Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 94, Decatur, Adams County, 21 April 1949 — Page 3

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~Jfc SECTION MONDAY I '"‘■n;i!-' <>f the De--“'■'■r , t <jx thirty o'clock ■ en'ng. A short business ""■ BS tit n conducted, toisocial *®w<re Mrs. Howard uT Cm 1-e Thomas, Miss - Lawrence riaai Mrs. Roy Ka’.ver. M,;y . a'./X announced later. ''pittk. Ot | ■minimi-.- tiie engagement EuiB 1 "" ■ !ll '' ;r Norbert EK’, . - ■L&:; J ‘ lle |K:,.-i ■ erf'll al Indianapolis. Alias ■K .nidnate K t yl ( | a member of the Delta Mr. Nyffeler is Berne high school HH XI SORORITY EKiNS WITH TEA and guests ot' Psi lota v im.|v entertained Wedne.-day I ■.■Kimiie. Lovely arrangeflowers were plavEo" H|f" mantles, flank* ■ w ||er side with tall lighted E e(s S the sorority's colors of ■l «H tiiri|iioise blue. A low Eofiiixid flowers centered the laid with a lace doth ElJEil with candles. Mrs. Wilfccofl nd Miss Betty Melchi ■At the the tea. Mrs. Harmon,

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Jeanette Bleeke and Deanna Small played several accordian selections, and also presented music during the tea. Sharleen Lehman gave two readings. Mrs. Coffee introduced the entertainers. Mrs. C. B. Wood, Jr., was chairman, assisted by -Mrs. Coffee, Miss Fan Hatnmell, Mrs. Richard Linn, Miss Melchi and Mrs. John Halterman. i The next meeting will be a business meeting on May 4 at the Elks home. Mrs. Leola Reynolds, of Jay City, announces the engagement and approaching marriage of her daught ter, Miss DeLee Patterson, to Robert Mattax. son of Mrs. Vance Mattax of near Berne. Tile wedding will be an event of June 28 at the Jay City Evangelical i'nited BrethI ren church. Miss Patterson is employed in the office bf the Berne Furniture Co., and Mr. Mattax is employed in the same plant. BETA SIGMA PHI MEETING IS HELD On Tuesday evening, Delta Lambda chapter of Beta Sigma Phi sorority held its regular business and cultural meeting at the Zion Lutheran social rooms. Miss Rose 'Ellen Miller, president, presided at the business meeting, at which time announcement was made that the new pledges were to i be initiated in a formal ceremony to be held on founders day, April 30. The new pledges are Mrs. Dorothy Mauller, Mrs, Robert Lane, Mrs. Ruhamah Custer, Miss Claire Mowery, Miss Evelyn Frohnapfel, Mrs. Bertilene Hess and Mrs. Thelma Andrews. A letter from the Indiana Crippled Children's association was read inviting the sorority to send their representives to

Society Items for days publication must be phoned in by 11 a.m. (Saturday 9:30 a.m.) Phone 1000-1001 Miss Betty Melchi Thursday Rainbow girls initiation Masonic I hall. 7:15 p.m. Ladies Fellowship of Missionary I church, church. 7 p.m. Aeolian choif rehearsal. Decatur high school, 7:30 p.m. Phoebe Bible class of Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, church, 8 p.m. Woman's guild of St. Luke Reformed church Honduras, church basement, all day. Missionary society of Church of God, Mrs. Floyd Morrison. 7:30 p.m. Girl Scout board of directors. Mrs. Gerald Strickler. 8 p.m. Women of the Moose. Moose I home, 7:30 p.m., officers, 7 p.m. Progressive Workers class of i Trinity Evangelical V. B. church. | church. 7:30 p.m. St. Ann study chib, Mrs. E. F. Gass, 7:30 p.m. Our Lady of Lourdes study club, Mrs. John Kintz, 8 p.m. ! I). Y. B. class of Trinity Evangelical I'. B. church, church, 7:30 pm. Friendship Village club of Blue Creek township, North Brick school, 1 p.m. Pleasant Mills Methodist W. S.C. S., church, 10 a.m. Friday Pocahontas lodge, Red Men hall. 7:30 p.m., degree and drill team following. Legion auxiliary social, Legton home, 8 p.m. Mt. Tabor W. S. (’. 8., Mrs. Arlo Drake, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Happy Hustlers 4-iI club of Washington township. ■ Debolt school, 1 p.m. Monday Pythian Needle chib, K. of P. home, after temnle. Tuesday Kirkland Ladies club, high school, 1 p.m. Delta Theta Tan spring party. Elks. 8 p.m. Delta Theta Tail, Elks home. 8 p.m. Wednesday Jolly Housewife club of St. Mary's township. Pleasant Mills, school. 1:30 p.m. a meeting to he held April 28 for the purpose of electing officers to serve on the local chapter board and its various committees. Following the business meetine. Miss Elo.se Jackson, discuss' " leader, introduced Miss Bernad ,c Faurote. Miss Irene Braun and Mrs. Vernon Krngli, who gava interesting talks on "Hairdress and Headress." "Individual Coiffure" and "Historic Modes." The Indiana hairdressers and cosmetologists association then presented a hairstylist show featuring the latest styles. Those participating were Mrs. William Gass and Mrs. Malcolm Locke, styled by Bessie's Beauty shop, Mrs. Eugene Durkin and Miss Margaret Baker, by Vera's beauty shop. Mrs. Charles Lose and Miss Connie Fleming, by Cleora's Beauty shop. Mrs. Joseph Rash and Mrs. I.eo Kirsch. Dorothy Hunt Beauty shop. Mrs. Harmon Kraft and Miss Coleen Lehman, Hel"ti Howell Beauty shop, and Mrs. Hu

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I ' I .jy > dfai B z / 1 / / MISS LOANN VOLTZ, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Vol'z. of Ohio City. 0.. and Robert J. Baxter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis M. 1 Baxter, route 5, were united in marriage recently in the Bethel Evangelical church, the Rev. Swenson, officiating. The couple is now residing on route 1, Ohio City. (Photo by Edwards!

rai Rose and Mrs. Charles Beineke. Irene's beauty shop. Mrs. Helen ' Howell described the various styles of each model while Miss Jackie Teeple furnished background musk. Refreshments were later served. The next meeting will be a social meeting at the home of Miss Irene Braun on Tuesday. Hostesses for the evening will be Miss Brann. I Miss Ava Kraft. Miss Rose Ellen j Miller and Mrs. Henrietta Bricker. — ADD SOCIETY LADIES SHAKESPEARE CLUB | HAS CLOSING LUNCHEON Members and invited guests of .the Ladies Shakespeare club attend* 'ed the closing luncheon at one o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the | Masonic home. A delicious tw>- , course luncheon was served by j members of the Eastern Star. • j The tables were attractively deci orated with African violets and sil- ■ | ver creamers and sugars filled j with spring flowers. Silver tea and 1 , coffee pots, filled with- flowers. . w- re used on pedestals. Mrs. Edna I Snyder, of Fort Wayne, presented ■ | an interesting and educational talk • < n silver. She told of the difference hi sterling and silver plate and the many us-.s of silver throughout the • j home. 11 Hostesses were Mrs. Robert I i Macklin, chairman. Mrs. Raymond | Burnett, Mrs. D. B. Erwin. Mrs. Phil 'acklin and Mrs. Frei Smith. ' The Order of Rainlnw girls will . 1 have initiation tonight at seven • fifteen o'clock at the Masonic hall. • All Eastern Stars and Masons arc I invited to attend* 1 I -1 Tickets for the Berne-French sen- • ior class play, “Two's a Crowd." t will to on sale at the Mennonite s Book store Friday afternoon. Th" • | lay will be given at the Berne Auds itorium Friday evening, April 29, I at seven thirty o'clock. s 1 Delta Theta Tau sorority will s meet Tuesday evening at eight I . o'clock at the 1 • Iks home. t I t i The Jolly Housewife chib of S* II Mary's township will meet Wedi-' nesday afternoon at one thirty

'o’clock at the Pleasant Mills school. An interesting talk on health will be given -by the county health nurse. Miss Jean Shockly. All mem- ' btrs are urged to attend. i The Kirkland Ladies club will meet at one o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the high school. A silent auction will be conducted. iv/ 7 /V •© i Mrs. Herman Carson, of Muncie, visited in Decatur Wednesday. W. E. “Bill" Kintz, a senior, at Decatur Catholic high school, was the auctioneer for the white el ■- pliant sale conducted by the s nine class of Convoy high school Wednesday evening. The sale was held ti raise money fcr a class project. Arthur Hvlanu, Indianapolis, was a visitor in Decatur Wednesday. tar Drapfiw AKE PRIZED POSSESSIONS . I Keep Them Lovely By Having Them Cleaned Often At KELLY’S i — j Here’s Why: ... All draperies are measured and inspected before i cleaning . . . after careful pressing they are again measured for accurate size . . . Draperies are cleaned as fragile articles, which means they are carefully handled, and returned to you bright and clean — ready for hanging. WHY NOT CALL US TODAY AND HAVE YOUR DRAPERIES CLEANED? Phone 147 Wrinkle-Proof Delivery KELLY’S DRY CLEANING 427 N. Ninth St. across from G. E. Fienty of Drive-In Parking

Metropolitan Opera • Star Is Found Slain John Garris' Body Found In Atlanta ■ Atlanta. Apr. 21 — (UPi — I i John Garris, metropolitan opera i s’ar who sang the role of a dashI ing young Venetian nobleman in ! lhe opera Otello here this week, j today was found shot to death in i an Atlanta alley, police announced.' Police made the identification - following an autopsy on the sing-1 er’s body, which wa> found at 7:45 a. m. it was sprawled in an alley only a few blocks from the i center of the city. Atlanta author!'iev wired police) at Memphis, where the opera i company is due at mid-afternoon, | to have the entire train quarantin-1 ed and to permit no one to leave) it. Dr. Herman Jones, lieau of Che j Fulton county crime laboratory, I and detective John Coprenger left) immediately aftc the V'psy for) ' the Tennessee city. j The body of Garris was found' ; hv a negro on his way to work. ’ i The singer had been shot once i I through the left side of the chest I with a steel-jacketed .38 caliber i pistol bullet. His legs were crossed and his arms upraised as if trying to touch his shoulders. 1 Police said rohberv apparently was not the motive. iie'-nr'C sim» cash was found in Garris' hillfold., along with identification papers, a musicians’ union membership card and an alien registration certificate dated June 1948. Headouarters of the metropolitan in New York said Garris was not scheduled to sing a' Memphis but was to have rejoin'd Hie opera company in Texas. Washington C. De Pauw was a pioneer glass manufacturer. The University at Greencastle. Ind., i*. named for him. BEAUTIFY with “Color-Crete” Not A Paint B't A Lastinq Application Os Water Proofed Fused On Beauty In A Wide Selection Os Colors. • Homes • Foundations • Ba-ements (Free estimates) R. M. KOLTER & CO. Phone 112 Bob Kolter Clark Smith

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WjOSRITAL 0° w Admitted: Earl Case, Willshire, O.; Dale Brandt, Jr., route 2. Dismissed: Mrs. Frederick Sprun-t | ger and son, Monroe: Mrs. Delbert i Augsburger and son. James Niles, Monroe. j i Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gerber, i Craigville. are parents of a son. j. I born at 12:11 a.m. today at the ■ Adams county memorial hospital. I IHe weighed 6 pounds. 5]A ounces. [ I DEFENSE RESTS (Cunt, l-'r un Page One) I einne out of the alley with a woman) that night and later reported it to | Ax.. Ax; said Tcpin never came I to him with such a report. Whitley circuit judge Lowell Pef-1 Iley upheld objections against thej | admission of court records of the Lobaugh ease as defense evidence. I Christen yesterday denied that he had ever seen the woman he is accused of killing. Defense attorney Robert Parrish, who has said he would attempt to prove Lobaugh was the slayer, indicated the defense ease would be

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completed today. Lobaugh confessed the Howard murder and was sentenced to be electrocuted but now is atempting to win his freedom by proving his innocence. Mrs. Howard, wife of a Baer field soldier, died 12 days after she was found unconscious. She was unable to identify the man who attacked her. Christen, a 38-yearold former Fort Wayne druggist, was handed I a photograph of Mrs. Howard and ! asked if he recognized the woman. "I never saw her before," he i said. He also denied knowing Miss Gladys Hiil. a rooming house operator. and Dodson, both of whom testified for the state that they saw Christen with Mrs. Howard the I night she was beaten. Christen said that to “the best I of my knowledge" lie was working j in his drug store the night of the I slaying. The food that some fish eat makes their flesh poisonous. ' Under new rules of the Senate the j spiritual office is changed the first and fifteenth of each mon h so as' to distribute the chaplaincy among the various denominations | and faiths during the session. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur Quality Photo Finishing Satisfaction Guaranteed Hoithouse Drug Co.