Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1948 — Page 3

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■ cNfIW BALL W FOR TUESDAY B' vj vniwiiv will spoilBall dance B ’Ling fn-m ten to one W.',, K.u-11'S <f Columbus <'i < liesfru flM<ni fcrmal at:air. . .1J- " iri . stained i ro:n I the sorority or at night. 11l SIGMA ■ri’ESDAY • ■:. > Brandym-rry an I entertain'-1 ■ M\.>:ttv Tile-dr. HUt'i-aitiing rooms ■ ■ "-'I -rotcli Pine. |S ..... was marked I ’.Hiatiire Santa Claus. ■ f . Hiltner. Santa disj| . Blends were ■ were won by Mrs. .Mrs. Leo Faurote, ■ Arneid and .Mrs. Dan I.ewis Smitley will II ■..../ January meet Ina. Lary GUILD K E TING TUESDAY ypsmiarv vnild of the ■ r .11 United P.r.-th-, B . I'hrisimas party B,ei.e at 'he home of B, ( i Win;i Tuesday en nine B dinner. Miss Shir B ... using B. • ••Christmas Offers ,i: er which Miss B 'liT president. conductB. ■ . ting. Idler r.r.ve I roll call. S 'mills will be the ■ Miss Shirley Sudduth " ill be hostess for B. : BAND MEMBERS ■rtained RECENTLY ■ Terple. president of |Bf,a'ur t'a'lmlii- high school ■ twenty eight M....; . o nt the home im Jackson street. 'i I '.'. were sung. fol.if - exchange and I A delicious I -a later Heir s Immitifully decorated tree. were Elbe: t 1 .. Fort Wayne. Lass, Betty Brann. Big.:: Kathleen Smith. Man Hl-' - ’ irie Miller. Joseph i . i harleiie Evan Hi-’. c....’. (leels. Shir B- "■•iling I.unis I! si 1:1a '. jB ie Kin'.' and Rut r The.,, unable to attend dileii. Rita Runisi h■Sale:.,- I.ament and Deloris ■lie Skirt Divine I tO® ’ / I 111 ■7 / / 111 B- / I Hi "l’ :2 7 1 111 ■ I V \ II I •fl I v \ il I I i v *« Il fl I V A IJ ■ i \iA > i : \va / \ w / I\ T / I \ \ • I - 1 \ • I ' 1 \ < -I I \ i \ \ ' ii \ < sil \ * \4 1 J •i I wk-interest skirt — and t , ( ®nt front in fashion. In ] J match or contrast, it , ’nlkaway suit with any / with an - v blouse! ! th « « <omPS in waist < 3n , 32 inches. Size / M Tw^? s i 4 inch - J Ifer >kF‘^ T Y Fi v E cents in / P a, i®rn to Decatur * j Pattern Dep' < I? w*on St, Chicago S". f Mainly YOUR NAME. » £ 0 ? - Z OSE. SIZE, STYLE J I? 1 * oman sews, what J liv ». B . loves 10 *ear. in our « Fail and Win * hikL^ String dollar kfaT 0 * sense wi t h tl ”’ B * - 4 iL. bl’ s’y’es. Christmas 4 4»u iri<l FREE pa'tem for < 1 »‘>~ pa<4 Printed in the < ti-.i fIFFN cente more 1 took to you! «

t Society Items f or days publica- , tion must be phoned in by 11 am r (Saturday 9:30 a.m.) Phone 1000-1001 , Miss Betty Melchl FRIDAY DEADLINE Society items for Friday's publication must be in by 9:30 a.m. on that day. Wednesday Vincent de Paul society, 2 p.m. Thursday Aaolian choir, music room, juniorsenior high school, 7:.hi) pm iMonmouth P. T. A., school. 12:30 p.m. Order of Easte’n Star. Masonic hall. 7:30 p.m, Christmas party fol- ! lowing. Tuesday Beta Sigma Phi sorority, city hall, S p.m. ST. PAUL LADIES I AID IN MEETING The annual Christmas party of the St. Paul’s Ladies Aid society was held at the home of Mrs. . Dwight Schnepp. A delicious p.>ti luck dinner was served at the noon , hour, toP.owed by the group singI ing "Silent Night," and prayer, ofi lered by Mrs. A'.e Schnepp and i Mrs. Frank Martin. Recitations were given by Jerry Franz, Pauli Scheidered and (lyneili Schnepp. I The gift exchange folk wed. New officers elected for the coming year are president. Mrs. Lyle Franz: vice-president. Mrs. Gale I Cook; treasurer. Mrs. Forest Durr: press reporter. Mrs. Dwight | Schnepp. Those present at the meeting I were Mrs. Franz. Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Durr. Mrs. Martin. Mrs Kermeth Parrish. Mrs. Lawrenc f'mith and i daughter, Mrs. John inndenlanc. I Mrs. Clara Hague, Mrs Mcßride, Mrs. Roy Shoaff and Mrs Arthur Fcheiderer. Hostesses were Mrs. Dwight Schnepp and Mrs. Abe j Schnepp. MRS. W. L. HARPER HOSTESS TO C .UB Mrs. \V L. Harper was hostess to members of the Research club Mon day afternoon. A Chi is, mas lunch eon was served at one o'clock at beautifully decorated tables. The Harper home was decorated with a large Christmas tree, lighted can Iles, and pine boughs. Assisting Mrs. Harper with the 'uncheon were .Mrs. Leonard Sav lors. Mrs. 0. H. Haubold. Mrs \\ ,J. Krick. Mrs F. 11. Heuer, and Mrs. F. 11. Willard Following the luncheon. Mrs. 0 L. Vance presided at the business meeting. The members repeated the club collect, after which the leaders, Mrs. W. J. Krick and Mrs. O

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io Observe 50th Anniversary kF M ’I he golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Spade, well-known Kirk and township residents, will be observed with a family dinner on Sautrday, and open house for friends and relatives from two io four o'clock and seven to nine o'clock Sunday at their home in Peter on. The Rev. D. M. Byerlv officiated at the couple’s wedding, so'emi nized on December 24, 1898, at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. John Barger, in Craigville. The celebrants have five children: Mrs. Otto Dilling, of Griffith. Mrs Arthur Kelly, Mrs. Willard Mcßride, Mrs. Theodore Heller and Mrs. Lionard Liech'y, all of this city; eight grandchildren and four great grandchildri n. The occasion will also mark the twelfth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lieehty.

; H. Haubold, presented the program. Mrs. Krick sang three selections, accompanied by Mrs. (). H. Haubold. "A Cradle Song of the Blessed Vir'gin," l.vtin carol; "The Gift," Behrend; “The Angel Song," Stiekles. The group then sang three Christmas carols. “Adeste Fideles,” “The r’irst Noel" and "Hark the Herald \ngels Sing." Mrs. Haubold also ; gave a very interesting paper on 'hristmas music in foreign lands. 0 Little Town of Be'hlehem" and '"lt Come Upon the Midnight Clear," were sung by the group, and two vocal selections from Handel’s Messiah were given by Mrs. Krick. The 'program concluded with the group 'singing "Silent Night" The next .meei't'g v "i be held htnuary 3 at the home at Mrs. Ivan Stucky. Mrs A. il. Holthouse will be program leader. Beta Sigma Phi sorority will meet ::t eight o'clock Tuesday evening it the city hall. The Aeolian choir will have regu lar teiieaisal Thursday evening at -even thir y o'clock in the music room of the ''unior-senior high ;choid. i Miss Jacquelyn Warren, student nurse at St. Joseph's hospital, Fort Wayne, will arrive home today for i week's visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Warren. The estate of the late Walter G. ' Heller, prominent Bluffton man has been valued at $83,719 and he illiieritence tax fixed at $636. Miss Marjorie Schnepf, Roger Schnepf and Di k Heller. Jr. motored to Indianapolis today. Dr. and Mrs Ben Duke left today for Chicago, where they will oaru a plane lor Miami. Fla. whe'e 'hey will visit during the holidays. Possibly the most admired outdoor Christmas decorations in the | city are those of the local fire house The Decatur tire department ! took advantage of the handy fittrees and decked out the headquar ters in Yuletide splendor.

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I Mrs. D. B. Erwin left yesterday i, | for Bloomington, where she will be I, i joined by her niece, Mrs. Cameron ' ami daughter, and they will motor ' to Sarasota, Fla. Mrs. Cameron will .. ■ return after the holidays while Mrs. -! Erwin plans to remain until April, e Mr. and Mrs. Carlysle Flanders 11 and son. Pierce, of Fort Wayne, ; | will he dinner guests at the George i Flanders home Christmas day. Harry Heed, who used to operate I linotypes in Hawaii, brought us in " a copy of the New York Mirror i- showing interesting pictures of ,- scenes in that country where ? "every night is like June and the > I air smells like champaign. The Island is trying to become the 49th I state of the V. S. , The Presbyterian Sunday school ! entertainment will lie given to- ; night. Frank Lundin, son of Frank Lunt din, R. 6. is included on the list of , of those who made the honor roll for tile fall quarter at Manchester College. This list includes those I students whose grades ranked in the , highest 10 percent in each class. , Lundin is a senior majoring in ] chemistry. Alpha Zeta. natHa ; griculture 1 honorary. has anr<>’i.cet. the pledging of 55 students in the school of agriculture of Purdue university. Pledges from the junior class include Ronald Stucky, 227 Nor h Third street. - Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wilhelm, of 1 Marion. lowa, are parents of a baby ' girl, horn December 6. She weigh- ( ■'ed 7 pounds, 10 ounces and has , been named Donna Mae. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Shack ! ley. of Ninth street, are the paren s ' of a baby girl, born at 8:53 p in. i Tuesday at the Adams county mem- i trial hospital. She weighed 81 i pounds. 14’A ounces. A baby boy was born to Mr. and | Mrs. Donald Strayer. Willshire, at' 2:16 o’clock this morning at the local hospi al. He weighed 7 pounds. liD£ ounces. An 8 pound. 3 ounce baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Verlyn Geyer. Willshire. ().. this morning at 6:05 o’clock at the Adams couny hospital. She has not been nam-1 led. Admitted Mrs. Everett Sheets. I Dismissed: Walter Fruechte.l route 1. Brownie troop sixteen met Tues- ■ day afternoon at the Lincoln school tor a Christmas party. Gifts were 1 exchanged and refreshments were ! served. Games were later played. I Kathleen Kohne. scribe : ‘Tis not enough that Christ was born in Bethlehem, he must be born in you. I • 1 Trade in a Gooo toot. — Decatur

Roscoe C. O'Byrne To Head Commission Retired Judge Is Schricker Nominee Indianapolis, Dec. 22 - (UP) — Roscoe C. O'Byrne, Brookville, reared judge of the Franklin-Union circuit court, today was slated to take over as chairman of the Indiana public service commission in Gov. elect Henry F. Schricker's ad ministration. Schricker announced O'Byrne’s appointment la'e yesterday. O'Byrne will succeed Leroy E. Yoder, Goshen, on Jan. 10. O'Byrne served three terms as Franklin-circuit judge and in 1942 was the Democratic candidate for judge of the state supreme court. He retired from the bench in 194 G and has been practicing law in Brookville since. Schricker thus departed from a tendency to name members of his first administration to key posts ri his new official family. He has still to name the other two members of the three-man commission to succeed Lawrence W. Cannon. Michigan City, a Democrat, and Lawrence E. Carlson. Huntington,' a Republican. O'Byrne, a native of Indiana whol has lived in Franklin county all, his life, has (been practicing law ■ since 1918, when he was discharged from the army service in World War I. He first was elected judge of the 37th judicial circuit in 1928. He was reelected in 1934 and 1940. He served as state chairman of eonHnit'ees on American citizenship and membership of the Indiana state bar association and is a member of the American bar association. His wife, iMrs. Estelle A. O'Byrne, is the president-general of the daughters of the American revolution, the third Hoosier woman ever to hold the office. She once headed the Indiana DAR. Decatur's Postal Workers Heading To Home Stretch Decatur postal workers were coming down the home stretch today, with the better part of their 3(10,000 letters and parcels taken care of. They've been handling 35,000 pieces of mail each day for almost a week, which is almost six times the normal load Seven additional carriers' helpers have been added to the force, but the plight of the mailman is nevertheless unhappy At this late date the only way of jexpediting out-of-town Christmas j cards is by airmail, postmaster Leo [ Kirsch explained. He added a note of caution — those third class mail I cards must not hate the envelopes ' sealed. Not even with a Christmas Seal. Deputy Attorney General Is Dead Indianapolis, Dec. 22 — (UP) — Miller Davis, 60, state deputy at torney general and former Terre Haute attorney, died in St. Vin- 1 ' cent's hospital of a heart ailmen’ I yesterday. Davis, a deputy attorney general l i assigned to the state department of I conservation since 1945. was StrickI '

MAKE IT A Merry Christmas with FLOWERS POINSETTIAS BEGONIAS AZALEAS SMALL POTTERY PLANTS EVERGREENS Warren's Flower and Gift Shop Phone 478 910 W. Monroe St.

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z ’’ i ■ k I i 1 JI . Ife S ■"A / U 1 i j j ■ TRENTON, N. J., police examine literally bushels of hard money found in home of 84-year-old re- ' cluse William H. Higgins, found I suffering malnutrition and gan- | ; grenous feet. It all came from I 15-cent parking fees collected ; over seven-year period for space on lot on which his shack stands. Higgins was taken to a hospital The hoard Is estimated at around SIO,OOO. (Internativn /• en while preparing data for a state j conservation commission meeting, i Conservation department attaches j rushed him to the hospital, where I he died a short time later. Davis was Terre Haute city at- ' torney from 1923 to 1930 and later was Vigo county Republican chair- : man. He practiced law at Terre ! Haute until 1942. He is survived ' by his wife, Cecilia, a daughter, a J son, his mother, two brothers, a I sister and a grandchild. i See our beautiful line of I Christmas cards and box assortments. Fino quality—. all prices. — Kohne Drug’ Store. 1

EVELYN ROOP BEAUTY SHOP Now Open For Business ( ALL FOR APPOINTMENT Phone 205 108 N. 9th Here’s a real Gift idea... Have a Spencer designed juit for lierl It will five her the lovely lines the lonji to have—leu ’ a (atifue, now vitali- Aa ty, tool '/N Rieh, (lean* / Ljjl \ I ing materiala Ixji JpA | —plain or brocadotL 1 1 Moderate price I /l, I I Mr» ij’l. Il Leota Connell rS \<l 209 S. ThlfF V Phone 84f \t I SPENCER SUPPORTS

Stolen Kisses Cost Bus Driver S2OO Waukesha, Wis., Dec. 22 — (UP) — It cost bus driver Henry Bucholz a S2OO fine today because hstole kisses from a pretty 16 year- | old high school girl passenger. The girl told her parents, who charged .Buchol* with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Bucholz waived preliminary examination 'because he "wanted to get the business over with before the holidays." Never a better time to be children than at Christmas when Jesus was born.

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Roller Skating, Fri., Dec. 24, Christmas Eve. Free Candy. — Sun-Set. It ,) CLEANING DAYS ■ L TILL CHRISTMAS SUITS I SHEETS I CLEANERS Phone JJJ