Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 11 January 1944 — Page 3

•uar> ■seJUESDAY, JANUARY 11,1944

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NNUAL JOINT MEETING » HELD LAST NIGHT The assail joint meeting of :he •catnr Woman'! club and the darms County Federation of dubs «6 held last evening at the Libtry hail. Mrs. Arthur Holt house ' MHM over the short i.j- ; n-o testing. The club voied to give »e4r annual 110 contribution to the rfantlle paralysis foundation. The evening*! program wae open--1 with several vocal selections by te girls double trio from the De . ztor high school glee club, under » direction of Mies Helen Hau(M. The SDases Patricia Kitson. 4le Eady. Leona Hoile. Marjorie chnepf, Helen Hazelwood and WilB Wilson. compoaed the double -It, Related topics of -women in the •me. church, and school were predated by three Decatur clergymen. •"America la founded on the MM,” spoke Rev. J. .1 s.-im.-z, SUtor of the St. Mary's church, in ,ta address to the club H di-< 'd the part women In the home : ave played in the building of thia tarnation. He stressed the home as training ground for youth, and urtber stated that In order to meet be post war period successfully he unity of the bom-- must be precarved. “Nations." he concluded, do not write the history of the tome; the home writes the history >f the nation." •Dr. M O. Lester, pastor of the first Methdtst chunh. discussed vomsn’s place in the church. He ipoke of the part women have play■d In civilisation, and their early druggie to find a definite place in be church. “A woman will make i (better wife and mother." he said n conclusion, “if she knows the Ideals of the church." .. In discussing women'* place In J the school, Rev. W. C. Feller, pas’(tor of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, stressed the Importance of training children. Training a child how to live and developing his ebaracter Is one of the noblest professions." he said. In conclusion he showed how woman's influence readied out Into every sphere of life Rev. Carey Moier. pastor of the First Baptist eburch. closed the program with benediction. 111. II — a The meeting of the Happy Home g «' 1 — If |||l([ FILLS IF «HnvOL”* iBi,T Du tbs-TW »-Mrooee Va-tro-noL , It (I) shrinks swollen membranes, (J) soothes irritation, (3) relieves L Bamient nasal congestion ... And I to££* dk€CtkXlS VA TBO WOl

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By HARRISON CARROLL ■tog fhatasm SynSltsU Writer HOLLYWOOD On New Year’s Day, Jack Benny gave up cigara wain and the poor guy is in misery thia week rm he u trjM gjve out with gaga on the eet of ‘The Hom Blows at Midnight." He is pacing up and down as Director Raoul Walsh lines up a penthouse scene with virtually the whole cast of the picture — Alexis HarriMU Carroll «">«»•. R*l>n«J'’ Gardiner, John Alexander, Dolor*- Moran, Guy Klbbee and Mike Maxurki 1 dM »t before and I can do it again,” says Jack, "but ’be first time was abater. It was right after I had pwsumonis From IS cigara a day I got dawn to nothing Then I went to Africa. Everybody had always seen me on the stage and on the screen with a cigar in my mouth or my hand. I tried working with a swagger stick, n was all right. But people kept handing me cigars. Finally I tried one. It didn’t taste good and I threw it away after a couple of puffs Thea I tried two or three more Wed. that was all. brother. Tea know I felt guilty as hen Mary kept writ ng me letters. She didn’t say a thing about staying away from dames. She just said. ■Jack, pleas* don't start smoking again.* Aad there I was doing it an the time. I felt ax bad as if I were cheating on her ** The tewny Is that Benny never moked a cigar. -Igeret. anything until he was M yean oid. He was working in Earl CarroUs “Vanlttas” and bo wrote in a acene where ha piMed a d tecUve. To Jack, all deterttvaa wore derby hate and started. Ton know when I miss ’em moat now?" says Jack fevertrhly. “Wher. I'm with my writers trying to figRM Sgt B program But let s can this talk.’' be adds suddenly. “Any

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Phones 1000 — 1001 Tuesday Dutiful Daughters class. Mrs. Brice Roop, 7:30 p. m Delta Theta Tau -busineae meeting. Elks Home, 8 p. m. Dor caw Class, Evangelical Church, 7:30 p. m. W. C. T. U., Mrs. G. W. Hamma, 2:00 p. m. Rebekah lardge. i. O. O. F. Hall. 7:3(1 p. m. Wednesday Church Mothers Study club, Methodist church, 2:00 p. tn. World Friendship Guild. Mrs. Leo Saylors, 7:30 p. m Historical Club, Mrs. Harl Hollingsworth, 2:30 p. m. St. Jude Study Club. K. of C. Hall, 7:30 p. m. Buinerw and Professional Woman's ctab, K. of P. Home, 8:30 p. m. Red Cross Sewing Center, American legion Home, 1 p. m. Thursday Order of Eastern Star. Masonic Hall. 6:30 p. m. Happy Home Makers Club. Mrs. Freeman Walters, postponed one week. I’nlon Chapel W. M. A.. Mrs. Henry Baumann. 1:30 p. in. Presbyterian Missionary society, Mrs. Fred Smith, 2:30 p. m. Mount Pleasant W. F. C. S.. Mrs. Charlene Fuhrman. 2 p. m. Monroe Better Homes club, Mrs. Raymond Christ. 7:30 p. m. Methodist W. S. C. 8. Installation and pledge service, Methodist church, 2:30 p. m. Friday Boho. W. 8. C. S., church parsonage. 7:30 p. m. Red Cross Knitting Center, American Legion Home, 1 p. m. Makers club of Washington township. scheduled for Thursday evening. has been postponed to January 20 at seven thirty p. m. at the home of Mrs. Freeman Walters. The I’nion Chapel W. M. A. will meet at the home of -Mns. Henry Baumann Thursday afternoon at one thirty o'clock. -Ail ladles of the church are Invited to attend. The Du'lful Daughters class will meet tonight at seven thirty o'clock with Mns. Brice Roop for their first meeting of the new year. All membe-s are asked to i be present. LINCOLN P. T. A. MEETS NEXT FRIDAY The Parent Teacher's Association will meet Friday afternoon at two thirty o'clock at the Lincoln school Rev. Glen .Marshall, pastor of the Church of God. will have the devotions. The sixth grad.- chorus.

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minute now I'm liable to break my resolution.” Sight of the week is Red Skelton wearing a pink ballet coo* -me with pink tights for a routine with a group of cuties in M-G-M's "Mr. Co-Ed.” Red lets out a yell when he sees me. Then he comes mincing up on his toes. • What are you, the dying swan’’’ I aak. "No,” replied Red. There’s so much talent in this picture I'm just the dead duck.” With this, he pirouettes out onto the Mt. The girls greet him with giggles "What’s the matter?" says Red. ’Those skirts look a little droopy in the bagk,” says the nearest girt. “That’s not them, honey,” corrects Red. "That’s me.” At this point. Director George Sidney and Dance Director Jack Donahue arrive to inspect the lineup. "Any trouble with the costumes, kids cal’s out Donahue. Trust Skelton to have an answer for that. "Yeah.” he replies. ‘U feel four little breesee coming in.” With hair cropped clom and wearing filthy clothes, "pence r Tracy is waiting his call this week for a acene in “Seventh Cross.” This picture is about pre-war Germany. Tracy is a political prisoner, a nobody, caught up in the Mart dragnet and Imprisoned in a concentration camp. The story tells about his escape and about the number of kind people who help him. Tracy thinks It’s the best script he’s had since "Fury.” High praise this because. in Spencer’s opinion, he has never made but two good pictures, "Fury” and "Captains Courageous.” "Os count, If they had wanted to cast the film right says Tracy, “they would have hired some of those wonderful foreign actors in Hollywood. Fellows Uke Paul Lukas ” Tracy says his with apparent sincerity. It’s a nice tribute aad I hope Lukas roads it

under the direction of Miss Helm Hau bold, will sing three numbers. Miss Margaret Eltlng. R. N., will give a health table, "The Health of school children." and will give home nursing instruction on the care of sick children. A nursery will be conducted during the program. Mrs. Walter Elzey and Mrs. Cal Steury will Im- the hostesses to the Church Mothers Study clirti Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock at the First Methodist cburch The Baptist missionary society will meet Thursday afternoon at two thirty o'clock with Mrs. 8. E. Hit. Mrs. Brice Butler la the assisting hcutess and Mrs. 8. E. Shamp leader. All members are asked to attend The American D-gion auxiliary will bold their tegular business meeting at the l-eglon Home Friday evening at seven thirty o'clock. This will Im- an important meeting and It is asked that all members be present. The auxiliary district meeting is to be held in Fort Wayns on Thursday, January, 13, and all members of this unit are urged to attend. CwK — Thetus Hocker of Austin, .Minn., will visit his parents. Mr. and .Mrs. C. E. Hocker of First street, over the weekend. He is on a business trip to the east. Cal E. Peterson la attending the clothing market at Indianapolis. The Noah Lehman 60-acre farm west of Monros- lias ben sold to Albert Fox for 3138 per acre. There were a number of bidders. (Funeral services Will Im- held Wednesday afternoon for (Henry Groh. 77. who died at the home of a daughter in New Haven after a two months' llineds. The services will be at the Apostolic Christian church, west of .Monroe. A daughter. Mrs. Charles Drayer, resides ’ near this city. Mire Nellie Knittie of Middle Point, died Monday at the Van Wert hospital. She wae 67 years old and the daughter of the late Peter Kqlttle. well known here. Services will be held at the Trinity Lutheran church at Middle Point Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Frank Conter who has been seriously ill for several weeks has been released from the hospital and waw down afreet a short time this morning. Bob Heldrick of Fort Wayne yas here today looking after his business of keep typwriters operating. Col. Roy Johnson. Cal Yost and Today’s Pattern ■- - *■ W /uvr t K-X / z/jix (• • r i . s? —’ /•-./fij / • • • ' 1 ' ' '* • •! ’. • . f- ■ • -nEvi . L’. 7IV ‘ • I- •! ■’ ’’ F#'l W ST ’o•f •• r ‘ 5 Hl ' C •‘■■L'flb » 449 iHB ■Wil ' I / rir:.. • '-'"I 1 ■ U . -GP 5 * ; Only one yard of fabric makes this apron, even to the ties in back! Pattern 9449 Is smart in design and gives you the coverage you need, just where you need it A remnant of bright cotton should serve you. but It's pretty enough to make in rayon for a hostess or gift apron. Pattern >449 may be ordered in sisea Small (32-34), Medium (list). Large (40-42). Smail size takes 1 yard 33 Inch: 6% yards bias binding. Bend SIXTEEN CENTS in coins LOOSE IN ENVELOPE; DO NOT WRAP, for this pattern. Write plainly SIZE. NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send 10c extra tor your Marian Martin Spring Pattern Book. New 1944 styles Free bat and bandbag pattern printed right in book Send your order to Decatur Daily Democrat, Marian Martin Pattern Dept. 364 West Randolph St., Chicago M, HL

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Wins Medal i i" il ~ ■ i ■■MV* Cpl. Fred It Hoffman, son of \ Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hoffman. ’ 223 N. 11th street, xtatiuned at 1 Camp Atterbury. Ind. Co. F. L 120th inf.. 30th I foi good behavior and faithfulness , to duty. Th<> citation from the ) ICommanding Officer reads: "By | direction..a Good Conduct Medal is awarded by the CO 120th Inf. to Cpl. Fred R. Homan, for having demonstrated by fidelity through faithful and exact performance <>f duty, efficiency through capacity to product* doeired results, and whore behavior has been such as ’ to deserve emulation for a period of more than one year of contlnu- • om active Federal military ser- . vice while the Vnlted Slates is at war.” Cpl. Hoffman has been in the army since Oct. 1942 L. A. Holthouee, attended the Hen--1 ry Marshall black Angus cattle 1 cattle sale at Crawfordsville yes- • terday. Col. Johnson was the auctioneer for the sale and Mr. Yost bought several of the beat cattle ’ sold. He Is building a black Angus ’ herd. 1 o 1 l " HaaiaaaH,la " ll * I A baby girl wae born at 9:40 • a. tu. yesterday to Mr. and Mm. 1 Herbert David Lyons. 333 Stevenson St. This ie the first child in the family and she has l»-en named ■ Patricia Ann. Mm. Lyona was for1 tnt-rly Miss Edith Pancake of fhkt 1 city. — ' o - —— • — • Adam* County | Memorial Hospital | , g • Admitted: Ruwsell Adelblue, Ohio City. 0.. route 1; Miss Marcia Martin, 221 Rugg St.; Mns, George Kern. 803 Russell St.; Mrs. Menno Steury. Berne route 1. Admitted tand dismissed); Norbert lamc, Mercer Avenue; Bill Meyers. Geneva; Rhymond Roe, Rockford. O.; JoJhn Cravllle. Monroeville. Dismissed: Gustave Klein. Hoagland: Edna Connelly. Decatur route 8; Frank Conter. Monro- street; Mrs. Frank Fallow. Geneva.

MFKa 1 I ■ 1' fl? jy F* fl iL gL Mr f I JV J *4Mi j xUb* I " oIHe j 1 Ml « I % 1 I II IF I ' | * flfla I ; uh, btoek <»opo dm. wM pink; «mm. -vy aad white frosh; rigte. doted dm. in gold srepe ’ >' Greek culture has inspired the nation, of the world for centuries, and times without number «• »"**• »nee has beautified fsshion The Greek Revival in the United State, extutxtion. presented at New York a r ‘ tX for M year. At the left above is her Wack crepe gown inspired bv the Goddess of Youth. Bands of pink outline the slit drape over one shoulder through which e arm rsn nxss and the pa 1.1 drape of the skirt The seagull motive decorates he navy and white crepe 1 ; 1 frock, right, shows architectural influence, ornamented by the spearhead motif CfaterMtisssl ► (

w I" 1 Pvt. Ix-slie Hunter has arrived at an undisclosed d<«tlnatfon overseas, according to a ctSblebram received here by his wife today He formerly was stationed -at Fort George G. Meade, Md. Staff Sgt. Carl Hildebrand, recently advanced to that rank, has been transferred, lib address now is: Staff Sgt. Carl Hildebrand. 4u4th Fighter Sqd . Camp Spring Fl»ld. Washington. D C His A S M Is 15.104,905. Carl F Fuelling. HA. 2-c Ward, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Fuelling of Winchester street, suffered rheumatic fever as an aftermath of an atta< k of scarlet fever. He is n w very much Improved. His address is: Ward E-l-N. V. 8. Naval Hospital. Brooklyn. N. Y. Sgt. David B Heller has been advanced to that rank, according to the signature on a letter received by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Heller. Sgt. HHler slated th-' celt so im would now permit him to state he is located somewhere in New Guinea. He formerly was < n the staff of the Decatur Daily Democrat and has been overseas nearly two years. Pfc. Irvin Duncan has returned to Tarrent Field. Tex., after enjoying a in-day furlough with hl>< paren's, Mr and Mrs. Amos Duncan of near St. Mary's, O , and with Mias Gladys Walters of this city Pfc. Duncan M mechanic In the army air forces and was employed at the Goodyear factory In St./ Mary's before entering service November 21. 1942. Wins His Wings Sec. Lieut Donald E. Shady, eon 1 of Mr. and Mm. D. C. Shady of Kirkland township, was commis-' stoned at Blackland Field. Waco, - Texas and awarded his silver wings as a Iximber pilot in the army aJr force. He is home on leave for a few days. Lt. Shady is a graduate of Kirkland township and attended Indiana unlversPy one year Lt. Shady was a member of one of the cla«Hca that was graduated from one of th* II advanced pilot schools of the army training command, wi’h headquarters at Randolph Field. Tex. Mrs. Louis F Webert of Route 3 Decatur, has received word that 1 her husband has been advanced, to the rank of s'aff sergeant, and Is now stationed at March Field. California, with the I'. S army air force. — — Trade la a uuoa town — Decatut

Former Resident Os Decatur Dies Monday Mrs. Nancy B. Baker Dies At Fort Wayne Mrs Nancy Barbara Baker. 8<;. a native of Adam- county and a resident of D catur until the death of her husband. Philip Baker, in 1931, died at the home of a daughter. Mrs. l.eola M< ('ague, a! 1113 E. Wayne street in For' Wayne. Monday afterno n at 4 3o o'clock Death was caused by pn- umonia. She was critically ill only two days although she hud been bedfast foi i three years. She spent most of her life in the west part of Decatur. Sh>- was born September 24. 1857. in Adame county, the daughter of William F. ami Sarah Ellen Dill Kin«ey Buk'-r. Surviving besides the daughter in For: Wayne are a daughter. Mrs Bertha Elzey. Wren. Ohio, and three suns, llarv-y M , Alva I) and Franklin (>. Baker, al! <f Decatur. Om- daughter and two son* are deceased. She was the last member of her family, three broth-rs and one ulster being deceased She was a member of the Rebekah lodge and Methodist church. Fun* ral services will be held at the Black funeral home In thi- city Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, with Rev. Charles Smith, pastor of the First M> fiiodlst church in F rt Wayne, officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. The body may be vl- wed at the Black funeral home after 7:3n o'clock this evening. o Millenniums Near Sebring. Fla. (VP) If the mll-| lonium hasn't come, it must be | around the corner, judging from' recent action of the Sebring city 1 council. Not only did the city! fathers agree with two taxpayers hat their assessments worn "too high." but they also branded the whole assessment roll as "cockeyed." o —_—. I Papers Boost Bond Sales Burbank. Cal. (VP)- The local I woman’s club tested the power of press releases for selling bonds. B agreed to match any and all press releases placed by Its president, ! Mrs. Rawson Davis, at the rate of 15 cents a word for every word published. Newspapers made the contest tougher by giving extra apace to the activities. In six meetings members had to buy 315,835 worth of stamps and bonds 1 ■a ratn of 26 cents a word o — — Urgss Europe Copy Swill Salem. Ore. (VP) Dr. Aiexanj dur A. Vazakas. professor of mod ern language at Willamette t'nlI verslty, recommends, as a solution , to Europe's almost constant war. a parliament of Europe in which each country would preserve Its llngulslic and cultural Individuality and have as its pattern the tri-natloned country of Switzerland. i

Horse Sense if thow<' M-ed samnies have not yet been sent to Purdue for test, "do It now.” bs An hour spent in efficient garden ' planning now will return huge : divld'nds in satisfaction next sum- j mer. -h» It takes 26 sheep to provide tnongh wool t, outfit one soldier for hie first year of servl<( -■ hs Now is a goo,l time to work out the crop rotation for next year This plan showing the acreage t > be planted to various crops may then be used as a basis for purchasing Heeds and fertilizers. - hs Are you cutting next year's fire wood? Wood cut and stacked now will be dry so: us.- in 1944 - hs — We may use the land but we need not use it up. It is a re- | newable resource. hs Do you kn w which apple varieties are hist for eating out of hand, for pie. for I'aitce. or for baking? Not all varieties are equally well snlt'-d for ear h of th hi- uses. hs Do not min a js-rfectly healthy flock of chic k< ns with s m<- worm remedy you know nothing about. IcxHi s cost money. la. — No one has time to pump water l>y hand these days. Just because , your water system is automatic . an I turns Ils. if off and n is no rea on for neglecting r-gular inspection and servicing according to the manufacturer's Instructions. - hs — Each 100 pounds us grain fed j whole to the dairy herd deprives a ! I member of th.- armed forces or a ' t civilian of So p unds of milk. Ten 1 pounds out of ear h bushel of ear I corn the cow receives is wasted hs - A quitter never wins and a winner n- ver quits. - hs — Further information on any of the foregoing topic s may In- obtained by writing t the Dept, of Agricultural Extension. I’ll, dm- i'niver ally. Lafayette. Ind o —- - Flag Society Helps Oakland, ('al. (VI 1 ) For the

ft "■■ * * * ' ~ g '* *■' %-r.a • ” ' • Jkaa 4 ""fia HA ] J l; WHO DETERMINES 0 i | THE COST? 11 J 1 f L Does a funeral director set the cost of fl « |' t service? Not at our place. ■ L Evert family know* what the limit of H | | its expenditure «houl<l he When we know ■ ® Li what this figure is. all plans are made to M F i meet i». / H { Keuardless of price, we come with our A H | hest efforts. ZWICK FUNERAL HOME I | d ‘ I DECATUR Phones Bl and 800 I IMMBMBMHHBMHHMMMMMMaM fO • GLAMOUR Rggß JMU/H6 I GIVIS YOU A\; f; Ullf 111 MACH’NILISS % PERMANENT I WAVE s EQ* | f Complete with U| 50 curlers hMmI wwlW “ 9 <> * s,MriE w < l / EVE, ‘ J S 3 CHUD K 'wL y c « BUY isl •NO MVCHISrS OR DHVFRS M f • r, <„ .v., A «8I aMI IMRMFI I. < lItMK VIA 'A ’«* / _ l* oo * ,o \ ‘ dW • i or womisori mi i»rf.n fFT »l P;^:_ja on the Box / dM • san fasvtoisf .'r>*°*** I 9n • < OVDIVt Ml AMMOMS LBi’™**’ 1 ’*»*—. —SS a MiFxrißiiM.tßtvt mtn Wj • W th «M( atvl in comfort, you can now r<" nwif ■ benut.ful nwl.'vln* (ciMirtii w«.e • • I..«TW that wiU !•« •• I «>« •• «n. fa lew aial tw,.«nmt nave V u la. t l.a.c • «n- a a • n« k k-a.lt a taa .•>( ,1 aa.c ».ft aol . . M |y Grt > wtf • W today! Nothin* rlaa to buy W UTISMCT’OH GUARANTEED O SMITH DRUG CO. ■ ■■aMM MAIL MMMI ADO fc FOR FOSTACE RWI V

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past 35 years Ranger John G. Reynolds of the V. 8. National Park organization hus been trying to establish whether an American flag with 13 stars, seven white stripes and six red ones, whfdll ho dug out of the sands of flat.fa Cruz i in 1907. is an cMflelal American flag, and if so. when, where and how His best bet has come from ' the American Flag society, which | opines that It might have been used on an early frigate. _ - —-o - 1 rUser. Women Coopers Richmond. Cal. (VPj—The war has opened still one other trade '• women which heretofore has been strictly a man's job. it is that of cooper, or barrel-maker, (or the shipment of Standard Oil Co. products. Already there are more than a dozen women coopers -it the Standard Oil Richmond plant out of a total of 350 women who are employed there. "Roll Out the Barrel’’ is tin slogan of 'he women coopers. ... ..... —o -- Ha i Autograph Collection —— Harrisburg i'a. (VP> Four years ago Frederick J. Boltow set out to get an original autograph <>f each of Pennsylvania's 34 governors. Bolton's search for the signature o( former Gov. Henry Hoyt too) him to Boston' two years ago. where hi- paid 11 for 'h- onetime chief executive's signature affixed to a complete document. His collection now is complete up to the present governor, Edward Martin. o — Trade in s Good Town

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