Ligonier Banner., Volume 70, Number 50, Ligonier, Noble County, 7 January 1937 — Page 2

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_RURAL mmmw CONTEST Allen Township Winner In Contest Held Before A Large Crowd At . - Alpion Saturday Night The Noble County Rural Amusement Contest which has been an anc nual affair in Noble County for several years was the biggest and best ever this year state leaders of the No ble County Home Division who now sponsor the project. The Albion Opera House was_filled to capacity Saturday night, an audience at least one-fourth larger than those seeing the show was turned away because of lack of seating capacity. It is estimated a crowd of over 700 were present. Some folks were on hand as early at 6:15. Judges declared Allen township winner of the contest, with their Barn Loft Frolic number. They had music, harmony, song and entertaining gualities about their act that captured the audience also the judges. Sparta township with their unique number. “The Opera Singer at Home” placed second in the opinion of lhe judges. This number was splendid. York placed third with an exceptionally well renderd number entitled “Common Clay.” All the numbers were good. Another that many of the audience thought was exceptionally well done was Swan township with their play entitled “A Husband for Hulda.” The curtain act price as awarded little Joan Wolf and Rosalie McDonald, Orange ‘township for their splendid Tap Dancing numbers. Charles Wolf and Sop Allen township was awarded second in the curtain act contest.

_All numbers taking part in this contest are eligible to enter the state contest which takes place this year at Lafayette January 12th. The winning township in the contest is award ed $25.00 and entered in the State Contest. The winning curtain act is awarded $l.OO per head not over three can enter curtain act.

The Noble County Home Division and all folks taking part are to be highly congratulated on furnishing this Sine wholesome entertainment for Nohle County. Everyone reporter a ‘great show” and those in the gshows reported it “great fun” to help put ther: o--Bule .se Now For The Ligonier Bawner. v

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WLS Community Talent Show - . The production eponsored hy the Noble County 4-H Clubs will be given three nights anuary 28, 29 and 30 at Albion Opera House. This show is patterened after the Prairie Farmer WLS National Broadi cast Program as given in Chicago each Saturday night at the Bth Street Theatre and is featured by impersonations of your favorite Radio Stars together with many new and original acts. The old timg Square Dance and community singing are also special features of this great Home Talent show.

Recently several of our Home Talent folks were features on the prcgram at ith Bth. Street Theatre Prairie Farmer WLS National Broad cast, in impersonations of Lulu Belle Uncle Bzra, the Arkansas Woodchooper, the Maple City Four, Verne Lee and Mary, and the Hoosier Hot Shots. These people receivéd a great deal of praise for their clever work, and the letters were received from many different states complimenting them on their fine impersonations. These folks were selected from several thousand, who have taken part in our Prairie Farmer WLS Home Talent Shows, and in each Community there are many others possessed of grodat talent, who love these radio characters and enjoy the opportunity for self-expression inp impersonating them. ’ :

Noble County to Be Represented

Noble County will be well represented in attendance at the Purdue Farmers Week at Lafayette Indiana all next week January 11-15 states M. A. Nye Noble County Agricultural Agent. Several have expressed their intentions of attending at least a couple days of the week’s sessions. ; Besides the Allen township group of 15 or so that won the Noble County Rural Amusement Contest and wiil be going down to take part in the state contest Tuesday January 12th. The following have reported their intentions of attending. Mrs. Ed Smith Jefferson towp., O. E. Shaffer Ken dallville; Mrs. John F. Reisnch, Mrs. Ollie Coats, Mr. and Mrs. Herman L. Butz, York twp., James McClellan Albion, Mrs. Glenn Merkling Kendall-ivil-le and Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Nye Albion. Many more not reported no doubt will be going stated Nye. Anyone wishing to see a schedule may do so at the county agents office Albion. All who go down are urged to register at the Union Building Pur due while there as there is a contest on for county attendance.

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. 'New Soil Programs Meets. Township meetings for Noble County to explain the new 1937 Seoll Program have been scheduled as'foljows jalocording ‘to Charles ‘Beers President Noble County Soil Conservation Association.

Friday night, January Bth Green township, Greeén Center School; Washington, township Washington Center School; Noble township Wo! Lake School; ‘Allen township, Av’ School; Sawn township LaOtto Sehool.

Monday ‘night, -anuary lith.; Perry township, Perry:Center school; York township, York Center Sechool. ~ "All meetings to start 7:30 P. M. A-second Northeastern Indiana Dis trict Conference for County officers of Soil Conservation Asseiation lls gcheduled to be held at LaGrange and Noble counties will be present for the meeting.

Find Body of Bridges

Unconfirmed rumors are ‘current at LaGranige concerning the death of James Ray Bridges, fermer county surveyor “at LaGrauge who went to Florida. Several parties heard & radio report that the “bullet riddled body” of J. R. or J. E. Bridges was found in Florida. : J. R. Bridges is believed to have been engaged in- real estate work in Florida. He was the center of much notoriety while still serving as county surveyor when he was charged with complicity in the murder of Don Chesbro.

Given Sentence

Elton Engfehr 25, who confessed to burglarizing 87 homes in northern Indiana cities, was sentenced by Judge Aldo J. Simpson in the Elkhart circuit court to serve from 10 to 20 years in the Indiana state reformatory on each of two first degree burglary charges. He was also fined $l,OOO on each charge. The sentences are to run concurrently.

Thurlow Cazier son of Sheriff and Mrs. Irvin Cagzier of Albion and Miss Lucille Weimer of Albion were married Monday noon ‘at Indianapolis. The newlyweds will reside in Kendallville where Mr. Cazier is at the head of ‘the Business Service Co., of America. :

Home Burns

The Roberts Chapel Free Methodist parsonage and: contents were des troyed by fire. The fire of uiknown origin was not discovered until -well under way. The home was occupjed by Mr. and Mrs. Earl Stidman.

Students on Strike. Thirty students of Concannon consolidated high school at Terre Haute went on a strike because the bus in which they ride to .and from school was not heated.

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Nation’s Frozen Wealth Reaches Into Billions If the size of a nation’s heart can be judged by the amount of ngn,oy which its departed citizens leave behind them gn' humanitarian purmthan America is the biggest- , ‘nation in the world, writes James Monah#n in Cosmopolitan. For each year, when the wills of the deceased are read, between two and three-billion dollars are added to the enormous wealth which al-

ready stands set aside for the endowment of the various educational and charitable works which appealed most to the donors. Of course, all of these bequests are commendable in purpose. Many of them are so.- carefully devised that they will probably withstand all ‘the ehngm%ucondmom of the years to come. But others are committed so definitely to the dogmatic notions of the donors that within a short time they, too, are déStined to die, and the millions of dollars thetr’reprelent will be added to the nation’s staggering pile of ‘“frozen wealth.” -

Many of these obsolete bequests ddte back to the early years of the republic, when the owners of the nation’s first wealth fashioned their posthumous charities in the spirit of the times in which they lived, confident that things would :fiways be pretty much as they werc en.

But the “frozen wealth” which has been piled up in the past still confronts us with its greenishgolden stare. What will become of it? One guess is as good as another. These billions lie in the bone yard of American philanthropy, an object lesson for the people who have money to give away.

Big Tea Party Features Annual Prayer Festival

The world’s biggest tea party is that which takes place at the annual Tibetan prayer festival. A huge bronze cauldron is rigged up in the main square of Lhasa, capital of TPibet, and the tea is prepared. It is made by churning up brick tea, soda, salt, and plenty of butter or old mutton fat. The older the butter the better!

The result of the mixing is a dark brown oily liquid, and Tibetans regard it as the greatest drink in existence. It is quite an ordinary thing for a man or woman to drink about 60 cups of it in a day, asserts a writer in Pearson’s London ‘Weekly,

And the extraordinary thing is that it seems to do them good. Tibetans are endowed with almost incredible muscular strength and amazing powers of endurance.

- Qauses of Electrical Storms Electrical storms begin on hot, ‘'still days. The heated earth warms the air next to it, which becomes charged with water vapor by evaporation. The absence of wind tends to keep this warm air from mixing with the cooler air above it. As a result a considerable amount of warm air accumulates next to the ground, although it has expanded with heat and is therefore lighter than the air above. . Meaning of Metayage Metayage is the system of cultivating land for a share of its yield, carried out in France before the days of the revolution. The tenant was supplied with stock, seed and implements, receiving in return for his labor one-half of the produce. This system was once common in whnd, and it is found in Italy in certain districts of the United States.

Mummy of King Tut The mummy of Tutankhamen was inclosed within three ornamented coffins, placed one within the other, the innermost of solid gold, decorated with remarkable workmanship. The mummy was covered with objects of personal adornment of great value and wore on the face a mask of gold, golden sandals on the feet and golden tips on the toes and fingers.

Deadliest Mushroom

‘Many of the poisonous mushrooms are not easily distinguished from the edible forms. In fact the deadliest species, the Amanita phalloides, which causes 90 per cent of the deaths from this kind of monm‘,notonlyclon!ymembut reacts like a wholesome mishroom in that it peels and will not blacken silver.— Collier's Weekly.

Early Wedding Rings

In Greek, Roman, early French and English wedding rings symbolic portraiture or ‘‘poesy” expressed the sentiment of the individuals or mw‘mfldmme vows, | sentiments became so complicated the church banned them and decreed that only a plain gold band should be used in the marriage ceremony.

Whale Sharks Harmless Whale sharks are sharks that inhabit all tropical waters. They attain a length of 45-feet, and have small teeth. Their food consists of small fish and other animals strained out of the water by fineset gill rakers. They are harmless. A Standard Oil gasoline tank truck burst into flames at LaGrange MonGay. The gire was extinguished before the fuel exploded. K. Smith driver of the truck and station attenm“ Sl N e Nt

| Signs 0f The Times » » » Comments, Politically and Otherwise, on Present-Day , Topics By Ray E. Smith The end of the year is an occasion for two things: To retrospect and to prospect. In looking back on 1936 Democrats might humorously refer to it as a “perfect '36” inasmuch as the party scored victories mever before eualled. The great vote given Democratic candidates need not be rehashed, for it is too well known, put the year 1936 has been 4 meniorable one for Democrats and they *.ve some ca.se for celebratina New Year’s Eva. The year 1937 will be a quiet year pclitically as no elecriony will be held in Indiana. The public seems to tire of campaigns and uaodoubtedly will be glad for the regpite before 1938 election.

Business failures are growing few er in the United States. Dun and Bradstreet, Inc., reported that for the week ending Dec. 10 there were only 154 in the entire nation as compared to 162 for the same week the year before. The year before that--in 1934 to be exact—there were 235 husiness failures for the week ending Dec. 10. WNo figures were given out for the like period .n 1932 and 1933. They would be intaresting fudéed.

Another session of the Indiana General Assembly is approaching. The question is often asked, what kind of session will it be? That is hard to predict with any degree of accuracy, but Governor-elect Towlsend has expressed his desire on the matter. He wants little new legislation. Some of the exisiing laws, like the gross income tax and the liquor control act, have certain features that the administrations feels should be straightened out, but no grist of new legislation will be introduced. Rather than attempting to get new laws enacted, you will sce the towngsend administration striving to hoid legislation to a minimum. Upholding the laws placed on the statute books by the MecNutt administration, the new administration will keep Indiana moving forward.

Every day the press meets with Governor Paul V. McNutt one of the Fourth Estate pops the question: “Governor, what are you going to do after your term ends? ” X - stock question that the Governor always answers in a routine manuer, The newspaper boys would like to tind out because the public is curious to know what the Governor will de. He has pot told his most intimate friends. Paul V. McNutt is going to be “news” in Indiana for & long time. Hoosler are interested in seeing him go places in national politics.

Remember the conventions and Republican meetings ¢t one sort or another in the last campalga at which there was much talk abojut the ‘““liberalism” of the G. O. P. Few, ot caurse, were fooled as witness the results of the last election in which the real liherals of the nation rallied en masse to Roosevelt, but it is Interesting to note who was financing the G. O. P. campaign when there was all this talk about the “lberalism”™ of the old Cuard. The senate committes investigating campgign expondituras, of which Senator Sherman Mintsu of Ind'ana is a member, has just recently made public final reports cv campaign contributors to the recent Republican campaign.

See how much “Liberalism” you can squeeze out these hard shelled pillars of reaction, among the contributors listed: Irenee DuPont, Wilmington, Del, $116,230. ; Henry B. DuPont, Wilmington, Del $26,000. Plerre 8. DuPont, Wilmington, Del.,, $3,200. J. P. Morgan, New York City, N. Y., $50,000. Andrew W. Mellen, Pittsburgh, Pa, m-m- 2 Richard K. Mellon, Pittsburgh, Pa., $20,000. George F. Baker, New York City, N. Y., $50,000. Ernest T. Welr, Pittsburgh. Pa. $47.300. J. Howard Pew, Ardmore, Pa. $61,050. Hamfilton Pish, New York Repuhiican, who refused to foin in the v'clous attacks on the New Deal during the recent election, pointad cut recently the need for a new leadrship in the Republican party If 1" Is to be saved from oblivion. A x'ance at the list of u&m and Ypancial Interests put up the cash to finance the lavish G. 0. P. cam-

I the Republican party ever expects to have itself restored to anythink like the respect of the Amerh can people, it will have to rid I seif of DuPont, Morgan and Mellon domination. | Kl Six Foxes. A crowd estimated at more than 5,000 participated in the third angl Ve L - oo ]

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o SCHOOL NOTES o

The Freshmen English sections will complete this week their third six weeks project. Some members will complete their own life histories, put into book form as illustrat ed autobiographies; others will complete histories of Ligonier, in a book of five chapters; still others will finish compiling a scrap book of adyvertisements in which trademark is based on ancient mythology, showing that the modern advertising manager has and uses a knowledge of _the classics.

Attendance Banners for the week of Dec. 2th were earned by the fol: lowing: 4th grade, 6th grade, Freshmen, and Miss Weade's room. The Vo-Ag father and son banquet originally scheduled for Tuesday of this week was postponed until a later date because of illness of the speaker.

The regular Monday evening meeting of the adult evening school class will be postponed until Tuesday even ing next week because of the Soli Conservation meeting. Martha Musser and Lewis Prescott are absent from the fourth grade.

ATHLETICS

The Raiders came through last Friday evening and defeated the Comets by a score of 26-24, what a game and what a crowd. This game attracted fans, players and coaches from all parts of Noble and adjoining counties. We feel sure that all came expecting to see a closely contested contest with the result in doubt until the final gun, and that’s just what it turned out to be. Those who came early were fortunate in securing seats and late comers secured only stauding room. Even that was at a premium.

Thurston and Hughes turned in a good job of officiating. St. Mary’s of Huntington here tomorrow evening. Coach Kellei’s boys have not lost a game all season and come here with high hopes of continuing their perfect record. Coach Fisher’s boys suffered a dJdefeat by this same team last year at Huntington and are out to avenge this 22-28 set back handed them by tae Irish. Another large crowd Is cxpected, so local fans are urged %o come early in arder to secure their favorite seats in order: to 349 the former State Catholics Champs tangle with a determined Red Raider squad who feel confidence in their ability to upset the old dope bucket anl win

Farm Hand Captured.

A posse early Tuesday captured Steve Matlak, 59, farm band who Monday night set fire to four buildings on a farm eight miles north east of Warsaw after his employer had discharged him. _ Officials estimated the fire loss at $6,000. .

Walter, Johp and Florence MeCleary ,brothers and sister who operate the farm, told authorities MatJakk came to the house Monday .night threatened thelr lives, them .poured ofl on the kitchen floor and set It afire. : ;

Hethen dashed out and set fire to a cow barn, feed barn and chicken house while they were fighting the kitchen blaze, they sald =

The family managed to save the house and chicken house, but the 5 barns, esight cows, hay, grain and farming implements were destroyed.

3. P. Fines Himselt

Justice o¢ Peace Charles Fribley of Goshen paid a fine In his own court, when he entered a plea of gulity to & charze of overtime parking. He paid a $350 assessment. In appearing In s own ecourt, Justice Fribley disqualified himself and sppoluted his office girl, Mrs. Helen Sarbaugh, special justice. Mrs. Sarbaugh then ordered her employer to pay the $3.50 assessment, The arrest was made by Goshen police.

Limited To One Seewrity Card.

The social security boazd sald ftoday that regardiess of how many employers a worker may have, he can have only one account sumber in the federal old-age pension systewm. If workers have received mors ‘han one identification card with different account numbers, the board sald. they should take or send the cards to the ‘ceal postoffice for eorrection. e et

Willilam and Pred Shiplock 14 and 12 year old brothers who disappeared from thelr home on Christmas afternoon st Knox were found drowned in Eagles lake on their parents’ farm ed to their degths on & sled given them as a Christmas present. ) i o . 7

revenge for the defeat of last yesr. The Ralders did not displas the smooth, cutions, heady type of basket ball they rave shown in the last two games. ‘the passing, at times, was pretty ragged and they were able only by tlashes, to show the type of basket ball thev are able to play. Their shooting average fell again to the low level of the first few games of this season when they didn’t seem to be able to fing the hook. ‘ When Chrisman and Lough left the game by the four personal route, iheir places were capably takea by R. Vanette and Wade who siowed }that they could go into a tough bal! game and hold their heads In the ‘thickest part of a fast and furious contest.

Due to the fact that Wawaka's new gym is pot completed the game scheduled with them for mext Wednesday night will have to be played ou tae local floor. Since this will be Wawaka's game season tickets will not be good for admission to this contest.

Coach Tierney may be depended upon to bring a fighting buch of boys who will give the Raiders a rum for their money. Tradition has it, that when Wawaka and Ligonier meet there is always a closely contested ball game with plenty of thrills to satisty the most ardent fans on both sides. -

Centralized School News

Barbara Olinghouse was absent the tirst of the week because of iliness. The eighth grade history class has started the study of Indiana History. Those on the seventh grade hopor roll are: Thelma Kauffman, Beulah Schrock, Hilda Smith Kathryn Hooley Evelyn Pergrem and Adrian Blue. Those on the Eighth grade honor roll are: Richard Risser, Carlyle Herald, Harriett Jackson, Kathryn By er apd Merle McDonald. Those on the Fifth Grade bonor roll for December are: Lois HEllen Adalr, Josephine Hooley, John Neufer, Buddy Reynolds and Macilyn Schlabach.

Those on the Sixth Grade Honor rool for Dec. are: Frances Chiddieter and Biton Miller.

Grades three and four have had perfect attendance for the first two days of the second semester. The third and fourth grades have begun a study of the polar_ regions. They will make booklets and a sandtable. ’

Warning Given Farers Dr. J. L. Axby, state veterinarian, warned farmers to protect swine herds from influena which is causing considerable loss throughout the state.

Symptoms are similar to cholera, and include loss of appetite fever and sluggishness. He sald the spread of the influena may affect the 1937 spring pig crop. He urged farmers to keep [Ma'm equipment out of the hog lots if such equipment is to be tasken eisewhere and addd that strangers also should be kept out. The influena may be carried from one hog lot to another by a variety of means, he sald remending Isolation for the affected animals. +

MeNutt lssues Broad Order

An executive order transferring 21 state penal and bemevolent Institetions to jurisdiction of the state departmen of public welfare was signed by Gov. Paul V. MeNutt. The oeder. effective an. 1 was issued with Lhe approval of Governor-Blect M. Clif-

tt;l Townsend “after full and complete discussion,” McNutt sald, Townmmummuu

ored the transfer, recommended by a committee on governmental ecomomy, even though the merit system of the public welfare department virtaally removes the institutions involved from the lucrative patronage fleld.

Gasolln Tax Collections High,

Gasoline tax collections established a new al-time high during 1938 by totaling $22.127.806 Lawrence P, Sullivan anditor of stats announced. This represents an Increase of §l.949858 over the 1935 total, Sulitvan sald. The 1938 gasoline consumption total was 553124516 gallons as compared with 508,454,898 in 1936. - Open Probe of Fire : 3 ’**%WW o . Vi