Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 305, Decatur, Adams County, 28 December 1951 — Page 3

FRIDAY, DECEMBER fit.

-A ■ 1 u \ HAPPY HOMEMAKERS CHRISTMAS MEETING 1 The Happy Homemade hrs club of kast Washington* >t©4rnship ■■ met with Gale Cook tor their December Chirstmas party. The club creed and collect opened the 0 meeting and Mrs. Herbert Hawkins led in prayer. :| During > the program, readings ■were given by Gretchen and Gyneth Jkhnepp and Nancy Cook. Karcp Brandt played an accordion sole. The names of secret pals were revealed during the gift exchange. During me .business session it was voted to change the meeting Might ,to. the second Monday in each month. Refreshments were served by the. hostess later in the evening. D.A.V, AUXILIARY, \ INSTALLS OFFICERS j ' D.A.V. Auxiliary officers to serve for the next year were ip-j stalled last evening in services conducted at\ the D.A.V. hall, apd initiation ceremonies for two ne.w members were held. Young is the new changin'” and Mrs. Fred Scheimann is treasurer. Other officers were rejected. During the social meeting members sorted clothing to be sent to Cap|. Robert Stalter for Korean . HALLMARK New Years Cards Smith Drug Co.

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orphans. Arises for various games* were won by Brenda Sommer. Mrs.' Frhpk Young, Mrs. Harold Strickter. and Mrs. Herald Hitchcock. J-The next business meeting will fee held January 10 at the hall. v* . • • ' ' ' J Miss Frances huston WED ON CHRISTMAS EVE Miss Frances Huston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Huston of route one, and Lowell Thatcher, Son off Mr. f and Mrs. Delbert Thatcher of Willshire, 0., were; united in marriage on Christmas eve in the Church of the Nazarene. The. Rev. Carl Williams, assisted by the Rev. Romaine Wood, received • the double ring vows at seven/thirt'y o’clock in a candlelight betting,of Christmas appointments. Mrs. Leo Roe played "Liebestraum” during the ceremony. Other selections an. Love Call” and ”O Promise We.” >■ ' ■• M-T'-For her wedding the bride selected a navy blue suit complemented with matching accessories JjßMfWher- corsage was of _ s white carnations. Attending the couple were Mr. and Mrs. Preston Thatcher, brother and sister-in-law of the groom. ; Mrs? Huston attended (he wedd|ng in a grey suit and the groom’s mother wore a black and white suit. Both had corsages of white carnations and hollyberries. 'The new Mrs. Thatcher is a graduate of Monmouth high school and her husband attended Pleasant Mills high schopk They will reside at 413 Mercer Avenue.

Society Items for day's pub* llcation phoned In by 11 a. m. (Saturday 3:30 a. m.) \ Phone 3-2121 Phyllis Acheson > / ■ i FRIDAY Rural Youth, Zion Lutheran Hall, 7:30 p.m. C.W.F. of Christian church, general meeting, church, postponed.' Union Township Woman's Club, .Mrs. Marie Barkley, all day. SUNDAY Zion Lutheran Walther League, Parish Hall, 4 p.m. < MONDAY New Year’s Eve Service, ZionLutheran church. 7:30 o'clock. TUESDAY New Year’s Day Festival Service, ft a.m., Zion Lutheran church WEDNESDAY Psi lota Xi business. , meeting, Mrs. Burt Townsend. Jr„ .8 p.m. Historical dJub, Mrs. Harry Essex, 2:30 p.m. r THURSDAY I Magley Ladies Aid, church basement» ail day. , ? x Wesley Couples Class, Methodist church, 8 p.m. ■ -7 Pleasant Dale Ladies Aid. church, all day. Tri Kappa sorority Free Variety Show, Decatur high school auditorium, 7:30 pan. • '■ f ■ •• . . A Final plana have been made by the committee in charge for the Free Variety Show which the Tri Kappa sorority is sponsoring. This show, containing twenty a<;ts|, will be held the Decatur high school Thursday evening at seven thirty o’clock. Since there will be no admission charge a collection, to be used for charitable purposes, will be taken during the show. .The publid is invited to attend. . — $ Mrs. Harry Essex will entertain members of the Historical Club Wednesday afternoon.at two thirty o’clock. ■ ■ ' ' ■ L * 1 An. important business meeting of Psi lota Xi sorority will be held •at the home, of Mrs. Burt Townsend, Jr.. 215 North Fourth street, at eight o’clock Wednesday evening. i ~ V The Pleasant Dale Ladies Aid society will have an all day meeting in the church Thursday. Hostesses are Mrs: Frieda Yager and Mrs. Bernita Liby. The Wesley Couples class of the First Methodist church will meet in their class room at the church Thursday evening at eight o’clock. Mrs.i Samuel Emerick will give the devotions and the program will be in charge of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Smitley. The committee in charge is. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Elzey. The Magley, Ladies Aid will have l ari al! day meeting Thursday in\the , chuych basement. Hostesses are Mrs. Ed Kolter and Miss Amanda Worthman. A I ’ Mrs. Sarah Durbin, of 1003 West Adams street, had as guests at Christmas dinner Kenneth Durbin, of Scotts, Mich., Mr. and Mrs. John R. Durbin and son, Gary, of Fort Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. \ Dan Durbin and. children Carol and Robert, and Rolla Jackson, of Decatur. - . Mr. and Mrs. Martin Zimrperman hpve returned from North St. Paul, Minn., where they; spent Christmas with, the Gordon E.. Olson family. i < Mr. and Mrs]. Melvin Sikkink and daughter, Kathleen, of Mt. Vernon, lowa, and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Olson and fion Peter, of Chicago, returned to their home today after spending the holiday weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Will Schnepf. Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Peterson of Omaha, Neb., motored here yesterday for a day’.s visit with Miss Elizabeth Peterson and Mrs. W. A. Lower and other relatives. Miss J£dna Braun, of Greenfield, was an overnight guest of Mr. arjid Mrs. Henry Nelreifer at Four Ackes. V ■ - ■ "7 Admitted: George Macintosh Decatur; Albert Suddufh, Decatur. Dismissed: Joseph Oelberg, city; Mrs. Carl Wolfe, Pleasapt Mills; Mrs. Robejl Parrish and baby girl, Decatur; Herman Helmjmn, Decatur; Mrs. Vance Clem and baby boy, Decatur. :

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i * .z . . S' ■ AFTER SPENDING a night in police custody for abandoning their 3-day-old baby on a snow-covered doorstep In zero weather, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Johnson are permiHed to see him at St. Vincent’s orphanage in Chicago. The baby was neatly clad in bunting and sweater with attached hood when found. Mrs. Barbara Johnson,r?2, said the abandonment was her husband’s idea ‘‘because he didn’t want to be tied down with a kid.” Nurse Dorothy Bauelt holds baby. (International)

Organ Concert As Methodist Church Soldier Organist Will Play Sunday A special vesper concert of, organ music will he given at 4:30 p.m. Sunday in the First Methodist church by Pfc. Vernon E. Smitley. who is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Smitley. for tjie holiPfc. Smi(ley is assistant to Chaplain Chas. M. Smith at Fort Knox, Ky., where he has served as organist at the post chapel for the past 15 months. He xrecently accein-1 | panled the community chorus of Elizabethtown, Ky.. in a rendition I “The Messiah” By George Frederick Handel. Smitley is a graduate of Decatur high school and received the B.S. degree in music education at Indiana Central College. Prior to his induction in the army he taught one year in public school music at New Palestine. He has had special organ and piano instruction under Mrs. Ellen English. Indianapolis, and Dr. Francis H. Hopper, organist and y*omp<Aer, of Louisville, Ky. The program of organ music follows: ' \I. i . Echo Come Death —Bach Christmas Patoral —Bach God’s Time Is Best —‘Bach Sonata In C Minor—Guilmant HThe Wind' In the Chimney— Clokey . French Clock —Borns?hein f" , Modaal Suite—-Peeters \ \ Kor aal ■ -A M ! Adiagio, _ | <\ * Dreams —McAmis ' (Note: A homesick mood written by a soldier of World WaT II and £ent to a friend in tile states before going back to the front where gfive his life in battle.) Scherzoso— Rogers The Mist—Gual . ■ Fall on Your Knee’s All Ye Christians—Lit hunianian Toccatta —Boellman i•. r W Driver Killed As Train Hits Truck Frankfort, Ind.. Dec, 28—(UP) —Floyd W. White, 59, was killed yesterday when his city-owned dump was struck by a Monon passenger tfain on an icepacked county road intersection here. Allie G. Emery, 6»1. also of his passenger, was injured critically. , ' —7 ' • 7 Youth Under Arrest In Fatal Stabbing Indianapolis, Dec. 28. — (UP) — Frank Fisher, 17, tiegro, Indianapolis, was held today in the fatal stabbing of Edward Taylor, also 17, negro, Indianapolis, during a knife fight. ‘ ; - Fisher walked into police (quarters last night with Robert Whitlock, a friend, and surren-j dered himself at Whitlock’s advice a few hours after the fight. '-—■<— j <!-) ~7 Record Receipts In Vehicle Taxes Dec. 28 —(UF)— £n all-time high one-year inepme of 124,651,160.84 for 1951 was reported for the Indiana bureau of motor vehicles today by secretary of state Leland Smith. Smith said the record receipts were >805.865 more than 1950, de* • spite the fact, it was an off-year for the purchase of driver licenses. The increase was attributed to r a “very great” hike in receipts , during the first few months of the 1 year when many new passenger autos were bought by Hoosiers.

Shelbyville Radio To Quit Business > Shelbyville, Ind., Dec. 28. —(UP) —Officials of radio station WSRK announced today they wfti suspend operations temporarily Dec. 30 because of .an “uncertain” business future. “It is simply a situation in which the income has not covered the expenses of operation and it seems unlikely/ that it would ever do so,” Mrs. John D. Deprez, John C. Deprez, and Marion T. Ayers, officials of Shelbyville Radio, Ina., said in a prepared statement. i They said “current unsettled business conditions have . made the operation costly and the future success uncertain" for the FM station Whilch ? Started broadcasting Nov. 26, 1947.. \ Hopiemakmg Tips by Anna K. WiHiamk Home Demonstration Agent Careful Use of Appliances If the small electrical appliances found under the Christmas tree are to give good service, the manufacturers’ directions on the use and ctfre should be read before they are plugged in the first time. Read carefully the informative label or booklet the electrical appliance. Since the appliance was probably tested extensively before it was put on the market, the directions should, be followed! exactly as recommended to avoid 'future troubles. For best results, thp homemaker should know the kind and amount of water to use in a 1 steam iron. Some’waffle may be presea* soned' and others peed this special; treatment before the first> use. If 'ehftejfrite percolators are to make sweeL Instead of bitter, coffee, here again the directions must be followed. J . i Overheating appliances should be avoided. Their use can be prolonged "Ay turning off the current las soon as one. has finished useing them. ■ However, many appliances are protected from overheating by thermostat controls which turn the current off and on as the lure rises and falls. propping a heating appliance may cause serious damage to the elements, to the 'insulation, or to the contact pointfe. Since heating ■appliances should be kept as dry as possible to prevent corrosion ahd burning out of the element, the heating elements should never be pdt into Water. ’ Keeping electric appliances clean also is important. Toasters or radiant heaters which are rectly to the dust in the air should be kept as clean as possible. When these »re not in use, .they should be kept covered to- protect the element. When crumbs are allowed to Vemain in toasters, they may cause a* short circuit by collecting on the elements. In removing dust pnd crumbs from open units on toasters, extreme care should bl? used sip that the heating element will n6t be harmed. A very soft bristle brush, such as clean paint brush, may be used. ■■'- r— — —— Trade In a Good Town - Decatur

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Year-End Services As Zion Lutheran Special Services*; To Greet New Year >. . ■ «- A 7. Special year-end • services have R«cn scheduled at Zion Lutheran church. West Monroe street, by the pastor, the Rev. Edgar I’. Schmidt. New Year’s Eve. Monday evening at 7:30 o clock, a Sylvester eve vesper will be conducted, with itg pastor delivering the message and the < under the direction of David Embler, singing an arlangement by Bach of the chorale, "How Bright Appears the Morning Star.” New Year's morning, at 9 o’clock a New Year’s festival day service will be conducted with Dr. John A. ?rach, professor of religion and history of Concordia College. Fort Wayne, delivering the. New Year’s message. The will sing, ‘’Brother James’ Air,” an arrangement by Jacobs of 23rd. IJaalm. Rev. Schmidt will serve” as liturgist. Sunday, December 30, the usual Sunday hours of, worship will be observed, at 8 and 10:30 o’clock. Rev. Schmidt will speak on the Sunday after Christmas theme: ‘ The 'Christ-Child Comes to His Temple,” based on the Gaspel, Luke 2, 22-32, The Sacrament of ■he Load’s Supper Will be celebrated atp the7lo:3(> service. The choir will Appear at 10:30 only, singing. “Cherubim Song,” by Bortniansky. Miss Eileen Bieberich will server as organist at all the above services. i ' ! 1 \ ’ Sunday schooKkhd Bible class will be conducted as usual Sunday morning, 9:15 o’clock. The public is invited to attend the year-end worship services at Zion Lutheran. City Business Up In \ Clerk-Treasurer Os City Cites Checks “I wish I had a nickel for every check I've written,” the man said, bis voice l - indicating that the' amount would be sizeable, and a cursory: check of- the records would pronounce that, he Uould i)e right; as well as solvent. The man speaking w v as H. Vernon Aurand,. DeJ*atur clerkHreasurer, and he was making out checks for claims allowed by city councilman. ,k On the average.” he Tsaid, “I write between 300 and 400 checks a month." j _ He remembers u’hen hd first assumed office, years ago, there were not so many checks to write. “In those days,” said the clerk, *’l never took more than an hour tb finish making out, the payroll. Today that same job takes about a lay and a half.” He noted this was true not because. he had slowed down' any—indeed, the pace had become a bit more feverish —but rather because pf the increase in number of city employes and the amount of governmuat forms io be completed. In the large sense, Aurand was eimply voicing the opinion that .Decatur business had become a moderately, large business, and :hat check-writing today is an mportant function of the office. Concurring in these statements ire other officials, namely, county mditor Thurman I. Drew, who is io novice at the business of signng checks. i Checks are written by Aurand (and Drew) for every conceivable item: whenever the cbuhcilmen 'or county commissioners) allow claims, it is the clerk or auditor’s, •hore to make up, then sign', each iilteck in payment. And it all adds up to millions of dollars —all of it accounted for,, all of it undeg Ihe scrutiny of state officials, all of it going to the proper persons. f All” of it signifying that big business means one thing: while the most important item is to raise the money V'ith which to write the checks, the actual check writing is highly time consuming. 1 .. But for the recipients, often pleasant. „ 71 Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

Psi lota Xi 1 ‘'Snout Ball” DANCE Burton C. Schlle Orchestra FRIDAY DECEMBER 28 9:00 to 12:00 at the MOOSE HOME 32.00 per Couple

• v I O' CARRYING presents for his and Joan Bennett’s children, film producer Walter Wanger arrives at their Beverly Cal., home to spend Christmas, one day before his scheduled appearance in Court .to face an indictment of intent to murder Jennings Lang, Miss Bennett’s agent. \ (International J

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High School Senior Accidentally Slain : Monticello, Ind., Dec. 28. —(UP) —White county coroner Dr. Clyde R. Neth'erton said' today he will return a verdict of accidental death in the shooting of Eldon Martin, 17, Chalmers high school senior. Martin was shot in the head last night “when a rifle his Brother, Merle, 19, was cleaning accidentally. .

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