Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 55, Decatur, Adams County, 7 March 1949 — Page 3

MARCH 7, 1949

couples club King held Sunday Tiw Rev. W. J. Schnedler. exesecretary of the Concordia : ,H a n high school association in coßWayne, addressed the Zion Married Couples club at thH' meeting in the church Sunday evening. H Schnedler discribed .the rugand damp hot cliLjjKf New Guinea, where the Mishas recently opened a I n gflnission station. Having servI chaplain with the thirty-sec-onKfantry division during the of World War 11, he exmany of the hardships make the missionaries diKidNt. The Lutheran lias I,een act ' ve with a mis ‘ l ir0 ’ rair ‘ in th3 Australian aqW or over a llun^re( ' >’ ears ' but ISj |^Hi s still much work be doue ' also described the New Guinea nat|JKnd many of their unusual haRious written games were en- ” jJR after a clever matching stunt pltSed to select partners. The comconsisted of Mr. and Mrs. PtMrrl Mailand, Mr. and Mrs. jJB Spiegel and Mr. and Mrs. Fleming. Krueckeberg, dub presi(Unannounced that the next meetinMould be held on Sunday, Apri 3,lie .program will include a colorjMWmnd picture showing the work «He Lutheran Deaf Mute insti- ' hMat Detroit. The committee se- '■ jell for that meeting is Mr. and ; . Mm 'Karl 'Reinking, Mr. and Mrs. » K*eth Ohler and Mr. and Mrs. k (H Bucher. " | " Wiity LADIES * ® SOCIETY MEETS Ladies Aid society of the "..'TMity Evangelical United Brethremmrch met at the church ThufsDevotions were given lty*l rs. Hubert Gilpen, Mrs. R. E. MOma, Mrs. George Schroeder and Clarence (Drake. the business meeting, conby Mrs. R. O. Wynn, fortycalls were reported, and the wofct committee turned in forty do!lai and fifty-three cents. The social voted to contribute fifteen dol»laa to the Red Cross. A talk on the of cancer was then given by ;.S. Russell Deßolt. Mrs. Jess ’WiliMs. Mrs. Frank Fisher and Mrs. Bittner" were appointed to thlwork committee for April. Hovely refreshments were served am later hour to the twenty-three uAibers in attendance iiy Mrs. Robenold, Mrs. Laura Sapp atl Mrs. William Ohler. Hostesses I Here It Is! Illi ■iWB |®|L ft® Bit fllsr Bl f23T Iflsl ■SJES WHIH H*-so ■ Your new shirtfrock is here! Hook at that collar, the softened Hokes, the pockets — and know Hat this is the most flattering. Heat and slenderizing dress yet! ■ Pattern 9231 comes in sizes 34 H 38, 40. 42. 44. 46. 48. 50. Size H*> takes 4% yards 35-inch. I Send TWENTY-FIVE cents in Hoins for this pattern to Decatur Hlaily Democrat, Pattern Dept. 155 H’- Jefferson St, Chicago 80. Hl W-is- plainly Your Name, Address. Hone. Site, Style Number. I Brand new! Our Marian Martin Hpri.ig Pattern Book gives you Hhe latest fashions, and those who Hnow fashion say sew fashion' ’Kmart rew-eMy styles for every H?e and occasion—plus FREE patHern printed in the book-* boctleSoUer for Baby! Fifteen ■nore bring* you thlr new book!

Society Item* for days publics- < tion must be phoned in by 11 a.m. (Saturday 9:30 a.m.) ( Phone 1000-1001 Miss Betty Melchl Monday Holy Family discussion club, Mrs. Herbert Foos, 8 p.m. ( Adams County Home Economics Chorus, Monroe High School, 7:30 p.m. i ( All, Girl Scouts troops, Lincoln school, 3:30 p.m. Officers and staff of Pythian Sis- ‘ ters, K. of P. home, 7:30 p.m. Junior American Legion auxiliary, Legion home, 4:30 p.m. Happy Homemakers club of ( Washington township, Mrs. Hubert Hawkins, 7:30 p.m. Girls Missionary guild of Union Chapel, Marjorie and Jane Drew. 7:30 p.m. : Research club, Mrs, C. C. Pumphrey, 2:30 p.m. Tri Kappa associate guest musi- ! cale, Presbyterian church, 8 p.m. Gamma Nu sorority, fire station. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Delta Theta Tau sorority, Decatur high school, 8:20 p.m. St. Dominic study club, Mrs. Noble Drum, after church. W. S. W. S. of Trinity Evangelical U. B. church, church, 7:30 p.m. Dorcas class of Bethany Evangelical U. B. church, church, 7:30j p.m. t Beta Sigma Ph'i sorority, city ball, 8 p.m. Monmouth P. T. A. Monmouth school, 7:30 p.m. Decatur W. C. T. U„ Mrs. Otto Longenberger, 'Monroe, 2 p.m. Dr. S. M.'Rabson cancer program, Decatur high school, 8:30 p.m. Dutiful Daughters class of Bethany Evangelical U. B. church, Mrs. Russell Melchi, 7:30 p.m. Rebekah lodge. Odd Fellows hall. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Beulah .Chapel, W. S. C. S., Methodist parsonage, Bobo, 6:30 p.m. Girl Scout board of directors, Mrs. Lowell Harper, 2 p.m. World Friendship guild, Mrs. George Bair, 8 p.m. Our Lady of Good Counsel study club, Mrs. Jerome Deßolt, 8 p.m. Profit and Pleasure Home Economics club, postponed. Business and Professional Woman’s club, Bluffton country club, 6:30 p.m. Missionary society of Zion Lutheran church, church .basement, 2 p.m. Historical dub. Mrs. Roy Price, 2:30 p.m. Thursday Lincoln P. T. A.. Lincoln school, 7:30 p.m. Women's guild Lenten quiet hour service, Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, 8 p.m. Mt. Pleasant W. S. C. S., Mrs. Milton Fuhrman. 2 p.m. Union Chapel W. S. W. S.. Mrs. Ralph Bluhm, all day. Queen of Rosary study club, Mrs. Max Kreps. 8 p.m. Our Lady of Laurdes study dub, 1 Mrs. Robert Laugerman, 8 p.m. Legion Auxiliary District Meeting. Albion, all day. Friday Work and Win class of Trinity Evangelical U. B. church, Mr. and Mrs. William Strahm, 7:30 p.m. Y. P. M. B. of Nuttman Avenue U. B. church, Mrs. Claire Eddy, 7:30 p.m. Legion Auxiliary. Legion Home, 8 p.m. .'or the April meeting will be Mrs. Ira Bodie. Mrs. Gilpen and Mrs. i£arl Crider. Our Lady of Laurdes study dub will meet Thursday evening at eight o’clock at the home of Mrs. Robert

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A meeting of the World Friend- < ship guild will be held Wednesday evening at eight o'clock at the home f of Airs. George Hair. 1 ■ t The Queen of the Rosary stlidy 1 club 'Will meet at the home of Mrs. t 'Max Kreps Thursday evening at 1 eight o'clock. I i The Girl Scout board of directors 1 will meet at two o'clock Wednesday < afternoon at the home of Mrs. Low- ' ell Hhrper. ' i All ladies of the Union Chapel 1 church are invited to attend the 1 all day meeting of the W. S. W. S. ( at t(je home of Mrs. Ralph Bluhm 1 Thursday. A carry-in dinner ( will be served at the noon ( hour, followed by the election of officers. The ladies are reminded , to bring their Lincoln penny offer- ■ ings. ■ | The Beulah Chapel W. S. C. S. , will have a pot-luok supper at six thirty o’clock Wednesday evening at ( the MethodiSt parsonage in Bobo. 1 Mrs. Milton Fuhrman will be hos- ' tess to the Mt. Pleasant W. S. C. S. Thursday afternoon at two o’clock. , > , The Women's 'guild of the Zion , .Evangelical and Reformed church 1 ■will have a Lenten quist hour service in the sanctuary Thursday 1 evening at eight o’clock. Mrs. F.d , Miller will be the leader. Their theme iwill be “The Healing of His Wings." Members are requested to 1 notice the change in the date. The Work and Won class of the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Strahm Friday evening at seven thirty o’clock. ( 1 The Y. P. M. B. of the Nuttman ( Avenue United Brethren church will!. have its meeting Friday evening at ( seven thirty o'clock at the home of j Mrs. Claire Eddy. , 1 The Burns and Allen program. ' over NBC Thursday from 8:30 to 9 o'clock (EST) , will honor (lirl Scouts, and all Girls Scouts in the area are urged to listen to the program. Kenneth McConnell, student at Indiana University, visited his par-| ents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard McConnell, in Decatur over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Harper visited in Ohio over the weekend. Carl Beehler. student at Hanoyer College, visited his parents. Mr. ( and Mrs. Otto Beehler, in Decatur over the weekend and attended the regional basketba.l tourney. Ken Bernsteift, reporter on the Daily Democrat, spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Bernstein at Union, New Jersey. Paul Lord, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sol Lord of this city, will receive a B. S. degree from Mankato college on March 9. .Mr. Lord Is majoring in industrial education and minoring in physical education and his--1 tory. David Bauman, a patient at Lutheran hospital, Fort Wayne, will undergo a major operation in the near ’ future. ' John Hoffacker, of Bluffton, former Adams county game warden has accepted a position with the Dierkes garage. Admitted: Kenneth Wanner. Geneva. Dismissed: Mrs. Gertrude Swore land, route 5; Mrs. Grant Lindsey and daughter, route 2; Mrs. Carl Noll and daughter. Fifth street: Mrs. Wilbert tehman and son. Berne; Mrs. Russell Pearsons and ion. Monroe; Mrs. Virgil Neuen- 1 schwander and son, Berne; Mrs., Robert Hanni and daughter. Geneva.

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Dress Revue Will Be Featured Here During Dairy Day A herringbone twill pinafore green denim coverall apron will be among the garments to be modeled by Adams county farm women on “Dairy Day" Wednesday. A dress revue styling clothes farm women could wear in dairy work is one of the new additions to Purdue University's dairy caravan which is on a tour into 33 Indiana counties. The revue, a feature added this year to attract the farm women to the dairy program, is under the direction of Mi s Lor raine Amy, extension home economist froiri Purdue University. The revue has been well received in the counties where it has been shown and according to Miss Amy, farm women as well as many men have been interested in the dairy clo.he, styled. The local committee working with Miss Amy includes Mrs. Max Schafer. Mrs. Gale Cook and Mrs. Earl Chase. Besides the revue, there will be eight Purdue exhibits combined with the mi k industrial displays for Adams county’s “dairy day” fair. Four Purdue extension specialists and Miss Amy wilt represent Purdue University at the caravan’s fair. The local display is scheduled for the Decatur high school gym. The Adams county home economics association, as well as assisting wi h the style show, will serve the noon lunch. A well balanced menu featuring dairy foods that was suggested by the District Association is being used. More than 100 women will assist in the serving. The committee in charge: Mrs. Sam Kaehr, Mrs. Everett Rice, Mrs. Wm. Werling, Mrs. -John Heiman and Mrs. John Magley. Defective Chimney Is Blamed For Fire Fire, originating from a defective chimney did considerai'!--damage to the Vernon Castle rt;i---i donee at 913 North Tenth street lat about 12:45 o’clock this afternoon. It took several minutes before local firemen could get control of the stubborn blaze, which had worked its way into the low attic. No estimate was available on the amount of damage, but it was learned that it was covered by insurance. Flames destroyed part of the roof and attic and the interior of the 1 house was damaged by smoke.

LOUIS A. JOHNSON (right), newly named secretary of Defense, Is congratulated by American Legion National Commander Perry Brown of Beaumont, Tex , at the National Rehabilitation committee dinner in. Washington. Johnson, Clarksburg, W. Va., attorney, is a former national Legion commander. (International Soundphoto) ... w Mt £ 1 JwCi’ aik NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstlerne (center) and two members of the Embassy are shown leaving the Slate Department in Washington, where they joined the North Atlantic defense pact negotiation*. Norway risked Soviet wrath in making the decision to join the Washington talk*. At right i* Eigel Nygaard, Embassy Counselor, and at left, 1* Sivert Nielson. Embassy Secretary. (International) I

Prominent Muncie lady Blast Victim Fishing Boat In Florida Explodes Ft. Myers, Fla., March 7—(UP) —The body of Mrs. Ray Applegate. 50. socially prominent Muncie, Ind., woman who was killed in a fishing boat explosion, was enroute home today for funeral services. , Mrs. Applegate was killed, and her husband and Mt. and Mrs. Edmund F. Ball, also of Muncie,,injured in the explosion Saturday as they fished jn the Gulf of Mexico. A leaking gas line was blamed for the blast, which occurred in the midst of a fleet of boats-hovering over a run of kingfish. Ball, 42 year-old president of the multi-million-doUar Ball Brothers Co., Inc., makers of fruit jars and bbttles, was injured seriously. His wife, 41, was hurt critically, and Applegate, whose advertising firm handled the Ball accounts, was less seriously injured. Ball is the son of Edmund B. Ball, one of five brothers who founded the big concern. Hospital attaches described Mrs. Ball's condition this morning as “poor" and the conditions qf Ball and Applegate as “good." Mr. and Airs. Chester Crapes. Monroeville, are the parents of a baby boy, born at 9:15 a.m. Sunday at the Adams county memorial hospital. lie has not been named. A baby girl 'was ■born to Mr. and Mrs. R. 1). Williams. Jr., route 6. Saturday night at 10:34 o'clock at the local hospital. She weighed 6 pounds, ’/i ounces. iMr. and Mrs. Robert Cummings. ' route 4, are parents of a son. born this morning at 9:34 at the local hospital. He has npt been named. 1 BILL ODOM (Cont. From Page One) , ip. Oakland. Calif, after flying 2,406 miles. On the first try. bad weather and icing conditions over the Sierra Nevada mountains forced Odom to turn back — but the weather outlook today was idea). Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

' ' W < . • ’ . .... ...... - < / -vL< ' A B-29 REFUEL SHIP above, the B-50 below, this is how the "Lucky Lady 11“ was rcfue,ed ‘J?®’ I on her nonstop trip around the world. Note fuel line between. The picture was taken at Da '‘ than field. Texas, during training for the history-making flight. (International Soundphotos)

Brownie troop 13 met at the fire station Thursday. Roll call was an-1 swered by the eleven present. The promise was given, after which a discussion of the Juliette Lowe party was held, and plans made for the Easter party at the county farm in April. The girls then wrote special invitations to their parents to attend the Juliette Lowe program Friday evening at seven o'clock at the Lincoln school. Sharon Marbaugh, who celebrated her birthday, served refreshments, following ■ which the meeting was closed with the Brownie arch. | Beverly Patrick, scribe. ( I 1 -4 / ' B ■■ X/ A OP • j ARMY'S NEW cigaret package sized two-way radio, which sends and receives messages over distances greater, than 200 yards, is demonstrated at Fort Monmouth, N. J, by its designer, George E. Colman, Red Bank, N. J„ engineer employed by Army Signal Corps engineering laboratories. It has two "B“ batteries, one "A,” twofoot collapsible antenna, four subminiature tubes. Whole works fits into case one by two and a quarter by three and a half inches. It makes six-pound "handle talkie” a giant. (International)

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Girl Scouts of troop 11A met Thursday afternoon at the Lincoln school. Singing .games were rehearsed for the Juliette Lowe pro-, gram. Sundra Reppert, scribe. Brownie troop 15 met at the Lincoln school to practice for the Juliette Lowe celebration to be held March 11 at seven, thirty o’clock. Refreshments were served followed by the Brownie promise and arch. The next meeting will be this evenafter school. Alicia Levy, scribe. ■- — J ** ■ n v., j ■4.7 £ JI ' LOIS ANDREWS, stage and screen beauty who started her matrimonial career at 16 by marrying George Jessel, asks a Los Angele* judge to end her third marriage, to actor Steve Brodie. "Grievous mental suffering" caused by him, she says, brought separation April 1, 1948. They wed at Tijuana. Mexico, in 1946. (Intarnational)

Mexico* in 1 uakivum/ ifwwwwvwwvvvv•••••••• AT MONMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL r * | o •x I 3. J fik •• jggMWwL-'w xSBsBE. HI The famous Hoosier Cornhuzkers are making a personal appearance at the Monmouth High School. Thursday, March 10, at 8:00 P. M. Admission will be 50c for adults, and 25c for children. Sponsored by the Senior class —who cordially invite everyone to attend.

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Dr. E. Stanley Jones is holding evangelistic meetings in Japan. He will speak in the leading cities, concluding the month's meetings lin Tokio.

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