Ligonier Banner., Volume 66, Number 49, Ligonier, Noble County, 5 January 1933 — Page 4
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FARMERS ORGANIZE. Organlze Fiarm Debt Adjustment Committee at Meeting Held at Albion Bonday. '
The County Farm Debt Adjustment Committee recently appoinied by Goy. Paul V. McNutt, for Noble county held ang organization meeting in Albion Monday evening, January 1. The following officers were clected: Chaimarn, George L. Foote; vice chairman, William H. Favinger; secretary, Roy Rice; and Herman Butz and Arthur Larson complete the committee. The function of such committees already appointeq in ail counties of the state is set forth in the governop’s letter of appointment, part of which is as follows: “It is our thought that such committee, will serve as a material assistance to both the debtor and creditor in an effort to arrive at a friendly, sensible and fair solution of the debt problem, and that such efforts will tend to concilate many probiems cf the type which have heretofore resulted in unmnecessary foreclosures. It ig likewise hoped and expecied that these v@luntary committees will serve in the future as a basis of developing harmony between controvertng interests in various localities of the state.” . _ : ~The local committee in order to avoid any misunderstandings as to its duties, wishes to make public the following statement concerning its work: :
a. Any debtor or creditor seeking a readjustment in the debt relationship, one with the other, may ask this committee to investigate and make recommendations to either or both parties for the purpose of effecting a satisfactory solution of gny existing difficulties. \ b. Application blanks will he furnished to either the debtor or creditor seeking adjustment. These blanks supplieq by the secretary of the committee may be used to request the aid 0% the committee, ;
¢. This commitee has nothing to dc with the actual refinancing of farm loans under the federal farm relief legislative program. Such relief should be sought through the federal land bank of Louisville, Ky., of which Riley C. Case of Wolcottville, Tnd., is the local representative.
Mrs. Wallace Bobeck spent several days in Indianapolis this weel with friends.
Dine and Dance at the ~ SHOBE CAMP SQUARE DANCE Sunday Night, Jan. 7 'ROUND DANCE Every Sunday night starting Jan. 14 ‘_ Music by Art Singleton’s Orchestra We cater to ~'fa'riv:alte parties Famous Berghoff Beer
Price .. Vot S 15 a misleading WL of value %
EXPERIENCE ‘ means much more in our vocation than the public realizes. But not more ~ than we realize. Ability is not accidental ‘ Brown Funeral Home .~ LIGONIER | | Office 5 Restdonce 130 |
ADDITIONAL SOCIAL EVENTS Continued from Page One Dinner Guests. Mr. anq Mrs. J. O. Slutz entertained at a very delightful dinner New Years’ day for Mr. and Mrs. Karl Decker, A. B. Weaver, Miss Ada Weckesser, Rev. 'and Mrs. G. H. Bacheler ang F. P. Bothwell. J¥ 2 @
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bender entertain ed eight guests at dinner Monday at Hotel Ligonier. The guests spent the afternoon and evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Williams where supper was served. ! ® = ©
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kimmell entertained their Bible class of the Christian church Tuesday evening. There were about twenty-five present. Refreshments were served. ;
Mr. and Mrs: Kenneth Henn entertained at a pot luck supper New Years, eve Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sisterhen, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Dewey and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Tinchér, ¢ s 89
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Taylor will entertain at cards tonight for Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Bechtel, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hite and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Hile.,
Mrs. Ada Jeanneret entertained six guests at dinner Tuesday in honor of Mrs. Anna Shobe Green of Jamestown, N. Y :
Dr. and Mrs. Q. F. Stultz had as their New Year’s dinner guests Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Bangs and son Jimmie.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Summers and family were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Shell Tuesday evening. ;se 8 .
The Presbyterian Aid society met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Martha Denny. -
L i Miss Elizabeth Drain will entertain her bridge club tonight. e ¢S
Mrs. Ray Gordon will entertain her bridge club tonight. oo
- Mr. ang Mrs. Rolland Byers of Fort ‘Wayne spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Billman. ~ g ————— e
- Wawaka won the invitational blind tourney in the finals at Wolcottville last week, defeating Wolcottville 32 to 26, befroe a large crowd of enthusiastic fans. 3
Police Tom Cass has a number of gloves which he has found on the streets of the city. Owners may have same by calling on him and paying for this notice.
The time for purchasing automotbile license has not leen extended It is expected that arrests will start in the next few days if all auto. do not bear new plates.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kelley and Jeannet are home from Chicago after spending Christmas week with Mr. and Mrs. Will' Kelley and Mrs. Alma Kelley and son Tom. ;
Milo Frain, arrested for tprapping without a legal permit is out cn $4OO bond at LaGrange pending a hearing before Prosecutor Wood. Warden C. F. Rhodehamel made the arrest.
The name of Harvey Cole Peru attorney was mentioned in political circles at Indianapolis a sthe possible choice of Gov. Paul V. McNutt for the Democratic United States senator nomination in 1934, ! y
Marriage Liecenses,
iMarriage license have been issued by County Clerk Harold V. Curtis to: ‘Charles Lewis Wiley, teacher, of Albion, and Hilda May Gatwood, teacher of Albion, Decemjber 23. ~ William Arthur Hickman, farmer, of Albion, and Armetta Parr, of Avilla ‘December 23. A George Miller, farmer of Wgfie township and Geraldine Basius of LaGrange, Décember 23. Ralph Cross, truck driver of, Goshen anq Velma Steine, also oflf}p—shen, December 20.-
Kitson Barber Shop under Stellars Grocery. :
Chester Hile has been in Chicago this week on business.
Walter Bonham of Albion was in the city this morning. : ;
Mrs, Will Kreger will do quilting at her home on N. Martin Street.
Miss Beulah Rice is assistng Mrs. Hazel Sack in the license bureau.
Mrs. James Coulter is home after spending the holidays at Akron, Ohio
Tom Wagoner has so improved as to be able to sit up for a while each day. ; %
Miss Nadine Deardorff is caring for a patient who is very ill near Middlebury.
Mrs.. Chester Hile and Mrs. Lawrence Skeels spent Wednesday in Fort Wayne. E
Paul Miller of Youngstown, Ohio spent New Years with Miss Elizabeth Drain. >
Mrs. Osie Nelson is in Goshen caring for her brother Mr. Foster, who is ill. {
The ladies of the Sparta church will hold a bake sale at Stellers Saturday, January 6.
A ladles black kid glove was found at the entrance of the Elk Home and was left at this office.
Mr, and Mrs. Robert Wigton of South Bend spent New Years with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wigton. i
The ladies of the U. B. church will serve a chicken pie supper, January 18 from 5 to 7 o’clock.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Wagoner and son returned home to Toledo after /sp‘ending the week end here.
Mrs. Howard Chiddister is home from Toledo, Ohio, where she spent a-week visiting her sister.
‘Carlos Lane well known here submitted to an appendicitis operation at Indianapolis where he resides,
'W. W. Tracy has returnéd to Kimmell aiter spending the holidays at his home in Clarksburg, West Virginia, ;
Mr. and Mrs: Henry Golder are home from Plymouth where they spent Christmas with Rev. anq Mrs. R. E. Vance. %
Mrs. Franklin Kline and daughter Barbara have returned to Chicago after spending the holidays here with Mrs. Lucy Feldheiser, '
Miss Beatrix Flick has returned to Iher duties in the Mishawaka schools after spending the holidays with her mother Mrs. J. D. Kreager. ;
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Slban and son and Mrs. Orpha Skeels spent New Years in Fort Wayne the guests of Mr. and Mrs. '/Robert O’Brien.
Mr. and Mrs, Herbert Lyon of Second street are the parents of a son born New Year's day at Lakeside hospital in Kendallville. .
Mr. and Mrs. Errington Bowen and children and Miss Velma Mason of Fort Wayne were guesis New Years day of Mr. and Mrs. O.'G. Bowen.
The fire department was called to the C. R. Stansbury store on Cavin street Sunday forenoon to extinguish a blaze which did little damage.
Rev. R. E. Vance formerly of this city, now locateq in Plymouth was called to Wolf Lake last week to officiate at the funeral services for ‘Mott Cress. ;
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Cobbs of Mishawaka Mrs. A. L. Fry and Margaret Ann Poyser of Kimmell were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Fry Saturday. '
The Loyal Women of the U. B. church will hold their January class meeting, on Tuesday evening Jan. 9 at the home of Mrs. Lulu Smith. Every member is urged to be present. :
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kellam and children Zpent Sunday in Knox. They were accompanied there by Mrs. J. H. Cooper who had spent a week here with her daughter Mrs..Kellam.
~Mrs. Fredonng Barnhart and Mrs. Helen Hillegas were in Angola Thurs day evening and called on Mrs, Beulah Brook Fourth district’ president of the American Legion Auxiliary.
Willis Leming, Walter Robinson, Bruce Schutt and Ralph Spurgeon conferred the Past Master degree on Maynard Misner worshipful master of the Ligonier lodge at the Past Masters Association of the Masonic lodge in Kendallville Friday night. :
E. H. Mohler, daughter and gon-in-‘law, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Stevens of Matton, 111., and C. F. Mohler and son Cecil of Manto, Mich., were here over the week end to attend the funeral of their father Samuel T. Mohler at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Mohler,
] NOTICE ] Owing to my illness I have secured the assistance of a competent licensed embalmer and director and will be in a position to render service promptly day or night including ambulance calls, | Stanley Surfus. ) Lo e e e | bl > g
+ Oak Randolph, janitor at the North Side school suffered a slight stroke of paralysis.
The Joray family ang Mrs. Chas. Reeves were New Year gue:stsrf of Mrs. Jennie Drain.
The regular stated meeting of th‘e, Eastern Star will be held Tuesday evening January 9th. :
Ed Tyler, Barnsdall oil dealer was awardeq the county contract by the commissioners Wednesday. | :
The next meeting of the Noble county oil dealers will be held at’ Avilla Wednesday, January 10.
Rev. add Mrs. G. H. Bacheler had as dinner guests recently Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Strait and children of St. Louis Mo. ’ :
Lost—A bunch of keys in leather folder. Owners name on same. Finder please bring to Banner Office. Reward. L
Mr. and Mrs. Rdpert Sanger of Elkhart, Mrs. Louise Snap and family of Bristol were the guests Sunday of Mrs. Jennie Drain. L
A three-story department store occupying a quarter block in the Elwood business section was destroyed by fire Tuésday at a loss of at least $500,000. . :
The Sarah McKenzie Missionary society of the M. E. church has postponeq their meeting until January 26 when an open meeting will- be held at the new M. E. church.
All the old and new officers of the Woman’s Relief Corp are requested to meet at the hall Friday evening to practice for installation. Meet at 7:30 sharp. :
Mr. anq Mrs. Joe Taylor and children of Fort Wayne spent the week end here and at Lake Wawasee with Mrs. Taylor’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Jehn Todd.
Mrs. Edmung Summers received," word last evening that her stepfather J. T. Logan died- at his home in Warsaw. Mr: Logan was well known here. :
Mrs. George Hopper and Mrs. Nell Sedgwick will drive Jeanette Hopper to Detroit Sundlly, where she has enrolled in the Detroit School of Cosmeticians. Mrs. Sedgwick and Mrs. Hopper will return Tuesday.
Mrs: W. F. Carver of Albion is a patient 4t the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne suffering from sleeping sickness. ‘Her condition is regarded as serious. Mrs. Carver will be remembered here’ as ' Hazel 'Reynolds, a former instructor in the public schools. s
' To The Public: | L The officers and Directors take pleasure in announcing that the American State Bank, Ligonier, Ind., is now a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Ligonier and surrounding community should feel proud of having a Bank able to qualify as a member of this Insurance Corporation. American State : Bank, known throughout the State of Indiana as one of its best and strongest L Banks, gives this community a bank few cities have the satisfaction of pos- ; | sessing. ' | . - ' ; ‘ e s . § \ : €A 99 - A Bank in all its history a Class “A” Bank ~ A Bank well managed L ' ¢ A Bank conducted by Bankers , - A Liqud Bank cep | » Sl e R ‘ TR e D e ~ with Federal Deposit Insurance, the money deposited in this bank is absolutely protected. What a satisfaction to be able to put your money ina bank ‘ :and go home nights and sleep in peace, as your funds deposited in this bank ir b Jerelllpercentgafe. | L 0 o o , L e den o WE SOLICH YORR BUSINESS . © @ L AILICI IVAII JilalTl Lo shooo eo R S R
Dedication Program of M. E. Church. The program of the dedication of the new Methodist church will begin January 21st. The events have been decided upon anq will be as follows. Sunday Jan. 21st. 9:80 Sunday School. 10:30. Dedication Day Worship service ang ceremony. Dr. C. H. Smith of Fort Wayne will be the preacher. At 2:30 Dr. Smith will give an address on his trip to Palestine this last summer. At 6:30 the young people will have a very interesting Epworth League service. At 7:30 the organ recital. Tuesday evening. Community Young peoples’ banquet. The details. of this will appear later. ; Wednesday 7:30. Recognition of Ep worth Hall Service. The choir will take part and Rev. A. C. Wischmeier of Uniion City will be the speaker, Epworth Hall is the room Kh,ere Sunday school classes will be held, the prayer meeting and Epworth League will meet and other important religipus gatherings. Thursday evening. The Ladies Aid will serve a public supper, price 30 cents. ;
Friday afternoon the Womens Foreign Missionary societies will have a program and social hour to which all the women are to be invited.
Sunday January 28th Dr. Croxall will be here and a very fine Sunday School program is being mapped out. Thursday February Ist. Community Men’s banquet. = Carl Endicott of Huntington past international president of Kiwanis will be the speaker. This beautiful new church is fast being completed. The pipe organ is installled and ready to use. The church feels itself very fortunate in having such a fine organ as the one now installed.
The public is invited to attend the entire dedication program.
Little Joe, the Christmas Champlon
“Thank you for the twenty cents for Christmas” saiq little Joe Rench of LaGrange and Ligonier when a local person remembered .the little fellow last week. “I’ll tell you what I'll do ‘with the twenty cents, I'll buy two of ‘those ten cent red automobiles, one for me and one for my little friend who™ qees not have any Christnias.” } iLittle Joe, you have outdone all the rest of us in putting the real Christ[mas idea into' practice. You have taught us a lesson that we oucht to remember at Christmas time and always.
We nominate Joe as the Christmas champion of LaGrange county for 1933
Notice. ' The meeting of the Kings Daughters will be postponed this w:ek.
The Albion public library board held its annual organization meeting Tuesday electing Miss Jane [Zagles president Ray Rice was electe vicepresident and Mrs. R. E. Smith. was nameq secretary. o
CRYSTAL
Thursday, January 4
‘ . “The Lone Cowboy” . Little Jackie Cooper in one of the best pictures you'll ever see. A real bargain. : / "~ Admission 10c-15¢
Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Jan. 6-7-8 “Girl Without A Room”
Charlie Ruggles, Charles Farrell and Marguerite Churchill in a hilarious fast moving comedy of Bohemian life in Paris. She may be a home girl but she was a long way from home and the big bad wolf was always at her door. Also a Revue and other short subjects.
Wednesday, Thursday, Jan. 10-11 5 . 9 - ] * - “The Chief” Here he is--Ed Wynn of radio fame. Americas perfect fool. He runs for Alderman--he becomesthe town hero and falls for a red hot mama.
SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION Charlie Adams and his Kentucky - Briar Hoppers From WOWO and WGL
featuring barn dance music, barn dance calling, vocal numbers, ratile bones and guitar and harp se‘!e;tibns-. Bargain Prices Adm. 10c¢-20c¢ Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Jan. 13-14-15 Marie Dressler and Lionel Barrymore in “Her Sweetheart, Christopher Bean” The greatest trimuph in her crown of glory.
Mrs. Milton Selig is home from a visit in Chicago. ‘
- Frank Firestone age 36 of Kendallville who was arrested in Garrett October 21 several weeks after he had been released from the Indiana penal farm aftr serving a term for possession of stolen property was sentenced ed in federal court at Fort Wayne to serve two years in the federal prison at Leavenworth Kan., on a charge of counterfeiting. 4 -
Several groups of young people are going skating tonight at Diamond lake. . - !
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.
State of Indiana, County of Noble, SS: Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed administrator of the estate of Winfield S. Rice, deceased, late of Noble County, Indiana. Said estate is supposed to be solvent. 1 : Clarence Rice,, Administrator. - Wawaka, Ind. W. H. Wigton, Attorney, ' ' Ligonier, Ind. ;
Killed in Auto Acident.
- Miss Barbara Parker, 15, of South Bend, daughter of Reed Parker of Dowagiac, Mich., anq of Mrs. Earl C. Blough of South Bend was killed and John Pollock, 22, also of South Bend was critically injured in an automobile accident just north of the Indi-ana-Michigan state line on the Niles roard early Monday morning.
. Sale Notice ' Sale every Wednesday. Geo. D Foster, Mgr. tf
Notice to Water Takers.
You are hereby- notified that water rents are due January Ist 1934 payable at the office of the city clerk on all rents due and not paid on or before January 20th a penalty of ten per cent will be added
All water rents for 1933 are now due and must be paid on or before January 20th. .
Office hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The office wil lbe open Wednesday and Saturday evenings for the accommodation of the public. ' Joseph C. Kimmell, City Clark.