Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 271, Decatur, Adams County, 16 November 1937 — Page 3

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V.i WIN 1 0e« I,mA«PA f ' TY . .. d ;, and Win clans of the. O ■ W'all 1 Sunday h< 'anol held | * *» ~; I h.inksgiving Ineeting! Vpm , R. thah' ■' v ,i ""' , ‘ of Ml ' an<l 1 .. , near Leo, Sal-, ill n ■L.jßfoveinber 13. ' ’‘■til ’ '•■ " f <,,uss ,1, 11. ions pot luck supinc. following which ■**. Ur } ,.- ■ • ' • ting was held, Kth i' s *'*' i! ! ■ SCOTTISH RITE ■ plan GAY FUNCTIONS I Tbs' i.< of the Scot- ■ l-b®e bodies of Fort W.ivne has a n interesting ,-.><ial tile '■ The di-! o' these affairs will bo dinner dance to ■ Bbe •«■''" Tuesday evening. Nov- ■ finber i" l' 1 nu mbers of the Scot- ■ tish Be l! "' lr ladies and invited All ■gllf’tS- ■ AnVabo ale dinner will be serv■ed at fits - n o' lock, followed by oneZ. ■ halt >o' ! of entertainment and >n the bal'room from nine- ■ thirty I > twelve-thirty o'clock. ■ Jn Ijdiiion a series of informal „ jjtacei for the young eons and i ■ tlauglvrs of Masons has been ' ■ Th.se dates, all Saturday are November 20. Jan- ■ nary 22. February 26 and April 23. . '' of (,I< ’ Kvan ' ■ plftj Sunday school will meet at ; ■ tbeijleof Mi-se Betty Melchl this ■ eveniag at seven-thirty o'clock All I ■ mwwrs are urged to attend I RESEARCH CLUB MEETS I WITH MRS. O. L. VANCE °' *' ' ance was hostess . h ’'■ to fourteen members of the Re- ■ search < u’> Monday a f ternoon. Each repelt.<d one current event proc was in charge of ■ Mrs. J|e<>:..i Saylors, who leview-. led Airiik Mann's "Young Henry I W :TP -” I Hitler came to power ini M 1933,«| number of politically active I I f '^B s 800,1 tOUII d themselves in ! ■ exile. [Among these was Hienrich ..■ WBr <lis,,n suished novelist and Z,l ' of great stature in the . 1,1, I strtOe against facism. This histor-' I * W v, b of his is based on the ; 1 I ItfeßH- n Navarre, who became • tn I Klug <|f Fran: e in 1589. The period : of brilliant color and high ’ 4J- on the one hand the I

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cameras but > Hal Roach is | not worrying I because, just beI fore her illness, I the brokers for I Lloyds had I okayed the I studio’s $1,250,I 000 insurance policy on "Merrily We Live". Once, when I she was at Twentieth Century, La Bennett developed a

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on her lip and cost an ’’ I SSf ! "' ie com Pany $50,000. The , , payment, however, is said Mkve been the $115,000 Zanuck received due to the a “inj Simone Simon. case is said to have been factor in raising the f1 j in *» ;,r “' e rates on pictures. Geraldine Spreckels has only .• a!1 income left from that innented half million. Well, even if she doesn’t click at ers ' anb the Y f ee l pretty sure we can't work up too Sx 1 SJ f m P ath y f°r, when she is S 1 ' 1 ' rin four more years), the Spreckels will inherit tatna-t. mi "' On dollars ttlat s now mfit Perience warns not to set too store in Hollywood romances, Phyllis Brooks-Cary Grant 1,2?."’® lo °ks more and more like ‘Fi ' end up at the altar. Grant “Piling the world that she is the •J Kiri in his life and even goes R-K-O lot to lunch with her JMtanother studio miles away. ■Day, the pair donned old clothes fwm, o red ever y P>er concession anta Monica through Long a J^ y Bob Purnses are expecting iMPings are now so friendly beartn n iP inger R °Kers and KathHepburn that, on Hepburn's ■"“’J' Ginger and most of the finals from the “Having a •'uuderful Time" troupe took a band and paraded over JWtate’s set to congratulate her. £wy carried a big cake and every.had a slice, including the and prop men. happened at the Dunes the night when the Palm Springs

■ frightful massacre of St. Partholoi mew s Day, on the other the pomp land ceremony of lavish courts. "Against this background the | youthful Henry stood out as a matt I of noble character and groat gifts, I who elected a magnificent destiny: Ito unify his people, to lead them front hatred to tolerance, from the deepest economi';, distress to universal well being." The next meeting of the club will be held at the homo of Mrs. W. J. Krick on November 22. Mrs. Krick will also be leader with "Music and Musical Instruments of the Bible" as her subject. The Philathea class of the Baptist Sunday school will meet at the home of Mrs. H. N. Shroll Friday evening at seven-thirty o’clock. Every member is requested to be present. Those who 'cannot attend are asked to call either Mrs Shroll or Miss Jesse Winnes. Members are requested also to bring thimbles. The ladies’ aid society of the First Christian church will meet at the home of Mrs. Adam Kunowich Thursday afternoon at two o’clock All members are urged to attend . The United Christian missionary , society will meet at the home of ' Mrs. James Kitchen Monday even- ' ing at seven-thirty o’clock. Mrs. Fred King will be the leader. INTERESTING MEETING OF JUNIOR ARTS CLUB The Junior Arts Department of ■the Woman's Club held its second | meeting of the year at the home lot Miss Evangelipe Fuhrman. The 1 meeting was opened by response to the roll call with current events. All members were present. Conservation is the main topic for the year and interesting talks were .given by the following: “Falls” by Monica Schmitt. “Gunshot Wounds and Poisoning” by . Rosemary Fullenkamp, "AsphyxiaI tions and Suffocations" ay Alta ' Ruth Klepper, “Fires" by DonnabelI le Fenimore, "Burns and Scalds" by I Florence McConnell. The evening's program was based on stage make-up "Preliminaries Before Making Up” was the subject discussed by Kathrine Knapp; “Rouge, Lips, and Wigs” by Kathryn Affolder; “Eyes” by Peggy Gaunt; and “Power” by Imogene Bright; some points in "Lights and Shawows” by Bargara Duke. The leader then turned the program

club is not so crowded. Jack Benny borrowed a fiddle and begar to play. Ribbers passed the word t around and the room began tc e empty. Alice Faye, Tony Martin, t Ed Goulding, Mae Sunday, Dave s Harris and a few more of the HolJ lywood regulars slipped quietly - into the oar. Finally, the only i, people left in the room were Benny r and Marcel Lamaze. Jack came 1 over to the restaurant man's table e and fiddled a solo. When he was - finished, Lamaze dug into his e pocket and gave Benny a dollar. Lots of talk recently about the i columnists doing wrong by Hollyt wood . . . and some of the squawks - are just. On the other hand, a - youthful feminine star nas cause i to thank the mercy ot the parai graphing clan. She has a physical > handicap that is certainly not her I fault but that might detract from : her glamor if the public got wise. • But, though it would make good copy, the columnists are not using i the story. Chatter. . . . Glenda Farrell Is leaving Warners, after all this - time. . . . George Brent is now so careful that when he gave a party to the cast of “Gold Is Where You Find It”, tie showed up without a girl. ... If Hollywood thinks the , fog has been bad here recently, Maureen O’Sullivan writes from London that she has been living in her dressing room to escape the drive to her cottage. . . . The Dick Powells have sold their lot to Harry Warner and don’t know , when or where they’ll build that house. . . . Judith Allen and Eddie Sutherland were the twosome who drew the most stares the other night in the Florentine room at the Beverly Wilshire. . . . That was

Rosalind Russell dining with Walter Huston a t the Case Lamaze. . . . Elsewhere, Lee Russell with Herbert Ma rshall again at the Victor Hugo . . . and Helen Meinardi with Winston Frost and Jon Hall at the Swing club. ... I like the number that the

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dancers, Joresca and Lydia, do at the Cocoanut Grove ... a minuet for which the accompaniment is supplied by a little music box put close to the microphone. . . . And, speaking of music, Jeanette MacDonald and Gene Raymond play duets on twin pianos in their home. I

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1937.

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Fanny Macy Phones 1000 — 1001 Tuesday Adams County Nurses’ Association. Mrs. Carl Luglnblll, Berne, 7:30 p. m. Mary und Martha C’ass, Mrs. A. J, ' Beavers, 7:30 p. m. (’. L. of C. Annivetsary Banquet, K. of C. Hall, 6:30 p. m. Decatur Flower Garden Club, Mrs. Ni< k Braun, 2:30 p. m. Kuni-Joln-Us, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lutz, 7:30 p. m. Root Twp. Home Economics Club Mrs. Jess Singleton, all day meeting. Psi lota XI Social Meeting. Mrs. A. R. Holthouse, 7:30 p. in. Tri Kappa Social Meeting. Elks Home, 8 p. m. C. L. W. Class, Miss Betty Melchi, 7:15 p. m. Wednesday St. "Luke's ladies aid, Mrs. Theodore Heller, all day. Zion Reformed Ladles Aid, 2:30 p. in. Decatur Home Economics Club, Mrs. Gilbert Strickler, 1:30 p. m. Zion Senior Walther league, I church basement, 7:30 p. m. Y. M. C. Class, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Krick, 8:15 p. m. Shakeepeare Guest Day and Tea, Mrs. Herman Ehinger, 2:30 p. m. Historical Club, Mrs. Harl Hollingsworth, 2:30 p. m. Thursday Presbyterian Ladiee' Aid Society, Mrs. G. O. Walton, 2:30 p. m. Evangelical Thanksgiving Dinner, Church, 11 a. m. to 1 p. m. Cafeteria Supper, Evangelical Church, 5 to 7 p. m. Christian Ladies’ Aid Society, Mrs. Adam Kunowich, 2 p. in. U. B. Progressive Workers Class Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Hill, 7:30 p. in. United Brethren D. Y. B. Class, Mrs. R. O. Wynn, 7:30 p. m. Friendship Village Club, Mrs. Henry Brunstrup. all day meeting. Dance, Moose Home, 8:30 p. m. Phoebe Bible Class, Mrs. Fay , Mtitschler, 7:30 p. m. St. Paul Ladies’ Aid. Mrs. Sarah Martin, all day meeting. Ruralistic Study Club, Mrs. L. A. Holthouse, 8 p. m. M. E. Woman’s Foreign Mission- , ary Society, Mrs. George Harding, 2 p. m. Busy Bee Home Economics Club, Bobo School, 1:30 p. m. Women of the Moose, Moose Home, 7:30 p. m. M. E. Standard Bearers, Miss Wanda Fry, 7 p. m. Zion Lutheran Card Party, I Church Basement, 8 p. m. Friday Philathea Class. Mrs. H. N. Shroll, 7:30 p. m. Adams County Federation, Mrs. R. A. Stuckey. 2:30 p. m. Saturday Rummage Sale by Decatur Band, Christian Church, 8 a. m. Cafeteria Supper, Zion Reformed Church, 5 to 7. Monday • United Christian Missionary Soc-. iety , Mrs. James Kitchen. 7:301 p. m. Woman’s Club, Library Hall, 7:45 1 P- tn- | over to Mrs. Ben Duke, who gave an interesting demonstration of making up an old lad£. Miss Monica Schmitt served as her subject. At the close of the evening lovely refreshments were served by the assisting hostesses, the Misses Mary Maxinc Martin, Janet Schrock, Zula Porter, Florence McConnell, Peggy Staley, Jeanette Winnes, Alta Ruth Klepper, Monica Schmitt and Imogene Bright. The meeting of the So Cha Rea club, which was to have been held Thursday at the home of Mrs. Glenn Hill, has been postponed for two weeks. The Standard Bearers society of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday school will meet at the home of Miss Wanda Fry Thursday evening at seven o’clock. All members are asked to bring their dues. The Zion Lutheran missionary society will give a card party in the church basement Thursday evening at eight o’clock. The public Is invited to attend. Tickets are on sale for 25 icents. Bridge, pinochle and euchre will be played. A luncheon will be served at the close of the games. The ladies’ aid society of the First Presbyterian church will meet at .the manse at two-thirty o’clock Thursday afternoon with Mrs. G. O. FREE DANCE All Moose members, their wives and sweethearts are invited. MOOSE HOME THURSDAY, 8:30 o’clock Music by George Royce and his orchestra. Round and Square Dancing.

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- - Walton as hostess. The November ' 1 section, with Mrs. S. D. Beavers as . chairman, will have charge. MISS KATHLEEN O’DOWD TO PRESENT PROGRAM | Miss Kathleen O’Dowd of Fort | Wayne will present a program of, dramatic impei*%onations in costume ■ ! when the Woman’s Club meets Mon- [ 1 day evening in Library Hall at 7:45, 1 o’clock. Miss O’Dowd comes to Decatur ’ highly recommended. Her programs are usually clever and she is a member of the Old Fort Palyers of Fort Wayne. The program is under j the auspices of the Dramatic Sec-1 , tion of the club. Mrs. John Peterson ' is chairman, with Mrs. Raymond | ' Kohne, Mrs. Albert Gehrig and Mrs.' Herb Kem assisting. MENU IS ANNOUNCED FOR THANKSGI/ING DINNER The following delicious menu has been announced for the Thanksgiv- : ing dinner, to be served at the Evangelical church Thursday from eleven to one o’clock by the ladies oj the church: . | Fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, noodles, dressing, creamed peas baked apples, cole slaw, pickles, cranberry sauce, pie and coffee. The cafeteria supper menu will be include escalloped potatoes, meat loaf, baked chicken, noodles, baked beans, sweet potatoes, cottage cheese, fruit salad, cake, pie ice ' cream and coffee. . , MR. AND MRS. JOHN J. BURKE jCELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. John J. Burke of ! Blue Creek township celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Sunday. The couple was married November 13, 1887 at Vera Cruz, by the Rev. Vitz. Mr. Burke was born in Canton Bein, Switzerland, March 2, 1864. the eldest son. of the late John and Elizabeth Hofstetter Burke. Mrs. Burke, nee Anna Riff, was i born in Monroe township, December ! 13, 1866, a daughter of the late Sam and Anna Spelchiger Riff. Mr. and Mrs. Burke started housekeeping on the same farm where 1 they are still living. There have i been no deaths in the immediate ! family. They have eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Those present were Mr. and Mrs.

'John J. Burke, Mr. and Mrs. CharI les Burke and daughters Belva and | Betty, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Burke .and Chester, Margaret and Mary I Delhi, Mr. and Mrs. William Burke j and sons Marion and Don, Mrs. Lillian Meyers and son Billie, Mr. and Mrs. Silas Sprunger. Mrs. Mary 'Herron and daughter ' Nora. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Kneuss. , Mrs. Elizabeth Nussbanmer, Mr. I and Mrs. Alfred Lehman and children Jerry and Benjamin, Mrs. Rosa ' Schwartz and daughter Sylvia, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sife and children I Doyt and Betty, Mr. and Mrs. | Chauncy Jones and Mr. and Mrs. | Rolla Raudenbush. | Bible study for every member of 1 the Christian church will be held at I the home of William Kohls WednesI day evening at seven-thirty o’clock. Rev. Kenneth Timmons will conduct the meeting. CELEBRATE FIFTIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. John J. Burke of Blue Creek township, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Sun- ' day at their home with a family dinner at noon. The couple was maried Novern- ; ber 13, 1887 at Vera Cruz, Mr. Burke, a native of Switzerland, is 173 yeard o'd. Mns. Burke, born in Monroe township, is 70 years old. They have four children, Albert, William, Charles and Mrs. Lillie Myers. The members of the Decatur high i school band will give a rummage sa'e at the First Christian church Saturday November 20 from eight o'clock in the morning until eight in the evening. All band members are requested to bring their articles to the Christian church Friday afternoon. All baked goods is to be brought Saturday morning before nine o'clock. o Finney Elected To Hoosier State Press Indianapolis. Nov. 16— (tI.R) —| I Fra,nk Finney of Martinsville, di- ! rector of the state automobile 1 license division, has been elected , to the board of directors of the I Hoosier state press association to I .succeed John Day De Prez, former publisher of the Shelbyville Democrat, who died recently. I

Four-Year-Old Boy Critically Burned i Rochester, Ind., Nov. 16. —<U.R> — Four-year-old Howard Nathan Cui-! ver was in a critical condition to-' j day from first and second degree , burns received when he toppled I into a tub of scalding hot water. ■ The boy's father, George Culver, I ; Saturday had bagged two pheasants on the last day of the state’s 1 four-day open season on the birds. | Yesterday he heated a tub of water preparatory to cleaning the birds. Howard, who was playing nearby, accidentally stumbled and fell into the water. Little hope; . was held for his recovery. o ' Mm/ . r|<\ I ) N r \ n mwr i m ■Jn I The condition of Neva Lon | Crownover, who has been confined ■ at the Adams county memorial hospital since last Tuesday, was re- . ’ ported as much improved today, i , Mrs. J. J. Loraine of Fort Wayne has returned to her home after .' spending the week-end as the guest of Mrs. Gilbert Strickler and fa- ; mily. I I Mrs. John Niblick, Mrs. H. H. ' Stoner and son John and Miss Har-! i riet Edwards of Leipsic, Ohio left , Decatur this morning for Miami, i Florida, where they will remain tinI til school closes in the spring. I The brotherhood of the Christian church will meet at the home ’ of J. E. Anderson on 11th street Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. ; All men of the church are invited to attend. | Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Echelberger ■ of Ashland, Ohio have returned 1 home after a week-end visit with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. I and Mrs. George Walton and daugh-1 ter. Mrs. Edna Jaberg and daughter, | Josephine, of Chicago, former De- i ; catur residents, are visiting with I the Forrest Elzey family here, Mrs. Al Schneider and Miss Milred Niblick had as their guest over ' the week-end Miss Dorothy Mallory of Pennville, national phllanthro-i pic secretary of Delta Theta Tau. ! I Mrs. Bertha Johnson, Mrs. Charles Burkhart, Mrs. Joe Steele and .Norman Barkman were week-end, I guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Boet-

Icher. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Fraser of Chicago ’spent the week-end with Mrs. ] • Fraser's parents. Mr. and Mrs. O. . T. Johnson. Mrs. Belle Lichtensteiger of Ohio ; City. Ohio, is visiting her niece, | Mies Geraldine Everett in Marion ■ tills week. | The regular meeting of the city i council will be held tonight. A number of Decatur people are planning on hearing Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt in Fort Wayne tomorrow i night at the Shrine. Says Black Opposes Anti-Lynching Bill Washington, Nov. 16 —(UP)—] Sen. Tom Connaly, D., Texas, to’d the senate today that he knew that I associate justice Hugo L. Black would vote to declare the anti-iynch-1 ing bill unnconstitutional when and if It gets to the supreme court. ARRIVALS Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Rumschlag, of route 6 are the parents of a six pound baby girl, born at the Adams county memorial hospital this

PUBLIC SALE 1 The undersigned will sell at public auction at the residence 1 mile west, % mile south. Lg mile west of Pleasant Mills; 4 miles south. 2% miles east of Decatur, on TUESDAY, November 23, 1937 at 10:00 A. M. The following personal property, 4 — HORSES — 4 I Sorrel Mare, smooth mouth, weight 1100: Bay Gelding, smooth mouth, weight 1600; Roan Gelding, 7 yr. old, weight 1600; Bay Mare, l 6 yr. old, weight 1400. 12—CATTLE—12 1 2 Holstein Cows. 6 yr. old. bred. 5 gal. cows; 2 Holstein cows. 8 yr. old. bred. 5 gal. cows; 8 good Holstein Helfers, from good productive . stock. The Grandsire of these heifers weighs 2400. and is owned by ’ Jacob Swartz of near Berne. Holstein Bull, 6 months old. I 12 SHEEP—Ages running from Ito 4 yrs. old. In good shape. I 10 HOGS—Mixed breed, weighing 50 lbs each. Good feeders. I POULTRY Three dozen hens, mixed breed. IMPLEMENTS AND TOOLS Fordson tractor and plows: other farm machinery such as plows, disks, harrows, cultivators and hay tools; good Turnbull wagon with good grain bed; 3 sets of harness. Numerous other articles. I HOUSEHOLD GOODS l One good Home Comfort range: 2 heating stoves; chairs; tables; 2 beds; good DeLaval Jr. Cream Separator. Numerous other articles. I E. E. EHRSAM L. W. Suman and J. L. Fisher—Auctioneers. Sherman Archer —Clerk. i Lunch will be served by the Ladies Aid of the Pleasant Mills M. E. Church.

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| morning at 4:06 o'clock. The baby weighed eight pounds, nine and one I half ounces. This is the fifteenth child in the family. Mr. and Mrs. John Kintz of route 2, Decautr arc the parents of a i baby daughter, born Saturday after- ’ noon at 12:40 o'clock, at the Adams i county memorial hospital. The baby ' weighed seven pounds and five ounces. She has been named Dolores Catherine. o U. S. Navy Doctor Dies In Shanghai Shanghai, Nov. 16. —<U.R>— Lieut. ' Comdr. John Richard Lynas, 38, United States navy medical corps. I died last night of diphtheria, it was announced today. The funeral will ! be held tomorrow and Lieut. Comdr. Lynas's body will be sent to the United States. He is survived by his widow, of Quinsey Ave., Long Beach. Calif. Lieut. Comdr. Lynas was attached to the Marines. He was a native of Indiana. 0 Free Turkey Wednesday— Dance Sunset.