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Harry Ray and Mr, ami Mm. HarnMR Miller and family, Several m«nibr-« <lt the Sunday Bchoi! classes were unable to be presen’. The ladles' aid society of the U, H church will moot at the home 'of Mrs. Nelson Abbott Thursday 'afternoon at two o'clock. Assist Ina f hostesses will Mrs, Tom Fisher and Mrs Harry Polina BOYS' CLASS ENTERTAINS GIRLS The boys clans of the ft. Pat’li Sunday school recently entertained ihe Girl's class <wii!» a welner and marshmallow roast at Itam.a-Nutt- j man park The evening was spent in playing games. .•resent were Mr. and Mia. Charles Shoaf. <*harles Cook. Rotten Martin. Jack Mcßride. D'ck Noll.' Amold Martin. Francis Tester. Oslvln Falb. Rlchat I Martin l-oren ‘ .-th oaf. Charles Mcßride. Jerry 1 Hart. Karl «thonf. Bean Reiter. Rav Martin. Roger Arnold. Dick Fairchild. Arthur Schelderer, Juanita Mcßride. Faye Ma: tin. Bet tv Hhoaf I Juanita Noll. Mary R(«t>«.- Betty Hart. Virginia Hhoaf. Juan'ta l‘a<--1 rlsh. Betty Marts. Kiva Martin. Doria Marta and Helen Fa.r-hlld The Salem ladies' aid society will meet Wednesday ’or an all day

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By HAKKINUN < AKK4II.L _. _<s»»rlsM. IKK ■ls« Peeler** S rad Irate, las. HOLLYWOOD.—Two Bailors had ths perfect chance to get the autograph of Greta Garbo the other night. The Mwedish star went to the Long Beaeh

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sneak preview of "Nlnotchka.” .She arrived so [early the doors of the theater 'weren't open, so she took her place tn line. She was still standing there, next to the sailors. when the manager of the house recog- , nixed her and

I whisked her inside. The eUr was accompanied by her housekeeper. After the performance. during which Garbo laughed heartily at her own comi edy antics on the screen, the two women slipped out a side door and Into a waiting automobile before the fans got wise. Long Beach preview fans had a full evening. They saw “Goodbye Mr. Chips." “Miracles for Sale" and then "Nlnotchka," which, alone, runs one hour and 52 minutes. The new Wallle Beery picture. •Thunder Afloat." Is considered so [ timely (It’s about German submarines invading the United SUtes coast in the World wan that M-G-M flew Com»iander Haisllp to Washington to get the navy's Immediate okay on the film. He just got it and the picture will be rushed into the theaters of the i country. In the erush of celebrities returning on the Normandie, the New York ship news reporters may have missed the story. . . . and it is very dramatic. English custom authorities confiscated six different kinds of gas masks that George Raft had bought in Europe and was intending to bring to Hollywood as grim souvenirs of the trip. "You won't need the masks in America," the star was told, "and taking them away from here might cost several Uvea" On the return trip from Dallas. Linda Darnell brought a pet white leghorn rooster In her compartment on the train. Its name is • Weedy” and the starlet has raised it from a chick. In act. it was dyed pink when a Dallas newspaperman gave It to her on Easter, 1838. - M rs and more of the Darnell family are arriving in Hollywood. Linda now Uvea with her mother.

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Fanny Macy •hones 1000—1001 Tuesday W M S., Zion Reformed Churca, 3:30 p. m. (Svir Section Palled Meeting. Library Rest Room. 7 p tn. Psi lota Xi Bceinesa Meeting. Mm. Arthur {tollhouse, 7:30 p. m. Tri Kappa Ruelneea Meeting, itlk'a Home, g p. m. Evangelical Dutiful Daughteu Claaa. Mm. Clarence Brunnegraff. I 7:30 p. m. I C. L. at C. K. of C. Ha'.l, 7:30 I p. m. Mt. Tabor ladies' Aid Society. Mm. William Bunnrr, 7:30 p. tn. Wednesday U. B Ladies' AM Society Mrs. ; Nelson Abbott. 1 p. m. Salem Ladles* Aid Society, j t'hnrch Basement, l ot Luck Dinner Art Department Called Meeting. I Library. 7 p. m. Thursday Creshyterlan Missionary Society. Mm. Roy Runyon. 7:30 p. m. So-Tim-Rea. Mm. George Laurent, 7:30 p. tn. meeting in the basemen' of the < .torch There will be a called meeting of the Art Department of the Woman's! club Wednesday evening at seveno'clock at the Library. PERSONAL? Mm. George Andrews and son James returned to their home In South Bend today after a visit with the former's mother. Mm. E. F. Gaaa. Mm. Gaaa accompanied them home and will remain tor a month's visit. Arthur Kimberlln of route 1. Ossian wan among Saturday's visit ora. ( Mrs. Dick Heller and family who have enjoyed the summer at Klinger lake returned to fndinnapolla loday. Pete Lehman is attending the state fair thia week where he has a disnlay of fine cattie. J. O. Sellemeyer writes a card to tell us he bumped into D. W. Py*lte a few days ago. Pyke was born near Willshire and the family is well known In the east part of this county. He la now landscape draftsman for the park department of the

ner gi-year-ma sister, unuuw, and her brothers, Monts and Calvin, aged 10 and 8 The new George O'Brien western. "Marshal of Mesa City." is the 65th he has worked in. During this time, he has had 47 leading ladies, and take a glimpse at soms 1 of their names: Janet Gaynor I Maureen O'Sullivan. Clairs Trevor, Sally Eilers. Anita Stewart, Estelle Taylor. Madge Bellamy and. U course. Marguerite Churchill, whs now is Mrs. O'Brien. saawwaM Paramount's vice president Frank Freemen, must be on the lookout for another Shirley Temple. He was Instrumental in sending three-and-one-half-year-old Carolyn Lee out here from Chicago and. the other night at the Brown Derby, he spotted another youngster of the same age dining with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Burke, tourists from Miami. The little girl, named Barbara, will make a test for a role in “Victor Herbert." We like the way Ann Sheridan refuses to take the "Ommph Girl" publicity too seriously. At a recent Hollywood party ribbers asked her to define the term. 'Ommph,” defined Ann. “la what a fat man says when he leans down to tie his shoe laces In a telephone booth." Marlene Dietrich is trying frantically to book passage for her daughter, Marta, to come to America. The little girl is In Paris with

her father. . . . It will be tougher now for prowlers at the L o m b ard-Ga-ble ranch. The stars have installed an electrlc eye gate and ha ve a watchman always on duty. The cutie with I Jackie Coogan at Grace Hayes

David Niven

Lodge was Norma Hall. . . . Goldwyn starts "Raffles" in spite of David Niven s pleas to postpone the picture. Niven is a graduate of Sandhurst (corresponds to our West Point) and la one of the real English reserve officers in Hollywood. . . . Dixie Dunbar * father * survives. i though he broke his neck in two places In the auto accident at Wilmington. N. J. . . . Virginia l-ee Corbin, famous child star of yesteryears. is playing a bit tn Paramount's "Diamonds Ars Dangerous."

city of ifxva Angeles, has made go<M and Is prosperous. Mr. and Mrs. C. J Beavers visited hi Indianapolis over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ellswnttb and daughter Viola. Mr. and Mrs Paul , Conrad and son Jun'or and Mr and Mra. Wesley England are spending , the day In Van Wert. Ohio, attending the fair and enjoying the horee , races. Officer Russell Prior la a pend Ing , several days in iMuncie. Mr. and Mra. A. J. Best era had I as their dinner guests Sunday Mr. . ind Mrs Fred Harris and daughter Kathryn of Bluffton and M se PauI line Buckmaster of Kirkla td township. Mr. and Mra. Frederick Schafer. Mr. and Mra. Dan Schafer and Mr. and Mra. William Bell visited tn Fort Wayne this roon with their father, C. C. Schafer. Mr. and Mra. Ralph Yager and daughter Kathryn. Mlaa Matilda ' Sellemeyer and H. W. Sellemeyer sn’nt Sunday afternoon and enjoyed dinner tn the evening with Rev. • and Mrs. <N. E. Vita of Now Bremen. Ohio. Other guests were Mr. and ' Mra. AMwrt Schroer of Wapakonetai ta. Ohio. Mr. and Mrs French Qulrn. Mra Fred Bell and son Joe spent Sunday at latke Jamea wl'h Mr. tnd Mrs. . French Morris. , Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Milla and , eon Jack of Sioux City. lowa are •pending the weedt end and latbor Dav with Mr. Milla* parents, Mr. I and Mra. F V. Milla of 343 Mercer ! tvenue Enroute here they witnessled three automobile accldenta In | which three people were killed. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Shaw will re- | turn to their home in Shelby. Ohio today after a week-end visit with the former's mother, Mrs. F. G. Altweln and friends and relatives were. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Sal'll of 315 Nnttman avenue have as their house guests over Sunday and La* bor Day Mr, and Mrs. C. P Wlndus and son Robert cf Streator. 111., Mias Mary Glngher of Dixon, ill.. Miss Leona DnLong. Dwlaht. 111, /Harry Gerdlng. George Hets. Don and Jene Peltier and Frank hnd Steve DoaencaUk, all of F-eemont. Ohio. Miss Bernlece DeVoaa and Miss Sara Heinhaugh of indlanapolla are guests of the former's parents, Mr. end Mrs. Huber DeVoss. They will return to Indianapolis thia evening. Mr. and Mra. ira b. Mills and Mr. and Mrs. Wißter Mills and daughter Shirley of Hanover. Ohio spent ths week-end with Mr. and Mrs. F. V.'

Villa of Mercer av*nae Ira B. Mills l« a nephew of F. V Mills. Mr and Mrs Bill lx>se and daughter Margaret and son BUI are enjoying an eastern trip. They will visit Washington. I) C., New York >’ and the world's fair and sev-

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i Institutions Mr. and Mra, H. L Koontx and niece nt South Whitley have been | visiting here with relatives. The regular meeting of the city • outu II will be held Tuesday eve--1 nlng at ihe city hall.