Decatur Daily Democrat, Decatur, Adams County, 16 November 1949 — Page 2

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library Exhibits Draw Big Crowds National Book Week Is Being Observed Large < rowd* continue to visit the lh(atur public library this week as the local institution <>b servi» nation*! b""k wet k Several or the display* are creating »o much interest that Miss Bertha Heller, librarian, stated today the, would be held over for sevetal da>of nt xt week Dm of the principal improve non’s at the libian during the last y, ar was the revamping • t the rtf i rent e room, which houses him tlreds of biographies and othtr i,f • re m e hooks X< w lights have been Installed

* ~ j i ARGUE, WITH A HOLD-UP MAN? It’* not only very dangeroxM, but unnecessary. The unart thing tc do i* to have Storekeepori Burglary and Robbery Injur•nee. THE SETTLES CO. Agent* Niblick Star* Bldg, Occatur, Ind. Reprrvrnung The £int Cuuiliy and Sumy (xitnpvny of Hartford. Conn. liuiiSmll

1 »iii|ih'li‘ (losing Dill Sale A lam quitting farming I will well th.' following at Public Auction t mile.* South Weat <>t fort Wayne on Road No. 24 to the Aboit. Center Hoad, then 2‘j miles Went. th«n Sou'll to first farm or 7 mile* NorthEarn of Roanoke on road No 21 to Ellisville Truck Stop then l'» mile* North on the llonieatead Road twutch for iHr ition.il Sii’nsi. on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19,1949 | at 10:00 A. M. CBT 13—HEAD CATTLE—I 3 ' it'reford Feeler Steer* grain fed. weight 750 lbs 1 Red Steer ; weight 350 R>“ R-<| Bull, weight 35ti th* , Jersey Cow 5. calf by Hide, I Holntein Heif. r. II mow old. open 28—HEAD HOGS—2B 2 Spotted Poland Sow*, due with 2nd litter, .lan l«t. Spotted I’o land Sow. op.-n 2 Spotted Poland Roar Pig*. 3 too* old. 23 Spotted! Poland Feeder*. 12" lb*. 31—HEAD SHEEP—3I " Ewe. ;£ t yra old, du to Jumh Feb I.3th Registered Hamp tdtire Buck. 3 year old — HAY — 7' ■ Bale, Mixed Huy; 273 Bah * Second Cutting \lfalfa & Clover Hay. TRACTOR. CORN PICKER. THRESHER. IMPLEMENTS V ’-■> John Deere Model A Tractor on Rubber, Light*. Cultivator*; John iteere 2 Bottom It inch Br aking Plow, on rubber, Janesville 2 flot'mn II ini li Breaking Plow, on rubber; Oliver M ft. Single Dim ; John Iteere 7ft trouble l>lt»< Rotary Hoe; John Iteere 7 ft. Cultipacker 2t> ct ion Spike Tooth Harrow 3 auction Spike Tooth Harrow; 3 we. tion Spring Tooth Harrow’ Wood, Bro* one row Corn Picker, like new ha* picked only 32 acre*; John Deere Van Brunt 12 live Fertilizer Grain Drill. good John freer x ft. Binder. 3 yr* old. good aw new : John Deere No ■> semi mounted Trai tor Mower. 7 ft . gottd, I II C Corn Plan'e, Fertilizer <v Bean attachment* t II.C Side DeJh ry. good; Runiley 22-ttl Thre»hing Machine, good; New Idea Manure Spread' r !,»</. No 21" Roughage Mill on Trailer; lilt'. End Gate Seeder. clipper Fanning Mi l wjjh motor: Turnbull Wagon A rack; trouble Wagon lied: Horae Drawn Grain Broadcaster. Set Wagon Wheel* good Rubber Tire Buggy. GARDEN TRACTORS—TOOLS—MISC. Shaw Gard-n Tractor. ('litigator Ar Mower: Viking 3h. p Twin Garden Tractor. on rubber, plow*. disc A rnlHvatorw; Champion Potato Digger NEW Truck Grain Bed. 7'x12x23"; Ruiz Saw. Platform Scale*. John Deerr II Inch Walking Plow; |M>A gallon Fuel Tank*: Pump Jack A- Motor |3a ft. I Inch Pipe. Extension Ladder. 2 Garden Cultivator* l'*ed I.itii'ber 2 Water Tanka; Warn-r Electric latmp Heater: 23 steel Anchor Post*; Anchor Holl .No. 5 Electric ('ream Separator; 3 Electric Motor* Grinder, Dio ft New Hay Rope, power Lawn Mowr. 3" Cratea New Potato** Mine. CHICKENS' 133 Leghorn lien*; Feeder*; Fountain*-, etc. HOUSEHOLD GOODS Croaley Shelvador 7 ft Refrigerator, Standard Combination Elec trie and Wood Range; Warfti Morning Heating Stove, new; Duncan Pyfe Dining Room Suite; 3 Piet e Walnut Bedroota Suite, good spring* A mattre**; Double Maple Bed. complete Maple Cheat nf Drawer*; Jenny Lind Bed; Kroehler 2 piece Blue Mohair Frier# Living Room Suite; Floor Lampe; Mahogany l»eak * Chair; itrnm Top Table: 2 (><•- cam* lona I Chair*: 5 piece Breakfast Suite; I'niversal Washing Machine: Surge 10 gal El'ctric Water Heater; Twin Waith Tubw; High Chair: Play Pena; liathJnette. 2 Tricycles: Wagon*; Toy a; Mine articles; Oak Table und chairs. TKRMO—CABHEARL KAOUGH, Owner Boy A Ned Jotenton and Melvin Ltechty Auctioneer* Merle Phillipa and Henry Gruettert—Clerk* Nut responsible for accideats. Lunch Served by Priw ilia Club of Aboite Township ALL Lit Lb IOCK V 5 ILL DE .OLD INJIDL. 16 |

and the shelves Imre been «nlarged and many new bock* have been added In 1847 a new set of Encyclopaedia Britannica was pur phased This was the first postwar set on the market Other leient additions io the ref eiellce shelves include Dictionary of American Biography. consisting of 21 volumes, with biographies ranging from 6<'ft to 15.00 ft words; Dictionary of American History, consisting of five volumes and an atlas; Book man's Manual, which Is a complete guide to all modern and classical literature, with criticism and comment concerning authors and their works Many city and county school cla ses are visiting the library and learning of the new services being offered Miss Heller and her assistant. Mis- Dorothy Cottrell, both urge that when possible, teachers rail ahead of time- when they plan to bring a class to the library so there- will not be a conflict of, several classes coming at th*- same j time Summer Reading Thi“ summer the library conducted "the> covered wagon” summer reading project for children from the first grade through the eighth grade A large- mate of the- Cnited States was e ret ted in the library Eve ry member of the project was given a ■ small cove red wagon with hi- name written nn it to start travel from : the e astern coast across the con-: tinvnt to California in search of ’ gold There- were 212 boys and i girl who starte-d the- trek, exactly ( one-half of them finished the course and the children of Duatur read more- than 5.0 b" books during the summer The map was divided into ten sections, each book read took the traveller to a new section He could decide his own course, north through Canada, straight across, or south through Florida and Texas One- hundred years ago the early settler* travelled this sunn- course in search of gold, so the- boy* and girl- began digging for gold after they re ached California Everyone who reached California received a diploma, for every additional five books a gold star was added to their diploma They were then digging for gold Fred Loeke panned the ineesf gold, he had twelvegold stars on his diploma Two girls were next in line- for wealth July L<u k» and Judy Parrish each had eight g‘4d starThi- next summer there will be another project, which should be-, ju ' as mu 11 fun a- "the covered] wagon.' .

Sale Os Horsemeat Is Rife In Illinois Investigation Shows Sales Are Widespread 'I Chicago. Nov. 16. (I'l’l Illinois ' residents wondered today just howmuch horsemeat they have eate n in the belief that it was beef Charles W Wray, superintendent of the- state food and dairy di vision, said an investigation of horsemeat sale* is "growing like- a snowball " Wray said 3.000 pounds of horse* j me at was seized at Peoria. 111. and another 2,000 to 4,000 pounds at ' Gale sburg. HI. All of it. he- said has been traced I to the- Robe rt* Meat Co of *uburi ban May-wood, which operates in a I building resembling a vacant store-1 I with windows painted to obscure; I the- Vie w from outsideOne of Its operator*. Matt • Kiaerach. was arrested at hfs horn* - here yesterday on a warrant issue d ’ hy Knox county authorities at Galesburg, where some of th- . horsemeat turned up in hamburg ers Deputies also were seeking to . «rive a warrant from Knox county on Kle-arttch'* partner, Robe rt ; Klotz, of suburban Me lrose Park. ; i Wray said the Roberts company , *old the- horsemeat as beef to un ’ -uspectlng packing firms in Gal- - ; burg and Peoria, ami probably elseI whe re- ' We- ar- investigating several other plac-s in the state," he said, "and the thing is like a snowball "| investigators estimated that the wee kly gross income from the horsemeat sales was 82".O"O At Peoria, the- horsemeat was discovered in the- plant of a sausage firm Two of the- three- owners. William G Le ilie n•<d» r and Louts Saur*, a’t-nded a hearing here yesterday by the state agriculture department Wray said the- hearing was pre liminary and that L-'il-.ense <le r and ‘ Saur* merely were "interviewed "

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L,, J . h’» cnmplrtrlv nutorK matic' Washer, rinse*, spin-dries without your even being Bl there. Famous Gyrafoam washing action ’ tmnag get*clothe* *jx>tlcMv/y Jy.lein Down P.vment Sec it today.’ Easy Term* SPECIAL LOW PRICES ON REFRIGERATORS BOTTLE & NATURAL GAS STOVES HEATING STOVES Guy Secaur 916 N. 13th St. Phone I<H!M James Kitchen 42b McHarnes St. Phone 6193

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Prior to the bearing, the P*orl* sausage- maker* attfd they bought •eno pounds of the m-at each week since- July. 1946. In the belief It was a grade- of beef known as I "bull" meat The company makes minced ham and sau’age. and said it ha* been distributing it* product* to retailer* throughout a 50-mile radius of j Peoria. The company turned over to the agriculture department invoices and cancelled check* totaling more’lnn |48.""0 in its dealings with the Robert* company At flale .-bun- investigators sal-1, the- meat wa- bought unknowingly by the- Rath Packing Co. in the- be- • lief it was "beef trimmings ” Rath officials said it was distributed to between 5" and 100 retailer* in the - Galesburg are a. Wray said laws governing the . sale- of horsemeat are- "very lenii ent " "it's jU“t a case of misbranding." j he- said, "and according to the law ' it's no worse than soiling brown br u ad for white" First offender* are liable to a Sir- to Itftfl fine and a possible Sftday sentence Second offenders are subject to a |SO to s2<>o fine and a year In jail. Wray said Two Accidents Are Reported To Police Two accident* wore reported to police, one of them involving a runaway air compressor, and the oth- r a tractor and a parking meter I An air compressor being towed by >i Yost Conatruction Co true* driven by Theodore Baker. 1122 Elm street, broke loose an* plowed into a parked car belonging to Frank Jennings. 1088 West Adams ' street. Police estimated damage :o th« parked car at 975; to the compressor. fin Richard Garre!, of near Winamac, driving a tractor along Monroe street, hit a parking meter, puttin t it temporarily out of commission Garret told police he did not real.zc he was that close to the mwer* There was no damage to the tractor

25th Anniversary Observed By DHIA The Adam* county I' II I- ’• held a 25th anniversary celebration Tuesday evening in the Berm- and itorlum. F W Baumgartner was toasttnas ter for the affair. Special guest* were Sylvan Habeggcr ami Lea Lehman of the Berne Chamber of Commerce and Olenn Hill, Dl-k I’ruden and Herman Krueckebere of the Decatur Chamber of Co-n---ine rce Speakers for the (xcasion were Jay Gould, farm director of W<)WO and G V Williams, extension dairyman of Purdue. If You Have Something To Sell Try A Democrat Want Ad—lt Pay*.

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Voters' Assembly For New Building The voter*' aasembly of the Zion Lutheran church, at a special meeting Tuesday night, voted unanimously to proceed with plans for erecting a separate educational building, rather than enlarge the church for needed class room*. The architect's plasm. a* presented by Phil Sauer, planning Torn- ] mittee chairman, call for a onestory building with full basement front 64 feet on Monroe street, •east of the church, and extending 53 feet in depth. Financing and building committee* are to be appointed to plan the actual build- , ing program. William Schnepf pre(sided at the session and the Rev. 1 K P, Schmidt led the devotional*

SALE (NOV 17-M.rinF. Sprungrr.am, gj- ~ ” 1 ml E. of Adam* County ho tn '.. , o I 3 mi E. of Monroe on 121 th,./-? Ini v -' ml. E. of St Paul church 2f) n , ’ ,ni complete closing out sal,- i- nv Liechty, Autts. ‘ 1 4 NOV. 18—Homer Edris and E M Farlins , 124 41 bead Holstein h.,d ■ ,\ l nii » NOV 19-Earl K*ough. 4 ml s w „f y' .Jl the Abolte Center roa-i. ti..., -t Or 7 ml. N.E of Ro*nok-. stop, then mi N. on th.- Hom, ° !l * '*l Ing out Hille. Roy & N,.,] j, , "' "M NOV. 19 Heirs of Ida M Rrlckley I'i u Ind. 8 room semi-modern' home i,' '’""‘l i*B D. 8 Blair. Dell Shau. au ,.. Decatur. Ind. ' Kpn ’ •NOV. 19-Sth Warsaw Holstein Sal.- I choice Holstein*, li a. m.' and auctioneer. 4 J NOV. 21-Willard J. A Wanda K Leonard S I on t’. S. 27. then 164 mile* .-Js. 13 miles north of Decatur on I *- Hessen Cassel, (hen !\ nttie, A]/' !°- ! ■ -4I sale Roy A Ned Johnson and vm. „ J 'NOV 21- Dan Baumgartner and Harry J 27 ‘“'ViVi \ noon. JEllenborger Bro*. aurf | oo ' ' ’a*,. J NOV. 22—Van Wert Co. Breeders * t!«. \ 1 Fairground*. Van Wert. Oh < -* auctioneer ?.*■ NOV. 26—Clifton Kohler, Admr Alfn-t Kohler 1 1 N of Berne or 4 mi. W and 2'4 mi < u/ *4 4ft acre farm aid houselu.:i n ' *tl and Melvin Liecthv, auct- ‘ J 4 ’•’ll DEC. I—Emory Hawkins, Executor W.iii.m, I S. of Decatur and 3miE „ f |,.,. a , lir 4 ‘ it »'*| Pau! Church then first farm north i,„ H ' ' K ,| A Ned Johnson and Melvin Lb-. Hv , .. ’’’’'l

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