Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 151, Decatur, Adams County, 27 June 1951 — Page 3

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1951

MISB DINA FAE STEFFEN I WED TO GLENN L. MOSER Miss Dipa Fae Steffen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Steffen of Decatur route four, and Glenn L. ■Moser, son of Mr, and Mrs. Edwin Moser .of Craigville, were united in marriage Sunday, June 10, at the Apostolic Christian church by the Rev. Samuel Aschllman. The bride selected an ice-blue suit of silk crepe, appliqued on - the jacket with a floral design of lace and seed pearls. She wore a white Chantilly lace hat and her other accessories were iq black. j Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Steffen attended the couple.’ Mrs. Steffen wore a pink crepe dress and black accessories. A For traveling .the bride wore a pink linen suit with white accessories. On their return from a wedding trip the couple will reside at 703 South Mqrion street in Bluffton. % HOME ECONOMICS CLUB I MEETING ON TUESDAY The Root Township Home Economics clqb held their June meeting at the Monmouth high school Tuesday with twenty-nine members, five guests and eleven children present. Mrs. Adolph Weidler, president, opened the meeting with a poem f on prayer and the song of the ' month, “My Old Kentucky Home” was sung by the 'group. Roll call was answered by telling “what was’old, new, borrowed and blue in your wedding costume.” At the business meeting the ’ club voted to send Mrs. Gerald Eady and Mrs. Richard Moses as delegates to the Purdue conference. Plans were made fory'the 4-H fair .to be held tn August at Monroe. , 7 The lesson on “Ceramics” whs 7 given by Mrs. Harold Owens and Mrs. Betty Snyder. Mrs; Russel Fleming received the door prize. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Harold Owens. Mrs. Fred Kunkel and Mrs. Richard Harkless. The July meeting will be hold : at the home of Mrs. Leo A silent auction will be conducted at the meeting. MISS JOAN HEIMAN HONORED AT SHOWER Miss Joan Heiman, whose mar riage will take place next, Saturday,, was honored Sunday evening at a miscellaneous bridal shower .given by Miss Charlene Wilder Miss Heiman was presented with Two-Piece Ensemble I \\ If Z r I k I II M \ , Ik / I ■' I O^ll TT I IO M I ’J II If i ’B /mA A IIM "'//I I ! -7/1 17 ' 9083 Y~U! Jl 12—20,40 71 Try y In/ ‘ \ Your she&th and sheer gote! This is the style that steals shows, bewitches beaux, ravels rivals. Dress is baretop—its skirt flared for easy motion. Redingote has huge collar! Pattern 9083 in sizes 12. 14, 16 18, 20; 40. Size 16 dress, 3% yard# 35-inch; .redingote, 5% yards. - This easy-to-use pattern gives perfect fit7 Complete, illustrated Sew Chart shows you every step. Send T H I R TY CENTS in coins tor this pattern to Marian Martin, care of Decatur Daily Democrat, Pattern Dept., P. O. Box 6740, Chicago 80, Illi Print plainly > Your Name, Address, Zone, Size and Style Number. . - - SEND NOW! Our Marian Martin Summer Pattern Book is just out! Send Twenty Cents today tor your copy. You’ll sew the smartest most practical wardrobes for your family and yourself with patterns chosen from this book. A Free Pattern of a beachrobe > for Misses is printed in book.

a corsage of sweet peas and roses on her arrival. Various games were played during the evening and Miss Heiman was presented with th£ prizes; The bride-elect was the of many lovely gifts, later in the evening the served refreshments. * ('J Guests were Mrs. Japob Heiman, Justine Heiman, Helen Heiman Mary Heiman, Mrs. Walter Baker, Mrs. Gerald Groves, Miss -Margafet Heiman, Rita Heiman., Miss Dor othy Rfirmschlag, Monica Ruinsehlag, Rita Rumschlag, Jprs. George Tricker, Mrs. Joseph pricker, Mys Anna . Tricker, Mrs.J; Arthur T 3. Wilder, Mrs. Charley J. Muhtekamp, Miss Mary Ljjpu Muhtoikamp, Mrs. Orla Markle. Rose Katherine and Joan Muhlenkatnp. Those unable to w4Je Miss Jane Laurent, Miss Hilda Heiman, MiSs Irene.Heiman, Miss Erma Kirschner, Mrs. Chafes Hosier. Miss Jean liable, Ruble, Miss Lavopß Strahm, Mtssj Lagora Markle, Mrs- Jerry Burkett. Miss Mary Miller sfind Mrs. John Miller. ? | Ben Griffith, former Decatur resident and for many years employed at the KHck-Tyndall tile plant, is visiting |ere and at Van Wert. 0., hoping <o find a home for the rest of his days. 10 has been living in h| home at Camp Custer, |fich., butfbvahts to be discharged ifrom there. He was a soldier hi the SpanishAmerican war and later Served years in the regular j|rmy. Ophelia Gehres, 75, of Wlilshire township, died Monday night following a stroke two weeks ago. Two sons survive. Funeral serv\ ices will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 at St. Paul Evangelical and Reformed church in Harrison township, Tan Wert county. Ed Ellsworth.iof this city, recently returned if’om a six months’ stay in Californi|. Returning witn him to spend t|e summed \were his sister, Fffl Myers of Exter, Cal.y and his son Romer’s wife and two daughters; tbfe latter plan to be here intermittently for the next month. ,Mrs. worth plans to Leave for "Detroit next Monday,’ then drive to Pennsylvania where she will visit her parents for about a month. Slje will then returjh to Decatur where her family and) Myersgwill begin their home t|lp to California. Mr. and Mrs. |>tto Beeh|er will leave Thursday tpr a motbr trip through several • southern states Mr. and Mrs. Car| Beehler E wlll be tn charge of the -hotel, during his father’s absence. — J} —_ c| J Immanuel Lutheran Church bake sale. Saturday, June 3ft 9:15 a. m. Publix. 151t2x

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* I . ■NS-Kr-——-3 ...j . rim—J Society Items for day’s publication must be phoned in by 11 a. m. (Saturday 9:30 a. m.) Phone 3-2121 Phyllis Acheson WEDNESDAY Wednesday Night bridge club, Mrs. G. Remy Bierly, 7:30 p.m. Academy, of Friendship dinner Fairway, 6:30 p.m. \ Bethahry , Circle of Zion E. and K. church, Glen Bebout home in Van Wert, 0., 6 p.m. at church. Union Township Woman's club and Monroe Better Homes olub, Mrs. Chalmer Barkley, 1:30 p.m. S.E. Bridge club, Mrs. Rollana Affolder, 8 p.m. ' ‘‘ \ • Sunny Circle itome Economics club, Preble Recreation center, r m. ' , J , Presbyterian Women's Association Blossom Time Tea, church 2:30 p.m. THURSDAY \ Ruralistic study club. Mrs. Richard Geimer, 8 p.m. | 4-H Band practice, Monroe, o’ pm. , Ruth and Naomi Circle of Zion E and R. church. Mrs. A. R. Ashbaucher, 2:30 p.m. Progressive Workers class of Trinity church, postponed. , St. Ambrose study club, Mrs William J. Meyer, 7:30 p.m. Methodist W-S Q-S. Circles, Epworth Forest, Webster Lake, a\il day.' ■ 2.- . ' ' j Women of Moose formal inltta t»on and installation. Moose home 7:30 p.m., officers at 7 p.m. Order of Eastern Star stated meeting, Masonic hall, 030 p.m. Monroe W.C.T.U., Monroe Methodist church annex, all) day. Emblem club dinner. Elks home, 6:30 p.m. SATURDAY \ Mrs. Orville Baughman’s Meth odist Sunday School class bake sale, Schafer's Store, 9:30 a.m. Immanuel Lutheran churchy bake sale,; Publix Service, 9:15 a.m. i. ') BACK SEAT DRIVERS Back seat drivers, do I like ’em, They’re a-pain in the neck; They will yell “look out there, On the rodd, see that speck!" It could have been an elephant, You never can tell; And I might have hit it, \ If they didn’t’ yell. There’s a curve up ahead, And watch that yellowi line; Now. slow down a bit, : \ See that danger sign! The speed limit is thirty, And you’re doing thirty-wun; If you would learn to drive, This ‘rip would be more fun. 000, just look at that guy, . He’s ''razy as can be; He passed us right by, He’s doing thirty-three. Watch out for that truck, He's got a heavy load; Get 6ver o.p the berm, And give him lots of roada stop sign up ahead, There’s a car to your right; Another hour and it’ll be dark, . Better turn on your ligh(: . -p f Up there’s a narrow bridge, That railroad track is bought Slow down a little bit, Now that is slow enough. This goes' on for endless ages, j Seems they’d get short of breath; But I guess it’s just a habit, They’ll continue until death, p When at last in desperation, I give to them the wheel; > They have made me so nervous, That I just point andsqueal. Raymond McAhren ( paid advt.) If You Have Anything Tfo Sell Try A Democrat Want Ad 4— D, Pnvs

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I F ■ W *1 F I 1 F Lit L V’ -Ijggsig ,■ xg It, WHB IBBt MISS ESTHER SCHUMM ahd Alvin A. Krueckeberg were united In marriage recently in the Zioji Lutheran church at Schumm, Q., by the Rev. Werner Kuhlberg. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Schumm, of near Willshire, O„ and the groom is the son of Mrs. Marie Krueckeberg of route five. The couple will reside on route five.—Photo by Edwards. |

V n \ — • -» |tr Admitted: Mrs. Jennie Smith. Berne; Mrs. Earl Sortor, Portland: Mrs, Joseph Wheeler. Geneva; Mrs. Harlan Myers, Wren. O.; Robert M- Stepen. Goshen. Dismissed: Joseph ! Appehnan, Decattur; Joseph. Brookhart. Decatur youte 5; Miss Rose?Kleinhenz. city; Lavina Graber, Berne; Mrs. Stanley Ilalflich, Huntingdon; Sam Eauinan, Decatur; Phyllis Byrd, Decatur; Ca<4 Richard Irw|n, Decatur. . ‘7 .■ ■ '! ! ) k-; Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Nagel, Berne, are the parents of a baby son. born at 4:37 p.m. Tuesday at the Adams county memorial hospital, He weighed 8 pounds, 3 oufices. ... ,i tj t r t '' ” /’MB raf. J THE DOOR on international problems is closed for one day by Warren R. Austin, chief American United Nations delegate, and his wife as they celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at home in Burlington, Vt. (International)

Benjamin Orndorf Dies Last Evening Funeral Services \ Friday Afternoon I Benjamin Franklin Orndorf, 71, lifelong resident of Adams county, died at 9 o’clock Tuesday night following a heart attack at his home in Jefferson, township. He was born In Adams county Feb. Z 4. 1880, a son of John and Alice Sharp-Orndorf and was married In 1920 to Bessie Ketchum. He was a member of the Bethel Brethren U the only near survived. • Tw<>, brothers and two sisters preceded him in death. Fun.crai services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at the Jay City E U.B. church, the Rev. John Lewis .officiating. Burial will be in Riverside cemetery at Geneva. The body will l>e removed from the Hardy & Hardy funeral home to the residence late thli afternoon. |— — v Knights Os Pythias i To Confer Degrees Kekionga lodge, Knights of Pythias, v.lll confer the second degree on a group of candidates t-t the K. ot P( home here Thursday night at 8 o’clock. \ Members are Invited to attend and John R. Parrish, head of the degree team, has asked that all members having parts In the inlti atlon be present. Farm rire LuSs Farm property fire loss for the past six months exceeded the rural toss for the entire preceding ye«i July 1, 1945. to June 30, 1946. r Uses for Tung Oil Four-htths of the tung oil is used in top-grade paints and varnishes. Large amounts are used by linoleum, and oilcloth manufacturers. The oil goes into printing'inks, electric insulating compounds, automobile brake linings, lacquer linings for tin cans. Its wartime uses Included ‘ weatherproofing \ cannon shell!,, rifle cartridges, tank guns, tents and vehicle covers, and a wide variety of military fabrics.

7 ' ' 40 million ■FT STRONG and still growing! The Unite<j States has 40 miiiion teie " ■ 111 phones —more than the rest of the ■■ 111 world put together. And American 7. W|||l telephone service is still growing! " I"l Working free of monopoly — yvith ‘ y ! ' U governmental regulations only in the public interest — the telephone industry has been free \to grow —— giving the American people service that is unmatched for efficiency, convenience and value. Citizens Telephone Co.

Sentenced To Five . i A Weekends In Jail Monroeville Man v Is Sentenced Here One; inan pleaded guilty to the disorderly conduct charge cited against him in city court today and will spend the next five weekends in the Adams county jail serving out his sentence. Robert Swygart, of Monroeville, arrested early this morning by sheriff Bob Shraluka, pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined |5 plqs co-ts and sentenced to 30 days in jail. Mayor Doan, however* suspended 20 days of the sentence on good behavior, and confined the Monrc eville man to the county jail for <he other. 10 days, to be served on weekends. Swygart told the court he was married and the father of three children; he sought leniency ill serving the sentence claiming he would lose his jJb were he to serve the 30 days. it Was then that the mayor decided to make Swygart serve out the tine over the weekends. \ Swygart was arrested in Monroe at the home of his sister for creating a disturbance. African Paradise \ , Tanganyika, stretching from! the Indian ocean deep into east-central Africa, is a third larger than Texas and has a population of between five and six million people. Its mountains tower nearly 20,000 feet, and the “bottom drops out” to form part of Africa’s grer t Rift valley, of ancient volcanic creation. Resources include tin, diamonds, gold and silver, as well as fertile cotton and coffee ‘lands, and forests of mahogany and ebony. Elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, lions, ostriches, and antelopes Have made this region a happy hunting ground for big-game spqrts- |- \ ' Boron Deficiencies Thirty-one states in the U. S. and six provinces in Canada have reported boron deficiencies in over 40 different crops. Grow Redtop Seed A Illinois produces most of the United States jredtop seed crop. ■'■Tv . ‘ ■ Farm Meetings More than 35 million persons in the United States attended meetings, and tours held by county farm agents in 1946. Erosion Loss In U. 8. Estimates are that the U. S; is losing two hundred 40-acre farms (8.000 acies) a day through erosion. Oldest City Damascus is the oldest inhabited city in the world. ’ .. ' . , —

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