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Miss Helen Teegardin spent the week-end in Angola. E. J. Gill was in Chicago Sunday and Monday of this week. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Roderick were the guests of Mrs. Selina Hartzler in Topeka Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hayes visited Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rex and four months old son in White Pigeon Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Milier of Benton Harbor snent the week. end with her mother, Mrs. Harry Doll. ;

. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Mier of Chicago spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Mier. : \,Qi

Rev. and Mrs. H. W. White at. tended the Ministerial Retreat in Elkhart Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.

Mrs. Homer Hite spent last week with her daughter, Mrs. Rupert Wooster, at Pontiac, Mich.

Mrs. Mede Potter of Grand Rapids, Mich., is visiting her niece, Mrs. Fred Johnson for a few days. Miss Virginia Kellam of ludiana University will spend the week-end with her parents, Mr and Mrs. Roy Kellam. Mr. and Mrs. Zur Smith of Chicago visited Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Tucker in Cromwell over the week-end.

Mrs. Victor Shoup of Middlebury was the guest of her mother, Mrs. Lena Wemple from Saturday until Tuesday of this week. Everett Hern, who has been a patient in the Goshen hospital, was returned to his home on Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. Russell Smith were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stettler in South Bend Sunday. Mrs. Joseph Esch of Topeka is a guest this week of her daughter Miss Sadie Esch on the R. E. Kenny farm. Mrs. Irving Stevens will read a paper on Brazil at the meeting next Tuesday of the Ligonier Study Club which will meet K with Mrs. Everett Elijah. - Mrs, Noah Shock and Mrs. Harley Fisher were in Albion Monday to spend the day with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Shock and children.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Parker and Mr. and Mrs. John Ferris of Toldeo, Ohio, were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Lead. ers.

Mr. and Mrs. Guy McDonald and little son of Goshen were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs. Nelson Lehman at their Diamond Lake cottage. Mrs. Lawrence Haines and Mrs. Leland Calbeck are spending s few days of this week in Indianapolis the guests of Mrs. Myron Austin.

Mr. and Mrs. William Benthine of Baltimore, Maryland attended the funeral services of William Hopkins last Thursday afternoon. -

Miss Caroline Thompson who is attending DePauw University will spend the week.end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Schrock and son Walter, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cunningham and son Kyle were the guests Sunday of Mrs. Alice Tallerday in Elkhart. Mr. and Mrs. Mel Culver and daughter, Betty Lou, Mrs. Carrie Wade and Mrs. Clara Dukes of Wawaka were the guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. James Hire in South Bend. Miss Barbara Lyon and Marjorie Tyler of Wisconsin University will arrive this evening and send the week-end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Lyon and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Tyler.

Miss Frances Benthine of North Manchester College spent last week-end with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Ed Benthine and attended the funeral services of her grandfather, William Hopkins.

Rev. and Mrs. S. P. O’Reilley of Frankfort attended the Evangelistic Retreat in Eukhart Tuesday and Wednesday. They were the guests Wednesday night of their son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Joe O’Reilley of this city. The large dog owned by the Abe Mier family was responsible Monday for the accident suffered by Mrs. Mier in which her left leg was factured in iwo places when he threw her down on the Mier front walk. A local physician was called. He took an X-ray picture and placed her leg in a cast. Mrs. Mier will be cared for in her own home.

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Mr. and Mrs, David Bentz visit_ ed friends at Silver Lake Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. James Hire of South Bend are visiting in the Mell Culver home this week. Harold Schloss of Chicago spent the week end with his aunt Mrs. Milton Selig. W. H. Baker of Goslier visited his sister, Mrs. Emma Bailey, Sunday. Mrs. Ray Wolfe will entertain the Gleaners class of the Christian church Thursday evening.

Abe Weimer who is suffer. ing from sciatic rheumatism is being cared for in the Robhert Duesler home. : Mr. and Mrs. Price Chiddister entertained at their home Sunday Mrs. Hattie Nichols of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Biddle left for Rochester, Minn., Saturday. Mrs. Biddle has gone for examination at Mayo Brothers clinic. Mr. and Mrs. George Goshorn entertained Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Simmons and son for dniner Sunday. The Ladies Aid Society of the Christian church. met with Mrs Lena Kimmell at her home on McLean street, ! : Mrs. John Haller is home from Riverside, 111.,, where she spent two weeks with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Kolar. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Renkenberger and little daughter of Joliet, 111., are visiting = Mrs. Renkenberger’s father and moth. er, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Keefer. Dorothy Selig was home from the Wilson Junior College, Chicago, to spend the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Selig. Mrs. E. M. Culver, Mrs. W. H. Wigton, Mrs. Carrie Wade and Mrs. Jim Hire attended the funeral of a cousin, Frank Turner, at South Whitley Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. William Cochran and son Billie spent Sunday in Warsaw at the home of Mrs, Cochran’s sister, Mrs. Russell lCreighton and family,

Mr. and Mrs. Everett Elijah of Ligonier and Mr. and Mrs, Ben Cripe of Topeka left Wednesday morning for a few days’ visit with relatives at Sullivan, 111,

Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. David Dunlap were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Shannon and children of Solomon’s Creek, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mathias of Elkhart aand John Dunlap of Fish Lake. Members of the Eastern Star will hold a regular meeting followed by a Hallowe’en party and masquerade at their hall next Tuesday evening, October 17th. Word has been received from Mr. and Mrs. Ora Dill that they arrived at their winter home in St. Petersburg, Florida in spendid condition and with no mishaps. :

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Patton of Angola and Mrs. Adrian Biddle and children of Elmhurst, 111., were week end guests in the Volney King home.

Mr. and Mrs. James O’Neal and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bluck of Cleveland, Ohio were guests of Mr. and Mrs Earl Creps and Miss Pauline Young Tuesday for dinner. :

Mrs. John Henry and daughter Shirley Ann and Mrs. Albert Gates and son Tommy spent last Thursday afternoon in Kendallville. They visited Mrs. Walter Haid and family. Mr. and Mrs. Vietor Cramer and daughter Maxine Ann, Mr. and Mrs. J. O, Buckels and children Nancy and Joey all of Fort Wayne were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Louig Levy. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Fought and child of Topeka, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Douglas and children of east of Topeka and Mrs. Mollie Butts and Mrs. Florence Randolph of Ligonier were at Ridgeville, Ohio, Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bailey. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence ‘McLallin entertained with a birthday dinner Sunday in honor of the birthday anniversary of Mrs. John Steller. Mrs. Pearl Merriman and daughter Thelma of Kendallville and Mr. and Mrs. Baron Steller were guests present.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gates and son Tommy will leave this week for Grand Rapids, Mich., where Mr. Gates has accepted a position with the Postal Telegraph Company. He wag connected with Same company here in Ligonier for the past seven years. Mrs. Milton Loeser and Mrs. Elmo Weaver entertained at a one o’clock luncheon at the Weaver home on College street Saturday. Six tables of contract were in play with prizes going to Mrs. Gladya Starr, Mrs. Lawrence Haines, Mrs. Q. F. Stultz and Mrs. Walter Robinson, Jr.

THE LIGONIER BANNER, LIGONIER, INDIANA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 12, 1989

T o . / toyd Gibbons ADVENTURERS’ CLUB S HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES 9F PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF!

“Death in the Foreign Legion”

HELLO, EVERYBODY: - : Here’s a yarn from North Africa and the Sahara country—a land that’s always been full of adventures and glamor for us folks here at home. I got the bug once, and went there looking for thrills. I—well—l've got to confess that I found more fleas there than glamor, but I've also got to admit that there’s plenty of adventure there too. So you can bet your last nickel that today’s yarn, from Lieuenant Pierre Varges of Queens, N. Y., late of the French Foreign Legion, will be one of those tales that makes your heart pound and your hair stand up on end.

It happened on April 26, 1923, during the uprising of the Riff Kabilas under the leadership of Abd El Krim. Pierre Varges was then a sergeant in the 2nd Co., Ist Battalion of the Legion, stationed at El Harib, Morocco. April found the Ist battalion on a punitive expedition at the borders of the Sahara. They had been chasing the Riffs for some time and finally, on the 16th, they came upon them entrenched in the hills just at daybreak. They were sniping at the legionnaires, and doing quite a bit of damage. Several times the legionnaires tried to drive them from their position—but to no avail. Finally, the captain of the second company received orders from the commanding officer to dislodge them at all cost. i

Second Company Gets Orders to Advance. The second company started to advance. Orders to charge were passed down the line to the section officers. ..The legionnaries spread out fanwise and waited for the captain’s whistle. The Arabs, sensing what was coming, redoubled their fire. The whistle sounded. The charge was on!

“I have a hazy memory of what followed,” says Pierre. “The screams of the wounded and the sickening noises of the bullets make you forget you are human. The world ceases to be, and you become an automaton intent on one purpose—to kill. My section was one of the first—way out in front—and, sacred pig, that charge was fast. A scream-

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ing, thundering surf of legionnaires swarmed up from all sides. One of my men fell writhing at my feet. No time to stop to help. Then, suddenly, the world seemed to explode in my head. Darkness! The end!” Pierre says he will never be sure what happened between then and two a. m. of the following day, but at that hour he started to regain consciousness. “I tried to open my eyes, he says, “but they felt as if they were glued shut. I just counldn’t move them. Panic seized me. I didn’t know if I were dead or alive. There seemed to be a terrible weight on top of me—all over me. I tried to move my arms and my legs, but I could not. I tried to call for help, but no sounds came from by throat. No doubt I was dead.”

Seconds passed. ..Pierre’s brain began to clear. He noticed he was breathing—and dead men didn’t breathe. Then, slowly, the horror of the situation began to dawn on him. ..He wasn’t dead. HE WAS BURIED ALIVE!

Right then and there, Pierre went insane. “I yelled and screamed like a thousand furies,” he says. “I heard a shot—a series of muffled sounds —then silence again. ..Once more I lost consciousness. For how long, I don’t know, but when I again awoke I was on a cot in the field hospital of our post. ..My head was swathed in bandages, and I was tied to the cot—still unable to move.”

Doctor Explains Terrible Ride to Pierre.

What had happened? Had he been having a nightmare? Pierre turned his head, though it pained him to do it, and looked about the tent. In the next cot lay a private, tied to his cot in the same fashion as Pierre was. Pierre spoke to him, but he didn’t answer. Then he called louder —just to hear his own voice. After all he had been through he wasn’t even sure he had one. At the sound, the doctor, the captain, and a male attendant entered. The doctor spoke a few words with the captain, then both of them approached Pierre’s bed. “Well, old fellow,” said the captain, “how is the living dead man?”

Those words came so close to confirming Pierre’s own suspicions that they frightened him. “The captain saw that I was upset—saw that I didn’t grasp the meaning of his words,” says Pierre, “so he proceeded to explain. A ricochette bullet had struck me in the right temple producing a ghastly looking wound which knocked me unconscious... The stretcher bearers, thinking me dead, put me on the dead wagon that is used to cart all corpses to the legion post. :

“As the casualties that day were extraordinarily heavy, they placed the bodies on top of one another. The reason I could not move when I regained consciousness was that I was buried beneath a dozen or more of my dead companions.” ;

About the time the captain got to that part of his story, Pierre put in a question.

' “But, Mon Capitaine,” he interrupted, “what | of my eyes? I was unable to open themg’ | “Naturally,” the captain answered. “Your face was covered with the blood of your dead comrades.mh seeped down from above. The blood ; --coagul over your face and campletely sealed : your eyes and even your nostrils. It is a miracle ‘that you did not suffocate entirely.” : , At that moment, the legionnaire, tied to the cot beside Pierre’s let out an unearthly scream. The doctor ‘went to him and gave him an opiate. The captain nodded toward him and said to Pierre. “You had a most horrible experience, my friend, but that one is even more upset than ~you over it. That is the sentry who was on duty near the ~«ead wagon when you let out those terrifying screams.”

Final Plans Made For Crop Show

Final plans were made Monday night, at the county agent’s office in Albion for the Big Annual Noble County Crops show which includes the Noble county Muck Crops Show to be held at the Albion High School Gym, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, October 19-21.

There will be a big indoor fair staged in connection with the show on Friday and Saturday nights. The Albion P. T. A. will sponsor an amateur program on Friday and Saturday nights and an old fiddlers contest on Saturday night. There will be an athletic show, Bingo and many carnival attractions put on by ’Noble County Talent and. organi. zations.

The Albion Vocational Agricultural Boys will run a cider and pop corn concession. The Albion Home Economics Girls will run a hot dog stand. There will be a cake contest open to all cake bakers of Noble County on Saturday p. m. with cash prizes. Cakes are to ;be brought to the Home Economics Room High School Gym by 2:00 p. m. Saturday October 21. They will then be judged and all cakes auctioned off or won through cake walks which will be conduct. ‘ed on Saturday night. A new exhibit feature of the corn show is a basket class for 1939 yellow or white corn (Hy‘brid or open pollinated) raised iin Noble County. ' Especially at‘tractive prizes will be offered for this class. Classes for barley and soybeans have also been added to the two small grain classes of wheat and oats. Other grain and vegetable classes include corn 10 ear exhibit. Potatoes, onions, beets, carrots, turnips, cabbage, celery, mint oil and popcorn, tomatoes, cucumbers and largest pumpkin or squash. Four fruit classes, apples, pears, plumg and grapes are offered.

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Noble County farmers are urged to exhibit. Noble county cake bakers are urged to take part in this contest. A record- attendance for the affair is predicted.

Check Snow Plows, . Other Equipment For Winter Use

. Inspection of snow plowg and other equipment used in clearing snow and ice from the state highways during winter months is ‘being completed in the thirty-six garages.

This is a part of the preparations being made by the highway workers for maintenance during the winter. Thousands of yards of sand, cinders and other abrasive are being purchased and stocked along state highways at points where this material will be spread on ice-covered curves and grades to reduce the danger of skidding. Throughout the northern part of state, highway workers have checked the miles of snow fence which is erected parallel to the roads where it will aid in the prevention of drifts and lessen the labor of clearing the pavement. This fence is used chiefly in tha LaPorte district where winds sweeping over the level ground create the most drifts. By checking over the equipments weeks in advance of the first snow, highway workerg are prepared for action whenever weather conditions change and the cleaning of the pavement becomes necessary to keep traffic moving. Frames on which the double and single-blade plows are suspended are fastened on trucks and with these in place, the fastening on of the plows requires but a few minutes. In addition to the 527 snow plows, the highway workers have 361 graders which can be used to remove a light snow or to gecrape ice from ‘the pavement.

Removal of snow and ice from the ten thousand miles of sta:ce highways costs approximately a quarter of a million dollars annually but this cost is considerably under the loss that would result from the tying up of trafficc. The cost and the problam of snow removal has been increased in recent years with approximately four hundred miles of city streets added to the state highway milage and being maintained by the Stlate Highway Commission. :

Indiana has a high reputation among motorists for the fine condition in which the state highways are maintained during the winter months and the steps which are taken to keep traffic moving in safety.

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