Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 279, Decatur, Adams County, 25 November 1944 — Page 3

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moliihtd his car. Then he crawled out of the wreckage without a scratch. The accident happened near the Malibu Lake location of “A Walk in the Sun.” Barbara Stanwyck and Bob Taylor Anally have found a

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f site for the L farmhouse home they [ oir ’K t( > build after the war i «t*o stare have bought the old t 3 5i5 er * property in Beverly f •• There U a funny atory about S Wprs < rty Will and Mrs Rogers f had a hmjse there. When the * rre growing up. they deMar y ought to have a bath- ■ 9 of her own. so they atarted Wng out walla to make an addi- : l(l *a lead to another and. J* th ey were through, they fyiealiy had torn the whole W* down. One big wall waa all ■ »u left ■’Humphrey Bogart-Mlke Ro,,ff *«a even funnier than W*d yesterday. The row took Sz* at I-a Rue's. not Romanoff * ■•ordered Boagie to leave and »r come back to a restaurant ■ he doesn't even own. writes Paulette W“«ru she la having a wonderful , l he China-Burma-India » and is traveling with a lot of aame pilot* and jeep drivers K f hauffeured Paulette around she hopes to be home by ft 11 ,r ° m Merle Oberon W. *.f 11 probably meet Sir AlexMZ. Kor<l * In New York, but that / haVe t 0 come out here, anybecause Louis B. Mayer can't W* ■ • • . Now that "Tarxan and g,- A >a> na" is finished, Johnny ■wLT U . er ** avM ,or an •»» hunt H * •* y * Fran ' K 81n »- ft sL.°» n n ! p,rty ’ ’ ’ N * ver K Ptltn m ore excited Km. to !* r wUI « lv * her a * to Visit Chicago and New El, 1 ” Um first time. . . . ■Z,\ Thomaa taccrna only yesKis Play ‘ n l r juveniles) p « a lieutenant (j. g.) on an llje r

CLUB CALENDAR •octet y Deadline, 11 A. M. •’hones 1000 — 1001 Saturday Christian ladles aid rummage I sale, church basement. 9 a. m. Monday •'lterator? Section, Mias Eliza- • both Petemon, 7:30 p. m. 1 Music department of Woman's club. Mrs. Louis LHterer, 7:30 p. m . Tuesday St. Vincent DePaul society, K of C. ball. 2 p. m 1 laiyal Daughters r laen. Mns. Edna Hammond. 7:30 p. m. Root township home economlctvi club. Mrs. Royal Erlend. 10 a. in Kirkland home economics club ' high school, 1;M p m Wednesday I nlon township Woman's club, club. Mtn. Harry Lenrman, 1:30 P m Bt. Mary's home economics club Mrs. James Huddleston. 7:30 p. m Historical dub. Mrs. Harl Hob Ifagsworth, 2:30 p. m. Red Cross Sewing Center, turion, 1 p. m. Zion .Lutheran Married Couples Social. Church. 8 p. m. Thursday Eastern Star Bazaar. Masonic Temple, beginning 1:30 p. m. Men's Union Prayer Service, ground floor public library. 7:30 p. m. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Beavers and son Jimmy. Mrs. Tony Kohue. Mr. and Mrs Arthur C. Meyc-ra and children. Hobby, Julia Ann and Stephen. 'A Thanksgiving dinner was given at the home of Mr and Mrs. Russell Bowman Tnumday, honoring Chaliner W Ray. CMoMM, and Pfc. Max W. Bowman. Those present were Mrs. Chalmer Ray and daughters of Detroit. Mich.. Mr. and Mis. Ves Venlo. Mr. and Mns. A. N. Winer of California. Mr. and Mrs. (Henn Bowman and Del-ane Bowman of this city. iMr. and Mrs. C. L. Weber will ceidbrste their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary Sunday with a family dinner and open house In the afternoon from two o'clock until four o'clock at their home, L 26 West Adams Street. —■ o Trade in a Good Town — Decal

oil tanker In the Atlantic. He e grown inches and weighs 170 pounds. . . . Ethel Smith cut her finger making sandwiches and can't touch the electric organ for a month. On top of this, burglars ransacked her apartment of three fur coats. . . . The Eddie Garre (hi's the master of ceremonies) are expecting a visit from the stork next month. . . . Despite all those rumors about Ingrid Bergman being sought, Mervyn Leßoy insists that all the principal roles In "The Robe” are still wide open for newcomers. By the way, did you know that this novel sold 80,000 copies last month? As soon as she finishes her Universal comedy, "She Gets Her Man," Joan Davis will close a deal to trade her Beverly Hills home for an eight-unit apartment in Palm Springs. Lucille Ball's cousin, Blanche, arrives to be Lucille's standin for "Without Love.” The girls were brought up together in Jamestown, N. Y. Oklahoma and Texas will be the first states to hear Kathryn Grayson on a concert tour. She leaves Dec. 1 and sing* her opening program in Tulsa. The concert bureau wanted her to go on to Carnegie hall, but she'll have to come back hers to start M-G-M's "Brighton Beach. * HOLLYWOOD HI Ji* KS: Betty Grable start* "The Dol.v Sisters" Jan. 2, but after that she a-.d Harry James are arranging their schedules to have a long vacation together. . . . Wonderful break for a young discharged soldier named Milton Adler. Helen Forest heard him sing in Oregon and is bringing him beck to Hollywood where Bill Burton, manager of Dick Haymes, has promised to handle him. . . • Linda Darnell's little brother, Sony. unknowingly took a screen test with Pev Marley shooting the footage with a 18-mlllimeter camera. . . . Add ironies: Dan Duryea, who plays one of the leading roles in the Gary Cooper western, "Along Game James," never had been astride a horse when he got the part. He's practicing like mad in Griffith park. . . . Ann Miller and Sgt. Dave Slgal a Mocambo twosome. . . . Bud McTaggart here on leave. and paying a surprise visit to Bonita Granville on the set of "It's Never Too Late." . . . Believe it or not. Alexander Knox, the screen’s Wilson, is making a great hit on a Canadian bond tour in a comedy routine! —a—

IMMIU J li'hl'l |iilli|<ilnij||ini ■» HiiiiHiilinj liiiHhHiinillLW •Mrs. Wilbur H. Sumnn of this city received a long distance telephone call from her brother, J’vt. John M. Burger. Monday evening. He m stationed at Coral Gables, Fla. and state? he was feeling fine and to tell all his friends ''hello.” He has been in Florida since entering the army two years ago. and is serving with the medical corps. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Burger. George Whlttenbarger of |hl« city was discharged last month from the I'. S. army. Is now employed at tbe Ktudulmker plant In F*ort Wayne. Mr. Whlttengnrger was Inducted into the army last January. He is the father of six children and prior to being married served four years in the regular army. , Robert'W. Bulmahn, M. M. M. 3/c of the United States guard, and a veteran of the Normandy and Southern France invasions, ie home on a 11 day leave with his parenta, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bulmahn of Decatur route five. In the Normandy Invasion of France on June d, Coaot Guardom'in Bulmahn was In a ship which wtte battered by German shell fire from the coast. He was able to swim to uh tre and dug a fox hole in which he remained several hours, pending the arrival of American .Marines and army troops. He ki well and will report for active duty at a post .in New Jersey following his leave. ■“ wiQ— —■ ■ MASONIC Urdge will open at 5 P. M. Tuesday and at 8 30 P. M. a fish fry will be held. One hour of Intermission will follow the fish try and then the Master Mason degree will be conferred. The Genva Masona are Invited to attend this meeting. 379-Wtx Adams County Memorial Hospital | Admitted: Mrs George Wemhoff." 309 N. Bth street; Max Thomae McNeal Route 1. Monroeville, Herbert Hensley. Kirklin, ot;d Glenn Myers Willshire, route 1. Admitted and dismissed: Ervin Anderson. 722 Washington. Ht. Dismissed. Mrs. Elixa>be'.h Laisure. Berne. ALBERT REPPERT tContlnusd prom rags |) He would have been 73 years old Sunday. He engaged in farming all his life and was considered one of the most Influential and respected cltixens In the county. In April, 1931, following the death of John G. Hoffman, he was appointed county commissioner to fill the vacancy. He filled this post until December 31. 1932 and did not Junior Miss Pattern I / / I 9300 1 I sizes /f 1 | !mJ MARIAN MARTIN Junior misses call this type of dress a "knockout "! They adore the snug waist and sophisticated contrast. Pattern 9300 is easy to sew. Pattern 9300 comes In junior miss sixes 11. 12. 13. 11. 15, 16. 17. 18. Rise 13. 1% yards 54-lncb; % yard contrast. II Send TWENTY CENTS In coins for these patterns to Decatur Dally Democrat. Pattern Dept., 156 N. Jefferson St.. Chicago 80, BL Print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. FIFTEEN CENTS more brings yon the Martan Martin Fail and Winter Pattern Book full of smart easy-to-make styles. A free bedjacket pattern is printed right In the book. ; :

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Ingenuity of Berne Soldier is Recognized by Army Air Corps

•An JDghth Air Force Service Command. England.— A machinist at this bomber base. Sergeant Mflf>rd L. Balsinger. Berne, epeedai the repair of battle lorn B-17 Flying Fortresees of the Elgutb Air Force so they may return *.j coml>at In minimum tlm». He la a member of an VNI Air Force Service Command .tub-depot here. Recently, Spt. Bahtinger in collaboration with another machinist at the sudidepot displayed extreme ingenuity by modify.ng a broke shoe grinder and converting it into a pre cUlon grinder for taper pin reamers and milling machine cuttere, tot well as other nrecktlon work, operations 111.hetj Impossible with the equipment which w. h available. The nen- modification aldn greatly as a time saver In getting the Fortresses off the ground and into aerial corrtbat ahead of schedule; lie uoe la spreading to other machine shops under the jurisdiction of the VIH Air Force Service (tomrnand. Sgt. Balsinger Is the eon of Mr. Now a Captain Captain Luke U Helman, son of .Mr. and Mrs. Frank Helman, southwest of Decatur, has been pro mot wl to that rank In the field artillery by the war department. He Is stationed at Fort le-otiard Wood. Mo. Captain Helman Is a graduate of Decatur Catholic high school and after completing officer's training was commissioned a second lieutenant and then promoted to first lieutenant. seek election. Mr. Reppert lived In Kirkland township from 1898 to J93jj. then moving to a farm one mile east of Preble. •Mr. Reppert was married to Mary Fruchte on February 11. 1898. She died on December 7, 1936. On November 2. 1938, .Mr. Reppert was married to Mina Beineke Reppert. who survives. One brother and two sisters are deceases) He was the last survivor of the Reppert family. The body will be moved from the Zwlck funeral home to the

Win 4-H State Honors SUPERIOR rccordi of achievement in 4-H activities have won 1944 State championship honors for four Indiana dub members. The Winnert, and brief outlines of their records, follow:

Phyllis Davis (right), 17, of Rockville, receives an all-expense trip to the National 4-H Club Congress, Chicago, Dec. 3-6, as a reward from Montgomery Ward for her "ail around” achievcmegta tn the National 4-H Girls' Record Program. During 8 years as a 4-H'er,*the girl planned, prepared and served 106 meals, put up 140 lunches, baked 149 batches of bread and pastries, tewed and remodeled 53 garments, canned 392 jars of foods, and made 12 home improvement articles, as well as completed 48 projects. Phyllis handled 926 sheep, and 2 pigs, spent 45 hours on home grounds beautification and made 6 pieces of handicraft She won a number of placings in judging contests and dress revues, including $58.50 in cash prizes, which brought her total income from all project* to $841.90. She served her club a* assistant leader, project leader, president and secretary. Betty Jone* (right), 17, of Lafayette, is named State entrant to be considered for sectional-national honors in the Sears-Roebuck Foundation 4-H Victory Garden Activity, which include a trip to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago, Dec. 3-6, and a SIOO War Bond. Betty raised 96,450 square feet of Victory garden, and one acre each of corn and potatoes. Her garden produced enough fresh vegetable* and fruit* for her family a* well a* a surplus to can, sell and give away. Seven State co-winner* who also each receive a $25 War Bond are: Marcella Shively, Hagerstown; Warren Hines, Worthington; Jackie Blanton, Fortville; John Manship. Pendleton; Maurice Ruby, Rushville; iohn Elliot, Angola, and John 11. Ruszlcr, of 'erre Haute. Samuel Burkhart, Jr. (right), 18, of Washington, ha* been chosen to represent the State in the Firestone 4-H Soil Conservation Activity for consideration in the selection of sectional and national winner*. His soil conservation achievement* include building drainage ditches, constructing terraces, digging a stock pond, building 5<X) rods of fence and fertilizing fields. Five State co-winnera who also each receive a SSO War Bond are: Robert Walton, English; Louis Simmons, Jr., Kewanna; Forrest Troyer, Marion: Don Stall, Brownstown, and Charles Withrow, of Romney. Marjorie Childress (right), 19, of Ixtwell, is the State's entrant for sectional-national honor* in the William G. Mennen 4-H Farm Safety Activity. The girl's achievement* in safety work include tacking metal strip* on edge* of rugs to prevent slipping, had chimney repaired and stovepipes cleaned, replaced ol<J wooden step* on front porch with cement ones, removed article* cluttering up stairway, had shorts in light connection* fixed, repaired frayed electric cords, placed a piece of asbestos on wall behind steve, a* well a* many other safety measure*. Three State co-winner* who also each receive a $25 War Bond are: Helen William*. of Muncie; Joanna M. Brashaber, Bloomington, and .Winds Coats, $4 Winchester.

• ____ and Mm. C. D. Balsinger, 521 W. Clark St.. Berne. His wife the former Helen M. Braun, resides at 318 W. Main St.. Berne. He was employed by the Frigldare Corp., Dayton. Ohio, prior to entering the service In August 1912 and has been overseps 9 months. Reppert farm home this evening and may be viewed until time for the funeral. Services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Reppert home und al 2:30 at the Salem Evaneelical and Reformed church at Mag'.ey, Rev. J. M. Michael officiating. Burial will be In the Decatur cemetery. 50 Union Township Sheep Killed By Dogs I Charles Burdge. Union township treotee, today reported that farm- | era of that township have suffered i heavily from sheep-killing dogs In recent weeks. I During the past month, 50 sheep 1 have been killed by dogs m Union township, the trustee stated. As many as 20 have been killed ill one night. —— —■■i.iQ — — is PREMIER OF POLISH (Conttbssd From Sacs IV was his predecessor. Other members of the new government have not been announced. o Richmond Woman Is Charged With Murder Richmond. Ind.. Nov. 25 (UP) — Mm. Ernest White. Richmond, was • charged with murder today in the shooting of St. Clair Lewis, 30 also o>* Richmond. Police said the slayi ing occurred after an argument In the home of a mutual friend. Gov. Green Probes Attempted Break Joliet. 111.. Nov. 26—(UPl—-Gov. Dwight Green opened an invesligai tion today into an attempted prli son break at Statesville pentten-

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Mr. and Mns. Theodore Damion left this morning for their horn? in Akron, Ohio after spending the Thanksgiving holiday In this city at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alva Nichols. Elmer Kamie. former tdvertising manager for the Daily Democrat hi..i purchased the newspaper at Visalia, California, a city of B,ws near Fretno. He wa< located »■ Adrian. Michigan several y< :<is. Rev, Wilson E. Hffencer of Shreve. Ohio, will preach at the Presbyterian church Sunday morning. The public le invited. T;ie :nemt»*.-s of ,ne Masonic lodge here will enjoy a eupper Tuesday night. Lodge will open at five o'clock with supper at 6:3<t and will rr.tutne Initiation work at 7:30. Girl Scout News I The Girl Stouts of troop 1 met after school Wednesday in the Girl Scout room at Lincoln schopl. They made Chrietmas cards. Four girls pceaed their tenderfoot t»‘«t‘s and the meeting closed with th ; friendship circle. Dianne Linn, scribe. Girl Scout troop 3 met at the fire .nation Monday evening. The pledge was given to the American and Girl Scout flags. Badges were awarded to Margene Bauer, world trefoil and bibliophile; Anita II -nix. bibliophile and first claoa; Kristine Striker, second class; Roberta Swaggerl, cook and design; Joan VonGunten. second class; Nancy Krick, basketry and first aid; Sarah Krick, liasketry and first uld and design and weaving. Nancy Krick, acrlbe. fy— Indiana Libraries Aiding Bond Drive •Indianapolis. Nov. 25 — (UP) — Through publicity, promotion and war bond sales, the 237 public Hie i raricH of the ,itatc are participating 1 In the sixth war loan drive. Harold F. Brigham. Indiana state library director, oald today. Gary which ended In the death of a guard and a convict. Three other convicts wer-* wounded In the iscape attempt led yesterday by two former memftens of the Roger Touby gang. Green planned to visit the prison today to conduct his investigation at first hand. Specializing In PERMANENT WAVES PHONE 6334 Irene’s Beauty Shop 1404 Master Drive

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IB 9k *■ MCTURID AT 7Hf C. I. O. CONVENTION in Chicago are. left to right, Sidney Hillman, chairman of the I’AC; Mayor Fiorcllo l-a Guardia of New York, Philip Murray, C. I. O. president, and Vice President Henry A. Wallace, one of main speakers. (I Smith Drug Co. ✓ ( , / /' — / • / .a. /J / 17 X perfume/ 1 I s 13/4 drom !.#• / 3/4 oz 10.00 / I 1/4 or 18.50 the thrill ond •xcilsmpni of Moneou i new "Di** covury" It coptured tn the tubtip teem of • perfume thot will moke your every moment • memorable one . . . ond you o delightful dreoml Aito Dricovery t concentrated cologne* 3 oz 0.00 6oi 3.50

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