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Honor Four at COF Golden JubileeDTHFiV —( up] era • Prc; i' cor prcsip‘taduitoFour charter members of Baumgartner Court 109, Catholic Order of Foresters, shown above, weie guests of honor at the celebration last night m St Joseph's atheneum of the court's 50th year of organ-{Hammond Times Photo)ization Seated, from left: Mrs. Frank Zeller, Mrs Jacob Fox and John Reiser. Standing rn rear from left, Andrew Peiffer, Frank Zeller and Jacob Fox The court was organized May 22, 1889.Cha«caithtpolhees’StheJilinheCity’s Oldest FraternalGroup Observes BirthdayFARMERS MAKELESS IN 1938Isometnthlt;mieelt;priCllcetoeX-ridedckSded200 Celebrate 50th Anniversary of COF Lodge in Hammondiern;egvnrallotndds.nterheeftrt-About 200 persons assembled last night in St. Joseph's atheneum in Hammond to celebrate the 5GLn anniversary of the organization of Baumgartner court 109, Catholic Order of Foresters, Hammond's oldest fraternal organization.Members of Luers court 111, COF, participated m the fete during which four charter members nf Baumgartner court Jacob Fox John Reiser, Frank Zeller and Anil bu~igrtsndHe-ofngT.lit,DRUNKEN DRIVERPAYS $20 FINE;hexn.nd,:htis-n-la,;helerupsat'USIsont,urfyyfConvicted on a charge of driving while drunk, Joseph Stofik, 21, of 1118—170th street, Hammond, was fined $20 today and deprived of his driving privileges for a year by City Judge Joseph V. Stodola, Jr, of Hammond.Another driver, John Shivers, 42, WPA worker of Chicago, was fined $13 for speeding 52 miles an hour in Indianapolis boulevard.Stofik was arrested at State Line avenue and Glendale park. He was discharged on a count of operating an auto without a drivers' licensedrew Peiffer, all of Hammond, were honored. !Speakers were Mayor Frank Ri Martin, Thomas Rf. Heaney of Chicago, secretary of the order; Dr James G. McGrath, medical examiner; John A Kustad of Indianapolis, state chief ranger and Lawrence Lynch, one of the candidates initiated during ceremonies presided over by Baumgartner court's degree team.The welcome address was delivered by Stephan Kras, speaker of Baumgartner court. Rev. E. J Mungo van was toastmasterState and local court officials present were J E. Burns, state treasurer, August J. Schuster, state secretary; Joseph Biel of Whiting and John W. Murray of Michigan City and John Scherer of Hammond, state court trustees, Petei Block and George Hagen, chief •■angers of courts 109 and 111, and Dr. R. O, Ostrowski, medical examiner for the courts.Entertainment was provided by Bob Beeching, “Boy Magician; Tom Doolan, vical soloist; John Gmbba, impersonations, and musical selections by the “COF Quints directed by Cono LaLaggiaIowa and South Dakota Lone States ShowingIncome Increases‘Gang Buster’ SuccumbsCHICAGO, June 5.— (INS)— Police Capt. Michael J. Grady, 52, Chicago’s “iron man gang blister of prohibition days, was dead today. On one occasion, he lulled turn safecrackers and captured aFair, somewhat warmer tonight, except in central portion; Tuesday increasing cloudiness, local showers in south wets portion, warmer innortheast portion. Sunrise 5:15; sunset 8:31. Moon rises at 10:58 p. m.Hammond TemperatureWASHINGTON, uune 5— (U.P —Farm income m 1938 totaled $9,-220,000,000, a drop of %lf130,000,000 from 1937, but $3,658,000,000 more than in 1932, the department of agriculture announced today.An analysis of gross farm income by the department's bureau of agricultural economics revealed the followingGross income from all crops m IS38 was 18 per cent less than ,n 1937, whereas income from livestock and livestock products dropped less than 9- per cent.Government payments to farmers last year totaled $482,000,000 compared with $367,000,000 in 1937.Iowa and South Dakota were the only two states to report a haghei gross income in 1938 than in 1937. The gam was about 5 per cent for both.In all of the New England states except Maine, and m New ersey, farm income was about 5 per cent lower The largest declines were in Kansas, California, Texas, Colorado. Maine and Florida where Gross income was 20 to 25 per cent smaller than the previous year.A sharp drop in income from citrus fruit3 influenced reports from California and FloridathewaReopmFrDiOyRcJumiRceo:wehear«wetindisonopIsfolThe largest decline m KansasUiRlie'?*—3 pmtnUnjJ» 4 r * / *. soLosst.*L— » a mtoclio♦** P111 (Mill ) ,r i4ftni ... .. lt;ri4 |Jtil . .To 10a.ni .,l»°*” Vill ...Tlt;{ 1Va.m ...fi r1)1 ...70 1Tn.in ...7 Tm .....To 1Sit.m ....came rom sales of wheat.The bureau reported that the 3938 income consisted of $7,538,000,000 cash from marketing; $482,000,000 from government payments, and $1,200,000,000 in products retained from farm consumption. In 1937 these figures were $8,621,000,000, $367,000,000; $1,362,000,000.opticmeee]toenupThea;aasu-thiill IfirDicoththsicP
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Hammond Times
Hammond, Indiana, US
Mon, Jun 05, 1939
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