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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1936
Page
3
Nearly 200 reservations are made for the annual Elks banquet at the club rooms next Tuesday evening. C P Kirkpatrick will headline the program with R E Nelson as toastmaster. Reservations must be in by 10 oclock Monday morning.
Kellogg Company supported nutrition research showing two tablespoons of bran daily helped relieve constipation over months in healthy women. Men’s tests suggested bran bulk can be more effective than fruits and vegetables for some. ALL-BRAN provides vitamin B and iron as well as bulk. Use as cereal with milk or cooked. a natural laxative food sold nationwide.
Community events listed include Knights of Pythias and Van Wert Aerie F O E evenings, Soiree club and Cui Bona club afternoons. Mrs D J Gunsett hosts at 335 Dickinson Avenue with Literary Guild 2 30 p m at 8 Washington Street chaired by Mrs H J Gilliland.
A Federation of Farm Women’s Clubs gathering is scheduled at 2 p.m. at the YWCA with a Children’s Story Hour at 2 30 p.m. at the Brumback Library.
Miss Alice Conwell of Dickinson avenue attended a Lima banquet Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Kelley of Fort Wayne are in Lima as guests of relatives due to the death of Mrs. Kelley's father, James Taylor. The home hygiene class meets Monday at 7 30 in Pleasant township school. H L Milligan of Prudential Insurance is in Lima on business. Walter Miller of Equity Dairy attended a banquet for employers and friends. Mrs C M Smith of Convoy traveled to Cincinnati for a several days visit with her daughter Mrs Arthur Bricker and family.
F. E. Parker and Carl Schaible partners of Napoleon Motor Sales sue Ramus Looser of Putnam County and others for 656 dollars. Their petition says agent Jacob Theobald drove a Napoleon car that collided with Looser’s on U. S. 224 in Hoaglin township last September 29, destroying the car.
Recorder's Office shows Burgesss to Burgess as undivided one half of inlet 143 in Van Wert with nominal consideration. Brown family moves 1026 inlet in Van Wert to Orland and Rosa Brown for one dollar. Breese transfers involve 80 acres in York township section 22 to David Breese and Wilma Breese then to Mary Edith Heath for one dollar.
Debt schedules approved in the estates of Even E. Morris Sarah Elizabeth Clay John Oechsle and John W. Brown. Walter Myers and Sarah Brown have been sent to Toledo State Hospital for treatment by probate court order. A two doctor physicians' jury found them of unsound mind.
At the hospital Paul Mathews son of Mr and Mrs Dale Mathews of South Wayne street is slightly improved today after illness of mas toiditis. Mrs Russell Sinn of the rural district was operated on today. Mrs Kenneth Eisel and infant son were moved to their home on Ellison avenue this afternoon.
Miss Ruby Endsley of South Tyler Street has been confined to her home for three weeks with a left shoulder injury and is slowly improving.
The board of First Federal Building and Loan Association cuts mortgage interest from 17.28 to 6 percent for qualified mortgagors. Officers re-elected: B. Beard as vice-president J. Hall as president and Edna Walborn as assistant secretary. Directors re-elected: Wilkinson M. H. Osborn C. W. Mahan D. A. Walters B. Beard Pollock and Hall.
The Vanirma auction moves to February fifth after the January date was cancelled due to a boxing show clash. Ticket holders are asked to bring tickets to Vanirma headquarters to exchange for certificates, one per hundred tickets. Only 100 loose tickets will be accepted. The sale starts at 7 pm at Lincoln School auditorium in the third ward.
Frank Lutz field representative of the Ohio Council of Churches met local ministers to advance interdenominational cooperative work. The visit centers on organizing five member fellowship groups to boost year round activity ahead of the 17th annual Ohio Pastors Convention in Columbus February 3 to 6. Rev John W Danford coordinates local arrangements for ministers joining groups and attending the convention.
Walter F Behn declares he will not be responsible for debts contracted by others. The statement asserts his personal liability limits in all matters and actions related to personal finances.
Jesse L. Potts residence on Wayne Street suffered another hit when a Milwaukee driver Ludwig Schiessl aged 27 jumped the curb and struck the northeast porch causing damage to a post and blocks. Earlier a large truck crashed into the living room of the same house.
Dr Holbrook will speak at 7 30 PM at the YWCA on Teeth Health with guests from Van Wert Manufacturing and Diesel Wilson Gilbert. Afterward three tap numbers will be performed by YWCA children and the Yi Hi girls present a health skit Trucks Racers and Touring Cars featuring Virginia Perrine Mildred Klein Sarah Jane Showalter and Bonnie Foote.
State roads in Van Wert county were described as in excellent condition today by Ira J. Tossey, superintendent of state roads in the county. Crews worked all night Thursday removing snow from the highways after about two inches fell yesterday morning and early afternoon. Temperatures remained in the low 20s.
Final tabulation of 1,007,681 votes in the Literary Digest poll shows three-fifths disapprove of Roosevelt’s New Deal. Approving 712,368 and disapproving 1,195,313. Utah and 11 southern border states supported the New Deal, while other states opposed.
In New York on January 17 bar silver dropped 3 cents to 45.5 cents an ounce, a new low since 1934 and the steepest daily decline since December 18 when the world silver crisis peaked.
Charles Daniels has accepted a position with Texaco in Indianapolis, leaving Giffin College notes to announce his employment move and new role with the company.
Richard Dix stars in the RKO Radio picture Mother Lode set in 1860s California. The tale follows a hard young prospector and a mining town entertainer amid Fremont era conflicts and a dramatic Indian uprising in the Kern river valley near Scodie mountain.
A Townsend club was organized in Van Wert after a public meeting at Lincoln school auditorium led by Judge Fred L. Hay and H. W. Webster. About 500 attended addresses. 200 joined for the organizational meeting with Dr. W. H. DeCamp named president and C. P. Bender, R. S. Manley, and Mrs. W. R. Mackin as officers.
Van Wert county workers filed 19 compensation claims in December per the state industrial commission. Four claimants lost more than seven days, three lost seven days or less, and 12 were medical cases only. The total days of lost time amounted to 151.
Governor Davey granted a full pardon to Frank Basey, Mansfield Reformatory inmate, who served over 16 months for a crime he was proven innocent of. The pardon followed late discovery of his innocence that prevented a timely appeal in court.
London reports Britain unveils a single seat fighting airplane capable of 260 miles per hour with a pilot firing 4800 machine gun bullets per minute.
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