Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 85, Decatur, Adams County, 11 April 1950 — Page 3

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- CIXTU»*ULLBI»^.^„. I OBSERVE ANNIVKMARV Mr. and Mrs Richard Linn and daughter entertained with a dinner Sunday, the occasion markinn The twenty.fifth wedding autevera»ry <>T Mr. and Mrs. Cletus Miller. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Linn. BERNE TEACHER TO WEO THIS SUMMER Announcement has been made of the engagement of Mias Phyllis Hprunger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert N. Sprunger of Berne, to Gilbert Suter of Pandora. 0 An early summer wedding 1» being planned. ■'rMiss Sprunger is a teacher In the Berne-French school. DRAMATIC DEPARTMENT MEETING HELD MONDAY The meeting of the Dramatic department at the Decatur Woman » club was held at the library Monday evening. A short business meeting was conducted, after which the play "Ute With Mother" was presented by Mrs. Doyle Collier Mrs. laiwrence Anepaugh. Mrs. Howard Buck. Mrs. H. L. Nell and Mias Rosamond Gould. Following the program, refreshments were served by the hostesses. Mrs. Robert Helm. Mrs. BlColher and Mrs. Anepaugh. MR*. RAY «TI NGELY HOSTESS TO CLUB Thirty-four members and one guest of the Civic department of' the Decatur Woman's club were entertained at the home of Mrs. Ray Stlngely Monday evening The topic for the meeting was "Keep Our City Clean” Mayor Doan attended the meeting and spoke on "Civic Pride “ He also urged the -VTioperatlon of- everyone in helping '* to dean up the city. Mrs Harry Daily also presented several piano selections. . . Tlo- hostess, assisted by MrsMartin Zhnmerman Mrs Lowell, .JUUItIU Mrs, Er cd J I an. -isnr-Md M f.« - 0 G Baughman served refresh cnieijl* at a later hour ENTERTAIN WITH DINNER SUNDAY Mr and Mrs William Noll enter.,i tamed with a dinner Easter honor ■ -Ing the birthday anniversaries of their daughter. Mrs. Carl Johnson, and crsnddatiahter Barbara Hen linger of Fort Wayne Cuesta were Mi and Mrs Winsti.ti_J4*aiey and family. Decatur; Your Size Is Here! Ml -Vtk fol A/Mj Bj i tv Kfc Lfl SIZES 34-U I *lHaU 4te< lUkfffaa ' It's new-easy to slenderise with this new princess design' Bile yoke, pockets, cool cape sleeves, on an at home dress that comes t in a wide choice of sixes! ■ Pattern IKI comes tn sires M. 3S. 3*. id. 42. 44 4*. 43. 50. 52. Sir- 36 takes 41s vards 35-inch. Send THIRTY CENTS in ” Thia easy-to-uae pattern ’ gives perflt Tit. Complete, illustrated Sew Chart shows you every step Send TWENTY-FIVE cents in *coirs for this Pattern to MARIAN MARTIN, care ot Decatur Dally ..Democrat, Pattern Dept.. P. O. Box <740. Chicago 30, 81. Print plainly YOUR NAME ADDRESS, - ZONE- SIZE, STYLE NUMBER. LOOK! A liook of new easy sew MARIAN MARTIN Patterns for Spring Send Fifteen Cents for your copy and plan all ths lovely new clothes youw ant One yard skirts and blouses, spring styles for all the family. And—printed In, the book - free handbag pattern.

1 I * J k *- T ‘ti*u MAaaa ffrew dnv'a muth* wffvfway IswvilW VWv W liwmffiAm must Mtf JvwwwewVs rViwei y/r>w***w vwv oaf 11 a. m. (Saturday t:<B a. m.) Phone MBB-1081 Betty Terveer TueeOay f Rebekah lodge. Odd Fellows ( hall, 7:36 p.m. I Aeolian choir. Decatur high , school, 7: JO p.m. . Eta Tan Sigma sorority Swear- ■ Ingens, 3 pun. Church Mothers study club, Mrs. i Loryn Trout npr. S p.m. Mdwreeßetter Homes club. Mrs. Harry Crownover ?:M p.m. Kirkland Township W.C.T.C., Mr. and Mrs. Roll Hauck.! p.m Dutiful Daughters class ot Beth i any Evangelical United Brethren ; church Mrs. Russell Mslchl, 7:30 i P-m. WC.T.U., postponed. W.8.W.8. ot Trinity Evangelical . U.B. church, church, 7:30 p.m. Decatur circuit chapter of Vai- [ paraiso university guild. Zion Lat her an church, Friedhelm, 3 p.m. St. Dominic study club. Mrs. Pat Costello. J p.m. Dorcus class ot Bethany Evangelical U.B. church, church, 7: SO p.m. Delta Theta Tau pledge party. Elks home. 3 p.m. Rose Garden dub, Mrs. Ralph 'Stanley, 2 p.m. • Wednesday Women's guild of Elon Evan- : Mr. and Mrs. Arney Anspaugh and family. Bryant: Mr and Mrs Claud IHemlinger and family. Fort Wayne: Mr. and Mrs. iarwell Noll and ■ j family. Pleasant Milhc Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Noll and Geneva: Mr and Mrs! Warren Marauith and family. Lansing, - Midi Mr. and Mrs ,<’art Johnson.‘ , Wept' Latavette: Mrs Alvin God ! ■:4mß M 4 fauult, Ruma, NY,.,l’>'. i Kenueih Noli Fort DDL VJ Jtli ls : wd <*e» Hm-ntur Jean Rix, Bluff -I I ton and Mr and Mrs William Noll ; ..nd daughter. Marilyn |

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I getiesl and Reformed church, L I 8. Anti mSiy ■cW W ’ Wolpert. 7:30 p.m. St. Paul Ladies AM society. Mrs. Kenneth Parrish, all day. UuUea AM of Union Chapel, ihureh, ail day. Holy Cross discussion club, Mrs. Karl Schnepp. I:M»> Profit and Pleasure Home Economics flub. Mrs. Alton Corson, 7:30 pm. Zion Lutheran Missionary society. postponed. ' Beulah Chapel W.8.C.8, Mrs. Harry Bauer, all day. Ladies Shakespeare club, Mra. D. B. Erwin, 3:30 p.m. Presbyterian Ruth circle, Mlaa Janet Schrock, 3 pm. Presbyterian Naomi circle Mra. Robert Macklin. 3 p.m. Historical club, Mrs. Gallic Bittner, 12 noon. 8. E. Bridge club. Mra. Jobe ‘ Acheson, 3 p.m... -s.-i-Bualness and Professional Women. American Leglou home, <-30 p.m. Beta Sigma Phi. Elks home. I p.m. Thursday Monmouth P.T.A.. school gym. St. Joseph's study club. Mrs. Thomas Kollman. 3:15 pm. W.B.W 8. of Union Chapel. Mra. Warren Nidiinger. 1:30 p.m. Baptist Missionary society, Mrs. Charles Massonnee, 3 p m. <Jur Lady ot Lourdes study, club, Mrs John Klnts. 3 pm. Salem W.8.C.8., Mrs. Floyd Meyer. t rSO pm. ——— —— n Women's guild of St. Luke Evangelical and Reformed church, church, all day. Presbyterian Mary circle, Mrs. ART DEPARTMENT MEETING HELD The Art dcpartment of the llecatur Woman's club met Monday evening at Hie home of Mra. Ray-[ mond Eichenauer A short bust- j' It»*s« meeting was conducted by! the chairman Mrs. Lloyd Cowens, at which time the- niemlierw .were surged to attend the concert to i>e ‘ riven by the Del’auw university I < hotr Memiiers were also asked 1 to bring guests to the public meet- •-•-- — ■■■■ —• ,

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• To Give Program Here Friday

1 B B Miss Jeanne Carrell Miss Jeanne Carroll and Maurice Mandell will be two of the featured soloists to appear on the program sponsored by the Decatur high school choir Friday morning, at 3:15 o'clock. W. Guy Brown, principal, in making rise announcement of the progiam stated that it will be in the form of a dedication of the new Wurlttser piano purchased for the school by the schisil board. The public is invited to attend. In addition to Miss Carroll and Mandell. William Scult and Joann Fuller will appear on the program, art of them seniors In the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Miss Carroll a soprano, baa appeared In numerour concert and

L. C- Pettibone, 3:30 p.m. Presbyterian Martha circle, Mrs. Lois Black, 2:30 p.m. — Order of Eastern Star, Maaonle hall, 7:30 p.m. Pal lota XI sorority. Miss Marlon Koontt. 7:30 pjn. - Friday Calvary Evangelical United Brethren Ladles Aid society, church, 7:30 pm. Work and Win class of Trinity Evangelical H.B. church, church, 7:30 p.m. Westey rises of Methodist char--eh. church. 7:30 pm. l-egion auxiliary. Legion home, S ■ I m I • Virdory r-luss of Trinity Evan-j;elh-ai i'll r-hurch. church, 7:30 p.m-. . -,* W F,. I . Bobo Methodist W R.C.B, Mrs. Dorwin Drake. 7:30 pm. Girl Scout board of directors. Mrs. Roy Kalver, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Chicken noodle and bake sale of Zion (.utheran Missionary society. <By hall. 9a m. J ‘ng April 24. at which time Mr Stark of the Fort Wayne art school ■ will present a lecture on "Modern Art ” Miss Eva Acker was a guest. After the business meeting, an Interesting book reilcw of "Smile. Please" was given by Mrs. It D. Mvers .JDif. story had its setting in tlie south in 190? and the many L . —csnsse-’-si. -s- • Our sLryon a prescription means that it has been carefully compounded from fresh, potent drugs by a skiilea Registered Pharmacist; each com- * pounding step doublechecked co assure accuracy, and priced in accordance with carefully-determined costs. Try us the next time! I Holthouse ! Drug Co. i J |

fl m w I ■ ■ Maurice Mandell stage productions on the west coast, plus numerous recitals In Ohio since studying.at the f'im-in natl school. She is a native of Portland. Ore., and has been active In radio ‘work as well as on the conc«rt stage. Maiiilt'B Is the operatic bass comitic here to appear on the Friday program He Is a native of (rtmiuiratl. and a veteran of World War II After being discharged from the service, he resumedhis studies at the Cincinnati IcKool and a' the present time is studying operatic roles under the famous singer. Dimitri Onofrei, who now head ot the opera department at the school.

amusing and interesting incidents were impressively given by Mrs. Myers Dainty retreahmants. were laler served by the committee, Mrs. Myers. Miss Matilda Selle’meyer. Mies Fern Pasawater and Mr>Eichenauer. The Work and Win class of the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church will have its regular meeting Friday evening at seven thirty o'clock at the church. Mr.’ apd Mrs. Dick Schafer and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brown will lie in charge Memliers are reminded to brine their .offering. The regular meeting of the Woir.ea s guild of the Zion Evangelic- ’ aF'W’ ■He-ro'rmwr'-rhitrrti wffl -be 1-ebl Wednesday evening at seven J forty five o'rkwk in the church parlors. Mra. Glen Oswalt, pro--gram chairman, will use as her J theme "Easter Glories.” Special must.- will also lie presented. All. ladies of the church are Invited. The Wesley class of the Metho-, <tiat chnn-h will meet Friday even ne’-at aeven thirty o’clock In the (hutch basement. The American l-egion auxiliary will hsve a business meeting Friday evening at eight o'clock! The .ancillary i» making plans for a chorus, and those Interested in . jidning, are urged to attend the The cUsh jwtifv of the Victory tlasg of the Trinity Evangeliral Unite*! Brethren church will be j held Friday cveninii at seven thir ‘ ty o’clock at the church. ..T ie Ikibo .. M.-thodist . W.S.C S-.! wil have its meeting al the home , of Mrs. Dorwin Drake Friday evening at- seven thirty o'clock. The Calvary Evan get’ci’, trilled Brethren Ladies Aid society will meet Friday evening at seven thir■ty o’clock at the xhgfch. Mrs. Doris McDermott and Mrs Thelma , Staley will be hostesses. j Elmer Bultemeler. of northwest <'f Decatur, was a visitor here Mon day afternoon and evening. Ray Houser. Indianapolis, former Decatnr resident is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ollie < hronister and other relatives :fiere. Ray is-a World War II veteran and long has been active tn American Legion and V.F.W. if : fairs in Indiana. Herman Kruerkeberc cashier of 1 the First State bank and presidin' of the Valparaiso University Sjiortßmen Club, advisory commit tee to the University on athletic urograms, attended a meeting of . ’bat organization at Fort Wsvne Monday night. It was the first session held by the group since Krue<keberg was elevated to the presidency. Dan Freeby. student at Butler' University school ot pharmacy, returned to Indianapolis after.spend I Ing the weekend with his parents j here. William Freehy, student at De-! Paww University, who has been I visiting his parents Mr! and Mra Robert Freeby in Decatur during ; the Easter vacation, will leave Rockford. 111., before returning to. DePauw for classes next Monday I Hugh, lAndis. Decatur, route' four, has been charged with run- j ning the stop sign at the intersection of highways 1 and 234 and i

will appear in glty court at Bluffton. Trooper Bierie made the ari mt. Funeral services will be held in L Bluffton Wednesday afternoon for Ferd MtmteiriittiW wKb"«M' i at Fort Wayne Sunday. When two cars collided ftanday near Van Wert. 0.. on* of them skidded Into the aatomoblle driven ! by Eugene Crawford of Ossion. AH three can were badly damaged but no one »tx seriously hurt. If ie reported. Kenneth Hirnchy. candidate for joint state senator from Adams, Wells and Blackford counties, spent Monday in Hanford City. Fred V. Milla. Decatur retired I Decatur business man, returned Monday from an Easter visit at Anderson and immediately pro-' claimed it was time for him to don his straw hat and usher ia spring. The Decatur man for years was a day or two ahead of the robins, with his straw hat. This year, however. Shorty Lee surprised the community by wearing the i first straw bat in February. Thowe who attended the funeral ‘ of Clarence F. Beltler at Flora. I HL. Sunday Included: Mr. and Mrs Owen Dale Spurs of Geneva, Mrs. I David D. Haliegger, Mrs. Joe Baumgartner and Mrs. Jack Smith of Decatur Mra. Andy Gehm of Celina, 0.,' Mr. and Mrs. Harry Beltler of Monroe. Mrs. Archie Heddingtoa of near Monroe. Eugene Johnson of Ossian. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Baumgartner of Preble. Dewaid Beltler of Herne and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Beltler of Bluff ton. Phil Sauer, county highwav superintendent, left Monday for West Lafayette to attend the fourday sessions of tlie state highway school. John Augsburger. member (t the county board of commissioners accompanied Sauer to the school. The other two members 61 the board, Otto Hoffnran and John Iflakey. are scheduled to join fhem later this week. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Anspaugh and children. David and Jane Marie, spent Easter Sunday with Mr. and Mrs H K. Williams. Jr . and family in Chicago. OSItITAL Admitted: Dale Knlttle. Ilecatur; I Mrs. Glen Grogg. Geneva. I Dismissed: Mrs. Harold Whitright and baby boy: Charles Markle. Willshire. O.; Mrs. Ralpii L Cauble and baby girl: Mrs. Haroll Jones and baby boy. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sanders, Monroe* are parents of a baby) lM>y horn at r 'a rh7'Tr><tMy '’tfTl' the. Adams county memorial hos | A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Koeneman at 7 21 o’- • (lock Monday morning at the local hospiraL He weighed 7 pounds. 12 ounces. Mon is Fined Here For Drunk Driving Osia Chrisman, of Hartford town-' ‘J'lip, was fined 125 costs. ’ totaling' J 35.75. and had his driv-' er’s 4+t-etise suspended for 90 dajA > Hl Decatur J. P. court after being arrested at Geneva Saturday night <>n a charge of driving while under . the influence of Intoxicating liquor ■ The arrest was made by Walter I ScMndier and Bob Mercer, Male , j policemen. ’.. !__s SEEK TO STRIP (Ceeftaeed Fnen I'asr oee> for conspiracy, the sentences to run concurrently He gate I Schmidt and Rol-ertson two two year terms. r~ He levied no fines against the , three men because, he said, it would save Tbe rank and ftte of ; their unions from lieing assessed." Bridges was bitter about the ; sentences. "It stinks!” he declared. “It'a l-e n a frameup from beginning to end and it's beginning to air now. It'll be a while yet before I'll Im* doing the five 'Um sure the boys In the union Will appreciate. the judge's concern about their money." His pretty brunette wife. Nan- | 'ey? looked re tgnJrt as Harris read ‘ the eenteni-e Schmidt's daughter. Loeise, broke Into tears. Before passing sentence. Harris ; denied defense motions for an j arrest of judgment; -w new trial and probation \ CILLERS FILLERS HLLKRS FTL ! The state of Washington produces 90 percent of the nation's e._aeed.; ; Most winter damage to Nebraska plants is due to lack of moisture More than 350.000.000 in purses Is paid annually to United States j race horse owners. e

AP Asks Dismissal Os Anti-Trust Swf - Formal Answer Mode To Government Suit New York. April U—(UPI — The Great Atlantic and PacUk* Tg* .COJUPW aayj the govern ment's civil aHMrust suit neatest the food chata should be dismissed because it is aa attempt to remodel the nations "eutire_eeonomic structure ” Jlte company made that charge yesterday tn U. 8. district court in - j its final formal answer -tu, the I , government's suit aimed at break | ing the nationwide retail firm into I seven smaller chains The government's complaint has! "no Justification in fact or In law! for the drastic and cttefiscatory de-1 struction” of the A A- P, the 90 ' year-old firm said. The answer said "the plaintiff ’ ia asking this court to adopt, by . judicial fiat, new and extremist ‘ principles at law which would reI suit in a complete remodeling of I the entire economic structure of this country " The government has accused the A * f’- it* board chairman. John A. Hartford, and his brother, George L. Hartford, treasurer, of operating a* a monoimly in restraint of trade tn violation of the Sherman act. In addition to breaking the company down into smaller chains of stores, the government seeks to force the firm to separate its manufacturing. processing and wholesale branches Such "dissolution" would be "entirely unwarranted." the company said because A & P is not a monopoly, is not willfully violating anti-trust laws -“Natural growth" built the huge firm Into a food processing and distributing firm with more than 6.<Mm retail outlets in 4« states with an annual gross business of about ! 32.<mhi,<hhi,(HHi. the answer said. 1 The growth cactu almost entirety ! from within the company and not by mergers or -buying out com petitors. it added. Senator Vandenberg Undergoes Operation j . Washington., April 11. (t’l’i Sen: ~A rthvr if- ~ Vandenbw-g ' It., ’ Mich... was operated bn today for removal, of a tumor located near his spinal cord Motorist Fined For Reckless Driving Norman Lemnardaon. 611 Nufl't. Second street. «a« fined 319 and < oats, totalling 121.76 by justice of the peace Floyd Hunter after Leonardson pleaded guilty to the charge of re-kless driving, Leon-

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