Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 128, Decatur, Adams County, 31 May 1945 — Page 3

DSDAY, MAY 31,1945,

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the moose lEmeSorial1 E meSorial service |.. y E W.-.ive candlelight. V 7 S erviee was held la~t B 1 ' 1 ' 1 the Moose home for ELin» active members of ■ nuatlon who havfi died fcj Xblishtnent of the WoI he6ioo-e in thte city: Mrs. M p Heare, Mrs. Theresa K Mrs. Hose Beau" and Mrs. ■ was also held for a ■““/ ten candidates, followed ■1 nomination of officers. Enital guild chapter , n ’f ht was in charge of Mrs. f Feasel. Dr. Bower, grand Entarian of the Women of KLe of Barberton, O, was E, and delivered the address. t' (i ; prize was won by Mrs., lifious refreshments were eerv[ring the social hour by the [idee in charge. | UA L may breakfast IrVED this morning IL e number of persons at- |\ t he annual May breakfast E women’s society of ChrfeK, rvice , held this morning from |u) eleven o’clock at the Melt church. The entertaining t were beautifully decorated ■ spring flowers. |s Harry Daily, program chair- | presented the following pro- | preceding the breakfast: voL o , "0 Lord Most Holy,” with land organ accompaniment,, I Walter Krick: piano solo,, Ling Theme of Greig Piano I” Richard Saylons; vocal solo, Lie O’Mine,” Lyman Hann; L selection, "Morning Moods,” I Edgar Geiiber; group of duets, rning," “Trees,” and “Sunis,”iMrs. Dan Tyndall and Miss in Hautold. (lowing the program, Mrs. DelPasswater invited the guests to dining room, where the breaking served. ie Adams county chorus will t Monday evening at six thirty d at the Kirkland high school. D. C. Shady will be hostess. IABELLE DOAN ENGAGED WED SGT. DAVID HELLER r. and Mrs. J. M. Doan, 522 Jefm street, announce the engpge- ■ and approaching marriage of r daughter, Annabelle, to Sgt. id B. Heller, son of Mr. and , Henry B. Heller, 519 North end street.

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ly HARRISON CARROU King Features Syndicate Writer HOLLYWOOD. — Between dieting and acting in “They Were Expendable,” Bob Montgomery is |o nervous that he can’t sleep nights and thus was alerted j when two men K .’"’’’’’W trie( j t 0 ran - ■L'"; | sack his car parked outside the house. Bob F7 grabbed a service revolver and dashed downRl Ata stairs in his white pajamas, ■L calling to his ■'-■Hi wife to summon Harrison Carroll the police. The thieves fled, “b’s two dogs cornered an innosat boy who was passing by on a Rcycle and the neighbors awakjust in time to see three ar'iving police cars spotlight Bob in - pajamas. All the prowlers got one package of cigarets and Mfomia road map. Sterling Hayden, husband of Jaoeleine Carroll and once a toutnoting discovery at Paramount, r? “ a captain of Marines at“tned to special service in GerLr Before that he helped run “PPhes from Italy to Marshal Tl"rCßs Yugoslavia. Made™««iu is with the Red Cross in T 11 ® stork Club” set, Betty os new portable dressing S * M „T eiled like a P ie ce of laroanZ en they hauled up the Betty ruahed * n > lifted »as>,. a small piano and he ed by the explosion of a ttn 7 IMide - Bett y <5Ol- - than chalr w hich fell apart, “ih L tried t 0 sit on a sofa CanJ^ 8 a Kosh-awful noise, teaiin j” 0 ga S s > the dressing room shell „LT ething ~ baby-blue back end pi^ r Walls and the whole pll yskaf anrt keF had P a3Se <i his *0 ftt» k aa marc hing down R ben thev U 8 Fort MacA -rthur line «nd t y o K ed him out of 016 ove ,A Wm t 0 g 0 home - he Soaped tn 4 a, ’ • • Clark June CUon by alm °st the Margin. .. . j on Hall went

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Phones 1000—1001 Thursday Ladies Aid society of Salam Evangelical and Reformed church parish hall. St. Haul ladlee aid society, Mrs. Eddie McFarland, all day. Ruth and Naomi circle, church parlors, 2:30 p. m. Rainbow girls, Masonic hall, 7:.t0 p. rn. St. Vincent DePaul society, K. of ■C„ 2 p. m. Friday Red Cross Knitting Center, Red Cross 'headquarters, 2 p. m. to 5 p. m. 'Primary department of First Evangelical church, church basement, 2 p. m. Mothers of World War 11, Mrs. Marie Lord, 8 p. m. Monday 'Pythian Sister Temple. K. of P. 7:80 p. m. Men’s Union Prayer Service, auditorium of First Presbyterian church, 7:30 p. m. Adams county chorus, Kirkland high school, 6:80 p. m. NURSES AIDE CORPS HAS MEETING TUESDAY The Adams county nurses aide corps met Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Grace Lehman in Berne. Dr. Myron Haibegger gave an interesting talk 'on cancer, after which an open discussion was held. Mrs. Roy (Price presided over the business meeting. Madge Barton was appointed treasurer for the balance of the year, and it was announced that four more members have completed 150 hours service at the local hospital. The four are Mns. Dessie Sanders, Alvina Allspaiw, Esther 'Heare and Florine Flickinger. Plans are being made to have another class, and the meeting will ,be held in December in Berne, at Which time all those interested in becoming nurses aides will be contacted. The date will be announced later. The Decatur Lions clulb has issued an invitation to the members to be their guests June 18 at six thirty o’clock. (Following the meeting, group pictures were taken and delicious refreshments were served. The next meeting will be held in August, when it is planned to have a picnic. . o- — More than $77,000,000 was returned to customers by Montgomery Ward & Co. last year because they had ordered merchandise the company didn’t have. '

in three weeks too soon. Ee’s 30. . . . The lights went out at the Mocambo just in time to cool off an argument between two men and the escort of a pretty Warner starlet. Emil Coleman promptly started to play "Dancing in the Dark.” ... Carl Flesch, famous European violin teacher (Jan Savitt was one of his pupils), died while en route to Switzerland after being freed from a Nazi concentration camp. . . . Add odd contract clauses: Thomas Gomez (King Croesus in Universal’s "Night in Paradise”) retains the right to take the month of August off to make his annual bicycle trip from New York to Cape Cod. . . . Nothing to the rumors that Tommy Warner, Jr., will wed Helen Lunn, Washington, D. C., beauty and granddaughter of Senator White. She’s a swell girl, he says, but they’re just friends. Besides teaching navigation, Lt. (jg) John Howard directed the show at the Cornell annual spring festival. Members of the cast gave him a wristwatch. A posthumous award of the Silver Star and the Bronze Star has been made to the late Sgt. Urford Gage, who played a Nazi officer in R-K-O’s "Hitler’s Children” before he went into the sendee, later to be killed in the Philippines. Gage’s widow, a singer and a dancer, has quit a job in a studio cutting room to go overseas as a U. S. O. entertainer. HOLLYWOOD HI JINX: Leonard Vannerson, husband of Martha Tilton, writes that Claude Thornhill, Jackie Cooper, Dennis Day, etc., have played in the Marshalls, the Gilberts, the Marianas, the McKenzies, Palau, Iwo Jima and on some 100 ships. . . . Incidentally, the other night, boys in the Pacific were getting Ozzie Nelson over the radio from both Hollywood and Tokyo. Hollywood was shortwaving “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” and Tokyo was playing Nelson’s eight-year-old recording, “Swinging on the Golden Gate.” . . . Anne Sterling and Arturo De Cordova at the Trocadero . Cara Williams and Billy Gray ‘at the. Somerset House. ... Jose Iturbi packed the Greek Theater at Berkeley and his concert sold $1,296,000 in War Bonds.

vli&r w. Earl Chase, MAM 2/c, has been transferred from the Great Lakes post office register division to the fleet post office in San Francisco. Air. and Mrs. Chase spent the weekend in this city before leaving for the west coast. Lase Grimm, iE. M. 3/c, left Tuesday for San Francisco, Calif., after ■spending the past two weeks with his family in this city. He recently returned from several months in the Pacific, and wears bronze stare for hie participation in the battles of Luzon, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. ICapt. Donald L. Sessenguth, 23, son of Barthold A. Seesenguth of French township, is currently assigned to the AAF Redistribution Station No. 4 at Santa Ana, Cal., army air base. Capt. Seesenguth, who completed 30 combat missions as pilot of a 847 Flying Fortress entered the service Feb. 2,1943 and went overseas in June, 1944, He has been awarded the Purple Heart, the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters and five (battle stars for participation in major operations of the Bth air force over Germany. Captain Thomas Graham was recently promoted to that rank, according to word received by his wife, the former Helen Jean Kohls. Capt. 'Graham is stationed with the paratroopers in Germany. Hugh K. Engle, husband of Florence Anna 'Engle, 1127 Nuttman avenue, is receiving his initial naval indoctrination at the U. S. naval training center, Great Lakes, 111. * Lt. Ray 'Elmer Bailey of Monroe is attending a two-week standardization course in Military Training Instruction at San Antonio "aviation cadet center, Texas. At the conclusion of the braining period, students will be returned to their" former stations in the AAF Training Command for duty as training specialists in their particular field.

RIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Robert Heller are thq parents of a 'baby boy, born Wednesday morning at‘6:.'3O a. m. at the Adams county memorial hospital. He weighed 8 pounds, 816 ounces and has been named Daniel Henry. A baiby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jacdb Shaffer, 634 Kekionga street, at six o’clock last evening at the Adams county hospital. She ha<s not been named. Today’s Pattern y wfe 5 / \ *7l“ /77T ZLfelll b\ 'Wi wA Kil M -n t7 - A' |7|11 \ 4 MARIAN MARTIN Big news for a beginner in sewing! No sleeves to set in, no collar to finish; just straight, long seams. Princess panels add inches to height, take off pounds, too. Pattern 9055, sizes 32, 34, 36, 38. 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52. Size 36 takes 3% yards 35 inch faljric. 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! The Marian Martin Summer Pattern Book, a collection of all that’s new and smart in wearing apparel for the family. FREE Nightgown Pattern printed in book. Send Fifteen Cents for your copy.

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To Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary

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Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Beery, prominent residents of this city, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary Saturday with a family dinner, and on Sunday will have open house from 2 to 5 O’clock at their home, 810 Monroe street, following the morning church services at the Methodist church on Sunday, they will be remarried by Dr. M. O. Lester. i The couple was married on June 2, 1895 by the Rev. George Cocking at the home of Mrs. Beery’s parents, near Pleasant Mills. They resided in Pleasant Mills and Batesville for some time before coming to Decatur in 1921. They have made their home here

Adams County | Memorial Hospital | o o Admitted: Mtes Edna Mast, Portland. Mr. and G. H. Laughrey of Colfax visited Sunday evening and Monday with Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hooker. Mr. Laughrey is a former school teacher of Adamis 1 county and 'business man of Monroe. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kirn of Fort Wayne .spent Memorial day with Mrs. Kirn’s sister, Mrs. Curt Fritzinger. Mn?. Ruth Pendry wae a guest of Mr. and Mrs. C, E. Hocker Monday. Mrs. Pendry is the wife of state police officer Thurman Pendry, now stationed at Frankfort. Mrs. T. M. Reid of Fort Wayne was the guest of Mrs, C. L. Walters over the holiday. Mr. and Mrs. Dick -France of Alliance, Ohio, visited in Decatur on Memorial day with Mns. Frank G. Christen. The/ were en route to Chicago to visit a brother, Bart France. Dick served as deputy sheriff and sheriff at Alliance a numiber of years. •< ——’ - --——6 — ; No Lowering Planned Os Discharge Age Washington, May 31 —(UP) — Undersecretary of war Rdbert P. Patterson §aid today that tlhe army will not lower it;s discharge age unless the Pacific war gets ahead of schedule. IHe said the present partial demobilization plan calls for release of “all whom t'he army .thinks it is safe to discharge.” Thia plan provides for release of all men 40 or older, and of men eligible under the point system. • Trade In a Good Town — Decatur OtlttMOnA OTHER VARNISHES 3 TO 1 Uncqualed for sure, long-life floor protection —FLOOR EX guards floors against dust, dirt, grit—resists alcohol, boiling water, acid stains. Easy to apply, FLOOR EX outwears other varnishes 3 to I! And its hard, mirror-gloss finish requires no back-breaking waxing. Buy FLOOREX with confidence. SMITH DRUG CO.

since that time. The four children of the honored couple are deceased. They have two grandchildren, Bill Buck of Pasadena, Calif., and Barbara Beery of Frankfort. Both Mr. and Mrs. Beery have been active in public and church circles of this city. Mr. Beery, a former rural mail carrier, taught school for 25 years, and since his retirement in July, 1940, has divided his time between part-time duties at the Decatur Industries and church activities. lie is financial secretary of the Methodist church. Mrs. Beery also has been active in the church organizations.

Eight-Year-Old Lad Is Fatally Burned Terre Haute, Ind., Moy 31 —(U'P) —ißurns received when a kerosene stove in his home exploded last Thursday caused the death yesterday of Richard W. Green, 8, West Terre Haute. Survivors include a brother. Norman T. Green, who is s'ta’ioned in the army at Camp Atterbury. ** buy an extra WAR BOND Sh. The most can buy is the % - least you can do. > FIAKORN CORN MUFFIN MIX “In all my thirty years of cooking and keeping house, I’ve never been able to achieve such absolute perfection”, writes a lady from Massachusetts. Even experienced cooks are delighted to discover Flakorn. / Housewives are / equally enthusiastic W f about ■ I FIAKO J \ PIE CRUST Z EARN EXTRA RED POINTS Turn your used fats into valuable Red Points. , I 2 Points 4c Pound for each pound brought to our market. Gerber MARKET •

W whjiWl SMILING disarmingly at you here Is “Mary of Arnhem,” whose dulcet voice used to broadcast to Allied troops in Holland as she tried to seduce them from their duty. The 31-year-old "Mary” is Helen Sensburg, whose husband, a German army captain, is in Russian hands. She lived in England for 10 years as an employe of an oil company, and now in Allied hands, she still believes in Nazism. (International) District Meetings Os Water Works Operators District meetings of the American Water Works Association for waiter works operators and municipal officials are scheduled for next month in nearby cities.

: Shop For Savings! Real 'Values!: ■ Closing Out Every Remaining Garment in Our ® i SUIT CLEARANCE i S Here is big news! We reduced prices on every suit in stock for immedi- - ■ ■ ate clearance. Every Suit this seasons styles, good selection colors, * « ■ perfect tailoring; ,and every one ALL WOOL material. Buy now while g B prices are low. ■ For your convenience we have arranged the table below. Look through .4 ■ it you'll find vouii size, color and price for easy-select ion. B ■ BUY YOUR SUIT NOW! ■ R FORMER SAL?" R ■ SIZE | COLOR | PRICE I PRICE ■ I 16 " I Navy ' ! 34.95 P2A9s** ! *. g ■ 10 “j Gold—Check Skirt | i9.95~~| B 10 Gold and Blue Check 29.95 19.95 B “To - ~Gold Twill ’ I 34195 - 24.95 1 A Fushia ■” | 34.95 7 24.95 ~‘ 1 Copen Blue f 34.95 7" 22.95 ' ’ Ti j Brown and White Check | 24.95’7 18.95 ■ ■ V 11 j Fushia Twill I 34.95 | 22.95 ■ M * 12 \ | Black Flannel (" 29.95 7 22.95 ~ ■ B VV 112 — 1 Lavender Twin | 34.95 ~j~Q * ~ Gold Check j - 24;95 ~ 16.95 g 1 \ \ Copen Blue Twill 1 29.95 | 24.95 '-Vta, XX NB Copen Blue Crepe | 27.95 | 20.95 H / 'Si — l3 - Copen Blue—43lack~Skirt 29.95 1 iSjs - yv 13 I Brown and Tan Check 24.95 , 17.95 ® ® I I*l Brown and White Check 24.95 17.95 * JWW 14~ ~~~GoTcTTwHl j— ———i~39.9s7~24.9s “ B (1 IK. jMW W~j Green Check j 24.95 | 16.95 j ■1 Tan and ® reen Check ' 19.95 | 12.95 B 1 | Copen Blue Twill | 29.95 | 22.95 __ f" ’' 71. i ' Fushia Crepe | 34.95 | 24.95 * I 4 I Green Basket Weave j 29.95 j 19.95 * - f 4 j Gray~Fiannei 34.95 "T’24.95 “ ■ « " 147 Check "7T 17.95 fj * lllllWllPß Black Crepe j 29.95 22.95 | ® IKII* i' 'W 14 i Lime Green Gaberdine I 37.95 ~| 24.95 g S >Navy Gaberdine | 49.95 | 34.95 g ■ llllf? 1 1 16 ! Gold’ Twill - T 37.95 ' 24.95 9 llllfMßßlil Cope"Blue-Twill—Blk. Skt. | 19.95 | 12.95 „ » rillliOlßlll ' Tweed —_ 1 24.957 ~i7.95_ , i O I** i Tan and BrOwn Check | 34.95 | 22.95 O 16 ~j Brown and Tan Check | 24.95 | 15.95 M N r r 6~i Aqua Blue Twill ~5K95 - |~■ M I f ~-167f Gold-Twill | 34.95 | 22.95 g g 11 18 ! Tan Check | 19.95 | 12.95 g g 11 I Lavender Crepe 1 29.95 | 19.95 B g \ I 18 I Brown and Tan Check | 24.95 I 17.95 U \ \ 18 ” Fjshia-fwill—Black Skirt j 24.95 | 17.95 \ I 18~j Tan and Brown Check | 34.95 | 22.95 * |l l I® j - Green Crepe I 34.95 | 19.95 | I 18 Navy Crepe 39.95 | 24.95 R ■ ill ~i67>—i Tan ’Stripe Tweed 29.95 | 22.95 R ■ Im \ \ i 181/2'7 Tan Stripe Tweed 29.95 | 22.95 g ■ W F LavendeT'Crepe 34.95 | 24.95 , g g L~ —207| Copen Blue Crepe 24.95 | 19.95 |Niblick&C<>:

Un June 21, a meeting will be held at Columbia City and on the following day the officials will gather at Anderson. Local city officials will probably attend one of the meetings. o Payments Are Made By OPA Price Violators Indianapolis, May 31. —HUP) — Indiana district director James D. Strickland of the office of price administration announced today that $10,158.90 was collected in damages for ORA price ceiling violation*) during the week ending May 21. iS'trickland eaid the. total dam-

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ages i»aid in Indiana for 1945 now etood at $1'29,034.22. Settlements were made by 26 persona the week of May IT, he said. 0 Emulsion Paint The emulsified alkyd type of paint, which is thinned with water, is a relatively new development in the 1 paint industry and has gained high- ' er popularity. One coat of it hides most surfaces. It is easily applied and has no objectionable odor. 0 Revival — now in progress — Nuttman Avenue United Brethren— Franklin Norris, evangelist—nightly 8 p. m.