Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 222, Decatur, Adams County, 19 September 1944 — Page 3

PAY. SEPTEMBER 19. 1944.

budget K DISCUSSED V Gul {trout leaden*. S . 'b-jd'-r-- ‘‘I" 1 K,,. Monday nlgb' S io dtMUaa the ■ | r of the Girl Scout W,‘ (!I ,ning year Hint io I'fouii'la ioi f”' ,hP •**’;i.l»Kt of a loral I'ouncil. ■ .< Fmigb’y. leader of ■ l *‘so Wa* *" l iia 'K'' nf t * ,e K announced that the AmB”,ia- given the num ■ t,', <-■.<!! of the three troop* K‘,l ;.w spring. The amount K, she Scout* by the com- • 'fund has been divided a■n hiee troop* and ul*o I’.j, toop now being organ-K-Vi I- > < onside, able porK ;„ ..n -< !it to National head■ihutiir i nibs and other orE.nii- a • t" be contacted beK J,,.. H when Mteis Marian Enery of Chicago will he K Id --•> the representative* Eh >■ ranization. Mia* .MontE > Girl S. out field adviser, Ein« hen- for the pur pane of Ethno- a council, and at this E; !i- need for a council will Ep'jincd and also what the ■ „< the council member* will jnoitvti cinic committee will be I* .n and during ’he neit ■following Mi* Montgomery’* lie.atiir'* first Girl Scout Ki will t>e set up 1,,.,.. in’enwted in furthering ■muting in the community i« L to attend the meeting to L;,j a- the Lincoln school L . a- eight fifteen p. m. OcI II The time of the meeting ■hanged in order to allow all Lie’ied to at’end church »erI , !>.- able to do M without a

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; conflict in time. •Mias Fought y made a plea for , Brownie leaden*. It I* now impo*- - affile io take care of ail the girls who wish to become Brownie • Scouts. The need for leaders is imI perative. i < Following the discussion about need of a council and the division of the ptelimlnary work for it* es- ’ tubliahinent, the leaden* made teni tatlve plans for an All-Scout party i to be given next month It «M noted that all the troop i committee member* and the leader of Troop* 4. the most recently organized troop, were prtwent. i The Tri Kappa sorority will have a social meeting thia evening at eight o’clock at the Elka home The D. Y B. claw of the United Brethren church will meet Thursday evening with .Mrs. Frank Kiteon at the county Infirmary. The ho»-te-.sc* wil be Mrs Kit son. Mrs. ira Bodie and Mn*. Fannie Hitchcock All persons not having transportation are asked to meet at the church at Hewn o’clock. The American Legion Auxiliary will have a social meeting Friday evening at eight o’clock a* the Legion home. NURSES AIDES HAVE MEETING TUESDAY The Bed Cron* iMirse* aide corps of Adams county met last evening at the home of .Mn*. Hoy Price. Twenty one members were present and Mis* Florence Liechtenateiger and 'Mrs. Harold ’Hoffman were guwts The following officers were elected for the coming year; Mr*. Bill Klngwiey, president; .Mrs. Howard Sprunger of Berne, vice president; Miss Fiori tie Fluckinger, new* reporter for Berne, and Mr*. Madge Barton, news reporter for Decatur. . M™ DeWald Beitler and .Mrs. Weldon Soldner were appointed to the flower fund committee, it was announced that the Bed CroM will allow the nurses aides mileage and transportation expense to and from the hospital. A Mchedule of the time to be spent at the hcwpitai by var- | Io US aides was made and given to I Mias Llechteiwteiger. superintendI ant of the hospl’al. who expressed her appreciation for the aervicea rendered by the aide* After the 'business meeting, refreshment* were eerved by the ho*-

CLUB CALENDAR •oclety Deadline, n a. M. Phone* 1000 — 1001 Tu**day Tri Kappa sorority. Eike home. 8 p. m. Pel lola XI sorority. Mrs Gerald Smith, s p. m. Garden club, Mrs Wm. Vfolder. 2:30 p. m. Kutn-Joln-U* rias* of the Evangelical church, Mr. and Mrs. Merritt J. Alger, “;30 p in. Catholic Indies of Columbia. K of C. hall. 8:30 p, m. Loyal Daughter* clam of the Evangelical church. .Mrs. George Hammond. 7:30 p. m. Eta Tau Sigma sorority. Mis* Glennie Elzey, ti 30 p. m. Wednesday Decatur Home Economic* club. Mis!. Burt Haley, 1:30 p. m Hiatorha! club, Mr« Oltflff Porter, 12:30 p. m. Red Cross Sewing Center, Legion. 1 p. m. Thursday So Cha Rea. Mrs, Dan Zeser, <:3O p. m. Women’s Guild of the St. Luk’s Evangelical and reformed church, church basement, all day meeting. I-adiro Aid society of the Prmbyterlan church, Mr?, Earl B. Adams. 2:30 p. m. Raiabow Girls, Masonic all. 7:30 p. m. Progressive Workena class of the • B church. Mr. and Mrs. Herman SauMrine. 7:30 p m. Phoobe Bible class, church social rooma, s p. m. Friendship Village Home Economics club, Mrs. Hulda Tickle, 1:30 p. m. Men’s Union Prayer Service, ground floor public library, 7:30 p m D. V. B. clan* of the U B church Mr. and Mrs. Frank KI Ison. 7 p. m Friday American Legion Auxiliary. Legion home, s p m Red Croa« Knitting Center. Legion 1 p. m. to 4 p m. W. C. T. U. county convention, Monroe Methodist tihurch, 10:30 a. m. f Monday Research Club. Mr*. R O. Gentis, 2:30 p m. teas, as*fated by Mrs. Kingsley and Mrs. Soldner The next meeting will be in November with the executive committee in charge of the program. ST. MARY’S SOCIETY HAS MEETING MONDAY The St. ’.Mary's society met last evening at the school ha’l for a combined social and buaiaes* meeting. Cards and games were played and prizes awarded to Mrs. Helen Wemhoff for bridge. ..Mr*. John Miller for five hundred, and .Mn*. Eleanor Braun for bunco. The committee in charge of the social meeting was Mrs Wm. Keller. Mr*. Gerald Kohne. Mr*. Haymond Kohne, Mn*. George Iju rent. Mr*. Clem Lengerich, and Mrs Peter Losche. MISS CELESTE HEIMANN HONORED AT SHOWER . .The Misse* Mts-rt Mailt■«, Norina Jean Wleskettel and Dorothy Heimann entertained with a miscellaneous shower Sunday at tho home of Mrs. Philip Heimann, honoring Mis* Celeste Heimann, whose approaching marlage was recently announced. Games and contests were played and many prize* awarded, which in Junior Miss Pattern

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turn were pre«ented to the bride elect. A deik-lous three course luncheon was served to the following guests, the Mesdames Josephine Shirack. Ridiert Heimann. Mary McClure, Lucille Wheeler. Ann Morman of Kalida. 0.. Martha Hcheckelhoff of la-ipslc, O. Rita Wannemacher of Cloverdale, O„ Mary Magdolene Repene of Huntertown. France* Berger of Jackson, Mich.. Regina Mattes of Fort Wayne, peter Halmann of this city and the Misses Irene Draper, Lucille Schearer, Agnis Janet Welskettel. Kathleen. Helen, Irene and Hilda Heimann, Bernlece Jchell. Alberta Matte*. Norma Jean Wefskettel, Rosemary Mattes. Phyllis Ann and J«Ann Heimann, Ruth Heimann. Marie Heimann. Georgiannu Algier of Fort Wayne, and Dorothy Heimann of this city. MkJJJCALS Charles L. Estell of Morrow. O. a former resident of Monroe, is visiting relatives and frlenda In this city. W. H. ia>e. Dr. Fred Patterson. Dr. S. D Beavers and Charles D Teeple are attending the regular meeting of the Fo'-t Wayne Presliytry at Auburn today. Mn*. hariea Hite will leave Wednesday morning for Miami, Fla., where she will enjoy a two weeks’ visit Her huslcand is located at the navy field near there. 'Riifiliit* and other wild game will get a break this autumn because shells are hard to get The total number manufactured is only a portion of the normal amount and when these are distributed, each hunter will have only a few. i.Mr. and Mr*. Fred Stol’z of Decatur and Miss Florence Skinner of Portland were among those from out-of-town who attended funeral services for Mrs. Weldon Allen at Ridgeville Sunday afternoon. —Portland Sun. 'Mrs M O. Letter is visiting at I-ike Webster during the absence of her hustmnd. Dr. I.ester, who la visiting hia mother who has been ill for some time at her home in Oklahoma. Mrs. Su»le Enni» will leave Tuesday for her home in Newport, Ky., after spending the past week visiting with Mr. and Mr*. Jesse Gilbert und son. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Smith and family. Mr and Mrs. Byron Dague. Mr and Mrs. Joe Trlcker and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Walter. Mr and Mr*. Alva Nichols have returned home after a wo weeks' visit with Mr and Mr*. Theodore Diamion of Akron O. They were accompanied home by Mr. and Mrs Diamion. who spent the weekend in thia city visiting relatives and friends. o— MacARTHUR TO cCoatlnnsd From Pure n ese bodle* was counted on Angattr Front dispatches said the Japanese- on Peleliu were fighting bitterly from caves and concreie pillboxes built in the sheer coral cliffs. United Pres* correspondent Richard W. Johnston said they were dying by the hundred* in these escape-proof holes. The marine* also were suffering casualties, plough not comparable with those at Tarawa or Haipan. Johnston disclosed that the heaviest fighting was taking place on "Bloody Nose’’ ridge, which overlook* the island. The marine* *ll- - the Japanese artillery, raining shells on the newly-captured airstrip. A front dispatch from Lief Erickson, representing the combined Allied press, revealed that while the bitter, ridge ha’tle rag'-d. American planes were using the Peleliu airdrome, les* than a mil" to the south. Erickson reported that desperate I Japanese commander* shackled their soldier* hand and foot *0 their observation post* inside small cave*, and made booby traps of the bodies of dead officer* Warship* and planes continued the unrelenting bombardment of the remaining Japanese positions on Peleliu and Johnston said the combined force* have hurled “thousand* of ton*’’ of shell* and bomb* Into the enemy defense* “It appear* likely that better than one half ot the garrison ha* been wiped out or made ineffective." he said. "The stench of decaying bodies I* already heavy on the beachhead." Although the Japanese probably will fight to the end. observer* believed that because of Peleliu’* small area—six by two miles—the marine* soon would be in full control. Peleliu I* the main eastern anchor of the Allied line around the southern Philippine*. 'O Adams County Memorial Hospital • j * Admitted: Mlm Marjorie Laßrun. Wren. 0.: Mn*. Minnie Harkla**. route 1; Charin* Stltser. Homeataad >; Mra. Kathryn Pr*n*. Mercer Ave. o Traffa la a Gooff Towe — Oooatai

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T 5 Reginald Skilest and wife retently spent his 14-day furlough with hk« parents. Mr and Mn*. Ellis Skil<« of Petemon. T 5 Skiles enlisted about two years ago and this is his flrwt furlough home. During the iwo years lie received ’raining with the signa! corps at Stanford University, San Francisco. Chapman College. |,os Angele* and tor the past several months at the University of California T Skilee ks now assigned to Company A 3137 S. S. Battalion. Ft, Monmouth, New Jereey. A brother, Tecb/Sgt. James Skiles, le serving overseas. Pvt. Richard Myers i* home from camp near F*::«;to, Caiifornia on a lf>-day furlough and enjoying a vieit with file wife and mother. Chester laiutzt nheiser. gunner rnate third clam, hue written his parent*. Mr and Mrs. Jvce Lautzenheiser of Blue Creek township, telling at life in England and giving many Interesting deacriptlone of the countryside and cltiee on the Brltiah Isle. He is now stationed in England, after serving (several month* at sea. entering the «ervice on March 15. 1943 He atatea that the English people are kind and conaiderate of the American soldiete and sailor* and that the Americans fare belter in the way of food New peaches on the market sold for 50 cent* each, he statedThe laat package of pito'ographs of servicemen sen’ to the engravers ha« been delayed Resumption of th daily feature ot printing the pictures In this column will he resumed a* soon a* the eloctrotypea are received Picture-, of aervicemeti who have not been reproduced in these columns are wanted. lat Sgt. Edwkln H Kauffman ha* been transferred from Fort Custer, Mich, to Hdq. Co. 12»th Medical Training Battalion 2»th Regiment. Camp Ellis, HI. Elmer Sorg. first ciaaa petty officer. U. S. Navy, aboard .1 repair ship, write* from England. He is the son of Mr*. Mary Sorg. 929 Russel atrent. and baa been In the navy more than two years and formerly was atutioned in the Bouth Atlantic. Serving with Pe’ty Officer Sorg are two o'her Decatur men aboard ship. They are. Posey Baker. M M- 2/c and “Beany" Whftrlght. F. i/c. The Evening Standard of London, carried a feature article on'the ".Melville." known a« the "Jack of all Ships.” The article stated that in one month 9.879 manhour* of work were furnished toy till- Melville crew to damaged *hi|Ki. —O—SKYTROOPERS, (ContlauM *■>»■> ra«* o mute brought about by brisk German counterattacks, and reached the outskirts of Stolberg. industrial city which had been bypassed in the drive which breached the Siegfried line United Pres* correspondent Henry T. Gorrell reported from the region of Stolberg that the Germans had not counterattacked for 24 hours Allied bomber* wenplastering the Nazi positions along

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a wide nrc curving deep Into Ger- 1 many east of Aachen. With the Siegfried line turned. , if the airlxirne force* dropped in 1 the Arnheim and Nijmegan area* can link up with the armored 1 spearhead* advancing north from 1 Endboven. they will open a path ’ for a fast dush into northwest ' Germany. The northern end of the Siegfried line i» at Kleve. 1* mil’ sI ‘ souutheast of Arnheim. Arnheim j is on the north bank of the Rhine j branch which flows to the North i Sea through Rotterdam. The landing forces were operating north of Arnheim und thus estab- 1 llslMMi north of almost all the ! main water barriers standing be- ’ tween the British second army I and northwest Germany. The force in the Nijmegan area ■ 12 miles south of Arnheim coin-1 prised an intermediate link be-1 | tween the Eindhoven and Arnheim forces A quick junction will erect a great harrier behind I an unofficially estmiated 7t».”O<» Germans In western Holland. « All available reports indicated 1 that the Allied forces were mak- 1 Ing excellent headway and firmly holding the key positions they . had seized.

AIRPORT FUND DRIVE fCantiauM From Fag* 1) ed and the drive will be launched enthusiastically next Monday. We feel confident that the residents of Adams county and our progressive firms and manufacturing concern* will do tiieir part and help us raise the minimum," lie said Earl Fuhrman. Decatur chairman. is completing his organizatnion and at a preliminary meeting of divisional captains and workers held lust night, every member of the committee r<-|s>rt-ed and Joined in the plan to raise the county's quota. A meeting of all workers will be held Friday night at the First State bank to complete all a» rangements for the opening of tin- drive next Monday. n — MRS. MINNIE WEBER (Conttnuod From Fag* D elery. The body wil! be removed from the Zwick funeral home to 'he residence, where It may lie viewed after 7 p in. Wednesday. 4-H Rabbit Club Is Planned In County Martin Steiner. Roger Knapp. Everett Singleton, Floyd Myers, member* of the Adu:n« county rabbit breeders asaociation. met in the county agent'* office Monday evening to lay plans for a 4-H rahftlt clwh. Enrollment cards for this project will In- available a’ th- county railbit show, which wil! Ire held in the Adam* county garage. Saturday September 30. The Adam* county rabbit breeders association recognise that 4-H club work h'-lfM to develop’- boys ! 1 aw 111 - „>.ar I f tiaXh ithersmel I gisxi ingredi- I A ent* you u*e JL A RAKOA I I \RAroRN/

and girls Into good citizen*. The 441 ra 141)11 chib will operate for the production of rabbit* for food and fur. The a**”’ latlon will 1 u- iet 4-H club member* in purchasing one or more New Zealand . does not to exceed six rnontlia of age. AU dore u«ed In 4-H chrtr work are eligible for registration- — 0 Train Demolishes Car, Father Os Six Killed Vincennes, Ind, Sept 19 (UP) Howard WeNde, 3*. Wheatland, father of r jx children -was killed la-” night when Baltimore and , Ohio train demolished his automo- , bile .1: a Wheatland crossing. t Urges Continuance Os Milkweed Collection Lafiiyette. Ind.. Sept 19 (UP) l.ee, state supervsor of the milkweed collection campaign, urged d’-hool Ifoys and girl* to continue picking milkweed pod* for use in making life jackets. Lee said that there was a short- 1 age of 2it.o<m packing bag* und that

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i<»spone* to th. collection appeal was far above expectations. The supply of bag* w.i* exhausted but more were on order, he said. Milkweed fin*, collected by Hoosler youths will aerve a* a suhatllute for Kapok in life preservers, la>« said. o South Bend Woman Is Indicted For Murder South Bend., Ind.. Sept 19 (UPI Mr Ca’herln’l Ixiretta Paquin, 3'i-year-old mother ot two children, today was under indictment on a first degree murder charge in the fatal shooting of her war worker hii«ba’:'l. Standler Paquin. 33. who died Sunday

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