Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 92, Decatur, Adams County, 18 April 1938 — Page 3

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CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Fanny Macy Rtonea 1000 — 1001 II Monday Woman’s Club Business Meeting D. H. S. Auditorium, 7:30 p m. Woman’s Club Program, D. H. S., ’ 8 p. m. Pythian Needle Club, K of P. I home After Temple. Tuesday Loyal Dorcas Class, Evangelical ' church 7:30 p. m. Sisters of Ruth Claes, Mrs. William Kohls 7:30 ,p. m. Kum-Joln-Us Class, Rev. George , Lozier, 7:30 p. tn. I Decatur Flower Garden Club, I I Mrs. W. E. Smith, 2:30 p. tn. Civic Section of Woman's Club, Library Rest Rooms. 7 p m. Tri Kappa Social Meeting, Elk's ! Home. 8 p. m. Girls’ Missionary Guild, Zion Reformed Church. 7 p. m. Young Matron's Club, Mrs. Alva 1 Lawson, 7:30 p. m. Psi lota Xi. Miss Eleanor Pumph- , ray. 6:16 p. m. Rebekah Degree Team, Odd FelI lows, Hall 7:30 p. m. Delta Theta Tau Business Meeting, Mary Kathryn Holthouse. 7 Wednesday Decatur Home Economics Club. , Mrs. L. E. Archibold. 1:30> p. m. Historical Club, Mrs Fred Ahr, i 2:30 p. m. Shakespeare Club, Mrs. John Hel- ’ tier, Rice Hotel. 1 p. m. Business and Professional Women's Club, Called Meeting, Mayor’s ■ Court Room, 7 p, m. Thursday Ever Ready Class. Mrs. R. A. Stuckey, 7:30 p. m. So Cha Rea Club, Mrs. Lawrence Beal, 7:30 P. m. Evangelical Ladies’ Aid Society, I Church Parlors, 2 p. m. Woman's Foreign Missionary, , 1 Mrs. Delton Passwater. 2 p. m. Eta Tau Sigma. Mrs. Sigurd Andl erson. 7:30 p. m. Christian Ladies’ Aid Society. I Mrs. Lizzie Abel. 1 p. m. Friday i Wesleyan Class, Mr. and Mrs. Dee . Fryback, 7:30 p. m. Sunday Ball State College Sacred Concert, Methodist Church, 7:30 p. m

often directed on the stage but has never tried a picture. Bing Crosby is writing a check for $1,600 to give a new organ to . the St. Charles church in North , Hollywood. The crooner also will sing in a sacred concert at its installation. Up Santa Barbara way, in the town of Carpinteria, Bill Treboar runs a hamburger and chili stand. The other night a station wagon drew up to his place and two slack-clad girls came in. “We | want some hamburgers and coffee.” they said. "We haven't any money but we are honest and we wili send it to you.” Treboar has more faith in human nature than some restaurant keepers so he gave them the food Several days later, he received a check in the mail. The signature didn’t mean anything to him and he was inclined to be suspicious because he couldn’t understand why anybody should send him a $lO check for 40 cents worth of hamburgers. “Do you suppose it is any good?” he asked a friend. “It ought to be," said the friend, , who goes to the movies. “It was sent to you by Katharine Hepbum.” Gertrude Nlesen is a terrific hit at the Case de Paris in London , ’ . . . Stella Adler, whom Emanuel Cohen talked into changing her name to Stella Ardler for "Love on Toast”, will have another try at the movies. But this time as Stella Adler. . . . Add to new twosomes: Nancy Carroll with Charles Grayson at the Victor , Hugo; also Mary Loos with Rouben Mammoulian. . . . Some j people doubted the Item that Stunt Pilots Mantz and Clark sue- ' ceeded in land- ■ ln g t wo planes I with locked wings the other day. Maybe 1 K they’d like to IvO see the pic " 0 tures. ... A K TmP? wire from Jeanette Mac- I RRlk. Donald and ’ I Gene Raymond F I says they are i | I sno w b ound in ’ •Jeanette ke ; MacDonald . Ziegfeld are off to New York on a ■ two-week vacation. . . . And Ken Murray overheard a drunk arguing with the check girl at the : Beverly Wilshire. “Is that the hat I came in with?” demanded the > blotto gent. The girl nodded. • "Then it isn’t mine, said the I drunk and staggered away,

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1938.

DAVID DUDLEY ROOP CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY , * Mr. and Mrs. Richard Roop of | North 7th street entertained with a dinner party Sunday honoring ’ I their grandson, David Dudley Roop, | I son of Mr. and Mrs. George Roop |of Wren. Ohio. The occasion was Master David's first birthday anniversary. 1 Guests Included the honor guest, Mr. and Mrs. George Dull and Mr. I and Mrs. George Roop, Mrs. Lawrence Beal will be hos- 1 teas to the So Cha Rea club Thursday evening at seven-thirty o’clock. The Loyal Dorcas class of the Evangelical Sunday school will meet at the church Tuesday evening at seven-thirty o’clock. PARR-REYNOLDS NUPTIALS READ Miss Helen Parr, daughter of Mr. I and Mrs. T. M. Parr of east of Berne on state highway 118, and Noble Reynolds of Decatur were married Wednesday afternoon at 4:00 o’clock in Berne. The vows were received by the Rev. John 1 Parr,, pastor of the Bethel Brethren I church. ‘ The bride has been employed at I the Adams County Memorial hospiI tai for the past five years and the groom operates a filling station at ! Decatur. They will be at home in Decatur after May 1. GECODE CLUB HOLDS PRETTY EASTER PARTY “The Way of the Cross” was the i theme of one of the season’s most delightful Easter parties held Sati urday night at the G. E. recreation hall hy the members of the Gecode ■ cltfb. Easter appointments and flowers carried out the note of the oc- | casion, with the tables in the form of an illuminated cross. The cross in the Garden of Gethsemane was i outlined in replica on the stage. A trio composed of Evelyn Reber, Jane Linn and Vera Bleekc, and accompanied by Irene Schafer, sang the Lord's prayer, following the •scripture reading by the Rev. Charles M. Prugh. The reading opened a pantomime. I relating the story of the crucifixion ' The Rock of Ages was also pantom-' imed by Elsie Brunnegraf. A dinner with the Rev. Prugh as ! guest speaker preceded the pantomime. Mrs. Dora Miller introduced' the speaker. The committee in charge: Estella | Franklin, Ethyl Cocflc, Florence l Braun. Julia Passwater, Doris I Shively, Esther Stucky, Dora Miller I and Josephine Ivetich. Miss Rose Fullenkam.p had as her dinner guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. i i Ed Weisling and family of Findlay [ Ohio, Herbert Fullenkamp of Chi- , cago and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ful-; I lenkamp and family of this city. The Ever Ready class of the M. | l E. Sunday school will meet at the ~ , home of Mrs. R. A. Stuckey Thurs-. day evening at seven-thirty o’clock, j, - K.iHatid Reppert of Indiana Ttnversity was a visitor here over the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. John Coughlin of 1 Columbus, Ohio were Easter guests at the A. D. Suttles home. Mists Marjorie Carroll of Indianapolis spent Easter with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Clayson Carroll. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Conter and dauhgter, Gloria, left, last evening for their home at Crown Point, after a week’s visit here with Mr. and and Mrs. H. L. Conter, en route home after spending the winter in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ellsworth, i have returned from Fort Scott. Kansas, where they witnessed the dedication of the new building for the Standard Advertising and Printing company, owned by his brother L. W. Ellsworth. The business which •started many years ago as a pic- ! ture postcard plant, has now grown to one of the largest printing concerns in the West. Jack Ellsworth was formerly associated in the business. The dedication was covered by many of the large papers and magazines of the west. Mrs. T. M. Reed has returned to Fort Wayne after spending the winter in Tampa, Florida. She spent Sunday at her cottage in Rome City and will return there in a few weeks to spend the summer. C. Kenneth Egeler of Chicago was the guest over Easter of Dr. and Mre. C. C. Rayl and daughter HelellLewls Smith has returned to his studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, after spending the nist week with his parents, Mr. and

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Mrs. Fred Smith. t Mr. and Mrs. Robert Voglewede of Chicago, Mies Helen of St. Louis, I Tom of Detroit and Miss Ruth of, Cincinnati spent Easter with their | mother, Mrs. Charles Voglewede. I Miss Ann Elizazbeth Wfnnes of | Gary spent Easter with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Will Winnes and family. Miss Helen Rayl will return to l Northwestern university, Chicago Tuesday after spending spring vacation with her parents Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Rayl. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Meyers and daughters Betty Lou and Barbara Ann of Detroit, Mich., spent the week-end with Mr. Meyer’s mother Mrs. Clara Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kocher and son William of 510 Jefferson street spent Easter with friends in Williameton, Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Morton Stults of Fort Wayne visited with Mrs. W. A. Lower Sunday. Mrs. Lois Black and Miss Eva Acker spent Easter with the former’s mother, Mrs. Dora A. Myere, I west of Geneva. They attended the wedding of Mrs. Black’s brother, Robert. A large crowd attended the Eas-1 ter supper given by the Women of the Moose at the Moose home Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. George Turner and daughter Fanny were Sunday night guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph O. Gentis. The annual home-coming of the Alumni of St. Joseph College, Col-1 legeville. Ind., will be held May 15 ( and 16. Several men from here are planning to attend. Mrs. G. H. Wehmeyer, Mrs. A. N. An'ker and the Misses Helena Wehmeyer and Flothilda Harris visited in Fort Wayne Sunday evening. Mtes Martha Calland of Wisconsin university is spending spring, vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Calland. Ferd Christen of Fort Wayne Wayne spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. S. Christen north of Decatur. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Tricker ot New Castle spent the week end in Decautur Mr. and Mrs. Frank Christen of East Chicago visited over the weekend with Mrs. Franlk France. Dr. and Mrs. Roy Andress and children spent Sunday with Mrs.' Andress’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ad-1 ams ot Monroeville. Miss Dorothy Durkin has returned to East Chicago after spending the past week in Decatur.

, * , » ‘' Adams County Memorial Hospital I* ♦ !, Admitted Saturday: Mrs. Henry ! Clark, route 1. I Admitted Sunday: Robert Joseph Kelly; David Sovine, Pleasant Mills ' E. B. Macy, 711 Winchester street. i Admitted Monday: Norma Werl- ( ling, eleven-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C. Werling of ’ route 2- Decatur. Dismissed Monday: Mr. and Mrs. 1 Joseph Ciarlo, Newport Ky.; Charles Pechin, Monroeville; Mrs. Cal F. Peterson and son Don Robert, 603 Penn street; Clem Munch Monroeville. | Diemissed Sunday: Mrs. Otto Kirchner and daughter Shirleiy Lee, route 6. , O Hundreds Os Kids Jam Elks Lawn At , I Annual Easter Hunt I» • • I Hundreds of kiddies of Decatur ’ and vicinity ewarmed all over the specious lawn of the B. P. O. EPks home here Sunday afternoon, in the annual Easter egg hunt, sponsored ' by the lodge. Greeted by warm sunshine, and unhampered by a high wind, the ' kiddies flocked all over the lawn, seeking the hundreds of gaily colored eggs, eiymbolic of Easter. Fully as many grown-ups attended the frolic as did kiddies, and the | adults apparently enjoyed watching , ' the antics of the happy youngsters as did the kiddies themselves. Scattered among the Easter eggs were more than a score of special eggs, each entitling the fortunate 1 finder to a liye Easter rabbit. Those receiving rabbits were: Bobby Barber, Bobby Hansel I Nancy Callow, Betty Ann Loehe, 'Joe Loshe, Dick Callow, Christine Strickler, Kenneth Durbin. Lois Ann Fisher, Evelyn Rash, Donna Lee Farr, Catherine Gass, Don White. Francis Miller, Patty Baker, Gene Moser, Jacky Deßolt, Shirley Potts, Janice Frank, T. Frank. Dixie Hill and Tommy Lister. o — ARRIVALS Mr. and Mrs. Robert Zwick of ' 716 North Third street are the par[ents of a bay baby, born at the Adams county memorial hospital Sunday morning at 8:20 o’clock. The baby weighed six pounds, five and one-half ounces and ban been nam- 1

ed William Harlow. Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Beery ot route 2, Decatur are the parents of a boy baby, born at the Adams county memorial hospital Sunday afternoon at 2:20 p. m. The baby weighed seven pounds, seven and cne-half ounces and lias been named Donald Allen. Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. VonGunten of Berne are the parents of a baby girl, born at the Adame county memorial hospital Monday morning at 1:10 o’clock. The baby weighed four ,pounds, fourteen and one half ounces and has been named Constance Kay. Mrs. VpnGunten was formerly Miss Rosella Heare of Decatur. —O- ————— High School Students Invited To Indiana U. Students of Decatur and Adams county high schools have been invited to be guests of the Indiana university athletic association at the Purdue-Indiana baseball games and other sports events at Bloomington this spring. IHigh school groups accompanied by adults sponsors will be admitted free to 15 Big Ten baseball, track and other contests. Guides will show visitors the University laboratories. libraries and other points of interest. o Training Meeting Here On Thursday Miss Blanche Zaring, extension specialist on Home Furnishings of Purdue University, will conduct an all day training meeting for the Home Economics club presidents and leaders Thursday. The meeting will be held at the Moose Hall. Decatur, and will start at 9:30 A. M. Miss Z&ring's lesson will be on woodwork and floors. She will discues color combinations ot floors and woodwork in relation to the walls and she will demonstrate various finishes of floors. A pot ludk lunch will be served at noon. | o I Winona Assembly To Open July 1 Programs for the Winona AssemI bly for 1938 were received here today. The best array of talent in years is to be offered this summer. Among the outstanding programs will be the appearance of Mary McCormick, soporano; Singing Boys of America and Homer Rodeheaver. ' Among other numbers are Includ-

i ed The Scarlet Guard’s Chorus. Roselle Brewer and her seeing eye dog J. I and a book review by Kathryn Turi ney Garten. | The season opens Friday. July 1 and closes Saturday, August 13. I O Rockford Woman Dies At Local Hospital Mrs. Jacob E. Wirsching, 62, of :< Rodkford, Ohio, died at the Adams county memorial hospital at '

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7:10 o’clock this morning. Death was due to an acute kidney disease. Mrs. Wirsching had been in the hospital for the last two weeks and had been seriously ill for about six weeks. Until two days ago it was believed she was improving. Surviving are the husband and two children. The body was removed to Rockford. Ohio, where funeral services probably will be held. Her husband is a veteran Rockford Ohio, rural mail carrier.