Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 44, Number 20, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 8 January 1925 — Page 2

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL

MiRS Helm Knox has returned to South Bund, ufter spending her Christmas vacation with her parents. Ralph Farrington of South Bend was the fuest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. VVm- Farrington recently . Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Holderman and children were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Haney, southwest of town. Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Stark and Miss Beulah Stark and, Ervin Dunbar of Elkhart were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wyman on Friday. Mrs. John Ringenberg was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Jacob Heckaman and other relatives In and around Bremen several days last week. Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Huff and daughters, Mrs. Oliver Neher and grandson Russel Huff were guests at the home of John Bowman on New Year’s day. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Neher and Wyman George were guests of the latter’s brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Biggs at Mottville, Mich., last Friday.

CORRESPONDENCE

LOCKE NEWS Marion Kronk of Nappanee, Baker Hoogeboom and Glenn Kronk assisted Jesse Kronk with butchering. Mr. and Mrs. George Burkey visited her mother, Mrs. Clara Thomas near Bourbon Tuesday. Mrs. Thomas is ill. Clarence Stouder fished at the Milford Lake, Saturday. -Mr. and Mrs. George Stoutsenberger, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Tetter and daughters, Pern and Mary, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pletcher and family, Sunday.——Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Whitehead and family near New Paris, Mr. and Mrs. John Bainter of near Goshen, John F. Stump of Nappanee, Mr. and Mrs. Abe Stump were guests of Mr. and'Mrsi. Charles E; Clause at dinner Sunday. George Hanes went to Detroit to take a course in the Automobile school. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Thomas of Fort Wayne are sending this week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Christ Pippenger.-—Rev. Hochstettler of Pennsylvania held servises at the Locke church Sunday evening and Monday evening in the interest of the Brethren in Christ Mission in India and Africa. Rev. Hochstettler also held services at the east church Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.—Mr. and Mrs. George Burkey and sots were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Burkey at dinner Thurs-day.—-Mrs. Manda Reed went to Ft. Wayne Friday.-—Miss Florence Clouse of Napaapee spent the week end with her brother, Charles E. Clouse and family.- Mrs. James Recter 6t Nappanee and Mrs. Cora Gard. of South JJgpd visited the hitter's neice, Mrs. ftalph Matrist- —antifamily, Saturday and Sunday.—— •Harold and Howard Clouse and Malard Hartman visited the Nappanee high school Monday, Mrs. Reuben Molbash and children of Elkhart visited Mr. and Mrs. WlHtam Myers a number of days.——Cecil Martin returned home Friday evening after spending several days in Chicago.— —Miss Fern Weldy returned to Bluffton, Ohio, Monday after spending her vacation with hep parents, Mr. and, Mrs. John Weldy.—Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Pippenger and family and Mr. and Mrs. John Clouse and sons, were guests at dinner of Mr. and Mrs. Will Myers, Sunday.—-Mrs. Ralph Maust and daughters, Rosemary and Freda, visited Mrs. Wiir Hochstettler near Bremen, Wednesday.-—Miss Florence Clouse of Nappanee and Mrs. Charles E. Clouse visited Mrs. Frank Clouse, Friday. .Mrs. Frank Cloflse is in a serious condition. Mr and Mrs. Frank Dalrample and daughter. Nina and friend of Elkhart visited Mr. and Mrs. John Martin Thursday. George Buss is hauling logs for Nelson Maust.——Doyle Molbash of. Elkhart visited Harold and Howard Clouse several days. Mr. and Mrs. Will Hochstettler of near Bremen visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Maust Sunday.

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Levi Troup was in Warsaw on business Saturday. Mrs. Alfred Emmons and children of Kimmel are visiting relatives in Nappanee this week. Mrs. Wm. Webster was the guest of her sister, Mrs. D. Doc ring at Wakarusa on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Stuckman and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Grasz were Elkhart visitors on Saturday. , Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Culp of Kewana, Ind., wure guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvian Parks, New Year’s day, Mr. and Mrs. Chet Richmond and children were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Weygand, New Year’s, day. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Howenstein ahtj, son Nolan were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Anglin on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Heckaman and children were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bert. Longahecker, northwest of Bremen. New Year's day. Miss Bessie Pippenger returned home Friday from a visit With her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Pippenger at South Bend. Julian and Miss Alice Abell returned to Bloomington jyionday morning after spending their Christmas vacation with their parents, Superintendent %nd-Mrs. .1. A. Aboil,

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LOCKE NEWS (By Miss Mary Burkey) (Last Week's Letter) Dr. C. C. Clay of Walkarusa and John Yoder bought Sam Wisle.r's 80acre farm for $15,000.- Miss’ Verna Herr of Nappanee spent Tuesday and Wednesday with Miss Jessie Martin. ——Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Burkey, son, Charles and daughter, Mary, and the Misses Minerva and Mary Hoogeboom were entertained at an oyster Supper by Mr- and Mrs. Geor&e Burkey on Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Dennison and children, Frank Chester. Ctentoa and Marie, returned home Saturday after spending Christmas with Mr. and-Mrs. Oscar Dennison at Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mis. Albeit Miller and family of New Paris, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jones of Plymouth and their daughter, Dorothy Jones, of Chicago, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Abe Stump, Christmas, Mr, and Mrs. George Burkey and son visited- her mother, Mrs. Clara Thomas and family near Bburbon, Wednesday. Mrs. John Martin, who is ill is improving.- Walter Clouse and sons, Maxwell and Thurlo were guests of Mr. and Mrs. JO4ll C. Myers on Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Juy Sheets and son of this vicijgt} SRd Mr. and -Mrs. -Charles Clouse ana family and Ceaphtts Neff of near Plymouth were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bleile and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Clouse on Christinas. The Locke school gave their Christmas program Wednesday, afternoon. Vacation will continue till January sth. ■■ Mr. aud Mrs. George Turkey and son Edgar were entertained at Christmas dinner by her sister, Mrs. Clarence E. Dick, of Nappanee. Mr. and Mrs. John Clouse and sons Harold and Howard were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Will Myers on Christmas.——Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sheets and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sheets of Nappanee, were, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Sheets, Sunday.— —Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Maust and family were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Huff at Nappanee, Christmas:— —Miss Fern Weldy who" is attending college at Bluffton, Ohio- is visiting her .parents through vacation. —- Miss Violet Pippenger was a guest at dinner of her aunt, Mrs. John Clouse Wednesday and attended the Christmas program at the Lpcke school in the. afternoon.-- — r Melvin Burkey north of Locke and Mr. and Mrs.. Elmer Thompson of. Nappanee . were I guests at Christmas dinner of Mr. and Mrs. John Martin.—-Harold and Betty Hartman of Elkhart are visiting their uncle and aunt, Mr. and . Mrs. Jay Sheets. Mr. an‘d Mrs. Ralph Maust were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Recter at Nappanee,: Sun-day!-—Mr, apd Mrs. George Dennison of Elkhart visited her parents, Mr, and Mrs, Christ Bender, Sunday. ——Judson Clouse was a guest at dinner of Mr. and Mrs. John Clouse Sunday.——Mrs. David Burkerholder is on the. sick list.- Mrs. John Clouse visited Mrs. John Martin, Friday. Charles Mattern and family near Locke were entertained at a Christmas dinner Sunday by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Letherman’ at Wakarusai Mr. and Mrs. Phares Wenger north west of Locke wer-e at fllkhart,\Sunday, and called on Mrs. AVenger’s 12-year-old brother, Lloyd Null, who underwent an operation at the General Hospital on ..Saturday.— —The telephone line through Locke was put in working order on Saturday afternoon for which the subscribers are thankful.——Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Clouse and family and Lewis Clouse were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Richland’ Stump at Christmas dinner. —-Mr. and Mrs. Mode Hamlin and family of Nappanee were guests of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Kronk, Satur day.- Miss Clara Burkey north of Locke was a guest of Miss Bessie Martin Sunday night and Monday -Charles E. Clouse was in Elkhart, Monday.- Lewis Robison . visited Dan Clouse Sunday.—-Mr. and Mrs. George Hanes and daughters, Arbella and Clarahel, went A to LaPorte, Wednesday to spendHcfiristmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.- O’Hime. Mrs. O’Hime then acompanied Mr. and Mrs! Hanes to Locke on Satur-day-——Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Kronk and family were guests of Mr. and Mrs, Glen Kronk on Frjday evening. • Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Kronk and family of Nappanee. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert McDonald and children south east of Nappanee, Melvin Kronk and friend of Elkhart, Mr, and Mrs. Glen Kronk were- guests of Mr. and Mrs. 1 Jesse Krpnk Sunday.

“NAPPANEE ADVANCE-NEWS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1925

COUNTY APPOINTEES HID EM THOS. A. DAVIS WILL AGAIN ACT AS COUNTY ATTORNEY County Council Meets and Makes Final Appropriations for the Year All of the county appointive officers were renamed for the year 1925 by the board of county commissioners at its session Tuesday afternoon of last week. Thys. A. Davis, of Goshen, was again appointed county attorney, at a,salary of $1,500 per year; O. H. Markel of Elkhart was named attorney for the poor, salary, $200; Dr. J. W. Kistner, of Elkhart, physician for the county infirmary, no fixed salary; and Charles McGary and Isaac Spahr were retained as janitors at the courthouse at SI2OO each. All of the appointments are for the next year only. .

The commissioners also awarded the contracts for the county printing and supplies. The News Printing Cos., was awarded class 1; the Gosh,eil Democrat, glasses 2 and 4; and the Beck Drug store, class 3. The board also met with two members of the LaGrange county commissioners yesterday afternoon and approved Road J-l, between Clinton and Eden townships. Council Makes Appropriations The county council also met at the same time and made appropriations totalling $12,653.57 to cover deficits in various funds. Councilman B. C. Godfrey, Elkhart; Frank E. Yoder, and M. A. Weaver, of Goshen; Elisworth Varna, of Middlebury; H. H. Moiser, Bristol; and Alqnza Blue, of Benton, were present. George Freese, of Nappanee was the only absent" member. The council refused an appropriation of $124.93 asked by County Agent C. A. Jackson, for office expense. * The appropriation for engineering expense for the Pike street bridge in Goshen was not included in the appropriations. Moiir CERTIFICATES . . SENT VETERANS Washington, D. C„ Jan. !,—Approximately 600,000 adjusted service certificates, representing $750,000,000 as part of the bonus voted for world war veterans by congress, -were placed in the mail at midnight by the veterans’ bureau. Under the law the sertiffbates were not to be issued before January 1, 1925. Thirty thousand checks for amounts of $l5O or less, representing the cash payment for soldiers who served only a short period, have been prepared at the bureau but these under the law are not to be mailed until March 1. In mailing the insurance certificates the only preference made was to those veterans who have died since applying for the bonus. These total not more than- 700 and beneficiaries of these soldiers may receive payment immediately. Payments on any other certificates are not to be made before March 1. Director Hines estimated today" that from now..on about 20,000 certi ficates will be mailed daily. T 6 date" the war department has received 2,000,000 applications for adjusted service certificates, with an average of 12,000 arriving daily. More than 400,000 applications were returned to veterans because they lacked signatures, finger prints, or other necessary data. Thus far 15,000 applications have been disallowed.

CORRESPONDENCE

MILLWOOD CHAPEL. (By Wm. Miller) Orville Higgins and family motored to Elkhart on Saturday ——Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Miller visited with Jesse Miller and family in Warsaw on Tuesday. Revival meetings are now in progress at the Chapel. Rev. J. M. Hartman of Wakarusa Is conducting them. Lydia Snively, Chas. Snively and Lester Gaskill were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrp. Wm. Mil-ler,^-r—J)ewey_Jg;Ms_and family took Sunday dinner with Ora Benson and family. r Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shively of near Etna Green attended services at the Chapel Sunday. —— Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Disher, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hartzell and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hartzell assisted Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Miller to butcher last Friday. ——The drifted condition of the roads makes motoring very- difficult. Some places are .almost impassible.

uini mo urn f MIUTM MIH FOR CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURT BENCHES Judge Anderson Succeeds Late Francis E. Baker and Baltzel Gets Anderson’s Place Washington, Jan. 2.—President Coolidge today sent to the senate the following nominations: To be U. S. circuit judge, Seventh circuit, Albert B. Anderson, Indiana. To be U. S. district judge. District of Indiana,. Robert C. Baltzell, Indiana. Judge Anderson will fill the place on the Chicago bench left vacant by the death of Judge Francis Baker, a ex-Hoosier jurist, several months ago. Salary of the Chicago judgeship is $12,000 a* year. Judge Anderson now receives $7,500. Appointed district judge in 1902 by President Roosevelt Judge Anderson becanfe a-national figure by hig marked individuality on the bench. In 1912. he. heard the famous bombing case against officials of the Structural Iron Workers Union and in 1919 he ordered the United Min# Wrkers of America to call off their nationwide coal strike. Last year he heard the trial of Gov. McCray on charges of fraudulent uses of the mails and sentenced McCray to 10 years imprisonment, sj*. Judge Baltzell who was nominated to succcd Anderson on the local bench, was born in Lawrence county HI., August 15, 1879, He attended the Marion Law school at Marion, Ind., and latsr took up the practice of law at Princeton, Ind.. where he was later elected judge of the county court. During the war he wa,s in charge of the selective services act in Indiana with the rank of major.

PERSONALS

Miss Dorothy Bowlby, a student at'Earlham college at Richmond was the guest of Victor Wyman last Friday. Mr.s. Caroline Gentzhom has returned from a three weeks’ visit \*ith her grandson, Curtis Gentzhorn, In Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Johns anddaughter Madlem of Elkhart were the guests’of the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs, Henry Craft on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Uhas. Binkley entertained at a 6 o’clock dinner Saturday evening, Mr. and Mrs. George Freese, Mrs. Pearl Strohm and daughter. Miss Julia. Mr, and Mrs. George Unger and children, Mrs. Maude Hare and daughter Miss Pauline of Elkhart were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Corns on New, Year’s day. Miss Hattie Becknell of Mexico. Ind., and friend Herbert Rousey of Ashland, 0., and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Arch of Bremen were guests at the home of John Becknell on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. JSltif. entertained New Yearls evil; Mrs. Harry Beynon of Indianapolis:/ Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Zenty andtwjt, Mr. and Mrs. Carl .Reaker and cjjßdren. and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Baker, Bremen, and Theodore Reaker, South Bend, and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Kressler of Nappanee. f With airplanes becoming so safe and efficient these dirigibles sound like a lot of hot air to us.

NEWS ITEMS OF 34 YEARS AGO An interesting department on page 4 in the : AdvanceNews is items taxen from the Nappanee News of thir-ty-four years ago. They will be of much Interest to the older residents.

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This Is The Beautiful- New RED STAR NO WICKS—BURNS KEROSENE The Greatest Stove Value on the Market To-day. Lehman Furniture Store Nappanee, Indiana ■ —B. F. RINGLE, Prop.

INMCKWM $281,000,000 IN 1924 CORN CROP MOST VALUABLE IN INDIANA IN PAST YEAR Higher Prices Obtained for Majority of Crops Than During 1923 Indianapolis, ind., Jan. 8. —Fourteen of the principal grain, truck and fruit crops produced in Indiana during 1924 were valued at a total of $281,700,544 according to figures announced today by M. M. Justin, Indiana agricultural statistician for the United States department of agriculture. For a majority of these crops the farmer obtained higher prfees than last year but a150,,, on the majority of them, the yield fell off. The corn crop was the most valuable one. The value placed on it totalled $109,901,040: The production was 116,916,000 bushels, according to the figures. The value per bushel on an average on all the corn produced was 94 cents. The yield per acre fell off from $8.6 to 25.4 bushels. The value of the wheat crop was placed at $44,640,540, based on an average price of $1.42 a bushel and a yield of 31,437,00 bushels. The yield per acre on this crop dropped from 18 to 16.8 between 1923 and 1924. The hay crop was valued second at $66,025,000 with a yield of 5,282,000 tons on the same variety of last year and average price of $12.50 a ton. The wild hay yield was 710,000 tons. This Is a larger production than last year. The total value of the throe principal fruit crops, apples, peaches and grapes, foil off from $5,497,320 in 1923 to $3,671,000 in 1924. ADVANCE-NEWS GIVES FREE TICKETS TO THEATERS The Advance-News prints each week a coupon which Will entitle a couple to free admission to the entertainment some evening of the following week at the Auditorium, and Boice Theaters. The two free theatre tickets are given away weekly by the AdvanceNews and there are no “strings” on the offer. If your name appears in this coupon just clip the coupon and it will be accepted at the Auditorium and Boice theatres box offices the same as cash, regardless of the price of the entertainment for that , evening. Read this invitation every } week. Tell your neighbor or friend when his name appears, as invitations will not be confined to subscribers of the Ad-vance-News.

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Prices, however, were much higher (his year than during the previous year. Apples brought,, on an average, $4.37 a barrel to the producer this year as compared with $3.25 a barrel fn 1923. Peaches brought $2.20 in 1923 and $2.31 a bushel tills year. The yield this year on tbe three fruit crops was, apples, 2,800,000 barrels; peaches, 176,000 bushels and grapes, 3,156 tons. The value of the other crops produced this year is: Oats, $32,156,000; potatoes, $5,999,410; soy beans, $1,170,000; barley, $616,000; buckwheat, $790,000; sweet potatoes, $489,900; tobacco, $278,672; cowpeas, $297,000; apples, $2,968,000; peaches, $385,000; grapes, $318,000. The saddest thing about life is that It takes 60 years for yoUng people t< learn what they should know. \ l Women belonging in politics, buone asked us if the slush fund raisei in New York was to remove the snov this winter. - In Dallas, Texas they want schoo. children*' to wear uniform* so some teachers may suggest straight jack-

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SPECIALS for SATURDAY DECEMBER 10th Van Camps Pork and Beans, Large Size . .10c—3 for 25c 3 Packages Shur Jell for :■ 20c 1 Large Package Slmr Jell for .... 17c 2 Pounds Prunes, large size, for ,25c 10 Pounds granulated sugar for 71c Mishler & Miner PHONE 96 GROCERS

PERSONALS

Ms. and Mrs. Mose Grimm guest* at the home of Win. r,-. m on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Anglin SDem last week with their son-in-law a „ daughter, Mr. and M>s. Marvin Ilur Messrs. F. S. Fenton and c; PO ,.„ 6 Norton are in Chicago this week the interests of Coppes Bros. & zqC Mr. and Mrs. Homer North am daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. Mauris' Long were guests at the home of M J. Bechtel on New Year’s day. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wyman enter tained on New Year’s day, Mr. un( i Mrs. J. Cuppy, Mr. and Mrs. a j Leslie, Mr. and Mrs. George Spencer and Mrs. Blanche Godfrew of Elk hart, aud Mr. and Mrs. James E r f t , and daughter Elaine of South Bend

ELKHART COUNTY AGENT’S DEPARTMENT \) The department of County Agent Charlse A. Jackson on, page 5 will be ,of,wtvrest t 0 all farmer readers. Mr. Jackson is one of the most able agents In the state.