Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 79, Decatur, Adams County, 3 April 1945 — Page 3

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S, *RTS department MONDAY . fW" ■>■■ l;i: ‘ ; " i ' ,Ar " ? K,.'•» » ■■«•■ luiltz wa«s chairman of u6 sis Hl by Miss Leo-V<-ra S:eury and £ -Baughman. ' E RL h.e Play, the .Junior h. t?. mul.T >lm direction llmibobl. presented •w,. ;,-!( I.ullaiby" and ■ *,'■■' a : >h Mios Mary Leitz Maa \ piano dm t. “A < ounMl. ■St. - .V.u played hy Misses *’* vi"u darie St. ury. The KBr 'l ! Sj ' ;y I,rm " gf*.' 1 l,v Alien (trace Coffee. \t ‘, Harold Zwiek and Ala: r. iAIls-s Kathryn fB "'an i' l of thC Haddon hall, a g* for girln, located |*K in ant. The characS* <■! vol ly enacted by J,..,,-);! Hoile, Edna Mae II ><-;.!intt. Kaih’ryn Maddox. Kathl-en Joan I lamina, Gloria

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Striker, Helen Frank, Juanita Fruchte, Joan Bierly and Ann MadI dox. •The last meeting of the club year t will be held April 9, with the mu- ’ sic department in charge of the E program. I MISS FAYE EICHAR WEDS . SGT. LORES L. LEHMAN Miss Faye lElchar, daughter of I Mrs. Walter Eichar of this city, I and Sgt. Lores L. Lehman, eon of , Mr. and iMre. S. F. Lehman of ‘ 'Berne, were united in marriage Sat- , urday evening at seven o’clock in , the parsonage of the Cross Evange- , lical and Reformed church in Berne. The Rev. C. A. Schmid offi- [ dated at the double ceremony, ( performed before the members of , the immediate families. . 'The .bride wore a street length drees of coral gabardine with brown accessories, and a corsage of Talisman roses. Mrs. Harry Brown attended her sister in a crepe dress of orchid with hrown accessories, ' and a corsage of jonquils and yellow roses. lloth iwore flowers in their hair. Edward Lehman of Fort Wayne served his brother as best

| CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Phones 1000 — 1001 Tuesday C. L. of C„ K. of C. 7:30 p. m. 'Eta Tau Sigma sorority, Mns. . Horman Girod, 8 p. m. IPs! lota Xi inspection, postpon--1 od. 'Psi lota Xi business meeting, •Mrs. James Ehinger, 8 p. m. Wednesday Wesleyan class reception, Mes thodist church basement, after services. Historical club, Mis. S. E. Hite, I p. m. Red Cross Sewing Center, Le- . gion, 1 p. m. 1 Zion Lutheran Married Couples ; club, 8 p. m. Zion Lutheran Married Couples clulb, church basement, 8 p. m. Junior Women business meeting, 1 Miss Betty Melchi, 7:30 p. nt. Thursday Evangelical Women’s missionary society, church basement, 2 p. m. Men’s Union Prayer Service, ground floor public library, 7:30 p. m. 'Ladies Aid society of .Salem Evangelical and Reformed church, parish hall, all day. •Union Chapel ladies aid society, Mns. Freeman Schnepp, 1:30 p. m. ißairibow girls, Masonic hall, 7:30 p. ra. (Pleasant Dale ladies aid society, church, all day. Friday Red Cross Knitting Center, Legion, 2 p. m. to 5 p. tn. 'U. 18. Work and Win class, Mr. and .Mrs. Clarence Drake, 7:30 p. m. Ave Marie Study clu'b, Mrs. Jack Brunton, 8 p. m. Monday iPythian Sister Temple, K. of P. 7:>30 p. m. man. The mothers each wore a corsage of .white carnations. Following the ceremony, a reception was held at the home of the bridegrooms parents for thirty five guests. The serving table was centered with a three tier wedding cake. Mrs. Alfred Lehman and Miss Bernice Nussbaum assisted in serving. IMrs. Lehman is a graduate of the Decatur high school and at present is living with her mother. Sgt. Lehman recently returned from the Aleutians and is now stationed at (Edgewood Arsenal, Md. He was well known in this section of the state as a basketball official before entering service. 'The Junior Women department of the Decatur Woman’s club wjll have a business meeting Wedhißsday evening at seven thirty o'clock at the home of Miss Betty Melchi. The Union Chapel ladies aid society will meet Thursday afternoon at one thirty o’clock at the home of Mrs. Freeman Schnepp. Ail ladies of the church are invited to attend. The Work and Win class of the First United Brethren church will have their regular monthly class meeting Friday evening at seven thirty o’clock at the home of Mr. and IMrs. Clarence Drake. All memI hers are requested to attend. The Ladies Aid society of the ■ Salem Evangelical and Reformed I Today’s Pattern I SIZES ■ Aw MARIAN MARTIN Sweet as strawberries, Pattern 9412 “has everything”: jumper, jacket (or blouse), saucy hat, hag. Make her pinafores, sunfrocks from jumper pattern. All quickly made. Pattern 9412, sizes 2,3, 4,5, 6, 8. Size 6, jumper, 1% yds. 35; in.; jacket, 1 yd. Applique pattern given. Send Twenty Cents in coins for this pattern to Decatur Daily Democrat, Pattern Dept., 155 N. Jefferson St., Chicago 80, 111. Print plainly Size, Name, Address, Style Number. JUST OUT! Bend Fifteen Cents more for our Marian Martin Spring pattern Book! Easy-to-make clothes for all. Free Blouse Pattern printed right in ths book. Bond Nos.

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church will have an ull day meeting Thursday at the parish hall. iMra. IMartln Fruchte and Mrs. Sophia Conrad will ibe hostesses. 'The Pleasant Dale ladies aid society will meet at the church Thursday for an all day meeting. IMr. and (Mrs. Wayne Hahnert and family of Huntington and Robert (Hahnert, electrician's mate first class, stationed in the Philippine islands, were unable to attend the . reception Sunday afternoon at the . home of iMr. and Mrs. J. H. Hahnert. IPs! lota Xi inspection has been postponed, but the regular business meeting will be held this evening at eight o’clock at the home of Mrs. James iE'hinger. 0 , Oswald Tinner Back From Major Battles Pfc. Oswald T. Tinner, brother of Miss Leona Tinner of this city and Mrs. Theodore Bleeke of Union township, has returned to the states after taking part in seven major battles in the two and one-half years he was in the Asiatic Pacific war zone. Pfc. Tinner wears the infantry combat badge, good conduct ribbon, Asiatic Pacific ribbon, one silver star, three bronze stars, infantry reed (rifleman braid), five overseas stripes, and the Philippine ribbon, given by the Philippine government. He was aboard the U.S.S. President Coolidge which was sunk oft' the Hebrides with 4,000 men aboard and with only four lives being lost. He swam ashore to safety. His outfit was on its way to Guadalcanal to give support to the Ist and 2nd Marines when the Coolidge was sunk. They remained in the Hebrides six months, before going to Guadalcanal. From there he went io the New Georgian islands, where he took part in the battle for Munda air strip, and had front line duty until that campaign ended. He was then sent to New Zealand for a three months recuperation leave. New Guinea was the scene of his next battle, followed by the fight of the Drenimore river front. Leyte was the next stop, where his outfit spent two months (including Christmas day at Dulag) ploughing through the hiud on Leyte while preparing for the invasion of Luzon. They captured the city of Rosario. Pfc. Tinner was withdrawn from front line duty in the Philippines and ordered home on temporary duty, with a 45-day furlough. He is now visiting his uncle, G. F. Obrock of Cleveland. He will spend a part of his furlough in this city, visiting his sisters. Before entefipg the army, Pfc. Tinner Was employed by Johh W. Bleeke. , Bi (Mr. and Mi*. Dale Knittie, route 5, are the parents of a baby hoy, 'born thia morning at 12: a:.m. at the Adams county memorial hospital. He weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces and hae not been named. — Fred Isch of Bluffton was a visitor here last evening, calling on many of his old friends. IMemlbers of the Presbyterian church are reminded that, the annual congregational meeting will he held Wednesday evening at 7:30. At that time reports will be heard, officers elected and a vote taken upon the selection of a minister. IMr. and Mrs. Fields Hahnert have returned to their home in Detroit after spending the Easter holiday with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hahnert. Mrs. Walter Deitsch of St. Marys, 0., is caring for her mother, Mrs. Martin Miller, who has been ill. "Her condition is reported as fair. (Roscoe Glendening, cashier of the First (State Bank, who underwent a majffr operation five weeks ago, was able to walk up town today. He is progressing rapidly and hopes to resume his duties at the bank within the next three weeks. o Ask Extradition Os "Bugs' Moran iSpringfield, 111., April 3—i(UP)— Request of the state of Indiana for George ((Bugs) iMoran, Chicago (bootleg Ibaron of prohibition days, was under advisement by-Illinois state officials today following an extradition hearing here yesterday. Moran is wanted at Gary, Ind., on a charge of robbery with a gun in connection with the holdup last Dec. 3 of an alleged gambling place said to be owned 1 by Theodore Morangos, who was unable to recognize Moran at yesterday’s hearing as one of four holdup men. Marangos said he was among 30 holdup victims herded in a (backroom and that he did not see all the robbers. Trade la a Good Town — Decatur

Veteran Home -1 yv. >jM rjn. iJ Staff Sgt. Robert E. Keller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Keller, 1116 West Monroe street, a veteran of nearly three year’s service in Australia, New Guinea and the Philippines, arrived home last evening on his first furlough since he entered the army in January 1941. He has served with the signal corps and was identified with several of the major battles in the Pacific area of the war. Chief Petty Officer Herman C. Keller, a brother also is home on a 36 day leave from the navy and a younger brother, Staff Sgt. Harold J. Keller, holder of the DFC ror 33 missions on a B-27 Flying Fortress over enemy territory in Europe, is expected home from Amarilla, Texas, the latter part of the week. A fourth brother, Pfc. Jerome J. Keller is with the Field Artillery in France. Adams County I Memorial Hospital ♦ 4 Admitted: Mia. Rulby Dudgeon, Willshire, O.; Mrs. IMargaret May, Grant street; Claude iPatesell, Schirmeyer street. Admitted and dismissed:: Clar-i

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Wounded Soldiei r- -. * * i 'W' i \ i % WIL i Pfc. George Leroy Bailey, who i was seriously wounded in Ger- ’ many on February 25 has notified • his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter • D. Bailey, of Decatur route six, : that he received a head wound ( and that his right arm was se- ■ verely injured. Pfc. Bailey is an infantryman with General Patch’s Seventh army. . • The military training of this 19 year old soldier was started January 1943 at Camp McCain, Miss., and after receiving additional training at various other camps was sent overseas in November. 1944. Pfc. Dailey is a nephew of Mrs. Garth Journay of this city, and attended Decatur high school. He was employed by the Kraft Cheese Co., here and International Harvester Co., Fort Wayije, before entering the service. ence Brodiheck, Willshire, O.; Robert DeVor, 422 iSouth Thirteenth street; IMieS Dollie Miller, Berne route 2; Mrs. Alma Miller, Berne route 2. Dismissed: Greg Zimmerman, 916 Walnut street; Miss Kathryn Buchner, Willshire, O.; Miss-Elizabeth ' Buchner, Willshire, O.; Baby DianI na Lou Hitchcock, Line street.

WiiiE I (Bernard F. iMeyem, M. M. 3/c, has written friends in this city that he took part in the invasion of Iwo Jima. He also stated that he Is feeling fine. Geneva Girl Promoted Camp Lejeunc, N. C„ — Marine Corporal (Laura a. Derrickson, daughter of Frank Derrickson, of Geneva, Ind., recently was promoted to her present rank. ’ Before enlisting in the marine corps in August, 1943, Corporal ' D rrickaon was graduated from Ge- ’ ne.va high school and attended the ' Fort Wayne Bible Institute. She is 1 at present on duty as a plumber ' with the camp maintenance chop 1 here. ’ (Her .brother Sergeant Wayne Derrickson, is serving with an infantry ! outfit in Germany. I Collects Specimens ’ Lt. (jg) Frank Grether, oi the naval air transport service, located in the Pacific, spends part of his spare time in collecting previously unknown Insects and plant speciments, sending them to American museums and laboratories. Lt. Grether, who graduated from the Decatur junior-senior high school in 1938, is the son of Rev. and Mrs. David Grether. Rev. Grether was formerly pastor of the Salem Evangelical and Reformed church at Magley, and is now located in Wisconsin. Lt. Grether and Lt. (jg) W. H. Wagner, a member of the same unit, have collected some 450 specimens and have another 250 to ship. These include moths, dragonflies, ferns, lichens and orchids collected in the Marshall, Admiralty, Marianas and Hawaiian islands.

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Most of them will go to the SmithI sonian Institute in Washington. Lt. Grether was a plant-science instructor before entering service. 0 (Mr. and iMre. William Hunt of North Third street have received word that their eon, Dale Hunt, A'MI.M 1/c, has arrived safely somewhere in the South Pacific. Pfc. Keith Hunt was recently awarded three bronze battle stars for participation in the invasion of Normandy, Central France and Germany. ( Doyle Hawkins, S 2/c, has arrived safely in the .Hawaiian islands, according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hawkins. former residents of this city. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. , Charles (Marshand, route 6. ISgt. and Mrs. Raymond Hakes have returned tor Miami, Fla. after spending a I's-day furlough visiting relatives and friends in this city and in Bluffton. One Best Home^a UP RED6IOOO To Get More Strength If you suffer from Simple Anemia You girls and women who suffer from simple anemia or who lose so much during monthly periods that you are pale, feel tired, weak, “dragged out” - this may be due to low blood-iron. So try Lydia E. Pinkham’s tablets at once! Pinkham’s Tablets are one of the greatest blood-iron tonics you can buy to help build up red blood to give more strength and energy-in such cases. Taken as directed — Pinkham’s Tablets are one of the very best home ways to get precious iron into the blood. Just try Lydia Pinkham's Tablets for 30 days - then see if you, too, don’t remarkably benefit. Follow label directions. Lydia E. Pinkham's TABS6TS