Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 51, Number 3, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 6 September 1928 — Page 5

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1928

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A Few Os Our Specials For Friday and Saturday PURE CANE SUGAR, 10 lbs 62c BEECHNUT SPAGHETTI, canned, 2 cans 25c NEW SWEET POTATOES, per lb 5c MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE, per lb. 49c CANDY BARS, 3 for v Kirk’s Flake White Soap, 10 bars ~ 37c Mishler & Miner Phone 96 Quality Grocers

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Kensinger has ! anew roof on home. ." 1 ‘ so depressed. Brown?" horrible cost of '■“L old chap; consuls for materpaints and shingling 1 " hat. house?" laughters.'’ I N matter how fine pullets look now, have to live in I* V drafty house 1 Winter,, they arc

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not going to make any eg g . laying records. Plan now to give them comfortable win te r quarters, every dollar you invest in that direction Will bring .you two in return, Mrs. John ('ripe has re-roofed the barn on her farm, three miles northeast of town. Pigs, cows and horses. The world sure owes them a good living and a good home. Why not fix up that barn now? We have just the materials you need at just the price you like to pay. "You were going to do

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your fence work last Spring but didn’t get time then. Why not do it now? We have a dandy stock of fence posts for fall work come, in and select what you need. The prize for the saddest event of the month goes to the autoist who lost himself one dark night. He saw a sign on a post. VV it h difficulty h e climbed it, and struck a match and read. ‘‘Wet Paint." A MULE-HIDE ROOF is like a good violin, the older it gets the better it is.

PERSONALS

Beldings silk hose are quality hose. We have them in all new shades at I Deisch’s Shop. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Frevert have returned home after a week’s visit | with relatives at South Bend. Mrs. Jesse Overholser and son ct | Flora, lnd„ are visiting Mr. and Mrs. 1, Q —Krbaugh this week: j Mr. and Mrs. Otto Ptflrucker of t South Bend were the guests of .Mr. j and Mrs. S. A. Frevert, Labor Day. I Miss Blanche Bleile and Glen j Weldy of Wakarusa spent Sunday al | the Shades and Monday at the State j Fair. Mr. and Mrs. John Tobias and j daughter, Miss Marguerite, and Lowj ell Sheets spent Friday in South j Bend. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Farrington and ! family called on Mr, and Mrs. Harry Good, near MiUersburg, Sunday evening. j Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Miller and fain j ily were Sunday dinner guests of j Mr. and Mrs. Christ Yoder, northeast of town. r L Mr and Mrs. Noah Long and j daughters were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. -Ijewis Nelson, east 5 of Goshen. Mr. and Mrs. Kdgar Stably and daughter were guests of Mr. and : Mrs. Forrest Stahly and- family at Walkerton. Labor Day. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Dick and lamj ily spent. Sunday and Monday with | the latter’s mother, Mrs. Clara I Thomas, near Bourbon. Misses Tone Best and Isabel Widmoyer and Walter Fiery and Royee Mishler spent the week-end at the ; Shades and Turkey Run. Mr. and. Mrs. Charles Gentzhorn, were the week-end guests of their I son-in-law afid daughter, . Mr. and j Mrs.; Herbert Ford; at Shiloh. O. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Stahly and. \ family of Walkerton were Sunday dinner guests of the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Stahly, i east of town. | Mrs. William Wagner, Mrs. Donlaid Weybright and Mrs, Harold My ers and daughter. Doris, spent Thursday with Jesse Yoder and fam j ily. of Plymouth. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Welch and . daughter, Miss Ijavinia, and Mr. and l Mrs. D. Buis and daughter, Miss j Shirley,, of Chicago, were the guests |of Mrs. E, E. Frevert and family, | Labor Day. Miss Elizabeth Jane Erbaugh was the guest of Mr. and Mrs, Roney Gross at Flint, Mich. Mrs. Fred Richmond returned home with her Monday evening after a week’s visit at the Gross home.. Mrs. Isaac Thompson and Mrs. Elmer Thompson spent several days last week at the Thompson cottage at Lake Wawasee. Elmer and. Isaac Thompson spent the week-end there. All of them returned home Sunday jevening. Sunday school members oT\ the ' Church of the Brethren enjoyed a picnic at Oakwood park, Monday. About 75 members were present. After the picnic dinner at noon, games and contests were played and swimming enjoyed, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Stahly moved front North Clark, street to the property of Mrs. Barbara Stahly. East Market street, Monday, Yesterday Mr. and Mrs. Ananias Miller and tamily moved from their present i home at North Elm street to the residence left vacant, by the Horace Stahly family. Misses Tlieo Geyer and Eloise I Ganger have returned to their positions at the office of Coppes Bros. & Zook and Huffman’s bakery after a week’s vacation which they spent with Mr. and Mrs. Richard Miller at Bremen, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gunderman at New Paris, and with rela-1 tives in Elkhart.

NAPPANEE ADVANCE-NEWS, NAPPANEE, INDIANA

NOTICE 10 MMS OF TAX LEVIES In the matter of determining the Tax Rates for certain purposes by tinLibrary Board of Nappanee, Elkhart County, Indiana. Before the Library Board Notice is hereby given the taxpayers of Elkhart County, Indiana, that the proper legal officers of said municipality, at their regular meeting place, on the 7th day of September, 102s. will consider the following budget: BUDGET CLASSIFICATION ' SERVICES PERSONAL 11. Salary of Librarian $1,560.00 12. Salary of Assistants ohi'imi 13. Wages of Janitor lMtim! 14. Other Compensation t ; ( , qq i SERVICES, CONTRACTUAL 21. Communication and Transportation r.n no 22. Heat, Light. Powec-amL-W’-stei—■ — — ~ ... 'j -25.00 '23: printing and Advertising fsi.ou 24. Repairs 200.00 25, Services other contractual 100 00 SUPPLIES 31. Office 50,00 32. Other supplies u,OO 33. Miscellaneous supplies 200.00 MATERIAL 41. Building 45.tm 4'4. General 100.00 CURRENT CHARGES 51. Insurance Premiums i 100.00 53. Tax and Assessments 100.UO PROPERTIES 71. Building 734.37 73, Books ....1,300.00 Total ......... 15.954.37 ' ESTIMATE OF LIBRARY FUND TO BE RAISED Library Fund 1. Total estimated expenditures $5,954.37 2. Deduct Miscellaneous revenue 180.00 3. Net amount to be raised by taxation 5.774.37 4. Actual balance in funds July 31st 2,036.87 5. Taxes to be collected . . . • 2.264.64 6. Miscellaneous revenue 75.00 7. Total revenue . 4.376.51 S. Unexpended appropriation 2,286 21 11. Total deductions 2,286.21 12. Difference between lines 7 and 11 .. . 2.090.30 , 13. Working balance 994.22 14. Total to be raised by taxation . . $4,678.29 PROPOSED LEVIES Net taxable . Levy on Amount to Name of Fund Property Property Be Raised ! Library City . . . : . . $2,712,247 06 $2,227.34 Union Township ................ 3,589,610 .04 1,435.84 Locke Township ... . . .1,8 6 7,320. .. . .; .04 746.92 Scott Township . 1.340.980 .02 . 268.19 Total .v; - - ...... - - •- -• $4,678.29 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TAXES COLLECTED AND TO BE COLLECTED To Be Name of Fund Collected Collected Collected Collected 1925'Levy 1926 Levy . 1927 Le.vy' 1928 Levy Library ■ - City $3,178.85 $2,984.03 $2,807.11 $2,227.3! Union Township ..... . 1,310.50 1,178.98 L1x1.70 1,435.84 Locke Township ,2 ,:., "441.65 ,640.51*. 631.74. 746,92 Scott Township 348,51 332.71 338.07 268,19 Total $5,279.51 $5,136.23 $4,958.62 . $1,678.29 Taxpayers appearing shall have the right to.be heard thereon,- After the tax levies have been determined, ten or more taxpayers igeling themselves aggrieved by such levies, may appeal to the State Board of Tax Commission 'era for further and final action thereon, by filing a petition therefor with the County Auditor not later than the fourth Monday of September, and the State Board will fix a date of hearing in this county. Dated this 24th day of August, 1928. MRS. ULERY SHIVELY, President, MRS. A. J. OGDEN, Secretary. (August 30-September 61

COUNTY COUNCIL ADOPTS BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR ( Wednesday’s - Elkhart Truth; The Elkhart county council, meeting yesterday and today, adopted a budget for 1929 and fixed the levy to' be collected next year at 42 cents. This is four cents less than the tentative rate proposed by the county auditor. Mrs. Mertie Croop, who had based it. on the sum of the requisitions filed by the various county officers, The levy for 1929 is divided as follows: General fund—26c, County unit road—-12c. Gravel road repair-—-4c; total 42c. In addition there is a 50-cent levy on taxable polls, which number 11,-

Attention Parents During tile week of Soptenibcr 10 t< r Sepfernliei 1 •), wu will dry clean and press all clothing i’or schcol cl.iildreii 10% Discount C. A. DEISCH THE DRY CLEANER

734. The 42 rent levy is 6 cents higher ■than that being collected this year, and 12 cents higher than that collected in 1927. Expenditures for bridges and road repair are chieliy responsible for the increase. . The net taxable valuation ol property in the county is sll/7.32v199 The proposed revenue was sl99,> a. 71 The result of the paring done ,'n the six-hour. session of the council was a gross reduction of $17,096.76, and the revenue indicated for next year is therefore about $482,480. ST. VITUS and all other forms of nervousness are quickly relieved by Chiropractic treatments. L. A. Morrison, D, Phone' 125.

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SEWER GANG BRINGS: TO LIGHT SPOON LOST TWENTY YEARS Tic mystery 'surrounding the loss of a silver taldespoon from. tbc. Biossit silver set was solved 'recently with Reitti Rile.v company as the ininrect cause Twenty wars am one of the spoons from Mrs Elias Bios sei's good silver sei was found mimg Search was made over tin- house and on admisFion by the childnii Hun they had used some oI the silver while "playing house." the play; gi'iitind playhouse, and t-he* entire yard was searched, but , tjie spoon was not found. Mrs. Bloffser gaw up the spoon as lost and became resigned to set me an empty pocket in the holder and counting to the odd nunibei live Neatness always, has been credited with, bringing its own reward in the old-adages, '-and'this time it. surely did. For after tic gang putting in the

sewer finished working, Mrs, lUossor rakeii. sipoothi'd. and, gathered up refuse oft the broken ground in the .alley and street to the left and front o! their house. Anil recently while raking site uncovered an object proved, to he the long, lost spoon.. Tarnished, dented, and bent, but a spoon , intact, nevertheless. Tim spoon was straightened and polished and now .Mrs (Rosser looks with, housewifely pride upon a row of six gleaming spoons in. their, holder, ; In explanation <>l 'lm los and ruc.ovei'y of the spoon there is only the tact that wheii the spoon -as lost, the BloSser children. Merril. Beulali, and Hazel, played every, day with the children -across the sitt• <t. Mark and Enid Thomas, and ■■‘the,-spoon, was no doubt lost while t he. children were traveling to the neighbors or they were playing in "tlicit; own back yard."

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FORMER NAPPANEE BOY HANGS HIMSELF AT WARSAW Janies Dunwell. 16, son of Mr. ami' Mrs. Charles Dunwell. who moved from Nappanee to Warsaw 11 years ago. committed suicide late Tuesday by hanging himself in the 'basement of his father's home. His body was found suspended from a beam with a belt about his neck. His parents could give 110 reason for the boy taking his own life. He was. a student of the Warsaw high school. FIRE DOES S3OO DAMAGE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING Sunday morning the fire department was called to the home of Clif .Parctdl who lives on the: Win, Widmoyer farm, to extinguish a blaze that burned off part of the roof and rafters' of the house, . The city fire department succeeded in extinguishing the blaze, confining the damage to about $30(1 which was covered by insurance. The origin, of the fire was undetermined, MISSIONARY ADDRESS AT FIRST MENNONITE CHURCH Miss Loretta Lehman, .who is doing Missionary work in India under the Mission Board of the General Conference of Mennonites, will speak at the First, Menuonite church. West, Market street. Sunday. September .‘J, at 10:45, ' ■ ' ' CLASSIFIED COLUMN

Minimum charge for ad. in the classified column. 25c each insertion. Over 2(1. words, 1 l-2c a word each insertion cash. Where cash does noi accompany the ad order, notice will he charged at 2c a word and will lie run at our optionOn out-of-town advertisements -money must accompany ,tlu> ardor.

FOR SALE For sale—Cucumbers. Mrs., A, Landis. Phone 1.323. For sale Asters, large variety of i olors. ('all and see ('has Lynch, 60S K. Markei street. : (tip) For Sale One Tiber Sulky; one cot. Mattress, size. 36x72 inches; Phono . 3062, 757 West Market .St. (tic.) For. sale Many, used washing nu ■chines at bargain prices. Both electric and hand power Shively. Bros, For sale A small Kalamazoo kitclien range in good condition. ,1. M. Biosser. 3(IS .North Ruseubeiger street. Phone 4073. 1 13c.) Foi sale A good Stl acre farm. M nst he. sold to settle; estate, Ivoeat • and three an.d one-hall', miles liorth and one and one-half mile east of Nappanee Inquire of Sylvester Ani letnyi r Bremen. 20p WANTED Wanted- Popcorn shel'leij. dried, and oi good quality. I> A 1 Lohvian, 156 S Is), k. S'. -s(6plWanted I am buying all kinds of Poultry to,he .delivered; at my f.irm. one mile wes.t of Nappanee every Monday forenoon. See nie for prices before you sell. I) 1 Hoschtetler. (13 p V LOST AND FOUND Lost —Female Fox .'TorTier, .white with brown on head Fast Side Filling Station, ...Phone'. 3312. Reward. c-/ ' : C;' l6p )

Lmi Full-blooded Roland China, sow. 5 I 2 miles northeast cl Nappa nee about Id days ago Martin M Iffert (tt p) MISCELLANEOUS - Rather than return pianos used this season at Winona Lake Assam, bly, they -will be offered, for sale at greatly reduced, prices included among these instruments are Grands. Uprights, and Flayers, For further it: formation write The Baldwin Piano Company. ,35 Monument Circle, ImR anapolis, Indiana. < 13c.) FOR RENT For reut 5, room-, with hath. Heating; and cooking stoves . fiirnished, Mrs Nora Huffman. 50i- East Walnut street. (6p ) For rent 6 light, hug- steam heat tal. water furnished, airy rooms with six additionalv.sjeepMii rooms, above Wolflierg's store. Will relit reason; able : ;t'o reliable party. Reut. from the rear sleeping rooms will pay you. rent bill, inquire at WolfbcTg's store for further information,; (6c.).