Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 307, Decatur, Adams County, 31 December 1945 — Page 3

SaY DECEMBER 31, 1945.

fi),SOCIETY

K.J SATURDAY ■ . ,!P '’“Th and Mr" E , 11 B 9;, r..rt “"** 1 “■ W. , , ( ,n <d Chalmer W-vne. r, ’ r ''“ ,ry » » rr , un.ied in maraf'. ceremony, read at RF -loa Saturday utter Bl Trinity En|tli»l‘ Luth g in Fort Wayne. Dr. iK mad the VOW* before H* wd on e»ber side with ■*£ X pyramid* of whit W , a ba.'kgiound U'. organ musicalcannon). 18.*., Dicimeyc'. «t»<erbride, attended a* M jonor and Frederick Bunded M" brother a. |B i)n .y the immediate fa prerant. (hone a drew! of pale with a small hat of feather* Her acM„r. black a' l '* " he <ar ’ Kvtf orchid* The macarried a cnllax clusorchids. following the cerejpl- left I n a wedding K -poa their return will Mi:!s Sherman court. Fort attended the Univ whore she *»« Kilth Pl Beta I’bl, nation K wrority She 1* an ac Kg>r of (lamina Lambda HgTrl Kappa sorority Mr ■ Culver Military Br>d Duke university and Kgr rnrn In the army. inK year overseas. He reKttjr'd hi* discharge and Killed with the Schafer Bl Co here. Banaritan ■veeti Bod Samaritan cUm of the Kchurch met Friday eve Htte home of the Rev. and ■T Traeax. ■Uftli wss In charge of the K. program, after which B tong »ii auna by the Brr Trueax offered prayer Btr a solo by Mrs. Glenn B Leo Roe and Doyl Lytle Bon talks on ways of batBe class, following which B HSg by Mr. and Mm. Bell »nd a reading, entitled B Maid," was given by B the social Lour, gamer Bits were enjoyed and the B gift exchange was held. Ku rtfrashments were aervB clue of the meeting. IwLLOCK WEDS VT 0. SNYDER ■M Mn Asa Pollock of this p** th* marriage of their ■r. Miry Rebecca, to Leon B. wa of Mr and Mrs. ■ D Snyder of Wren. O The ■*< ceremony was read P*> eve &t the home of the O* 3 la Portland. Mt. and P»iiht Snyder attended the I WUe wore a brown suit, |hstcMn< accessories. Her r*“ of gardenias. will make their home Pt. 0, where the groom Is P*w Ada Qet Retain

11111 »< 11 »»*♦♦♦ * III M I <>»♦♦< Now There’s Trouble At Home! Not content with causing us trouble in the shop, & E. in public ads now claims we make $1.09 per hour. We’re having a devil of a time explaining to our w >ves why we’re not bringing this kind of money home! i We can’t find it in our pay checks - So Please, Mr. Wilson, he more careful with your < Publicity. Decatur G. E. Husbands ; Members l ocal 924 L ER & MWA—CIO <

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline. 11 A. M Monday Calvary Evangelical Church New Year's eve program. 812 p.m. Tuesday Knights and Pythian Slaters, K of P. home, 12 noon. Thursday Women of the Moose, Moose home, 7:80 p.m. Presbyterian Missionary society, Mm. Jesse Sutton, Sr., 2:30 p m. So Cha Rea. Mm. Tillman Gehrig. 7:30 p.m. Catholic Ladles of Columbia, K of C. hall, 7:30 p.m. Thursday Women of the Moose, Monee home, 7:30 p.m. First Evangelical missionary society, church, 2 p.m. Vnlon Chapel ladles Aid. Mrs. Ralph Rice, 1:30 p.m. Sunday Zion Lutheran .Married Couplet clux. church basement, 7 p in. The Missionary society of the Pint Evangelical church will meet Thursday afternoon at two o'clock at the church. Mm. Eugene Runyon will be the lesson leader, and the officers will have charge of the devotions. A good attendance is desired. The Women of the Moose will have their regular meeting Thur* day evening at seven thirty o'clock at the Moose borne. Formal initiation will be held, and a chapter night program conducted by the academy of friendship committee. All officers, escorts and commute* chairmen are urged to be present Tbo Union Chapel ladles all will meet at the home of Mrs. Ralph Rice Thursday astern >n at one thirty o’clock. Ail members ure urged to attend. jjftpCALS Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Laragh and son, Brian, of London. Ontario, Canada are visiting with Lt. and Mrs. Leo J. Miller and family. J. C. Mayclln will leave Tues day for St. Lcuie, Mo. to begin employment with the General Electric Co. district office. Mrs May-, clln and their two daughters, Susie and Mlaele, will remain here for several months, visiting with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Shroyer. Chalmer C. Schafer, who wae a patient at the St. Joseph's hospltal for the past six months, ha* been moved to his residence. 2313 Forrest Park Blvd.. Fort Wayne He is resting a little easier. Mm. Harry Ferntheil and daughter, Mary Anne, returned to tbefr home in Cincinnati Saturday after a eeveral days visit with Mr. aid Mrs. W. H Lee. o O ~ o Adams County Memorial Hospital I o n Admitted: Mrs. David Glentzer, Bryant: Mrs. Mabie Jacobs, Dayton, O.; Mrs. Edward Flesher. 422 North Tenth street; Mrs. Grant Owens, route 4. Admitted and dismissed: Miss Alice Beer. Monroe route J: Mrs. Tillman Beer. Monroe route 1; Max Eugene Smith. 120 South Fjur-

teenth street Norman Jacobs | Dayton. <» : J. Alien Sheets, route • ; Paul Schaffner, Wilkbite, ().; Li. Ruth Worthman, route 2. Dismissed: Mrs. Mart DeWert. Monroeville; Marion Young, 831 West Monroe* street; Mrs. Frank Grice, Monroe; Miss U-la HuckUde, Bryant; Roger Huwkinx, 443 Winchester street; Carey Lee Jones, Geneva — _ ± FnWlWlnii! Bnl li.nllj llllliiiilihi 111 ijll||I I Ms John Chrlstener. Jr.. MM 3-c, of Monroe, was honorably discharged from the navy at the Great Lakes. 111. separation center He entered the service In March. 1944, and served 17 months overseas on the I'SS Rushmore. His brother, Pfc. Roger Chrlotener, is serving in Germany with a field hospital. Major Vincent F. Kelly, former prosecuting attorney of this city, has been released from the* army, according to word received by this office. Major Kelly spent several months In France. Cadet Midshipman Ronald Stucky has returned to San Mateo, Calif, after spending a Christmas leave* with bls parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Stucky of North Third street, MiTs Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Richter of Fort Wayne are the parents of twin girls, born Saturday afternoon -th* —jju:liv..ni I:, 'p'’-*i. In Fort Wayne. They »*igh<-d 5 i»rnLK~T ounces. 4 pounds. II oum-eu, and have been named Jo Ann and Sue Ann. Mrs. Richter Is the former Eleanor Bultemeler. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lee of route 3. are the parents of a baby girl, born at 3:45 a m. ThW morning at the Adams county memorial hospital She weighed 7 pounds. It oun ces and has not been named. A baby boy was born to Mr. an.t Mrs. David Franklin Houser of 717 Winchester street. Saturday night at 9:52 pm. at the Adams county hospital. He weighed 9 pounds, 1J H ounce*, and ba* not been named Q Honorable Discharge S/Sgt. Gordon A. Hilty, Berne, from Camp Atterbury. Cpl. Earl Nevfl, route 1, Geneva, from Camp Atterbury. Cp). Earl M McCagg. 346 Stevenson street, from Camp Atterbury. T. 5 Gerald E Mornlnjgritar, route 2, Berne, fro mCnmp Atterbury. Pfc. Hubert Krick. 343 South Eleventh street, from Camp Atterbury. T. 5 Edward F. Voglewed *, 515 | Adams street, from Camp Atterbury. T/3 Reginald Skiles, rout* 2, from Camp Atterbury. Sgt. Jack B. Follis, 731 Mercer avenue, from Camp Atterbury, T/3 Elmer Fuhrman, route 1. from Camp Atterbury. Ist Sgt. Joseph A. Krick. 321 Line street, from Camp Atterbury.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, DECATUR, INDIANA

Mrs. Martha Tester Dies This Morning I ■ Funeral Services To Be Wednesday Mm. Martha Tester. 76. widow of the late Jacob Tester, died at I 5:20 o'clock thU morning at the Irasne of a daughter, Mrs. Charles Schwalm. 1011 avenue, Fori Wayne. Death was caused by a heart aliment. Bhe was born in Indiana September 19, 1569. The family lived on a farm ooutheast of Herne until Mr. Tester's death several years ago. Surviving are three daughters. Mrs. Schwalm and Mr** Curtis Ray. Imth of Fort Wayne, nnd Mrs. R. D. Williams of Bluffton; (wo f WM. Elmer Tester of Fort Wayne I nnd Walter of near Geneva; one , sister, Mrs John McDonald of i Sittrgla, Mich.; one brother, 1-evl I Ramoyer of Portland; 20 grand , children. One son is deceased. Funeral services will be held at . 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Bethel Brethren church, east of Berne, P with (he Rev. G. L Lawlor offlciat . Ing. Burial will be in the MRE _ cemetery. The body will be remov- , ed from the Yager funeral home I to the Walter Tester home near Geneva, where friends may call . after 3 p. m Tuesday. Three Masses Tuesday i At Catholic Church Masses on New Year's day, on which is celebrated the Feast of :he Circumcision, at St. Mark's Catholic church, will be at 5:45, 7 and 9 o’clock. The latter will be a high mass, followed by benediction. | 0 r Two Autos Collide At Street Crossing Damage estimated at 1275 was caused in the collision of two automobiles at the Intersect an o( Jefferson and Third streets Saturday night at 9 o'clock The cant were driven by Alice Yost of this city and Delores Baumgartner of Bluff ' ton route 4 and the accident occurred when the Wells county driver wae unable to stop for Jeffert son street when her auto skidded ; )n the icy pavement. L ° 1 G. E/S 10 j»ERCENT (Turn To Pag* s, Column SI —— —— ■ l,l production to the point wbeie our wages would be lower than now ! For us In Decatur that would border on a hand-out. "Tho offer does not meet our , needs, for our earnings have been | ent as much as 50 percent. ’ "Before making the offer the company served notice of contract cancellation. Not content with cutting wages, the company now threatens our Job security. ' "The company’s offer of a percentage increase would destroy the practice established in this Indus- ' try through collective bargaining of straight cents per hour increases. Thk attempt to return to per- ' rentage increase would exploit the low paid worker, who In O. E are In tho overwhelming majority. "The company offers no retroactive pay, yet we held negotiations in September. "Before making your offer you knew that one of your major competitors offered our union a 13.5 cents increase with an So cent starting rate and 90 cent minimum Job rate for men and women alike. The company knew the union votred this unacceptable. We believe you made the offer not In good faith, but on the deliberate basis j that would insure Its rejection. > "We cal! on the company to heed [jour demands for our much needed ' > v age increases and to start bar[■gaining In good faith. ; "Local 924, V. E. R and M WA. [j (CIO)." o * Almost all secondary water[i courses in Louisiana, particularly 1 [ if they have sluggish currents, are [ I known as bayous. [ NEURITIS ’ Rheumatism, Arthritis, Periodic [ Pains, Neuralgia, Lumbago and > all other aches and pains are ' quickly relieved with Alfa Com- [ pound W. G. Tablets Poal- > lively guaranteed. At all drug ’ stores or send 11.00 to Union [ Pharmacal Co., Bluffton, Ind. Relief At Last s For Your Cough 1 Creomulslon relicveg promptly because it goes right to the seat of the , trouble to help tosses asxl expel germ laden phlegm, and aid nature 1 to soothe and heal raw, tender, in- ' flamed bronchial mucous mem* branes. Tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of CreomuUon with the understanding you must like the way it quickly allays the couzh or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION for Coufli*; Chest Colds, Bronchitis

Zion Lutheran Plans New Years Services Tin* Zion Lutheran church will | hav«- Hylv**t*-r eve a**rvl<«** this evening at 7 o'clock. Th-* Rev. Paul ftcbuMx will deliver the sermon Tuesday morning. New Years Huy service will Im* held ut the ebufeh. beginning al 1" ajn.. with Kenneth Breimeler as the speaker. — —0 265 Licenses To Wed Issued Here Records Os County Clerk Announced During 1945, Clyde () Trout nor. county clerk, iraued 265 marriage licenses, records in the office compiled by Miss Fern Riwly. deputy, reveal. For the name period 58 divorces were filed, four lees than tn 1944. Marriage licenses issued in 1944 totaled 175. The marriage record for the 12 months shows that December was the heaviest month in point of marital contracts, numbering 36. For the other 11 months the record shows: January 18; February 17; March 12; April 23; May 15; June 23; July 17; August 23; Reptember 27; October 24; November) 30. Other records slu>w (hat *3 estates were probated; ten gtKwxHanships; 40 criminal cases and 206 civil cases, including the 59 divorce act lone. Lie fuses issued numbered two to Junk dealers; 13 partnerships: one optometrist and 36 notary publics. Hunting, fishing, trapping Beenaes numbered 2572 to local residents; 680 fishing licenses to women; 32 non-resident fishing licensee; 14 day non-resident fishing permits. 491 and 14 non-resi-dent hunting, fishing and trapping licensee. ■ -—o— — Suspended Sentence To Discharged Vet Robert I. Truesdale. 25. a discharged war veteran, was given a two to 14 year suspended sentence ac the Indiana reformatory by Judge J. Fred Fruchte in Adatnai circuit c urt this morning - He was I fln«d 125 an! costs, dl-'franehlaed tor two years and paroled to the probation Mleer. Truesdale was arrested on an embesxiement charge r-rtutned by the grand Jury on November 30 The indictment charged blm with embexxling 1288 52 from the Cook Coffee company, he being a former kcal salesman for the company. The young man was arrested last Friday and entered a plea of guilty before Judge Fruchte. The court took the matter of sentence under advisement. Truerdale plead ed for leniency thU morning and agreed to make restitution. The court heard bls plea and in passing judgment, suspended ti.e reformatory term, paroling the defendant to C H. Muselman, probation officer. o Fair And Colder Weather Forecast Chicago, Dee. 31— (UP| —The New Year will bring fair and colder weather to moat of the nation, the U. S. Weather Bureau predicted today. Temperatures In the east will drop to the mid-twenties tomorrow, nearly norma! for this time of year, the Weather Bureau said. Celebranto will find it unseasonably cold tn the midwest, with a low of eight above expected In Chloago

tonight. A. D, Suttlet, H. F 4 The First Year of The Great Peace We enter 1916 in the hope, and with the prayer, that it will be the first year of The Great Peace; the first year of an era in which men, knowing the utter, brutal folly of war. learn to live with each other without strife. U ZWICK’S V J « FUNERAL HOME V® '\Wtwa.DAY 61,NIGHT 800-303 f

More Army Personnel. Eligible For Release i Point Score Drops t To 50 For Release J r i Waehlnyfrei. Doc. 31 —(UP) —- ’ An additional 600.000 army men I and women became eligible for I die* harge today, and the United ) Pre*M learned (hut nearly <»n«* half of nil combat divisions have been • inactivated. ’ The critical point wore needed < by enlisted men for aeparatlon 1 dropped to M while nude officers < ant in the medical servicee now 1 need a total of 70. These point < changes were announced previously by the war dejiartmeut Length of service requirements < for discharge were reduced to ’ these totals: enlisted men 42 I rnontha. male officers 48 months. 1 enll'ted Wars 30 months nnd Wac officers 39 months. Medical and ' dental corps officer* nre now eligible for discharge al the age of 48 While Wars married to discharged • veterans may be separated on application. i Meanwhile, marine cor(M fl etuiQuarter* announced that 1.500 vA> i men marines will become eligible for discharge tomorrow when critical point scores are reduced from 20 to 18. Women marines who had 18 points on last Sept. 1. the control date, will be released after Jan 1, the marine corps eaid. line credit U given for each month of active duty with additional credit given for overseas duty prior <o Sept. 1. Os 89 divisions committed to combat during the war, a total of 45 already have been inactivated while nine other divisions are scheduled to join them by the end of March. Heil] another six divisions scheduled to come home from Europe and expected to be Inactivated re the 80th, Mth. 89th, 90th, 95th and loOth infantry groups. Based on present plans 11 U. S. division* will be utilized as European occupation troops, 18 tai the Pacific and five at home as a strategic reserve This would leave an army of 29 divisions after the first quarter of 1946. Thanks Expressed By Hospital Staff The Adams county memorial hos pltal staff wishes to express their ppreciatlon to everyone who helped to make tho holiday seMon more pleasant for the patients, especially to the C. L. of C. and the pupils of the Winchester uebooi, taught by Nellie Price. —— — o TO SEAL KENTUCKY •Cnntfn'i-d horn Page One) Albert Bennett, Gi, who also was rescued Friday, had died previously, leaving only seven survivors cf the 31 m n trapped by the blast Faur more bodies were tskeu from the atfaft yesterday and rescue workers reported seeing sev oral other,) pinned in the fallen rock and slate In the vicinity of room "six left.'’ The bodies freed ye: terday In eluded thcxie of foreman Nath Centers. 62. and Miner Hcbart Hellfridge. 44. The other two were burned beyond recognition 0 Trade In a Good Town — Oecatui MASONIC Royal Arch Masons Tues, eve., Jan. 1—7:30 p. m. installation of Officers. A n tulflaa M •

January First Marks Anthony Wayne Birth 1 1 It Is usually lost in the celebra * tlon of the new year, but tomorrow. < January 1. mark* th* birthday of i Anthony Wayne, pioneer soldier i who had much to do with the early history of northeastern Indiana | He was born January 1. 1745, 2»»1 ( years ago, at Easton, i’enn ( Wayne, after u career In the , state legislature turned soldier and wan commissioned to fight the Indians and British in the northwest ( territory. He was sent into the terrltory to regain the land and honor lost in the defeat of General Bt. Clair. Wayne marched into the territory in the fall of 1793 and spent I the winter near (Ireenville, O. where St. Ciair wae defeated. He founded Ft. Recovery. In the following summer he travelled the Maumee, St. Joseph and St. Mary's rivers and at the Junction of the Maumee and Auglaize rivers he built Ft. Defiance, now Defiance, O. Later he went down the Maumet* and founded Ft. Maumee, where he aucceasfuliy fought off the British and Indiana and later he went to the Junction of the 8t Mary’s and St. Joseph rivers and founded Fort Wayne, where the Ity of Fort Wayne is now located. After some minor scrimmages he completely defeated the Indians in the territory. On August 3, 1795 a peace treaty was signed at Greenville. O. and Immediately the territory exploited by Wayne and his men became farming land. Wayne returned ta his native Pennsylvania, where be died at Erie in 1796. o - - ... Hindman Child Dies Sunday Os Pneumonia Funeral services wero held thU afternoon for John Wesley .Hind man, five month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Le»- M Hindman of Fort Wayne. The child died Sunday of pneumonia. Surviving besides the parents are a brother and sister and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. !a*e R. Hindman of Fort Wayne.

I FOR THE NEW YEA R—II hU fl We wish you all courage ; for any wind that blown, quiet waters after every storm. AND FOR EACH DAY ITS BRIM-FULL 3 MEASURE OF CONTENT. S GILLIG t DOAN | ( ] FUNERAL HOME DECXTUI , FHONt 7M Ig fftyyiy Men/ TO EVERYBODY c 4 > This year we will celebrate New Year happy in the knowledge that one more year has been added to our long record of service to the people of this community. Tooting our own horn a bit, you say? Well, yes, if you insist, but we just wanted to remind you. Have a good time, enjoy the holiday to the utmost, and—a very Happy Now Year io you!

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LONG-STANDING (Costinaed Frooi Page *>ne> noard In the dispute. The company withdrew from tho Washington hearings to protest the board's intention to consider GM’s ability to pay a 30 percent wage Increase demanded by the union. Subsequently GM said it waa doing battle on behalf of all American business against "any surrender of the responsibility of management" to labor or government. Meanwhile. Western Electric employe* In New York and New Jersey went ahead with plans for • strike threatening to involve telephone workers throughout the nation «*t for Jan. 3. The Western Electric employes association yesterday refused to enter conciliation proceedings unless the company indicated Ha willing!)*** to go beyond a 15 percent pay Increase. The union has demanded 30 percent. The employes aeaociatlon la affiliated with the national federation of telephone workers, which has announced that Its 250,60 V memtiers will be forced to support a strike against Western Electric manufacturers of telephone equipment. Ths War Labor Hoard, which handled more than 300,000 cases since Pearl Harbor, cleaned its docket today before going out of existence with the old year. President Truman has received the board members’ resignations, effective at midnight and Is drafting an executive order transferring the WLB'a stabilixation policies through the 12 regional offices set up by the WLB. Elsewhere, hope died for settling a 44-day strike which has suspended publication of Seattle’s three dally newspapers. Printers, meet lug last night to vote a publishers* proposal recommended by top union officials, turned down an offer which would have resulted in wage increase* ranging from 42.25 to 82 50 a day. At ««MEVE Sorethroat 4m to a esM... Ist a little time-tested Vapoßub melt < A a