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POLLY WaITES 10 LETTER ‘7O FRIEND TELLS OF WONDERFUL SIGHTS SHE ENJOYED WINDOW SHOPPING IN LIGONIER. Holiday spirit Moves Letier Writer to Rather Gush Over the Absorbing Topie. : The first of a series of letters contributed by the Merchants Co-opera-tive Committee in the interest of Cooperative Association. Others to be published each week for-a period of three months, Dear Anne:— I-ve just had such a wonderful day in town and I feel so chatty that I think this is my golden opportunity to write my long letter to you. . Yesterday the realizationr that Christmas is only ten days off hit me square in the face and left me dazed for the moment. How the years are going! It doesn’t seem possible 'tthati Christmas is upon us again. But it is and I assure you since the pasi few‘ days no grass has grown under m'yl feet.

As usual, I went down town expecting to put in a long hard day selecting gifts for the family, for as usual I didn’t know what I was going to give. But, it has been far from hard. The shops are full of the love- - liest things imagzinqble. Everywhere you go there is that Christmas spirit and it is indeed a joy to shop around. I dropped into Mrs. Sharps’ first with some dresseés te be hemstitched. Isnt it just wonderful, Anne, what a lot of style a little hemsticthing ~adds to dresses? Why really, all you have to do is cut out a half dozen little frocks, take them to Mrs. Sharp and she does the rest, all but sewing up the under arm seames. Think of the time saved and the money too, ~ for that matter for when it’s finished you have as good looking a frock as if you had purchased it in the shops. ~ « Mrs. Sharp does such lovely waork, too, but why shouldr’t she, with such ﬁeasant surroundings? While I was - there Mr. Surfus was demonstrating ' the Gulbrausen player piano and I almost forgot that I was down town to shop. eßally Anne, the Gulbrau‘sen is a wonderful instrument, the tone is marvelous and you would Jkelieve that some artist was actually ¢ playing. Before I tore myself away é‘l'l‘also had a demonstration of the

Atwater Kent radio. But honestly, &?Anne, these radios are all so gplendid ; —I mean the kind of radios we sell *.in Ligonier that it really woculd be hard to decide on one. - On the way down the street 1 dropped in at Loy’s, of course, who could pass that exquisite gift shop without dropping in. But its a mistake, Anne, if you’re in a hurry and aren’t Xmas shopping, for you’re bound to stay and stay. But I was Xmas shop- . ping and I stayed to my great joy and satisfaction. That place is simply a bower of beauty—with everything in its right place. One would know the hand of an artist worked there. They have the toy department, too, and their fine mechanical _ toys they are showing in varitities Yo ucan depend on it I filled a lot of my gifts there, for they have Ileft mothing to be desired in the way of lovely gifts for everyone.. ;By this time, my dear, I was get‘ting enthused over Christmas—l wanted to see what every store, had to offer, hut of course I couldn’t all in a day, but I managed to give several of them the once over and am going back again to select gifts. I only window . shopped at several stores but that was enough to let me know I wanted to go in. Levy’s have a wonderful window—two of them, in fact. But the women’s window of course, claimed my attention. I know, from looking at it that they carry a wonderful line of lingerie, and exquisite handkerchiefs, purses, gowns and in fact everything to delight the feminie heart. I'm going back .again next " week and spend some time inside and buy some of their wonderful values, but I had other errands today that simply had to be attended to. ' - I .noticed some lovely glassware in Weaver’s. Quaint little candy jars and salad dishes—anyone with a taste for art could easily transform’ them into objects of rare beauty by ‘giving them that personal touch which one’s friends always prize. I " noticed, too, some sets of dishes which were perfectly heautiful-—I cer tainly wish Santa Claus would have one of them in my stocking. By the time I reached the Chocolate shop I wanted a soda and some candy g 0 I dropped in there, but I hardly could get past the jam listening in on the radio at the Holderness jewelry store. I'm telling you, Anne, that man is selling radios, but why shouldn’t he? He knows his stuff. - Why-he’s forgotten more about radios than some of us will ever know. - When anything goes wrong, a simple

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twist of the wrist by H. J. and eve thihe Iy e, - | 5 Mr. Smith had a wonderful new line of candies for Christmas and"l left my order for several boxes, fqr Anne, what is Xmas without goofl candy? : - i I couldn’t help dropping into she Gutelius 5 and 10 cent store. It is always deluged with Christmas things and iis no exception this’ year. There is everything you can imagine, and when T have more time I'm going back. : : Of course everyone is buying things at Weir's hardware. Who wouldn’t, when vyou.get a glance at those splendid toys in the front windows? Some little child is going to be wonderfully -happy on Christmas with that Packard and someone else with the scooters and skates and other premiums offffered. : : You Lknow, Anne, the merchants here are showing a wonderful spirit of giving. They seem to take great pleasure in giving ‘something to their patrons. One day each month every merchants gives away some sort of a prize. or money, or something worth while. And the nice part about it is that they enjoy doing it, Such unselfishness deserves reward, surely, and the reward . will come, too, for that is the spirit that drawsi people to us and semeday this town is going down in history as the biggest little town on the map. . Well, Anne, cne of the things I went down town, for was a haircut but I forgot ali about that and anyway King's barber shop was. full and running over and it was getting late so I decided to put that off till my | next trip down town which is going to be vory soon, helieve me. :

’ I hurried past Jacobs, not daring to stop for fear I'd be late getting %Ge-orge’s supper. The window display was too alluring and that seductive word “Sale” was almost more ‘han I could stand, but I said, “Get Thee behuind me, ete.” and hurried on. I know [ won't be able to stay home a 2 day between now and Christmas. I guess I’ll have to go down and spend the whole blessed two weeks and eat all my Imeals out as 1 wont miss anything. - I wantied to order a Christmas tree so I stopped at Sack’s. My dear! you should see that store. 1 positively know they have every conceiveable thing in the way of food. Whenever that stcre puts ¢n a contest for slogans, I have one that will get first prize. It is this: “You can always getvit-ut Sack's?~F-toaded™ip on 4 lot of that College in Brand of good things-——Chicken, salad, chicken soup and all other kinds of delicacies, for son:ethi’ng tells me that George and the kiddies are going to eat out of cans from now on. By this time it was five o’'clock, Anne, and. I had one more place I had to go, and then hurry home to the children. = So I hurried across the street to the Star Grocery, to get some milk and a few other things. You kncw, Anne, you wouldn’'t know that place. Mr. Kline and. his son. are now proprietors and it has taken a new lease on life. They carry a splendid line of all kinds of groceries and are doing a splendid business. My dcar! here comes George to supper and I haven’t done a thing toward getting it, I've done nothing but write to you since I got home and I could write volumes yet. But T'll write you again beforée long to let you know what all is happening in the old town. I do wish you could come over for mext Booster Day in January. 1 believe something exciting is going to happen. As yet the merchants act very mysterious about it but that’'s always a good sign, so, more anpn. ;

Well George is here and my dear, the dear soul brought some of that good sausage from Stellars. He says its for breakfast, but something tells me we're having sausage for supper tonight. So bye, bye, dear until next time. | AS ever : POLLY. The Padlocked Inns. Two more injunctions were secured in Superior court No. 2 at South Bend Tuesday morning by Pros. Harry R. Taylor who i@ waging a battle through the courts to close soft drink parlors alleged to be violaters of the prohibition laws. Judge Lenn J. Oare issued injunctions against the Lincoln Highway Inn., east of Mishawaka operated ;-‘by Harry Siples and the soft drink parlor operated by Stan Katus, John W. Cable Dies. John W. Cable died Monday evening at 8:40 o’clock at his home just southi of Syracuse and near the boat livery at | Wawasee lake. He had been suffering for some time with heart trouble and his. death was not unexpected. He leaves his wife three sons and two daughters. . Quail Season to Close, More hunters than ever before have reached the bag limit o ffifteen birds daily during the open season on quail members of the state conservation department declared today. The open’:segs'on will close at midnight Saturday night. Wheat Worth $1.69 Ligonier dealers today were paying $1.69 a bushel for wheat, :

£ N U PROADCASTED fohl s T s B e ~“The wOilgel (ue oble County X, M. C. A. in ith obr‘ix“inatwf of efforts and the unification of forcés conducive of bringing a})out a more wholesome life lamong the boys and young men of the county is being recognized by men of ‘authority. The county secretary, A. E. Nord has been asked to broadcast this work over Station W L. S Chicago on their farm programs during the. noon hour on Tuesday December 22nd. Mr. Word will commence speaking about 12:15 P. M.. The wave length is 345 meters. The fact that the Farm Bureau of the County Y. M. C. A. work in such fine unison in that the Boys and Girls Club. work can be done with the County Y M. C. A. Secretary acting as Club Leader working in close cooperation with the Agricultural Agent is a situation peculiar to Noble County which many leaders in rural life feel must take place. .Cooperation is not only imperative within the organization but all organizations within the county must co coordinate their efforts that the li.t'e problems might loom up in such’ a way that there will be no duplication of effort, is the contention held by leaders in rural social work This has been accomplished in a large degree in Noble County. ;

Auto Goes Into Ditch. William Cajn "Mr. and Mrs. Willis Mougler of Butler and grandaughter Altie Dove of near Kendallville were {slightly injured when the automobile in which they were. riding overturned while the party was enroute to Churubusco. The occupants of the machine were pinned beneath- the .car. Cain who was driving turned aside to avoid hitting a team of horses pulling a hay wagon which suddenly turred in the road ahead of him, and the machine went into ‘the ditch striking a telephonle pole. Cain’s daughter and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dove were following the car in another machine and assisted the occupants from the wreckage. Mougler suffered a sprained back and shoulder, Cainj was cut and bruised and Mrs. Moughler had hér shoulder gprained. Child Fatally Injured. ~ ‘Marshall Cortier nine yeanrs old son of Mr. and Mrs. August Cortier who lives seven miles west of South Bend wasyhrobably fatally injuved Monday afternoon when he was struck by an automobile driven by Harold Rensberger 21 of Mill Creek. The child had just stepped out of a school bus when he was struck. The boy’s father who drives the bus said thec hild was |thrown. fifty feet by the force of the collision and he sustained a fracture }of the skull and of the right leg. | Rensberger and his companion Chas. Stembaugh are being held by the police. _ v | Held to Court. - Burl Shew 23 years old a resident of Cromwell was arrested alt that place last weekk upon a charge of stealing chickens. The affidavit was filed against him by Walter Beers and was approved by Prosecutor C. A. Lincoln. Shew entered a plea of guilty to petit larceny before a justice of \the peace at Cromwell admitting steal ing five chickens and was bound over to ‘the Noble circuit court. His hearing will be during the January term of court at Albion.—Albion New Kra.

Estate to Daughter. The will of the late Gene Stratton Porter famous author who died at her home in Los Angeles (al., and which has been filed for probate Dbecause she owned property in Allen county provides that the estate is to go to her daughter Jeanett Porter Meehan, IL.os Angeles. The author’s] husband Chas. Darwin Pornter Los An-‘ geles‘is not named in the will. That portion of the estate in Indiana exceeds $50,000. ; ; | Death of Dr. Bunyea. | Word has been received of the death of Dr. Willard Bunyea. Burial was made at Laporte. Dr. Bunyea has been a resident of Rome City for many years until several months ago, he became mentally deranged and was taken to the asylum at Richmond where he died. | Clﬁld is Killed. - John H. Creps the six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Crepes of Elkhart was instantly killed Tuesday afternoon when run over by an eastbound New York Central train leaving Elkkhart over the Michigan division. His body was completely severed across the chest. : : : Pool-Room Robbed, The pool room belonging to »rank Dispenza at South Bend was held up and robbed by a lone bandit who obtained about $l6O in cash and a 'Stuera,ker check for $15.74. ' oOff For Bremen. The Ligonier high school basketball team will journey to Bremen Friday evening for a game in that town, Don’t miss Zane Grey’s “Wild Horse Mesa’’ tonight. S ~

IN GUNNY S 0 JOHN (. FLYNN MEETS HIS END NEA .l('l‘();}:ﬁ_- OF BRUNSWICK ; _g:ﬁiﬁﬁ()l—i(il;\ | : s, - Claimed {6 Be a Detective Operating in thqﬂ{m;ﬁ!enﬁmwd When Re"?:m;tpd.li*mm Earth, : " When#John C. ¥lynn formerly of near Kimmell Noble county died of a gun. shot wound near Brunswick, Ge()rgia, the coroner after an inquest pronounced it a.case of suicide. Flynn the father of four children and separ‘ated from his wife, went south about four years ago, and little was heard of him uutil the news of his death came, e Flynn was 42 years of age and claim ed to be a detective. The pursuit of his calling rendered his life rather hazardous according to the belief of his Noble c¢ounty {triends. There seems to be no ‘closed season” for detectives in Georgia and pavticularly. for northern sleuths. Surviving "the deceased aside from the four children mentioned are his. father and mother, four sisters and two brothers. » : The remains were 'l.)urie;d near the old Nobie county home Tuésdzl‘\‘ An account of the death was given in Monday’'s issue of the Banner.

| D¢p Hele But no Oil, " The Howe @il & QGas Company has given up a search for oil or gas, having encnuxjtered salt water at a depth of 2,865 feet which Tilled -the pipe to within 500 feet of the surface, J. W. Hunt, who was in charge of the drilling, contends that there is oil somewhere in this section of Indiana, but it is expensive for hunting for it. This last venture cost in the neighborhood of $40,000 and the drilling started a ye:-zrjago lase April. . Di¢s Near Kidge. - Ignatius Cashmere Wesolek aged 89 years 3 manths and 28 days died at the home of his daughter Azs. John Oakes a uﬂlé"ﬁhd: a half southeast of Egﬁe in Noble ‘iqﬁngt,x@.‘:‘,uhdm evening at 5 o'clock. "He was bora in Poland August 17 1836 . and came to America when a young man. : Car Stoien, Russel Waiker of Waterloo had his Ford car stolen from in front of the St. Michael’s chureh on the AngolaWaterlco road Monday night. He was attending church when the car was stolen. : - : Auto Thiei Flees. - A 1924 model Ford coupe owned hy Jay Conrad of RElkhart which was stolen from in front of the Orpheum theatre in South Bend was recovered at Niles when the man ‘who had stolen it ran away after the machine caught fire. _ ' < - Arrested For Theit, : Steven = Burbouge 19 of Elkhart was arrested charged ' with having stolen a wrist watch valued at $35 from Miss Mildred - Mcßeth. The watch was stolen from the Mcßeth home last Hallowe’en. Robs Jewelry Store. : A thief threw a padded brick through the window of the Beck jewelry store at Michigan City and escaped with jewelry valued at $l,OOO. :

Home For Vacation. 1 Ligonier students at the different colleges and universites will arrive home next week to spend:the holiday vacation. : : The Rush is On. | The <rush of mailing Christmas packages ‘is on'at the liigonier postoffice and will increase for the next few days. ' ; ‘ , (toshen For ‘{d'reatment, Mrs. Amos Jeffries was_taken to Goshen hospital in the Brown ambus lance. She went tp the institution to be treated. - v | Called to Missouri. H.. H Decker was called to. St Joseph Missouri Wednesday by . the death of his son’s wife Mrs. Thomas DBecker. s : Fire Destroys Home, The new. eight rogm farm home on the Mrs. Jennie Friskney farm was destroyed by fire near Columbia City at a loss estimated at $2,000. . Admitted to Hospital, _Ben Blaser of this city was admitted to Goshen, hospital Tuesday for treatment. c ‘ The Crystal will show some of the biggest stars in their greatest pictures for your pleasure at the holiday time. ‘Make yvour plans to gee them. Take a trip with Gloria Swanson along the “Coast of Folly” next week:

!}«‘-EFEATS WASHINGTON CENTER. | : o Tose to Walther icague Club at Ft. Wayne, and Win From Wash- | . ington {enfer Vive. The Ligonier = American Legion team broke even last . week according to the Cromwell Advance, winning one game and losing one. Tues day evening they- journeyed .to Fort Vayne and met the strong Walther Leaguers at Zion Hall and lost by the score of 34-19. : Thursday evening thev were one the road again and played the Washington Center five at:that place and won 51-11. This was a rough game, aard the referce was unable to se many of the fculs due to the narrow fioor. Kvery player scored in ‘this gamie, Woodward being high poin’c man with 17 p:ints. : Any team wshing games write to Mabager Leo i{ahn, Ligonier. ° T - HERE AND THERE ‘ Aldo. J. Simp:on has been appointed ¢ty attorney ci -Goshen by May-elect Abshire.

. Boulevard street light will be installed in Kendallville at a cost of 316,925, The Kéndallville Foundry Foundry Co. leceived the contract. New auto license plates may now be obtained at the oifice of john L. Henry for the state Hichway department.located in a ro 'm in the Levy Block. Foster’s Big Sale, There i% a’ bivy erosd at Foster’s }(;mmm‘.njty sile this afternoon with spirited bidding.. A pleasing incident was the sale of & quilt for the. Ladies Aid of the Richville chureh. It was bid in by Mr, Foster ot $5 and he gave it Back to be lesc’d. The next buyer was Clarence Womnle who bid it in ak $4.50. Again it was given back, but the next buyer kept it. The quilt cleared the ladies something like $l2. ' Attend Recital Here, My, Harry Hussey and daughter, Miss Geraldine, Mrs, F. M. Henney and danghter Catherine; Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Koher and daughter Miss: Mariester; Mrs. B. F. Robbins and daughter", Helen, were at Ligonier Saturday attending the musical | recital of the pupils of Mrs. E. Stewart. —Cromivell Advance . o Fine Christmas Present, No better ~nor more satisfactory Cliristmas present can be made a former: resident than a year's ‘subscription to the Bamwmer. By tleexpenditure of $2.00. The paper will remind the recipient of the doner 104 times. Think it over. . e Hammond Woman Robbed. Mrs. Silvia Sheaboa, of Hammond, sold hev soft drink parlor for $530, but now has neither the establishment nor the money: = Her purse, containing the $530 was snatched as she paszedtan alley. : Employes Insured, , Local employes of the Great At-. Jantic and Pacific Tea company have received announcement -from New Ycrk that their lives will be’insured free of charge by the company, commaoncing on the. last day of the vear. : Not & Lucky Strike, ' L. Strike is of the opinion that the fates have stacked the cards against himh. Tie drove his automobile: into the St. Joseph river at Elkkhart escaped uninjured and then was arrested for intoxication. { i

Orens Bids for Pavement, The city of: Kendallville. Tuesday evening received bids for paving parts of twenty-Gne streets and alleys, which it proposes to improve during the year 1926. The cost is estimated roughly at $lOO,OOO. To Make dtoncession ' Beginning today the Banner will be mailed to any address in the United States until January 1 1927 for s2.| No wis the time to consider a Banner subseription as a Christmas present.‘ es s \ Spoke at South Bend | ~ W. . Hopkins,-new city manager of Cleveland, and Strickland Gillilan“ humorist, were the speakers before the Krpife and Fork club at South Bend Tuesday evening. ! - Benton Garage Robbed. ; Thieves sometime last night forced an entrance to the garage at Benton and got away -viith tires tubes and automobile accesgscries valued at $2OO. They left no clue. . L . Build $209.000 Church. : A committee of the First Methodist church is working on plans for the raising of $200,000 to be used in the. construction of a new church building at LaPorte. ' - _Home Di_vfsion to Meet, The next meeting of the Perry town ship Flome Division will be held at the home of Mrs. Edna Spurgeon Wednesday January 6 1926. : : Takes Vacation. Milo Kauffman, clerk at Hotel Ligonier has taken a vacation until the first of the year. . e : Pay? your Bamnner Subscription NOW

e Eramwell Items. - . Merle Henney of Ligomier was licre Saturday. = Don Robbins was at Syracuse Friday. o " Herald Pollock was at Millersburg Felday . . - - -+ C. Vanderford of Ligonier was here Fridaj‘{ e = " C. Kilgore of Albion was here Friday Mrs. Arneal Gardiners reiurned_from Fort Wayne Saturday, - Mrs. C. C. Holderman has received word -of the birith of a daughter to her son and wife Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Holderman of Phoenix Arizona. At a meeting of the Masonic lodge the following Officers were elcted— Wm. Cole Ray Nickel, Vern Linsay E. Kline, M_arion‘(}r‘owcnck._ e Vern Hursey is the new clief of the fire company. Elisworth Deßrular seeretary. They will appoint their assistants later. Several - members of the company will be dismissed for ndti_ attendance. e ~ The n@v officers of the Kof P ladge elected are V. Clingérman, .iNeal Hontz, Milt Moore, M. H. Galloway, Q. F. Leamon, 8 B. Tucker, John Beck J AL Koher. Otto Miller. Several new members joined. . . H Love and t‘zﬁnily of Kimmell wers

visitors here Saturday. Sam Archer moved his residenre te his farm south of town Saiurdu’}t, -Miss Mildred *Quinn has accepted a positicn at South Bend. = John Dull vicited .thf;,t’.'en Cripe fain near the Salem chure Sunday’ and saw the freak calf. He was thinking of Labor day sattractions. L Ernest Smith and family of Kendallville visited here Sunday. \1.911 Smith says a circus will be ‘in his town next summer during the month of August. John oßbinson or Gentry les) e J. Hitler is ill. . : ! A resident of Cromwell was seen citeing money Saturday to see if it was counterfeit. ' e Roy Eaton is one of the doctors patients. : e Mry. Mary ‘Koher is ill. ' ' Several from here were at Howe last week watching them drill for oil. Some people here say there is oil on the Kiser farm north of Cromwel] and can be seen on th water in the ditch that passes through the farm. Stanley- Surface of Ligonier was here Saturday greeting old friends. A device for removing wrinkles from nockties has been invented by Opie Linn, It works perfectly when the tie is dampendd, e Several radio fang here have for some time complained of the interference along their lines. A pair of parrots were the I‘eal-l offenders—lnvestigation showed_that the. parrets usually began to cuss ‘in - their native language. just = when the concerts were broadeasted. They are now in a cage far removed from trouble. - ~ H. Hontz was home from Grand Rapids Mich Sunday. S Looking for eggs in the loft of a barn Mrs, Debbie ‘Tulley stepped on a loose plank.—lt tilted throwing her on theb ack of a mule in tho sfall be low—th mule threw her off . ad she is now under the doctors cars, =~ - ! George Long says heart trouble )is‘ becoming a natural disease in South Bend and you can notice the c<yiaptons when a motor car brushes .._\';z;zg ‘coat tails. ; e s

Wm Gleason caused some -excitement here Saturday while eating in a restaurant ‘he - claimed he found a button in his soup. ' . Noah Riclmrds;willr be the new ;s;wim’ming instructor here next 51_unnu-;r.. He is 80 years old and makes a speciality of teaching children how to keep arloat. He will move in the Ransom residence. Checikers has been barred in pclice headquarters here.: There were so° many spectators in the place that the officers had difficulty in moving about Seeing smoke issuing from a woodhouse on the Singef farm, €. Kddy took off his shoe and tossed it tlironzh his neighbor’s . window—the . shoe struck the neighbor on the head and awakened him in time to save the building. ; : _ ~ A span of horses belonging to A. Linn which performed and waltzed, in a circus ten years ago followed a traveling show music wagon . several miles from here Saturday—when found they were keeping -step with the music. They returned home with their master. e ; C . A pool of water saved the life of Leslie Harley Saturday. . He fell from a roof he was repairing- -ha landed in the water and was only slightly injured. ; A cigar weighing nineteen pounds and costing $32.00 was here for oxhibition purposes Saturday.- : Tom Knox was at Holland, Mich, last week. He says houseboat fshing there in the- winter is becoming a popular outdoor sport. [Nish: ermen are provided with chairs, a warm fire, and an attendant brings them candy and tobacco, hamburgers and tea.” T ; Several thin glasses were broken here Saturday by the viberation of music nbotes on a violin, : : 3 e s s . anorvens Kid Glove Found. - 3 Erwin Wade found a kid glove, child’s size and left it at the Banner office where the owner may reclaim it.

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LEGION AT BANOUET | TUESDAY EVENING [ 5 = | - ik :. i ; GIOLD BUSINESS SESSION, ELECT OFFICERS AND FEAST AT e AMERICAN CAYE Score of Former Service Mew Gather American Legion Hall For An- . nual ASsembly, ; While the attendance at the annual meeting and banquet of Ligonier Post American Legion Tuesday evening qumbered only about a score it made up in enthusiasm what it lacked in guests, - The “business meeting was held in Post hall over the Frank DMiller grocery. where th following officers were’ tho<en for-the next year: : Commander Wesley Vance. : Viee Commander—DPete King. . »r_%‘.,.«.ffu'i'.ln i‘f:x-l‘xi}" L")umey,‘ Traasurer - Levoy Kellam. . With the conclusion of the business tie members and iheir suests repaired to th: American Café where a fine ~‘l7l‘oe-:(l was served in the private ding rooin:on the second floor. An effort iz to _be made to increase the menibership in the Ligonier post and to. secure a better attendance of members at the meetings. The <c¢lub rooms in the Woodruff picck. have been made attractive and are used for rest and recreation purDOSes: ; - The -organization -in Ligonier is cnm;/nsw{ of -a body of fine young mene vE- - 'The mewmbers stand for the best in Americun citizenship and should have pvery enconragement. j 2 v i &

- VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA . Field ‘representatives of the Volunteers of Americva visited Noble county this weck moking their annual appeal fcr ihe support of the state work of their organization. They give the follewing brief review of the mission and its work ! e - _ “Voluiteers of America” an organization -in its 29th year, was established by Pullington Booth. It is a nationwide mission work, carried on in the larger cities of the country. Through ity relici centers stranded people from town and country are cared for or enabied to reiurn home, employment secured, ‘ramsportation. provided, medical aid given food and clothing suppiled, prisoners and their families givén just the attention they should have sumner outings prepared fer deserving children; bahies cared for undfedu-‘ cationai courses made availablel—all without charge to these thus relieved. Mission services are held regularly. Keligious meetings are held where ever a crowd can. gather. Many people who have been given the tralning or relief they need, are often drawn to Christ ithru the careiul attention to their nceds: Over 1680 cam forward in a mecting held last spring at the noon hour at an [dianapolis factory. These convert; " usually unite with some church in their home neighborhood. - Thep riscn work Wwas firsy started by Mrs. Booth and her many years of prison cervice in aill parts.of the country are generally known. Through her efforts the Volunteer Prison League was established and it_has made thousands of ex-prisoners honest and useful citizens. . These men are taught nw traces through the Hope Halls of

the Leazue and enabled to make good in whatever community - they enter. Velaiiteer Heomes, through which the thfferernt branches of relief work are handiec ® are established Whenever some branche of "the work grows too large to be cared for in a general way. A list «f the homes will be found on the cresdentials carried by every Volunteer officer, = ' The cificers report that they received splendid support from the peonle of the county this year. Their monthly mggazirie “The Volunteer - Gazette” will be placed on file throughout the fcllowing year, at the county seat library. - : The mayor, the chamber of commerce_and the ministers in' Ligonier and over the county endorse this annual diive for funds each year. Rev. Lathrop who has charge of the drive closed by wishing all a Meery Xmas and a Happy New Year. T | . Nearing the End . . H. C. Zimmerman the venerable attorney who has reached the age 'of 84 years is dying at his home in this city. He is the oldest practicing attorney in Northern Indiana and has resided in Noble county many years. His on B. G. Zimmerman of Avilla has Heen summoned. ' .7 Aged Woman Dies. Mrs: Mary Kathryn Kimes 72 aged resident of Kosciusko county passed away at the home of her dgughter Mrs. Charles Hughes northwest of Warsaw Tuesday morning following a long-ill-ness of complications. 5 = ~What makes a wild girl wild? Seé “Lorraine of the Lions” at Crystal Friddy and Sgtueday, - o