Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 294, Decatur, Adams County, 14 December 1951 — Page 2

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SOCIETY \ : I'■ The Decatur Hairdreseer’s Association meeting will be held at seven o’clock Wednesday evening with Cleora Daniels, j Gecode Clubs Christmas party wiU be held WedneeiUy evening at six o’clock at the Moose Homa. Price for the dinner will be SI.SS and there will be a fol exchange. Members who plan to attend must make reservations early Monday morning with Dorothy Schafer at the G. E. j Friday evening at seven thirty o’clock the Victory class of Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church will have its Christmas, party in the church basement. Mr. and Mrs. Chalmer Barkley will be In charge. A fifty dent gift exchange will be held fbr\ the adults and members shoaM-bring gifts for their children. —; — ; .. - - 25% Discount on WINTER COATS Li Price on Fall Millinery E. F. GASS STORE

Otflcl.l. tl tie V.r.W. jwt and auxiliariae have asked membars who plan to attend the party Sunday to note that the dinrier will be potluck and they are asked to bring table service. * , -i The Catholic Ladies of Columbia wiU have a Christmas party Turv day evening with a dinner at slx thirty o’clock, followed by a fifty cent gift exchange. Members who have not been contacted by their chairman ire asked to make reearvatloas by calling Mrs. Jerome Coffee, 3-3675, npt later than Monday noon. Miss Rosemary Spangior will be hostess to Our Lady of Fatima discussion Club Monday evening at eight o’clock. There will be a fellowship supper in the Salem’ Methodist church basement Monday evening at six, thirty o’clock for members and friends of the church, The Jolly Housewife Home Ec club will have an all day meeting Thursday in the Pleasant Mills Methodist church basement. A potluck dinner will be served at noon. This will be th* Christmas party

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fight against the “whiite plague.” The sale is coeductsd by the Adems county ’ tuberculosis assoclation. and a one dollar gift exchange will be MM. ■ ' ‘ . 'i ( u—— 1 ' The Loyal Daughters class of , Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church wiU have their annual potluck supper and Christmas «s> ■ change at the home of Mrs. William Dellinger Tuesday evening at Six thirty ©’dock* The excavators of Pompeii found a well-equipped soap factory in the ruins of the ancient city. >

Christmas Program At Christian Church To Precast Program ; On Sunday Morning The junior church Christmas program of the First Christian church will be presented Sunday morning following the regular worship service.l The program is as follows: 3 - Devotioeals—Judy Rhodes, Judy WarthmanWelcome—Allen * Nicest Time of the Year—Jann lee Heller. A Christmas , Gift to Myself— Keith Stucky. The Bells—Randy Drum. v Christmas Stocking — Danny Wooley, John luniger. I; A Believer —Jon Faulkner. We Wonder —Nursery Class. ChrtstmM Randles — Sandra Strickler. Away Ir a Manger — Junior Church Group. i ‘ I’m Growing Bigger — Jeanie heller. The Blanket—Diane Rhodes. ■I Remarks—Rev. J. M Bhrkey. ■ * Offering Room For Jesus—DeWaya* Fifer. It Depends on th* Gift Bobby Anderson, Cindy Confer. Don’t Leave Christ Out of Christ mas —Mike Warthman. ! My Prayer—Marcia Jeesup. 7 The Lamps—Beginner’s Class. I Wonder—Sue Strickler. My Gift—Sue Whrthman. \ An Ancient Legend — Judy Rhodes. } .My Song—Glenda SchHderer. > Lfaften to the Bells — Primary .Boys. A Traveller —Judy WurthHeart’s a Manger—Leah Musser, , Otir Hearts Are The Candles — iMmary Girls. * My Hands —JTfnmy Anderson. Benediction —Gerald Strickler. Miss Ruby Miller, former resident of thih city, has gone to Loe Angeles, Cal., where she will make her home. Mr. and Mrs. J. Wprd Calland will leave Monday for Hanover, 1 ‘NTH., where they will spend thu. Christmas holidays with the Charles Camp family.' gfflE * Mr. and Mrs. Paul Harden are *.he parents of a baby girl, bora at 's:4b a. m. today at the Adams memorial hospital. She weighed 'Y pounds, 12Vi ounces. :

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20 Years Ago ] ' TODAY \o— — — —— — r Dec. 14.—Congress convenes and Senator Wagner of New York offers rogolutiou to spend two billion dol||rs for. public works to aid tia Sinemplyment situation. zThe tovs of Wren, 0., will dedicate th* new town hall Wednesday. The Good Fellows fund is SBB. L. E. Archbold, county agent, moves Me offices from the cour ♦ house to the. sub-basement of the new, postoffice building. Ott» Holl* of Union township wins the man’s corn shelling contest at the eor* chow and Ncab Yake wins first in the boys’ contest. t All local store* will be kept open evenings from now until Christmas eve. Household Scrapbook] f BY ROBERTA LEK i o ( -4 Paintings If one is going away for a lone time. It is a good idea to cover the oil paintings with cheesecloth. This will prevent any dirt or dust from grinding into them and injuring the fabric of the painting. Suede Shoes Suede shoes should be brushed thoroughly with a stiff brush every day, to keep them attractive A small vegetable brash is excellent for this purpose. /j \ The Grater Clean the grater with a vegetable brush. Grate a raw potato over the area used to grate cheese or lemon rind. It rinses off easily leaving the grater clean. .1 — 0_ , A I Modern Etiquette | | BY ROBERTA LEE I 0— ; —0 Q. How do guests at a house or woekend party ascertain when they are expected to arise in the morning? A. It is up to the hostess to let them know when to arise, and when breakfast and the other meals are to be served. The tactful guest usually can acquaint himself very easily with the general routine of the home. Q. Is it all right to stay at a wedding reception fat only 15 or 2d minutes? A. Yes, this is quite all right. t BRt be sure you have spoken to the bridal couple—congratulations to the bridegroom, best wishes to the bride. Q. When should the host seat himself at the dinner table? A. The host should always be the last person to take Ms seat The hostess is first.

Illinois Man Found Guilty Os Slaying '■ ' \ Convicted In Death Os 17-Year-Old Gid Urbana, 111., Doc. <4 — (U/) — Andrew Parmer, 37, today 1 was found guilty of the Maying of pretty, 17-y ear-old Janet dark who was raped, garroted with two reck ties and stabbed with an awl 45 times. The jury . fixed his sentence at 149 years. The verdict was returned at L4J a. m. (O8T) after nine hours and 15 minutes of deliberation. Parmer received the verdict in stoney silence, but he later appeared near collapse and had to be helped from the courtroom. The court set Jsa. 7 for hearing a motion for a new trial. Parmer will be confined in the Champaign county jail pending hearing of the motion. Janet’s body wm found last July 20 on the floor of her home. It was nude ekcept for the necktie around her throat.- z A line of stab marks from the awl woe pitched ia her body from the chest to the abdomen. The state contended Parmer actually had cut a design in her body with the awl when he reaUfed she was still olive after the attempts to strangle her with two necktiesState’s' attorney John J. Bresee dwelt hbavily on this ia his closing remarks to the jury yesterday. "The hand of providence,’’ Bresee said, “seised the hand of the murderer as he started stabbing and providence told him, mark your initial? The stab wounds show the initial ”P” • — the initial of "Pete” Parmer.’ Parmer testified that he was home sleeping off the effects Os a drinking spree with Janet’s father, Paul E. dark, 17, at the time that Janet wsa killed. His wristwatch ; was found at the murder scene. He contended that he had lost it the night before during the tavern tour with Clark. However, Parmer was identified by Mrs. Floyd Chandler as the mau she saw in the neighborhood of the Clark home at the time of the slaying early in the morning. V'Parmer is the father of thfo children. , | t J Average weekly earnings of pjrod tret ion workers in the auto industry was $73.25 in 1950 for an average work week of 41.2 hours, seconding to the Automobile Manufactures Association.. This compares with an average of &&J7 for 38.9 hours in 1949. ’! IT You Haye Anything To Sei! Try a Democrat Want AC —lt Pays

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