Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 46, Number 2, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 2 September 1926 — Page 2

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Interesting News of South Nappanee

Miss Mildred Yaeger returned home Sunday from Elkhart. Airs. Jane Phelps and son Morris of Niles, Mich., were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. A1 Johnson. Miss Wilma and Donald Freed spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Yaeger. Mr. and Mrs. Hershal Strang were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sam* nel Strang of Culver. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin I7iiEror CtP shen called on Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Duker, Monday. Mrs. Melvin Kring and children of South Bend have been visiting relatives in Nappaitee. .Mrs. Rosa Hepier spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ilarvey Hepier of near Bourbon. The Misses Dorothy and Ednic Mutti are spending a week with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Hepier: Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Yaeger and family attended .the Yaeger and Hull reunion at Beachwood Park, HuffP man Lake, Sunday. Mrs. Wm. Beals of Elkhart is spending a few days with her mother, Mrs. A. C. Hunt, aud sister, Mrs. Frank Holderman. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Coy of Webster and Mr. and Mrs. Isarel Cripe of Syracuse were Sunday guests of Mrs. A. Bartholomew and-son, Mila. Mae Gout was pleasantly surprised Sunday. About Twenty friends helped him celebrate his birthday with a potluck dinner and ice cream.

Give Your Family A Treat ' * EAT WHERE IT IS COOL. SPECIAL SUNDAY DINNERS, 45, 60, 65 CENTS • Lunches, 30 Cents. Week-Day Dinners, 35 and 40 Cents. Special Lunches and Suppers Served WE AIM TO PLEASE EVERYBODY. Private Dining Room for Dinner Parties. ORCHESTRA AND DANCING EVERY WEDNESDAY EVENING CLUB RESTAURANT THE ONLY PLACE TO EAT. I Thank You. FRED J. EBINGER, Prop.

“The Best Place to Buy Furniture” Pleasant Furniture Shopping At Lehman’s It is a real pleasure to come here to do your furniture shopping. The collection of Furniture we have . provided for your approval comprises a choice that is difficult to surpass, even at much higher prices than we are asking. Our shipments purchased at the Chicago Furniture Exposition are beginning to arrive and we can show you some of the finest lines we have ever, carried. Buy Fall Rugs Now at very Low Prices You will find our prices running far below ordinary “Sale'prices.” Worsted Wool Wiltons, Axminsters and Tapestries at prices you can well-afford to pay. M N. A. LEHMAN Furniture and Rugs Phone 62—Nappanee “If it Comes From Lehman’s You know It’s Good” ' *

WHY? Is the Ford productions 7000 cars .every working day in the year? Nearly every owner of a Ford car is well satisfied with the wonderful quality at the extremely low first cost Invariably his car is giving him dependable, efficicient service at the very lowest cost. Judging by these facts gathered over a period of twenty years as Ford dealers we believe you who do not own a Ford car will want a demonstration of this wonderful performance at these new prices. Touring, f. o. b .$380.00 Roadster, f. o', b. 360.00 Chassis, f. o. b. .pf?V 300.00 Sedan, 4-dopr, f. o. b .'; 545.00 Sedan, 2-door, f. o. b. 495.(f0 Coupe, f. o. b. 485.00 Truck, f. o. b. ...... 325.00 ' THESE PRICES INCLUDE BALLOON TIRES Smith Motor Cos. 1 NAPPANEE T The house that merits confidence. Twenty years of continuous serving of Ford owners.

Miss Fern Strung visited friends in New Paris, Sunday. Willie keifer motored to Akron, O, Tuesday. Mrs. Andrew Messner spent ftriduy with Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Davis of Miller,' Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. A1 Johnson and family attended the Johnson reunion at Niles, Mich., Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles May of Niles, Mich;, called on Mr and Mrs,-Chest-er Housouer Monday. Mr. and Mrs, Clayton Housouer have moved into their new home on Indiana Ave. Claude Rensberger and friend of, Fort. Wayne were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. Bardon. Miss Julia Hershberger Is visiting relatives. She has spent the summer with her sister, MrsrH. D. Anderson, in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Surls and son, Clyde Richard, Mrs. Glenn Sickafus and son Charles of Elkhart were Sunday guests of Mrs. Rosa Waterman. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Emmons and son, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Campbell off South Bend, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Johnson of Elkhart were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Emmons. Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank -Holderman were Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Swinehart and family of Elkhart, and Mr, and Mrs, Fred Holderman and family of Goshen, who will leave next Saturday for Florida.

NAPPANEE ADVANCE-NEWS. THURSDAY, SEPT, 2, 1926

Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Fox and daughter spent Sunday at the Chester White Picnic, Chapman lake. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Berry wore Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Goss of Locke. Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Thornburg of LaPaz were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs* William Strang. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Dunnick and family were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Linn of Atwood. Mr, and Mrs. Wes Thomas were Sunday.gueßts s os Mr. and Mrs. James Thomas of Argos. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bartman find were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Grant in Elkhart. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar, Duker of South Bend were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. BenjantTn Duker. Mr. and Mrs, Noble ..Miller, and chil dren attended the Ringler reunion at Elkhart park Sunday. Mrs. Mary Maggeft and children of Elkhart spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. J. Stine. Frank Douma of Muskegan is spending a week with his parents, Mr. and,Mrs; Andrew Douma. William Corwin has returned home after spending three months in lowa and Nebraska. The Lutheran church will soon be completed, and the Sunday school and church services are now being field in the basement. ~ Mrs. Susan Shepherd and son. Frank Shepherd and daughter, Gladys of Erie, Penn., spent several days with Mr. and Mrs. M. Bardon. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Campbell of South Bend were the week-end guests of Mr. aud Mrs. O. C. Emmons. Mr. and Mrs. WiUiard Hoffer and children were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ward Ringenberg t>f Etna Green. Harold and Gerald Hoffer are sperjing the week with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank. Hoffer of Etna Green, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Kuhn,and family were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Grosvenor of near Bourbon. V ■ *" ' " _ Mr. and Mrs. Cecil McCuen attended the McCuen reunion at Community park Saturday. There were about. 84 present. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Messner and family, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Messner and daughter and Mrs. Tom Witham were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alva Lemler s os near Bourbon. Mr. and Mrs. James Heckaman and family of Millwood and Mrs. Susau Heckaman were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Heckaman. Mr. and Mrs. John McCloughan of Goshen, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gessinger and Mrs. Rosa Waterman and daughter, Violet,, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Masters. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Gonser and children and Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Stahly and daughter, .Peggy, were Sunday guests of Mrs. Cora Harman in Goshen. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Allaline of Fort Wayne and Miss Betty Robison and Arthur Pickle of South Bend were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry-. Keifer. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford McCuen and spn v Lowell and Mrs. Daniel Naylor and Miss Lorene Hostettler attended the Faulkner* reunion St Fort Wayne Saturday, Mr, and Mrs. Fred Tyler and family, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hildebrand, Mr. ands Mrs. Chas. Tobias and Mr. and Mrs. Will Gord and family of Goshen “spent Sunday at Syracuse Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Garber and family of Mishawaka and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lewis of South Bend, Mable Geer and children of Landa, Georgia were Sunday guests of MJ\ and Mrs. Godbersen. , , Henry McCuen of Butler, 3Tf. and Mrs. Chas. McCuen and family of "Glenview, 111.,.. Earl and' Raymond McCuen of Chicago, Wm. McCuen of Indiana Harbor, Mrs. Bertie Clem of Crowvertsville, were the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil McCuen.

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PERSONALS. Mrs. Sarah G. Felt house of Clearwater, Fla., is visiting ut the home of her brother-in-law ana sister, Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Early. ,

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF TAX LEVIES. In the Matter of Determining the Tax Rates for Certain Purposes by the City of Nappanee, Indiana. Before the Common Council. Notice is hereby given the taxpayers of th City of Nappanee, Elkhart county, Indiana, that the proper legal officers of said municipality, at their regular meeting place on the 10th day of September, 1926, will consider the following budget: . Mayor’s Office. Personal Servico e '' $300.00 City Clerk’s Office. Personal -Service- .- ■ ■ .■ *■ k.,10,0.00 City Treasurer's Office t Personal Service 400.00 Common Council > Personal Service . ...... 60Q.00 Intersections . 5,000.00 Street Lights . ••• 6,070.41 Hydrant Rental, . . •••••• 3,150.00 Repair of Buildings Advertising, Printing and Publication of Notices 300.00, Supplies Water , 39.00 General Supplies . , 300.09 Insurances 350.0 y Garbage Collection. 300.00 Dumping Grounds •... 125.00 Current- Obligations . . . , ' .* 1,200.00 City Attorney’s Office Personal Service . : 400.00 Street Commission’s Office Personal Service .. . 1,500.00 Streets, Alleys and Sewers Personal Service . . . 3,618.00 Supplies . . 350.00 Materials . ... 400.00 Current Charges i••• 300.00 —-a-——-— Parks w- 1 -—:■ : —— Personal Service , 450.00 Repair to Equipment . , - .. 100.00 Supplies . . ••• 100.00 Current Charges . . ■••••• 50.00 Fire Department Personal Service . . ••• 350.00 Repair of Equipment 200.00 Supplies ; .... ■;.200.00 Current Charges V 100.00 Current Obligations 1,000.00 Total . . * •* 1,850.00 Hbalth and Charity Personal 56.00 Supplies f . . *. . . 50.00 Total • • -> > 106.00 Marshall’s Office Personal Service 1,516.00 Repair of Equipment . . .., .... •• • •.} 50.00 Supplies . • Meals for prisoners .. 10.00 Total . , fr ...: 1,576.00 Comfort Station Personal Service . . '. . •• 260.00 Rent . . . ‘. 200.00 Supplies .; 50.00 Repair of Equipment and Furniture ..... 50.00 Total . . . . . .'...... 560.00 Total Budget . . .- 29,885.41 Total Assessed Valuation of all Taxable Property Within the City of Nappanee $4,046,942.00 Estimate of General Fund to be Raised 29,885.41 Working Balance at End of Year . . 5,000.00 Total 34,885.41 Less Estimate of Revenue and Balance Revenue not derived from taxation 5,000.00 Balance at End of Year 5,000.00 Amount Necessary to be Raised by Taxation 29,885.41 Proposed Net Taxation Property $4,046,942.00 General Fund Levy on Property .75 Amount to be Raised 30,352.06 Comparative Statement of Taxes Collected and to be Collected Name of Fund —General Levy 1922 Collected 1923 ................ .53 Levy 1923 Collected 1924 .55 Levy 1924 Collected 1925 .70 Levy 1925 Collected 1926 .70 Levy 1926 to be Collected 1927 .. ~ .75 Collected 1923 $22,583.11 Collected 1924 . .Tr ..—^-24,342.96 Collected 1925 . . . , > 30,943.19 Collected 1926 ■ 29,912.99 To be Collected 1927 . . j 30,352.06 Total Tax Levy General Fund' . * 55 produces........ 22,258. t& Light Fund 15 Produces 6,070.41 Park Fund . , . . . 05 Produces .*,:••• 2,023.47 Total Tax Rat© ..75. •&■••• 30,352.06 Taxpayers appearing shall have the right to be heard thereon. After the levies have been determined, ten or more taxpayers feeling themselves aggrieved by such levies, may appeal to the State Board of Tax Commissioners for further and final action thereon, by filing a petition therefor with the Countjjr Auditor not "later that! the fourth Monday "of "September, andttra' State Board will fix a date of hearing in this county., Dated, August 31, 1926. Willard A. Price, Mayor. Attest: Ralph L. Arnott, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 17 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO PEDDLERS, HAWKERS AND ITINERATE DEALERS 4N GOODS, WARES AND MERCHANDISE AND PRODUCE, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF AND REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES Be it ordained by the mayor and Common Council of the city of Nappanee, Indiana, That: Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in peddling, canvassing, hawking or -street vending \Hthin the corporate limits of the City of Nappanee, Indiana, any merchandise or article of value, without first having obtained a license so to do, said license to be issued by the City Clerk upon payment to him of the sum of seventy-five cents ($.75) for the issuance of said license together with a license fee of ten ($10.00) dollars for each day such license shall be in force. Provided that the above provision of this ordinance shall not apply t& wholesale traveling merchants or peddlers who sell only to resident retail dealers, in like commodities, nor to dealers in dairy products, nor to venders of produce and provisions raised by themselves in Elkhart County, Kosciusko County, Marshall County, or Saint Joseph County, Indiana. Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person or itinerate dealer to sell or offer for tfale, barter or exchange any carload lot or less quantity of fruit, vegetables or farm produce, contained in any railroad car or in any freight depot or store house within the City of Nappanee, "Indiana, without first having obtained a license for that purpose as set out in section One (1) of this ordinance. Section 3. Any dealer, peddler, Itinerate merchant or person selling goods, merchandise, or wares and duly licensed shall not stop or park his or her cart, wagon, or vehicle-on any street or public place in said city to display or sell his or her .goods or wares except on the place herein set out. Parties that are engaged in the business as set out in this ordinance may park their carts or vehicles on Lincoln street from ‘the alley that runs parallel with Main street and Elm street to'the alley that runs parallel to Main street and Clark street.. Section 4. This Ordinance shall not apply to persons who are" exempt from the provisions thereof by either State or Federal laws. Section 5. If any provision or section of this ordinance shall be held void or unconstitutiohal for any reason, all other provisions and sections which are not expressly held void and unconstitutional shall be and continued in force and effect. Passed and approved this 2nd day of August, 1926. Willard A. Price, Mayor of the City of Nappanee, Indiana. Attest: Ralph L. Arnott, City Clerk.

I PERSONALS. Mrs. Hugh Hockert and sons were guests of the former’s sister at Silver Jjake, Friday and Saturday of last week.

Annual Paramount Week at The Fairy Theater

Monday and Tuesday, September 6-7 A SAM WOOD Production "A FASCINATING YOUTH’’ , With, the Junior Stars of 1926. Also News and Comedy Wednesday ahd Thursday, September 8-9 “THE LADY OF THE HAREM” Warm Love, Hidden Deautv and Flashing Action. “TILL WE EAT AGAlN”—Comedy Friday and Saturday, September 10-11 Human Drama of Modern Life and Morals “PADLOCKED” „ . Rex Beach,, Author. Good Comedy “Fresh Faces”

EVER READY CLUB. Mrs. Bert Arch entertained the Ever-Ready club, Wednesday afternoon. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS FOR BIDS FOR STREET IMPROVEMENT Notice is hereby given that .bids will be opened by the Common Council of the City of Nappanee, Indiana, at 7:30 o'clock p. w. on the 7th day of September, 1926, when the same will be opened at the City Hall of said city and considered by said Common Council for the improvement of so much of North Madison street as extends from the north property line of East Marlon street to the south property line of East Johns street, by grading and paving according to the several Sets of plans and specifications .therefor, now on file in the City clerk’s office. All bids must be filed with the City clerk by 7:30 o’clock p. m. said day.

Tyorit miss thir GREAT SUMMER SPECIAL

It’s the same story every day —open windows, summer breezes, a thick layer of dust throughout the house. How can you keep up the fight, through hot weather, without the aid of The Greater Hoover? It’s so easy now to have The Hoover. The down payment is radically reduced. And the balance is payable in small monthly amounts. Won’t you phone us today to send out a Hoover complete with dusting tools? Only for a short time can you get this sensational Greater Hoover, with its “Positive Agitation,” the new cleaning principle, on such easy terms. Why deny yourself any longer? Act now. Down MRS. VERN GEYER, Sales Representative Phone Ll2l, Nappanee Shively Brothers Hardware, Furnitue Phone 57—Nappanee

L# (elebrm . iriE ii \ Week WH PARAMOUNT?) IST BIRTHDAY GROUP

The cost of improving street and alley intersections to be paid out of the general fund of said city. All bidders must enclose with their respective bids a certified check for not less than two and onehalf percent of the engineer’s estimate of the cost of such improvement to insure the execution of their contract, if their hid should he„'ac: cepted, which will be returned to all unsuccessful bidders. The right —is reserved to reject any ahd all bids. The person awarded the contract for said improvement must enter into a written contract therefore and give a bond with surety to be approved by the Common Council, said bond to he in an amount double the price for which said contract is let, and conditioned for the faithful per formanco of the same. The engineer's estimate of the cost of said improvement is in the sum of $2930. 00. ’ Williard A. Price, mayor of the City of Nappanee. Attest: Ralph L. Arnott, City Clerk. 1-2