Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 7 January 1949 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Class Matter Dick D. Heller President A. R. Holthouse Editor C. E. Holthouse Treasurer J. H. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates By Mail in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, 56; Six months, $3.25; 3 months, $1.75. By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining counties: One year, $7.00; 6 months, |3.70; 3 months, $2.00. By carrier, 20 cents per week. Single copies, 4 cents. Decatur escaped a single auto fatality last year, a record of which citizens can feel grateful. Now, we should aim to reduce any sort of auto accident. O Or— Indiana's millionaire Senator I Capehart cries “Socialization” at President Truman's proposals, which isn’t any different than his tune of the past ten years. In the meantime the country has gone forward and prosperity has been enjoyed by more people, even including the Hoosier Senator. 0 o Would the placing of an officer at the Fourth and Fifth street crossings on Monroe street during the Sunday morning church service hours, lessen to some extent the hazard to pedestrians in crossing the highway? Stop lights at these two crossings would bottle the flow of traffic and consequently would not be practical. But something Should be done to aid churchgoers who wish to travel north or south from Monroe street, route of U. S. highway 224, without their jumping in between oncoming cars. o o— The average person who views President Truman's request for higher income taxes hopes that he will fall in the bracket where the rates will not be increased. If the federal budge’, is to be balanced, and Mr. Truman insists that it should be, Uncle Sam must then I receive more income. The pro-' posed budget totals about 41 billions, of which more than half is spent for military purposes, pay-■ ment of interest on the public debt and veterans’ benefits, not including hospitalization and European relief under the Marshall plan. —o o The first of the 205 parking meters approved by the city council are being installed in the up-town shopping district. So far the ordinance limiting parking to two hours has not been enacted. All day parking will permit many to use valuable space as a private parking lot, contrary to the plan of providing more space for shoppers. The city will receive half of the meter revenue until the $18,500 installation bill is paid, and then all of the pennies and nickels, can help pay the cost of street i >•<> ntxrl iotnem-aninnlLi

repairs and improvements.

Symptoms Present in Shingles

By Herman N. Bundesen, M. D. MUCH superstition exists about shingles but, to the doctor, there is nothing mysterious about this disease. Shingles may affect most any part of the body, including the nerves of the abdomen. In the latter condition the shingles may cause symptoms much like those of severe abdominal disorders. For example, there is a skin condition known as herpes soster or shingles. This disorder is probably due to an Infection with a vims. As a general rule, a skin rash made up of blisters is usually present along the course of the affected nerves. Hoewver, pain along the course of the nerves may develop before the rash occurs and after the rash has cleared up. The rash may occur on the face, cheat, abdomen, or other parts of the body. If the nerres In the abdominal wall are affected and the rash has not developed, the disorder may be contused with certain abdominal conditions. The pain in shingles is severe and steady or static, and practically always occurs on only one side of the body. The right upper part of the abdomen is frequently invalved. Thun, the pain In some cases may resemble that of appen dfcitis. kidney stones, gallbladder disease, pleurisy, or bowel Inflam nation A teat can be made which deterfllpes definitely whether or not the dut> to sktngles. Thk ico>

The public hearing on the zoning ordinance will be held at a later date, the scheduled hearing i conflicting with th e annual Chamber of Commerce meeting next f Wednesday. Discussion on this t new step in city-building is import- ' ant to property owners and when t the forum is rescheduled, interested persons and city planners I should not fail to attend. Zoning ‘ j I does not correct faults already present, but should help prevent making mistakes in the future. Protection of property rights is a; fundamental of American government and the more attention we i give this basic right, better will be the community in which we live. o-i —o President Truman terms his legislative proposals as a Fair I Dea! Program. He wants the TaftJ i Hartley labor law repealed and i the Wagner Act re enacted with amendments, social security expanded, an insurance plan for medical care, public housing and a'number of other reforms, all in the interest of the mass of the people. Opposition to his program lies in the Republican minority in congress but chances are that most of it will become law. Government changes with the times and we are living in a day when the voice of the people is stronger than bloc or group. We must all i help build a stronger and better America, even to giving way to new ideas. Q— O ■■ Preventing Colds: Recent progress in the medical study of the common cold may be gratifying to doctors and scientists. But to the layman it only emphasizes the fact that cure or prevention of this distressing ailment seems still far in the ’future. The exciting news of the day in j this field, it is indicated by the I Public Health Service, Is that a way has been Mund to detect the' presence of one type of cld virus. i Previously the only way to tell was | to expose a person to a fluid sitsi pected of containing the virus; if ■ the person developed a cold, probably the virus was there, if not, presumably it was not there. It just could be that the turning point has been reached in the discovery of chemicals which cause a change of color in fluid containing one certain kind of cold virus. It is the first time it has been possible to locate a coldcausing agent except by the symp- 1 toms of a cold sufferer. The conquest of other diseases has hinged on events which at the time seemed less significant. The fellow with 4 cold in his head can at least hope that one of the great discoveries of the age may now have been made Mean while he wil] have to treat the cold as best he can.

sists of blocking the nerves in the affected area with a local anesthetic. Another test, known as Garnett’s teat, is also useful. This consists of pressing on the abdomen, with the muscles of the abdomen tightened or contracted. The pres sure will usually cause the tender ness to disappear if the symptoms are due to a disturbance within the abdomen, but the tenderness will not be changed if the trouble is due to shingles. In shingles, the temperature rare ly rises above 100 degrees, the number of white cells in the blood ' is usually normal, and there are no general symptoms, such as a feel ing of sickness These symptoms often are also present in disorders affecting the organs within the abdomen. With careful study, It is 1 possible for the physician to disI tingulsh shingles from these other conditions. Most cases of shingles dear up within a few weeks with proper treatment. QUESTIONS ANO ANSWERS t V. 8. J.t When I awake in the ■ morning. I have sore arms, shouls dem and neck Could this be -due ■ to epilepsy r AUswer It is not likely that r I your trouble is due to epilepsy There are many possible causes for k I your trouble. However, the cause t can be found only after a thorough f otuly by your doctor.

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SYNOPSIS What had become ot the old Lakeside crowd after the war! That Is the question which lovely Donna Collwell pondered as late In the night she sat by her window going over all that bad happened at the Lakeside Club dance. The crowd bad changed. There were the aftermaths ot the happy and unnappy war romances and marriages; the war widows including ncr brother s young wile. Donna nerselt still worked tor a living In New fork, a successful young career girt There was Mark Banister still completely devoted to ner. impatient tor marriage ■ with her. She thought unhappily ot Mark’s keen disappointment, utter amassment when While dancing divinely In his arms she told mm she Intended to marry no one. not even Mark mmselt. all the way home and even as he deposited her on her own snow-flaked porcn. Mark probed to find what was in Donna's heart Ot course she was evasive, she nad to oe. She swore she loved mm. and declared that because she did love mm she could never become ms wife, and now after ner mgnt ot meditation which tasted into dawn. Donna nad Joined ner adoring parents at Sunday dinner, recounting gaily all ot the pleasant amusing things that nad Happened at the dance the night before. But when she was alone with her mother in the kitchen later, as they did up the dishes together. Donna told of Mark's proposal and ot now she had rejected him. "But why?" demanded the stricken Mrs Collwell, to which Donna answered: ”1 Just don't want to get married. I like things the way they are." CHAPTER SIX “YES. 1 know Donna s love life is her own affair," ner mother agreed. “1 wouldn’t want to interfere. But It seems so . . . very ... unlike Donna. When she stood there telling me about it, smiling . . . that sweet smile she nastier eyes shining with that little sparkle of gold she gets sometimes—! had the strangest feeling, Alan.* “I can imagine you were surprised," Donna's father said mildly. “1 am, too." "It was more than that I had the feeling. Alan, that Donna is a stranger. That she is someone I do not know. 1 felt like an outsider. An outsider with my own daughter, Alan! Can you explain that?" "It was the surprise of it" he said soothingly. "We have always understood her so well and been so completely in sympathy with her—and how, well, for the first time, there is something we do not understand. That's ail. But there's nothing we can do about it I suppose he wont be over this afternoon?" "1 shouldn't think so. She did not mention it No. after what happened, 1 am sure he will not come." * But Mark Banister came. It was nearly six o'clock when he arrived and already the others were making tentative gestures toward departure, mindful of feeding and sleeping schedules. Mary Lou and Avery had brought the baby with them and it was now asleep on an upstairs bed. Kitty had brought her two-year-old on a sled and he was engaged in unremitting tugs ot war with little Davie over the old toys stored in the drawer below the built-in bookshelves; "My daddy’s ca’!“ “My daddy’s ba'!" "My daddy's choo-choo!" had been Davie's passionate, possessive chant throughout the hour. It had not been easy for Annette to bring a new friend along with her young son to the Collwell home that afternoon. She had to, of course. This town was her home. Donnas friends were her friends. Jean and Alan were little Davie's grandparents. U had not been easy for the

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Collwells either. Their hospitality ! had not faltered but they couldn’t [ help watching the new young man, ' surreptitiously appraising him. Es- ■ pecially they noted his every intot nation and gesture toward little ; Davie. They .oved Annette, but i little Davie was David's son. Donna's happy laughter and In- ' fectious gaiety had carried the • afternoon along until Mark Ban- ■ ister came. i "Hi, Donna! Hi, gang!" His i greeting was cheerful enough, i "Hello, Dad and Mom Collwell. 1 Glad to see you again, Acheson." He singled out Annette's stranger 1 with a quick, friendly handshake, i "Where’s your manners, young i Dave? No respect for your el- ' ders?” Little Davie advanced solemnly ; with outthrust hand but when : Mark offered his in greeting, Davie withdrew quickly. “Gimme," he said succinctly. 1 Mark laughed. “Here you are," he said, producing a small rubber pistol from his pocket. "And look 1 at this, you bandit. It’s the kind ■ real robbers use. It’s got a silencer on. See? Not a sound! No click. No nothing. You can drop I a guy with this and he won't even ; know he's dead. In consideration ot my own eardrums," he explained ■ tc the others as Davie withdrew importantly with his prize. Though her parents watched closely, expectant, fearful and hopeful, they could discern no change in Donna at Mark's entrance. Her lips smiled. Her wide I eyes received no screening from I the thick dark lashes. I "Well, did you spill the news about the engagement, Donna?" i Mark asked, with incisive distinci tiveness. "Certainly not. There isn't any i engagement There isn’t any news i to spill.” i "That's what I mean. The uni engagement That's very impor- : tant Til do it, Donna. It will i sound better, coming from me. It i would look like turning a knife in I the wound if you did it Ladies ■ and gentlemen," he said, his voice clear in the sudden hush of the I pleasant room, "I have the heart- : breaking honor to inform you that ; Donna's and my state of unengagement has now become permai nent and binding." He paused for , I anticipated ejaculations but there were none. “I solemnly, if not on bended knee, proposed to her last I night and she unequivocally rejectI ed me. Our unengagement is now i authentic." i There were slight coughs and : throat-clearings. ‘ "Well," said Mary Lou, breaki ing a strained silence, "speaking • as a dear friend, 1 think you're a • fool, Donna. Mark Banisters do not grow on every tree.” i Avery rallied slowly. “CongratI illations, Donna," he said. "You're I well out of a sorry mess. I've known Mark all his life and think > less of him, husbandly speaking, i every day." H "Pretty dog-in-the-mangerish. ! though, to keep him on leash so . iong," complained Ema. "If I’d . had a choice between him and Ed i ... I really ... don’t know," she ended reflectively. ) There was laughtar then but not

Buys Health Bond Delta Theata Tau sorority has voted purchase of a $lO health bond, officials ■ of the’Christmas seal campaign in Adams county announced today. All proceeds from t h e annual Chr 1 s t m a s Buy Christmas Swb seal sales are used in the fight on tuberculosis and to provide free clinics and otherwise carry on the fight against the “white plague.” The sale is conducted by the Adams county tuberculosis association. week after doing the laundry. Fin ish by washing off with hot soapsuds and drying with a soft doth. Muffin Pans Any compartments in the muffin pans that do not hold batter should be filled with water. This will bake the muffins better and will also pre vent scorching. Dyeing Before dyeing or tinting colored materials the dye should be strained, to insure the material covering evenly. | 20 YEARS AGO i TODAY a -0

Jan. 7 — Dr. J. M Miller reelected county physician by the county commissioners. IMr. and Mrs. John Porter, aged residents of North Third street, are both ill with influenza. Ferd Christen, Adams county ag ricultural agent, is attending a district meeting at Fort Wayne. i.Mrs. A. B. Morrison entertains the Shakespeare club at her home on West Jefferson street. The Genera basketball team defeats Monmouth. 61 to 11. Kirk ’and wins over New Haven. 26 to 25. President-elect Hoover confers with President Coolidge at the White House.

without its embarrassment "Anyhow," Mark said reassuringly, "you will be glad to know that Donna's in the market and you can now invite her out without polishing up an extra knife and fork for me.” “Does the same go for Mark, Donna?” asked Mary Lou. Donna laughed. "Why not? And for that matter, how do I know what’s been going on while I've been chained to my job? I never yet heard of a man getting to be a full-fledged podner without a double or treble life In the offing." Even with this surprising denouement, the young parents did not forget their domestic schedules and began collecting their various offspring, regretfully declining Mrs. Collwcll's slightly feverish invitation to remain for supper. "You'll have to stay, Mark,” she said at last in some desperation. "Dad and 1 are too old to live on sandwiches and salad all next week and the icebox is loaded." "Okay,” he assented pleasantly. "Nobody else has invited me anyhow." “Donna, why don’t you and Mark come over for bridge later? About nine. The babies will be asleep then," Ema suggested nervously. S "Not tonight, darling, thanks. Give us a rain check. I have to catch the eight o’clock bus to the city. Have to make up for taking Friday off to work on the party. Don't forget to ask us again some time.” That evening, when Mark was driving Donna to the station to catch her bus for New York, she said evenly, “Did you have to do that, Mark? About the engagement, I mean. Broadcasting it that way." "You mean the unengagement, don't you?" he reminded her. "Yes, 1 think so. They are our friends. They have been expecting things for a long time and it is better to have them know the facts instead of snooping around trying to verify their surmises.” "But there isn't any change, Mark. 1 want it to stay with me. We’ve had such happy times, Mark. We can go on having them. Wouldn’t we be rather—well, asinine—to give up something we l know is precious and perfect for —for the horrible potentialities of marital respectability?" “Yes. Very asinine—it that's the way you feel about it" “You aren't interested in anything bfit just marrying a woman and plunking her into your house —and leaving her there?" "Living there with her, in my version of it But I'm not much interested in that right now. However, if you happen to change your mind before 1 change mine, you might let me know.” "Are you in such a hurry to get started?" “Yea It's going to take time, I know. But I am not going to do anything to slew down the operation. you can bet on that And anything I can do to speed it up, I will do." "Then you may aa well get started, Mark. I am not going to change my mind." (To Bo CoMtijwed)

Auto Dealers To Hear Alexander Campbell Indianapolis, Jan. 7 — Alexander ' M. Campbell, of Fort Wayne assistant U. S. attorney general, who led the Communist investigation of the Alger Hiss spy ring, will be the principal speaker at the 12th annual meeting pf the Automobile Dealers Assn, of Indiana here Jan. 12. Mr. Campbell, who pried the lid from a 12-year-old Communist leak from secret government files, will discuss the details of his findings before some 500 auto dealers at the annual banquet. Herman Schaefer, executive secretary, said today. A hundred new state officials and legislators will be guests ♦ Marsh Farm Manager Resigns Position Weldon -G. Weigle has resigned as manager of the 1,500 acre farm of the Marsh Foundation school at Van Wert. Ohio. His successor has not yet been named. Weigel served as farm manager since 1932. He is a graduate of Purdue University. Masonic Fellowcraft degree Friday. Jan. 7 at 1:30 p. m. Lunch will be served. 4b2tx Gene K. Hike. W. M.

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SALE CALENDAR I JAN. B—Clyde Fugate, 3rd house W. of Friends Church i» room house and lot, 1:30 p. m. Jeff Liechty aur-i’* 5 JAN. S—Gertrude R. Miller, Admrtx. Jacob E. Ulman,' 60 , ■ Decatur. 7 room house and personal property ‘A I Johnson and Melvin Liechty—Aucts. ’’ W JAN. B—W. R. May, ,8 miles North of Muncie, Indiana», ■' West. Highly Improved 40 acre farm and PersoM,-' - Midwest Realty Auction Co. J. F. Sanmann, Au P - ? l JAN. B—Decatur Sale Barn, 7P. M. Miscellaneous auct? J Doehrman, Auct. ‘ | JAN 11—Carl Wiegman & Theodore Lepper, 3ft mi. g ... J on black top road. Herd High Grade Holstein's J : farm sale. Roy & Ned John’on and Melvin LiecS JAN. 11—Sherman Popejoy and L. F. Hartman, estate, ’■ I Bluffton on the River Road. Livestock andlt* 12:30 p. m. Ellenberger Bros., Aucts. '■‘Sg JAN. 12—Albert Rumschlag, 2 mi. E. of Decatur on the Pi 1 Closing out sale. Roy & Ned Johnson and Melv;’ S aucts. JAN. 12—Mr. and Mrs. Albert Parks, 1% mi. E. of Bluffton Farm equipment and cattle. 11 a. m. Ellenberger JAN. 14—Eli Dubach. 5 mi. W. of Berne on 118, then 2% <'' 12:30 P. M. Dairy herd and personal property, q Bros., aucts. JAN. 15—David and Amos Neuenschwander, 2% mi. E. of J 1 north entrance of state park. 30 head dairy cattle' sonal property. 12 noon. Ellenberger Bros., auct>' I JAN. 15—Ora Roe estate. 342 Grant St.. 5 room house and |« | Personal Property, 1 P. M. Roy S. Johnson &g™ I JAN. 17—Charles Herr, 1% miles East of Goshen, Indiana. 1 proved 101 Acre-Farm, Midwest Realty Auction Co fl mann—Auctioneer. JAN. 18,—T. M. Grabill, 3 miles South and 2 miles East 1 * Indiana, Complete Line of Livestock, Farm Ma* -I Equipment—Midwest Realty Auction Co., j. y Auctioneer. ' i JAN. 18—Ralph S. Myers, dispersal sale of Hampshire Ho.-."®® W., 1 mi. N. of Geneva. 12 noon. Roy Elliott, a? JAN. 20—Nbb’e Judge, 1 mi. S. and 3 mi. E. of Wren, Ohio i 7 property, 11 a. m. EST. Kent Realty Co. JAN. 22—Carl Schroeder and L. F. Jolly, 5 mi. W. of CelituM mud pike, 2 mi. E. of Durbin. 33 registered Holsial3 Roy & Ned Johnson and Melvin Liechty. Aucts. >

Public Audit’ B Real Estate & Personal Prope The undersigned Administratrix for the estate of Jacob I deceased, will sell at public auction tne following described A? and household goods on the premises at 606 Indiana St., Dea I SATURDAY, JANUARY Bth, 1! i Commencing at 1:00 P. M. Real Estate will be sold at 2:00 P. M. v F Real Estate 7 room house, living room, dining room, bedroom, kitchen s < room on first floor, 3 bedrooms on second floor. Basement | House is in good repair, insulated and sided with Johns-Ma: bentos Shingle siding. Good fireproof roof; Storm doors; | tern; Both city water and soft Water in house; Garage: FeV Good garden; Shade trees. House is nicely papered througtasE ty of closet and cupboard space. House opened for inspection after 12:00 o’clock noon-. | before sale. " Household Furniture General Electric refrigerator; Speed Queen electric .1 Wash bench; Wash boiler: 2 Wash tubs; Studio couch: L#» - enport; Bhileo radio, table model; Marble top stand; 3 Smi _ 2 Pedestals; Flower stand; Library table; 5 Rockers; Wltat-t 6 Chairs; Clothes cabinet; 3 Electric table lamps;. Biss*-.1 sweeper; 2 Beds with springs and mattresv; 2 Dressers: Man 8 Clothes cupboard; Rug 9 x 12; Rug 11 x 13; Pad 11 x 13; Sm Kitchen table and 4 chairs; Kitchen cabinet; Kitchen cupbowß cupboard; Globe heating stove; Globe coal and wood range;: p ates, 1 2-burner and 1 3-buruer; Porch swing; Porch glider chairs (metal); Gflrden plow; Garden tools; Tools; Pontii. 1928 model; almut 5 or 6 tons of soft coal; nirout 1 cord of' TERMS—ReaI Estate carb, balance On or before March 1 | liitmedlate*Possession. Personal Property, Cash on day GERTRUDE R. MILLER, Administn Roy Johnson & Son—Aucts. Melvin Liechty—Auct. Bryce Daniels—Clerk Henry N. He.ler—Attorney. —

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