Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 109, Decatur, Adams County, 8 May 1945 — Page 3

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M S HAS K«V" U - S ° A »" inn Thursday evenS' 1Z Z home of Mrs. Leonard »’ 'n members present, fcBin' ™-" ■;X* ami Mrs. gave K.«m #tudy. — -— 0 HtA THETA TAU H rALLED MEETING ■lre of Delia Th.-a Tan held Kd meeting Monday eventng ■ El ks h»m". l’ b "s were comfnr tlm mother and daughter K to be bold this evening al ■ f ' rl y five o'clock at the Elks jt'; officers for the following H, uW elected as follows: Alyce K president; Helen Barthel. Evident; recording secretary. ■ Rimicebitu; corresponding K, ta ry. Germaine Faurote; treaK. Joan Weinimff; sergeant-at-K. Rut h Gilliu: historian. Mrs. K Kent. A press correspondent ■ not been appointed. Retiring Keiw for the previous year inKe He’en Barthel, president; K Herman Keller. vice-presid-K Mrs. Fornst Warner, secreK Ethel Kleinheiiz. treasurer; Kleinhenz. sergeant at arms; K e Roop, historian. Pat Rumsc'hKprees correspondent. ■.o — - American American Legion auxiliary hold the regular business meet■at trie Legion home Friday King at eight o’clock. K .i ■ciETY Dutiful Daughters class of ■ First Evangelical church will K this evening at seven thirty Kock at the home of Reva Stauf- ■ - o ■'lie Women's guild of the Zion Kngelieal and Reformed church K nIPM Wednesday evening at K o'clock in the church parlors. K. E<l Miller will have charge of ■ special Ascension Day service. Kde in a Good Town — Decatur

.j^**__« i I Your Friends Will Tell - You 50... I Your friends who have turned to us for assistance in time of need know that Zwick’s service is helpful, considerate, and very moderate in price. We suggest that you seek and accept their recommendations. O ZWICK’S v j « FUNERAL HOME «® \9%mi,DAY 61,NIGHT 800 -303 ■■■BBSI ' -K3 .I*.. mg esk I VH H WHAT A SPARKLER! I I HeS An airplane could land on th' ’’ ‘ BSI BjV it throws. She has every right to g EH proud ot the diamond her swee >•. g, t gave her. And there’s one for J ? Ml beloved, too, in the scintillating d H “play of beautiful diamonds a , i Pumphrey’s. • B|' | B PUMPHREY | H Jewelry Store ja

HAVE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER BANQUET The annual mother ami daughter banquet of the First. Evangelical church was held Friday evening in the church ibasement. Preceding the lovely carry in supper, Mrs. F. H. Willard led the group in singing. IMiss Etta Anspaugh presided over the meeting and Miss Patricia McConnell read the devotions, with prayer by Mrs. Eugene Bunyon in honor of the mothers. IThe following program was presented: recitations, Gail Custer and Janet Hahnert; double trio, Margaret Ellen Baker, Clarice Anspa.ugh, Donna'belle Roop; Barbara Hoiblet, Gloria Striker and Juanita Maloney, accompanied by Kathleen McConnell; solo, Mrs, George Roop; readings in tribute to mothers, Mrs. Francis Ellsworth, Virginia Hutker and Mrs. Amos Ketchum. Bouquets of beautiful spring flowers were presented to the oldest mother and young, st daughter present. The door prize was given to Doris Adler. The meeting closed with group singing. The committee in charge included Mrs. Elmer Anspaugh. Miss Etta Anspaugh, Mrs. Fred McConnell, Miss Patricia McConnell, Mrs. Arthur Baker and Miss Margaret Ellen Baker. o The Dorcus class of the Evangelical church will meet Tuesday evening at seven thirty o'clock in the church parlors. O — o Adams County Memorial Hospital o o HOSPITAL Admitted: Miss Bonnie May Nevill. Geneva. Admitted and dismissed: Airs. Dwight Myers, 1221 North Second street. Dismissed: Joe Sovine, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Mary Frank. High street; Mrs. Clarence DcArmond, Monroe. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

CLUB CALENDAR I Society Deadline, 11 A. M. ) Phones 1000 — 1001 Monday Men’s Pnion Prayer Services auditorium of First Methodist church 7:30 p. in. Pythian Sister Temple, K. of p, 7:30 p. in. Tuesday Dutiful Daughters class of EvanI gelical church, lleva Stauffeir, 7;30 p. in. Evangelical Dorcus class, church parlors. 7:30 p. m. Reibekah Lodge, Odd Fellows hall 7:30 p. m. i I'. B. mother and daughter ban- . quel, church, fi p. m. Administrative council of First Evangelical church, 7 p. m. Civic section, City Hall, 7 p. m. Wednesday Church Mothers Study club, Methodist church parlors, 2 p. m. Red Cross sewing center, Legion, 1 p. m. Presbyterian World Friendship guild, Mrs. James Burk,- 7:45 p. m. St. Jude’s study club, K. of C. hall, 7:30 p. m. Women's’guild of Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, church parlous, « p. m. Thursday Stated meeting of Eastern Star, Masonic hall, 7:30 p. m. Zion Lutheran women’s missionary society, all day. Legion auxiliary district meeting. Wheatley Center, Fort Wayne, 10:30 p. m. Women's society of Baptist church, Mrs. Warren Lehman, 2:30 p. m. Methodist W. S. C. S-. church parlors, 2:30 p. in. Mount Pleasant W. S. C. S , Mrs. Norval Fuhrman, 2 p. m Friday Calvary Evangelical Service & Ladies Aid. Mir. and Mrs. Otis Shifferly, evening. American Legion Auxiliary, Legion Home, S p. m. Red Cross Knitting Center, Red Cross headquarters, 2 p. m. to 5 p. m. Lincoln P. T. A., Lincoln gymnasium, 7:30 p. m. Better Homes cluib of Monroe, Mrs. Elmo Stucky. ZteJUCALS .Mrs. Alvin Cully and Mrs. Clyde Smith of Richmond and Mrs. Clarence Acker of New Castle have returned to their homes after visiting at the Lawrence Grote home on route 3. While here, they attended the Monmouth commencement exercises of which their nephew, Leslie E. Ohmit, was one of the graduates. n —— Leland Ray of route 0 underwent a mastoid operation recently at the Van Wert county hospital. His condition is much improved. o Mrs. Leo J. Miller and children, Patn icia and Leo, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Miller left Monday for London, Ontario. Canada for a visit with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Laragh. o Tom M. .Peterson of Indianapolis is visiting here for a few days with his sisters Miss Elizabeth Peteron and Mrs. W. A. Lower. J. H. Heller has returned from a business visit to Indianapolis. to relieve ; FEMALE £ MISERY Ife (Also Fine Stomachic Tonic!) Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Is famous to relieve not only monthly pain but also accompanying nervous, Ured, hlghstrung feelings—when due to functional periodic disturbances. Taken regularly—it helps build up resistance against such distress. Pinkham's Compound helps nature.' Follow label directions. Try it! (f. compound MASONIC Stated meeting May S, 7:30 p. m. Fred P. Handier W. M. 108-b2tx 15 - OU M SKIN use Marcelle hypo allergenic Skin Lubricating Cream. • Excellent for dry, sensitive skin. • Widely prescribed by physicians. ■ ACCtneo K>« » a vHmsiNO w pusucations or th AMMCAN MtOKAI. association. (Good Hou.ek«l> in S/ HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO.

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Nurse Promoted ■ fjK

First Lt. Thelma Ray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ray, of Decatur route six, a nurse in the 105th Station Hospital, was recently promoted from Second Lieutenant. The hospital is one of the many units of the Fifth Army and the ground forces of the U. S. Air Corps and the Navy in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, in Italy. Lt. Ray was commissioned in September 1942 in the Army Nurse Corps. Prior to assignment with the 105th Station Hospital, she was assigned to the station hospital, Camp Breckinridge, Ky„ and the Nichols General Hospital, Kentucky. She ’has been overseas since April 1943. Prior to entering the military enrvina T f Pnxr virno

service, Lt. Ray, was employed next Tuesday. •"WdiHWcf ' i W ; unoih* r r ' I MkWjJ wi FUSTIC H HISH VW Px - ni aCTI/” A DOUBLESTHEIIFEOF I rLA9I IVA YOUR linoleum » SAVES WORK sonstant waxing. I ' K|/*\K| CI/IR Walk without fear of “ INwIN”OMM slipping and falling. aRD ICC fM IlfVI Y And itß ea * y t 0 app,y .V UKltd \|/Ulx»l\L I —use brush or cloth. • CLEAN LUSTRE X“ ' • LASTS and LASTS , very 6 mos. suffices. 11 fl" I Mail and phone ordert accepted . ■ d

as general nurse at the Adams county memorial hospital. She is a graduate of Pleasant Mills high school, class of 1937 and the Fort Wayne School of Nursing, class of 1942. Lt. Ray has been awarded the Mediterranean theater rib b o n with one battle star. o—rSpecial Services And Meetings Os Churches In Area Calvary Evangelical The Calvary Evangelical church will have combined preaching service and ladies aid Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Otis t Shifferly. n Weekly Meeting Os Lions Club Cancelled Doane Donwin, president of the Deiatur Lions club, this morning anti ntneed that tho weekly meeting of the service club will be suspended this evening because of the official proclamation of V-E day. The cluib will meet in regular session

|s||l!el J This column is appreciatively DEDICATED Today to the Gl JOES (Army and Navy) and to all the men and women in uniform from this County who served their Country on land, on the sea and in air. Through their sacrifice and service VICTORY was made possible. .... _o . Mrs. Delbert Augsburger of Monroe has received word that her husband. Pfc. Augsburger has been released from the hospital in France and is now back on duty somewhere in Germany. Rio iMr. and Mrs. Carl Mcßride, route 4. are the parents of a baby girl, lx*rn t.hie morning at 12:27 a. m. at the Adame county memorial hospital. She weighed 7 pounds, 2 outlets and ha« not 'been named.

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Lt. Ruth Worthman Describes Germans Horrible Atrocities

| LT. RUTH WORTHMAN A I The burning to death of about 500 persons locked in a barn by the Germans i; related in a letter writ tet) by First Lt. Ruth Worthman, army nurse, daughter of Mr. and .urs. Lewis 11. Worthman, prominent residents of Preble township, living on Decatuir route two. The story referred to was recently printed in the American new papers. Lt. Worthman is now stationed in Germany and has been overseas three years. Her sister, First Lt. Mary Worthman, is stationed in England. They were among the first Adams county nurses to enlist in the army nurses corpa. Lt. Worthman relates the Germany atrocity as follows: ‘‘Practically al] the members of this outfit have gone to Gardelegen, Germany and have seen a very | gruesome sight. Some of the Germans, and supposedly SS troops, forced some slave laborers, Russians, French, Dutch, and they said one American; into a large barn and set the straw on fire and practically cremated all the people. There were supposedly around 500 and all but about seven were burned to death. The civilians in and around the town tried to get them buried before the Americans could get theire and they had about 200 bodies just thrown into large holes and the American army sneaked up on them. They immediately put a stop to thb burials (horrible as they were) and these last couple of days, the civilians are digging them out. "And the German PW’s are burying them. It ntust have been horrible. This bairn bad a door on each end and was a brick structure. When they set it afire some ! tried to escape and the Germans

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would shoot them down. I didn’t go I to see it myself, but practically every one else did. "I thought it would be too depressing. one of the men took my cam- . era down and took some pictures. I I hope they turn out good. When one hears about such things you can hardly believe it, but those Ger- ' mans won't stop at anything. I haven’t had any love for theso ■ people for a long lime. The civilians are just as bad as those in the ■ army. What we have wondered 1 eince knowing the details of that • deal, is just how many limes that ' has happened before this. And ’ one can be sure that this isn’t tho ' first incident. Our Stars and Stripes (Army paper) has told of similar acts of the Germans, but ' this is one we teally know about. "When I went on duty this morn--1 ing 1 had a British soldier as a • patient. It will be five years next f month that he was a prisoner of ■ the Germans. .He. was just nothing ■ but skin and bones. I can't under- ’ stand how some of those fellowe 1 were able to take all the Germans 1 gave them. Their stories atre hor- ■, rible. • i “Again referring tn the burning of • thoe people, if more people back jn ■ the states knew about such things I that happen, maybe they wouldn't 1 treat the Germans in the states as I if they were al] kings. Some of b | the stories we hear from soldleirs s j recently from the states makes our I* ■ blood boil and we wish we could do 4 something about it. Most of them, s from what we learn, have more K privileges than we do and also get ’ many more things than we. do. That gripes us to pieces.” Lt. Wort liman's letter wag writ- ■ ten April 21 from a hospital In-Gar-:l many. Trade In a Good Town — Decatur s