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aid society MEETING Kill was hostess o f the Ladies Aid soeIKh' First Christian church ML''. Hit.;:- and sile;it Mn,Members answerK,i| w:ili an Faster thought. EXm |i :ir v:!'liter read the K f.veiity-seventh chapter followed by the (liscipK.'.'ij unison. Thirty eight ,K. reported. |»Jr. . a ruininage sale to be ■EL,,- 7 in the church base■B'. ’ then discussed. ‘Mrs. Bwvroft will be chairman. |Hj...... meeting closed with Kjlm-t benediction. During Isl hour. Mrs. William' !(. articles entitled ||. Again" and ".Eight ML Paul Myers. Mrs. iseuK' read an Faster poem. ' ■v Christ." |t d Daniels and Mrs. ■ conducted the silent f. ■ followed by the hostesses K.B delicious refreshments. ’'■fcONCLUB . t is held 'S too Holy Cross dis|y C !. : h was held at the home ■ I John Brite last evening. jK deni Lengerich as chair- ! ■ (ipetied 'with prayer. i.y roll call. The evening r t in discussing days of and confession. closed with prayer. meeting will be held at Mrs. Karl Schnepp on OF MOOSE B'. o: tiie Moose held last evening at the attendance. the re.'uiar business meetwas held. The was awarded to Vivian Bunco pino-hle were 15Mi:....l and prizes awarded Hy.-'Ji. Mrs Toman. Mrs. ■B aii'l Catherine Ross. The M"-'v wl'l be formal initiaM April is held H|Hre-t"!ar -’i.iiing of the St M Tn. 1 11.I 1 . T. A. was held r'.Tiii'r.' at the Pleasant I^Bcli. ••>!. Holl call was answulive members in 'Bsc. of the third |HBs"t'i' 'in- W'i" recognized as !"st attendance for the fticrii'A'i Outfit 11 I ■ < i 'xV , r.'F r W i. * hi IT T I V AtW W W ■ I - y x | / J \ ff// / fl K // / // I I ' 3 /■ BJj O Kfc? dreas ,Bcu ' Kr or « The Cu,est »V1« ■t X Wil find, -cause it It froj’a'a nP * <ape ' pok ‘ Ksw.** 1 Panti< * : IsireV'X J oddlers ' si«es 1 ■ J froek. m yds 3 .. 1n . K Tw'LtL I*' 1 *' 1?i > ds 39 >’> K\ or tM NTV FIVE centß lc ■ D-m ’ Pat, ’‘ rn Dec * lul ML ° Crat ’ Patter n Dept. 15f I Plaint 0 v 1 " Chira<o 111 ■ S V? arXame ' Addreß « BL .. ' 'Die Number. Ka pX’' ° nr Mwtaß you and th - MyST for" ■X^“ ,on - p "*’ raw pa? E fw* bo ° k ~* bwi ’* • |T m tblr D . w

US Society Items for days publication must be phoned in by 11 a.m. (Saturday 9:30 a.m.) Phone 1000-1001 Miss Betty Melchi Friday Victory class of Trinity (Evangelical U. B. church, 7:30 p.m. Root Township boys and girls 4-H club, Monmouth school, 7 p in. American Legion auxiliary, Lc gion home, 8 p in. Pleasant Mills junior Class Play, , School Gym, 7:30 p.m. * Union Township F|artn Bureau. ■Emmanuel Lutheran school, 7:30 p.m. Work and Win class of the Trinity Evangelical U. B. church, Rev. and Mrs. John Chambers, 7:30 p.m. Pocahontas lodge Easter supper. 7 p.m. Y. P. M. B. of Nuttman Avenue U. B. church, Dora .Mae Falchild, 7:30 p.m. Saturday SJ. Mark’s Lutheran church ham and egg supper, church, 5 to 7 p.m. Antioch Lutheran Ladies of Hoagland, bake sale, city hall. C. L. W. class of Bethany <Evangelical U. B. church rummage sale, church basement, 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Monday Sunshine girls, K. of P. home, G p.m. Ladies Fireman’s auxiliary, fire station, 7:30 p.m. Pythian Needle club, K. of P. I home, after temple. Tuesday Dutiful Daughters class of Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church, Mrs. Dick McConnell, 7:30 p.m. , W. S. ML S. of Trinity Evangelical U. B. church, 7:30 p.m. Happy Homemakers of Washington township, Mrs. Kenneth Mitchell, 7:30 p.m. Church Mothers study club, Methodist church, 8 p.m. St. Mary's Township Farm Bureau, Pleasant Mills school, G:3O p.m. Dorcps class of Bethany Evan■gelicat U. B. church, Mrs. -C. E. ’(gekq:, 7:30 p.m. Monmouth P. T. A., school gym, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Ladies Shakespeare club, Mrs. John Heller, 2:30 p.m. Queen of Rosary study club, Mrs. Eileen 'Ellis,-8 p.m. World Friendship guild of Presbyterian church, .Mrs. Paul Hansel, 8 p.m. Zion Lutheran Missionary society, church, 2 p.m. I year. An interesting talk was then given by Wilbert* Haley, of Fort Wayne, principal of Elmhurst school and former president of the northeastern teachers association. Mr. Haley spoke on the findings of the survey taken by the school study commission, of which he was

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I a member. The following officers were then elected: president, Merle Foor; vice president, Airs. Ben McCullough; secretary. Mrs. Melvin Dellinger; news reporter. Mrs. Harlen Jones. An old fashioned '‘last day of school” was planned, the date and time to be announced later. A program will be presented by the school children and a potluck sup- . per will be served by the parents. The P. T. A. members will also serve the alumni banquet on May 7. On May 22, the annual state convention of the Indiana PtirentTeachers association will be held in Fort Wayne. Members of all P. T.A. groups have been urged to attend. f MEETING OF EVER READY CLASS HELD Mrs. W. Guy Brown was hostess to the Ever Ready class of the Methodist church last evening. Mrs. Virgil Krick gave the Easter meditatin devotionals, and Mrs. Jess Niblick offered prayer. ■ Miss Etta Mallonee gave a review of the past month’s Sunday school lesson. During the brief business meeting, Mrs. John Nelson reported on the recent bake sale. Hostesses for the meeting were Mrs. R. A. Stuckey, Mrs. 0. K. Baker and Mrs. Harry Sipe. Lovely refreshments were served. The May meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Lloyd Ruse. NAZARENE MISSIONARY SOCIETY IN MEETING The Missionary society of the Nazarene church met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Plasterer Thursday evening. The meeting was opened with the group singing "That They Might Know Him." Mrs. Carter was in charge of the devotions, following which various reports were given. Mrs. Anspaugh gave the lesson . study, and the meeting was closed . wiih prayer by Mrs. Richard. REBECCA JEAN LORD OBSERVES BIRTHDAY Mrs. Robert Lord entertained ' with a party for her daughter, Rebecca Jean, Thursday afternoon in ■ honor of her second birthday anniversary. The honored guest received many’ lovely giftq. (Janies . were played, after which a luncheon was served at small tables. Those present included Mrs. . Mark Schurger and daughter, Patsy, Mrs. Peggy Lambert and daugh- . ter, Roberta, Mrs. Charles Lose and Danny. Mrs. Joe McNerney and son, ■ Joe. Mrs. Hollis Bonifas and daugh- , ter Polly Ann, Mrs. Weldon Baumgerdner and Susan. Mrs. Toni Kit- • ■ son and daughter, Mary Lou. Mrs. i rnest Tumbleson. Airs. Solomon Lord, Miss Grace Lichtensteher, ’ Alice Tumbleson. Mrs. Robert Lord and Rebecca Jean. The Profit and Pleasure Home i economics club meeting has been i postponed to April 20. The World Friendship guild of the Presbyterian church will meet at the home of Mrs. Paul Hansel Wednesday evening at eight o’clock. The W. S. W. S. of the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church will have its meeting Tuesday evI ening at seven thirty o’clock. Hoste'ss’s will be Mrs. Clarence Morsan, Mrs. Floyd Death and Mrs. Zella Baker. Mrs. Nina Light will be the leader. The Oueen of the Rosary study club will meet at the home of Mrs. Ei'een Ellis Wednesday evening at ! eight o'clock. The Dutiful Daughters class of the Bethany I'vang.lical United Brethren church will meet at the home of Mrs. Dick McConnell Tuesday evening at seven thirty o'clock. ' —r

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St. Mark's Lutheran church will have ham and egg supper at the church in Monroeville Saturday night from five to seven o'clock. The public is invited to attend. Mrs. John Kennedy, of North Third street, arrived home by plane from St. Petersburg, Fla., yesterday. Mr. Kennedy is driving through with their car. They went south last February. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ehinger will leave Sunday for a several days’ visit in Chicago. .Mr. Ehinger will attend a conference of telephone company executives. Dr. James G. Neptune and L. F. Center, both formerly of Decatur, are enjoying a vacation trip to Hai:i and the Virgin Islands, according to word received here by friends. Dr. Neptune now resides in Lima. 0., and Mr. Center lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spichiger, Linn Grove, are parents of a baby girl, born at 2:42 p.m. Thursday at the Adams county memorial hospital. She weighed 6 pounds. 9 ounces. X Attractive Movies Booked For Decatur Roy Kalver of the Adams theater was in Indianapolis this week where lie completed bookings for his spring attractions to be shown withis tlie coming weeks. With the nroduct of all the major producing zompanies to pick from, an attractive lineup of pictures has been arranged. Included are such productions as 'The Boy With the Green Hair ’ starring Dean Stockwell; “Family Honeymoon" with Fred Mac. Murray md Claudette Colbert; Errol Flynn in "Adventures of Don Juan,” "Chicken Every Sunday" with Dan Dailey and Celeste Holm; Jane Wyman’s new picture, “Kiss in the Dark." Other outstanding films are John Wayne in “Wake of the Red Witch," “Snake Pit" with Olivia de Haviland,” Mi.key Rooney in "Sumluer 'Holiday,” “The Man from Colorado" with Glenn Ford and William Holden; “Take Me Out to the Ball Game" with Genfe Kelly, Esther Williams and Frank Sinatra: i “Little Women’* with Elizabeth Taylor. June Allyson and Peter i Lawford; and Bing Crosby’s latest. I "Connecticut Yankee." Next to your homes and churI ches, tlie most sacred spot is your i cemetery, where rest the loved ■ ones who have passed away. Vis- : iting these sacred spots in Adams County, you cannot help but admire the well kept grounds, the verdant shrubbery and pleasing I land'cape. You are proud of the I beautiful memorials that arise from the ground to mark the nam« , and inscribe the virtues and life of I the deceased. We too. of the Wem hoff Monumental Works are proud of the fine memorials you have purchased. For eighty-two years our 'establishment has produce' over ninety percent of the e silent sentinels made of sub'iantial ma i terials and superb craftsmanship 1 and w? have done our work so care'ullv that we age willing oday ! io replace sly defective materia'. wp have produced during the p j s' eighty-two yers. Buffet'd by storm c , rains and sleet Wemhoff Memorials stand through eight dc--1 cades in act and integral. We appreiiite the good wil’ and confidence shown by our thousands of customers and thank them ■ for their support. Many of you will want to erect a nr mortal before Decoration Day and we invite you to call and see our di plav as soon as possible I and we will endeavor to erect youi monument before Memorial Day. Our salesmen have not called c»> manv of yon that have been visited by dea'h in the faml’y. Our Code of Ethics has always been to defer calling on the bereaved until several weeks after a burial. W> do not believe that a bereaved per-on should select a lueiuoria until a rea'onable time after a death has occured. You should take some time a'ter sorrow tor visited you to select an appropri ate memorial for your deceased In your days of grief you canno choose wisely. We want to serve you but we will rot deviate from onr policy “to defer soliciting your order until such time that r onr Immediate sorrow has passed." We will not become Hearse Chasers hut try to serve yon when you hare had time to mitigate-your sorrow and grief Your Memorialist WEMHOFF MONUMENTAL WORKS Decatur & Ft. Wayne. Indiana

Lutheran Choir To Present Osorio Lenten Meditation Here Sunday*Night “The Crucifixion." a musical meditation on the sacred passion of the Redeemer, will be presented by the 3G-voice choir of Zion Lutheran church, West Alonroe and Eleventh streets, Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock. The concert will be presented before the chancel of the church and will be under the direction of.David Embler. choir master. The inspiring Lenten oratorio follows closely the text of Scripture, picturing the passion of the Redeemer in full chorus, and tenor and bass arias. The bass solos will be sung by Karl Relnking. and the tenor arias by the Rev. Edgar Schmidt and Gerhard Schultz. Mrs. Evangeline (i'mbler, Adams county organist, will accompany the choir on the church organ. The public is invited to attend the concert, for which there will be no admission charge. Members of the Zion church choir are as follows: soprano — Mrs. Robert Freeby, Mrs. Edgar Schmidt. Dorothy and Arlene Dersch, Patricia Karlen, Barbara Helm, Margine Bauer, Mary Leitz, Lenora Fuelling; alto — Mrs. Louis Jacobs, Mrs. Carl Smith, Mrs. Orley Walters, Mrs. Harold Thieme, Mrs. Fred Scheiman, Mrs. Paul Hancher, Airs. Lawrence Fuelling, Mrs. Ray Leitz, Doris Krueckeberg, Marjorie Schnepf, and Eileen Bieberich, bass — William Schnepf, Jr., Dale Schott, Gerhard Reinking, Dan Freeby, Arthur Bieberich, Adolph Schamerloh. Ralph Sauer; tenor — Ted Witte, Donald Bieberich, Gerhard Schultz, Albert Scheumann. Herman Lankenau, Phil Sauer. Q n Admitted: Mrs. Mary Landis, Monroe; Warren Striker, Geneva. Dismissed: Carl Vining. Willshire. O.; Mrs. Gordon Shaw and son, Mercer avenue; Airs. Reuben Zuercher and daughter, Monroe; Mrs. George Walter and son, Master drive; Mrs. Harold Bransteter ind daughter," Willshire. O.; Day:on Steele, Decatur.

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Beneke Orchestra To Appear Sunday Tex Beneke and his orchestra, featuring both swing and sweVt j music, will appear at Edge water Park, Celina, 0.. Sunday evening. ! Song hits of yesterday and today I are featured by the band, formerly I under Glenn Miller's baton. City Traffic Record Was Clean Last Year Decatur is one of 19 Indiana cities with populations between 5.0C0 am/ 10,000 which went through the entire year of 1948 without a sin-, gle traffic fatality, according to the ' national safety council. Throughout the country, 400 oth-1 er cities can boast a similarly spotless record. Colorado, with eight i out of ten reporting cities, had the highest percentage of cities without | a traffic death. lowa was next best ; with 19 out of 24. j Play Shuffleboard at Ed j and Pat’s Place. 80t4x i Bake Sale, Saturday, Apr. 9 ' City Hall. Antioch Church at Hoagland. It CLEANING DAVS TILL EASTER SHEETS Cleaners—Phone 359 TrTperTes Beautifully Cleaned KELLY’S DRY CLEANIMG Phone 147 * WE PICK UP AND DELIVER ANYTIME * / .

Two Autos Involved In Accident Here Charles Burdg, route 3, Decatur, and Jerome Gaskill, Decatur, were involved in an auto accident on Third street between Monroe and Jackson. Damage -to Burg’s car amounted to 320. Ralph Landrum, 29, Decatur, was fined 35 and costs and received a 30-day suspended sentence in Mayor's court on changes of disorderly conduct.

I*arge selection of potted plants, fl° wers ’ pottery,'novelties, and corsages for your Easter needs. Wedding and funeral work is our specialty. We Telegraph Flowers Everywhere ' O pen SwHday ; and Easter Sunday "'• Monroe St. (At Cemetery) Phone 5112 We Deliver Robert Smitley, Prop. IN YOUH FAVOUR ETUDOR INTERIOR GLOSS Added beauty is yours now with the gorgeous new colors in this high quality, radiant high gloss finish for all interior surfaces. Self-smooth-ing. Easy to brush on; hard to wear off. Dries without brush marks overnight. May be washed repeatedly without harm. KOHNE DRUG STORE . Mr rf> . IHigliU > designed a ’ just for you... 3-98 4-98 5'98 6'9S u: , kjF The winsome straw bonnet \ with bright spring flowers encircling open crowns; the enticing cloche with lovely fkral and veil trims; the suit sailor with draped nylon A w'—y bands and big frivolous rotes ff or poppies. A rea'ly gorgeous Easter collection awaits your if selection. .All colors, shapes i N rtf and styles. I . | . Niblick & Co.

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PIANO LESSONS on Mondays Mrs. E. M. Webb Conservatory Standards ' gained from Artists Home of Mrs. Wilbur Foor 527 Studebaker