Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 179, Decatur, Adams County, 1 August 1950 — Page 3

TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, I*M

——- H. N. BHROLLB OBSERVE - f GOLDEN WEDDING TODAY Mr. and Mra. H N. Shroll ot , Rugg rtreet. prominent Deent ur i residents are observing their gold- , en wedding anniversary today in , a quiet manner. A family dinner will he served this evening !n ( Port Wayne. , The couple were married In th< parsonage of the First Baptls* | church fifty years ago today by | the Rev. Gathers, who served the Baptlrt charge at that time, ] tad have lived their entire mar , ried Ilyas In this city. Mr. shroll , who retired from the Schafer < Ftore In 1»48, Is 72 years of age. » ' end Mrs. Shroll. the former Callie Tester,' la 76. Roth enjoy good , health and continue to be active , in church and civic affairs. I Mr. and. Mrs. Shroll are the ( parents of three daughters. Mrs , Grace Thunders of Indianapolis , Mrs File Ina Wolf rev of gatt>» Ohio, and Mrs. Helen fewich ot , this city. They have four grand- t children. Miss Jane Brumley and ; Mary Ann Zwli-k of this city, and t Susan and Michael Wolfrey of Eaton. ■ .1 —■ — ' j MISS VERA MILLER ’ J ENGAGED TO WED - I Mr and Mrs—Otto Miller, 161 J t •• West Adams street, have announe 1 ed the engagement and approach I Ing -marriage of their daughter I Vera to Jerry Burnett, son of I Mr and Mrs Rimer Burnett, of i Monroeville. The wedding Is being pthhned ( for Saturday August Id- and will I flake place In the rectory ot Rt ' Mary's Catholic church. .. J - MUM' Miller la a graduate of D- • catur Catholic high school awd-is t emhptoysd St ifftlt house I true I • Store Her fiance graduated from g Monroeville hlgh arbont and lx| employed at -Holthouse Drug tn Fort Wayne . ±-

■»ir.»■ - --«■■■*-• <, ,n„ • PAULINE SEtSENOiutH" WED FRIDAV EVENING Miss Paulin* totosenvuHl daugh ter of Mr and Mrs Rett- Evas'Je guth of French township had ltl> bard<Aug«l>Urger wees'united Is marriage at sir thirtv n'eto k last Friday evening In the parsonage ot St. Luke's Evangelical and Reformed church at Vera Crus Th- .< Rev. H H Meekwtroth performed the double ring ceremony. The groom ig the nephew of Mr and Mrs Harohl Augsburgwr. M Barite with whom .he Was been making Ills home ’ The bride cJMMth a navy blue ensemble with beige- aeeeasorie tor her wedding ' The new 'Mr* Augshitreor, Is. A . graduate oi Berne Ft eni b h‘"h For Little *Me Too” t . * f --el: iZEV ? C_LI-< a- io Ts V\ iffkuEM UlkxfvM Sh< looks like Mummy and loves It ip her -new scalloped sun-set! Pattern »446 in else* 2. 4. 6. 8. 10. Situ 6 sundress and Jacket. . I\ yds 35-In.: 1 yd.. con tragi This pattern 25 cents t Mother's Identical dress, . sixes jr” to io. Pattern TSI63, Is 30 cents* k This ea»yto-u»e pattern gives peyfgEt fit. Complete, illustrated Sew Churl shows you every step Byatf TWENTV FtVE ceaU fa coins for thia pattern to MARIAN MARTIN, care of Decatur Dally Democrat, Pattern Dept., P. O Box 1740, Chicago M. 18. Print plainly YOUR NAME. ADDRESS. ZONE. SIZE. STYLE NUMBER Fashion comes In all sisea la our Martan Martin Pattern booh _ Send Twenty Ceata more (in colas) to gat thia aummer-gtylo-ptetare for the family There's aa active sports wardrobe, too. plus FREE A stunning beach-bra pat tera printed right in the book. ..•T ~ C .

school and Is employed aa aecretarj at the county extenalon of Hee in thia city. Her husband, also a graduate of Berne-French high school, la employed aa co-m positor at the Borne Witness company. After a short wedding trip the couple will be at home at JI7H West Franklin street in Berne. *" mw. ’■ .. ■ MARJORIE DREW IS HONORED AT SHOWER Mrs. Richard Mahan and Mrs Edward Casanova entertalaed wltc A personal shower recently at the latter's home in honor of MU* Marjorie Drew, bride-elect ot August 5. .. The shower gifts were arranged on- a large coffee table in the ■ enter of the room, over which hung aa umbrella covered with' pink erepe paper White streamers extended from the umbrella and were attached to the gifts. Matter Joseph Casanova pre- ■ tented Miss Drew with .a lovely <orsage of pink asters, tieil with a dainty blue bow. The bride-alec, then opened her many lovely gifts. Among were the . Misues Margaret Malland Beit/ Miller and Jane Drew., and the Mesdames Thurman Drew, Fred Kunkle. Morris Krueckelierg Henry B.autnann and Fred Mahan. Those enable to attend were Mrs Warren Kneuss Mrs. Austin Fuel ling, Mrs. Fred Fuelling and the Misses Luddla Conrad/ Normal .“beets and Etolse AUmann. _ CROUMHEEMETRA ENGAGEMENT TdLD , Mr and Mrs' E R. Crouse of West Virginia are announcing the ‘ engagement of their dau«hter, Patrl<ia. to Them

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11 a. m. (EakuvdsMkM ■ Tueedag Eta Tan Sigma sorority, Mra George Helm, 1 p.m. Ladioa Auxiliary of V. F. V. F. W. hall, t ga Tri Kappa sorority pkmic, Haa-na-Nuttaiaa park. <:M p.m. Catholic Ladies ot Columbia, C. U of C. haU. 7 M p.m. Wodneotlay * Ladles Aid of First Christian Church, Mrs. Chris Inniger. 7:36 p.m. Childrens Handicraft, Pleasant Mills school 1:36 p.BL * TTturoijp Ladles Aid ot Trinity Evansalical United Brethren church, church, 7:M p.m. ' Hartford township entertainment festival, high school g p.m. ' Ladies Aid -Ot Union Chapel. ■ lurch, all. day. Monroe Methodist W, 8 C. S. church annex, 7; So p.m ’ Pleasant Dale Ladles Aid; church, all day. Friday ' Work and Win ■ las* of Trinity Evangelical United Brethren <-hur Ih. Mies Opal Drum. ?.30 p.m - Children's handicrafts. Monroe school. 1 30 p.m. Wabash township entertainmsnt festival softball park, K p.m. ■lore H. Heeihstra, son of Mr an«' Mrs. Simon Heemstra ot this city. After her graduation from Fayetteville high school, the bHde-ylec-t attended Many Waahlngtbu college of the tfaiveralty of Vlr Mnla Rhe later completed her audiea at Purdae..Unlveralty where she waa a member of Chi Omega and received her 88. 'degree In Home Economics. , Mr. Heematra. a graduate of Bluffton Mgb school, received hi* degree tn metallurgical engineer - i'ng from Purdue Ualveealty where he Wa» affiliated Wtth -Phi Ggmma Delta and W>s listed in Who's Who In American Colleges and Universities, - • • After an early fall Wedding the young couple expect th make their home In Newark, New Jersey,

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\\ \ / i !SL ■ » b<» ’■l > wBWHBHHHBHFwF MRS. DOUGLM khACEMMAN, wife ad the American vice qonaul rehortedly killed by Tibetan border guards wMie trying to escape from Cooununlat-held China, holda her twlna, Michael and Mary, in a k»«nt photo taken at Fairfax, Cai. t MonotiooOlJ ■ ■ ' ' ' ’ a

* 1 where Mr. Heemrtra fit aaapclaitti with Federated Metals, *’lao>. . j The Ladies Aid of tba Trtslty Evangelical United Brethren church will meet at seven Thursday evening at the ehurca. There will b» elect lon of officers | and '• tt»od attendance Is desired. < Mr* Ralph Roop. Mrs. Ira BodO. and Mrs Lewis Bapp are hostesses.. The Work and Win class at the Trinity Evangelical United Breth rvn church will meet at the home of Miss Opal Drum Friday even ing at seven thirty 'o'clock. Mr and Mrs. George -Foaaaugh will assist the hottesa. Charles Johnson, local high school youth enlisted In the U. S ' navy two weeks ago. la enjoying basic training at the U R Naval Training Station. Ban Diego, Cal. J Miss Betty Johnson has returned 1 ■ to her home In Liberty after j spending the weekend' with her, grandmother. Mra. J'osephine' Baumgartner of South Thirteenth; street. ■ , ■ The trophies to be awarded la! the city softball league at the close of the second halt of die! reason are on display at Peterson's clothing co window this wash. ' Dick" Durkin, former I»e< <tn - resilient, now of Fort Wayne has. leased a building In Bronson. Mich ! and will open a shoe atore in that l lown in Ihe next week or two Mr.. and Mrs. Durkin and 1 son Wtttianr.' , clan to move to Bronson soon ' | ■ Among the 326 full time students! attending the SOih annual sunt liter/ school at' Mount Union ! Alliance. Ohio, is JackUnrkSrad.' <4 Monroe The students mar/earn 12 hour* of credit during the 10-1 seek summer session I Mr. and Mra. Gerald Jlmith and i i hlldren. Mgry Janeyioey Carol 1 anil Peggy ami Mrs Homer laiwttc i are spending Several weeks JitLake Webster Mather Merwin of New York' City, who hag spent the last inonth ! with his grandmother Mrs. O. L.| Vanre. has returned to hia home. Mr. and Mrs. Severin Bchurger. and children are leaving this woelf for a vacation trip througbout In dlaaa. - ■ J* Mr and Mrs.’-Alvin GttowHx /are vacationin* in West Virginia j this seek haraey Brooks reccn' Indiana' University graduate and ,M»ti of Mrs. Gutoattx. Is managing the Economy Department store In their absence "Mr and Mrs Russell Meichi and Mrs. David Terveer are spending the week gt Otter Lake.

Slight Decline In union riomooisnip Steady Union Rise Reported Slowing Washington. Aag. I — iUPI —» ! The labor department's new dlrecI lory of labor unions showed today i that the steady rise In unton membership since 1*32 has slowed dowp and perhaps halted The directory puts the number of trade unionists at "between 14 4>00.006 and l<.*W;»0O “ The previous otto—issued in I*4*--re-ported. -a -’total memltersh'ip of i»r,iH,.oo<i .... . , . .. ; ' ; Membership had climbed’ upward wltohut a break since the km’*aHf..wf;t,M6.6q«. > The revised directory notes that an accurate, .count now is Impos ' elide because definition* ot membership vary and some unions faili ed to turn in even an estimate of I their memlterehlp. / The directory 'shows that the number of International union* I has Increased from 167 to So* In I the last two years. / The AFL now has 105 XElHates; <a gain of two. The cTo has 25 1 agtllates. a net loss Os four- leftwing groups The Oumlier ot Independents ros frOni 55 to 6* No ,o • I a!! < oi/nl ~t Aft. .in,! CIO tnemliership was given, but -experts estimate the AFL has ■ about s.ew.HOe and the C.lo. slight I ly more than S.wfO.OOO The bWgek.t union now aa In IM4* is/Pantol Tollin'* AFL Team- . biers/With l.lo3.iffli» —a gain of ; 4tW»n : | /The smallest the AFL’s Ipter I pat tonal Assmiatlon of Siderog- < raphers. whose memlier* make Llacyimiles ol engraving* for bank [ notes, securities, etc tost one j member, dropping to 55 Six union claim a membership of more than iM.MNI. Besides the teamsters, they are CIO president J’nlllp Murray's l Halted Steelworkers. 566.73 H. up 132.600: Walter .Re.uthaFjZTlO: j Auto Workers. *47. 37,000; William L Hutt hescrtiAFL CarI penters. ".'lSittoO. down 2.000; : John L tow United Mine Workj ars. (Jwf'> unchanged at W 0.006, - apd Al J. Hayes' International As|"soclation of Machinists t.lad.l, 5X1,113*. down is.ttott 1 " 3&JOSRITAL Admitted: Wesley Morris; Ruth Ann and Mary Lou Wendel, New Corydon; Mrs Charles Ft hhaugh. Linden. O. Dismissed Winston Rawley city, Mra. Harry Gibson and baby son. Monroeville; Winfred Coop er. ckli Mrs. llaipta Gillum aad daughter. Bryant . 51 Wedding Licenses Issued During July Walter Eugene Bailey, of Geneva. route i. and Mias Esther L Stucky, of .Berne route 2. became the Slat couple te get their mar riage licenses here in Jaht. -Ed Jaberg. couaty clerk, reported today. A check of the records tor several years shows that thia is prohahly an 'alHiuse record fie Jaly ' rivalled the Jane record,«f ’<♦ set last mouth la IM4 oaly tl marriage Ueem ‘ aea were Issued la July The aeat year 3* were leaned, thia waa a baaaer year duriaa Jane. Me. with 61 issued then la IM* only 11 were leaned, aad lam year tba number dropped to 25. Jett half at thia yser'a figure Thia raieea to 21* the number of license* isaued ao far thia year., the clerk said

List Three Hoosiers On Cosuolty Report Washington. Aug. I. —(UFIThree Hooslen were Hated toda/ ca tba defense department s casualty report number s*. Pte. Wayae H. Ditaler son of Mm. Pauline DfUler. 731 W. lllh Bt.. Marton and Cpi, Orval| C. Waggoner, boa at Harold Waggoner Poet Offtee, Weattteld, weie Hated aa waggled. Pfe. Samuel E. Eaton, non ot Mrs. Mayme D. Eaton* 1M College Ave., ML Vernon, Ind., waa in eluded among Ao injured. Jota Stacker Dies If Hone h GenevaFuneral Services Set For Wednesday John A. Stockey. 84. retired oil Worker, died at 3:30 pm. Monday at hi* home In Geneva. Al l though In failing health for some time, his death was unexpected foltowtag a brief inaeaa. He was born near Geneva Oct. i. 1865, a son ot Benedict and Anna Mouser-Stuckey, and was a lifelong resident of the community. He was a member of the West Missionary church near Bern* Surviving are his wife. Cora; two sons. Orval of Oblong. 111,,- .and Charles of McLeansboro, 111.: seven daughters, Mrs. toils Bchenbeck of Vincennes. Mrs. Nora Gteudenning of Geneva. Mrs Opal Church of Muskegon. Mich. Mra. Jeanette Hollingsworth ot Oblong. 111. MrEnid Mine ot Akron, 0./ Mrs. i Blanche Kase of Huntington an/f Mra. Geraldine McCullough ot tin. Tex.; 21 grandchildren- amt 18 great-grandchildren. Funeral servirea will be .held at 3p.m. Wednesday at the West Missionary church, the Rev Oscar Eicher officiating Bu/lal will be In Westlawn cemejdry. "** Friends may call at the Hardy 4 Hardy funeral home untlUtlme of the service's. / Lehman Tq biibit { His Prize Cattle PeteX. ft- Lttwnwrt.-daAry'nan. wha, won -the county champtoeship with ’ bteGuernsey nettle at the Decatur j agricultural show, last week, will ', i xhfbit the same 10 head of, Guecn-' z ssys at district shows"in Goshen . and Greentown ( The Goshen show opens tomot i row and the Greentown show op. Saturday . Motorist Arrested By State Trooper Slate trooper Richard Myer arrested George Geyer, .of route ?. Monday after the Geyer car ram j med* Into a traiiet attached to. a t precwimg'Tfarr ” ’ ‘"‘r’ + Geyer stated that he didnA see the trailer In time, and <was Unable to avoid the collision which occurred about four miles west of De f catur on U. H 224 Geyer is to up pear In justice of the pea-e court today _ . Democrat Want Ads Bring 'Results

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roiir Mares noio ■ rnniarres looay - Test Truman Powar In Missouri Votes By United Press \ President TTgman s vege-puDing strength received a teut today as voters In four siateW—MtesowJ. Kansas. Virginia and West VID, ginia balloted in primtty elections The test of Mr. Truman's political power came in bis own state as state senator Etnery W. Allison, endorsed .by the President, sought the Jlennx ratic senatorial nomination against Termer congressman Thomas C Hennings. Jr., and three other candidates?' f 1 Allison made the most of the; 'Willie House backing f w-hfie HeM nings blasted at Washington"inter/ vention" in the primary and sound--tod the battleJcry that "senators/*re -made by the people " 7 j . Missouri Republicans w</t. . x- ; pected to rtnominate Sen/Forrest Gontit.ll ./ -j Elsewhere, attention/*aS center-: ed on Republicau sebSttyrtet and-' cuhernatorisl races/n Kar :<s and In former Democratic senator Rush D. Holt’* bld fto a GtlP eongreyi *ional in West Vii ginla Z Holt throw * bombshell Into West Virginia poH'ii al ranks by bolting Deniocratii' to run toy a spot on the Repubik an i tlcket/agalnst three opponents He has/tiuispokenly crllicixed the Truman administration for its “ns lab i«t<" trends ' Rep Hugh Scott. R.. Pa., former national GOP chslrnian, charged that Holt was a tool of wealthy iMerbtta and thpt hte campaign i was dictated by Waller S Halls man. COP national committer man and Pittsburgh oij 'man. In Kansas Republican governor, Frank Carlson opposed Harry W Itolnrtry for the G.OJ’ senatorial! nomination. (tarlson'a fnrre« algn backed;Edward F Arn against Willard May !-l»erry an editor, automobile dealer l and rahi ltor. who bad thy •rwptoin ,Ut , Alf ’M„ Landon,, thy JBO6 GOP presidential fcandidate ’ la. Gov./ ! Frank L Hagaman and Mrs. Kath-: I ryn H|ir Mnici. a . retired,.?school • i h- r. also-were lfLJb«!.Lrace The Democratic reualurtaL race . in Kansas featured a struggle for party leadership between national eoiumitteetnun Carl V. Rice'gnd young Paul Aiken.' wh<i resigned as an assistant..inxslniaster general ' tumake the campaign. ' . JBm.e representative Ftenneth T Anderson, ollmantoancltov/ was nv ■■red for the Democratic niHnination tor governor. He was opposed' by -another state senator. John P<> tucek. and August Koch Four of Kan*a-/ six - RFbubliV-an ; i'ungr»ssmen, a faced primary opposi :tioa, tops Cljffurd M Hope, .and .Ed Rev* Were renominated ’ without nppositlon Wett Virginis, four <4 the six Democratic Tnjtotnbents were cons ceded'rensxritnatlcfn for lark of ’>p . position' (toe was .Rep John Ke*. Tjefear old chairman of the house”: 'Znliitujy affairs co nt tn tore, who will seek his Duh straight term In ! the November general -eJetMht®

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I Republicans bony <x>utested their i party's cougresstosal nomtnatlovyi jte the tettri, that W»st Virginia J may swing bank to the GOP.toanks this year. Before the smashing Democratic VK-tery of I*4B. tho GOP held four oV tba xtateto six house seats and one in the senate. Virginia held its second G<>P primary in state history Votors cbodb party nominees in thrW congretoI sional districts „ Z I '•£.Z' . ’ 1 ' i Arthur and Malmyje Colpaert f Lengoi< h, of Conroe, art- rhe par enty of a\baby girt, born at Hte I Awmx eou\ty mermtrial hospital ' i yhp morning/at s:lft 4j'cl<~ k 'Y' A baby torFW*e--4t»ste‘«to..FUfSs«t., . ’ apil Loviae Ainerson HartXelL of i Portland, at 5 »>,, this mm'Btog at j the local hospital.

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