Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 2 February 1952 — Page 3

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1952

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Decatur wqman’B club wiLl meet onmonday The Decatur Woman’s Club •will meet 'Monday evening at seven.forty five qciock in the library Cor the February general meeting. The program will be in charge of the £ivic Department. They wilt pre—sent Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Keefer and the Gleaners a cappella octette from Andrews. - Mr. and Mrs. Keefer operate the Keefer greenhouse at Andrews. In their appearences Mrs. Keefer A makes flower arrangements while Mr. Keefer gives a travelogue. They have given over fifty programs before clubs and fraternal organizations' in this part of the state. - The Catholic Ladies of Columbia will have a business meeting in lhe C. L. of C. hall Tuesday evening at seven thirty o’clock. —= ’ ... A special meeting of the Eagles Auxiliary will he held 1 Tuesday evening at eight o’ cock at the Eagles hall. All members are urged to attend. • The Magley Ladies Aid will have an all day meeting Thursday in the church basement. Mrs. H. Set- . tlage and Mrs. Otto Hehnrich will )>e the hostesses. ‘ Mrs. Phil Ma< kliri will be hostess to members of the,Ladled Shakespeare Club Wednesday afternoon at two thirty o’clock. The W.M.A. of the Nuttman Ave. *U. B. church will meet Thursday evening at seven thirty o’clock at the home of Mrs. Gladys -Raver..* Mrs, Ralph M. Fuller, of, Rochester, N. Y.. has been' spending the past week with her mother, Mrs. Minerva Ray and other relatives in the county. . . . Mrs. Roy Kai ver oLthis city, and Mrs. Walter Trask, of Fort Wayne, have arrived in Bermuda where they will spend the next two weeks. Mr. and Mrs-. -Earl Fuhrman and Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. Engle are among the Decatur person's who attended the state hardware convention ip Indianapolis this week. Albert Riehle. general manager of Riehle Tractor and Implement Co., and some of his employes will attend a special meeting of Ford tractor dealers and personnel at / French Lack next week. GIRL SCOUTS Girl Scout Troop 16 met at the Lincoln school Thursday. Roll was called and dues were paid. We made invitations for a Valentine party. Judy Koors served refreshments. Scribe,, Kathleen Schultz Brownie Troop 2 members met ' after school last evening and with their leaders, Mrs. Bernard Hain and Mrs. Edward Voglewede, toured the Daily Democrat office. They visited the various departments and the day’s edition being printed. WjOSPJTAL - u n IMu Admitted: Charles Ward, Decatur.,- ' '■. } Dismissed: Herbert Rasaweher, Celina, O.; Mrs. Reinhard Selking, Decatur. - •( I TRY OUR MARKS FILM SERVICE FOR QUALITY PHOTO FINISHING Smith flexall Drags

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BS Society Item* Lor day’spubllcation phoned In by 11 a. m. (Saturday 9:30 a.m.) Phone 3-212*1 i ; K. i f , Phyllis Acheson MONDAY Pythian Sisters 5 Degree Team, Ki of P. Home, 6:30 p,m. h ,rV Monmouth Mothers Study Group, Monmouth School|i7:3o p.m. Research Club,: Mrs. Samuel Emerick. 2:30 p.m| / ! J V. Post and Auxiliaries, potluck supper, V.F.W. home, 6 p.m. Oup Lady of Fatima discussion club, Mrs. Jesse Satton, Jr., 8 p,m. Bobo Community* Oraginzatjon, Bobo school, 7:30 p.m, ' ' Jupiors lof Atiertcan Legion Auxiliary, Legion home, 4 p.m. TUESDAY Catholic Ladies; of Columbia, C. L. of C. hall, 7:|o p.m. f ; Eagles Auxiliary special meeting, Eagles hall. 8 p.m.Tri Kappa sorority inspection dinner, Zion Lutheran parish hall, 6:30. p.m. Pocohantas Lodge potluck per and installation, Red Men’s hall, 6:30 p.m. | ! WEDNESDAY ,■ Shakespeare Club. Mrs. Phil Macklin, 2:30 p.m. THURSDAY Great Books Discussion club, Public Library, 7:10 p.m. W. A. of Nuttman Ave. U.B. church, Mrs. Gladys Raver.i ?iso p.m. ' Magley Ladies Aid. chtrch base rnent, all day. \ Women of Moobe . social meeting, Moose home, ;7:30 b-m> officers at 7 p.m f St. George study club, Mrs. Nolan Welker, 1069 Rusafijl street, 7:30 p.m. Girl Scout Leaders club, Dtecatur high school, l:$0 p.m 5 Psi lota Xi business meeting, Mrs. Malcolm Locke, 8 p.m. 1 'j; X ■ ir , ■ j | 'J ‘ pq. r Homer L. Li by In Quarter-Century Club Homer L. Liby. Os route one, is the newest member of the G iE ; Quarter-Centary drib. being Sleeted to membership this nreek, jHe is employed qt the Decatuf plant.' -i— EgCharles E. Gable Named Supervisor Charles E. Gamble, a staff assistant at the Decatur General Electric plant frpm jt943 to 1946, has been appointed supervisor of planning. fractional motor development section 23. Itt Fort Wayne. He has been employed by . the company since 1933. U LEGAL NOTICE' OF PUBLIC Hearing Notice is hereby given .that the Local Alcoholic Beverage Board of Adams County, Indiana, will at 2 P.M. on tbe 26th day of February, 1952 at the ‘Commissioner's Room. Auditor’s Office, th the Citv of Decatur, Indiana in said County, befdn investigation oC the application of the following named person, requesting the isspe to the applicant, at the location hereinafter set out, of the Alcoholic Beveragj Permit of the class hereinafter designated and will, at said time and Mace, receive information concerning the fitness of said applicant, and the propriety of issuing the permit applied for to such applicant at the premises named: American ■ Ix'gioti Post <3, fC.lub), Ist and ana Madison Sts., Decatur, Indiana, beer, llotior and wine retailers. * >' ' < ;> SAID INVESTIGATION WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND PUBLIC’ PARTICIPATION IS RpQUESTINDIANA 1 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMMISSION, By John F. Noonan, : Secretary. Bernard E. DoYln,* If FEB. 2 Chairman. Trade in a Gobd Town — Decatur —■ " i ~ i if

Homecoming Queen And Her Court . ■ 1 1 a • *'■ ■ ' I • S-' : 1 is.IJk W ' ’ 'L-. .; : -1* ■ A sk - I f l • I' 1 I IB fi ■Hr f I l ■mJ fi' . 1 , ' .; I .u coro " ation of the homecoming queen climaxed the homecoming celebration of 1952 sponsored by the Commodore Booster C|ub.” Miss Vera Geimer, the winner of the queen contest, was escorted to the center of the gym floor at the half-time of the Commodore-Ossian game, by her attendants Miss June Kelley,-Miss Charmaine Des Jean. and Miss Joaune Braun. The queen and her court were met by Boh Bolinger, Booster Club president, and his son, Johnny, who carried the crown to the queen. After the coi* onatlon ceremony, the group paraded off the floor as the band played the school song. / A large crowd attended the party and dance that followed the game. The highlight of the evening program was the awarding of the gold chain necklace with engraved loeket to Miss Geimer, the queen, and gold bracelets to the attendants. The graduating class of 1951 was honored by winning the attendance prizes since their class was best represented with 56 percent. The first graduating class of th& school was represented with two out of five, giving them a 40 percent attendance. —— —- "■ '■■■■' ■ I. 1 ' - - - ■ ■ L__.

Driver Is Arrested ', j Following Accident i Carl Bitler, Decatur, was arrested early this morning following an automobile mishap on west Adams street when the cap-he was driving struck a parked huto belonging to Joan and Jean Fink. Damage to the two vehicles was estimated at »35° . Bitler was changed with reckless drivihg and will appear later today in justice of peace court. Max Ted Stucky of Berne was arrested Friday night at ' 10:30 o’clock in this city and charged with reckless driving. .Stucky will appear this afternoon in justice of peace court to plead on the Charge.: Mi». and -Mrs. Homer Tschannen are the parents of a baby girl, Linda Lou, born at 10:47 p.m. Friday at the Adams county memorial hospital. She weighed eight pounds 15 punces. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Gerringer, Geneva- are the parents of an eight pound, 12 ounce baby boy, born at the Adams county memorial hospital Friday at p.m; F i ; _ Book Review The Greatest Book Wiltten, by -Fulton Oursler, Doubelday and Co., Inc., is ’an inspiring narrative of the Old Testament from Genesis through.-Malachi in which the Author attempts no modernization of the original text but: adheres faithfully to the literal statements of the Scriptures,; He unfolds in his beautiful, dramatic way, the accounts of Adam and Eve;. Noah and the deluge, by which God hoped to cleanse 'the earth of sin; he paints brilliant portraits of the. patriarch and kings of Israel and many others. It will increase your. Interest in the Bible. . : V Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

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Crawfordsville Fire Loss Half Million Garment Factory Is Destroyed By Fire Crawfordsville* Ihd., Feb. 2 — (UP)—Fire swept a garment factory and warehouse in the Crawfordsville business district today and endangered and a parochial school nearby. Early estimates placed the loss at $500,000. J Flames biuKe out at 9:30 a. m. end enveloped the Hillsdale Manutacturing Co. and a warehouse cwned by Montgomery-Ward Co. Both buildings were two-story structures and each occupied halt a block in a clbsely-built-up section only one block south of the Montgomery county courthouse. Sgt. Otto Biderstedt of the clfy police department said an' hour after the fire broke out U appeared under control, although for a time the blaze threatened St. Bernard’s Catholic church west of thri' scene, St. Charles Catholic grade FChool, and the Indiana Printing Co. ,which adjoins the structures on the east. The blaze had, gained [aiuch headway when it was discovered that firemen sent emergency calls for help. Indianapolis, Lafayette, Covington, Ne|v Market and Linden departments responded. , : — ;—.U* h ; a r NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE N». 471 T ‘ Notice is hereby given to th'e creditors, heirs and legatees of ilex Andrews, deceased to appear in the Adams Circuit Court, . held at Decatur, Indiana, on,the 29th dav of February; 1»52, atfd xhow cause, if _ the FINAL SETTLEMENT A<I.Y>L'NTS with the estate of said decedent -should not be approved* and said heirs are notified to then and there make proof of heirship, and receive their distributive shares. ' Ida . L.. Andrews i. TT; ~ , Executrix Decatur, Indiana, February i *952. Attorney G. Remy Bierly. Feb. X—9 i . :,I , - '’\j' ') ■ .

BT— — _____■_ ...',. , ' ""Z.."— " "' BPE H f ■ I W? I ~ _,, jj.g.' , : ,a ■ / VI L j MAS. IRENE B. WHETSTONf, 58, rtanfls behlM bars of a Chicago >£ cell, a result of Mr battle against income taxes. Federal* Judge J. Sam Perry regretfully had her locked up tor contempt of court because she refused to turn her IfiM tax records over to the Internal Revenue collector. Mrs. Whetstone argues that income tax is unconstitutional becMisett_ls used tonipport foreign governments. v \ (Jntemationall ' ■ I

—*** I I I U.ll.im . II 111 | I■ I. fe Preble Firemen To i Meet Monday Night j « The Preble volunteer firefighting association will hold its regulkr monthly meeting Monday night )at 7:30 o'clock at the Magley school, officers said today. | The fire fighting equipment, has all arrived and the truck is housed in the Preble fire station, formerly the Preble state bank building; * As soon as the building is completely remodelled, the association will hold its .monthly meetings at the fire station. "/ : ' ■ | lowa has some coal deposits. ; \ w s t' . * w* JBi y . • di:. A *' | MARINE Sgt. James I. Poynter, father of four children who reenlisted after Korean fighting began, is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for saving his platoon by giving his life in a lone charge which wiped out three enemy machinegun crews during defense of Hill 532 south of Sudong. Action occurred NOV. 4, 1950. Sgt. Poynter lived in Downey, Cal. '(lnternational

Gross Tax Payment Extensions Granted Specific Requests Gran ted By State | Indianapolis/ Feb. 2. —(UP) — : Hundreds of paid : their state gross income tax yet ? tofiay—but they are not violating thje law and won’t have to pay delinquency penalties. The state department of revenue, acting on specific requests,' iMb extended the filing deadline ffor certain state employes, industrial workers and individual#. The lesfgnsions were made in cases jwhere it was impossible to give iemplpyes statements of earnings sbqfore the Jan, 31 deadline. ' James A. Prlpst, director of the lag division, said state law allots ; B&Miay extensions to individuals hr firms who request it in writing. He said extensions are limited to 60f days in "hardship” cases. About 1,800 state employes were famong those granted extensions 'thjs year. The group included 300 etdte prison workers whose statements of ( earnings were delayed bejsaus® of a breakdown of actounting machines ih the state suditor’s office. ' . Assistant auditor Donald Clark said this xas a bi-annual “busy” yegr for that office, because statements: go out to some 29,000 em-f Moyes in a change-of-administra-tion year—as was 1951 —as compared to some 18,000 in a year, when administration does not change. ( That’s because statements must furnished employes who worked pqrt of the year and lost their jobs in the political shift. ■ Propst also said employers ate required by law to furnish earning statements to the state tax division. A state form, "12-A,” is pret scribed, he said, but federal “W-2* form carbons are accepted if they are legible. I Four Persons Killed In Two-Car Collision . baklandon, Ind., Feb. 2 —(UP) — TWo Indiana University stud<*hts regained in critical condition today from injuries received in a twocaf Collision yesterday which killed foqr persons including two of their schoolmates. Ptis Smith. 54, Marion building contractor, died in Indianapolis Methodist hospital last night, hours after the callision killed his Msy> Ahd Richard Canterbury, Igl and Gene Rains, 19, both of Anderson. Canterbury and Rains Were I. U. students. critical are Donald Current, 20 e at Methodist hospital and Jerry Phillips, I®, at St, Vincent’s at Indianapolis. Another—l U. student aniong five riding in a convertible was Edward Campbell, 18. whose condition at St. Vincent’s was listed’as "fair.” .£ ■ I• .>■ ' I : 1 ■ || ■ i’ The beet is a native of Asiai. a \ \ Spring Convertible (aiffH VVUT IT • \ wl l WtH'rV’ i \ \ R 9235 V J ■ 3»rt 2 HERE’S THE SEWING for all yoir Spring doings! Oh-so smart, fhfe shfttfrock. with a paneled bodice, convertible collar, letterbox pockets. Oh-so intriguing 'top. in plaid ort'check.’ The bias cu| of the fabric adds interest. \ Pattern R 9235, Misses* sizes 12, Ul6, 18, 2Q; 30, 32, 34, 36, 38> 40: slid 42. Size 16 requires 4% yards C5-lqch fabric. Send Thlrty-flve cents In coins tot this pattern to Marian Martin, care ot Decatur Dally Democrat, Pattern Dept., P. O. Box 6740, Chlc*M 80, 111. Print plainly YOUR NAME. ADDRESS, ZONE, SIZE end STYLE NUMBER. :B! .?/' ■■ A ' . ■ ■ ; '

*1 -3 ‘ teyy- BBHSj ' W "’• Ml w ’ fcJfHp' 4 ; <i' MR. AND MRS. LEE H. CHANDLER, Cedar Rapids, la., are shown at ►Dineral of Mrs. Rose Green in Summit, Hl„ the mother whose ntaj children were orphaned when she was drowned ih a futile attempt to save a daughter from drowning in the Des Plaines river; The Chandlers, well-to-do, hope-to adopt the orphans. (International Soundphoto)

Anderson Utilities Threatened By Strike Anderson, Ind., Feb. 2—(UP)— State labor officials metAoday with city and union leaders in an attempt to avert a strike which threatens to cut Off this city’s electricity and .water supplies. Workers at the municipal light arid water plant threatened to leave their jobs because of? a dispute over dismissal of three men. The\union, a CIO local, accused the new Republican- city administration headed by mayor Noland Wright of improperly discharging three men, one of whom had served 25 years as a meter repairman. Wright said they were dismissed for inefficiency. Wright sriceeeded a Dejpocrat mayor. Material Shortages Force Ford Layoffs Los Angeles, Feb. President Henry Ford II of the Frird Motor Co. says material shortages have forced the company lay off 27,000 workers, 24,000 of them in Detroit alone. Ford told a pews conference yesterday that restrictions of/ vital materials will curb his 1952 production to 1,000,000 vehicles of all types compared with almost twice that many in 1951. _ — In most public schools throughout New York state bbys-and girls are offering prayer-as they begin each morning's session. The pledge of allegiance to the Stars and Stripes is followed by this brief invocation: “Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon thee, and we beg ,thy blessings upon us, our teachfers, an 4 our country.” The Methodist church through its annual observance of Week of Dedication, Mar. 9-16 this yekr, will co-operate withjsome 19 oilier Protestant denominations in the interdenominational program, known as “One Great Hour.” • . 4---~, The United States Department of Cpmrtierce reports that the 1950 retail sales for hair preparations totaled $300,000,000, plus SIOO,000,000 for hair tints,

O_!2^__L__ ;L:— ..±:.: 1.,?! j\ ? 1 ■■ ■ : iA M • i II i: : tt A / . : J ' —Lu DECATUR BARGAIN DAYS . Wednesday & Thursday February 6 and 7 , BARGAINS IN EVERY ' 17 :■ ( i : STORE a— X r ■■ . = : '’ f' ■ P .:■.T ' < \ • J Sponsored by the RETAIL DIVISION of‘ he r> Decatur Chamber of Commerce ” I

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' O' ELLIS ARNALL (above), former governor of Georgia, is back home hi.' Atlanta considering whether to ack ’ cept President Truman’s reported offer of the $16,000-a-year post of price stabilization chief, which tj' Michael V. DiSalle is resigning t(L run for the D. S. Senate. The offer! was made when Arnall visited t Washington. DiSalle plans to quit' about Feb. 15. ' (tntemational) f 4... ; A ' k -"~~r Groundhog'May Spy Shadow Late Today At 11 o’clpck this morning the skies began to clear and it appeared that the sun would burst I through, giving 'Mr. groundhog tljie 1 opportunity io. see its shadow. According to the old legend, jif the Groundhog sees its shadow we will have six \weeks more of winter. ■ If cloudy skies remain, we|l, we may not .have six more weeljs ot winter, hot spring will not officially arrive until March 21. n ; ||||||^||| r, 1 - ■ X 1 DON’T TAKE A CHANCE [ \ ■TAKE PLENAMINS 1 Smith Drug Co. 1 Uim p*? SHOES J /£