Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 56, Decatur, Adams County, 8 March 1949 — Page 2

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A PROUD BIRTHDAY THOUGHT A-' ■ h* ■ t ff&K*' -' s2r 'Jm-SanS On the 37th birthday of the Girl Scouts of the a Brownie Scout learns from her troop leader the simple arithmetic that adds up to the achievements of a huge organization. They typify the spirit of a movement that has meant happiness, friendliness, cooperation, and fun to Over five million girls throughout the country since 1912.

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CHURCH NEWS Bethany Church The congregation of the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church will meet Wednesday eveining for a “fellowship service" and congregational business meeting. A film entitled “God Is My Landlord" will be shown. The congregation will be given a report from the board of trustees regarding building of a new parsonage and vote on the project. A carryjn supper will be served at 6:30 o’clock. Members and friends of the church are invited to attend Trinity Church The second in a series of weekday Lenten services will be held at the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church, Wednesday at 7 p.m. The choir will sing and Harold Mumma will preside at the organ. 'The special musical number will be a vocal solo, “Jesus and I,” sung by R. 0. Wynn. The sermon by the pastor, the Rev. John EChambers, will be "The Call to the Church." In the closing moments of the service, the organist will play "Were You There When They Crucified My Lord." Zion Lutheran "Journey Into Faith," a religious sound film by Cathedral pictures. St. Patrick’s Day ' Greding Cards Holthouse Drug Co.

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will serve as the focal point of the second mid-week Lenten vesper Wednesday evening at Zion Lutheran church. West Monr.oe and Eleventh streets, the service begins at 7:30 o'clock. The film is based on the story of the two men from Emmaus to whom Jesus appeared after His resurrection, and the special events leading up to and following the resurrection of Christ. As an additional feature of the service, the ancient prayer of the church known as the litany of the common service will be said and sung responsively by the minister and the congregation. The public is invited to attend j the service. I . I Berne Bank Continues Operations Six Days Berne, March S — E. W. Baumgartner, president of the First Bank of Berne, announced yesterday that Che local hank will be kept open six days a week as heretofore, regardless of the bill ipassed by the state legislature which permits banks to close one day a week or go on a five-day basis. The bill, Baumgartner said, gives the banks the privilage of going on a fiveday basis but is not mandatory. APPOIVTUEVT OF .WMIMSTRVrOH OF ESTATE NO. 4503 X'olhe i« hereby iclven. ■That the. undersigned has been appointed Admlnistrttor of the estate if M.a'y'flt Hurst Iqte of Adams County, deceased. Thd estate is t>roh. able solvent. Ednard Hunt Administrator Feb. IS. 1040. John 1.. I>rtoss tttorney Feb. 22 March 1 -8 - t—t ri ". .■ rrv*’»sv> V'l .■»/Wv

Mating Thursday Os Bernfe-French PTA Berne, March S — The March meeting of the Berne-French PTA will ibe held Thursday evening in the gymnasium of the local school. Miss Vivian Roe, of Fort Wayne will be the speaker, using as her subject, “Helping Children Speak Adequately." Officers will be elected and refreshments served. Books Are Selected For Lenten Reading Special Display Is Arranged Al Library The Decatur ministerial association. meeting Monday, selected a number of books from the Decatur public library which suggest for Lenten reading. , These books, all for regular drchlitiori, are arranged on a special table just inside the main entrance of the library, Miss Bertha Heller, librarian, stated today, if the desired book is not In the display, it may be reserved. Following are the selected books: The New Testament The Robe—Douglas The Big Fisherman—Douglas Richest of the Poor—Maynard The Seven Storey Mountain — Merton The Christ of the American Road—Jones Abundant Living—Jones Miracles—C. S. Lewis The Magic of Believing—Bristol The Life of Our Lord—Dickens The Days of His Flesh—Smith The Greatest Story Ever Told— Oursler The Common Ventures of Life— Trueblood The Predicament of Modern Man—Trueblood Alternative to Futility — Trueblood On the Meaning of Christ—Knox How to Read the Bible—Goodspeed The Bible and the Common Reader—Chase The Road to Reason—du Nouy Human Destiny—du Nouy Best Sermons 1947-1948—Butler A Treasury of Biblical Quotations—Berrey Treasury of Religious Plays —i Brown Christ and the Fine Arts—Maus The World’s Great Madonnas— Maus f v The Sermon on the Mount — Shinn One God. the Ways we Worship Him—Fitch Prayers* I Love—Wilson A Guide to Confident Living— Peale Guideposts—Peale t Faith is the Answer—Blanton & Peale A Plain Man Looks at the Cross —Weatherhead Keys of the Kingdom—Cronfn. NOTICE Due to lay-offs and price drops, we have reduced our rates on repair and labor to $1.50 Pr. Hr. All work guaranteed. We specialize in tune up, Generator and starter, all electrical work. Also complete overhauling and motor rebuilding. Lubrication SI.OO. $5.00 exchange on any Battery. We *iH pick up cars and deliver at no ' extra charge—for repair or lubrication. Come in and see otfr complete line of Kaiser and Frazer Attomobiles. , Special Prices on all models. Mattax Garage West Mohrbe St. Decatur, Ind.

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Decatur Industries Will Have Exhibit At Toy Fair

' Decatur Industries, Inc., nationally famous music box makers, will ' again have an outstanding exhibit of its products at the American toy : fair in New York City, .beginning ' today, Noah Steury, company president, announced today. Norman Steury, secretary-treasur-er of the local company, afid his wife will attend the show. Mr. Steury will be in charge of the company’s display booth in the 'Hotel New Yorker. The company is expanding its production and personnel, Mr. Steury said. Recently D. Burdette Custer, Decatur attorney, was elected a director and vice-president of the company. More than 60 persons are employed in the company s plant, corner Jefferson and Eighth streets. Last Saturday's Chicago Tribune devoted a column to Decatur Industries, Inc., running an interesting story under the headifrg, “Boxed Melodies Sound Sweetly In Hoosier Ears." Tn part, the article reads: Musical movements perfected by craftsmen of St. Croix, Switzerland, and imported for installation in toys, pottery, arid b6x'es that make music, have given Decatur a thriving new industry producing charming novelties that duplicate in tin, glazed ware and the finest walnut and mahogany woods the quaint styles and features of Swiss music boxes. Their tinkling tunes are being heard across the country in musical powder boxes, candy dishes, miniature radios, toy hurdy-gurdies arid miniature merry-go-rounds. The millions of novelty gadgets have upped pre-war Imports from 8202,606 for Swiss mechanisms to around $1,300,000 In 1948. Approximately one-fourth of this trade is

Training Session For Enumerators Training Planned For Census Survey Sifice census bureau figures on employment and unemployment are used Widely in gauging na' tional economic trends, great case must be exercised in determining who is' employed and who isn't, district supervisor Louis B: BasheHer said today in announcing that the regularly monthly training session for current population survey enumerators will be held on March 11 at the census district office at 220 E. Jefferson street, in the Purdue center building at Fort Wayne. Basic questions on employment and unemployment will be asked in the March current population survey which will be staged during the week of Mhrch 14. A number of Adams and Alien county families are included in the national panel of 25.000 representative families covered each month in the survey. The March 11 training session will be devoted largely to making sure that each current population •survey enumerator knows the basic definitions of employment and unemployment since it Is not always easy to determine whether a person is employed or unemployed, according to supervisor Basheller. For example, the busy housewife with young children who answers the census taker's knock may seem tar removed from the field of gain'til employment, However, careful questioning may develop that the tousewi'fe has a part-time job on! Saturday’s to supplement the family Income and thus is in the labor force and is employed. A high' «hool girl helps out the family to-1 come by working as a baby sitter. She is employed. Grandfather, puterina in the basement with the . neighbor's radio to earn some extra noney, is in the labor force the ame as the young man who works ull-tnne in the repair shop down the street. Determining wnether or not a >ersun p unemployed is also somelines difficult. Mr. Bashelier said, list because a person is not workug when the census enumerator calls doesn't mean he or she is un.mplbyed. For example, a person who retires and is not looking for work is not reported as unemployed even though he doesn't have a job. The same holds true for housewives ind students when they are not interested in gainful employment.• There are also persons who bare! jobs but who may be Idle temporar-1 ily because «f illness, vacation, bad weather, or a variety of similar rea | sons. Such persOSs are classed as employed rather than Unemployed! since they ordinarily would be | working. An unemployed person! is cue who is not working and isi looking for a job. Supeivisor Bashelitr pointed out' hat all individual information turn-' Dbtd t| the census bureau to treat- 1 -d as e< nfldential under federal I law. and that ou'y statistical totals 1 I are published. I ~.. - I What we need to make the world! ! belter is the self-acknowledge ig-I i norance that will permit God to :uw« u* fully lor HL. oaa cnd„. I

< ■ flowing to and from the assembly 1 factory here of Decatur Industries, t Inc., now expanding its production. r The firm started in 1943 by N. ; R. Steury was out in front from the ■ start of reconversion in sensing that souvenir hunting Gls of 1945 and • 1946. on visits to Switzerland where ! they bought everything that tifikl- . ed. were creating a new American ■ fad. [ , Interest Revived Their love for musical beer mugs s that play "The Stein Song” and . little brown jugs that give out mels odiously when lifted, has also re- ■ vived popular interest for the largi er. rare old music boxes with revoli ving brass cylinders — partcr its eins of the gay ‘9os that have long i since become museum pieces. More than 300,000 units, from cut flower > tune vases to costly inlaid wooden • cheats,, are being produced in De- ■ catur this year. I But the costliest box turned out • here is a $250 chest that plays assorted classic and popular standard • melodies. The older, elaborate cas- , es of intricate Swiss cogs and pins i tinkled with "Yankee Doodle" and ■ operatic arias. ■ .Museum directors in many Ind- ■ land cities have called, on residents , of their area to donate or loan the rare ahtiques for music box fairs . io be held this summer. Meanwhile, says H. V. Ifesex of Decatur Industries. Steury will : gear the local plant to meet an increased demand for musical milk mugs, tea pots, perfume atomizers, ; cake plates, diminutive Christmas trees, arid all the other popular novelties. Most popular seller, Essex says, is a powder box whose music, “Always" and eight other melodies Including Brahms “Lullaby," starts when the cover is lifted.

Brothers Fined For ’ Public Intoxication Jesse Carpenter and Fred Carpenter both pleaded guilty in mayor's court Monday afternoon to charges of public intoxication. Each was fined $5 and costs, totalling sls. and suspended jail sentences of 30 days. , After securing local property owners to stay the docket, the two men were released -with a warning that if they did not pay their fines in the legal time limit each would have to serve the suspended time. . ' ... ■ . : . i ODOM SETS NEW (Cont. From Page One) ice melted, and he managed to continue the flight. Log Os Flight Log on Capt. William P. Odom’s non-st,on flight: Took off from Hickham field? Oahu. Hawaiian Islands, at 11:04 p.m. CST, Mir ch 7. San Francisco—3:so p.m. CST. Crossed Sierra Nevada mountains at Mount Lassen. Cal—6:oß p.m. CST. Rock Springs, Wy0.—10:26 p.m. CST. North Platte, Neb. —1:51 a.m. CST. March 8. Des Moines, 1a.—4:28 a.m. CST. Moline, 81.—5:27 a.m. cst. Chicago—6:ls a m. CST. Akron, 0—8:42 a.m. CST. Teterboro. N. J.—Arrived over airport 11:04 a.m. CST; landed 11:05 a.m. CST. *

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Exodus Os Aifiish Families Continues Berne. March 8 — The exodus of Amish families of this community which has taken some-from here to lowa, Missouri and Tennessee during the last year, is to continue. Peter Girod, bishop of the South Amish church, his father, Sam Girod, and Joe and John Eicher were in Alabama pver the weekend looking for a place to settle with the intentions of buying farms in that state, near the southern border. Seeking a more simple life, these. families give school conditions here as the reasons for moving. They say the schools in this state are too worldly. TO DISCUSS (Cont. From Page One) ■ ■ through i the annual sale of Easter seals. An important business meeting will be held proceeding the program, during which new by-laws for the association, recently prepared by the by-laws committee, will be voted on. At the close of the meeting refreshments will be served. All P. T. A. members are urged to attend. X - Trade In a i-ued :own — Decatur w Ml . / ■ , I I *• » - »

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Huser Reelected Equity President Berne, March 8 — Rufus Huser was re-elected president of the Berne Equity Exchange company at the annual stockholders’ meeting held at the Berne auditorium. He and Chris Stahley were renamed as directors. Stahlej- was named vice- ■ . . i —■ . ■

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