Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 113, Decatur, Adams County, 12 May 1951 — Page 3

MAY 11, 1951

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MOTHER-DAUGHTER DINNER AT FIRST BAPTIST QHURCH * The annual mother-daughter banquet of the First Baptist church ■wag held Thursday evening in the social rooms of the church. One ■ hundred members and guests were served a chicken dinner prepared by Mrs. Gerald Rumple, Mrs. Ralph Kenworthy and Mrl Bryee Daniels. . ! •/ The guests were seated at tables decorated with centerpieces made up of small trees from which crad- ■. r-.les were hung. Bouquets of lilieS- \ of-the-valley and lilacs were also used on the tables. (Each child received a cradle and each mother a doll as favors. ■ . "Break Thou the Bread of Lite” was sung by tiie group and Mrs. C. ,/E. Bell offered prayer. The dinner was served by I members of the men’s brotherhood. The 'theme of the program, “Rock-a-Bye Baby,” was Introduced by the Mrs. Warren Lehman, who had each child intro- - duce her doll and form a chorus to sing "Rock-a. Bye Baby.” There was a display of nearly fifty different dolls from various countries amT story-book character dolls. Each owner of a doll gave a brief story connected with it. The oldest doll was one a hundred years old \ brought by Mrs- Richard Sebnitz. A mother’s Day poem was given by Phyllis Roth, an accordion solo was played by Jane Bedwell and a reading wasr given by Mrs. Homer Reppert. Mra Amy Aughenbaugh, the oldest mother present was awarded a doll dressed as an elderly lady, Mrs. Bruce Baughn, the youngest mother, was awarded a bride dolluand Karen Sue Hitchcock, youngest daughter, was given a small doll in a crib. [ - , , The special feature of the program was given by Mrs. Raymond Harrison, of Berne, chalk artist. Special lighting arrangements added to the effectiveness of her Mother’s Day drawing. The program closed with a benediotion by — Mri./R. H. Hammond. , J The program was arranged by Mrs. Hubert Jasper, Mrs. Lehman, Mrs. John Baumann and Mrs- Hammond. The decorattag committe consisted of Mrs. Jasper, Mrs. Homer Reppert and Mrs/ Robert ■■'T- » — EPSILON SIGMA CHAPTER ENTERTAINS FOR MOTHERS . ’ Members of Epsilon Sigma chap- I ter of Beta Sigma Phi sorority ,1 entertained their mothers and ' special guests Wednesday evening ! c,t a Mother’s Day party held at Toddler’s Outfit- ■ W\- V&--1 w ■ nTnl ■ F///01 ETWw ! > Zv • M ■t/ • ’ - r i SIZES /J U I—s yrs. g Just look at all the treasures in this pattern.! x A cool sleeveless ‘ frocklet r with sassy pleats front , and back. A doggy little sunsuiL A scallopy bonnet. All easy, too! Pattern V 9482 in Toddlers’ sizes 1, 2, 3,4, 5. Size 2 ensemble, 2% yards 35-inch- Use scraps for applique; instructions included. - ‘ This easy-to-use pattern gives perfect fit. Complete, Illustrated Sew Chart shows you every step. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in coins for special pattern to Marian Martin, care of Decatur Daily Democrat, Pattern DepL, P. O. Box 5740, Chicago 80, Hl. Print plainly YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, < ZONE, SIZE and STYLE NUMBER. ’ Have you seen . . . The new Silhouette? Tbe new Spring Suits? Ensembles? The new Wrap-On? Order our now Marian Martin Pattern Book, read all about your beautiful spring wardrobe. Bond just Twenty Cents for your copy today! A FREE pattern of a new spring hat is printed in the book.

♦he home of Mrs. Robert Hess. Mrs. Hess, sorority president, welcomed the guifests and Mrs. Eugene Beam read a Mother’s Day poem. A, clever radio skit was presented by Mrs. Al Geimer, Miss Bernadine Faiirdte and Miss Evelyn Frohnapfel. At a later hour the* guests were invited to the dinipg' room, where dainty refreshments were served from a table laid with a white linen cloth and centered with a large bouquet of f spring flowers flanked with tall white tapers. Each guest was presented with a potted plant. Mrs. Charles Young served as chairman, assisted by Mrs. Carl Gattshall, Mrs. Arthur Wilsop, Miss Ruby Miller land Mi«s Frohuapfel. q q’ | MISS MARJORIE MILLER TO WED LEON RO6SWURM Mr. and Mrs. Elmo C. Miller, Homestead 7, today announced the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their eldest daughter Marjorie Ann, to Leon Rosswurm, son of Mr.' and Mrs. Frank Rosswurm of Monroeville. The wedding will be solemnized on Saturday, July-7, in St. Mary’t Catholic church, p Miss Miller graduated from Decatur Catholic high school and is employed, as stenographer at the Security Cartage Co. in Fort Wayne. Her fiance attended the Monroeville school . and is now employed at Toklteirn in Fort Wayne. . L_ MRS. BURK HOSTESS FOR MARTHA CIRCLE Mrs. Sim Burk* was hostess for the May meeting of the Martha Circle of the First Presbyterian church on Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Jesse Sutton, Sr., conducted the devotions, using as her ■ theme "How W*ll Do We Know Our Bible?” Mrs. A.C E. Gillander program leader, gave an excellent paper on the subject. “There’s No. Place Like Home for Stewardship.” The meeting closed with the Mizpath benediction, j Mrs. Burk was assisted by Mrs. Roscoe Glendenlng and Mrs. Ralph Stanley in serving refreshments. 4-4— /’ TRINITY WSWB OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED RECENTLY The Rev. John. Chambers installed the new officers of the Trinity Woman’s Society of World Service recently at a meeting held in the Chambers: home. Mrs. R. O. Wynn led the opening devotlonals and had charge of the program. Officers installed in the services were: - president. Mrs. Clarence Morgan; vke-president, Mrs. Herald Hitchcock; secretary, Mrs. DaVid Wynn; assistant secretary. Mrs. Frank Bohnke; treasure-, Mrs. Hubprt Gilpen; secretary o» spiritual |ife and thankofferine, Mrs. R. E. Mummai secretary of missionary education, Mrs. Charles Robenold; secretary of young people. Mrs. John Kelley; secretary of work. Mrs. less secretary of Christian! social relations. Mrs. Clarence Drake; Secretary Os living link, Mrs. Earl Crider; pianist, Mrs. Hitchcock. Leader; for jthe next meeting will be Mrs. Mitmma and hostesses appointed for the' mother and daughter banquet will be Mrs. Wynn, Mrs. Viola Scheiderer, Mrs. Manley Foreman and Mrs. Kelley. Refreshments were served to twenty-six members and guests at the close of tlje evening. II ’ SMORGASBORD SUPPER AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Plans are being completed for the annual Smorgasbord supper, sponsored by ,the women of the First Presbyterian church of Decatur, scheduled for • Saturday night, May 19, at the church. The supper 4s open to the public and tickets may be obtained from tbe 4omen of the local church Thtf etent is held annually in the Presbyterian church dining rooms. \

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•zgxZ** •! I” ' \ Society Items for day’s publication must be phoned In by 11 a. m. (Saturday 9:30 as m.) i Phone 3-2121 \ Phyllis Acheson SATURDAY Ladies Aid of St. Peter’s Lutheran church, Fuelling, bake sale. Publix Store,. 9 a.m. MONDAY Flo-Kan Sunshine Girls, K. of P. home, 45 p.m. Pleasant Mills Methodist Willing Workers class party, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Ehrsam. 8 p- m. Civic Section of Woman’s club, Mrs. Albert Beery, 7:45 p.m. Holy Family study club, ‘Mrs. Harold Baker, 8 p. m. v l Ladies Fireman’s Auxiliary Mrs. Eugene Beam, 8 Sancta Maria study .club, Mrs. Richard Pruden, 8 p. m. Past President’s Parley of American Legion Auxiliary, Mrs. Harold Tieman, 8 p. m. Our Lady bf Fatima study club. Miss Joan Wemhoff, ,8 p. m- i Pythian Needle club, K. of P. Home, after Temple. TUESDAY V.F.W. Auxiliary initiation, V.F. W. home, 8 p.m. i Brownie Troop 4 Mother’s Day party, Lincoln school assembly room, 3:30 p.m. ; Kum Join Us class of Bethany i church, church basement, 7:30' p.m. L Catholic Ladies pf Columbia Mother’s Day party, C. L. of C. hall, 7:30 p.m. Rose Garden club, Mrs. Clem Kortenber, 2 p. m. 4 Tri Kappa sorority Mother’s Day pinner. Elks home 6:30 p. in. Decatur Garden club, Mrs. Sam/ Baumgartner, 2 pm. V.F.W. Auxiliary, V.F.W. hall, 8 p.m. Pocohantas Lodge, Red Men’s hall, 7:30 p.m- : WEDNESDAY Eagles Auxiliary initiation, Eagles hall, 8:30 p. m. Decgtur Home Economics club, Mrs. Manley Foreman, 1210 West Monroe street, 2 p.m. THURSDAY Phoebe Bible class of Zion E. and R. church, church parlors. 7:30 p. m. Women of Moose Formed initiation, Moose home 7:30 p m., officers at 7 p. m. • ’» i • MONROE BETTER HOMES CLUB MEETS TUESDAY The Monroe Better Homes club held its May meeting Tuesday evening' at the home of Mrs. Claude Laisure\ The club creed, repeated in unison, opened the meeting. 1 Devotions were in charge of Mrs. Cramer, who had the group recite c the twenty-third Psalm During roll call members showed pictures of their mothers. The lesson on “Soap and Dete--gents” was given by Mrs. Cramer and Mrs. Lalsure told how to removp stains. A business meeting was "Conducted by Mrs. Brewster. \ -Refreshments were served by 4 Mrs. Lalsure and Harry Crownover. BROWNIE TROOP 4 WILL ENTERTAIN FOR MOTHERS Members of Brownie Troop 4 are planning a Mother’s Day party to be held Tuesday afternoon 1 at three thirty o’clock in the assembly room at Lincoln school. All mothare urged to be present; The table decorations are tip bein charge of Delores Schroeder. Bonnie Hake, Barbara Litterer, Diane Baker, Judy Brown and Mary Bodie. The program commftfee, headed by Jean Hoffman, is composed of Sara Runyon. Rose Ann Litchfield and Diana Parker-' The corsages for the mothers are being prepared by Marilyn Murphy, Patty Faurote, Jackie Hurst and Betty Sue Schultz. Ushers will be Carol NOrquest, 'Etta Mae Soliday and Kathy Houser. -Marie Barlett will open the program with the twenty-third Psalm. Barbara Burk and Eleanor Miller will present musical selections, and Diane Rhodes and Diana Parker . will give readings, "A Turtle” and "Mr. Nobody.” Jedn Smith will play a piano solo, and the following readings will be given: “Make New Friends,” Carol Way; “Mother’s Day/’ Delores Schroeder; “Where We Walked to School each Day,” Linda Sue Andrews; “A Turtle,” Barbara Litterer; “The Swing,” Becky Maddox. Judy Brown will recite a poem and Kathy Houser, will close the program with a reading entitled “Happy Thought" METHODIST SOCIETY x IN GENERAL MEETING V Members of the Woman’s Sor ciety of Christian Service of the First Methodist church held. May general meeting Thursday afternoon at the church. Mrs. W. P. Robinson, society president, conducted the business meeting. Mrs- R. A. Stucky gave the devotionaf lesson and Mrs. John Tyndall was in charge of the lesson ! study for the afternooV A mem-

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- i ■w ■ ' 1 .BI HI |H I 9bHK I MRS. RALPH M ESI NG was the foriner Miss Edna Marbach. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adplph Marbach of route five, before her recent, marriage. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mesihg of Fort Wayne. The marriage took place in the Immanuel Lutheran church in Union township with the Rev. Walter Vetter officiating. The couple art residing in Colorado Springs, Colo., where the grbom is serving with the army at Camp Carson. j r ? ♦ — Photo by Anspaugh. i

orial. service was held by Mrs. Lowell Smith/ during which she dedicated * lovely bouquet of floitj ers in memory of Mrs. Avon Burk and Mys. .Joel Reynolds, deceased members of the society. Gufe&ts were then invited to the tea table for refreshments, served by Mrs. Robert Krick, Mrp- Victor Porter, Mrs. Earl Colter, Mrs.’Jesse Niblick and Miss Rose Weldy. The. V.F.W. Auxiliary will have initiation services at their regular meeting, to be held at the V.F.W. home • Tuesday evening at eight o’clock. — The Willing Worker* class of Pleasant Mills Methodist church will have their class party at the pome of Mr. and Mrs- Hubert £hr< saui Monday evening, at eight o’clock. Mr, and Mrs. Darrell Cions* will assist the host and hostess. Thele will be an important meeting of the Flo-Kan Sunshine Girls Monday evening at six o’clock at the K; of P. home- All members are urged to attend. I | . The Phoebe Bible class of the Zion t Evangelical and Reformed church will hold their meeting in the church parlors Thursday evening at seven thirty o’clock. initiation ceremonies will be held at the regular-meeting of the. Eagles Auxiliary Wednesday evem ing at eight thirty o’clock. Mrs. Charles Lamlln was dismissed to h*r home on Line street from the Adams county memorial hospiUi Friday. Her condition is regarded as serious. : _ Mr. and Mrs. FeHlr Holthouse ot Louisville, Ky., are vtaiting in Db catur. this weekend. and Mrs.,Robert B. Hunter and *on Todd left last night tor Somerset, Pa., for a visit with Mrs. Hunter’spkrents. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bender. Mrs. Hunter and son will remain for several weeks. •Mr,' and Mrs- Robert Freeby and sons, Bill and Dan, are Visiting in Rockford, 111,, this weekend. Judge R. D. Wheat of Portland is a patient in the Henry Ford hospital, where he recently underwent surgery. His address is room B No. ‘ 303, Ford Hospital. Detroit. Mich. The judge is well kinown here where he has frequently served as special judge and attended to legal matters. . / Christian Schwartz of Bernc, route 2, has been admitted to the Van Wert. O-, county hospital. There were 1,553 cases of infantile paralyMs reported in the United States from January/ 1 through April 28. This compares with a total.of 1,509 cases for the same period 4n 1950. according the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis- In Indiana the tptal was 15 cases as coippared to 19 for the 1950 period. Mrs. Leo Kirsch will go to Indiapapolts tomorrow to attend a Mother’s Day tea to be given by the student nurses at the Indiana Medical Center. Miss Carol Kirsch, junior student at the center, 1* chairman of the affair. The Purdue Alutanl Association will present the Purdue glee club n a concert at the North Side high school gym Thursday evening at 8 p.m. Marcus Foreman, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. ®. Foreman of 1022 Marshall stret, ' appears iwlth the glee club as soloist «t ! I

most appearances. Foreman is a sophomore at Purdue. Ex-President Os Panama Arrested Attempted To Set Up Dictatorship Panama City, Panama. May 12. —(UP) —Former President Arnolfo Arias may be tried for murder and großsi'abuse of power, informed -eoureqs said today. He is being held in a police cell on orders of the national assembly pending an investigation into his attempt to set up a dictatorship. Arias was overthrown and arrested late Thursday after a four-day siege in the presidential palace. The arrest climaxed four days of street fighting and rioting in which 15 persons killed and 194 wounded or injured. The murder charges might be based on the killing of two nation--lal police officers who wert shot dead; without warning while talking with Arias’ followers so the palace at the start of the siege. Complete calm had been restored throughout Panama today under . the new president, Aloiblades Arosemena, formerly Arias’ first ■ vice-president. The U.S. army of the Caribbean lifted its order placing Panamanian territory ou; of bounds for American forces. The presidential crisis was touched off by a run on the govern-ment-backed Panama Saving Bank It started May 4 hnd long lines of depositors waited in line td with* draw their savings. All were paid off so full. " Arias blamed the Communists and\ other opposition groups for the run and ordered the arrtst of the! leaders. At least three persons ere wounded in gunfights during were wounded so gunfights during the roundup of some 35 oppositionBy Monday night, Arias again was Impatient and summoned his cabinet. He announced that it. had scrapped the 1946 constitution restored the totalitarian-like 1941 constitution, dissolved parliament and .suspended the right of habeas corpus. He said the cabinet woulr rule by decree. Arias said government needed the dictatorial powers to combat a grave Communist threat to security of the republic and of the Panama Republic,' OSRITAL Admitted: Mrs. Ralph Reef, 604 Mercer Avenue; Richard Anderson. 239 Stratton Way; Miss Jannelle Nyffeler, Prelble; Mrs. Severin Schurger, 445 South First* street; Leroy Hoagland, Monroe. Admitted (and dismissed) Mis* Donna Jahn, Bluffton route John Fortney, Pleasant Mills; Gerhard Meyer, Wren, 04 Mis* Carol Rose Tricker, 813 Ruasell street; Mrs. Freeman Stepler and Joan Stepler, Decatur route 2. Dismissed: Mrs. Sarah B. Arnold, 215 South Tenth street; Paul Embler, 308 Marshal!, street. New York City’* air express shipment* in 1950 comprised 38.8 per cent of all domestic shipment* flown throughout the Unite! States, and 28.8 per cent of th* gross revenue.

New Volumes Added At Public library Books added to the shelves the Decatur public library during the month of April: ’ * x J ADULT Non-fiction America’s Colonial ExperimentPratt. ” Berkshires: tbe Purple HillsPeattie. . Captain Sam Grant —Lewis. Color in Home i DecorationBrown. Ear of God—Peyton. Far Side of Paradise—Mizener Fifty Devotional Services—Elbin. First Captain—Johnson. Florence Nightingale -* Wood-ham-Smith. Full House —Rose. , Golden Multitudes—Mott. Heirs Apparent—Young & Middleton. His Eye is on the Sparrow*— Waters. Historic Midwest Houses— Drury. ; « History of the Piano—Closson. House of God,—Holisher. How to Build Garden —Aul. How to Write for Pleasure and Profit —Bower. King’s Story—Windsor. Masters of Russian Music—CalAocoressi & Abraham. Miracle at Carville —Martin. Mr. Lincoln’s Army—Catton. , Post Stories —Saturday Evening Post Profile of Youth—Daly. * \ Road Not Taken: Front’s Poems —Untermeyer, Stories of Fi Scott Fitzgerald— Fitzgerald. Story of Dance Music—Nettle Suleiman, the "Magnificent - Lamb. t Table Arrangements —Roberts. Thorndike-Barnhart Comprehensive Desk Dictionary—Barnhart. * Three Men on Third —Smith. Trampling Herd —Wellman. Trustees and Officers of Indians University: 1820-1950—Myers. Water-or Your Life—Carhart. Yo u r Rugged Canstltutiqn — Findlay. r\\ = Fiction y . , Blind Cartridges—Macfionald. Krief Year— Breckling k Candlemas Bay—Moore. \ i Fort Everglades—Slaughter. Grand Sophy—Heyer. Guardian Heart—Yates. High-Hills Calling—Downes. Illustrated Man—Bradbury. Impudent Rifle —Pearce. Jenkin’s Ear —Shepard.' Liles In Her Garden Davis. 5 -' < ' Look Back on Murder—Disney. Nurse Kathy Decides—Hancock. Portrait of Isabelle —Cofbett. Proud New Flags—Mason. Reasonable Doubt —Strange. Revolt in San Marcoa —North. Rose and tbe Flamp—Lauritzen. Round the Bend —Shute. Salvation —Asch. , > < \ Solution T-25—Dubois. Spur—Kennelly. Strait and Narrow—Cotterell. Strangler's Serenade—lrish. c What Would Jesus Do?—Clark. , Where Love la—Dem. Witch Diggers—West. JUVENILE Non-fiction , Dog 800k —Dennis. Joseph \Paul DiMaggio, —t h e Yankee Clipper—Meany. Junior Model Planes —Powell. Ralph Kiner, the Heir Apparent -<Meany. Shadow of the Manger—Werner. Stanley Frank Musial, the Mat —Meany. Story of American Roads —Hart.

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i WED RECENTLY— Miss Mary Kathryn Amstutz, daughter of Omen Amstutz of pear Geneva, and Robert Geriild Brewster, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse BrewsterJajso of Geneva/were married recently in a ceremony performed at the parsonage of the Missionary church in Bertie. Tlit Rev. J. Pritchard Amstutz officiated at the single ring ceremony. groom is a student at the Fort Wpyne Bible College. ' 1 ' i ■■ ' — Photo by Ed wards

"“Theodore**"Samuel Williams:--Hitting Unlimited—Meany. Fiction / Cowboy—Rryson. i High Smoke —Chalmers. Hoofbeats on the Trail—Breck. Rocky Point Campbrs—Rietveld. Mr. and ; Mrs. Von Stoffer, 949 Mercer Avenue, are the parents of a baby son. born at 3:05 a- m. today at the Adams county memorial hospital. He weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces. ■ ! A baby daughter was bora to Mr. and Mrs. Harleyßoop, Decatur route 1, at 6:45 this morning at the Adams county memorlalial hospital. A six pound baby daughter was born so Mr. and Mrs. Corwin Minerd at 1:15 p- m. Friday at the Adams county memorial hospital. ,Ned William is the name of the baby son born to Mr. and Mrs. RolandeS Liechty, of Berne, at 11 o’clock Thursday night at the; Adams county memorial hospital. He weighed 7 pounds. IJ, ounces. Mr. aqjl Site. Marion TTiedt are the of a baby daughter, born Thursday at 1:43 p- m. at the Adams CountA memorial hospital. The baity weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces. ’ t ’-.J ■ ~i ■ Three Are Named To Quarter-Century Club l Three Decatur employes of the General Electric company have been elected membership in the G. E. qukrter-century club. They are Mrs. -Gerald Schlickman, Clarence W. Dellinger and Cleo August./Seven Fort Wayne men also were made members of the club this'week. ■ jffi i • : 1; i \ The Pilgrim fathers used ouster shells as u source of limestone for the “fluxl* in New England's earh. cst blast furnaces.

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' ; ” ~ " r ' 1! ' \ Survey Planned Of' Part-Time Workers Current Population | purvey Next Week Information; on the number of part-time workers who are currently 1 ; available for full-time jobs will be t developed it* the census bureau’s cuirent population survey in May, it was announced today by district supervisor J. D. McPike, Fort Wayne. The census bureau each : month interviews a lepresentative cross-section of 25,000 households throughout the including many in the Adams-Allen area, in order to obtain up-to-date information on employment conditions in the nation. McPike said. The survey will be made in this county May 14 to 19. .; -J ■‘ V About 1,000,000 persons with jobs which normally provide! fulltime work wert working only part time in February because of slack work and various economic factors, according to a similar study conducted at that time. In . addition, there were about 5% million persons in the labor force ’n February working at regular part-time jobs—mostly housewives and school-age youngsters who were qither working short hours from- choice or were limited to part-titae A work because of home or schbol responsibilities. \ The current survey, in addition Io measuring the nation’s parttime labor force, will provide the official government figure* on employment and unemployment. In March, according to , estimate* developed from the current popula. tion survey/ employment swung sharply upward, as expanding defense and seasonal activity brought qn end to the midwinter hill. Estimated at 60,2 million, employment was 2% million above the March level of the previous year. Unemploymtnt, on the other hand, was at its lowest March level in 4 years—2,l million.