Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 14 February 1951 — Page 7

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High School Pupils Excel in Attendance Attendance Better Than Grade Pupils Student* in the \ high schools tend t<> miss fewer days J. frpm thelir studies than do those in * the gradle schools —according to . . the ■ statfeiies prepared try county J attendance officer! firice Diehl. The average attendance for the six . County schools is 95.9 percent as •oppptted to 95.2 percent in the 'nine grade schools.. ■ Diehl’s Report Is- admittedly com cerned pftly with absences, and • I bevi r attempt* to explain these ate tomes. For instance, one lot the major reasons for . yotingfr student.** remaining away from Jachool houses might he epidemic* which . J strike children In the grades; a 1 (titiiin the oldti j HKb nfi. con - qut nfi.v;. The . aeprc weather . which lias : llHlllujl tW current winter might i<lm> httinper tile younger Students, though this '|* not a |>iirti< tiiarly ! logical rx|hinathm, for grtidr school L atudcnts ioniHlmPM reveal-a liardi- |\' ne*s that |s’. lon on the high school students t z ' n«’ fe: |t Fess parental-'interfer-ence witlf attendance than. In the ' past. Dletel points out, andthls Is due largejy to the definition of thv school yejure by, allowing .students to , drop put . following the|r 15th birthday. | Last yegr. for example, much dispute about this, educational factions maintaining ■ t halt t|he. age limit continued through the Kuh year until the Ifith >jirthday;Lwhile .others interpreted rc,. as school could, cease at, 15. Courts uraheld the latter opinion. According to the report submitted by iilehl, Geneva high school studeht.s-4-there are 110 of thepi—attended 98.7 percent of the time . to'.Din up the best average of all county high schools. Hartford high School students attended school 98.5 percent of 'the ‘tripe, Pleisant Mills and. Jefferson, 96.6; Ad Jiris Central, 96, and Monmouth, 956 - > The grade average is based on townshiplkide statistics, according to Olehl’ft report, with the, grades of (St. Mpry’s township, (Pleasant Mills) leading in this department with percent average attendances' ’ w, , Adams .('entral grade school sjut.,. dents ftttjnided 92,5 percent of the V-ime; Rife Creek township (Kbn4/rev and iliindoinh 96.5; Hartford ,■ - S' f 'nr. r nfaU hMK* son,; 95.6 Beruent; Preble (plus St.

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New Auto Agency Established Here A new automobile agency called Willys of Decatur has been established here, it was announced today ’Willys of Decatifir will he operated from the L. R. Zintsmaster building at the corner of First and Monroe streets. John Zintsmaster, sop of L.R. Zinstrhaster will be in charge and Willys of Decatur will have both a sales and service division. Thej newl agency w ill be separate from MrJ Zintsmaster’s Oldsmobile ami.Cadillac agencies. Three Escape From Indiana Boys* School Plainfield. Ind.. Feb. 1.4— -r (UP) A id-year-old boy win/ killed a man in a 1048 holdup, arid'two oth. er youths, were sought Itoday as escapers from the Indiana boys school here. Wiley E, Henteney, Jr ? and the two others stole an autoinoblle belonging to. the school physician from a parking lot at the Institution Hate Sonteftey wan 14 when | he was convicted of shoot ling James Kelly Brooks. 27, a packinghouse worker, as Brooks walked to work through, an afiey before dawn one morning., Tbehoth'er youths were -not identified by name by authorities, However one was an Indianapolis boy. and the other was from\Richmond.' Farm brainage School Set for February 26.< L. E. Archbold, county agent, \today announced an extension farm drainage school for 7:3b pun. Feb. 26 in the Berne-French high school building,.; p. H. Karstens, agricultural engineer of Purdue, will conduct the discussion, lip will urite many slides to' illustrate his talk. Many people will remember) Karstens as the engineer who) directed the layout and construction of the demonstration of grass waterways on thp Luther Yager farM last summer. The public is invited .to attend the farm drainage school. ts To J To Sell Try A Democrat Want Ad—lt Pay*. •

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Noted Novelist Dies After Heart Attack I ? '■ ■ ' v ■ r Lloyd Douglas Dies In Hospital Tuesday Hollywood. Feb. 14— (UP) Lloyd. C. Douglas. 73, Lutheran clergyman who became one of the World’s most widely-read novelists, died of a heart attack last night at Good Samaritan hospital. . He. was admitted to the hospital Sunday Suffering from a heart si.ilibent and was unconscious most of yesterday. At his bedside were his two daughters, Mrs. J. Weldon Wilson of Las Nev., and Mrs. Howard L. fiaw’son of Que. He had lived w;ith Mrs. Wilson since his wife'died in 1944. Funeral services will, be held Friday. Douglas’ waitings — combining Biblical lore' adventure and love—were read by millions throughout the world and brought him a far greater audience than he ever reached as a minister. “Magnificent Obsession” a\nd “The Robb” were his best known works. 8 Other novels included "White Banners.” “Green Lights "Disiputad Passage” and “The Big Fisherman)” The last was his moist recent book, v Douglas was working on an aut<s biography -at the time of bis death. Several of his novels were made into motion pictures. “The Robie" was purchased- for SIOO,OOO before it was finished 1 but has not s 'yet

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leaiched the- Hcrecn. . b(»uglas v the son of an Indiana chrgyman, was burn ; .ln Columbia City, ind , iii 1877. He was ordalmed In 190.3 and received his doctor of \divinlty degree from Fargo, N D.. College In 1920. He aetfved In pastorates in Indiana. ohio. Washington. D.C., Michigan. California and Montreal. In 193.3 he retired from the pelVit to write and lecture. He explained that ; throughout his SO years in the pulpit, he felt hits audiences were limited by the Mfalls of his chiuroh. H' ; While on a book of essasys designed to apply Biblical rules to' everyday life, he .decided they would be more interesting apd effective in novel form. “It occurred to me,” he said at the time, ‘That the good purpose 1 wanted to describe Would reaeh more people in storyTorm.” \ 1 The, result, was “Munificent Obsession,” the first of a series of il successful novels. Douglas' favorite story j was how he to write "The Robe.” *A woman in Canton, 0., wrote him and asked him if he had ever heard the legend of the Roman . sbidier vVho won Christ's robe in a diee game after the crucifixion. i “It set me to thinking,” Douglas said, “and I decided to do a -littile 8101 y abqut it ” The “litth’ story” became d b<xik 700 pages long.

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Lenten Service At Zion Reformed Church The second in the series of midweek 1 Lenten services will be held in .the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church this evening at 7:30 p.m. The pastor, the Rev. William C. Feller, will be in charge of the Service and will preach on the theme: “The Cost of biscipleship.” The senior choir, under the direction of Mrs. L. A. Hoßhouse, wLI . sing “Peacefully Round Us the Shadows are Falling,” by Maker. Mrs. J. Fred Fruchte will be at the organ. All members of the church and friends are inviteil to attend. Following <the service the Women’s Guild will meet and the film, . f “South pf the Clouds,” will be | shown. All, Guild members and others attending the service are invited to remain for .the presents? tion of the filiYi. hl an, t occ c.bsiaaa If You wave Anything To 801 l Try a Democrat Want Ad —ft Faye.

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