Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 1 March 1949 — Page 3

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teR TAIN WITH ’gTHDAY DINNER j|, an( l Mrs. 0. P. Mills enter Li with a dinner Sunday at “ ir]]O nie. 122 North Tenth street, he occasion marking the -birthday jjirersaries of Mrs. Thearal !ts and Mrs. Mills. The honored nests received many lovely gifts. Those attending were Mr. and i rs Orley Dunison and Mr. and IB Frank Dunison, of Fort Wayne, i r and Mrs. Marion Stults and Mr. nd Mrs. Thearal Stults and childel of this city. lONOR FAMILIES SAVING citv \ carry-in dinner was served at he Zion Evangelical and Reformed hurch Sunday noon honoring three iniilies of the church who will iove from the city soon. They are | r . and Mrs. Glen Roop and son, mid. Mr. and Mrs. William Sanas and children and Mr. and Mrs. M ther Waddy and children. ILEORA white to (ED ON MARCH 12 dlrs. Nellie White, 1 of 122 South Jinth street, announces the engagelent and approaching marriage of er daughter, Cleora Eileen, *o ,loyd Daniels, son of Mr. and Mrs. art Daniels, of Bobo. The wedding will take place on March 12 at two o'clock in the Trinlv Evangelical United Brethren lurch. The bride-elect graduated from ’leasant Mills high school and beauj- school in Fort Wayne. She" now urns and operates Cleora’s beauty hop on Third street. Mr. Daniels Iso graduated from Pleasant Mills igh school. He served over two ears with the navy and is now emloyed at the Harvester i Fort Wayne. DECATUR WOMAN'S CLUB IN MEETING Mr. and Mrs. Reid B. Erekson, of i he Fort Wayne Civic theater, were piests of the Decatur Woman’s tlub last evening and entertained rith a hilarious three-act comedy ihich has been acclaimed on Broadray and a hit throughout the country. The characters of the play rere vividly portrayed by Mr. and hrs. Erekson. Mrs. Roy Kalver, program chairnan. introduced the Ereksons. She was assisted in the program arujeraents by Mrs. Paul Handler, ind members of the Dramatic detartoient. Mrs. Howard Buck, president, (resided at the brief business meeting preceding the program, and aj>icinted Mrs. A. R. Holthouse chairman of the constitution committee. Snap and Wrap! I ul nF . o \ A j 1 „ W I t" nk ) ( I? kJ I m i i J s—3\ 5 —3\ fa if / 9360 sizes w "7 y 12-20 30-42 ' ' entirely new! The B ouse! No side * shoulder seams. Snap back to £*t st waistline—wrap front to and button. New Empire line Pattern 9360 comes in sixes 12. ?• 18. 20; 30, 32. 34. 36. 38. 40. Size 16 takes I*4 yds. 39-in. •'' , nd TWENTY-FIVE cents in ( *®» for this pattern to Decatur “•ily Democrat, Pattern Dept. 155 •’ Jefferson St, Chicago 80, 111. _-1:t plainly Your Name. Address. ’**• Size, Style Number. . Brand new! Our Marian Martin 'W«g Pattern Book gives you ** latest fashions, and those who fashion say sew fashion! >a *rt sew-«asy styles for every **• and occasion—plus FREE pat Printed in the book-* bottle for Baby! Fifteen cents brtnja yoa thir new book!

Society Items for days publication must be phoned in by 11 a.m. (Saturday 9:30 a.m.) Phone 1000-1001 Miss Betty Melchl Tuesday C. L. of C„ C. L. of C. hall, 7:30 p.m. Monroe Better Homes club, Mrs. Raymond Crist, 7:30 p.m. Decatur Home Economics club and French township cluib. Election school. 1 pan. Eta Tan Sigma sorority, Mrs. Dan Christen, 8 p.m. Tri Kappa business, Elks, home. 8 p.m. Beta Sigma Phi sorority, Miss Rose Ellen Miller, 8 p.m. C. L. of C. chorus choir, K. of C. hall, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Psi lota Xi sorority business, postponed. Ladies Aid society of Union Chapel, church, all day. Ladies Shakespeare club, Mrs. Jesse Rice, 2:30 p.m. Girls guild of St. Luke Evangelical and Reformed church of Hondurous, Miss Beulah Jane Bertsch, 7:30 p.m. Thursday Ladies Aid society of First Christian church, church, 7:30 ip.m. Girls guild of St. Luke Evangelical and Reformed church of Honduras, Miss Beulah Jane Bertsch. Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary society, Mrs. C. D. Teeple, 2:30 p.m., spiritual life meditation, 2 p.m. Pleasant Grove W. M. A., Mrs. Mary Shlfferly. 1 p.m. Monroe Methodist W. S. C. S. family night. 6:30 p.m. Ever Ready class of Methodist church, Mrs. Frank Crist, 6:3d i p.m. Magley Ladies Aid society. | church, all day. W. M. A. of Nuttman Avenue U. B. church, Mrs. Harrison Sudduth, 7:30 p.m. Missionary society and Ladies Aid of Bethany Evangelical U. B. ehuroh, church, 2 p.m. Pleasant Dale Ladies Aid society. Kirkland W. €. T. U„ church basement. all day. Friday World Day of Prayer. Presbyterian church. 7:30 p.m. Boho U. B. Willing Workers class, Mrs. Milton Chronister, 7 p.m. Jolly housewife home economics club supper, Pleasant Mills school, 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday Zion Lutheran Married Couples club, church basement, 8 p.m. Monday Tri Kappa associate guest musicale. Presbyterian church, 8 p.m. assisted by Mrs. H. B. Heller. Mrs. N. A. Bixler. r Mrs. A. D. Suttles, Mrs. Robert Helm, Mrs. Edgar GerMAGAZINES excellent assortment tollhouse Drug Co.

'why observe lent?'

For centuries the Christian Church ha* jet aside the six week* before Easter a* a period of special preparation. Beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing through Good Friday, it has observed what tradition has called a closed season. But why observe Lent? Why a special period of preparation? That all depend* upon what significance we attach to the great Christian festivals of Good Friday and Easter. The Christian religion is built upon the rock bottom fact of Christ s atonement. It teaches that on Good Friday, some 1,900 years ago, the Son of God gave Hi* life in payment for the sins of all man-

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our sms,'' it uys, "d* J“« fM ‘\ A „ . h of Jesus Christ, God's Son, deanseth us from ah sin TuTtremendous fact of the substitutionary death of Christ, I-. the very heart and core of the Christian Gospel, is w'be made the subject of special contemplation during the enten «ason. In private devotions, m fanuly readmgs, and L J church services Christians are to intensify their Xu the" mendous price of their redemption. r turner set aside this Lenten season to study His Gospel Write to us for special Lenten literature Resolve to Sir - "Co™ u. and we wJ A th»g Wors hip with US WEDNESDAYS AT 7:30 riON LUTHERAN CHURCH ZION (Phone 548) W. Mcnroe and 11th SU

her and Mrs. Robert Theobold. The next general meeting of the club will be held on March 14 and will be in charge of the Junior Women department. W. F. HILTONS CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING SATURDAY Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hilton, golden wedding celebrants, were honored guests at a family dinner Saturday evening at the home of their son, A. N. Hilton on Elm street. The long tables, arranged in a Tshape, were laid in white linen, and centered with a huge wedding cake and low bowls of mixed flowers. Gold nut cups marked each place. Four granddaughters of the honored couple, Mrs. Theron Dull, Mrs. Ivan Allen. Miss Frances Huston and Miss Mary Alice Harkless, assisted in serving the guests. Following the dinner, the Rev. L. A. Middaugh read the double ring vows which re united the couple in marriage. Approximately two hundred fifty guests attended the reception at the Hilton home near Bobo Sunday from two to four o’clock in the afternoon, and again in the evening from six to nine. The Girls guild of the St. Luke Evangelical and Reformed church of Honduras will have their monthly meeting Thursday evening in place of Wednesday as previously stated. The meeting will be held at seven thirty o'clock at the home of Miss Beulah Jane Bertsch, with Miss Norma Jean Funk as the leader for the evening. The Bobo United Brethren Willing Workers class will meet at the home of Mrs. Milton Chronister Friday evening at seven o'clock. The Ladies Aid society of the First Christian church will meet I at the church Thursday evening at seven thirty o'clock. Mrs. Jesse | Royce will be hostess and Mrs. Ho- , mer Ruhl will be in change of the program. The regular business meeting of Psi lota Xi sorority, sceduled for Wednesday evening, has been cancelled because qf Ash Wednesday. The next regular meeting will be held on March 16. and will be a combined business and social meeting. <J(WITAL Admitted: Mrs. fcarl Colter. 348 I Winchester street; Ernest Meries, ' Madison street. Dismissed: Mrs. Bernard Eiting and son, Bluffton: John Voglewede, Decatur; Mrs. Ralph MeAlhaney and son, Berne. LENTEN SERVICES (Cont. From Pace One) bers. An invitation is extended to all members of the church and to all who have no church home in this city, to worship in this series of Lenten services. I

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Berne Garage Moves To New Location Berne, March 1 — The Llechty Motor Service garage here is closed all week while the firm is moving into a large new modern building just erected along road 27 in the south part of Berne. The new building is expected to open in about a week. The firm handles Pontiac and Buick automobiles. Discover Murders 01 Mother, Baby Couple Confess To ’Michigan Murders Grand Rapids. Mich., March 1 — (UP) — Police discovered the murders of a mother and her baby today and said a couple who preyed on lonely women for money admitted the slayings and also confessed a third killing of more than a year ago. Prosecutor Roger McMahon said bald, swarthy Raymond Fernandez, i 34-year-old Spanish-born “mail order” romeoJkiller. confessed that he and Mrs. Martha Beck, 30. both of Astoria, N. Y., planned the slayings for money. Pretty, red-haired Mrs. Lelphine Downing, 28, and her daughter. Rainelle, 3, were found slain and encased in wet cement in the basement of their home aifter neighbors i reported them missing. i McMahon said the couple admitted killing the mother after working a lonely hearts racket and confindence game that netted them $4,500 since Jan. 23 while living at ' the Downing home here. i They also confessed, McMahon said, that they killed Janet Faye, I 50, Jan. 3, 1948, in a rooming house j on Long Island. Fernandez said I they got about SSOO from the Faye killing. Mrs. Beck said they got about $4,000. Mrs. Beck said the address was ”15 or 25 Adeline Place.” Astoria. ■ Long Island. N. Y. They put the body in a trunk and left it at the home of Fernandez’ sister, Mrs. 1 Frank Cano. 1202 30th drive, Astoria. They said Mrs. Cano knew noth- ■ ing of the slaying. Later, they disposed of the bodjj by burying it in cement in a rented ’ house, muctli in the same way they ■ disposed of Mrs. Downing and the • baby here, McMahon quoted her as saying. i ■ ' At the regular meeting of the FloKan Sunshine girls last evening, I five dollars was voted to the Red Cross fund. A marriage license was issued in ! Bluffton Saturday to Bonnie Lou • Bebout, (laughter of Mr. and Mrs. ; Thurman Bebout, route 3, and Mel- : vin D. Werling, son of Mr. and Mrs. • Doris Werling, of Pleasant Mills. J. Ward Calland, director of the national soybean association, and HR. W. Busche. a member of the Indiana association, are in Washington, D. C„ where they will appear before the house agricultural com mittee. relative to proposed farm I legislation. I The Ossian high school mixed ■ chorus will present the two-act opI eretta, “Gypsy Troubadour,” at eight o'clock on March 3-4 in the school auditorium. The entire ation takes place in a gypsy camp in I i lonely countryside and it is sure I*o be a colorful and fascinating I evening's entertainment. ' .Adams county residents who have registered at Butler university for he second semester are Miss Nancy Jane Heeinstra. 1209 Master drive. Lester N. Habegger, Berne, .nd Max E. Wintereg?. Monroe. William Mansfield and Ed Rick >rd left today for a visit in Florida. They will spend several days in Miami and then go on to Key West for a fishing trip. OUTLINES (Cont. From Page One) percent. The final assessment, add ing $62 for the garage, comes to $1,974. The old assessment, in effect dnee 1932. was $2,610. Beginning in 1951 the assessment will have dropped 24.3 percent, according to he new plan. The land itself will be valuated by a similar system of critical joints, including quality of the mil. drainage, pasture land, and he like. In urban areas the land will be appraised on the basis of such points as proximity to the business district, side streets, and comer benefits. Mr. Harlow pointed out that the new assessment will consider each building unit and improvement separately. so that if a particular unit was moved, destroyed or otherwise changed the fluctuation in value will be noted. He said the assessment of real estate probably would not begin in Adams county until April, after a representative of the atatu beard has briefed field and office workers on the new procedures

Solon's Marriage Proposal Accepted Idaho Legislator Accepts Proposal Boise, Ida., Mar. l-^(UP)—Rep. Edwin Snow, R„ Adams, Ida., arose in the Idaho house of representatives and asked “if the lady from Ada would yield to a question.” Pretty, red-haired Rep. Edith Miller, R., Ada. Ida., replied: “I’ll yield, but only to the question. And I won’t guarantee the answer.” “I was wondering if the lady from Ada would consent to marry me,” Snow said. The house roared with laughter. Miss Miller disappeared, blushing furiously. She returned a few minutes later and announced that “on a . point of personal privilege, I accept Mr. Snow’s proposal.” Miss Miller is 32. Snow is 35. Details of their legislative ro- . mance was entered in the records , of the house following the pro- - posal yesterday. ; Snow made the proposal when Rep. Walter Averill, R„ Cassia, i announced that he had married during the weekend. Snow noted that the marriage left him as the . only bachelor In the house. Then , he popped the question to the lady from Ada. The speaker, Rep. Larry Mills, ■ hammered for order and ruled ■ that the question needed no ani swer as Miss Millar fled to regain composure - before answering Snow. Miss Miller said today that she [ wasn't sure tjiat cupid would be | able to make her see eye-to-eye ! with Snow on several important matters before the legislature. “For example, Ed's in favor of slot machines and I’m vigorously 1 opposed to them,” she said. “He's stubborn about his views and I'm ' just as doggone stubborn. I'm afraid Ed and I are going to have to talk this matter over before we ever get around to wedding plans.” But, she said, that didn't mean she was giving Snow a chance to withdraw. “I've waited years for a man to propose to me like that." she said, "and I'm not going to take it lightly. But I sure hope he sees things my way on some of these matters." Snow could not be reached for comment. Carbon monoxide gas cannot 'be smelled and that makes it very dan- ’ gerous because it is highly poisonous. It is formed as a result of incomplete combustion. ' FILLERS i

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] Berne Plans Annual Red Cross Campaign Berne, March 1— The annual Red Cross drive will begin in Berne in a few days, according to the city' chairman, E. M. Webb. Local business places will be solicited through personal letters while high school students will canvass the residential areas. Life Sentence Is Given Wife Slayer New Castle Man Is Sentenced To Life New Castle. Ind., March 1 —(UP) — Ernest Sells, 39, today was sentenced to life imprisonment when he pleaded guilty to a change that he murdered his 17-year-old estranged wife a week ago. Sells entered the plea when he was arraigned in Henry circuit court to answer to a grand jury indictment returned late yesterday accusing him of first degree murder. Judge John Morris sentenced him immediately. Sells was arrested last Wednesday night in connection with the death of Lillian Sells, whom he married when she was 14. The girl’s battered body was found in a cornfield along a lonely lover's lane a few hours previously. After 18 hours of grilling, Sells confessed killing Lillian early Tuesday- in an argument over fatherhood of one of her two children. Mrs. Sells had filed suit for divorce and sought support money from Sells for the children while the suit was pending. Sells confessed hitting her with a blackjack and his fist, choking her and slashing her throat with a knife. GENERAL CLAY (Cont. From Page One) spokesman said. The Russians refused to Jhswer telephone questions in either German or English. Only when a Russian-speaking correspondent tried did the spokesman say they > did not intend to get out. The American-employed German fireman for the house occu- ‘ pied by the mission said he 1 thought maybe the Russians didn't ' care to go home. He said he had seen no activity indicating preparations for departure. Clay had notified Marshal Vassily D. Sokolovsky, the Soviet occupation commander, to withdraw the mis ion by March 1. Sokolov- ■ sky protested, and the Russians . complained through diplomatic . channels that the western powers . were interfering with attempts to help di placed Soviet citizens get back home.

MEASURE (Cont. From Page One) to 11 a bill which when it came over from the Democratic house' called for a statewide time referendum. When it went back over to! the house for concurrence it won't I receive, it was a simple central standard time bill. That left time, direct primary, and probably bonus ready to go before four-man conference cqpi mittees in the waning days of the session. But the bonus carried the most: heat and it had the general assembly arguing with itself and throwing charges around right and left. Some lawmakers said yesterday's wrangle, which saw house Democrats adjourn angrily in protest to what they termed senate slowness, decreased chances of a compromise. Republican senators took up the challenge and the battle raged for an hour before it ended as unresolved as the bonus bill itself.

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COURT HOUSE (Cont. From Page One) formed, including salvage from the I old motor and devices. The commissioners wish to make a further investigation and probably will disi cuss the repair proposal next week. The clock was running slow today. and as the hands made their way around the circle, the hourly stations were reached and passed without a sound. SKIRTS | SWEATERS I ' Shuto ■ I Phone 359 II

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