Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 210, Decatur, Adams County, 7 September 1949 — Page 3

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Kn KREPS TO WED W ~ Mrs Ollie Kreps have B U " «n th.- engagement of in M*iw. only »on of Krf“’.!rH l-*”*“* r U * ,w of $• -!>•"« have bePn WITH ■ n A V PARTY Hl Gab- and <ai>toli Dale Hl M»n« ~f Mr Mr ’ H R.-.nPard, celebrated their ■birthday* at the home of H „ -.lpuients. Mr ami Mrs Herman Monday night. Klunents were served to H Mr an , l ' rK (.hrinan. Mr. and Mrs Hi ' <h;s«i''. Mr :ind Mr * ,to ' Hx-i'-pm Mr “" ,l Mr< Ix,r ' H ht* Mr and Mrs Donald Hand son. Jeffery. Mr. and M,,n"han and daughter, H- Mr and Mrs. Harvey Hand Steven. Mr. and |K < .., |l .re Harner and children. H^ l? , !t ,| Donald. Mrs Aleda H and ' "•dinar and Boyd. l K. tor Byerly and children, llonald and Marjorie. Mr K r . n-.d Ehrmun and son. K,, Mr and Mrs. Howard |K,'.! and sons. Orland and Ml ■ Theta Tan sorority will K. . ..i t ~ 10. k Tuesday eveK. the Elks home. ■ Monroe Better Homes du r I celling at seV'-n k at the home of Mrs. ■ Stucky ■ St Fidelis study club will IKa- eight oiloik Wednesday al Bn- home of Mrs James jH Women s Society of f’hrl-t- ■ ser. f the Methodis’. Will have its general meetafternoon at two ■ o'clock. preceded by the . at one forty five. |H ; ■ . ..■lilh.ttee includes Hvoah Hitler, Mrs George ■ Mrs Maynard Hetrick and Smith. Mrs Watson ■di »11l l>e chairman of the ■ asio. iate chapter of Tri sorontv will have a hamfry in the shelter house at ■p;park Tuesday eve■t nt.ni'. o <lo< k Members to bring their own |E service Hostesses will be ■(h-rald Cob'. Mrs. Dan TynMrs. Haul Saurer. ■ Girls guild of Hie Zion Bash and Drama! asM A Be / 1 ■ 11 9332 sizes 11-17 I * ■’ unl,,r Miss, you have ■J 111 * figure, and this is the B Swing out skirt with molded bodice, rag high-pocket tabs ■*» »«! < <>mes in Jr Miss ■*e is. 17 Size 13 takes »*»in<h fabric. ■1 u NTV ’ r,ve CENTS In Erie thJ * P»H«rn to MARION ■L, £* re ot Decatur Dally P»t ern Dept, p o Box ■ <X'? n ' 111 Prtnt P |,lnljr Wirv.s A ""RESS. ZONE B LE XI M HER ■ J? ‘ ~ our Marion Martin Mt. ’'inter Pattern Book' ■fifteL ai b * * h - » 7? for this book — la printed In the **•«♦ to wear with ■ rt » and draaaea!

•zKZ» * »;.i Society Item* for day’s publication must be phoned in by 11 a. m. (Saturday 9:30 a. tn.) Phone 1000-1001 Betty Terveer Wednesday St. Fidelis study club, Mrs. Jatnea Cochran, k pm. Our Eady of Good Counsel study club. Mrs. Edward Vian. 8 p. m. Girls guild of Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, church, 7:30 p. m. Zion Lutheran Mixed choir rehearsal. 7:30 p. m. Psi lota XI business, Elks home, i 8 p tn. Thursuay W. S C. 8. of Methodist churcn, 2:30 p. tn., executives. 1:45 p. nt. Holy Cross discussion club, Mrs. Donald C. Miller, 8 p.m. Baptist Missionary society, Mrs. ■ Homer Reppert. 2 p.m. Our Lady of Lourdes study club. Mr*. John Lengerich, 8 p.m. Queen of Rosary study duh. Mrs Maxine Schultz, 0:30 p.m. So Cha Rea. Mrs. Clem Korten-1 her, 6:30 p.m. Women of Moose, Moose home. I 7:30 p in. Zion Lutheran church council, 8 p. tn. Zion Lutheran Sunday school teachers staff, 7 and 7:30 p. m. Order of Eastern Star, Masonic hall. 7:30 p. m. Magley Ladles Aid society, church basement. Friday Girl Scout council, Mrs, Gerald Strickler, 7:30 p.m. Legion auxiliary. Legion home. 8 pm. Ave Maria study club, Mrs. Jack Brunton, 8 p in. Saturday Bake sale. Hoot Township Home Economics club, Gerbers, 9 a. m. I Tuesday Associate chapter of Tri Kappa ' shelter house. Hanna Nuttman.' 6:30 p.m. Delta Theta Tati. Elks home, 8 p.m. Monroe Better Homes club. Mrs. Lillian Stucky, 7:30 p. m. Wednesday Girl* guild of Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, church par lor*. 7:30 p.m, i Evangelical and Reformed church will meet in the church parlors at seven thirty o'clock this evening. — Illrth Certificate Notice Is hereby given tlu<t Charles llenr> Hon er has filed a petition hi the circuit ; Court of Adame County, Indiana, to have the time and place ot his Idrth determined Sail petition Is eet for hearing on | September It. ISIS. EDM SHII I'. JSHEHti t lerk nt the Idauia t Ireult « nurt HEPT. 7

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Jar k Beineke has received word of hl* apfmlntrnent to a student assistantship in the physiology department of Indiana University medical school. Mr. Beineke plan to complete his first year of work' in the medical school while holding his assistantship in the physiology department. Student asslsI tants supervise Instructional laboratories and assist in the research laboratories Mr. Beineke is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Beineke of route 2. William 11. Bell, son of Mr. and Mrs. William 11. Bell of this city, and William Dalton of Warsaw, have arrived at San Antonio. Texas, where they entered Texas Military Institute. John Gilllg. son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Glllig, has returned to St. Mary's Seminary of the Lake at Wawasee to resume hl* studies. Mrs. Doyle Hofferbert and baby | daughter, Dianne Sue. have been dismissed from the local hospital to the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Edgell. William Kruse and son. Bill. ■ returned home Tuesday from a plane trip east where they stopped at the John Hopkins hospital in I Baltimore for medical treatment. , They also visited with friends at ! the marlue corfw base. Quantico, Va. Mrs. Mary D. Colter of Holly- ' wood. Fla . has arrived here for a : several weeks' visit with Mr. and j , Mrs. Robert Colter and other rela-1 ' fives A daughter. la>rn to Dr. anil Mrs. 1 Marvin C. St« wart of Wren, ().. has been named Mona Corrlne. Mo Albert Am of route one. Van Wert, O. was killed yesterday noon when struck by a car driven by John Mohr She was crossing the I road from the mail box and evidently did not see the car approaching Mr and Mrs. Richard Miller, . Bluffton, are parents of a baby girl, bom at 5 a m Saturday at the Caylor clinic. She weighed 9 pounds. 5 ounces and has been named Vickie Lynn. Mrs Miller is the former Joyce Roop Mr and Mrs John Rickord are parents of a baby girl, born at 2:38 a. m. today at the Adams county memorial hospital She has pot been named. A baby girl was born to Mr and | j Mrs. Corwin Inelchen. Geneva, at 13:30 p m. Tuesday at the local hospital. She weighed 7 |*ounds. 12 ounces. A 5 pound. 14 ounce baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs. Clifton Habegger, Berne, at 11:07 p. m. Tuesday nt the Adams county hospital., He ha* been named Douglas. CORRECTION The address of Mr*. Peter Martin Is room 102. Menrrai hospital., 1 Lima. O.

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> J w MISS LAVON RUTH STRICKLER, daughter of Mr and Mrs C. W Strickler. 833 Winchester street, and Kenneth Warren Watkins, son of Mr and Mrs. Lynwood Watkins, of Anderson, were wed recently at the Church of God. the Rev. Dwight R McCurdy officiating The couple Is residing with the bride's parents. (Photo by Edwards)

MAD GUNMAN'S (Cont. From Page One) through several showings of a double feature at a Philadelphia movie theater. Tiie film* are "For You I Die" and "Fear In The police guard at Cooper hospital Night" Unruh was kept under heavy last night where he underwent a minor operation to remove a police bullet from the fleshy part of his thigh. It was hi* only injury In : the battle yesterday in which he - "food off Hd) police before being driven to surrender by the use of tear gas. Unruh's explanation of why he became the greatest mass killer in homicidal history was that lie lie came re*entful of hi* neighbors"the druggist, the shoemaker, the barber and the tailor." I COUNCIL *Cont. From Pag* One) council concerning a contract entered into by hi* company and the city of Decatur in October, 1945 The contract, signed by the board of works, John Sfults, Joseph Brennen and Henry Heller, agrenl to plan* for sewerage clearanc* in the city. It was in accordance with a stream pollution act passed by I 1 the state authorities. The agreement. which called for plan*, was to be paid for partially by the I government and the rest by the city. The government's share. |14,000, has already hren paid, but the city's share. 327.15. according to Brunkhorst, long overdue The council agreed that the city attorney. Robert S Anderson.! should study the situation and devise the best conceivable manner the city can adopt to meet this pay I mtnt. It was noted that although these plan* cost 141.000 they are nevertheless highly intricate and l should not be too readily discount- | led. No construction ha* yet been ■ started. e

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Indiana C. Os C. Publishes Book On State Government Indianapolis. Sept 7- Leglsla tive action In 1949 has required ' more than 280 changes in It* book 1 describing the operation* of Hoosier government, the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce said in an nouncing the 1949-50 edition of its publication. "Here Is Your Indiana ' Government." > The legislature's acts covered a wide variety ot subjects, ranging from creation of new state agencies and enactment of a new tax (for J World War II veterans’ bonus) to I salary raises for local officials. The book, now in its fourth ediI lion and used by more than 300 Hoosier high schools and colleges ! ’ as well as for adult study and ref t erence. outlines the functions of I each office In state and local gov- * eiuttieui. A new section on local governI mental financing reveals that courtI ty governments in Indiana now receive neatly half of their fund* i (IS. ' e i i from distribution* of state-collected taxe" Civil cities receive 117'1 of their revenues from tlte state, civil towns. 15 city and town schools. 37.7% and township schools. 41 r ; Trade in a Good T«*n — Cecatur

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Missing Coed Just Changed Her Mind Girl Missing From Train Found Safe Topeka. Kan.. Sept 7. —(UP) A pretty coed said today that she 1 • simply exercised her right to change her mind when she disappeared from a train while en route to be married. Reatha Nixon. 22. was traveling with lief sister. Pauline, on Mon day from their home at Ogallah. Kan., to Kansas City. Mo., where her fiance. Russell Johnson, 23. awaited her. The couple planned to marry Saturday at Johnson’s home in Buskner, Mo. They met at the University of Missouri where Johnson I* a agriculture student and Mis* Nixon studies journalism. A* Pauline dozed. Reatha disappeared from the train That set off a sear< h involving | officers in Missouri and Kansas, i Johnson, left waiting at the KanI sa* City union station, began a tour of Eastern Kansas with a , union pacific railroad officer. ! searching for the girl Last night, she turned up here and told officers she had decided against marrying Johnson immedj lately. She said she got off the train here and rented a room in a private home It wasn't until she readi of her "disappearance" in a news 1 paper that she learned police were I ’ searching for her . A few minutes after she appeared at the station. Johnson drovo up He had decided to check the police headquarters here "on a hunch." i The couple ran into each other's arms. Miss Nixon explained to Johnson that she simply wanted to postpone their wedding because "there are some complications to be worked out first.” Johnson kissed her and said he understood Police shook their heads and closed their book* on the disappearance case. / j •— - Decatur Pastor To Broadcast Monday The Rev II J Welty, of the Missionary Church, will be heard In a special morning meditation on WOWO. Fort Wayne, on Monday. Sept. 12 at 5:45 a tn., during the 1 "Word* Divine" broadcast. Rev Welty will speak on the subject "Christ the Unique." "Words Divine" is a devotional period broadcast at 5:45. CDT. by WOWO ( very morning. Monday through Friday. Favorlt? hymn*, a reading from the Bible, and a five minute devotional message make up the program Rev. Welty I* one of many clergymen from this area who will participate William Henry lianison. ninth president of the U S served the shortest term He died 31 days after his inauguration

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Thank Girl Scouts For Clothing Kits Sent Foreign Lands The Decatur Girl K outs have recently received a letter of thank* I for their part In collecting cloth-J ing kits which were distributed b> I tiie American Friends service com mlttee (Quakers) to needy children in foreign lands. It is report'd that American Girl Scouts collected more than 60.000 kits, containing about 1.530.000 pieces of clothing. These kits were sent to six countries: Austria. Finland. Germany, Poland. Palestine, and Japan. During the past two years, ea'h troop of Decatur Girl Scout* ba* been asked to bring children's used clothing for these kits The kits were balanced and designed to contain enough for a complete wardrobe and change for one girl, for an entire year Some of these kit* weighed in the neighborhood of 21* ! |M>tinds A total of 35 kits were sent I by the Decatur Girl Scouts to the < Chicago center These Included two complete layette kits Each kit contained the name and address of the sender Decatur 1 roops 3 and 7. which sent five kits, received three letters of thanks written in German from children in Austria They expressed their appreciation and also spoke the gratitude of other recipients who they said could not afford the money to buy stamp* and i stationery to semi their own thank* Decatur Troop 15 received a letter

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of thanks from a different country. The Der-atur Giri Scouts will again collect clothing kits during the coming season to be sent to nee iy children abroad and are grateful to all who assisted them In thi* worthy project. i I v n Admitted: Mr*. Esther Heare, Berne; Janies Anderson Dismissed: Nathan Gunner: Mi*. Ric hard Pruden and baby boy, Kuti* ne'th Robert; Mrs. Willard Walker and baby girl; Fred Bone. Bryant; Russell Moore, Bryant; Mr*. Glen Girod and baby boy, Mr* Carrol Sovine and baby girl. Pleasant Mills. Xotlrr nt I'lmml settlement «t Estate s.. MM Nott- ■■ i* hetehv given to the creditor". heirs and leg.iteee of Mary M. D trst. deceased to appear In thw V'l.ioi" <”lr 'lit t’ourt. field al l‘e<-a-tur Indiana, on the 1 day of tP-toh-er. lifts, and show nine, if any. why the FINAL HI-ITI LI-ntEN'T AC. CoCNTM with the estate of said decedent should not lie approved, and said heirs are notified to then and there make pr-s.f of heirship and re. rive their distributive shares EdMard Hurst Xdmlslsiralor Iteratar. ledlasa. September s. ItMW. titcruey Jetts 1.. He* use SEPT T II

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