Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 154, Decatur, Adams County, 1 July 1950 — Page 3

RATURDAT, JULY 1, 1»M

•LOMOM TIME TEA AT PREBBYTERIAN CHURCH Tbe auditorium and social room* at tha First Prosbyterta* church war* beautifully d*coreted with ?'• haahuts of summer flower* for \ the aaaual Blossom Time tea liven Thursday afternoon hr the Presbyterian Woman’s Association. Mia* -Nancy Heematra and Miss Sue Harper seated the one hundred and twenty five cuesta who attended the delightful affair. A word of welcome was given by the president of the Association, Mrs. J F. Sanmana. The Rev* A. C. E. Oillander, pastor of the church, led the worship period, reading from the tenth chapter of St. Xuke. He gave a short talk on Martha and closed with prayer. Mrs. Clarence Ztner. general m chairman, then presented the . soloist. Miao Helaine Foley of Ohio City. Ohio. Miss Fotey. a niece of Mrs. Wilson Loe. baa ? studied under Mrs. Florence Starr —of Bluffton. Her bsantlful aoprnno voice enhanced her rendition of classical and religious selections. —Mrs. Carrie Haubold was her accompaßlst. Mr*. Haubold and Mr*. Harry Hailey presented an organ and piano duet, and Mr*. Halley piaysd. a piano solo. Following the musicale. the yuests were Invited to the social rooms where the serving table was draped with a pink skirt, St' rented with blue ribbon bows and streamers. Candles and pink roemi wore other appointments. Mrs. Ranmann. assisted by Mias Hoemstr* and Miss Harper served. ‘ Mrs. Zlner was assisted by Mr*. Jaune* Elberson. Mrs. Fred Rmlth. Mr* Robert Macklin and Mr*. Jesse Ration. Rr. Mrs. George Ralr, Mrs Royal Friend Mr*. James Mose* and MH. Charles Magley arranged the flower*. WILLING WORKERS -- •N CLAM R *" TV The Willing Workers das* of She Ptaasanl-Mills Method!** rh*r-i eb hold a class party at the home <.f Mr. and Mr*. Clyde Jone* Teesn day evening Mr. and Mrs Leland Ray were assisting host and bo*- * ••**■ The meeting was opened by the President. Mr*. John Ralley. Mr*. Murray Holloway read the on* hundred thirty second Psalm, and -j- gave a reading. “A t'hurch Member’* Prayer’ Prayer was offered by the Rev. R. W Parsley. During the brief business session plans were mad* to entertain ,class Eight with a potluck dinaer at the Herb* park* oh August . ; Lovely were served to the following Mr and Mr* John Bdlley, Mr and Mrs M*rSlimming Play set : - .’,l fl JVC ■T /w! - ’ V- At\ KX *xJXX'£O wes feet "inksif** Scales your figure down, builds your wardrobe up/' Playsuit ha* pleated short*, cool cape .sleeves in one with back bodice. Skirt make* a dress of it In a jiffy! - Pattern Tttli comes, in vises 34, 3*. M, W. 42, 44, « W- Sl*e »« playsuit. skirt. S’* yards 35-tach. Thia easy-to-use pattern givb* perfect fit. Complete. illustrated Sew Chart shows you every step Send THIRTY CENT* in eash coin* tor this pattern to MARIAN MARTIN, care of Decatur Daily Democrat. Pattern Dept.. P. O Ho* 4744 Chicago M, 111. Print plainly YOUR NAME. ADDREM. ZONE. SIZE. STYLE NUMBER. Fashion comes In all sise* in our Marian Martin Pattern Book Send Twenty Cants more (in coins) to get this *ummer-atylo-pictur* for the family. There* aa active sports wardrobe, too. plus FREE—A stunning bescb-br* pattern printed right in the book.

i j • J ' gfMjjw AIR. 1 r ' keotety Romo for day** pub* » Noauan moat ba phoned la by 11 a- m. (tatarday 1:30 a. m.) i — Maae 130H001 paying Achgggß Monday Adam* County Home Economic* i chib chorus rehear**!, Monroe • school. I p.m. y ■ ,/ Wednesday Psi lota Xi pledge picnic. Boy i Scout cabin at Hanna-Nuttman i park. 4 30 p.m. i Catholic Ladles of Columbia. C. I L. of C. ball 7:30 p.m. thumuay | Combined meeting of Lad. « Aid > and Missionary Society of Bethany I Evangelical United Brethren cburl ch. ehurch. I p.m. i WMA of Nut’man Avenue United Brethren church, Mr* Ireta i Thornton, 7:30 p.m. f WR.M.B. of Nasarene church, . Mr* Ezra Brandy berry. V3O p.m. Magley Ladle* Aid, church basement. all day. Pleasant Dale Ladle* Aid will . have an, all day meeting in the church basement nett Thursday. , Hostesses win be Mr*. Homer I Arnold and Mr*. Irnster Adler. , Pleasant Dale ladle* Aid chur- , ch basement, all day. I — ray Holloway, Mr. and Mr*. Dar ’ i*l Clouse. Rev. and Mr*. Parley. ' Mrs. Leland Ray. Mrs. Hubert Ehnam Mr*. Fred Bauman. Mr* Klmer Oolliff Mr*. Glonn Mana ’ and Mrs. Carl Ehr»»m. 1 PATRICIA MEYER IB HONOREth AT 3 HOWER ‘ MBs Kathleen Torveer and Miaa Roe* Noonan entertained at the . heme .of the former Jaat evening with * mlscelianeou*’ *how*r 1n honor- of Ml.* PatrtCta—Meyer, ! hrteeptect of July 22 . f --'-Tlw honored gueet was present > ed with a lovely corsage on her arrival, and bingo was then played 1 - We Are Going To * And WiH Be CLOSER SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY STOCKSMLFS DONUT SHOP

tbl One hundred and seventy-four [ / year* of independence cdebrafli ted in the American tradition. 11 1 THIS BANK WILL NOT TRANSACT BUSINESS ON JULY 4TH - • • a ■ ’ i.

A number of prlres were pwarded and presented to Mb»s Meyer. Following a delicious lunch, reeved by the hoetesees, the brideelect opened her many lovely gift*. ’ TwBM pvvwat worw. mtw* Meyer and daughter Carolyn. Mr*. Ralph Loahe, the Mine* Pat Appelmaa. Barham Deßolt. Bbella Murtaugh, Alta and Mary Joaea. Agnea Calmer, Barham Saiitter, Julia Ann-Moyer, and Lota Meteger. Guest* who »ent gift* but were unable to attend were 'Mrs. Frank Brann and daughter Dtsie. Jdra. Jerome Braun, Mra. BUI Lengerich, the Mtaaea Norma Appetinen Shirley Ray. Marlene Laurent, Joan York and Jaaet Meyer. ENTERTAIN FOR BARBARA KRICK Mra. Charlea Ehiager and Mm William Bowers were hostesses at a dessert-bridge Thursdsy evening. The affair honored Miss Barbara Krick, bride-elect of July 8. Densert was served from sttrsctively appointed small tablea and tha Ehinger home was beautifully decorated with summer flowers. The guest of honor was given a corsage of sweetheart roses snd ' a lovely gift from the hoeteaaee. Prises for bridge were won by Mrs. Roy Kalver and Mrs. Charlea Camp. Mr*. Hugh Andrew* wa* awarded the traveling prise and presented It to Mie* Krick. The Irndies Aid and Missionary Society of the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church will have a combined meeting at the thurch Thursday afternoon at two o'clock. Mra. John Spahr Is chairman of the Ladies Aid. and Mrs. Philip Dolby is chairman of the Missionary Society. The W.M.A. of the Nuttman Avenue United Brethren church will meet at eeven thirty o'clock Thursday evening at the home of Mr*. Ireta Thornton. Tbl* will be renewal month for ths mission paper ...Mr, and. Mm Joa Lower Cot ibaken. N. T.. are visiting at the home of Mr* Homer Lower. Mr*. Nellie Oman, of Bluffton, is also r houseguest' of Mrs Lower. Larry Karjala of Chicago, sill arrive in Decatnr today to spend the week with David Uhrick. The Karjala family formerly resided la this city. Mrj. Mary Harshbarger of Geneva observed her 88th birthday thia week. She is making her home with her son. Forest. C. A. Studebaker, who has the contract to repave state road 734 Irotn Decatur to Markle.Us* been awarded another contract, to ,TS--1 ■ <«*lr *et erat. trtreera In th* tow n W OMtan: I The Nickle Plate railway compuny ha* filed a petition with the public service commission asking authorization to dose th* railway station St Craigvllle and substitute a prepay station. Cat*_driven by Oswln Lehman of Berne and Ralph Shield* of Bluffton collided In Bluffton yesterday. doing some damage to each car front The Rev. Harvey H. Hocker, minister ot finance of the board ot missions of the Southern Cali-fornia-Arizona Methodist conferee of Decatur, will arrive in this ence. and a brother of Cr E Hockeity July 11 for a two weeks' visit with'Mr. and Mr*. C E. -Hoc ker Mr and Mr*. W Guy Brown, and | grandson J. C. Mill*, of Spring-

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\ t H H < V * r T MIBB VERA SCHULTZ and Homer F Rauch, who were united In/ marriage recently in St. Mary's Catholic churcb by this Very Rev. Msgr. J. J Seimets. are now residing on route one Mrs. Rauch is the daughter of Mr. and Mr*. Julius Schultz of route four, and her husband’* parents are Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Rauch of route one —Photo hy EdwArds

field. 0., motored to Vincennes today to attend the state’s sesqiticentennlal celebration now being held there. |Mloswtal V 1 JMkI - Admitted: Mr*. Crjiz Mendoro Herne; Bryce Diehl, eity; Mis* Laura Neuenachw’ander. Berne. _ Dt**mi**ed Mr*. Earl Buckingham. Geneva;. Mr* Glen Mankeyi and baby girl, city; Mrs. Dell* Parrish city; Mr* Julius Baket and baby boy John Charles, city; . William-' Keller, city: Clarence Getting, city; Mr* William l-en girlc-h and baby boy. csßy. Leslie B. Lehman Heads Men's Chorus Mm-. man was-elected president of ..the Mennonlte men * chorus succeed lug Waldo M.'Lehman, ’wto..-aon* ed for many year* IMher new officers are Victor Nussbaum, vice-president; Dwight Steiner secretary and Waldo Stauffer treasurer Freeman Burkhalter was re named director and Wilbur Nu«»hacim. assistant director. The ( c hoir voted to have a summer va-: cation and resume rehearsals in] September Happy Warriors The Preble Happy Warrior* held their fifth meeting June 2<> at the home of Norbert Sc-lking The meeting was called to order by the president with 20 members present. Leroy Bulmahn gave a talk on his trip to Purdue and I* E Archbold, county agent, spoke on cooperation. Refreshment* were served following the meeting The r.ezt meeting will ice held Jniy 3 at the home of Leroy and [Willis Bulmahn. . _

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Pleads Not Guilty To Intoxication Ira Shafter, of /this city, today pleaded hot guil/y to a charge of i public intogiegoon. in city court and Mayor John Doan set the case, down fort Hal n*it, WAdaesday nflinlng /Shaffer, obligingly spo.ugt). appeared in the..vollcf..<latloii cOmplaihitig of feeling ..111 Policv/escortod him to the hospital, then, to the county Jail, the Illness lai/r diagnosed as public intosica- !><«> j. The defendant stated he would have, witnesses in tor the trial Wednesday He said the pain in his side persisted; the mayor stated , th»t by the middle of nezt week the pain should subside Shaffer was remanded to the county (.'ill when unable to poat bond ] Berne Post Office Is Now First Class iii t’Jcij'i '1 the 'Berne ib.*t office will be a. first class- off It e. according to Mrs Rena Zehr local postmaster The post office had revenue in excess of 3«i.00» last .tear, the requirements for such an or fire. The local post offic e was established In 1872 as a fourth , class offtor. changed to third class , In ISOt) and to se> ond c lass in IJ2O | The revenue last year was well above 84«.cMh> The present build- | Ing Was dedic atdd in I*3B and Mrs. Zehr became postmaster in 1833. Berne Scouts Visit National Jamboree I Berne. July 1 Twelve inem- , bers of local stout explorer troop , 20*8 will leave Sunday morning , for Valley Forge. Pa where they will attend the Na'lonal Boy t Scout Jamboree Tuesday. They will also Visit other places of tn- , terest In the east. Those who will p make the trip are Sylvan Zuercher p Judson Lehman. Danny Uechty. P Art llabegger. Roger ' Hlraehy. „ George llalslger Jerry Sprunger. Richard Sweeney. Ned Bixler. Reggie Myers and Jimmy Gerber

Marvin Stucky Will Attend Purdue Comp Marvin Staeky son of Mr. and Mrs. Mro.Jvaa Stucky, 337 North Third Meaat. util a ritteai grad note of Decatur high school, has. Uoa chosen to attend the Purdue Uwteeestty Hadsr*hl> camp. lasts for one week Iceginning September 3. The camp I* designed to train those boy* who the school feel* 4*ow poaslWlKle* of leadership durtag their school years. Manty ie planntag ta attamd the aaiverslty this fall. The approval al M* appHcatcon for the prwmbool camp waa received from -Harland W. White, assistant registrar at the uaivenity. through W. Ouy Brown principal at the Decatur high school Barne Notive Diet At Home In Kidron Bente. July I - Mr*, ji E. Am Mats. U, a native of Berne and for many year* an of the Berne Wilne** later a torrespondent for the Wltne** from Kidron. Ohio, dtad at her home Wednesday at Kidron after a long Illness Funeral service* were held Kidron Surviving are the husband, two sons and one daughter. ; / Two Bloomington - Newspapers Merge Jnoomingtbn. Ind . July 1.-—(UP) /-Merger of Bloomington’s two afternoon daily newspapers, offer* tlve today, waa announced in a Joint statement by Daily Herald publisher George J Wise and Mr*. > Anna W Bradfute, president of the •World-Telephone. The high cost of newspaper publication was attributed' to the merger SEN CAPEHART tCwatleeed Frew Itawe Owe) Draper got l»* votes and Larramore only 27 . Utaptr was one of th*, four men v -slated" as orgaateatten eaadidalee Who Were elected Unnopaeker -and AefcOT were ea*y winder* over Dewey Kelley. Whiting ta a threeway race for three appellate <*>urt seal*. All Minis. Capehart's campaign manager, had almost a two-to-one edge over Gilbert E. Ogle*. 1 Greencastle, in the treasurer race. l r Hut Fortune, a format Marion 1 i county state representative, won 1 with ease over James F. McShane. ’ former first district chairman from * Hammond, and Lester Yarger. Mar- *. ion. and Williams and Young tri 3 umphed by approximately tha aame 1 margins even though their names , weren’t on the ’’slate " . The nominations were made after a threatened fight over the direct primary issue failed to materialize. ’ Tayhc’r. X'anderburgh c<iun ; 1 ty chairman and a member of the resolutions, committee, oftvred a di- ' reel primary resolution after the platform war adopted—-without a mehiion of the question Permanent chairman Charles A I Halleck teferred Taylor's resolu i tlon. which he offered, unsuccessi fully Thursdsy night, to the rego- ' lutton* committee he*ded by KenI neth .Milter of Brazil. without • reading and without debate" Miller called a committee meet Ing. which rejected the direct prl mary resolution 10 to one. but the matter never was brought to the convention floor Where Is Your FUR 71 Spending The > Fourth of July? Still time to it stere your Furs. KELLY 3RY CLEANERS r. Phone 147 / . :■ _ _ _ ' ; ..a ■.———

Refugees Flee War , - ' 11 I A AS IN ALL WARS, South Korean refugees follow a rail line'to th* south, ahead of the invading communist North Korean force*

Reports Chinch Bugs Now In Wheat Fields Chinch bugs »re emerging from wheat fields in the county, retxrrts county agent L. E. Archbold. (Much bugs.at the present time are wingless They travel on the ground from wheat field to the ;nrn ftetd. Archbold urges farmers to Inspect their wheat field for < hin< b bugs They are more likely to be present in thin stands of wheal. Control of chinch bugs is relatively easy, states ArehboM A !hantar pt.M ehtaHaae or DDT : dust should be laid across th*ir ! path of travel. It the bug* are on the corn they can he dusted there too. While the dust ie moat easily applied with a dust gun. it can also in applied by placing the dust ia a gunny sack and then shaken . I < at. • Try A Democrat Wawt Ad—H Pays

HB 11 *’ '■ ‘ . • II ‘ NOTICE n H RURAL LIGHT BILLS ffl n II ASD v II ? II CITY WATER BILLS p II " || ARK PAYABLE . jj rJULYI-15 I .II -v II II CITY LIGHT & WATER DEFT. |MWR|BHBB|HB|mH| ICE CREAM - mJ/ iFi 'Sir — - Sodas... ttebßt Sundaes ~. Milk Shakes... Malts. "X. Let the theruMMueter blow its top! Juut relax her* and let us serve you your favorite Ice t ream dtah. Or take some Ice Cream home and have it ready when the rang gather*. You’ll like Swearincen’g Ice Cream. Chocolate Chip —. Buttemeotch Chip Strawberry — Chocolate Vanilla. — Batter Pecan — Black UaUial —Ranpberry Wave «I Gtoerry — Pineapple —O—— ' I UURMY UMREI Loin Pork or Chickon , .—o t Caraer ISth ft Nuttman

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