Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 242, Decatur, Adams County, 13 October 1951 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT PuhtMed Bvery Evening Except Sunday By TH® DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO n INC. * BnUred at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office aa Second Qaaa Matter Dick D. Heller- President A. R. Holthouse Editor J. H. Heller,XVice-President Cha*. Holthouae -— Treasurer Subscription Rates: By Mall In Adains and Adjoining Counties: One year, |6; I Sta months, 3A35; 3 months, 1175. By Mail, beyond Adams And Adjoining Counties; One year, (7.09; 6 months, 33.76; 3 months, 33.00. By Carrier, S 5 cents perweak- Single copies, 5 cents.

City officials are planning an open ho»»e at the new water softening plant next weekend. The public is invited to Inspect the place and witness the process which removes chemical hardness from the water and then softens It for bath and general household use. *" o o Breakfast in bed is a luxury of which a soldier may dream, hut if his dream carries over reveille he is likely to have his ears chewed by a sergeant At oae military base, however, a new policy pCP ■ mils a soldier to remain in bed on his birthday and even to hate his breakfast served by, of all people, a sergeant. • 1 —•—o o r Unemployment claims in the > state dropped 500 last week, leveling off at_lS,os£, a low point. With all the work there is to do, We don’t see why there are that . many persons without a joix Spread over the 92 counties in the state the average unemployed Is ‘ less than 200, no doubt much of it being due-to seasonal employ- * • ' if ■ ment. V -. -r o o The Indiana Republican organization is almost solidly behind Senator Tass for the presidential ,nomination. The candidacy of tire ' Ohio senator has been endorsed by Former Governor Gates, Former U.S. Senator Willis and set- . eral former state chairmen, along with lesser lights tn the state organization. It appears that the Taft band wagon is drumming * along in high gear, supporters of “Mr. Republican,” wishing to pre-

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. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE i I “A HOUSE with just women in It is Kind of comfortin' ” was Mary ; Gallagher’s only reference to tier 1 widowed state. She and Laura had gone to the grave in the bleak I little cemetery one warm Sundriy. I “I reckon we'd ought to put him up a 7 .rock with his name on it, 1 but they cost terrible,** Mary Gal- I ‘ iagher said. -So Laura had ordered a plain stone and been pleased by her : . mother's sample pride in it. AU about, the rolling foothill country was quiet, contented, at peace. Laura trted to see it as those early Gallaghers had seen it, rough Irishmen roistering down * out at Pennsylvania, or her mother*S family, the Poles, indentured servants freed erf their bonds in Virginia —simple people, unlettered, but able to cope with the wilderness. Had she been reckless to try to thrust herself up from ' this beginning, or was she a piece £ of ths Waste courage and growth of a country that would not team - how to cleave to caste and humility, would not bo afraid? In that rarer upper atmosphere safety abode foe women. Obviously for the precious, the protected, there was somewhere a breaking point. Mary Gallagher stirred, grunting a tittle, twisting her arms around each other. She said, “You'd ought to get all the rest , you can if you're bound to go back to that job.** “What can I do but go back?" Laura asked pathetically. “Nothing, I reckon,” her mother agreed “It wouldn't advantage you none to stay around here. You needn't to worry about me, unless I take a stroke or something.” i. “I wish,” Laura sighed, “that my fife were as ordered as yours is. Mother. I wish 1 could be as contented as you are.” “What I've got now is better than what I had,” commented Mary. “That’s ail contentment is In this world, having things get a little better.” A group of mill hands came whooping up the highway, tussling and pushing one another off the ,/ road a oar stopped suddenly. La was on her feet quickly. The gate dragged back, scraping the muddy, ground, but than were two figures coming up the slope. She heard the voice of a child. ■ In the soft dark she knew him “ then, even before he called, “Hl, Gallagher!* -- 'She took two quick steps, then waited. He was hurrying. The id beside him began to trot, ■! babbling sKOitodly, talking ite •

vent any move by party leaders in V.the direction of General Eisenhower. The Indiana delegation •will largely be for Taft in 1952, I ■ * | Despite shortages in metals And some building materials, it is durprising to note the number of . :J' ' I • 1 I new Rouses being built in and ground Decatur. Americans like tpeir homes and modern improvements. Once the war preparedness period i$ over, or peace comes to the world, house building will take on major proportions. We would like -to see a ciuiple years when nothing inter ferred with the building of churches, schools; \ public buildings and dwellings. This part of the country would become a boom spot on the map. o • q • , ;; . ' | \ ■ God And Nations:— A godless nation, like a godless mhn, must frequently know a lonely feeling. A godless nation raises its children to aspire to earthly blessings, often no more, than mere satisfaction of animal needs. It Is not necessary to look ‘ far among .the of the world to find thbse which answer thifr description. ’ j .1 The nation which can kneel in humility before God is not immediately perfect. Countries are made up of men, and confusion and error sometimes jobscurb the paths over which inen move. But . in the country tqat honors God there is at least m admission of Its own imperfections and a com1 ;i ■ • 1 8 1 parison of its human failures with the absolute goodness of the Diviniu America has ah ray'd been a na-

strange tongue. ' H ]' Laura said, “Hello, Jim. You're just in time. I was starting back i tomorrow.” | - i He took both her hands. “Hello, 1 Laura. We found the place at last, 1 Lhura,.this is Pepa.” i The little girl approached timid- i ly, said something anxious! Spanish to which Eliot made soft i reply. 1 “She doesn’t know much English yet. Say, 'Hello, Laura,’ Pepa.” I The ?hild was too shy, and 1 pressed her face against the leg ] of Eliot's trousers. < "Your daughter, Jim V* Laura asked, a bit taken aback arid uncertain. ■ . ■ t \ “My wife’s daughter. Legally I could still claim her, so X brought her with me for a little visit. She's fond of me, and things weren’t too good out there for a little girL" Mary Gallagher shuffled down. “Fetch your company into the house, Laura," she ordered. “Is this that fetier ?” l "This is Jim Eliot. My Mother, Mm Gallagher, Jim.” “And this is Pepa, who speaks practically no English. How are you, Mrs. Gallagher?” <• “You look better,” he remarked. "The rest has done you good, Laura. This is a coat, Papa. Coat .„;«re take it off, see?" “She's a nice little thing,” Laura said. “Do sit down, Jim. Mother's getting some milk for the little girt” ' [ ' . He was studying a framed picture on the wall. "Laura. I had to : ?bnng her. Things were tough out there. Her grandmother did O best she could for her, but they were poor and Maria wasn't interested—my wife, 1 mean.” “Os course you bad to bring her, Jim. Can you keep her? Os course if she isn’t your own child you might not want to keep her.” He looked at her levelly. “That’s up| to you.’Laura,** he said. “I won’t be tree till April. You may have made up your mind you don't to marry me When I am free, and till then I can’t even ask you honorably.” i ‘ I “1 haven’t made up my mind yet, Jim. Vve been trying," Laura said faintly. “I have been trying.” ’’You've got three months," he rejnladed het. “Maybe you wouldn’t mind helping me pick out a house meanwhile, ril have to get somebody to take care of Pepa. Shu's almost six, but she’s too tittle to leave alone and she can’t go to school till She learns Qje language... Oh. thank you. Mrs. Gallagher. Say pracuw, Pepa! Gracias, SoMora. She hasn’t been ttbgbt anything at all/' ba

t ion which profeeeed |t» belief in God. The first settlers knelt on the soil and thanked God before they plowed and planted. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were drafted with the idea that the rights guaranteed to man issue from God. America. Is a land of many religions and forms of worship, existing side by side in mutual respect and toleration. People practising thfir individual religions according to the dictates of conscience are part of a great spiritual strength, which will survive the challenge of those who reject the spiritual in favor of the material. # \ •It—o——o The Roosevelt Story:— A motion picture company has secured the rights to make the motion picture story of Franklin D; Roosevelt. The company has assigned a number of research experts to delve into the early history of the late President. Studio officials say that it will be at least three years before the picture will appear. Holywood has often been accused of doing only the most superficial biographies of the personalities it has portrayed in pictures. A picture made so soon after the death of a man so well known to the public will have to be accurate. Even the most bitter of the late President’s opponents would haVp to qdmit that his life contained the material for a highly dramatic movie. His early career, his fight against the infantile paralysis which left him partially' crippled for life, his rise to the presidency at a time when his country was in the throes of a depression, bis place at the head of the nation during the greatest war in history are almost too much to include in any one dranta. .A. well made movie of his life should be more than mere entertainment. It should serve as a useful supplement to the history of the tin es in which Roosevelt lived.

worneo. Mary decided that her feet hurt and tried to persuade Pepa to stay with her and go to bed, but the tittle girl clung to Eliot’s hand with the fear of abandonment shaip in her deep, dark eyes. And so the three of them went down to the car, Pepa self-consciously smoothing her red coat as she perched between them. “There are only three stores," Laura said, “and one belongs to the company—the cotton-mill people, I mean. It would be our best chance probably.” “Would they have a Christmas tree and stuff to put on it? She’s never had one.” “We can see. Turn right here, Jim." They chose the least dreary of two small, misshapen trees that a hillman patiently displayed on the wide plank porch of the company store. “Take her over there, Jim, while I get some little things to put on the tree. Jim, you're staying, of course. Mother has two beds tn separate rooms. You can have my bed, but there’s no plumbing.” “Why, if it’s all right with your mother—we don’t wantto put her to any trouble, Laura.” “She’d be insulted if you didn’t accept her hospitality. She's got a hen ready to bake and apple pies made. I was planning to take the late bus tomorrow but—• “Swell! Here...” He handed her a bill. *i*Get anything you can* find. Glass jiggers and tinsel and stuff. We can start back tomorrow afternoon. You don't think rm crazy to do this, Laura?” She looked at him soberly. She looked at him and did not see John Blayde, she did-not see Harrison; she saw a boy, younger than she, true, but ages older in enduring, in surviving. She saw decision and a kind of ruthlessness that matched her own bright impudence. her determination and the recklessness that would not let the world put her down. She saw tendernes s—she, Laura Blayde, who had been so long without tenderness — and she saw a kind of nobility of character that she would not affront by applause. She said simply, “1 think you’re doing what any decent person who had the opportunity would be glad to do, Jim, and I’ll help you all I can." “You," said Jim Eliot devoutly, "are a wonder woman, Laura — Laura, darlinv.” “I didn’t bear that,” said Laura calmly. “I won’t hear it, not till April.’' \ (Ta Be CantinueAJ _ _

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Annual Country Fair At Church L Opening Monday The-annual Country fair of the Metholist IVomen’s Society \will get Monday evening. The auction will begin i Monday at 7 p.in. in the* large Itent to be erected on the church lawn, and W. F. Beery, manager will be in charge. The Kent Realtyi company will be the, auctioneers. \ Tuesday evening the ’ men of the chfurch wil Iprepare a dinner which Will he served 5 p.m? Anyone not having previously secured tickets for the may obtain them ( at the door. main features of- the menu ijwill be ham and chicken. The I bazaar will be conducted the chUrch will prepare a dinner’ the d4y on Thursday ahd Friday., A larg® list of interesting articles will b 4 for sale. During the Thursday aid Friday noon and evening period! lunches will be served in the dicing room. . ■ The | public is invited to attend any: or lfll of these events. * F‘ i V- ' o 20 Years Ago i TODAY o—t— 0 —t— 0 The Hkiily Democral publishes a 24-page special for Dairy Day witn bargains offered by Decatair mer chants- on Wednesday. TheH. P. Schmitt Dodge sedan, stolen ii from in front of his residence tWo months ago, is believed to have been recovered by sthte police.? George C. Cole, state superintendent . of public instruction, meets kith Adams county trustees at the-office of county superintendent Cliff Striker. j The Renowned band of Bohumir Kryl, 35 pieces will give a concert at| the community auditorinin in Berne October 24. Democratic party leaders start cammpaign to raibe a fund of $ 1,500,300' to finance the big campaign Os 1932. , * A ' ttemendous crowd is attend ing the’ Dairy Day celebration here today. L’ To Organize Class At Zion Lutheran ■l'-' Monday evening, a special class will be; organized at the partan hall o 4 Zion Lutheran church on West street, which has an appeal f to the people of Decatqr who have nb church are membels of a church but would like m(|re training in Biblical knowledge, \|ind who are interested |n learning the fundamental truths of Hol]f Scripture as taught by the Luther&n church. “What Does The Bible Stay?” is the text-book which will b 4 used> .together with the Bible ifself in the one and one half hour classes to be conducted by pditbr of the church, the Rev. Edgar jP, Schmidt. There is no cost involved, nor are there obligations assumed. The class is intended ;Us a forum of Christian teaching- and is open to the general public. The Organization meeting will be held atrT:3o Monday evening in the east classroom of Zion's new parish hall. These are some of Vhe questions to bo considered: Where did we'/get our Bible? How much of .the fjiible is inspired? Is there really |>nly one true God? What is original sin? What will happen to me 1 die? i i The Dan” .in Jordan, \river of Biblical fame, conies from tjie same Dan as||U the phrase, “Dan to Beersheba.’*; Once these two settlements marked the northern and southern UhiiU 4t FalSoUne.

IMWWMBa 7 \ • c *• Rupert at Baer Field Pfc. Donald L. Rupert, son of Harvey Rupert of Monroe, a member of the 122nd aircraft control and warning squadron, Baer Field radar unit, went on active duty last Tuesday. He will •be stationed at Baer Field for the present. Naw Address 1 Following is the new address for Pvt. Jack U Welch: 1218234, Plathen 312. C Co. srfi Recruit Marine Batt., .Marine Corps Recruit Depot; San Diego, 40, Cal. ,

SALE CALENDAR OCT. 13—J. D. Parker, Albion, Ind. Duroc hogs; Roy S. Johnson & Son, Aucts. • OCT. 13—Mrs. Georgia \Sheely, Auburn, Ind. A Fine Suburban Modern Home and 3 acres of Land, Household Goods and Antiques. 12:34) P. M. I Midwest Realty Auction Co., J. JT. Sanmann, Auctioneer. OCT. 13—1:30 *p. m. C. E. Hocker residence, First street, Household goods auction. D. S. Blair and Gerald Strickler, auctioneers. C. W. Kent, Sales Manager. | •. ' ’ OCT. 16—Kenneth Ober, 4, milt north of] Garrett, Ind., on No. 327, then 144 mile west. Well improved 80-acre farm and personal property. 11:00 a. m. Midwest Realty Auction Co., J. F. s . Sanmann, Auct. \ I OCT. 16 —10:30 a. in. Clara L. McCormick and Clara L- McCormick, administratrix of\ Lewie McCormick estate. 2 miles north of Bluffton on State Road No. 1. 52 acre farm and personal property. Ellenberger Bros., Auctioneers. OCT. 16 —Theo. “Ted” Lepper, 3 miles east of Hoagland. Holstein cattle sale. Roy S. Johnson & Son & Melvin Liechty, aucts. OCT. 17 —7:00 p. m. Dick Ellenberger and Jesse Ellenberger. Dairy Heifers. miles east of Bluffton on Road No. 124. Dale, Bob, Hermie. Aucts. OCT. 19 42:00 p m. WALTER Neff. lA4 miles oast ofHoagland, then 1 mile north or % mile south of the Flatrock church on the \ Franke road. General farm sale. Roy & Ned Johnson and ' Melvin Liechty, Aucts. OCT. 19 - Valley Farms. Paulding. Ohio. Duroc hogs. Roy S. Johnson . & Son, Aucts. 7:00 P. M. , OCT. 20 —42;30 p. m. Russel & Marie Hoelle, Community Restaurant, South Street, Monroeville. Household goods. Glenn Ci? ; ' . Merica, Auct. \ ; OCT. 20 —12:30 p. in. Mrs. Joel Dehman, 1 mile east and % mile north , of Berne or t’a miles south and 44 mile east of Monroe,. 60 t , i acre farm and personal property. Jeff Liechty. auct. OCT. 22 —Donald Burkhart, 6% miles east and 1 mile north of Geneva, r Aberdeen Angus cattle. Roy S. Johnson 1 & Son & Melvin Liechty, Aucts. OCT. 24—VS. C. Cllftoh & Spn, 44 mile west of Wren, Ohio. General farm sale. Roy S; Johnscin & Son & Melvin Liechty, Aucis. OCT. 26—OBenj. Davison, 6 miles'north of Columbia City, Ind. General' farm sale. Roy S. Johnson &, Son & Melvin Liechty, aucts. OCT: 27—1:30 p. m. Fern Rowslier, Exedutrix, Frederick C. Hoeneisen estate, 822 W. Adams St., Decatur. Furniture. The Kent Realty & Auction Co. G. Strickler, D. S. Blair, aucts. C. • W. Kent, sales mgr. > . OCT. 87 Glen Hirschy & Wm. Alfather, 4 miles east of Decatur on j ■ road 101. Complete closing outgfarm sale. Roy S. Johnson! & Son & Melvin Liechty. Aucts. OCT. 29 —Dr. G. W. Ides, Fort Recovery, Ohio. 90 registered Holstein ' cattle. Roy >S. Johnson & Son, Aucts. OCT. 30—Dr. G. W. Liee, Fort RecoveryL O. 2 farms, 380 acres, all ■ / farm Implements, feed, crops, e|tc. Roy S. Johnson & Son & Melvin Liechty, Aucts. “ NOV. *l— Bell & Stoutenberry, 2 miles east of Decatur. Registered Hol- • stein ekttl« sate. Roy S. Johnson & Son. & Melvin Liechty, Auctioneers. v '. h NOV. o—Benj. H- Miller, 4 miles east, 1 mile north of Berne. Disposal sale registered Ayreshire cattle. Roy S. Johnson & Son & Melvin Liechty, Aucts. NOV. 3-42:00 p. m. The Ludwick Grain & Coal Co., Selma, Ind. Elevat- | or The Kent Realty & Auction Co. G. Strickler, D. S. ' Blair, aucts. C. W. Kent, sales}

jO November 6th BUT BUY YOUR ANTI-FREEZE NOW! . ■ ■■. 1. ■ ' 4- 'm Gay's Mobil Service I CORNER 13th &MONROE STS. I .-1 • ■ .... •. \ • ; • . t r L .1. i

To Hold Banquet At Farm Bureau Meeting There will be a 4-H achievement banquet in connection with the Washington township Farm Bureau meeting Tuesday night al the aker school. Turkey for a potluck supper, to be served at 6:30 p.m., will be provided and those attending are requested to bring table service. | h 4—H members and their families are invited to attend. Films ot the 4—H fair held in Monroe win be shown at the meeting. A pet and hobby project for children will he heldAmish Confer With ' State School Heads Amish leaders from Adams county werfe members of a five-county delegation which called on the state board of education yesterday to dis>cuss problems of 1 curriculum in AnYish parochial schools. The\group proposed to set up their own schools, finding conflict with the. state curriculum. They object to the teaching of biology because such theories as evolution conflict with their interpretation of the Bibical account of the creation of man. David J. Yoder, spokesman for the group said, “With us, our religion is inseparable with a day's work, a night’s rest, a meal, or any other practice; therefore, our education can much less be separated from our religious practices.” To Organize Preble Department Tuesday Final plan? for the organization ot the Preble volunteer fire department will bq made Tuesday night at a meeting of members and property owners at the Adams Central high school, Glen Patterson announced today. -George Bultemeier, chairman of the membership committee, will report. Memberships are available at $25 a share, entitling members to free service

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in case of file. Residents within a six-mile radius of Preble are invi|ed to attend the meeting and become members ot the volunteer department, Patterson said. The organisation has al-

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ready negotiated for a truck and a building to house the vehicle, it wae stated. Final plans for purchase of the truck and organization of personnel will be mad<| at the Tuesday meeting. ■' r, : ■ ■ . *