Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 292, Decatur, Adams County, 11 December 1937 — Page 3

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•— APPOINTED given - l '"' i ' , ' MS "’ .. ' i:iz " M v ""‘ \l - Hrd'H.' Custer, K ItW 1 1 1 "" ■"■'! Mrs F, "- v ' l , VrnA'.><>’ Krettlly '"" ' Kh.Fr> ' i J -'" 1 lownshtj meeting tit I K&So f I ■ n *'' l ' i, ‘ Tliurs Mating hostesses. nt Mm John Floyd ~... K-n t#i K ift - *Kfl» flrzali Club will enjoy a and gift ■it nd3t". ■' ' ■ eight inlmk a' K* Beall:' lll! ' ' l ' ineniliers tire V' ■ Th ? »• ■ -I.'ll nits- ell.ir. Kw-Wy of di'' M. I'l. church will Keet ■Hi'' home of Mrs. R. A. Ktdttjt' ’Jrs-I.iv afternoon at two Sc!oc®H:s. N A. Bixler will be K lead. with the Mesdamee Paul ■E-i-aO I'-' Tyndall, Fred Busche End Flo? i A k--r ns assisting Ims- — »■ Theftlta Theta T..U sorority will Eh>6 ®business meeting at the feome |t Miss Marr K. Leonard evening at seven-thirty fc'itwJt. . .. tubers are requested ■to imfitent. — _■ The ■fa' !' 'lie economi- s I lull , ■sili m4e at the home of Mrs. G Hbayßeth : x.irtli Second str. ■•■’ B'■ rslaMay afternoon at one-thirty < ■ odoekjor 'ln- Christmas patty and 1 ■gift wi.it.m. A ynletide program Khas kM arranged by the commit- i Btee in ch,. -■ Ml m- mbers are lira- I 'B ed t# kt- present. i ( I 9 ~~~ g Thef lr- men's auxiliary will meet J ■ with ■:- Charles Robenold of 1 ■ SouthTeni L street, Tuesday evetio’clock for tin■'party and gift exchange, of officers will also take [ this meeting.

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I B« HARRISON cakkoij. [ Copyright, inn Features Syndicate, tne. I H®A’WOOD—With Franciska I Gaal oid Bing Crosby due to apI pear together in the I ME. ' Pans fb-:.v-I MM9*M moon ■ i'ata I mount fi.i.' i" • I I9K 9 having troubl" | getting tlie .■ J introduce ! I | jl Story goes ICrosby beard " site J BHr sg£ I ’ajca she beard i” Mt ” . didn't like her itTtT —It may nave 9H| Crosb y peen all talk I but, anyway, I ‘ sbe Wed away from visiting his set tjpice they got her as far as th* ysby broadcast, hut she refuse® !o go backstage and meet 1 '®|®boner. ’ a^9? ast ' however ’ a p iece °- strategy was de-Smooth-mannered Cecil B. invited both to his house a ”d |h< future screen lovers met aerate the dinner table. At a gay spot the other midni 6 b t Martha Raye and Ern Westtnore found themselves sitting a f ew tables apart. He is, of course, the brother of Martha’s ex, Buddy jdjlKKire. and here was one Hollymarriage that didn’t crack U P I®, the usual friendly manner. Everyone sat back and waited for fireworks. So what happened ? Jfestmore and Martha got to—and had a very pleasant w — SgHtlrl named Helen Warren, of Ilubwpie. has a dollar bill framed bedroom wall. She *ouidn t sell it for many times its walue. For the dollar was tent her years ago by Joan Craw‘°rd. At Stephens college, the two Iprls Were roommates. One night, Joan 'Wished to have a date but broke. She borrowed Helen warren’s dress, also a dollar to ™ave her dancing shoes repaired. *^®E ess sbe returned immediatethe dollar remained a debt until after Joan had made a hit Joan Blondell’s Christmas preset from Dick Powell will be the ritziest looking sport roadster in gWjlywoc.d. It’s a cut-down job w ith a specially built motor. To k email circle of friends, Will Rogers' family sometimes show his WO pictures. The other night they

f The ZZion Reformed ladies' alt [society will have a pot luck dinnei at the church Wednesday noon ul eleven-thirty o'clock, Families arc welcome. A ten cent Christmas ex change will Um held in the after noon. The Literature Department of the Woman's Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Walter Gard Monday [evening at seven-thirty o'clock. The ' book, "And So Victoria”, by Vaughn . Wilkins will be reviewed. Assisting [hostesses will he Mrs. Charles iTeti.de, Mrs. W. (■'. Smith and Mrs. O. L. Vance. [ The Business and Professional : Women's club enjoy a Christl mas party and dinner at the Rice hotel Wednesday evening at sixthirty o’clock. Miss Mildred Wolfe of Wil'shire. Ohio will entertain with a musical program of ChrlstI mas carols and other nunt'iere. CIVIC SECTION I CHRISTMAS PARTY Thirty-four members of the Civic Section of the Woman s Chib enjoyied the Christmas party Friday evening at the home of Mrs. Ivan Stucky The entertaining rooms wore beautifully decorated in keeping with the yuletide season. A largo lighted Christmas tree beside the fire -place aded to the holiday spirit. | Mine Patsy McConnell sang two solos, "Little Child of Bethlehem'' and "Luther's Cradle Hymn," Miss Eileen Burk spoke on her recent trip abroad and disp'ayed many , beautiful articles such as linens, (leather and basketry. ' Mrs. Stucky and son Ivan played two accordian duets, “Silent Night" and “Cilia Valse Sacile,” A short business meeting was held. Games were played and prizes awarded to Mrs. Lowe.'l Smith and Mrs. Sylvester Everhart. Santa arrived and distributed gifts for everyone. At the close of the evening a lovely luncheon was served at tables centered with red candles in crystal holders. The committee on entertainment included Mrs. David Adams. Mrs. E. S. Scott and Mrs. Richard McConnell; refreshments. Mrs. Walt Johnson. Mrs. M. F. Worthman, Mrs. Martin Zimmerman and Mrs. Floyd Acker. 0 G. E. Workers Meeting Med. 15th, 8 p.m. Room above Green Kettle.

ran oft "The Roping Fool", made by the late comedian in 1919. Now that the first shock of griet is i i over, it is one of their ways ot keeping Will alive in their mem--1 ories. ■ When James Gleason went to ■ San Francisco to make a personal | 1 appearance with "Manhattan ; ! Merry-Go-Round", he was given a > police escort from the train. Or ’ the way to nis hotel the comediar : stopped’ the parade at Powell and 1 Market, jumped out and grabbed ■ all the papers from a news vendor. 1 i into whose hand he thrust ti five 1 dollar bill. The comedian's welcomers may ' have wondered at the incident. ft was a sentimental gesture Thirty years ago Gleason stood on the same corner and sold newspapers. Katharine Hepburn won the I plaudits ot the studio crowd for refusing a double for a 15-foot tumble down a hillside. "I’ve been working with a leopard for a month.” said Kate. | "Why worry about a little thing i like falling down a hill." Os course the leopard used by , R-K-O in "Bringing Up Baby” is a trained one, but the star has worked with it in scenes where the cameraman has been protected by a cage. Sharp shooters are standing by, yet it’s no comfortable feeling. Chatter. . . . Phil Regan is back on the set at Republic: He and Director Johnny Auer made up their row after one afternoon. . . . George Brent cracked two ribs in a spill from a Horse. Warners had to shoot around a scene in which he was supposed to give Bette Davis a big hug. ... To Rochelle —yyMWI Hudson. If you read this, get in i touch with ■£- ‘ Twentieth Cen- H&tury. They have some broadcast s " offers for you. Dolores Del jr Rio’s father, J- J™ H. A s u n s o 1 o, has arrived in Hollywood for ihe holidays. He I—lives in Mexico Dolores Del Rio City. The star's mother lives with her here. . . . And Hugh Herbert tells the story of the Hollywood star wbo mitted a guest list to all those invited to a party. '« you don t ike any of these people, he wrote, -you can stay Home.” Nobody came.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY. DECEMBER 11. 1937.

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Fanny Macy Phones 1000 — 1001 *-—«•■■■ _ Saturday U . Rehearsal and Mission Rand. M . Evangelical Church, 2 p. m. Gecode Club Xmas Party, Recreatiou Hal', 6 p. in. Ever Ready Class, Pancake Sup-rJpc-r. M. E. Church, 5 to 7 p. m, Sunday L. of C. Degree team, K of C. p Hall 1 p. m. p f Monday Tirzah Club Christmas Party, ', Ben Hur Hall, 8 p. m. n Pythian Needle Club Christmas Party, K. of P. Home, 7:30 p m. Literature Department, Mrs. Walter ard, 7:30 p. m. Music Department, Miss Helen Haubold, 7:30 p. m. I Dramatic Department, Mils Dorothy Young, 7:30 p. m. Art Department, Mrs. Adrian Wemhoff, 7:30 p. m. Research Club Christmas Lunchi eon, Mrs. Lloyd Cowens, 1 p. m. Corinthian Class Christmas Party. Mrs. Durphus Drum, 7:30 p. m. Junior Woman's (Tub, Miss Coro-1 lene Townsend, 7:30 p. m. j Tuesday Firemen's Auxiliary Christmas Party. Mrs. Charles Robenold, 7:30' ' p. m. Delta Theta Tau, Miss Mary K. Leonard, 7:30 p, m. Kirkland Indies’ (Tub, Kirkland 1 School, 10:30 a. m. Rebekah Lodge Christmas Party, ’ and l‘ot Luck Supper 1. O. O. F. Hall •1:3 I •:>. m. Root Twp. Home Economics Christmas Party. Mrs. Archie Susdorf, 1:30 p. m. Young Matron's Christmas Party Mrs. Irene Schafer, 5:30 p. m. Loyal Dorcas Christmas Party, Evangelical Church, 6 p. in. Standard Bearer and Missionary Mothers Christmas Party, Miss Zula Porter, 7:30 p. m. Wednesday Business and Professional Women’s Dinner, Rice Hotel, 6:30 p. in. Zion Reformed Ladies’ Aid Pot Luck Dinner, Church, 11:30 a. m. Decatur Home Economics Club Mrs. G. Remy Bierly, 1:30 p, m. Shakespeare Club, Mrs. Daniel Sprang, 2:30 p. m. « Dinner Bridge Club, rs. C. C. Schafer, Fort Wayne, 6:30 p. m. Historical Club Christmas Luncheon, Mrs. Giles V. Porter, 12:30 p. m. Zion Senior Walther League Christmas Party, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kuhn, 7:30 p. m. Thursday Busy ißee Home Economice Club Christmas Party, Mrs. Glen McMillen. all day meeting. Friendship Village Home Econo- . mics Club. Mrs. Ben Tickle. Monroe W. M. S., Mrs, John Floyd, 7 p. m. Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society. Mrs. R. A. Stuckey, 2 p. m. HARRY LESLIE, iCONTINTTEn rwow — •nw here last night. In addition to political affairs, Leslie found time to serve as Purdue University alumni secretary and as managing editor of the PurI due alumnus. — o THOUSANDS OF JAPS irovTiNt’En from p.»r>w nwwi type of gas was used although they indicated, since the drive eonI tinued, it could not have been particularly effective. After Yasuhiko ordered a general advance Japanese artillery units set up heavy guns atop Purple Mountain, a few miles outside the city, and brought every Chinese position in the city and the Yang- [ tze valley under fire. Hundreds of shells crashed into the heart of the city and reportedly demolished many of the Chinese ] barricades. O Judge Fines Himself $2 » Woonsocket, R. I. —i!lkß>—Justice penalized justice when Judge Edward F. Dwyer violated the traffic code. He previously had meted out fines in such cases, but this time he paid $2 for parking on the wrong side of the street. o Toledo May Tap Lake Erie Toledo.-AU.RI—City officials plan to apply for federal aid for a $3,000,000 waterworks improvement project, intended to be the first step toward obtaining a supply of water from Lakd Erie for Toledo. Pumpkin Vine on Spree Hale Center, Tex. —(UP)—The W. R. Fergason family of thie city ! claims a new record for raising pumpkins—and if not a new record, the crop of 50 pumpkins from one vine is some kind of a new mark. Fergason said some of the melons weighed as high as 25 pounds. The ' vine covered nearly an acre. o Trnile In A Gnod Town — Decntiir HAY & STRAW We buy, bail and ship hay or straw anywhere in the county. L. F. SAPP & SON Decatur, R. 5 Haif-mile south and half-mile east of Bobo. S M

An Old Indian Legend Proved

By FRENCH QUINN The Decatur Daily Democrat unI dor the date of December 4, 1937 , . printed an article regarding u huge | camp of Indians in the old days of (he year 1790. along the Adams and Allen County. Indiana line, en- , titled "Legendary Tradition be- ■ cotnes a matter <>f Permanent Reci ord." This story is so near and part of us. it is interesting, we think.' for be it understood thut Adams County, over whose lands and rivers countless Indians must have traveled, hunted and fought, is without record, recorded or legendary of any habitation, battle and any other incident regarding them, save of Cho-a-pin-a-mols and his few kin whose tepees graced the Rivarre Reservation located in what is now St. Mary's Township. This is indeed unfortunate. There have been so many Inquiries especially from the children, ’ made to me regarding this legend that 1 thought it might be better [ to set it out more fully. The old pioneers told a great i story. And it appears that it is a | legend that has been corroborated very well indeed. If there was ever a larger camp of Indians in record- ' ed history anywhere in this great middle-west territory. I have never heard of it. Take a matter of say three thousand Indians, which I ’ reakon included the squaws and papooses and their horses, dogs, etcetera, etcetera for good measure. and it does make quite a sizeable bunch. And most of them were Miamis and if there were any more savage, relentless, astute and uncannily intelligent Indians than ' this tribe anywhere between the . two oceans, it doth not appear of 1 record. History is quite silent about the troubles the settlers, from the days of the trappers down to the year of our Lord 1790 had with known that this immediate section their Red brothers and it is well was heid up in its settling for a [ hundred years or more for the very simple reason that such settlements were retarded and made no avail by this war-like tribe whose resistance to encroachments of the whites was with a ferocity and, strength and evidences of high mil itary skill that literally wiped the earth with all military forces sent against them. Os course it is well known that such forces of the whites. while perhaps ably commanded were made up of mighty poor specimens in the main of what sold-i iers are supported to be, so many of them being "Hangers on." worn out trappers, joiners to get army rations, and adventurers that would desert at the first evidence of gun ' fire. In truth and in fact no force sent against them was of much account except St. Clair's army, which had its inadequacies, and General Wayne's carefully picked and drilled army that years afterwards everlastingly licked them. The Miamis and their friends were just simply monarchs of all they surveyed. Late in the year 1790 following the defeat of Harmar the Indians were cockier than ever They knew all about General St. Clair’s inarch j from Fort Pitt to Fort Williams i I and up to Fort Recovery. They knew all about that expedition and its toilsome, heartbreaking journey “l egless Wonder'* K aw Jessie Simpson > Despite the fact that beautiful Jessie Simpson, 19-year-old model I of Newark, N. J., recently lost both her legs in a train accident, she is doing her bit to spread Christmas cheer by going to Chicago to distribute gifts to the crippled children of the 'j Windy City. She is shown here leaving by plane from Newark.

I of not more thun two miles a duy . all those weary miles to roach Fort ! Recovery which St. Clair thought would be Impregnable. Little Turtle planned and got ready for him. Little Turtle Is credited by history as being as able n commander ns ever wore an eagle’s feather. No r-.ioim:. iid‘ r in the en«t ever ex--1 reeded him in military ability, it" j was a master of strategy and wise beyond compare. Little Turtle and j his Miamis, Blue Jacket and his Shawnees, together with Bock-Ong-a-he-luH of the Delawares all ocI copying torrltor adjacent to the Maumee and the lakes formed an alliance with detatched hands of Wyandottes, Kickapoos, Pottawatomies. Ottawns. Chippewas, and other red gentry. It was.some aggregation They had work to do and they proposed to do it. thorI oughly and with such dispatch as wise counsels might dictate. Legend goes on to say that Little Turtle called all the clans to bring on their squaws, papooses, horses, dogs, and such fire arms as the French and British and renegrade traders may have "loaned" them together with heap bows and arrows and tomahawks and meet him at a rendezvous along the banks of the St. Mary's River, just a few | miles south of the Fort at the con- 1 fluence of the St. Joseph. St. Marys ( and Maumee rivers. The Chief picked a dandy location. A large expanse of level land, all gravel underneath, which furnished natural drainage, right along the riv-l er, you know, many springs some of which flowed at that time and some are still flowing streams as large ,as a man's arm Little Turtle had to look after the health of his! camp of course, and from a military standpoin the camp was ideal. [ Being along the banks of the St. | Mary's would enable them to float their pirogues and flat boats, either for advance or retreat and they proceeded to make hundreds of j them. From that campsite it was 1 only about seven or eight miles by [ creek over to the Maumee river] and that river also would afford fine opportunity for such advance] or retreat. And mind you, the rendezvous] was within easy distance of St.’ Clair's field of operations and the redskin spies knew more about St. | Clair's army than Sf. Clair knew | himself. Tradition has it that near three thousand warriors tecetera were on deck. Little Turtle drilled I that bunch of red warriors to a , fare-you-well. He had his artillery well in hand. His infantry could advance or retreat like shadows. He had a crack troop of red boys 1 who could hit a bird on the wing with their arrows. His scouting troops and espionage corp were up i to the minute. His scalpers could scalp at thirty paces. And all this

QkeSNAPSUOT CUiLtk TRAIN YOUR EYES TO SEE

Mr' * M

Railroad yards may be sooty and ugly but the photographer who trains his eye and his pictorial sense can find beauty there and in every o common thing.

HOW many of our Guild members, I wonder, go far afield searching for beauty, in the likeliest places, and do not find it, and cannot understand why? It is an experience most camera workers have. But, sooner or later, if they are serious workers, they learn a basic principle: that is, that beauty is not so much in the subjects they find as in themselves and the way they look at things. To put it another way: pictures do not exist in a scene but only in the trained eye that can select and single out that which is interesting and good. Few persops beginning to use a camera would think of a railroad yard as a place to find beauty. But one phbtographer has become world-famous for pictures made just there. ■ He works when the air is ;crisp, when a locomotive's exhaust ; steam fans upward in a great : white plume. This steam, contrastling with the black of the engine, ■forms a focal point in each of his Tplctures. He selects his viewpoint !so that the rails, curving away from the locomotive, are highlighted in long, silvery white lines; lines so arranged that they form ihls picture’s compositional frame-• .work. Wherever possible, he includes a framing of dark foliage

•time the Chief had to feed that hungry horde. It took food, don’t ■ you forget, heap much food mid ! the hunters selected to slaughter the denizens of the forest went ns fur us a hundred miles or more in every direction except oust of course, for game. And game they got or else. Eveiythlng that walked, crawled, burrowed or flew was brought In for the cooking pots and more besides for mjd>plle«, you know hud to be stored up for the planned expedition of "behind thtree killers” when they wouid get on the move. Tradition has it that, for twenty years after that great hunt, game was about as plentiful in the whole territory as water in the desert. There wus not even a ground hog, musk rat, oppossom, or any other kind of rat. even to the mice that survived. The rivers gave up their fish down to the minnows and the black snake and 1 all his cousins went into the pots. How many months Little Turtle drilled that army Is not known, but . it was for months and when he had drilled them to his satisfaction and the time came for him to strike, he loaded ills supplies into those pirogues and flat boats and a great flotilla of them put on their way up the St. Mary's River. Fort Recovery way. the army marching up what is now known as the Piqua road on the east side of the river. i and part of the army up what was i afterwards known as the “Plank I Road" alotTg the west side of the rtver, thesb tTJITTs running pant what is now Decatur and Pleasant Mills in Indiatfff and Willshire in i Ohio. Then, like a most deadly ■ thing they launched their attack on St. Clair's heroic pand and mercilessly killed about eighteen hundred of that gallant army. History at this point takes up ( the story and the Miamis reigned [ supreme until General Wayne at long last defeated them. The site of the old Indian camp has been definitely located by the i investigators and surveyors of the Works Progress Administratton j Historical Records Survey of this ; 2nd District as being situated in [ section 28 township 29 north, range Allen County, Indiana, just north ' 13 east which is Marion Township. ’ of the Adams County line. The site cait be reached ity go--1 ing south from Fort Wayne or ! north from Decatur on U. S. High- ' way No. 27 to the Hoagland Road. | then turn west on the Hoagland | Road and go three quarters of a mile. The camp ground is east of ' Vaughn Creek. Th’e burial grounds are about one quarter of a mile ' north on the west side of the creek, i The story as above outlined was 1 well known to the settlers 100 years ago or more and was brought down by word of mouth from year to year and the legend was directly related to this writer many years ago by his grandmother Letitia Long, who was one of Adams County's earliest pioneers and

to give his picture depth and he ’ likes to work when there is mist or fog in the distance so that faraway buildings or figures are reduced to soft, dim outlines. The objects this photographer works with are not appealing. They are dirty, sooty, ugly. But his pictures are beautiful because he has trained his eyes to see, to select, to arrange, to recognize mood and atmosphere—in brief, by the use of his creative imagination to extract beauty from ugliness. There is magic in photography like this but it is magic open to aIL It calls for no wizard’s wand but only thought and feeling and the application of your imagination to commonplace things. Kitchen pots and pans are not pretty but I have seen pictures of a group of them, rhythmically arranged and lighted so their texture was emphasized, that were beautiful. Old shoes are not attractive but I have seen a picture of a pair wet and dripping beside an umbrella in a hall corner, so photographed that they contained all the essence of rainy , Autumn. Fellow Guild member, beauty is not over the next hilltop, down the .• next road —ft is inside you. But you . must train yourself to bring it out. John van Guilder.

from the Investigations of the W P. A. Historical Records Survey and frbm words of various people who have taken from the territory many Indian reties ami other evidences of their camp such its hatchets, tomahatWlT' beads, rings, pipes and other articles, the legend is well corroborated Years ago it was an easy matter to go to the site of the great camp and burial grounds and pick up small basket fulls of arrow heads and pieces of flint. BPERSONAL< Roy Gibson oV near Monroe was a business visitor in Decatur Friday. W. A. Klepper has returned from a business trip to Washington, D. C. ] Miss Mary English. Ralph Gib-] lams and Raytnond McHune of Van Wert, Ohio visited in Decatur Friday evening. C. L. Walters Is roportoj ill at Lis home here. Rev. R. W. Graham, pastor of the First M. E. church, received word today that his mother, Mrs. Druzilla Ann Graham, is continuing to show improvement at her home —- „ —

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near Sheridan. Mrs. Graham was seriously 1)1 the earlier patt of the week. Miss Mary McKean, auditor of the city light and water office, has been confined to her apartment for several days with u severo cold. Mr. ami Mrs. Don Lutes have returned from a week's trip In Michigan. They report heavy cold in the lake region. Friends have received cards from Ralph Uuntis who is enjoying a ten day's trip to Bermuda, as gneet of it lie Devoe-Reynolds paint <>>mt>any. ' Mr. Gentls was awarded the Dip be I cause of his salesmanship record. I He is expected home next week. i Guy Tester, of this city. Las ac- • cepted a position as pay manager at the Decatur Castings company. He is a graduate of the International Business college at For’ Wayne o— _______ FLOODS ADI) TO (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE Buffalo. 21: Cleveland. 9; Houston, 19; Boston. 26; Cheyenne. 8; San Francisco, 57: Los Angeles, 53; Detroit, 12. it wus 76 at Yuma, Arlz., and 70 at Miami. Florida. O ■ - — i Trude In 4 Good Town Decntur