Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 126, Decatur, Adams County, 26 May 1944 — Page 3

MAY 26, 1944.

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CLUB CALENDAR Soclsty Deadline, n a, M. Phonee 1000 — 1001 Friday Pocahontas Ix>d M e. Red (Mena Hall. S p. m. Puldie Party. Moose Home, 8 pm. Red Crons Knitting Center, gion Home. 1 p. m United Brethren V. I. 8. clsm. church baaement, 7:30 p. m. American legion Auxiliary. I<eglon Home. 7:30 p. m. Saturday American legion Dance, legion Home, 10 p. m. Rummage Sale, zion Evangelical and Reformed church baa-nient 9 to 5. Monday Christian church Corinthian class Mrs. James Kitchen. 7:30 p. m Pythian Needle club, K. of P. home, after Tmnple. Pythian Bister Tomple, K. of P. Home. 7:30 p. m444. Vincent de Paul society. K. of C. hall, 2 p. m. Wednesday I n lon Township Home Economics clM>, Mrs. J C. Barkley, 1:30 p. m. St. Mary's townahip Home EconomicM club, Mrs. Ben McCullough 1:30 p. m. Thursday Salem Evangelical and Reformed Uditw Aid, pariah hall, all day. ported for the past month. (Mrs. John Peterson and Mm. Owen K. Baker ablated th* hostess In serving dainty refreaMnents during the social hour. WOMEN OF MOOSE MEET THURSDAY The Women of the Moose held their regular meeting last evening at the Moose home. Initiation of candidates was held, and the chapter night program was in charge of the hospital guild committee. lAfter the regular meeting, gamm and contests twere enjoyed and prizes for bunco were awarded to Mrs. Evelyn Plasterer, Mm. Edith Tester and Mrs. Dan Zeser. Mm. C. L. August. Mrs. V. J. Bormann and Mm. Henry Braun were awarded the prizes for pinochle A delicious luncheon was served by the committee in charge. The St. Mary's township Home Economics cltH> will mee' at the home of Mrs. Ben McCullough Wednesday afternoon at one thirty o'clock. All members are rtqu>wted to attend CIRCLE TWO HAS MEETING ■Mrs. tieraid Smith was hostess to the m>-nrt»er.s of circle two of the Methodist Women's Society of Christian Service Thursday after noon. Mrs. (1. L. Brayton, lesson leader, gave an excellent paper on The Wheel of Life." Mrs. Bryce Thomas led the devotions 'Mrs. Waiter Krick read a beautiful poem ifr trNiute to the late Mm. Elizabeth Markel, a former member of the circle. ■During a social hour, the hostess and her assisting committee served a lovely lunch. MRS. HUDSON HAS LADIES AID MEETING The Presbyterian I aid les Aid met Thursday afternoon at the home of Mm. Vance Hudson. Mm. George Walton nave the devotions, using at her theme. ''Hearing" from the church magazine "Today", and read severwi verses frotß St. Mark. The regular routine of business was conducted, and the meeting was closed with the Mizpah benediotion 'A social hour was enjoyed, and lovely refreshments were served by Mm. Hudson, Mm. Jesse Rice and Mrs. Herman Confer. The Bt. Vincent de Paul society -will meet at the K. of C. ball Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock. The committee in charge of the program U Miss Clara Miller, Miss Bertha Voglewede and Mq. Henry Braun. o — —— PETITION ASKS NEW , P-resi Page i> said bridge. "The undersigned petitioners further show to your honorable body that said highway is a main public highway In Blue Creek township. Adams county and Is paved with asphalt paving and was a mall route before said road was closed. “Your undersigned petitioners SPENCER SERVICE Individually Designed SUPPORTS for Men and Women OPAL M. PRICE Reglstsred Cereetlere Fer appeintmsnt phone M-

At Sub Base 14 v r “ ***' ■ I I i / L " ♦ H •- • -- iIKIB ' Henry (Peck> Morrison, motorist machinist mate F/c, son of Mr. and Mrs. WUey Morrison. 315 . South 13th street, has reported to the submarine bgxe at New London. Conn., after enjoying a 30 day leave here with his parents. He enlisted in the navy December 31. 1940 and took hh boot training at Great Lakes, 111. He participat. ed in the battle of Midway and saw service in the Australia and Hawaii Island sector. He will attend the submarine school before receiving a new assignment. respectfully pray your honorable body to take the necessary steps Io have a new bridge constructed to take the place of the old bridge." The petition was signed by the . following: Arthur DeArmond. Roland Beer. John 1-e Wolff. J. Frank Merriman. Beas Jones, William Kauffman, Harold D. Armond. C. A- Bransteter, C. J. Jones, Henry Tumblison, John J. Habegger. Jesse Oriey Rwoveland. John J. Burke. Henry J. Wallace. William Riff. Byron Whlttredge, Rolla Raudenbush, Marian Haines, 1 William Burke. Harvey C. Tink- > ham, Ed Miller, Ed Tricker, ' W H. Patterson. Ell Bixler. G. ’ C. McAlhany. John Young, Merle Riley. 8. Carver, C. M. Foreman. James M. Wilson. Glenn White, 1 Harry Workiuger. Elisha Merriman, Erneet Burkhart. Guy Beery, ’ Ernest Girod. Fred Okeley, Jacob 1 M. Hoffman, H. E. Kiopfenstine, John Tumbleaon, Arlo Merle. Silvester Birch, Delmas Roe, Lewis Mattox, Austin Merriman, Chester 1 Bryan and Floyd L. Meyers. JfitaILOCALS . Patsy Garard is confined to I her tied suffering from an attack of pleuresy which occurred last night. Nate Johnson of Bryan. Ohio l« visiting here and renewing old act qualntance. He lived here until > MH. f tMr. and Mrs. Vernard Castle and . daughter Virginia have returned to i Portland. Oregon, after visiting i with relatives and friends here. > Mrs. Castle was formerly Miss Mary Virginia Eyanson of thia city. Ronald Newman Is attending to business at Portland today. Mrs. Prank McConnell left today for a rwo weeks' visit in Columfcua i and Mairrow, Ohio. Mrs Fred Marbach. Mrs. Nellie Price, the Misses Mary and Bernlece BrotMieck. and Mrs. V. J. Barkley ot Monroeville, attended funeral services for Levi Stark at t IMtana Tuesday. f Mrs Paul Latta of Beattie. Wash. , formerly Miss Betty Myers of this i city. Is visiting at Rockford and , Willshire. Ohio and in Decatur. I The collection of waste paper and tin cans will not be held this ! week although this is the regular , time. Il has been postponed until . Saturday of next week because of the Boy Scout Camporee to be held I near Berne this week end. I Mrs. Arthur Voglewede and ! daughter Mary Lou are visiting with relatives in Fort Wayne today. Miss Marie Engle, daughter of , Mr. and Mrs Leo K. Engle of near . Monroe, -was recently initiated into t Hlgma Tau Delta national English . honorary fraternity. Miss Engle, a ( sophomore at Hail Stale Teachers r oollege Is also active in Sigma PI Rho national Latin honorary fraternity, Latin club, Girls club and has served two terms as special nows reporter for the college paper. ; Convictions For Draft I Dodging On Increase I Washington. May M — (DP) — i The convictions tor draft dodging i Increased M per cent during the first 10 months of the 1044 fiscal i year as compered with the correa- > ponding period last year, the justice department rwvealod today. Federal bureau of Investigation director J. Edgar Hoover said 4.474 convictions for draft evasion were reported during the first 10 months of the current fiscal year This represents an an Increase of 1.751 over the 3.003 convictions reported for those months of last year, bo said. — o Rummage Sale, Zion Evangelical and Reformed church basement, Saturday, 9 to 5. 13413

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UNC'lyiE IIQB S/Sgt Marion L. Drum, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dorphus Drum of this city, has 4»e*-n transferred from Bbeppard Field, Texas, to the following address: 8/Bgt. Marlon L. Drum. 150K050, 3W7 AAF Base L'nlt. Section II B. p. A. A. F., LwMxK-k, Texas. ■Szßg*!. Harold H. Stauffer of Berne, has been advanced to that tank recently, at Camp Pinedale, Calif His wife, the former June Miller of this city, has been in California with her hustiand for the I’jot ten months. His address: S/«gt Harold H. Stauffer. 7tb AAF Radio Sqdn.. Bob.. Camp Pinedale. Fresno, Calif. Pvt. L. R. Zlntsmaster, atationed at Fort Belvoir, Va„ has completed special training In an engineer motor corps and is spending a 7 day ■ furlough with his wife and family here while awaiting orders for re-

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assignment. Gives First Aid Healquarters, European Theater of Operations Emergency first aid treatment for personnel of a large Vailed States Army beadquarters base In England has become the major duty of two soldier-tech-nicians: Corporal Floyd D. Engle, 35, of route I, Monroe. Indiana, and Corporal John Patterson, 23, of 511 North "B" Ktreet, Oskalocsa, lowa, Assisting the medical officers, these men work In the base dispensary which serve as a first uld poet and offers dally health Insurance for the members of this bu:«y center. Aside from their duties as medical and surgical technicians, they maintain the clerical records. Cpl. Engle, the non-commissioned officer in charge of the dispensary, attended Kirkland township high school. He was engaged In clerical work with the Indiana secretary of state before entering the army in September 1942. He received his basic training at Camp Grant. 111. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. I-eo E. Engle live at the Monroe addrese, and his wife, the former Bernice Presdorf, is living at route 4. Decatur. First Lt. Frederick W. Schafer of this city htpi been promoted to that rank at Camp Blanding. Fla., Lt. Schafer enlisted In the army more than a year ago as a private and | was commissioned after taking of-

ficers training. He is the son ot C. C. Schafer and I* the former manager of the Schafer company in this city. His brother. Capt. Daniel Bchafwr, is stationed at Campbell, Ky. 4zi:md Dale Myers, who entered navy service last week, has been assigned the following addr<-M: Mland Itule .Myem A/S, Company 1154 U. 8. T. C.. Great Lakes, JU. Sgt. Robert Brsndjtirerry was recently advanced to that rank at the at my air base at Cowper. Wyo, He Is the son of Mrs. Frank Brandyberry of this city. Pvt, Clarence L. Roop, formerly of Itecattir, who was recen’ly taken into the service, has been sent to the ordnance replacement training center, Aie rdeen Proving Ground M. where he will receive hie basic training as an ordnance co'dler He formerly lived at 1034 Schiremeyer St. His present address is Company C. Iwt regiment. AOFTC, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. Pvt. laxwrenco R Smith, son of Ray Smith of route six. has been transferred from J«fferson ikirracket Mo., to the following address: Pvt. Ixuwrence R. Smith, 35737331. 741st Ry. Opn. Bn. Company B, U. S. A. WatKidh Shops, Decatur, Illinois. | o Trade In a Good Town — Decatm |

Greatest Danger Os lowa Flood Is Past Heavy Toll Os Lives, Property Damage Ottumwa, la. May 26 -(VP)— Despite another anticipated rise to 18.5 feet In the Des Moines river here today, the greatest dangers from rampant flood waters which have taken a heavy toll In lives t.nd livestock and inflicted incredible property damage in this area was believed past. Meanwhile, it was reported at Burlington, la, that the Mlssiu slppl river rose to 15 feet, nine and one half Inches, the highest recording simn 1892. and that hundreds of acres of bottom farm land north of Burlington had been flood ed. With a prediction of still higher waters, farmer* In the southeastern corner of the state were fort I lying levees along the Rkunk river with sandbags. II E. Suydam, national Red Cross executive In charge of lowa disaster work, said that 380 families who have evacuated their homew In Des Moines. Eddyville and Ottumwa at Various stages of the floods are being sheltered and fed by bis or- ' ganlxation. while mobile Red Cross

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| units were feeding sailors, soldiers and state guardsmen combfitting the floods. The weather bureau at Des Moines predicted a general slow tall in the Des Moines river from Boone to Ottumwa, with the exception of an anticipated alight raise al Tracy beeauae of a second crest of the Raccoon river. Dr. D. L. Rater, Ottirmwa health officer, raid that he has Immunized about 150 persons against typhoid, and that (tersons are stiU visiting his office* for protection. Q | A Adams County Memorial Hospital ! Admitted Miss Janet Kay Everhart. 931 N. Fifth: Mrs James Riley. 6io Winchester; Ted Beerherwer. Mercer Avenue; Mrs. Melvin DelHnger, Pleasant Mills. Admitted land dbsmiased) Mrs. John. Kennedy. 632 N. Third. 0. .r*.—»• ■—ill, Mnis Mr. and Mrs Orville Sudduth. 239 N. Seventh St , are the parents of a baby daughter, bom at the local hoepttal thtt morning at 6.23 o'clock.