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CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Phone* 1000 — 1001 Thursday Bethany circle of Zl»n Evangell-. cal and Reformed church, Mrs. \V<i Icy Lehman. 8 p. m. Circles I anti IV. .Mrs. John Parrhh. 2:30 pm. Circhrt I! and 111. Mrs. Walter j K i< k. 1:M l» Order t>f Eastern Star. Masonic hall Women of the Moose, Moose littnio. 7:30 pin Study clnh. Mrs Peter Miller, R pin. , Friday Bap: Ist Philo class. Mr. and M s. John Bauman. 7;30 p m Poca lion t.hi lodtre. Red Men hall. 7;30 p.m. Goad Sama Itan daises of Xa«. irene church. Mis. Orville Sudduth. 7:30 p m. I.exion atixlha y. Ix>zlon home, R p m. Sunday W. B. A. plrls club, Dorothy lath sleer. 3 to ft p.m. Monday Brytearch duh, .Mrs. lat well liar :>er. 2:30 p.m. Lidle* Fireman’s auxiliary, Mrs. Drval Foor. 7:30 p.m. I’nion Chapel Otterlieln guild. I Joan and Marilyn Bier, 7:30 p.m.! Decatur Woman's club. Library. 7:l*t pin. Tuesday Tri Kappa business meet Ina. Elks. p.m. Wednesday I’nion Township Dome Economics club, Mrs Frank (Heckler.l all day. Zion Lutheran Married Couples ; t-liib, church basement, after Lenten cervices Psi lota Xi business meet inn. Elk*. * p in ami the sons “From Greenland’s Icy Mountains.’’ was siinx by the group in closing the program. Mr*. Walter Esley. president, presided at the short biisinetst meeting, at which time it was decided to have a rummage sal on March 22 at the Fortney Shoe building. Delicious refreshments 1 were served by the hiriexe during the social hour. Tiu»«e present were Mr*. Mar-i tht* Reppert. Lena Fruchie, Artnanda Borne. Ida Fiuechte. Erm.i Hildebrand. Matilda Puters, Caroline Peck. Elsie Peters. Edna Con- j tad. Lillie Beineke, Irene Girod. Flora Hildebrand. Hattie Worth man. Gladys Pock. Lena Michael. Mildred Hildebrand, Amanda Worthman, Irene Peel: and #3la St herry MRS. WALTER BOCKMAN HOSTESS TO CIRCLE The Philalethean circle of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church met Wedtnsday evening at the iiomejjf Mrs. Walter Bm-kman. Mia Hay Mosnr read the devotions ami reviewed the lesson from the study ixwik “India at the Threshold.” During the not ial hour, a silent auction sain was conducted and delicious refreshments were served by the hostess ami her assistant. Mm. Edgar Gerbei. The I'nlon Township Home Economics dub will meet Wednesday al the home of Mrs. Frank (Heckler for'an all day meeting 0 Trade In a Good Town — Oecatur

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Adams County Soldier Buried Without Flag From His Country

Funeral services were held this Week for an Anama county soldier, *llO oih >• wore five battle stars on the left side of his army uniform and yet that soldier was buried without a flag "from’’ the I'niteil Slates. That soldier, one who s|>ent four years in the army, two years in the European theater and took part In five major campaigns, including the Battle oft! :bilge, was honor ed with a flag .-■■ but not from the I’nlti-d States. Despite those battle stars; despite hi- length <»f service the flag that draped his casket was not furnished by the I’niteJ States ; government, the am« government which ordin trily furnishes flags for the caskets of tho-e who serv ed four years, four months, four weeks or even four days. The reison This soldier, a vet ■Van of Gen. Patton’s outfit, came out of the service witli a "blue discharge.” Now much ha been said about i blue discharge, it's neither an honorable nor a dishonorable one It’s a discharge of which civilians know but little. They gave blue discharges for major and for Mrs William Brandt, of At lanta. Ga.. who has been visiting Miss Madge Hite in Decatur the last two weeks, left today for Ind ianapolls, where she will reside with her sister. Mm. John St hearer. Mrs. Brandt is a former Decatur 1 resident, and while visiting here has been the honor guest al several parties Arthur Byrne*, prlmlpal of Jes fenion high school, had his face wverly cut when hi* car skidded into a tri: k south of Monroe. Mr. Byrnes live* at <’opp« -* Corners and was on hl* way south when the accident happened. Hie car was i badly damaged A cabhvg'am trom .vir. and Mr* Norman Finlay say* they arrived safely in England thio week. They ate on their way to Scotland, where Mr Finlay’s parents reside. ‘ You’ll Die a bombshell of mirth and my/tlficalion in ; three acts, hy Jay Tobias, will be ptwiented by the senior clapn ul tlie Geneva high school on Mmcaj II at 7:30 p in Sam E Hile, well-known De calur groce.. is recovering in the, Van Wert. <).. hospital from a sinus loperation performed in that city Tuesday Mr*. Cltarlea Hite of this city' has been called to Van Wert. <>. . where her another I* *>• iously ill. Mrs. Avon Burk of this* city and her daughter. Mrs Eileen McMillen .if Tri Lake*, will leave Saturday for a several weeks tour of the southwestern state*. Mrs Don Quinn of Chhago will arrive b>. e S.ititrdiv for a visit with her mother. M <«. J T Merryman. Mr* Willa d Rohrer, who hsr lieen spi-ndinx’the past several days in Decatur, left today for Ft Wayne to visit Mr and Mrs C. K Bell and Mrs. F. It. Deli liefore re ’ turning to her borne tn Detroit. Mrs. Roh er was called to Decatur last week by the illiiew and death of her grandfather. Daniel Sprang A large liam on Earl Groth’s Southwind farm, near Ossian, on I'. S. highway 1. bunted to the ground la«t evening Mr and Mis J. K Eady. wh> were returning horn Indianapolis, came upon the

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minor" infractions of military regu-‘ hitions.” so they say. This soldier must b-iVe committed one of these infractions — after those five battles in the ETO ko under the regulations he was not entitled to have placed tt|M>n hl* lasket a flag furnished by the ('tilled State*. In fact tinder the rules of the national organization, he was not eligible for membership in the. American legion, an organ'zation devoted to those who served their ' country in uniform at home and abroad. Thus he wis not eligible, in the strick sense of the word, to receive the podhuinous honor*' . usually accorded by that organization. But he received the honors,! anyway Members of the Im ai post "dared the wrath” of the nation il organization arid accorded their deceased comrade with full military honors. • The mother of this soldier was presented with the American flag which had draped the casket, holding the Isidy of her hero son. The flag was not furnished hy the I’nited States but it was a flag of the I'nlted States To -ay she felt he had earned It is needless. scene jiirf as the roof fell in. The (farm house was not damaged David Ft-’deriik Ehinger, I weight 7’g pound-.-is the new Isis* at the homd of Mr. and Mrs Charles Ehinger. The hoy arrived l»y airplane this week from Kansas City to make his permanent home in ■ Decatur He was accompanied here by his parents, who had flown to Kansas City Sunday to meet him. Mr and Mrs. nuiwrt Schmitt and Mr and Mrs. W A. Klepper have returned to Decatur after a -eveial weeks visit in Florida. Mr. Schmitt caught a '>2-pound sailfish during their vacation o_ The life span of the American, worker han been Increased to 61.95 years from improved living standards and use of sulfonamides and penicillin. 0 BK * -J ■ F/ •' LABELING as “falsehoods ” charges that David E. Lilienthal tolerated Communist activities in the TVA, Mrs. Muriel Williams, exCommunist of Atlanta, Ga.. appears before the Senate atomic committee to refute charges by Sen. Kenneth McKellar (D> Tenn., long-time foe of the nominee for Atomic Energy Commission chairman. (International)

' •- rh J \ > VI y v ■at > ''-Lc- i WITH STEADY ARM. Emma Arnold demonstrates six-shooter skill. fit. | 1 MBgMgfc I ® «■ z . JOSEPH GACA (left) examine* weapons of alleged house-h-eakera. BORN THE YEAR the Civil war began, Emma Arnold used her 38 sixshooter on lour youths who allegedly attempted to break into her Detroit home. The pistol-packin' octogenarian thwarted the wouldlx! lubbers, two of whom, Jerome Fethke and Warren I'pthegrove, are in custody with the Jap weapons they carried. (International)

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Mr and Mr*. Hamid Kelley, route I. are parent* of a bahy boy born Wedne-day afternoon at 4’30 pin, at the Adam* county memorial hosplt 11. He weighed 6 pound*. 13 ounce* and ha* not lieen named. A baby son was born to Mr. and Mr* Earl L. Harmon. 128‘i North Thi rd street. Wednesday after-

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noon at 3:17 p.m at the local hospital. He weighed 7 pound*. 15 ounce*. Jame* Bernard is the name of the baby *on born to Mr and Mr* Cyril Becker, 1127 Manter drive, at 5'15 p.m Wednesday at the Adam* county memorial hospital. He weighed 6 pound*. 15 ounces. — n The “whiaket." a predecessor of the modern clothing slide fastener, was advertised in a French I fashion magazine in ikkS, and was recommended for men’s “barndoor” tr<jiiM<*r j

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Admitti'd Thoma* Neale. Van Wert. (>. Admitti-d and dismissed: I<ee Lindsey. Berne route 2. DismDsed Mrs Eldon Bal -ingcr. Berne; Mrs Minnie Kneser,l route 6. — 0 Britons Cheered By Rising Temperatures lamdon. Feb 27. (I’l’l Weatherbeaten Briton* were ibeered today by rising tcmjierature*, untangling of transport snarls, and an announcement that brewer* in London and southeast England now could resume production. Southern England was thawing | out A blizzard which lashed northern England and Scotland yesterday was subsiding, t’oal convoys were moving again by rail and *ea, although nearly 50 rail lines still were blis ki-d. lt> * ZWT/TZ) -'HF mH' LOWE BROTHERS PLAX, the universal beauty finish for all enameling, is very economical. because one coat usually is enough for refinishing. It flows freely and levels out to a smooth, beau-' tiful finish. Exhaustive teeta •how that it resists wesr. weather, heat, boiling water, and many stains and acids. l Holthouse DrugCo M

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CARD OF THANKS The family of Jhe Ute Daniel ( Sprang n< knowledge with deep apI areciaiToti Hie many kind expres- ' inn* of sympithy during our rehi nt bereavement. Mr. and Mr*. W M Rohrer. Mr and Mr*. John Daniel Rohrer. o Tiade in a Good Tows: Decatur - " wtOT / couv®’‘“ld.-W \ I aI I <•'*•'"’ / \ tM ” ««■»«• /. yA I ■ PHONE 134 ■ DECATUR I DRY CLEANERS S 209 W. Jefferson St. H • Trade In a Goad Town Decatur