Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 84, Decatur, Adams County, 9 April 1949 — Page 3

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BM, HAS MID-YEAR meeting Ml trustees, branch secreiEtiW1 ’ 11 ' directors anti ML i,ients of the Indiana gB c'rioi.in Temperance Me, in mid-year executive M-.-.n 30-31 in Central V «ith an outM in all divisions. sponsors depart■K welfare: Christian fi, mission and reinieriiational relaBK. ; „ literature and publiMj,:';,-. and pageantry; pubtemperance insoldiers and sailors; spiritual life; R^H C , education in church ■Wt,. !li: H-r:iii<'e and missions. ■K duration. Departmental lUi-' ,he I ’ ast S ’ X 8K,.., ■.(-,.m and plans were ■H finishing the year's prosecretaries promote ■M,.; l i'. l reii and youth groups. (emperatice legion, ior twelve amt youth ternKB,.,mm il. for ages twelve Both strottps place specmt character building. Mp [.eonard. director of sailors, reported that wheel chairs Mn purchased and presented Kllll- hospital. Indianapolis, ■Ln.,, of crppled veterans. Griffith, director of and relief, reportD has been given for H’k through her departvoted to purgHm,.,,.. atta, hment for Maker graphic camera.” ussKerforming delicate operaa portable air-condition-private rooms. Both will to the Veterans hosSpin::s Hoad, Indianay.itith temperance anipinent will bi at Yeltheme; "A Good Time school for norcotic editKill be held at Winona Lake visual aids department will exhibit of literature used education at the Indiana Bb|r tn September. jubilee convention M'c'i'l- will be held at Rob|Mrk Methodist chur.h, Indin late October. CHURCH MEETS THURSDAY .\!i--ionary society i- B rian , hurch met at Kishion Leader mW/ ■x Hr * JfS lygjL/ W jS n j n |h I • I \\l BSI 1 I I jjEn i Ullil ■ u ‘ and useful! You'll ■ ,h ' r, frock now and all ■ .. nn ' Slender rovers and ’ PB are scalloped new ■L J*.7 l! ’“asy-sew beauty' ■ J' 1 comp » in sizes 11. B; . «■ 34. 36. 33. 40. 42 B yards 35 inch. Bot^ NTY ’ FIVE ‘n ■L J1 pattern to Decatur ■ oocrat. Pattern Dept. 155 BK,j * Sl ’ Chicago 80. 11l BfeTv ¥oar •'’’ante. Address Style Number. By**' Our Marian Martin M,. * ra <i»es you Km 1 *? 10 *”' * Dd 'ho BL, Mr ww fashion’ ■kJ"’ ,t7le * for ,wy B FREE pat B fj , ?? he bottleB,br ' Fifteen centa ■ ° rD ° ihlr new book!

Society Items for days publlca- . tlon must be phoned in by 11 a.m. (Saturday 9:30 a.m.) Phone 1000-1001 Miss Betty Melchl Saturday St. -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 Junior Arts department, Miss Pa trtcia Karlen, 7:30 p.m. Sunshine girls, K. of P. home, 6 p.m. Ladies Fireman’s auxiliary, fire station, 7:30 p.m. Pythian Needle club, K. of P. home, after temple. Tuesday Rebekah lodge, Odd Fellows hall. 7:30 p.m., Three Link club following. St. Dominic study club, Mrs. J. C. Laurent, 7:30 -p.m. Dutiful Daughters class of Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church, Mrs. Dick McConnell, 7:30 p.m. . W. S. W. 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, S p.m. St. Mary's Township Farm Bureau, Pleasant Mills school, 6:30 p.m. Dorcis class of Bethany Evangelical U. B. church. Mrs. C. E. Hocker, 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. Thursday Eastern Star stated meeting, Masonic, 7:30 p.m. the home of Mrs. E. C. Filson on Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Lowell Harper, president, presided at the meeting. Mrs. C. D. Teeple was in charge of the devotional period, and Mrs. A.’C. E. Gillander was leader for the program on "Youth Leadership Conferences.” Mrs. Gil-

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lander told especially of the courses and religious training given at Camp Kosciosko. Winona, which a group of young people of the loca! Presbyterian church attend each year. Following the program, a social hour was enjoyed. Assisting hostesses for the afternoon were Mrs. Sim Burk, Mrs. G T. Burk. Mrs. Lowell Harper and Mrs. J. F. Sanmann. i - LADIES AID r MEETING HELD The Ladies Aid society of Union , Chapel Evangelical United Breth- , ren church met at the church Thursday for an all day meeting. The business meeting was in charge of Mrs. Omer Merriman. . vice president, -who read Psalms 19. Prayers were offered by Mrs. ; George’ Cramer and Mrs. C. O. Brown. They voted to give five , dollars to the Red Cross. The meeting was closed -with the Lord's Prayer in unison. The remainder of the day was spent in quilting and sewing. At the noon hour a carry-in dinner was enjpyed. Those attending were the Mes dames John Walters, Ralph Rice, and children, Leo Workin-ger and daughter. Glen Rouglria, Charles . Burrell, George Cramer, Henry Bail- , man, Myro> Frank, Ernest Knefeli kamp, Thurman I. Drew, Freeman Schnepp, C. O. Brown, Mrs. Merri- , man, Miss Elizabeth Cramer and the Rev. and Mrs. L. T. Norris. . BETHANY CHURCH GROUPS MEET The Ladies Aid society and the Woman's Society for World Ser- . vice of the Bethany Evangelical i United Brethren church met Thursday pfternoon in the social rooms . of the church. Mrs. Earl Fuhrman, president of the Ladies Aid, opened the meeting with prayer and conducted a short business meet-, ing. Mrs. Carl Hammond, program chairman, of the W. S. W. S„ read the opening thoughts, followed by the hymn “The Church's One Foundation," accompanied hy Mrs. F. H. .Willard; scripture, Mrs. Earl Butler; prayer. Mrs. Lawrence Woodruff; “My Covenant;" lesson study, "Churches in China," from the book "Twilight or Dawn,” Mrs. Will Dellinger. Mrs. Ray Stingely presided at the . brief business meeting of the W.S. W. S„ at which time Mrs. Dick McConnell gare notes from Red Bird. The meeting was closed with prayer by Mrs. J. A. Fuhrman. I Refreshments were later served i by the April section of the Ladies Aid, with Mrs. Eugene Runyon as chairman. Rebekah lodge will meet at sev- ■ en thirty o'clock Tuesday evening

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RURAL SCHOOL GLEE CLUB IN ANNUAL FESTIVAL i A > IJ Jtl Jt* i ...Onb LtJ CTk rt 1 V J Pm* ffiTvgß 1 rJT ° « P > Mh Sin BHKKi■ Ahssßßfu. Pictured above are members of the glee clubs of the various Adams county high schools who took part in the annual Adams county music festival in Geneva last Friday evening. The choir was directed by Varner M. Chance, supervisor of music in the Fort Wayne schools. .Decatur, Decatur Catholic and Berne high schools do not participate. (Photo by Thomas Briedel

at Odd Fellows hall, with the Three Link club -meeting following. Memi bers are requested to bring articles for the white elephant sale. The St. Dominic study club willmeet Tuesday evening at seven thirty o'clock at the home of Mrs. J. C. Laurent. The Junior Arts department of the Decatur Woman’s club will meet at the home of -Miss Patricia Karlen Monday evening at seven thirty. The Women's guild of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church will sponsor an Easter egg sale Saturday April 16. Colored eggs may be obtained at Gerbers market, Coles market and Millers Northend grocery. Tom Terveer of Indiana university, is spending the weekend here. John Gillig, student at Our Lady of the Lake seminary, Wawasee, is home for an 11-day Easter vacation. | u n Admitted: Mrs. Philip Baker, 803 North Fifteenth street. Dismissed: Mrs. Verlin Smith and daughter, 422 South Fifth street; Mrs. Harley Junior Turnbleson and son, Geneva; Arthur Shock, 317 South Third street; Mrs. , Lewis Landrum and son, 1023 North Second street; Mrs. Clarence Lengerich and son, 1340 Master . drive; Mrs. Elbert Fuhrman and daughter, route 1; Mrs. Gladys En- ! gle. Rugg street; Mrs. Robert ': O’Shaughnessey and daughter, '[North Second street; Mrs. Robert Nyffeler; Mrs. Dillon Jordon, Rockford. O. Geneva Banker To Visit In France Berne, April 9 — James D. i Briggs, Jr., assistant cashier at the I Bank of Geneva, will leave Sunday [ morning for France where he will : visit friends made while stationed in France during World War 11. He will make the trip by TWA airline and plans to be gone two months. To Observe Golden Wedding Anniversary Berne. Ind.. April 9 — Mr. and i Mrs. William H. Barnes, of Gene- | va route 1, -will celebrate their i golden wedding anniversary Sun- [ day. April 17. with a family dinner , and open house at their home west I of Geneva. They were married April , 18. 1899 at Hartford City. They have two daughters. Mr. Barnes is ' a retired farmer. They have lived I on the same farm for 25 years. Mr. [ Barnes is 72. she is 65. Both are in [ good health. Monroe, Jefferson Graduates Listed Berne. April 9 — Twenty Monroe I seniors will receive their diplomas at the commencement exercises Monday evening May 9 principal Arthur Byrnes announced today. They are Carl Bauman. Robert Beitler. Paul Bradford. Richard Coppess, Donna Lou Crist. Kenneth Funk. Milton Habegger, Vera Jnniger. Claren Lehman, Derryl Lehman. Byron Liechty. Grace Liechty. Waneta Neuenschwander. Pauline Nussbaum. Bertha Ray. Robert Roth, Jeanette Schwartz. Christine Sprunger. .Mary Alice Steury, Gia- j dys Zurcher. Jefferson high school will graduate eight, according to principal Marvin Snyder. They are Howard I ' Miller. Roselyn Huser. Marilyn : Haines. Thomas Lister, Rob»rt jWendel. Joyce Smitley. WUma .Overholser and Wilburn Ross.

Services Sunday As Methodist Church Special Services For Palm Sunday The First Methodist Church will observe special services both morning and evening on Palm Sunday. In the morning worship, 32 members of the pastor’s class will be presented to the congregation. The sacrament of baptism will be administered to both children and adults before the morning dongregation. Members will be received into the fellowship of the church by transfer. Tluring the service of worship, the youth choir will sing the traditional anthem ‘Vhe Palms” by Faure. Later in the service Mrs. Walter Krick will sing the solo, “Open, the Gates of the Temple," by Knapp. At the close of the service the traditional giving of the palms to the people will be observed. The pastor will direct his thought to the theme "The Pathos of Victory," during the period for the sermon. Al evening vespers at the 4'3(1 hour, the pastor will preach. The youth choir will sing the anthem, "Praise Ye The Father," by Gounod. John Doan will act as general chairman for the day. Donald Smith, William Callow, John Doan, and Robert Doan will serve as special ushers. In the fellowship hour immediately following the worship, Mr. and Mrs. Noah Schrock will serve as the head of the committee. The >ther members are: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dailey, Mr. and Mrs. Malcom Locke, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Andrews, Mr. and Mix. E W. Edwards. Mr. and Mis. Howard Schultz, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leichty, Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan Rupert. Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Kreischer, Mrs. Lenore Lvtle. The seven classes being conducted for the different age groups will meet promptly afler fellowship. At 7 o’clock the feature length film of 100 minutes, "The Last i pays of Pompeii," will be I This film, professionally produced, depicts the drama ot Ma.cu.. a simple man of Pompeii, his rise to wealth and power, and how at last he came to catch a vision of the Christ, and know that there is something greater than wealth. During the past eight weeks, the toiiowing people have been teaching the various classes: L. L. Hann, Mrs. Russell Owens, Mrs. Noah Schrock. Mrs. Clyde Harris. Mrs. C. D. Collier, Mrs. Watson Maddox, Mrs. Burdette Custer, Lowell Smith At various times throughout the period the following have shown home movies to the smallest children: R. C. Allen, Noah Stenty. Gerald Jones, Paul Berg, David Owens, Calvin Steury. NOTICE Ouh Phone Number fJLAI has been Changed to SMITH SCRAP IRON CO.

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A S H& ' W 1 Troop 10 met at the Lincoln | I school Thursday. A play was given in connection with the Literature and Dramatic badge. A troop crest j was also chosen. Refreshments were served and the meeting closed with the Girl Scout arch. Sharon Kreischer, scribe. Troop 15 met Friday for a picnic [ supper. The remainder of the evenI ing was spent in playing games in the Lincoln gym. Alecia Levy, scribe. [ Brownie troop 17 held its regu- , lar meeting Wednesday after school. The girls finished Easter baskets, and made plans for an ■ Easter party to be held next week . at the regular Brownie meeting. [ The meeting was then closed with ■ the Brownie arch. Gloria Wall, scribe. . I Brownie troop 12 met Wednesday j afternoon at the Lincoln school. ) The Brownie promise was given. , roll was called and dues paid. Ten girls were in attendance. The girls . then went on a nature hike, after I which the meeting was adjourned. I Cynthia Lehman, scribe. > ■ The Girl Scouts of troop 1 met >-at the fire station Monday. After ‘ roll call, badges were passed and J I I games played. Janet Kay Everhart, scribe. ! | '| Girl Scout troop 6 met in room j! 107 at the high school Wednesday. Dues and attendance were taken, after which the second lesson in . I first aid was given by the county I ’ health nurse. The meeting was then ; dosed. ; Lois Strahm, scribe. J I .... , ■ n Brownie troop 13 met Thursday I i afternoon at the fire station. Roll j ; was called and dues paid, with fift! teen girls in attendance. The girls . [ then escorted their leaders and , ■ troop committee mothers to the i, county farm where the girls sang ' [ songs and distributed Easter favt;ors which they had made. They I, were then surprised with a party ' given by Mrs. Clarence Brunnegraff at her home in honor of her ’' daughter. Sara, who observed her ’ birthday. The girls are asked to no- - tice the change of time of their 1 next meeting, to he held on Thurs- ■! day, April 14, at one o’clock, in- , PIANO LESSONS i on Mondays Mrs. E. M. Webb ’ Conservatory Standards gained from Artists Home of Mrs. Wilbur Foor 527 Studebaker

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