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;ea«! and prayer offerer! by Miss Harkl.y The president. Joyce Fruecht*, preside.! over the businew* meeting. during which plana were made for a roller skating party for next month The meeting was dosed with the group singing "(Jive Me Thy Heart" and Living for Jesus," and prayer, offered hy Virginia Woods. Those present were Joan Archhold. MagdeHne Hllgeman, Maxine Fuhrman. Virginia Woods, Huth Reppert, June Keppert. Margaret Witt-off, Joyce Fruecht*. Eileen Scherry, Elia S.-herry. Mrs. Lena Michael. Mrs. Helen Barkley and the hostess. \|i«s Barkley. DECATUR GARDEN CLUB MEETS TUESDAY AFTERNOON Mrs. Martin Ztmmeuman was hostess Tuesday afternoon to twenty-four members rtf the Hecatur Garden club. The meeting was opened with the club collect, after which Mrs Paul Felber conducted a business meeting, it was voted to donate five dollars to the Bed Cross, also to have a flower allow this summer. In absence of Mrs Adam Kunowich. Mrs Pelton Pawwater read a paper on "Save the Birds.” Mrs. Nick Braun led in the dismission of "Delphiniums " During the social hour, two contest* were conducted and prizes were won by Mm. Fred Hancher and Mrs. N. A. BixlS Delicious refreshments were served by Mrs. Zimmerman, assisted hy Mrs. Braun and Mrs. Kunowich. YOUNG ADULT CLASS IN MEETING TUESDAY Twenty members of the Young Adult class of the Presbyterian church met Tuesday evening in the church rec-reation room*. Following s short bttsinnas session. presided over by John DeVoss. several games were enjoyed and refreshments were served The February enterainment committee included Mr. and Mrs. Chaimer Deßolt. Mr and Mrs Herbert Gay and M and Mrs. Clark W. Smith. The next meeting will ire held at the church in March. ADAMS COUNTY CHORUS IN REGULAR MEETING Th.- regular meeting of the Adams county chorus was held Monday evening at the Monroe hieh school, with the vice president. Mrs. Roy Price, in charge. After the busness meeting, the evening was spent In rehearsing under the direction of Mrs C T. Haloxgger Announcement was also mad<> that any person may join the group if she is a members of any home economics club. The next rehearsal will Ire March 'I at the Monroe school. The Little Flower Study club will meet Friday evening after church services at the home of Mrs Barney Wertzlcerger

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Phones 1000 — 1001 Wednesday XV. S. C. S. of Beaulah chapel, Mrs. William Ehrman. Psi lota Xi sorority. Elks home, s p.m Decatur Home Econ.rmlcis club, Mrs. Robert Garard, 1:45 pm. Historical club, Mrs. Delton Passwater. 2:30 pm. Ladies Shakespeare club. Mn*. Vanve Hudson, 2:30 pm. ’ Legion auxiliary drill team, l-e---zion. 7:30 p m. Thursday St. Luke Women's guild, church, all day. Presbyterian Ladies Aid society. Mrs. Dale Moses, 2:30 p.m, D. Y B. class of Trinity Evangelical I'nited Brethren churhe, church. “:3o p.m. Philathea Class. Mrs. Margaret Hilyard, 7:30 p.m, Wesley < lass. Mr. end Mrs. Robert Mills. S pm. Missionary society of Chnrch of God. Mrs. Charles Frank, 7:30 p.m Friendship circle, Virginia Murphy, 7:30 p m Called meeting of Junior Women. Vera Sauers. 7:30 p m. Rainbow for Giris. Masonic hall. 7:30 pm. Phoebe Bible class of Zion Evangelical and Reformed church. 5:30 p.m. Progressive Workers class Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church, postponed. Friday Adame County Federation of clubs. Mrs. A. R Holt(w>use, 2:30 p m. W S. C S of Monroe Methodist church silent breakfast, chundi annex. 9:48 n.m. Little Flower Study club. Mrs. Barney Wertzberger, after church. Monday Lincoln P. T. A., Lincoln school auditorium. 2:30 p.m. Music- department of Decatur Women's club, Mrs. Edgar Gerber. 7:30 pm. Dramatic department of Decatur Woman’s club, Mrs. P. B. Thomas, 7:3oj>m. Literature department of Decatur tVoman's club, Mis. M P. Swearingen, 7:30 p.m. Art department of Decatur Woman's club. Miss Eleanor Pumuhrey 7:30 p m. Junior Women department of Decatur Woman's club, Elmer Anspaugh home. 7:30 p m.

The W. S. €. S. of the Monroe Methodiat church will have a eilent breakfaxt in the church annex Friday morning at nine forty five o'clock. Tin 1 service will be in ob-M-rvance of the world day of prayer. The meeting of the Progressive Workers claas of the Trinity Evangelical I'nited Brethren church, scheduled to lie held Thursday, has been postponedThe project leaders of the Adams county home economics association will meet Thursday. The lesson topic is "Ruas .Made at Home" and will l>e given by MMs Blanch Zarins, Home furnishing Specialist from Purdue I'niverslty. A pot luck lunch will be held at noon This meeting will ire at the De-catur-Senior high school in the home economics department.

Admitted: .Mrs. William Davis. Geneva route 2; Mrs ,Roy Kocher, 127 North Eleventh street; .Mrs. Etta FielAi. Geneva; Mrs. Eva Brewster. Monroe. Dismissed: Miss Marjorie Kleine. Hoagland. Mrs Edward Anderson and baby boy. Robert Edward Willshire. O; Mrs Weldon Holdner and baby girl. Rebecca Hue. Ma tv hall street. min 011 II null. Ilgis Study Issuance Os New City Directory A. E. Beetham of the R L. Polk A Company, dfrecory publfethers. is in the city conferring with local merchants and business firms about issuing a modern directory for Decatur. Tire proposal has the approval of the directors of the Chamber of Commerce and If the project is given financial support. Mr. Beetham will supervise the details necessary in compiling a directory, he stated The Polk company issues directories in many cities, renewing the directory's general utility with frequent corrections of names and addresses. Estate Claim Filed In Circuit Court In Adams circuit court actions late Teeeday. a claim for MS-« was fß*d by Gerald Visard aaniaat the estate trt AunUn Acker. Re appmrw.ee for the d*f«*4e« WM

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RECENT BRIDE -Mrs Dorris Heath was. before her recent marriage. Kaehr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Meyer of 303 Grant street. Mr. Heath's mother. Mrs. Ixtvlna Heath, resides on route 4. where the couple are making their home. (Photo by Edwards>

Mrs. Eliza Hahnert had as her guests Tue-day Mr. and Mrs Wayne Wittwer and son. Larry. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Shoaf and son. Jackie, and daughter. Nancy. Mr and Mrs Everhart. Mrs. Amelia Beard and Mis* Ester Row. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Finlay, who formerly owned the confectionary and ice cream parlor on Monroe street, will sail Thursday from New York on the SS Queen Elizabeth for Scotland. Mr. Finlay's parents live in Scotland. Mrs Finlay is the former Roselle Inniger. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abe Inniger of near Berne. They resided in Washington. D (’, before moving to Decatur. Mr. and Mrs. John DeVine and Mr. and Mrs. James DeVltie and son. Melvin. !<ft this morning for their home in Watertown. S D. after attending funeral services here for Mrs. Betty DeVine. A group of members of the Methodist W S (’. 8. gathered at the home of Mrs. Giles Porter Tuesday for a carry in dinner and a class in Red ('rose sewing

Mr. and Mrs. Ira W. Whlttredge of Monroe, route 1. are the parents of a baby girl, born at I: IM p.nt < Tuesday at lite Adams county memorial hospital. She weighed 7 pound*. It'v ounces and has not Iteen named. A baby girl was norn to Mr. and Mrs la-wi* Koenemann of route I. Turwday afternoon it 2:30 pm at the local hospital. She weighed 7 pounds. 5 ounces. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hirschy of route 5, are the parents of a son. luirn February lit at their home. ||e weighed h pounds and has Iteen named Scot lie Lee. ——■. —q Trade In a Good Town Decatur SAVE 3 m ? Lowe Brothers one-coat fin- z > ishes bring new beauty to 1 » your home overnight — your x . rooms are hardly out of serv- J ic*! You'll save in time, labor 1 » and material' X ■ :™ MELLO-GLOSS ( ONE-COAT , ( Swmi-Gloss Well Flidsh ( i ( Easily cleaned .. . Retains its ) 7 beauty after repeated clean- \ > ings ... A durable 7 ( wearing beauty < 51.43 * finish Colors are • . • STYLE TESTED! qt. < MAX • The ONF-COAT Finish < > Fat Ail IlMmallfMl < > b tough and resists heed wear, < ( abuse and weather Dries < ( t > finish its STYLE. oe ‘ ( TESTED eoUrr. IL“S , } 1‘- 1

Probe Death Os 27 Evansville Babies Mysterious Disease Believed To Blame Evansville. Ind.. Feb. 19 (I'Pi Public health authorities today investigate! the deaths of 27 babies in six weeks In Vanderburgh county and believed that more than half of them died of a mysterious virus type disease. ( Fifteen of the babies, ranging in age from two weeks to three years, died within three or four days after contracting an ailment diagnosed as a virus type of encephalitis. They became ill of high fever and lung congestion, according to county and city heap;, officer E A. King, and died, he said, because no specific treatment was known which could save their lives.

King said that the Indiana state board of health would join 1 county and city health departments today to continue the Investigation. King said no deaths had occurred and no new cases reported since last Saturday and he believed the epidemic was subsiding. He said he had been told that similar deaths on a smaller scale had occurred in New Albanv and Jeffersonville. Ind., and Ixtulsville. Ky. ' "We think these deaths are the result of a virus infection which strikes both babies and adults." King said "But the adults appear to have it in a less infectious stage and they recover.” Most of the babies died In hos-1 pitals. Physicians obtained per- i mission from parents of several j to conduct post mortem examinations. and in all the cases they, found similar results, authorities said. Encephalitis In Its pure form is, known as "sleeping sickness," hut King said the virus type form of the disease did not fall In that category King said not all the 27 babies who died the first six weeks of this year were victims of the virus. He said 12 deaths in that: period were the "normal mortali-

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ty rate" among babies. The ailment struck no more than one child in any family. King said. Deaths occurred over Health authorities were slow a wide area, beginning an investigation. h<-; said, because the ailment was not i listed among contagious diseases i which physicians are required to report to the health department. I o Veterans Hospital Attendants Guilty Four Convicted Os Assault, Battery Fort Wayne. Ind., Feb. 19 —I (I’Pi Four former attendants at Marlon. Ind veterans hospital today faced six month prison sent enreg or $!i00 fines for each of seven counts of assault and battery on their mental patients of which they were found guilty late yesterday. Federal Judge Luther M. Swy-, gert after a trial with-1 out jury found Harry B Wlslerj guilty of three of 12 counts in a! grand jury indictment. Harry D Zabst was found gull , ty of two or six counts, and Otis i D. Neblett and Leverett D Millet on one count each.

They will ho sentenced February 25 in federal court. All of the counts were those In which the defendants had struck patients and for which there was corroboration of testimony of two veterans administration investigators. the government's chief /Can If your nose some- ■ times fills up with stuffy transient con-gMtlon-put a few drops of Va-tro-nol in each nostril. It quickly reduces congestion and makes breathing easier tn a hurry . . . gives grand relief from anlffly. sneezy, stuffy distress of head colds. Follow directions in the package. ViCKS VA-TtO-NOI

I witnesses Irvin L. Martenson ami Everett Horton, the VA Investigators, posed as attendants at the hospital in August and September of 1945 When the defendants took the . stand yesterday in their own defense. Swygert confronted eai h of ’ them with the investigator who | had accused him Both investigators stuck to their accusations as did the defendants to their denials of any mistreatment or abuse. Swygert In his decision emphasized that he recognized the “Inadequacies and trying situation" under which the attendants were [ working during the war. "That still does not excuse certain conduct. I can't excuse those instant es of m<-n being slrm-k by fists." he said Start Remodeling Os City Hall Offices Remodeling work in the city hall 1 offices was begun this morning. Private and more spacious office! | accomodations are being construct-. <d for the city light department superintendent on the west side, of the building

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