Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1951 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By , THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CQ.. INC. i Entered at the Decatur. Ind., post Oyioe m Second Olasf Matter ' ■ , Dick D. Heller-—President 4. R. Holthouse L Editor J. H. Heller “ VJce-Prssideui Chas. Holthouse.a^,,— Treasurer Subscription Rates: By Mail In Adams and Adjoining Counting: Ono year. M; ' - ' Six months, $3.25; 3 months, 11.75. ’ r* / >■ By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties; One year. LI |7.00; 6 months. $3.75; 3 months. $2.00. \ | \ T' £ By Carrier, 25 cents per wgek. Single copies. 5 cents. Christmas, 1951 "0 Come, All Ye Faithfu I—Joyful and Triumphant..." . ■ • J • f ■ J Triumphant, yes. Wecan go to our Churches, whatever our Faith . . . and Joyful let us be, for we have that Freedoip. "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing—Glory the New-BomKing.. * The King stable-born' to die, for men’s sins; the only Kihg before Whom free men bow their heads. V "Silent Night, Holy Night—All Calm.. ." • The Children Sleep; in the homes, in the blest land, America; they x dream of their wishes which will bo fulfilled. ' y | "Peace on Earth—Good Will to Men.. " } Where we live, where we Work; in our Hearts ... Please, Good Will-!— Christmas Time Is Here Again. \ 1 * (Industrial News Service) i . ; / ■ J ll - 1 . 11 rrai■ .uy '-"in>■ a-yi-. —w

We wish you a Merry Christ- ; mas. ~ j j > -—o o —— 01' Man Winter heralded his coming, but his appearance today lacked an enthusiastic welcome. O _o , . Wishes for a Merry Christmas aie extended to you through the - columns of this newspapey by industry, business firm, merchant ’ aid individual. Don’t miss read* ing every cheery message. o <>■■■.—- There’s at least two sides to the news. In one the nation rejoices that 3,16 S American boys survived tte f rigors of Communist prison camps. In the other John L. Lewis . threatens another coal strike, j, : • . • ••• ■ - Ch ——6 •/ -A Rep. Peter F. Mack. Jr,, of Illinois,.is one'member of congresswbo. is paying his own way on a world junkat. He has visited pearly every country and ? capital, exr cept behind the iron Curtain. The Reds refused him a flying permit ‘ to_.Moscow. So far he has been a messenger of good-will for the United Stated. -> : J r o —o An 1836 history published in yqcoln, .Illinois, states that 115 years ago toddy was the coldest day in history. From a high of 40 above, the temperature dropped to below in a matter of minutes. TU “quick freeze” severe . the writer said that men froze in their saddles. By the the author’s name was Stringer. ;5 o o— — * license bureaus have been authorised by the state motor vehide department to charge an extra 50 cents for mailing 1852 tags to car owners. Bureaus have ' J. \ • • V V I ' -*•' ’ - ' ... r .

Modern Surgery Os The Heart \

By Herman N. Bundesen, M.b. NOT so very many years ago it was considered impossible to petform surgery on or around the heart. It was thought that any successful operation on the heart itself was a fantastic accident that was not expected to happen again. TodayjtSurgery of the heart Is a reality, thanks to advancing surgical skill, and better understanding of heart and body processes. Mirny patients who w*ould have been doomed to a short and sickly Ilise are now being helped by modern bin guy r Many readers of this column ipay have seen in It reports of “blue > babies" and of their return to normal through surgery. . ■ . ■■■ Certain babies are born blue „ when their blood circulation: is faulty because of congenital heart disease. Before these infants werp j born, some disturbance in their growth interfered with the normal architecture of their hearts. Besides the blue color, they may have clubbed fingers. It is also very hard for them to breathe when physically active. The- physician listening to their heart can usually hear a heart “murmur.” T. i- f Heart surgeons are now readily tackling this type of heart disease. Many of these children (biit not all) are helped by a Vurgical'oiieration which corrects the h»art dgr fcimity. / 5 - The damage due to fhbumiUc Inuit disease is also being remedied by surgery. Many time* thfo tibqitu Jcuvgt, d wj-. v<Jvb, _ a* Us t*> ; L 'l- ' ■■ ■ ■ ‘ I -is .

not been authorixed by Secretary of State Leland Smith to charge another 50 cents for matching tags \ with current plates, which will be*' used next year. These instfucti&ns have been issued from the state office and generally will be followed by all bureaus. The sale of the tags opens January 2. iio——o to overcome delay in paying parking fines, Salem. Illinois, appealing to the bargaining instinct. By vote of the city council, lawbreakers who get to the citj hall within 45 minutes of being tagged need pay only a dime. For the next 48 hours, they can get by with a 50-cent fine. Thereafter the charge is sl. The police may be presented with a neat dilemma the first time a motorist stopped for speeding explains that he was hurrying to pay hiA fine for (frertime patXiag. o o-— -a pecatur high school students thought up a clever and effective !* 1 , • i’ — way of contributing to the Good Fellows club and from their participation in the worthy cause received a lot of personal happiness. A. contest was staged To see which class could donate the most canned food to!; the Good Fellows. One ean grew into a mountain before the contest ended and cases of foodstuff were donated to the cause. Once the friendly rivalry spirit caught on, students even clipped off some of their weekly allowance to buy more canned goods, in addition to,! the cans brought from home. The food will be distributed to local families by the Good Fellows Santa Claus. Good work, young Americans!

chambers on the left side of the heart, prouclng a condition called initial stenosis. This results in a blocking of the flow of blood, with congestion of the lungs and a severe heart mqrmur. Surgeons have now developed new methods of operating on some of cases w,ith severe scarThey can actually work inside the heart to cut the scar tissue and widen the opening between the chambers., ~l< .'< . r, 1 I Heart surgery is also relieving the fclrm of heart disease called coronary occlusion, long a serious problem. The heart muscles need au ample blood supply to perform their duties, as they are active every minjute of our lives. The arteries which jsupply this blood are the coronary arteries. In coronary occlusion there is a drop in tljie blood flow' through these vital arteries, and the heart muscles are starved for blood. A new .surgical operation has been devised to bring a new blood supply to the heart muscles, and., in. this way remedy the disease. The 1 results so far have been very good. We can expect that surgery will find ways to relieve still other diseases of the heart which are now thought impossible to treat. questionsand answers A Reader: What causes white spots on the nails? , Answer: The cause* of this condition often is difficult to determine. It is thought to be dye to some disturbance iu the'root of the nail. Nu W Mr WtoS1 I § > . -’V-.

Buys Health Bond The Decatur Research Club has voted purchase of a $5 health > bond,' officials of Mala Plaht T 111 1 h « Christmas seal campaign in H Adams county announced today. A 11 proceeds from the annual i Christmas seal sales are used in the tight an tuberculosis and to - - provide free dint les and otherwise Cwistltos Man carry on the fight against the “white plague.' The sale is conducted by the Adeems county tuberculosis association. \ — — , , 0 ( ! y 20 Years Ago [ I TODAY I 0- . , ( .~ ■ \ Dec. 22.—The entire righ| wing of the Vatican library collapses and three persons believed dead. It was built in 1588 by Pope Sixtus V and contained priceless books, manuscripts and paintings. The members of the young people's societies of Decatur churches will present a carol service Christmas morning, sponsored by the Christian Endeavor society of the Zion Reformed church. The good Fellows fund has grown to $31298. \ State highway commission member? attended the Berne chamber of-commerce meeting. The Wabash river dredge case adjourns until next Monday for a Christmas holiday. The Jackets defeat Van Wert’s netmen, 33 to 19. . ■ ■ f tel lassmncs j&a Blocker On Leave Cpl. Norris Blocker is spending a 15-day leave here with his par-] ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Blocker of' 1127 Patterson street., Hg is stationed at Camp S.C. Davison In Hospital S-Sgt. Roger W. Davison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mont Davison of Bluffton, has placed in a hospital in Korea for a rest. His; letter to his par&nts stated that he' had not been injured. Sgt. Davison is a nephew of Mrs. Emma B. Fritzinger of this city. Trade in a Good Town - Decatur j

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CHAITER ONE IT WAS JUNE, and the town of Crestwood lay drowsing under the afternoon rays ot a summer sun. It was a pretty town; hilly, with a vagrant crook wandering through it in a' dozen directions, and many great trees gracing its lovely lawns or meeting in high leafy arches over its wide, wellpaved streets. Its neat shopping center, its'imposing, red brick high school, its two banks, its halfdozen churches; and its. many comfortable \ homes . all bespoke the pride and contentment of its citi-' zenry. Donald Kent thought he would like teaching here —if the contentment did not mask a smug indifference; if the pride did not conceal a high arrogance. That re-, mamed to be seen. Few saw him swing off the afternoon train that day. He came up to Michael Flynn, the policeman on duty. “Can you direct me to Cherry Avenue T” “Sure can.” Michael’s fyoupg Irish face was fresh and friendly, his bright eyes curious. "Straight up the hill there for two blocks. Then turn left. Cherry Avenue starts at that corner. You looking for the minister? Dr. Atwood’s place?” “No.” V “Oh! Well, just thought you might be. Lots of young fellas do want him about now.” He grinned. “June’s a marrying month, you know.” "Yes, I know. I’m not that lucky.” > "Or unlucky!” Michael laughed. “I don't mean that personal, you understand. I’m one of the lucky guys. That is, I’m not married but Fve got my girl picked out and some day. Just follow that young lady, muter. She's going up Cherry Avenue. She’s the minister’s \ Donald nodded his thanks and turned away, Across the broad intersection, he started up the hill a half block behind the tall,' slendei girl in the red linen suit who had been ..flair the same train seated across the aisle from him. She had not seen him, but ne had been attracted by her took of loveliness—she had a dark and glowing beauty —and an air pt faintly perturbed gravity that shadowed it. She seemed, he thought, to be struggling with some problem, and he had wondered what it Was. He asked himself now whether or not he should catch up with her and offer to carry her suitcase, but he decided against if. She was walking too fast for him. He keep yp with ♦<e..'Lvr - -

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j-—,—:——o I Modem Etiquette j | BY ROBERTA LEE I 0 — 0 • Q. Wkat is thp proper procedure when an engagement is broken? A. The engagement ring and all other gifts of value must be returned to the! giver. And a notice reading. “The engagement of Miss Ruth Brown and Mr. Robert Williams has been broken by mutual consent,” should be sent to the newspapers Which announced the engagement? Q. How ate artichokes properly eaten? A. With the fingers,j a leaf at a time be|ng pulled off and the edible end dipped into the abuce and then bitten off. When the center is reached, the thistle part is scraped away with a knife, the, edges are cut, and the “tfeart ’I eaten with a fork. . T name comes first when a man and pis wife sign their Christmas carols? i ‘ , At Whenever the titles "Mr. and Mrs.” are ’inctjudbd, they fare written in 4hat order. When Signed informally* however, with the first names, the order is reversed,, as, “Mary John Smith.”

And, tin ally, it was as not to appear to be chasing a woman the very first thing. He did not know Crestwood, blit he was aware how critical any town always ts of its teachers. Os course, he had a legitimate excuse. He could ask her which house was number fifty-six. But nobody who happened to be watching would ever attribute so innocuous a reason to him. Anyway, •he thought he would know it when' he came to it. Virginia’s description had;;been vivid. “It has two wings like white amis reaching out to welcome you and . a great stone fchimney comihg up over the center of the Dutch roof.’’ Yes, he would know it by that even if the moving van' had already deposited his sister’s and Phil’s possessions and gone its why back to Naw York. Anne moved, with her swift’and lissome grace, along the,sidewalk in the shade on Cherry Avehue Someone was following her, but She would riot turn around or pause. It was Mrs. Peebles, no doubt, their f neighbor. She . had been by the irailroad track when Anne got off the train. She did ndt like Mrs..: Peebles or, in fact, any of the Peebles family. They were nosy and narrow-minded and just plain meqn. AU three of them. Mr. and Mrs! i Peebles and their son, Ned, who had taught her math in high school. per father did not call them that. He called them "cripples.” Her father. Her heart swelled with pride and love as it always ’did when sheithought of film. She would find him, of course, on their open, wide, side veranda, topped back in his chair in the protected corner he made for himself each year, when winter ended, by prop-t ping dp the big front storm door against the jutting wall of the study, thus elongating it- He could not bear evjjn summer breezes blowing against his neck. He would be sitting there, watching the squirrels ams counting his blessings and meditating upon the state of the world in a hopefulness that never fai leU ri im - He nad BCen torn asunder by two frightful wars, but his faith: in its ultimate survival and evolution had riot faltered once. Anne adored her father. He was, truly, every, minute of the time, a minister’ of God. The sparse, silver-haired Dr. Barth Atwood, minister of Crestwood’s Little Stone Church, as it had come to be called, was exafHy where Anne had envisaged twit He loved this corner. It was his retirement from the world. For here he was but of sight. The Mwipiki aMMßie* a* hi* left — ■ '

0— -■0 Household Scrapbook j ( BY ROBERTA LEE t |> — r 0 Chamois Glove* . To clean chamois gloves make a strong suds of white castile soap. Dissolve 1 teaspoonful of borax in hot water and add this so I quart of the suds. When cold, put gloves on 'hands and wash gently in the Isame manner as washing the hands. Rinse in the same way. When dry, rub between the hands to soften. Worn Ruga Worn ruga may be mended by sewing a piece of burlap to the wrong side with wool thread, making stitches form\ loops on the tight side, afterward clipping tAe loops the height of the nap of the rug. Lemon Juice j A teaspoon of lemon juice in a cup of warm water will remove stains from the nails and finger* preparatory to manicuring. / . j control Thick Batter pTo control and properly direct the flow of thick batter such as for waffles and muffins' pour from a pitcher with a well greased spout

was separated from him both by his- own side yard and Alvin Molick's broad stretch of barbered and 'formal gardens. Even il he had wanted t,o s.ee what was going on behind those high white pillars and the countless, great, gleaming windows, a boundary line of bushes and immense trees intervened. All that actually met his eye here were nature’s green and the blue of the sky. A wonderfully isolated spot, for reverie and pommumon, yet wholly accessible to heed; His thoughts turned now to Anne. She would be here soon—if she had come on that tram. He had heard it pull in and pull out. But she had not been sure She could catch the early one. '; This community. It was a fine one, he thought. Made up of fine people. A few, of course, were a bit difficult now and then, but on the whole Crestwood was a good plice in which to live. He had been fortunate to be invited here. The fourteen years behind him held memories ot a slow but steady growth in his church. The Kindergarten Choir, for example, under Mrs. Ostrom’s direc-': tion, was a recent innovation and proving to be most successful m more ways than one. Those frail, high, uncertain voices, lifted so earnestly and with such\ devotion in their hymns of praise, worked on the adult audience, preparing the field of their hearts for his words to them later. 4 And the Junior Choir of high school age. Out of that had developed the Youth Group that met in the big kitchen of the Manse Sunday evening*. (A good idea ot his wife’s to turn the pantry into a kitchen for themselves and leave all that back space for the young people. Provided a Club room for them and saved countless steps for Constance. What .matter if the gas . range now nearly blocked the cel- > |ar stairs? He was thin enough. He could still squeeze through to get down to the furnace.) There, with the tools he supplied, he kept their hands busy While they planned social activities agreeable to alt' Sometimes there would be a picnic. Sometimes a guest speaker. Occasionally an informal dance over in the Sunday School house next to the church. Or, if they Were so minded and the night was clear, they would carry his big -telescope out onto the lawn and listen with eager interest to one of his talks on the stars. And at 'the end of the year. thc things they had made at their meetings were sold for some project of their, own choosing.

Special Attraction? At Adams Christmas As a special Christmas attraction the Adams theater is presenting Tuesday for one day only a brand new Judy Canola musical comedy, entitled . “Honeychlle.” The picture, which has been filmed in -color, stars besides Miss Canova, Eddie Foy Jr. and nine other comedians. This Is, the first showing of ’'Honeychlle" in this, area. The Adams will run continuously Tuesday from |;2O p.m Over 600 Children Attend Free Movie Moro than 6<>ff school children braved the frigid blasts yesterday afternoon to enjoy the free Cbrlstndw show presented »>y Hoy Kai ver St ths Adams theater. Apparently It takes much more than bitter cold to keejji youngserslaway. from an hour of cartoons and comedies. Henry Nelreiter, member of operator’s local No. 660, contributed his services to put the show on the screen. Following the program, the children were given candy through the co-operation of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce.

1 MM ' ■*’ ”** ' j V f , I .. ■ 1■i.., ... -J i—— BACK FROM DEAD, Michael Var shine, 35, Springdale, is recov ering in New Kensington, Pa., hoc pjtal. He was found frozen aftc; his (auto became stuck in the snow was given up for-dead. An under taker detected signs of life while preparing to remove the Varshine faces post'ble amputa tion of both lees., ’ If You Have Apythibg To Sell Try; A Democrat Want Ad —It Pays 25% Discount on WINTER COATS l /2 Price on Fall Millinery /j, E, F. GASS STORE I

• r Sisk " w y It Doesn't Have To JW 7 BE CHRISTMAS J ' ' / ■ ' J ' • ' i ’'•' ' ; 1 w I’*’ Ai • . . * | / ' <, < for us to think of our Good Friends. X J But the. Yuletide does give us the opportunity | | f i tojpauae and express our appreciation for your friendship and patronage. -, k j It s folks like you who make our business possi hie, and serving you is always a pleasure. It’s a pleasure, too, to pause and say “Thank 1 you” .. and extend a wish that you may have a very - / \ X MERRY CHRISTMAS ; ■jj anc * A Happy, Prosperous NEW YEAR SINCERELY. aF DECATUR DRY CLEANERS Phorie 3-3206 * We Call for and-Deiiver v' ' XL ■' ' ■' ''

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