Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 149, Decatur, Adams County, 25 June 1949 — Page 3

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BiTHE* CLASS WJ bon '*”• I ’“ vi,! « ’"" s,iU,lt ' y “■• .. president. business meet unf . who also had | iK 1 After ,he , bl . r.ad the poem, '» House ” j,laved bingo and awarded prizes ’V^®,„,,>. li .| ) ts w« re served meeting will be ,‘, „• Mrs Max Shafer Township Womans Wednesday after thirty o'clock at the Edt a Roughia. ’’he bMte«*''s w ill be !<uth a^K tc d Georgia Morris. Km T A. Bilbrey, of r 3 nri"iHn <■ engage/^K, ir -lam lifer. Clara Mae. |s. son of Mrs of Berne. No date Hflr*. f,, r the wedding. Both J/Kj.. at the Fort Wayne 'MH met Thursday ,,f Mr • Arthur Bolins p e^K\in-' were won by Him’. Mrs bawremm Mr- Byron Smith A was served The will be at the home . Shook. < le Home Econom Preble township will ,k„ t : ,„ . township home tub Wednesday at the ym at seven thirty o’meeting was scheduled the twenyt eighth, but nation program at the ight. it was postponed ■ and latdles Club will i Profit and Pleasure shingion township at o'clock Tuesday eveKirkland high school body is urged to at ♦ting Housewife home Moot St Mary's township tesday evenl.tg at sevelock at thA Pleasant By Circle of the Zion Hefnrmcd church will country home of Mrs , Wednesday at Ji — ——— .Step-In Dress ip Ha/ I’ ■■l » i* * X V */y “ £*l7 I’ ' J xfjl ■ > pJH- ). \\ KJ* . \ w ’ T»W I |\\ a 11*1 I H :•■ ■■ * 111 m * I mb ’ I'm ■ 1. 1 ‘lll'l fa ‘ fll 1 3* * I’M ■ w ■ ‘ rl W 1 K* . »||s| M 1 ? l i ■■M ■ ■ I w 1 ’1 I’l » I jl* ■ * til fl. * < >N«« wlfc. *ll 9:00 fl ITT " about a hurry up eool! step into this HHF 1 '"'"'■'t B UJ» the side » 'OU are bound to look »ew neckline' ■■7. 111,1 ' "Ule» in sizes 12 'fl u-ih 4i ' Hlle 16 t wentyfive cents tn Pattern to Decatur l^r* fr *h Patthrt Depart «7< Chicago M ' Halaly Tour Name, Ad •• •»». Style Number. - * KBw Martin ** »• ready! On its ** »0M beautiful sum to new eeaily.! fashion doilan go "•mr! Run a FREE la the book, a *■ Tabe aaade of towels ***** more for tbls **“ w 1»4» fashions'

Society Items for dsys publication must be phoned in by 11 am r| (Saturday »:J0 a.m.) Phone 1000-1001 Mies Betty Melchl Saturday I Girl Scouts swim, swimming pool . 10 am. Monday t Our Lady of Victory discussion group. Mrs. Elmo Miller, It p.m Pythian Needle dub. K. of |> i hall. Tuesday ■ Jolly Housewife dub of St i Mary's Twp. Pleasant Mills i school, 7f30 p. m. Kirkland Ladles Club and Profit and. Pleasure Club. Kirkland 11. S Gym. 7:30 p.m. Bethany Circle of Zfon Evan Ref. Church. Mrs. Floyd Andrews. 8 p.m. Meet at church 7:30 p.m. Church Mothers' Study Club, Hanna-Nuttman. f> 3o pm. Wednesday Decatur and Berne Garden Clubs. Hanna-Nuttman. 7 pm. Sunny Circle Home E< of Preble Twp. and home Ec of Root Twp., Monmouth gym. 7:30 p.m. Union Twp. Woman's Club, Mrs. Edna Roughla. 1:30 Vm. eight o'clock. The members will meet at the church at seven thirty o’clock. The Decatur Garden Club will' have a Joint meeting with the Berne Garden Club Tuesday evening at seven o'clock at the scout cabin at Hanna-Nuttman park. The Rev. and Mrs F H Willard were called to Elkart yesterday because of the death of Rev. Willard’s aunt. Mrs. Ida Chism, who died last evening at fi o'clock. Rev. Willard will attend the funeral Monday at 2:30 at Elkhart. Tad Smith flew to Indianapolis today on business. lion Elchar is selling the Encyclopedia Britannica in the northwestern section of Indiana this summer. His headquarters are in Valporaiso. Col. J. F. Sanman attended to business in New York City this week.

SPENCER . INNVIDUAUY DISKED SUPPORTS A/juJ ’ assure ( coot 4 COMFORT! RISTFUL LJVU W SUPPORT! F/v* * alty fobrial *• ' Moderate prices! Designed, cut, made just <or youl Improved General HeaWd Mrs. Leota 242 ft Madison St. Phone 114 If no answer, call 1>072 SMnnNIMinANMMVMAAWVW SPECIAL MON- TI ES. & WED. CAR WASH F « sl-15 With Furchase of 10 Gal. of Gasoline The GAS HOUSE

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Plans are complete for the Prayer Band meeting at the county jail grove on First street Sunday afternoon. Major C. E. Critter ot the Salvation Army will give the sermon. The Rev. James R. Meadows will be in chtrge. Police officer Ed Miller is rebuilding the front porch at his residence on Winchester street. Miss Eloise Jackson. Mr. and Mrs Evan Yake and daughter Carolin of Decatur, Mr Dorsey Merrells of the U. S. Navy in Washington, D. C.. and Robert L. Baumgartner of Parkersburg. W. \a were Thursday evening guests Os Mr and Mrs. Dwight Roth Mr Merrells has been visiting here for several days before going to Jacksonville. Fla, to instruct navy airmen Robert Baumgartner will remain here for the summer. Mary Brodbeck is quite ill at her home in I'nlon township. Mrs. George Waldschmitt. well known Fort Wayne lady and wife <>f the former vice-president of the Lincoln bank, died yesterday. She was 73. Funeral services will be held at the Klaehn funeral home Monday morning at 10:30. A marriage license was issued at Bluffton yesterday to Miss Janet Swaim, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Swaim, and .James F Bur leigh of Springfield. Ohio The Morris Company has added two more stores to their chain, making a total of 74. One is in Fairfield. 111, with Charlie Cartwright as manager, and the other at Marion, with Leroy Paugh in charge Mr and Mrs. Cletus Griffon! an- parents of a baby girl born at 8:47 o’clock Jhh« morning. She weighed eight pounds Q n Admitted: Mrs. Rita Heindoa. Decatur: Roy Brodbeck, Willshlfe. O.; Mrs. Mabie Adams. Decatur: ' Mrs. Rosa Brodbeck. Wlllshire.O.; .Miss Jean Weaver. Geneva. Dismissed: Juanita Rhodes. Berne; Mrs. I ton Heiman and baby girl. Decatur; Mrs. Phyllis Dekm nick * and baby girl. Hoagland;: Mrs. Jeroqe Ginter ami baby girl. Decatur; Mrs. Arthur Erwin ami baby girl. Decatur; Mrs. Mae Alls. paugh, Schumrn. O.

Fined For Running Through Stop Sign Roy McKean, Decatur, was fined tl and costs in the Justice of the peace court yesterday. McKean pleaded guilty to running through a stop sign from the Clem's lake road to highway 221 on June 17. McKean was driving a motorcycle, and was arrested by sheriff Herman Bowman cis for Candids To mix the fun and laughter of your wedding with equal parts of love and . beauty.

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HOOSIER LIONS GIVE X-RAY Lions dubs throughout Indiana, now engaged in raising a cancrr control fund, have given io the Indiana I nlversity Medical Center a million volt x ray. as pictured above. It will more than double the I p. Medical Center's facilities in the win against cancer and make fti*» Center’m radiology department among the four top departments in the United States. Lons < luh re< ently presented a < heck for do to President Herman B Wells as a part of their pledge of sso,o'iu to support earn er resean h and treatment at the Medical Center

French Township Man Is Severely Injured Berne, tjiine 25 Homer E * Neuensi-hwander. French township farmer, was severely injured when a weight in the form of a corn planter wheel used in the unload Ing apparatus in his barn, fell from' the top of the barn and Struck) him on the head. Neuenschwander suffered a concussion’of the brain i and a bad gash on his head and' was unconscious for some time. The wheel was attached to the unloading carriage. Waldo Stauffer To Head Choral Society Berne, June 25 — Waldo Stauffer was elected president of the' Mennonite choral society at the an nual election of officers Wednesday evening. Other officers for the coming year are Ira Ix-hman, vicepresident. Arville Wulliman. secretary, and Sherman Stucky, treas urer Committee members arc Ben: Nussbaum. Agnes Reinhard and Mary Ellen Nussbaum. No Property Damage Reported From Fire A spark from the chimney of the Lenhart saw mill on 13th street started a small fire in some saw dust under the eaves of shat build ing. The fire department, direct-' ed by fire chief Cedric Fisher., put out the blaze with a hose at-' tached to the fire truck's booster tank. No property damage was re ported. jThe dinar I? ’he monetary unit of Yugoslavia. The United States owned railway in Panama Is 48 miles long. Oranges and grape fruit lead. Florida's crop list.

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Mdaumo Vacco begin, the job- “Ot>. weß," REnrjorie »cem. to say. WHEN A DOCTOR ordered 7-week-old Marjorie Eatons unusual length hair clipped short at South Boston. Mass. you could hear the little girl all over the neighborhood. But Marjorie s aunt, Mary Jones, and barber Mtlanlno Vacco Anally got the deed dono. Marjorie, phdoeopluc, trtes to look her beet. (fnfernationj/>

Televise Lutheran Church Services Television broadcasts of Lutheran services from New York are i proving very successful, the Rev. | Theodare Wittrock. speaking at the Ventral district convention of (the Missouri synod of the Lutheran i church, reported yesterday. Rev. Wittrock Is executive secretary of | the American Lutheran publicity I bureau The last meeting of the convention took a brief respite from business to recognize some important anniversaries of churches over the state. St. Peter. Huntington. and St. John. Monroeville, will both celebrate 10ft years of Christian service this year — Mrs. Sarah Schmidt Is Taken By Death Berne. June 2<5 — Mrs. Sarah Streicher Schmidt, fift. widow of Moses Schmidt, died Thursday at her home northeast of Berne I teat h was caused by apoplexy. A son and two brothers survive The funeral was held this morning at the residence, with burial in the Schwartz cemetery north of Bente. Bedroom Damaged By Fire This Morning A fire broke out early this morsting at the Joseph Hunter home on i West Adams The fire, which started in a mattress, damaged the bedroom extensively. The fire department was called and I put out the fire. The mattress I was thrown from the window when it was seen that is could not he extinguished without the departments help. Bananas are the main agrlcul 1 1ural crop of Panama The Panama canal is Panama's I biggest economic asset.

Youth Fellowship's Cabinet In Meeting Regional Meeting Plans Fall Session Ou Monday evening of this week the Fort Wayne regional youth fellowship cabinet members met at the home of Miss Beulah Jane Bertsch for a dinner meeting Following the evening meal, a game of croquet was enjoyed on the front lawn. The business session was called to order by Miss Helen Stauc h, the president Minutes of the- previous meeting were read by the secretary. Miss Bertsch. Plans were made- for the fall regional youth fellowship of all the E. & R youth fellowship organizations in this regjotv Announcements will be made later when and where the meeting will be held Jnn<- Scheerer. ot Wabash, who is now a member of the synodical youth fellowship cabinet, was pres ent at this cabinet meeting. AH members present were: Helen Stanch. Huntington. Norman Lehman, Berne; Philip Scheerer, Wabash: Elizabeth Wltzeman. Bluffton: Mrs Betty Rtroebel. Fort Wayne, the Rev. t'harles S. Hart man. counselor. Fort Wayne, and the- hostess. Beulah Jane Bertsch Guests present were Mrs t'har-b-H, S Hartman. Don Stroebel and the hostess's mother. Mrs William Bertsch, who served the evening meal. Decatur Company Is Given Army Contract R. M. Kolter and company won a contract from the I' s. army yesterday when a Cleveland company which was low bidder on the con tract failed to show up. Kolter provides for exterior industrial painting of the United States Casad Engineering Depot in New Haven. I ■■^J3JL. < ... 4. lljonie O ,joii3 laiw&g The Function of the Family The highest function of the family is to educate ami train and disc.pline young men and women who themselver. will constitute the new i social order. It is throug*h the child j ren Hint parents can enrich and clI falize the bioiaistream of our social (life In discharging this high function there is a satlsfa Hon that comes to the parents in the fol-tlllni<-nt of the desires, the cravings. the yearnings, the emotional and spiritual needs that are a natural and legitimate part of every human being. Maintaining su< it a function, the family develops a more rounded and richer personality than any other social orgauiI ration, and it also becomes the < lilef agency of social progress, the agency through which the a< hiev - menfs of the past are conserved, the treasurers of the present Increased, and the endowments of the ; future transmitted The family is a covenant with imsterlty, the cradle into which the future is born an i the nursery in which the new social state is being fashioned. Connecticut Is a popular resort i state.

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HGHTINO TO GET her late mother's estate, blond ex-model Ines Norton Gay. 24, Montclair. N J., is arguing her own caae before • the U. S. Supreme Court in Washington. Her funds exhausted, she Site outside the court scanning notes. (JirferoehonaJ)

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A DREAM COMES TRUE at the Municipal Airport, Danbury. Conn., as Glidden S. Doman's revolutionary four-bladed helicopter churns the air over the held with test pilot Alan Bott at the controls. Below, maneuverability of craft is demonstrated as Doman, Standing on the ground, bands a cigarette tn pilot Bott flying "no hands.” (International)

| Church m| I ForumlEi r I I What arc lite atirihutes of a Ktiud converitationalhl ? \ good conversationalist in the hlghewt t< row is on.- Hint makes .i ' ptace for Christian thought so that 1.11 Will be lU-lleflled A good con- , versatloiialist will not consume all i the time; lie will not be so positive I is to prei hide the opinions of other ; lie will avoid controversial subjects; he will not become indlg nant if tlie opinions of others do no coincide willi Ills own; hi- will i not show off with witticisms, lie | will avoid affectations: li* will I think twice before lie Hpenks: Ito I will share his conversation with i others equally; he will avoid criticism. and if others do It. he will ••main silent: be Interested in whin Int••rests others; learn the art of dire, ting tin- conversation to make i it worthwhile, be quick to see the commendalde in others and say no. , watch that ho does not start talking , before another I* through: express ■ In words of gratitude the pleasure j in tlie coni'luslon of the confern-i---tion Internalional Christian Endeavor will hold its fortieth annual meet I : ing In Toronto. Canada. July 5 H> . | ioutli from Canada and the I nited I j States will attend. The Russian Bible Society ha-' j Issued unotin r plea for I.ihhi.ihio Bibles for Russia Tlie Russian i , people are eager to receive Hie.ia Bibles i The Federal Council of the ! i hurches of Christ in America has , j i-een giv«n a llim.imo grant by the | Rockefeller Foundation for a three ' ! vear study of the application of ; I'hristian principles !||fe* |l With more than twenty six thourand tludents In the I'lrited State.! this year the Institute of Interna-! Honal Edu<ation reports that an : all-time record lias been set These j : student* are more representative of world <-o-o|ierailon than is the ■ United Nations, for IM countries i-nd territories are repres-ntad Twenty per cent are studying enzi • tieoring. fourteen per cent are pursuing lilieral arts training, tin purcent each are in Medicine and in j the social sclemes Trade in a Good Town — Decatur e

CITY BUS To Make Run To CLEM'S LAKE Sunday afternoon and evening leaving the Court House at 2 I’. M. 3:30 P. M. 6:30 P. M. and returning from Lake to Court House at *:3O p m. Fare 10c out and 10c back to Court Houee DECATUR BUS LINE

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Union Worker* The sixth meeting us the I'nlon Workers was held June 17 The meeting was opened by saying the I pledges to the flag, led by Martin Kulmahn burin* the business meeting i! was decided to enter- ■ tain the (Jiris 4-H club with a hayI Ide on June 27 A demonstration on •‘Safety" was given by Arnold (Jerk* Melvin Krueckeberg gave a demonstration on “How to knot a rope" Songs were led by Clarence Lovelady A game of softball was played followed with contests. Refresh meats were served by Melvin Krueckeberg and Arnold Gerke The nest meeting will be held at the home of Leo Thieme July 1 The Thousand Islands international bridge, linking the t'nited States and Canada fro Collins I ending. N. Y. to Kingston. On*., was dedicated Aug IS. 193 S by ’he late President Franklin 11. Roos- ' velt and former Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King _________________ Going Traveling Sunday? Attend K o'clock service. Zion Lutheran church. 14713 My dental office will be closed Monday June 27 to Tuesday, j July 5. DR. ROY ARCHBOLD I will he out of my office from .lune 3(1 to July 30, inclusive. Roland 1.. Reppert, M.D. AAgRAHAaAAAAfAMA Quality Photo Finishing All work left before 5 p. m. Monday — ready on Wednes. day at 10 A M Holthouse Drug Co. I COLD FUR STORAGE STILL TAKING IN FUR Phone 359