Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 189, Decatur, Adams County, 11 August 1951 — Page 3

SATURDAY,-AUGUST 11, 1951

, Society Item* for day’s publication must be phoned in by 11 a. m. (Saturday 9:30 a. m.) n Phone 3-2121 Phyllis Acheson SUNDAY Zion Walther League of Friedteinx, ice cream social and bake sale, church, 8:30 p.m. ' ' 33rd annual Frauhiger reunion, Noah Yake home, 10 a.m. sth annual Bittner reunion, Han-na-Nuttman park, 11.30 a.m. MONDAY FltoKan Sunshine Girls, K. of P. home, 6:15 p.m. • \ ■ » « TUESDAY Eta Tau Sigma sorority, Mrs. J lick Arnold, 8 p.m. ' Monrpe Better Homes club, 4-H iris, Blluffton park, 6130 p.m. Trinity E.U.B. WSWS, chttrch, 7:30 p.m. A Eagles Auxiliary regular meeting, Eagles hall, 8 p.m. Willing Workers class of First \ Christian church, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Inhiger, .8 p.m. WEDNESDAY C. L. of C. juveniles, Memorial park, 2 to 4 p.m. 5 Decatur Hbme Economics club, Mrs. Roy Price, 2 p.m. \ THURSDAY Bethany E.U.B. WSWS Unit 4, Mrs. Clem Snell,. 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY Friendship Village * club, 4-H ? clubs and families, Berne park, 6:30 p.m. ' . - - 1 Y ■ * The Catholic Ladies of Columbia will entertain their juvenile members at Memorial phrk Wednesday afternoon .from two unti flour o'clock. , jk ' Unlit 4 of the WSWS of Beth any Evangelical United Brethren church will meet Thursday -evening at seven thirty o’clock at the home of Mrs. .Clem Snell on North Third street. ■ :.' Members of the Rose Garden club are to note that their picnic has been until August 21. I __ . •. v , The Friendship Village club of Blue J Creek township will entertain their 4-H club boys and girls and their families at a picnic to On-the-Go Outfit r~7 v / A //Avtzl < \ xl I (Wh I \ 1 Ik '% LL I t Bw Wwt V I 1 . I i I < i 9182 ‘•A J: I I I V» • \ 12—20 inj ,

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be held in the Berne park Friday evening at six thirty o’dlock. Members and guests are asked to note the change of date. ’» ’ \ Jfrs. Dick Arnold will/be hostess to members of Eta Tau Sigma sorority Tuesday evening at eight o’clock. , " J The Better Homes club of Monroe will entertain the 4-H girls at a potluck supper at the Bluffton state park Tuesday evening at six thirty o’clock. Those desiring transportation are asked to call Mrs. Eva Brewster. • - *’.'- I— ■—— ■ — J-

\J. E. Ellsworth, of this city, Mrs. Nellie Myers* of Exeter, Cal., and M rs - Marie Ellsworth, of Or-j land. Cal, returned to Decatur from a visit through the east where they stopped at the home Os Mr. and Mrs. J. Bacon. They made , side visits to Gettysburg, Washington, Mt. Vernon and Valley Forge during their visit. I Mr. and Mrs, Ed Lose and children visited in DeCatur yesterday enroute to their hoipe in Richmono after spending a two week vaca-* tion at Crooked Lake. The Rev. John E. Chambers and family had as overnight guests Thursday the Rev. Keith B. SiAipson and family of Olney, 111. Mrs. Simpson is the sister of Mrs. Chambers, and Simpson is pastor of First Evangelical United Breth len church at Olney. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Rdpix of this city were guests of their sister-in law’ Mrs. Vioja Smitley, in Van Wert, Ohio, Thursday evening. Orval Banter of Linn Grove and Paul Gentis of Bluffton were Injured yesterday when a scaffold on which they were working gave ay and dropped them 10 or 12 feet The men were shingling the Raber residence in Rockcreek township. Wells county. Banter received a fractured right ankle and Gentis had his left leg fractured. Mrs. Robert Magley of Bluffton is a patient at the Clinic hospital in that city. Mr. and.; Mrs. Edward Bleeke and .family, of route five, are taking a two week vacation trip through the west. They will travel

jM M| ikr" mH 1 Herbert Hahn, 29, accused. j ; .-JWto.lirj. i T’ ■ n. r I Mrs. Ina Hahn asks divorce. 3

CHARGES ARE BEING PRESSED in a Newton, Mass., court against insurance salesman Herbert Hapn, with tobacco heiress Elizabeth Ellie King, a divorcee, accusing him of bilking her of $75,000 by threatening her with a "compromising” photo. As a result of the accusation, Hahn is being sued foxf divorce by his wife, Mrs. Ina Hahn, 1950 Wellesley college graduate, . (Intemational.Spundphoto)

Sa > tjw C ' m Eileen Pickering miEt irtvriY participants in the fifth annual all-women transcontinentalalr race from Santa Ana, CalJ? nftrnit AU2 15 win be the 24-year-old Dietrich twins of San Mateo, Cal., and Eileen Pickering, 25 Ref Pedro Cal former show girl whistler. The twins have been flying for more than seven years wen memters of a University of California flying team. Miss Pickering was third last year. (International]

as far as Wyoming and then visi k with relatives in Colorado. Fred Kintz, of Pontiac, Mich., spent two weeks here visiting with his .sister, Mrs. Joe Smith. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. White and children, of Valdosth, Gt., and Mr? and Mrs. Victor Skibh and children, of Salamanca. N. Y., returned to their homes this afternoon after a ten day visit with Mrs. H. Lankenau. Mrs. Arthur j- Suttles of this city and Mr. and Mrs. Edwards ot Leipsic, 0., will leave from Leipsic tomorrow for Lake Chautauqua, N.Y. Miss Bertha Heller will join them Tuesday for a wek’s stay. ' ' . ( \ . A Mr. and Mrs, Terveer and son Mike have returned to their home here after spending the summer at Indiana University, where Terveer was studying for his master’s degree. Mr. and Mrs. Harry -Massonne. 522 Cleveland street, are the parents of a baby son, born at 6:32 a m. today at the Adams county memorial hospital. He weighed S and one-half pounds. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kaehr aiy the parents of a baby girl, born at 9:10 a. m. today at the Adams county memorial hospital.

Tractor Winners To State Contest yhe Standard Oil company, along with all the implement dealers of Adams county, are sponsoring an expense free trip for Ed Marbach and Nolan Griffiths/ 4-H tractor Maintenance obstacle race course winners. 'This expense free trip will be to the state contest at Indianapolis August 30. These boys will compete in the state contest before the grandstand at 9:30. The winner of this contest will give a special performance at the coliseum and will receive an exchange trophy for one year, and a wristwatch to keep. Adams county implement dealers who are*making this 'possible are: Dierkes Implements, Ed Affolder & Son, JMorrison Farm Store. Riehle, Steffen Implement Co./ Berne Hardware, Felber Machine Stop, Mollenkopf & .Eiting, Inc.,, Craigville Garage, Hofstetter Brothers, Berne Farm Euipment, Adams County Co-Op.

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■*• w r i t . ; n ■ ■ls i wsffl W ■ W .-W- I ' | x MRS. MARVIN D. WATKINS was the former Miss Irene May Schwartz before ter recent marriage In the Pleasant Mills Methodist church. The Rev Jlarley T. Shady performed the double ring ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Schwartz, of Berne route one, are the bride’s parents ard the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Watkins of route six. The couple will make their home at 215 West Jefferson street in this city.—‘Photo by Edwards.

Home Ec Women To National Meeting r Meeting Next Week At Michigan State Home economics womett from Adams county rill attend the national home den (onstration council meeting at Michigan College, East Lar sing, Mich., August 15 and 16. A chorus compcsed of represen tatives from the home economics north of U.S. 40 will share the program with Edgar Guest, former po4t and humorist. The chorus is umjer \the direction bf Albert E. Stewart. \ I. - '1 Mrs. Clarence Kirnmer, newly elected president of Indiana home demonstration association, will accompany the Adams county group on the bus tb East Lansing. Sev erail more women can still make I for this trip—hr the coiinty extension office. The vatlons ishould be in the office by Monday noon. 1 The women planning to attertc} are: Mrs. Bert Haley. Mrs. Adolph Wiedler, Mrs. William Werling, Mrs. M. L. Sprungei, Mrs. Paul Beaty. Mrs. Albert Beineke. and Mrs. Edwin Bauman. The Adams county, chorus will be represented Martin J. Neuenschwander, Mrs. NllancJ Ochsenrider, Mrs. Alva Lawson Mrs. Paul Rich, Mrs. Edwih Stucky, Mrs. Martin Sprunger, and Mrs. Noble Reynolds. I pH Dismissed: Mrs. Donald Wait, Decatur; Joseph Killinger. Fort Wayne; Mrs. Sherman Gouid and baby son. Tocsin; Mrs.. Harland BurgVtt, Decatur; Mrk. Bruce Bricker and baby l>oy, city; Mrs. Raul Morales, Decatur; Mrs. Clarence Williams, Decatur; Mrs. Luther Burry and baby boy, Berne; Mrs. Marvin Sprunger baby girl, Berne; Richard Coyne, Monroeville; Mrs. Arnold Buuck and baby boy, Monroeville route two.

Sheriff Defendant In $15,000 Suit Indianapolis, Aug. 11.—(UP)— Mr. and Nfrs. Fred Abel of Indianapolis filed a $15,000 damage suit against Marioii county sheriff Dan W. Smith yesterday, charging thev were illegally jailed 16 hours. \ The Abels said they were put In jail without a hearing or an opportunity to furnish bond and kep’ for hours without legal counsel. Ju r j Commission Head To Accept Cut In Salary Fort Wayne, Ind., Aug. 11, — (UP)—State Rep. Paul C. Moellering, Chairman /Os Indiana’s newly-rreated ‘‘Little Hoover” commission, said today its director agreed to remain at a SI,OOO cut in salary.' Moellering said Noble R. Shaw. •Crawfordsville Republican. reabcepted the job as head of the Commission although the state budget committee this- week tiimmed Sha*’s salary from $8,500 to $7,500 a year. Shaw told Moellering the salary would be | ‘‘sufficient” and promised a survey “worthy of being used aft a basis for a thorough streamlining and reorganization of Indiana government by the 1953 state legislature.” Driver Cited For Traffic Violation One man is scheduled to appear in justice bf the peace court later today, cited there by state trooper Ted Biberstine on a traffic offense, and city police reported one minor accident investigated Fri day. The accident occurred on Monroe street, as the seventh car in a line waiting for the light at the Second and Monroe street intersection to change was rammed from behind by another car. The car operated by Joseph Doracke, of Glenview, 111., was rammed by one operated Iby Don Neuen, of Berne. Total admage was estimated at S7O. I ■ > James Delser, of Richmond, is scheduled to appear in justice court to answer the charge of passing another vehicle in a nopassing zone on U.S. 27 one mile south of the city. DEATH TOLL (Coßtlauea From P»<e O»e) ed car. “We tried to g€d him out but he was stuck too tiait and we couldn't make it.” saiq another marine. “The car was beginuing to burn froin the oil.”

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Three Children Are Drowning Victims Auto Overturned In Water-Filled Ditch Hammond, Ind., Aug. 11.-*-(UP) —Three children drowned early today when their parents’ car overturned In a ditch filled with water four feet deep. Rescuers worked frantically In darkness and succeeded in pulling the parents, Francis Myers, 35, 4950 South Wells St., Chicago and his wife, Bernice, 26, from the car. It was lying on its 4op after a collision with a car which police said was driven by Preston Singleton, 19, 3751 Lake Park Ave., Chicago, a laborer. ♦ The Myers are negroes; The dead children are Morris Myers, seven months; Irwin Lee, four years old, and bl|ver Center, 6. Irwin and Oliver were foster children of the Myers, police said. Singleton and Harold Jones, 19, attempted to find the children in the overturned car, but extricated them too late to save their lives. The Myers were brought St. Margaret’s* hospital in Hammond, where they are suffering from shock. > The ditch is along Calumet avenue, near a building site where widespread land filling operations have been in progress. Dismisses Charge Against Dillon ' .Prosecuting attorney Severin Schurger Friday filed a motion to dismiss charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, assault with intent and statutory rape against Eugene Dillon as he continued an investigation of the recent sex parties which already has resulted in numerous arrests. Schurger indicated that the investigation would continue for several weeks yet before he will be ready to make a final report. The arrests followed an investigation by sheriff Robert Shraluka and city police officers extending over a period of several weeks. If You Have Anything To Sell Try A Democrat Want Ad —lt Pays.

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< ; -je i ' . .. I — AN UNFORTUNATE BOOKIE “fails in the stretch," as his colleagues might say, in attempting to escape as, a couple of state’s attorney’s "handicappers” nail*him going through door of his establishment during a raid. Thirty persons did escape.' (International

CHURCH HEWS Trinity Church The' 60-minute religious soundfilm, “Again Pioneers,” will be shown Sunday evening at 7:30 at Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church. The film is being sponsored by the youth fellowship, and the young people will have charge of the devotional service. The story is as follows: ‘‘Ken Keeler, popular attorney of Fairview, was selected by a group of prominent citizens' to rid - the community of the menace of a ’shack-town’ of migrants on the city’s outskirts. A friendly, civicminded churchgoer, he did not realize that migrants are actually people until he met the Ashby family and was impressed by their simple honesty and desire for a permanent home. “Needled by the socikl conscience of hla daughter, nettled by his snobbish son. and nurtured, by the wise guidance of a home missions field ivorker, Ken’s own conscience develops so that he advises the citizens to deal with the migrants

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us neighbors instead of pariahs. “The dramatic development of this situation, the uproar that follows. and the lovable character of Ma Ashby make of- this film an unforgettable. Inspiring experience. ; Though the story’ centers around the one situation, its implications for the expansion of the home mission enterprise are as broad as the span of God’s love.” jiAll friends of the church are invited by the pastor, the Rey. John E. Chambers. Democrat Want Ads Bring Reawlti Rain or Shine Your Clothes , Will Look Fino if They Are Cleaned By KELLY’S DRY CLEANING PHONE 3-3202