Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 5 January 1949 — Page 3

'EDNESDAY, -JANUARY 5, 1949

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WEDDING RFORMED SUNDAY Miss Joan Byerly chose a gown - iwhite satin for her wedding to ren Liechty, son of Mr. and Airs. !l bert Liechty, of Berne, which ">k place Sunday evening at six rty o’clock at the Pleasant Dale irch of the Brethren. The bride a daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. VieMByerly of route 2. rhe Rev. Russell Weller officialat the ceremony, performed bee a candlelight altar, banked :h silvery evergreen trees, and tkets of gladiolus. Evergreen I( |ghs and lighted tapers were ced in each window and at each tividual pew. Mrs. Dale Liby, pianist, accomlied Mrs. John Leys-? in singing Love You Truly," and "Because," 1 Mrs. Leyse and Russell Baum•dner in singing “Cross Roads.” s. Liby also -played “The SweetStory Ever Told,” "Thine me," “Indian Love Call." “InterMO,” “At Dawning." and Lohenn’s and Mendelssohn’s wedding bches. The bridal gown featured a deep around silk net yoke, and with she wore a finger tip veil of ilion and a single strand of pearls, gift of the groom. Her bouquet 8 of white gladiolus. Hiss Barbara Byerly as maid-of- | Bor wore green satin and carried louquet of yellow dahlias and jonils. The bridesmaids, Miss Milid Barger and Miss Ester Tedple, re orchid satin and carried coital bouquets of yellow, pink and ite asters. Robert Nussbaum served the jom as -best man, and Ronald eriy and Robert Liechty ushered. ~3o’h Mrs. Byerly and Mrs. Liechchose black with matching acres •ies and corsages of pink roses, following a reception in the irch basement, the couple left a wedding trip to Florida and >n their return will reside at > Van Buren street. Berne. The new Mrs. Liechty is a grad:e of Kirkland high school and employed at the General Electric . The groom graduated from me high school and is an em- , iye of the International Harvcs--2 Co., Fort Wayne. IkRCELLA MILLER EDS RICHARD BRYAN The wedding of Miss Marcella Iler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. rtls Miller, of route 5. and RichI Bryan, son of Mr. and Mrs. ester Bryan, of Monroe, took ,ce at seven thirty o’clock on cember 23, at the Union Chapel angelical United Brethren irch. The Rev. Lawrence Norris ■eived the double ring vows, ’receding the ceremony, Mrs. rl Chase presented a solovox and x no musicale. including "Christs Carols," "Liebestraum," “Ah I Poularity Outfit ISA I \ '/Tn li 1. | \ f/« f H 1 | f A 9079 WiS A 11-17 , nr**«**a *niA*fi* Popularity begins with Pattern f>. A gay full-skirted jumper blouse with swank cuffs make outfit to take you smartly to at, and off on gay weekends Pattern 9079 in Jr. Miss sizes 19. 15. 17. Size 13 jumper 3% s. 39-ir blouse. 2 yds. ■■TWENTY-FIVE cents it. ins for this pattern to Decatut ■Mjemocrat. Pattern Dept.. > N. Jefferson St.. Chicago 80, 111 ine plainlv YOUR NAME. Al* IESB. ZONE, SIZE, STYLE Look feminine for masculine es' A glamour wardrobe in our ARIAN MARTIN colorful Winr Pattern Book! Sewing dollar? ’k*W»hion sense with these •arable livable styles. Gift pares O; aid FREE pattern for new olde&boulder pad printed in • book FIFTEEN cents more ftgßKis book to you!

S 3 Society Items for days publication must be phoned In by 11 a.m. (Saturday 9:30 a.m.) Phone 1000-1001 Miss Betty Melchl Wednesday St. Fidelis study club, postponed. Our Lady of Good Counsel study club, Mrs. Otto Hake, 8 p.m. Psi lo'a Xi sorority, Elks home, 8 p.m. Girl Scout leaders meeting, high school, 1:30 p.m. Ladies Shakespeare club, Mrs. Milo W. Black, 2:30 p.m. Thursday Ladies Aid society of Trinity Evangelical U. B. church, church, 7:30 p.m. Rainbow for Girls initiation, Masonic hall. 6:30 p.m. Ever Ready class of First Methodist church, Mrs. Paul Edwards, 7:30 p.m. Ladies Aid society of First Christian church, Mrs. Henry Lichtensteiger, 7:30 p.m. Women’s Missionary society of Nuttman Avenue U. iB. church, Mrs. Jessie Diehl, 7:30 p.m. Ladies Aid society of Union Chapel. church, all day. W. S. C. 6. of Monroe Methodist church, church aimex. 7:30 p.m. -Historical club, Mrs. Delton Passwater, 2:30 p.m. Pleasant Dale Ladies Aid society, church basement, all day. Presbyterian Women's Home and Foreign Missionary socie'y, Mrs. James Elberson, 2:30 p.m., spiritual life meditation, 2 p.m. Friday -Ave Maria study club, Mrs. Charles Voglewede, 8 p.m. Pocahontas lodge, -Red Men hall, 7:30 p.m. Work and Win class of Trinity Evangelical U. B. church, Mr. and Mrs. Cecii Harvey, 7:30 p.m. Sunday Valparaiso University Women’s guild tea, Zion Lutheran Church, 3 p.m. Girls Missionary guild of Union Chapel, Frances Miller, 1:30 p.m. Monday Decatur Woman’s club, library, 7:45 p.m. Tuesday Church Mothers study club, Mrs. Hugh Engle, 8 p.m. Happy Homemakers club of Washington township, Mrs. Floyd Mitchel, 7:30 p.m. Sweet Mystery of Life,” "Always," and “I Love You Truly." ”0 Promise Me" was played softly during the ceremony and the traditional wedding marches wen used. The -bride chose for her wedding a suit of gray with black a c°ssories and an orchid corsage. Her only jewelry was a single strand of

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pearls, a gift of the groom. Miss Marcella Hoffman attended ihe bride in an identically styled suit of darker gray and wore black accessories and a single orchid. Doyt Bryan served his brother as best man. Mrs. Miller was attired in blue and wore -black accessories, while the groom's mother wore forest green with brown accessories. Their corsages were of yellow roses. A reception for the immediate families followed at the home of the -bride’s parents. The new Mrs. Bryan graduated from Decatur high school and is employed at the Northern Indiana Public Service Co. The groom is a student at Ball State Teachers college, Muncie. MUSICALE AND FASHION SHOW TO BE GIVEN Irene Hicks has been named general chairman of the musicale and fashion show’ to be given by the Business and Professional Women o-n -February 2. Models and clothes will be presented by -PattersonFletcher Co., Fort Wayne, and Jane Weston of radio station WO-W-0 will -be moderator. Committees appointed are: decorations, Anna K. Williams, chairman, Jollie Kelly, Marcia Martin and -Aldine Frauhiger; entertainment, Georgia Foughty, chairman. Glennys Roop, -Matilda Sellemeyer. Hilda Moorehouse, Helen Graber and Grace Lichtensteiger; tables. Dorothy Hunt, Von Reber, Laurine Black, Jleva Stauffer, Dorothy West, Dorothy Cottrell, Mardi Kleinhenz and Esther Hann; refreshments, Joan Wemhoff, chairman, Amanda Steury, Jo Nelreiter, Marjorie -Rentz, Rose Ellen Miller. Eleanor Bieberich and Betty McMillan; tickets, -Mary M. Terveer, chairman. Rosemary Spangler, Bessie Teepie, Vera Sauer, Mary S. Spangler, Ferm Passwater, Rose Center and Olive Journey; publicity, Mary Alice Beineke And Evelyn Frohnapfel. RESEARCH CLUB MEETING HELD Mrs. Ivan Stucky was hostess Monday afternoon to members of the Research club. Mrs. O. L. Vance presided at the mee’ing, opened with the group repeating the club collect. Mrs. A. -R. Holthouse, program 'eader, prepared a paper on famous journalists. In her paper she stilted that Noah Webs’er founded the New York Glo-be, known first as the American Minerva, and then as the Commercial Advertiser, in Ne v York City on December 9, 1793. younger than the republic by seventeen years. The New York Globe had the distinc’ion of being America's oldest daily newspaper when it celebrated its one hundred and twpnty-fiifth year in 1918. Noah Webster’s journalistic career began on his father’s farm when as a boy of nine he took his Latin grammer to the fields to perfect his knowledge of word and composition. His chief aim in founding a newspaper was to support the Constitution of the Uni'ed States. At the conclusion of the program.

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a -brief business meeting was conducted. Mrs. Sylvester Everhart accepted membership into the club. Mrs. O. L. Vance .will be hostess to the club on January 17. This will be a current events program. WILLING WORKERS CLASS IN MEETING The Pleasant Mills Methodist Willing Workers class met recently at the home of Mr. and -Mrs. Roy Price, with fifteen members and one guest attending. The meeting, conducted by the president, Murray Holloway, was opened with devotions by Mrs. Elmer Golliff and prayer, offered by Mrs. Murray Holloway. •Lovely refreshments were served by Mr. and Mrs. Price at a later hour. ROSALEEN MYERS ENGAGED TO WED Am announcement by Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Myers, of route 5, concerns the engagement of tiheir daughter, Rosaleen, to William Long, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Long, of Monroeville. Miss Myers is a graduate of Decatur high school and is employed in the office of the Yost Construction Co., Inc., Mr. Long is a graduate cf Monroeville high school. VALPARAISO GUILD TO BE ORGANIZED A Decatur chapter of the Valparaiso university Women’s guild will be organized here at a tea to be given -Sunday afternoon at three o'clock in the Zion Lutheran church basement. Mrs. C. R. Heidbrink, executive secretary of the national organization, -will be present to explain guild activities and assist with local plans. Women from all of the ten Lutheran congregations in this vicinity have been invited. Nearly eighteen years ago a small group of Lutheran women met in Valparaiso to organize what is now known as the Valparaiso University -guild. In the short time of less than two decades the guild has grown into an organization consisting of sixty four chapters with a membership of over five thousand. The current project of the guild is to raise funds for the erection of a prayer chapel on the new campus at Valparaiso. Mrs. Erwin Kurth, president of the Fort Wayne chapter and field secretary for Indiana, will be present and introduce Mrs. HeidbrinK, after which tea will be served by the/ hostesses, Mrs. Herman Krueckeberg, Mrs. Doyt Daukr, Mrs. Herman Dierkes, Mrs. George Rentz and Mrs. Louis Jacobs. The Girls Mission guild of Union Chapel Sunday afternoon at one thirty o’clock at the houne of Frances Miller. The Happy Homemakers club of Washington township will have its meeting at the home of Mrs. Floyd Mitchel Tuesday evening at seven thirty o’clock. The Order of Rainbow for Girls will have initiation Thursday evening at six tihirty o’clock at the Masonic hall. All Eastern Stars and Masons are invited to attend. The Church Mothers Study club will meet at the home of Mrs. Hugh Engle Tuesday evening at eight o’clock. Mrs. Virgil Doyle will be jin charge of devotions, and Mrs. 1 Robert Monnier -will present a discussion from Parents magazine Mrs. Paul Uhrick will discuss the topic from Christian Home. Assisting hostesses are Mrs. Homer Reppert, Mrs. Lowell Smith and Mrs. Asa Pollock. A meeting of the Ladies Aid society of the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church will be held at seven thirty o’clock Thursday even ng at the church. Hostesses will be Mrs. Wilson Reed, Mrs. Clarence Drake and Mrs. Zdla Baker. Mrs. Walt Johnson will be hostess to the W. C. T. U. Tuesday after noon at two o'clock. Retail milk prices in Fort Wayne have been reduced one cent a quar from 21 to 2 cents, according to dis patches from that city. The reduction became effective today, it has I not been learned whether the retail cut will spread to outlying communities. There has been no an nouncement in this city . Seven Cabs of Den 16 enjoyed the games and recreational facill ties of the Decatur youth center, the Den. Tuesday afternoon, under the leadership of Den mother Mrs. Her man Krueckeberg They were Bill j Zwick. Dan Krueckeberg. John Dorwin, James Sheets, Paul Schmidt. | Jerry Gattschall and David Ells- ; worth. ! Robert B. Hun'er of Decatur has been pledged to Sigma Delta Kapp i ( honorary intercollegiate law fraternity at Indiana University. Mr. Hunter, a 1941 graduate of Decatur high school, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd B. Hunter. 921 First 'street.

Frank Lynch .of the Linn Clothing Co. of this city is ill at his home on Mercer Avenue. Mr. Lynch became ill about two weeks ago and has undergone a series of examinations. He probably will undergo further examinations and observation soon it was learned. His ailment has not definitely been determined. Among those from here who attended the concert by the Scottish Rite orchestra, directed by Dr. Fabien Sevitsky of Indianapolis, at the Fort Wayne Quimby auditorium last evening were Mrs. Carrie Haabold, Tom Haubold, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bqery, the Rev. and Mrs. William C. Feller. Mr. and Mrs. J. Ward Calland, Mrs. Lil Burroughs, Mrs. A. R. Holthouse, Miss Fan Hammel, Miss Marion Koontz, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Zimmerman and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Tyndall. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne E. Beavers have retunned to their home in Mt. Vernon after a several days’ visit with relatives and friends here. Brownie troop 14 held its meeting at the Lincoln school Tuesday afternoon. Joyce Ann Smith was elected president, Barbara Kalver, vice president, Nancy Fields, secre-tary-treasurer, and Gretchen Lankenau, scribe. A letter of thanks was also read for the Christmas box the troop prepared. Gretchen Lankenau, scribe. Brownie troop 16 met Tuesday afternoon at the Lincoln school. Roll was called and dues paid, after which folk dances were learned. The meeting closed with the Brownie arch. Kathleen Kohne, scribe. Cards received here today announce the arrival of a baby daugh ter at the’home of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. (Byford) Macy, Palm Beach, Fla., on December 29. She is the irst child in the family and has been named Mary Kathryn. Mr. and Mrs. John Macy, Monroe, route 1, are the parents of a baby girl, born at 11:02 p.m. Tuesday at the Adams county memorial hospital. She weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces and has been named Carol Ann. iWjOSRITAI U n Admitted: Mrs. Fannie Kline. Ohio City; Mrs. Rosa Brodbeck. Willshire, O.; Mrs. Ethel Brunner, route 3; Mrs. Francis Klenk; Jerry McCrag, North Sixth street; Walter Hammond, Dixon, O.; Dwight Lee Edgell, route 3. Dismissed: Mrs. Lawrence An drews and daughter, Sally Louise. Mercer avenue; William Rankin Bryant; Mrs. Florian Keller and daughter, Barbara Rose, Monrot street; Jimmy Welty, Tenth street; Barcellus Hutton, Geneva. t ■ Masonic Fellowcraft Degree Friday Night The fellowcraft will be given at the Decatur Masonic lodge Friday night at 7:30 o'clock, it was an nownced today by Gene Hike, maser of the local lodge. A luncheon will be served following the conferring of the degree on everal candidates. All members ot he Judge are invited to attend. r WfM-FN NERVOUS*! cranky ‘ewy month’? Are you troubled by distress of female functional periodic disturbances? Does this make you feel so tired, high-strung, nervous—at such times? Then do try Lydia B. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound to relieve such symptoms! Pinkham's Compound Is made espectaliy /or women It also has what Doctors caU a stomachic tonic effect! Any drugstore HYDIAL PINKHAM'S w- »wa -nr jrw .IT -, , > * Say It With FLOWERS from

Newspaper Delivery Truck Is Fired On State police in this area, Decatur city polios and the Adams county sheriff’s department were alerted shortly before dawn this morning to be on the lookout for a grey Ford pickup truck whose occupants had peppered a newspaper delivery truck with bullets. The driver of a Fort Wayne Jour-nal-Gazette rural delivery truck said he had pulled to the side of Winchester road, headed south to place a newspaper in a delivery •box. When he returned to the road the pickup truck which had gotten ahead of him loosed a volley of revolver bullets and sped away. State police later found the pickup truck abandoned in Wayndale. an automatic revolver lying on the driver’s sea. It was theorized that the pickup truck driver believed the newspaper delivery truck was pursuing him. Roy Mumma Is Injured When Struck By Auto Roy E. Mumma. of 209 South Eleventh street, was struck by an automobile while crossing Madison street at Third street Tuesday evening. Robert Binder, Columbia City, driver of the auto, said he was making a left turn into Madison street and was unable to see the pedestrian because of the heavy rain. Mr. Mumma's injuries were not serious enough to inquire hospital treatment, but city police said he suffered a bruised leg and hip. Indiana Democrats Plan Victory Ball The Indiana Democratic state central committee is sponsoring a “Victory Ball" on Monday, January 10, the date of the inauguration of Henry F. Schricker as the 37th governor of Indiana. The ball, at which dress will be optional, will be held at the Indiana Roof ball room. Tickets are now on sale at Democratic state •headquarters, 203 Claypool Hotel. Indianapolis. Reservations may be obtained by writing John W. Leslie, c/o Democratic State Central Committee, 203 Claypool Hotel, Indianapolis. This year's bumper corn crop is being produced on the smallest corn acreage in 15 years. Chest folds w To relieve coughing spasms, muscular soreness, rub throat, chest and ********* back at bedtime | GIAS with time-tested ▼ vaporu#

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Rentz Is Assistant Chief Os Firemen George Rentz was elected assistant chief of the Decatur volunteer fire department at a recent meeting of the group. Others elected for 1949 include Joe Mcßride, secretary, and Vernon Hill, treasurer. Arthur Baker and Clois Elchar were named delegates to the firemen's convention to be held at Portland. Monday Broadcast On Rural Electrification County agent L. E. Archbold offers a correction on the story on the WOWO broadcast for 6 a.m. Monday. He will be assisted by Mayor John Doan and their subject will be on rural electrification, with a special announcement of the rural electric school that will be held at 1 p.m. January 13 at the Decatur high school atd at 7:30 p.m. the same day in the Berne community auditorium.

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Eight-Year-Old Girl Is Killed By Auto Albany, Ind., Jan. 5 — (UP) —• Police today held John E. Murphy, 22, Muncie, pending investigation of the death a! an eight-year-old girl struck by an automobile and killed yesterday as she alighted .'rom a school bus near here. Witnesses told police the school bus’ stop signal was flashing as Oneida Gay Mills, daughter of Mr. and iMrs. Chester Mills, (R. R. 1) Albany, climbed off the vehicle in front of her home. •She was struck by a car driven by Murphy, police said. Hyprocrisy is the tribute that vice pays to virtue. STOP that cough with OUR OWN Cough Syrup 49c & 98c sizes KOHNE DRUG STORE