Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 29 January 1949 — Page 3

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h 1 K gE valentine iK-j-y FRIDAY NIGHT | ■ Valentine party was held at the Hal meeting of the Legion Aux»v Friday night. Those on the ?Bii)itte e were the mesdames Leo chairman, Joe Dixon, coIBrnian. Nelle Burk, Gerald tßickman, Frank Schmitz, Dan |K r pon Lutes and Vera Reber. |Bizes were awarded to Mrs. Vin- ■ Bormann and Mrs. T. C. Smith, ißap: Mrs. Will Schnepf and Mrs. IB"'' Darwachter, pinochle; and i?B Edward Kirchner and Mrs. IBise Mallard, bunco. A delicious was served. King motif planned K FEBRUARY 2 SHOW iße-orations for the musical-sash-IB show of the Business and ProWomen -will follow a K,, theme. Mrs. Joe Kelley of Floral Co. announced that Kt will furnish the flowers for ■fter the show, refreshments will The cateressesj named Htlp affair are Miss Verena NibH and Mrs. Joe Laurent. The sev■usherettes include: Martha LauMary Jo Graliker. Jackie Anne Garner, Joan VonHL, n . Coleen McConnell, and Nan Bril as well as women are invit■tn attend the fashion show on Hmillen speaker KbPW MEETING Btewart McMillen, -president of Eg g . Service, Inc., was guest speakHat Wednesday’s meeting of the and -Professional WoK in the K. of C. hall. Hir. McMillen spoke on the topic. It Is ‘49," recalling the gold of 1549, the depression of H». ami viewing the trends of the ■hi today. Hrrmucnents of bouquet lights. corn balls, and scotch pine the centerpieces for the Itables. Corsages of candy Hies and balls marked each place. was served by th? C. L. He. Hi ks. Nina Miller. Gladys and Marie gclunitt ware on committe in charge. Group ■--iim was led by Georgia Fough- ■ with Mrs. L. A. Holthouse at the Klho business -meeting was con Ht’teil by the first viot-president Miller. It was decided to send ■ to the Chinese nurses fund to Bused for their training program ■Final plans were made tor th show scheduled for Febru 11 Sweeter ’n Honey /Ir VyjjiY ■M -ft 1 ■L It I B ■//1 ir.uM BW 1 BI t w Hr I ‘ i KTF Tfcyjri» BTf TfXj 1 1 /I ■HI ’ f ’iXn. /xLlv J 1 5396 jffl IB I afT ■'hats buzzin’? Dates by the when you’re in this gay f r. Teener! Terrific in ■ a spring-term beauty for ■ and clas. room in gingham! „B' “ lern 9396 comes in Teenage ■** 10 - 12 14 ’ !•- Size 12 takes B\ 35-incb fabric. B'\'. ; THiRTY cents in coins for !Wri *l handling of this De Pattern Io Decatur Daily ■I o *™- Pattern Dept., 155 N K m- 0 ?. 8t • Chlr *K 0 80. in. Print Bbs' l " ,nr -Natne. Address. Zone. ■Pr j * Number. ■ j’M new’ Our M.-ian Martin ■P a,( em Book gives you K. -text fashions, and those who fashion aay sew fa hion’ ■ seweagy styles for every K IBd Ow «trion—plus FREE pat t Pruned in the book—a bottle 8,.7J Or Baby: Fifteen cents ■ " “rings yon this new book!

BBS Society Items for days publics--1 tion must be phoned in by 11 a.m. , (Saturday 9:30 a.m.) Phone 1000-1001 Miss Betty Melchl Saturday Legion auxiliary social, Legion I home, S p.ni. Pocahontas lodge, 7:30 p.m., drill ' team practice following. Junior department of Christian church, church basement, 2 p.m. Beta Sigma Phi bake sale, Cole’s Market, 9 a.m. ■ ‘ Presbyterian rummage sale, ■ church basement, 9 a.m. to 5 pun. Sunday - Zion Lutheran Walther league t business and social, 4 p.m. Monday Our Lady of Victory, Mrs. Henry I Beam, 7:30 p.m. I Adams County Federation of • Clubs and Decatur Woman's club, ■ library, 7:45 p.m. Research club, Mrs. J. M. Doan, t 2:30 pun. Tuesday i -C. L. of C., 7:30 p.m. ' V. F. W. auxiliary hall. 7:30 p.m. St. Mary's Township P. T. A., i Pleasant Mills school. Dorcas class of Bethany Evangelical U. B. church, Mrs. Alva Bufary 2. It was announced that tickets are still available and will also be on sale at the door. Matilda Sellemeyer announced the next meeting will -be held at , Swearingen's February 9. Cancel- ' lations must be made by February 1 7. f The meeting adjourned with the ! Eim-blem Benediction.

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CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE “HELLO, Mother Collwell." I Mark put his arm around tier and kissed ner, realizing with sudden dismay that she was smaller, slighter than ne remembered, older, too, and a little pale. Her smile was warmly affectionate out ner eyes were misty. Or perhaps it was merely that everything on this day had struck him with a strange, intangible sense ot shock. He hugged ner boyishly. “1 want to talk to you about Donna," he said abruptly. “A very easy interence, Mark," she said pleasantly. “Come in and sit down. 1 am always glad to see you, no matter whether you nave anything special to talk about And after all, it’s always Donna, isn't it? How’s the partnership?" “Fine, thanks. Not as exciting as 1 nad anticipated. And a boss by any other name is still the boss. It seems quiet in here, doesn't it? There's usually such * mob milling about" “Yes, It's quiet All the days and most ot the evenings. Donna does not get home as often as she used to and even when she is nere the old crowd is pretty much tied up with babies and bills and recipes." m “You say poor Dad is out West again." “Yea But Mark, we nave wonderful news about Chicago. Alan nearly through there. He is turning the Chicago office over to new men. That's what ne is working on now. They nave quite a tew ot the old men back and nave taken on some ver) good new one? and Dad says there is no reason in the world why they can't run it themselvea No more commuting trips to Chicago! He is as tickled as a child with giant-size bubble gum. So am L It will be such a rehet to mm. and to me, too. Isn't it wonderful?” “It certainly is. He always hated those trips, didn t ne? 1 can see now natural it was tor me to tall in love with Donna. 1 was in love with the whole family from the very first. Donna was the obvious, ultimate concentration. “We thought so, Mark. It seemed very natural to us. And very ““Vwas always a little jealous of Dave, naving a family, thisitamilv My grandfather and the great SrtTwSe fine to me and I had nothing to complain ot but they X leemed uke a family to me. Not like this family." “You were almost as much one Os us as David and Donna, she Jr “hops you W th,t *V;ou " remember the time Demand I swiped Doc Chalmers’ new car and smashed it to smith"C •ST.S?'— -Heavens, yes. i _ m , raplforget it It stiff you were not both k 's“- jr . “Not a scratch on the pair I’“’-We never found out whose idea it was. taking the car in the first thought he suggest--2* it and vou thought vou did.

feaibarger, 7:30 p.m. Dutiful Daughters class of Bethany Evangelical U. B. church. Mrs. Ralph Gentis, 7:30 p.m. Tri Kappa business, Elks home, 7:30 p.-m. Wednesday Historical club, Mrs. Homer Lower, 2:30 p.m., Ladies Shakespeare club, Mrs. Robert Macklin, 2:30 p.m. Psi lota Xi business, Elks home, 8 p.m. Thursday Women's Home and Foreign Missionary society of First Presbyterian church, Mrs. H. M. DeVoss, 2:30 p.m., spiritual life meditation. 2 p.m. Our Lady of Victory group will meet at the home of Mrs. Henry Beam Monday evening at seven thirty o'clock. The C. L. of C. will hold a meeting Tuesday evening at seven thirty o’clock in the C. L. of C. club rooms. , Leonard Li-echty, of the Firestone store, underwent surgery at the Methodist hospital in Fort Wayne Thursday. His condition was’ described as fair. Leland L. Frank, well known rural mail carrier on route 5, is recovering from a major operation performed January 19 at St. Joseph’s hospital, Fort Wayne. -He expects to he dismissed to his -homfe next week. Cal Yost, who underwent a major operation at St. Francis hospital, Indianapolis, a few weeks ago, is - recuperating at his home on North First street.

Do you /■emember?" “Mrs. CoUwell, 1 give you tty word, 1 think we did not so much as mention iL We stopped to admire the new car. Ther we noticed the door was open and the motor was running. We shd in and oft we wenL" “David was driving though." “Yes, ot course. My grandfather nad never let me touch the wheel oi a car. He was very strict about iL But Dad CollweU nad let Dave steer and manipulate the gears and run the car in and out ot the driveway. So ot course ne drove. We were only going around the block. At least, 1 think so. We didn’t mention that, either. The dressing down Dad gave us about that car was my first lesson in domestic economy." “He. never told us what ne said ana you boys were mighty mum about it, 100. But i remember ne collected a dollar a month from your allowance tor a tull year." Mark smiled. “I’ll never forget that mghL He took us into the library and closed the door. He showed us the check ne nad written tor Doc Chalmers. Nine hundred Dollars He said Doc's insurance company would sue to hold mm responsible it ne refused, and legally ne would oe neld responsible His son was driving, it was a stolen car. He wished to avoid the expense and notoriety ot e trial and rem.nded us that, being guilty, we would undoubtedly be convicted of juvenile delinquency and at the very .east put on police parole Then he snowed us a neat budget, ms yearly oudgeL He made us examine iL How much ne made a year; just what ne did with the money. He wanted us to see it we could figure out where ne could squeeze another nine hundred out ot ms income." "In those days there was very little leeway in jur budget Nine hundred dollars was a tremendous item." “Yes. Dave and 1 studied it hard. 1 remember it came out exactly even for the year, every cent down for something. Dave asked if that mltent that ms father worked like a dog all year just to speno every cent he made raising a family." "There were times when we spent more than ne made." “1 couldn't see any way to cut down but Dave thought the insurance payments were toe mgh. He suggested cutting down on insurance. Mr. Collwell flatly declined and pointed out now necessary that insurance would be to a widow left alone with two small children if uer breadwinner were suddenly removed, t said 1 thought my grandfather ought to pay half ot it, but Dad said that since my parents were dead and my grandfather had assumed responsibility it would hardly be fair to force this unnecessary expenditure on him. But he taxed us twenty percent of our income tpr a year and we didn't beef about paying IL" “But your grandfather paid halt" “Yes. Doc Chalmers to'd him about it and 1 bad to go through

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THE WEDDING of Miss Carolyn June Maitlen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Maitlen. of Bryant, and Curtis Ledoyt Zimmerman, e.dest son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Zimmerman, route 4, took place in Edon, O„ the Rev. Howard Dunlap officiating. They are now residing near Craigville. (Photo by Edwards).

The docket of the Van Wert, 0., county court records a certificate for transfer of real estate issued in th'a estate of Henry -Schoenstedt, late of Adams county. The transfer affect real estate in Harrison township, Van Wert county. J. Laurence Goodin, Bluffton motor company owner, -was elected president of that city's Chamber of Commerce Friday. John Case. Port Allegany, Pa. and Jack Heller, students at Hanover college, are visiting at the Dick Heller residence this weekend. William Kingsley. Carl Beehler and Rager Gentis, students at Han over college, are visiting their parents in Decatur this weekend. The new semester at the college starts Monday .

another session with him. He sent me over to deliver his check for tour-fifty and after that Dad CoUwell had me pay my share ot the assessment to grandfather. It sure: taught me a few things. Dave worried about it tor a while. He said getting married just plain wasn't worth it. You notice he changed ms mind though, or Annette changed it tor him. That brings us back to Donna. Have you met Sammy Ingram?" “Sammy Ingram ? Isn’t she one ot the girls at Donna’s apartment? 1 have never met her. Donna likes her." “So do L 1 think Donna has been a little stingy about Sammy. She is a woman it is an honor and a pleasure to know. And the most beautiful one 1 have ever seen. 1 had luncheon with her today." “You wouldn’t be trying to make Donna jealous, would you?" Mrs. Collwell's smile was taint but kind. "No, 1 wouldn't 1 think too much of Donna for tricks and theatricals. 1 met this girl at their after-Christmas party and admired her very much. Red Islip, the man she is engaged to, was with us. Great guy. Great couple." “1 never neard ot him. Donna likes Sammy, I know that" “Yea. Well, they taught me a tew thinga Not altogether pleasant either, but 1 aope useful Certainly no boost to my ego. They have been working together tor a deunite, well-ordered purpose, working for -ears, sacrificing, waiting, saving money, studying day an<F night—all to accomplish this set purpose they nave agreed on. It struck me that 1 was being a good deal ot a tool, taking Donna's words at their face value and dropping my own cherished plan and purpose. The least I can do is try to discover what prompted the words, and it 1 can learn that try to find the answer." “1 do not understand it, Mark Alan and I—we were sure it would always be you and Donna. And that is the way we wanted iL Donna and you" “Yea Thanka Mrs. CollweU I was sure ot that Well, without saying anything, those two made me feel that 1 am being no end ot a quitter, just slinking oft, washing my hands, trying to wash my heart, ot my great ideal, giving up anything as desirable as Donna without putting up a tussle for IL" “1 do not know what to say, Mark. There isn't anything 1 can da 1 do not know what has come over Donna. Alan and I were sure— Why, Donna nas always been in love with you! Nobody could doubt that At least," she added doubtfully, “we always thought sa" “1 Still think sa And It isn't conceit on my part She says she does. But she will not marry me. May 1 ask you a very personal question ?" "Ot course, Mark, anyt ing. You know that But don't ask me to explain Donna. I cant, not even to myself." (To Bt Co*tt»*e4)

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hess, of Line street, are the -parents of a baby boy, weighing 5 bbs., 3 */j ounces, born at 4:02 p.m. Friday. A -baby girl weighing 4 lbs, 2 ounces was born at 6:57 p.m. Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Nelson, Portland route 1. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis H. Marhenke. of Hoagland, are the parents of a 6 ibs, 1 ounce baby girl, born at 12:38 p.m. Friday. She has not been named. OSRITAL I Admitted: -Eva Reynolds, Willshire. O.; Addes Biggs, Decatur; Dorothy Ulman. First street; Ben Butler, Decatur route 1; Mrs. Frances Neuenschwander, Bluffton; Paul I.oshe, Decatur route 4. Dismissed: Mrs. John Stucky and baby daughter Metta -Marie, Berne; Mrs. Raymond Bodie, Tenth street; Mrs. Simon D. Neuenschwander and baby daughter Susan Kay, Berne; Mrs. Donald Moser and "baby daughter, Geneva; .Mrs. Maxine Winchester. Berne; Mrs. Robert Blount, Bryant. Troop 11-B met at the home of Mrs. Dalzell Thursday after school. The meeting was opened with the Girl Scout salute and calling of the roll. The girls were assigned an hour at the local theater to assist in the March of Dimes drive on Sunday. After playing a game, the meeting was closed with the wishing circle and taps. Joyce Callow, scribe. Troop 6 -met at room 107 in the ilgh school Wednesdty. Attendance md dues were taken, then girlr vere assigned to collect money for he March of Dimes at the Adams heater. Painting sas postponed til! lext Wedn-.sday so the girls learnid two new dances. The meeting was then closed. Lois Strahm, scribe Autos Collide At Street Crossing Damage amounting to S2OO was incurred at 5:15 ip.m. Friday when lutomohiles driven by Cedric TurnMeson, of Decatur route 2. and L. Ashville, of Elkhart, -ollided at Thirteenth street and Vuttman avenue. Tumheson stopped his car to make a left turn and t was hit In the rear by the Ashville machine, city police reported. Prizes Announced By Berne Institute Berne, Jan. 29 —Cash prizes of $3 for first. $2 for second and $1 for third tn all entries or classes of ’he men’s and women's exhibits in the Berne fanners' institute to be held Thursday. February 3. at the Berne auditorium, have been announced. The premium list was first announced as $1.50, $1 and 50 ’ents. This was wrong. The premium list in the egg show is correct u first published, with $5 for first In the dozen egg classes, and $6 for first in the half-case classes. When chartered in 1746 what Is now known as Princeton University was called the College of New Jersey.

Expect Railroads Proposal To Union Union Head Says No Strike In Picture Chicago, Jan. 29 — (UP) — Negotiators for 16 non-operating railroad unions expected the nation's railroads to present a definite proposal today for settlement of their dispute. G. 'E. chairman of the unions’ negotiating committee, said “no strike is in the picture" at present. He expected the railroads to make an offer which would continue the discussions until a settlement is reached. Meanwhile. President Truman averted a strike by the Biotherhood of Locomotive -Engineers by appointing a fact-finding board to investigate the union’s demand that 15 western lines employ an additional engineman on big diesel locomotives. The -presidential action delayed a strike scheduled for Jan. 31. The board has 30 days in which to report its findings to the president. The union -must wait 30 days after the report is made before it can strike legally. The engineers' controversy actually involves 69 railroads, but the union concentrated on the western lines because multiple-unit diesels are used more extensively there. The union contends an extra man is needed on the locomotives to insure safety. The railroads have argued the proposal is "featherbedding,” and a “make-work" scheme. The Southern Pacific railroad announced that 2,520 shop employes in six western states would be laid off at the end of the month because of a seasonal decline in traffic and an unusually heavy loss in freight movement because of the recent storms. Adams County Lady Is Contest Winner Berne, Jan. 29 — Mrs. C. W. R. Schwartz, of north of Berne, recently won the fourth district S. and E. public speaking contest with a talk or essay on "Today's Home Builds Tomorrow's World." She will be one of the contestants at the state finals at the Murat Temple, in Indianapolis, February 22. Annual Report Made For Berne Library Berne. Jan. 29—Patrons of the Berne public library borrowed 12, 394 books during 1948, according to the annual report made Friday by Miss Eva Sprunger, local librarian. 1.395 borrowers register ed their names in 1948. The total fiction circulation was 9,419 books, non-fiction 2.975. CHARGES (Cont. From Page One) cooperating with the western powers, the spokesman said, it hardly has been demonstrated through the Soviet blockade of Berlin. TAFT-HARTLEY (Cont. From Page One) strikes in vital industries. By presidential proclamation the chief executive could call upon labor and management to refrain from work stoppages.

-iIK ' ■ I \- j hs -lilt'll HELD ON CHARGES of participating in robberies in Virginia, 17-year-old Betty Swann (left) and 14-yeer-oid Sylvia Marie Comas seem to think it’s all a big joke as they sit in jail in Washington. They were arrested with another girl and an ex-Marine. Miss Comas called herself "Sylvia the Safecracker" because “It sounded snappy." Not that she'd ever tackled a safe. (lottrattiooal)

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MISS IRENE SCHAFER of Detroit, Mich., and Leo Gase, a former Decatur resident, were united in marriage recently in the rectory of the St. Mary’s Catholic church. They are now residing at 9331 Rutherlord. Detroit. (Photo by Anspaugh.)

CHURCH NEWS First Methodist t” Evening vespers will be resumed at the First Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock. Two religious films will be shown: "Where God Is Love Is," and “This Road We Walk." The firgt film "Where Love Is God Is," is taken from Tolstoy's famous story of the cobbler, who turned against religion, yet found that through humble deeds of kindness to people from the street he Md received the Master—that where love is, God is. “This Road We Walk" is issued by the church world service group. It is an important motion picture showing the actual receipt of food and clothing from the churches in America by the needy people of Europe and Asia. It is relief actually at work—relief given through the various churches through the church world service. Mr. and Mrs. Noah Schrock will have charge of the service. Following the films, a tellowship hour will be enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lister will have charge of the fellowship. The following will also serve on this committee: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moninier, Miss Etta Mallonee, Mr. and Mrs. Lohnes Mclntosh, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Owens, Mr. and Mrs. Forest Elzey, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Robinson. Mr. and Mrs. Delmer Vanhorn. Day Os Recollection For Women Sunday The Rev. Bernard Schmitt. C.PP. S„ a navy chaplain during the war. md now with the Mission Band of the Precious Blood Order, will conduct a day of spiritual r;.collection for the women, married and unmarried, of St. Mary's Catholic parish, in the Catholic school gym Sunday. STATE ASSEMBLY (Cont. From Page One) 45 bills out of committees as compared to 51 in the house, where more than twice the number of bills have been in'.mluced.

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DEMANDS (Cont. From Page One) that Woods is "a dictator.” "It is an almost foregone conclusion that the present congress will pass an even stronger rent control law, pushing us further down the road to expropriation,” Schmidt said. However, Norman B. Shogren, Chicago area rent director, warned landlords that if future evictions "indicate a lack of good faith, we will seek a court injunction." Shogren said there were "no evidences" of a landlord movement of mass evictions, and that his office was granting "75 percent of all petitions for rent increases that we handle." “I am confident that responsible owners of rental property will not follow the lead of certain Tulsa landlords," he said. In Carthage, Mo., landlords refused to go along with Tulsa and Kansas City property woners in evicting tenants to protest controls. President Jacx Horner of the Carthage property owners association said that "we are not going to endorse evictions because we don't want to slam the door in the faces of our neighbors and customers." APPOIVTMKVe OF KZKCITOR FSTtTE NO. I Ilia Motive h hereby iriven. That the underriKned has been apnoln*«d Executor of tbe o«t*te of .1 icoh Barffvr late of Adamw (’oiintv >lo<*piu«ed. The estate la prol»ably solvent. l ,,, r«Ud IlnrurF I’teciitor .ifiniuirt 27. HMO Ihihrrt It. MrClewnhnn Attorney Jan. 29 Feb. 5-12 SUITS I 1 DAY SERVICE || Stieda I 6 Phone 359

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