Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 94, Decatur, Adams County, 20 April 1945 — Page 2

PAGE TWO

Improved || SUNDAY International II SCHOOL <• LESSON ■■■ By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D. Os The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Released by Western Newspaper Union. ' Lesson for April 22 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts selected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. THE FOUNDING OF THE NATION LESSON TEXT—Exodus 18:19-24; 19: 3-8. GOLDEN TEXT—Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people.—Proverbs 14:34. God has a purpose for the lives of men and of nations. Happy are those who seek His guidance so that their lives may be directed in right and useful channels. God's threefold purpose for Israel, which we noted in our lesson of last week,-could only be worked out in a nation which was separated unto Him, following holiness in its life and service. Moses, one of the greatest and most able figures of all history, was God's appointed leader. His success is explained by his willingness to follow God's leading. He sought: I. God’s Counsel <18:19). Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, having observed how he was burdened constantly by the affairs of the people, came to offer him advice. He started in the right place, by urging Moses to continue to seek God, yes, to spend even more time in the Lord’s presence, asking His wisdom and guidance. No man can lead a people in the right way if he does not have his | own life in constant touch with the throne of God. Much of the failure of our day centers right there. We talk much to other men about our national and international problems. There are multiplied meetings and conferences. They do have value, but very little, unless there is a seeking of God's will. A day of national repentance and prayer would do more for us than many’weeks of discussion and debate. We need to seek God's counsel. Note that the coming of Moses to God concerned the daily affairs of his people. That reminds us that not only the life of our nation, but that of our own homes—and our personal beings—all need God's counsel. To aid Moses in administering the affairs of the nation, Jethro recom- j mended the appointment of men who were to serve as:

11. God’s Counselors (18:20-24). There has been not a little criticism of Moses for accepting this ad-vice.-It is pointed out that when God puts heavy burdens on us, the way out is not to shift the load on someone else, but to seek God’s special grace to bear it and to do it acceptably. There is value in such an interpretation; but when one considers the devout,and careful approach of Jethro to‘'the matter (vv. 9-12) and his evident desire to glorify God in it all, there-is ground for believing that he was giving Moses good advice. The great unorganized host of possibly; two million people were going throq'gh a very difficult experience. The Result was dissension and strife; ofteivover trivial things, which needed to’bc settled. For all this to come to Moses seemed undesirable; therefore :othcr men were chosen to be counselors to the people, interpreting for them the law and the will of God. While each of us should carry every God-given responsibility with gladness, that does not mean that we are to assume that only we are able to do things. There is no more tragic figure than the pastor or church officer who tries to do everything. Why not put others to work? How can our young people and new converts ever find a place of service if older Christians hold on to every job in the church? Let us train them; then trust them with real responsibility. Counsel, encourage, pray, direct if need be, but do not try to do it all yourself! Now we come to the solemn and crucial moment when God was ready to establish His people and they were .ready to accept: HI. God’s Covenant (19:3-8). In the sacred and awe-inspiring meeting place befoi’e Mount Sinai, where the Lord was to give them His law (Exod. 20). they made a solemn covenant with God. In preparation for it He reminded them q£ what He had done for them in the hast. God is the unchanging One. If He was tender and gracious toward them in the past, they could enter the future confident of His blessing. And so may we! Note verses 5 and 6, for they give us God's great purpose for Israel. AH they had to do was to obey His voice hy keeping His covenant. This they, in solemn assembly, agreed to do (v. 8). How different their history—and that of the world—would have been had they kept their promise. We lament their failure, but what about us who are sd highly favored that we have Christ in our midst? Are we obedient? Following the making of the covcnant (which God will one day fumll in spite of their failure), we have, the giving of the Ten Commandments. and the establishment of Israel’s center of worship in the tabernacle. It was the dwelling place Os God among His people. How t

* RURAL CHURCHES | l - ~ > ♦ Rivarre Circuit Gilbert A. Eddy, pastor Mt. Victory Sunday School. 9:39 a. in. Cloyce Crozier, superintendent. Worship service. 10:30 a. in. Sermon by the pastor. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening. Gregg Knittie, leader. Pleasant Grove Sunday School. 9:30 a. in. Warren Harden, superintendent. Class meeting. 10:30 a. m. Fred Hiltner, leader. Worship service, 7:30.p. in. Sermon by the pastor. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening. Mt. Zion Sunday School. 9:30 a. in. Jim Beobout. superintendent. Class nn-etlng. 10:30 a in. Louise Bunner, leader. C B. ('. E. services. 7:30 p. ::i. Aldine Beobout. president. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening. ———o Monroe Methodist Church E. (). Kegerieis. minister 9:30 a. m. Morning worship. Sermon. "That the God of Peace May Be With You." 10:30 a. in. Church school. Lesson. “Law in a Nation's Life." 2:30 p. m. Prayer service for the United Nations conference. 6:45 p. m. Youth Fellowship. 7:30 p. tn.- Evening service. Seimon, "The Way of Man." Monday • evening. 7:30 YouUi council meeting in the annex. Tuesday evening. 7:30 p. in. Board of education meeting in the aliu.-x. Wednesday evening. 7:30 — Midweek service. S:3o -choir rehearsal. Thursday evening. 7:30 p. m. Womans Society of Christian service stuly group. Rev. and Mrs. .1, P. Suderman of Berne will present pictures ci'- their work among tile Hopi Indians. The public is invited to attend. Friday evening. 7:30 -Builder's class party :u the annex. - ;) Willshire Circuit—Li. B. Church L. A. Middaitgh. pantor Willshire 9:30 a. ni. Sunday School. 10:30 a. ni. Class meeting. 7:30 p. m.-Preaching service. 7:30 p. m. Wt due.-day — Pray r meeting. St. Paul 9:15 a. in. Peaching service. 10:15 a. ni. -Sunday school. 7:30 p. in. Tuesday—Prayer meet-) ing and Bible study. Winchester 9:30 a. . Sunday School. 10:30 a. in. Preaching service. 7:30 p. m. Thursday — Prayer meeting. — 0 — Antioch M.B.C. Church Located 3 mile.B west on 224. and I mile south of Decatur. Robert Mcßrier, Pastor Sunday school 9:30 a. m. Worship service 10:30 a. m. Evening service 7:30 p. in. Prayer service Wed. S p. m. You are welcome in each service. Come, worship with us. When a man is done with sin lie craves holiness."

St. Luke's Evan. & Reformed Church Honduras 11. H. Meckstroth, Pastor 9:oo —Church service. 10:00 —Sunday School. 2:00 —Instruction of Youth. o Union Chapel Church United Brethren in Christ D. H. and Celia Fellett, Pastors Sunday school 9:30. Thurman i I. Drew, superintendent. Morning Worship 10:15 — “A 1 Strange Truth." No evening services because of Baccalaureate services aft Moni mouth and Pleasant Mills. No prayer service this week because of conflict with cominenceinent exercises at Monmouth and Pleasant Mills. 0 Monroe Friends Church Byron Leaser. Pastor 9:30-10:30 Sunday schotfl, Wm. Zurcher. supt. 10:30-11:31,- morning worship. 7:30 p. m. Evening service. Wed. 7:30 p. m. Midweek prayer meeting, followed by monthly business meeting. Fri. 8 p. m. Victory prayer band. ()— Calvary Evangelical Church F. H. Willard, Pastor Preaching service 9:00 a. m. Sunday school 10:00 a. m. Midweek service 8:00 p. m. Thursday. COURT HOUSE In the osia'.e of he late John S. Bowers. l-.itcr.s of administration i»-ere issmed to William S. Bowers and bond for $.3,000 was filed and approved. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

Activities Os "The Den' 1 Are Described By Center Members

GEditor's note: The following article wa.s written by the publicity com'mittee of “The Den." Decatur’*? youth center). The pictures riiibmiti.ul in the art contest will be on display a; the “Den" for (Several days. The winning sketch will be flelecttd in the near future and will be hung permanently in the “iDui.” Music — dancing — free. In cooperation with the United Nations ('lulling drive, the "Den" will sponsor a spring dance this evening. The dance will begin at S:3O o'clock and will continue until 11:30 o’clock. All members are iniviked to come; however, every aieiwber will be r quired to 'bring acme article of old clothing. Several items suggested were old shoes, mui’tl rs. sweaters, socks, and coate. The clothing must b in a .sirra'ble condition for wearing and should have iseveral months wear in it. The YANKS LAUNCH I ! . | (Continued From Page One) anywhere," Buckner said. "We all, know that we still have to use a blow torch and corkscrews to get j them out of their caves.” Tokyo radio said the amphibious | forces attempted to laud on the | southern coast at Chinen and Min-' atokawa, 4’G to 5 miles south of Yoiuibaru, hut were driven off. The enemy report described the American invasion force as com-' prising 20 transports, two to four . battleships, one cruiser and five de-1 stroyers. Tokyo also claimed that Japan-1 ese naval units had entered the' Okinawa area and shelled two Am-{ erican held airfields. (A Melbourne dispatch said the i AiisiiaHan information department) intercepted a Tokyo broadcast that , the Japanese imperia] army and

■ IIIIIH m ,I,', ||T|||l|| mill 111111 l I Hill— IIIIL ...~ .IIHII. .Jlllll ILIIIIIMII IllHlir I 11..'- — aiWIWW-g “ ' ”3 . WO- • ’i • I MMMfr » ' 1 •* t I WBfeiy ■ - w* *■ ’ A& * i i -1. ,i i # w W-MTs -1 fc I I ■mill -a ACCOMPANYING DOUGHBOYS of the U. S. Ninth Army’s 30th division tank units make a smashing assault on the town of Born, Germany. Smoke fro n burning buildings darkens the sky over the tov.nj which fell to Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson's Yanks in their drive to the Elbe river. This is a United States Army Signal Corps radiophoto. (International Soundphoto) IP ■- ■Bp.. i zj?-/ "■■■ft * Jr ’ K t ftLtl.,...— ,„'. 111111118 !■■. -- . W THESE EMACIATED soldiers of the British armies, who were held prisoner by the Germans from four to ftvs years, were liberated by the Second di isien of the U. S'. First Army, when the Yanks Took the ~ German town of Geltingen, location of a German prisoner of wir hospital. This is a U._ S Army Signal Corps photo, * ' ,' ‘. ‘ (International Soundpkoto)

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, DECATUR, INDIANA.

clothing will be put to a good use and will tb ■ gratefully received. The music for the dance will be furnished by the "Den." The ping pong talbles in the rear will be removed and the dance floor freshly waxed lor the occasion. The memlb rs of the committee in charge of the dance are Barney Brooks, Ruth Hol:house, and Kathryn Schmitt. The winners of the checker tourney so far are M. Taylor, Stucky. Doiwin. Hackman, Faurcte, W. Arnold, Johnston, Arthur, Free.by. 'Steiner, B. Porter. B. Lichtenstcig er. Christen and Kohler. Many of the games have not yet been play’d and all taking paiit ate urged to play out their games. A chess tournament is scheduled to be played soon All entries must be handed in to Everett Arthur. A euchre tournament is being discussed and if the checker tournament is completed 'by May J. it will be held 'before school is dismissed. navy had launched a general attack in the Okinawas. The information department was quoted as saying that the broadcast suggested the Japanese navy may have gone out for a big engagement.) (j DELEGATES (Continued From Page One) Late arrivals included a 10 man delegation from Haiti. Sir Anthony Rumbo. assistant secretary to the British delegation, and Francis Williams, controller of the British press and censorship, also arrived. Arrival of dignitaries will reach its peak Sunday. Monday and Tuesday. State department officials announced five special trains were j scheduled to reach here on those j three days. 0 — Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

’ AMERICAN 7th (Continued From Page On«> Hodges’ men also consolidated their capture of Leipzig and Halle, counting more than 27.000 captives taken in Leipzig alone. The U. S. third army on the seventh's northern flank probed deeper into northwestern Czechoslovakia and eastward into the Chemnitz area. Unconfirmed Moscow reports said third army patrols "probably” had contacted Russian troops in the Dresden area. 30-odd miles beyond Chemnitz. ERNIE PYLE BUR,ED (Continued From Page One) le Jima. (Mayor Clyde Tingley announced the appointment of a committee th arrange for the service to pav tribute to Albuquerque's “mofit famous citizen.” ’At the same time, he disclosed that he had telegraphed an expression of sympathy to William Pyle, Dana, Ind., “You have lost your non. our city its most beloved and best known citizen," he told Erft'ie's father. u LADIG EMPLOYED AS (Continued From Page One) — i-year-old ordinance- is in support oi the quarantine ordered by Dr. James M. Burk, secretary of the board of health, following the break-out of a rabies ease in the city. The quarantine is still in effect and its enforcement will be supported through the ordinance, which forbids the letting of dogs to run loose. Ladig will be paid from the dog fund, which is supported by the license fees, and both the board of public works and safety and the police department are determined to apply strict enforcement as a means of eliminating stray dogs and the possible spread of the rabies.

NAZIS REPORT (Continued From Page One) Soviet capital that Russian forces, after breaking through the Spree river defense line, were thrusting on toward a junction with the United States third army forces advancing on Dresden. “In the Dresden sector, motorized Soviet patrols probably already have contacted the scouts of Lt. Gen. George S. Patton," Shapiro reported. In any event, the Moscow dispatch said, giant Stalin and Sherman tanks surging westward from the crumbling Spree line can easily exchange radio greetings with the Americans. Soviet field reports referred to Marshal Ivan S. Konev's first , Ukrainian army units "closing in on Dresden.” But by Nazi account the closest Soviet approach to the Saxony capital was at Bautzen, 25 miles northeast. o ; Roosevelt's Widow Leaves While House Final Conference Held Wish Press Washington, Apr. 20 —(UP) — Mrs. Franklin I). Roosevelt departs from the White House today leaving nothing undone. She'is on schedule to: the last minute, thereby completing the fastest exit any retiring first lady ever made. Except for Dolly Madison, who was running from a fire set by the British. « Mrs. Roosevelt held her last press conference yesterday afternoon over tea in the. softly-lit state dining room. She couldn't go, she said, without bidding goodbye to the friends she had met so regularly for so many years.

She told her all-femaie audience that she is going directly to New York, where she has an * apartment on Washington Square, tlicn to Hyde Park on Sunday. First off she will dispose of Mr. Roosevelt’s belongings. That will ’ake some time, she explained—you know. Franklin’s great interest in things historical. Most of them will go to Hyde Park after the children have nade their selection; It is especally difficult to decide about ‘hese things, she explained, with wo boys in the Pacific from whom we haven’t heard since (heir father's death. They arc Lt. Comdr. Franklin I). Roosevelt. Jr., and Navy Lt. John Roosevelt, her two youngest. Franklin is commanding a destroyer-escort and she stipposW~~ ” 3" HEAR DR. W. G. HESLOP Missionary, Authiri ' Pr’eachei 1 , Bible Expositor. ' Nightly 7:30 P. M. Sunday 10:30 a. m. 7:30 p. ni. . ..■! ’ / hl Subject Friday: — "The Signs of the Times-WJiat does the ‘ Ndinbct 666 incan in Bible?'* ’ Mrs, Nora Heslop Missionary • Teacher Speaks Sunday, 2:30 p. m. Subject; ‘"Missionary Experiences in Korea., under Japanese Domination." DON’T MISS IT! ‘ ‘ N • <■■•.“ NOW, through ’ April 22nd. ?•’ !.-. ... . a-., : i Be One of 200 or More ’' Ih Otir ' r '■ r " Sunday School Ratty, April 22 - 9:29 a. in. “A special song in the Korian Language.” A Warm Welcpme Marshall & North 7lh Decatur, Ind.

WONDERFUL RELIEF FronWrlrritatiMl FuwuaKtW’.aKmrTKbMii, kidneys so idcreAili Mat Iftd refieve painful bladder irritation* eavsued by exeta Aridity the’ aime ” Tk»r« I* no >o«4 now*to',ilfw unnnu»’,*ry dittr*,o and diacaaiart freta baalaaha Madder irritation. ru !l u * aeMltym y*w Urina — ul« ;:fetfarus?naKsS UkaAkeiiMAds et attaa.wili MIW >2»S. Stamfmd. Col?. at aa«. AU dni«uw ad! SwLno

eifthey both were where ' iKey' couldn’t manage* to " got’ word 11 home. This final meeting was less of a conference than a farewell visit. Mrs. Roosevelt, iu black and her

la.a a a a-a a a a.a a■■ ■ a INSURANCE Protect Your Bank Balance. 1 * Check Thieves and Forgers arc clever 1 * Safety Paper and Protecting Machines m , f Chetek Thieves ahd Forgers overcome mW W I safety devices’. mo ? •! I V4YS. COST is nomi Nal ■ AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY co I “’ a ’ 1 A. D. Suites, Agent | if Phone 358. 1 L- |B " 111 1 a a Bxß a a k****-* bib ■ ■ ■ ■ iTii i Seed Potatoes ■ — whllc wc a fair * assortment. ' Certified and Select Kai- “ hadins, Chippewas, Petos. ■ f e - v » Rus! *tts, Irish Cobl) I lers and Green Mountain, ♦ Cabbage and Tomato plants | ♦ Onion Sets and Onion Plants ® ♦ Largest selection Bulk Garden Seeds « in the courity. | John’s Seed Store I First Door Jiast Knapp Hardware eOMMMiwin ## a a- a a a a a ■ tii

Wj|h Impaired Hearing Helped By SONOTONE HEARING SERVICE £. E. Mac Kay, Consultant Rice Hotel Decatur Saturday, Apr. 21 IP.M.toB P. M. Many in this community, who have been handicapped for years with hearing difficulty are now enjoying Better Living as a result of Sonotone Hearing Service. Sonotone Hearing Setvice begins with a scientific audiometric measurement of your hearing. Its analysis provides the prescription which will enable the best possible hearing correction. Audiometric examination and consultation aro without charge or obligation. If you are interested in Better Hearing and the latest Sonotone Method by which it may be obtained, see Mr. Mac Kay at the Ilice Hotel, Saturday, April 21. RißfiHilk 3 A personal service that seeks to give you BEmR HEARING for the rest of your life Accepted by the Council on Physical Medicine Os the' Ainerfcati Medical Association 710-714 Citizens Trust Bldg. 803 Calhoun St., Fort Wayne. Ini • , A . - .4. , - ... * * - -A *\ .. Adequate private n qwexMtor^ finanCing ° f I Vutinesi"eiitqrptfse.. Never before have the savings and ®sh re sources of our people and our business n 'so large. Every opportunity should be gnen I private enterprise to operate within the fran*’ work of a private financial system before t 'Federal Government, either directly or throug 1 its many agencies, steps in to render natK aid to and provide financial direction an control over business enterprise. LEO T. CROWLEY, 1 0 , D.C. : : "■ ■■ ■■ — First State Bank « or. yir > •«* h< ’ 1 1 ~ . .0 ■ ■*’ • f „ff Membtr F. D. LC. — EslaHished l* B3 1

FRI DAY,APRIL M .... ■

footing ‘ wlt, l conference a 9S(lcia ' h «i now dissolves n tory, an "lW