Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 281, Decatur, Adams County, 29 November 1937 — Page 1

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. |r FUELLING fits OWN LIFE Hsomnicht Kjl'o tt n>hil> Farmer twits Suicide Satur- ; fi ■>„rv< l'n ::V l1 ”"’ " ,W " ‘(■jT, n < l<>< kby <.|> in tb" < his home. |.T i '" l '’"" lb'b.-rl . i ''libixide poisoning. It is believ- j h: KZX i" v «os Hi" can;i ":.>uuli Mr. Fuelling . Jp ? ‘ b."" bad uny sei .... til.. ■ ofW b . "."I . Edwin Fuelling. EevKhiu at the St. Peter's KhMtf sell""! anti returned ;> u'llock Eylufe, . " Coroner Zwick , Etna* Mr- Fuelling had been and Kn th| body was found. K e 1 a t' l ' h' l '" l " r >•“’ st - IM ' K LutF ran church. ■n/X b"rii hi Root township. "Ke* !■ 18991 ,lle son of J ' ,l ’ ■•Wil " helmina Fruecktenichtfig are the following brothsisters: Mrs. Emma Melpt township; Mart. Allen Edwin J.. Root township; I, Fort Wayne and Mrs. terger. Allen county, j funeral services will be iday afternoon at 2 o'clock lek funeral hqme, with the H. Dornseif, pastor of the r’s Lutheran church, offi-j Burial will be made in Lmd Trespasser |HK IMea't'd On Bond ■l ira* by State Patrolman Burl ■otinsor. on a charge of malicious been released on ■rad. atil he is tried. pie; lift'd guilty (■■■■s nt ■ min-' fem e.-, on two i make an ingenious rabbit tolo COMPANY -1 0EFIES STRIKE I . Kt louis Plant Resumes I 0| erations Despite | Strike Istt'Mlis. Nov. 29— (U.R) Til" ■ord blnter company assembly resumed operations -’’■merit Workers re-entered the ’■cspitl a strike called by the Automobile Workers of automobiles through ■ferinl group of 300 pickets. ts, members of the ■ Av. a . an affiliate of the .■fommitee for industrial organizad no resistance to th" going into the plant. M. ■ 8 Maison, superintendent of 111" ■iTint.ltold police that two Ford were beaten by the plant just be■br* a opened at 7 a. m. of men attacked the ■ ' AL*'*' l,f ' a, ' nK Floyd Atwell Ashburn, plant overturned the machine the two severely, he said. ■Botlijk.,, taken to a hospital. At cut about the head. I Jota-on said 592 men were at B°tS' ' lpßs ,han arp nor ‘ at this season, last workman had enter-five-story building pickets leaving only a few stanear entrances. Km policemen maintained |.' <r ' uniou official reported worker was carrying a halted the automobile li the worker was said to I e Jß'iig. but a search revealed | not Vfi 0,1,1 Garst, international of the union, had exabout 400 pickets at th" morning. Asked if union feared violence, he ( | ay aa fai . strikers are I ‘ j| W(| n't be unless the I ,12w' r| NUET> ON PAGE THREE) | fiiP i

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Additional Red Cross Report Is Announced — A total of $1,141.23 has been reported In the annual Red Cross toll call drive, which ended here I 'I hanksgiving Day. The ’atest report disclosed that a I (otal of $933 has been turned in from the six northern townships in- ! eluding Decatur and Monroe. In Berne S2OB hats been collected i in the drive. No report has been j sent in from Geneva. The total in j Union township is $73.75, a report i shows. SEAL SALE TO I START DEG. 1 Sale Os Christmas Seals To Be Started Here Wednesday The annual sale of Christmas ’ Seals will open here on December 1, W. Guy Brown, president of the Adams county tuberculosis association. sale sponsors, announced today. A force of girls has been busily ] engaged at the high school the past l few days in preparing the seals for mailing. Seals will be mailed to all indi-' viduals. organiations and firms in the city and county. Mr. Brown stated. In the reural districts lhe seals will be distributed through the 1 schools and teachers. Boy Scouts have distributed posters and other advertising matter through the 1 city. Health bonds will also be offered for sale to firms and business houses of the city, Mr. Brown stated. Money raised from the sale of the seals is to be used for the assistance of tuberculosis patients, milk in the schools, free clinics and health education program in the schools. Officers of the county association are: Mr. Brown, president; Mrs. E. M. Webb, of Berne, vicepresident and Dr. Roy Archbold, secretary-treasurer. The seals this year are especially attractive. Seasons greetings and the picture of "the town crier are emblazoned on the front of I the seals. Members of the organization urge the use of the seals by placing them on envelopes. I packages and other parcels to be mailed during the Christmas seas1 on. Word has been received from the executive state secretary that the local association has been awarded a class A rating for its . work in promoting the sale of the | ! seals and carrying on the antituberculosis program. o Local Lions To Marion Tonight A delegation of members from the Decatur Lions club plan to go to Marion tonight to hear an address by Willis Van DeVanter. former justice of the United States supreme court. | The address is sponsored by the Marion Lions c’uh. An invitation has also been extended to members of the Adams county bar association to attend. .______ _o — Junior C. Os C. To Meet Tonight The Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold a meeting tills evening at 7:30 o'clock in the city hall to make final plans .or the Christmas party it is sponsoring for the children of Adams county here next Monday evening. All ! members are urged to attend. MOOSE MEMBERS TO FORT WAYNE Members Os Local Lodge To Attend Meeting Tuesday Members of the Adams lodge 1311 Loyal Order of Moose will go to I Fort Wayne Tuesday night to take , part in a meeting at Fort lodge ‘’oo, it was announced todaj I’ No meeting will be held at the local lodge thie week to ' I bers the opportunity of attending , the Fort Wayne meet. William A. Anderson, of India napolis. general dictator of the su preme Moose lodge, will at,cn(l ' meeting and speak to the member . A o'ass of approximately candt dates will ‘be initiated, with the Fort Wayne degree staff exemp i fying the ritualitic ceremonies. ■ The meeting which will also be attended by deJegations from other | | Moose lodges in this vici >• [open at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening.

ITALY OPENLY ' APPROVES JAP - Il MOVE ON CHINA: Recognizes Manchukuo; [ ‘‘Second Hindenburg , Line” Is Broken Rome, Nov. 29 (U.R) -Italy to- I day became the third nation to | recognize the independence and sovereignty of Manchukuo. the nation Japan carved out of the former Chinese province of Man-1 1 ehuria. The other two were Japan herself and San Salvador. The unexpected action followed j by only a few weeks Italy's adher- | mice to the anti-communism pact of Japan and Germany. Though it has often been reported as imminent. German recognition of | 1 Manchukuo has never been forth- j coming. i Tile recognition was considered t here to be definite confirmation i that Italy openly approves of the | present Japanese course in China. , Japanese Advance Shanghai, Nov. 29 (U.R) The , l Chinese "second Hindenburg line," last important barrier in the path | . of the Japanese advance on Nan-i , | king, was broken today. , A Japanese army spokesman , : asserted that the advance forces i had occupied Wutsin In the drive which brought the Japanese more l than half-way from Shanghai to . Nanking. i He added that an attack on Kiangyin, where strong Chinese forts are located, would he started soon. Airplanes bombed the forts, he said, and declared that they would not lie able to hold out long. The last vestige of the Chinese j defenses, running from Kiangyin to Wusih, would vanish with the occupation of Kiangyin, he declared. Few fortifications remain between Nanking's outer defenses I and Kiangyin. a distance of ap-j proximately 70 miles. Wutsin was subjected to a ter-1, I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ‘ WOMAN'S CLUB MEET AT BERNE Democratic Wo m a n’s Club To Meet At Berne Thursday Members of the Adams County ■ Democratic Woman s club are an- ■ i ticipating the opening fall meet- j ! ing of the organization on Thurs- i day evening, December 2. at Berne. Mrs. Olive Beldon Lewis of Indianapolis, a member of the state '• Democratic speakers’ bureau and one of the talented women orators " of the state, will be the speaker, j The meeting will be held in the i i Chamber of Commerce room in l Berne at 6:30 o’clock. Dinner will 1 be served, followed by the pro- i h gram. Mrs. Arthur Zehr, postmaster of Berne, is the chairman of the meet- I ing The event marks the open-] ing’ of the fall and winter season | of the Democratic club and a large 1 attendance is expected. Mrs. Lewis, who spoke here a year ago, will have for her sub-" ' j ec t, “Our foreign relations under] 1 President Roosevelt." Due to the' troubled conditions in European ' countries and the war in China, her subject is of unusual interest. Tickets for the dinner can bei obtained from Mrs. Ada Martin or Miss Mary McKean at the city hal . Reservations should be in by Wednesday noon. The organiation will open its an- ( nual membership campaign with the Thursday meeting and those i wishing to renew membership or, join the club may do so by paying the annual dues of 25 cents. Decatur Woman Named Estate Administratrix Mrs Verena Myer, of this city, | qualified as administratrix of. the ( estate of her husband, Henry Myer. ; deceased, superior court No. . at Fort Wayne Saturday. | The hueband died November 29. 1936 in Fort Wayne, leaving property, according to the court report. The estate was opened for the I purpose of prosecuting a claim for a wrongful death. In addition to the . widow, the heirs include a daughter, Marjorie and a son. Gerald Myer, both of Decatur. . Knights Os Columbus Will Meet Tonight There will be a special meeting I of the Knighte of Columbus tonight n at 8 o’clock in the K. of C. hall. I All members are urged to be pre-1 sent.

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Decatur, Indiana’ Monday, November 29, 1937.

Commissioners To Name New Jurors The Adams county jury commissioners win meet Wednesday morning to make three replacements on Hie Adams circuit court petit Jury lor the November term. It wae found that in the original i. anel, drawn by the commissioners, that Sarah Belle Miller was dead. Chalmer Brodbeck, of Union township, and Emma Gt rke, of Root township, were excused this morning by Judge Huber M. DeVoss. ROOSEVELT ON FLORIDA TRIP President Arrives At Miami Today For Vacation Trip Miami. Fla , Nov 29 (U.R) President Roosevelt arrived here at 7:45 a. m. (CST) today aboard his special train. He will board the presidential yacht Potomac for a vacation in waters off the Florida coast Robert H. Jackson, chief of the antitrust division of the department of justice, is accompanying Mr Roosevelt on his cruise. In several train conferences, Jackson explained what had been done to enforce the anti-trust laws and offered recommendations for future legislation. Several weeks ago Mr. Roosevelt ordered an inquiry into living costs by the federal trade commission to determine whether monopolies and undesirable trade practices were to blame for rising prices. The president, Jackson, secretary of the interior Harold L. Ickes. Harry Hopkins, WPA administrator: Janies Roosevelt, Col. Edwin M. Watson, white house (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O Children’s Bazaar Profit Is Reported Rev. Father Joseph Seimetz, pas tor of St. Mary's Catholic church, announced yesterday that the children's bazaar and festival held at the Catholic school auditorium leet week cleared $1,212.Ud. The net proceeds exceeded the 1936 total ;by more than $29, Father Seimetz stated. Each year the children of St. Joseph school sponsor a fall festival. the proceeds being used for the school. Father Seimetz expressed j his appreciation to the public and to all who helped make the festival a success. o $2,500 Damage Suit Venued From Jay Co. A suit to collect $2,500 damages. ! brought by Rolland Jackson against Wilmer Wood, has been venued to the Adams circuit court from Jay county. Damages are asked for a truck accident A.pril 6. 1937, three miles southwest of Portland. Jt is alleged that the truck driven by the defendant entered an intersection at a rate lof speed of approximately 60 miles per hour, striking the truck driven | by the plaintiff which it is claimed was moving at 10 miles an hour. The plaintiff alleges that lie sustained a fractured left collar bone, bruised and sprained shoulders, a I concussion of the brain and a laceration to his forehead. He claim:ed he sustained some permanent injuries, including impaired vision of an eye. He asks for reimbursements for his medical bills and for the time .'ost.

Santa To Present Circus Show On Appearance Here Dec. 6

RADIOGRAM "Dear Friends: “Here's good news. Klondike Slim, famous Alaskan sleigh driver, has hecepted an invitation to aeeompany me on my trip to Decatur on December 6 and with !Yim | will come his pack of trained per-' forming wolves, which he also drives to a sled. Slim is a great l fellow and has the most wonderful and finest wolves you ever saw. Don’t fail to be in town and see Slim and his big domesticated wolves. "Your friend, “SANTA CLAUS.” The Junior Chamber of Commerce today received another special airmail letter following the radiogram from Santa Claus in which he gave some of the details of his visit to Decatur Monday evening, December 6. Santa Claus expects to arrive in Decatur promptly at 7 o’clock and will be escorted to the business district by many of his animals and friends from Toyland. As a special favor to the children of Decatur and Adams county, |

REPORTS SOME PROGRESS MADE TO END STRIKE Police Probe Reports Os Violence In Bus Drivers Strike Cleveland, Nov. 29 — (U.R) — Federal labor conciliator John L Conner summoned representatives of Hie Greyhound Ims lines and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen to a third ‘‘peace” conference to-1 day. while police investigated re ] ports of violence and one kidnaping in scattered sections of lhe 16state strike area. Although neither side had changed its position on the chief Issues the bus drivers’ demands for higher wages and a closed shop Conner appeared optimistic and said "some progress" had been made toward settlement. The joint conferences, at which T. J. McGrath, general counsel, represented the union, and Ivan Bowen, counsel, spoke for the nine Greyhound companies involved, began Saturday evening and con-! tinned for more than 1(1 hours yesterday. Police in Pittsburgh questioned 20 men in connection with the kidnaping of Wilbur Glassbrenner, non-striking driver, who reported that he was seized as he started to board his bus at the Fort Wayne railroad station for New York City. Glassbrenner said that four men took him by automobile to temporary headquarters of the union about two miles from the station, by 20 men whose leaders tried to There, he said, he was confronted persuade him to join the union. When he refused, after several hours, he was released unharmed, he said Pittsburgh detectives raided the . headquarters, found 20 men there ' and took them to central police] station. Two buses were stoned as they (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) STUDENTS PLAN FOR OBSERVANCE Passage Os Ordinance Os 1787 To Be Observed Friday Students and faculty of the Decatur high school will commemorate the passage of the ordinance of 1787 and the establishment of ’ the old northwest territory in a special program at the school Friday morning. Dan Holthouse. senior, will be the principal speaker at the event I and will address the students on j I ordinance and founding of the ter-; ritory. A special invitation has been I extended to all patrons of the : j school and interested persons to hear the address. I The program will start at 8:15 1 o’clock Friday morning, time of the regular weekly chapel pro-. gram. Explanatory literature and pam-1 phlets will be distributed to those ■ in attendance at the event, includ- i ing a map and copy of the ordin- ■ ance of 1787. The celebration here is a part of a nation-wide commemoration | launched by government officials, community commissions, committees, organizations and clubs.

Santa Claus is going to give a real I show, using circus animals. This I is going to be free and will be presented out of doors shortly after his arrival in order that the smaller children, who will come to see him, may get home early. Santa Claus was informed by , the Junior Chamber of Commerce ,that the progressive Decatur merchants have already displayed stock direct from Santa's own warehouse. Santa answered, urging young and old to inspect the Christmas stock of gifts and toys already in order that he may be j sure that he will have plenty on I hand. Santa Claus will personally take orders from all children, during his visit here, for presents to be delivered Christmas. He especially urged the children to pick out their presents this week in order that i he may have a complete list. In his airmail letter today, Santa Claus said: “Dear Friends; “I am glad that the children of Decatur will be able to see KlonI (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 1

Administration Moves To Fight Business Recession; Roosevelt Submits Housing Proposals

CHAIRMEN TO HOLD MEETING Soil Conservation Township Heads To Meet Wednesday Homer W. Arnold, president of i the Adams county soil conservation program, i»«asking that all of the newly elected township chairmen on the SCDA program meet lln the county agent's office promptly at 8:30 a m . Wednesday. | At that time the new county setup will be made; that is. county chairman, vice-chairman, control j committee and possibly secretarytreasurer will be elected. By virtue of being township chairmen, I these men are also the county board of directors At 9:30 Mr. Arnold states all ] duly elected committeemen and .alternates are asked to meet in the office of the Central Sugar i company. Through the courtesy | of the officials of the sugar company. the committee room is being made available for this meeting. A. N. Nichter, extension field agent, will instruct the committee in the use of the appraisal forms to be used in the 1938 program In the afternoon the committeemen will be taken to a nearby farm to receive further training in the appraisal work. The newly elected committeemen are as follows: (The first named man in each township is I the chairman in the township). Preble — August 11. Gallmeyer, Adolph C. Stoppenhagen. Rudolph i H. Buuck. William Buuck, Theo- ) dore Ostermeyer. Root — Winfred L. Gerke, Clifford Mann. Lawrence Beckmeyer. I Henry Aiimann. Philip Strahm. Union — Adolph Schamerloh. John W. Blakey, Victor L. Ulman. Victor Bleeke. Herman Geimer. Kirkland — Homer W. Arnold. Lester Adler. Otto D. Bieberich, Milton Girod. Franklin Frnechte. Washington — Frank R. Brann, John E. Heimann. Everett R Johnson. Carl O. Barnett. Ben : Eiting. St. Marys—Groce W. Tope. Kfri mit F. Bowen, Glen L. Chronister, ' Harve J. Sells, Henry M. Crownover. French — Henry Meyer, August Schlickman. Martin Kipfer, George Ringger, Daniel V. Bertsch. Monroe — C. W. R. Schwartz, Carl I. Schug, Benjamin I). Mazelin, Dan Habegger. Dan Kaehr. i Blue Creek — Leland A. Ripley, ■ William H. Patterson. James M. Foreman. Hiram Wittwer, Rolla I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O Suit Filed Here For SIOO Damages A suit to collect SIOO damages has been brought by Janies Hile--1 man against the Smith Oil company and Glen Vian. The case arose out of an automo- | bile accident, July 16, 1937 near the (intersection of Wayne and Clay streets in Fort Wayne. The comI plaint alleges that a car driven by I I Mrs. Hileman was struck by a truck driven by Glen Vian, driving for | the Smith Oil company. It is alleged I that damages to the automobile amounted to SIOO. FOGLE FUNERAL IS HELD TODAY — Robert Fogle Dies Suddenly Friday Night Northwest Os Berne i Funeral services for Robert Fogle 74, who died suddenly at the home I of a son, William, northwest of j Berne, were held this afternoon. J He was working in a barn Friday night with his son. when he suddenly slumped over. Coroner Robert Zwick stated that death was caused by angina pectoris. The deceased was born in Mercer county Ohio, March 3ft. 1863 the son of Jacob and Barbara Fogle. He . was married in this city to Maggie , Dines, who preceded him in death. Surviving are four sons, Peter of Yorktown, Ernest of Michigan, Clarence of Fort Wayne, William of Berne and a sister, Mrs. Jane Weaj ver of Coldwater, Ohio. The funeral services were held at the Defenseless Mennonite church and burial was made at MarI ion.

PLAN TO HOLD DAIRY SCHOOL Dairy Management School Will Be Held Here December 16 Information has just been received at the county agent's office that a request for a Dairy Management school, made by Adams county dairymen, has been approved. Through the courtesy of the officers of the Loyal Order of Moose, the meeting will be held in their liall at 222 N. Second street. Decatur, at 1:30 p. m.. Thursday, December 16. E. T. Wallace, Purdue dairyman, will conduct this school in cooperation with the local dairy commit--Ipp. This school is for all dairymen in the county, who are asked to attend this school and feel free to present dairy problems during the discussion period. To Present Corn Leßoy Pifer, who lives onetourtli mile east of Chattanooga. Ohio, is giving the association one-half bushel of lowa Hybrid No. 939 and one peck of Ohio Hybrid W 17, to be used as door prizes at the school. County Agent Archbold is giving the association one farm record book for the same purpose. Mr. Pifer produced hybrid seed on his farm this year and according to the circular put out liy the Ohio Seed Improvement association, the aolive named hybrids are adapted to this area and are of about the same maturity as Woodburn Yellow Dent. These two hybrids are very popular in Ohio. GOVERNOR ASKS SAFETY DRIVE Gov. Townsend Acts As State’s Traffic Toll Mounts Indianapolis, Nov. 29 — Faced with a mounting traffic toll. Governor M. Clifford Townsend sought today to develop an effective coordinated safety program with the help of national authorities “Indiana must take workable and effective means of cutting down the accident rate, and while this program is being developed I call upon al Icitizens to make a pledge to obey safety laws and regulations." the governor said With only two months remaining in the statistical account for | 1937, four Indiana counties have perfect safety records, according to the monthly fatality report released by Don F. Stiver, director of the department of public safety. They are Warrick. Harrison, Switzerland and Brown. For the first ten months of the | year the accident fatality rate is 11.3 per cent above the similar period for last year. Tile total deaths to date tliis year is 1148 and for 1936 was 1017. Os this total, 698 deaths occurred on highways and roads in rural sections, and 450 in cities. In 1936. the ten-month total for rural deaths was 641 and for city deaths was 376. The report shows that October was the most treacherous month , for the motorist. A tutal of 155 lives was taken, 103 in rural accidents and 52 in cities. In 1936. the total was 144; rural deaths, 96. and city deaths, 48. The pedestrian was most in danger in October, also, 43 having met death. This brings the total pedestrian deaths for the first ten months to 305. Passenger car j collisions accounted for the next ) highest classification, with 39 deaths from that cause. The tenmonth total in that group Is 378. o TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m 22 10:00 a. m. 24 Noon .......26 2:00 p. m. 26 3:00 i?. m 27 WEATHER Fair tonight and Tuesday preceded by snow flurles extreme southeast portion tonight; somewhat colder tonight and extreme southeast Tuesday.

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President Recommends Housing Proposal To Aid Business; Lewis Issues Warning. FAVOR PROPOSAL Washington. Nov. 29 (U.R) Tlie administration moved on a broad front today to combat business recession as chairman John L. Lewis of the committee for industrial organization warned the nation was headed for "another economic tailspin." President Roosevelt topped the day's action by sending recommendations to congress for legislation which he hoped might touch off a five-year 12 to 16 billion dollar private construction movement. Developments: Hvuse ways and means subcommittee started drafting its business aid tax revision into a bill. Consideration not expected before regular congressional session although speaker of bouse William B. Bankhead hinted it might come sooner than expected. Both house and senate debated tlie new farm control bill under blunt warning from President Roosevelt that its cost might be held to $500,000,000 for new revenue provided in a drive to balance the 1939 fiscal budget. The interstate commerce commission opened hearing on the | railroad's request for $517,000,000 rate increases. Lewis’ remarks were presented to a utility conference of furniture workers. Warning of the new “economic tailspin" Lewis called on congress to "cease milling around" and give prompt attention to measures to provide workers employment. President William Green of the American federation of labor announced an early press conference to discuss economic conditions. The president's housing proposj als a major feature of this proI gram to halt economic recession and to speed up business activity — drew an encouraging comment from both Democratic and Republican members of congress. Asks Legislation Washington, Nov. 29 — (U.R) —• President Roosevelt called upon congress today to facilitate the multi-billion dollar housing fund through new legislation. Democratic leaders of senate and house prepared immediately to expedite the program. The president's proposal, called for aid to private capital through liberalization of federal housing administration facilities, drew favorable comment from Democratic and Republican congressional leaders. The American federation of labor indicated it would oppose any plan to reduce high hour pay rates for construction workers in exchange for a guaranteed annual wage. Sen. Robert F. Wagner. D.. New' (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Continue Harmon Case To Jan. 3 The jury trial of Burl Harmon, alleged 23-year-old Geneva rapist, which was sheduled to he heard in circuit court today, has been continued to January 3. Harmon has 'been charged with assaulting a 14-year old girl of Geneva. He is out on bond at present. MASONS PLAN PARTY FRIDAY Banquet, Card Party And Dance To Be Held Friday Night Members of the Masonic and Eastern Star lodges will hold a banquet, card party and dance at the local Masonic home on Friday evening, it was announced today. | The affair will be open to members of the two organizations, their families and friends. A potluck banquet will open tho event at 6:15 o'clock, followed by the card party and a program o£ entertainment. A dance, with music by Bob Rice and his orchestra will climax the evening. Mrs. Floyd Acker is chairman for the Eastern Stars and I. Bernstein and C. A. Burdg are the Masonic chairmen. All Masons, Eastern Stars, their families and invited guests have been cordially invited to attend the event.