The Star Press from Muncie, Indiana • Page 7

THE MUNCIE SUNDAY STAR. OCTOBER 17, 1937. ful season's operation, on sorghum grown and delivered by and were recent guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O.

E. Curless, of South Main street. Efficiency of Porto Rican Nurses Here Speaks Well For Island Hospital Care D. OF A. LODGE DISTRICT RALLY Portland Council Will Be Host Tomorrow.

MUNCIE GIRL INJURED AS CAR OVERTURNS; COMPANION IS HELD Miss Elvina Pierce, 18, of 2014 Kirby avenue, was 'injured about 8:50 o'clock last night when the car in which she was riding, driven by Arlin Duke, 1705 South Jefferson street, went out of control in the 2500 block East Memorial Drive, turned over and came to a stop upside down in a ditch. Duke was arrested shortly after the mishap by police and placed in de-' tention cell at headquarters pending the outcome of the girl's Injuries. Police said Duke was driving east on Memorial Drive on the wrong side of the road shortly before the accident. He is alleged to have been intoxicated. The injured girl was taken to Ball Hospital in a police squad, car.

FAIRMOUHT SCHOOL FORMS GLEE CLUBS Boys' and Girls' Organizations Announced. Fairmouat, 2nd, Oct. 16. Rupert Kilgore, head of the music and art departments of the high school has announced the formation of both a boys and a girls glee club. Rehearsals for the boys' club will be held on Thursday and Friday, and the girls on Monday and Tuesday.

The girls' club includes Betty Miller, Jean Miller, Mable Foard, Bernice Moors, Madaline Mayer, Dorothy Courter, Martha Payne, Wilma Carey, Eileen Elliott. Marie Eudaly. Ruth Pearson, a considerable acreage grown by Bagsley. Bert Luse, whose death occurred Friday at the home of a son in Vernon, was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.

Walter Luse, former Fairmount residents. The family lived here many years ago. Members of the Philathea Class of the Methodist Episcopal Church will be entertained with a masquerade party at the home of Mrs. Merle Williams, Monday evening. All members of the Criterion Home Economics Club are urged to attend the regular meeting which will be held Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs.

Z. T. Hawkins, when Mrs. Mae Sutton will be tHe assistant hostess. New officers are to be elected at that time.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Downs, Indianapolis, former Fairmount residents. WIFE GRANTED DIVORCE Lois M. Howard was granted a divorce from Harold O- Howard yesterday in Superior Court.

She charges that he drank to excess, found fault with everything, and was jealous. They were married May 7, 1936, and separated January 25, 1937. DENIED DIVORCE DECREE Edna Barton, 1711 South Franklin street, was refused a divorce from Albert Barton, 735 West Tenth, jester-day in Superior Court. After hearing evidence that Barton had deserted his wife. Judge Ball remarked that criminal statutes would take care of such cases.

Portland, Oct. 16. Annual fall rally of the Daughters of America of District No. 7 will be held with Pride of Portland Council No. 30 Mon day night in the Moose hall at 8 p.

m. District 7 includes the following councils. Muncle, Boundary. Saratoga, Union City, Redkey, Dunkirk, Winchester and Portland. Each council will provide part of the program, Portland is the only city in the district to have two councils.

Progress Council No. 82 is the other council. The program chairman is Mrs. Gertrude Ware, of Portland. Charles E.

Bibler and Vernon Blbler were appointed guardians of Henry Bibler by Judge Hanson Mills in Circuit Court this morning. Muncie Man in Jail. Dorothy Brown, Barbara Brewer, Mary Bannister, Leone Doyle, Martha 1 YH far I y- i Mart and Betty Creek. Members of the boys club are M. Phillips, V.

Mar ia. M. Morton, H. Nesbit, J. Payne, M.

Jones, M. Brewer, Helms, H. Brown, M. Peacock, O. Davis, P.

Brown. C. Wood, R. Nash, C. Fox, R.

Scott. P. Knight, L. Johnson, Jr. Hod Harold Cecil, of Muncle, is being son.

H. Pernod, J. Johnson, C. Smith, H. Bransford, R.

Carey, W. Allen, held in the city Jail following an at A MEW Robert Gift and J. Gaddis. Serves as Judge. tempted holdup here Friday evening and later throwing a brick through a window at the Standard filling station on South.

Meridian street. Cecil Is said to have come here during the day with his brother and another Muncie man All three became intoxicated and Cecil's brother and the Miss Georgia Stibblns, head of the local high school, was in Ft. Wayne today acting as one of the judges which passed on canning. In connection with the district meeting for 4-H other man abandoned him and went back to Muncie, police said. William Hutchins and John Warner will compete in the gasoline model airplane contest at Lima, Ohio, Sun With Our New Modern Equipment Just Installed We can now offer our customers a quick and efficient day.

Hutchins and Warner have both designed new model planes for next year and do not intend to be left out in any contest no matter how hot the competition. They have taken part in many contests In Indiana, Ohio and Michigan during the summer and SERVICE '-2 change in the weather. It's warm the made many wins. year around in Porto Rico and a diseases of Porto Rico, the two visiting; nurses observe. In their hospital they are familiar with malaria, with schistomaslas and other parasitic diseases.

The mention of leprosy does not strike fear into their hearts, for there is no leprosy on the island. Home Economic clubs, which was held at the Fort Wayne Hillcrest high school building. Members of the literature and art division of the Women's Department Club were entertained for the regular session at the home of Mrs. L. D.

Holliday, when the topic was "Education for Service In the Home." A paper on "When a Home Is Not a Home," was given by Mrs. Harry Williams. A second paper, on "Home Making in the School Curriculum," was given by Mrs. William H. Brown.

Those present were Mrs. W. Borders. Mrs. William H.

Brown, Mrs. Gladys Cox, Mrs. Anna Garretson, Mrs. Z. T.

Hawkins, Mrs. Clem Hill, Mrs. L. D. Holliday.

Mrs. Alva Johnson, Miss Edith Lloyd, Miss Glenn Moon, Mrs. Otto Morris, Mrs. J. H.

Poff, Mrs. Frank Ray, Miss Juanlta Throckmorton, Mrs. Fred Wood, Mrs. H. D.

Wood. Miss Helen Hile, Mrs. Hubert Sicks and Mrs. Harry Williams. The North Main street sorghum factory, owned py Charles Bagsley, has just about concluded a success We invite you to inspect this new prompt cleaning service.

Visit our plant any time. See for your own satisfaction. The local corn husking contest of Portland High School will be held October 18 at the PhiTo Journey farm. temperature of 60 degrees is considered cold. When the temperature in Muncie Farm Bureau Meeting.

Regular meeting of the Noble Town Miss Aponte sees from thirty-five to forty patients a day in her de dropped to freezing on a recent morning they began to yearn for their warm island. ship Farm Bureau will be held Tuesday night at the hall in Bellefontaine. partment at the San Juan institute. HOLLOW AY CLEAlNiES The English spoken by the Porto Although they were Sent here to This meeting will te open to the gen eral public. A special program will bring back ideas gleaned from the Muncie hospital and its laboratories Rican nurses is flavored with a Spanish accent.

They learned to speak Spanish at home and English at "The BEST WAY is the HOLLOW AY" follow in charge of Mrs. Harley they have been doing a little mission Phone 5128 school. They are citizens of the 113 W. Howard St. ary work on their own account.

They United Statts and so inform anyone with a contrary impression. have Miss Brown convinced that she should spend her next vacation in Miss Aponte visited New York City sunny Porto Rico! in 1935 but Miss Olmo is making her first visit to the states. On Sundays they attend the Grace Episcopal Church for they are Episcopalians. Last week-end they enjoyed attending the convention of the Indiana State Would a visitor to Porto Rico who became 111 and went to a hospital have efficient care? Miss Nellie G. Brown, superintendent of Ball Memorial would answer In the affirmative to that question.

Above, the superintendent of Mun-cie's hospital is pictured with two Porto Rican nurses who have been serving on her staff since the first of September. At Miss Brown's right is Miss Paqulta Olmo and at the right of the picture is Miss Ignacia Aponte, both of whom are nurses from The Institute of Tropical Medicine, San Juan, Porto Rico. Termed "Excellent "They are excellent nurses," said Miss Brown, who has arranged for them to perform duty in all departments of Ball Hospital. Interviewed in the superintendent's office the two Porto Rican young women expressed their admiration for the fine buildings and organization of Muncie's Ball Memorial Hospital. They were sent here by Dr.

George Bachman, director of the Institute of Tropical Medicine, who visited laboratories of Bal lHospital two years ago and later wrote to Miss Brown asking if he might send two nurses to serve on her staff for a period of three months. Miss Olmo and Miss Aponte are graduates of St. Luke's Hospital at Ponce, Porto Rico, whjch is on the southern side of the island, while San Juan is on the north. Miss Olmo is experienced In operating room work and general duty, while Miss Aponte is in charge of the out-patient department of 'the institute. The out-patient department.

Miss Aponte explained, affords clinical service for persons not hospitalized but needing consultation with the physicians. The Institute is supported by the U. S. government and research Nursing Association at Terre Haute with Miss Wilkie Hughes, director of Ball Hospital Nurses Training and other Muncie nurses. They are members of the Porto Rican Regis Brumm, township social and educational leader.

County Clerk Ernest L. Steed today received notice from the Supreme Court that it had affirmed the verdict of a jury in the Eva Decker guardian case. The case was one in wliich Eva Decker brought suit for services as a trained nurse for May Rice, suit first being- brought against Ida Lelps, as guardian, and then against J. Gordon who succeeded Mrs. Leips.

A jury gave the Decker woman a judgment for the sum of $100. EATON MAN DIES AT THE HOSPITAL Harry M. Lefebre, 63, of Eaton, died at 5:20 o'clock last evening at Ball Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Mr. Lefebre was well- known in Delaware County, and formerly was engaged in the lumber business in Eaton.

The body was removed to the Briggs mortuary in Eaton. Surviving is one sister, Mrs. Lillian Scott of Eaton. tered Nurses Association. Bit 111 Themselves, At First.

Miss Olmo and Miss Aponte con-fesed to suffering from an ailment themselves when they first came to Muncie. That was homesickness. They quickly recovered and were getting along well until the recent FRANK FUNK HURT HEAR WINCHESTER Speedway Manager Struck By Falling Ladder. Winchester, Oct. 16.

Frank M'COLLISTER RITES AT HOME TUESDAY Funeral services for Mrs. Marie Mc-Collister, 40, who was killed Thursday afternoon in an automobile-train crash near Bluffton, will be con Funk, manager of the Funk Speedway, who resides about two miles west of Winchester, was badly injured to work conducted there in tropical diseases is a branch of Columbia University research. Note Difference In Diseases. ducted at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Hurst, 718 West Howard street, the Rev.

Mr. Mason, of Mont- peller, officiating. Burial will be in Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the Hurst residence. day when struck across the face by a falling ladder.

Mr. Funk was making repairs to his barn when the accident Disease which patients in the local hospital suffer from are, of course, greatly different from the tropical occurred. TJie extension ladder on which he was standing came apart, causing him to fall about twenty-five feet. He received a badly broken nose and a deep cut under one eye. He was taken to the Randolph County Hospital, where attaches report his BAD TEETH Endanger Health condition as satisfactory.

Two Firemen Hurt. A fire of unknown origin broke out today on the roof of the property at DENTAL SERVICE PLATES One-Day Service If You Wish. Crowns, Bridies, Fillings Extractions 410 South Main street owned by K. I. Card, manager of the Winchester Lumber Company.

Bert Harvey, fireman, and Ora Barker, volunteer fireman, were badly cut about the face and shoulders when struck by bricks from the falling chimney. The entire roof of the house was burned and the first and second floors were ruined by water. Most of the household goods of Mr. and Mrs. J.

E. Shock, X-Rays If Necessary Also Plate Repair rear-Hour Service who lived in the house, were removed KNOW YOIR EXACT DENTAL COSTS IN ADVANCE from the building. The loss is par tially covered by insurance. Dr. Beck Operate Bis Own Dental Laboratory Open Every Evening Eicept Monday ad Friday.

Dr.T.P.Heck 101-10? Western Reserve BIdr. Phone 2117 Cor. Jackson and Hifk MONTPELIER 'Montpelier, Oct. 16. Funeral services for James A.

Betts, 80, who died last night at his home, 331 East Green street, will probably be held Monday forenoon. Burial will be in the I. O. O. F.

Cemetery. The body was returned from the Warfield mortuary to the residence tonight. Surviving is the widow, Mrs. Mary Betts. Reason David Evers, 78, prominent Harrison Township fanner, died 'A'-" V- 'l LUl last night at his home, one and one-half miles south of Montpelier.

He died on the farm on which he was born. Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Mary Ellen (Baker) Evers, and a brother, William Benton Evers. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Monday forenoon at the Walker Chapel in charge of the Rev. Auburn E.

Leese. Interment will be in the I. O. O. F.

Cemetery. The body of Charles Wheeler, who died Wednesday at Jennings, arrived here yesterday and was taken to the Walker mortuary where final rites win be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, with burial following in the Woodlawn Cemetery. Harvest a saving here, by buying your Fall and Winter Needs now at Scott's. New Stock in splendid variety. Here your wishes get personal, interested consideration, and our prices are at lowest levels.

,4 si 1" 1 i8 Beautiful CANVAS GLOVES pr. WASH BOILERS 11.39; with copper bottom .91. 9 SOOT REMOVER STOVE POLISH HUSKING PINS BRASS WASH BOARDS 34-INCH LEVEL PAINT BRVSHES from lOe STOVE PIPE WIRE 5e MOUSE TRAPS 3 for 5e HATCHETS, good quality HAND SAWS. lor home ose 69e BROAD AX HAND AX 4e CLOTHES BASKETS op Irom TOOL GRINDERS "90 0-E Light BULBS 10c and up 9 Joseph D. Williams, 84, a life-long resident of Montpelier, died this morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs.

Alonza Spaulding, at Roll. Surviving are two sons, Samuel and Garal Williams, both of Montpelier; three daughters, Mrs. Spaulding, Carrie B. Williams of Roll and Mrs. Jennie Frazier of Conneaut, one brother, Oliver Williams of Hartford City, and a sister, Mrs.

Lewis Lancaster of Wells County. Funeral services will be conducted Monday. DUNKIRK Dunkirk, Oct. 16. The Rich ELECTRIC FLIP FLOP Toasters 3 69c 10-Gal.

Garbage Can. (o)m ye 49c land Home Economics Club will hold Step Stools that fold up in natural finish an unusually interesting meeting Tuesday at 1:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Emma Shroyer, assisted by Old English Polishing Wax 10c Mesdames Mayme Wilson, Pearl TJifi plctrt will spak for itstlf bu vtrything on convtn-Itnt terms wrth just wnail 4omm ptjmtnt. Open Evenings SO Dsy same as csh; otherwise ef ne per cent for deferred payments. Frommeyer and Verna Barrenbrugge.

WEATHFRSTRIP from 10c foot STOVE PIPE, heavy .8 for 35 ELBOWS 15 DAMPERS STOVE BOARDS 15e op COAL HODS Sfte FIRE SHOVELS lOe The lesson study will precede the lec POKERS 10 COLLARS 5c CORN KNIVES 39e op STOVE CEMENT lba. 55 ture given by Mrs. Hlnson, of Rich mond, of the Hinson Institute, her talk being "Beauty and Health. Each member is requested to bring a FUnNlTUnG STORE, 421-423 S. Wnlnut St.

guest. Miss Lottie Clarke will exhibit moving pictures 0f Labrador and Ha waii at the young people's meeting at 6:30 o'clock Sunday evening at the congregational Church..