Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 94, Decatur, Adams County, 20 April 1942 — Page 3

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2EgaO R GILLIG IWm' ss joan l , , ' I*l. i M ' Fi! " ll ‘ of ■ '"> Ri<"« r<l K ,!i! ' Ha.-mon 8,. . fa ! -.-n,.- Dnrk n |H... .'>!>',<■ wen Mi** H.’. -i <>'»*«•• Bobay. BBL M . S Il? -he ceremony, a wedd kfa <t wa» served members tMBiIIM at reception B .;,., „f the Slide's par■3. . left for a ehon BB- • !h " <>' iierat - ! ■9 f ■ ' ,|.,y afternoon at >,• p LAFONTAINE j£Z USCUSSION GROUP j ■jgjje .-. met recently at the r • |> ~ l.iFimtamr .. ng ’!'•• meeting evening. "The ,1j by ... Bus ' >”'>w-d her paper ■A -'•■■ Dynamite' was I.ap'ontainc The c !o«ed with prayer. meeting Btß held WEDNESDAY ib'ttiona! guild Z and Re Km? church Will meet at the a l>-<a:ur Wednesday for ■bHMt'L. business meeting i-gionai piiacicl SIDDLE-AGEx IWOMEN W 1180 this ADVtCEII QB- •- rrstlrw. suffr. hot MSB' '■ ■ errrors, dtzzlr.esssjeffi je-r.'Kl in a w- inaa'i I IK*'- 1 : . t Pinkham's Vege- ■ < I ma Made rcpr.-wllg KM' 1 - - *” -uw.uds upon thouFollow label direcVORTH THYtNOI

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I By HXKKISOV (AKKOLL ■ Kvt.ru S) .dh.tr Writer I JfcI.I.YWGOD For the second ESA Betty Grable la a can- | jg- from dancing with Victor ■J*'" *n "Footlight Serenadt " First. the

IF * • W *» w ■ wrenched • muscle In her side wbsn Matur4 caught her, in an adagio leap Then, In an ordinary ballroom turn, VI c accidently bent one of Betty's long fingernails back. He practically tore it out by the roots.

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I from this, the Genius” l.i I ftt •‘ay He gets a new trailer I rb “ m from Twentieth I Bury lox localise the ceiling of | •oi«I one waa Bo i ow tj, at vic E ftP*’ ! hii heat every tlmi he I W UP to dress. |ft boned to Casting DirecSchreiber. he said, "either get me I ft w treating room or r.top giving Vparti where I have so many y f " » you dun t. 11l get a B»»>or. one of these days and yB up production.'’ B recent rain really crossed up ■ Hollywood celeb, who have ft I ndln < motorcycles to save ift t>if Erickson was too soaked SF* 11 ' 11 h,i me to the beach so ft ! up to the Hotel Knickerft* r his native costume ft Hrdon My Sarong - > r the bias. Hollywood crowds the set of -The Major and I Btad^„ tf I i( * ,llrh * e Uinr * r R ° € ' i ■ supposed to be miaquemd■T » yinmgMer and. in her pink i W abv really looks as W>< “ many of the kida. rr ""“' <tai’.eed. he Tn... . J™ ma *' ft a f*» or wtnd." ■< I • cr,pt Art,T it ATT H ytar-otd Frankie : B*'* I'm Bvtng"- h« exclaimed

I ent. will preside at the meeting i which open* at 10 o'clock ’.Vednei- . day morning The annual onslnesof the regional will be taken care of at that time and new officer* elected. .Mra. V. J. Barthel of Detroit, national vice-president, will be the main speaker at the session. Delegates will be present from the sixteen churche- making up the regional. A luncheon will he served in the church at noon and the banquet will also be held at the church at six o'clock. The Progressive Workers Class of the Ninth St. U. B. Sunday school will meet Thursday night at seven-thirty o'clock at the home of Keneth Reed Mr. and M.s, Paul Mc-Ahren will assist. LLOYD FRY ENTERTAINS FOR SOPHOMORE CLASS ■Members of the sophomore class of the Pleasant Mills high school were entertained recently at the home* of Liovd Fry. Among the games enjoyed was a scavenger hunt. Refreshments were served by the committee in charge Present were Klien Draper. Doyle Painter. Donna Johnston. Nile Williamson. Fern Case. Lloyd Fry. Neva Ixtu Crownover, Bob Fry. VirI glnia Archer. Harold Sapp. Pau- | line Hawkins. Lloyd Geyer. Faytna Miller, Kenneth Chronister, Barbara White. Hobart Troutner. Phyllis Wolfe. Jack Allen. l-a Vera Gey er. Donald Stevens, Bonita That-; cher.fi Donald Everett. John Bauman. Dnn Coltrel. Charles Fry. Franklin Ross, Jesse Murea. Mrs. Ralph Yager. Mrs. Harry Gortney. Mr. and Mrs. Dale W. Ross. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fry and sons Wayne. Kieth. Roger. Johnny and Jltn. The Catholic Ladies of Columbia will have a pot luck supper at the K.ofC. hall Tuesday evening at sixthirty o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Milleentcrained with Sunday dinner for the following guests: Mr. and Mrs Edward Stallkamp and daughters. Mildred and Helen of Delphos. Ohio; Melvin Stallkamp of Lima. Ohio and Gilbert Stallkamp and Marcelins F. Miller of Dayton. Ohio. The Tri Kappa sorority will hold a desert bridge at the Elks home Tuesday evening at eight o'clock, instead of a costume party, as previously announced The condition of John Hocker of Monroe was reported as still serious Imlay.

with a grin. "My grandchildren will hear about (his " Frankie playa the eon of Robert Benchley in this Paramount picture. Oddly enough; it was Benchley, writing in the New Yorker a number of years ago, who gave Frankie his first good notice. | It was for the play, "Little Old . Boy.” Garson Kanin was an actor in the same cast, and so was Burgess Meredith. Mrs Lou Miller, the mother of Glenn Miller, has come out from Boulder. Colo., to see her musician son work in the movies. She is a small, old-fashioned looking mother. with dark eyes and gray hair. She saw Glenn's first picture. "Sun Valley Serena le," more than 2ft times and she says she is going to break this record when "Orchestra Wife" is released. There was a alight accident to Jack Benny's hairpiece during rehearsals for "George Washington Slept Here.” and the hair dresser had to take it away to be repaired. "Ah." said Gag-man Wilkie Mahoney, "Topper Takes a Trip." The girls who wear glasses get recognition in Twentieth CenturyFox' "The Postman Didn't Ring " Heroine Brenda Joyce wears glasses In 17 sequences Not as a gag. either. Producer Ralph Dietrich wants to get over the idea that girls with glasses can be glamorous, too. HOLLYWOOD PARTY LINE Demon Ruayon has brought Dance Director Chester Hale all the way from Broadway to coach Luculs Ball for one number in "It Comes Up Love." . . . Oro's has closed again . . . Athens. Wis. wants the premie re of "Fnendly Enemies" in honor of Charles Winlnger, home-town actor who is In the east . . . Frances Gifford and Vie Orsattl were twoing It at the Moeambo The Mark Plants (he was m "Yokel Boy o' l Breadway I celebrated their seventh wedding annivmary at the Band Box . . . Eleanor Powell and her accompan ML Walter Ruiek. have eoUaborated on a new tune. "America or Patrol ' . . . Conrad Nagel and Aharon Douglas are an Item. . • • Martha Rave and Joan Brooks wtD put on a series of bowling matches far the U. B a

CLUB CALENDAR Society Dsadltns, 11 A. M. Fanny Macy Phene* 1000 — 1001 Monday Pythian Slaters Tempi* Meeting, K. of P. Home, 7:30 p. m. Red Cross Production Center, Legion Home, 12:30 to 4: SO p. tn. Home Hygiene Classes, Lincoln School, 7 p. m. Woman's Club General Meeting, Library Hall. 7:45 p. m. Pythian Needle Club, K. of P. Home, After Temple. Adams County Chorus, 121 North Third St, 1:45 p m Tuesday American I-egion Junior Auxiliary, Legion Home, 7:30 p. in Lincoln School Benefit P. T. A. Pageant, Decatur High School Auditorium. 7:45 p. m. Psi lota Xi Inspection. Mrs. Carrel Cole. 7:30 p m. Delta Theta Tau Called Meeting Mrs. Joe Krick. 8 p. m Flower Garden Club. Mrs. Martin Zimmerman. 2:30 p. m C. L of C. Pot Lack Supper. K. of C. Hall. 8:30 p. m. Wednesday Fort Wayne Regional Guild. Zion Evangelical -‘nd Reformed Church. 10 a. in. Red Cross Sowing Project, Legion Home. 1 to 4 p. m. Thursday Progressive Workers Class. Kenneth Reed. 7:30 p. m. W. 8 C. S., Methodist Church : Parlors. 2:30 p. m. Executive Committee W. S. C. S . Methodist church 1:45 p. m. W 8. C. S., Method Ist Church Blue Creek Twp. Home Nursing ' Class. Salem Church Basement, 2 p. m. Jefferson Twp. Home Nursing Class, Twp. School. 2 p. m. Dinner Bridge Cl ib, .Miss Madge Hite, 7:30 p. m Friday Ladies Shakespeare Club Closing Dinner and Guest Night. Masonic Hall. 6:30 p. m. Music Department Rehearsal • Mrs. William Schrock. 4 p. in. Loyal Daughters Class, Mrs. Ed Warren. 7:30 p. m. Red Cross Production Center. American Mgion Home. 1 to 4:30 Monroe Better Homes Club, Monroe School, 7 p. m. la»gfon Auxiliary. American legion Home. 7:30 p m (k ——— • Adams County Memorial Hospital 4 —— 0 Admitted: Baby Carrol Joan Rupert of Monroe: Master Robert R. Wechter. route 8; Leo Gressley. Monroeville. Dismissed: Mrs Ed McFarland. Geneva, laiwrence Green, city. Henry l-evy. RR Bluffton; James Andrews. Monroe; Wesley Sprunger, Berne: Mrs. Melv.u Schearer and baby of route 1. Hoagland. SOFT BASQUE FHOCK I vtXi 1 Jfr a *x i W jmSi Marian Martin Pattern MAS may be ordered only In misses' and women's sixes 14. H. 18 20. 32. 34. 38. 38. 40 and 42 Site 18 requires 3H y»rds 38 inch fabric. Send FIFTEEN CENTE (plus ONE CENT to cover eoet of n ail tng for this Martan Martin Pattern. Be sura to writs plainly your SIZE. NAME. ADOREM and STYLE NUMBER. There's a gay SpHng “lift'' for your wardrobe la our Spring Pat tom Book tba.'s full of sasy-to-tasks practical, distinctive styles for the entire family? This book la for fast TEN CENTS. Rend year order to Decatur Dally DemoeraL Pattern DeparunaaL 3*B W. Jsekaoa Blvd., Chicago. BL

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With Engineers < ~ IB i ■' 1 1 fSf Y Pvt. Kenneth Shell, son of Mrs. ( Ben Shell, of HJS Pmterson street. ’ Decatui, Ir with Co. D.. 28th Engineer* Ting. Bn . Group 8. E R T 1 4th Platoon, Fort M-onard Wood, Mo Pvt Shell, who is 21 years of . age, har been in servlet two mouths. ARRIVALS Mr. and Mrs. Harry Arthur Hlr- . shey of Schirmeyer street are the parents of a baby boy. horn Sunday noon at 12:40 o'clock ai the Adams county memorial hospital. He weighed six pounds, twelve and one-half ounces and has been nam--1 ed Ora Mildred This is the second child in the family.' o Os 51 billion quarter of milk pro--1 dined In the V. S. In I*4". manufacture of creamery butter took , 81-6 percent, while farm butter ac- ’ i counted for 8.2 percent, d —z —r _ — Actress Visits »i 1 -- L # I - I r/. BHHMw < -' Loretta Young , Screen Actress Loretta Toting • ; poses for the camera in New York I after arrival from Hollywood for a vacation. In between her movie | work. Miss Young iiafl been aiding I the United China Relief campaign.

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ff FROM I ■ 111 I 111 in in Service Jlf Word was received here yesterday from Edward Anderson and Robert Rrandyberry, who entered the service at Toledo. Ohio a short time ago. that they hava been transferred from Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis to the air corps a’ Jefferson Barracks. Ml--sourl. Mr. and Mrs William Noll, of Pleasant Mills, have received word from their son, Max A. Noll, a petty officer In the United States navy, stationed al Honolulu, the firs' they have received in nearly three months. A special package, with | locket gifts, was received by two of his nieces. Noll ha* been in the navy for two years. Curt iLaturner, Fred Ix>ugh. James la-velette and Ferdinani Reynolds are among the Adamcounty men stationed at Camp Shelby, who are bone on furlough Lieut. Leo J Miller of this city, and Lleuts. Nick Munson and Elmo Mauer of San Francisco have returned to their duties at F'it Monmouth. N. J after a Visit with Mr. and Mrs. Charles J Miller and family. Relatlm In Berne have been notified that Pvt. Claire Sprungerj Is in the medical regiment a' Camp Bowie. Texas and Pvt. I.iwrenc.Morand is In a flight school at JesI ferson Barracks. Mo.. They left re- ' cently with selective service conItingenla. Dale Edward Mankey. who enI listed recently in the United States Naval Reserve, han been stationed at Great latkes. His address Is Dale I Mankey. A S.. Co. 9M. U. S. Naval Training Station. Great Mkes, 111. Pvt. Herman S Yake of Decatur, 'lndiana has been sent to a course j In airplane mechanics at Randolph Field Texas. A member of tile 475th i School Squadron, he is the m>n of Mr. and Mrs Henry Yake o,’ Decatur. He was transferred from Enid Flying school. Enid. Calif. Corp. Harold Kolter returned Sunday to his duties at Ixtwrey Field. Colorado air base after a furlough here with friends and rela fives o —— Today people In the United States eat slightly more than two bushels of potatoes a year In contrast with three and one-half bushels per person 2" years ago. according to the Census

At Fort Bliss | * * mjEsf ihQI Pvt. Virgil Übrlck. son oi George I'brick, ot neat Decatui. Is now stationed at Fort Bliss. Texas. Pvt I'hrick war Inducted Inta seivice with lh« I S Armed Forces on Septembei 19, 1841. Personals Harvey Stevens of Indianapolis visited here Saturday afternoon en route to Kalwmaloo. Mich., where he was called by the serious illne»s of his sister. Mrs. John Logan, who underwent an operation som>time ago Her condiilon is report i ed critical. | \mos Sioiu-burtier of the state| highway department visited here over the Weekend. Ernst Heichaldeifer of Geneva attended to business here Sa.urday. Mr. and Mrs Clyde Butiei and ttie Misses Mary Jo Butler and Libby Mai-y were among the Ddcatur people who saw the Navy Day parade and mock air raid in For' Wayne yesterday The Misses Jane Smith and Kathryn Nelson of Geneva shopped here Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. I. A Kai ver. who enjoyed the past six months in St. I Petersburg. Florida will arrive home tomorrow evening. They will. be met at the airport in Indianapo ' Ils by their son and daughter-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kalver. Mrs. Clarence Winters of Fort: Wayne looked aftei buslne»< in Decatur Saturday Mr. and Mr- Thomas Anderson l and baby daughter Dianna will, move Wednesday into the new (lerberdiiiK apartments on Mercer avenue. Mrs. Anderson has been visiting for the past several weeks with her parent*. Mr. and Mrs Clayson Carroll. Mrs. William Windeil. Mrs. May Slagle and Mis. Ireta Kochert. all of Fori Wayne, were business Visitors in this city Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brasher ofj Willshire Ohio shopped here Saturday. Mr* Ollie Kniitle of route 5 was among the Saturday visitors in Decatur. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Strickler of Monroe Visited in Decatur Saturday !

afternoon. Miss Phyllis Kolter ano Miss Mary Arnold spent the weekend In Muncie visiting with Miss Betty !>uik. who Is ti student nurse there Mrs E F Gass and Mrs. Clara Meyers, have returned from a week's visit in Chicago and South Bend with relative* and friend*. Miss Martha Calland of Dayton, I Ohio arived home this noon for a short visit with her parents. Mr ■ and Mrs. J Ward Calland and her' grandmother. Mr«. Ellaatw-ih Mar1 kel. I Mr. and Mrs William Gass and 1 Mrs. Dan Ze-er enjoyed Sunday in South Bend with Mr. and MrGeorge Andrews and family Mias Mary Frank of Fort Wayne visited overnight Saturday with her parent-. M and Mrs Leland Frank and daughters. Mrs. Godfrey Smith nnd daughter Mr- Walt Summers of sonih eas' : of Berne shopped here Satu-day Rev and Mr* Kenneth Timmons of Fort Wayne were guests Sunday in the home of Mr and Mrs. J. K. Anderson Dr. and Mrs. H. Frohnaptel had ;• their weekend gU'-»tx. Dr anJ Mr*. E G. Frohnapfel and son Clark of Blissfield. Mi<h . and Miss Dorothea Frohnapfel of Vogue school ot fashion in Chicago. They will return to their respective home* today. Hugh Engle. George Roop and John Baltzell of this city were in Fort Wayne yesterday where they ‘ took part in the mock air raid given ■ in connection with the Navy Day parade and celebration. Miss Luella Frohnapfel will return to Washiinfon. D. C the latter part of this week after a visit with her parents. Dr. and Mrs. H Frohnapfel. Staff sergeant and Mrs. Gerald Eady of Charlotte, N C. arrived here yesterday for a visit with their parents. Mi. and Mrs Enoch Eady of this city, and Mr. and Mrs. Char les Johnson of Monmouth Kg' I'^i dy is enjoying a ten-dtay furlough from Morris Field Air base, Ball State Teacher's colltjge has , applications for 1.228 teachers this' 1 spring as compared to 838 a year j ago. ■ The average attendance at ' church service* for boy* in mllitary camps in this country was 97 8 ' I percent, a remarkable record. John C. Magley of Root town-' | ship received two black eyes and I an ugly gash acroM his nose Kun-' day morning He wa- cutting some . Giewood. when a piece fl>-w up and struck him so squarely that he was' knocked coinpletely out for a few i minutes He was feeling lie.ter thin morning and wa* aide to continue hi* canvas as a candidate for the i Democratic nomination for town-1 I ship trustee. A mother and daughter banque' will be held at the Presbyterian church the evening of May Bth. Mrs II M DeVoss Is in charge of

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