Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 298, Decatur, Adams County, 20 December 1949 — Page 7

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E45 Par Acre Improved Farm K, pro vM! farm of 80 acre. ■Vujley was sold Monday M »t suction for 119.600. -

rQK YOW CHRISTMAS V*l J I Quality Food Mar J L s awaembled every - | jou need to make your Lina* Dinner a real treat. j [•ke that dinner a routt- \ • Lucceaa and save by '* — Ling here. pTEt iJJi’ 69c Red Bird beet Potatoes -— Large Can 25c BRWOOO jiit Cooktail ._ Large Can 39c A REAL HOLIDAY TREAT! READY-TO-EAT PICNIC HAMS - • - lb 35c THESE HAMS ARE COOKED! 6 to 8 pound average. ■STEM Pint Can fcgWOOD OFFEE in ,. tm 69c Something Different For Dessert! ICE CREAM PIES ! with A FRESH STRAWBERRY FILLING 47* kiiH IALNUTS .. 1 lli. csilb bag 35c hnberries 1 lb. cello bag 19c !tw i LETTUCE Large Size 18c Feen. pascal HUY Urge Stalk 19c WE WILL BE CLOSED SUNDAY and MONDAY DECEMBER 25-2*

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vin Mew'htv. auctioneer* It wu one of the lai-rent prices paid for an unimproved farm here in manv years averaging 4241 an acre. The farm sag a part of the J. Barger estate and drew spirited bidding Floyd and Wayne Barger were the purchasers.

Christmas Program Wednesday Evening Missionary Church To Present Program A Christmas program will be pre- ’ sentcd Wednesday evening at 7:3<» I o'clock at the Decatur Missionary church. The complete program is as follows: King Bells of Christmas, song, by group of children. Welcome Song — Marilyn Gue Myers. A Christmas Proclamation—Judy Secaur. Beginners class will sing Merry Christmas. The First ruttie Speaker — Helen Osborne. Solo — Little Baby Jesus — Bar | bars Harden. A Gift to The Christ Child — Roger Death, Judy Beard, Anne Bonifas, Michael Johnston. Carolyn I Hart. Lois Brod back. Roger Rupp, jand Jimmie Bailer. Our Christmas Gifts — Jimmie i Welty, Gerald Osborne, Roger Bix 1 ler. and David Johnston. I A Christmas Wish — Sharon liar , den. Solo — Why The Stars Shone — | Garry Millington. My Gifts — Marilyn Sue Myers Janet Rupp, Robert and Norinau . Hart. Our Lord's Birthday — Victoria and Deloris Buller. First Choice — Patty Death. Christmas Morning Margaret Slusher. Christmas Time — Jerry and Ralph Bailer. Recitation for Little People — {Richard Beard. David Ralston, Bet ty Simmerman and Nancy High My Precious Gift Paul and Carl Hiser. What Would We Do? Jerry Os borne, Jerry Mct'agg and Billy Jo Courtney. Christmas Play — Junior Class •Barbara Hailer, Sharon Baker, ' Paul Ralston, Beverly Singer. Janet Courtney, Nancy Gaskill, Billy VonGunten, Sharon Idlewlne, and Jer<y L Beard. closing Song — group of chi.d ren. Good-Bye. Come Oitener — Billy Von Gunten. Tractor Maintenance Group Is Organized The agricultural extension office helped organize a 4-H tractor maintenance group Monday night. This meeting was held in the Mollenkopf A Kiting store, with 40 men amt boys in attendance. The project wm be taught by Herbert Marbach. Bill Fraziet showed a picture, I, "Harvest Power." that told clearly I how the maintenance instructors I were trained- At the dose of the I meeting, he served refreshments. Boys enrolled were: Leroy PetI ers. la-onanl J. King, James Wilder. Edward Wild) r. Bill Braun. Maurice Miller, Allen Grote. Kd Mar bach. Bill Sipe, Merlin Alt. Marvin I W. Fast, Robert Steury, Kenneth I Khrman. Donald Graber and Roua'd Price. I If You Have Something To Sell Try ' A Democrat Want Ad—lt Pays.

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Farmers Visit Research Farm

■- ■■ .11 ;• . " Pictured above is one of two chartered trucks which took 65 farmers from Adams county and Van Wert and Mercer counties in Ohio to Gray Summit. Mo.. where the research farm of Ralston Purina Feed Company is located. The trip consumed three days and was under the guidance of Fred Schuler, district manager of the feed concern, who resides in Wapakoneta. O. D O. Callow, of Stiefel Grain Co.. Berne and the following five Adams county farmers made the trip: Rolandes Liechty. Leo Hanoi. Noah Hischy, Reuben Swartz and Marion Baker.

Farmers Institute Leaders Meet Here AB of the Adams county farmers' institute organizations were represented in a Monday afternoon meeting, states county agent L. K. Archbold. County chairman Ezra Kaehr was In charge of the meeting. Many ideas were exchanged on various phases of the program. A number of the Institutes plan to give judges of exhibits an opportunity to explain the reasons for placing a number of classes. Many are planning home talent evening programs. They have all agreed to have a county wide meeting of institute officers at the close of the series of meetings for the purpose of comparing notes and strengthlng the programs for the next year. Institute dates arc as follow: Jan. 31. — Berne and Geneva: Feb. 1. — Monmouth and Kirkland: Feb. 2. — Pleasant Mills; Feb. 3. — Union.

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WHILE NURSE Mary Gueydan encourages, 4-ycar-old Mike Rector, of Washington, walks for the first time since being burned over 70 per cent of his body when his cowboy suit caught fire over a year ago. Mike will be home for Christina*. (Inttrnational) m w ■ ■ _ _T ’ * « & *•■- _ __ As " *X ! * • * a > *, 1 ■ SLIDING IO SAFETY, a pilot in one of the Navy's new twin-eagine jet F3D skynight all-weather fighters demonstrate* the latest method of gbandoi.mg ship a* he drop* through the cockpit floor. The tesla were made over El Centro, Calif., while flying at speed* up to 450-nulea-an-ho-jr. Phot -graphed from another plane, the pilot (top) slide* from the belly of his ship. Takes with the aid of mirrors (center and bottom phottej, the £ter is shown dearmg the ‘stricken ’ craft Uaiemauoml)

Man Suffocates In Terre Haute Hotel Terre Haute, Ind.. Dec. 20. — (UP) — Eugene Bergen. 47, Rockville. suffocated today after his mattress caught fire at a downtown hotel. Fireman Ray Kyle said Bergen apparently was smoking in bed at the Indois hotel and fell asleep. The mattress began burning. Bergen woke up and ran into the bathroom, instead of the hotel corridor. Kyle said. Firemen found his body there. Damage to the room was estimated at |IOO, but other parts of the hotel were not damaged. Five fire companies answered the alarm and fought the small fire. Shiprock, fantastic sandstones formation In northwestern NewMexico, is sacred to the Navajo Indians. According to legend, their ancestors arrived in this “ship" which later turned to stone.

Denfeld Turns Down Commander's Post Ousted Navy Chief Refuses Command Washington. Dec. 30. —(UP)— Naval sources said today that Adm Louis E Denfeld, ousted chief of naval operations, probably will retire next month and take a lucrative job with a private business concern. Denfeld has turned down navy secretary FraDds P. Matthews' of ter of the poet of commander of U. 8. naval forces in European water*. But he has withheld a decision on whether to retire from active naval duty and has until Jan 19 to make up his mind Denfeld was removed from the navy's top job because of his part in the "admiral's revolt" against unification. In a letter made public by Matthews yesterday at bis request, the admiral said he could not accept the navy command In Europe because the ouster damaged his prestige so much that he could not fittingly represent this nation abroad. Denfeld told Matthews he feared circumstances of his ouster would prevent European nations from having the “necessary respect" for and confidence in him. Denfeld also said that ex presMon of his views on strategy in the European post might cause "einbarrasemewl of my colleagues, my superiors and our government." M „ —IT-- , \ ■ - __ A- ■ MgSt FORMER Air Force officer, Maj. George Racey Jordan (above) charged In a Washington radio interview that Russia obtained hundreds of pound* of uranium and atom bomb secret* through order* of the late Harry Hopkins. Jordan declared that he saw armed Soviet guard* place "nitcase loads” of secret American document* aboard Russian-bound lend-lease plane* in 1043 and 1044. (International'

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Kitsons Entertain Officials At Home Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kitsoa entertained the county commissioners aud several other county officers at dinner al tbe county home Monday noon. Thirty-five people are new being cared for at Hie home and plans have been completed to make this. Christmas week, a happy one for them. Thir-ty-three organizations assist in various ways to bring tbe season greetings to the home. Now you can get a combination comb and insecticide powder applicator for dogs. The American Magazine describes the device as having long teeth thal get close to tbe skin and a bulb which, when squeezed, forces powder through the teeth to reach fleas and ticks. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

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College Choir Will Broadcast Wednesday The Huntington college choir will preeent it* third in a eeriea of broadcast* over radio *tation WOWO Fort Wayne. Wednaaday at 10:45 p.m. Tbe program will <-on*i*t of a number of cburch hymns. After the first of the year, the choir will work on a number of arrangements to be used on the annual choir tour at Eastertime. Just before this is to be made, however, another aeries of broadcast* will be made of these arrangements. Before designing his dummy, Mortimer Bnerd. Edgar Bergen studied phri-noiogy and combined in Mortimer ail physical marks of stupidity. Trade In a Good Town — Decatur