South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-17
Niles News


Spanish American war died yestcr-
day al a soldiers home In Dayton.
O. where he has been for two weeks
health. The immediate cause OF
death IS heart disease. The body VIII
be brought 20 Niles and the funeral
services will be held Tuesday after
noon at O'Clock. Burial will take
place IN Silver Brook cemetery. The
deceased Is survived by his wife and
daughter OF Kalamazoo and by sew
eral brothers and sisters. OF the
latter. Charles Burt lives in Niles
and Mrs. Roy Scott resides In South
Bend. The deceased was a furniture
hnisher by trade.
Mrs. william Mergenthaler and
Miss Helen Mergenthaler OF Lawton.
Michigan. are guests for the week
end at the DR.. Tonkln's home on y.
Fifth ST
St. GATHERINGS Guild will formally
open the Episcopal Community
house on next Wednesday evening
with a Christmas orchestra party.
More than 200 invitations have been
issued for the event.
Milton Boering OF West Niles IS
suffering with a broken bone IN his
right arm caused by being pushed
against the side Of a stall by his
horse.
Harry Schick and John A Randall
are in Grand Rapids attending a
convention OF insurance agents.
Miss Adelia Hobbs. a former
teacher in the Niles public schools
is visiting In the city,
Heath Calvin. Seth Bidwell VIII
fred Mclaughlin, Ralph Powers and
Miss Maxine Roach are among the
Niles students who are home from
Ann Arbor 10 spend tho holiday va
cation from their studies at the Uni
versity OF Michigan.
NILES, Mich. Dec. 16-John r.
Dfttmar died Friday morning at Il
O'Clock at the home OF his son.
George Dittmar, 921 Hickory ST.. af-
ter suffering for three months with
arterial scerosis and other infirmities
OF old age. Mr.. Dittmer was born
in Germany, Feb. Is, 1874. He came
TO America when a young man. He
was for a number OF years a resident
of Niles, later moving TO schoolcraft.
where Mrs. Dittmar died in Febru-
airy, 1913.
He is survived by FIVE children,
George and William Dittmar Of
Niles. Mrs. A. G.. Shutes of School
craft. Mich. Mrs. william Grove Of
ChiIlicothe, Ohio and Mrs. William
Park Of Monroe. Mich.
The funeral services will be held
in the Troost parlors Monday morn
ing at $50 o'clock. after which the
body will be shipped TO SchoOlcraft
for burial in the family lot.
Schuyler Finley OF Niles and Mrs.
Emily White Of Chicago were grant
ed marriage license IN Chicago
Friday.
While W. J. Van Aucken was en-
route home from Three oaks with
a party Of odd Fellows. after at
tending a meeting Of the Three Oaks
lodge. he met a car on which there
was but one headlight, and 10 avoid
a collision. applied the brakes so
quickly the car turned completely
about. skidded and then turned COM
pletely over in the ditch. No one
/ was hurt The car. a new Chevrolet,
was considerably damaged. The ac-
cident occurred about two miles east
\ or Galien.
The Shakespeare club Will meet
on Monday with Mrs. Booher. sol S.
/ Fourth ST.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Anon Of Yves,
Niles are parents of son born Fri
day.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Thomson, Jr.
are in Kalamazoo attending the
state grand meeting as delegates
| from Community grange.
Mrs. J. A. Hamilton returned 10
| Chicago Friday. concluding a visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. ".
| Powell
] The body OF Miss Harriet Town
send was brought to Niles Friday
I from Kenosha Wis. where she died
/ Wednesday evening, and was taken
directly 20 Calvary cemetery for
burial. The deceased formerly lived
/ in Niles. She was II years old. Mr..
and Mrs. Guy Howe OF Kankakee, III.
Mrs. c. b. Winslow. Jr., and Mrs.
Carl Howe. OF oak Park, III, accom-
I panic the body TO Niles.
| EIkhort NeWS