Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 105, Decatur, Adams County, 2 May 1942 — Page 3

KjrDAY, MAY 2, 1942.

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X X X X X X X X X B X X XXJOOKXXJ* XXXXXXXXXXKXMXXhXXXXXXa Hr * ■ — * I To The Voters \ ■■ I - I ’ f of Adams County: I '■ II | ; It appears that due to * K the brief space ol time « | before election I shall " II ' jL bt unable f< personalb '■‘’-•v *' <:i " h " "• « I I | I take this means * I I •’-' soliciting your tote » ' ■ (■ an< * ’•hall be nio«t I BmL|l grateful tor any *upport riven me. | if successful in my campaign, I pledge to conduct the duties « I outed to the office of sheriff with honesty, sincerity and to « ■ t*ebest of my ability. I shall accept the duties of the office 5 ■ lvii)i togn ito nt of the confidence you voters place in me and x I with sn effort to justify such confidence. IMAN SCHIEFERSTEIN = I * | Democratic Candidate for SHERIFF Adams County I w I No. 30 on the Democratic Ballot. b_ psxxxxx:: X x xjcxJOCMD®#»a®CXbO©CX.*x.x rx x xxxxxxxxxxxXXX I 5 ' Mw I John L. DeVoss H I Democratic "'"Bi Ml Candidate for Prosecuting Attorney ADAMS COUNTY I I solicit your vote and will appreciate it if '" ul1 remember me on primary election day. ’••"day. May 5. ! i i Pol Advt- I

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A M Fanny Macy Phones 1000 — 1001 Monday Adams County Chorus. 12! North 1 Third Street, 1:30 p. m. Ave Maria Study Club, Mrs. Charles Voglewede. Postponed Indefinitely. Motber-ltaughter Banquet. Metbodlst Church. 6:30 p. m. Hairdressers Association. Mrs. David Meyers, 7:30 p. tn. Mother Daughter Banquet, Methodist Church, 6:30 p. tn. Pythian Slaters Temple Meeting, K. of P. Home, 7:30 p. m. Red Cross Production Center. Legion Home, 12:30 to 4:30 p. m. Home Hygiene Classes, Lincoln School. 7 p. m. Tuesday I»utiful Daughters Class. Mrs Fred Chronister. 7:30 p. m. Psi lota XI. Mias Flora Marl*- ' Lankenau. 7:30 p m. Kirkland WCTIT, Mrs. Lena Mar- 'I tin. 1:30 p. m Wednesday Zion Lutheran Missionary Hoc-1 iety. Church. 2 p. m. Red Cross Sewing Project. Le- ‘ gion Home, 1 to 4 p. m. W. C. T. I’.. .Mrs. John Floyd, 2 p in. Mother-Daughter Party. First Presbyterian Church. 6:30 p. nt. Thursday Pleasant Dale Ladies Aid. Mrs. Charles Liby, all day Friday Red Cross Production Center. . American Legion Home, 1 to 4:301 Adams County > Memorial Hospital • ♦ Dismissed: Jimmy Engl*-. Nott-| man Avenue; Merlin Cresley. Toe- ■ sin; Lloyd Reese. Rlt Decatur; j Shirley Hindenlang. RR Decatur.

With 165th Inf. c 1 A K V / w Pvt Ixmls W Zwlck. son of Mi Ed Zwlck of route one. Decatur. wen: Into service on October 6. Dll Hi- address Is now Co M . 165th Inf . APO No. 692. c o Postmaster. San Francisco. Calif. ll*' : ha- asked his friends to write Personals Jack Dailey of Paulding. Ohio visited in Decatur yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Allwein ot Grhson City arrived here Thursday evening where they were called by the serious Illness of the latter’s father, Burt Townsend of Mercer avenue. Mr Allwein returned to his his home Friday morning, accompanied by his mother, Mrs- F. G. Allwein Mrs. Francis Eady, who was: quite ill the past week at the local I hospital, is reported as greatly Im-1 proved today. Mrs. Trueman Yoder of South | Bend is visiting Mrs. Joe Kilck and > other friends here Mrs. Yoder was formerly Miss Esther Sundermanti of thia city. Th*- condition of John Hocker, prominent citlxen of Monro,- and Adams county, was reported as about the same today at S- Joseph hospital, where he has lieen a patient for some time Mr. Hocker,, who is now suffering with imumonia. has been in an oxygen tent for the past week and his condition remains critical. Mrs. Nelle Mae Ixrwe is spending th*' weekend ill Chicago With friends. Jimmy Engle of Nuttman avenue, who had his tonsils removed at the local hospital, was dismissed to his home this morning. The condition of Miss Mayrne Terveer, who fell and broke her hip and several bones in her hand Wednesday evening was reported as about the same today at the Adams county memorial hospital. Little year-old Shirley Hlnden-i SLIM OAVLONG n<o<h I ——I' I r P 45? \ iTn - ■** I •• NJ I ’a I • ‘r 7J | r e.i ■Tiv k I l\ / r °\l\ \ t & V Hn 1; I j |W\ \ 9975 Marian Martin Pattern »»75 may be ordered only In women'- '• ■ ' I 64. 46 and 4» 3« requires 3 j yards 3» inch fabric Send FIFTEEN CENTS (pIM ONE CENT to cover cost ot mail ( Ing tor thia Marian Martin ( SlSi “*S?«S ; w sr«. <« ; ,our wardrobe tn our Spring Pat ■srn Book that’s full of easy-to- , make practical. to 1 for the entire f«‘>F J?« lkX * " * yours tor Just TEN CENTB. 1 Send your order to Decatur Daily Democrat, Pattern Department. Jdd W Jacason Blvd, Chicago. 111. I

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lang who was severely burned several weeks afo. was able to be dismissed from the hospital to her home In the country. Mrs. Pau! Hindenlang, her mother, is still confined to the'liospitai but i- now improving steadily 0 g FROM n men m 111 in IN Service u! Pvt. William Shlnnaberty writes ' that he is fine and would like to ' have friends write him at. Co i) 3rd Sep. Chui. Bn.. Fort Bliss. Texas. Pvi. Richard Drring, son of Mr. and Mrs, Charles Boring, of this city, who left here April 11 with the last selective service contingent. is now statiooed with Co <’.. 214ih Bn., AFRTC at Port Knox, Ky. O . BEET GROWERS MAY (Continued From Paar I) Ire presented by all adult member of the family or by an authorixed agent. The maximum amount of sugar which each holder of a war ration book will be entitled to obtain will be 5 pounds. . For this purpose local Iroards will issue sugar purchase certlfleatee. not stamps. Th*- c--riiflcate will slate the total amount of sugar the hearer may purchase. SUGAR REGISTRATION — (Continued From Page 1) [ member of his family, including height, weight, color of eyes, color of hair, age and sex. This information may then be given to (he registrar in lilling out the application*. It is necessary to know how I much sugar a family has on hand. { Stamps will he torn out for all . sugar In excess of two pounds per : person. If more than four haVe ; to be removed Issuance of the book will be withheld until later. On*- and only one member of each family unit i* to register for I »)Ji*- entire family Single people, !k>i members of a family unit, even f they board with a family, must apply for themselves. AU persons ar*- to register, regardless of the amount of sugar they have on hand. Following Is the list of registration elles and th*- site administrator for each: Blue Creek. Kimsey school Mrs. ; ' Nellia Coppess. French. Election. Lamar Shoemaker. Hanford. Hartford center. Wayne Hinchman. Jefferson. Jefferson center. R F Rlngan. Kirkland. Kirkland high school, Hansel Foley Monroe. Monroe. Herman Nciienschwander. Pl-eble. Preble. R M Houck Root. Monmouth. Myke Scherry. St. Mary’s. Pleasant Mills. (Men Maiwh. I'nlon, Immanuel. Vera Van Buskirk Wabash. Geneva. R O. Hunt. W-*shingt<in. Brandyberry. Madeline Spahr. Berne. Berne, E M Webb. Dei attir. Decatur, W. Guy Brown MocARTHUR ISSUES (Continued From Page D west of Free French New Caledon-1 la where American forces are now f based. Off the coast Iles th" great barrier reef, and beyond It is a I group of tiny Rocky islets, reefs' and keys. Sighting of the planes came at a i moment when the fierce aerial warfare in the northeastern invasion aone was reaching a new peak, and ' Allied airmen engaged in II were * convinced that the Japanese were about to strike at Port Moresby, ; at the islands leading down toward new Caledonia, or at Australia itself In his regular communique Mac- ■ Arthur announced tha* American j bombing planes had attacked Japanese airdrome installations st Gasmata. on New Britain Island, yes-1 terday on th.- sixth day of an at rial i offensive over a 2.500 mile front. I Month Os April Unusually Warm Berne. Ind. May 2- April was an unusually warm month here, according to H M Reusser. local government weather observer The 1 maximum temperature of the! month was »» degrees on April 30 This mark has been exceeded only once In .13 years The mean temperature for the month was 54 41 degrees * comps red to the 30 year I average of 4» 1 The lowest tern I peistare of the month was 2» de-1 greet, the highest miaimum tori

In 53rd QM. '-S'i-sc jm lyfr y Pvt Roman Brlte. son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Brlte. of Decatur route two. entered the army through selective service on June 30. 1941. He Is now with Co. E. 53rd QM Hi-gimeiit at Fort Benning, Ga Pvt. Brite formerly played with the Sagebrush Ramblers, a local orchestra. April in 33 years. There were 2o clear days during the month, just on*- short of th* all-time re<ord 266 Inches of rain fell, most of It during th*- first ten days of the month. No snowfall was recorded i>ut there was on*- thunder shower. Farmers In this community are anxiously scanfnng the sVh-s for signs of rain. No rain has fallen I In three weeks and the ground Is very hard and dry Oats, wheat and grass are not growing fast and the crops will be light and spotty unless rain comes soon. o_ Reports Number Os Fish Are Poisoned — W. A Foner, local conservation club enthusiast, reported today a number of fish in the St. Mary’s river an- either dead or dying. He said something must have been placed in the water which has poisoned the fish Q Former Berne Lady Dies In Illinois I Berne. Ind. May 2 Mrs Fannie Ehrsam Si-henbeck. 97. widow of John J. Schetvbeck. is dead at her home at Neadows Illinois. She lived In Berne and community for 14 years and was the stopmuiher of U'illiam and Sam S«-he»lu-ck. Mrs. Lewis Sprunger. Mis Chris B-»u-man and Mis. Frank Bchlln». all of this community Du al relatives attended the rites at Neadows Friday. 0 15 Rods Os Fence Destroyed By Fire Berne. Ind.. May 2 The rural fire truck from Berne made a run Friday afternoon to the Eli Lehman farm northwest of Berne where a fence rail had taught fire At least 15 rods of the fence Were destroyed. Th*- blaze started from a brush fire, spread ewiftly and was soon out of control. Th*- firemen extinguished the blaze. o — Returned Teacher To Speak At Berne Berne, Ind. May 2- Mix* Bonita Bloxsom, formerly of Pennville, who returned to this community re. cently from Singapore will give a lecture at the Berne community auditorium Thursday evening. May 7. under the auspices of the Bern* I Chamber or Commerce The Berne ' Boy Scouts will sell ticket* for the affair at 30 cents ea*h. including i tax. Mis* Bloxsom was a teacher In [ Malacca for three years and will

— ~ ——- • ' r £*' JOHN STULTS i'. ••• •■ ■ • MAYOR City of Decatur I Molkit yo«r vole and will appreciate it if vow'll remember me on primary election das Sato. Mv S.

give a first hand eye-witneaa and I uncensored account of the fall of ' Singapore and Malaya and her 17,000 mil*- ocean voyage home through submarine infested waters. She was a mission teacher >n MaiI area. Catholic Seniors Give Play Sunday The public is Invited to the presentation by the senior class of the Decatur ('at ho He high school Sunday evening at th*- school auditorium "Once in a Blu- Moon" Is the tsI tie of the musical comedy, in . which <he seniors will participate. I Th*- play is directed by Sister M. lAlbertonia, senior class guardian and Sister M. Patricia, music inI struct or. There are 36 young woN men and young men in the senior I t’ass. all of whom will receive their I diplomas June 5. at the annual I commencement exercises. ■■ - - o— — - -- - - i Richard Sutton To State Police School I Richard Sutton, son of Mr.* J. C. • Sutton of this city and watch- ‘ man of the town of Genera, will 1 leave Sunday for Indianapoijs to . attend the Indian.* state police i. school. Methodist Layman f Speaks Here Sunday r Ray R. Raudebuah. of Greenfield. prominent Methodist layman, i- will speak al the First Methodist r church In this city Sunday morn-1 t Ing. An outstanding layman in the s church. Mrs. Raudobush is recog-1 t nized as an able speaker. Fred I Busce, local lay l*-ad*-r. will be in ! f charge of the service. No Kindergarten Monday, Tuesday — Walter J. Kric k, city school nup-, ' erintendent, today railed attention fi to the fai t that kindergarten i " classes in the city schools Wil] be | ‘ suspended Monday and Tuesday, •. because of the sugar registration. o Sell School House And School Grounds An atbandoned school house, its grounds and another school house f ground will be sold May 7 on the r premises by John M Doan. \Va»hI ington township trustee. The RanI d**lruslt si Imol and th*- grounds and f the grounds on which the Hain [/ school was formerly located are . | those to be sold The first will be f sold at 1:30 p m. and the second .' at 2:30 p tn. I BURT TOWNSEND i —~ (ContlßMd Fl.-Hl I'.IK- 1) deceased and one of th*- early i settlers here Mi Townsend was married to I I Miss Ruth Parsons of Chicago In ‘ i early life he served as clerk in th*- Claypool hotel. Indianapolis ■ ' and managed several hotels Iwfore ' ; acquiring the Frankfort property. . I In* hiding th*- Cortland in Kokomo, i the Whitney at Ann Arbor. Mi* It. 11 and the William Irwfii. Kenosha, i i Wis I Besides the widow, he Is survived by three children. Dk-k Alli t son Burt Jr. both of this city, and Mrs Thomas Allwein. Gibson City. 111. Mr Townsend was a memle-r of ! th*- First Presbyterian chilrclt * Fum-r ai sei vices will be held at ||o o’clock Monday inoniiiig from th*- Towns-nd horn*-, with Rev. , | George <l. Walton, pastor, official , | Ing Burial will be In the De* atnr , | cemetery .. The body will be removed front ' the Zwii'k funeral horn*- I** the ; j Townsend residence Sunday o— Trad* In a Gms. Towt Decatur

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Pictured above an- font serv-j ’ I* >■ men. two from Adams comity taking "Gm*' out " to sample a lit th- of" Mom's baking" in a box ol cookies m bon**- Th*-y ar*-, left. to right a Pvt S* hb-ininer. who: was not l(lcntlfl-d further; Pvt Wayne Schnepf. of Adam.* county. | Pvt Glen Griffiths of Adam* * oun I ly. and Pvt Harold Minsni* it of J Muncle ITh*- letter ami photo Were sent In by Pvt. Griffith who said t > "tell my friends Hi Adatns county I that I am feeling ‘tops’ and the I folks out here treat us royally ’’ iHe Is station- <1 in th*- I' S Air i Corps. with Boeing Technical ' S* h*so! of Aeroautlcs, ACTD Close |1" at Oakland Ait Port. Oakland, j Calif rnfa Pvt Griffiths says that "My mo tlier sends me the Itai’y D*'ino< tat will* ii Is not only read and enjoy ■■<! hut is really appreciated. pecially the column ‘From Men In S.-rvic. ‘ “ "As m> - lass I* mad*' up ot all Indiana hoys, we naturally brought Imliana's favorite import, l>a-k*-lt I bull, along out West liar Id Mlltl ttich of Muncie is captain *>f our team Two other Adams county boys. Bill anil Wayne Si hliepf and myself, play on the team We

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I have won two leagues "I am e:n 'owing a picture of jiai't of cur team enjoying a box of cookies from horn* <htr class , boasis the finest boys anyone ever ' met from the best state in the I’nlon .ind th. Iw-et country in th* world ” o NAVY CASUALTIES (C>>ntlnuot From Paas It ■i.'*l the navy has restrict*-d publication or radio broadcasting to 'll*- In.'iicdlit,- areas which publications and local radio stations serve The f 0 1,-1» will cover only the dead with ihos*- missing and wounded to I**- released two or tin * * d *ys later (» Geneva Nazarenes To Have Own Church The G- neva Church of the Naz-;»r»-n«- organized a few years ago will <s>ii have a home of its own. Tlo- congregation has purchased flu- old Ceylon Methodist church and will move the building to Geneva. remodel it ami pla*. I* on a mw foundation Rev Gillette Is pastor of th*- < hur* h