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

•4URCH OF COD ATCB MEETING I Wr. do •I Mrs, Rolli” Donnell en I -tattad a group of .Senior Bitd *» tKnliei- .it their home for tch 9i-”t(ng after the regulari CKvening aervl t- O’l W I ” f.>! >ll MUi .r Interest manifested ayofWas given by !<<•». Marsh'ill. i thd 4I«-” rif th” evening Mt nnMI. aselst <| by Mrs. Gilbert 1 i.-'kle”, served d--lli Intis refresh VHffi *’ha enjoyed th” affair IniM I< •v and Mrs. Glen Meritt. Mr and Mrs. John Chili ot-: d djßgb’-'r, Miiry Ann Mi and ’ajUb- Strlt Icier. Mr and Mt Mt cwMbriiker and «on lairry, Mra. I tomaai JmaiH Jack Garner anti • boat and hostess. Mr and Mrs , *|*nell«nd son Ulen. «l IEO MAJOR WEDS it* VtVEL BRANER ■ Mian V”\—l Bruri't-, d” lighter of * andJrfi- P L. Braner of Hart'S Cit| b”< <ni” the bride of Fred ijor, non of Mr and Mra. Frank I ijor of Monroe, In a ceremony I MfflMffil Sunday after.toon at o' eltxdt at the Grac’ ■■ft idiurch In Hartford City 4*Mf Markin -was th” organist d Mra. Warren Atkinson. the vlo j tat. A* the orraniat sound d Ldi -wrin’aS'Weddlna Marrdi for the !”-a rance of the bridal party, the 1 fte Mdber Jnn>- and Barlmra Turt HgtMd rtw randolabrn. ■ lAttenAru Included Mina Miry a tert M the maid of honor and ■Mffi Kuapk.- of I' t Bt man Sflko trltlo chore a bine velvet Mr Merit m«Bft wlMi a slight tin and a sweMheart neckline tr Joni sleeves were puffed from ' e elbow to the ahoulder and were ted to the wrist with a smnll I CPIUPSY INHERITED? CAN IT BE CURED? *ba*htrt eaalalalae ik« •oi«t»s •( SSOee darter* •• tkir ialrrMtlac •salt »tk b* w»i rnrr. >ad« <»>•» )••<. any Modi’ wro>s« la tbr (UaeatiMrl IvMaa, Ml litik Avraar. Nrw Yrrk. I 922

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By BAWUROn < ABRiHL . luag Fseiwrre Writer I HOLLYWOOD- If you ever mw \ . hoppy man. it was Speneer W * b ' r the Chrtatmas mail*. ad brougitt him a copy of "The • Yearling. ' auto-

graphed by Kwellst Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. ’’Dear Bpen-, cer Tracy," read the fly-leaf inacrlp t I o n, ’ Nothing finer could happen to Penny Baxter than to he brought to life by your great gift for the por-.

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rani <rf Man's courage and Man a indmM." Tracy has been eraxy to play he role of Penny ever since he ead the book, but he haa been -Iwrierl because his tire doean t ally with the description of the The Samuel Goldwyn studio •n’t heard a word from David . Rren ato< he landed in England. Meir sable. tor information go SWiii—n I The atar'a friends alio K not to have heard from him a several weeks. Under the agreement with GolJryn when he left Hollywood, Niven HMa to give the studio Mi days' no-. be before his return to America. lollywcxM ia wondering if the abenea at news means that the star Fly will he away from the screen ' a long time. SMt Flynn's comment on his AriMiMS Eve party tickles Hlm«mb'S Sense .rs humor "tt was awfully nice." said the n»h star, "to meet so many pnr de I never knew before. They sere very veil mannered. They - BU tip an<l introduced themselves Ad wished me a merry Christmas ifter eeUng my food and drinking ny liquor. they finally left." ASOOtding to Flynn. he Invited: ( |cbout 2S couples and 150 people sW** Up ’ I Come what may. says Dorothy Amour. she is having that tonsil Iteration as soon as she finishes, DoMo With the Devil." The star its the aiitirer's usual fear of bfMt garget v but doctors have onvinced her that she Is asking or trouble If she leaves the tonsils aay longer Ann Swrldan, who never wears igh heals unless she has to. did a > 0-hour Mbearsal in them for her umbo Bomber in "It All Came 'rue. - Mir reported the next day »iih MMh a limp that the actual' hooting of the number had to be ,

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point over the hind. Site wore a I pale hln - veil tautened with a gur land of gWrdenlas. Her tan laU 1 were allver and ah- carried a colonial hoquet <tf white roses and I white stevia. Mrs. Major watt graduit< I front the Hartford City high school ami 1 later from Hall State Teachers rolled aft r which she w;« llceti- 1 »”d to teach For the past four* years «hr has been associated with 1 th” office of th” Ixaal L»in Company in the capacity of l»ools r ;c pr. 1 Mr Major attended th” Deciitnr high s« bool For the coming year 1 he will be acting Grand Master o’ the Indiana I <> O F lodar. * i Saturday i-v-tilng at th' n<wl 'furnished home of the couple on;* 'North Cherry street Hartford Chy. where they are rtMidftl*. they n ;t«rfnlned at a dinner for m<*vnher« , of the bridal party, their ’Utimat” ' friend-- and fit mill •«. The dining 1 lafd” was centered with a white wedding cake on either sld of ' which were light” I r andies. Follow- I Ing th- dinner a wedding prattleI was held at the church The mlMlonary society of th” Church of God wil |m»-> t it the home of Mrs. Hay Frylmck Thurwda' afternoon at two o’clock. The «omrnlttee chairmen of the Women of the Moose will in t s' ' the home of Mrs Andy Zeser' Thursday evening at seven thirty 1 o’clock. Th” Woniiht of the Moose will hold a public party at the Moose home Friday evening at eight o’clock. C. L. OF C. LADIES INSTALL OFFICERS The Ottholic I .idles of Columbia bold a meeting last evening al the K of C. hall and Installed the , newly elected officers for IMO. They are as follows: Miss Christina Hihttrger. president; Mrs. Ftmo Bhlnger. vice-pre-sident; Miss Mary Miller, treasurer; Miss Ethel Ervin, financial sec- ' reuwy; Mrs. WllHwtn Keller, recording secretary; Mrs John Holthouse. monitor; Mra. Vincent

.piLstponed until ahe could get i treatmenL 1 —"‘'l Everybody la aympathiring with Oulda Bcrgerc. who collapsed after a rainstorm uvihed out most of the preparations ahe had made for the Alpine party of the Hollywood guild. OuHa spent a hectle ‘lay j moving the party indoors, then i folded up and waa unable to attend. The thousand gurata had a good time anyway Most atared-at couple were Fay Wray and Cary Grant, who had made their fif*t appearance together at the Hal Roach party after the premiere of •Os Mice and Men.” Orson Welles squired fYolores Del Rina house i guest. Carmen Figueroa, to the 'Guild shindig. i No wonder Cecil B De Mille la planning a new BiMical picture. ' Hia "King of Kings." nrodMtad In 11127, played to 2<WO bookings in WtP Tlie film is In great demand by churches and schools. Inability of Twentieth Century- , Fox to get Andrea Leeds for the New York broadcast on "Mwanrc ! River* was a great break for i Nancy Kelß- Hhe had tried In vain to get the studio's permiMion to go ' r xst and see Edmund O’Brien Tim broadcast gave her the trip with alt expenses p*ul. The engagement ring Mike Frankovich gave Binnle Barnes at IChristMM weighs five and one-half ■earata. Before that, she wore a friendship ring. Nice to hear that Mrs. Johnny

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, Christmas tree*. The Murrays bought them up on Christmas Eve and delivered them In a rented truck. . . . Zanuck It sending the ancient car u*ed by the load family In “Grape* of Wrath" on a personal appearance tour. A lecturer I will go along to explain the plight nt the migratory worker* and also 'th* problem that face* California. .... The polar bear that played I Carmichael in "Buch Benny Ride* I Again" proved so docile that Paramount ha* signed It for Jack's picture with Fred Allan. • • . And here'* one for the book. Gene Autry'* horse, Champion. received more than 250 pound* of sugar a* Christ ma* present* from the Autry [fans.

CLUB CALENDAR Society Desdllne, 11 A. M. Fsnny Macy Rhonsa 1000 — 1001 Wednesday Mdlea' Shakespea-” Ciuh, Mrs Bryce Thomas, f:3d j. m. Historical ('lull. Mm. Hnvld Cuinple-11, 2.3 i» p m. Thursday Our lai !y of Gimnl Count <1 Cluh. Mlis Helen Heiman, M p. at. M Hiodlst I’ve. Ready Class I’artv, ixMtponed mi” week. Missionary Hoiloty. Evnngellcnl Church. 2 p tn Presbyterian Missionary Society, Church Sia-ial Hootns, 2 :to p. m So Cha Reg, Miss Virginia l.m rent, 7:20 p. m. I'nion Chap’-I lai lit “’ Ai l Rmledy. Mrs Harvey Koos, 1.20 p tn Christian laidlrs' Aid Society. Mr» Fred Hchalderer. 2 p. 111. Monrrie Methodist laidlew' Aid ■ Society, Mrs. Jam-r H»-lidrit k i p. m Church of God Missionary Rtwlety, .Mrs. Ray Fryhack. 2 p m Spanish American Auxiliary fl.-tt-r Siitiper, U*gk>n Home, i; p. m Women Os Moose Committee Chairmen. Mrs. Andy Zeser, p. m. f H laidh-s’ Aid Society, Mrs. | Win (filler. 2 p tn. Friday Women Os Moose Pirfiiii JHarty. Moos • Hom-. X p. m Ave .Murkt Study f lub, K of C. Hall. 7:3d p. m. Happy Home Makers Club, Mrs. John Hlr« hey, 1:30 p. in. Monday I Adams Countv Woman's Chorus, Moose Hom<-. 1 30 p. m Woman’s Cluh, Library, 7 l'« p. tn. Research Club, Mrs M Prugh. 2:30 p m. Tueaaay Helt-i Theta Tati Htiaineaa Meeting. Elks Home. 7 3d p in. Ktdley. Inner gisird. The three trustees chosen wer« Mrs. Tivn lawmard. Mra. Charles Miller and Mlaa Mary Wolpert. A public party has been announced for January Ifi The Ave Maria study club will meet at the K of C. hall Friday evening at seven-thirty o’clock. The Spanish American Auxiliary will meet ut the Legion Home Tltursday evening at six o’clotf. | for an nyster supper After the sup per. Installation of officers will laheld. Every member is urged to Im . present Tlie ladloa' aid aocltar of th- , Metbirliet church in Monroe will j meet at the home of Mr ». Jaate’■ Hendricks Thursday afternoon at 1 two o'clim k A gorsl attendance Is desired. The lielta TiieUi Tut aoiorlty held a afiecinl business meeting last evening at the horn* of Mrs C. E. Holthouse Tink’ t sei s for j the dance were < h”< k«-d and turned I in. Plans were made for the pro vloce convention to b” held this tUtnnlay at Huntington. A regular business meeting of the sorority will be held Tuesdav evening at th” Elks home. The ladles* aid society of th” First Christian churi h will meet With Mrs Fred Mrfeelderer Thursday afternoon at two o'l lock. All members are a war si Io a'teild A liuslnmc meeting nt the Tri Kap|n sorority was held last evenring at the Elks home, at which plans for Inspection were triad” Tli” inspection of the chapter will be held F-bruary fi with Mra. Gatlord lieslle of Fort Wayne, province officer, conducting the meeting. Th” next meeting will be a party in twr> weeks DUTIFUL DAUGHTERS HAVE CLAM MEETING The Dutltal Haught-rs chaa of the Evangelical Hunds' school met last evening at the home of Mrs. Ivan Mucky, with Mrs. Ilena Htauf fer and Mrs Merrill Rihnltg as the assisting hostesses. Mrs. Fred McConnell gave the devotjonuls and Mrs Arthur Baker, the newly elected president, presided over the business meeting. During the social hour « contest was enjoyed and Chinese checkers played. Mrs. Hak<w Was awarded prises for both <AJ rhe close of the games the host'«aes served refreshments. Hostesses for the February meetIng are the Mesdames Roger Stoneburner. Ralph G»ntia and Mary AntiMtell” Johnson. The United B.ethren ladles' aid society will meet at the country home of Mrs. Wlllkwn Ohler east of town. Thursday afternoon at two o'clock Mrs. Orlen 'Brown and Mrs. A C. Butcher will be the assisting hostesses Anyone wishing transper tat lon is asked to Im* at the home of Mrs R O Wynn not later than 1 or 1:30. 11 Persons Killed In Jap Train Collision Tokyo. Jan. I—(VP)— Bieven persona were kill* dand 7? Injured 12 "srlously. when electric trains collided In she sutniHis

I Harran la working at Warpers as Zami Pitts’ stand-in . . . The arrest of an agent's servant is expected to clear up a number of robberies of him homes. ... Thanks to the Arthur Murrays. HO poor families In east Los Angeles got

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('olleice Head To Give Addressefl Thursday J A Raney, supe, lOiroaeul ot tue Indiana school for tn” deaf at Indianapolis, will deliver two addressee In Decatur Thursday At 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon, h” will speak to students of the junior-senior high schtail. The public is invited to attend this program. Mi Rauey will also speak to the Rotary < tub at the weekly meeting (Oinorrow ev>'nillg St the Rii ehoi.l - . « - I—l I I ■■■■■ -r, --|- 11, ill ■ Il ■■■■ —- - — ■ m>' i-

■ >1! • *■>*»■ ■■’•ill — ■—l ~M— . imiiaii—is — - ARRIVALS Mr and Mrs Rt inley Hollopeter tire th” parents of a baby girl, born last night at 11 46 o'clock at the home, on North Hecotid street This Is the sei-oml child and second girl lin the family. The i-ahy weighed seven and one-half pounds and ha* not been named Mr and Mr*. William D. Di-iiiiy. of West Madison street, are the parent* of a bad”' bov. born ut 4:(K p in yesterday at the Adams coun|ty memorial hospital. Th” baby ha* lieen named Michael Allen and weighed seven pounds and seven ounces at Mrth. —l 1 o - ROOP EMPLOYED ‘Comtinucii num ratte orbi - vice with the local industry and' , also serve tn the city engineer’s ' otfice. being there on Monday and Tuesday of each week and coin pleting some of his office work at h>>me Most of the ptiblli work and WPA projects In tin- city from I'-tJ-l | to 183 K were tarried out under the supervision of Mt Roop He also served as street cutiiinlssioiicr. I which office is now held by Ham Butler. Mr Roop's duties will lie confined lo civil engineering and WPA projei tm

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF ADAMS COUNTY Notice is hereby given that the TAX DVPLICATE for Rtste. County. Townships. Srhools and Corporations of ADA.MR COUNTY for the year 1939 Taxes payable In ISIO are now In the bands of the County To-usure; who la ready to rec |ve the Taxes charged thereon The following fable shows the rat* of Taxation on each Jinn tai worth of Taxable HEAL and PERHONAI. property and each POLL in the several units Due Jan I. 1940 First lnxiallni<-nt delinquent after first .Monday in May Second Installment delinquent after First Monday In November JEFF LIECHTV. Treasurer Adams County TOWNSHIPS CORPORATIONS ADAMS COUNTY g Z • * TAX RATE FOR w Q Z « ? T 7 > J x YEAR 1939 “ * 2 Z ... > 0 K 4C II ° PAYABLE IN 1940 J X O * < “ W « X z “ □ < “ “ S e- □x<ui»2aOHX**uitowuiOO 1 Htale Getters) Fund 0475 H Z Common S'h<e>l Hcllif Fund <•? ■i~3 State Fores fry *Tsx 002* i I ' _ * ' STATE l ’s 11... d PATEB 1 — ll < ~New Hsrmotiy Memorial 001 •| bit ; Ind w.ilt Lib" Park Fund <>u2 <a>’ Total State Rate ’6 IF ff ’s* 15 .15 .15 15 15 15 T 5 ' .16 .16* '5 14 15 15 I County General Fund 1162 4162 (ounty Ronda .and Interest 'j . ; i <>3 COUNTY RATES * Welfate Fund 14 II I Fund A Inter** OT«4 0104 Total County Rate .61 .61 .61 .61 .61 .61 .61 .61 .61 61 .61 .61 at 6' • 61 .11 61 | | Township Fund 16 I'. 15 f? II 06 05 "<1 12 67 16 "I 06 06 04 II 06 04 CIVIL 2 Township Poor 01 in 01 «2 15 0| o| 12 I’, <u o’ «| t>| 1? «4 02 »l <ll TO RATES ,P '' 1,1 " 4 rll '■ 11 " Total Township Rates .17 2J .21 .22 20 16 .17 24 20 28 JO 76 IS 24 79 JO 16 ’• 1 ' Tuition Tax 03 1.1 36 32 1» "li 14 11 26 I*2 .'1 |« t 4 -’1 14 SCHOOL A I* — 1* ’’’ “ LIBRARY 1 1 RATES Ti Ufrary T" T1 “W .10 06 61 t)3 Total School g Library .34 62 113 102 .56 57 13 74 1.22 42 84 50 t3l 117 I’o 84 57 53 Tout Twp.. Seh B Lib. .71 45 144 1.24 .88 71 50 98 1.62 70 114 129 147 111 I•« 111 73 112 CORPORATION. CITY ' 1 ‘ < TOWN RATES Total Corporation Rate I. TOTAL RATE 147 161 220 210 164 t 49 126 174 228 146 190 2.05 268 2.6? 310 301 174 23J TOTAL RATE | EACH INSTALLMENT .735 805 110 1.06 .82 . 746 61 .87 1.14 7 3 65 1 025 I Rtate 166 ioo inti ion Im> 100 100 lon 100 |oo 100 1 <u> 100 100 LOO 100 10d iOO 5C,... s. I 60 6ft 50 io ""io** r.o Io 50 60 r .o* 5o IS 16 '2 . taltion 1 j~ ' ' POLL TAX 4 *Speclal School I •" "Il CTfRSHdISg j I'l I i ! i I 1 i <O6 - fetal Poll TSi <M~~UF' T.g" fir* lH ng*~f.sO ISO ’.50 1.50 150 250 250 2.50 ’SO ’SO 1.60 RTATE OF INDIANA ADAMR COI NTY R R I Victor H Eicher. Auditor of Adanta County, hereby certify, that the shove la a correct copy of all tax levlee for the Taxes Collectible In the year 1960 VICTOR H EICHER. Auditor Jan Xlo-17

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MEMBER DRIVE <CX>NTtKI>BD ON PAik Pt*> ■ Wabash mid Geneva 113.115 Hartford 34 05 , Berne 406.95 Monroe Corp 12 30 Decatur 911.79 1*1”.. > Mills Monmouth I 15 | Total 1L734 55 — — - -o - First Voter Runs For Mayor Nashua. N H <UPI— Martis Hmislierry. Jr. 21. will vote foi th”

1 first time this yeir He also was ' the first candidate to take out nom- i iination paper' l for mayor, hopes to hi- th” fir*: to <ast a ballot election i day and is anxious to Im- first when 'hey finish louuting th** ballots - S 3 Bdl of 1809 Owned Montgomery, Ala.--(UP)— Mrs Dora Bell Parker of Evergreen own* . what is believed to Im- the olde«t S 3 bill in Alabama. Th” note was Issued in Ik”!' by the Central Bank of Montgonw ry. a private banking Inetitulkm on which all records have, vanish* d

Peter Drawn of route r was a buHlm-sa visitor here last evening Fred and William Vogl' wede r< turned today to (heir sludi’-M at Notre Dum*-, South Hend. They < were accompanied by their moth-r. Mrs Charh-s Vogles -de. their ulster. Ituth and their aunt Mrs. Minnie Holthouse Ikm Jiolthouse return d ester I i day noon to Bloomington to restun” his studies at hidinnft Tnlver I shy. J. L. Kocher. In jurist sumo two, months ago in an autom ibil” wreck near Findlay, Ohio, was aM” , Ito be at his office yest’rluy oft”' I noon forth” first. H<- is still using < rut< hes but expert* to «a>n !>•■ able to discard them and ’gain hustle around Mr« Kia-bet. who »us injur d sev-rely at th” sam ■ time, is also Improving mid is able ,to be about th” iiousc Membeis of the Adam county Imurd of commissioners planned to go to In lian.ipolls today t.> pre en’ i pethlon to th state hlghwa IctMiwnitiaion to rak over th” Gen”jva to Bluffton road a- a part of th” state system. Improiement* at” t> b” iiiicl” at otiie. It is tmd-rst>M«d L, C Helm, patient at th” Adams I county memorial hospital following a fall Sitndty in whkh li” r -reived a broken hip is recovering slowly His condition Is report-d as good as ran l»e expet ted and h” Is opt mistii- about getting out In u few j Week* Annual gross Incom tax reports I an- due this month Many automobile drivers have i not secured their driver's licenses, I l» is reported, and this is of count” i in violation of th” law It’* wi«< to! get them now. I>.wi« Rutnschlag of rout” f> was among this morning's business visotora In Decatur Mrs. Merrill Rchnitg and sons! Dick and Ralph returned yesterday' from a holiday visit in Tampa. Florlda. John and Marjorie Carroll, son 'and daughter of Mr and. Mrs Clay- | son Cat roll of North Second street, hod’ tht-jt guests ovei th”

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weiAcnd and New Year’s Day, James and Ekiine Topp of Clm-ln nail, Ohio John returned to his work In th” laiyola medh-al school at Chli-nro and Mis* Marjorie lai returned to her work In Indlumipo Ils o — W. H. GILLIOM ICONTINCKD FROM PAGE ONKt track Th” following met! were I” appointed 111 charge of tractor and rond maintenance <’hnni-y Reynolds, district 1: John Fox, district 3 George laishe. district 2 John Hrlte, district 1; Hol Eicher, ! motor grader operator, < ninny I Wide The men In charge of road mai'ii tenant e are Charles Morgan. (I't.i Clem Grover Blakey, Ralph Shady and Herman Miller Bonds Are Approved Tlie lionds of Miss Alice la-nhart as deputy treasurer and Mrs. .Marie Debolt, deputy county clerk, each in th” amount of It.tXtfl. we><i «amlti”d mid approved by the boa rd o ( all For Condition Os National Banks Washington, Jan .1 (Cl’i Th’ comptroller of the currency to-lay Ismed a call forth” condition of -ill National bank* as of I”. 3>t, l<t:‘< CLEAR NOSE io help you SLEEP WELL TONIGHT BM» YOUR ROM feel all dried out, dogged, or irritated, so that you find it hard to get to sleep? Then try putting a few drops of Vicks Va-tru-nol up each noatril at bedtime. va-rao wot tFMAPt u cumfoning film that helps relieve transient congration, lets you breathe more freely and hdpa pave the way for a good night’* »lwp. EMWV rar COMFOUT and relief Vick* V»-tra-nol brings ~, tonight.