Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 124, Decatur, Adams County, 26 May 1947 — Page 3

■ MAY 26. 1947

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CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline. 11 A. M. Phono 1000 — 1001 Monday i Pythian Needle club, K of p 1 home, after temple. f St Mary's sioclety, C. O s C hall. 7’30 p.m, i Rainbow (Jiris choir, Mary PathI erlne Schafer. 2 pm. , Holy Family Discussion club, - Mra. Jerome Heed, Bp.m. Decatur 411 dub. Junior senior , high school, 3:30 p.m. I Our Lady of Victory Diacnasion , Group cancelled. f Tuesday I Root Townehip Home Economics . club, Mrs. Henry Graber, l:3o p.m. . Delta Theta Tati businers meeting. Elks, 8 p.m. Church Mothers Study club, Methodist church, 8 p.m. ’ Rebekah lodge. Odd Fellow hall. > 7:30 pm. Three Link club follow- , Ing. Decatur Garden dub. Mrs. Harold Owens. 2:30 p.m. I Civic department, city hall. 7p m. , CL.of C. chorus rehearsal, hall. ! 7:30 p.m. Eta Tail Sigma sorority. Mrs. ( Homer Barton. 8 p.m. Wednesday Presbyterian Men's club, church, 6:30 p.m. Union Township Woman's club, Mrs. Bertha Bleeke. 1:30 p m , St. Mary's Township Home Economics club tea, Pleasant Mills school. 2 p m. I , Ruth and Naomi circle, postponed. St. Vincent de Paul society, C. , L. of C. hall. 2 p.m. Zion Reformed Friendship Clr- . des. Church. 7:30 p.m Bethany circle of Zion Evangelical and Reformed church. Mrs. Clara Baumgartner. 8 p.m. I nursoay I Baptist Philo das*. M and Mrs ( Archie Smitley. 7:30 pm. I __. hers are urged to attend The Friendship circle of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church will meet in the church parlors Wednesday evening at seven thirty o’clock. , The C. L. of C. chorus will have t rehearsal Tuesday evening at seven thirty o'clock at the hall I h " o PERSONAIS Miss Colleen Miller of Indiana | university, spent the weekend with | her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cletus Miller.

Mr. and Mrs Joo Linn and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Welter attended Graduation exercises at the Indianapolis Mortician school Friday evening. Dick Linn, of this city, was a member of the class. Tom M. Peterson of Indianapolis visited here over the weekend. He will return home Tuesday with hie brother. Cal E. Peterson, who will attend to business in the capital city. An oil well on Dr. Grissell s residence lot in Pennville is proving a good one and several others are now drilling in that little town. The eouncil has fixed a 150 fee and limited one well to a town lot. Price West of Auburn has concluded 25 years of volunteer service Id first aid and water safety and has l»een awarded the meritorious medal by the Ked Cross Henry C Weidler. business manager of the Detroit Free Press and his nephew Dick Goldner. visited relatives here over the weekend. Harry Steel of west of the city is assisting in the advertising department at this office.

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once upon A TlMf there was a scrubwoman in Watford, England, who for 3« ce”b an hour, 8 hour, a day. She rented stone. si ix.“ !KS? ■£ • “‘rE point At right you .M the glainoroufc finuhed job.

Jp < |hi jH Mi I ■fl i MMME i u HaBK BERNE BRIDE —Miss Kathleen Zerkel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Zerkel of west of Berne, and Wayne E. Sauers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Sauer* of Fort Wayne, were united in marriage recently at the home of the bride's parents, with the Rev. George G. Holston of Kokomo officiating. The couple has returned from a trip to Chicago, and is residing at 422 Perry avenue. Fort Wayne. (Photo by Edwards).

liar y Sutton of Newton Center, Mass., formerly of Decatur, Is visiting his mother, Mrs. J. C. Sutton, ami his brother Jesse Sutton, here for a few daye. Catherine Andrews, of this city, was honored at the annual scholarship dinner of the Indiana tinivereily women's residence hall. She was among the coeds living in Memorial hall, which dormitory had the highest scolastic standing during the first semester of any of the I. C. halls for women. Miss Andrewe and *l2 other coeds residing in Memorial hall had a B or better average for the first semester. The LiotH club of Van Wert. O„ will have a family day picnic at Shroyer lake park Tuesday afternoon. Thomas J. Voglewede. a member of the national advisory committee for aeronautics, ot Hampton Hoads. Va. has gone to Detroit to attend a meeting. He visited here a few days with his mother. Mtw. Charlie Voglewede. Mr und Mrs G II Laughrey, of Frankfort, we e overnight guests Saturday night of Mr. and Mrs. ('. E. Hocker. Mr. and Mm. Laughrey attended the memo.ial day program at Spring Hill church Sunday afternoon before returning home. Mr. and Mrs. Haymond Kohne will attend graduation exercises at i St. Mary'rt college, Notre Dame. Friday. Their daughters, the Misses Rosemarie and Kathryn, are students there. — o — ——— Admitted: Mrs Hay Smith, route 6: M s Simeon Hain. Jr.. 221 North Third street Miss Phyllis Kraft. fil!> West Monroe street; Mrs. John Springer. Thirteenth street; David Dallner, 430 North Fifth street; Miss Sara Hendricks, 121 North Fifteenth street. Dismissed: Warren Paul MeCllsh. 1225 West Elm street; Margaret Scheimann, Hoagland; Mrs.

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Delbert Haviland and bat-y boy, James Thomae, route 4; Mrs- Lee Ross r <1 baby son, Willshire, O.; Merril Artr Id, Huntington; Mrx. Carl Norton. Montpelier; Mary Lou Gehm, Celina. <).. Mrs. Clarence Bulteineier and baby girl, route 1; Albert Lehrman. 222 North First street.

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Mr and Mrs. Gale Shaul of Fort Wayne, are parents ot a baby girl, born at 6:55 pm. Sunday at the Adams county memorial hospital. She weighed 5 pounds, 15H ounces and has not been named. A baby son was bom to Mr. and Mrs. Marion Drum. 1044 North Second street. Sunday morning at 5:25 a m. at the local hospital. ... o , - ——... Rev. H. H. Hocker Is Minister Os Finance The Rev. H II Hocker, a native of Adams county, has been appointed minister of finance of the Southern California • Arizona Methodist church conference, according to word received here by his brother. C. E. Hocker. Rev. Hocker served as pastor of the Bluffftm Methodist circuit anti of the Westfield Methodist church before moving to California 30 years ago. He will make his henne in Calif. where he formerly served as pastor for nine- years. Q The total number of Red Cross personnel engaged In service to the armed forces as of Jan 1, 194", stood at approximately 6,000. About one-half were overseas.

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Two Local Couples Return From Europe Dr. and Mrs G. .1. Kohne and Mr. ami Mrs. Noah Steury. of this city, have returned from an European tour, which included several countries. Dr. Kohne contijued studies in his profession nt some of the famous medical centers on the con tinent and Mr Steury. president ot the Decatur Industries, Ind., made a business visit to Switzerland in the inte <«t of his company o Poppy Day Sales Are Reported Good Here Auxiliaries Os VFW, Legion Lead Sales Marked success In the Poppy Day sales, conducted here Saturday by the local Veterans of Foreign Wars post auxiliary and the American Legion auxiliary, were reported today by the respective leaders. Miss Eloise Noll and Mrs. Harry Martz of the VFW auxiliary, which conducted Its first sale of "Buddy Poppies," said that their entire quota had been sold and that funds derived from the sale will go to disabled veterans who served overseas. They expressed their appreciation to members of the Girl Scout troops and others who assisted in the campaign. Mrs. Arthur E. Myers, who served as Legion auxiliary chairman of the event, also expressed her satisfaction al the sale results and her thanks to all those who aided. In addition to 25 members of the auxiliary, there were 10 boys and girls assisting. All were served chicken dinners at the la-gion home Saturday All money derived from the sale goes to disabled veterans, she said 'Hie poppies were also made by these veterans. | —• D T' - ■■ Rev. Aloys Dirksen Goes To Notre Dame The Rev. Aloys Dirksen. ('. PP.S, paetor iof the Most Precious Blood church in Fort Wayne, has been appointed a professor of sac--cd scripture at the University of Notre Dame. Father Dirksen, who is well known here, as a former president of St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, He i- a noted educator and author. The Rev. Kebaxtian Kramer. C. PP. S, for 20 years pastor of Out Lady of Good Counsel church in Cleveland, will succeed Father Dirksen in Fort Wayne. —o Fire Destroys Home, War Veteran Killed Monticello, Ind., May 26 —(VPI Arnold Anweiler. 27, was killed today in a fire which gutted his home. The World War II veteran was found suffocated and partially burned in the bedroom of the house. He is survived by his mother and a half-brothe-

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Mrs. Sophia Franke Dies Sunday Morning Allen County Lady Is Taken By Death Mrs. Sophia Franke. 67, a life long resident of Madison township. Allen county, died at 11 o'clo-k Sunday morning at the Adams county memorial hospital, follow ing an illness of four years She was born In Madison township December I. 1879, a daughter of Ernest and laiuisa KoeneinanHerderhorst She was married t o Henry F. C. Franke in 1903 She was a member of St John’s Lutheran church. Flat Rock. Surviving In addition to the husband are two daughters, Mrs. Flora Bleeke of Madison township ami Mrs Esther Peake of Fort Wayne; a son. Reinhard, at home; a half brother. Ernst Herd erhorst of Fort Wayne, and five grandchildren Two sons preceded her in death. Funeral service* will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the residence, four miles northeast of Hoagland, and at 2 o'clock at the St. John's Lutheran church. Flat Rock, with the Rev. H W Harten berger officiating. Burial will be in tlie church cemetery. The body will be removed from the Zwt-k funeral home to the r«*lden<e at 7 o'clock this e»enin< —4) Kappa Alpha, oldest college social fraternity, wax founded at Union College, Schenectady. N. Y in 1825. SCOUT CAMPOREEH'unilnurd from I’nur It lea-ler: Burdette Cuter, aaaiatant leader; Jerry Lobsig- r, Luk) Schrock, Bob Doan, Don Metz ger. Crow patrol—Dick Hott, lead er; Dan Mills, assistant leader. Dave Blackburn. Dave Owens, George Bair. Jack Petrie. Eagle patrol By ford Smith, leader; Ralph Smith, assixtapit leader; Bob Fonner. Jerry Koit <-r. Roger ('ole. Palmer Johnson. Douglas Thompson, Charles Stockmlalc. Beaver patrol — Don Smith, leader; Jim Bassett, assistant leader; Ronnie Ba-seti. Tony Na gel. Jim Nelson. Bob Nelson. Rob Grim Legion Troop 63 Dick Llchtenxtiger, Scoutmaster. Flaming Arrow patrol Norris Blocker, leailer; Dick Johnson, assistant leader; Roger Johnson. Bob Strickler. Bob Sudduth

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' HL If, L, ’ ■ i KJ ' W- > ‘l®* * r IHrf Wwl / lEk Mb i ELECTED RESIDENT GENERAL of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mrs. Roscoe C. O’Byrne (right), Brookville, Ind., receives the sash of office from Mrs. J. Y. Talmadge. Athens, Ga, whom she succeeds. The installation took place during the sGth D A R. convention at ConstituUon Hall in the nation's capital. (International Suundphoto)

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al<l Elzey ami John Sprunger, as-Want Scoutmasters. Wolf patrol Roderick Llechty, leader; lion Neuen. assistant lea-ler; Stanley Neuenxcliwatid<r, Dick Sweeney, .Ned Bixler, Doug Schindler. F.yitig Eagle patrol — Paul Sprunger. Icaler; Di< k Allspaw, Jim Hedges. Danny Liechty. Nolan Llechty. Fddie Amstutz Bear patrol David Nussbaum. Itw-ler: Harry E< krotv. Jr , assistant h a-h r. I-ogan Sprung) r