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The Piqua Daily Call from Piqua, Ohio • Page 5

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'I TOTSP'AYi, JULY 21, 1951 SELF INFECTED WOliNO IS FATAL Mrs. Delcmk Steven Dies today as Result oif Suicide Attempt on Jupe 17. Five weeks after she was taken to Memorial hospital suflerJnlg from a self inflicted bullet wound, Mrs. Mary Stevens of 811 South Main street, wife of Ross Stevens, died at 3:30 o'clock this morning. 11 health i Iven as the motive for her suicide on June 17, when she fifed a bullet Into her left breast tco iar above the heart to penetrate a Wei organ.

She had practically recovered from the wound when tfiB complications set lr. that caused' her death. Mrs. Stevens was born In Bur kettsvllle, August 16, 1817, be lng 63 yeaTs or ago at Uie time of her death. Sfie had resided PI qiin for the past 35 years.

Besides herhusband, she Is cur mod by sisters, Mrs, Martha Cyphers of Eprt Wayne, Mrs, Ira Richard oj' Piqua, and Mrs. William Bushman of South Bend, and a brother; Charles Gilbert of Plqua, Funeral services will be held it 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon irom tne Jare resispce wim Duriai Forest Hill cemetery. qaytonIman bets CONTRACT FOB WELL Starts Work on Drilling at Troy Two Hours After Work as Awarded. Glen W. Wylle of Dayton, formerly of Tippecatioe City, was awarded Saturday, tho new contract for drilling the Troy city well r.orth of the Miami river at h's bid of 54,000.

Within two hours after the contract was awarded Mr. Wylio had his equipment on the scene and had started 'ivork. The new frell Is located 500 feet east of Adains street and just to the north of (the river levee. This well Is to be of a different type than the others now In use. The tjto other wells are driven wells lilted with an Iron pipe.

The new one will be an excavated well lined witjh concrete. It will be 60 feet deep apd 12 feet in cllamo'er with a concrete lining 30 Inches thick at the bottom and taperin; to 15 inches at he top, Service Director George Smith ol Troy states ths type of well Is relieved to be better than the type now in use. He also stated it meets with the approval of the stetc boird of health and will be constructed In accordance with the board's speci fications. 1COME ro NEW WORK THE Hotel governor GlNTON opposite RAsSTATION A preVeminent Hotel of 1200 Rooms, each having Bath, Servidpr, Circulating Ice Water and many Innovations featuring a sincere of hospitality. LIONS TO PICNIC AT DUBOIS FARM More than sixty Lions and their friends will portlcinate In the nn nual club picnic at the William Du Bols farm north of the city Thursday afternoon, accorong to the special picnic committee.

Activities of all sorts will feature (he general program for the Jungle Kings and among the antl white has a bar and claw al wocd. The flan (a nitwrt lw)Ul THE HaOA DAILY CAM A Nationally Accepted Home Modernization Feature to HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP oe cmpioyea exclusively By i ne Uaily Lall Hon. F. Dickinson Letts, Congressional representative of the Second Iowa District, ia shown above presenting to tho President through his secretary, George Akerson, the Bawden Bros. Home Modernization Services.

These services cover all phases of home Improvement and will be broughtHo the readers of tha Piqua Daily Call as a news feature of exceptional merit. The President Is giving special attention to the Homo Modernization project, believing that conditions now make possible remodeling and modernlzlnR improvements Involving a million homes. 1 DIRECTORS OF CHAUTAUQUA IN MEETING MONDAY Everything Ia Set for Opening of Assembly on Friday of This Week. A meeting of the Chautauqua dir ectors was held last night at the' National Bank and Trust Co's social rooms. The meeting was well attended.

Reports from varlovs committees showed arrangements about completed for the 20th anniversary assembly which opens Fri day evening of this week. The grounds committee reported floors all laid and tents ready for campers. Still some tents ar.d locations available for new campers. Auditorium improvements about completed and grounds In good snape. Ticket committee reported sale tickets was up to the usual number at tnis time.

The demand for dol lar tickets it was thought would ex haust the supply before the opening night. Those jvho have subscribed for dollar tickets should call at the Y. M. C. A.

for them nt once to avoid tne rusn on Friday. Tne ticket committee was authorised to assist In the delivery of tickets and in The absence from the citv of Fred Blackc who has beer, treasurer for many years made It necessary to eieui. some one to taxe charge of that part of the work. Mr. Frank King as chosen and the business turned over to him nt once.

The transportation committee reeled satisfactory arrangements mace wim me ous company to fur patro their own. The details of these ar issue. Additional buses will be secured to meet the demand and continue to run each evening until all are accommcdated. No one need I walk going or cnmlng who desire I to ride. The superintendent' reported all Himcuons oi w.e prosram enroute as advertised In the Chautauqua booklet.

The gate committee reported organisation completed to place sufficient help at the gate each day and evening. The meeting closed with a feeling on the part of all present that the coming assembly would be a fitting anniversary for our twenty years or enjoyment and profitable fun. clpated thrills are home runs by the all star baseball performers, a special horseshoe match fentunn? the barnyard golf aces to say nothing of special raids on chicken, watermelon and other delicacies scheduled on (he menu. The picnic will start at 3 o'clock with the picnic suppor being served at 6:30 Lion Osborn, chairman of the committee assisted by Lion Comer are assuring Lions and their guests of a real "feed," Members aro urged to notify Lien Comer as soon as possible rejardlng their attendance and any possible guests. A scrum has been invented that will make a person feel hold and courageous.

A "big shot," as it were. Classified Ads PuU Phone M. 46 STREETS FLOODED BY HEAVY RAINS City officials and street department workers were routed out at an earlv hour this mornlnc when the heavy rainfall flooded streets in I several sections of town to tha alarm of residents; Blame for the situation which In Shawnee and on Wood street was serious, is placed on the residents themselves by officials who say that they found sewer openings in the gutters stopped by accumulations of grass, brush and general debris piled in tne gutter by residents. Gutters, it is pointed out, were originally intended as drainage channels for surface water on the and not as dumping grounds. All Boy Twins in This Family To have had three sets of twins, and all of them boys, Is the rare distinction which belongs to Mrs.

C. G. Valllllee of Ottawa, Canada, who Miunii aume wiiii ner nusoanct and children. One of thn first Mir ol tvi died. The children, left to right, are Robert, 3, Donald and Ronald, the recent additions.

Clifford, 5, and Jack, 3. Eczema on Both Hands. Lost Sleep. Healed by Cuticura. "Eczema broke out on both of my bands.

It was in a rash and itched so that I nr.d to scratch it and when I did the trouble spread. I could not put my hands in water on account of it. Then it started to burn and I could not sleep at night. The trouble lasted about three months "I tried different remedies but none of them seemed to help me. I ot the L.

Baker, 1310 14th Moiir.e, pOR cecnosjy without sacrifice of protection, insure in strong mutual companies. CEN. policies offer 100 quality in mutual insurance, with a strong company, fair adjust, ments, prompt se" lements, and a cost reducing dividend of 30 (since 1921). Full tion on request. J.

Miles Insurance Av itCi I nu it, nurui ot n't. Piqua, Ohio. FIRE, AUTOMOBILB AND TORNADO INSURANCE FO.RSBLBCT RISKS 1 iTiini .1 By HONALD W. WAGONER Hollywood, July SI, ttM9 Maurice Ohevaller win pHy d'Artagnan, tha swashbuckling adventui ot Alexander Dumas' "Three Musket, eers," In one of his next pictures called "The Gay Musketeer" and based on Dumas' story. While Chevalier Is vacationing In France until September, Vlokl Eaum, author of "Grand Is busy writing his next scenario, 'The Gay Musketeer" will follow "Tha Marlrage Bed'1 will find Clatidette Colbert and Frerirlc Marsh co starring.

Tho play will be a dramatization of Ernest Pascal's novel of the samo name, Oeorge Bancroft and a company of actors are filming scenes for Bancroft's noxt movie around Bos Ion. Boat building background was needed tor the picture "Rich Man's Folly," so Director John Cromwell bundled tho company Into the Beautiful Tho United Statea ha thrrt aircraft carriers, two of them, th largest ones, are converted battle cruisers. The third, tho Lahgley, Is a convorted Collier. Th Brlt iah Navy has six airplane carrier and the dnpaneso Navy three. A court stenographer frequently records 0.000 words a day, which Is more dictation than some stenographers take in iv month.

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1883-1977