Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 274, Decatur, Adams County, 19 November 1937 — Page 1

No. 274.

■All MANIS 'tullt BUfiNEO iK THlilW is Jgßied \t Sugar Factory : ;2 5..U01 T'liii K.thH'"'' '" A,I '"" S > ■ n >- a ~f ' ■ 1 ' 1,1 "' " fl ■:,;I• I y. r Is , ■ fl I n|, ' ■*' "' ,l ' l ' ''■ "” ! ’' ■ EH : that ll>“ ■ i: " i ,lliril ,|, '- r '"' "b fellow workmen tlwKi: Übonitory. where his KhesK |( - he < ut from his body. ■Tphysiciihi and .ill am bulum e were KnmoKil After first aid, he was Ken to ■•■ local hospital. ■On kKiac.k all<l shoulder, where ■ejulw "first hit and on his right Kt. whe the boiling fluid flowed Kohls boot tiie outer skin was Kmistltit ely burned away. ■ The ■urns were made more Kers ■ the quantity of lime in Be fl® The linie hs used in the ■rim-sslof purifying. ■Hh fjcoiery. the physician stat■d. depot largely upon the extern ■jveireslof the burns. Boil Conservation I ■( oinmittees Named I Fame: s in Blue Creek township feet at lie Jacobs School Thursday ■retting. L. E. Archbold was in Btargepf the meeting. Officers in ■Blue Creek township, elected to ferreaitlie committee on the 1937 program are: Le- i Rid Ajßlpley. chairman; William Ml PtKvon. vice-chairman; James ■St, ForAian. third member; Hiram ■Wittwer, first alternate; and Raila 1 ■R. Math. second alternate. I Officers elected at the Union meeting held Thursday [at the Schnepp School are: ! Echamerloh, chairman; vichman, vice-chairman; John! ley, third member; Victor fund Herman Geimer, alter- j lomer W. Arnold was in: pf the meeting. r o ar Legion Meeting Monday meeting of the Am«ric»a l-virion will be held at the J®ll»me Monday evening at SOW ■ Seek Trade Agreement I A- An Aid To Peace | Os! I Wafeiiiptun, Nov. 19— (UP) —Ad-I I tstatatritim: leaders today regarded ■ the cfcseij of tlie British governnegotiate a trade agree- ■ meat bi: the United States as one ■ important acts of re- ■ <'entjw.,rs for restoration amt miiin- | tenanfc of world political and ecoI I Secretary of state Cordell Hull considered a trade agreeMeat With Great Britain as neces-' ,a <T to his trade agreement program jor restoration of world poll■~*Aability and the achievement efWblti economic peace and niilirmament. Siw, Cold Spread To Eastern States CMftgo. Nov. 19—(UP)— snow sub normal temperatures. I MBd by a mass of co’d air in the t yjB rt bwest, moved across the 'wrtl central states today and into the south and eastern of the country. H. A. Downs said temMwlircs in the low twenties and I * no W flurries, following a general ! Bfeursday, prevailed in the upLakes region and Ohio g|MPERATURE READINGS EjBIOCRAT THERMOMETER a. m. 28 Wftiii a. m. 28 BP" 29 B®" p. m 29 P- m 28 n®®, - WEATHER gcioudy extrcme sou th, snow ■Ties probable central and Portions tonight and Sat somewhat colder along B® river tonight; continued •Wd Saturday.

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Speaks Sunday l flr JI •*' - BW J*' JsBS ; \ KjRT I® x I I Rev. Richard Fry, of Hammond. < will preach at both morning and i evening services at the Church of the Nazarene Sunday. This will t Ibe the final day of the three 1 weeks' revival and will be rally < day at the church. GOV. TOWNSEND REFUSES CALL: Tells Farm Bureau Spec- t ial Assembly Session Unnecessary i Indianapolis, Nov. 19. — (U.R) — Threat of a special session of the j Indiana general assembly was , averted today after Gov. M. Clif- ■ ford Townsend tol* a delegation , of Indiana farm bureau members ! he would call such a session only for an "unforseen emergency.” , The group of 84 bureau mem- , | bers visited the governor at his , statehouse office late yesterday shortly after delegates to the clos ing session of the three-day.conven-Itlon of the organization passed a ersolution urging Townsend to call | a special sessio not the legislature I to remove from property all cost of administering the social security program. “Your organization came to the last legislature with a definite pro-i gram, some part of which you re | ceived and part of which you did not,” Townsend said. “I do not think a special session should ever be called unless an | emergency arises which could not : have been forseen during the regular session. That .does not apply in this case, I think." Asserting that the recently-or-i ganized governor's tax survey com- ! mission would “relieve the burden on property owners when it report ed to the next regular session,” i Townsend gave the following reasons for his refusal to call the legislature into a special session: 1. The tax survey commission will not be able to complete its ‘ work until shortly before the 1939 legislature. 2. The cost of a special session I would total approximately $2,000 a ! day. 3. The property tax burden and costs of social security were ulsI cussed and decided upon at the! 1937 regular session. 4. The increase in payments to teachers and the lowering of the age limit for old age pension recipients will increase government- . al costs next year and reduce the ■ present $24,000,000 surplus. “When the tax survey commis(CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) CHURCH FORMS i BROTHERHOOD Sylvester Everhart Heads Union Chapel Men's Brotherhood Men of the Union Chapel U. B church, northeast of Decatur, organized a men's brotherhood at the first gnnual father and son banquet, held Thursday evening at, the Decatur high school building, j Sylvester Everhart, teacher in the Central school of this city, was elected president of the brotherhood. Other officers chosen last evening are: Thurman Drew, vicepresident; Robert Workinger, sec-retary-treasurer; John Walters, chorister. I E. M. Webb, superintendent of; the Berne schools, delivered the. principal address, speaking on “Character." Rev. Stacy Shaw.: 'pastor of the church, presided as toastmaster. Special music was, furnished by Gerald Light with cornet solos and Roland Stucky, accordian solos. • A total of 44 men of the church, attended this initial meeting. The banquet was served by the high school’s domestic science class, under the supervision of Miss Mildred Worthman, instructor.

SEN.CONNALLY I ASSAILS CLARK Senate Tempers (’rack In Bitter Outburst On Filibuster Washington, Nov. 19. (U.P>—Senate tempers cracked today in a bitter outburst over the filibuster against the antl-lynching bill. The outburst came as chairman Ellison I). Smith, D„ S. C„ of the senate agriculture committee urged his committee to speed a farm bill to the floor as an aid to the filibuster. Sen. Tom Connally, D„ Tevas, ened the fourth day of debate with field marshall of the filibuster, opa biting attack on Sen. Bennett C. Clark. 1).. Mo., for “using the senate as a sewer.” » Connally protested Clark's action in having photographs of lynched negroes hung on the wall of the senate. The Missouri senator, striking back at Connally, called the Texan to order for making personal remarks concerning another senator. Sen. Key Pittman, D.. Nev., presiding as president pro tempore, upheld Clark and brought Connally's wrath down on the “temporary occupants of the chair." "They've been trying all week to Vboss the senate.” the Texan cried, shaking his finger at Pittman. “Well, they won't boss me.” The tilt ended with the lynching photographs still on the wall. Connally opened the exchange interrupting a speech by Senator Claude Pepper, D., Fla., by asking; “on whose authority these photographs were hung up to make a billboard out of the senate wall." Clark said that it was upon his request and that such illustrations | frequently had been used in the senate in connection with debate. ••Why didn't the senator from Missouri put alongside of the pictures of these foul fiends the photographs of some of their innocent i victims’" Connally shouted. "1 understand.” Clark replied, “how the photographs would cause some embarrassment to the senator because of the course he has I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) SCHOOL PLANS ANNUAL BAZ AAR Fifth Annual Bazaar At St. .Joseph’s School Next Week Plans are complete to ropening the fifth annual children’s bazaar at St. Joseph’s school, Nov. 22 and 23. Rev. Father Joseph Seimetz, pastor, announced today. i Supper will be served each evening, beginning at 5:30 o’clock, by the women of the parish. Th} prices are 35 cents for adults, 20 cents for i children. Attractive booths have been arranged in the large auditorium of j the building and the children hope to keep their friends and patrons 1 interested. The bazaar will open Monday evening, following the supper hour, and many valuable pieces of merchandise will be offered for sale. The proceeds from the fall festival will be used in retiring the school bond debt. This is the fifth year that, the children have sponsored the bazaar, assisted by the Sisters of St. Agnes. The nubile is ‘cordially invited. Leo Ehinger Is Unhurt In Wreck Leo "Dutch” Ehinger, of this city, state parole officer, was uninjured when his automobile turned over twice in an automobile accident on state road 24 a half mile east of Wabash. The accident occurred when a car driven by William Gamm, of Harrisburg, Illinois, passed another automobile and pulled back too far, going off the edge of the ; berm. Mr. Gamm swung his car back sharply past the center of the : road, striking the automobile driven by Mr. Ehinger, knocking it into the ditch, where it turned over twice, coming to rest on its side. The car is believed badly damaged, i Mr. Ehinger sustained a slight cut ion his right ankle. Six Persons Are Burned To Death Fort Collins, Colo., Nov. 19.—<U.R> :—Six persons were burned to death in their sleep early today when fire razed the home of Thomas Cebes, 68. Those who died In addition to Cebes, were his wife Sarah, 4, their daughter, Mrs. Benny Ortiz. 38, and Mrs. Ortiz, three children, Carmel, 14, Sarah, 11, and Henry, 9,

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Decatur, Indiana. Friday, November 19, 1937.

Predicted Death | o Y'ii w * ’> ■SatdßMi?'* ' ” t Cedric Adams, a Minneapolis t newspaper columnist, who on No-1 vember‘9th. predicted in his col- f umn the murder of a "prominent c i Minneapolis labor leader.” He de-j < dared, however, that Corcoran was < not the labor leader to whom he i referred. i RICHARD GAUVEY i PLEADS GUILTY i Young Van Wert Man Pleads Guilty To Grand Larceny ■ I Richard Gauvey, 23, of Van Wert , Ohio, plead guilty to a charge of grand larceny when arraigned before Judge Huber M. DeVoss short- j. ly before noon today. | Gauvey, who has been employed 1 , at a local grocery, was indicted by the Adams county grand jury in session yesterday, following his arrest Wednesday morning. He was charged with stealing ssl . from the pocket book of John Bark- ( ley, who roomed in the same home, | . Tuesday night. Judge DeVoss took the case un- ■ der advisement before pronouncing ; i sentence. He has been held in the ’ i local jail since Wednesday morn- ] !ing.sand was returned there follow-! ing the arraignment. o Wren Man Arrested I For Intoxication Protesting that “I ain’t got no name” and insisting that "this is t my car." Tony Mitch, of Wren. Ohio, was arrested last night by I Policeman Roy Chilcote in an auto . on Second street. The car belonged ; to a local resident. I (Ihar.il -s of public intoxication ' j were to be filed against Mitch II this afternoon, Officer Chilcote stat- • ! ed. He was to be arraigned in jue- ! tice of peace court late this after- ■; noon. 0 Frank Cook Injured In Fall Thursday t 1 Frank Cook, of Third street, suf-! ' sered an injury last evening when | ; ! he slipped on the ice at the Pennsylvania railroad station. ’ He struck his stomach against > ! the fender of his car when he fell. - He was confined to his home today. | — o MRS. LEWIS TO i ADDRESS CLUB Indianapolis Woman To : Address Democratic Woman’s Club I Mrs Olive Belden Lews, of Ind- ’ ianapolis, will be the principal ' speaker at the dinner meeting of C ! the Adams county Democratic wo- ! man’s club, which will be held in 1 Berne December 2. Mrs. Rena Zehr, general chair- ' j man of the event, announced the c speaker and stated that the meeting ': will be held above the Swiss case in I that town. ’ The dinner will be served at 6:30 ' o'clock and the meeting will be held ’ immediately following. ** Various committees to ai range • for the event have been selected ■ from the Democratic women of 1 Berne. Mrs. Lewis is wide’y known in the state for her speaking and has addressed audiences in Adams ! county on previous occasions. I The ticket committee for Decaj tur was also announced today. H Chairmen in charge of the ticket i sale here are Mrs. Ada Martin and i ! Miss Mary McKean. s Assisting the chairmen will be Mrs. John H. Heller, Miss Betty ) Macklin, Mrs. Lawrence Green, • Mrs. G. Remy Bierly, Mrs. Burl . Johnson and Mrs. Leigh Bowen. , Tickets may be secured from J any member of the committee for 150 cents each.

GUNBOAT AIDS , IN EVACUATION Speed Evacuation* Os Foreigners From Chinese Capital Shanghai, Nov. 19.—<U.R> — The United States gunboat Luzon arrived at Nanking today after a full-steam race from Hankow to embark American Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson and his staff. Johnson, like other diplomats, in- 1 tends to leave the capital and move up the Yangtze river to Hankow, j where the government is to establish emergency headquarters in view of the danger of a Japanese thrust at the capital. • It was arranged that two secretaries should remain in charge of the embassy at Nanking. The government delayed its formal announcement of its evacuation, but the evacuation was speeded daily. Thousands of civilians crowded the waterfront and the railroad stations In the mud and rain. To insure continuity of work, the government ordered a few ministers and officials to remain at Nan- j king for the present. At the request of foreign missionaries, Ambassador Johnson | communicated to Japanese author-! ities regarding a refugee campl which has been established near! Soochow, next objective of the Japanese drive westward from Shanghai. It was understood that he asked the Japanese to issue orders that safety of refugees should be assured. For the third day rain grounded Japanese airplanes. But on the | ground, slithering through the mud west of Shanghai. Japanese troops ■continued their relentless drive on the disorganized Chinese army. A Japanese army spokesman announced that at dawn today the Japanese occupied Changshu and l completed their smashing of the , Fushan-Changshu line of defense : extending from the Yangtze river I bank southward toward Soochow. At the same time, the spokesman said. Japanese stormed and took Yushan, northwest of Changshu,, i and Mocheng, southwest. ROOSEVELT MAY CANCEL VISIT Illness May Cause Cancellation Os Trip To Warm Springs Washington. Nov. 19 — (U.R) — President Roosevelt may cancel [ his scheduled trip to Warm Springs. Ga„ next week because of his illness resulting from an infected tooth and intestinal upset, White House aides said today. A decision on the trip, they said, was up to Dr. Ross T. McIntire. the president’s personal physician. .Mr. Roosevelt remained in his White House quarters today, on Mclntire’s advice, for the fourth successive day. “Everything is satisfactory." Mc- ' Intire said regarding Mr. Roosevelt's recuperation from the twin ailments. “I'm just not taking I any chances with him.” Aides said that the president’s plans to spend Thanksgiving; morning in Gainesville, Ga., and I eat his holiday dinner at Warm | j Springs, Ga.. were "tentative” because of his illness. “Dr. Mclntire.” the White House said, “will decide next week wheth- , er it is advisable for the president to make the trip.” Mclntire examined the president this morning and then reported to newspaper men: "Everything is satisfactory with the president's condition. He is getting along fine. “He has quite a little swelling in his jaw where the lower molar | was extracted. His intestinal upset has completely passed." Mclntire said the president has "practically no temperature, four tenths of a degree.” He explained i it would take “two or three days" for the abscess infection to drain entirely from where the tooth was extracted. Dr. Mclntire said he advised the ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Franklin College Head Files Suit Franklin, Ind., Nov. 29 —(UP) | . Dr. William Bear Spencer, president of Frajtklin College, today had on file a suit asking SIOO,OOO damages from the Pennsylvania rall- ' road company for loss of an arm , and leg suffered by hie son, Lewis j 12. last August. Dr. Spencer charges | the railroad with negligence. Young Spencer rode his bicycle into the path of a freight train at a downtown crossing and fell beneath. I

JOSEPH ZEHR IS VICTIM OF I HEART ATTACK Prominent Hartford Township Farmer Found Dead Today Joseph Zehr, 65, prominent Hartford township farmer, and president of the Economy Printing company of Berne, was found dead in the cow stable at his home, four miles southwest of Berne, at 1 8:30 o’clock this morning. Mr. Zehr's lifeless body was | found by William Vance, a neighbor. The latter was out hunting and in passing the Zehr farm, walked into the barn, where he found the victim. Robert Zwick, coroner of Adams I county, was called and pronounced death due to angina pectoris. The coroner stated Mr. Zehr had been dead for more than 24 hours. Mr. Zehr lived with his sister, Mrs. Jacob D Augsburger, but she has been visiting in Fort Wayne : for several days. The deceased had served as president of the Economy Printing | company since its founding in , i 1924. Mr. Zehr was born in Hartford I township, July 12, 1872, a son of John and Mary Zehr. He was married in early life to Miss Mary Luginhill, who died December ~ 1923. Surviving are two sons, Arthur and Preston Zehr, both of Berne; and the sister, with whom he lived. Funeral services will be held at she home at 1:30 p. m. Sunday and at 2 o'clock at the Berne Missionary church, of which the deceased was a member. Burial will be j made in the M. R. E. cemetery, near Berne. o - Former School Head Undergoes Operation Edward S. Christen, former counIty superintendent of schools here, was admitted to the Adams county memorial hospital Thursday even-, ing where he underwent an emer- ! gcncy operation. I Mr. Christen became suddenly ■ I ill yesterday and his condition was considered serious. He was suffering from strangulated hernia. Ac- ■ cording to a late report this afternoon he was some better. o Junior C. Os C. To Meet Tonight A decision will be made this eve|ning at a special meeting of the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce on whether a Thanksgiving dance will be held. The meeting will beheld in the city hall at 7 o’clock. All j members are asked to attend. o Joseph Johns Taken From Hospital Today Joseph Johns, who has been a patient at the Adams county me-; mortal hospital for the past month. | was taken to his home, ,422 Adams street, this morning. Hie condition is reported as greatly improved. . o YOUNG FARMER IS GIVEN LIFE Farmer Sentenced To Life For Killing Wife, Father-In-Law Mount Vernon, Ind., Nov. 19. — i(U,R>— Paul E. Williams, 26. today began a life sentence in Michigan City state prison for the wanton slaying October 18 of his wife and father-in-law. The young farmer pleaded guilty before Posey Circuit Judge Herdis F. Clements, who passed sentence immediately. Judge Clements told Williams he would have been sentenced to die in the electric chair except for an appeal for mercy from his widowed mother-in-law, Mrs. Richard Ashworth, who was wounded at the same time her husband and daughter were slain. Mrs- Ashworth made her plea | through an attorney from a hos- | pltal bed where she is recovering : from her wounds. She said there has been enough blood shed in the family. Williams went on his murderous spree the night after his wife had j filed suit for divorce, charging cruel and inhuman treatment. She took their two small children and went to live with her parents. Williams took a gun, went to the Ashworth home and peered in (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

Maynard Brewster Given Life Term In State Prison

Faces Life Term * v r * Maynard Brewster, convicted by | 1 a jury in the Allen circuit court ! late Thursday afternoon, faces a life term under Indiana's habitual i criminal law. Brewster had previously confessed to looting the Reed elevator in this city. ROTARY GROUP MEETING HELD Rotarians Os Group Two Hold District Meeting Here Decatur Rotarians were hosts Thursday evening to approximatejly 125 members of other Rotary - clubs, in one of the finest district meetings ever held in group two. Despite hazardous riving conditions, the attendance was only ! slightly below the expected attendj anee. Paul V. Barrett, personnel director of the Ohio Oil Co.. Findlay. Ohio, delivered a powerful address on “A Sense of Destiny.” The group meeting opened late Thursday afternoon at the Masonic temple, with the presidents and secretaries of the various clubs holding a conference with Paul Chalfant, Columbia City, group two representative. This conference was followed by a turkey banquet, served by the ladies of the Eastern Star. Special music was provided by the Misses Helen and Louise Haubold, and Paul Saurer. i Walter Gard, president of the Decatur Rotary dub. opened the 'meeting with a brief address eff ■ welcome. The club leader then presented Carl C. Pumphrey, who presided as toastmaster. Mr. Pumphrey first introduced Mr. Chalfant, who thanked the DeI catur club for the splendid hospitality. The group representative ithen read a letter from Dr. A. Ellijston (King) Cole, Bloomington. I governor of Indiana Rotary, in which the governor of IndianauL ’which the governor extended greet- ’ ings to the group meeting. I The toastmaster next introduced (Arthur Sapp, Huntington, past governor of Indiana, and a former president of Rotary International. Mr. Sapp told of his many delightful experiences in his many years , as a Rotarian, telling particularly iof his many trips to the Decatur | club. Ray Willis, Angola, past gover'nor of Indiana Rotary, was also called upon to speak briefly. Mr. ' Pumphrey then introduced Arthur i R. Holthouse, mayor of Decatur, i who extended the welcome of the I city to the visiting Rotarians. Barrett Speaks ’ Paul V. Barrett, personnel exi pert, was then introduced. Elabori ating on his theme, “A Sense of Destiny,” the speaker said, "we ) need to re-arouse a sense of Am- > erican destiny.” 1 This country’s governmental ' leaders the speaker said, have for I — — > ’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) o G. E. Night Force 1 To Banquet Tonight ' The night force at the General ’ Electric company will enjoy a tur- ’ key dinner in the G. E. club rooms ' tonight following work. The dinner j will be served after 12 o’clock. ’ About 100 1 employes will enjoy the ’ banquet and nine turkeys will be ■ prepared in the model electric kit1. chen in connection with the club I rooms. ’j The Gecode club enjoyed its an- .! nual Thanksgiving party WednesI day night in the club rooms.

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Sentence Passed Today After Guilty Verdict By Allen Circuit Court Jury Finding. IMPLICATED HERE Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 19—(UP) Maynard Brewster, 32. Fort Wayne today was sentenced to life imprisonment in Allen county circuit court by judge Harry H. Hilgemann. The charge was that of being an habitual criminal, following four convictions during the last 11 years. On the first count of the affidavit ! which included the habitual c riminal charge Brewster was found quilty of second degree burglary and sentenced to 2 to 5 years. He was fined SSO and costs in addition. I It was the second time that a man ■ had been given a life term on such a charge in Allen county. The other time was 16 years ago. Brewster was nervous and appeared shaken -by the heavy sentence, though it was inevitable after a jury found him guilty last night. A jury’s finding of guilty under the Indiana habitual criminal law, enacted in 1907, renders a life sentence mandatory. The jury of 12 men which heard Brewster’s case yesterday made a recommendation for mercy but under the statute the court cah show no leniency. After six ba'lots the jury finally found him guilty of the second de- | gree burglary for the theft of more than S3OO from the safe of the Hires parts service company here September 10. He was arrested Sept. 17 by City police. The jury further found that the defendant had formerly twice been convicted, sentenced and imprisoned as charged in the joint second degree burg-lary-habitual criminal affidavit. Byron Novitsky, attorney for the poor, said if it was possible to raise ' the money required, he would tile an appeal, but added this was verv improbable. Brewster had exactly two cents when arested Sept. 17. He was said to have come from Decatur originally. In Trouble Here A description of the criminal life of Maynard Brewster, gathered fiom the records of the county clerk today showed hint to be a “miniature'' Al Brady or John Dillinger. A check up of his activities in Adams county reveals a long series of misdemeanors and felonies for the dark-haired 32-year old Fort Wayne man. Brewster, "the bad boy” of thia section of Indiana, first started his life of crime in February 1926, when he was fined $192 in Adams circuit court on a charge of issuing a fraudulent check. On March 11, 1926 he was charged with issuing a fraudulent check tor $5 forging the name of Albert Beineke of Belueke and Son. The charge was dismissed for lack of prosecution. On May 19, 1926 he was charged with forging the name of Hel'er to a $5 check and giving it to Owen Davis, now deceased. Two charges, one of issuing a forged check and another of forgery were filed against him. Poth were dismissed since he was in prison under conviction from Wells county for petit larceny. On July 25. 1934 he was fined a ( total of $23 in Adams circuit court on a charge of petit larceny. On August 16, 1934 he was fined $1 and given a six-months sentence ’ at the penal farm tor petit larceny, ’ the sentence also being given in. ; Adams circuit court. In 1935 a series of robberies, safe5 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o —- LOCAL LADIES ; i ARE OFFICERS Two Decatur Women Selected By Tri-County Pythian Sisters Two Decatur ladies were named t to offices of the tri-county Pythian Sisters association, in the meeting 1 held Wednesday at Tocsin. Mrs. Thelma Johnson, of thia J city, was named secretary of the r organization and Mrs. Alice Chris- • ten, also of Decatur, was selected s treasurer. 3 Mrs. Anna Elzey of Ossian, was - selected president and Mrs. Inea ) Gresley, of Tocsin, vice-president. Members from Adams, Wells and - Blackford county Pythian Sister ori- ders attended the sessions, held in the Tocsin lodge rooms.