Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 306, Decatur, Adams County, 29 December 1948 — Page 3

DECEMBER 29, 1948

.ball ° aNCE IS ? Sesday NIGHT L ’ crowd attended Psi lota jnty's annuai “ he ij last evening at t the *’ of Columbus hall. Mrs. u Jn c»er was general chair--1 Listed by Mrs- Robert AuBill Melchi, Mrs. Hubert '. Jr Mrs. Joe Kelly, Mrs. an<> Miss Bonnie Lrstein. -Balls and evergreen decoratll)ir tables which surroundi (lanes floor, and evergreen s anl | a lighted Christmas Lre arranged throughout the Morris McClure’s orchestra ished musicIfN BAUGHMAN orED at shower jlelfii Baughman, bride-elect the honored guest at a misus shower Monday evening he home of Miss Kathryn Ann , jliss Baughman was pre- . with a lovely corsage and pred many gifts. wsts were Miss Anna Marie « Miss Betty Anspaugh, Miss Uy Kohler, Miss Mary Leitz, j Kathleen Butler, Miss Donna ‘ rp Mrs. 0. G. Baughman, Mrs. I® and daughter, Beverly Ann. to Haven. Mrs. James Kitchen. Miss Nancy Bell, Miss Ruth thouse. Miss Sue Harper, Mrs. [Crider, Miss Anna Schwartz. Uethro B. Sprunger and Miss Imra Bracey. SERVE SILVER DOING ANNIVERSARY le silver wedding anniversary [rand Mrs. Clyde C. Jones was erred Sunday with a dinner at rhome near Decatur. Those atling were Mr. and Mrs. Miles is, Robert Jones, Mary Jones, Jones and Ellen Jones. Mrs. lookson was an afternoon guest. TERTAIN WITH iNER SUNDAY ugh Lee Ehrman, who left for army Tuesday, was the honored a at a dinner Sunday at the aof Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Ehrand son. Kenneth. hose attending were Mr. and William Ehrman, Mr. and Mrs. rey Landis and son, Steven, Victor Byerly and children, i Barbara. R .nald, Wayne and jorie. Mrs. Dortha Shady, Mrs. la Byerly and children, DoraDelmer and Boyd, Mr. and Billy Monnhan and daughter, Been, Mr. and Mrs. Howard hard and sons, Arland and Hon, Miss Donna Bucher, Loren kty, Robert Nussbaum, Robert Ban. Dale Fruchte, Robert Hag--1 Richard Conrad, Darrel Am- ■ Billy Arnold and Edward Dick.

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Society Items for days publication must be phoned in by 11 am (Saturday 9:30 a.m.) Phone 1000-1001 Miss Betty Melchi FRIDAY DEADLINE Society items for Friday’s publication must be in this office not later than 9:30 a.m. on that day. Wednesday Order of Eastern Star called meeting, Masonic hall, 8 p.m. Union Township Home Economics club, Mrs. Clarence Mitchell, all day. Bethany circle of Zion Evangelical and Reformed church. Miss Matilda Sellemeyer and Mrs. Ralph Yager, 6:30 p.m. Thursday Women of -the Moose. Moose home, 7:30 p.m., officers, 7 p.m. Order of Rainbow girls subscription dance, Masonic hall, 9 to 12. Friday Faithful Workers class of Union Chapel church, church basement, 7 p.m. Pleasant Mills Methodist Willing Workers class, Mr. and Mrs. RoyPrice, 8 p.m. Bake sale, St. Mary's society, Catholic school, 2 to 4 p.m. Monday Adams county home economics club chorus, Monroe school, 7:30 p.m. Junior auxiliary of American Legion. Legion home. 4:30 p.m. Research club, Mrs. Ivan Stucky, 2:30 p.m. WILLING WORKERS CLASS IN MEETING The Willing Workers class of the Monroe Methodist church held its Christmas party Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Floyd. The meeting was opened with group singing and sentence prayers. Readings were given by Mrs. Dore Snyder and Mrs. Hahnert, following which the officers were reelected for the coming year. The (jhristmas gift exchange followed and rrefreshments were served by Mrs. Floyd, assisted by Mrs. | Bohner and Mrs. Sherman Essex. |

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The Adams county home economics club chorus wiil meet at seven thirty o clock Monday evening at the Monroe school. 1 he Junior auxiliary of the American Legion will meet Monday afternoon at four thirty o'clock at the Legion home. Mis. Ivan Stucky will be hostess to the Research club Monday afternoon at two thirty o'clock. Mrs. A. R- Holthouse will be program leader. The Rainbow dance, scheduled tor T hursday night, is for members and their friends and will not be open to the public as previously announced. Tickets-may be obtained from members or at the door upon being recommended by a member. P if* 7h» L. of C. ladies, junior American Legion auxiliary, Cub Scouts and the Election school were among those who finished favors for the food trays of patients at the local hospital Christmas day. Mr. and Mrs. George M. Roop and sons, David and Daniel, entertained the following guests on Christmas day: Mr. and Mrs. George Dull. Mrs. Matti Cowan, of Wren. 0., Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Myers, Martha Myers, Ohio City, 0., Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gleckler, Mrs. Margie, Shaffer, Miss Kathryn Shaffer, Monroeville; Mrs. Jessie Royce, Carl Royer, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Teeple, Decatur- Edward Hudspeth, Guthrie, Okla. Janies Casey and Charles Groulx. seniors at Midland high school have returned to their homes in Midland. Mich., after spending the holidays with Ronald Smith of this city. Miss Rita Osterman, Miss Donna Lou Kortenber, Jim Habegger of Berne, and Jim Ehler attended the Tri Kappa Christmas dance at the Elks home in Bluffton Monday night. Mrs. Elsie Fuelling returned home from Fulton, N. Y., Tuesday where she attended funeral services for her mother, Mrs. Emma Schultz, whose death occured last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Roger MesKberger and family, of Nashville, were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Burke. ; Mr. and Mrs. Dick Shaw, of Shelj by, Ohio, have returned home afj ter a holiday visit with Mrs. Shaw’s I mother, Mrs. Frank Allwein.

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Mr. and Mrs. Ted McClintock, their daughters, Misses Joan and Susan and son Andy of Benton Harbor, Mich., visited with Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Teeple over the Christmas holiday. .Miss Joan is home from Vassar College, where she is a sophomore. The Elks will enjoy a New Years eve party with a dance. A new highway mail coachline, with 20 stops, has been authorized to operate between Indianapolis and Fort Wayne. It will start January 17, it is announced. Tim Murphy has ibeen admitted as a patient in the Van Wert county hospital. The Van Wert city council has voted to purchase an additional 40 acre tract of land to ibe added to the present airport. The Rev. and Mrs. E. E. Bragg, of Bourbon, formerly of Decatur, visited here Tuesday. Rev. Bragg recently accepted the pastorate of the Evangelical United Brethren church in Bourbon and moved his family to that town. The Rev. and Mrs. Harry Walrond and family, of Greencastle, and Mrs. Walrond’s mother, Mrs. Nellie Hawkins, also of Greencastle, are visiting the Rev. A. C. E. Gillander family in Decatur. Rev. Wairond, who is pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Greencastle, will have charge of the devotionals at the annual congregational supper and meeting at the local Presbyterian church tonight. Mr. and Mrs. James W. Eck are parents of a baby boy, born Tuesday, December 21, in Montourville, Pa. He weighed 7 pounds, lOVfe ounces. Mrs. Eck is the former Miss Patricia Light. Mr. and Mrs. Florian Keller are parents of a 9 pound, 11% ounce baby girl, born this morning at 6:45 o’clock at the Adams county memorial hospital. She h:.s not been named. WjOSPJTAL Admitted: Ed Colchin, 234 South Fourth street; Mary Louise Sheets, route 5; Caroline Sue Sheets, route 5. • * Dismissed: Jerry Lee McCague, Sixth street; Lois Jean Gerke, route 5; John Neireiter, Homestead; Charles DeConinck, Hoagland; Judith Ann Darr. Kokomo Man Killed As Auto Hits Truck Noblesville, Ind., Dec. 29 — (UP — Harry E. Malott. 41, Kokomo, was killed last night when his car collided with a truck at the junction of U. S. 31 and Ind. 431. Steury's Abattoir Looted By Thieves Steury’s abattoir, north of Decatnr on U. S. 27. was looted by a thief or thieves sometime before 7 o'clock this morning, sheriff Herman Bowman reported. Entering by the back door, the burglars damaged the building to the extent of $75 and stole at least SSB worth of canned beef, an acetylene torch, a tutting torch, a heavy hammer and a wrecking bar. Ignoring a safe, the prowlers took their loot out the front door and made a clean getaway. The crime was discovered early this morning when the abattoir was opened, and the sheriff was called in to investigate. Composer-Conductor David Rose Is Wed Las Vegas, Nev., Dec. 29.—(UP) -Composer-conductor David Rose was honeymooning today with his third wife, 21-year-old model Betty Bigelow. The two were married last night at El Rancho Vegas hotel. Rose. 38. formerly was married to actresses Martha Raye and Judy Garland. Three Decatur Men Taken To Portland Three Decatur men were taken to the county jail at Portland this morning by Jay county sheriff Clarence Bishop after their arrest here on a felony charge. The third man. Clarence Uhrick. was arrested late Tuesday by sheriff Herman Bowman Two others. Gerald Sprague and Richard Swygart. had been ki the Adams county jail awaiting sheriff Bishop’s arrival. Allegedly implicated in the thefts of property belonging to Robert Blunt, a Jay county resident the men will be tried in Jay circuit court They were arrested by sheriff Bowman on a bench warrant from that court.

Wholesale Food Prices Decline Two Percent Drop During Past Week New York, Dec. 29 — (UP) — Wholesale food prices dropped more than 14 percent in 1948 after reaching an all-time high on July 13, Dun & Bradstreet reported today. The Dun & Bradstreet index of ■wholesale food prices for the week ended Dec. 28 declined 2 cents to $6.21. The recession (brought to $1.15 the cumulative drop from the July peak of $7.36. At $6.21 the agency index was 14.2 percent below the closing 1947 level of $7.24. The index is the total price per pound of 31 foods in general use. In the latest week the price of seven foods were higher six were lower and 18 were unchanged. For the 52-week span of 1948, the agency also disclosed, the index averaged $6.82, an all-time high average that was 4 percent above 1947's average of $6.56 and more than double the 1941 average og $.Ol. The 194^ average was 37.5 percent higher than the 1919 average figure of $4.96. The all-time low for the index was reached Jan. 31,1933, when the figure dipped to $1.49. Musical Program Is Enjoyed By Lions The Lions club meeting Tuesday evening featured a musical program, with Wilson Beery as chairman. Master Jackie Dailey, accompanied by his mother, Mrs. Harry Dailey, rendered several vocal selections. Vernon Smltley, a student at Indiana Central college, Indianapolis, favored the group with piano selections. Fort Wayne Laundry Destroyed By Fire Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. 29 — (UP) — Fire all but completely destroyed the two-story ibrick (building housing the Bon Ton laundry here early today. Damage was estimated tentatively at $50,000. The in’erior of the building was left in ruins, although the brick walls were still standing after the flames were brought under control. The cause of the blaze was not known. Smith Brothers Are Placed On Probation Arthur C. Smi'h, 22, of near Decatur, former filling station operator here and his brother Gale. 20, of Warsaw, were placed on probation for three years Tuesday 'by federal judge Luther Swygert at Fort Wayne. The brothers pleaded guilty o theft of an automobile last summer at Van Wert, O. They* told Judge Swygert they had returned the automobile to its rightful owner and had paid for the damages. The brothers made the headlines last summer when they were arrested in Fort Wayne for raising a, stockyards company check after the sale of a cow to the firm. Secretary Marshall Home From Hospital Pinehurst, N. C., Dec. 29—(UP) —Secretary of state George C. Marshall was at his winter home. Lipscombe Lodge, near here today, recuperating from a recent operation. The secretary flew here from Washington yesterday with Mrs. Marshall shortly after he was released from Walter Reed General hospital, where he underwent a kidney operation several weeks ago. There was no indication of how soon Marshall expected to return to his post in the state depart inent. LOVETT LASHES (Cont. From Page One) top-level consultations within the state department yesterday. A Hungarian communique accused the cardinal of plotting to bring about the return of the Hapsburg monarchy to Hungary and of seeking western power aid to drive out the communists. Its charges that the cardinal discussed the plot in the United States last year with Francis Cardinal Spellman and Otto, the Hapsburg pretender, brought flat denials here. The communiqut claimed the meeting with Otte took place at a monastery near Chicago. Catholic officials here professed no knowledge of such a meeting, and Otto's brother. Archduke Fe ilx, said: "I am sure the report is not correct." He said Otto was currently in Paris but would return to this country for a lecture tour late in January.

Aladar Szegedy-Maszak. former Hungarian minister to the U. S. who quit his post when the communists took over in Budapest, said the charges against the cardinal were "trumped up.” In New York yesterday, Francis Cardinal Spellman said the communique's allegation that Cardinal Mindszenty contacted him concerning the plot was "false." Meanwhile diplomatic quarters here focussed attention on reports that persecution of the Catholic church in Poland has been Intensified in recent weeks. Lengthy reports made available to the United Press cited repeated instances of arrests of Catholic priests and laymen, confiscation of church property and closing of church schools. One report said an order of the Polish ministry of justice forbade the singing of Christmas carols in the public schools during the recent Christmas season. It said further that Christmas Eve midnight masses were not held in Polish churches this year because of “communist hooliganism" that disrupted similar services in 1947. SECURITY (Cont. From Page One) abstained. Russia and the Ukraine voted for the section of the resolution calling for a cease fire at once. An American spokesman said the United States abstention was for lack of orders from Washington. | Before the vote, ißeeley told the , council that the Jewish forces had thrust “well within Egyptian territory.” The word just received from the British embassy in Cairo, he said, was that the push into Egypt had reached within six miles of El Arish, coastal town some 30 miles beyond the frontier at which fighting had been going on for several days.

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Egypt tried unsuccessfully last 1 year to revise the treaty -with Britain calling for mutual assistance in event of war. The negotiations | were broken off because the Egyptians 'failed to get satisfaction on two points — immediate and complete evacuation of British troops from Egypt, ar.d unity of Egypt amt the Sudan, Article seven o. t..< .' nglo-Egyp tian treaty reads: “Should XXX either of the high contracting parties become engaged in war, the other high contracting party will XXX immediately come j to his aid in the capacity of an ally.” The only reservations were that nothing in the treaty should prejudice the "rights and obligations" of either party under the old League of Na ions covenant, now supplanted by the United Nations or the long dead Kellogg-Briand pact. Egypt tried after the failure to negotiation revisions of the treaty to get the UN security council to declare it null and void. The coun-

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' cil did not do so. During council dehato, Sir Alexander Cadogan of Great Britain made it clear that Britain considered the treaty in full force. He reminded the council last year that the treaty had nine more years to run before either party had any - right to demand a revision. He added that the British government, nevertheless, “as an act of grace,” did try the negotiations with Egypt. | The British report of a Jewish invasion of Egypt was the first public word of that sort from anywhere. — Roller Skalir.g New Years Eve, Dec. 31, 8 p. m. till ? Hats, confetti, cerpentine balloons and a new pair of shoe skates.—SunSet.

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