The Bremen Enquirer from Bremen, Indiana • Page 1

READ THE WANT AD3 The classified column offers a wealth of suggestions to those who Buy, Sell, Trade or Rent. TOUR OWN 1I0MK TOWN Is the best plac to do all your It'u a good rule to Be Loyal To Bremen. "A Good Newspaper In A Good Town" OLt MK it BREMEN MARSHALL. COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1928. NUMBER 5 Our Cousin John Misunderstands Us By Albert T.

Reid BREMEN LEGION WINS PRIZE FOR MEMBERS SIGNED ON THE SIDE Curbstone Comment and Random Reflations that Come to the Editor as the Big Parade Goes By ROAD BOOSTERS START WORK ON STATEHIGHWAY Bremen Men Attend Meeting of Toledo-Chicago Pilte Association To Discuss Possibility Of New Itoad. must Meah flMylIlMiPi AUOTHEP. NAVAL jfT- 1 'flfffff i RACE' tllHI I fill .11 ji ''fefMAf JillTJM I of the child, each to have it half of the time. In court for over four years, the estates of David Henry Morris and Charles Morris were straightened out this week and are on the road ot be settled. The twe men were brothers and died within a short time of each other.

Their estates were so intermingled that difficulty always arose in attempts at settlement. The case of the John Deere Blow Co. vs. Willis C. Divine et al has The county Sunday School contention uill be held In Bremen hi car.

It has boon many years since the Sam! ay school people of the county VI their annual meeting: here. In the years that have past, there have been many changes. Among other things, the programs now offered at gu meetings are superior to those of the past. The 1928 convention will bring to Bremen an array of leadership that efTers the community a rare opportunity to hear something of real worth. The speakers selected by the program builders of the convention are of national reputation.

Bremen people should feel grateful for the rrUilege of hearing them during the A number of good road hoot-r from Bremen went to Kendall ille Friday night to a good read meeting. The men who went on the Kendall-v ille trip went at their own expense, "pending their time and money to do hatever they could to help this community get its share of the state and federal roads. These are to be ommended for their communty spirit A few slurring remarks were heard the next day. belittling the effort of! the Bremen is to be con- that there are so few of; Up5 knockers who seem to get their, ctly pleasure in life out of such re-marfc. But it is a sad fact that one knocker can tear down more than ten roosters can build tip.

The men who went to Kendallviile mrvi the trip because they believe i in Bremen and have an honest desire to help the community get better toad. There is a strong probability that Bremen will be on the route of the new State Road No. 6. the To-. Tike.

In clue time, a rublie meeting will be called to ex-' phvin the matter and to seek public v.i port if the project. In the mean- time, th leat we can do is to en-i mirage the few who are willing to jenl the time and money necessary! tr do the preliminary work. A hit load of Bremen men went to Chicago yesterday to see Mr. Ford's new car. The trip would have sounded like r.

fairy tale twenty years ago. But -a would all the things Mr. Ford has tor during thse twenty years. Mr. i n.

who looks after Mr. Ford's roterets in Bremen, did a gox! piece of publicity work when he took the Bremen men to Chicago. It was sr'i pur-nctty recause instructed, .1 entertained while mt" the nien. it was "sell- Th II1-Y club gave Uh annual IVhrr and Son banquet Monday nlht. Th lii-Y ub ha proven itself to i all 1 i th fmet orsrariratior.s tn TV of Bremen.

It a -i vur.sr and has a h-t of old fah.ore1 old folks at a V'-une man can rev bis yitt' anv "wild oats" per-if he hr the prm-or leadAr-hip Sherfey has done a work ir itv, a' valu" in keerirg alive Hi-Y dut irg recent vea I Ill-V speaker Mr!" th- -a that a father "pa!" with hi I on overworked idea YVhn ii- fat and forty you can't, r-i: in a ctm with young fel- twelve or fifteen yotfre just, way. An! if the gang knows that yi-n't on ti souare with them, and, to help buy the bal's and tats and '-'-oc, and intervste.l in the me ar.d Pw who are It. thev won't fel sore atfut if don't make ri nenkey out voursdf by tryirg to play with After all, if iu'-d a matter Mi sens-e. of thi- "pal" advice. I have comes from young pcoph ba-.

no bvs of the steanv" or rni old thev have 'ti own youthful wa 4). I. w- ni never ft if he had rot ad i in B.re- Otho B. Place Post Gains State Honor By Reaching Quota And More In 1928 Campaign For Members. American Legion posts of the thir teenth congressional district, of which Bremen is a part, have made a de cided gain in new members over last year In a drive that is now on, Rich ard J.

Kruse, of Michigan City, district commander, said today in an nouncing the standings of the posts at the end of the first phase of a new member drive that wil end Feb ruary 6th. Valuable prizes, trophies and citations will be given by the Indiana department of the Legion at the close of each phase of the drive to Legion posts and individuals who distinguish themselves in obtaining new members. Three posts of this district won distinguished service citations for their exceptional work In the first phase of the drive, District Commander Kruse announced They were Middlebury Post No. 210, which has exceeded its last year's membership and has a standing of 113 percent, and is leading this district. Culver Post No.

76 with 108 percent, second in this district and Bremen Post No. 106. third in the district. These standings were earned in competition with other posts of the entire state. Michigan City Post No.

37 has the lead In an individual member challenge with Gary Post No. 17. Richard Wlersema, of Gary Post won the gold and onyx Legion emblem ring given to the individual in the state signing up the most new members in the period of the first wave. He signed up fifty-six new members, while Thomas J. Lentz, also of the Gary post signed up forty-three.

Similar prizes will be given at the nd of the other waves In the new-member drive. Warren Post No. C6 won the handsome Legion shield with appropriate bronze plate in the statewide competition having attained in the first phase the highest percentage of Its quota. The standings of the other Legion posts in this district as announced by District Commander Kruse are in the order in which the posts are named: Knox No. 131: Argos No.

58: Goshen No. 30; Michigan City No. 37; Warsaw No. 49; Milford No. 2'-'G; Pterce-ton No.

Akron No. 277) Misha-waka No. 61. Rochester No. 36; Plymouth No.

27; Klkhart No. 74; Wak-arusa No. 307; LaPorte No. 83: South Bend No. fV; North Judson No.

192; Nappanee No. 15-f: Walkerton No. 1S7; South Bond No. 309; and Wana-tah No. 39.

Grain Men ty Winter Is Bad For Wheat Be ports from those driving through the country in this part of Indiana are to the effect that the wheat crop is seriously damaged and several of the "wise ones" are advising farmers to hold the'r grain The wheat buyers are holding and the speculators are buying, it is said. The cold, open winter Is the cause of this condition. W. F. Schilt.

veteran Bremen grain dealer, regards the situation as serious. "Corn is being shipped Into this market for feeding purposes," he points out. "and we have plenty cf idle farm land that could be put in use to raise our own corn nnd check high prices. More of our farms should be worked." Legion And Auxilhry To Give Box Social An old f.V'hloned box Sfcia! and fishing pond nre announced for Friday even'ng, Feb. 10, by the Amor- lean Leqion and the Auxiliary.

The affair Is given to raise money for the treasury of the local organization, nnd the monitors of the post and the Auxiliary are making a strenuous effort to see that eerylody gets an invitation to attend. Cl'IA Kll TBAMS COMING. High school basketball fans will get a full evening's entertainment Friday, when the Culver turns will Invade the Bremen court. There will le three games, Intwe'n the firs-t nnd second toys' teams and the pirls. That Bremen will surely be on the much travelled Toledo-Chicago Pike when the highway Is fin.

illy completed, and that the road will be one of the nation's most popular routes across the Hoosicr state, were th points of Interest stressed in a meeting of the Toledo-Chicago Pike Association at Kendallviile Friday evening. Fnthusiasm and a fine npirlt of cooperation marked the meeting, which followed a banquet nt the Cawthrop hotel in Kendallviile and was attended by more than l.r.O road boosters from towns all along the route from Bryan. Ohio, to Bremen. Bremen sent a delegation of eleven men and Nappanee sont fifteen. The Bremen men who attended ths meeting learned many new facts concerning the plans of the Toledo-Chicago Pike Association, all of which will strengthen the claim of Bremen and Nappanee for preference in th location of State Boad No.

6, th proposed and authorized state highway which is to be built to relieve the congestion of traffic on the Lincoln Highway and Yellowstone Trail. The purpose of the Toledo-Chicago association Is to divert the traffic of that road to the direct route by way of Bryan, Waterloo, Kendallviile, Llgonier, Nappanee, Bremen, and westward to Chicago, making the new No. 6 highway the official new Toledo-Chicago route. The route Is now paved from the atate line to Waterloo. It was announced at the meeting Friday night that John D.

Williams, director of the state highway department, had stated that day that the fourteen-mile stretch between Waterloo and Kendallviile would be paved during the coming summer. Some time in the near future repre-tentatlves of the Toledo-Chicago association will make a trip to Bremen to explain to citizens here what the organization Is trying to do, and how people along the route can hi lp in getting the road located. After a program of music and brief responses by representatives from tho several towns In the meeting. K. Arnold of Flkhart was Introduced and gave the principal address of the evening.

Mr. Arnold Is secretary of the Indiana Good Bonds Association and is an authority on the subject of roads. His conclusions as to the No. 6 route for the Toledo-Chicago Pik were very encouraging to the boosters for the road. Those In the party from Bremen were John Rwalm.

H. L. Walter. Hurl Bichardson. II.

Stoller, William Schlorser. C. B. Huff. Bdward Hek-aman, Charles Fisher.

W. B. Walter, Lloyd Dunnck. and J. K.

Gorrell. Hi-Y Club dives Banquet For Fathers And Sons The annual Fathers and Sons banquet of the Ili-Y club was given Monday evening in the dining room of First Kvnngelical church. Sixty-two oy3 and men were served by the Indies Aid of the church. The room had bec-n decorated in club colors with the tables arranged in an Inner triangle. During the meal there were musical numbers by Ward Mangus, Mis Zelma Kaley.

nnd Walter Kimble. Keith Bondurnnt, presi- 1 dent of the club, presided. He was introduced by H. B. Sherfey, the sponsor.

Bev. II. P. Bloesch spoke briefly of the good effects to be derived from a proper understanding between men and boys. The principal address was by B.

A. Hcyer, head of boys' guidance work at the University of Notre Dame. After some Interesting pleasantries and demonstrations, Mr. Hoyer told of the various types of fathers, with interesting observations of his owi about each type. Itobort Widmar led the group singing.

Bev. D. A. Kaley offered the invocation nnd Bev. C.

A. Slekafoo pronounced the lienedictlon. BOURBON YOUNG MAN CONVICTED BY COURT JURY "WaHcr Hatfield Is Guilty Of Chicken Stealing, Ac cording To Jury's Finding; In Court At That Walter Hatfield was one of the Bourlxn young men who made a visit to the Borden farm last March and stole a number of chickens which thev afterwards of to poultry dealer, was the conviction of the jury in the case of the State of Indiana vs. Walter Hatfield which was tried in circuit court during the closing days of last week. Thirty witnesses offered testimony during the trial.

Upon the jury's finding. Hatfield uas sentenced to six months impris- onment and given a $50 fine. Hatfield was alleged to have Vecn one of a gang composed of Stephen Kinsey and Mendell and himself. Mendelf is now serving his sentence in a state institution Kinsey. wh assisted the state in the trial against Hatfield, is faced with trial in the near future unless he pleads guilty 1 and throws himself on the mercy of the court.

Baul Bains, who was placed in jail recently by the Sheriff, for ignoring order of the court to make payments for th? support of ha children, was brought tie fore the court Saturday, i He paid to his ife and as released upon his promise to keep up I YF.S, MB. (JKOPXI) 1KMJ SUKKLY SAW HIS SHADOW TODAY Here is a close-up picture of Mr. Ground Hog, taken today when he ventured forth to make this claim once more to the world championship in weather forecasting. Unless he was blind, he surely saw his shadow today, for the sun was shining through the clouds nt several different times. Now the question is, does he know anything about It? We'll see.

Deaths Of The Week WiLMAM MAY. After an illness of only three days William May died at his home on West Plymouth street Wednesday morning. He had been in apparently good health until Sunday morning, when he suffered a paralytic stroke while he was getting ready to go to the morning church service. His condition grew gradually worse until death came Wednesday morning. Mr.

May was born In Germany February 17, 1 S.V), and came to America when he was three years old. For more than forty years he has been a resident of Bremen, where he conducted a machine shop and was Identified with many commercial and community projects of the town. On July Ifi, 185 he was united in marriage with Amy K. Lehr of Bremen. Five child! en were born to them.

Mrs. May died January 17, 1917 and on April 7, 1921 he was united In marriage with Zylpha I. Hess, who survives. He Is survived also by two sons and two daughters, Foster May of Aurora, 111., and Chester May of Bremen. Mrs.

Lillian Noel of Dallas. Texas, and Mrs. Daisy Cochern of Mishawaka. five grandchildren and three sisters. Mrs.

Albert Martin of Cleveland, Mrs. William Kruegar of Mishawaka, and Mrs. Frank Wolcott of Lincoln, Nebraska. One daughter, Bose, died April 17, 1912. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 10.30 oclock at the United Brethren church.

Bev. C. A. Fiekafoose, pastor of the church, will efficiate. Burial will be in the Bremen cemetery.

PHILIP STOCKINGLIt. Philip Stockinger. a resident of Bremen for fifty-one years, died at his home Tuesday morning after an Illness of several days. Mr. Stockinger was born January 1C, 1816 In Kallstadt, Germany, and came to America in 1SG7.

He lived in New York for nine years, coming to Bremen in 1876. whc-e he sper.c the remainder of his life. For forty-four years Mr. Stockinger conducted a store and was known as one of the town's progressive and prominent merchants. He retired from active husincss eight years ago.

On April 8. 1871 he was united In marriage with Bmilie Mueller and eight children were horn to them. Mrs. Stockinger died In lfG and In 189S he was united in marriage with Emma Kiefer of Woodland, who survives. Other surviving relatives are four sons.

Fmil of Chicago, Herman of Toledo Albert of Bremen and Adolph of Detroit, four daughters. Johanna, Hed-wig and Agnes of Asheville, North Carolina, nnd Mrs. J. J. Byder of Bremen.

He leaves, also, one brother. Christian Stockinger, of New York N. and eight grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 1.30 oclock at the residence and at 2.00 oclock at St. Paul's Lutheran church.

Bev. W. T. Voe, 1, pastor of the church will officiate in the service. Burial will be In the Bremen cemetery.

JACOB J. BBYI.K.U. Jacob J. Beyler. son of George and Rebecca Beyler, was lorn June 18 113 on a farm north of Premen and I Continent! on Pr.ge Col.

5. cn continued Charles Campbell, of Rochester. was in Blymouth Friday and qualified as special judge in the case of the State vs. Stephen Culp, Edward J. Peterson and Dan Bollinger.

Motions will lie heard on Feb. 9 but the case wil Inot come up for trial nt that time. Monday the case of John V. Barker of Smith Bend vs. Harry Melbourne of Culver was heard by the court.

The case of Charles Sheetz vs. Steele, in the matter of the Artificial Ice Company, will be before the court Feb. 22. FORD DEALER HOST TO BREMEN MEN ON TRIP TO BIG SHOW K. V.

Poison, of the Bremen Mo- 1 tor Sales, local Ford dealers, was host to a party of Bremen men who went to Chicago yesterday to see the Ford Industrial Fxposition. which is being held In the Armory, just across ti alley from the Coliseum, where tbe national automobile show is be- ing held. The party visited both shows. Included in the Ford exhibit are all of the Ford products, including the new model A cars, the Bincolns. trl- motor airplanes, etc.

saw- the Johansson The n.en also gauge display. Ford's first shop lathe, forgings ard o--hib'tion tables, coke-oven models. epen-hearth models, rolling mills, ste-rl exhibit, showing the evohi- PHONE MERGER NOT APPROVED Public Service Commission Declines To Give O. K. To Purchase Of Bremen Plant By Big Company Thc Indiana Public Service Com mission declined to alter its decision to refuse petitions of the Associated Telephone Company for the purchase of eleven of the local telephone exchanges of northern Indiana, one of which is the Bremen plant.

The petitions were denied last year by the commission and were appeal ed by the promotion company. Hearings were held in the Marion circuit court at Indianaiolis and a transcript of the proceedings was sent to the commission for consideration. Companies involved in the proposed sale, besides the Bremen exchange, are located at VVolcott, Goodland, North Judson, Mt. Ayr, St. Joseph.

Lapaz. Tyner, Walkerton, Nappanee, and North Liberty. Income Tax Collector To Be At PIvmouth A deputy collector of internal revenue will be at the court house at Plymouth on Feb. IT and IS and again from Feb. 25 to 20.

it has been announced by the department. There is no charge for his pervices in assisting tax payers in preparing their income tax returns. Rebuked! 1 aw Hi 1 in Senator Jarr.cs Iletlin of who was sharply rrhuked by his elocf for hivrcp' aed attacks upon Ciuirch, its "IV'ii'k Vat hive." Gov. Al. Smitti and Trn Hall." i t' 'TV A 1.

'A' the payments promptly. The pav-3 men's were guaranteed by Nmd sign- eil bv father and brother I-croy Ba irs. Joseph Florence Humtich ur tion of a machine from the raw mate-ma'" application for letters of ad-1 rial to the finished product. There ministration in the estate of Win. were many interesting tests and dern-Hes.

Jess Hess appealed to onst rat ions and exhibits of all by- tl a- 1 vte court in the triattrr of roduets. Ins removal a. executor of the es- The trip was a rewlatlon to th late. visitors as to what the Industrial cy- Jc hn youthftd South Bend c'o means to every- purchaser of For. I lioy.

as to have been brought be- pnvhiets. and gave something of an fore th rmnt this week on harges idea of the hu re plants maintains of tranjirtat ion of intoxicating li- bv the Ford company, quor. An entire day -onume-d Those who made the trio were YV. by the defandant attorney. V.

Tt Walter. Wilbur Keyser, J. Iteed Krox, to di harpe the do- Teeht never, Fdwar.1 Laudman. fendar.t. but was finaMy ovcrnded.

Mardn Setler. Frank Thomas. Wil-Th defendant then asked a chan.ge Ham Kneel. Fred piowlby. A.

F. F.rns-cf verue from Ju ice hipm an. who Ivrprr, Oliver lloople, 11. 1. Walter, named Frank MartSndaio.

1. Me-j Herbert Sloan. Harl Richardson. B. Krsen and Clattde l.

Carson, of Bre- H. Polon, M. M. Davis. Harold Die-men.

By elimination of the fsrsd two trh h. Alvln Paisley, IT. N. Wagner, men Cars, was left to decide the 1 lro Knoblo Bufrene Bally, and he will qualify some time In Georre Kipfer. Arthur Zilimer.

If. M. 1-VViuarv. i Wahl. Henry Kiefer, Charles Olcrly, was planted a di-j John N.

Poison, John Brock. I tarry from Jennie I'ncapher and the i Torn. Charles Arch, and B. W. Pol-court ranted l-oth parents son..