Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 115, Decatur, Adams County, 13 May 1944 — Page 3

SIiRQAY, MAY 13, 1944,

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■Reception Kioav night ..;... Mg'im- setting th.; junior ,ui high, school ■ jlin ual • I**" f ‘»' ’>"* V, , h , -ramasium of the ' profusion of W, ■ ng flower* and ®j a!! :,-riis carried out the M. Lan<'-" On the ■*, bj , k- Hind for the pro- ■ , j.jiimd mountain Rd a grill' d iron gateway. B*>,„ and *hrub arrang' d. B Kj! h!...n M. Connell W Kodnctlon for the junior B M-.i’' ilia Kit non and B-.. -. "p.:.-d the program B w ng. "Melody Lane." wa* a* follow*. B„< (he Paper 1 •oil": Edna Bbolu l*” !!n Kichar, Bill B j, m King. BUI Brenner, 8p,,. .k- 1! ' r Knapp and Btktr* Bl novelty: "The Three Bjtjrg rj Linn. Colleen Milft. Hatnntx Mary Pollock, ftima. F ank Young. Jim B( U Eirh.il-. Bob Chrteleti, B SUckl' y. B| «,'(> ip <i ir -ong*: Willll 1-Blz-ma 11-GL Patricia KitBer Stal-y Everett Arthur. Rstncky Models for the B-. Maiy I - Krick MargarBattd Jean Strahtn. B Pipe r-m: Norma BakIt'iop. Clarice Sauer. Be' Cdoa llleeke Gloria ■ Ronald S ucky. Bill Bro, Bn Colter. organist, Tom B pr! orche-tru was composft,. M luanita FruocMeBn<paufth. Virginia llutker. ■f-jtik. V. ra Steury, Rosa Bratiaii’.. Edna .Mae Schultz B Maddox. ■ Margery Linn was the narBr the program, and Miss ■ Hca'oid. D'otia Hoile and ftn-y »■ :>• 'he accompanieta. ■ arrangements of the song, ft Lane." a»d the group of ■ u.nr. were made by Mkn B Miis Kathryn Kauffman ■an student* made the backftr the program. The stage Bright ■That is the word for | Clean Drape*. Bets Bros. Cleaners I Phone 359

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"Tile Thin Man ' Gon Home.” : She is taking s lesson* for two week*. No. her i partner won't 1 be Bill Powell but a teen-age \ jiv* expert. I Look* a* If Paulette God. I dard i* about to I set a ftrord In bringing metsage* back from oversea* to rel-

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W* The star. who E” , ip o rn!!e « on her junket E, ?""*• etc -> wired her aecM up enough stationery j 3 »£’.fc£rg, | » * !mo "t eloping the other L X? «*«-ny and her FJf™} ‘ ey G - Barnee. t 0 *•>»/ their mar|Miy WSUI h * * e M hU or * Lt?** s !’ at lhe testimonial E,L* n by ,h ® Independent l’ r ' x lucera, Joe E. L» ,^. 8b ? ut Js P Zeros interk4. hl " • how “ tn New h to N,p Pil°ta roared L" £»f*, th. boya had to R» ta*J IOV * r n P rov «d imP » ruume the entertain- °® c ero “me Brown," he aaid, hell of a lot of p ’w th«m»eivei. M hr tor two ' Ff i>hu*»° at hrr father* Rear. B l aker '“ daughter, fe. .l <l 5 Wn with the F’’dim an * [»btsrt he£r Loto p,enty wor ' Pl '• • A ** GardJ , ‘nuC y ? w>n * y a, » having la **nor’ftJ n .. l { w two monthi It'** haa *** n heephhM h!. h,m at Ijl Jo»«. akh* gained J 5 pound*. Rha^ n and Kay GorF6m KvrPV atad ,rom their I'M Un n t’Pahand*. Hunts S&ter W ‘ U * ppear ! iki »icha*rX‘ M . 4 Ta w n ". .. 1 X th. Merry

setting wm In charge of Bick Gehrig. Troy Fennig and Charles Peterton. The grand march was led by the officers of the junior and senior clartse* Officer* <rf tbA junior class are M!*s Dinnabello Koop, president; Miss Virginia llutker, vice president; Mis* Gloria Sinker, secretary, Leo Borne., treasurer. Miss Eioiae Lewton is the sponsor of the claas. and assisted the utudent* in planning the reception. Sophomores who served at the prom were Irene Andres*, Barbara Bracey, Anna Fried ley. Betty Boeder. Mary Ism Robinson, Ann Maddox. Barbara Hoblet, Norma Eady. Karl Koller. 3111 Porter Richard Knapp. Melvin Taylor Fred Steiner. Jerry Ketchum, la-igh Nelson and Ted Hill. •speck" 11 ei»l»le and hl* orchestra furnished the music for the dance, attended by approximately two hundred student* pnd faculty numbers. FORMER DECATUR GIRL TO BE MARRIED MONDAY 'Mies Vera Coffee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Coffe.- of Crystal latke, Illinois, former reaident* of this city, will be united in marriage to Private Arthur W. Hchuldt, son of Mr and Mr*. Alfred W. Schuldt of Cary, Illinois, at ten o'clock I Munday morning. The wedding will be aolemnlzed in St. Thomas Catholic church, with the Rev Father MdCormick officiating. Her only attendant will be Mlm Alice Lyons of Clark College, Des Moines, lowa, a former claesmate of Vera's William Parsley of Cryotai Lake will serve a* best man, 'Miss Honora Schmitt, atudemt nurse at St. Bernard'* school of nursing in Chicago, will attend her cousin's wedding. The bride-elect attended St. JoHeph grade wcbool in this city, and graduated from Crystal latke high school. At present she is employed in the Pullman offices in Chicago. CELEBRATES 79TH BIRTHDAY RECENTLY •.Mrs. Alice Shaffer was guest of honor at a pot luck dinner, held at her home recently, when she celabeaded her sovenhy ninth birthday anniversary. A large birthday cake centered the t;d)le. and the honor guess received many lovely gift*. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. William Kelly and daughter Barbara Jean. Mr. and Mr*. Huber- Butler and sons Jimmy, Paul. Joe and Jacky. Mr. and Mrs. .Ebner Wag-

ro Jittery about the recent fire at his home that he is having the baby's nursery rebuilt out of fireproof materials. It will cost almost as much as the rest of the house. . . . The Santa Anita Ordnance Base fire department just voted Ann Miller "the girl we'd like to go to blazes with.” Both Rita Hayworth and Mare Platt being redheads, .Janet Blair must go blonde in the Technicolor musical "Tonight and Every Night.” Putting on one of those tum-of-the-century corsets for "Roughly Speaking,” Ann Doran cracked a rib! From the South Pacific, Donah! "Red” Barry writes: "I want to tell you about a great guy and an officer who has the enlisted men virtually worshiping him —Lanny Rom. You have no idea how big hla job is and how well he does it Seeking no publicity, either. “Alt Vanderbilt is another. Playboy? Crimlny. what a man he is! I guess you know he is skipper of a PT boat. Believe me, his friends would be proud of the job he's doing. Tell 'em about him.” Come summer vacation and Michael O'Shea will be leading a bachelor life no longer. His wife and two children. Edward Frank Michael. Jr., 17, and Barbara Jane, 15, are coming out from the east. Now all Mike has to do is to find a house for the family . . . and. of course, do his fttm chorea in "Something for the Boys.” HOLLYWOOD HL JINKS: Hear Ethiyne Claire (now Mrs. Art Frost) is expecting a baby. . . . And, speaking of the stork. Dick Haymes offered to loan Betty Grade and Harry James his baby buggy.... with the proviso that it be returned in time for the new Haymes arrival. . . . Orchestra Leader Spade Cooley, once a cowboy, today won't eat meat. . . . Actor Dan Duryea, former advertising man, is writing a book on motion picture advert Islng.t. . . I<catrice Joy Gilbert and one of the Hakim brothers at the Mocambo. . . . Add strange twosomes: Pintsized Charley Foy and tall Helen Bradbury. ... Draft board has reclassified Lo'l Costello from 2-A to 1-A 11. Bud Abbott wisecracked: "That's what you get for being so dumb on our radio program. They have demoted you." „ u

CLUB CALENDAR •oclrty Deadline, it A. M. Phone* 1000 — 1001 Saturday W. S. C. S. Circle four bake sale, Schafer Store, 9:3« a. m. Tri Kappa rummage sale. Green Gattie. Sunday Bolto W. 8. C. S, Mother's Day Party, parsonage, C:3O p. m . Monday Adams county Num* Association. Mi*. Floyd Grandstaff. S p. m. Pythian Sister Temple. K of P home, 7:30 p. nt, Pythian Needle club, K. of P. Home, after Temple. Tuesday Decatur Garden club. Hanna Nutiman park. 2:30 p. m. Evangelical | rf)>ll | Daughter chic*. Mrs. Adolph Kolter, 7:30 pm. < L. of (', Mother’s Day party, K of C. hall. S;3O p. m. Tri Kappa social meeting. Elk* Home, 8 p. m. Evangelical Kum Join IT* class. Mr. snd Mrs. Clarence Smith, 7:30 p. m. Wednesday Decatur Home Economic* club, Mn*. Ralph Roop, postponed. Thursday First I . B. Mother an.l daughter banquet, church e: so p m. Friendship Village Home Econonics clifl), community building. I:3c p. m. ner and children Linda Imu and Tommy. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bienz and son Phmny l*-e. Mr. and Mrs. David Myers and son David Lynn. Mr. and Mm. Rolen Miller and children Hubby, Paul and Marjory, Mrs, Willfcrtn Beltz, Mr*. Katherine Bucher. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gaum and children Billy. Tommy. Eleanor .Mqry lam and Roger. The Friendship Village Home Economic* dub will meet at one thirty o'clock Thursday afternoon at the community building In Blue Creek township. The Decatur Garden club will have their regular meeting at Han-na-Nuttman park Tuesday afternoon at two thirty o'clock. The meeting of Kum Join U* clasnof the Fii*t.Evangelical church *< heduled to be held at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Smith on Tuesday, ha* been postponed indefinitely. LEGION AUXILIARY BUSINESS MEETING The American Legion auxiliary held their regular btwineM meeting Friday evening at the legion Home. Mrs. Ed Bauer gave a report on the district meeting, held in' Fort Wayne Thursday. Memorial service* for seventeen member* were conducted, and election of officer* iwas held. Air*. Mary Brickley of I'niondale was elected diotrict president, Mr*. Maude Young of Kendallville vice president and sfrs. Tillman Gehrig of this city waw elected to the executive committee. M««miber* from the local auxiliary who attended the meeting were Mr*. Bauer. Mrs. Gehttg, Mr*. Ehner Danwachter, Mrs. T. C. Smith, Mi*. Vernon Autaiid. Mrs. Adrian Baker, and Mrs. Dallas Brown The next district meeting will be held in July .Mrs. Adrian Baker reported for Today’s Pattern 'ilhlid S l Z .a ft! gLv,' i ! li jfijiiiiiitj iW /ill ■ f MARIAN MARTIN Yout little boy will bi proud as Punch ot hir suit Pattern 91*1! The cuti ruffle-, art. optional l’*e same ,a*y pattern for overall version Pattern comet; In sixes: 1, 2. 3. 1. 5. «. Size fi. shirt takes 1 yd. 36-in. Shorts. Us yds. Overall*. 1% yd*. Sunsuit Included with pattern. Thl* pattern, together with a needlework pattern ot useful and decorative motifs for linen* and garment*. TWENTY CENTS Send TWENTY CENTS In coins for the»e patterns to Decatur Dally Democrat Pattern Dept., 166 N. Jefferson St.. Chicago 80, 81. Write plainly SIZE. NAME. ADDRESS. STYLE NUMBER. TEN CENTS more brings our HM4 Marian Martin Spring Pat tern B<»ok. New. easy-to make style*. Five Pattern printed In book.

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I ACTIVITIES OF ADAMS COUNTY I _ 4 H CLUB S The Adams county 1-H club work i* «ff to a fine start, according to Anno K. William*, county 1-H lead- > M«»»t of the club I.)),, had their organisation me* ing.t and have t>.- ' gun their project vdrk, <T)thing is j the most popular ot the home eco-' iiomiis projects in all the club*. Baking I* a|*<> high in enrollment, with Mrs. Lloyd Daniel* of Monmouth having eeverai girl* lit three baking classes and a group of 16 I lu-y.-ar-old girls are taking first year baking here in Decatur with Mir.r Mildred Warthman a* their 1 -ader. Record book* anti inetructlon bulletins are being d.ttrl'outed this week. The Blue Creek townnhlp "<lo Get 'er" club received their books a t their meeting Tuesday. In the Kinsey Hcho-tl where all their meeting* Will be held thl* year. ; The Jefferaon groups will bold their meetings at the home of the leader. Mr*. Hollman Egley. Nineteen girl* responded to Mr*. Ralph Rh-e'* Invitation to her home for the Merry Maid* of Root township to reorganize their chvh Wednesday evening. The Monroe township groups I were organised Thursday night with ‘ the leaders, Mr*. Dan Striker, Mr* ! ('. R Schwartz and Rev. Kegerrta. The Kirkland club will receive their i material at their meeting tonight. 1 Many of the boys and girl* are ' doing their shore I nthe war effort ‘ by adding the -t-H victory program i to their regular list of projects, Ml** Betty Grallker, who I* attending the Milton H. Berry school in Cincinnati. Ohio, arrived here last evening to upend the weekend with her parent*. Mr. ami Mr*. Theodore Grallker. iMIm Chloe Liniger Is spending several day* In Richmond as the gunrt of her elmmmate, MJs* Betty Starkel iMr. and Mr Ijoui* Armstrong ami childretr Kay. Tom and Jon of Elkhart. are weekend guests of Mr. and Mr*. Tom Kern, and Mrs. Hilda Gaunt and daughter Peggy. the rehabilitation ccsnmiltee. Thirty five card* and handken-ltfefs for soldiers in tile veteran* hoeplteals were donated for mother's day and Mr*. Baker wishes to thank those who contributed. IMr*. diaries Wetter renorted on • past president activities, and Mrs. Harold Tieman gave ,> report on the child welfare program. Mrs. ■ Frank Liniger made plans for the Poppy day *ale on May 27. The auxiliary will hold a social , meeting on May 26 Men are what their mothem made them Emerson. " '

— gSHHHV IL L * \ “A k\ • x.- i ? ‘ ‘ .HL 9k ■Hd “ X jk 9 *"r 'Vs '•L • ' 3 ; QHH HHBw . " "up left. Mack end white eheeli costume; belew. navy fob hot and dress; right, navy with fushsio. Color certainly plays a major role In the spring fashion acene Reda are very noticeable, so are all i H?. Afferent shades of Iliac and violet Blues of various shades, of course, and greens. Uns. fuch•tea. etc. In the three photos shown above, modeled by Lisette Versa, featured in the "Merry Widow” ' revival she shows some of the latest trends for the season At the top left she models a silk frock ami pert sailor hat in tiny black and white checks. Below, a red felt millinery creation in veiled with navy to match the wkitMtrlped navy silk dress, the ends of whose neck-bow are embro de .rd with iorin no" the rmrne of Miss Veres's aUge role At the right she wears a slacks suit with a multicolored Mexican bull fight d-sign on a natural background, and fuchsia sleeves, collar and belt on the S navy V*b»r4iP«

In Service School W lr . V- > Clair E. Kelsey, fireman -<-;ond class U. 8. navy, recently completed boot training at Great Lak s and is now attending the service school there. Prior to entering servlc. he was a foreman at the Central Sugar Co. In this city. He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kelsey of Salem, and' hL wife and thre children reside near there. —— # Adams County Memorial Hospital Admitted: Mlm Peggy McArdle. Monroeville; Mrs. C. A. Baumgarti tier, 213 Adams St. DlsmUsed: Rev. M It Morford. , Berne. i.Mr. ami Mr*. Earl Caston, 7<»l N Third St., al« the parents of a Iraby girl, Isirn at th'.- Adam* county me-: morial h<*p<tal this morning at I 6:O| o'clock. The baby weighed t> ‘ pounds. 1 1 / ounet*. and ha-t nut y»-t i been named iMrs. Edward Schultz Is the moth- ' er of a baiby girl, born at 2:01 o’clock thi* morning at the local hospital. The baiby weighed 6 pounds and 1.7 ounces. The baby* father , i wa» electrocuted on Oct<fls>r 7 la*' year, while working near Berne i witli the Citizens Tcbiphone Co, Mrs. Schultz lias two other child- , ten, Carolyn and Edward a Farm Bureau Buys 1 ' * Monroe Elevator i - - — The Adam* county farm bureau ■ ha* purchaaed the Monroe Grain Elevator, managed by John Floyd, I and Will take possession of the plant June 15. This will Is- the third elovator owned in the coutit ty. the ot-hora being located it Bertie and William*

|ii>ill| itiihpiiiii iiiiit Wh IUH t l! i|ii|||ii]||ll||l|||i||!!!!!llUJ Mr. and Mr-. Gu*tav Kru • k< • I berg of rou'iAflV" Decatur in I'n loti t«vwn.shfp. have received word that tisolr son Pfc. Truman Krue- 1 ckdberg, took part in Hie nrvaslon of the Admiralty inlands. He also j ufa'ed in the letter that he 1* ulill j foiling fine. pfv. Kruei'k‘*bcrg entered the service January IS*. 1!»12 : He is a graduate ot the M ,nm >utii high school. t.Vviation student Fred W. Scha-1 merloh eon of Mr. and Mr*. Adolph Schamerloh, has completed pri- | mary flight training at Ellington : Field, Texas, and ha* been trans- ' ferred to Laredo. Texas for basic ! . training in the Irombardier'c. school He will be aiwlgned to gunnery school for five vip-eks. and then a week of ground firing. The )a«t taro I weeks he will receive 2."> hours of j training in firing from a B-1S or I B-21. From Uiredo he will l>.- sent ' tn an advanced flying school, and ' and on aucciu.sful completion of the I course will receive his bombardier* I wings and commission ai second ■ lieutenant in the army air force. Schameiloh entered *ervlie Odoher If. IftFJ and certied In Iceland fornix month* before returning to | the states for bombardier training. I His now address js> A S Fred W. Si-hann rloh, 35312923. 2126 A. A. F Bane I’nlt, Her. L Bulb-See. 6. Ciao* 11-25 I. A A. F Lan do. Tex. The new address for 8/Sgt. Harold Koller, instructor in the sight j division of larwrey Field. Colo. I*IS Sgt. Harold II Kolter, I 37<H> AAFWTC Hectlon IL, l*>wry f Field. Colt). Recently the De* Moines (low it Register printed J picture of "Bill'' Graham, II year old son of Chaplain (Captain) and Mr*. Ralph W Graham. He wore a soldier s uni form and stood at salute. \ copy of the paper was re.-elved by Sgt, Don (', Gilllaud, who is with the Fifth army in Italy, lie wrote young Bill a tetter, l omplim- ttting him on hl* •alute and said he wa* a facsimile of his father. The letter »a* printid ill the Des Moines Register with Hili’* picture. Chaplain Graham Is sial lotted at the general hoophat in Dim Mollies. He is th" former pastor of iln- First Methodist church in this chy. The Graham'* ehhrit son. Jack, will le- graduated from De Pauw university this ■spring Ed N. Wh ks. a member of the Methodist c'oi ch and i p -r-on-a! friend <>; t'aptaln Graham, received .i letter from him on tims Usth birthday which he observed May

>■ l ' sc Ait of miles too F *- HERTZ ' SUMP * ABUM j NAGAL-,L I ’ * '/ MOC y. HAR / IMPHAL/ •' ' WV’ / .BISHENPUR. JK^ALEI/ agp\ (manwi iS-X 'j katha/KA B^AMO I I I iB U k A . nogiMi. I W V ‘7* River (I (CHIN A . \ A \ > J H| LLS \ \ V V X MANDALAY ARAKAN \ r~> J, r X ® LATEST REPORTS from the far eastern war frontier Indicate that TJeuL Gen. Joseph W. HtilweU'a land invasion forces and Allied air-borne Commandos, or "Chindlt*," are closing a gigantic trap in northern Burma on the crack Jap 18th division, the enemy unit which captured Singapore early In the war. Fanning out from original landing points behind enemy line*, the American. British and Indian "Chind.ts" now hold sway over a vast territory south of Mogaung and Myitkyina and have disrupted Jap supply line*. (laternational)

11. Jack Graham's birthday i* on the same day. " "" • '«■“ • '.is— r ■> Q min ■ 1,11,1 Hen I* Good Neighbor Montrose, 8. D. tl'l'i Here'* a chicki-n that |* never ehooed out of the neighbor's garden. Mr*. C. DeVriei of Montrose say* that a hen

BONDS OVER AMERICA * * * ~ St. Marys Light Ijike St. Marys is one R of a series of great ■ • . ■ — reservoirs built in Ohio a— __ li* ‘ ’*—■.- a!»>W. a century ago to “•-J I protect urban and farm w 1 Jg dwellers from the ifc II - ... — ravages of swollen W I 1 streams. Today they QP B | ere gathering points IT' A. for “portsmm and vu- — «<, cationists. k A. 1 ■ Tons upon tons of - - B bombs have been I dropped upon Kuro- — ♦ pean installations in ' order to break the hack of the enemy. In the Buy War Bonds escaped such havoc. J «»_>nL«-. Show your appreciaaUu. nOIU A nCIU tion through service. .. _ . ....... —— _ - — ■ ■* J WE y— Yon wouldn’t bum war mat-rial with it. Today paper for such pursuch as helmet linings, camouflage poses is critically short I nets, shell containers and blood If you bum paper, you're destroyplasma boxes. Then don't burn pa- j nK a vital war material—you're tnper —for paper makes them all! danger mg American lives. Paper is desperately needed whet- gurt Mvin< WMte toitay- , «*» r our men are y^pnues,cartons, newspapers.and f ‘ 6ht ‘ n *' They de- ma g al ines. Don't burn them. gSEpStal * on ? a l* f f' ,r **** Turn them in —nows more than 700.000 J ■ war articles that are QAM fI A ,ONOII * WtlK sSEJPS® made or wrapped UHVL ( SOMt BOY'S HFI 3FJH VFS bMBTJI w wl K? *1 Rfe3 Hi U I- 1 i w«maer«rsi Fold Maaaslaas •ad CoreosotoS JKSiSj »LX2Z them lUi (the wey Sooke, Tie them u> CaeObearO Saaae twrwaei*. the paper l-v x-lh t-un<!lee about IS aaO Caeeaaei Flatten a. w. Ste.b Plauen ao4 them) aa4 tie (hem inches bisK them out aad tie part dy ia a bse if* InifvlhMi alMMit 14 tl*<tt* !•* bUBoIWB imjvmJmi tMkt ■ (MiMM UsftK * 12 »«chtß CM bt MrrMi U. S. Victory WASTE PAPER Campaign Start waving your Waste Paper NOW for the next drive to be held soon. Decatur Daily Democrat

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from a neighbor'* flock enters the DeVrie* hen house every afternoon, lays an egg, and then return* to her own home a block away. Mother Is the name for God In the lip* and heart* of little children. - Thackery.