Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 280, Decatur, Adams County, 28 November 1951 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By - THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO., INC. Entered at the Decatur. Ind., Post o®ce as Second Class Matter Dick D. Heller President A. R. Holthouse-Editor J. H. Heller ~1- Vice-President Chas. Holthouse Treasurer Subscription Rates: By Mail in Adams and Adjoining Counties: Ono year, $6; Six months, 13.25; 3 months, $1.75. ; By Mall, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties; One year, 17.00; _6 months, $3.75; 3 months, >2.00. By Carrier, 25 cents per week. ( Single copies, 5 centa

For the next three weeks you haven’t anything else to do except, to be on a Christmas shopping spree. 0 o Santa Claus will Arrive here \ Saturday afternoon and visit with the children. The .Christmas lights will be turned on in the evening and the town will be given over to the pre-observance of the most important day of the year. ' ' u* —-o— ■_ A Senate election committee is investigating the 1950 Ohio election campaign. Sen; Taft, who won a thumping victory over Joe Ferguson, will testify. Charges of excessive expenditures have lieen ’ made and denials from the other side have countered these Claims, with the result that the investigation will not prove anything not already known. It was an election in which Mr. Taft had the best organization and the most money and the tide rolled in his favor. o o . The religious significance of Christmas will fre enhanced and appropriately emphasised with the presentation' of “The’, Messiah.” by two choral groups in this part of the state. Next Sunday this historically famous oratorio; composed by George Frederick Handel in will be presented in the Quimby theater; in Fort Wayne by the Lutheran Choral Society, in our community, “The Messiah," be presented in Berne by the Mennonite Choral Society aext week. December 8 and 9. Persons who

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THIRTY-TWO finished the meal, and Mrs. Shepherd announced that she ~ would go directly to her room Peter could take Mollie home, but tie was to come right back. He had to report on duty at midnight, and cfiulci use some rest. "1 take good care of my boy,” she assured Mollie. :.j . - "1 see that you l"Go get her coat, dear,” she badft her son. Then ahe turned a flashing smile on Mollie. •'lt’S been • • wr-ttice," she said formally, was honored o . Z Mollie | murmured. | “You won’t delay him, will yon, Mollie? You must help me see •Xthat ne is taken care of.” She | smiled slyly, knowingly, a smile >. which put Mollie into her own age •-MBcfcet., both elderly women possessedof a maternal affection for this boy. Mollie well understood Nicholas' dislike of Mrs. Shepherd. What a—what a maaaper/; Career woman. Indeed! , ‘ \ *1 want yon to do something tat me, dear,” she was going on. “Yea?” "I want you to help me find a really good wife for Peter. I'm not like some mothers with an only son, even though I am widowed and alone. 1 want Peter to marry, and the sooner ne finds the right girl, the happier Til be." ; "And you want me to help,” ■aid Mollie in a wooden tone. "Yet, he seems to admire you bo much.” “Oh, do you think bo ?” "Oh, yea, that's evident. So maybe you could do more than I to guide him.” J “I'm afraid you flatter me." "No, and Pm .sure you’ll agree with me on the sort of girl Peter should have. Some sweet homebody, whose only thought win be for Peter.” "Not a career girl, then,” said Mollie. "I can see you disapprove of them.” Her tone was deadly 'sweet. ] . "I disapprove of them as wives,* agreed Mrs. Shepherd. “Unless, of course, they are the sort who are willing to give up their careers for marriage." Now her voice sweetened and with the same syrup which Mollie had used. "That would rule out any woman as successful as you are, of course.” She laughed shortly. "But then, you have your success!” Peter brought Mollie’s coat, emblem of her success as it was emblem of her failure this evening. and how v she had failed! If it didn’t hurt} so much to acknowledge that failure, she ftHUI iiaugh ;

have already engaged tickets for these notable performances have an evening in store that will greatly add to their Christmas joy. o o— _ The Defense Production Administration has alloted an extra 15,000 tons of steel for new school buildings and authorities believe it will be sufficient to meet emergency needs. The original Allotment was 96,000 tons and a survey' shows there are 1,400 school buildings under construction? in the nation. Five hundred more-are planned for the first quarter of next year. Congressional leaders placed schools on the top „qf the civilian list, hospitals ranking second. We must provide buildings-for our school children and for veterans and soldfers in defense areas, but as y ' 1 sooti as military demands for steel slack off, it is hoped that church building can also get underway in the many comihunities, Decatur, where new edifices are planned. . . • —o—o . J \ 'Roger Lowell Putman, a successful New England industrialist, wbos-hus been given the job of j economic stabilization director, succeeding Eric Johnston, is described as a capable executive. Pres|l reports tell of his success in'- tjhte manufacturing and labor fields. H|? is credited, with being a for the five-day week and profit sharing plans with his employes,. The test of his ability 1 and will come in the j. controversial stabilizer’s post. Putlfian struck a high note and protrgbly gave, expression to his

at thia evening. It would make a l wonderful story to tell Nicholas. ! He would enjoy it entirely, being . of g gruesome turn of humor. Sped never tell it to him, howi ever. He’d be so pleased! He was I the I one who had spoiled her for I an/J understanding of or by the Mrs. Shepherds of the world. Had he done that deliberately . Rater tucked Mollie’s hand Into i of MS'arm, patted it comi pardonably and they left the hotel, i Moßie held close against his brown tweed overcoat, the cloth rough r' am'smeßing richly of tobacco. It was the beginning of the sols lowing week that the Ormond ■ child became Mollie’s patient. At - first acqugamtance, he looked like ! a» interesting case, but gave no • promise of the complications he wag to stir up for Mollie, in both I het;personal and her professional . . ltfe. ; : It wasn’t aven a puzzling ■ case, Before she ever saw the boy himself, Mollie was prepared to make a diagnosis. History, Xrayfc, tests, symptoms, of “rheumatic! pain" and tenderness in the i joint—and lately fever. "Any accident Involving the knee?” she asked the Resident. "Ho, doctor. That is, the family can£ remember any such injury.” Mollie nodded. "He probably did butt his knee however," she said. ’Tljriook at him." I ' "Yes, doctor," said Dr. Ragsdale. Her heart sank when she saw the child. Patients, incfitidually, make no difference to your ideal doctor, but where was such an ideal to be found? In such intent young men, perhaps, as the tall Resident standing behind her, but not-in Mollie Brooks, though she did. her best to forget the beauty and the appeal of this boy. He had a friendly manner, an alert intelligence, bright, black-lashed brown eyes, a sweep of bronzecolored hair on his brow 1 . He asked as njany questions of Mollie as she did of him and she left the ward, shaking her head. - | "It’s a tough one,” she told the Resident. cancer,” he said coldly. Mollie looked up at him; he should be in the movl es, she thought irrelevantly. Tall, dark, chiseled profile—his super-interest in hjs work and only in his work. •Things ; shouldn’t happen to a golden boy tike that,” she told the young doctor earnestly. "Things hqpe happened to Johnrebuked her. + . . 5 , ••

inner thoughts when quoted after his appointment, “It is my job to keep this staff strong so that we in AmericA may be the guiding light for freedom everywhere.” The new director explained that the free world leans on the econonricx stability of the United States, and with that conviction

he seems to be a man who can lead the country in maintaining a sane economic program. At least, he should be given a spotting chance to make good. o <j Smuggled Smoke:— The longest unfortified international border in the world Is a source of great pride for citizens of both Canada and the United States It is a border without fences, guns or troops, a J border across which citizens of the two nations can walk with no ‘more formalities than a statement of citizenship and a declaration that v no contraband is being carried. Such an easy, open border has drawbacks, however, and one of them is the difficulty of preventing smuggling. A note from Ottawa says that Canadian customs officials are seizing about a million contraband American cigarettes every month. Cigarettes are much higher in price on the Canadian side of the border, mostly because of taxes, than on the United States side. There is a handsome profit in taking the smokes into Canada without paying duties and taxes. . . Smuggling of this nature could be stopped at the borders only byft rigid policy of thorough inspection of every person and vehicle, under which a border would no . longer be easy and friendly. But there is another way to stop or \ any other illicit trade, and that way is /or the people to refuse to buy the illegal goods. Every illegitimate commerce depends on the willingness of people to become a party to "conspiracy agaihst the law for the sake of saving a few pennies or obtaining something, otherwise hard, to come by.

Mothe shook her head. "You'll i learn, Ragsdale.” T hope not,” he said crisply. Mollie braced her shoulders. “Are his family . . “They're in the sun room. I’ll tell them your diagnosis, if you like.” Mollie frowned. "They— ’’ said Ragsdale slowly, not sure how far he could go with .this Staff. “They insist that Johnny has growing pains.” “1 see. And a woman doctor would . .” "I’m afraid so, Dr. Brooks." "Well, then, come with me.” There were times, of which this was one, when Mollie regretted her abandonment of the shellframed glasses and her severe hairdo. There were times when aQ the panoply of Floor Head preceding her, a starchy Resident behind her, her own white linen coat and the stethoscope about her neck, couM not overcome the fact that this “doctor” was also a young woman with golden bangs upon her forehead and freckles across her nose. There were three people in the small sun room, a man and woman, and an older woman who was the boy’s grandmother. -The Floor Head introduced Mollie to them. “Dr. Brooks,” he said crisply, ’ls our orthopedic surgeon. She has examined your son and wants to discuss his case with you Will you need me longer, Dr. Brooks?” Mollie's eyes flashed her thanks for his attempt. She included the Head in her smile. “You may go on with your other work." She turned again to the anxious members of Johnny’s family, well •ware that their deepest anxiety lay tn the fact, that she was a woman. Disapproval, if not actual distrust, of a female doctor, was familiar enough to Mollie. She found it best to Ignore the question if possible. She closed the door into the hall, came back and drew a chair up to face the couch on which the three Ormonds sat. She looked down at the chart board she carried, looked up. "I’m afraid I don’t have good news for you,” she said quickly. "1 am sure nothing will be gained by delay in telling you that Johnny’s trouble appears to be bone can* cer.” She waited. She heard the mother’s sobbing bteath, the father’s growl—and the grandmother’s sniff of disbelief. "I never heard of cancer ia • cklld that age!”, (To Be Conttnuedj

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I Ago I TODAY ° \ - Nov. 28.—E. J. Gallmeyer, Fort Wayne postmaster, will give the principal address at the Decatur postofficc dedication. The Rev. B. H. Franklin re turns from hunting trip with two deer which he shot. The party got six. Robert E. Proctor of Elkhart will be a candidate for the Demo cfatic nomination for governor of Indiana next year. H. W. Sellemeyer returns from a visit in New Bremen, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. John Judy of .Fort Wayne were guests of Dick Burdg and family over Thanksgiving. The Curtismen outscore the Monroeville basketball team, 30 to ? 0 • -p I Moder h Etiquette I ( BY ROBERTA LEA l‘ 0 : 0 Q. Is it proper to wipe off the tableware in a restaurant with the napkin? A. Certainly not! This is an act insulting to any reputable proprietor and usually inexcusable. If you do happen to get hold of a dbubt- ’ ful” piece of silver, quietly call

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t Household Scrapbook | | BY ROBERTA LEE 0 0 Brown Sugar Brown sugar requires moisture or It will cake. The refrigerator hi a good place to keep it. It it does cake, soften by putting ini-i a bag and wrapping a damp doth around it. Or, roil on a board with the rolling pi»Llnoleum Treatment On washday, ' before the linoleum floor, add the leftover starch to ihe water. It.will give a brilliant gloss to the linole'Wß. _ '-£ Postage Stamps ft stamps have become stuck to- ’ g<Mr, plsee them under a thin jrfMf df p»i>er gBA run a hot iron tAa paper very lightly. Jhe> *lll (Ms fibtwe »J*art readily. MASONIC Md4T fer Masons, Ifter gnß MMr* families Thwwsmw, Mar, & ' Leu* BwMMr $• wsWs. ■--SNNSr Z5 Z % Dtaewont on WTXTZR COftrft s / 4 Price on Fail Millinery E. F. GASS STORE