Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 94, Decatur, Adams County, 21 April 1947 — Page 4

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DECATUB DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind.. Foal Office aa Second Class Matter. J. H. Holler President A R. Holtbouae, Sec'y A Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice Preaident Subscription Rates By Mall In Adams and Adjoining Counties: Ono year. 56; six months, 93.25; 3 montbs, >1.75. By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining counties: One year. |7; o montbs, 93.75; 3 months, >2.00. Single copies, 4 cents. By earrler, >0 cents per wook. A No Tragedy Week should meet with popular approval. o o The baseball season is moving right along and with changes in management end the switch of players, fans are finding lots to talk about. Baseball still remains the great American game. ——o — 4> ■■■ In Moscow and Leningrad. Russia. the divorce rate is 900 per loo,Wo population, the highest in the world. Either the Communis tic system isn't working or the boys ere playing around. o o Fort Wayne schools will institute an automobile driving class next fell, three cars having been donated by a dealer for that purpose. Driving habits, like other habits, good or bad. are formed in early life and the school course may be the solution of our faulty, or careless driving methods. o o The parking lot on North Second- street is widely used and motorists wish that a half dozen similar areas could be obtained so close to the shopping district. Perking remains one of the problems and no facility is more important to a growing town. Business is what makes a town aud shoppers must have a place to park their oars. o o— —■ Speaking of clean-up, imagine if you can what a job It will be to clear the debris in Texas City. I Texas, following the terrible ex-1 plosion. The tragedy is one of the worst in the nation's history and the sympathy of the country goes out to those who were so cruely stricken. It will take a brave heart and faith to rebuild the town. o— ■ o The craziest rumors get started in this country. For sometime the U. S. Treasury wes hounded with inquiries if a new auto could be obtained for a 1943 copper penny. , The Treasury said "No." for the reason that the pennies were made of steel, faced with zinc in that year. You know, those shiny coins which first looked like a diine.

High and Low Blood Pressure

By Herman N. Bundesen. M. D. "HYPO" and “hyper" are prefixes of exactly opposite meaning The first signifies a lack: the second an excess. Thus, iu medical language. tow blood pressure is called hypo-tension while high blood pressure Is known as hyper tension. But though the names are exactly contrasted, the conditions they refer to are not. High blood pressure to a real disease. Low blood pressure on the other hand is not. True. It is a condition which varies from the normal but it is not harmful, indeed, many doctors believe that low blood pressure actually increase the chances for a long life. May Cause Discomforts Nevertheless, ft may cause certain discomforts. Most people with low blood pressure are inclined to be listless. Boms of ths patients with low blood pressure go about their business as usual but from time to time they have attacks of dixxiness and weakness. Emotional upsets as well as digestive disturbances often bring on attacks. The patient also may develop disxiness whoa he changes from a sitting position to a standing one. Some of the patients may. for several hours a day. have weakness which keeps them from their usual physical efforts. In some instances, the patient cannot stand more than I 4several minutes at a time without • a feeling of faintness, sweating. sickness to tbe stomach and paleness of the skis Many persons with |ow bleed pressure require

While no large scale bousing program is underway in the city this spring, a person is impressed with tbe number of small dwellings being completed In and around the town. In the north, east, west and south parts a score of houses have gone up and families are establish ing their homes. Tbe building boom extends south to Pleasant Mills where a halt dozen houses have been completed or are under construction. We live tn a growing community where tbe people appreciate the advantages of a home and a place to earn a living. o- —o Commenting on the vote which will be taken tomorrow in the U. 8. Senate on extending financial aid to Greece and Turkey, the Indianapolis Star, remarks: "Nat urally many senators are wary of taking a final and irrevocable step which will mean the end of last vestige of American isolationism. But America must either accept the responsibility of leadership now or leave the rest of the world to shift for itself as best it can. In the end such a selfish and shortsighted policy could only mean the continued spread of Communist totalitarianism and the final destruction of our own liberties at home." The Star also surmises that our Indiana senators will vote for tbe bill. o o A Sudden Death The suddenness of the death of Clarence A. Stapleton, came as a great shock to tbe many friends | of the genial manager of the local office of the Northern Indiana Public Service Company. Apparently in normal health, Mr. Stapleton -was at Ills office Saturday morning. As was his custom, be would engage in friendly conversation with friends, many of whom conversed with him only a few minutes before his death. A resident of this city for thirteen years, Mr. Stapleton served well in his position of utility manager, performing his duties in the spirit of a public servant. He was saturated with the principle ; of rendering service to his patrons and naturally became a man upon whom industry and private citizens depended in the maintenance or restoration of this important utility. He gave a helping hand whenever needed aud was interested in the civic progress of his adopted city. He was a devout churchman and splendid citizen. A veteran of World War I, those who knew him admired his patrioticfervor and parental pride for his two sous who served their country in the recent conflict. We extend our heartfelt sympathies to his family.

long hours of sleep. Weakness of Muscles According to Dr. 8. Watson Smith of England, low blood pros sure to thought to bo weakness of the muscles, especially of those in the blood vessel wail. Loss of strength here allows the blood vessels to relax so that the flow of blood to stowed down. It has been suggested also that weakness of the muscles in the wail of the abdomen contributes particularly to the condition since this allows dropping of the organs within the abdomen. It is thought that perhaps heredity may dispose some people to low blood pressure. In the treatment of low blood pressure it is suggested that the patient wear a supporting belt which holds up the abdomen The patient wears the belt when he to up and around but not when he to in bed Much drugs as amphetamine as well as epinephrine and ephedrine may be helpful. However. these drugs give only temporary relief. The patient should receive a well balanced diet, sufficient fluids and plenty of rest. Low blood pressure, as e rule, is not serious but because of the symptoms which it produces it should be promptly treated. The patient with low blood pressure should never be treated as an invalid but should be encouraged to as much activity an he to able to undertake. It should always be remembered that many people with definitely low pressure are! active at£ eves sas.-geUc.

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O O I Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEK I Qwiiw Willi ■ Ills I■ II ■' O Q. la it permissible to address a wedding invitation to "Mr. and Mrs Brown and Family ’? A No; th«- words "and family" arc no longer used. A separate invitation should be sent to each member of the family other than the huslHtnd and wife. Q If a man doen’t smoke aud Is entei tabling a woman who does, should he supply her with cigarettes while with her? - A. Yes q. To whom only should one send nines announcing a birth? A. Only to intimate friends. Trade In a Uooa row« - -cecatur

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CHAPTER THIRTEEN WHEN SHERRY let herself Into the familiar fuchsia - and - white foyer of the apartment Sunday night, the muted strains of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony washed out and around her in a glorious tide. Her mother, not Vai. Sherry felt sure, was listening to the record player. And she probably had not the vaguest idea anyone bad come in. Sherry slipped off her coat and hat and put them away in the closet. Then she stood for a dreaming moment, her arms crossed, her head tipped back, thinking of the week-end that was finished and feeling an odd reluctance at Ute thought of stepping back once more into the regular routine of her life. She always regretted the end of her visits with Steve. But th’3 time the regret felt was sharper, oddly poignant, as though she had left a part of herself at the farm. It was Lex Morell who made the difference. Sherry was too honest not to face that fact squarely in her own mind, unwilling as she would have been to admit it to anyone eLee. She gave herself a mental shake and moved toward the living-room, her feet quiet on the deep carpet. In the doorway she paused as the music swept to its climax. Her mother was sitting relaxed tn a tapestry-covered chair, her eyes closed, her feet or. an ottoman. She was wearing a soft green hostess gown and above the dull color ber face looked pale and tired without its customary accent of make-up. She looked almost old. The thought of her mother as old startled Sherry. Somehow, Leda Kent bad always seemed ageless, changeless, indestructible, to both her daughters Yet now Sherry noted that there was more gray than she had realized in the dark hair, faint but discernible arcles teasath th- closed eyes, a sagging of the fiesh under Leda's firm chin. Sherry thought: She works too hard, she's always worked too bard, trying to give Vai and mo everything. And yet—Sherry couldn’t be sure about Vai, but she knew it was true in her own case -their mother had never made any effort to find out whether the thing? she gave them were what they wanted. A beautiful apartment at a good address, expensive clothes, schools that were attended by the daughters of wealthy people—things like these mattered to Leda, so she worked bard getting them for her daughters. But they didn’t matter to Sherry, they didn't make her happy. Perhaps that was why she couldn't f«ei as grateful to ber mother as she knew she should. When she was small, she had scarcely ever seen Leda. Nuraemaids, housekeepers, a whole procession of servants had brought up Sherry and Vai Some of them bad bean all right, others bad bean dreadful. The two little girls had ' been afraid of the consequences if I they complained to their mother. I And Leda was away too much and too eiigTußMw in her job to notice.

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Sherry thought, honestly but re- 1 luctantly: She's always been too | busy to give Vai and me anything i of herself, to make an effort to I stay close to us spiritually. And i gradually, without her realizing it, 1 suppose, her job's become more I important to her than we are. Or, 1 at least, that's how it seems. Oh, ’ she loves us, of course—but she I doesn’t understand us. She never 1 has... i Like — when Vai wanted to 1 marry Rick before he went away. Sherry felt that they should have I married, whatever happened after, i They were so lecply in love, so 1 sure. It would have been right I But Leda couldn't see that, she did i everything in her power to stop I them. And she succeeded. Now 1 Kick was dead—and Vai? Well, I Leda was convinced she'd done the 1 right thing, that Vai was better off. But Sherry didn't think so. i It was as though something was ; dead in Vai, too. She’d changed, i She did things now she wouldn’t < have dreamed of doing before. She spent so much time with that | crowd of Susan Pyle’s, who were i just a bunch of morons in Sherry's 1 opinion. Wade Carrington was a < representative example and Vai ; seemed to find him endlessly en- t tertaining. Vai had grown hard. And she still couldn’t forgive their mother < for interfering in her life. Sherry < knew that, although her sister had never admitted it in so many i words. I suppose Td feel resentful, too, i Sherry thought, if Mother inter- | sered in my affairs as she has in Vai's. And she would interfere, if I i wanted to do anything that didn't i fit tn with her ideas. She never I seem>> to pay much attention to t Vai and me until something important comes up. Then suddenly * she wants to take full charge, de- f clde everything, as though we're i still children. In a -ay. I don't believe she realizes we have grown up, that we're thinking individuals, i capable of n aklng our own decisions and with the right to make i our own mistakes. Sherry's thought broke ss the < record player automatically clicked i off and silence took the place of I thrilling sound. Leda's brilliant I dark eyes opened, giving instant ! life to her tired face. Then she I saw Sherry. .tandtng there in the doorway, and she smiled. i “Hello, dear. 1 didn't bear you 1 MNne in.” “Helio, Mother." i On a sudden impulse. Sherry 1 crossed the room and sat on the I arm of her mother's chair, leaning i to press her young cheek against 1 that of the older woman. She said, i "You locked so tired, sitting there I with your eyes ckwed. Are you?" 1 Leda shook her head. "Not par- i ticuhiriy. But I have no make-up < on and that’s a mistake at my 1 age. I'm going to bed soon." I “But you do work awfully hard." i Sherry insisted. “And it isn't real- i ly necessary, darling. Vai and I I could take over, you know—we i could get jobs—" "Os course. you eouid.' Leda i ml patting her hand. "But I

travel safely through the mail April 31 — After five weeks of trial the Ford-Hapiro libel suit in Detroit is declared a mistrial because of thu misconduct of a woman juror. Abe Boegley is injured in a ten foot fall from s ladder al tbe Adams county Jail, where he was assisting in weir work. Snow and freezing weather hits Adams county. Will OBrieu of lb-' Northern Indiana Public Service company is transferred from Decatur to St. Mary's, Ohio H. W. Throp. 2d, of Wabash, struck by an Erie train and killed two miles east of Decatur. Mis. C 8. Niblick is moving to Fort Wayne. , j The People’s Voice This column for the use of our readers who wish to make suggestions tor tbe general good or discuss questions of interest. Please sign your name to show authenticity. It will not be used if you prefer that it not be. • 4 A Tribute to Margery Shoaf Reiently there passed away in Adams County Mrs. Margery Shoaf Wife of Charles Shoaf. whose home was on Highway 124, four miles east of Monroe, Indiana. Outside of her many, many duties as a farmerswife she had a passion for flowers. It was truly wonderful how she had the "growing hand." Flowers responded to her loving care in a manner that made one marvel. It seemed that no matter what the plant, no matter how diffa< ult many of them were to grow, her magic hands would coax them into a dream of beauty. Her garden each year was a delight. Along the highway for a long distance on the east side of her home all along and outside the fence for indeed quite a distance.

tnere’d be no point In tt. We have plenty of money, dear, over and above my salary. I’ve had good advice and made some very profitable Investments." Roger Bedloe, Sherry knew, was her mother’s advisor in matters financial. She asked, "But thenwhy do you go on working so hard? You simply drive yourself. You live and breathe your job, day after day—you haven't any time for rest or relaxation." Leda objected, “But, Sherry, 1 love my job! That’s why I live and breathe it, as you say. I’d be lost without IL The constant give and take, having to think fast to get ahead of the other fellow—lt keeps me on my toes, alert. And I enjoy every minute of IL How strange that you shouldn't know that, dear." After a moment Sherry said. "I suppose I did know IL I guess I just forgot bow much your work means to you—more than anything else, really.” “What a thing to say," Leda reproached her. “You and Vai mean more to me than anything else, you know that I’ve always tried to do everything I could for you, to give you the best in life. I want so much for you both to be happy." “Yes, 1 know, Mother." Leda risked as the silence lengthened, "Did you have a nice weekend?" Sherry nodded, her heart lifting at the memory. "Lovely. Mother, it's so beautiful at the farm, like another world. You should have gone, too." Leda said ruefully, "It makes me shiver to think of iL The wind sweeps about so. Heaven knows, it's been bad enough tn town. How are Stove and Aunt Pea?" “Fine. Just ths same as always. They were sorry you and Vai could not come ouL Darling, I had such fun!" “What did you do?" Leda asked. "Do?" Sherry repeated. “Why—nothing much, 1 guess." , It would have sounded silly to say, "Wo set in front ot the fire. Aunt Pen played the piano—lovely old songs. Then Lex couldn’t sleep, so he and I drank hot milk in the kitchen and talked till two in the morning. And wo slept late and had one of Aunt Pea’s enormous breakfasts. Wo barely got to church tn time—the sweet Mttle red-brick church with the steeple. Later on, after dinner, Lex and I and Klppy took a long walk. It was like walking through fairyland—the snow, all white and unbroken, on either side of the path and crunching under our feet in that squeaky cold way. And Iba sun so bright it was almost bunding and the sky couldn’t ever have been so blue before. Lex was easier with me today—as though wo were old friends. And that's the way 1 want IL Just to be his friend. Io have him like me. I know he loves another girl, that he'll marry her someday- But wo can still bo friends, Lex and I—that won't take anything from her .. •” No, you couldn't say things like thikf illoud •sow* wea* to’Oi (To Bo CMttnsd)

each year she planted row after row of planta, some of course were hardy ones, that bloomed week after week until the frost king got in his work. The grouping of the flowers, the color schemes that she developed, the blending of these colors, made exquisite patterns that were delightful. Highway 124 with its heavy traffic and travelers all summer long, many of whom slopped for nearer contact, were truly Inspired. Mrs. Bhoaf gave to all who had eyes io see and hearts that were touched with the lovely language of her flowers, stored up memory pictures that none will soon forget. A farmer's wife of Adams County, with deepest love for flowers and shrubs, year after year giving to every passer-by some of the joy she had in her contribution to those who loved the “Great Outdoors” By A Friend. BIG FOUR FAIL (Continued From Page One) tions and German assets questions could be obtained "we could have a treaty" led support to belief that the British and Americans were ready to bargain for a compromise. The ministers scheduled two meetlugs for tomorrow, with a regular formal session iu the morning starting with tbe deputies report on Trieste which they examined today. The agenda after that was not decided and it was believed the ministers might go into another secret session. ————o Trade In a Good lorn. — Decatur

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