Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 1, Decatur, Adams County, 1 January 1940 — Page 3

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ncw ECONOMICS CLUB ORGANIZED » The women of Monro township II k metJFritay afternoon at tne horn « <rf Mr Reuben Fltrmry for the pur | ». non* ,>f organis’iig •< hone e< mo -nlca club. The club tr<- d was re’s pMt»<l n uni on and Mr*. E. W “ Buanh- county chairman. taolc - hargc of the meeting Ml* Daniel Striker wax <!io«en a* F" Bldent of She group. Mrs. I Me npo Ntiswbuiim. vice-president . Mrs. D I M •»> I:n Mr* . J. BL f*c hwart*.tt<-a*'li>-r la-adc r« *e!ec|ird were Mr*. Sylvan Hclx-g get (Rid Mrs. Reuben Bteurr with Mra. f'arl K-hug and Ml** Viola * i!u|>egs- •* U”' al'crnates M RUN Habegger is rhe publicity b c MUre n * Th group will be known •• the * Good Neighbor* home c-conomfr •* ■ club and Will meet the third Thurs■M each month. An Impressive i lam*ll*tlnn service wa* held for . the officer* und r the guid ► aped of Mr* Busch. P Ml- and candie* were serv-1 «4 b> the hostess. The n w meet-1 : i«* Will lx- January IS at the heme »of Nt* Menno Nussluiunt. Every ► lady .s Invit-d to attend the- benee fit by the club. » mW — 4 ■bui -day afternoon md evening, ftiebard and Catherine Te-pl<- with Aftbu E Show, accompanied thfolio* ing to Ik-lniont park where “ they enjoyed skating: Rose Mary ’ and Patty Kintz of Fort Wayti- * Mwo- Brann and Mat 'lln Teeple.' The Happy Home Maker* qluh will me.-t at the home of Mr* John ", Hlra< her Friday afternoon al one- ' O'clock All memh r* ire reqilewt’- d ' M*e prosent. * FOR SALE —SOO Sheets * B'jxll • 20 lb. white MBwatermarked mimeograph, adaptable for all kind* of * Brißeoßraph work and suit* * able for ink signature. 75c. k The Decatur Democrat Co.

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■PERSONALS Decor Hinn* sre being taken down, schools reopen tomorrow and the holiday* are ov-r 11. I. Confer w-ll I >ve hero | morrow for Indianapolis where h> . will meet hl* »<»n Fiance and fa mlly und leave th-re W- dn-slay morning few Fort lai iderdale. Fla where they ettpect to rtnaln dir ing the cold weather. John Blakey. treasurer an I Clyd Troutner, clerk w r- receiving congratulation* a* tbev »tarlr I their n<-w job* this morning Mr an-l Mr* P. J Patton of Middletown. Ohio, attended th Elkdance in this city Saturday night Mr and Mr* Dan Schafer had a* their gue*’* over tlv- weekend and N w Year'* Day. Mr. and Mr* George Malcolm McConnell. Jr., and Httd Potter of Evanston Arthur E Shaw of Grand Rap- | Id*. Michigan. md Mr und Mr*, icharle* Sliaw of Rockford. Michigan have returned to their home* iaft-r a vi«lt with Mr. an I M: Joel Reynold* and Mr. and MrDavid Teepl and family Mr*. T W Holoapple. who hast ' been confined to It r home and | moat of the time to her b <1 since- I 'the firs! of July. |* bowing some I Improvement M> and Mr*. Dave Rranic* and I daughter Phyllis Ann of Fort ' Way tv- and Mr. and Mr*. Frank I .Schmitz wpent ye»terday with Mr. ind Mr* Janie* Flahe: and family i 'of Marlon Dr and Mr* Eldred Frohnapfel and son. Clark, of Blissfield Mich ■pent the New Yea: holiday with .1 Dr. Ftolimipfc I " p.ci.tct. !' oid Mr* II It Frohnapfel of till* iffy ' o ONE KILLED AS CONTINUED FRr»» rAUU ONEI , Ita.gn. wa- injured Other injure*! Included John

DEC.ATUB DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY. IANUARY I. 1910.

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Fanny Macy Phones 1000 - 1001 Tueaday Tr! Kappa llil*in* - Meeting. | Elk* Home, k p tn. Dutiful Daughter* Mr* Ivan Stm ky. 7:30 p m. Mt Talmr Aid. M Ora Gilpin I7:3o p in. American legion Auxiliary Jun-' lor Girl*. l/'P'on Home 7 n m D«lta Theta Tut. Called Meeting I Mr* C E, llolthon •-. 7 10 p m I Kirkland W < T I' Mr* I .bn | Arnold. Ipm Catholh l/idie- o' Columbia, K. of C Hall. " p m Pal lota XI bu«lnc“* meeting i iMr Dal Rosa. 7 30 p. m Wednesday l-tdfe*' Shakeapea »• Club. Mr*. Bryce Thoma-. 2 1" |- m Historical club Mr* David Campbell, 2:30 p nt Thursday Prr-abyteriun Mb onar- Society. Church Social Room*. 2 p. in So Cha Rea Ml»« Vlrr nla Laurent. 7:30 p tn. Friday Happy Home Maker Club. Mr* John Hlrschey 1•" p m Stout and G c«r*on. bah of Champtlgn, engineer and firemen r<-* pectlveb of tJie la>ul*an«Most of the pa**enger* Were asleep when the a< cideiit occurred The lotomotlve of the Panama ; Limited partially teleiw-oped the I rear car of the standing train „ - - —- Adams County | Memorial Hospital Admitted Sunday: Ch.rle* C Helm North sth street _ ... —o - - - ———► Boy* Thump City Father* Cleveland. I thio ((J.Rt City couucllmen are figuring on enact Inga legislative measure Io beat j the boy* nt softball Discarding . city problem* for a day. they were guests of the Cleveland Hoy*' Farm at the annual Connell Day outing and lo*t to the (toys' »oft I hail team. 6 to 3

BERNE MURDER — tCONTINUED FROM FAOB ONBJ i-at only a few month* later when the city count II voted It* approval to u ISOO.fHHt improvement program lai the municipal light plant and decided to l**'i' l-ltt" "fflt In reve line iHind* to finance the greater IMirtlon of the undertaking — later boosting the bond Issue to IMW.ttott. The end of 'he year find* the bond* sold and part of the contracts for the remodellitg already awarded , laite In Man h a story "broke" In which the city was vitally interest i, • d with the announcement of the M< Millen Industrie* that 1331* was to see enlarging and Improving in (the plant* ranging around the qtiari ter million dollar murk The Imild 1 ing of a million bushel storage silo a feed Ingredient warehoti** 1 . hnlk ideal storage plants and the relocating of switch tracks on the I’ennsylvnnlj railroad all formed a part of this program for the betterment of the Central Hoya. the. Central Sugar company and the M« I Millen Mills and the city Itself : through employment and las reve-: nties. Improve Highway* Finding that public sentiment. j was almost uanalmously In favor. - the state highway department ap- j ’.proved the re-routing of federal | road 27 through Decatur, changing, the main traffic artery from Be< -| oiid street to Thirteenth street and Immediately went ahead with piano for the gigantic construction pro-, gram that su< h a switch embraced The city purthased the right of way ner essary and contract* were i awarded Iptwi its completion * through traffic will enter the < Ity | horn the south at "Chick's Corl! ' ' er ' proceed on Thirteenth street. - ■ through the Nnttman-llanna addition. through lands of the sugar (factory over three new bridge* and junction with the present highway north of Monmouth, thn* making the trip through Decatur faster anjJ y safer. Elimination of downtown traffic snarls, several dangerous t curve* and crossing of the pennsyli- vanla railroad track* were <on*ld e ered primary factors In advocating ■' the changes. Churches Build Up Churches of the city continued to grow with one new church be-

ing built and another remodeling and redecorating their old strttcture during the year. Early In December the Ireaullful new atone structure on Nuttman I avenue at Eleventh »treet was completed and the old frame Eighth St I’. 11. church was vacated as the < ongregatinn moved into It* new home During the same month, the First Presbyterian church rc-dedl-r ated Its newly remodeled htilldlng. which boast* among other thing* a fine, new. <-|e< tri< organ. At least two major fire* occurr led In Decatur la«t year, but the total loss was Insignificant in compm Ison with 193*. when two huge Industrial blase* occurred. The Dr*t of the major fire* in IM9 occurred January 5 »hm the Decatur Country Club was almost totally de*troy■■d and the second on March 13 when flame* almost totally wiped out the Peterson Clothing store. Other fire* included one at the Malr-r Hide A Fur Co where the i los* was not so great Big Crime Scoop The big "< rime scoop” of the I year occurred in March when connIty city and Mate police effort* i were rewarded with a wholesale 'cleanup of a robbery gang that I landed Ivan. Delxryd. and Wallet I Garwood. Haymond Evan*. Roy 1 Shonf and Lucille Schafer In the ■ police net. later terminating in a ' confession of approximately 100 'crime* over a period of three year* All of the boy* and Lu< ille S< hafer were *enl to prison, with the daughter of Ml»« S< hafer. an unwed mother, being adopted by a responsible family through the negotiation* of the Well* circuit I court. I tine of the major accident* of the year occurred March 2* when 1 a Nickel Blate passenger train strut k a car. bearing a band of rural youth* at the Peterson crossing. killing Edna Marie Smith and injuring four oilier*, on June •> the village of Pleasant Mill* and I the entire community wen- shocked by the death of congenial Rev Alvin Barr, pastor of the Methodist 'church there when struck by a car. driven by a Fort Wayne youth, latwrente Wick I Ironically enough. Barr lost his life during the height of orn- «f

Pleasant Mills' biggest moment* it* "first annual Dale liar tier* day banquet and the dedication of It* magnificent new school addition Barr stepped out of the building directly Into the path of the auto, after he had Invoked divine blessing upon the crowd assembled for the event Others who lost their Ilves a<-< identally Included Jonathan Rian, of Jefferson township | hit by a brick that fell from the ' Jeffer*on »<hool roof: Richard Browne. D-months old Infant, who died when he fell under the wheel* of hi* father's truck near Monrm-, ninety two year old t otirad Gillis, killed When he was struck by a car while visiting al Celina. Ohio The recommendation of la-o Kirsch a* Decatur postmaster, made In a meeting of D>-m<Mtati< committeemen Slid vl« e r ommfttee women, was of new* interest In August. Fret! Major, of near thi city, also "made the headline* when he wa* elected grand warden of the Indiana Independent Order of Odd Fellow*, the top-ranking officer In the state The naming of , Vincent J Bormann as fourth dl* ■ trlct commander of the American ' la-gion and hl* subsequent trip to 'Washington, D a* Indiana* representative on Armistice Day. held public Interest In town elections in November the Democrats “carried the whip ' hand." winning hi Berne and Moni roe and splitting in Geneva Tax tale* in the c ity were boosted from to to t 5 cent* and the total tax . rate for a resident went up from 12 69 to 33 11, payable in 194" No Traffic Fatalities Governed by th" whimsical hand of merciless fate that doe* not distinguish between race, creed, r: wealth or position, the tac t that no :! traffic deaths occurred in Decatur i during the past year, is considered !i as one of the- most « o-lnc (denial . occurrence*, laist year the- city had I a Imd record per thousand popula- ; | Hon, ranking a* one of the highest I in total fatalities. This year no one . jwa* killed in traffic c rashes within the corporation limits. , o - 500 Sheets R'/jill Sunrfst Canary Second Sheet*, neatly wrapped 35c. ( The lleratur Democrat Cat

COMMITTEES TO —- - - * (CONTfNUED FRCIM rA<IN ONE) Harold Mattox and Dan Itumide The committee that will handle : the home- talent show will meet at S la The- co-ch3irm>*ii of this com tnlttee are <’ T Habeggc-r and f'arl Pumphrey, with the following tnc-m berihip: Bernard fhhultr. Katherine Weidler, Adolph Htolp, Marie Porter. Dr. Fred Patterson. Glen Marsh. William Neadstine. Roland I Hprunger. Maryanna Wulllman. I Russel HIC inc-r. R <> Hunt and f'atl Amstutz. N'«»rw<*Kian Steamer Is Sunk By Torpedo Kopc ivick. Norway Jan 1 <U.F)! The I too loti Nocweg.an steam i er Luna was reported sunk today ; by a torpcclo allegedly without I I warning 2*> mile* off the Not i wegiatl coast, only two hours aftet j it had left it* home harboi in , Bergen. - ■ — o DEATH CLAIMS t (CONTINUED FROgf PAGE ONKI W Doan funeral home and may be ' i viewed there until time for the ; funeral service 'I o - Four Generation* Meet i St. Maries. Ida U.RI Four geni orations got together for a visit here The youngest was Larry i Thode. young «on oi Mr* I’ L (Thodo nt lamg Beac h. Cal., daughter of Mr* .1 B Dickenson lbI side* these three-, there wa* Mrs N U-gault. great grandmother f J th<- child o West's Friendliness Lives I Aumsville. Ore — (UJO "(local I neighbor" doings still exist in the I west as they did In early pioneer days When William Gorgey's bant t burned, local volunteers took a - week off and helped him build a ■ ne w combination barn and poultry house. - o Parker Dam Deeply Anchored I Parker. Artz <U.R> Parker Dam f on the Colorado river here ha* the deepen! foundation of any dam in the world Engineer* excavated

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> 24# feet before- striking rock for- ' matlons firm enough to am hor the dam • o — British Drive Off German Airplanes lamdoft, Jin 1 'U.PI Two German aiiplanes niti-mpliug an attack on the Shetland Islands in the North Sea today weie reported to have been repulsed by heavy uni I airc raft fire and one Nazi plane was said without confirmation to have lieen shot down. Royal air force fighting planes went tip to the- attackers ' ami reportedly move off one plane i imimdbciely The aiiil alrc rail j fire wa* heard within a radius of to miles o Co'legi*" Teache* Archery San Jose. Cal 'U.R> Ray Gay. pro-engineer freshman at Slate- - allege has found a new Way of paying his way. ID- ha* opened an i ir<h<ry gallery near tin- campus itid give* lc-s«ori* In archery Gay I ha* the dl«tin< ilon of having kilt - «-d a deer with a bow and arrow o -- --- Tinted GraxsUopper* Vanish I’hoc-nix. Ari* <IJ.PI l-ast year the liepartment of Agriculture -aught ‘-otHccc giuHshopper* and I ernnded them with an indelible rod ’ pigment to trace their migrations This yeat the experiment will not lie repeated None of th<- rod-hrandc-d grasshopieer* ever camehack or - ver were- see n afterward Relief At Last For Your Cough Crcomulston relieves promptly because it goe* right to the seat of th* trouble to loosen germ laden phlegm, increase secretion and aid nature to ■oothe and heal raw. tender. Inflamed bronchial mucous membrane*. No matter how many medicine* you have tried, tell your drugglat to *ell you a bottle of Creomulaion with the understanding that you are to like the way it quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis