Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 129, Decatur, Adams County, 2 June 1949 — Page 3

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! I„.>xis° ROR|TY L B^ ts pledging I Ka chapter of P*> °t* B* Cid services »•' L'la<t evening for | : > lks ; i Bauer, Sally • tnnig Dora Brunne ’ ; B*. maJohns 1 11"I’Joan 1 ’ Joan Lich ‘ >-■ ■r.izabHh Hersh ani ’ Mra ’ • » Mr , nayton SwtckI ®J S Doyle Collier. j the impressive service >.:, v was entertained with . BCcomic numbers including ’ ie ballet dancer, pan- • and 1 Wmes imitations. ' WJuse”' " pre serVed 1 L;B&t 11 “' iiatifully deci‘ Ee. centered with a low i ! ' !, " VH| ' S an< “ Shted j . Olblue and g-'ld tapers, the i co) ors ’ ..,. P"'®, two was ill charge of ti e ’Kith Miss Marian Koontz ao i ,K ch airnian. Miss Kathryn f ■ .rogTain chairman, Mrs. i-Bj' Krueckebcrg. refresh- ’ W chairman. Mrs. Robert B calling, and Mrs. Gene lj||B decorations. i - Bw of the m-.v pledges will Bn next Wednesday evenlitKw Masonic hall. ■ertains with ■oAY PARTy Be Mrs. Herbert Banning Sunday afternoon with their son. Herbie, who ißrf his seventh birthday an'"'Bcv G:11 ' lf ‘ ? " erP played and served. Lovely gifts by the honored !wsent wwnavid Caa ' ■ Bmiiss. Ji"' Gay’ Ronnie Jerr y Mclntosh. WenKe. David Sheets and Mrs. |jt< > <Bjsd LADIES ■meting held B Kirkland Ladies club met at the high school, with ■pic.: mcniln seven childBk 'H’ present. Mrs. Alpresident. tiresided at meeting, at which ■fit dollars was voted to the Mrs. Russell Weller ■ 'he group in singing the Bdthe mi.ath. and devotions Brea by Mrs Joe Baumgart■irs. Stnneburner and Mrs. Bute in charge of the lesson fßnUcdanchtiT party was latJ f B»yed and lovely gifts pre■ward Looking bWT) If // B 21 Bb wm w W' 1 O -® I II I lIM / \ JI J ■ •4 V ~l| |’ L I B I 11 f J s (ip Bk>'T’*" *° this brand new ,^B»«' r ' er Has there been “* follar as this aßhr.- nf< ' li| ine. New big iMbk. . ’iwulder flanges! Ml It V ro ®es in sizes 12. ■kl* Slze 16 takes fabric. * ENTV F| VE cents In Pa’iern to Decatur hIHd (1 ? ” Pattern Depart s . )x 6 ' 4 -. Chicago 80, o ol ’ Yoar Name ’ Ad 'Bk . StTle Prober’ ■ fin v Mar,an Martin Bh7 ’• rM dy! On its Bite., mw ' beautiful sum J* 1 "* to sew easily. |B>» 'v- ra ’ Won dollars go aB» Piut • free Mkkj ln th « book, a m »de of towels c * a! * more ,or ’ hil IH * 00 fashions!

»• x> * T"! Society Item* for days publication must be phoned In by 11 a.m. (Saturday 9:30 a.m.) Phone 1000-1001 Miss Betty Melchl Thursday Ladies Aid society of First Christian church, Mrs. Elmer Darwachter, 7:30 p. m. Women’s Missionary society of Women of Moose, Moose hqpte, 7:30 p. tn., officers 7 p. m. Rainbow for Girls, Masonic hall, 6:45 p. m. Ever Ready class of Methodist church, Mrs. Jess Niblick, 8 p. m. Monroe W. S. C. S., church annex, 7:30 p. m. pelflay Pocahontas lodge, 7:30 p. m. Decatur Girls 411 club, Decatur high school, 1 p. tn. Ladies Aid of Trinity Evangel ical U. B. church, church, 6:30 p m. Happy Homemakers club, Mrs. Gale Cook. Calvary Evangelical Ladies Aid society, Mrs. W. L. Johnson, 7:30 p. m. W. M. A. of Nuttman Avenue U. B. church, Mary Fry, 8 p. tn. Saturday Smorgasbord supper, Presbyterian church basement, 5 to 7 p. m, Sunday Zion Lutheran Married Couples |iub, church basement, 8 p. m. Monday Union Chapel Girls Missionary guild, Ethel Cook, 7:30 p. m. Adams County chorus, Monroe high school, 7:30 p. m. Tuesday Valparaiso Women's guild garden party, Mrs. Henry Meyer, Hoagland, 6:30 p. m. Eta Tau Sigma sorority, Hanna Nuttman, 6:30 p. m. Tri Kappa business and pledge. Elks home, 7:30 p. m. Delta Theta Tau pledge picnic, Clem's lake, 6:30 p. m. Wednesday Psi lota*Xi initiation, Masonic hall. 6:30 p. m. h .«»***• sented to Mrs. Oliver Fuelling and Mrs. Reinhard, the oldest and youngest mother present. Lovely refreshments were served at the close of the meeting by the hostesses, Mrs. Samuel Yager, Mrs. Joe Baumgartner, Mrs. Theodore Heller, Mrs. Floyd Arnold and Mrs. Oscar Brown.

Thursday

OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL CLUB MEETS The meeting of Our Lady o Good Counsel study club was held recently at the home of Mrs. Richard Walters. The meeting opened with prayer, following which Mrs. Robert Smith, chairman, read several interesting articles on guidance of parents and the importance of teaching children respect for their parents in their early years. At a later hour, a luncheon was served by the hostess. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Edward Vian, with Mrs. Walters as chairman. ENTERTAIN WITH TOWEL SHOWER Mrs. Ted Mann and Mrs. Nathan Gurtner entertained at the former’s home last evening with a towel shower for Miss Betty Melchi, I ride-elect of June 18. Hearts were played and prizes won by Miss Mary Martha Terveer and Mrs.

THE GREATEST I INFLUENCE IN | • AMERICAN if LIFE TODAY is the forward march of all religious faiths — more churches, larger congregations, increased social activities and finer spiritual morale. NO NATION THUS DEDIGATED TO ITS ALTARS CAN EVER LOSE ITS HERITAGE » OF FREEDOM. GILLIG i DOAN funeral home f OfCATU! ’HONt TH W />..« si i ■ —- •- '» /*/ ■

Don Hess, who in turn presented them to the honored guest. Miss Melchi was also the recipient of many lovely gifts which were arranged on a large table decorated with a huge umbrella. Refreshments we?e later served at small tables centered with low bowls of ipixed flowers. Each place was marked by a miniature um-i brella favor. The guest list included Mrs. i Russell Melchi, Mrs. B. T. Terveer, Mrs. Wendell Mann, Mrs. Don' Hess, Mrs. Charles Cook, Mrs. Lucille Rupert, Mrs. William Brown, I Mrs. ( John Terveer, Mrs. Henry Neireiter, Mrs. Bill Coffee, Miss Mary Martha Terveer, Miss Mary Leitz, Miss Isabelle White and Miss Dorothy Schnepf. Eta Tau Sigma soronty will have a picnic Tuesday evening at six thirty o'clock at Hanna Nuttman park, i The Union Chapel Girls Mission-; ary guild will meet at seven thirty o’clock Monday evening at the home of Ethel Cook. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bollinger returned recently from a week’s vacation in Alabama. They visited i many of Mrs. Bollinger’s relatives and friends in Birmingham and other leading cities. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Ashbaucher motored to Cincinnati Wednesday where they attended funeral services of a relative. The Bluffton Lions club has; purchased a- ceiling projector which projects microfilm on the ceiling and 40 microfilm books, for the public library. H. D. Baird has been elected president of the club for the year beginning July 1. The Ohio state highway commission has advertised for bids to resurface two and a half miles of highway No. 33 and eight miles of No. 81 in Willshire township. The resurfacing will be of bituminous material and the roads will be extended to 18 feet in width. Mrs. J. H. Heller received a card from Mrs. Lois Black and Miss Eva Acker this morning, stating that they left the Hawaiian Islands at 91 'clock in the morning and would arrive in San Francisco at 6 p. m. the same evening, the pilot expecting it to be a record flight. The card was undated but was written while in the plane. They add: “We are excellent and have never had such a pleasant trip." Mrs. Bill Linn is visiting In Rockford, 111., with Mr. and Mrs. Don Scheel and daughter, Martha Linn. Kenny Grant is spending several days in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he i is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Elliott at Carnegie Tech. Elias McDonnald, airman, USN, of 328 Oak St., has arrived in the Mediterranean aboard the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea for a sixmonth cruise which will afford him the opportunity to visit seaports of Europe and Northern Africa. Jack L. Brasher, of Willshire, 0., has been admitted to the Caylor clinic at Bluffton for treatment. His address is room 251. Miss Vivian Noll, who is in nurse’s training at Rome, N. Y., spent the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Noll of Pleasant Mills. Her sister. Miss Marilyn Noll, accompanied her to •Rome Wednesday, where she will spend the summer months. Other guests at the Noll home were Mr.

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and Mrs. Lawrence Noll and family, Linn Grove, Mr. and Mrs. Winston Rawley, Mr. and Mrs. Arney Anspaugh and family, Bryant, Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Noll and family, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hemlinger and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Ned Kelsey and family, Fort Wayne. <|OSRITAL On Ma Dismissed: Mrs. Hubert Butler and daughter, Decatur jural route; Mrs. Annie Crissenberry, Ohio City, O. Mr. and Mrs. Don Scheel, of Rockford, 111., are parents of a baby girl, born Wednesday, May 25, and weighing 7 pounds, 4% ounces. She has been named Martha Linn. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Linn of this city are grandparents of the baby.

Floyd Mitchell Is Appointed By Board Appointment of Floyd Mitchell, rural route 6, as a member of the board of the Adams county school association for a four year term beginning August 1 was announced today by the Washington township advisory board. Mr. Mitchell will work in conjunction with John Stoneburner, Washington township trustee. Mother, Young Son Killed In Accident I,ebanon. Pa.. June 2. — (UP) — A Chicago mother and her three-year-old son were killed and two other persons critically injured when their convertible went out of control and overturned near Grantville. The dead were identified as Mrs. Florence Crossman, Chicago, and her son, Danny. The two injured, both patients at the Good Samaritan hospital here, were Jack Davis, 29, Fort Wayne, Ind., the driver, and Mrs. Arthur Braver, Hempstead, N. Y.

Deed Stolen From Berne School Found Berne, June 2 — Sylvan Sprunger, farmer of north of Berne, one day recently found a warranty deed belonging to the Berne school in a pasture field pn his farm. The deed was for school property and was kept in the safe at the school. It is believed to have been among loot stolen from the school office in a breakin a number of months ago, and thrown along the road. The deed was probably blown into the field by the wind. The deed is in good condition except being slightly soiled and weather-beaten. To meet the demands of thousands of communities engaged in insect eradication campaigns in the United States, some 50,000,000 pest-destroying insects are shipped every year from California by rail and air express to every corner of the country, according to Railway Express.

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Milk New Research Laboratory — Rilev Hospital For Children

Seventy Indiana counties, including Adams county, are completing their organizations to participate in a state movement to establish a Riley centennial research fund for continuous scientific investigation of children’s diseases. Sponsored by the Riley memorial association, solicitation of funds is to begin early in June. Directing Adams county’s participation in the movement is James K. Staley, Decatur. Anton Huhnan, Jr., Terre Haute,

Methodist Church Officers Elected Official Board In Meeting Last Night Officers for the new year were elected last evening at the first meeting for the conference year of the official board of the First Methodist church. All officers assume their duties June 1. Dr. Gerald H. Jones, pastor, was elected chairman of the board; L. L. Hann was elected vice chairman, and Noah Steury will be the recording secretary for the year. At the banquet there were 102 present. Ti.-v acre the previous and continueu members of the board, plus the various persons who had been elected to office May 8 at the congregational meeting of the church. The newly, elected members with their wives were the guests of the members who were older in service. Each guest was presented to the group by his host. Dr. Jones explained the offices to which the people had been elected, quoting from the Discipline the duties and privileges of the official board. He presented the honorary members of the board who had been elected for the year.

<£j Re-Opening Our Drive-In Service - fk I ■ "Jj fllMFriday June 3 at I ’" ' *\v ■ Swearingen’s Drive-In I OPEN DAILY EXCEPT MONDAYS - 5 P.M. TO 12:30 I OPEN SUNDAYS-2 P.M. TO 12:30 I PRESENTING OUR SPECIALTIES - - • BOMOMBBOW a/ Beat the Heat I Tender, Tempting Chicken-in-the-Basket Wlth lhese Will Be Servad As Another Feature Os fSrt) Cocl T rpii I < nJs Our Drive-In Service. |dm , HAMBURGERS | Our Own Ground Hamburger . . . Made From Choice, Pure Beef Only ... Sure To ★ Sundaes Be Your Favorite ...Also Other Sandwiches At All Times. Sodas © ~ ★ Malted I Bring ftiw\ J D,ne ★ Milk Shakes The Familv M V In Comfort Neon Lunches Served Daily ★ Banana Split! I SUHDAY DINNER MENUS ★ Soft Drinks I X CHICKEN STEAKS I QBWMWM SWEARINGEN'S ON THE HIGHWAY

■ is state chairman. ; The new research program will i be housed in a wing now being i built by the state onto the Riley I hospital for children at the Indiana - University Medical Center, Indianapolis. I LU. medical school scientists i will conduct the research. District chairman for Adams, All- ■ on, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, i Noble, Steuben. Wells, Whitley and Kosciusco counties is Dean Bech- ,; tol, Garrett.

They were: trustee emeritus, Mrs. E. N. Wicks; honorary stewards: Harry Butler, Fred Mills, L. A. Graham. The following trustees, with their wives, were present: Mr. and Mrs. V. M. Krick, Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Steury, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Butler, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Gattschall. Mr. and Mrs Giles Porter, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Andrews.jMr. and Mrs. Harry Dailey, Mr. and Mrs. Noah Schrock. The following stewards and special stewards weie present: Mr. and Mrs. John Doan, Mr. and Mrs. John Stults, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Owens, Mr. and Mrs. George Helm, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Hann. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mills. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sommer, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Owens, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Suttles, Mr. and Mrs. J. Ward Calland. Mrs. John W. Beery, Mrs. W. J. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Krick, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bukche, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Soliday, Willard Mcßride, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Essex, Mr. and Mrs. Alva Lawson. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Beery, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heller, Mr. and Mrs. Lynford Bracey, Mr. and Mrs. CalPeace At Last From PERSISTENT ITCH! No wonder thousands teased by itchy torment bless the day they changed to Resinol. Here's quick action from first moment —a blissful sense of peace that lasts and lasts, thanks to 6 active soothing agents in a lanolin base that stays on. Don't be content with anything less effective than Resinol Ointment.

May Weather Near Normal At Berne Berne, June 2. — The month of May was about normal from a weather standpoint, according to the monthly summary made today for this area by Henry Reusser, local government weather observer. The mean temperature for the month was 62.2 degrees, compared to the 30-year average of 60.6. The highest reading for the month was 88, the low 32. Rainfall totaled 3.63 inches, compared to the 30year normal of 3.68. To Graduate June 8 At Culver Academy Berne, June 2. — James H. Habegger, son of Dr. and Mrs. Myron L. Habegger of Berne, is one of 151 candidates for graduation from Culver Military Academy June 8. During his four years at the school, Habegger has risen to the grade of’ sergeant, and is a member of the four gun drill, honor military organization'. He earned a varsity letter in tennis and participated in varsity track and cross country and intramural football, basketball and tennis.

vin Steury, G. L. Brayton, Mr. and Mrs. Dec Fryback, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Zerkel, Jr., Claude Koons, Mr. and Mrs Clarence Smitley, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Owens, Judge Myles Parrish, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Krick, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lister, Mr. and Mrs. Burdette Custer, Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Bumgerdner, James Callow, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stitzer. Miss Etta Mallonnee, Mrs. John Nelson, Mrs. J. Dixon, Mrs. L. A. Graham, Mrs. Harry Butler, Mrs. Gerald Jones, Miss Beulah Augsburger were guests. COLD FUR STORAGE Phone 147 m DRY CLEANING

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Noah Luginbill In Business 50 Years Berne, June 2—Noah Luginbill, who is associated in business with Sprunger Lehman and Company of Berne, began his duties with this firm 5(1 years ago Wednesday, June 1, or on June 1, 1899. Only two men who were in business here at that time are still active. They are Chris Stengel, druggist, and Henry Reusser, employed at the Berne Witness Company. Linn Grove Child Has Thigh Broken Berne, June 2. — Frederick Habegger, one-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Habegger of Linn Grove, broke his right thigh when he fell from the family car. The tot was playing in the car, which was not moving. He was taken to the Adams county memorial hospital where the bone was set, then removed to his home.

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