Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 35, Decatur, Adams County, 31 August 1911 — Page 8

NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS. The State of Indiana. County of Adam*.’ A ’ '•A’tta • In "He Adam* Circuit Court. Septeml«se T<3m...!9n F. edetick Maurer, administrator, with will annexed. o( the estate of Mekhotr Maurer, deceased, vs. Fred erick Maurer et al. No. 8181. Parti-i tion of Rea! Estate. It appearing. from affidavit filed in e alive entitled cause, that John Maurer. Samuel Maurer. Jacob Maurer and Anna Marla Maurer, of the above named defendants, are non-residents of the state of Indiana. Notise is therefore hereby given the said above named defendants that they be and appear before the Hon. Judge of the Adams Circuit Court on the -Ist day of October. 1911, the same being the 42nd Juridical Day of •he next regular term thereof, to be Itolden at the Court House in the City ot Decatur, commencing on Monday, the 4th day of September. A. D.. 1911. and plead by answer or demur to said complaint, or the same will be heard and determined in their absence. Witness, my name and seal of said Court hereto affixed, this 23rd day of August. 1911 J AMES P. HAEFLING, Clerk Peterson 4t Moran,. Attorney for plaintiff 34t3 ■■n ■ " APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTRIX. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed executrix of the estate of James M. Archbold. late of Adams County, deceased. The estate is probably solvent. MARY C. ARCHBOLD. Executrix. Heller. Sutton i Heller. Attys. Aug 28. 1911. 50t3 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE. Notice is hereby given to the creditors. heirs and legatees of Levi E Estell, deceased, to appear in the Adams Circuit Court, held at Decatur. Indiana. on the 23rd day of September, 1911, and show cause, if any. why the final settlement accounts with the estate of said uecedent should not be approved; and said heirs are notified to then and there make proof of heirship. and receive their distributive shares. CHARLES L. ESTELL. Administrator. Peterson & Moran. Attys. Decatur. Ind . Aug. 30, 1911. 35t2 «, APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTRIX. Xv: -e is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed executrix of the estate of Isaac Michael, late of Adams county, deceased. The estate is probablv solvent. EMELINE MICHAELS. Executrix. ! Person 4 Moran. Attorneys. Argust 21. 1911. 34t3 TMRTY YEARS TOGETHER. ; Thirty years of association —think :•? How the me’it of a good thing stands out in that time —or the worth'essness of a bad one. So there’s no guesswork in this evidence of Th os Arias. Concord. Mich., who writes: “I ' -.are used Dr King's New Discovery for thirty years, and it’s the best • cough and cold cure I ever used.’’ Once , it finds entrance in a home you can't | pry It out. Many families have used t forty years. It’s the most infallible hroat and lung medicine on earth. Unequaled ft>r lagrippe, asthma, hay fever. croup, quinsy or sore lungs Price. '•Oc. 11.00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by the Holthouse Drug Co. o MANY CHILDREN ARE SICKLY. Mother Gray s Sweet Powders for Children break up colds in 24 hours, relieve feverishness, headache, stomach troubles, teething disorders and destroy worms. At al! druggists, 35c. ■Sample mailed free Address Allen S. Olmstead. Leßoy. N. Y. ■ «< LAD ES CAN WEAR SHOES one -re smaller by using Allen’s Foot Ease, the anti-septic powder for - vol’tn. tender. aching feet. It makes; aik.r.4 a delight, relieves corns and i t :.s o all ratri. and gives rest, n-1 nfc:-. Sold everywhere. 25c. ■ - m :- re Sample 1 •■»■* •.,;f •»._ S. Olmstead, I.e-| ’’ I '.TTACK LIKE T GETS. v la Gx’wtiug to keep the bio-'d p’ 1 « white corp'.’- les attack dtsec-'-_'?*m3 like tigers. But often c?'r’.;!y last the little Eghte;.- ne ver> >tne. Then see pimples, bo I s . ■ ezema, salt-rhe-im and sores mul"- ’■ ind strength and appetite fail. TVs -*~nditicn demands Electric Bit- •» - to legislate stomach, liver and ■ i !n-*vs and tn expel poisons from the ‘They a-e the best blood pit !- e *nres C. T. Budaan. of Trac, Calif., ‘i have ever found.** TLe* make rich, red bleed, strong nerves. - >; Id up our health. Try them ,’v .is? Hnllit >•■<? Dt ug Cx A U ' G WHfi LEFT HOME. ’ • vrli tn tnlk'-.a. ' ; Bn’’* ' B-T»!o N. V . s«” W»»lwr‘« ' -it ’ nm« the K'n« ftf Laxatives —- >- King's N“w Li e Pill-—and C • •ev’tA i ule&sing r o all his lamily. -ons’ipauon. headache, indigos tioo. d-soepam. Only 25c at the Holt--1 c :s» Drag Co. FOR SALE —An BA-acie farm, one mile east of Salem in Blue C-o-k township. Inquire of the owner. Mr’ Mary E. Davy. Indianapolis, or H. P. Ray,.Berne. Ind. 3ic; STRAYED OR STOLEN—BIack anl white coach dog from the John Weber home on Fourth street last week. A liberal reward will be forwarded tot hU return.—Leo Weber. 173t<

G. A. R. AND W. R. C. A apeciaf meeting of the G. A R and W R. C*. will be held thia evening ;!< he hall instead of last evening, as It was announced by an oversight. Arrangements for the picnic of the old soldiers to be held on Thursday of this week will be made Every member Is urged to be on hand MORE WEDDING BELLS. The bans of the approaching marriage of Miss Ix>uise Wertzberger and Gerrod Reed were published Sunday for the first time at the St Mary's i Catholic church. Miss Wertzberger is ’ a daughter of Anthony Wertzberger ' of east of the city and the groom is a young business man of Fort Wayne. ' where he is engaged in the coal bust-' ness o— • STAR OF BETHLEHEM The members of the Star of Bethlehem are requested to meet at the hall this evening at 7:30 o’clock to make arrangements for attending the funeral of James Knavel. _— -ui ■' ■ ERIE CAR SPREADS RAILS. — During the switching Monday of an eastbound Erie freight, a car ' spread the rarrs. at Mercer avenue, and ran off the track, occasioning much trouble on the part of tne employees. An engine ran east tor the section crew, which repaired the damage and set the car right again The rails that were spread, is is said, were curved like a whip -- — n ■ GOVERNOR AT WORK. Returns to Indianapolis After Month’s Rest in North. Indianapolis, Ind.. Aug. 29 —(Special ’ to Daily Democrat! —Governor Mar-' shall returned to his office today after ; a month's stay at Petoskey, Mich. He carries a few more pounds than usual. 1 and is feeling fine physically. He de- ; , dined to talk politics, but said that ■ his attitude toward the presidential nomination remained unchanged. The governor is to appoint a superintend-, ent for the girls’ home at Clearmont to succeed Miss Charlotte Dye. who i resigned. Dr. Kenosha Sessions of Evansville and Mary E. Hayes of Jes1 fersonville are applicants. o WILL GIVE READING. Miss Fhye Smith left today for Au- , burn, where this evening she will give ' her reading of Scott’s Kenilworth," i before the teachers' institute which is ’in session there. Miss Smith has made a tour of the high schools of the state before which she gave this read- ' ing, as she did befdfe the Decatur high ; school, and those who hear it are given a great treat. WITH TOGO IN THE WAKE. Judge and Mrs. J. T. Merryman re turned from a two weeks eastern trip that proved most delightful. They visited at Buffalo. Niagara Falls. Toron- ' to, Canada, and also took a tdip down i the St. Lawrence river, among the j famous Thousand Isles Admiral To-1 go was in Niagara at the same time they were and in the trip around the gorge, their car was just ahead of the special car in which the admiral rode iin state. The - trip was a fine one and ’ the judge is in just the right shape for the opening of the court next Monday. CARD OF THANKS. • We desire to *. or sincere jthanks to the neiel t?;.- snd rie-' t? | who assisted . s dating ’.Pac-ss an I safter the death of-our aiuther. Gits. ' Phoebe Jane* Blew, and for the beauItiful floral offerings. J. A BLEW, SISTERS & FAMILY o — ■ CARD OF THANKS. In this manner do we wish to thank our neighbors and friends who so willingly aided us during the illness and death of our little daughter and sister. Also for the beautiful floral pieces received. ’• A. A. GOTTEMOLLER AND WIFE o I John Kuhl, aged forty-five, the ditcher. who imagined he had $40,000 awaiting him in the Old Adams County bank and was adjudged insane April 2, 1909. and taken to Easthaven asylum at Richmond soon thereafter, and who escaped from that institution two or three weeks ago. was taken into custody Monday evening about 8 o’clock by Deputy Sheriff Merica, who had , been looking for him for some time. At the time of his escape the officials here were notified and search begun. It was learned that he had been in Berne, but search there failed to locate I him. and it was later learned that he had gone to Chattanooga. Ohio. Monday afternoon Deputy Sheriff MerI rica saw him in this city and at 8 > o'clock Monday evening took him into

custody as he was standing on tne i corner of Second and Madison streets.! just sduth of this office. He “*® taken to jail and in a few days w< be tak en by Sheriff Durkits to the asylum again. Kuhl is said to be much im j proved, and does not show the old signs of insanity. It will be remembered that among the halucinations at, the time of his being adjudged Insane it was his belief that he had 840.W0 deposited for him in the Old Aflunt* County bank, and that the bank was trying to defraud him by withholding It. He even threatened to kill the btrnk officials because they refuwi to give him what he believed was dns him. A strike on the head about a i year before that time was thought to 1 be the cause of his insanity. V j Mrs. Rebecca Phipps and her grand- . daughter. Miss Cecil Phipps, of Chicago, went to Hoagland, where they were guests Sunday of Dr. Smith and family. Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Fisher entertained Mr and Mrs. John Merica and daughter. Glenyes. and Mrs. Annis Merica st 12 o’clock dinner Sunday A few of Mr. and Mrs. Thamer Dej Witt’s friends gathered at their home, ten miles southwest ot this city, to J help them spend tne day. Mr. Luts Harmon of Wren, Ohio, started with an automobile load of friends to the DeWitt home and when within one mile of that place they had a breakdown and tne ladies. Miss Iva Lett. Mrs. Perry Hunt, became restless, and thinking that they would miss their dinner, started and walked. The boys in the auto arrived in time to help devour the chicken. The boys spent the afternoon in repairing the auto so that they might return in the evening. Mr. i Perry Hunt spent the afternoon standI ing on tbe patches of the tire. After ' the auto was repaired they spent the ' rest of the day eating melons. Those ; present were Mr and Mrs. George Lett and daughters. Lottie and Iva; Mr 1 and Mrs. Carl Smith and sons. Dare’. ; Dale and Oral; Mr. and Mrs. PenHunt and sons, Lester and Leland Mr. and Mrs. William Coppock. Mr Lute Harmon. Miss Roxie DeWitt am! , Mr. Francis Fuhrman AH the guests i departed late in the day for thei.r homes. —Contributed. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse C. Sutton ente. tained Sunday at dinner for Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Heller and daughter, Bertha; Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Helle' and son Mr. and Mrs. John Christen ente i tained at dinner today for the Re v and Mrs. B. B Uhl and daughters. Mary Catherine and Jessie May, of Mansfield, Ohio, and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Magly and son. De a aid. of Marion, Ohio, and Mrs. S. S Magley of Monmouth Miss Carol Wiltrout of Warsaw accompanied the Misses Frances and Grace Butler here for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. F A. Peoples entertained at supper last evening for their I cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Mag- ' ly and son. Donald, of Marion. Ohio, who left today for thefr home. Several from this city attended sixth annual reunion of the Shady r.iily Saturday in the Paxson grove, north of Bluffton, nearly two bnndred persons being present. The new fllcers elected were Lewis Shady, president: William Henry Shady, ass stint resident: Curtis Shady, trrtsurer: Mrs. T. W. Daugherty, secretary: Mrs. A. P. Kelly, Mrs. Frank Burner and M’.ss Zola Stewart, committee on entertainment. Dinner was served at noon, after which the following pro- ■ gram was given: Music—Grim Orchestra. Prayer—Joseph Shady Seng—‘‘Count Your Blessings’"— : Sung by everybody Recitation—Thelma Shady. Song—lrene Keily I Song—<'e-j Shady and Edith We! ’• ’ case Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ershman of Rural Route NO. 9. entertained at d nner Sunday the following guests: Mr and Mrs. Lee Smith and Floyd Smith of Columbus. Ohio: Mrs Allie Bittner of near Watt. Ohio; Zald and Russell , Melchi of Decatur, Mr. and Mrs. Rea-1 sob Shaffer of Monroe: the following’ from Bobo: Mr. and Mrs Will Heath. Levi Shaffer, Irwin Shaffer, Anna Bunner. Bessie McCullough, Grace Shaffer, Ada and Bertha Heath. Gladys j aad Aldene Bunner. Dessie and Gotda Seving. Elma Bittner. Forest and Vernon Bunner, Miner Shaffer. Oliver and Harry McCullough; Glen, Doris, Gif-' ford and Cleo Bunner, Curtis and Dor us Heath. The afternon was spent tn | music and games All declared Mr. ( and Mrs. Ershman royal entertainers. A pleasant social gathering was enjoyed Monday evening at the Anna I Volmer home, she being hostess tn a' few of her friends to spend the several hours together. Progressive pe- ( dro afforded pastime for the guests, after which a tempting luncheon was

' Who Will return to her home t , . , h . ~en Miss Pauline ter part ot t»e 1 Ehrman of Fort Wayne Mrs. Veronica Smith and family ■ em tertained at of Floyd Smith and family, who »todav for thefr future home f* Fort Wayne, and also tor Mrs. PWHP Salisbury of Chicago Mr and Mrs. John Evans and daughter. Irene, spent Sunday afternoon at the home ot Boyd Daugherty in Monroe township Miss Fanchon Daugherty accompanied them home and was the gneet of Miss Irene Evans Sunday evening Miss Grace Purdy will enteiiain the Horlful de Purin club girls this even | ing in honor of one of their members, j Miss Dessie Mann, who returns Thurs-j day to Michigan City, where she » spend the winter with her sister, Mrs.j L B. Boulton, residing there. Mrs Elizabeth .Meyers and daugii-. ters gave a family dinner party Sunday in compliment to Miss Irene Mey ere. who is at home from the nurses training school at Hope hospital, Fort . Wayne, for a two weeks’ vacation. Oth er members of the party were Mr. and : Mrs. John T Meyers and children.j Herman and Harriet, and Mr. and Mrs : Dick Meyers and children. Richard and Josephine John and Bernard Geels, two pros 1 perous farmers from Morrison s Bluff, Arkansas, are here visiting their sister, Mrs. Alphonse Kohne, and their brothers. George and Herman Geels On their return journey they expect to see many of the western states and country, this being their first visit to the north for about eleven years Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Hensley are ex pected home today from Rome City. They will be accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E Smith of Cincinnati, Ohio, who have been making a two weeks visit with them 8t their cottage there, and who will visit here before returning home Mr. Smith is i' jeweler of Cincinnati, owning several stores there Mr. Hensley was employed by him seven yenrs Robert Blackburn today received a letter from Mrs. Blackburn, who for a year has been visiting with relatives on the Pacific coast, statiag that a reunion of the Fort Wayne people will be held in Los Angeles on Labor Day, which she will attend Last year : 157 former residents of Fort Wayne attended the meeting and it is expect-1 ed that it will be a bigger event this' year. Mrs. Blackburn also states that she will leave for this city soon after that event. Earl Burdg. formerly advertising manager and decorator far tbe Weiler store, has returned to Potlaod and Monday moning returned to their em- i ploy, succeeding F. C. Templin, who : recently resigned. Burdg left Port-, land one year ago, going to his home, in Fostoria. Ohio, and from there to! Toledo, where for several months he has been one of a force of decorators | for a large department store. Mr. and Mrs Burdg will occupy their property ' on West Walnut street.—Portland Commercial-Review. A half-filled house witnessed the' play. "Human Hearts, ’ at the Bosse' opera house Monday evening, and were highly pleased with the dramat-j ical play, which was presented by this company. It is a play of many years' experience, but always wins the hearts of many wherever it goes. The play is interspersed with sufficient comedy to break the eontinnal strain, which most plays of this nature lack, and; those who witnessed the production cf Monday evening speak in highest terms of the entertainment Miss Kate Hetmeford has returned to her work- at- tne Niblick store after a week's vacation spent at her home at Vera Cruz. Her brother, Harold, accompanied her here for a visit. Harold is a senior this year at Heidelberg college. Tiffin. Ohio, from which place be will graduate in the spring after a four years course He will leave next week for college. Mrs. Simeon Sales, sixty-wne. residing two miles south of Ijnn Grove, died very suddenly at her home Sun- , day evening as tbe result of an attack jof paralysis She had been able to sit up and partake of sapper with iter family as usual durjag the eveftiag and after the meal had written a letter to a daughter, making an appointment for a meeting somewhere today. She was stricken while preparing to retire and death resulted in a very ( few minutes. Mrs. Sales was known . to many of the residents ot the eastern part of the county.—Bluffton | News. | Everything was quiet around police | headquarters today, and with the exception of a settling of a party by the name of Charles Garren, who was arI rested Saturday evening on a charge ' of public intoxication, nothing was up before Mayor Teepte or Justice of the Peace Stone. Carren, who is an umbrella mender, with hit heme at Union qty, appeared on the streets Satur-

barbw «n°P ana iwr his hatr cut. and afterward refusing to piv for the work. After much di.or £rly talking, and a. much as the offi rials cared to stand for. he waa arrest ed and taken before Mayor Teeple ( who gave him the uaual fine of $1 and costs, amounting to He haU se ,eral poatoffice money .orders on his and he told two conflicting stories On* ‘ hat ,he mOney b<> * e<i to Ms sixteen yeatMild daughter at Union City, and again he said that he had earned the money himself, but refused to settle. He was taken to jail to sober up. and Monday evening after being consulted again as to a settlement. finally agreed to pay and was let go. In the death of James Henry Knavel which occurred Tuesday at 8:40 o’clock at the nome, two and a half nries northeast of this city, in Root township, the county has lost another ' prominent man of affairs. Mr. Kna vel has been suffering for some time llrom rheumatism, stomach trouble, and complications, of what was feared | s er e of a cancerous natnre. and for Just four weeks and three days ha been bedfast, and his death did n< come unexpected. Mr. Knavel wa ■ born in Huron county, Ohio. February 3, 1851, the son of Mr. and Mrs.. j Frederick Knavel. and at death was ' sixty years, six months and twenty-six days of age For many years he hasbeen a resident of Union township.' ■ this county, where he served long and well as a justice of th? peace, also being prominent in the politics of the township and county. He was mer-1 ried in young manhood to Miss Ida 1 Bell Shackley. who survives him. No, children were born to this union. Mr. 1 Knavel also leaves one brother. Al-1 beet, of Monroeville, and three sis-' ! ters. Mrs. William Cross of this city,’ being a sister. Mr. Knavel was one ofj ' the highly esteemed men of the cm-1 ty. and his death is sadly deplored.' The funeral will be held Thursday 1 afternoon at 1:39 o’clock at the Salem 1 Evangelical church, the Rev. Heseert and Rev Imler officiating. o The Foot-path tn Peace. To be glad of life, because it gives you the chance to love and,- ; to work and to play and to look up at the stars; to be satisfied with your possessions, but not contented with yourself until you have made the best of them; to despise nothing in the world except falsehood and meanness, and to fear nothing except cowardice; to be governed by your admirations rather than by your disgusts; to covet nothing that isyour neighbor’s except his kindness of heart and gentleness ' manners; to think seldom of your enemies, often of your friends, and every day of Christ; and to. spend as much ttme as you can,, with body and with spirit, in God’s out-of-doors. These are little' guide-posts on the foot-path to' peace.—Henry Van Dyke. — The following account of the Miller, reunion, as told by one who was there., ' gives an excellent idea of the good , time enjoyed: About & a. m.. August ! 26, 1911, friends and relatives, with well-filled baskets, began arriving at the home of J. D. Miller to celebrate •he seventh annual reunion of the Miller family. The day was also the six-ty-second anniversary of the birth or the worthy president, George W. Miller, and made the occasion a double celebration. Guests were met and made welcome tty the host and hostess, who are well known throughout the country for their genial hospitat'ity. The day <as as beautiful as one could wish, sanshine and fair slues lending their eharm to the altogeifter pleasant occasion. Neither tine* labor or money were spared by our genial host ann, hostess in their .xrangements to 7 make everybody happy and

SUNDAY SCHOOL STATISTICS OF «OA*S COUNTY. Th* following tabl* or statistics will be- of interest to the ° f Adams county in general and especially to. those interested in 91111 scmwi work. The figesue given below are 3or the year 1910: ■ -w. JC = s _ * !} § » * g 8 s "3 i >5 townships -5 . I •§ E j-1 < 2 ■g© s E “ e g 00 5 •*= 2 - - B «2 2 • k 5 5 ” w 1 . R!ue Cre * k 1168 367 294 -’»« : . l 7 ench 974 . 376 221 442 J Hartford 1285 389 jl3 420 - Jefferson 38 n «64 314 ' Kirkland ~.... 919 Q B9 203 305 Monroe, iae. Berne and Monroe..,. 3566 1 201 1002 203. . 1264 388 178 245 * ! M *»T« 1085 383 278 « R 108 956 329 149 182 L " ashington, inc. Decatur 5824 1689 1075 I"* 1 ... • Wabash, inc. Geneva m 5 836 713 526 ' . Total 2 1840 6987 4877 6 ' u 4 f h The above statistics were compiled by Jesse Rupp, president of * ‘ • ams County Sunday School association. . Note There are a number of parochial schools, principally :n half of the county, which explains the comparative small enrollment ! the day schools and the Sunday school. This is the first time the population by townships is made P«» lle

as all the luxuries prepared and placed before No program having been ’ ranged the following one was , ’ Song. ••America," by all er. Rev. Snyder; opening add,.' 4 Wybourne; address, Rev. Reel' ° Lucile Fleming; recitation. RuthT'' ' ler; address. IRev. Snyder; i tai duet. Glenola and Kathern Mm quartet, Freeman Walters, .1. \ t-, ing. daughters. Moneina and Luci’" address, J. D Freidline, recint,!., i Kathern Miller; address, Hon d Erwin; song. "Blest be the Tie ti Binds,'* all. There were tw o deao' in the family circle since the meeting—Mrs. B. F Brown, who Z February 7, 1911, and Robert I Barkley, who died July 9. 0[ ‘'’ marriage—Harry J. Fleming Merle Irene Barkley, and three birth. 5 Elizabeth Shaffer. Laura Lutina Fleming and Richard Clem. The 1 lowing are the names of those wh • were present: Mr. and Mrs. Chrk Miller and daughter, Lucile; Mr ana Mrs. France, daughter, Elma, and ‘ sons, Clarence and Wahe u. aM I Mis. L. C. Clem. .Mta J|. .. Mis. i'. H. Crahii ar i n, • '"'i It. F. 'Town and da.. Utt • I , !.i It: Mr. and Mrs. • c owde-, da . :, j Dulla and Ada; Mr. and Mra. J. s ’ I Turner, Rev. Snyder and wife, Rei L. D. Reel and wife and daughter, Ger- , maine; Mr. and Mrs. William C. Mil ler. son, Clyde, daughters, Glenola and . Kathern; Mr. and Mrs Dan Riders. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Miller, daughter. .'Ruth, sons. Ora and Forest; Glen Jet I frey, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Fleming. soa . John, daughters. Edna. Hazel, Mone Ima and Lucile; William Rider, j| r and Mrs. 'Charley Shaffer, daughter. 1 Elizabeth; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Knat- ' el. daughters, Ida and Pearl; Mr. and Mrs John Shaffer, daughter. I**ie, sons Joseph and Kenneth; Mr and Mm. , Cal Turner and daughter, l.elah; Mrt. . Elizabeth Wherry. Sarah A. RSrtley. , Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Walters and son. Orley, and daughter. Genevieve; Mrs. John Wybourne, Mrs. James Long, Mrs. S. A. Wyer. Mr and Mrs. ■ Harry J. Fleming and daughter, ■ l-aura; Mr. and Mrs. Theo Beaty and daughters, Rosa, Hazel and Silvia; ■ Hon. D. B. Erwin and wife and'daugh ters. Doris, Elizabeth, Ireta and Marr Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lehrtnan, daugb. ter, Lillian, sons. Johnnie. Simon. Paul, Harry, Delbert, Nathaniel; Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Clem, sons, Walter and Joe. daughters. Lottie and Opal; Mr. and Mrs Jacob Barkley, daughters, Xariifa. Iris. Beulah, sons, Lawrewe and Ivan; Mr. and Mrs. Ftetdline. Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Crisenberry Mrs. Robert Anderson. A large number of Decatur and Adams county people are in Fort Wayne today attending the annual reunion of the Beck family which was held in Robison park. All lei' with baskets filled to the top with good things for the noon day dinner and all anticipated a day of renewing of ties neceesai--1 ily broken to a certain degree by their separation during the year. Amon? those who attended were Mr and Mrs. 1 David Fuhrman and son. Ira, of Monroo; Mr. and Mrs. George Sarani and sons. Robert and Frank; Mr. and Mrs. ( ’ J. W. Shifferly and daughters. Gerj trude and Wildas; Mr. and Mrs. E. W. , I Schnitz £nd daughter, Zeida: Henn Fuhrman and family, John Archbold. Mr. and Mrs. John Garard of this city. Mrs. Reuben Sprunger as Beene and : Philip Fuhrman of Michigan ! i ■~ ' J I! The girls of the Pliant! de Pur’“ club, with other guesie inritiding.' w- 1 Eady. Stella Chrou-lT Eu!a Kinney, were entertained in a ;. ing manner Tuesday evening by Miss i j Grace Purdy in compliment to Mis--, r Dessie Mann, who- retnrrs to Michigan .- City, where slnrwill spend the wm'" 1- Games, muaitrand singing and a lunt i- eon compria-ei tile features of the 1 time. ■