Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 1 February 1940 — Page 3

SOCIETY

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AN ANNIVERSARY .. and AN APPRECIATION! J “*‘ II yearn ago today — Feb. 1. 1926 —we «'erM ahow bunlnem in Decatur. In thee II Kir* we have progrevned from a *mall store-room **’• to a modern theater, which we are trying fwnUntly to keep abreast with the newest trend. I* equipment and entertainment. Whatever .uecen. we may have had in due entire»thc loyal patronage of nur friend, throughi e.e yean. On our Itth anniversary. we take '* mean, of thanking you for your support, and <*»ure you we are deeply appreciative. I. A. and ROY KAI.VER WRPFIjfVVV*] —TODAY— A VW * « W Continuoua from IJO hJSSnQEKj “DAYTIME WIFE" ~~ Tyrone Power. Linda Darnell. Warren William. Joan Oavi*. Mil At QAT also - toe?* BE SURE TO ATTEND! Kwr Picture—Real. Grand Entertainment! V / uf > , lar lhe f o«nantic the tcreen! ' (un Mem qp ueu—-MICKEY ROONEY, "Judpe Harpy A Bon"

nt Mik Herman Ehlnger him lu-r-n postponed one day. February IS lxIx'i auar nt the Purdue short < ourse The club will meet iimii week with Mm. E. I! Adamo, nt which time Mrs Pan Rehnfer will hove tin- subject. The Ave Marla study e|ub which wan to Rave met Friday evening In the K. nt (' hall, han been postponed until one week from Friday Th<* Hinting will lx* held at the utir.v plate liui lifter the Ix-uten -ervlee The Ihlllful Daughter!- <-|:> • of th«* Evangelical Sunday k< hool will tried at the homo of Mrs. Itoyi-r StoneTnimrr Tu«--day rvrmlna at 1 nxren-lhirty o’elot k. Thorn not hav.lna tuitinl ill their coin card* are link'd to do so al th'« time. Aml*lInK liostokses will la* Mr« Mary lAnaabell* Johttt<on-«nd Mr*, flalph (irlllla. The Waited Brethren Work and Win rlaaa will meet al the home of Mr. and .Mr*. E K. Hower on S’lnth street Friday evening at aeven thlrty o'clock. All memlwr i are asked t"? he present MRS. HUBERT ZEPKEL HOSTESS TO CLUB Fifteen membera and two visitors ’’attended the meeting of the I'nlon township home er-mtomlra cluh held at the home of Mrs. Hubert Zerket Wednesday afternoon. Mr*. Forrest Walt>-ra. president opened the meeting Inieresting talk< were given by .Mrs: Homer Rittner and Mi> Huth l.ehrtnan. Rdfreshinenta were aervrd by the hosl-»« aasiated by Mrs Forrest Walters ami Mrs <' A Brown.

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1940.

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Fanny Macy Fhonee 1000 — 1001 Thursday Our Ijidy of Good Counsel, Mrs. Cyril Heimann, h p. m. Hpnnhh American Auxiliary Legion Home, ; 3« p m , Christian ladles Aid Society, Mrs. \dam Kunowleh, 2 p. m. I'nlon Chapel lauiiea’ Aid. Mrs. Ford Worthnian, ull nay meeting. So Cha Iteu < lub, Mrs. Clyde Hut-l«-r. 7:30 p. in. C. H. Uidles' Aid. Mr K. O Wynn. 2 p m. Woman'll Missionary Society, Ev angelical Church, 2 p m Preabyterian Missionary Smleiy, Church Sotlal Itmini, 2:30 p m Monroe Methodist laidlea* Aid Society. Mrs. Alfred Hahnert, 2' p m. Pleasant Ik.le ladles' Aid Foeiety. Mrs. Henry Take, s u in. SI. I'aul Ladina' Aid Society. Mrs Anna Ellsworth. ’< a. m Ever Ready Class, Melhmllst Church. 7:30 p. m. Chun h of God Imdies* Missionary Sm l-ty, 2 p. m. I Woman's Missionary Society Luncheon, Mrs. It. A Stu-key, I ,l>. in. Friday • C. II Work and Win Class, Mr. and Mrs. E E. Hower. 7:3<t p. m. | Ave .Maria Study Club, K. of c Hall. I'o tpened One Week Happy Homemakers Club, Mrs. Gail Cook, 1:30 p m. Bamako Supper. Presbyterian Church IHnliig room. 5 lo 7 p m. Saturday Chicken Supper. First Fulled Brethren Church. 6 to 7 p m. Elks Valentine Huneo. Memher-i And Guests. 9:30 p. in. intoncay Adams County Women's Chorus, Moose Home. 1:30 p. in. Woman's Club. Library Hall. 7:15 p. m j Research Club. Mrs. 1-amoille ' Pmrle, 2 30 p. m. luesoay Itutiful Ihiughters Cla-s. Mrs Hotter Mionehurner, 73« p in Wednesday llistoli'lii Club L-lluheoll Mt I John St hug. I.' 30 p nt Shakespeare Club, Mr« e I! Adams. 2:30 p m. ' ST. VINCENT DE PAUL MEETING AND GUE3T DAY Alstut fifty members and guest enjoyed the meeting of the St Vincent de I’aul -tw-leiy held yesterday afternoon ui the K. of c hall. This was the first meeting of th<> new year and was the annual guest day Klertlon of officers was held with Mrs. Thomas Im-kin being selectled a* the president; Mrs. Andrew Zener. Vice-president; Mt- Hugh Daniels, secretary, and Mi-s Bertha Voglewede. trea-nrer I MRS. M. E. HOWER I HOSTESS TO CLUB Nineteen members Were present yesterday afternoon when Mrs M. K. Hower was hostess to the lltetorit al cluh al her ’tome on Mercer avenue The roll call was answered with favorite quotations The leader. Mrs. W. P Robinson, presided over the current event hour following with 11 very interesting paper on "Art." "Ari l« u spe’s-h for human thought. siMtken thtough genius and the artist I* Ht< man who speaks It grown out of the play spirit, ideali/tsl just as the spirit of play in one form or another Is universal among men so Is the love of Ix-sniy and le-auitful things. All types of archlict tyral struttures sink into insignificance when compared with tho«<- of Egypt where II can he trarad to a very remote antiquity. The Romans were the first to cultivate portrait paintings." Nett week the club will have a luncheon at the home of Mrs. John Hchug honoring the birthday anniversary of Mrs J M Frlstoe the club's only living < barter anember Kat h memler is asked to bring her own table service and one dish of food. The committee assisting Mrs. H-hug Im Jude* Mrs Homer l-ower and Mrs Robinson, who also have birthdays In February. Mrs. Earl Butler will lie the leader for the afternoon with "Lincoln the Hoosier." a« her subject. ♦ - Trade I" • Gooo Town — Becalm

| CORT • < — Last Tim* Tonight — -THE HONEYMOON IS OVER" Stuart Erwin. Marjpri* Weaver ALSO — Shorta. 10: 15c FRI. & SAT. JOHN MACK BROWN 808 BAKER “( HIP OF THE FLYING L™ ALSO—2nd chapt. "lAro'e Fighting L*glon." 10c-15e •—-O—O”" 1 ■ Son. Mon. Tuoa —“Legion ot Loot Flyers" A “Mickey the Ki 4."

Mrs. Imn Zoscr. who is a patient at the Adams county memorial hospital. Is progressing nicely after a critical Illness. t'arl <' Pumphrey has returned from a business trip to Indianapolis. A numlter of persons from thia city are planning to see Sonja Henle and her Hollywotsl skating revue next week in Indianapolis. ARRIVALS A girl Imby. weighing seven and one-half pounds was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kramer at St Vincents hospital. Toledo. Ohio, this ‘morning Mrs. Kramer is the daughI’er of Mr and Mrs <’ R I hl This i 's their first child. PRESIDENT OF ■ c-i-vrtwt'RH whom fa«>k owat and. If they succeeded, to essay .another attack In hope of breaking through to the Gulf of Bothnia, thus tutting Finland in two. f Fighting was reported to In- hitter. with the advantage definitely 1 on the Finnish side so far hut with the outcome still admittedly In doubt. The sector opposite ll.test I. north 'of Kuhtno. was the center of heavlest fighting and It was reported I that the Russian 54th division had suffered heavy losses. The Russians were reported to have lost five tanks yesterday. Respite the lake barriers, amt the heavy forests, the Itossians were able to use some tanks on thin > front. It was said, tn-caiise the snow was not no deep as on the fi'»ntn farther north and farther J south No Dictatorship London. Feb. I 'U.F) Prime Minister N'-vllle Chamberlain refused today proposals for a British economic distatorshlp i Replying to a metion by Sir Herbert Morrison that the war cabinet should include a minister whose s|h-i lai duty would be to bo In < harg- of economic organisation. Chamberlain said that he was unable to a<-ept the Invitation •'Unl-ss the eaxe in overwhelmingly for Introduction of a mw, non-de|Mii frm-ntal .uininter with I authority over other ministers it In very ranh to add new layers of ministers and new layers of offi I rials to those who already exist." {Chamberlain said ( ■ o— • Carmelcrisp Shop To (’lose Tonight The Carmelcrisp Rhop on Second street, operated by Ferd Peoples will not re-o|H*n after the I lose of tonight s business. The business wan sold to a Vr.n Wert, (thio resident who will operate the shop in that city. Mr. Peoples will go lo Van Wert, and will temporarily assist In starting the lutsincns in that city He is unde( bled aliout the future. - o Pleasant .Mills News Florence Noll, Correspondent Mrs. J Franklin llall>er«tadt wan a business visitor In Fort Wayne Katurday Vivian Riley and Mollut Hill are spending a few days at the Varlando Clark home and attending whool also Guy Mcßride of llllonls has heen spending the past few weeks With his hrothei and family. Mr ami Mrs. Ira M( Bride. Mr and Mrs. Robert McMillen were Sunday visitors of the Utter s patents. Mr. and Mrs Milton Chronister al Bolwr The Misses Maxine and Hetty Noll visited over the weekend with their sisters' Mrs. Claud Ih-mlinger and Vivian Noll at Fort Wayne Mr. and .Mrs. Charles Roehm k and (hlldren. Rose. Klien and Bolshy of Isecatur spent Sunday with Al Roebuck. Mr and Mrs. C L Custer were among those who attended tho Lutheran thurrh supper. Mr and Mrs. Paul lasbslger and family. Mr. and Mrs. Ilryc" Dunleh motored .to Convoy Sunday and were dinner guests with Mr and Mrs Harry Daniels. Wanda Mann, who has fawn bedfast for the past two weeks with flu. Is slowly Improving Rotert Holloway Is Improving from a serious Illness but It Will be some tim* Itefore he Is able to attend school laswell Noll and Neva Riley were Sunday dinner guests with Mr and Mrs. Claud Hetnllngrr In Fort Wayne. They also were supper guest at the residence of Arney

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By HARRISON ( ARROI.L KISS Frstsns Sysdlrsls Writer HOLLYWOOD— Now that she iff Mrs. William Powell. Diana gets the use of a dressing tnnm that makes her the envy of

the other young actresses on tint M-G-M lot She has mov< d into Bill's own suite and becomes the first woman ever to be quartered tn the building where Clark Gable, Robert Taylor, Nelson Eddy. stc,. hold forth. Diana gets

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I the break at Bill's own wish H< ] doesn't need the dressing room until he starts another pk-ture and he wants his young bride to have the l>est. Oroucho Marx's pals are in hysterics. The comedian locked himeelf into his garage which has automatic doors and was Impris* oned for an hour and a half He finally had to saw hit way out. ft was kept a secret until th picture was finished Hut Merle Oberon wore a fortune In real jewels In "We Shall Meet Again " I They came from her own collection and Included three diamond roses, an emerald necklace that once belonged to Napoleon HI, diamond bracelets, rings and pins and a rope of old gold pieces se' with rubies. Only a handful of people on the ret knew that the jewels weren't i the usual movie Imitations and they were sworn to silence. Hollywood will gef a kick out of nearing that Gregory Ratoff's first English teacher played a bit role in "I Was an Adventuresa." Some folk think that Gregory hasn't I learned to talk English yet. hut. I anyway. Trim Varella. an actress who played with Ratoff 17 years ago in "Blcssomtime." is credited by the director with being his first coach In our language. Ratoff had just come over from Europe at the time and was able to do the play only because he learned to parrot his tinea. Spencer Tracy already Is phnWANT ADS PAY' Dally Demmrat want ads do pay' Wednesday afternoon Harold Thieme Inserted an nd vertisemenl in the ( laa«ili< d sections stating that he want •*l to rent an apartment The paper was published at 4 p m and at «:30 p m Thieme had found an answer and an apartment this despite the scarcity of available apartments In the city. -- 11 . ... I, i Anspaugh and family of near Bryant. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ixtbslger. Mr and Mrs. Bryce Daniels spen’ j Sunday afternoon at Pokagon state park watching hundred* of people enjoying the grand winter sport ol tolfoggatilng and skiing. - War Makes Them Fish The Pus, Man. (FPi Fur trap per* ate turning fishermen In northern Manitoba lie< a use they anticipate a slump In fur prices during the war. according to L. H Phinney of the game and fisheries , department.

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| ning how to spend the two months' I vacation that M-G-M has promined him after The Yearling" fa fin. I ished. He'll go to Honolulu. Australia and New Zealand, unleaa, . of course, the war slops ever into j the Pacific before early fall when the star is planning to leave. It will be a richly earned holtday. Besides "The Yearling;’ i'racy will have made "| Take This Woman," "Northwest Partsage" and "Ediaon the Man " — Another star reading the travel folders is Waiter Brennan. He gets six weeks off after "The Weutern- ; er" and he is torn between a desire to see Honolulu and a longcherished w.sti to revisit his home town. Rwampscott, Mass Walter left there an unknown 21 years ago. He has never teen hack. Mash notes are an old story to Hollywood stars, but now they are sending them on phonogtaph records Melvyn Douglas just received one from a girl In Kansas City who informs him that she and he are soul-mates "1 am coming to Hollywood and don't try to stop me," she warns. As Douglas already Is married tn Helen Gahagan and has two nice youngsters, it Is a bit emhar- ' rassing Wrestler Bob Gregory, now separated from his Princess Laha. is the latest escort of Carol Landis. They were lunching at Bardi'a. ... In another booth were Helen Gilbert and Milton Golden, the attorney whn handled her divorce. . . . Clark Gable came hack from Atlanta with nothing but nice things to say about Margaiet Mitchell, whom Hollywood had heard was a temperamental celebrity. Apparently. the admiration is returned, for she has just sent him a copy of the Danish translati -i of G. W. T. W. Over there, k s calle 1 "Dorte Med Blaes’en." . . Olivia de Havilland was back with Tim Durant for the I.a Conga's rumba club night. . . . Also there Lupe Velez and Brandy Brent and Kay Griffith and John Howard. . . . Suzanne Kaarens pretty legs just . landed her a part In ' Hurray, I'm Alive." In the story. Frank Morgan takes one look at them and misses a boat.... Jane Gilbert and Hili Hopper, the newlyweds, were being showered with congratulations at the Brown Derby Report Kinif George Suffers Slight Cold fxindon. Feb 1 tl’Pi King George has a slight (old and •« confined to hi* loom. It was announced today The King was at Bin klngliain palace. In his apartment. the so-ialh'd Chinese suite on the «e>-Mid floor offhials said that hie cold was slight and that he Sas Staying In his room as a precaution The King was egper-trd tn resume hi- normal duties In a day or two — -O'Claude R. Wickard Given Nomination — Washington. Feb I—(t'Pi President Tirsisevelt tmlay nominated Claude It Wickard nt Indiana as under secretary of agriculture sm • (ceding M I. Wilson Wickard. a former Indiana state ha* been associated with the agricultural adjustment administration since 1933 Sim e Novein her. 1935. he has served a« dimtor of the AAA's north central division. — o TraZs Is a i.mm <«*■ — ttoeere-

State Highway Crew Cleans Up City Streets The state highway crew was doing a splendid jol> today of removing the snow and lie from Second street. A scraper was used to break the snow I0o;e from the pavement Workmen then loaded it in trucks and hanlWd It away If weather permits, work on ( leaning Monroe street will lie tin dertaken tomorrow. All the territory Included In lh«- one-hour parking zone in the uptown hu-ine disIriet will lx- cleured hy the -lute highway crew o Plan Immediate Steps To Aid WPA VVurkers Indianapolis. Iml.. Feb 1 H'l’i John K. Jennings, state WPA administrator, will take immediate step- in alleviate a < »nditl >:i in Allen county which hus thrown l.Joo WPA workers out of Jobe. Gov M Clifford Townsend untimim cd today following a conferem) with six of the workerJoinings will confer tomorrow with the district WPA manager from Fort Wayne He said the Mime condition exists gem-tally through out the state and nation.

NOTICE There are several pertinent point* conrerninu the recent and rather ifencral shortage of soft water in the City of |>ec;itur that the Health Hoard wishes lo call to the attention of the citizens. 1— That the water supplied through the courtesy of the City Water Uepartment is obtained from the St. Mary* river and i* subsequently subjected to efficient filtration and chlorination treatment which renders it *afe for laundry purpose* ONI.V. 2— With the ahove fact tn mind the City Officials request that prospective user* accept such service with a char understanding that no control measures or responsibilities other than thoie staged alstve can be assumed hy the Water or Health Deparitncnfs. City Board of Health If. E. Daniel*. S. M. Friedley. 11. F. Zwick. OUT THEY GO! Hundred* of lieautiful Winter Coats - Dresses 1 Greatly Sacrificed for immediate clearance with Special Low Prices. FRIDAY yif SATURDAY dresses placed in group-- / Va to help you in your choosing, r lit ifflk nt " **-'lr* and a world of iHlla iHL Folor. Buy them at i 11|\ $2 $3 $4 Eve r y remaining y COAT in our stock i now selling at tre- ( I' mendons reductions. i] J _ Good selection. H I Sk : rts, Riouses, ■ mi w and chi | dren . g In order to dear our Dresses present slock we offer All Good Number* you your choice at, each " l,r * °' u 49c 50c E. F. GASS STORE

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