Ligonier Banner., Volume 78, Number 40, Ligonier, Noble County, 12 October 1944 — Page 1

Hodge Podge

Mr. Dewey claims it was Mr. Roosevelt’s depression, but the figures tell another story.

In 1929, the peak year of Repub-; lican prosperity, there were 29,909 small business failures. In 1989, far from the best of the Democratic years, only 11,408 failed. Between January, 1930, and March, 1983, more than nine thousand banks closed their doors. Since then, bank failures have been virtually eliminated. There were 499 bank failures in the prosperous pre-depression year of 1928, but only 291 in the first six years of the Roosevelt ‘Administration. di

There were 3,179,000 businesses in 1939 as against 2,922,000 in 1929. Ask your grocer which year he would prefer to re-live, the 1932 Hoover “prosperity” or the 1939 Roosevelt “depression”? -

Twenty-five years ago we won a war and we lost a peace because we had elected a Republican President named Harding. Mr. Harding said that he was all for world solidarity and international guarantee of peace. Mr. Harding and his crowd didn’t mean it, and they showed it as soon as they took power by defeating all effective legislation to prevent war. Mr. Dewey is now telling us just what Mr. Harding told us twenty-five years ago, and he means it, just as much as Mr. Harding meant it. You can tell that by the company Gov. Dewey keeps, and by the men who are supporting him, and by the voting records of these men. Mr. Dewey is being supported by the same Big Business crowd which is now making money out of the war and expects to make money out of the peace, and doesn’t mind letting the rest of the world go to perdition. No man in his senses can believe that Hearst and McCormick, and the gther big Isolationist Hidwspaper publishers who are supporting Mr. Dewey don’t know what Mr. Dewey’s real ideas and interests are.

Clothers Must File Price Charts With OPA

The price panel of the Noble County War Price and Rationing Board today reminded all clothing retailers, as well as wholesalers, who sell women’s, girls’ and children’s outwear clothing under Regulation 330 are required to file two copies of their prieing chart with the OPA on on before October 15. :

After November 15 retailers and. wholesalers will not be permitted to .sell any garments until they have received OPA acknowledgment of the receipt of their charts. Both copies of the chart must contain the name and address, type of business, and bear the signature of an eofficial of the firm. They should be mailed to the OPA District Office, 429 North Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, Indiana. 5 |

Mrs. Paul Miller was hostess to 26 members of the Master Garment Co. office force at a picnic supper Wednesday evening, Oct. 4th, at the Miller cottage at Lake Wawasee,

Pvt. Robert Swager left Wednesday for Camp Shelby, Miss., after spending a ‘ten-day furlough here.

Mrs. Walter Smalley, Mrs. Ralph Spurgeon, Mrs. Frank Sprague, Mrs. Seba : Growcock and Mrs. Thomas Cass spent last Thursday and Friday in Walkerton with Mrs. Frank Drake. The Christian Service Guild of the Presbyterian Church will meet Tuesday afternoon at 2:30, at the home of Miss Madeline Denny. Mrs. Ed Williams will assist the hostess.

Mrs. Paul Scott received word this week that her husband, who is stationed in France, has been promoted to the rank of captain. e Mrs. Minnie Flynn was taken last week to the Luckey Hospital in Welf Lake for observation. e

Mrs. L. B. Fletcher; who has been the house guest of Mrs. Bd' Brandeberry, is spending this week .im: De~ troit. - - i ’ & e

M. J. Hull, chief radio operator of the communications division of the Indisna State Police at Golumbis City, has purchased the home here of Dr. Q. F. Stultz where he andi Mus. Hull and their two children will make

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Mexican - Workers Killed Near Brimfield Friday

Pedro A. Vega, 87, Mexican worker on the New York Central railway, was killed instantly early Friday morning when struck by a fast passenger train while working on the lines nmear Brimfield. Albino G. GoGomez, 30, who was struck at the same-time, died early Friday evening in the McCray Memorial Hospital in Kendallville. :

The men were using air hammers in tamping ties and did not hear the approach of the fast train nor the warnings of fellow workers, :

Funeral services were held Sunday ’in Kendallville at the Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception and burial was in Orange cemetery, Brimfield.

County Bond Sales Are Lagging Badly

“We’re losing our part of the war on the home front,” Mayor E. V. Carteaux, Noble county bond chairman, said, when he received -the reports from the issuing agencies throughout the county. “Only $9,862.52 in bonds has been purchased by Noble county citizens in one week. From Oect. 2 through Oct. 7, Noble county ‘gave approximately 80 cents per person. During that same week, Americans in the South Pacific sunk 10 more Jap ships. Yanks in Europe battled a tornado of Nazi fire in one of ‘the biggest assaults since the battle of Normandy and paid a costly price for Aachen,” continued Mr. Carteaux.

“The thirty cents we lent last week would not go far toward saving the life of a boy in Germany on the Siegriéd fine: It wman*ﬁ,“&&zgm@ gbod in the Pacific toward sini:i’ng ‘a Jap ship. Our optimistic view of the outcome of the war has allowed us to fail our own brothers and sons who have the teal front seat views of every battle. They know it will take the best equipment, ammunition, food and other -support to defeat the determined German race. Don’t let up when the war news sounds encouraging. That is the time to buy more than before. Buy bonds regularly. Every Yankee soldier, sailor and marine is indirectly depending on you for victory, for a furlough home and for his very life. Be ‘sure to buy another bond this week. j | Sales last week were as follows:

Kendallville ..........ccccoivcrrnnen... $4,968.75 AADIOTE oit 1230005 ARG, il nisiiiissinssrinmans. 1,876 00 TRROBIOR: Lo uiiniiinimena: 148198 BROLEY Lo e 12 RE RS s Wl ewell b ST R Brtiell e TRDR Wolf Lake Snsmsivrssmssesionpeeanissonsy 18,70 TOLRL. Liiiidii i $9.862:60

Mr. and Mrs. Milo Renner received a cablegram Friday morning from their son, Lieut. Charles B. Renner, stating that he had arrived safely overseas. - Mr. and Mrs. Milo Renner, Mr. and Mrs. Nollon Renner and Mrs, Ides Paulus attended funeral services Sunday in Shipshewana for their uncle, Jonathan Farver, - Mrs. Adrian Vondersmith has been nfined to her home for the past Mr. and Mrs. John Seniff and famy, Lieut. and Mrs. Leonard Gallo{way and Murs. Paul Scott were Tuesday evening dinner guests of Mrs. egsie Seniff in North Webster.

- The following delegates from Ligonier attended a district meeting of ¢ Methodist Church held Monday in Goshen: Rev. A. C. Underwood, J. W. Moore, George Rulison, Mrs. Q. F. Stultz, Mrs. Arthur Ferguson, Mrs. Dale Hayes, Mrs. Floyd Tincher, Mrs. id Bourie and Mrs. Emma Stump. * Mrs. Jessie Kirkland and Mrs. Aarry Miller will entertain the Social Jour group Friday evening at the ‘tome of Mrs. Kirkland. , { ' Lt. James F. Green, pilot of a B-17 leavy bomber, who has been training fvith his crew at Avon Park, Fla., for che past ten weeks was recently ransferved to .the final staging; area {3t Hunter Field, Savanndh, Ga., and jas. now . been assigned to. overseas duty, receiving his mail in care of Postmaster, New York City. =~

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Fourteen County Meﬁ Go to Indianapelis

The Noble County Local Board for~ warded 14 men to Indianapolis for pre-induction examinations. Group leader was Edward Earl Kurtz, Kendallville, assistant leader was Robert: Frank Jacob, Wawaka. The group included: Ligonier, DeWayne Louis Sheley, Arnold. Gilbert Hobbs. Dallas, Lorraine Lung. Wawaka, Robert Frank Jacob. Kendallville, Edward Earl Kurtz, Robert Eugene Greenwalt, John Herbert Hague, James Robert Wilson. Albion, David Oriﬂ Pregsler, Chauncey Jurden Hill, Glenn,*{ King. Churubusco, Paul Joseph Gaff. Avilla, James Edward Walt, and Fort Wayne, Jack Thompson, St

Another Large Group Inducted Into Army

The Noble County Local Board forwarded a large group of men to Indianapolis for induction into . the armed forces. Group leader was William Leßoy Gorsuch, of Ligonier, and assistant group leader was Phil Ey gene Ott, Columbia City. = 4 The group included Joseph W. Mills, Ligonier; Radean Hile, John Morr, Gaylord Williams, Christly’ Heilman, Burt Gaff and Leonard Schutt, Albion; Norman J. Biddle, ‘Cromwell; Arthur Hampshire, Richard Kessler, Howard Froelich and John Guthrie, Kendallville; Richard McCoy and Vaughn Kostielney, Avilla; Anthony Molargik and Earl Edgell, Jr., Fort Wayne; James Vance, Rome City; Harold Harrigon and Phil Eugene Ott, Columbia City; Harvey Gray, Churubusco, and Joseph William Mills, transferred to Inglewood, Calif. i & &

Solemon Bowser Dies - After Year’s Illness

Solomon Bowser, aged 80, retired farmer and lifelong Noble county resident, died Wednesday at his home here on West-Second street, following a year’s illness, e gt

Surviving are the widow, Rosa, and a daughter, Mrs. Merle McClintock, of Fort Wayne. : : ) Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:80 at the Ulrey Funeral Home, with the Rev. H. W. White officiating. Interment will be in Oak .Park cemetery, Ligonier,

Siegfried Kahn was returned ‘home Wednesday from McCray Memorial Hospital, Kendallville, where he underwent an emergency appendectomy:. Mrs. C. E. Deary was hostess to the Lydia Circle of the Methodist Church at her home Tuesday evening. Mrs. Herman Beckley gave the lesson after which the evening was spent sewing for the bazaar to be held in Nevember. At the close of the evening “refreshments in the Halloween motif were served by the hostess.

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Team Begins Basketball Practice

This week serious workouts are starting in basketball. The team is getting ready for the opening game with Avilla on Friday, November 8, on the home court. * - -

New white uniforms have been purchased for the basketball team this year. A Gl ;

The players on the squad are Dickl Shell, Adrian Wolf, Don Rodgers, Morris Barrett, Jo& Rex, Bob Henn, Richard Eubank, Gene Staton, John Jorg, Bob Schloss, Leon N ewman, Bob Hayes, Milo, Stump, Guy Churchill, and Jim Furkis. Eubank, who last year played on' the Campbellsville High School team in: Kentucky, is the only new addition to the squad, : | Band Does Well on Tag Day - The Ligonier High School Band did its first marching of the season on Band Tag Day, Saturday, October 7, ‘When it marched through the business section of Ligonier. For a first performance the band made a very good \showing. iy

- Ray Grinnell won the first tagger’s prize of 75 cents; Thora Hawkins won the second of 75 cents. The three taggers who won the prizes of 50 cents were Roger Deary, Lamar Kit-! son, and Ina Jean Paulus, = _The total. receipts from the tagging Whesibea. 0

Can - o . War Mothers. Meeting Next Friday Evening The next regular meeting of the. Ligonier unit, Mothers of World War. 11, w%ll be held next Friday, October. 20th. It will be a social meeting with, a .prq‘gram arranged by the program chairman, Mrs. Will Green. The time will be 8 o'clock at the City ?Hall, ‘and prospective members are extended a special invitation, The' rehabilitation program is under way' and the help of every War Mother is needed. :

On the same date the unit will agaili send do-nuts and cookies to the Elkhart Canteen, Contributions should. be at the Co-op Store by 5 o’clock on ThurLday evening, : ;

Boy Scouts Close Successful Year

John Ulrey, district commissioner, presided at a meeting of the county committee of the Boy Scouts held last Friday evening at Lake Wawasee. He was assisted by Keith Howey, field, executive of the Antheny Wayne-area of Boy Sceuts, with headquarters in Fort Wayne.

~ Reports of committee chairmen showed that scouting in Noble coutity has completed one of the most stiécessful years in its history.

Forty-four Noble county Scouts attended the camp at Big Island last. summer, according to a report made by Russell Plummer. He also repetted.

o o GSLIRSRNe S e N T I S U S on the Camporee held at Kendallville. . Bxecutive Howey stated that there ‘were 89 Scouts in the county at the beginning of the last fiscal year. Now there: are 165. Financial budgets in all towns where troops exist wers

Plans were made for a court of hotior to be held in Ligonier, October 24, with Cromwell -and’ ATBIOH’ troops participating. The next meeting of: the general committee will be held‘ here November 3rd. .

_ Also attending ‘the meeting from Ligonier were Rev. A. C. Underwood, Scout, Master; Ernest Ramseyer, Cib Master, and George Green, Scout commissioner

7 ! Mr, and Mrs. Ray Wert, otsmﬁw., were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. MIE Cleo Wood was taken Friday. to the Epworth Hospital ift., Sewuth: Bend for treatment. ; Roy Elijah. S . 8 2/c George Everett retumned. to Camp Bradford, Nerfolkj Va., Tuegday, after spending the: wWeek-end jin LigorEer. o , : Mrs. Eugene Atz and son Billy e~ turned home Thumdszmmngvaﬂ%{ spendE:‘g two " weeks in. Key Westy Fla., with Eugene Atz, So. M 8/ ~ Mrs. Clara Moser entertained the Loy.;li Women’s Class of 'the U. B Church at her home Tuesday everning: Following the devotions -afiid bysiness

meeting refreshments We@aeserved by the hostess. ’ ' Siiig

- - Home Eec. Classes Make Reports, - The family relations :class- ane discussing' the newer trends.in hgusing. Devona Miller is to give a.report on landscaping homes; Esther Schiemmer is reporting on’the history and the objectives of the. Better -Homes for America Organization, Diek: Rose is to give a report on F.H.A: houses: Thég}reshma'.n foods class have had their six weeks tests. - : Thq home nursing e¢lass are giving reports on contagious diseases. Each girl was given a specific topi¢ and“an outline was used. Each report on ei'ch‘ disease discussed the causes of dis‘ease, symptoms of disease, diet MJ ing :jsease, treatment of disease, and effect of disease on the body. . - These reports are provifig very uses %fu‘l. in detecting contagious diseases

Marsha Manz has entered the second grade from Milwaukee, Wis. Last Friday the Nerth Side:Sehool went to the library... £ . The. senior speech class is planning to give a Navy Day programy ‘Gﬁﬂj day, October 25, = e ~ The juniors ave busy ol theis-play, “Midnight,” which will be given Mon‘day, October 25; . aa | Thotf. week ends the first six-weeks' ‘given so that grades could be com-

THURSDAY,'OCTOBER 12, 1944

National War Fund Brive Wil Open Wednesday In Ligonier

A general meeting of ‘workers will be held Monday evening, October 16, at 8 o'clock at the City Hall, to formulate final plans for the National ‘War. Fund Drive which will' take place here Wednesday, Thursday and Ligonier-Perry township’s quota has been .set at $2,200.00, while the county quota is $12,216.43. : In this ome intensive drive funds will be solicited to earry on the work. of the USO, the War Prisoners’ Aid, and for civiliah relief in combat zones. Funds from this drive will also be used for-the local Boy Seouts and. Girl Scouts, making unnecessary a. separate Community Chest drive. 1

Annual Band Tag Day Rousing Success

. Ligonier is to be congratulated for the fine support given the High “Sehoel ‘Banhd ‘on its annwal ‘Tag Day ffort to.raise funds o meet ex‘pemses. A large number -of people showed their interest by their contrilbutions, .the total amount reaching ‘the sum of $160:60: The Band Parents Association extends .its thanks to Lthesa people and to the .scheol children, many of whom worked all day Saturday-on cellections. ~ Prikes wete awarded to:tHose making the highest collections, as follows: Ist, Ray Grinnell; 2nd, Thera {&wm Brd, LaMar Kitson; 4th, ‘Roger Deary; sth, Ida Jean Paulus. © The Band Parents Association is gi’mrkingon plans for a home talent show which. promises to be ofie of the finest ever held here. The shew will be presented by thé best talent in Ligonier, people of experience and professional ability. Further details will be given soon, but keep thé evening of November 15th open.

Library Again Open After- Furnace Repair

| The Ligonier Public Library was #esoened Wednesday aftef. Béing elosed two days for furhake repairs. | Baffing a recufrence of the diffi= m the Library will be.open. daily f7om 2to 5:30 pdn. and 7to 9 p.m.

| Mrsc A B Kelley, Mrsc W. Gu ‘Speéars, M#s. Charles Sifimons and Miss Madélite Denny attended a Kingls Ddughters Convention Wed-. ‘nesdéy atthe Wayne Street Methodist: Clitivok ## Fort Wayne. : ~ R:.G. Todd, Earl Creps; Lowell Os« teander dnd.Carl Shireman. laft -Stn: day fer & week’s hunting in South Dakbts: .

rgnm school report cards will be g_?mn’ . out ~on- Wednesday; Ottoe 185 § . Harold Crothers, a member -of the Sophomere-class, enlisted in: the Navy last week. Heé expects to be called soon; but he is remaining in school wmtil be-receives his notice. . ' “Our Times,” the weekly néwspaper #séd by the high school social stadies

good #rticle about overseas Christmas Epg(;ls,:aw.es‘ Much interest was shown in fhisy not only because it was timely But also because it éoncerned practically everyone in high school. Hi ¥ had.a ieeting last Friday to eoHedt ‘dues and to get:organized for the year. ;

i&u Hershberger’s roomy has had the: ' best attendance for the fivst four | wieelks .of school. : : The light bulb in the movie pro-. 4l the :pupils were able -to .see the but, as these are scarce, there may. be- somié delay in getbing it here, = | The. seventh and eighth grades have completed lze jter holders and a working on pop corn servers.

The National War Fund d¥ive provides an opportunity for everyone to play a direct part in sharing the bur--. den of the war, and should be contributed to gladly. s

Chairmen of the various committees, undet the general .chairman g Mrs. Arthur Ferguson, are: j

Business distriet, E. J. Gilmore; lodges, Russell Plutamer; schools, O. R. Bangs; residential distriet -chairmen are Mrs.. Merrill. Hire, Mrs. €. N. Griffith, Mrs. Chester Vanderford, Mrs. Leland Thompson, Mrs, Ed. Wil liams, Mrs. Ralph Spurgech, M. Perry township, O, V. Borger.

Misunderstandings Arise Regarding Gasoline - Coupons . With the new A-13 gaoline cgigs pons in use, motorists are remindel§by Roy Jorg, chairman of the Nobl§. ‘County War Price and Ration that the coupons are now wor:;:gg galons, instead of three as fo Ny Seme reports indicate a few motlxs. ists by force of habit have ordefid three gallons from a filling statiol attendant, surrendering the. hew ceé=. pen. worth four gallons, Mr. Jitg. said. , : % Still other motorists have reachid:. the conclusion that the gasoline #i~. tion has been increased, now that thi: coupons are worth more, he addéd: The new books contain six-A+lB colg=. pons for a total of twenty-four ﬁ lons until- Decenber 22, while the old: books contained eight coupons totil: ing the same amount, A

Attention is called to all applicanti for supplemental gasoline that théif application must be accompanied l:a the Mileage Rationing Recerd issued with the 1944 Bgsic A book.

Funeral Friday for Mrs. William Gose Funeral services will behéid Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Ulrey Fimeral Homaﬁrmfﬂge? Benfiett GosSe, aged 85, who died" early Wednesday morning at the home here of her parents, Mr., mdh Emery Bennett. The death was attributed to Dngmonia, following a long' illness. She -was born in Wolf Laks; August 3rd, 1909, and had lived her entite life in this vicinity. . i

. ‘Sarvivihg bésides the papefits are the husband, William; - two'. children, Barbara Lee-and ‘Willigm, Jr.; and s brother, Norman, all of Ligonier.

Rev. H. W. White will officiate at the services with burial in Sparta cemetery, Kimmell, o

. Mr. and Mrs. Zur Smith, of Chicago, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Tucker in Cromwell.

. Mzs. Ri C. Lake entertained the ABC Club’ Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. O. M. Rager was a substitute guest, and high score was held by Mrs. C. G. Keehn.

Mrs. Milton Stern, of Kalamazoo, ‘Migch, arrived Monday for a few days’ visit with" Mr. and Mrs. Leon Wertheimer. R S

Mzs. .W. Brown, of Toledv, is mdiuthis wéek with her cousin, irs. W. C. BiHarrison.

Co¥p: and. Mys. Herold Stage and child, arrived Tuesday to spend two weeks with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fern Stage. Corp. Stage has just finished 19 months of scheéling at Boca Raton Field, Fla., and at the end of his furlough will report at Wendover Field, Utah. =~ . A large -delegation from Ligonier attended the 53rd- district convention of “the Women's - Relief Corps held Tuesday in Elkhart. They were: Mesdames - Louis Sisterhen, Charles Brady, Ed Brandéberry, Opal Miller, Edrl Jawes, Dale Waldron, William Willard Stabler, Delia Horne, Ertis and Ira Yoder, al

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