Delphos Daily Herald from Delphos, Ohio • Page 2

DAILY HERALD Delphos Printing Pub. Co. Start ftt Ohio, tai clao matter. 408, 407 and 409 Rortit Mata St. Editorial Booms, Vain Zhulawii Office, Main 1675.

MONDAY, MARCH 4,. 1940 PROGRESSIVE HELP BOOST DELPHOS Opporlunity is. -khpckirig at our doors. A new factory is coming to Delphos if If "the people Here will make it possible by contributing to the building fund now being raised. The trustees of the Delphos Progressive Company state that there is no d'oubt as to whether we can get the factory if the money is iraised.

If yon have already, made your pledge, you are asked to make payment now also to increase your pledge if possible. If you nave not yet pledged anything to this cause, you are urged to do so to aid in supplying the funds needed to add this industry. Let's get behind this proposition and boost for Delphos, NOW. MID-WINTER CONFERENCE HELD IN COLUMBUS Drive for Funds to be Made in House- to-Honse Canvass to be Conducted by Women Committee of Men to Call Upon Business People Factory Assured if Funds can be Secured. Mrs.

Ed. Murray, Mrs. Frank Munday, Mrs. Dell Cochensparger and Mrs. F.

M. Krendl were in Columbus Saturday to attend the mid-winter conference of the American Legion Auxiliary. The three sessions, morning, afternoon and evening, were held in the Deshler-Wallick hotel. There, were four hundred and ninety-three registrations. The.

principal speaker at the afternoon session was Colonel John Thomas Taylor. R. B. Gardner, department commander, also addressed' the afternoon assemblage. A -banquet was served' in the evening.

The national president of the Auxiliary, Mrs. William of New York, was the main speaker. CONGRESSMAN HEARD THIS EVENING Dslphos persons plan tc tulVe in at 11:15 tonight to' hear ar adcfrcss by Robert F. Jones, of Lima congressman fro in the Fourth dis- The speech will be broadcasi the Mutual network stations 2 TO 1 YOU'LL DO BETTER AT Mi LAST TIMES MONDAY FRED ASTAIRE ELEANORE POWEIJL "Broadway Melody of 1940" TUESDAY ONLY RICHARD DIX QAIL PATRICK "Reno" Shows at Cash Award $130 Registrations taken 'till 8:45 STARTS WEDNESDAY WALLACE BEERY Man horn Dakota'? fc-r Say Golden Oppor c' Niem'eyer, Inlo't 346, South addition to Delphos. Tax Kathleen Veit et al to Charles W.

Lots 824, 825, 826, H. W. Beckman's subdivision to Delphos. Tax 44. A drive for additional funds for the Delphos Progressive Company to make possible the location of at one 1 additional industry in our city will be started Tuesday, officials of the Progressive Company announce.

The women members of the company are organizing for a canvass of the residential section of the city. The town will be divided into districts and' the women plan to cover it thoroughly. Ma.ny people have expressed their intention to aid in buildiing 1 up DU- phos as an industrial by contributing to this fund and it is believed that the drive will bring good The women will carry letters Ciom the trustees of the Progressive company and people are asked to br careful ana not pay money to any persons unless they carry these letters identifying them solicitors. A committee of men has already been named by the trustees to complete the csuvass of business places in the city. This committee will also go into action soon with a view to enrolling the business people who have not ass yet -registered plefl'ges and of increasing pledge's already made.

The goa.l is set at $30,000. It will require considerable work and good cooperation in responses from those Solicited to achieve this goal but it is believed that it can be done. The trustees Irnve (arranged a plan which, will make It easy for those making pledges. Those wishing to do may sign notes for the amount pledged, and will have the privilege of distributing their payments over a period, of twelve months. It is believed' that' this plan will meet with the approval 'of many and will add substantially to the amount pledged.

Those who are backing the proposition believe that this ia a great opportunity for. Delphos. They believe that the Cleveland industry will be a good one for Delphos and will mean much for workers and for Delphos people generally as it will relieve unemployment here, bring better living conditions into many homes, relieve the city of a largo expense for relief work and create a better spirit among the pe'ople of Delphos in general. It is plannedi to start the erection of Ihe new building within the next few weeks if the response from the people of Delphos to the call for funds with a ready response. Those who have already, subscribed are asked, to make payment so that, the needed money may be available'.

It is understood that notices for payment of the second installment are being sent.out. Wt'ptt'-doiJNTY Estate Transfers Mary Jones -tract'in 1 section 10, Willsliire tciwnsliip; to Fred C. Jones, $1. etc. E.

and Carmen Leslie, 30 acres, section 22 Ridge township to Robert Hawkins, 1 etc. Thomas F. and Margaret O'Mara part inlot 980 Van Wert to John P. and Viola O'Mara, $1 etc. Harriet Colter and others part in- lot 40 Willshire to Leola B'owen, $1 etc.

HEM RAWS THREATS SUM Streams in Delphos and Vicinity Near Flood Level Saturday Night and Siinday Portion of Main 'Street Flooded Basements In Many Sections of City Flooded. Notice of Appeal The plaintiflF in the case of Emanuel Slotler as executor of the estate of' Catherine Stetler versus C. L. Stove and others has filed notice of his appeal from the finding of the Court of Appeals. A motion has been filed to certify records of the case to the Supreme Court of Ohio.

Marriage License Kenneth M. Uncapher, 35, electrician, and Olive Irene Uncapher, 33, factory employee -both bf Van Wert. Schedules Filed Schedules of debts in the estates of Anthony Lerch and Lillian Rader of Van Wert have been filed in Van Wert county probate court and hearings assigned for March 28 at 9 A. M. ALTAR SOCIETY HOLDS MONTHLY MEET SUNDAY COURT ALLEN CC3UNTY Verdict Affirmed Third District Court of Appeals, in a decision Saturday, affirmed aji Allen county common pleas jury verdict awarding Alice-Pugh, $4,350 damages in her personal injury suit against the Akron-Chicago Trans portation Co.

Judgment Yaken A. J. Cully has taken Judgement against A. 13. Callow for $575.70 due on a note.

Finns a social to be on April fourteenth were made Sunday afternoon when the members of tlK- Altar Society of St. John's churcl gathered in the high school assembly for the monthly meeting. The following were named as chair men to complete arrangements fo the Sirs. Coo'rge Helmkamp Mrs. Anthony C.

Weger, Mrs. Ottr Kavennann, Mrs. Ferd Miller, Mrs Otto Jettinghoff arvd Miss Jenni Will. Proceeds will be for the benefi of the kitchen in St. John's school The customary business matter were transacted at the meeting.

The new factory will help tho labor ing man. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our heartfel appreciation to Dr. John L. Sassei and his assistants, to the kind friend and neighbors and: to the police for their We are deeply grate ful also to those who donated spiri tu'al and fldral to thp'se who loaned their autos and to all who so kindly assisted, us in any waj during the illness'and after the death of our beloveid: one, Florence Me Carthy. Paul McCarthy Louis and Family Real Estate Transfers William T.

to Elizabeth GELATINE DESSERT Be See mjw. pure froit There'll lemon, orange, stra-yr- berry, cherry, lime and the two new, unusual flavors pineapple and currant raspberry. quality plus economy, 17 Be See Gelatine serta you'll like them. SERVICES ARE CONDUCTED AT ST. JOHN'S MONDAY Funeral of Mrs, Florence McCarthy.

24, South Washington Street, is Held at a. Dr. John L. Sassen Officiates at Requiem High Mass Interment In Church Cemetery. UBB FOOD STORES Last rites Mrs.

Florence 24, wife of McCarthy, South Washington street, were eon ducted at St. "John's church at 00 o'clock Monday moa-ning. Dr. John L. Sassen, pastor, intoned the requiem 'high mass arid delivered the funeral sermon.

The children's choir the Mrs. 'McCarthy, the former Flor enGe dledj at' St. lidspital in cm Thuraday 'after an illness of several -The' funeral was largely and there -many spiritual abc floral i he -pallbearers, were': Rev, Es Stopher, William Suever, Gilberl Stopher, Kidenour, Nelsoi Etgen and; Llmbrecht. Bui-iaJ was la Jgt. jobn'a Flood thi-eats in Delphos which rere at their height Saturday night and early Sunday morning, have ieen reduced to a minimum and Ufa returned to near normal.

Heavy rains Saturday accompanied a freak electrical storm Saturday ifternoon, caused streams in this to fill vapidly. The Flat Fork cj-eek was near the top Saturday light but the level had been lowered considerably by Sunday morning. The water in the Miami-Erie canal ta such height that it ran over he banks Sunday morning south of the Clime street bridge, flooding a small portion of South; Main street. A number of basements in the business and residential section of the city were flooded, with several inches of water but on the whole the damage was not great. Henry Lang, canal foreman, and a group of workmen, Saturday light and all day Sunday to eliminate flood threats from the --canal.

The gates at Six Mile orCelr, near Spencerville, were opened 1 to divert part of the flow, from the canal. The ice in the bed of the stream caused most of the difficulty, the normal flow area being grcately reduced. A number in this section were over their banks Sunday. Water was running over the highway on Route 30 west of Delphos it is reported. duties of United States neutral Through Each Branch.

A committee to arrange for'' tho third annual ball to be given shortly after Eftstef appointed by Delphos volunteer flremen at their regular nieetlng 1 The committee consists of the following: Qua Weger Joseph Roth arid S. H. Wtthmhoff. i A machine with brains, the first of its kind in Delphos, has been installed by 'the National bank. It adds and subtracts, posts ledgers, makes out customers' statement, in fact does all that a bookkeeper can.

do, but with greater speed and precision. MARKETS Red Wheat, White Wheat, New Corn, per 63c; Eggs, 15c; Potatoes, pet 50c. Mr. and Mrs. H.

Koebbe, Cincinnati, are guests at the J. 1 Larige home, East Third street. St. John's to Play First Game of Meet Against Miller City Jefferson Plays Glandorf Tuesday Night i Sdlmffer Named to 'Officiate. Mrs.

W. J. Steinle welcomed the of the Lutheran church at her home on East Fourth street on Wednesday afternoon at a very pleasant meeting. MIDDLE POINT SICK LIST 1 Mrs. Arthur North Franklin street, is improving at St.

Rita's hospital in Lima. She was taken to the hospital for treatment. IT WAS NMWS THEN SPOTLIGHT MARCH 4, 1895 45 years ago today the Delphos Born, Saturday night, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schulieu, af East Third street, a 'daughter.

It was quite a surprise Saturday night when the fact leaked out that Lewis O. Ward, clarinet player of the Opera House Orchestra, 'and Miss Christine Shenk had been married. H. J. B'ergfehl, one of the promoters of the much talked of oil SPRCU! ation in the new territory, tells us that Mr.

A. A. Scott, of the Scot Drilling Company, will pbstlvely here on No. 9 this afternoon anc the contract will be signed- Since Monday, February 26, up to and including last Saturday, about twenty-five cases of and pneumonia were reported in Del phos. This no doubt made a good week's work for the doctors as only one death occurred out lot the number ill with the above mentioned maladies.

The base ball team which was recently organized bids fair- to stay for the approaching aoaa'oii. Joe Walsh and Will Mahonoy will be the pitchers; Spencer Catcher; Geo. Klhm, first base; Will Laeminer- man, second base; Ernest'Eysenbach, third base; Jettinger, short stop, and Frank Charles Smith and Harry King- in the field. Born, yesterday to Miv and Mrs. John Schmersal, of State street, a little A ctuiet little impromptu dance lunday afternoon has set the tongue of gossip to wagging, and dire lilngs are in store- for thte pai-tici- if manor is correct.

Q- 0 MARCH 4, 1916 .25 years ago today Delphos Congress passes legislation enabl ng Wilson to enforce mofe strictly The responsibility of. maintaining a CCC camp divided into three branches. (1) The Army is in charge of housing, feeding. and outfitting the men; under the direct supervision oE the Company Commander. (2) Educational, in charge of all classes, hobbies, under the direct supervision of the Educational Advisor.

(3) The Soil Conservation Service is in charge of all work projects and wilder the direct supervision of the Project Superintendent. The project superintendent is a member of the Soil Conservation Service is directly responsible for all work done in the field. He is also responsible for the proper functioning of the S. C. S.

Office, where all reports and records must be sub mitted to higher offices and he must see- that they are sent from our office. To accomplish this he has two engineers and four foremen as as sistanls, and this responsibility is delegated to them. 'They in turn have enrollee leaders to whom they delegate this responsibility. At the present time our two en gineers are responsible for all data and statistics for the' projects. They mjust figure oxit the cost, method and results, and draw all plans am ma.ps that are necessary for the pro per accomplishment of all work pro jects.

B'our foremen are in charge of al field work. They must see that the engineer's land specification! are carried out.as far as the projec is concerned, that sufficient rec ords are kept of all progress made The foremen however have othe duties. In camp they are delegated to otjher such responsibilities as Safety Assistant, charge of rec ord, Heavy equip ment Foreman, Property Fore man, etc. All of the foremen, and engineers have a certain number of rated, men under them who nre placed in charge of men, records, work, etc. and they work together in close harmony It ia this harmony which permits a small group of men to perform al of the duties necessary.

Each sec tion overlaps the other so that no ends are left looao. Everything taken care of, all responsibility is placed and the whole runs as spiooth- ly as clock work- Two weeks ago mentioned the fact that several enrollees "were used in the C. S. Office. These include a property clerk, a report clerk, 'a file clerk, an administrative clerk, a typist anitl drafting! clerk.

Each phase of work is covered at least partially by one or more of these men, each is repotisibie to some. fOrs- man, engineer, Or to the superintendent. To transport the men to and from work the .0. S. has 16 trucks or pickups.

To maintain these vehicles, there is a mechanic, who with his assistants has all the facilities of a complete repair garage. The fifth annual invitational Junior High basketball tournament will get way this evening in the Columbus Grove school gymnasium. There are fourteen teams entered in the meet With sessions scheduled for March 4, 5, 7, 11 and 13. Tho Delphos Junior High teams, Jefferson and St. John's, am entered, in the tournament aiul are ceded into separate brackets.

St. John's Junior High team will play their game tonight against Miller at 7:30 o'clock. In other games which will be played this evening, Continental will be 'pitted against Blanchard at 8:30 and Ottawa Public and Vaughnsville will battle at 9:30. Ft. Jennings is also jn this bracket but drew a first round bye'.

Jefferson's Junior High Will otie'i Tuesday night's session with Glandorf 'furnishing the opposition. This gamo will start at 7:30 o'clock. Ottoville and Pandora will meet at" 8:30 and Parochial and Lcipsic at 9:30. ColumbiiB Grove drew the'bye in the lower bracket. Second round play will begin Thursday, March 7, with four games-being scheduled: 1 Mack Schaffer, of Columbus Grove, has been secured to officiate at the tournament.

Greeting of the Day REMOVALS MADE IN AMBULANCE Did you eta joy the week-end? The weather was most ly hot pleasaflt either Saturday or Sunday. Quite a lot water fell, as pepple residing on South Main street and In gome, other parts ef Delphos can testify. The Waters were not as high as they've been on many casions In the past but Delphos was in a very sodden condition on both still is dampish now. Well; well, Basketball Fans and'players, Cheer up. We've taken defeats in the will in the -future.

Bach team won its first Both lost out in the second round. Rather hard to take two beatings in one day but we'll live through hope. Time to turn attention' to baseball and kittenball and there'll likely be plenty of both in Delphos during the cbming spring and summer season to claim our interest. EXPECT LARGE ATTENDANCE ATK.QF\C.MEET A. large attendance is anticipated for the meeting of the Delphos council, Knights Of Columbus, to be held in the K.

of C. rooms at 8:00 o'clock tonight. Norbert 'Stechschulte, newly- appointed district deputy, will be in attendance the meeting. Have you paid your pledge? MRSi HUMPHREYS IS MAKING HOME IN LIMA Mrs. Lucile Humphreys, who has- been residing with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr.

anid Mrs. L. W. Freyermuth, West First street, is now making her home in Lima where she is employed. GRANGERS WILL GIVE PROGRAM The members of Riverside grange are to present program at Perry Center grange on Tuesday evening.

Mrs. Ray Foust, North Washington street, was removed from her hom3 to Rita's hospital in Lima Saturday night. Mrs. Russell Hoffman and her in- fan't, son ere from. St.

Rita's to the Hoffman home, three miles east of Delphos Sunday afternoon. Mrs. John Wade, who resides on South Washington was removed i-rom her homo to St. Rita's hospital Monday morning; These removals were made in the Hartei- ambulance. Old at 40? Get Pep FEEL YOUNGER-OR NO COSf "I'm 71.

Felt OLD. BO MJuMistedj run-down. Bill Oatrex proved I could get Jeol Edw. Sfiaw. Council Bluffsi 3ai contain tonics, stimulants often needed after by bodies locking Iron, calcium.

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