Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 207, Decatur, Adams County, 1 September 1948 — Page 3

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| >ME EC COUNCIL • ILL M«fT THURSDAY >he Adaß** county home econtonneil *lll convene at one fees Thnr« i; -ium rhe emphasis of this third se»n of the X*' 1 *ll be on piepar , for the io il program planning Ka< fall home economdribs tnflb'liaua use a club dis .ion to’ti to determine the import* homemaking prob >n» facial ’heir members. The Mdii then tries to incorporate items in their requests for f||gaHbfiiatter program for the mix r»r Other itOOt- to lie considered in t tue* llß> v. il l im hide completing jns tor lie achievement exhibit tober 7, 8 4*n«i T h»> achieve ent tojfßpmini tee. composed of ~ Willi*** l Neadstine. Mis Wil itn BchMP* Mrs Dewaid Beitler. •to- Wrldotj Stucky, and .Mrs Mar I f aefdhill have the preliminary jrtt well sci hand Aino ptaoe for the fall special in rest work will lie finished and gassed. These are to lie meetings i handier toft county government i id ho|H plants. Regular assocs be Membd® of the council are Mrs ijel Hemphill. Mrs. Noah Graber, ■» Wm. Fv uetzman. Mrs Robert Filter, Mrs Gene Snow. Mrs Dan set, MrafCarl Frey. Mrs. Chaltner crkley, > Its Herbert Banning.: r>. HiHUto Wittwer. Mis Clarence cKntUL Jh John Metzger. Mrs. tlpbflß* Mrs. Cail Adler. Mrs heiiOK|Bd*-rba< k, Mrs. Edwin auaMVHprs Chester loch, Mrs tie. Mrs. Albert Beineke, hickey, Mrs. Eli Graber ' - ffVcßKin WllH iRTHMnt DINNER (togeHllurkett. of Rome City u tMßmiored guest at a birth ty UHteef at the horn" of Mr and rt. J. F.| S'one look recentlv The -caatoHßta' ked his eighty-eighth O'harSoe-.’ s were Mr. and Mrs d BokMHit. of I’usadena. Calif . r. andt'rs. Ed Bokm-ht. Jr. Fort 'xyne. Mr and Mrs Don Burkett. iHfftoidktid Bob Boknecht. of this OBERT MURPHY HERVES BIRTHDAY Mrs. fames Muiphy. Jr., entera biithday party for her m. RdMr. Tuesday afternoon in <>f his seventh annivercry Gape and contests were enyed sal prizes were awarded to ephetSuiton and Billy Beal Thei received many lovely fts tinea®were Patrick Durkin. SteAlvin Hackman. David ■|use Beautiful ■Ate (t \ Kr A ■ • ! Vi ‘ /1 v W i 1111 ii -a 11 9i7i ;' ■AMdbM tan'ic as a poem' Your new | Pattern 9171 to very much ■tdy. with that Regency co Bronte tniw So WMMkto lent gathers, action yoke | pattern gives perfect fit. to r> use Complete, illustrated lhart shows you every step rrn 9171 comes in sizes 12. [ 19. 2« and I" Size l« takes Is 39-in.: tie. •« yd contrast t TWBPrrr-FIVE cents tn for this pattern to Decatur Democrat. Pattern Dept.. L Jefferson St . Chicago 90. Print plainly Tour Name we. Zone. Size and Style er. is**! Petticoats! Skirts' accessories, lingerie in our AN MARTIN Pattern Book Warner* Twice as ezclttng tr. this catalog of newsmah ishiona 1a yours for Fifteen more Printed right In the a FREE pattern and dlrec for a beach etlllty bee!

Society Items ror flays publication must be phoned In by 11 am. (Saturday 9:30 am.) Phone 1000-1001 Miss Betty Melchl Wednesday Our Lady of Hood Counsel stud.- • < lub. Mrs. Bob Andrews, k p.rn. • Psi lota Xi business meeting. ■ Elks home, x p iii. Thursday Salem W. S. ('. S . Mrs. Morris i Miller. I flu pm. Monroe AV. S (’. S , church annex. 7:30 p m. Women's Missionary society of Presbyterian chtircli. Mrs William tffolder. Little Flower study < lull. Mrs. ■ Carles J M iler, x pm. Heidelberg < lass of Zion Evangelical and Reformed chuich, < hurt h. ■x p m. Ladies Aid society of I nion Chapel Evangelical I B church, chur h. 1 30 pm. Ladies -\id society of First Chris tian ( hurt h, Homer Ruhl. 7:30 p.nt ' Holy Cross Discussion club, Mts. Karl St hnepp, x pm. Everreadv t lass of Methodist church, Mrs. Jesse Nlblitk, 7:30 p m w. M. v of Nuttman Avenue I'. B. < hurt h. Mrs. Jessie Die). 9 pill. Pleasant Dale Ladies Aid society ami Kirkland W. C. T. C„ church basement, all day. Ladies Aid so, lety of Ttlnity Evangelical r. B. church, church,' 7:3b p tn. Friday Work and Win < lass of Trinity Evangelical I'. B. church. Mr. ami Mrs. Harry Poling. 7 30 p in. Sunday Brown family reunion Hanna Nuttman park Tuesday Tti Kappa installation. Elks home. X p m. .Schultz. Michael Murphy. fMinald Wagner. Billy Beal. Michael Dur kin. Paul Gross. Gerald Baker. Pat ty Bea! and Mary Catherine Mur-i phy Mrs Murphv was assisted in serving refreshments by tier daugb \ ter. Sharlene, anti Deh In Wagner ’ SUNNY CIRCLE CLUB MEETS The regular meeting of the Sunny Circle home economics < lub of Preble township was held recent I ly at the home of Mrs Lewis Foreman. with Mrs Ora Barkley assisting. The meeting, conducted by Mrs William Kruetzman. was opened with tile history of the song of the | month luist Rose of Summer.'' after which the song was sung the group, led by Mrs. Elsie Peters. I Mrs Lewis hueler was appoint nd treasurer for the remainder of the club year. 1 report of the re -I cent home economic s < amp was TiHT SEPT. 2 to 13 STO( KSDALE DONUT SHOP

* In the end you’ll have a finish [ Arftfs that will delight you and refWr* tt j n j u freshness for year*. 7 Here is an enamel that can uke it. Washes as easily as the dishes. Goes on like cream under the brush and dries j[z> overnight with a tough, elasV* (* ’’M h ar< l rubber. \ <y./ Many cheery colors. nt UH or m stnnci KOHNE DRUG STORE

••i»< n by Mr- William Werling and Mrs. Ervin Schueler. and an account of the three day c-onference at Purdue was g ven by Mrs Irene Girard and Mrs clton Bittner An interesting lesson study on : the- proper way to dress and serve . iMiultry was then presented by Mrs ‘ Girard A delicious luncheon was later ' c-rved to the twenty two members and five guests in attendance The next meeting will be held Septent- • lier 2X at the home of Mrs. M C -1 Kiess, with Mis Tinman Goldner - asslsiing. NORMA BAKER TO WED NOEL AGLER Mr and Mis Franklin O Baker. ’ of 312 North Eleventh street, have announced the approaching mar riage of their youngest daughter. I Norma Marceline, to Noel Agler. son of Mr and Mrs Glen Agler. of Berne. The wedding will take place at two o'clock Sunday. September 2U. at tin- Trinity Evangelical I'nited Btethren church, with the Rev. R R. Wilson, of North Manchester. < f:i- iatlng Miss Baker lias c hosen Miss PhylIi- llanni of Geneva, to lie maid of nonor. and her sisters, Mrs. Vestal i Kling and Miss Eldora Baker, as bridesmaids Albert Agler will attend his bro her as best man and Charles Hen chicks and Otis Baker, brother of ' the bride, will usher Miss Baker Is n graduate of the De.-atur high school and the Lutheran school of nursing, and is now employee) at the Caylor-Nickel din | ic in Bluffton. Mr Agler is a grad date of tile Geneva high school He served two years in the navy and is now associated with the Yager furhiture store in Bettie. Tri Kappa sorority will have InI stallation of officers Tuesday evenI ing at eight o'clock at the Elks home An important meeting of Psi lota Xi sorority will oe held this even illg at eight o'clock at the Elks home All membets arc- urged to at tend. Mr and Mrs W M Bumgerdner . and daughter. Thais, and Miss Ros- , alie Rody of Ric hmond, have returned home from Los Angeles, t Calif, where they visited for several weeks Mr. and Mrs Amos Ketc hum and >,on. Jerry, are home front a 'three weeks’ visit in California They I visited with Mr. and Mrs Arden ' Byerly, and the F. L. Becker fam I ily. | Mr and Mrs tltto Beehler enjoy i ed a several days’ visit in Canada I last week ! Harley Welker, former Decatur 1 resident but for the past 17 years ' en aged in the restaurant business | at Van Wert. <l. visited here TuesI clay afternoon and at'ended to bus ‘ iness He is Hie Democratic calldi ■ I date for county treasurer of Van 1 Wert county. Miss Vera Andress, daughter of Mr and Mrs William F Andrews. I of Geneva, will receive tier pin dur ing the special ceiemonles tor the I io graduates of Indiana university training school for nurses this evening The program, to be held in the formal ga den at the Ball nurs es residence, will include a rec ep ; tion for the graduates and their * guests Homer Rodeheaver. nationally I known song lc-ader will lead a com muinty sing at the Van Wert coun ! ty fair grounds at Van Wert. <). I Sunday evening. Admission will lafree

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AMONG the foreign ftl>r, stars attending the International Film Festival in Rome, Italy, is Maria Felix, Mexican movie actress. She is p.ctured as she was interviewed by newspapermen. (/uiernat,unaO Mr and Mrs Roy Taylor. '<o.3 North Seventh street, had as their weekend guests Mi and Mrs. John Hopped, of Kankakee. 11l Other guests included the Rev and Mrs Mervin Taylor and daughter. Rena Fayel. Upland; Mr and Mrs Nile Medaugh. Van'Wert. O : Mr and Mrs Fred Blum. Berne. Mrs James Harvey and daughter. Gloria Jean, and Mr and Mrs Frank Carroll, of this city. Edward Moser is visiting witli his parents, the Rev. and Mrs C I! Moser He will leave- at the end of the week for Wheaton college where he will take a post graduate course. A man who travels in a green Packard car has been working in the vicinity of Wren, 0.. soliciting funds which he says arc for hospital equipment to fight polio or for | Veterans of Foreign Wars Van Wert authorities arc* on the look - out for this faker, who gave his name as Miller at on-- place and Nolan at the oth'T. Mr. and Mrs Virgil I'hrick and Mrs Kenneth Kiser motored to Richmond to visit their sister. Jenlie Rhoades, a pa'ient at Easthaven hospital Mrs Robert I’hrick. a sis er in law. also accompanied them I Sgj°SPJTA L 0 n Admiteed Dewitt Hill. Rockford O . Harold Bior.-ln. Rockford. O Howard Haugk. 13" t, West Monroe sc reel Dismissed Mrs. Harold Mele hi. Mum ie. Budenz Identifies Stevens As Leader One Os Top Leaders Os Communist Party New York. Sept I (I P) I.oiiis F Budenz. ii'fonnei leading Coiiimunist. identified Alexander Stevens today as one of the top behind the c-rn.-s" leaders of the Communist party in the I'nited States Budenz) former editor of the Daily Worker who renounc ed Coni inunism in 1915. testified at a deporiatioti hearing lor Stevens, who has lieen accused by other former Communists of being the "big Ih>ss " who would take over the I’. S. gov eminent in event of a Red uprising Budenz said that Stevens, in di reeling the activities of the party here, wielded as much power as Earl Browder, since de|s>sed, I-it j -enelH-nnis. the party * genera, sec retary, and Gerhart Eisler. re-1 piited No I Kienilin agent in the I'nited -States. Budenz said that over a three ( year pcricsl. lie was assigned by Stevens to meet memliers of the. Soviet secret poll- .- operating in the I nited States. He said the meetings took placet in "various child* restaurants in New York ' and at the Stevens hotel In Chicago and that their object was for him Io pass over to the agents information on anti-Staltn i’totskyite groups in America Avoid thr rush! School bookn arc ready now! Holthouwe I hug (o. 20612 I for Beautiful Dry Cleaning (all 147 We're as near as your 'phone. KELLY DRY CLEANERS 427 N. Ninth Street We pick up and deliver.

Some Os Wholesale Meat Prices Lowei Food Price Index Drops During Week Hot weather and consumer re sistanc-e have pulled wholesale meat prices down, hut In anothei development affecting the cost of living today the government eased up on rent control. The government raised rent ceil ing* in Galesburg. 111., by 19 per cent, the first sue ii increase under the intx rent control law Rent di re< tor Tighe E Woods said rent n< reuses in many othe areas prob ably would follow Rent ofti ials sale) the Galesburg case was a clear test of the rule under which a local rent advisory board can obtain a boost in cell -ngs by showing that landlords have suffered hardship. Meanwhile, the department of agri ultttre reported that the heat wave and public apathy toward meat fore ed some dealers to sell -low moving meat to fertilizer plants because it had started to spoil. The Increase In supply over de tnand pushed wholesale pi ic es down four to five cents per fsvund on lamb Dun A Bra-lstreet's weekly report on wholesale food pci-es held fur flier encouragement for price >on sc ions housewives The agenc y said its wholesale food price index drop ped another four cents tor (he week ended Tuesday The index now stands at fm, lowest level sun <- May I Tlie index, made up of 31 basic fcHids. has dropped 2x cents sinceAug. In. Declines were recorded lust week on lit Items, including rye, oats, beef, hams, cheese, eggs, steers and lambs. Hog prices opened weak to 50 cents lower at many c ornbelt mark ets today. In Illinois farm pri- es dropped an average of 2 I percent for the month ended Aug 15, acc circling to the state federal crop reporting ser vice. But in Indianapolis, the pike of milk and buttermilk jumped an other cent a quart, and dairies raised cream prices a cent per half pint Dairy officials said increased wholesale prices made the boost necessary. At Afilwaukee a committee appointee) by mayor Frank Zeidler to ciiveslignle the hit'll cost of living tried to tind out where the con sinner s dollar goes when h<- buys .neal The committee said it was baffled ' Knights Os Pythias Will Meet Thursday The regular meeting of the Knights of I'vthias lodge will he held al Hie lodge home on North Third street Thursday evening at X o'clock All member- lire tequest •d to be present Unusual Cactus Is Owned By Local Lady Mrs Irene Lyons, of r,3!» Schlrmeyer street, is <tuite proud of n ery odd mid unusual cactus wblc h the purchased 15 vear- ago from a local dime store when it was only wo inches tall Now it is nine feet high and the past five years has been blooming eac h summer The first year there were eight buds and they all blasted It has three buds now They c |>en at night and •lose in the day lime The flowers ire white with yellow fringe cen ters and from six to seven inches in diameter with young shcsits around the lease It is taken into the 'louse in winter and moved outside ■gain in the sumtner Many visit<»ls enjoy the huge ca-tils during the blooming season. Indianapolis Railways Employes Given Boost Indianapolis. Sept 1 tl'Pi Employes of Indianapolis railways transit company have been gi anted ireHi.ciccci a year in |<ay increases to end a month-old dispute Icetween the company and union drivers, company officials said tcslay Hourly raises ranging from 12 to 17 cents were giaßted some 150 driveis. The decision was reached '■v a state arbitration board that intervened in thr public utility dispute under a 1917 state law. Say It With* FLOWERS from

Four Minor Parlies On Hoosier Ballots Dixiecrats May File Petition Yet Today liic|iau;c|silis Sept I < I I't Two major ami ' least four mil;--political parties w II lie ed on the lino- <-r Icallot Nov statc-lii-u ollie ials sai.l today i ntil five pin today, petition tor a |dace on the ballot will be t<-i-rlvc-d from minor jiaities at Ho sec rc-iary of stat< otto •• I hucday. tlie state elec t on board will ’ meet and Hile on tin- validity ci? tn petition* Petitions from the p'<> t<- -ive socialist l;<I,or and sen.all t parties already have been filed Eb-c tion (Heard officials -a d they unde t stocsj representatives of the -tat<'tights (Dixiecrutt party planned to file a petition befo <• t -<• d>-adlin<-The Republican. Demociat and p'ohibition fiartte- all were a o--l of a place on th<* ballot with <-it filing petitions Stat- law proiichI that any ne w partv must ,- t -i.natures equa. to one halt of one p--r cent of the total votes cast sot thesecretary of state at the- la-f al ele- tion in o-d-r to am a |- - • oti the ballot The biggest petition wa filed v the jirogressive party. liead<-<l by l preside ntial c andidate Henry AVal lace- and gubernatorial candidate-AA'alte-r N Friable T i<- progr*sive's total was 12<mo signatures tlie- socialist-labor > 2xo and the socialist total 7.K- signatures t'hlirltts Ginsberg, Indianapolis headed tlie- -oe fall- f la’ecif ti ket. Are you going through the fune-tiota, eoldclle »ge period pec ullsr to *->ct-e-i -M to 52 yn ) 1 ISh-« this mnke you ■ utter from hot fliuchrs feel »o Herrout, high-st rung, tired’ Then «e» try Lydia E. Plnkhun'i Vegetable Cornpound to relieve auch svmptonia Plnklcani’4 Compound al-> haa a hat llocton call • •tomachlc tonic effect' HYDH E. PINKHAM’S ■■■■■■■■■■■a QUALITY photofinishinc; Films left before noon on Thurwifiy. hack Ihe next day. Friday. at !• a. m. Holthouse Drug Co. *«■■■■■■■■■

WE RE REVOLUTIONIZING RUG SELLING Y«v Save 13.58 on Luxuriout, Lo%-Wearing DURABELLI 9'x 12'WOOL AX MINSTERS 2 27x43 AXMINSTERS Sr&K 72.46 J RAI AMCf fl IS Mt WffK JS PAvARAt MQNYHIY e Chootrt Florals or Modern PnHerni m BHF Colors* • Thickly TuHvd Virgin Wool Face for Longo< Wear 1 A •tackble corrbmuKor a ’envih wo l p» <•’ ra one tweerv eevMwt nut Fey lee rows rest •• r«e ** ** fe-’arx — Sambtea

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- ii at ;<■ --t Ct c merit.iTh-- liemo-r.its i aid -c-m-- sign--c- w--i<- <-i quail ,<••! from leaving c -. ti num- • on Prog.•• -slve petl ii-,-- - i •• th<-y li.c-l voted in ~|||, the- Republican or Demo--a'l- |et irn.ci . la t April Otb-i . ere tn,l r- i te-r- l vote-i and i t oth> : name- were outright r i . ti,- Ie- rn<o rat < laltnTh- ruliti • «i-• electoral I 0.er.1 - ---■ not aft--- ' th- position , t the I'c-igre site party m t'esek -minty where it <|ualifi--<l as a new pc,l.t ic al pa; ty in an offv* -r • .- c tion