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F rOOP b>B ; birthday Myw \l- S V.'illi ;l,!l Hoffmtin W-K -1 a :>■ 't-liu-k dinner ML* Mrs. Nettie Roop ijM.ca'n rsary. Many lovely K ■ received by the honored W»c-wliit- wen- Mr. and ■VK ~ Hoffman and family, M l . perman Hoffman. Mr. MB y Smith. Mrs. Sarah s mi. Kenne'h. Mr. and ■Mg. u , ■],; , ami sons. Rich--11 : "" i Jlrs Rob ‘ IM ~,.! daughter. Beverly, !|K| r< Kenneth McCollum, KK (I Mr ami Mrs. Fred ■M;., and Mrs. John Smith Ml-.r '. "f l'"r' Wayne. Mr. ■Mi'. - m smith and (laugh■l \|r ami Mrs. Francis ■K'-on. Mts. limner Par■Mohn Thomas. OF CHRISTIAN Qjr.LASS HELD ■M line >V ,'kers class of the ■■ eimreh met at the ■My mid Mrs. Fural Rose ... o' ■ r meeting. EK s;l, ‘- Not ■M- ■' i " || “ weil l,y ■K...Mrs. Isenhower. ■M'mi"'•" l l,le scripture ■H... oislm-ss meeting, the covers were elected: ■M M-il Rose; vice presi■Mr Reinhard; secretary9M, Melba Scheiderer. ..- Wl ' r *‘ l’ la >" ■Mr>: ""''e served numbers attend mlier ting will be lEH,. hmm- "f -I' l '- a,IJ -Mrsbß|N LIS CLASS iiB G is held ■Mini .hull l'r class of the in the social ...... recently. Mrs. had charge of the |M«' Thanksgiving" H^K r -.r cr.mp then sang afer which Mrs. Custer Everett Hlitger, the business meeting mil .all. lesponded to |S:.. I should give thanks." ■ y ' elected presi |K.-d-ri k Sinker. e presUM "m' a-urei . M's Raw lev ass'stant «<>ere■K - - John Dierkez; ' U.-..-00.- : Mr.- I.ivm.md Fichenand Mrs F D. Striker to .> . .mimittee lor the Mot organizing a junior .low -d The EH|i: (barge im ludtd Mr. an.l ■ Md Practical Too! SHci AEZJr'Znx Hl' gßrar lltw ill. t- jIMM ■ llfi ■ JJB I 7 IM ■X?:- '-•■W IfZW '-3. k\ Ifiß W"- er // M' is ' ;o /»■ 1 |M, 10 m * ke you beau iful’ ■t, ,'*' al po,ke! ’ a "d hem|KL. , 8 Beams - all are bound ■7 t *- This is the ven L . ar>r " n crop. Mbmi- Bizes small (14 MSeu-1 ,j ''r"’ !ar * e OO Ml ? 2 sar ’ ls 35-fnch. M f-r ue Pa,er « Rive* «how? P! ’‘ ,e - K Twt^rV 0 ’ 1 eTPr y ?te p Mfo-thu^' FIVE r '‘ n,s ,r M Dnuv! r “' tcrn t 0 Dwatur H J.’.r. '„ F>a "‘“ rn K“ s t- go. Ksg P 7n n Jl Yo ' R NAME Meh Se siz e. style vt Prp<,y! S*« other ilvßTlv*J ro< ' k Bln our Bsr Fan «nd Win ■ S ’ wlnst doU «'-’ B' 5 * *' ,h thß,e M^y*\ a na ' ,erT ' for M rpTFFv prin,M ln ,he M 1 'tai bonk . r * n, » mor* ■ “O’* to you!

Society Items for days publica--1 tion must be phoned in by 11 a.m. (Saturday 9:30 a.m.) I Phone 1000-1001 , Miss Betty Melchi ( Thursday [ St. Mary’s society, C. L. of C, hall, 7:30 p.m. St. Cecelia discussion club, Miss Justine Brite. Women of Moose formal initia- ' tion, Moose home, 8 p.m., oficers, ! 7:30 p.m. Indiana dub, Mrs. Charles ’ O’Shaugnessey, 8 p in. , Ruralistic study club, Mrs. Fred Ulman, 8 p.m. Country fair, Methodist church, 3 to 10 p.m. Do Your Best class of Trinity Evangelical U. B. church, Mrs. Wil- ■ ! Ham Foughty, 7:30 p.m. ! Decatur Girl Scout association,. Lincoln school, 7:30 p.m. So Cha Rea, postponed. ( I Indies Missionary society of Church of Qod, Mrs. Gilbert Strickler, 7:30 p.m. Phoebe Bible class of Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, church, 7:30 p.m. Phoebe Bible class of Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, church, 6:30 p.m. . Victory class of Trinity Evangelical V. B. church, (’ urch, 6:15 p.m. Women’s guild of St. Luke Evangelical and Reformed church, church basement, all day. Friday Phi’athea class of Baptist church, Mrs. C. E. Peterson, 7:30 p.m. Pocahontas lodge. Red Men hall, 7:30 p.m. Work and Win class of Trinity church, church, 6 p.m. Adams County Federation of Clubs fine arts silver tea, Methodist church parlors, 2 p.m. Saturday Rummage sale, Christian church basement. St. Mary’s society, Catholic high school, 2 to 4 p.m. Bake sale, Woim n’s guild of Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, church basement and Gerber's market, 9 a.m. Union Chape) pastry sale, Stults grocery, 9 a.m. Sunday Wesley class of Methodist church, j church, 6 p.m. Zion Lutheran Married Couples | club, church basement, 7:30 p.m. | Monday Pythian Sister Temple, K. of P. home, 7:30 p.m. Needle club follow-] ing. Legion auxiliary degree and drill team, Legion home, 7 p in. I Decatu- Woman's club, library, 17:45 p.m. Tuesday Delta Theta Tau social meeting, Elks home, 8 p.m. Church Mothers Study club and Berne club, Methodist church, 8 p.m. Progressive Workers class of Trinity Evangelical U. B. church, 6 p.m. Mrs. Philip Dolby, and Mr. and Mrs. ■ Francis Andrews. Thirty-three members and eight children attended the meeting. WOMAN’S CLUB TO MEET MONDAY Robert Hansel, a senior at Decatur high school, will be the guest speaker at the general meeting of the Decatur Woman’s club Monday evening at seven forty five o'clock In the library auditorium. Mr. Hansel will spea.c on his experiences while a senate page in Washington, D. C. The committee ‘n charge of the program from tne Drama ic section, includes Mrs. Syl-| vester Everhart. Mrs. John Pater ,on and Mrs. Jerome Kohne. Are you going thru the functions •mldnle-sge' period peculiar to women (38-52 yrs 1? Does this make yot suffer from hot flashes, feel so nertour, high-strung, tired? Then co tn Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to relieve such symptoms' Pinkham's Compound also has what Doctors call a stomachic tontc effect I LYgIA L PINKHAM’S -noVour

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V. F. W: AUXILIARY MEETSTUESDAY< The V. F. W. auxiliary meeting was held at the hall Tuesday evening at which time plans were made for the Christmas party to lie held on December 7. A pot luck supper will be served, with the members’ husbands and sweethearts as guests. Each member is asked to bring sandwiches, a covered dish and table service. A dollar gift exchange will be held for members. The 'mid-winter conference will , be held at Indianapolis November 20-21 at the Claypool hotel. The district meeting at'Kendallville will be held on December 5 and the district Christmas party in Fort Wayne on December 12. SCOUT REPRESENTATIVES HAVE MEETING TUESDAY Fifteen Girl Scouts, representing their respective troops, met at the home of Mrs. Raymond Burnett Tuesday afternoon to rehearse for the association meet’ng to be held Thursday night. Those present included Kay Borman. Colleen Lobsiger, Ann Kocher, Judy Gun'her. Jane Grim, Linda Pollock, Nancy Berg, Kathy PatI rick, Sharon Kreisher, Carolyn Mc- ■ Dougal, Marilyn Strickler, Rose- ' mary Hetrick, Charmaine Des Jean, | Sue Baughn, Elizabeth Hersh. Mrs. Gerald Strickler, president J of the Girl Scout organization, and Mrs. R. C. Hersh assisted at the I meeting, following which refreshments were served and a social hour was enjoyed. CIVIC DEPARTMENT HAS CARRY-IN SUPPER The Civic department of the Decatur Woman’s club held a carryin supper at the Boy Scout cabin recently for new members. Mrs.' Ray Stingely was in charge of th? business meeting, at which time ten dollars was contributed to the community fund> Plans were then discussed for the Christmas party on December 6. New members welcomed into the group are Mrs. John Bauman, Mrs. Albert Beery, and Mrs. Doyle Collier. They were each presented with a corsage. i Mrs. Lawrence Green was in charge of the program, which included a talk on “The First Thanksgiving,” Mrs. Lowell Smith, and poems, entitled “The Family Group" and “Home," by Mrs. Amos Ketch urn. Those in charge of the meeting : were Mrs. H. W. Shroll, Mrs. Herman VonGunten, Mrs. Russell Ack er and Mrs. Siingely. Bingo was played at a later hour. Twenty-sev en members attended the meeting — MRS. JESSE SUTTON HOSTESS TO CLUB ; Ineteen ladies attended the monthly Shakespqfire club meeting at the home of Mrs. Jesse Sutton. Sr.. ] Wednesday afternoon. The meeting was opened with Ihe I collect, followed by an interesting and informative talk on “Our Daily Bread,” by Mrs. Seth Beavers. Sh< stated that “from the time of King Louis XVI the peoples of the work' nave uemanded bread as a part of their daily diet while today we fint. the average American eating at least five slices of bread daily. Tht first bakery, operated more than i two thousand years ago by a Greek ; was conducted along sanitary lines Today, our bakeries employ over 'two hundred thousand people.” Interesting sub-topics supple mented her talk and were given by Mrs. Raymond Burnett. Mrs. John Gividen, Mrs. D.B. Erwin, Mrs. C | A. Dugan, Mrs. John Heller, Mrs Earl B. Adams. Mrs. Phillip Mack lin. Mrs. C.E. Peterson and Mrs ' Charles Teeple. A short business meeting follow ed the program, after which cur 'rent events were given by each member. A lovely social period con | eluded the meeting. DELTA THETA TAU MEETING IS HELD Delta Theta Tau sorority met re I cently at the Elks home for a bus ] iness meeting. Mrs. Jack Holthouse j reported on ;he Beta province con i vention held at the Elkhart hotel ' Elkhart. The theme of the eonven ' tion was a trailer trip. Beta pro * vince chairman. Grace Robinson of Tau chapter. Valparaiso, presid ed at the business meetings. Tht j Be a province cancer fund of ap ] proximately one thousand dollar.- ] was turned over to Alpha province for use in cancer research. Also discussed was the specia philanthropic project of financing the production of films on vita and much needed health subjects These films will be be placed it.

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film libraries of state health departments where they can be loan- i ed for use. The project for Beta pro- i vince next year will be to help sup- i port Hoosier Boy's town. Father ' Campania, a Catholic ■ parish i priest of East Chicago, saw the need for such a home and sought the aid of persons who might make it a reali y. Among these persons was Dr. Stewart Niblick, one time resident of Decatur. Dr. Niblick is the resident physician of the Hoosier Boy’s town. The site chosen was an old country club located outside of Gary, near Dyer: It was ded- i icated over a year ago and at pre- I sent holds only eighteen boys, but ’ as the fund grows, it will die able i to accomodate* more. ] The next national convention will be held at Breezy point lodge, Brai- i nerd, Minn., on June 27 to 30. The lodge is on Pelican lake in the heart of Minnesota's fabulous resort country and is the best inresort life. Mrs. Holthouse then hanked the sorority for sending her as-delegate. After the meeting was adjourned, the members enjoyed a colored animated film on cancer control. The next meeting will be a social ( meeting at eight o’clock November ( 23 at t he Elks home. Members un- ( able to at: end are asked to call Joan Zeser. Jane Kleinhez or Bonnie Reidenbach by Monday noon, November 22. The Church Mothers Study club ' will entertain the Berne club at ‘ the Methodist church Tuesday even- . ng at eight o’clock. Mrs. Homer ( Reppert will be in charge of the devotions. and Mrs. Niland Ochsenrider will be program leader. The Drill and Degree team of the Legion auxiliary will meet at the Legion home Monday evening at seven o’clock and from there will go to Monroeville where they will', have charge of installation and initiation. , I The Progressive Workers class ( of the Trinity Evangelical United , Brethren church will have a carry*- . in supper Tuesday evening at six o’clock. — -Tlie Pythian Sister temple will!] meet at seven thirty o'clock Mon-1 day evening at the K. of P. home. I ollowed by the Needle club meet-11 '.ng. Annual roll call will be held, 1 followed by initiation. All officers and members are requested to attend. |j&) j? rr ~ ffjl Mrs. Dick Heller motored to Mun- ' ie yesterday, where she attended a leta Theta Pi mothers’ luncheon. Mr. and Mrs. Janies Edwards, of Leipsic, 0., were guests of Mr. and Vlrs. A. I). Suttles Wednesday. 1 Mrs. Ernestine Bixler, of south- 1 sast of Berne, is a patient at the 1 -dams county memorial hospital, 1 . here she underwent a major opertion Monday. William Knott, assessor of Wells ounty, is ill at his home in Bluffon. He suifered a heart attack vhile at work at his office in the ourt house. Dr. M. O. Lester, former pastor f the First Methodist church in Decatur has written that he is now 'esiding at Leesburg, route 1. Dr. .nd Mrs. Lester will be glad to,hear rom their local' friends at that address. CHRISTMAS CARDS Boxed Assortments Buy Early While Selections Are Complete Hollhouse Drug Co. 1 zfitwitutJ'j s L- WHIN CHRP mu Choked Mother, you know what wonderful relief you get when you rub on wanning Vicks Vapoßub! Now ... if a cold chokes-up your youngster and makes breathing difficult . . . here's a special way to use Vapoßub for grand relief, toe! ... It's Vopoßub Steam I Put a good spoonful of Vicks Vapoßub in a bowl of boiling water or vaporizer. Then ... let your child breathe in the soothing Vapoßub Steam. Medicated vapors penetrate direct to coldcongested upper bronchial tubes, bring relief with every breath’ For continued relief while child sleeps, rub throat, chest and back with Vicks Vapoßub. It keeps working for hours to relieve dis- I yttess. Try ttl *

Psi lota Xi sorority expresses its sincerest appreciation to the community for the assistance rendered in presenting Fr. Flanagan’s Boys Town concert here last evening, and to the appreciative audience. « Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hoffman, of Fort Wayne, are the parents of a baby boy, Michael Wayne, born Nov. 11 at the Methodist hospital in that city. The baby weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces at birth. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hoffman, of Preble, are grandparents. Brownie troop seventeen met Wednesday afternoon at the Lin.coln school. Following roll call and dues, games and songs were enjoyed. The meeting was then closed with the Brownie arch. Rosaland Ambrose, scribe. The Girl Scouts of troop seven held its meeting Monday evening after school. The meeting was called to order by Marvene Krick, president. Pledges to the flags and the Girl Scout promise were made. Dues were then paid. Norma Agler, scribe. Woman Fined For Reckless Driving Lucie Barber, of Winnetka, 111., was fined $5 and costs by mayor John M. Doan this morning on a reckless driving charge filed by city police. The offense was allegedly committed on Thirteenth street, but police had to give chase to Schieferstein's hill north of the city. Evangelical Mennonite Church Plans Revival Berne, Npv. 18 — Rev. O. P. Eastman, of Lincoln Park, Mich., will be the evengelist at a series of revival meetings to be held November 22 through December 5 at the Evangelical Mennonite church" west of Berne. Raymond Moser will be the song leader and special music will also be furnished. Mrs. Kasenkina To Leave Hospital New York, Nov. 18 — (UP)— Mrs. Oksana S. Kasenkina, 53, school-teacher who was injured severely in a leap for freedom from the third-story window of the Russian consulate Aug. 12, will leave Roosevelt hospital tomorrow.

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Grocery Price War ' I ’ Boon To Housewife Spending Coupons At Capital Groceries Indianapolis, Nov. 18 — (UP) — Happy housewives moved up and down (he aisles of Indianapolis food markets today spending coupons instead of cash in a grocery - price war. The war started when a grocery chain mailed to every home in the city coupon books worth $5.50 at 1 the rate of 10 cents each when - applied to certain merchandise i'ems. Independent stores and other chains, seeking to capitalize on the coupon business, either honored the chain's coupons or cut their prices 10 cents on the bargain items. Grocers reported a brisk business. They said coupons were rolling in faster than dollar bills, . overflowing cash registers. One ■ grocer said he had “boxes and I boxes of coupons.” Hoirewlves said they were 1 pleased to get ba'.gf.ln: ir, groceries for a change. Mrs. W. K. Palmer said she never threw a coupon away. 1 "I use every one that comes into The Immanuel Lutheran ’ Ladies’ Aid of the Bleekr church will have a church supper and bake sale Nov. 21 ’ at 5:00. • T 'AI /A | t z' Compacti s><j 1-50,10-00 Smith Drug Co.

the door,” Mrs. Palmer said. “If I can save a dollar or more a week, that’s nothing' to be sneezed at.” Mrs. Elizabeth Munson said she could buy "a lot of extra pork chops witii”what 1 save.” "A Jiousewife has to shop carefully and make every penny count in these days of high prices,” she said. Grocer Albert Galyan, who operates an independent supermarket, said his store took in $l5O to S2OO worth of coupons a day. He said they had been coming in so fast that he believed housewives had just about depleted their supply. But the chain’s $5.50 coupon books are valid until Dec. 31 and some housewives said they weren't in any big hurry to cash them in. Harvey C. Hagel kamp. secretary of the Indiana Retail Grocer.,’ and Meat Dealers’ Association.

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said the chain's coupon book idea had spread all over the city be cause other grocers complained the manufacturers of the cut-price products were discriminating against them. Warning is Issued About Check Forger Authorities today warned local merchants to be on the lookout for ’ a forged check artist who operated ' extensively in Bluffton within the past few days. He is Dewey Adrian Hoffman, 31 1 years old, six feet tail, weighing between 170 and 180 pounds, with brown hair and grey eyes. He uses the aliases Frank Newkirk, John Slater, Fred Cline, Russell Hen--1 shew and Russell Long. Rummage Sale. Saturday, • Nov. 20. Christian Church basement. 272t3