Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 70, Decatur, Adams County, 24 March 1947 — Page 5

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REPORTS -‘wJgIML REPORT of local markets WiT' MURRAY A CO. jMmMm , i,.,i m>> ■'> -< j'"' IMMI '»" SM*"" MHb l, -.50 SwMM lvso WwM !•"" JBk. i■' * - t,M ' W *■”"’ M|Kner stock YARDS f..i ■■ ;„u *'* *'’ ->£g£ - |.,.. lu ■ \Bk • 19.00 ■a 23 "" f Kolesale eggs ano r L try quotations k. Furnished by produce co. S Phone 3SO | ,„,• <t< Il K' * ‘ il’t KgRR 37 ■Jgßlirr.- ! • springers - ■K .11 - > 2S GRAIN MARKET elevator co. B Ktns subject to change during > S S(M delivered at elevator. I Biotin ted March 24 ■Mfc r prices. I Kuru: .04 per 10U IMS. GRAIN PRICEt i Kmi County F. B. Co-Op’S I Kerne Monroe-Williams ■SBhbi "i >' ! '-‘i Mali h 24 ' BK 2.25 rye prlcM. ■ :.<t •;■ • I.l*' I'. S Coneffect B3r ''Hi-' •■' 1 «»nirr«-s»M from in December to 3. .rrnix 11 •- »l<l|< I* - •-I 1..'!) -Ip. i ' 1 i- pi..nl. IMF'J Uii.it It.in. I tiluil>ilalri>l..r Mlirrh ir. I III? loam., fc .... KABINETS Base Sink ■ ■and Wall Cabinets ®^F rr * son M .tier Healers Heep f reezers Hadios ■ Kon-ole-f ombination ■ Itccord (Havers KITCHEN ■ .Maytag Sales JB an « Service ■ Bmasher*. - Sweepers ■ 1 ’lO Jefferson St. ■or Sale MODERN home I ■Recently remodeled. 1.? Insulated. Hardwood Floors. ■ hmr lied rooms. MOo Adjoin,n 3 Lot ideal for u ** ,9n of new house. ’* t>,9ek » from business W' >l? ' 0” Mercer Ave. wc 0, Troutner Tel. 73 . 11M fK* >•»■«! ale & Insurance I *\»o- R'XLEft II optometrist I ■ »s*Jl;* ’’ *’• ‘ :o ° I *»«. •"""•a <si»MM Fin»4 "^ ll,l ' -

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LOCAL CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING RATES For 21 words or 1«m: 1 time b0o; 3 times 7boj 3 times |1; • times 11.75. Rates quoted are for consecutive Insertions. No claslfled ads accepted or aklpday schedule. Rate for 10 Point BLACK FACE) is Sc per word for Insert lea Copy most be In eEice by 11 a. m. Monday through Friday. Saturday deadline is I a. m. FOR SALE FOR HALE — Nationally known inner spring mattresses, liberal trade-in allowance for your old mattress. Sprague Furniture Store, phone 199. 58 TF FOR SALE-Columbia Records. Popular and classical with artists like Goodman. Kyser, Carle. Duchln, James, Noble, Shore, Kostelenets, Levant, etc. L'hrlck Bros. 30 ts FOR SALE —' Radios; Zenith - S|>arton - Stromberg Carlson Table models, combinations, record players, portables. Available now. Übrlck Bros. 30-ts FOR SALE—Within easy walking distance of General Electric, Central Soya and Decatur Castings, extra nice neighborhood, recently remodelled spacious three room home. Hardwood floors, cement asbestos siding for long life, low upkeep, modern appearance. Large 13 x 19 living room with weatherstripping windows, doors on all four sides for sunshine and air. Room could be divided for extra bedroom but is nicer with studio couch as occasional guest room. Kitchen is coxy with dining space for four. Redroom is comfortable size. Lots of closets. Bathroom, new asphalt shingle roof, private sidewalks, cistern foundation, oil beat. Lot big enough for busy persons without time to plant and hoe. fl.loo down balance f3S monthly. 5% discount for cash. Boh Heller. Realtor. Heller Building. Phone 870. «8-TF

FOR SALK—I93* Ford Tudor hi good condition. Phone Monroe 101-1. 683tx FOR SALE Potatoes' 82.20 per hundred lbs. Car! Bleberich 1 mile south and % mile east .Mag ley. 68-3tx FOR SALE -Lawn mower grinder and some repair parts for lawn mowers. H. P. McGill. 1404 Went Monroe St. 69-3 t FOR SALE—FueI stove. 2; one at 340.00; one at Slotf.OO. Both used three months, complete with barrel and fuel line. Two-wheel trailer lift, steel bed; attachments for boat trailer. Small kerosene heater. portable. |7.00. Three-burner oil stove, 15.00. Eight steel windows suitable for garage or other outbuilding. 13.n0 each. 1910 Ply mouth 2-door, perfect a-ondition or trade for cheaper auto. Bud Hud son, 822 Walnut street. 69-2 t FOR SALE Two purebred Angus . cows, will calf in June and July.' Henry Rumple, Berne. Ind., It 2. Phone 4764. 69-3 t FOR SALK—Cultivators for F-20 or regular Fartnail; John Deere■ web hay loader; 100 feet 7 inch hammermill belt. Henry Rumple, Bente, Ind.. R. 2. phone 4764. 69-3 t FOR SALE—Almost new ble.k saddle and bridle to match. Henry Rumple. Berne. Ind.. It. 2. Phone 4764. 69-3 t - — i FOR SALE — -.sundry stove porcelain sld<*< and euds. Phone 688. — 110 S. Sth st- 69 Itx FOR SALE — New Buescher band instruments are now available Cornets, trumitets. saxophones etc. i For more Information call L. C. Michaud. Phone 6145. 69 2tx FOR lI\LK ~ Poland China male i hogs. Theodore Bulmabn. Preble phone 5 on 20. 70 g3tx FOR SALE — Business location cornet lot. 66 x 90 opposite court house with lo ro«n house. 5 room hou*e all modern on North 7th Street. 6 room seml-m<»dern house with 3 extra lots on North Second Street. 4 room and bath, newly built with full basement and furnace ou Dierites street. 7 room bouse with 2 extra lots can be bought like paying rent. 12 acres land close to city limits Also 1 acre. 5 acres or 1« acres tract for building sites. Schwarts Realty Service. 91S West Monroe. Phone 1398. *” 1 FOR SALE ilea * y "duty” rubber tired wagon with truck axle. I IWft train bed Inquire Gerald liart, * miles east on 524. half caU* south. Flame 41W. TS'Jlz

QUICKIES by Rea ReynoWn -. dtagru.. ■ “I got this job with a Democrat Want A<l--duilng the war—when Ihe girls were crazy about guys in uniform!** SEED POTATOES All varieties from Wisconsin, Michigan, Maine Red River Valley, Limited aupplies Wisconsin B-Z Chippewas, Maine B-Z Cobblers. See your nearest A A P Food Store manager for details on small or large quanitities. 64 24 t Now is the time to paint it yourself with Nu-Enamel paints and varnishes. Something for every surface at llaugk Heating A Appliance. 66-TF See Hatigks’ for liberal tradein allowance on that new washer or sweeper, llaugk Heating * Appliance. 66-TF We sell and install Bryant. Pittsburg, and Evans automatic water heaters for gas. oil or electric Also Dew water softeners up to 500.000 grains. Haugk Heating & Appliance. 66-TF FOR SALE -4 gilts and 31 pigs. Inquire Russell Mitchel 2 miles east of Monroe and half mile north, 68-3tx FOR SALE 1931 Dodge coupe; good condition. 3200. Inquire 413 Mercer Ave. 68 3tx FOR SALE — Orapefrait. juicy, Texas seedless. 10 for 39c. Tender leaf lettuce 2 lbs. for 25c. Cop peas Corner. 69-3tx FOR SALE—New modern two or three bedroom home to veteran or non veteran Interested in raising ills family in safe beautiful subdivision fully restricted to better homes within six pleasant blocks of churches, schools business district. Home has hardwood floors, built-in cupboards, automatic softened hot water, breezeway, double siding, insulation, weather-stripped windows, screens, garage with overhead door, on spacious lot. All improvements, lawn seeding. 1947 taxes paid. Immediate possession. Easy local financing or will consider trade, it costs no more, Why be satisfied with less than the best? Bob Heller, Realtor, Heller Building, phone 876. 68 TF

FOR SALE Holstein bull 9 months old. Bangs vaccinated Hilbert liockmeyer, 4 miles north Decatur, Ist house east Fleming pond. 69 2t x | FOR SALE-120 acres all level high producing bla* k loam soil. Good outlet nd very well tiled i near Continental, Ohio. |135.00 1 per acre. Mt acres near Bluffton along state highway. Very good location Immediate possession fIO.OOtf.OO. Schwartz Realty Service, 915 West Monroe St., Phone 1398. 69-6 t FOR SALK Dunean Phyfe Davenport. kitchen cabinet, China Cabinet and white porcelain Ice I laix. all like new. Call Mrs Odist , Baxter. Rockford Ohio. 7o 2tx FOR SALK Rotary hoes; cultl- ; mule Iters; culipaekere: sprocket packers; sj». Ing tooth harrows; i tractor disks, fertiliser limesprca era rublier-tired wagons. 2-2 - row i mounted corn pickers for Alli* | Chaim. W. C.: Horn • draulic man are loadeiw; 44. 8 and 3 h.p <-ie< ■ I trie motors: garden tractors I i 2 ami 2 % h. p ; hammer mills; torn spellers: Globe milkers; traitor tires (sliver Sales A Service I Cralgville Garage. 7« 6t FOR SALE .Medium sized oil burner heating stove Safeway I made by Globe Stove Co. Frank j Simon Berne phone 2013. 70 2t FOR SALE — 390 bales of hay. Little Red. abu> some wheat, oat* mid beans. J. V. Steele, Pleasant Mills. Phone 8831 7u 3tx FOR SALE—Aills Chalmers W. C. tractor. Fannall F-12. Both in very good condition, on good rubtier. Gerber Implement store. C. S 27. 70-g3t FOE SALE 1 year old registered Guernsey bull. Herman Haugk Phone 49. j I ’ FOR SALE - 1941 Ford coach. 1932. Standard Chevrolet coach. 1933 Willys sedan. 1926 Plymouth roach, an is. Steel oil barrels lIA9 ei.h suitable for fuel oil. kero Mae, etc Al n. Bctomltt Motor Galeu 291 South First Street.

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FOR HALE—Apples 2<H> bushels of Grimes Golden, Northern Spies. Baldwin. Mclntosh. Jonathan. Hen Davis. 82.35 bushel and up. Coppess Corner. 69-3tx FOR SALE Easter hams, tenderized and tasty, ail sizes, good prices. Place your order. Coppess Comer. 69-3tx SEND FLOWERS for Easter. Place your order early. Corsages: Hydrangeas, Jonquils. Lil lies, Rose's, Tulips, Hyacinths. Azalias, poted novelties. Warren's Flower shop. 910 Monroe street. Phone 478. 67 g6tx FOR SALE - Bananas, yellow, ripe, tasty. Also 18 and 24 pineapple for canning. Size 30 two for 25c Coppess Corner. 69-3tx FOR SALE Storm windows and frames: three 5114 x 7414; two 44 x 68'4; one 44 x 62. three 34 x 44; one 30 x 41; three 22 x 67; two 22 x 62. Screens and frames: two 26 x 112; four 38 x 85; one 29 x 80; two 52 x 74. one 36 x 66; two 22 x 65%; one 44 x 66*4; one 44 x 62; four 40*4 x 52; two f 6 x 44; two 36 x 36; two 30 x 36; two 22 x 36; three 28 x 34. Phone 7133. 68 g3t

WANTED SEWING MACHINE RepairingAll makes, guaranteed jobs. We make covered buttons, covered belt buckles, do hemstitching and machine buttonholes.' Boardmans 223 North First. 51 26tx WANTED — Woman with two children wants to rent permanent residence. Reliable, good housekeeper. Can furnish good references. Coneider sharing home with reliable elderly couple or with widow- Please write Box 95, Democrat. 66 6tx APPLIANCE SERVICE — It we can t fix It throw it away. We repair all makes of washers sweepers. Irons, and other small appliances. White wringer rolls for all makes of washers. Arnold * Klenk. phone 463. 37-ts | I. ■■■ — ■II ■■■ '■! M ■■ * WANTED— Mimeographing work. Professional equipment. Save money on letters, sales messages, programs, forms, etc. Joan Cowan. Phone 870. Heller Building. 244tt (WANTED Ail kinds of livestock L. W Murphy. Phone 1678. 15btf WANTED From private owner 1936 • 37 or 38 Chevrolet 2 door. Must be in A-l condition. Cash. ' Potts, 409 S. 13th St. Phone 5395 68 3tX WANTED Farm hand; single: room, ixiard furnished. 4 miles from Decatur. Address Box 100 c/O Democrat. 68-3 t WANTED Good, used car. direct from owner. Write Box 99 c/o Democrat. 68-3 t

WANTED—To rent apartment or house, furnished or unfurnished. Married veteran, no children Write Albert Chipman. H»6 Ewing Street, Plymouth. Indiana. 68-3tx WANTED — Good used cars. Highest prices. Dick Mansfield Motor Sales, 111 S. Second. 62-121 WANTED TO RENT Two or three room apartment. Veteran and wife. No children. Both emi ployed. Phone 6714. 70 3t WANTED House cleaning and washings and ironings. Call 1519 after 6 p.m. 7«-g3tx WANTED Steady or part time waitresses. Apply ill person. Swearingen's, ou the highway. 70-3 t WANTED—House to rent; must vacate for veteran; need 2 or more bedrooms; no children. Phone 1016 after 5 p.m. 61-TF Ml ■ ■ —■■■— n " P — TEACHERS VACATION POSITION i Cnusual vacation position paying teachers selected >750 to ||s<hi depending upon their ability, effort and time they ran work. A servlre you will take pride In rendering—an extension of what you I have l>ern doing so we can train you quickly. Requirements. 25 r.n, .1 years’ teaching experience, white, good record ami stanning Number of openings limited. Write fully In confidence for per sonal Interview, giving phone Address: Mr. Jerry Griffith. Suite 1999 Traction Bldg.. sth A Walnut St.. Cincinnati 2. Ohio. Itx WANTED — On-- or two room a part m*nt for elderly lady. Call or see David Downs. 811 North Third sheet. Phone 1684. 69 g3t MISCELLANEdUs ROOFING and Siding. Loch type asphalt roofing. Asbestos and Insulatfoa brick aiding- Put on with rigid board Spelts real insulatiou value. Experienced up pUcaterz do the work. No usoueF Three years to pay ts de- , tired-, Boardman a. Decatur, Ind

WE DO EXPERT paper hanging, house cleaning and painting. Phone 499, or call at 422 Mercer aveflue. 67-g6t Is your roof leaking? We repair or put on new roofs. Free sethnates. Work guaranteed Telephone 1698. Kaehr's Service. 443 Winchester Street. Decatur 68 a3tx FARMERS ATTENTION -We re mo-e dead horses, cowa, hogs. etc. Decatur phone 2000. We pay all phone chargee. The Sts/ley Products Co. 15-ts NOTICE Is yetir chimney endangering your home? We give free Inspection. Rebuild or plaster them if needed. Telephone 1698 Decatur. Work guaranteed and reasonably priced. Kaehr's Service, 443 Winchester Street. 68 a3tx Decorating service for Decatur and vicinity. Work guaranteed Inside and outside painting. Call us for estimate Walter Dova, 523 E. Water St.. Berne, Pannalae Decorators. 70-TF FOR RENT FOR RENT 2 room apartment. Close up town. Phone 1415. 69-g2t FORT WAYNE LIVESTOCK Fort Wayne, Ind., March 24 (t'P I—Livestock: Hogs: 160 250 ll>s. 27.25-27.50, 250-300 lbs. 26.75 27, 300 Ihs. up 26 25 2650, 100-160 lbs. 23.2523.75; roughs 23 down; stags 1950. Calves; choice 25. Lgmbs: choice 23; ewes 8; bucks 6.50. Steers: choice 21-23; good 19 21; medium 15-21. Helfers: choice 20-22; good 1820; medium 14-18; helferettes 1416. Cows: choice 12.50-13.50: good 12-13; medinm 1112; canners and cutters 7-11. Bulls: choice 16-16.50; good 1416.

q ■. INDIANAPOLIS LIVESTOCK Indianapolis, March 24—Il’Pi - <PMA>— Indianapolis livestock: Hogl 1,000. K'irly active, weights 160 Ihs. up fully 25 cents higher, spots up more: IflW-IMO' lbs. 5o cent* higher; sows 25-50 > cents higher; bulk good and choicei 160-225 lbs. 27.50; few loads 26 65 and top 27.75; 225-250 lb. 27.75. 250-275 lb. 27.00. I7S-SOO lb. 10.76, 200-350 lbs 26.50. 350 lb. up 26.25; 100-160 lbs. 23.00 24 IHI; sows largely 23.50 to 24.00; choice light j weights to 24.50; extremely heavy offering around 33.0 V. Cattle 2.000. calves 400. Active, fully steady trade on steers and; heifers, load top good light weights 34.60; several light to medium weights in top half of good grade 23 50-23 75 and 24.00; bulk medium 1 ami low good light weights 21.5023.00; common and low medium! mixed yearling 16.00-20.00; couple | load, heifers 28.00 and 23.50; bulk

Wanted-Man between 30 and 50 for full time employment Stewart's Bakery

“ The policy has not been written that offer.-* more in worth-while returns to property owners and assureds than ■ you will find in the wealth of modern form*- and services provided by our office. ■ : LELAND SMITH INSURANCE AGENCY Z - “THIMBLE THEATER Now Showing THE POINT* (BE J PARPOBJ Kvou MOt.P TmE_)| z ' ' - BUT IAM qUN. I'LL FiNP r HAS BEEN 60NE /TTa ® “ (THAT CACTUS 15 MALFJ( BKQMINu J 7 A WATER , RJR SOMEJT~ > WAN TO PTOMAINE QUITE C 4 HOLE’! X( VECV N-r TIME ’? JTX ( PTQMPSONS. IT’S < \ V 7 still a far p»ece J C' J* Spooner ff j ' 24 I I I ' j zz BLONDIE MAESTRO BUMSTEAD CONDI’CTING! > tCA*rWo7r]M 'i — “=■ 7!TCBa Bl IB ?io BLOW HS Nose ■ ClaopJi-sEe** have the - \ LZZU HOW WELL TQM J K *■—’ ! \ e. ■ ,T W/jTH A ft 9 \ , Toar\ / - I I i TOOT y 1 I wIL it

medium to low good heifers 21.00(22.50; cows active, bve< dowse strong, canners and cutters 25-50 cents higher; gpod beef cows 15.75-17.00; common and medium 18.78-15.00; canners and cutters 10.00-12.50; vealers fairly active steady; good and choice 24.0026.00; common and medium unevenly 12.00-23.00, mostly 815.00 up; light culls downward to |7.00. Sheep 500 Fat lambs opening steady on limit<*d supply, load mostly good to low choice 84 lb. fat Texas lambs 23.00; choice eligible around 23.50; medium to goes! 17.00-21.50; common and medium I3ioi-I«:75; slaughter ewes steady at 8.50 down. 0 Union Election For Bluffton Workers Washington. March 24 <l'l , i The national lalior relations Itoard today ordered a secret ballot by employes of the Farnsworth Television and Radio Corp. Bluffton. Ind., for the purpose of a colhetlve baigaining i-gent. A petition wa« filed Jan 21 by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (AFL) requesting the election The NLRB, ordering the secret ballot within the next 30 days, said the workers could choose lie tween the petitioning AFL union or the Radio and Machine Workers of America (CIO4 with which the company now holds a contract.

The entire length of the Susquehanna river and its branches is about 400 miles. Illrlb Orttn«-s»e Notice Is h- reby given that .1.,. <>l> It l|..Ht. f(.-r has fll--<l a petition In the Circuit Court of A«! tins County Indiana, to li.in- tin- time an<! pl.e of bis birth determined. Paid p'-tltlon Is tu t t >r hearing on the :tst dm of M .r. h 1917 CLYDE O. TIIOIfTNEB Clerk of the Adams Circuit Court Minh ;:t. 1317 327-DAY-OLD fContinued from Pag- Om'l whipped. We're going back with FOR SALE Established Rest* atirani with wine and beer permit; doing gtssl business. Hcst reason lor selling. Confidential. Tri-State Realty Phone 105

our tails between onr legs.” The stalemate, Buse said, was caused by the company's refusal to bargain with the union local and the only way to break it. was tn get the employes back into the plant and maintain the union's bargaining right. Walter Gels’, president of the < ompany, issued a statement in which he sai'l the walkout was costly to everyone, and estimated that the company lost 365.000.ihmi in production revenue, mid the workers more than 120,000,000 in | lhefr pay envelopes. "Everyone loses such a strike." Geist said "Partii ularly tliose ; union leader ■ whose aim has long I la-rn to destroy the friendly rela tlnnship het ween the workers ' and the company.” Those employes returning to work as a result of the union’s I

OUR SEED POTATOES ARE IN Stiefel Grain Co. N. First St. Phone 233 SALE CALENDAR MAR. 22 Hail I Peck I Elzey. 3 miles north of Bluffton on State Road 1. then ' j mile cast. Farm sale. Ellenberger Bros. aucts. MAR. 25—R. L Cripe. 3»4 miles West of Fort Wayne, Ind., on Highway No. 14. Completely Modern 6 Room Home and 1 acre of land. Midwest Realty Auction Co ..1 F. Sanmann auctioneer MAR. 25 Cash Brown. 2 intles South of Ohio City on State Road 118. then West 2 miles on route 81. General farm sale. E E. Bevington A Merl Knittie, Am ts. MAR. 25 -Mr. k Mrs. Oscar Lehrman, 7‘ a miles Northeast of Decatur, 1 p. M. Bohnke At Hcbleferstein, Am ts. MAR. 25 —Nevada Burley. 208 East Main St., Van Wert. Ohio. Restaurant and equipment. W. L. Clay. auct. MAR 26 Earl DcWeese. 3 miles North of Decatur or 1 mile East of Monmouth. Complete close out. Schicferstein and Bohnke. Auctioneers. MAR. 27—W U Stanley A Weldon Zehr, 5 miles south of f>ecatur on road No. 27. then 114 miles east. 34 head of cattle. Roy H Ned Johnson, aucts. MAR. 27 —The Cities Sales Co.. Inc., Hicksville. Oltio. Surplus property shop equipment, tools, automobiles, parts. Donald Day, Auctioneer. MAR. 27- Harry la ighner, 1 mile south of Rockford. Ohio on State Road 118 and I’4 mile west. Farm sale. Purdy Ar Cisco, auc MAR. 28 —Raymond Kipfer, 6 miles east and 2’4 miles south of Bluffton. 54 head registered Brown Swiss. Roy A Ned Johnson. aucts. MAR. 29 —Paul D. Harvey. 7 miles North of Fort Wayne. Ind . on No. 27. then l’ a East. Weil Improved 80 acre farm. Mixlcrn Home, and Personal Property. Midwest Realty Auction Co., J. F. Sanmann, Auctioneer. MAR. 31—J. J. Helmrich. Magley, Ind. Grocery Business, complete with equipment and 6 Room Home ami lots. Midwest Realty Auction Co., J. F. Sanmann. auctioneer. APR. I - Bell ami Stouteliberry. 2 miles East of Decatur. 14 mile North of U. S Road No. 224. Holstein cattle and farm implement sale. Roy & Ned Johnson, auctioneers. ■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■a ■■■■■■■■-! * ■ : S&wice. ■ NEEDS ARE YOU ,NTERESTC ° ,N B TRAINING TO BE A WOM E N ■ r , SUPERVISOR I for first and , ■ ■ We Need Three Men g 1 * second shift. capable of advancing. a " / > ** you are 25 35 yenra old, ■ ■ ( 1 00(1 Kate have a high school education a ■ . and can fit into a small a g Ol I 35 • manufacturing organization- a ■ APPLY TO ■ ! O. R. MYERS - Plant Mgr. J ■ 312 WEST ELM ST. ■ ■ As

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action Sunday will receive wage-' 18 <4 cents per hour higher than when they struck. 1 nis Increase was granted by the company at its other plants and given to those strikers who voluntarily returned during the past months. Roy S. Johnson & Son Auctioneers & Real Estate We'll bo glad to Repreoent you in the transaction of Real Estate at Public Sale or privsto sale. 26 years in this business in Decatur. We welcome your investigation of our record of which we are proud. Phone 101 153 So. 2nd St. DeVoss Bldg., Ground Floor Melvin Leichty, Rep., Berne, Ind., Phone 251.