Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 196, Decatur, Adams County, 19 August 1942 — Page 3

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feeSu f W* . daughter of Mr. iML Jo'-n Harrell of Arcadia. M * -tjf' r.". l-a Verne Hake) 'B* 5 ' rs..!,t K.n of Mr. and Kj Bak- ) of thia cl’y. occurred at four W. Sa nd.iV afternova in the <bur<h of Victoria, Kin a/ar »< P» lra * * ,l< * wl ' i " > r f io.-.-s including giadloK" ~:„ tnarconla and | iKlrtl ns '.!>*’ ceremony Mrs. J. .W* gav a fifteen minute ■ B nd Ma.» Julia Mattax K? I Love You Truly.” Rev. Wf. W I. PF* received the nup■?’’tendant« were Min Allee V ~I (. | <,f the bride and Sgt. ■ Herner (“here were David KLand *’• W. Hardy. .■r brj(l( . who was given in • K---e by !, ‘ r br ‘” her - w,Jrn *' .wore i d:‘ -s of white emHZ'ed i’.'iue With matching ■\iorrx and white footwear. ■ oinaice was <>f •»’“« iris al,d lK osi ,- ornament was a cameo iKtb. m heirloom worn at many «edi!:nc» "■ t* l '' family - wore white pique. |K,-) j .., -age of pink gladK\r;.'.>n a ii- held immediateK< .>*:ru th- ceremony at the -K' / th- b. ueanti'. Mrs. Giyn J s-.iding trip to New Or(oup!e will I»e at home K\. ( X (j..- street In Victoria. "KqMOMICS club -Ki PICNIC SUPPER the Decatur home «K* ial .<« • It’’ enjoyed a picnic their families and friends evening tn Hanna- ;>■- •» M -s Mildred WorthAid a.- m'< ! of ber 1 b clubs special guests. commf'tee in charge of entn. lud-d Mrs. Hubert Hrxu.i*». M • Roy Price. Mrs. Eichhorn Mrs Ed Anderson All. th* Uelneke. Games .nj-.y- -i i prizes of defense |Ki|*t awarded. K||T FAMILY KI'ITH REUNION Hr- l't i annual reunion nt the Hs- family was held recently at iKbomr of M. and Mrs Hubert Kk- j' Wayne with twenWe enjoy th- basketKtsrr «erv.-d at noon. Grace was Kt by F E Gross of Elkhart. A Kur- of -he dinner was a large !- i.-a’-d with yellow roses h- words -Crist Reunion." Ku-i by Mrs Veletta Crist. K < . -ided over the busr - Id after the dinner Kt 'he b l-wing officers were Kttedtos-rve tor the new year:

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CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Fanny Macy Phonsa 1000 — 1001 ——- I Wednesday St. Paul Indies' Aid Society, Mrs Dwight Schnepp. 9:30 a. m. Red Cross Sewing Vnlt, American Legion Homa, 1 to 4 p. m. Thursday Friendship Village Club Picnic, 1 I Lehman Park. Berne, 6.30 p. m. Christian Ladles’ Aid Society An- 1 nual Birthday Tea. First Christian 1 Church. 2 p. m. Phoebe Bible Class. Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church. 7:45 p. m. First V. B. D. Y. 8., Mrs Manley Foreman, 6:30 p. m. Woman's Guild of the St. Luke < Evangelical and Reformed church 1 of Honduras All Day Meeting, Church Social Room, 8 a. m. < First U- B. Progressive Workers, Edie Deltsch. 7:30 p. m. Our of Victory Discussion Group, Mrs. Clarence Heimann. 7:30 p. m. W'omen of Moose Pot Luck Party. Ijodge Home. 6:30 p. m. Friday First V. B. Victory Class, Church Basement. 6:30 p. m. American Legion Auxiliary Business Meeting. 1-egion Home. 7:30 p. m. St. Mary’s Twp. Home Economics Club Picnic, Pleasant Mills School. 7 p. tn. Phllathae Class, Mrs. H N. < Shroll, 6:30 p. m. Mr. Crist, president; TeFrona Crist Floyd, secrets-yd rwasurer; Mrs. W. O. Hleh of Elkhart, Mm. Raymond Crist of Monroe and Mm. Hubert Meyers of Fort Wayne, committee ' on affairs. Later in the afternoon ice cream and cake were served. The reunion will be held at the same time ' and place next year. LOYAL DAUGHTERS BIRTHDAY PARTY Seventeen members and two guests of the Loyal Daughters' class of the Evangelical Sunday achool attended the birthday party and picnic at Hanna-Nuttman park last evening. A delicious pot luck supper was served, after which games and visiting were enjoyed. -Plans wore made for a guest night and parcel post sale in September. Our Lady of Victory discuasion group will meet at the home of Mrs Clarence Heimann Thursday evening at sevtn-thirty o’clock. GARDEN CLUB ENJOYS MEETING Twenty members of the Decatur garden club answered the ro'l call when the club met yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. X. A. Bixler. Mrs Paul Felber save a most Interesting paper on “Daisies," mentioning many of the varieties. Among the most interesting ones were the Suan Klrver, an Australian daisy. freebloAmfng, blue and lavendar with black and white disks; the African daisy which is new to the state but becoming very popular and is a perennial which can be t-eated as an annual: the oxeye which, with Its orange and black head, grows in the fields from Canada to Florida; the Shasta daisy, named by Burbank for his favorite snow-capped peak of the

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Sierras; the painted daisy belonging to the chrysanthemum family; and the daisy known in England as the Michaelmas and here as the hardy aster, which is excellent for fall flowering and a variety of colors. Mm. Bixler conducted a quiz on flowers and vegetables and Mrs. Ed Miller was in charge us an interesting context for which Mrs. Henry Heller received the prize. During the social hour lovely refreshments were served by the howless, Mrs. Bixler, assisted by Mrs. i’aui Felber and Mrs. Ed Miller. TRI KAPPA PLANS GARDEN CARD PARTY A business meting of the Tri Kappa sorority was held last night at the EHm home and arrangements made for a benefit garden card party to be held September 16 on the lawn of the lodge home. The commlt'ee In charge includes Mrs. Roy Kalver. Mrs. Carl Gerber and .Mrs. Avon Burk. A financial report on the dr.nce held recently was given. The sorority also decided to draw a name from the list of Decatur men in service each meeting night and send him a carton of cigarettes. JUNIOR LEADERS REGULAR MEETING The Adams county 4-H club Junior Leaders met recently at the home of Miss Eileen Ehrsnm for the August meeting. Miss Rose Marie Stanley setved as chairman. Nineteen members answered the rol <-all. L. E. Archbold, county agent, wax in attendance and discussed plans for the approaching 4-H fair. Plans also were made for an old fashioned box social to be given Heptember 10 at the home of Robert Railing. I>uring the social hour games and refreshments were enjoyed. Present were Erna Bultemeier. Phyllis Wolfe. Delores Byersly. Rose Marie Stanley. Virginia Venfs, Helen Thurman. Virginia Thurman. Helen Glendenlng. Norma Jean Fields, lx>!a Eileen Ehrman, Kenneth Mhrman, Harry Speakman. Aoland Wolfe. l,eo J. King. Jr.. Ed Sprunger, Robert Goelz. Max Riggin, Warren Neidllnger and special guests Itonald Hhannon and Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Archbold. WREN HOMECOMING TO BE SATURDAY The Wren homecoming will be held Saturday afternoon and evening with entertainment, music and refreshments provided. There will be contests and interesting talks, the program commencing at 3 p. m.. according to announcement made today by Charles Shell chairman of the committee in charge of arrangements. The Victory claw of the First Vnlted Brethren Sunday school will have a pot luck supper Friday evening at six-thirty o'clock in the basement of the church. After supper the time will be spent in cleaning and rearranging the class room. All members are asked to be present. MRS. JOHN MALBTON HAS 77TH ANNIVERSARY Thirty-seven relatives gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Malston Sunday marking the occasion of the 77th birthday anniversary of the letter. Refreshments were enjoyed and the guest of honor received a number of pretty gift» as well as many happy returns of the day. Present were Messieurs and Mexdamex Ernest Malston. Norman Kanter of Wakaneta. Ohio; Dee Jones. Marble Appelgate and family. Tom Simmons and family of Windfall; Clyde Filler of Geneva; Don Maple. Bluffton Joe Browning of Willshire; Ollie Feller and family and the hoonr guest her husband and son. Paul. PARTY TO HONOR MRS. BERT HALEY The Women of the Moose will entertain with a pot luck supper party Thursday evening st six-thirty o'clock at the lodge home honoring the out-going senior regent. Mrs. Bert Haley. The regular lodge meeting will be held at eight o'clock. All members are requested to be present. o ♦— ♦ Adams County Memorial Hospital Admitted: Mrs. J. R. Williamson. Ohio City. O. Mrs. Betty Brown. 437 South First street; Esther Row. Monroe. .H O - Trade* in a Good Town — tWaftn WDfODORANT ■ For Active men and women. 1 j Don't take chances with per- I I spi ration odor. A little cream I j protects for 1 L- 39 c B. J. Smith Drug Co.

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Demonstrate Gases To Civilian Defense ■ — Workers Learn Os .Five Deadly Types Heme 250 to 300 members of civilian defence units witnessed st least one of a series of gas demonstrations last night as a part of their required training. The nrst demonstration given at the lx>g!on home by Dallas Brown, emergency corps commander, was shown to approximately 150 6rat air raid wardens, auxiliary police and auxiliary firemen. T J. Metzler was In charge of the meeting and George Harding ex-1 plained a change In the handling of Incendiary bomba, as outlined by the civilian defense headquarters. Commsnder Brown, assisted by C. A. HtapDton. presented the gas demonstration. Simulated gasses of five varieties were released in the room. The odors, means of recognition, effects of each and means of treatment were discussed. The five types demonstrated were: Lewisite, phosgene, chloracelophenone. chlorplcrln and mustard. After the demonstration at the lx>Klon home. Commander Brown and his assistants went to the Jun-ior-senior high school where second air raid wardens, dentists, ambulance drivers and others were taking Instructions from Mrs. Clyde Butler, Mrs. W. Guy Brown and Mrs. George Squires. There the demcnxtratlon wax repeated. The demonstration wa« made from a special "galixes kit." approved by the natolnal civilian defense agency. DECATUR'S TAX RATE (Continued From Page 1) creased from 8777.50 to 81.042.50. the increase being for “other compensation." Po'ics. Firemen Get Reiss The department of public safety, police department, asks for (13,734, compared to (10.059. the increase being to give the chief of police and all police officers a boost in wages. The salary of the police is listed al (2.088, compared to (1.843 this year. Mr. Aurand said the increase was'equal to about 11 percent of this year's wages paid policemen. An Increase is also provided for members of the regular fire depart, ment. The appropriation for salaries is (5.088, compared to (4,802. The fund for volunteer firemen is (1.200, compared to (1.100. The street department fund Is reduced from (19.535 to (15.540. for the reaeon that the city cannot purchase new equipment and certain types of road materials, under existing priorities. The park department fund is reduced from (3,312 to (2.411, the cut being made in items of equipment. The swimming pool fund was cut (1.000. the appropriation being (1.210. The miscellaneous items column Is reduced from (4.775 to (3.945. the largest deletio nbeing (700 appropriated for this year's election expenses. The city will pay (3.000 on schoolaid bonds next year, the interest being (1,093 in addition. The bonded indebtedness item Is Included in the civil city budget. The 45-cent tax rate has been maintained the past three years, the levy prior to that time being 40 cents on the (100 of taxables. o ARRIVALS James Adam is the name of the baby boy born to Mr and Mrs. Fred Baker. Jr.. Saturday noon at the Adams county memorial hospital He weighed six pounds and fifteen ounces and Is the second son in the family. Mr. snd Mrs. Earl Barnett of Detroit. Mich., are the parents of a baby boy who was born Tuesday. August 18, at the Jennings hospital in that city. He weighed six pounds and six ounces and has not yet been named. Mrs. Barnett was formerly Miss Margaret Vian of this city. ENEMY SURFACE (Costlnssd From Pass 1) lost part of a finger. Bennet s injured Inger was amputated by a crewman of the rescue ship. The emergency surgeon also amputated the Inger of chief steward Nlcanor Alba, 40. of New York City, a Ft !i pl no Survivors were landed at a west African port, and five ware ho» pltallse? The others were placed aboard another ship and brought here. Details of the attack were revealed by the merchantman's captain and second officer both Ger-man-born naturalized American citisens with relallvw la Germany The men requested their names omitted from the account of the sinking. The third officer was first to report the raider's lights, the captain said. Previoasly an 808 has been

Serving On Ship Harry M. Bowers, son of Mr. and Mrs.. Charles Bowers ot route two. who enlisted in the U. S. Navy several months ago was stationed at Norfolk. He is now serving on a ship. received by the ship, which gave a position 30 miles away. The captain said be ordered an SOS sent out but received no snswer snd so believed the first distress call wae faked by the raider, which later jammed the merchantman's real distress signals. Spotted about three miles distant, the raider dosed in to threequarters of a mile and opened fire. TTie navy's gut* crew replied, the captain said, and probably bit the rsider twice before their gun deck i was hit. fromA MEN n ■ in B Capt. Harold V. DeVor, former Decatur dentist, is here for several days on leave from the medical corps at (tamp Grant. Illinois. Capt. DeVor has been in service for 13 months. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Arnold. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Skiles. Miss Thelma Tinkham and Misa Irma Meßarnes visited at Camp Forrest. Tenn.. with Pvt. Eugene B. Arnold. Co, L, 317th Inf., and Pvt James B. Skiles. Co. L. 319th Inf. ■ ii ■■ ■ j) I f\ k I A I | • Ek/ CK.)v 11n Ly A card from Aunt Jennie Furman. of Marion. Ohio, says to change the address of her paper to Mayville. N. Y.. where she is visiting Mrs I<eota Bailey Litchfield for ( a few weeks. She xendx best wishes ' to every one. Hubert Zerkel. Jr., is spending 1 ten days at Willowemac, New York ’ in the Catskill mountains. Mrs. Ed Shoaf and Mrs. Charles 1 Shoaf visited in Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Harkiess and sons Charles and Donald, and Mrs. ' Cora B. Miiler of Fort Wayne visited Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. William Hitchcock ot the stste 1 line. Mrs. T. T McClintock and daugh- ! ter Joan stopped here yesterday afternoon for a brief visit witn Mrs. I. W. Macy and daughters. They were en route from their home in Columbus Ohio to Rome City where they have been spending , the summer. ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bauer and daughter. Margine. visited yesterday with the former's mother in Convoy. Ohio. Mr Bauer Is vacationing from bis duties at Schafer wholesale company. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Kern of Lima. Ohio returned to their home today after a visit here and at Rome City with the latter's sister Mrs. John G. Smith of 315 North Third street Mrs., Sol Lord of Oak street, has returned from Atlantic City. N. J., where she visited her son. Pvt. Paul E. Lord, who is a member of the V. 8 srmy technical school, at that place. Mlles Oerberding. 11-year-old eon of Mr. and Mrs Arnold Gerb-rdlng cf Mercer avenue, was admitted to the Adame county memorial hoepi- . tai last night following a tali from a wheelbarrow, tn which he broke ! his left arm. After the arm was ’ x-rayed and set. the lad was dismissed to his home. Paul Anderson, 7 yeer-old son of Mr. and Mro. Ell Andrews of 1208 Patterson street was admitted to the Adams county memorial hospital last night with a fractured arm. He was later dismissed to bis home. "6 - Donate Ice Cream For Lunch Program Ice cream will be served to the youngsters on tbe menu of the Liuim iunihxou program at Worthman Field Thursday and Friday, it was aaaoaaced today by Deane '

George W. Blocker Dies This Morning * SSW>M* Retired Farmer Dies After Short Illness George William Blocker, 76, a retired termer and a life long resident ot Adams county, died at his home In Domestic at 5 o'clock this morning following a one day's illness of heart (rouble. The deceased was born April 10, 1866. a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Blocker. November 23. 1889 he was married to Dequestney Wlllliamx. He was a mem tier of the West Missionary church, west of Berne. Survivors include the following children, Alvin of Corona; Belvin of Massilon. Ohio; Mrs. John Blain of Petroleum; Mrs. James Runyon of Geneva: Harold of Okland. CaHf.: Sterling and Russell, both of near Bluffton. One son is deceased. Eighteen grandchildren also survive. Two brothers and two sisters are deceased. The time of the funeral will be arranged later pending word from the son in California. The services will be held In the West Missionary church with burial In tbe M. R. E. cemetery. Rev. Chris Gerig will officiate. The t>ody wfi! be returned from the Jahn funeral home, Bluffton, to the residence Thursday evening. Close Library For Funeral Services The Decatur public library will be closed Thursday until after funeral services have been held for Miss Cora Bur*, who died Tuesday morning. Services for Miss Burk, who had been matron at the library for the past 10 years, will be held at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Black funeral home. Knights Os Pythias Will Meet Tonight Joseph Hunter, chancellor commander of the local Knights of Pythias lodge, announced today the regular lodge meeting will Im* held at tbe home at 7:30 o'clock tonight instead of Thursday, ths regular meeting date. ■ • < i I. Lieut. Graham, Family To Visit In Decatur Lieut R W Graham, chaplain in the t'nlted States army, together with Mrs. Graham and their sons Jack and Rill, who have been spending the summer in Mouth I Dartmouth. Mass., will arrive in I Decatur Friday evening tor a several days' visit. Bunday afternoon they will con tlnue to Sheridan. Ind., for a visit with Lieut. Graham's mother, who is seriously ill From there they will go to Greencastle where Dorwln, recreational supervisor. C. C. Schsfer is the donor ot the Ice cream. Since thse sre the last two days of the program, leaders anticipate a large attendance.

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Lieut. Graham will spend the remainder of his 10-day furlough. Mrs. Graham and sons will remain in Greencastle where Jack will attend DePauw university.' While In Decatur the Graham's will make their headquarters at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Zerkie. Chaplain Graham is the former pastor of the First Methodist church in this city. —o ~ . .. Sugar Registration Is Completed Here The fall canning xu ar registration conducted here recently supplanted the "honor system" being used in neighiMiring counties for making canning sugar application. Glenn Hill, chairman of the war price and ra'ionlng board in Adams county, stated today. Registration for fall canning has' been completed here, giving the

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c-ounty "the jump" on many neighboring communities. In which boards have been endeavoring to find a less complicated method of issuing canning sugar certificates. With the aid of a group of volunteers. the local board wax able to speedily and efficiently complete the regtatration here several weeks ahead of the other counties. CANCEL CONTRACT (Continued From rage I) to aid in a solution. A petition filed by ('halmer Bollen baeher and others for permission to build a sidewalk on North Walnut street was approved by i tho council. , o Only two county courthouses in i the Vnlted States are built on ixl--1 lands Key West. Fla., and Manteo. N. C. - 11 "—'"i ■