Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 8, Number 38, DeMotte, Jasper County, 11 August 1938 — Page 1

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CORNERSTONE LAYING M. E. CHURCH SUNDAY

—PASTOR, BUILDING COMMITTEE AND CONGREGATION TO TAKE PART. . Next Sunday at 3 £:M. the corner stone for the new DeMotte Metho-i:>t church will be laid, with appropriate ceremonies. The Rev. McFall, of Crown Point, will deliver the main address. The services will be held on the site of the new church in the north-east part of town. The Building committee, composed of U. H. Henrichs, Winifred Hammerton, Rexford McDaniels, A. B. Robbins and J. JB Cox, and Rev. I). M. lies, pastor, will dedicate, the corner stone with the assistance of the whole congregation. Members and all friends of the church are invited to attend these special services at 3 o'clock next Sunday afternoon. The stone itself has been donated to the church by the Clark Broj>. monument company, of Lowell and Crown Point. It is 16x16x8 inched, with the words, “DeMotte Methodist Church, 1938,” blasted into the white tone with a new process that makejs the deeply recessed letters stand oujt in a manner that is very plea-jng -V recess within the stone will hold £ copy of the Bible, Methodist discipline. hymns, and other paper- per taming to the building, officers of the church, membership, etc. GREAT LAKE COUNTY FAIR AT CROWN POINT AUG 16-20 With the great Lake County Fair less than a week in the offing, Aug. 16 to 20, nothing but the weatherman can prevent the staging of one of the greatest exhibitions ever assembled on the rounds at Crown' Point, Ind. Increased prizes, purses and prem-j iums in all departments, and the fact that horse racing and horse shows will be made the main attraction this year has so stimulated interest to thf extent that space in all departments is at a premium. With racing every day, there is a total of $3,500 offered in purses. V Over 60 entries will compete for the SISOO prizes in the society ho#*e show. Tuesday, August 16, will he dedicated to the American Legion and its activities. At the evening show' more than a dozen crack bugle and drum corps will compete. As an added attraction the crack woman-drill team of Lake county which won first prize at the state Legion convention last year, will appear in drills. Great stress has been mad’ by the management to secure the best free aits imaginable. Mike Burton,, the Legion daredevil parachute jumper, will thrill 'em in a daring delayed jump into the lake from a plane 10000 feet high. This on Tu *>day and Wednesday. Another thri-1 attraction will be San ly Lang’s sensational "Three Flames." An act es breathtaking beauty, Lang, with a man and woman companion, will do a ssate act on a brilliantly lightly platform. Added effort has been made this year to promote youth activities at the Fair to the fullest extent. Boys’ and girls’ 4-H club activities and exhibits are going to.be better than usual. Lake, Jasper and Newton county boys and girls will enter their farm products at the Fair. Fifteen J teams will compete in the horse pulling contest.

SECTIONAL SOFTBALL TOURNEY AT REMINGTON

A sectional softball tournament will start at Remington this Friday night, Aug 12, with DeMotte meeting the Padgett V-B‘s at 7 The Goodland Amateurs meet Crown Point at 7 P.M. Brook vs. Crown Point Methodists at 9 P.M. Sunday morning at 9 A.M. Remington meets the Kamm’s Gallopin' Ghosts of Rensselaer, followed at 10 A M. by the Goodland Cyclones vs. the winner of game No. 1. The remainder of the tourney will be played Sunday afternoon, with final game at 8 P.M. Remington has the best soft ball park in this part of Indiana. A play-by-play description will be broadcast on an empiifying gystem, with lots of entertainment features between the games. DeMotte will have a full team on hand Friday night, and they expect |o make a good showing.

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ICHURCHESp CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH 9:30 English. ‘‘lt’s the voice of singing that I hear.” 2:00 English. “Prayer, the Chief Part of Gratitude.'* 7:30 Reformata Reformanda. ‘‘The Apostle James and Justification." DEMOTTE M. E. CHURCH Morning worship 9:30 o’clock. Sunday school 10 :30. All services are being held in the DeMotte school building while the church property is being remodeled. You are invited. —D. M. lies* pastor. CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Rev. C. V. Schouwen 9:30 Holland. ‘‘The Name Christ.'’ Lord’s Day 12. 2:00 English. ‘‘A Man Whose Heart Was Not Right in the Sight of God.” 7:30 Reformata Reformanda. KNIMAN M E. CHURCH Worship service 8 A.M. Si nday school 9 A.M. Everyone is welcome to worship with us. Come and bring your children and your friends. Dwight Moody lies, Minister. AMERICAN"REFORMED CHURCH Morning services 9:30 o’clock. Church services at 2 p. m. Sunday School at 3:30 p. m. Christian Endeavor at 7:45 p. .m. Everyone welcome to all services. —Rev. Theodore Schaap, pastor. FIRST REFORMED CHURCH DeMotte, Ind. Holland Service 9:30 a. m English Service 2:00 p. m. Sunday School 3:30 p.m. C. E. Meeting 7 >45 p. m. Everyone welcome to attend these services. Rev. Raymond Schaap, pastor. VIRGIE CHRISTIAN CHURCH Sunday school 10 a.m. Everyone welcome. Kenneth Wiseman, S.S. Supt. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Thayer, Ind. Bible school, Sunday 1C . 00 a. m. Junior Christian Endeavor, Saturday 3:00 p. m. Evening services at 7:30 p. m. Senior Christian Endeavor Tuesday 7:30 p. m. Prayer and Bible Study Thursday 7:30 p. m. A cordial Invitation Is extended to all. CHURCH OF CHRIST River School Housq 4 miles north of Wheatfield. Good meetings and song service. Come and worship with us. CHURCH OF CHRIST. Shelby, Ind. Bible school, Sunday 10:00 a. m. Evening Service, Sunday 7:45 p. EDMOND WORLEY. Pastor

NEW POLICY FOR THOSE ASKING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

A new policy affecting applicants for Public Assistance who are potentially eligible for WPA employment has been adopted by the State Welfare Department, according to a bulletin just received by K. F. Allman, county Welfare Director. The new policy means that persons not already receiving one of the three, forms of public assistance under the Welfare Act; that is—Aged,* Blind or Dependent Children assistance; will be potentially eligible for employment on WPA. It means, also, that as soon as a person receives public assistance, he becomes ineligible for assignment to WP. If an individual is receiving neither WPA nor public assistance, he may choose whichever he prefers, but once he accepted public assistance, he has rendered himself ineligible for WPA employment. The policy particularly affect^those persons between the ages of 65 and 70 now' on WPA. For the present, at least, such persons will not be forced to drop their WPA employment and accept assistance through the Welfare Department simply because they are eligible for Old Age assistance.; The date your subscription is out is printed after your name on your copy of The Pott

DEMOTTE, INDIANA- THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1938.

The Weatherman's Lament

DEATH OF MRS. LAGAVEEN

*'*GUST sth AT HOME OF HER SON HERE. Mrs. Jacoba Lagaveen passed away at the home of her son, Arthur, here in DeMotte last Friday evening at 6 o’clock. She had been ill only a few 0 weeks anil was moved to her son’s home about 3 weeks ago when her condition became serious, due to a weakened heart condition. She was 75 years of age and a very loving and generous character. Her passing will be missed by her many friends, as well as” her family. Mrs. Lagaveen was born in the Netherlands Feb. 13, 1863, the daughter of Simon and Julia Punter. They came to America when she was a young lady. She was united in marriage to Arthur Lagaveen in 1884. She had been a resident of DeMotte 28 years. To this marriage three children were born, Ann DeKock, who preceded her in death, Arthur Lageveen, ofDeMotte, and Mrs. Julia Kelder, of Chicago. , pFuneral services were held at the Holland Reformed church, with the Rev. Theodore Schaap' officiating, on Monday at 2:30 P.M. Interment was made in the Holland cemetery.

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WOUDEMA-JAGER WEDDING

The wedding of Miss Jennie Jane Woudema, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W’oudema, and Leon N. Jager, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Jager, of Kalamazoo, Mich., was solemnized last Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Woudema home here. The single ring ceremony was performed by Rev. Glen Jager, brother of the groom. The only attendants were Mrs. Paul Black, sister of the bride, and Eugene Henry, of W’inamac, Ind. Following the ceremony luncheon was served, after which the couple left for their home in South Bend, and left the following day for a month’s tour of Michigan. The bride is known here, where she was employed at the DeMotte Mercantile Store for 10 years, resigning a year ago to attend a business college fn South Bend. It was here she met Mr. Jaer, who is principal of the South Bend College of Commerce. The bride was born in DeMotte, and graduated from DeMotte high school. The bride wore an ashes of roses pink lace dress, street length, with blue accessories and carried a bouquet of talisman roses. Mrs. Black wore a pink crepe dress with white accessories and carried a bouquet of pink roses. Our-of-town guests were Rev. and Mrs. Glen Jager, of Kalamazoo, Mich., Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Morris and son and Mrs. Carlton, of Chicago.

HEBRON HOME-COMING THIS WEEK-END

Residents and former residents of Hebron are looking forward with considerable interest to the Home Coming celebration being held August 12 and 13 under the auspices of the Hebron Fire Department. Under the direction of L. Rush Hughes, director of Music for Hebron schools, and his committees a program has been arranged which will furnish entertainment for both young and old for two days. The festivities start off with a big parade Friday morning at 10 o'clock. (D. S. T.) with prizes for best floats and best “kids” floats. There will be a good ball game following the parade with another ball game after Also on the proram for Friday afternoon is a concert by a school band and the head-liners are the Indiana Male Quartet, formerly of WIND, WENR and WGN. They will be on the afternoon and evening shows for a novelty program. Saturday morning will bring together the winners of the two Friday ball games. In the afternoon the Hebron school band will play two short concerts. The committee feels they have two of the finest acts to be obtained in the Herbet Dyer Co., a comedy trapeze team, and Two Spinning Tops, twoboys on roller skates. The 125 piece Emerson high school band, of Gary, will also appear on the Saturday evening program. Senaca Park, at Hebron, is liberally supplied with shade and the fire department is making every effort for the comfort of the many oldtimers who are expected to return.

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What’s is going to be in 1940? A Fascist A Democratic Or Republican government?

IMPROPER LICENSE PLATE BRINGS $15,00 FINE HERE

State Police arrested Win. Utley* of Gary, here Tuesday on a charge of improper license for his automobile and after the defendant pleaded guilty in Judge Bahler’s court, he was given a fine of SIO.OO and costs, for total of $15.00. Utley was unable to pay the fine and a mittmus was issued and he was taken to the county jail to serve out his fine at SI.OO a day. Evidence showed that the car, an Indiana vehicle, being operated on one stolen Illinois plate. Utley claimed that James McGlinn, who was with him at the time of his arrest here, had found the plate and given it to him. ItfcGlinn was held for investigation. He is a son of Tom McGlinn.

WILLIS URGES "WORKABLE" LAWS FOR STATE & NATION

Indianapolis, August B.—Comprehensive social seeuHty methods that will provide relief! for the needy, pensions for the Aged, and unemployment insurance have come to be essentials of American life but they must be workable— not politics', Raymond C. Willis }of Angola Republican nominee for the U. S. Senate told an Indianapolis audience. “Mr. Roosevelt has -painted a wrong picture of t|iose who oppose him/' Mr. Willis said. “He would have yop believe that all who oppose him are definitely against social security, pensions for| aged, collective bargaining, unemployment insurance and relief. That is jnot true. . “In the last election there were 17 million people who voted against the administration. I believe that if you were to take a poll of those 17,000,000 people you would find that an overwhelming majority of them believe in collective bargaining:—but they believe in making it work. They believe in social security—but they believe in making it work. They believe in unemployment insurance but they believe in making it work. Ami they believe in relief but they do not believe in financing a vast political machine under} the disguise of relief. They believe; in a better distribution of wealth, 1 in raising the standard of living, and in a great many other social reforms —but they want all of them to \^ork." “In these days,” lilr. Willis said, “when there are grejat aggregations of capital, there nnjst be aggregations of laboring men which we call labor organizations to negotiate for wages and working conditions. The complicated character of our modern civilization has made collective baraining necessary to insure that labor will receive the fruity of labor. “Incidentally I fearj that the fruits of labor have been lacking in juice lately in this countrV. \ “For example, there is a known as a trade treaty. That is a complicated hame. Perhaps some of us have only a vague idea as to what a reciprocal trade treaty really is. You know, of course, that it is one of the devicies adopted by the present administration to help cure the economic condition. You also probably know that it is a means through which our country is supposed to exchange products for the products of the other] countries on valuable terms for both. In other words, those who have fostered the reciprocal trade treaties would have us believe that they are exchanging products of this country’s farms and industries for products of other nations that are not made here. However, I am afraid that isn't quite true.” He held up in his hands two “guards and ledger plates’ for a mowing machine. “For instance,” he said, “I am holding two objects, bne in each hand. The one in my right hand is manufactured by the company that makes the mowing machine. It sells for 35c. The other one was not made in America. It was made in Germany. It came across the ocean to the United States and sells for l<c. “Now you may be inclined to say: ‘Well, the American manufacturer is charging too much.’ That isn t true. The guard and ledger plate that was made in Germany and that sells for 17c was made by labor that rides to work on a bicycle instead an automobile ; that lives in poor homes, and that eats black bread instead of white. We must protect the Ameri-

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CARL FAIRCHILD DROWNS SUNDAY

IN KANKAKEE KtVEK WHILE ■I SWIMMING. iCarl Fairchild, 3*i, sun joss Mr. ami rs. Nelson Fairchild, was diowned st Sunday afternoon m he Kankakee river| just west u* whe re kignway No. 152 Crosses the river. i’he body ~’was recovered Tuesday afternoon about 1 P.M. \ The day of the accident young Fairchild; Chester Her>, Hornet Hanaway, Sani Cooper, John Utter, and perhaps others were {Congregated on the south bank ol the river, near the bridge. Across the river, in swimming, were Russ Bunning, VV ait Kuian, Melvte Barker, and others. Fairchild, after some friendly argument, stated that he cuuid swim the river and proceeded to jump in and started across, with his clothing on. His shoes and clothing held him. back so that became exhausted and was helped back to shore. After, re--moving his outer clothing, he offered to bet $50.00 that he could swim the nver and although his companions tried to stop him, he ran to edge of the river and started across. The river at this point was only waist deep, and can be waded in many places. The swift current carried downward and into deeper water. He strangled and became unable to help himself. Hero, meantime, had iol lowed Fairchild into the water, wading, with his clothing on, and was only some ten feet from Fairchild when he went under. Unable to go father, he had to back out and go,for help. Sunday afternoon, all day Monday and Tuesday searchers m motor boats, with hooks, grab lines, etc., motored up and down the river. On Tuesday afternoon Les Klein, walking along the bank, discovered the* body about a hundred yards down from where it was last seen and only some ten feet from the south bank. ' ? Among those who worked on the river were John Cross and Mel Morrow, of Hebron, Ed Berg and several from Rensselaer, Mel Struble, Red Yeagley, Gerald Curtin, Ivan Cheever, Louis Walstra, Sheriff Vern Michals, Marvin Kessinger, Win. Bah ler, Melvie Barker, Russel Bunning, Buell Granger, C. P. Curtin, numerous residents along the river, and no doubt others from town here. The l|ody was found before* it had become decomposed and was in a lairstate of preservation. Funeral services for the deceased young man were held Wednesday afternoon at] the DeMotte cemetery, east of town, with Rev. D. M. lies in charge. 3 Besides the mother and father, a lister, Blanche, and a brother, Frank, survive, also the grandparents, Mr and Mrs Frank Hart, rind many otherrelatives and friends.

CANNING CONTEST AND DEMONSTRATION

The Home Economics Clubs of Jasper county are sponsoring a con test and demonstration at the Ren • i selaer high school Friday, Aug. 1 a Exhibit requirements: An 'exhibit consists of two glass, quart or pnri, jars of products. The two jar - exhibit should consist, of one quart jar fruit arid one quart or pint jar of hon-acid vegetables. Non acid vegetables are ajl vegetables except tomatoes, rhubarb and -sauerkraut. Corn, greens, peas and lima beans should be exhibited in pint jar s. All exhibits are due at the Ken selaer high school before l(t AM, Friday, Aug, 19, also a statement of the number of quarts of food the exhibitor has! canned since Sept. 1. 1937. At 1:30 PM., Aug. 19, a re presentative of Ball Bros, company will give a free public canning de morrstratioon. Every Home Economics Club member in Jaspjer county should enter the contest, attend the demonstration and encourage 4-H Club girU to exhibit » Mrs. Frank Zeck, local club president, urges all members to enter. Show what Keener township can do. Anyone having cans to take down can leave same at home of Mrs. Mary Kessinger.

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