Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 70, Decatur, Adams County, 23 March 1948 — Page 3

TTTFSDAY. MARCH 23, 1948

. -nNA WEIDLER AND XU h«ELL STANLEY WED R Ss Leonu Weidler. daughter of Fred Weidler, of M “ „ -ante 4. Lecaiue Hie bride *S .itanH-y. .™ « »" m With Stanley. °> i® rn °° n at one ; 1 Hock ia «ie St. Joint Evangelical " church at Vera Cruz. The Rev. I'. Meckstroth read the ■x miible ring ceremony tn the preimmediate families and ' f ew cloM friends. ‘ The brid< given in marriage by her father,; wore a gown of traditional white satin, with a three ‘arter length veil, and carried a *’ bouquet of red roses. \nna Laura Weidler attended her sister in a light blue satin gown and carried a bouquet of pink carnations. Ralph Reef served the groom as best man,'and Paul and Wilford Weidler ushered. Following a reception at the home of the bride's parents, the young couple left on a wedding trip to St Louis, and upon their return will reside at 228V 2 North Fourth street. The new Mrs. Stanley is a graduate of K rkland high school and is now employed at the Bellmont restaurant Mr. Stanley is an employe oflthe Fort Wayne Auto Parts, Fart Wayne. o PYTHIAN NEEDLE CLUB 1N MEETING The meeting of the Pythian Needle club was held at the K. of p. home I Monday evening after temple. The short business meeting was conducted by the vice president, Pauline Beery. The members were then invited to the mining room, -where they | were sensed at beautifully appointed I with huge baskets I of Easter eggs and rabbits. Smaller Easter baskets marked each place. The ho t esses. Marie Ahr, Mrs. Bob Ahr. Bernice Jeffries, and Jennie Gehrig served lovely refreshments. ;. | A pap, demonstration was conductedgby Mrs. Izora Roop at the t jclose of the meeting. Pauline Butler and ®>el Striker were awarded the door prizes, and Neva Stauffer was gifen the gift from Mrs. Roop. - FRIENDSHIP VILLAGE CLUB MEETS RECENTLY The (Friendship Village Home Eeonmjhics club met at the home, of Mrs. Carl Kuhn recently. The | meeting conducted by the president, Mrs. Thelma Bilderback, was opened with the group singing the song of he month “Lil’ Liza Jane,’’ followed by the scripture reading by Mrs Rolla Raudenbush. Durikg the business meeting, g plamwu'e made for a sale on April

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CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Phones 1000 — 1001 1 uesaay Men’s chorus of Aeolian choir, Baptist church, 7:30 p.m. C. L. of C. chorus, C. L. of C. hall, 7:30 p.m. Delta Theta Tau sorority, postponed. Rebekah lodge, 7:30 p.m., Three Link club following. Ladies Missionary society of Church of God, Mrs. Reuben Smith, 7:30 p.m. St. Mary’s Township Home Economics club, 7:30 p.m. Church Mothers Study club, Mrs. Burdette Custer, 8 p.m. Root Township Home Economics club, Mrs. Augustus Bohnke, 1:30 p.m. Beta Sigma Phi sorority, Mrs. Clarence Ziner, 8 p.m. W ednesaay Aeolian choir rehearsal, juniorsenior high school, 7:30 p.m. Ruth and Naomi circle of Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, 2:30 p.m. Flo Kan Sunshine council, K. of P. home, 6:30 p.m. Thursday Circles I and II of W. S. C. S. of Methodist church, Mrs. E. W. Johnson, 2:30 p.m. Circles 111 and IV of W. S. C. S. of Methodist church, Mrs. Niland Ochsenrider, 2:30 p.m. Stated meeting of Eastern Star, Masonic hall, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Union Chapel Ladies Aid bake sale, Stults Home grocery, 9 a.m. Junior fellowship of Methodist church, church, 2 to 4 p.m. 1 and the April fool party to be held at the North Brick school Friday evening, April 2. A potluck supper will be served at eix thirty o'clock and entertainment for the entire family will be provided. Members are asked to bring their own table service. The lesson study on pasteurization of milk was given by Mrs. Floyd Myers. An auction sale was then conducted. Mrs. Kuhn was assisted in serving refreshments by Mrs. Herman Girod, Mrs. Paul Burkhart and Mrs. Gerald Edw-ards. There were thirty three members, three children and two guests in attndanee. One new member was welcomed into the club. MRS. FLOYD ACKER HOSTESS TO CLUB Mrs. Floyd Acker was hostess recently to members of the Historical club. The leader for the afternoon was Mrs. Homer Lower, who gave an interesting paper* on the life of mothers who lived to see their sons become president. She then conducted a current events program. During the social hour, the hostess served delicious refreshments in keeping with St. Patrick’s day. The junior fellowship of the

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Methodist church will have a party Saturday afternoon from two to four o’clock at the church. The Union Chapel Ladies Aid society will sponsor a bake sale Saturday at the Stults Home grocery, beginning at nine a.m. Orders may be given by calling 1124. The men's chorus of the Aeolian choir will have rehearsal this evenat seven thirty o'clock at the Baptist church. Regular rehearsal of the entire choir will be held Wednesday evening at seven thirty o'clock in the music room of the junior - senior high school. The change was made necessary because of the spring vacation at the school. This will be the last rehearsal before the film. The circle meetings of the W. S.C. S. of the Methodist church will be held Thursday afternoon at two thirty o’clock. Circles I and II will meet at the home of Mrs. E. W. Johnson. Mrs. Harry Daily will be lesson leader, and Mrs. Rose Welty will be in charge of th? devotions. Circles 111 and IV will meet at the home of Mns. Niland Ochsenrider. Mrs. N. A. Bixler will be lesson leader and Mrs. A. D. Suttles will give the devotions. o JptaSONAIS Bill Miesse writes a card from El .Monte, Calif., to wish his old Decatur friends happy Easter. Thurman Wolfe and Chester Stevens of this city have been discharged as patients at the Van Wert, 0., county hospital. Pat Briede, who has been a patient at the local hospital the past several weeks following an auto accident, has been dismissed to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Briede. Mrs. J. C. Miller has returned home from Los Angeles, Calif., where she visited with her children for a year. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Straw-, of 345 North Tenth street ,had as their Sunday dinner guests Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hann and son, Jeffrey, of Indianapolis; Mr. and Mrs. Bud Curry and son, Richard, and Mr. and Mrs. John Yahn and son, of Celina, O.; Joe McFearson, Miami, Fla.; Keith Dixon and Mrs. Alvina King and son, Richard, Decatur, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Shinn, of Fort Wayne. Afternoon guests included Mrs. Frank Garwood, Mrs. Jessie Bradon, F. French! of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Everett Faulkner and the Rev. and Mrs. Earl Isenhower. o Churches Plan Joint Good Friday Service The Salem-Pleasant Mills Methodist churches will observe Good Friday with services at the Salem church from 12 noon to 3 p.m. The pastor, the Rev. S. J. Klies, will be in charge of the services and there will be several special numbers. The public its invited to attend. There will be sunrise services at the Pleasant Mills church Easter morning at 6 o’clock.

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Young War Widow Buys Home For sls, All Bidders Silent Bedford. Ind., March 23 —(UP) — A young war widow and her five children owned their own home today. They paid sls for it —in cash. Their modest home north of Bedford went on the auction block at a county real estate sale yesterday for the collection of delinquent taxes'. Mrs. Donna Blevins attended the auction, clutching all the ready cash she could raise. Her husband. Carl, died in 1946 of an ailment contracted while in the service. The husband inherited the house from his father five years ago. The w’idow was afraid that she and her five youngsters would be evicted by whoever bought the property. But county auditor Donald Smith stepped up beside the auctioneer and addressed the crowd 'of bar-gain-hunters. “This property is occupied by a war widow who is the mother of five children,” he said. “She has very little income.” Auctioneer Mark Boyd rapped his gavel on a table. “What am I bid?” he asked. There was a small babble of voices, but the auctioneer interrupted. “I've got to point out that this is a public auction and anyone can bid,” he said. “But I’m also going to point out, as Smith did. that a young mother and her children now live there. Now then, what am I bid?” Mrs. Blevins raised one hand. ‘l'll bid $15,” she cried. The auctioneer didn't wait for a higher bid. The rap of his gavel broke the silence. “Sold to the lady for $15.” — Two Persons Unhurt When Autos Collide Two persons escaped injury about 4:10 p.m. Monday when cars driven by J. G. Niblick, 62, Decatur, and Mrs. Cecil Comment, 35, Monroeville, route two, collided at the intersection of U. S. 224 and the Piqua road, one mile east of the city. It was reported to sheriff Herman Bowman that the crash occurred as the local man drove onto the federal highway to make a left turn and proceed toward Decatur. Damage was estimated at $55. 1 No accidents were reported to Ctty police late Monday and early today. o Reports 20 Sheep Are Slain By Dogs Lloyd Mishler, of Union township, reported Monday to sheriff Herman Bowman that two dogs attacked and killed 20 sheep in a flock at his farm. He captured both dogs and the animals were ordered destroyed.

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Houser Reelected As CE President Annual Election Is Held Here Sunday Ward Houser, of Berne, was reelected president of the Adams county C. E. union during the singspiration held at the First Baptist church in Decatur, Sunday afternoon, for his third year. The Misses Dorcas Habegger of Berne and Janet Brown, of Decatur, were reelected vice-president and secre-tary-treasurer, respectively. Other appointments were members of the advisory board the Rev. E. E. Isenhower, pastor of the First Christian church, Decatur, Homer Augsburger and Raymen Johnston of Berne. A full house enjoyed the singspiration at which Mr. and Mrs. Al Zahlout of Winona Lake were presented, both professional musicians and now devoting full time to evangelism. The singspiration was under the direction of Ward Houser, with Mrs. Donald D. Abbey of Huntington at the piano. The pastor of the church, the Rev. Carey Moser in his sermonette challenged the audience to be prepared for Easter. Earl Chase of Decatur presided at this ■session. The field secretary, Mr. Abbey announced four days for Indiana’s largest youth convention, at which 2,000 people are expected to register, at Terre Haute, June 17, 18, 19, and 20. He served as toastmaster at the county wide youth banquet at the auditorium in Berne Saturday night at which two thirds of the churches in the county were represented, one of the largest interdenominational banquets held in the county. The Berne high school quartet, composed of Thomas Zehr, Leroy Sprunger, Frederick Stauffer and Robert Schindler sang. The Rev. Andrew Shelly of Kitchener, Ont. spoke briefly on “Enlist for Christ" and brought greetings from . the endeavorers of his county union | in the Canadian province. A large audience attended the meeting at the First Mennonite church, Berne, Saturday evening at which the scientific film, “The God of the Atoms” was shown by R. D. Smith, representative of the Moody Bible Institute. The singspiration was directed by Raymen Johnston and the intermediate chorus of the First Mennonite church sang. The junior roundup at the Berne Church of the Nazarene which opened the two day rally Saturday afternoon wae attended by a full house; 220 children present, also many adults. Os the five Junior Round Ups held throughout the county under the direction of Mrs. C. H. Wiederkehr, of Berne, since January, a total of 734 children attended, with very few youngsters attending the same meetings.

O To Present Easter Contata At Berne Berne, March 23 — The young people’s chorus of the First Missionary church will present the Eaister cantata. “The Cross Triumphant’’ Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock. Clyde Sprunger directs the choir. Soloists for the rendition are Miss Mildred Hirschy, soprano; Mrs. Laverne Sprunger, contralto; Thomas Zehr, tenor and Robert Schindler, bass. o Audubon Society Formed At Berne Berne. March 23 — A local chapter of the Indiana Audubon society has just been organized here with Mrs. Karl Hilty as president. Other officers are Mrs. William Schenbeck, vice-president; Mns. Wilbur B. Nussbaum, secretary - treasurer; Mrs. Henry Gilliom, historian; program committee, the Misses Helen Atz, Surilda Riesen, Sylvia Schwartz and Charlottee Stengel. They have named the local organization “Cardinal Chapter, Northeast District, Indiana Audubon Society.” o Four Harvard University buildings still standing were used by Gen. George Washington to barrack his troops in 1775. 0 DISPUTE (Cont. From Page One) necessary preliminary before invoking the strike injunction procedure of the law. Sources close to the White House said Mr. Truman already has selected a possible board of inquiry for the goal dispute. If the President names such a board, these sources said, he will ask It to report back to him within a week so he can seek an early injunction to force the 400,800 soft coal miners back to work. Meanwhile, James Boyd, director lilLl INVEST IN BTSAVINfiS BONDS

of the bureau of mines, told the United Press that the nation’s coal stocks have dwindled to dangerous levels since the walkout began eight days ago. Boyd said that by next Monday “spot” coal shortages in essential industries such as steel will become serious. He added that by April 15 —if the miners do not return to work —“we will be out of coal and virtually all coal-burning industry will be forced to shut down.” The government “peace plan” was revealed late yesterday by Cyrus S. Ching, director of the federal mediation and doncJliation service. Ching asked Lewis to call the walkout off at once and agree to the appointment of a three-man fact-finding board to study the issue. At the same time, Lewis and the operators would negotiate in an effort to settle the pension controversy. The major soft coal producers said the plan was agreeable to them. But Ching quoted union spokesmen as saying they were not inclined to recommend it to Lewis. Cut Is Planned Washington, March 23. —(UP) — The office of defense transportation said today it will order a 25 percent cut in freight traffic hauled by coal-burning locomotives unless 'the coal strike ends by next week. Director J. Monroe Johnson said the order wmuld be made effective next Sunday or Monday. It would not apply to shipments of coal. The planned cut in freight traffic would follow a similar ODT order which has already curtailed passenger service by coal-burning trains by 25 percent. Johnson said that as of yester-

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day the railroads had a 24-day supply of coal on hand. He estimated the proposed cut would save 12,000 tons of coal daily. He said he was planning to cut freight service “progressively” deeper if necessary to save enough coal to move "bare necessities.” 0 FOREIGN AID (Cant. From Page One) Three national farm organizations asked congress today to reject universal military training. Their spokesmen testified before the senate armed services committee. They were the first opposition witnesses to President Truman’s call for universal training. They expressed fear that the program would have unhealthy effects on American youth. The farm groups were called after Joseph C. Grew, retired American diplomat, told the committee that universal training would put Rusisia on notice that she cannot continue picking off neighbor states “one by one.” Herbert W. Voorhees, representing the American Farm Bureau federation, favored strengthening the United Nations to prevent “misuse” of the veto and to create an international police force. J. T. Sanders, legislative representative for the national grange, doubted that there is an imminent war crisis justifying either universal training or selective service. If there is, it should be met by selective service and not by universal training, he said. Russell Smith, legislative secretary of the national farmers union, contended that universal training would not provide the type of defense needed. “The next war will be a technological war and a civilian war, if it

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comes,” he said. Grew told the committee that “we cannot afford to face some future day when America will stand alone without allies.”

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