Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 32, Decatur, Adams County, 7 February 1952 — Page 3

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1952

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tri kappa inspection dinner HELD TUESDAY Members of the active and associate \ chapter of Tri Kappa sorority met at the Zion Lutheran parish hall Tuesday /- evening for their annual inspection. At six thirty' a delicious dinner was served at tables covered 'with white cloths and decorated in keeping with Valentine Day. Red tapers, hearts and bouquets of red , carnations were used on the tables. Corsages were presented to Mrs William Schntept, president of the active chapter, Mrs. .Walter Krick, president of the associates, and Mrs. E. H. Shoemaker, of Bluffton, the inspecting officer, who was also presented a gift from the sorority. Mrs. Robert Mills, of the associ ate chapter, gave a very clever monologue and model meetin" was then conducted. The province officer, Mrs. Shoe: maker, addressed the meeting briefly, stressing the importance o'. ,he Tri Kappa work throughout the state. Among things mentioned were donations of $250 to the U. 5.0., S4OO to Riley hospital for skin-grafting machine; a \ Hammond organ to the Lafayette Soldiers Home. \ ' A SSOO pursing scholarship has been established and three paint-

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Grand Opening Saturday, February 9 X”' K ft - ' R ■ 10% Discount ON ALL MERCHANDISE OPENING DAY ALSO VALUABLE DOOR PRIZE ■ \ • Complete Gift Line J; i ' • Exclusive Greeting Cards .-< ■ i * ; \ • Gift Certificates • Religious Goods Department • Gift Wrapping Service • Economical Prices i ’ - 1 ■ ! j f?' | Make a list of gifts you will need in the next few months and take advantage of our “get acquainted’' offer. i' I•? I ; i '<] - DECATUR GIF CENTER 125 E. Grant St. L ! f ( (One block West of Hospital) STORE HOURS: Weekdays—6:3o P. M. to S:00 P. M, ~ * Saturdays—9:oo A. M. to 9:00 P. M. ' ' • r : ! ■ S&. •’« - . I sci I ; I:s : . H

, :L :U |j ■ ings were presented, two to Riley hospital and ofce to Crlspus Attiipks high schopl jin Indianapolis. AU the sorority, charitable work is made possible through the manv projects ‘ which Tri Kappa conducts. ; j ! J H f ' A special guest at the.meeting was Mrs. Roger Swaim, of Bluffton Tri Kappa chapmen Mrs. Swaim and Mrs. Walter KHfk are sisters. The next sorority business meeting wiU be held in the Schnepf home on route six February 19. ' : | -r—+j !j I! J DECATUR GROUP HAS PICNIC IN FLORIDA ' \ A group of Adamis ficoujnty restdents vacationing In Florida recently enjoyed a- fishing and a picnic at Fishfermftn’s Pier, Anna Maria, Fla. According to. word received here from My. and Mrs. G. V. Porter, of Rradeptoh Beach, the group is planning a day' of deep sea fishing soon; !■ J i Those present' at the picnic were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ashbaucher. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Mr. and. Mrs. R. A. Stuckey;! Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Burdg.'Mr. and Mrs James L. ! Kocher, ySr„ Mr- and Mrs. Harley Wright? Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wells, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lleeke and sr. andK Mrs. Porter. ; ' SHAKESPEARE ClJuB MEETS WEDNESDAY The Ladies Shakespeare Cluh met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Phil! Macklin. j Mrs. Maynard Hetrick, president, ■cohddctedj the business meeting. |j i The paper for the afternoon, prepared by\ Mrs. Robert Macklin, '‘Child of the life story of the first woman doctor by Ishbell Ross. | ,!'| 0 ] A social hour w$ enjoyed and« the hostess’served The Conroe Better Homes Club will hold its February meeting at I the home or {Mrs. Gertrude Rupert Tuesday evening at seven thirty o'clock. Members aiU reminded to bring Valentines, j! | The Junior Women's Club will sponsor a bake sale, at Schafer s Store Saturday morping beginning at nine o'clock. ! >'* ! ■•“ . 1 Members of the Adams County Chorus are asked td note that the .meeting announced ter next Monday evening will be -held February 18. The place of rehearsal will be announced later. |'i . ■ >■ j -u- 1- —l; i ?'■ G.E. Aeolian choir rehearsal will be held this evoking at seven o'clock in the music room at Decatur high school. 11 f • : - ?'■ ; |• I r Louis Jgcobs will be the speaker for the meeting of the Decatur Camera CHub, to be held at city hall Monday evening at seven thirty o’clbck, / • |], j! ■ ! ’ i .. • i ! .i i 5" Mr. and Mrs. Fred Scheiderer will entertain the Willing Work" ers class of the First Christian church Tuesday evening at s'even thirty o'clock in their home. “Old after 40?" —Man, You're Crazy Forget your Mr! Thoummdn peppy lor many years alter 40 Try Ostrex For weak, rundown feeling due Just to body s Iron which many men. women ezgl "oIT ’ Tested by Doctor tl BG% reported good results Mater, impressed, said. ~ At all drug- stores everywhere—in Uecatuy, at Smith Drug Store,

sss Society Items for day's publication must be-phoned in by 'll a. m. (Saturday 9:30 a. m ) Phone 3-2121 Phyllis Acheson THURSDAY Trinity E. U. B. Ladies Aid, Church parlors, 7:30 p.m. ' j Rainbow for Girls, Masonic Hall, 5:45 p.m. Pleasant Dale Ladies Aid ’Society. Church, all dayG.E.< Aeolian choir. Decatur high School music room, 7 p.m. Ladies Aid df the Mt. Victpry t’. B. church, Mrs. Goldie Knitjtle, 1 p.m. Ever Ready Class of the Methodist church, Mrs. Harve Baker. "!:30 p.m. St. Joseph study club, Mrs. (W.\ H. Gilliom, 8:15 p.m. ’ Ladies Aid at Union Chapel, Church, all day. Women’s Guild of Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, Church, ’ :45 p.m. Great Books Discussion clpb, Eublic Library, 7:30 p.m. j W.M.A. of Nuttinan Ave. U|.B. Church, Mrs. Gladys Raver. 7:30 p.m. 1 i Maglejr Ladies Aid, church Itasement, all day. j, Wpmen of Moose social meetiiig, Moose home, 7:30 p.m. officers at 7 p.m. ' > V 'St, George study club, Mirs. h|olan Welker, 1069 Russell street, 7*:30 p.m. ■ \ Girl Scout | Leaders olqb, Decatir high school, 1:30 p.m. FRIDAY | Mt. Tabor W.S.C.S., Mrs. Carl l aniels. Master Drive, 7:30 p.m. American Legion Auxiliary, g*ion home, 8 p.m. ; Calvary E.U.B. Ladies Aid Soc ety, church basement, 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY ’ Junior Women’s Club bake sale, Schafer’s Store, 9 a.m. Zion Lutheran bake sale, city hill. 9 a.m. SUNDAY ; Ruralistic Study Club, MH. Ferman Geimer, 6:3Q p.m. MONDAY hloly Family Study Club, Mb. kjed Baker, Jr., 8:30 p.m. Pythian Sister Needle Club, iK. o P. home, after temple. Dramatic Section of Woman’s C üb, Mrs. Gerald Durkin, 7:30 p.m. Decatur Camera Club, pity hall, 7:30 p.m. Girl’s Missionary Guild of Unibn C i,apel, Shirley Workinger,- 7:&0 p.m. Civic Department of Woman’s C üb, Mrs. George Rentz, 7:30 p.jn. \ TUESDAY Monroe Better Homes Club, Mrs. Gsrtrude Rupert, 7:30 p.m. Delta Theta Tau Valentine party, Elks home, 8 p.m. Willing Workers Class of Christian church, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Scheiderer, 7:30 p.m. Auxiliary, Eagles haill. 8 km. ; Delta Lambda chapter business meeting, Mrs. Robert Lane, 8 P- n. WEDNESDAY Epsilon Sigma chapter Valentine party, Fairway, 6:30 p.m. J The Zibn Lutheran church lies will , have a sale of goods at cjty hall Saturday beginning at nine o’clock in the mbrning. ! j (Mrs. Fred Baker, Jr., will jpe hostess to the Holy Family study club Monday evening at eight thirty o’cloick. : ______ - ’ The Pythian Sister Needle Club will meet Monday evening after Temple in the social rooms at the : K. of P. home. ■Mrs. Gerald Durkin will be hostess to ,the Dramatic Section iof Woman’s Club at seven thirty o’clock Monday evening. — ’Delta Thbta T,au sorority will hive a Valentine party at the E|ks home Tuesday evening at eight o’clock. Epsilon Sigma chapter of Beta Sigma Phi sorority will have a Valentine party at the Fairway Restaurant Wednesday evenihg atii six thirty o’clock. The Ruralistic Study Club w|ll meet Sunday "evening at six thirty o’clock at the home of Mrs. Herman Geimer. - r r- i I sMra. Herb Huffman returned io her home this morning after visiting witi her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lamlin, the papt wiek. ! Mr. and Mrs. Noah Rich will leave Monday for a three wpek vacation in St. Petersburg. Miami, Key West, and other points Os interest in Florida. ■ I '■' '■;.. ■ :

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Ex-Red Testifies At House Hearing ' Tells Os Obtaining Young Prospects Washington, Feb. 7 -*(UP)-»-A former Red said ; today that the Communists played on the “sexual weakness’’ of some American youths to bring them into the party. Harvey M. Matuso, a fast-talk-ing ex-Communist from Dayton, O„ testified at a house un-American activities committee hearing that the Reds, in their searchifor new members, “felt that any end justified the means.” “They would pick out the weakness of a sexual or intellectual —and go to .work on that,” belaid. The 25-year-old army and air force veteran said “sexual immorality” was prevalent at the CommupisH’ “camp unity” vacation retreat at , Wingdale, N.Y, Many of the young campers, who ranged from 16 to 25, would pair off for "acts of sex!” near Lenin’s rock, a sort) of memorial to Lehig in h thickly-wooded area not top far from the main camp buildingsr he said. 1 He said such acts also were "commonplace” in Greenwich Village in lower Manhattan. He said two young girls—one a high school student —had abortions and a third is pregnant. “All of them are members of the Communist party,” he said. “All of them are single.” M&tusdn told the committee that most youths get their first Communist "indoctrination” In the public schools. He added that “the seeds of iny own Communism were soqrn in the grade and high schools in New York City.” f\He said many pf his teachers wre. party members and the overall impression he got from their teachings is that Corpmuntsm is a fine -thing. ■ . He said many Conimuhists or mer Communists, himself included, have excellent family backgrounds without. the slightest trace of Soviet philosophies. • y - .. t . ? ■...

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IWIOSRITAL Admitted: Mrs. Edwin DsLong, Decatur; Mrs. Fenton Sponger, Monroe; Mrs. Mark 'Schuxger, Decatur. "T Dismissed: Mrs. Cyril Becker and baby girl, Decatur Mrs. James A. Beery, Mrs. Carl GerbeF and baby Carl David, Decatur; Mrs. Dan jlause, Mendon, O.;i Harold Pontw, Geneva; Mrs. .Al Brushwiller JDeca-\ tur ' .1-

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TESTIFYING before the Route com mlttee holding public hearirigs La Washington to determine wiiethe i it. waa the Russians or Nazte whe perpetrated the Katyn, Russia, massacre of thousands of |*ollMi soldiers in World War H, parlor Gawiak, a Polish soldier who escaped the slaughter, tells hßw h< got away from a Russian jPOW camp. He said his \comp4triot> were led away by the hutteredb Gawiak is now a resident og Port Colbome. Ont.

Handicraft School At Geneva Feb. 21 All-Day Handicraft School Is Planned The February handicraft institute of the Adams county home economics extension program will be held m the Geneva public library a|l-day February 21. .\! Os special interest will be a deriionstration on ceramics by Mrs. i Harold Owens and Mrs. Al Schneider of the Root township home economics club. This feature is scheduled for 1 p.m. Ils purpose is to give those who think they might be interested in this are of working with clay an idea of what is involved and a chance to explore the craft. The weaving of cane seats in chairs will also be an activity of the institute. Those who are interested in caning shotyd bring their chair. If it needs any refinisbing of x the wood, that should be done before the cane weaving is begun. Different sizes of cane will be available at cost price at the institute. Anna K. Williams, home demonstration agent, will assist those learning this craft. They should plan to attend and afternoon in order to complete a chair. Other crafts for the day will be textile painting and knitting, j . Anyone interested is invited to attend from 9:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. -! irr '' i. • b ' '■ No Pay Reduction For Three Judges Indianapolis,* Feb. 7 — (UP) — Three circuit court judges were assured today that they won’t have to take a. pay cut because «he population of their counties decreased in the last census. y Attorney Gen. J. Emmett MeManamon said in an opinion to state auditor Frank Millis that a diminution of salary would be in \iiolation of thel state constitution. Judges concerned were Chester A. Davis of Lawrence county, Lester Nixon of Pike county, arid Frank Fisher of Vermillion county. Says Carelessness r : Caused Costly Fire Indianapolis, Feb. 7 —(UP) — Ari Indiana fire marshal’s inspec‘or today blamed “carelessness” in disposing of furnace clinkers for a $750.00Q> fitg which destroyed ■three bneiriessea at Crawfordsville last Saturday. I V .1' Albert E. 'Breedlove, returning from an investigation of the I blaze to determine if arson was responsible, sgid it was a “case of bad housekeeping.” , Chicken & Noodle & Bake Sale, sponsored by the Zion Lutheran Church, Saturday 9th, City Hall, 9:00. ' -IL' 313tx Democrat Want Ada Bring Results Half-Size Style , a • Ar / A VC 7 i r \ 7•• ••: *°\ Ar - ! Vx A I $ f Ml '1 I r/H I <1 I I• k'a '■ ■ utk I I f f-. .1 Ii ® &5 11 ' / I / ’ RWI - l|ll Hl || R 9199 14i/ 2 -24«/ 2 | I ■' ' < LOOK SLIMMER and taller in this! Designed especially for the shorter, fuller /figure! You’ll find -this dress simple to fit, with rio alteration worries! And style — just look at that lovely sideline, the pocket in the panel! Pattern R 9199 in Half Sizes! . 14%. 16%. 18%, 20%, 22%, 24%. Size 16% requires 4 yards of 39--inch fabric. v Send Thirty-five cents in coins for this pattern to Marian Martin, care of Dacatnr Daily Democrat, ( Pattern Dept., P. O. Box 6740, Chicago 80, 111. Print plainly YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, ZONE, SIZE and STYLE NUMBER.

Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Nevil, of Berne, are the parents of a baby boy, WUliam Leroy, born at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at their home. The baby weighed six and onedialf pounds. T 1 ' Held For Looting Abandoned House Mt. Vernon, Ind;, Feb. 7 —(UP) — Lee Mayville, 44, Vernon, was held today on charges of looting a house when the ocaupants fled Ohio flood waterg,; .Mayville was abused of removing household goods from a home in Union couniy. Ky„ and taking thent-tb hfs home.by boat wi:h the intention Os selling them. ’ Authorities said he will be taken to .Morganfield, Ky., for prosecution on a grand larceny charge. Junior Women’s Bake Sale At the Schafer Store, February 9th,‘9:00 a, m. It GARARD- CtjWt WhefWl ■Mt A 1 |y Mean Cole Stiff Wu Up It’s so 'asy td relieve coughs and stuffiness of colds in a • hurry this home-proved i way ... with 2 spoonfuls of ; Vicks Vapoßub in a vaporizer or in a bowl of boiling water as directed in package. Just breathe in the steam Every single breath carries Vapoßub’s soothing medications deep into throat and <i large bronchial tubes. It | medicates irritated membranes, helps restore normal breathing. For coughs or upper bronchial congestion there’s nothing like using Vicks Vapoßub in eteam. For continued relief always rub it j back ▼ J

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GIRL SCOUTS Brownie Troop 5 met Monday after school. Dues were collected and the girls made v'alentlneii. Mary Sue Kretgel furnished i treat. The meeting waa closed by singing “Goodnight Brownies.” Scribe, Marian Catton. t Personal To Women With Nagging Backache I N *gci ng baekaehe, loss of pep *n <1 ener<y f and diacineaa may be due to alow| down of kidney function. Doctors cay good kidney function in very important to gc*.s health. When some everyday condition, such as stress and strain, cause* thia important function to slow down,many foikscuffernag; ging backache— feel miserable. Minor blad4 der irritations due to cold or wrong diet mag causegettingupnightsorfre<Uuentpassage«4 \ Don’t neglect your kidneys if these condL tions bother you; Try Doan’s Pais—a mild v \ diuretic. Used successfully by millions for over 60 years. It’s amaci ng how many time* Doan’s give happy relief fro in these discomforts—help the 16 miJesof kidney tubes and Al 4 ters flush out waste. Get Doan’s Pilis today! ' For Your Favorite Valentine Excellent Selection LADY~WAYNE > d , or ’I Whitman 49c to $5.50 Holthouse Drug Co. __________