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Try a Belly Laugh tablet at the Crystal Sunday Monday or ‘Tuesday. Mrs. Chester Hile Mrs. Ben Glase! and Mrs. Earl Taylor spent Monda) in Fort Wayne. ' ! Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Rex and family of Chicago have been here spend ing the holidays with relatives.

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ANNOUNCEMENT . ... I wi}? to z%unce to the citizens of Ligonier and vicinity, that I have leased the Standard Oil itation, corner Cavin and Pigeon Streets and now operating the business as my own. With the assurance of prompt and courteous service I kindly solicit your patronage. . S. AUBREY TODD

Mrs. E. P. Bagles is seriously ill at her home in Albion. The condition of Charies Cornelius remaing critical. Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Moore wer® in Fort Wayne Friday. : See the new 1935 Perfection Oil Ranges at Calbeck’s Hardware. Mr. and Mrs. Buryl Taylor @of “rand Rapids Mich., spent yesterday wity Mr. and Mrs. Earl Taylor. Dennis Shallenbarger of Grand Rapids Mich., spent Christmag with his mother Mrs. £i'a Shellanhaiger. Miss Anna May Kimmell of Beecher 111., spent the Christmas vacation with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Claude Kimmell. : Miss KEdna ILee and Jack Herney of Fort Wayne were guests yesterday of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gordon and family. Miss Nita Baker and Mrs. Emma ‘Bailey spent Christmas day with Dr. Walter Baker and family of South Bend. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Todll ancé son Charles of Dayton, Ohio were guests over the week end of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Levy and family Mrs. Emma Bailey and niece Miss Nita Baker spent Christmas eve with Mr. and Mrs. Will Baker and daughter Misg Eva of Goshen. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Swariz and daughter Misg Nellie were called to Sheldon, Tll., Monday by the death of Mrs. Swartz’s uncle Henry Mundy. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Keefer and family and Mrs. . Lizzie Orr spent Christmas day with Mr. and Mrs. William Orr. anqd family of Warsaw. Miss Reva VanNess of South Bend who wasg the nurse of Misg Elizabeth Hire while a patient of the Epworth hospital called on Miss Hire Sunday afternoon. ; Births have been reported at Millersburg as follows: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Kneep Dec. 31, and a son Jesse Homer was born to Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Ax Dec. 28. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Herald and son Carlyle Mrs. Ella Franks and daughter Evangeline were dinner guests of Mr. ang Mrs. Ray Ewing in Kendallville: Tuesday evening. Friends of Miss Elizabeth Hire a teacher in the Ligonier public school are glad to learn that she is home from the hospital and is recovering from severe burns. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bryan and family who moved from this city to Auburn sometie ago have returned angd are now living in the property of Mrs. [Rose Kreager ond South Cavin street. Mr. Bryan ig connected with the Savings and Loan Company. : Mr. and Mrs. Churl C. Ferguson of Chicago spent Christmas day with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ferguson and family of Kimmell. Mrs. Ferguson is spending the remainder of the holidays with her young son Churl Jr., and mother Mrs. Vannolia McDoweli at 114 Mercer street here returniug to Chicago Sunday. The Fergusons' moved to Chicago from here sixteen months ago. Mr. Ferguson heing employed with Wade Motor Service.

! Read the Crystal’s Ad in this issue It treatg on Belly Laughs. : . Ice fishing equipment at Calbeck’s. Hardware. i Roy Elijah and Herbert Cockley were in South Bend Tuesday on business. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Bobeck spent yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. Charlet Emmitt. ; Howard Herald was in Fort Wayne Tuesday on businesg today he is in Indianapolis. . Mr. _and.aMrs. Merle Henney of Fort ‘Wayne visited Ligonier friends Tuesday evening. - Belly Laughs! What are they? The answer is at the Crystal either Sunday Monday or Tuesday. Mrs. Glenn Nicolai and daughter Mary of Fort Wayne were here visiting friends Tuesday. Misg Hazel Spurgeon of Elkhart spent Newg Year’s day with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Spurgeon. Mss Ruth Coss and James Sack spent yesterday in South Bend with Mrs. Donald Netz and Dr. Clapp. Mrs. Alva Vance was operated on at ‘the Goshen hospital last Friday and is now reported to be rapidly improving. - Belly Laughs issued in large doses at the Crystal Sunday Monday and Tuesday in Joe E. Brown’s “Bright Lights”.

Bert Inks and L. J. Dunning visited Mrs. Inks at the Epworth hospital yesterday. Mrs. Inks is slowly improving. i Windshield defrosters at Calbeck’s Hardware. : Mr. and Mrs. Carrol Leamon and family have moved to the home of Mrs. Elva Magnuson mother of Mrs. Leamon. Mrs. Arthur Dillon and children Judson and Barbara of Culver were Christmas guests of Mr and Mrs. 1.. G. Cooper. Mr. and Mrs. Audley Green spent New Yearg day in South Bend with Mrs. Alta Green and Mr. and Mrs. Robert McDaniel. The highwayg and streets were covered with ice today. Many people fell but no one was reported to be seriously injured. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wigton of Gary and Dr. and Mrs. John Wellington spent yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wigton. ¥ Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Smith and family of Columbus Ohio and Mrs. Charles Hickg were guestg of Mrs. Leslie Harper Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Dewey and Mr. and Mrs. William Cochran and son Billie were in Goshen Sunaay afternoon calling on relatives.

Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Biddle and Misg Mary King returned to Chicago after spending the holiday vacation with their parents here. Dr. Jameg Schutt city health officer reports that there were two deaths and no births in thig city during the month of December. Joe E. Brown will show you ail about Belly Laughs at the Crystal anytime Sunday Monday or Tuesday. o—— S ey Miss Berniece Rager returned <c her dutieg in the Norta Manchester school afier spending the holidays here with here motaer Mrs. O. M. Rager. ‘ ’ Dr, and Mrs. F. W. Black and Miss ‘F‘aye Hull of this city and Dr.;W. F. Carver of Albion were in Angola %Tues_d,a.y attending the funeral of Dr. i Sutherland. ; - The W. R. C. ladies are invited to ‘help celebrate the 90th birthday anniversary of Comrade James Taylor Monday niight, Jandary 6th. Pot luck supper. ' ‘Miss Opal Blem suffered a badly cut hand this morning while scrap: ing ice off of the windshield of her automobile. A local physician dressed the wound. e Mrs. Martha Lough and song moved Tuesday to the property she recently purchased on Martin street. The city clerk’s office’ will be moved to her home.

Mr. and Mrs. Dave Bechtoi and Mrs. Chester Hile spent Wednesday afternoon in Montpelier Ohio. They were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bechtol who will spend two weekg here. Chester Hile moved the household goods of Mrs. Olive Syphers to South Bend Wednesday. Mrs.: Syphers has returned to her position as a nurse }in that city. Her mother Mrs. Wil‘HHiam Sisterhen will make her home with her. : % Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Williamg had as their guests over the holiday seagon Mr. and Mrs. Chester Wagner and children of Appleton, Wis, Evereton Willlams of Detroit, Mich,, Miss Eleanor Williamg of Fort Wayne and Mr. §nd Mrs. C. D. Mault of Mer<

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WANTED YBLLOW CORN, OATS, wheat, soy beans, and buckwheat. Call or write stating amount you have, quality, exact location in relation to nearest town and price wanted at your place. We also - mak, wholesale prices on feeds to large users and dealers. Nelson Roscoe Albion Indiana or Will H. Menaugh Osceola, Indiana. 21-tf FOR RENT MODERN HOUSE. EDD Compton. *z FOR SALE—YOUNG HOLSTEIN bull. Inquire at this office. *. FOSTER’'S NEXT SALE WILL BE held, Wednesday, January SBth.

Methodist Church. : The Philathea class will have charge of the Sunday evening services ag the Methodist Church. TkLe Program follows: Organ Prelude, Mrs. Adrian Vondersmith. Song No. 98. Song: No. 35. Prayerg by Miss Ardath Furst and Mrs. Q. F. Stultz. Song No. b 2. Scripture Lesson, Phil 4:1-9, Miss Ruby Kunce. Offertory. Special Musical Number, vocal trio, Mrs. Adrian Vondersmith, Mrs. Ed Fisher-and Mrs, O. R. Bangs. Sermon: “Jotham’s Blunder,” Rev. C. C. Wischmeier. Song No. 2562. : Closing prayer. Mrs. O. R. Bangs will lead the congragational singing. The women of the Philathea class will fil! the choir. The usherg for the evening wili be Mrs. Louig Zook, Mrs. Robert Shobe, Mrs. Melvin Schlotterback. ; The next Sunday evening the service will be in charge of the Men's class, Herbert Lyons president, and 0. R. Bangs, teacher. They already have their program arranged. Each evening some class will have the service in charge. The public is invited to be present. It ig hoped to make these serviceg a great evangelistic help to those who attend. Seven Connected With Crimeg Identification by holdup vietims had definitely connected seven Jman held at Rochester and at Logansport with a dozen northern Indiana erimes Lewis Reinhardt and Mike Benson. Hast Chicago; James Cavin and Homer Knight, Logansport and Tony | Humphrey, “Montpelier were those held in jail at Rochester. Under arrest at Logansport were Joe Rock and Edward Semilko, Cary. Hast Chicago officers said Reinhardt and Benson were suspects in a grocery robbery and theft of five automobiles in that city. Reinhardt, described as “the best burglar in Indiana,” hag served four penal terms. Calvin and Knight were identified by a LaPorte filling station attendant ag the men who held him up recently. A Warren, Indiana, store owner identifield Benson as the man who robbel him of $383. Automobile banditry charges have been file adgainst Cavin, Kuight anpd Benson, suspects in the holjup o 7 a grocery in Akron and wounding of Joe Bidewell, proprietor. Roch and Smelko probably will be charged with a $2,681 payroll robbery of the Muelhausen Spring Co. at Logansport, November 18, officials said. “Elephant” Shapes Ford V-8 Boly. This huge press, one of three now being installed in the Ford Motor ‘Company’s Rouge Plant, is el:phatine in size and even looks a litlle like an elephant with its big “ears”. It ig a triple action electric 800-ton press, shaping the rear quarter panel of the tudor sedan in one operation which involves three moving slides carrying the dies. It displace§ less economical machines which dig the complicated pressing job in a series of operations Production rate is over four panels «-per minute from the flat me:al to the comjpleted shape. The machine is over 25 feet high and weighs 600,000 pounds. Before it could be put in place, a caisson foundation of ccncrete four feet in diameter had to Dbe put in 106 feet deep and restinz on the solid rock. The installed cost of each press is over $90,000- an illustration of the fact that it costs, on an average, $9,007.37 to establish a job where a Ford employe may work. ‘Neck Brokem But Didn’t Know li. Mrs. Ira Wright,residing near Albion, was admitted to Lakeside hospital for treatment. She sustained a broken neck in an auto accident last week. The auto in which she was riding with her hushand skidded on the ice and turned over. Weither of the occupants wag belleved to have been injured, but the latter part of the week Mrs. Wright complained of pains in her neck. An X-ray examination at the hospital revealed 'he fracture. Her condition is not serious. S : _ N | _All officers old and new elected officers please meet at the W. R. C. hall ~Tuesday evening fan. 7th _ It you don’t know what a Belly u&”&#‘"‘fi cnow if you come to the Crystal elther Sunday Monry or Tuee e o mamuw«:;”" el e "“

Ice Creepers at GCalbeck’s Hardware. Belly Laugh’s Crystal Sunday Monday or Tuesday. : Miss Mildred Burke of South Bend hag been visiting here. Misg Virginia Read of Elkhart is the guest of Miss Janis Dewey, Miss Louise Wemple is heme from Middlebury wherz sha hag been visiting. What is a Belly Laugh? Its answer ‘ed at the Crystal either Sunday Mon day or Tuesday. . The W. R. C. will meet at the hall Tuesday night, January 7th to practice installation. _ Mr. and Mrs. Steve Miles of Fort§ ‘Wayne were guestg over New Years of her mother Mrs. Odell Oldfather. Richyilly News Mr. and Mrs. Orley Brown and son and Mr. and Mrs. Rex Miller and son all of near Syracuse spent Christmas Day with their parents Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Brown. : Mr. and Mrs. George McDaniel entertained at a ftamily dinner on Christmas Day. Mrs. Monroe Ott has been on the sick list. Mr. and Mkrs. Dean Bobeck and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hinderer and daughter Lucile were .Sunday dinner guests in the home 'of Mr. and Mrs. William Bobeck. | Ruth Harper entertained her Sunday school class at a party on the afternoon before Christmas. Those present were Mary Lou Bowman, Clifford and Lillian Ott, Betty and Howard Ray Kline, Elaine and Evelyn Willsey, Don Blue, Janig Snider and Mrs. Lemuel Snider. The afternocn was spent in playing games. Refresh mentg were sandwiches, pink icecream and cake. Before the close of the afternoon Santa Claus visited the children. A collision occurred Christmas morning in front of the [Richville church. The accident wag due to the slippery condition of the road. Each car wag occupied by only the driver, neither of whom wag hurt, but the cars were damaged. The driver of sne of the cars was Bruce Foust of Mishawaka a cousin of Ira Foust who lived in this community a number of years. Mrs. Elizabeth Hire attended: a tamily dinner at Warsaw on Christmag Day. '

Richyille Church Rev. J.-M. Stewart, Pastor. Sunday School at 9:30. : Evening worship at 7:00 The Sunday School has been reorganized for 1936 with the following result: : . Superintendent—John Emmert. Assistant Supt.—Mrs. Grace Harper Secretary—Elizabeth Blue. Assistant Secretary—Lucile Hinderer. Treasurer—George Hire : Pianist—Ruth Harper Assistant Pianist—Maxine Blue. Chorister—Treva Simmons. ‘Assistant IChorister—Mrs. Grace Harper. Cradle Roll Superintendent—Mrs. Chas. Hinderer. Home Dept. Supt.—Mrs. George Hire. ' Missionary Supt.—Ruth Harper Missionary Treas.—Junior Emmert. Temperance Supt.-—Mrs. John Emmert. § T : Librarians—Theda Simmons and Betty Kline. The teachers will be selected by the Superintendent.

Asks $5,000 Damages. Damages for $5,000 for personal injurieg received in an automobile ac cident at Nappanee December 20 are asked in a suit filed in the Elkhart circuit court by Harry -B. Greene against Frederick H. Houtkamp. The defendant is charged with operating his automobile in a careless and negligent manner. The accident occurred in Napon December 20. Greene alleges ‘that his automobile was struck while 'he was making a left turn off Market street ontg Clark street.,, His car was struck with such force by the defendant’s automobile that it was thrown against a truck. e Greenlees To Be Candidate Pleag Greenles, state administration patronage director and executive secretary to Governor Paul V. McNutt will seek the_democratic nomination for governor if he ig the choice of the state organization, he said today. Greenlee’s position was made plain following lengthy conferences in which he met with the governor, U. 8. Senator Sherman Minton and Val Nolan, U. S. district attorney.

Opens Implement Store, Verno®w Hostetler, formerly of Elkhart, hag leased the north half of the salesroom formerly occupied by the McHugh Motor Sales and has opened a farm implement store. Mr. Hostetler will carry the National ‘Harvester lineg of » implements and has received three car loads of implements. He inviteg the public to call and inspect the line. ~ Mrs. L. M. Stage is confined to her bed with heart trouble angd is under the care of a nurse. Her doctors has advised her to remain in bed for one month. : - ‘ Belly Laugh Tablets are gold at the Crystal Sunday Monday “and Tuesday in any quantity,. .

T R SSS A AE e 5535 300 3N SS r t SEA ca rnasn cvss Tonite and Tomorrow, January 2-3 ......An Outstanding Special...... William Powell. . . . . .Rosalind Russell in . “RENDEZUOUS” A mystery comedy that hits on high 3 SATURDAY ONLY, JANUARY 4 Carey Grant. . ... Gertrude Michael in € : 9 The Last Outpost P1u5......New5......Cart00n......C0_medy...... Sunday, Monday, Tues., January 5-6-7 : Matinee Sunday only at 2:30 Joe E. Brown Ann Dvorak ‘ in “Bright Li ghts” V Absolutely Joe’s best and funniest picture to date. If it’s fun you’re looking for....don’t look further. Regular belly laughs in every foot of the film. It might do you all good to laugh long and 10ud..... this is a guaranteed fun fe5t...... now don’t pass this up if you like real comedy...... : Extra Added......MGM Revue and New 5...... A TREAT THAT CAN'T BE BEAT Wednesday, Thursday, January 8-9 ' Claire Trevor...... Ralph 8e11amy..... in €é o ’ Navy Wife N0te....T0 this good feature we are trying something a little different. ... we’re adding two 2 reel comedies and a cart00n...... ’ :

| Salary Reduction Law ! Indiana’s 1932 salary reduction law lwhich lopped approximately $9,000,000 of the public payrolls passed out of existence at midnight Tuesday, ‘but only a comparatively few govern ‘ment employes originally affected will receive boosts in pay. The law, ag first passed, would have expired on January 1, 1934 but the 1933 general assebly exténded it for another two years. A bill to extend it for two more years was ‘introduced in the last session of the legislature but failed to pass. L The law slashed salaries of all fpublic officials and employees in the state, except the governor and judges of the courts, approximately 12 per cent. Subsequent salary fixing :acts surperseded the reducti9n law, however, and thus officials affected by the later acts will not receive increases. 1 Edward P. Brennan, state director of the budget, said elected state officials, field examiners for the stat: board of accounts, memberg of the varioug state professional licensing boards and a few township assessors are the only ones who will receiwe increases in pay when the law expires. Recent sessions of the legislaturc nave enacteq laws fixing salaries of all county and city officials. The state also has revised the pay of its employes and new laws reorgan-

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izing the public service commission. state highway comission, state poIce and industrial boards took those officials out from under the provisions of the reduction act. The salary cut law was passed during the special session of 1932 call ed by former Governor Harry G. Leslie in an effort to reduce costs of government and revise the system of taxation. Examination for Rural Carrier The United States civil service com mssion announces that an examination to fill the position of rural mail carrier at Rome City will be held in Kendallville. Receipt of applications will close January 17. The date of examination will be stated on admission carids mailed o applicants after thec lose of receipt of applicationg and will be about 15 days @after thar date. The salary of rural carrier on a standard route served ‘daily except Sunday is si,Boo per annum with an additional $2O per mile per annum for each mile cr major fraction thereof in excess of 30 miles. Certain allowances are also made for maintenance of equipment. " The examination is open tg only those personrg who are actually domicileq in the territory of the sffice where the vacancy exisis. All applicantg must furnish unmounted photographs of themselves taken within two years. :