Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 268, Decatur, Adams County, 14 November 1949 — Page 3

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i Society items for dsy’s publics- ' tlon must be phoned in by 11 a. m. (Saturday 9:30 a. m.) i Phone 1000-1001 Betty Terveer Monday Flo Kan Sunshine council, post potted. Music department of Decatur WoI man's club, Mrs. Bill Gass, 7:30 »• |m. Ladies Firemen's auxiliary, lire station. 7:30 p. in. Our Lady of Fatima study club, i Rosemary Spangler, 8 p m Pythian Sister pot luck, hall. 0 p.m. Tuesday Root township home economic* club. Airs. Lew Hough. Loyal I laughters class of Bethany Evangelical V. B. church, Mrs ‘ George Myers, after church terI vices. C. L. of C. pot-luck, (!. L. of C hall, 6:30 pin. Pleasant Mills PT A, 7.30 pin ; Decatur Garden club, Mrs. Roy : Runyon, G p. m. 9 Wednesday Academy of Friendship. Mrs Dallas Brown. 7:30 p in. St. Ann study club, Mrs. George Wemhoff. 7:3d p in. St. Paul Ladies Aid society. Mrs. {.lames Myers, all day. i Mt. Pleasant Bible class, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Grandstaff, 7:30 p. m Hairdressers association, Swear1 ingen*. 6:30 p.m. Ladies Shakespeare club, Mn. John Tyndall. 2:30 p m. Thursday Phoebe Bible class of Zion Evan- ’ gelical and Reformed church, af{ter church services. Friendship Village club, Klmsey school, 7 p. m. Ruth and Naomi circle of Zion : Evangelical and Reformed church, t ' church. 2:30 p. m. Circles one and two of W. S. C. S of Methodist church, Mrs. C. R. Say- > lors, 2:30 p. m. Ladies Fellowship of Mlsslonaiy church, Mrs. Harold idlewine. 7 p m. i So Cha Rea. Mies Recreation hall, 1:15 p.m. Rummage and bake sale. Immat uel Lutheran church. K. of P. ’ I home, 9 a tn. to 4 p in. Saturday with a name of a shutin to be remembered with a Christmas curd ♦ WOMEN OF MOOSE MEET THURSDAY The library committee was In - charge of the chapter night pro gram at the regular meeting of the Women of the Moose, held Thursday evening at the Moose home. Dora Tieman was awarded the door prize. Mrs. William Noll and Mrs. Tom Noll were awarded the game prizes. _____ B.P.W. CLUB HAS NOVEMBER MEETING The November meeting of the I B.P.W. i lub was held Wednesday 1 evening at the C. L. of C. hull, ! with thirty-five members present . Dinner was served at six thirty I o'clock, following which the proI gram committee chairman Mrs. I Noah Steury. presented Miss Janet Schrock, who gave an entertaining account of her recent trip to EurI ope Miss Schrock took the con- | ducted tour and spent two months in the various countries, covering FOR GOOD I SHOES I

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many historical points of interest. The program was in charge of the committee on international re-1 lations Miss Schrock spoke of thej attitude of the people toward American travelers, and gave an ' interesting resume of the living conditions <>4 these people. Miss Glennys Roop, vice-presi-dent. was in < harge of the busi- , liras meeting, at which time plans for the following month’s activities were discussed. The membership committee presented the names of seventeen new member*, who were accepted by the dull. , MEETING OF KIRKLAND W.C.T.U. HELD RECENTLY The W.C.T.I’. of Kirkland town- ‘ ship held their meeting recently at the home of Mrs. Oscar Geisel. The meeting opened with the slogan 'Forward Out of Error For i ward Into Light." followed by j group singing, with Edna Shady as pianist, and Blanch Henschen. song leader; spiritual life, Mrs. Russel Weller: roll call: literature stressing th* value of the I'nion Signal and Young Crusader; pub-1 licity. excerpts and picture ads which appear In national magazine on intoxicating liquors was given by Barbara Haggard, chap-1 ter from the study book "It I*. Smarter Not to Drink," by the, leader. Mrs. Floyd Stoneburner A group discussion was then held on Usual aid. During the business meeting, it was decided to put posters In churdies, schools and other public places with the following warning,! "where there is drink there i* i danger." It was also voted to make bedside pockets for wounded sail-1 ors and soldiers. The next meeting with the Beulah chapel ladles aid on December 14 at the home of Mrs. D. Shady. LEGION AUXILIARY MEETING IS HELD The American Legion auxiliary held its regular business meeting ■ Friday evening at the Legion home. Announcement was made that the auxiliary will entertain the Gold Star women of the < ounty al the social meeting on No ; vember 25. All Gold Star women. < included mothers, wives and sis- ( MV invited tu attend The fourth distrid officer* will’’ al-1 so be guests at the meeting. Mem | bers are asked to bring an unwrap-1 ped gift for the gift shelf at this I meeting, or leave it at the Legion home in the next few weeks. The hospitalized veterans will choose gifts for their families from these shelves. A Christmas party will lie held i on December «. The dinner will lie followed by a dollar gift exchange. The yearly magazine drive will be made hi the near future, with the proceeds used to purchase some type of medical equipment. Christmas gifts will also be sent to the Indiana Girls school and the unit's adopted boy at Knightstown home. Members we also urged to pay their dues before the last week of ; November to enable the .unit to . meet their quota and receive their I merits. Dues may be sent to the I Legion home or Margaret Kiting, or members may call 5591. Re|>orts were then made of the president and secretary conferences and the fourth district meeting held recently. Roy Kalver later addressed the group on plans for the proposed community center LUTHERAN COUPLES IN MEETING SUNDAY W. C. Dickeneyer. prominent Lutheran layman from Fort Wayne, I and chairman of the board of directors of Valparaiso university, gave an inspiring address on Christian stewardship to members of the Zion Lutheran Mary-led Couples i club at their November meeting < last night in the churrfl basement Mr. Dhkmeyer stressed the urgent need for an active, vigorous

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i Christianity in the modern world I "The atomic Bomb with all its ' deArudive power must be < <a»nt- ; ter balanced by Christian living. i and action It wv- are to continue living In peace. Church attendance needs to be improved. Christian I education from the grades through I the university must be devloped . and strengthened. Personal mission work must never lie neglect-1 ed.” He also emphasized the value of tithing, not only to the church, I ut also to the tlther himself who received Heavens richest blessings. Henry Krueckeberg conducted the ’short - business meeting. I). Hoyt Callow, chairman of the nominating committee reported the i following slate: for president, Nor- 1 ' bert Aumann and Harry Sheets; J for vice president. Ted Witte and i Herman iamkenau: smretary- | treasurer, .Mrs. Lloyd Conrad and j Mrs Lloyd Spiegel. The club’s i next meeting will be Its annual ( Christmas party, tentatively set for December 11. with the fidlowing committee in charge: Mr. and Mrs Hay Geltz. Mr and Mrs Herman Krueckeberg. and Mr. and Mrs. Orley Walters. i Following the program, progressj ive games of cards were played i and a delicious lunch served by the committee consisting of Mr uml Mrs. Ed Bauer. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Schroeder, and Mr and Mrs. Christ Hitcher. The Academy of Friendship will meet at the home of Mrs. Dallas Brown Wednesday evening at seven thirty o’clock. Mrs. George Wemhoff will be j hostess to the St. Ann study club j Wednesday evening at seven thirty • o'clock. The wives, mothers, sisters and girl friends of Elk members will bo entertained with a Thanksgiving dinner on Monday. November 21. at six thirty o’clock. Reservations must be made Wednesday, November 1«. The St. Paul l-adb-v Aid society I will have an all day meeting ut the : home of Mrs Jamas Myers Wedne« I day. The Root township home economics club will meet at the home <>,' j Mrs. Lew Hough Tuesday mam fur ; a carry in dinner Ea< It member D asked to bring a covered dish and table service The Friendship Village club will meet at seven o'clock Thursday evening at the Kltnsey school. Members are reminded of the birthday offering The meeting of the Phoebe Bible class of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church will be held Thursday evening after chur ch services. * Cub Scouts Enjoy Hike Through Pork Members of Dea 11. Cub Seoats. hiked through Hanna Nutt man park, txpluring and trailblazing, according to a report submitted by Jay Gould, scribe The members. Jack Huhn. David Caston. Ronald Hither. Jimmy Blakey, Jay Gould and Den chief. Liry Ehinge r. met at the home of Mrs. Clyde Gould. Den mother, then b,ked to the park After lunch, the hiking, exploring and trail blazing began, and ended In the evening at each member's borne.

/ _ Mr. and Mrs. Peter D Schwartz visited with Mr. and Mrs. lister Strahni and daughters of Flanagan. 111. over the weekend. Mrs Stralun is a patient at the Pontiac, 111, hospital The Misses Nell and Jessie Winnea had as their dinner guests Sunday noon Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Miller of Royal Oak, Mich., and Mr. and . Mrs. Cal Peterson Mrs. Carl Gerber and daughter Nancy, have returned home from I Menomonie. Wis., whee they visit-. ed the former's sister. Mrs. William i Bundy and family. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Beebier and \ Mr and Mrs Di<*. Heller spent Fa'urday at Hanover Their sons. Carl Beehler ami Jack Heller, returned home wUXthcm for a weekend vis ItMrs. Ivan Mahan and son. Fred of Albuquerque, N. M . are visiting the Charles McKown family in. Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Maude Mahan of route 1. Lt. Mahan, who is stationed at the Sandia air base in Albuquerque, will arrive here in December for the holidays. A banquet will lie served at the Masonic hall here Tuesday night. Nov 21, at 6:30 at which time the five year membership award will be given to Norman G. Ix-nliart | and the 2a-year award to 100 members of the lodge. Byard Smith, of I Fort Wav ne will present the, awards and Phil Eskew, noted humorist, will give the address I Eugene c Pulliam, publisher of, the Indianapolis Star and News and half dozen other newspapers. l will be the speaker at the Chamber of Commerce meeting in Van Wert. <>.. tomorrow evening. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Busche had as their Sunday dinner guests Mr j and Mrs. Ed Wicks. Mrs Elisa- ' belli Ruckman. Mr and Mrs. I,eonaid Holiday and daughters, Etta Maye and Ruth Ann. Mr. and Mrs. William Gow. Mr ’ and Mrs. Irvin Hoover and son. - Ross, of Battle Creek. Mich., and Mr and Mrs. Walter Zent of Hun- j fington were Sunday guests of the Rev. and Mrs James Meadows of this city. Darrell Shackley of Preble, »| J ( Melvin Werling, Fort Wayne, spent the weekend at Bloomington as guests of Odell Foley. r IE-* ■ ■7j| JUkJICT of a second U. S protext to Russia is Albert Willis (above), of Brooklyn. N. Y, an ECA official who with Alfred T. Meschter, Kinderhook, N Y. disappeared from a ship bound for Seoul, Korea. They were reported to have been seized and taken to Red dominated northern Korea. A previous complaint went unanswered. tlMcniational)

College Sophomore 1$ Held Al Angola Probe Kidnaping Os Nine-Year-Old Girl Angola. Ind.. Nov. 14 (I I’l i A college sophomore was held on an open charge today wlii e p<di< e investigated the Nddnaping and chloroforming of a nlne-year-old girl. Held was Benedict L. Driscoll Jr., 22. Newport, R I. an eng! neering stud- nt at Tri-State college here. Howard Morton. 42. said he found Driscoll and Morton’s younp daughter when he investigated a thumping noise In a dance hall above Morton’s restaurant early yesterday. The girl was unconscious and police said she apparently was drugged with chloroform They said they found a bottle of chloroform in Driscoll's pocket. Police said Morton to'd them the girl was tak n from Morton’s ' automobile parked outside the restaurant while her 12-year-old sister slept beshle her. Prosecutor Harris W Hubbard said he had an ‘‘incomplete" written statement from Driscoll admitting that he took the girl. I Marilyn Mae Morton, out of the i car and carried her upstairs to the I dance hail. Hubbard said Driscoll also ad--1 mitted holding a chloroformdrenched cloth to the girl's face. But lie said the youth did not explain whether he harmed the girl sexually. The prosecutor said the girl "may have been molested'’ but he believed she was not raped. Hubbard expected to file a specific charge against Driscoll later today. He said he had learned Driscoll once was questioned in a morals case at Fort Wayne. Hubbard quoted the child's father as saying lie found the girl and Driscoll when he c! lin bed the stairs with a gun in his hand to investigate a "noise.” Morton forced Driscoll to carry the unconscious girl downstairs, thinking she was asleep. "If I knew then what I know i now the state probably wouldn't have to try him." Morton was quoted as saying. Two Minor Accidents Reported To Police Two minor accidents were reported to and investigated by police over the w ekend and today A Hurk elevator truck, driven by Paul Longswort h, of route 2. struck a parked <ar in the 300 block of Wim heater street Satur►day which belonged to Sarah Mar in. route •>. The cars were double-parked along Ute atreet and made passage dilficu't. Damage to tiie Martin car was eat Imai <-d at 410. A car, driven by Peter Kruzick. Winamac, in leaving a park<d position this morning in the 100 block of South Second street. ' hooked tiie right rear fend* r and tire of a car driven by Jennie McAlhaney. rout* 3, which was in a lin- of traffic. Damage to the McAlhaney car was estimated at | |SO; no dama-e to the Kruzick car 1 Admitted: Robert Bowman. 510 I Niblick street; Clement Lengerich, route 2: Master Richard Jas|>er; i Mrs. Lincoln Cully. Rockford. ().; ! Mrs. Cora Snyder. 514 Studebaker I street; Willis Thorp, route 1; Mrs. la-sis Shook. Wren. <).; Mrs. Samuel Howard. 116 South Tenth ; street: Roger Clark. 252 North Sixth street; Evelyn Getting, route 1; Mrs. Doyt Dauller, 422 Washington street. Dismissed: Orval Smith; Mrs Jack Shady and baby girl. Winchester street; Mrs. Man us Schindler and baby boy, Geneva, route 2 « Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Baker are the parents of a baby boy. born at 11:2k ant. today at the { Adams county memorial hospital. He weighed 11 pounds. SH ounces .'.nd has not been named A baby girl was lorn to Mr and Mrs. Glenn McDonald. 32K Oak ' street, at 2:29 o'clock this morning at the local hospital She weighed , 7 pounds. 3 ounces. A 6 pound. XH ounce baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs Wilbur | Druege. Ossian, route 2, at I:2> ,a m today at the Adams county j hospital She has not been named — Stamps for Groceries Memphis, Tenn fl’Pt — Gro eery clerk Dominic Garsolli sent I the delivery boy to a home with a , package and initructed him to collect 50 cents. The boy returned with 41 cents and three three-cont stamps.

CHIEF BANSHEE Arthur (Bugs) Baer (right) Is presented with the •’Silver Lady” at 14th annual luncheon of the Banshees in New York • by INS sports writer Bob Considine. A thousand leaders in publishing field gathered to pay tribute to Baer, perennial Banshee master of ceremonies sin ■ sOn i-1 r ass fl nt»m»tional Soundnhotol H ■ || - - - - ■— , 1,..,.. I. ■ 111 mu I « w ■ H Hl——O

Child Accidentally Killed By Father Princeton. Ind.. Nov. 14. tl'Pt ( — Services for Larry Lynn Vore, k, were arranged today. The child was accidentally shot by his father, Glen Vore. Saturday while hunting labbits No Damage Caused ’ By Fire Saturday Firemen Saturday answered a call to the Eugene Aeschliman residence, 917 Russell street, to ‘ put out a chimney fire. The fire was extinguished, firemen report, before any damage could be done The call was made at about 7:30 o’clock in the evening i 1 Former Decatur Man Erects New Building A recent issue of the Wilson i N. Car. newspaper carried a photograph and (rtory concerning tiie I opening of a business block in that southern city. The building was constructed and is owned by Fred Maroon, former Decatur resident and nephew of John Joseph ', of De atur. Mr. Maroon lived here (or some time about vettrs ago He now owns a half doz< n buildings in Wilj son in addition to the new stru< lure. Mr. Joseph visits tin- M irooti ! family <-a< n winter

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