Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 281, Decatur, Adams County, 29 November 1947 — Page 3

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fSweds Eugene Melchi And Eb Braun Is Bride Os Ralph Loshe Kd Social Events

I Br ’“ o wi° S of e traditional I#-' ‘X Jeanette Braun, ■» ,ir " nt- Braun, route 4. f’ the St. Mary's fr iD \ to become the bride Ke, only son of Mrs. | L ” “ f south Fifth street. . of fall flowers and fc’tapers formeel the backP he sacred rite, read p. Rev. Msgr. J- J- SeiL Braun attended her I’“dd-of-honor. and Miss I® was bridesmaid. Ed t“ r ved the groom as best 8.. Car j Braun and Bill was colonial IT, hish round neckline Led in lace, and long I , sleeves, which tapered K her hands. A long train ■ ,k s full skirt which was t n in the front to show ■ L of lace. She wore a ■ I gth veil, attached to a E se ed pearls, and carried a Elite orchidl surrounded ILtheniunis and heather E jewelry was a single E pearls, a gift from the I maid-of-honor and Ej wore eowns of AmeriErose heavy taffeta. The Ejjes were accented with Us which formed the cap trier wore long, matching E bands of ribbon in their E cameo broaches were lie bride. ■jttie flower girls, Caroline End Judy Koors, were jidenticall styled to the atEand carried small baskEed flowers. Ksiests were invited to the Erred immediately followIteremony at tbe K. of C. jwption will later be held fcorimately one hundred ’ (Sprigs of fall leaves and jlipers decorated the beautiEinted dinner table, laid in Keentered with a huge wedEeir return home from a ■ trip of unannounced desKtlie new Mr. and Mrs. Lili reside in their newly ■apartment on South Fifth ■tide, a graduate of Decatur f 4 school, is an office ■of the Decatur General ■ ft. Her husband also at- | Decatur Catholic high Li is a service station at-

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Beer-Melchi The Cross Reformed church in Berne, was the scene of the wedding of Miss lona Beer, daughter of Mrs. Rose Beer of Berne, and Eugene N. Melchi. Jr., eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Melchi of this city. The double ring ceremony was performed at seven o’clock last evening by the Rev. C. A. Schmid. Two seven-branched candelabra lighted the altar, banked with palms and fernery and two huge baskets of white mums. Preceding the nuptial rite, Paul L. Baumgartner, pianist, and Mrs. Martin Neuenschwander, vocalist, presented a recital of traditional bridal selections. Lohrengrin's and Mendelssohn’s wedding marches were used. Given in marriage by her brother, Ralph Beer, the bride was lovely in a gown of white slipper satin. The bodice was made with a net yoke at the neckline to form a draped shoulder effect, enhanced with a wide bertha. The very full skirt ended in a long circular train. She wore a fingertip veil of illusion, fastened to a braided satin headband, and carried a bouquet of white roses and camellias. Miss Irene Beer attended her sister as maid-of-honor. wearing a gown of foam green satin, fashioned with a bertha collar, small puffed sleeves and a very full gathered skirt, accented in the back by a bustle. She wore matching mitts and head braid, and carried a colonial bouquet. The flower girl, little Miss Sherrill Ann Beer, niece of the bride, wore a gown of pink satin, styled identically to that of the maid of honor. She wore matching mitts and head braid and carried a small basket of mixed flowers. Manfred Melchi, of Angola, served his brother as best man, and Bill Lynch and Robert Baker ushered. Immediately following the ceremony, a reception for approximately one hundred and twenty five guests was held in the church social rooms. Pink and white tapers lighted the lace covered serving table, centered with a three tier wedding cake. For their wedding trip of unannounced destination, the new Mrs. Melchi changed to a wine colored gabardine suit with which she wore black accessories and a black topper. She completed her outfit with the white camellia corsage from her bridal bouquet. Upon their return, the young couple will reside in Muncie, where the groom is a senior student at Ball State Teachers college. The bride graduated from Berne high school and the Lutheran hospital school of nursing in Fort Wayne. She formerly was employed on the nursing staff at the Portland hospital. BONNIE BURKE ENGAGED TO WED Mr. and Mrs. Albert Burke, Berne, route 1, have announced the engagement of their youngest daughter, Bonnie, to G. M. Alspaugh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Alspaugh of Willshire, O. No date has been announced for the wedding. Miss Burke, a graduate of Monroe high school, is employed at Decatur Industries. Mr. Alspaugh graduated from Willshire high school and is engaged in construction work. BRIDAL SHOWER GIVEN RECENTLY Mrs. Inez Weber, Miss Betty Weber, Miss Betty Stults and Mrs. Florence Drum united in entertaining with a miscellaneous shower at the latter’s home recently for Mrs

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ROUND-THE-WORLD cub pilots, Clifford V. Evans (left), and George W. Truman (right), are greeted by Cleo Moore, “Miss Van Nuys,” in Van Nuys, Cal., at the end of their longest single hop from Alberta, Canada. After a short visit in California, the flyers will complete the final leg of their trip to New Jersey. (International)

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Phones 1000 — 1001 Monday Adams County Chorus. 7:30 P. M., Pleasant Mills Methodist church. Research club. Mrs. A. R. Holthouse, 2:30 p.m. Girl Scout council meeting, high school, 7 p.m. Tuesaay C. L. of C. business meeting, hall, 7:30 p.m. St. Mary's Homo Economics club chicken pie supper. Mills high school, fi p.m. Wednesday Girl Scout Leaders Club, Junior Senior High, 1:30 p.m. Zion Lutheran Missionary society Christmas party, 7 p.m. Eta Tan Sigma sorority, Mrs. Cal Steury, 8 p.m. C. L. of C. chorus rehearsal, hall, 7:30 p.m. World Friendship guild. Mrs. Jesse Rice, 8 p.m. Ladies Shakespeare club, Mrs. Fred Smith. 2:30 p.m. Historical club, Mrs. M. F. Worth- : man, 2:30 p.m. Psi lota Xi business meeting, ■ Elks, 8 p.m. Thursday Presbyterian Woman’s Missionary society, 2:30 p.m. Circles I and IV of AV. S. C. S. of Methodist church, parsonage, 2:30 p.m. Pleasant Dale Ladies Aid society, church, all day. Everett Studebaker, who, before her recent marriage, was Miss I Marie Zeser. Upon her arrival, Mrs. Studebaker was presented with a lovely corsage of red roses. During the evening, games were played and prizes were awarded to Mrs. Clara Daniels, Gladys Teeple and Mrs. Joan Wyre, who in' turn presented them to the honored guest. The bride received many lovely gifts and later in the evening, delicious refreshments were served by the hostesses. Those attending were the Misses Laura Stanley, Esther Bowers, Gladys Teeple, Pat Meyers, Rose Nooman, Kathleen Terveer, Phyllis Teeters, Joan York, Genevieve Keller. Juliann Myers, Betty Myers, Shirley Myers, Jerry Smith, Janet. Goldner, Harriett Christen, Marjorie Gase and the Mesdames Andy Zeser, George Stults. Eva Stapleton, Bess Colchin,Bernice Porter, Clira Daniels, Mary Noll, Lena Frey, Ercie Ripley, Virginia Meyers, Edna Gase, Pat Drake, Helen Lichty, Lillian Shanahan, Joyce Kenworthy. Joan Wyre. Jeanette McGill. Gaynelle Drum, Buhla Meyers, Lulu Bolt and the. hostesss,

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Mrs. Weber, Mrs. Drum and Betty Weber and Betty Stults. RURAL YOUTH CLUB I HAS INSTALLATION The Rural Youth club of Adams county enjoyed a banquet at Swearingen's dining room last evening. Following the dinner, installation services were conducted for Jim Stricker, president; Hugh Ehrman, first vice president; Wavelene Lehman, second vice president; Mary Lou Barger, secretary; Edward Dick, treasurer; Shirley Stricker, song leader; Kenneth Warden, devotional; Norma Jean Fox, safety; Devonna Gerber, publicity. The dining room was beautifully decorated with orange, brown and green crepe paper and a centerpiece of “horn of plenty” was used on the long table. Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Lockner, Miss Anna K. Williams, Shirley Stricker, Ellen Hart, Audrey Painter, Norma Fox, Marjorie Roe, Phyllis Geisler, Kathleen Noll, Bob Haggard, Jack Beineke, Jim Stricker, Ken Warden, Leonard Swartz, Glen Reinhard, Tom and Dan Miller, Melvin Werling, Darrell Arnold. Chuck Yates and Edward Dick. DINNER SERVED SCHOOL STUDENTS At the close of the Pleasant Mills school on Wednesday after- . noon for the Thanksgiving holidays. Hansel Foley, principal, served a , delicious Thanksgiving dinner to two hundred students, faculty members and guests in the new lunch > room. The guests included the trus- ; tees, Mr. and Mrs. Burdge, Mr. Myers, of Blue Creek township, ■ and Benoit Johnson. Several former Pleasant. Mills ■ students, home from college, were also included among the guests. Fifteen bags of clothing for the needy children in Europe were packed and each room packed a ■ box for the Red Cross. The Presbyterian Woman’s Missionary society will meet Thursday afternoon at two thirty o’clock. Mrs. H. L. Koontz will be hostess, with Mrs. Lawrence Greene, Mrs. Fred Smith and Mrs. William Affolder assisting. Devotions will be given by Mrs. C. D. Teeple and the Christmas program will be in charge of Mrs. Charles Knapp. All members are urged to attend. Circles I and IV of the W. S. C. S. of the Methodist church will meet at the parsonage Thursday afternoon at two thirty o’clock. Mrs. Delton Passwater will be in charge of the lesson study and Mrs. Adrian Baker will conduct the devotional lesson. All members are reminded that their pledges are to be paid in full to their circle leader by the next general meeting on December 11. Penny boxes should also be turned in by that date. The World Friendship guild will have its Christmas party and gift exchange Wednesday evening at eight o’clock at the home of Mrs. Jesse Rice. Mrs. Fred Smith will be hostess to members of the Ladies Shakespeare club Wednesday afternoon at two thirty o’clock. Psi lota Xi sorority will have a business meeting Wednesday evening at eight o’clock at the Elks home. All members are urged to attend. The Pleasant Dale Ladies Aid society will have an all day meeting at the church Thursday. Mrs. Dean Byerly and Mrs. Bill Bryan will be hostesses. A fifty cent Christmas gift exchange will also be held. till INVEST IN cTsaviiss sem

—— , , — JpERSOMiS Lavon Strickler is spending her Thanksgiving vacation from Anderson college, with her father, C. W. Strickler. Other house guests at the Strickler home include Harriet Galliton of Pittsburgh, and Kenneth Watkins and Dick Manos, of Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Brayton attended the performance of “Madame Butterfly” ST the Quimby auditorium Thanksgiving night. The Rev. and Mrs. Dwight R. McCurdy have returned home from Anderson, where they attended homecoming at Anderson college. The Rev. McCurdy also officiated at the Byrum-Folsutn wedding on Thanksgiving day. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Frank and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Koller were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Colter Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Slusher and children, Donald and Alice, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Van Camp, Dick Van Camp and Doris Feichter, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Van Camp and children, Gloria and Terry, all of Fort Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Van Camp of near Wren, 0., were Thanksgiving dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tremp in Berne. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Fryback of Bluffton, were afternoon guests. The Ohio Valley transportation advisory board will hold its 24th | annual meeting in the Netherland Plaza hotel at Cincinnati December 8 and 9. Local shippers are planning to attend. o (■EKffisa Admitted: Stanley Mcßride, Madison street; Kathryn Ann Goldner, Monroe street; Dennis Parrott, route 5; Rose Byer, Willshire, O. Admitted and dismissed: Mrs. Thomas Colter, Bloomington; R. J. Schnippel, Bryant. Dismissed: Mrs. Dorothy Calland, Ohio City, O.; Mrs. Carl Garlinger and son, Bryant; William Martin, Bryant; Larry Hughs. Wren, O.; Marlene and Bernita Detrick, Willshire, O.; Madonna Glentzer, 930 Winchester street. 0 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Green, 703 North Second street, are the parents of a son, born at 2:52 a.m. today at the Adams county memorial hospital. He weighed 8 pounds 2M> ounces and has not been named. , Jeanette Lue is the name of the baby girl born to the Rev. and Mrs. Albert Schlagel of Schumm, O. this morning at 9:06 o’clock at the local hospital. She weighed 6 pounds, 4 ounces. 0 Birth Certificate Notice is hereby given that Maude Kliznbeth Baker Wagner has filed a petition in the Circuit Court of Adams County Indiana, to have the time and- place of her birth determined. Said petition is set for hearing on the Bth day of December, 1947. CLYDE O. TROUTNER Clerk of the Adams Circuit Court Nov. 2

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INVESTIGATORS await autopsy report in mysterious fatal shooting of Frances Flint (above), whose frozen, unclad body was found in woods off a Wayland, Mass., lane, to determine if the 22-year-old Radcliffe college graduate student had shot herself or was a murder victim. (International)

Gecode Club Members To Ice Show Tonight Seventy members of the Gecode club, girls organization of the Deca--1 tur General Electric company, left i this morning in two chartered busses for Indianapolis and the Sonja Henie ice show. Mrs. Lorena Keller, as club advisor, was in charge of the group. Club officers are: Dorothy Schnepf, president; Rosemary Miller, vice president; Florence Schultz, treasurer, and Barbara Roop, secretary.

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-> CARRYING BANNER printed in both Russian and English, British exr j servicemen, whose Russian war brides have been denied passage i I from the Soviet country, picket entrance to London hall, where Russian Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov attends the Big Four t conference. (International) 29

The Girl Scouts of troop VIII met Tuesday after school for their regular meeting. Roll was called with the business meeting following. Several of the girls passed their safety and homemaking tests and further plans were made for the ' Christmas party to be held in the near future. Gwen Hilyard, scribe. Troop I of the. Decatur Girl Scouts held its meeting last evening at the home of Evelyn Rash. A kid party and taffy pull were enjoyed and various games were played. Delicious refreshments were served by the hostess, assisted by Sunya Robinson and Shirley Mitchell. Nancy Callow, scribe. o Hear Divorce Case Here This Morning The divorce case of Richard against Shirley Cramer was to be heard by Judge Earl B. Adams in circuit court late this morning. IT. R. McClenahan represented the plaintiff and D. Burdette Cusj ter the defendant. Letters of administration in the t estate of Orville M. Stewart were ordered issued to Helen Burkhart . and bond was filed in the sum of $4,000. D. Burdette Custer is at- , torney in the estate. I o GIFTS at BAKER S. 281t12

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Birth Certificate Notice is hereby g-lven that Euicrue Mm Hill has filed a petition in the Circuit Court of Adams County Indiana, to have the time and place of hiei birth determined. Said petition is set for hearing* on the Sth day of December, 1947. CLYDE O. TROUTNER Clerk of the Adams Circuit Court Nov. 29 (J NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF AIMMTIOX APPHOI’RIATIOXS Notice is hereby given the taxpayers of Jefferson Township, Adams County, Indiana, that the proper legal officers of said municipality at tiieir regular meeting place at 8 o’clock p.m. on the 10th day of Dec. J 947, will consider the following additiohal appropriations which said officers consider nee-' -sary to meet tiie extraordinary emergency existing at this time. Tuition No. 28 $250.00 Taxpayers appearing at such meeting shall have a right to be heard thereon. The additional appropriation Js finally made will be automatieilly referred to the State Boartv of Tax Commissioners, which Board will hold a further hearing within fifteen days at the County Auditor’s office of Adams County, Indiana ,or at such other place as may be designated. At such hearing taxpayers objecting to any of such additional appropriations may be heard and interested taxpayers may inquire of the County Auditor when and where such meeting will be held. Brayton Pyle — Trustee. Nov. 29 Dec. G SB h iW Auto Insurance You Need Liability Protection NOW More Than Ever Let F.&M. Pay Your Loss The Firemen Mechanic is an Indiana Stock Company Home Office Central Bldg. Fort Wayne Decatur Office 207 Court St. Phone 1853 Gerald Bixler, Manager |s|W skum WiiS| T E W