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Clipper GREATER WEEKLIES OF AMERICA INDIANA DIVISION UARR READ BY MORE GARRETT PEOPLE THAN ANY OTHER PUBLICATION IN THE WORLD GARRETT, DEKALB COUNTY, INDIANA, JANUARY 2, 1941 MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS MIMBIR in the Lives of Little Men HENRY A. GARD'S WIDOW IS DEAD AT NEARLY 80 YEARS FIRST BABY OF '41 HONOR IS WON BY JAMES GETTS His Brother Was First Baby of 1 940 DANIEL WILLARD SENDS GREETINGS The following New Year's message has been posted at all B. O. points: "To my fellow-employes of the Baltimore and Ohio and Alton railroads: "During the year just ended many of us experienced deep personal sorrows, and from them we have undoubtedly gained a more sympathetic understanding of each other and a fuller realization of the misfortunes of millions of people in other lands who are compelled to meet and live, every day, with suffering and anxiety from which, thus far, we as a nation have been spared. "While no one would claim that our system of government is perfect.

I believe that, whatever its imperfections, it has brought more happiness to those who live under it than has any other kind of government on earth. "Confident that we are all in accord with this view, I feel certain that we will unitedly begin the New Year with the firm determination to support our Government to the fullest extent in its program of preparedness against any possible emergency. And we should bear in mind at all times regardless of the nature of our individual duties that efficient service by the railroad system with which we are connected is the most effective way in which we can give such support. "I appreciate your many evidences of loyalty given during 1940, and I wish you and the members of your families good health and happiness throughout the New Year. "DANIEL WILLARD, President." ANNUAL PARTY FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS GIVEN BY LIONS The annual reunion of the college students living in Garrett as guests of the Lions club was held at the New Garrett hotel Monday evening and was a happy event.

Thirty-nine students were in attend ance and a welcome on behalf of the club was extended by D. L. Haffner. The response was given by Reinhart Bergstedt. Following were a violin solo by Miss Jean Dunkin; a brief talk on a dress designing course by Miss Mary Micu; piano solo by Miss Elinor Diederich; a report on the recent convention at Washington, D.

of the Scabbard and Blade, honorary military fraternity, by John Kooken; and a cornet solo by Edwin Dunkin. Then Miss Barbara Van Fleit, junior prom queen at Indiana -university last spring, was asked to take a bow and Donald Painter was called upon to describe the election of the queen. Prizes were won in a drawing by Miss Betty Lou Weaver and Reinhart Bergstedt. In closing, New Year greetings were extended by George E. Mountz, president of the club.

MUCK CROP SCHOOL WILL BE HELD AT WATERLOO JAN. 9 The joint DeKalb and Steuben county muck crop school, under the direction of C. E. Baker and T. M.

Grabill, DeKalb and Steuben county agents respectively, and Roscoe Fraser, Purdue muck crop specialist, will begin at 10 a. m. Thursday, Jan. 9, at the Waterloo school building, Mr. Baker said Tuesday.

At 10 a. m. Mr. Fraser will discuss muck soil management, using information taken from the highest-yielding muck crop records mace in club work. He will tell of the practices that have proved profitable in recent years, including those ot E.

L. Mitchell and W. K. Gast used in obtaining the highest yields of onions ever produced in Indiana. Motion pictures will be used for illustration.

Muck crop findings from Michigan and Indiana experimental farms will be the county muck crop growers' association meeting and program planning. Farmers are invited to bring air-dry samples of soil from their farms which they expect to plant next spring. These samples will be tested at Purdue university for plant food materials and fertilizer recommendations will be made on the basis of these tests. LOCAL MARKETS As of January 2, 1941 Wheat 83 Oats 35 No. 4 Corn 74 Roy Beans .82 Hogs, 100 lbs $5.75 Calves 11 Esgs i7-'is Heavy Spring Chickens 16 Light Springers 14 Light Weight Hens 10 Heavy Hens 13 Calf Hides .07 Beef Hides 05 INVITING Mrs.

Barbara Mavity of 112 South Guilford street to be a guest of The Clipper to see Claudette Colbert and Ray Mil- land in "Arise My Love" Sun- day or Monday at the Gala theatre. This coupon will be ex- changed for a ticket if brought to The Clipper office by 5 p. m. Monday. Ticket is not transferable.

LICENSED TO WED Albert W. Keyes, 29, soldier, Cold-water, and Dorothy Jetmore, 18, Butler. Events H. M. MESSENGER, ALBERT YODER ON ADVISORY BOARD New Organization Set Up for Draft Two DeKalb county residents have been honored with appointmients as volunteer advisors on occupational deferments for the selective service system in the fourth congressional district.

Three representatives were named for each district, representing industry, labor and agriculture. The. fourth district members are Harry M. Mpssenger of Auburn foij industry, Albert Yoder of Jackson township, for agriculture and Frank Morgan of Fort WTayne, for labor. Mr.

Messenger is the president of the Messenger Corporation and a leader in civic affairs. He is the president of the county selective service board. Mr. Yoder has long been prominent in farmers' activities, particularly in the farm bureau. The advisors will serve without pay.

Their duties will be to advise selective service boards and state headquarters on postponement of military training for necessary men. They will furnish information relative to labor supplies in various occupations, time required to train replacements of men selected for military training, shortage of man powei and other factors. Creation of the district boards was announced at Indianapolis by Gov. M. Clifford Townsend.

Additional volunteers announced by the DeKalb county selective service board are Floyd E. Meiser of 400 South Guilford street, Garrett, Laurence E. Wappes of R. 2, Auburn, and Herbert R. Thomas of 818 North Cedar street, Auburn.

The board received notices of th enlistment of the following DeKalb county registrants in the army: Orval C. Deetz of route 1, Hudson, assigned to the air corps in Panama, and to be trained at Maxwell Field, Ala. Ralph H. Mertz cf route 4, Corun-na, assigned to Fort Hayes, Columbus, as a clerk. TRUCK WRECKED IN ACCIDENT SOUTH OF GARRETT ON U.

S. 27 A Ford semi-trailer truck loaded with potatoes, driven by Ralph Cyr of Edmond, was demolished early Tuesday morning when it crashed into the ditch four miles south of Garrett on road 27. The truck sheared off a telephone pole before stopping. The driver was uninjured. Cyr claims he was driving south on road 27 and as he attempted to pass a Plymouth oar driven by Merle Hontz of LaOtto, the latter made an abrupt left turn into the gravel pit entrance at that point, causing Cyr to swerve into the ditch.

Charles Conway of Edmond, owner of the truck, hauled the demolished vehicle back to Michigan later in the day. The accident was Investigated by Office C. M. Minnich and William Hauck of Garrett. Hospital Sacred Heart Howard Dilley, 30, of Garrett, a state highway employe, was injured Tuesday afternoon in a cave-in at a gravel pit south of Garrett.

He was taken to the Sanders hospital in Auburn in an ambulance for X-ray examination and then was removed to the Sacred Heart hospital. He had a knee severely bruised, but his condition is not serious. Robert McMahan, 19of Fort Wayne, is recovering from serious lacerations of the throat received last Saturday night when an automobile in which he was riding ran into a B. O. train at Avilla.

It was at first reported that the accident occurred at the G. R. I. crossing at the south edge of Kendall-ville. Admitted: Monday Miss Evelyn Beber of 412 South Peters street, major operation; baby daughter of Mrs.

Wylene Farrington of Corunna. medical care; Tuesday Charles Smith of Wolf Lake, tonsilectomy and he returned home the next day; H. A. Hink-lin of 314 South Franklin street, medical care; Warren Tarney of 114 AVest Second street. Auburn, injuries and he went home the same day; Floyd Johnson of Churubusco, major operation.

A daughter was born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Engelbert of 601 North Jackson street. Auburn. Robert Johnson of Corunna, was kicked in the i'ace by a bull Tuesday on his farm.

His face was badly-bruised and lacerated. He is a patient at the hospital. Other patients in the hospital are: Mrs. C. E.

Bass. F. E. Long, Mrs. Ida Inibody, Miss Anna McCrystal.

Lawrence Aleg, Miss Virginia Hall and Mrs. Sylvia Furnish of Garrett; Mrs. Sarah Marling of the Sacred Heart Home. Avilla; Ivan Culbertson and Mrs. Wayne T.

YanAuken of Auburn; Dessel Read of Auburn rural route; Aaron Harrold of Churubusco; Mrs. Cramer of LaOtto; and Walter Ludwiski of Altona. Dismissed: Robert McCullough and Mrs. Susie Hartle of Garrett; Mrs. Ralph Fortman and baby son of Avilla route Richard Foster of Auburn; Mrs.

Leola Leslie of Pleasant Lake; Lloyd Ludwick of Edon, and Leonard Morris of 2511 Smith street, Fort Wavne. CATTLE OWNERS MUST MAKE TESTS FOR BANG'S DISEASE Many cattle owners have the erroneous impression that the United States bureau of animal industry has substituted calfhood vaccination for the test and slaughter plan for the control of Bang's disease, according to Dr. C. R. Donham.

head of the veterinary department of Purdue university. Calfhood vaccination is recognized only as an adjunct or supplement to the test and slaughter plan for control of the disease, he explained. DeKalb County Agent C. E. Baker said that much testing has been done in this county by dairymen interested in getting clean-herd certificates.

For eligibility in the DeKalb countv annual fair cattle must have had at least two clean tests or the herd must have a clean-herd certificate. To get this certificate a herd must have four clean tests. "Interested dairymen can obtain the test for little expense," Mr. Baker said. "Dr.

Edgar S. Wrisrht, federal veterinary for this region, will test a herd free of charge to co-operators for the eradication of Bang's disease. However the owner must agree to eliminate any reactors and they must be butchered within 15 days after the animals are branded. The owner also must agree on an annual herd test at his own expense, which is a reasonable one." SPENCER VI LLE MAN TELLS OF CRASH THAT KILLED SEVEN Charles Agler of Spencerville, was in Auburn Monday and he has practically recovered from injuries received Christmas day in an automobile accident on road 30 six miles west of Lexington. when seven persons lost their lives.

Agler was in a hospital at Lexington three days and returned home Sunday night. His scalp was severely cut. He was on his way home from a week's visit with relatives at Long Beach. and was one of seven persons riding in a hired automobile. The left rear tire of the car blew out while the machine was traveling sixty miles an hour.

The automobile swerved in front of another car. Agler was riding in the "rear seat A seven-year-old girl who had been sitting on Agler's lap was among those killed. Two riding in the front seat of the same automobile were killed and four in the other car. FIFTH GAS WELL IN A YEAR ON FARM AT ROCKPORT, IND. Rockport.

Dec 30. The perfect Niw Year's telegram has been tent to Mr. and Mrs. Amos P. Wright, a Spencer county farm couple spending the winter at Day-tona Beach, "Stay as long as you like and forget the expense, for another gas well has brought in on your farm." The message concerned the fifth gas well of more than 5,000.000 cubic feet daily flow to be struck on the Wright farm in a year.

It is in -the heart of the Rockport gas field of 40 new gas wells having an estimated potential of 230.OV0.0O0 cubic feet daily. All but three ivelis are in production to the Kentucky Natural Gas company. I A 1 I I COURT HAS DOUBT OF MAN'S GUILT OF DRUNK DRIVING Dismisses Case; Arrest Made Here Presiding in the DeKalb circuit court Tuesday as special judge, James R. Nyce found Carl E. Carlson, a Fort Wayne salesman, not guilty of a charge of drunk driving and dismissed the case.

Carlson was arrested last Sept. 14 by Officer C. M. Minnich of Garrett, and he was removed from Garrett to the county jail in Auburn by Sheriff Artus Coyle and Officer Ora Lyons of Auburn. He pleaded not guilty to the affidavit signed by Policeman Minnich and was released -on $500 bond.

Walter C. Clark of east of Auburn, interrogated by Prosecuting Attorney Geo. E. Mountz, testified that he followed Carlson on U. S.

Road 27 approaching Garrett from the south and that the defendant did not drive straight. On two occasions, Carlson's car went over onto the berm. He drove slowly, however. Officer Minnich was notified and took Carlson into custody at the south edge of Garrett. All three officers testified that they smelled liquor on the defendant's breath.

Carlson, who was defended by Attorney Dan M. Link of Auburn, told the court that he had been applying paint to the roof of his homo in Fort Wayne that day and that the weather was hot. He said he drank a bottle of beer at 10 a. m. and another during the afternoon.

Without eating anything, he started for his summer home at Penn Park, Hamilton lake. He claimed that the fumes of the paint, made him sick and drowsy and interfered with his driving. He denied he wa3 intoxicated. John Brewer, Allen county auditor, Gregg Brandeberry and August Beyrau. all of Fort Wrayne.

testified that the defendants reputation for sobriety was good and that they never heard of him being intoxicated. At the conclusion of the testimony, Special Judge Nyce said it was not proven beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was guilty. He himself was a painter in his earlier years and his father followed the trade also and he commented that he knew the fumes of paint would sometimes cause illness. Mr. Nyce, a former resident of Auburn and for the last few years a practicing attorney at Angola, recently was appointed court reporter at Laporte and he and Mrs.

Nyce moved to a residence near that city. He was at one time prosecutor for DeKalb and Steuben counties and also formerly was court reporter in the two counties. Charged witft using the mails to defraud. Fred H. Miller, 32, alias C.

Lambert, was arrested at Indianapolis Monday. He had advertised, federal authorities alleged, that he had developed a "foolproof" system of betting on horse races. Postal authorities said they had learned of four persons who had paid over $600 for Miller's system. Burial to be Made Union Cemetery in The funeral of the late Mrs. Mary Ann Gard.

a pioneer resident of Garrett, will be held at the First Baptist church Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. D. J. Dunkin will officiate and interment will be made in Union cemetery, northwest of Garrett.

Mrs. Gard would have reached the age of ninety had she lived until Jan. 10. She succumbed Monday night at 10:30 o'clock at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Ina Field, and a granddaughter.

Mrs. Thomas A. Moore, in Chicago from cancer of the liver. Her condition had been serious for the last two months. The body was brought to Garrett Tuesday night and ill remain at the George W.

II sr mortuary until the time of the services. The Chicago relatives also arrived Tuesday night. Mrs. Gard was born in Whitley county, her maiden name being Mary Ann Inks. She and Mr.

Gard were married Sept. 16. 1S73. at South Whitley and they moved from Cromwell to Garrett in 1S79. Thev lived for many years at 213 East High street.

Mr. Gard died March 5, 1936, and since that time his widow had resided with her relatives in Chicago. Survivors include another daughter, Mrs. Carlie Coffinberry of Redwood City, two granddaughters. Mrs.

Otto Kloppenberg of Glendale. and Mrs. Moore; and four great grandchildren, James and Carolyn Moore of Chicago, and John and Carolvn Kloppenberg of Glendale. Calif. One daughter.

Mabel, died in childhood and another, Mrs. Vada Graham, died in Chicago in 1933. A son. Charles L. (Andy) Gard, was seriously wounded while fighting with the American expeditionary forces at Chauteau Thierry, on the Western Front, during the World war.

He returned home and was fatally injured in 1931 when a roof fell from a building at Randolph and Quincy streets and struck him as he was walking past. Mrs. Gard was a member of the First Baptist church and the G. I. A.

to B. of L. E. for many years. Mr.

and Mrs. R. E. s'arber of South Harirson street were in Chicago Monday to visit Mrs. Gard.

INCREASING THE POPULATION Recent births: A son weighing eight pounds Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Maurer at their home on South Union street in Altona.

A son Thursday morning to Mr. and Mrs. William Knisley of 410 South Guiiford street at Sacred Heart hospital. BLANKS FOR INCOME TAX TO BE MAILED ON JAN. 3, 1941 Will H.

Smith. U. S. collector of internal revenue for the district of Indiana, today advised that the federal income tax returns will be mailed to all taxpayers of record on January 3, 1941. Under the changes made by the Revenue Act of 1940.

many thousand new taxpayers will be added to the list of those filing in the past. The Federal Income Tax Law now provides that single individuals, or married individuals not living with husband or wife, having a gross income of $S00 or more, or married individuals living together having a combined gross income of $2,000 or more, must file returns. The net income is no longer to be used in determining the liability for the filing of a Federal income tax return. The liability of a citizen or resident of the United States to file a return is dependent upon his status as a married or single person, and the amount of his gross income. Therefore, every citizen or resident of the United States will be required to file a return for the taxable year 1940 if his gross income in 1940.

regardless of the amount of bis net income. within the amount speciiied above for his particular status. A return must be filed even though, by reason of allowable deductions from gross income and of allowable credits against nr-t income, it develops that no tax is due. Form 1040-A should be used for gross income of not more than $5,000 derived from salaries, w.iges. interest, dividends, and annuities.

Form 1040 should be used for gross income from salaries, wages, interest, dividends, and annuities of more than 5.000; or any part of your income is derived from other than salaries, wases. interest, dividends, or annuities. Form 1040 should be used regardless of the amount of your income. While returns must be filed on or before March 15. 1941, with the Collector of.

Internal Revenue for the District in which you reside, it is urged that they be filed as soon as possible after January 1. Assistance in preparing the returns and information concerning the Federal Income Tax Law may be secured by either writing or calling at the office-of Mr. Smith, third floor. Federal Building, Indianapolis, or by calling at the branch offices located in the following cities: East Chicago. Gary, Hammond.

South Bend, Fort Wayne, Logansport, Lafayette. Marion, Anderson. Muncie, Terre Haute, Evansville, New Albany, Vincences, Lawrence-burg, (Kokomo and Columbus, after January 15, 1941). This service is free and taxpayers are cordially invited to use the sam. Precedent was broken when the annual Keyser township first baby of the new year contest was won for the second consecutive time by Mr.

and Mrs. Estelle L. Getts of 312 South Harrison street. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.

Getts Wednesday morning at 6 o'clock at their home. Just a year ago on the same day they became the parents of a son. The 1941 baby is named James Albert and weighed 7VL pounds at birth. James Albert is the sixth child in the Getts family. The others are Joyce Ann, 6, Don Edward.

5, Maurice Rodney, nearly 4. Faith Joan, nearly 3, and Larry William, aged one year. The father, a son of Mrs. Emma A. Getts of near Ashley, is an employe of the Auburn Rubber Corp.

The mother is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Albert King of 617 West King street. She is very ill.

Gifts for the new baby will be presented by Besfs store. Sheets Studio, Zimmerman's drug store. Garrett Lumber Chas. Ort VanScoik's restaurant. George Laundry and Dry Cleaning Gala theatre, Stern Clothing Boston store, Blair's News Stand, Country Market, Juanita's Beauty Shop, Haffner's store, Chris-ten's drug store.

Clark Garrett City Coal Schlosser Oil Little's Hardware and Gerig Furniture Corp. A close race for the first baby of the new year honor was run by Mr. and Mrs. Sam Leeson of 114 First street, who became the parents of identical twin sons at Sacred Heart hospital Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. One of the babies weighed 4 pounds, 15 ounces and the other was 8 ounces lighter.

Mrs. Leeson entered the hospital at 5 o'clock Wednesday morning. These are the first children of Mr. and Mrs. Leeson.

Mr. Leeson is a cabinet maker employed by Haffner's 5c to $1.00 Stores Inc. at a factory on East Quincy street. He is a son of Mrs. Anna Leeson of Altona, and the mother of the twins is the former Ursula Vanderbosch, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Henry Jl. Vanderbosch of 517 West Edgerton street. GEORGE NOVINGER SAYS HE LIKES LIFE IN ARMY Staff Sergt. Roy E.

Quillin, in charge of the army's recruiting station at Fort Wayne, has received a letter from Private George Novinger of Garrett, who enlisted Decmber 3. He is stationed at Maxwell field, Montgomery, Ala. The letter reads in part as follows: "I have been going to write you for some time to tell you how pleased I am about my enlistment in the U. S. army.

My new life here at this post has been one of great interest these past few weeks, full of action and events at all times, and I shall never forget it. I could no doubt write pages about it, but you were all through it a number of years ago and know what it is like. "The food here is excellent, and I get the best of care and doctors. All my clothing, bedding and in fact everything I was issued was new. "I highly recommend this army life for any young man who wants to build his body and to develop his mentality to a higher standard.

The unlimited opportunities offred him today in the various branches of the army to fit a man for civil life are the greatest in the world. The goal I have set is to try and get everything possible from my enlistment period that the army offers me as I am very happy and contented with my new life and to be of service to my country." GARRETT AND AUBURN HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS HAVE DANCE A group of twenty-five Garrett high school girls entertained a similar number of Auburn girls and their boy friends at a "balloon dance" Monday evening in the auditorium of the Garrett high school. Each year the two groups hold dances. Parties are held in Garrett during tlie holidays and in Auburn during the Easter week-end. The ceiling of she.

auditorium Avas gay with balloon- in various colors. Jn the center oi the ceiling a large balloon was suspended to which rip cords were attached. When the cords were pulled a shower of snowballs fell on the happy assemblage. The stage was attractive with bridge lamps and decorations of green and red. A Christmas tree wa3 also in evidence.

There were fifty couples in attendance and music was furnished by Jack Little's orchestra. Mrs. J. Q. Walter, Mrs.

Walter Hol-singer and Mrs. J. F. Garrison served as a committee for the affair, while the mothers of all the hostesses had a part in making the evening a success. The hostesses were: the Misses Cleo Smith, Mary Milks, Paris Kelley, Kathleen Connor Joan Carper, Nancy Whelan, Bette and Claire Cerasale.

Barbara Garrison. Marian Seldel, Elinor Souder, Meredythe Walter, Patricia Gelhausen, Faye Kalafat, Joyce Clark, Ila Warner, Doris Freeman, Jeanette Chester, Margaret Reynolds, Meredith Holslnger, Martha McKinley, Kathryn Rider. Kathryn Miller, Patricia Costin and Florence Ann Zulick. HENRY HATHAWAY HIT BY AUTO IN CROSSING STREET Henry Hathaway, 77, a retired B. O.

shop employe and resident of the Ailadin hotel, suffered a broken left arm, severely bruised left ankle and lacerations of the body when he was struck by an automobile early Monday evening. The car was driven by Clyde Spade of 305 East High street. Mr. Hathaway, had been standing in front of Zimmerman's store and the accident occurred as he attempted to cross Randolph street. Mr.

Spade claims he did not see Mr. Hathaway until it was too late to stop and that Mr. Hathaway was walking against the red light. Mr. Spade immediately stopped his car and took the injured man to Sacred Heart hospital, where his condition is reported to be not serious.

Police Officer C. M. Minnich investigated. INSANITY INQUEST IS ASKED FOR BUTLER WOMAN, AGE 80 A petition for an insanity inquest for Mary Ellis Shull, 80, of 307 Ash street, Butler, was filed Monday in the DeKalb circuit court by Loren Ellis. The application states that the first signs of insanity were observed last July, when Mrs.

Shull became irrational, with an ungovernable temper. She gradually got worse and she became violent Dec. 23. She tries to leave home and to burn her clothing and bed clothes. The application is supported by an affidavit by the attending physician, Dr.

Chas. I. Weirich of Butler. AMONG GARRETT'S YOUNGER SET DORIS ANN DOLAN Photo by Sheets. Introducing the charming little daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Richard Dolan of Altona. Doris Ann is very talented and takes part in the various entertainments in fiarrett by giving readings and vocal solos. She was born on October 16, 1933, and is a pupil in the second grade in the Altona school. Her mother is the former Margaret Leeson, daughter of Mrs.

Anna Leeson of Altona. Doris Ann's "daddy" is an employe of the Nature's Rival Co. The paternal grand parents are Mr. and Mrs. John Dolan of 1005 South Randolph street.

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