Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 16 February 1949 — Page 3

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C %H(APP A has meeting meeting of Tri Kappa |Mtv was ’neld at the Elks home . evening, with Mrs. Wen- \ president, in charge. \ t. Gray Paddock reported on Valentine dance; al--1 Smitlfc and Mrs. Lowell I r w ere appointed delegates state convention to -be held on May 6,7 and 8. !*■ next meeting will he a husateeting on Tuesday, March Elks home - f Hting of holy Sss CLUB HELD Holy Cross discussion club was held recently at the o f Mrs. John Brite, with Mrs. Lengerich as chairmen. Heeling was opened with pray■jllowed by roll call. The evenH discussion was on the three s■l mysteries. The meeting clos.prayer. next meeting will be held on 772 ,n at the hcme of Mrs ' Clpm zßtist brotherhood A»ER HELD TUESDAY ||Hiny-:bur members of the BapHHc'C- brotherhood and their attended a dinner at the Tu sday night. Members volto assist in the remodel■MMol' the parsonage, which is una repair program prior to IjKpan v by the new pastor in (if.leers for the year were |Hed as follows: .John Bauman: vi.e:;t. Grover Levy: treasurer. IMes Strickler, and secretary. .Jer||Mluinple. | IHION CHAPEL GUILD |HeTING IS HELD 1 ni,,n (Miapel Girls MissioniHrniM met at the home of Shir sSB Witrkitoter .Monday evening. Drew, leader for the used the topic "Horizons IK:..- !,l " lrls '" ' or ller discussion was played as a prelude Brown, after which Bose sang the hymn. The lesson was read by the and prayers were offered by | Walters and Veda and Frieda am The prayer hyenn "Lit j Beauty of Jesus Be Seen in Me" I Kt!a-n sung. Four study problems Christian youth face today 3 given, following w.hlch each was discussed briefly. The "Dear Lord and Father of I was sung in closing, with L. T. Norris and Betty Miller | the closing prayers. the social hour, games j played and refreshments were |j Cherub’s Outfit B ffvs-r-jw 1/ tW life trf- W, I * ft* X’F \ I • \\ ■vij.’.-r . HW Jtf If 11 V" f/J fl I y // // / bM \ 9258 I \ SIZES //h\ ■ Ito 5 yr*. Xx-k/ . Look. Mommy! That dress is cut “ ONE PIECE! The cutest little Fidler outfit you’il find, 'cause it “** * fashionable new cape, poke | frock and panties! Pattern 9258: Toddlers' sires 1 5 - Site 2 frock, l’£ yds. 35-in.; % yd.; cape. yds 39-in. Send TWENTY-FIVE cents in ’’ins for this pattern tn Decatur W Democrat, Pattern Dept. 155 “•Jefferson St., Chicago SO. 11l J rta ' Plainly Your Name. Address, k®* Site, Style Number. , Brand new! Our Marian Martin s Mnt Pattern Book gives you i* latest fashions, and those who •sow fashion say sew fashion! e®art sew-easy styles for every and occasion—plus FREE pat-j Printed in the book—a bottle for Baby! Fifteen cents brings you tbir new book! j

Society Items for days publics--1 tion must be phoned in by 11 a.m. ’ (Saturday 9:30 a.m.) 1 Phone 1000-1001 Miss Betty Melchl I Wednesday Indiana Hair Dressers associa , tion, Franeile Meyers, 7:45 p.m. Ladies Shakespeare club, Mrs. John Gividen, 2:30 p.m. Officer, escorts, chairmen and coworkers of Women of -Moose, Moose , home, 7 p.m. , Decatur Home Economics chib, Mrs. Alva Buffer, barger, 2 p.m. St. Ann Study club, Mrs. Carl ’ Steigmeyer, 7:30 p.m. Ladies Aid society of Union Chap- , el, church, all day. Psi lota Xi inspection, Elks home, 6:30 p.m. Mt. Pleasant Bible class, Mrs. Earl George Ftihrman. 7:30 p.m. Girl Scout Board of Directors, Mrs. Sylvester Everhart. 2 p.m. Thursday Women of Moose ritual practice, Moose home, 7:30 p.m. (Missionary society of Church of I God, Mrs. Kenneth Mitchel, 7:30 : p.m. Friendship Village Home Econ- : omics club, Mrs. Claude Markle, 1 p. m. Women’s guild of St. Luke Evani gelical and Reformed church, church. Ladies Aid society of St. Pahl, Mrs. Lawrence Smith, all day. Faithful Workers class of Union 'Chapel, church, 7:45 p.m. Progressive Workers class of i Trinity Flvangelical U. B. church, church, 6:30 p.m. Pleasant Mills Methodist W. S.C. S., Mrs. Hubert it.rsam, 10:30 a.m. Ladies Fellowship of Missionary church, Mrs. James McCagg, 7 p.m. D. Y. B. class of Trinity church, church, 7:30 p.m. Presbyterian Ladies Aid society, church parlors, 2:30 p.m. Phoebe Bible class of Zion Evan- ! gelical and Reformed church, church, 6:15 p.m. Saturday Zion Lutheran Missionary society i bake sale. City hall and parish l house, 9 a m. Friday Baptist Philathea Class, Mrs. j Vaughn Hilyard, 7:30 p.m. St. (Jecelia study club, Esther Geels, 7:30 p.m. W. S. C. S. of Mt. Tabor church. ■Mrs. Arnold Drake. 7:3O'p.m. Adams County Federation, Mrs. I Ray Stingely, 2 p.m. Sunday Wesley class of First Methodist ; church, church, 6 p.m. I Valparaiso University guild, Zion Lutheran church, 2:30 pan. Monday Junior Women department of De catur Woman’s club, Miss Thais Bumgerdner, 7:45 p.m. Research club, Mrs. Sylvester Everhart, 2:30 p in. served. Those attending were Betty Walters, Veda and Frieda M illiam son. Jane and Marjorie Drew. Rose Merriman, Ethel Cook. Betty and Mary Sheets. Janet Brown, Betty Miller and Mrs. Norris. The Research club will meet at SgXa u x g x'x 'S.~Xg ISSHSJSt x x ~ X'X r ■O Say It With flowers ' from • j \* 1/ B # 4-A iKtyW}

NEW SEMESTER 4 new term will begin Monday. March 7. A limited number of new students can be admitted. Business Administration. Professional Accounting. Auditing. Federal Taxation, and Secretarial courses are offered. School is approved for the training of veterans. INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE "School of Commerce” 1889 — 60th Year — 1049 120-22-24 W. Jefferson ™ Wayne, Ind.

the home of Mrs. Sylvester Everhart Monday afternson at two thirty o'clock. The officers, escorts, chairmen and co-workers of the Women of ' the Moose will meet at the Moose ■ -home at seven o’clock this evening for memorial services for Mrs. Lillie Morin. k Ritual practice of Women of the , Moose will be held Thursday evening at seven thirty o’clock. The St. Cecelia study club -will . meet Friday evening at seven thir- , ty o’clock at the home of Esther Geels. Mrs. Kenneth Mitchel -will he hostess to the Missionary .society of the Church of God Thursday evening at seven thirty o’clock. The W. S. C. S. of the Mt. Tabor Methodist church will have its meeting Friday evening at seven thirty o’clock at the home of Mrs. Arnold Drake. Mrs. Samatha Andrews as hostess. The Philathea class of the First Baptist church will meet at seven thirty o'clock Friday evening at the home of Mrs. Vaughn Hilyard, with Mrs. John Metzger assisting. Mrs. Max Schafer will have the program, and all members are urged to -be present. Boyd Smitley underwent a knee operation at the St. Joseph’s hospital in Fort Wayne Tuesday. Bob Cook and Fred Haugk have returned home from a several I weeks’ vacation in Mexico. Mr. and Mrs. Orval Bergman, j Linn Grove, ara parents of a baby j bov, born at 4:10 a.m. today at the j Adams county memorial hospital. He has not been named. — Q n Admitted: Judy Ann Royer, route 1; Max Thieme, route 5; Stanley Luginbill, Berne; Mrs. Lase Swag>rt, 1115 West Madison street; Tahy Steven Bentz, route 5; Dismissed: Harold Dellinger. Wilshire, O.; Mrs. William Fisher and j daughter, Decatur; Mrs. Sylva fuercher and son, Berne; Mrs. Dcr-I ■ill Hoffman. Rockford, O.; Robert Uhrick, Decatur; Mrs. Doyle Krick ind daughter. Plans for a 135,000 remodeling I md expansion program have -been I announced by the Hartford City; lost of the American Legion. Work in the project may begin within six -weeks. t Brownie troop 14 met Tuesday ifternoon. Officers were elected as ollows: president. Jackie Snyder; lire president, Kay Debolt; sec•etaryMreasurer. Carolyn Frauni■er. Rehearsal of songs for the Jul let Low tea was also held. Janet Agler, scribe. Troop 16 of the Brownies met Tuesday afternoon at the Lincoln school. The meeting opened with the Brownie promise and song, as ter which roll was called add dues iiaid. The girls then visited the ire station. Kathleen Kohne, scribe., Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

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Girl Asks Jail, Judge Grants Wish Girl On P/obation In Strange Request Chicago. Feb. 16 — (UP) — Charlotte Kierstein, 22, tall, pretty and red-haired, got her wish today and -was happy. She was locked up in the county jail. ■She didn’t have to go to jail. She was sent there by a judge at her own request because she was having trouble holding a job and "living down" a bogus check conviction more than- a year ago. Miss Kierstein. neatly dressed, walked into the chambers of criminal court judge Daniel A. Robert’s yesterday. "I want to go to prison,” she told him. "I'd prefer the women’s I | reformatory at Dwight (Ill.)” The judge -was amazed.'He found i her guilty in December. 1947 and placed her on probation for three years for conspiring to cash an sll,500 check on the account of her employer the day after he was killed Accidentally. Since then she has been working as a stenographer, a waitress, .maid and clerk. “I’ve had about 12 jobs," she told the judge, "-but 1 can't hold them. I might as well be in prison. I don't even have a (place to sleep.” Her late employer’s estate IS being probated. Investigators have traced her from job to job asking questions about the check, disclosing her record. She applied to several relief agencies, she said, but was turned down. “Once I delibertely violated my probation by not reporting to the probation officer, but nothing happened,” she said. The judge examined her probation report and granted her wish. He sent her to jaik until Tuesday. Meanwhile, he said he would try to obtain help for her. “You have a right to hold up I your head,” he said. “I can’t throw I you back to the wolves.” Miss Kierstein was taken off to j jail. She was smiling. Double Credit For Purdue Graduate Lafayette, Ind., Feb. 16 — Double j credit for proficiency in English composition at Purdue University, i according to an announcement by the Purdue department of English, | has been awarded to Tom K. Bayles, a graduate of Decatur high school. On the basis of high ranking in the orientation tests, lie was assigned to Etnglish 32, an advanced - freshman composition course, and successfully completed it with a better than minimum passing grade. As a result he has won six hours' of credit in English instead of the usual three hours granted in a Purdue English course. Ask Eisenhower To Dedicate Building Vidianapolis, Feb. 16 — (UP) — Gen. Dwight D. Elsenhower will be asked to officiate at the dedication of the new American Legion national headquarters building here May 15, it was announced today. The J 2.000.000 building is expected to be completed next year. Brown said. The dedication ceremony will be held in connection .with a Legion national executive committee meeting here May 4-6. PROSECUTION (Cant. Krom I’aee One) Rangers. Chief defense counsel James J. Laughlin asked McCarthy if he had any bias toward Miss Gillars. “Yes and no," the tight-lipped witness answered. "After you’ve worked in a prison camp and seen your buddies shot —I was there 18 months and 18 of them were shot—and you see the way you are treated. and my health is still not right, and you see an American who says she is an American, working for them—do you think I would love that person a person who would I sell out her country working for them” McCarthy paused, then said: I“N o, sir!” The court was quiet. The silver-1 haired 48-year-old Miss Gillars listened motionless as the dark eyed witness with a youthful crew cut denounced her. “Did the defendant undermine your morale" Laughlin asked. “Yes. sir—absolutely,” McCarthy said. “By just seeing her working for the Germans—when they took one boy out a month and shot him . . He said Miss Gillars came to the Hammerstein camp about two months after he was captared and asked prisoners there to make re cordings for an Easter day broad cast "to onr families so they would know we were in good.health and they wouldn't have to worry about us.” He said they refused because “we knew what those broadcasts were.” McCarthy said he had heard Axis Sally in Africa. Italy and ! Sicily. i

Five-Year-Old Girl Is Injured Tuesday Judy Ann Royer, five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orval Royer, of. Decatur route 5, suffered a possible skull fracture and lesser injuries Tuesday afternoon when she fell out of a speeding car. The child .was seated in the back seat of the family automobile which was traveling on state road 118, five miles east of Berne. She apparently played With the door handle and it came open accidentally, throwing her onto the berm. She was rushed to the Adams county memorial hospital. Her physician said a complete diagnosis could not yet be made because of her overall condition. Woman Bank Teller Held As Embezzler j Indianapolis, Feb. 16 — (UP) — IA ,52-year-old woman bank teller I told FBI agents today, they said, I that she embezzled $6,950 from the [ Merchants National Bank here to help support sick relatives. Mrs. Helen J. McCord was arrested late yesterday. She had worked at the bank seven years. Unable to post $5,000 bond, she waived preliminary hearing before a U. S. commissioner and was bound over to a federal grand jury. Friends described Mrs. McCord as “too big hearted for her own good.” She told federal agents she started taking funds from the bank four years ago to help support sick relatives she took into her home. Three Cars Flip-Flop On Slippery Highway Three cars did flip-flops on an icy section of state road 124 west of Coppess Corner Tuesday night, but damage was slight and no one was injured. Between five and six inches of water covered the road and a freeze set in at about 7:30 p.m. First auto to run into difficulty was reportedly driven by Miss Joyce Fruchte. of Decatur route 2. Thereafter an unidentified car was overturned but set aright by passersby. Finally Weils county sheriff Alya Smith and his wife drove into the hazard, turning their car on its side. The accidents were reported to tne sheriff’s department. NO ACTION (Cont. From Page One) the preliminary assessment roll for the Hilyard sewer improvement, appeared before the council j to remonstrate. Stressing that "1 have no objec-1 tion to an improvement," Mr. Imel said he was “being imposed on" in the assessment roll while other property owners whose land joins on the sewer were being "let off . scot free." Mr. Imel said he had hired an attorney and tried every way he could to “head this thing off." Upon his return from out-of-town, he Charged, the sewer project had "slipped through.” IMayor Doan replied that the other three assessed property owners were "directly benefited by the sewer.” Mr. Imel maintained that i the Hilyard sewer was actually a; detriment to him. both regarding the assessment and because of duplication of facilities. The council referred the Hilyard assessment roll back to the city engineer for further consideration, j With no remonstrances present-j cd, the final assessment roil on the i Rambo sewer improvement was ap- j proved by the council. Trade in Good Town — Decatur "I'VE GOT TO KEEP GOING, DOCTOR". When an accident lays you up, in addition to the extra expenset, the cost of food, thelter and other expenses for the family continue. The best way to meet them is to have Accident Insurance. THE SUTTLES CO. Affenta Niblick Store Bldg, Decatur, Ind. BiyiiuarfU He Ana Oaul* tad Smv a ral HinfeM, Cams. . liiuAiiil!

Clearing Skies End Slate Flood Threat High Winds Create Some State Damage By United Press Skies cleared over Indiana today, ending a threat of another midwinter flood of major proportions. Weather forecasts saw no rain the next 24 hours, thus easing a high water situation that existed along the White and Wabash rivers after general heavy rains Monday and Tuesday dumped up to nearly three inches of moisture on Hoosier communities. The streams were above flood stage at some points and were expected to exceed that stage all along their routes with crests com- i ing as late as Thursday of next week. Flooding wasn't the only dist on the yveather menu. High winds j lashed scattered portions of the state, centering on Montgomery and Pike counties wljere property damage was reported moderately heavy. In the ice-coated Calfimet area,) traffic still moved slowly and j many accident* occurred. Among them was a wreck yesterday which killed two brothers near La Porte and a wreck involving an automobile and a school bus in which 15 pupils were shaken near Walkerton. The Wabash river was expected to crest at levels ranging up ( to 11 ■ feet above flood stage between j Wabash and New Harmony between today and Thursday of next week. Downstate, the flooding was not expected to be as great as it was during January overflows. But upstate the levels were, expected to be as high. The White river crest forecasts ranged up to nine feet above flood; stale, with crests coming between j today and next Monday. “stoF that cough with OUR OWN Cough Syrup 49c & 98c sizes KOHNE DRUG STORE Ij jag You Purchase A Monument Only ONCEAnd yet there are so many unfamiliar details like cemetery regulations, advantages and disadvantages of cemetery plot, symbols. Won't you let us help you with this important matter of a family memorial program? wemhoff Monumental • Works i ■ ■III NO DEFROSTING! ~-~rIl i I i ADMIRAL Dual-Temp Refrigerators Huge moist cold compartment never requires defrosting. Keep roods fresh without covering dishes. Built-in home freezer quick freexes at 15’ below zero. Performance proved in over j 250.000 kitchens. TRADE IN YOUR OLD ONE. Also a Large Selection of ELECTRIC STOVES Kitchen’s Appliances 238 N. 2nd Phone 95

Defers Judgment In Trespassing Case A continuance of judgment until February 23 was granted Tuesday afternoon by mayor John M. Doan in the case of the state against Harry Dey. Charges of trespassing, brought against Dey by Charles Minch, were originally brought in mayor's court last week. The coirtiquance was agreed to by both parties. The suit concerns the property used by the Decatur Cab service. STATE SENATE (Cont. from Page One) attack in the senate which may produce even bigger fights than yesterday’s. "Yesterday was just the begini ning,” said one Republican, "from I now on the chips will be down on [ the bonus." Sen. John Van Ness, Valparaiso, ; GOP floor leader in the senate, indicated what tlr Democrat's i bonus bill is in for when it reaches j the. senate. ‘ The senate will give i especially careful consideration to i • all of the amendments defeated in the house." he said. House Democrats beat down 111 Republican amendments before ] sending the bill to engrossment { yesterday after the walkout. Strangely enough, the Republi- ! can revolt appeared to have resumed in uniting both parties. “I think the house Republicans MWWVWWMMWWVMAAMMWM

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are really together now,” sai.l floor leader W. O. Hughes, Fort Wayne, “but at the same time, the battle also solidified the Democrats." "If the Democrats hadn’t cracked the whip we would have made some inroads,” said Hughes. He referred to a mid-morning Democratic caucus in Governor Schricker’s office during which a handful of party members who were leaning away from the • gross surtax plan were shipped back in line. Bake Sale—Saturday, Feb. 19 — 9 a. m. Chicken and noodles. Zion Lutheran Missionary society. City Hall and Parish House, 1016 W. Monroe St. Tx

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