Luck Supper, American Legion Home, 6:15 p. m. Better Homes Club, Mrs. Harvey , Rupert, 7:30 p. m. .Saturday ‘ Rummage and Baked Gooda Sale,; i Decatur Hatchery Building. Northeast District Ind., State , Nurses' Picnic, Sunset Park 4:30 CST. Orchestra Practice, United Breth- j ren Church, 6 p. m. Choir Practice, United Brethren Church, 7 p. m. I ! bring a covered dish. Entertainment and games are being planned following installation. Every one who can is expected to attend this i meeting. PSI IOTA XI BUSINESS MEET The regular business meeting of the Pei lota Xi sorority was held at the home of Mrs. W. P. Schrock Thursday evening. Plans were discussed and committee reports heard., 1 The next regular meeting of the

frowns on a daughter giving the bride away at her mother’s second marriage. So Anita will just be an attendant Just heard this honey about Jo Swerling and Richard Connell. The boys are writing the new Crosby picture at Connell's home and, when they were out to dinner the other night, burglars paid the house a visit The thieves ransacked the room and even stole the authors' typewriter, but, first,, carefully removed a page *f the script and laid it on a desk. ft was Connell who cracked: "They can’t have been connected with the motion picture industry, because they made no attempt to change the script” A Los Angeles man is lucky that he didn’t get shot by Gladys husband, Leonard Penn. In the middle of the night, the actor heard a noise and looked out the window. He saw a man standing near the bedroom of Miss George, who sleeps on the floor below. Penn grabbed a pistol, rushed downstairs and yelled to the unknown to stick up his hands. He did. It was a deputy sheriff come in answer to a neighbor's call that a water faucet had been left on in the Penn yard. Chatter. . . . The stories linking Louise Henry and New York socialite William John Warburton need revising. His real heart is Donrue Leighton of the films, and she has a diamond ring to show it. I n c 1 d e ntally, IA a n r ii a h n a

Donrue nas on to New York... • David Niven writes Hollywood friends that, for the first time in two years, his i heart does not J beat faster when he sees Merle Oberon. The formerly engaged pair will appear before

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the camera to- t gether in Goldwyn’s "Spring in j My Heart”. . . . After five and onehalf years of trying to catch a swordfish, Preston Foster finally landed two. . . . Lupe Velez is winging it to Cleveland to visit with Tarzan. . . . Her house guests, Sir Louis and Lady Greig, will stay on in the star’s home for a while until they also head east to visit the Weissmullers again in the Ohio city,

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1937.

sorority will be held In two weeks l , at the home .if Mrs. Gerald Smith. 11 This will be a program meeting. I The Better Homes club of Mon-1 roe will meet with Mrs. Harvey Rupert Friday evening at seven- p thirty Nclock. All members are urged to attend. . f HAPPY MOME MAKERS CLUB HAS MEETING Mrs. John Hlndenlang wax hcs- . tess to the Happy Home Makers , jclub of Washington township Frl- 1 j day, September 3, One new member, Mre. Lawrence Von Gunten, * was welcomed into the club. f The nveetlng opened with the club song and creed. During the | business session it was decided to 1 have an ice cream social September 1 17 at Monr~>. Every one is invit- * ed to attend. The leaders spoke on the topic , 1 of washing and ironing. Peanut brit- r tie was served by the hostess. The I following members and guests were present: ’ Mesdames Harve Sells, Ralph Bluhm, Russel Mitchel, Paul Meyer, ;t Kenneth Mitchel, Kenneth Parish, s William Spurgeon. Lawrence Von * Gunten, Field Mitcftel and the ' hostess, Mrs. Hlndenlang. The next meeting will be held 1 Od.Jter 1 at the home of Mrs. Clar- 1 ence Mitchel. _____ r ( FORMER PREBLE MAN MARRIED AT ANGOLA » The mariage of Miss Anna Mary r Luse, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Ray- I mond J. Luse of Angola, and Ival t F. Newhard, son of Mr, and Mrs. O. , D. Newhard, formerly of Preble. < was solemnized at the Angola ! Christian church at four o’clock ! Wednesday. August 25, 1937. Pre- ’ ceding the cerem-any Mrs. George ! Trumbull played a program of or- i gan music. Miss Doris Snovberger 1 sang D’Hardlot’s “Bevause", “Ich | 1 Liebs Dich” by Edvard Greig, and "All For You" by Bertram Brown. 1 The chancel of the church was banked with pink gladioli, palms 1 and ferns. The bridal procession ’ was accompanied by the Lohengrin 1 wedding march. The bride entered cn the arm of her father, preceded 1 by the maid of honor, Miss Elaine 1 Estrich. The bride wore a beau- ’ tiful gown of white lace over satin. 1 fashioned in empire style with a short train, high collar, and wrist 1 length full sleeves. Her fingertip veil was tulle fastened with seed pearls. Her wily jewelry was an antique locket which had belonged ; to her grandmother. Her bouquet , was of white roses and swansonia. Miss Etrich’s dress was turquoise taffeta trimmed with velvet ribbon of a deeper shade She carried a bouquet of talisman roses and swansonia. The mother of the bride was attired in a navy blue chiffon dress ! and a hat <7 navy. She wore a white gardenia corsage. Mr New- ; hard was attended by his elder broi ther, John Newhard. The ushers were Dale Newhard and Powers Luse. After the Minister, Rev. William. F. Shearer, had read the impressive double ring ceremony, the bridal party left the altar to the strains of the Mendelssohn wedding march. ; They, with the guests. assembled in i the church parlors where a wedding reception was held. ; Mrs. Newhard. was graduated with honors from Angola high ecV>o!. She attended Tri State College and was graduated from Ball State Teacher's College, where she was a popular and active student. For two years she was president of thd Psi Theta sorority. She is affiliated with Rho chapter of Psi lota Xi. During the past year she has been on the faculty of Scott Center high schoftl. Mr. Newhard was graduated from Decatur High school. He was also a graduate of Ball State. Teachers College, where he was outstanding in col'ege activities and was a member of the Navajo fraternity. He has been a successful member of the ' faculty of' the South Bend city Schc.-.'s and will continue in that school system. Mrs. Newhard's traveling suit was of blue boucle, a tan tailore.l coat, and a brown Breton sailor hat. Mr. and Mre. Newhard, after a short wedding trip will be at home at j 1702 Elwood Avenue, South Bend, Indiana. Out Gb town guests at the wedding were: Mr. and .Mrs. O. D. Newhard and faml’y of Griffith, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Ross of Preble. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Smith of Preble, Mrs. John Fuhrman of Decatur, Miss Marjorie Cahill of Muncie, Miss Kathryn Luse and Genevieve Prust of Warren, Ohio. — TRI KAPPAS INSTALL NEW ANNUAL OFFICERS At a business meeting of the Tri I Kappa sorority held at the Elks | Home Tuesday evening. Mrs. Mll- | ton Swearingen was installed as preeident of the sorority; Mrs. Pal- | mer Eicher, vice-president; Miss Mary K. Tyndall, treasurer; Mrs. i Ervin Goldner, secretary, and Mrs. i C. J. Beavers, corresponding secretary. Numerous committees were ap potted and the sorority was divided i into two sections, headed by Mrs. Carroll Burkholder and Mrs. Bryce Thomas. o Mr, and Mrs. G. N. Acheson and eon Jud of Winchester street spent yesterday in Van Wert attending the fair.

Avery Dodge of Fort Wayne looked after business in Decatur today. Rolland Reppert. son of Fred Reppert, will leave the last of the week for Indiana University, where ho will enter pre-medic school. Miss Evelyn Kohls, Miss Ruth Elzey, Gerald Strickler and Dick Macklin have returned from Indianapolis, where they were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Buffenburger over the week-enji and attended the State fair. Lewis Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith, will leave the last of this week tor Bb«»mington to enter the Indiana school of law. Dick Schug will return to Indianapolis Sunday, where he is a student in the Indiana medical school. H. E. Grimes of Bluffton was a business visitor in Decatur Tuesday. Miss Helen Voglewetfe left Tuesday fr»r St. Louis. .Missouri, where she will resume her duties as teacher of bacteriology in St. Louis University. Charles Ehinger, sc-n of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Ehinger, left this morning for Lafayette, where he will enter his senior year at Purdue university. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Vian attended the Van Wert fair yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. John Heller left this morning for Indianapolis where the former will look after business for two days. Miss Margaret Pcling, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rolland Poling, residing southwest of Decatur, left Monday for North Manchester where she will enter the college as a freshman. Mr. anj Mre. Homer Myers, daughter Betty and son Norbert have returned to their home in Warsaw after spending the past several days in Decatur. Mrs. Dora Akey has returned from Mona wville where she visited with friends and relatives over the week-end and Labor Day. The Misses Mary Merriman and Roselyn Foreman of this city, Harold McCune of Fort Wayne and Horace Stucky of Berne spent Sunday and Labor Day in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Harkless left today 4"<r a visit with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Faegler and son David of Mt. Clemens, Mich. They will return to Decatur Monday. Mre. Emma McKean visited the Van Wert fair yesterday. Mrs. Joe Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Smith and daughter, Sally, went to Fostoria, Ohio, Saturday to attend the wedding of Paul Kintz and Mary Hardward, which was held at the St. Wendin churcb there. They also visited in Tiffin and Toledo over Labor Day. The Misses Jeanette and Virginia Beery, Dick Lopshire and Max Huffman visited the state fair at Indianapolis ever Labor Day. Mrs. Carl Gerber and Mre. William Bundy visited in Fort Wayne this afternoon. Miss Mary Klepper is spending the day at Lafayette, where she is making arrangements to enter Purdue University. She will leave here Friday to enter the university for the school year. Mrs. J. Ward Calland and daughter Martha have returned from Dayton, Oh»x where they spent the past two days visiting Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Snyder and daughter Shirley. o ♦ ♦ Adams County Memorial Hospital ,« « Admitted yesterday: Donald Reeding, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Lydia L. Martz, 318 N. Ninth street. Admitte dthis morning: Jason Moser, Wren, Ohio. Dismissed this morning: Leßoy Moser, Route 1, Berne. o COUNCIL CUTS (COA I IM U.gP. t'KOM , SSO asked, none granted; clothing for insane, from SSOO to $400; other expenses incidental to commitj ment of patients to state instituI tions, from S6OO to $500; shelving for store room, from $550 to $300; filing cabinet for court record ' forms, from S2OO to $150; total, from $7,69# to $6,548, reduction of $1,150. County auditor: All items allowed in the amount asked, total, $4,865. County treasurer: salary for first deputy, from $1,500 to $900; all other items allowed; total reduced from $5,219 to $4,679, reduction of S6OO. County recorder: official records, from SSOO to $200; other office supplies, SSO asked, nothing allowed; typewriters, from $175 to SIOO, total, $3,805 io $3,390. Reduction of $417. County sheriff: salary of deputies for emergencies, from S2OO to $100; transportation expenses, from SBOO to $700; investigating expenses, S4OO asked, none granted; total, $5,960 to $5,360. Reduction, S6OO. County Surveyor County surveyor: salary of first deputy from $7,200 to $1,000; staking and allotting ditches, from $2,500 to $1,000; mfleage, surveyor and trustees, from $750 to $400; photographing and blue printing,

from $75 to SSO; repair of tile I drains, from $3,000 to $1,500; re-| pair of open drains, from SI,OOO to i $500; instruments, SIOO asked, noth-' Ing granted; total $10,475 to $6,300. Reduction, $4,175. County superintendent of schools: All requests allowed In the amounts asked. Total, $3,280. County agricultural agent: All' requests allowed In the amounts j asked. Total. $2,115. County coroner: witness fees,* from $75 to SSO. total. $750 to $725., Reduction, $25. County health commissioner: traveling expense, from $75 to SSO; total, from SSBB to $563. Reduction, $25. County assessor: wages of other employes, from $l5O to $75; total, I from $1,912 to $1,337. Reduction,; $75. Prosecuting attorney: telephone tolls and telegraph, from $75 to SSO; stationery and printing, from $75 to $25; total. $1,870 to $1,795 ' Reduction. SBS. Circuit court: All items allowed as requested. Total, $6,885. Court house: salary of other em- 1 ployes, SIOO asked, nothing grant-1 ed; matron supplies. $l5O asked,l nothing granted. Totals, from j $5,720 to $5,470. Reduction, $250. County jail: salary of employes. I from $l5O to $80; repairs of build-, ings and structures, from S3OO to $200; repairs of equipment, from S2OO to $100; janitor supplies, from S4OO to $200; totals, $2,325 to $1,855. Reduction. $470. | County infirmary: salaries or wages of attendants. $2,500 to $2,000; medical treatment for livestock and vaccination of hogs, S3OO to $200; threshing grain, bailing. hay and straw. $250 to $150; repairs of equipment, S3OO to $200; food. $3,000 to $2,500; fuel. $1,200 , to $1,000; gasoline and kerosene, $450 to $400; repairs of farm mai chinery, $350 to $200; clothing. SBSO to $650; medical, surgical,' dental supplies, $450 to $400;. stock powder and mineral for. ■ stock. $l5O to $100; painting interior of houses, S4OO to $300; new' machinery, S4OO to $100; sewing I I machine. $l2O asked, nothing | granted; repairs rrf bouses and j I barns, $1,200 to $1,000; commer-i ■ cial fertilizer, $350 to $250; other: equipment as plumbing fixtures. S6OO to $400; totals. $18,570 to - $15,545. Reduction. $3,025. County ’ commissioners: salary I or per diem of township assessors • and deputies, of Union, Root. Preble. Kirklartfl, St. Mary’s, Blue s Creek. French. Har»ford and Jefferson townships, from SIOO to ■ SSO; Monroe township assessor, t from $6lO to $400; Wabash town-

I [ * B IT’S IN THS NEWS i ► | THERE are two classes of news in these columns every ’ day: (1) Interesting stories about events all over the 1 world; and (2) The advertisements. Yes, the advertisements are news, and in many ways the most important of all, because they affect you more directly and personally than any other. ■ A new and better method of refrigeration is devised —and you learn about it through advertisements. Improvements are added to automobiles which make ‘ them safer than ever—again advertisements carry the i story. Styles change in clothing—and advertisements J rush the news to your doorstep. A manufacturer finds away to lower the price on his products—he advertises J to tell you about the savings. . i i f i, You’ll find that it pays to follow this news every day. Reading the advertisements is the sure way to keep 1 abreast of the world ... to learn of new comforts and ' conveniences ... to get full money’s worth for every 1 , dollar you spend. “i t r

'ship assessor, from $490 to S3OO- - Irene Byron sanatorium, from i $5,500 to $4,500; eommixsioners 'ditch expense, $1,500 to $500; examination of records, $2,590 to $2,000; total. $35,161 to $31,G61 Reduction, $3,500. County bond: all items allowed as requested. Total, $9,600. County hospital: all items allow ed as requested, $51,000. Highway repair: assistant highi way supervisors. $5,750 to $5,000; wages, truck drivers, machinists. $12,500 to $7,000; wages, single hands. $9,500 to $7,000; transportation allowances, S6OO asked, nothing given; repair of trucks and machinery, $3,000 to $2,000; gasoline, SB,OOO to $5,000; oil and grease, S7OO to $500; tires and tubes. $2,500 to $1,500; tile and sewer pipe, $2,000 to $1,000; lumber. SI,OOO to $500; culverts, $2,500 to $1,000; cement and lime, $1,500 to $1,000; steel, waterproofing, $1,500 to $1,000; road signs, S4OO to $300; tar, asphalt, etc., SI,BOO to $1,000; trucks, $2,500 asked, nothing granted; tractors, graders, I $6,000 to $4,000; small tools. SI,OOO ’ to $500; highway mower, $1,500 to $1,000; totals, $127,750 to $95,600; I reduction, $32,150. I Welfare department: assistance for dependent children in custody of relatives, $23,500 to $20,000; salary of visitors, $1,560 to $1,000; traveling expenses, $l,lOO to $800; other office supplies, SIOO to SSO; furniture and fixtures. $250 to $200: other office equipment, SSO asked, nothing granted; totals. $98,045 to $93,535. Reduction $4,510. ENGINEER DIES IN TRAIN CRASH One Killed As Wabash Passenger Is Derailed At New Haven ! I Fort Wayne. Sept. 8 — (U.R) —' | A speeding Detroit to St. Louis ( | Wabash passenger train left the : i rails on a curve at New Haven, ■ six miles east of here late yester- [ day. killing the engineer and injuring three members of the train crew and two passengers. David Karicofe. 65. Detroit, the I engineer, was crushed and burned to death when his engine, traveling about 45 miles an hour, careened from the rails and pitched into a New Haven back yard. R. E. Miller, fireman, was im-

proved thia morning at Methodist hospital Others hurt were: Lottis Prough, 40. Detroit, chest Injuries. Ora Jacobson, 33. Fergus Falls, Minn., lacerations and bruises. Clayton R Brosher, 43, Fort Wayne. mail clerk, fractured shoulder. Ralph Hoffman. 34, Fort Wayne mall clerk, severe bruises. About a dozen passengers sustained minor cuts and bruises ' The baggage car. mall car and I three day coaches followed the engine and its tender from the rails. The rear two cars, both pullmanx, remained on the tracks Some 200 feet of track was torn ' up by the crash. Two-Day-Old Infant Dies At Hospital A prematurely bcrn baby gir’, born at the Adams county memor-

IMPORTANT! Check over your Plumbing and Heating —before cold weather “sets *in.” A little precaution now will eliminate inconvenience and expense later on. For Winter Comfort install a Crane Stoker OR Wayne Oil Burner Either one will give you heat comfort every minute of the day and does away with the “firing drudgery.” Stop in and let us demonstrate. Walter Plumbing & Heating Co CARL GATTSCHALL, Mgr.

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ial hospital Saturday, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Holiopetar of 1043 No. Second street, died Monday afternoon. The girl was named Nancy Jane Hollopeter. The child was survived by the parents and •'*ie sister, Goldie May. Burial was made Monday afternoon in the cemetery at Leo, north of Fort Wayne. Mrs. Hollopeter was reported to- | day as recovering. I ° ' Trade In a Good Town — Decotur fl -■fl Phone 300 1315 W. Adams