Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 7 February 1949 — Page 3

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■Hty church meets Ladies Aid society of the Evangelical United Brethmet Thursday evening LBc'nirch. Devotions were given [M William Strahm. Mrs. HuAirs. Charles RobenLH(I Mrs. Earl Crider. | Mjpj the business meeting. EM, ted by Mrs. R. 0. Wynn, LH,. one calls were reported ami LK r k committee turned in twem-L.-Wdollars and seventy six cents. also voted to order the r the chapel. At the next a discussion 'will be held L|k cure for cancer. Airs. Viola kßpu-:'. Mrs. Manley Foreman lS, David Wynn were appoint- |, ■ <>-,e work committee for I [Jle'v refreshments were later the twenty-two members guest by the hostesses. Bitpier. Mrs. Frank M and Airs. William Huffman. Enßsses for the March meeting Mrs. Ralph Roon. Airs. LauI. and Mrs. William Ollier. Koe w. s. c. s. ■ting is held / nine members of the WoM Society of Christian Service L-M Monroe (Methodist church atMd the regular meeting in the annex Thursday evening. conducted by the Lißresident. Mrs. Russell MitchLi Ug opened with the piano pre|lu®y " rs - Homer Winteregg. folhoß by group singing. Devotionhlßnl prayer were given by Airs. Crist. the song "Work for the k'B is Coming," the lesson study by Mrs. Harry Crownassisted by Mrs. Freepian and Airs. Howard HendThe group then sang “A Vaiafter which the closing hr*t was offered by Mrs. CaN Ad■e hostesses. Mrs. Dan KauffMrs. Glen Workinger, Mrs. ■on Stucky, Airs. Gene Hike laaßlrs. George Snyder served de■s refreshments at a later hour. meeting will he the night program, with the feiertnmittee in charge. A potilußsupper will be served. x<. Ever Ready class will spon|kß bake sale at Gerbers market beginning at nine a.m. Mt. Pleasant W. S. C. S. will be held at the home of ■ ■Earl George Fuhrman at two h'Ack Thursday afternoon. The of officers will be held and are urged to attend. BHe’li foil For It ITWA v ? Ml Iv J .y/i I I /Hi [, Aw / TY7 1 t K7 •• / I |■/ * I 1 MwSl ■t/i d * b| I i I! J. j ? ■ I l/nv* uri 1 B- - ’ r O p ' ecE /y 11 BkSkiRT A A ■ x ■ 9483 sizes n—l7 ■ lll&nTvw B :le dress that makes his heart New silhouette, new B^'e*— it’s but swish! Waistline B' iosely. semi-circular skirt has B*- seam! Alphabet transfer too! B al 'ern 9453 comes in Jr. Mis B *>• 13. 15. It . Size 13 takes B yds. 39-inch fabric. B : TWENTY-FIVE cen’s in W'/ for this pattern to Decatur B y Democrat, Pattern Dept. 155 ■ Jefferson St., Chicago 80. 11l Plainly Your Name, Address. Be Size, style Number, ■brand new! Our Marian Martin B*M Pattern Book gives you B-stest fashions, and those who B” fashion say sew fashion! B r; sew-easy styles for every B an,i occasion—plus FREE pat B"’ Printed in the book —a bottle-B;-r far Babs! Fifteen cents B e brings you this new book!

ISM Society Items for days publication must be phoned in by 11 a.m. (Saturday 9:30 a.m.) Phone 1000-1001 Miss Betty Melchl Monday Y. P. Al. B. of Nuttman Avenue U. B. church, Mrs. James Striker, 7:30 p.m. Pythian Sister officers and staff, K. of P. home, 6 p.m. Research club, Airs. Leo Saylors, 2:30 p.m. Girls Missionary guild of Union Chapel, Shirley Workinger, 7:30 ■p.nt. Gamma Nu Business Meeting. Fire Station, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Girl Scout troop representatives. Mrs. Sylvester Everhart. 3:30 p.m. Decatur W. C. T. U., Mrs. Ray Stingely, 2 p.m. . Rebekah lodge, hall, 7:30 p.m. W. S. C. S. of Trinity^Evangelical U. B. church, 7:30 p.m. ■C. L. of C. chorus choir, C. L. of C. hall. 7:30 p.m. Church Mothers study club, Mrs. Rolland Ladd, 8 p.m. St. Dominic study club, Mrs. Adrian Wemhoff, 8 pm. Kirkland W. C. T. U., Mrs. Ervin Lochner, 1 p.m. Monroe Better Homes club, Mrs. Liza Hahnert, 7:30 p.m. Associate chapter of Tri Kappa, Mrs. Dan Tyndall. 7:30 p.m. Academy of Friendship, Mrs. Bert i Haley, 7:30 p.m. Happy Homer ’kers, Mrs. Dwight Schnepp, 7:30 r.m. Delta Theta "au sorority, Elks home, 8 p.m. Wednesday Legion auxiliary drill team, Le gion home. 8 p.m. Women’s guild of Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, church, 8 p.m. Zion Lutheran Missionary society, church. 2 p.m. S. E. bridge club, Airs. Everett Faulkner, Jr., 8 p.m. Tri Kappa called meeting, Elks home.. 7:30 p.m. I guild of Alagley, church basement. 7:30 p.m. World Friendship guild of First - ( The Legion auxiliary drill team is asked to meet at the Legion home Wednesday ' evening at eight o'clock. ■Members of the Aeolian choir, planning to attend the Indiana university glee chib concert at the G. E. club auditorium in Fort Wayne tonight, are asked to he at De- i catur high school by five fifteen. o'clock.

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Presbyterian church, church, 8 p.m. B. P. W. club Swearingens 6:30 p.m. Profit and Pleasure Club, Mrs. Arthur Lengerich, 7:30 p.m. Thursday Union Chapel W. S. W. S„ Airs. Charles Burrell. 1:30 p.m. Women of Moose, Moose home, 7:30 p.m. Holy Cross discussion club, Mrs. John Brite, 7:30 p.m. Mt. Pleasant W. S. C. S., Mrs. Earl George Fuhrman, 2 p.m. Magley Ladies Aid society,: church basement. Eastern Star stated meeting. Ma-1 sonic hall, 7:30 p.m. Lincoln P. T. A.*founders day srpper, Methodist church, 6:30 p.m. Pleasant Dale ladies aid society, church, all day. Friday Pocahontas lodge. Red Men hall, 7:30 p.m. Calvary Evangelical U. B. ladies' aid, church, 2 p.m. Saturday Ever Ready class bake sale, Gerbers market, 9 am.. Sunday Zion Lutheran Married Couples club, church basement, 8 p.m. The Women's guild of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church will meet Wednesday evening at eight o'clock in the church parlors., The meeting will be in the form of. a musicale and Valentine tea, with | Mrs. Edgar Gerber in charge. The' guild also announced that a cafe-' teria plate supper will be served i on Saturday, February 26. The regular meeting of the Women of the Moose will he held at seven thirty o’clock Thursday-even-ing at the Moose home, preceded by the officers meeting at seven. The social meeting will be in charge of the ritual committee A meeting of the Zion Lutheran Missionary society will he (held Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock at the church. The S. Fl bridge chib will meet at the home of Airs. Everett Faulkner, Jr., Wednesday evening at eight o’clock. The Calvary Evangelical United Brethren Ladies Aid will have its < meeting at two o’clock Friday afternoon at the church. The meeting was originally scheduled for Friday evening. A called meeting of Tri Kappa sorority will he held Wednesday night at seven thirty o'clock* prompt, at the Elks home. Members are asked to bring their dance tickets. Pocahontas lodge will meet Fri- ' day evening at seven thirty o’clock

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at Red Alen hall. A Valentine party will be held, with a pot-luck supper following lodge. Mary Butcher ’ is chairman, assisted by Rosa and [ Mary Coffee. Members are rennindled to bring cheer boxes to this [ meeting. I The meeting of the Union Chapel W. S. W. S. will be held at one thirty o’clock Tluirsday afternoon at the home of Airs. Charles Burrell. Airs. James Sheehan will be in charge of the program. All ladies of the church are invited to attend. A post card to this newspaper from A. R. Ashbaucher, who is vacationing in Florida, states that a Richmond, Ind., man caught a 900-pound shark off the pier at Anna Maria Island, near Bradenton. The Ashbauchers are well and send their regards to DecMur friends. A boy baby was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hiatt, Jr., of West Palm Beach, Fla’., lust Saturday. He has been named Johnny. Airs. Richard Gill of West Palm Beach, formerly of this city, is the maternal grandmother, and Miss Esther Bowers. Mrs. Vida lEI Kaough and Mrs. Gladys I. Wilkes of this city, are great aunts of the child. William Bowers is a great uncle. . Mr. and Mrs. Richard Buuck. route 1, are the parents of a son, born at 2:55 a.m. Sunday at the Adams county memorial hospital. He weighed 8 pounds, 1314 ounces end has been named Allen Richard. SWEATERS | SKIRTS I I Phone 359 p •mmmmmmnmm/'mmimmnmimnL * I V 4«’ wttlv 11 allmauk vnUntvnw See our complete selection of Hallmork Cards for every occasion. See our selection of Valentine Candy Beautiful Heart Boxes priced at 75c,»6-oo per box Smith Druq Co. , u , t , llll;ljl

Training Schedule Os Reserve Officers ' A training schedule for the Adams county reserve officers association has been announced by Major H. V. DeVor, president of the county chapter. The schedule of meetings all at 7:30 p.m., to he held at Adams Post 43, American 1 Legion, follows: , Feb. 10 — "Organization of the 1 army” and training film, Capt. Severin Schurger, instructor; Feb. 24 — “Courts martial changes” and "moot court,” Capt. Schurger; March 10 — “Methods of instruction" and training film, Lt. Col. O. C. Busse; March 24 — "Sanitation and first aid" and film on same subject, Lt. Col. Harold F. ‘ Zwick. ' !®Josp,itai IQn W Admitted: Mrs. Lucille King, Tocsin; Airs. Pearl Hart. Geneva. Dismissed: Melvin Hart. Geneva; Miss Don Abnet and son, Delno Calvin, Berne; Doyle Brodbeck, Will- ( shire, O.; Loren Fifer, Line street; John Meshberger, Geneva. Girl Scout troop 11A met Thursday afternoon at the Lincoln school. Plans were made for a Vai entine party. Names were also drawn for a Valentine exchange. The meeting closed with the Girl Scout handshake and taps. Red Men To Install Officers Wednesday The Improved Order of Red M°n will install new officers at their | regular meeting Wednesday evening. Refreshments will be served I following the meeting and all mem- | hers are urged to be prase, t. Missouri is rich in agriculture I with corn as i*s chief crop. MinI erals, especially lead an* 1 zinc, are large and valuable. T'’e live' ; stock and packing institu ions of ■ Kansas City and St. Louis are [ of importance to the nation. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur | I '"" — 11

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Winter Meeting Os Decatur Zone Held Lutheran Churches Hold Zone Meeting The annual winter meeting of the Lutheran churches of the Decatur zone with representatives present from each of the ten congregations in circuit A was held Sunday afternoon at St. John's Lutheran church at Bingen. Opening devotions were conducted by the host pastor, the Rev. Martin Behling. The meeting was presided over by its retiring chairman, John Bleeke of Immanuel church, route 5, Decatur. Edgar Nordbrock, principal of Emmanuel Lutheran school at Soest, read an essay on the topic, "The congregation and the Pastor.” The Rev. E. T. Schmidtke. of Friedbeim, who is the pastoral visitor for this circuit, discussed the 1948 financial report summarized from the various congregations. Every congregation had exceeded its quota for contributions to the church at large; and the average contribution per communicant throughout this area was considerably greater than in 1947. Rev. Schmidtke explained that 1949 budget figures were about 11 percent higher than last year, but urged an optimistic viewpoint toward attaining them. The Rev. W. H. Bouman of Emmanuel. Soest, explained plans of the newly organized Lutheran publicity , bureau of Fort Wayne, which will also handle public relations for , this area. Paid newspaper and , radio adver ising supported by the , congregations on an assessment , per communicant membership is planned. Officers elected at the meeting include Louis A. Jacobs, chairman, Hugo Boerger of St. Peter's, vicechairman, and Oscar Lankenau of Zion, Decatur, secretary. This year's program committee consists of Bernard Schultz of Immanuel. Decatur. Theo Grotran of St. Peter’s, Arthur Schroeder of St. John's, Bingen, and Harold Mel- . cher, Flatrock. The invitation of Emmanuel Lutheran church at Soest was accepted and that congregation will be the host group for the spring meeting. Happy landing? IT MAY cost you hundreds of dol'ars from your own pocket if some one is injured on your premises and you haven't placed Residence Liability insurance on your property. Before anything happens INSURE NOW, with this agency. Protect your home, your savings and > your family. THE SUITLES CO. Hartford Fire Agent Niblick Store Blog Decatur, Ind.

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