Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 158, Decatur, Adams County, 6 July 1938 — Page 3

MEETING „f !■>'••» Xi so, ' ,r ;|! f||r hlltlll' '• Sl ”’ ’B^K r ,! biisiin** meeting Tin’sclll-. Miss I»<»<>thy Young. v president. the King I '’ av, “ '• p l’ ,,rt " r plans were nude for s'.inil th p f;llr nf ‘ Xt ~f th.’ ,IP a - /n class the Evschool will have “S Tuesday .Inly 12 at Six .I ■ ■ no "’ tJ auxiliary of the American will have a business meet.i,, n Friday evening i o’clock. Election bo held. All memto he present. JL- '' -’•*’* sc., iety column the n ,... i: „f William Howe to 2K)■ ami mneod. T)ie - -.-ootn’e name was instead membership contest of the Wo®e o f ,hp MoosP wiU cl ' Jße With gW,,;. ■ .T the Moose Hom? evening at five-thirty o’- < Ceci! Cause, chairman will be in charge affair Mrs. Earl Whitehurst. cbafrLan of thew inning side, will an entertainment. All cowarklrs are urged to he preset. MONO MRS. GASKILL HAVE 50TH ANNIVERSARY ffli|wETA(>l ETAOI ET E E E Mrs. .1. M. Gaskill were surprised Sunday when and friends gathered to th” occasion of their 50th anniversary. At noon a dinner enjoyed. The decorated with a large weddig cake holding a mhAfnre bride and groom. The tamojed couple received many pretty A - - w.-re Mr. and Mrs. TheoMrs Clara Good, Mrs. ife* i Van Gilder of Etna Green, Mr. Ld Mrs. Cecil Vaughn and Doris. Mr. and Mrs. Char'■!‘W4f ' v and son Louis of Atwood, Alice Shipley of Winona. P. Paul of North ManchesHEnir and Mrs. James Stevens

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I B' HARRISON CARROLL I ... tupynpht, I»3S I Kins Feature* Syndicate, toe. ®i<JLLY\V( >oi>—Despite all that V’ fron: the independent exhibMarlene Dietrich will be in

demand when she returns from Europe in September. She has the Columbia picture assured and a man, who should know, informs me she is Zanuck's first choice for Lady Esketh in "The Rains Came”. This deal will go through if there isn’t a conflict of

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IJule with the Columbia film, case Zanuck is interested, we another bright idea about the •ss to play Fern in “The Rains e”. She is right on the home oo—Phyllis Brooks. ts of players fighting to get this picture. Caesar Romero d give anything short of his arm to play the native doc1 the Bromfield story. e idea persists tn Hollywood Norma Shearer has millions, ally, the star hasn’t yet drawn it from the Thalberg estate, has money in her own right i H2,’ ■ . course ’ s h e eventually will ( lato a large inheritance, but ° n . t ll be anywhere near what Public imagines. Taxes have Up , more than half of what left the sake of the record, the la s e Plans, if any, of Toby n< yer Dick Merriu are Bhv.fan,' y r.° ff Authorit y Is K L father - Captain Paul Wing, Bramount. COmpany manager at ■ T flvin^ t H °J IyWOOd actOr t 0 win Bobert "r nStrUCtor ’ s Permit is Bent O s r mings ' 1116 dePart*r Cum?""” jUst oka yed it BiinatS 8S PaSSCd a rigid ex - BS e an y °n l i n foo aramount P' a y er > a tn S °'° hours ' is now B v shin « g < V t flying lessons ln Bunds P eighln & up to 7,000 ■lr°^ a lly. the permit arrives goes before the camera

CLUB CALENDAR * Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Fanny Macy Phones 1000 — 1001 Thursday Girl Scout Troop Two, Decatur High School, 2 p. m. Evangelical W. M. 8., Church Parlors, 2 p. m. Presbyterian Missionary Society, Mrs. Jesse Rice, postponed one week. , M. E. Ever Ready Class, Mrs. W. F. Beery, 7:30 p. m. Homestead Home Economics Club Picnic, Lehman Park. ißaptlst Missionary Society. Church, 2 p. m. Union Chapel Indies’ Aid Society Mrs. Marion Stults, 1:30 p m. W. M. S., Evangelical Church, 2 p. m. Women of Moose, Moose Home, 5:30 p. m. Dinner Bridge Club, Mrs. E. O. Coverdale. 6:30 p. m. Kirkland Township W. C. T. U., Pleasant Dale Church, 8 p, m. U. B. Ladies’ Aid Society, Mrs. William Sautbine, All Day Meeting. United Brethren W. M. A.. Mrs. Amelia Schrank, 1 p. m. Friday Union U. B. Church of Willshire Ice Cream Social, Church. American Legion Auxiliary, Legion Home, 7:45 p. m. Pocahontas Lodge. Red Men’s Hall 7:30 p. m. Sunday C. I. C. Basket Dinner, HannaNuttman Park, After Chu’-ch Servises. Mt. Pleasant Ladies’ Aid Society, Mrs. Norval Fuhrman, 2 p. m. Baptist Woman’s Society, Mrs. Brice Butler, 2:30 p. m. Tuesday Zion Reformed Girls’ Guild, Church Parlors, 7:30 p. m. Rebekah Lodge, I O. O. F. Hall, 7:30 p. m. Loyal Dorcas Class Jicnic, Legion Park. 6 p. m. and son Eugene. Mr and Mrs. Robert Nightingale of Kalamazoo, Mich Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Kess’er and daughter Shirley, Mr. and Mrs. Max 1 Keseler and son Roland, Mr. and Mrs. Noble Cochran and daughter Carol, Mrs. Wilda Cochran of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Wilma Coen and daughters Sally and Sharon. The ladies’ aid society of the United Brethren church will have an all day meeting at the home of; Mrs. William Sautbine southwest of

In "Touchdown Army". Paramou is grounding him for the duratit of the film. Frankie Darro, whose sere* specialty is jockies, has a new stej mother. His father, Frankie Darr Johnson, was just wed to Roi Rizzo, formerly an entertainer c the big tops. Darro pere is a graduate of th circus, too. A former world’ champion baton spinner. He’s stii a wizard at the art and will giv exhibitions at the Days of Genera Grant celebration at Eureka. After too long an absence, sine--1935, Nancy Carroll is coming bad to the screen in the Hal Roacl picture, "There Goes My Heart". Her first line in the script is “Boy, I’m glad to get home again.’

The arrival of the Allen Jenkins baby, a girl, won $25 for the comedian who had a bet with Dick Powell about whose child would be born first. As a consolation prize, Jenkins presented Powell with a stuffed stork. ... Is it serious between John Howard and Kay Griffith, the Twentieth CenturyFox cutie? . . . The M. C.-ing of Maury Amsterdam at the Victor Hugo's Sunday night show was glib to a degree, but some of the entertainers were probably burned at his wise-cracks. . . . Dreamyeyed couples around the ringside included Arleen Whelan and Richard Greene and Lynn Bari and Walter Kane. . . . We erred in referring to the new Cocoanut Grove dance team as Georges and Johanna. It should be Georges and Jalna. They don’t deserve such treatment, as they are the tops. . . . Hollywood’s latest twosome were Rochelle Hudson with Vic Orsatti at the Case Lamaze and Gloria Youngblood with George Johnson at the Club 17. He’s in the Wanger legal department. . . . Lots of other celebs around the spots over the week-end. Mary Pickford at the House of Murphy and the Dick Forans at the La Conga. Her first night out since the birth of the baby. . . . Stay-up-laters here now going in for chess games. Frank Morgan, John Montague and Howard Hawks among the players at Ray Haller's “Seven Seas”. And here’s one for the book. Ben Blue's bed in his new ranch home is said to be costing him $16,000.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1938.

Decatur, Thursday. The ladlea are requested to meet at the church at ten o’clock Thursday morning and transportation will be provided. TWENTY-FIFTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY OBSERVED Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Sprunger, formerly of Adams county, entertained a number of guests at their horn? at Tri Lukes Monday commemorating their 25th wedding anniversary. A lovely dinner was enjoyed at noon with boating and music in the afternoon. Guests included Rev. and Mrs. Carl Williams, Mr. and Mrs Wm. McKean, Mr and Mrs. Fenton Sprunger and family, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hanni and family, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dague and the Mieses Opal Sprunger and Martha Jane Wells of Decatur, Mr. and Mrs. Noah Sprunger of Berne, Mr. and Mrs. Rdiert Davis and family of Churubusco, Mrs. Ruth Davenport and daughter Martha, and the host nnd hostess. Mr. and Mrs. Lewie Sprunger, son James and daughter Been of Tri Latkes. The newly organized orchestra of the Union U. B. church will hold a home made ice cream social at the church Friday evening, July 8. All flavors of ice cream, together with piee, cakes, hot dogs and coffee will be on sale. Interesting entertainment will be provided during the evening. The public is invited to attend. ZION REFORMED LADIES MEET The W. M. S. of the Zion Reformed church met in the church parlors Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Dallas Goldner was the leader, reading a paper on “The responsibility of Christian citizens to bring in the era of peace.’’ Impressive memorial services were conducted for Mrs. Rosetta Limenstoll. Mrs. Ben Schroyer sang 'God's Tomorrow.” A report was given by Mrs. George Buckley on the school of missions which she attended at Winona. Delicious refreshments were served during the social hour by the hostesses. Miss Matilda Sellemeyer Mrs. A. V. Yost, Mrs. Ed Miller and Mrs. Ralph Yager. Mrs. E. G. Coverdale will be hostess to the members of her dinner bridge club Thursday evening at six-thirty o’clock. The W. C. T. U. of Kirkland township will meet at the Pleasant Dale church Thursday evening, July 7, at eight o’clock. Rev. Meckastroth of Vera Cruz will be the speaker. 1 The public is invited to attend. — The Union U. B. church of Willshire. Ohio will have an ice cream social Friday evening, July 8. The public is invited to attend. MEDSKERS ENTERTAIN ' WITH BASKET DINNER Mr. and Mrs. John Medsker and I son Arthur entertained with a delicious basket dinner at their country home near Monroeville Sunday, honoring Mr. and Mrs. Edward Boyle and children, Virginia and Joe and the Misses Margaret Boyle I and Jo Rupp of Rittman, Ohio. Garnets were enjoyed and in the afternoon watermelon was served. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hart and children, Margaret, Martha, Billy and Betty; Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Medsker and children Helen Betty, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Medsker and children Helen, Betty, Paul and Dorothy, all of Fort ! Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Gilmond Hart and children Nora Ellen and Gilmond of Muncie; Mr. and Mre. Forest, Marks and daughter Patsy of Albany; Mr. and Mrs.'Homer Kinker of Woodburn; Rober and Majar Klinker of Edgerton; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mayer and daughters Goldie Alta, Edna and Lois of Linn Grove; Mr. and Mrs. Lase Grimm and son Tommy Kent of Decatur. Afternoon callers were Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Medsker and children Bobby, Julia, Joyce and Nary Louise of Monroeville.

WEDDING OF FORMER DECATUR GIRL ANNOUNCED Mrs. Edith Bremerkainp of Dayton, Ohio, announces the marriags of her daughter, Miss Margaret Bremerkainp to Gale Gunter Murphy, also of Dayton, on June 20. I The ceremony took place at high noon in the chapel of the First Baptist church of Dayton. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy will return to Dayton about the middle of July from a wedding trip to Washington D. C., and other cities in the east. The groom is a lawyer of Dayton. The bride is well known in Decatur, having attended school here while the family lived here. The newly married couple will reside in Dayton. The W. M. A. of the Bth street U. S. church will meet at the home of Mrs. Amelia Schrank Thursday afternoon at one o’clock. The orchestra of the Eighth street U. B. church of Decatur will have an Ice cream social and musical in Legion Park Tuesday evening at

seven fifteen o'clock. The public is ' Invited to attend. BIRTHDAYS CELEBRATED AT ADDISON SHEETS HOME Thirty-six relatives and friends I gathered at the home of Mr. and Miw. Addison Sheets of near Willi shire, Ohio, to celebrate the 'birthday anniversaries of Mrs A. A. ' Sheets, Mrs. Eddie Zurkle of Rose- ! wood, Ohio, Mrs. Virgil Draper of Decatur and Miss Leia Mae Sheets of Norwood, Ohio. I Each of the honor guests received j useful and beautiful gifts. A basket ! dinner was served at noon with games and visiting enjoyed in the afternoon. Those present Included: Mr, and Mrs. George Sheets and daughter Lola Mae of Norwood, ' Ohio; Mr. and Mre. Eddie Zurkle; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Grlberger and I sons of Rosewood. Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Stauffer and daughter ! Ruth; Mr and Mrs. Clarence Crist | and children; Bobby Lee Humbarger of Fort Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. I Leland Sheets; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Laßrun and sone Bob and Dicky and daughter Marjorie of Wren, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs Virgil Draper and daughters Irene and Ellen of Decatur; Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Sheets, sons Carl and Earl; Dor- ' ene Swoveland of Wren and Marjorie Gable of Celina, Ohio, MRS. RALPH BLUHM HOSTESS TO HER CLUB The Happy Homemakers club met : at the home of Mrs. Ralph Bluhm Friday afternoon. The meeting I opening with song, followed by the club creed. Mrs. Chalmer Porter gave an interesting review of the ; book “Bow Down to Wood and j Stone’’ by Josephine Lawrence. A .birthday offering was given by Mrs. Kenneth Mitchel. The hostess, j assisted by Miss Helen Bluhm and Mrs. Ruesel Mitchel served lovely • refreshments. Guests other than members included Mrs. Porter of this city and Mrs. William Bluhm. The next . meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Lawrence VonGunten the seci ond Friday in Auguet. Members present included the Mesdames William Mitchel, Marion Reber, Russel Mitchel and son. Freeman Walters. Kenneth Mitchel! and daughter, Wilbur Stanley, Clar-] ence Mitchel, John Baltzell, Kenneth Parrish, and Miss Helen Bluhm and the hostess, Mrs. Bluhm and son.

J. D. Dailey of Paulding, Ohio was a caller here last evening. William H. Bell will go to Bloomington tomorrow to inspect the police school now in session there. The doors and windows of the Evangelical church are be'ng repainted. Dick Parrish is visiting in dndianapolis today. H. L. Conter visited in Fort Wayne today. Miss Fenny Hite and niece, Miss Mary Jo Hoffman of Ghicagc arrived in Decatur this noon for an extended visit. Mr. and Mre. T. R. Nell and daughters Juanita and Eloise left this morning for Golden Parairie, Saskatchewan, Canada, for a month’s visit with Mr. Noll’s 'brother, Sidney. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bell spent today in Chili and attended the funeral of their grandfather, William H. Bell. Mr. and Mrs. Dorphus Drum spent Monday afternoon visiting the former’s sister, Mrs. Effie Ellie, who is a patient at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brown, Mrs. Anna Reynolds and Mr. and Mrs. Delbert VonVolkenburg of Toledo, Ohio, visited over the week-end with their mother, Mrs. Phoelbe Schumacher, who has been confined to her bed for the past two years at the home of her son Will. Miss Madeline Spahr went to Lake Hamilton yesterday to .-.pend a week's vacation. Bill Spahr and Miss Me.delene Spahr have returned from a visit at Jacksonville, Illinois.

— oBeverage Board Will Hold Hearing July 28 The Adams county alcoholic bevI erage board will conduct a hearing in the county courthouse July 28th on the application of Homer E. i Schug, Happy's Place in Berne for beer retailer’s license. Bonfire Sets Fire To Storage Place Firemen were called to the Stag ! Lunch, operated by Fred Fullen- . kamp, this morning about 7:35 o’clock when a bonfire burning in j the backyard set fire to a rear room, used as a storage place. A hole was burnt in the roof, . the walls scorched and the interI ior of the storage shelter was , smoked considerably. Little dam- . ■ age is thought to have resulted. ’I o Your choice of any Hat m our store for only sl. Deini ing Hat Shop. 158 2t

Adams County I Memorial Hospital * 9 Admitted Tuesday: Mrs. Harold , Long, Geneva; Mrs. Ross LaTurner, 304 North First st., Robert Smith, ' son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Smitn |of 721 Walnut street; Mies Lydia I Allbaugh, route 1. Willshire (and 1 dismissed). - o 1 "— Junior Leaders To Meet Thursday The Adams County Junior leaders will meet at the home of Marjorie Dilling Thursday evening at 7:30 ' o'clock. At this time reports will be given to the group by the represenatives to the Junior leader training camp which was held in July. The Adams county representatives to this camp were Marjorie Dilling ; and Stanley Arnold. Final plans will be made for the 4-H Club exhibit to be held in con- , nectlon with the Decatur Free i Street Fair. All Junior leaders are i requested to be present at this meeting. o Decatur 4-H Club To Meet Thursday , The Decatur 4-H club will meet Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the Decatur high school. Miss Mildred Worthman, In charge of the club has urged that all members attend. — o — National Hay Dealers Close Meeting Today Fort Wayne, Ind., July 6.—KU.R> —The 45th annual convention of the National Hay Association, Inc., will close today with election of officers and adoption of resolutions. Harry A. Dinius, Roanoke, Ind., won the association’s annual golf tournament yesterday. Sherman Hard, Hicksville, 0., captured the horseshoe championship. Five directors of the association retire this year. They are E. A. Olson, Minneapolis. Minn.; C. S. Martin, Ashland. O.;,O. D. Hendrick, Indianapolis; W. W. Gage, Clayton, Mich., and Avon Burk, Decatur, Ind. o Teens, Twenties To Hold Annual Picnic The annual picnic of the Teens and Twenties Club will be held Tuesday evening, July 12 7:30, at the CCC camp at Bluffton. A special program of entertainment and games is being arranged for by the committee. Each person is asked to bring his own food. A suggested menu was wieners, (buns, marshmallows and anything else that each individual wishes to bring to complete the eupper. All young people of Adams county are invited to attend and all members and their friends are urged to be present. o Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

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LEARN TO SWIM Improve your swimming form- learn new stroke!—learn to dive; get to be at home in the water. The booklet ''Swimming and Diving" ready for you at our Service Bureau at Washington, is an illustrated compendium on the art of swimming and diving, and contains a chapter on life saving. Whether you are a novice or an experienced swimmer, this booklet will help you master, or Improve your swimming. Send the coupon below, with a dime enclosed, to cover return postage and other handling costs; for your copy: : CLIP COUPON HERE Frederick M. Kerby, Dept. B-163, Dally Democrat's Service Bureau, 1013 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. C. Here's a dime: send my copy of the illustrated booklet, "Swimming and Diving" to: — NAME STREET and No. CITY STATE

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Easton Tria! Date Set For July 13 Michigan City, Ind., July 6 —(U.R) Orelle Easton, 25-year-old North Dakota farm hand who undertook an ill-starred crime career with his brother, will be tried July 13 on an indictment charging him with the murder of state policeman Ray Dixon a week ago Sunday night. This trial date was agreed upon today by Mark Storen, LaPorte county prosecutor, and Attorney Paul Krueger, who was appointed by superior judge Russell W. Smith to represent Easton. o Toledo Bans Bingo Toledo.—<U.R> —Bingo games here have been banned by police, backed by City Manager John N. Edy. Edy said that the way to clear out "chiseling gamblers" is to get them before they get a start. “If the order interferes with ehurch or fraternal parties, it’s just too bad,” he said. o France’s Population Dropping Paris.—<U.R>— Unless the present decline in population is checked there will be 12.000.000 fewer French people in 50 years’ time,

WRIST WATCH STRAPS Warm summer weather makes a Fine Strap desirable for comfortable service. Our selection includes Bands of All Popular Leathers and Fabrics. Calfskin, Cordovan, Pigskin, Alligator, Ostrich. You will find here bands for every style watch __ 50c to $3.50. Pumphrey Jewelry Store DECATUR. IND.

I the newspaper "Le Martin" declarI ed In commenting on an emergency i appeal issued by the National Alj Hance for Combating Depopulai tlon. o Beer Declared Necessity Darwin. —<U.R> —Beer is a necessity for working men in northern Australia. This statement, made by Dr. Cecil Cook, chief medical officer for the northern territory, is now included in Australia's official records as it was made before a court. ■ 0 Girls Snub Dutch Treat — Butte, Mont. (U.R) — When a questionnaire relative to social relations between high school girls and their ’escorts made the rounds of all the i high school girls here, there were ; two questions to which not a single girls responded. They were: “Do you believe in girls spending money on iboys?” and “Do you believe in the Dutch treat, 50-50 on dates?” o Bunte’s Mint Cooler, Green Kettle.

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