Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 166, Decatur, Adams County, 17 July 1950 — Page 3

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DINNER PARTY, REUNION CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY The children. grandchildren, great grandchildren, and tn-tawa at Mrs. G. T. Bark Joined over the weekend to help celebrate Mrs. Berk's birthday anniversary. A dinner party waobold in Fort Wayne Saturday evening. The family held a reunion Sanday ia honor at The celebrant. Among the out of town relatives were Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Hblthonse pt Louisville Ky. and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Treat at Fort Wayne. Mrs. Burk is enjoying eseeUeat health and is ‘ cue of the city's best known residents. HOLY CROSS CLUB MEETS RECENTLY The Holy Cross Discussion club hold Its regular meeting recently al the home of Mrs. Corn Miller, with Mrs. Julius Brite a chairman. The mooting opened with pray er to Our Lady of Good Counsel, followed by roll call. The question box was then held. Mrs. Brite read several Interesting articles on • Coaverutioo," and gave the July ieeson, "Religion in the home for the prsebool child.'' The next meeting will be hell August », at the home of Mrs. Clyde Gerber. The Women of the Moose will have a called meeting at seven thirty o'clock Tuesday evening at th Moose hone There will also be ritual practice. The Decatur Home Economics club will be entertained by the l.lmberlost club ot Genova at the Berne perk Thursday evening »' six thirty o'clock. The ladles Aid of Ualoe Chap el will have an nil day meeting at the church Thursday The day Wt|l be spent In sewing and qallt _ Ing and a potluck dinner will be served at noon The ladies of the < hunk are Invited'. Mr and Mrs. Hardy' Swenson of Cedar Falla, lowa, visited at the I j -me of Mr and Mrs.,'Lewis Bmltn ever the weekend. Mr and Mrs Oliver Joesting, of Cincinnati. Ohio, were visitors here Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. William J West hoff and family, of Pittsburgh. Pa., (tailed »i<h the Clark Smith fam fly thia^ 1 weekend: enroute to Mil wailkee Win. Mrs. Westhoff. ~ sister-in-law of Mrs Smith, form er world champion amateur typis', j . d•mon»trates for thf .Royal Type- (. rjter ToT'anSer her'maiden name Young *N* Handsome >lb o 3 \ lei * f7/ « WZW JL A lb b 1 AH * ft < !♦ IIM <?L <» t>. t l M T 9383 sos M-a I KrAMAdblflkxtMo Found! A youthful dress in larger sites! Just What you're looking for. Its a slenderising step-in—a scalloped beauty with all the smart new details! Pattern T 9383 comes In sites St. M. 38. 40. 42. 44. 44. 48. 5». •52 Site M takes 444 yards Udnch. Send THIRTY CENTS in coins coins for this pattern to MARIAN MARTIN, care' ot Decatur Dally Democrat. Pattern Dept.. P. 0. Box (740. Chicago 80, 111. Print plainly TOVR NAME. ADDRESS, BONE. SIZE. STYLE NUMBER Fashion comes In all sites ia our Marina Martin Pattern Book. Send Twenty Cento more (ia coins 1 to got this summer-stylo-picture for the family. There's an active sports wardsobe. too. plus FREK-A stunning beach-bra pattern printed right in the book.

of Mias Grace Phelan. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Laatonschleger, Root township farmers, left last week on their first vacation in 24 years. The Lautenschlegu» plea to visit Mr. Lautenachleger’s brothers and sisters in Ohio. Their son Owen, is taking care ot the farm while they visit. Among the men who attended the Indiana day celebration at the seaquecoutennial at Washington, D. C, last wee*, were Paul Rich. Dortba Shady and Robert C.arard of this city. Mr. awd Mfa. Charley Ward and daughter, Catherine have returns J from 2,000 mile motor trio through the eastern states and Canada. They visited Niagara Falls. Washington. D. C, and spent several days with a daughter, Mrs. Charles Taylor at Riverday. Md. Mr. and Mrs. W« ,t «' Mowery of Napoleon. O.; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Scott Wauseon. O.; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hoffmanof Grdrer Hill. O and Mr. and Mrs. Robbrt Mowery and daughter Connie of McClure, 0., spent Sunday at the Charles Mowery home in Decatur. , Leigh Nelson returned to Chica to after spending the weekend a Decatur with relatives. INDIA PRESENTS tCeattawed Fvsm re— Weei security council, has announced that it Is dropping Its campaign lot the duration of the Korean war. In almost Identical notes to Moscow and Washington. Nehru had urged Russia and the I'jilted Stales to find a peaceful solution to the far eastern conflict. Bobbi NEW PIN-CURL HOME WAVE Seta — Style* — Waten AI L AT ONE TIME HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. BRBHEHU

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GIGANTIC Storewide July Clearance Sale Worthwhile Markdowns in x • LADIES READY-TO-WEAR - X * PIECE GOODS • NOTIONS, Etc. - . ' WATCH FOR IT—YOU’LL SAVE LOTS OF MONEY! Niblick & Co. ’ r • I

Society Items roe Mr's pubHoatlen must be phoned In by 31 a- m. (Saturday 9:30 a. m.) Pheno IMB-WBl Monday Adams county Home Economic) I chorus rehearsal, Monroe school, * P- m - St. Catherine study club, MH dred Loshe, I pm. Tuesday Women ot the Moose, calle 1 meeting. Moose home, 7:30 p. m. Delta Theta Tau sorority. Elks home, 7:30 p.m. Decatur Garden club. Mrs. Hateld Owens. Monmouth. 3 p.m. Mt. Tabor W.8.C.8., Mrs. Harvey Culbertson. 7:30 pjn. Catholic Ladles of Columbia, C. L of C. hall. 7 30 p.m. Loyal Daughters class ot Bethany Evangelical United Brethren chureh. family picnic, Hanua-Nutt-tr.an park, < pm. Union Chapel W.S.W.B. and families, potluck supper, chureh, < 30 p.m. \ Geeode club night shift picnic. park. 12 noon Root township Home Economics club, Mrs. Norbert Case, 1:30 p.m. Children's handicrafts. Pleasant Mills high school, 1:30 to 4 p. m Jolly' Housewives elub of St. Marys township, Plsasant Mill, school. 1:30 pm. fit. Paul ladles Aid, Mrs. Clam Dague. all day. The Bethany Circle of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church will meet at eight o'clock Friday evening at the home ot Mrs. 8. E Leonardson. All members are urged to attend. .. Decatur Home Economics club, Mrs Alva Lawson, 2 p.m. Get-ode duh day shift picni-, Sunset 4:30 p.m. Business and Professional Worsen. Rents cottage. Celina, 0., 4:30 I m Ruth and Nghml circle of Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, church social rooms, 2530 p.m. - Thursday *js»ittar Aid of Union - Chape’, chert h all day ~ ' Decatur Home Economics club ahd IJmberlost club of Geneva: Berne park, 6 30 p m. Friendship Village dub, 4-H club and families, picnic supper Berne park, t 30 p.m. Junior Women department called meeting. ‘Miss Kay Yager. 8 rm. Entertainment Feettyal. Moh mouth high school gym. 8 pm. Friday Entertainment Festival, Adams Central high school gym. 8 p. m. Children's Handicrafts. Adame

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MRS. GOMCR KROPA was the former.. Miss Gertrude Schwarxt, daughter of Mr. apd Mrs. C. W R. Schwarts ot near Berne, before her recent marriage in the parsonage of the Mennonlte chureh by the Rev. Olin Krehblel. The groom’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. William Kropa of Scranton. Pa. The couple have returned from a wedding trip and are making their home In Indianapolis. — Photo by Edwards

Ceatral grade achool, Monro-. 1:38 to 4 p. m. V Sunday Reppert Reunion. Preble township community center. IM milea North of Magley, 13 noon. - Disabled Vets Seek Added Membership Adams county chapter M. Disabled American Veterana, steppe! up the tempo of its current mem- i l-ership drive in an effort to meet the quota for the current year. Officers of the local organlaation. which ia devoted' principally to obtaining benefits for disabled veterans through their extensive service offices, state that but a few more memberships will "put the Adams county post over the' top." When chapter 81 was first acth Xfed. a little more than.a year ago It waa'the largesr’charter chapter 'n the state; ir then won national laurels, by being the largest p--i capita membership chapter- in the United States Interested veterans ’ were again reminded of the open ' meeting to be held next Thursday . :n the Eagles hall, when national service officer William Scjieurer will tie present to assist any veteran In obtaining Jast benefits 1 ' Huge Crowd Attends MooJe Family Picnic E. J. Worthman. secretary fifTtlTi Ixiyal Order of Moose.reporte d to day that .2.554 persons attended the.aiinual Moose family picnic at ' 'f&tf Wi* i WlrWtterdai^ 1 - Dinner was served.at noon and ice cream and soft drinks wer.* served (o the crowd. Special -tertalnment was given dur I ng. the afternoon, including a trained dog show, which delighted the hun-l reds of children. Worthmnn sal! this year's picnic was the largest ever held He said that plans were being made to hold the family reunion again next Tear. IGUosrital’] 5 Wdl Admitted: Kenneth Loshe. “city Clarence Linton, city; Donald E. Foreman, city; Mrs. Sarah E. Briggs. Berne; William Sark. Keystone. Dismissed: Mrs. Emma Glen denning, Geneva. Trade In a Goo« Town — Decatur

Rural Youth Hold District Meeting . Gloria Koeneman Wins Recognition •Miss Gloria Koeneman. of I Preble township, received special recognition at the district mee’- - Ingot the rural youth in Wabash Sunday Miss Koeneman who won cne of two 350 scholarships award cd .by the S A E department of Farm Bureau, is attending a short session at Purdue University. Her letter of thanks was jexd to the entire meeting. The Adams county rural youths lost the coveted cowbell for the highest attendance from the furthest distance' to the Weils county group. Adams, 'second' this time, had won the bell three, out of t.id last four iinies. and would bait- . Jt; bpd they'.won this time? A change tn ihe rcglstratlon rules , which prevented counting as reg--1 Istered the members who attend.ed the afternoon session only, accounted tor the loss of’the trophy. lit the afternoon softball, tournament. the Adams conaty girls lost to the Huntington girls. 28-4 The Wells <-ouMy boyb beat Grant <minty. 5-1 to advance to the state finals. Before the evening meeting a picnic supper drew crowds of i members from the district’s 10 ■ counties After the business sex I slon the rural youths danced In , tbe pavilion at Waliash municipal " TW»t-' *A bmrf ; t£s ; periimre f irwftr AM; ruin County were present. FIRE BLOCKING (CMUawed Fraas l-aae <>»»> Jesse Nielsen, wife of Leland Nlel sen.- one of the two maintenance men who were in the mine when the fire was first reported She had been on the Scene since Sam yesterday. "Um going to stay right here un til they bring them out." she- insisted Rescuers worked in shifts Each crew was assigned a specific Job and then ordered out for rest before assuming a new task Two maintenance men. Nielson and Heiremce Seal il. were in the mine when the fire began By ran Thomas. Gordon Meyerhoffe and Clyde Auguston were seat down to bring the others out The rescue crews are made ap of miners who "have been on strike at the mine sliu-e July 1. A union skeleton crew had been on duty as a maintenance anil TEENAGE BRIDE AND - .gCsMOwwed Fvwaa re— •—> cago and that he’d Jake us to Danville after that." Clark told officers. "I gave binutlO for gasoline" Danville police said had no record of a "Maraball" Clark owning a farm M that M4ghkorko<ML..'A. Richard Clark listed in the telephone directory could not be reached Clark said they drove with the n.an into Chicago and stopped only tor gasoline liefore heading south on U 8. highway 41 toward DanvUle. About noon. Clark' said, they stopped at a roadside restaurant and Clark got out of the car to get some hamburgers. “I didn't get into -the door. ot the case before the man drovrf off at high speed, taking my wife along with him." Clark paid. Clark said his wife formerly Be rd In Cable. 0., and that they were married a month ago in Crown Point. e Chmka of beef 20 to 40 lbs. eaeh for howt frooer, locker or canning. 40c to 54c —H. P. Schaitt lAxker Service.

Four Minor Wrecks Are Reported Here No One Injured In Series Os Wrecks A Gurry of four minor accidents over the weekend was Investigated or reported, three of them by city 'poßee. the other from the sheriff’s office. In none of thy accidents was anyone injured, or was there serious damage They closest, perhaps, to averting serious injury and damage was when » cxr driven, by Gene Burns, of 921 South Eighth street, hit a defect In U S. 27. eight miles north of Decatur, the driver lost control on the wet pavement, and rolled over atop a fence owned by Charles Schraedyr. The accident was reported to deputy sheriff Boh Shraiuka. and the damage was estimated at 3225 to the. car. Another accident Was reported, this one to city police, phen a car driven by Omar Peterson, 515 Perry street, knocked down a light post near Fifth and Monroe streets Peterson reported that the lights of an oncoming car blinded \bim No damage was reported. -~A Police then Investigated two, other accidents, one of them when a car driven by Ernest Pickering, of Monroe, hit the rear end of the car driven by Donald Rumachlag. 910 Russel street. Rumschlag bad slowed down bls car on Thirteenth for an approaching car that was making a left hand turn when the Pickering car bit. Damage was estimated at 885 to both cars. Police also investigated the acci dent which occurred on Monroe and Seventh when a car driven by I»onaid Fifer. 91>4 South Line street, in pulling away from the curb was hit by a car driven by Eugene Thatcher, of Ohio City. <> Total damage was 82" Led Daniel, is the name of the baby boy.'born to. IW-nnis and R<s tfiaine Stpcky Imhman of, H<-y*e. ot the Adams county hospital Su?i day morning at 5:10 o cldbk. *l- - C pounds. 13 ounces. . Clyde- and Joy Alspatigh Steele -122 North Ninth street, are the parents, of a baby boy. born it 11:02 a. tn Saturday at the local hospital. '

| Innuiil -lull ‘J”. 1 Ilea ramp Sale I - - JBb -- '“I One rack of One lot.of HI Bargain Dresses Dresses Values to 1G.85 Va|w . s (<> 16 f> . ;■ I ’»’3 S 4 $ «’1O x| One rack of One lot of I ■ ,W* \ ■ . Belter Dresses n. \ ! I \alues to 10.95 ’ ' j Values to 26.95 --r—. ‘ ’jT* 3 W / Reduced llclow Cwt! U, 31 f w i / H I 1 C JANTZEN SWIM SUITS j! ■ Greatly Reduced!! i) Spring and Summer Numbers ®€ ■ Ka>s Brassieres, Pieties I *l-49 KTI I I hA F°r Immediate Clearance IVI \ <>»»* Lot of _ ■ OTSKIRTS - BLOUSES - PURSES - SHORTS. ETC. I One UM Os rTX UILIIED SUITS aed RAINCOATS 1 T ißvy Reduced Below Coat! I 1 I ' FOR IMMEDIATE CLEARANCE ! We are Sacrificing Our Entire Stock of ■ Junior, Misses & Half Sizes a| riw y<M| can||O | afford lo E. F. Gass Store I

canning Report Approved The court approved the Inheritance tax appraiser's report for the Rufus Soldner estate which finds that the not value la (173.3(9.92. with tax due from Mary Soldner. 31.(»«2.25. and Waldon Boldner and * Eloise Soldner. (1.192 25 1 Authori— Sala f Executor Lawrence Braun, for * the John Bratta estate. i» authors ised to sell 90 hare* of stock in , - the Inxley Manufacturing Corp which baa an apprai.-ied value of ! 8900 Executor alau authorised ■ to set off to Matilda Braun, at . market price. 10 shares of stock in i the First State Bank of Decatur I Patition Filed t Verified petition to modify dij vorce decree which was granted r to Dora Brewster from Jacob t Brewster Jan 11. 1946 filed in elrt cuit court The decree had order-’ . ed firewater to pay (7 weekly for support ot two winor children until Dora firewater had either rer married or bieame velfmapport- . Ing. Brewster, in bis pel Bion. [ claims that she was remarried Noy 23, 1947. and »hat on July 1, , otte ot the minora. Elois Brewster. was married. Following ,!fiiing of the petition, tbe cause yras continued until July 21. *■ -r Approval Sought 1 County surveyor Herman Mjoel- ’ \lering petitioned the court for the < ’ approval ot a contract whereby | ■ Chr! E. Sherburn agreed to tur--1 nisti the material and tabor and ' construct the drainag- ditch, on 1 jH-tilibn of Walter Thieme et- al | ' The Work, according to the con- , ' tract inuld be completed tn v» working days from July 6. for ' 31.530.26. \ . I Marriage Licensee Robert llusekisl? ‘Otto, N Y . Mary Pratt, ctattaragus. N. ‘ V ‘ Roger Durbin’ and Arbutus - 'Blackshire, both of Frederick 1 town. O. Jay Place. Wapakoneta. O and Betty Jean Minniclk St John's. O Robert Mcdsker. \ Fort Wayne. Ethel Gehrett. Bluffton Paul Tallman. Kapsas City. Kans . and Juanita Bulllbgo, Wind sor, Canada , \ \ ' . 4 H JUDGING rceatlsera Fraa, P-aes <*—> Norman on platters of raw Veg"- . and Mrs Miller will Mto with rtadins and sebrinii- - ‘ in. the food preservation ; fire girls win place x-anned tsre«B ' van, and tanned tomatoes Miss' p Evelyn Gerke, home economies t student at Ball State colleg. will 1 serve, as chairman, and' "as Judge ot reasons on the green beans.

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Mrs. C. W R Schwartx. leader of the Monroe Boosters 4-H girt* will score reasons on tomatoes This year there will be a Judging contest in the home improve ment contest. Miss Georgia Fough tj- of the Unrein achool, will be tn'charge. The— 4-H’era will JWse decorated pillow cases and furniture arrangements for a girls room. . Mrs. Cheater Moore ot For* Wayne alii Judge the demonatra tian contest and Mary Ann E*el. «hairman ot tbe 4-H council, wifi preside. Min Beulah Bartsch will be in <harg" of registration from 3 to 9 30 a. m Committees will mes? at that time and Dennis Norman. , bounty recreation director, will direct get-acquainted games. Winners selected will represen' Adams county in tbe district competition July 27 at Auburn Tbe public la invited to see the demonktratioaa in the school auditorium beginning at 9 30 a. m Visitors are welcome to look at rhe judging classes after the cearpetition has been completed which wili be about 12:30 p. m Ribbons wiH be presented winners at the close ot the afternoon l-rogram » ' Trade in a Good Towe — Donat— Qwility Flwtf RwWHwn Films left before • P- m. Monday, ready Wednesday at W a. tn. H«lth«uM Drvs Ce. <mmmnmnnbmnmm«mßmmmb SHARP! You’ll say about the creese in your clothes after they are r~ Cleaned and pressed by- - KILLY JRY CLEANERS Phono 147 ir s '' ,or ‘ h “ dU - IYI ~ At druggists, itfIVY'DRYi