Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 168, Decatur, Adams County, 17 July 1952 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT • Published Every Evening Except Sunday By L i THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO, INC. Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Poat Office as Second Class Matter Dick D. Heller — _ President A. R. Holthouse _ Editor J. H. Heller — _ Vice-President Chas. Holthouse — ; - Treasurer Subscription Rates: > By Mail in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, 18.00. Six months >3.25; 3 months, $1.75. \ J By Mar, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, 17.00; C months, $3.75; 3 months, $2.00. By Carrier, 25 cents per week. Single copies. 5 cents.

President Truman and Governor both insist they are not candidates and we believe their wishes should be accepted. Its certainly up to them. L "j ■ . - o q.—— , The vacation season is here an& people are nearly alt going off to find out how the other half lives.They won’t find out though; the other half is away t 00,,, on the same quest. ■ , . A * Its season for frying eggs on The sidewalks, a variety of cooking we have never understood, who wants a fried egg With* chewing grim mixed. In it? 7" Or—o 'A-';- ' ' ■ A '■ . '-- Read the Free Street Fair program over carefully.' We are sure .there will be some things, there i you will want to see. Take the children. It’s to be a clean and .wholesome and delightful event.. We never have understood just why this section of Indiana doesn’t get first class ,TV reception. Os z course there’s a reason but hundreds of people are waiting for conditions to changq so they cap_ really enjoy this latest mode of ■entertainment. -■ j o—-o 0 —-o— Don’t be too surprised if in tlie campaign of 1956 every legal will have the opportunity to really take part in the selection of candidates for president and vice-presi-dent. Leaders in both the great parties are openly suggesting and supporting this movement which was urged fifty years ago by William Jennings Bryan. - o _o . Get the radio or TV in goofi condition. The Democratic national convention will convene Monday. Apparently it will be wide open with no one receiving powerful support v from any sources. So it ought 'to bring forth many interesting incidents if for those who 'enjoy watching 1 governmental programs. In this country we en|s a two party system and that njust always be true. When it fails we will have sOpie kind of dictatorship control and certainly few if ajjy favor — that.

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Accordingio Purdue predictions based on present conditions, Indiana will have a corn crop of approximately 250,000,090 bushels of corn and 48,000,000 bushels of I Hi ' ■ • ' J wheat, a tremendous gain over last year. The averages as pre- ~ dieted will be wheat 25 bnshels per acre and corn 5-f, bushels. Its a great state. 6ne of the means) by which a stranger measures the progressiveness and goodness of a town is by viewing the activity in the building Os new homes in a particular community.- Decatur’s building activities are at a peak right now. A score of new homes are being completed; ojhrirs are being remodelled and many of the older homes ( are being paintied. Such, activity is one df the several which lets a visitor know that Decatur is one of the finest small communities in the inidwest. ——o o— — ; ) Decatur's Fair:— i, Decatur s first free fair to be held at Hahna-Nuttman park July 28 to August 2, inclusive, will soOn be In full bloqm. The fair has been moved from the uptown business section to the park at the northwest part of fair board memberszhope that the park will become\th« permanent home for the annual event/. WalFqrd. secretary, Roy Price, general chairman and a host of departmental committees have been working' for weeks to mhke the! event a success. Many interesting and educational exhibits have been arranged. plus the usual midway, freeacts, contests and displays of merchandise. The fair deserves the support of the community i afid it will be ah (ideal place to spem| a day or an evening seeing tlie fine type of animals and the high quality of farm products produced tight here in our own, ijtejghbo* liocxf From a midway standpoint two of the greatest toucans in the business will have (charge. The Gui Sun Fairbooking association will furnish the free acts and the Floyd Gooding Amusement Co. will furnish the rides and shows. With this great combination, fairgoers are guaranteed the very best in amusement.

| Household Scrapbook | BY ROBERTA LEE 0 — o t * Marble Cover the marble with a paste consisting of two tablespoons of soda, tine tablespoon ecah of salt and powdered puinicel and some cold water. After the bpread paste has dried ,rub off with a cloth and wash with a fresh cloth and water. Repeat if the stains are hard to remove. Prevent Sticking Cake tins should not be greasued with butter that contains salt, as the salt, in the butter causes the cake to burn and stick to the Hq. I Tying Packages When packages arV to be mailed dampen the string winding around and tying up the parcel. It Will shrink and hold the package much tighter.

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CHAPTER NINETEEN THE weekend following Paul’s message, while Jonathan was with Rhoda, Connie came to town, late Friday evening, and stayed with friends near the hospital She saw Paul the next day. The distance from charge desk to solarium was miles; every step painfuj, as if, like Andersen's little mermaid, she trod ■upon swords. She was two persons, one eager, the other reluctant. She wanted to run toward Paul; she wanted to fun away from him. She must do one or the others she couldn’t stand still. She thought, What shall I say, how can I endure seeing him, how have I borpe it, riot seeing him all these weeks? When the wire reached her she had been as a woman, beside herself, neither \ eating nor sleeping properly, distracted at! work and at home such bad company that her mother had said, "Friday can’t come soon enough for me either. If you remember it, give Paul my love.” 9 .) Other patients were about, other visitors, but Connie saw only Paul, in the wheel chair, in a corner shaded from the sun. He turned, waved, and propelled the chair toward her. '•"Hello,” said Connie. “M other sent her love”; which seemed so absurd a greeting that she put her hand on his shoulder and, without volition, bent to kiss him. Then coloring, she said helplessly, “I don’t know whether to laugh or cry!” ; <-i “I don’t either. Here, wheel me Back to the corner, like a good girl.” It was not an easy thing to ask, which wt s why he asked it. When they had reached a Comparative seclusion furnished with potted palms, a wicker settee, rattan chairs, and Venetian blinds drawn against he sun, he said, “How about that chair, there? Bring it close. Ccnnie, it’s selfish of me to drag you here tn the heat.” “It’s a lot cooler than it was. What a summer! Paul, I’ve waited for yon tq be selfish. No. You’ve been selfish all along! or you’d have asked me to come much sooner. What changed your mind?” “Several things. One day i’ll try to tell you, but not here and now. Let’s just say 1 wanted to see you, so much, and also exhibit you to the other patients. Some are visited by pretty girls, none so pretty as you. 1 like your hat . . . take it off, I likq your hair better. Dear, don’t look so troubled." He .put out a big, thin hand, she tobk and held it “I’ll soori be homd,” he said. “Will you come see me there, and ! stay over when you can? Mrs. Eagle will be in attendance.” “Try tq keep me away,” said Connie. “It takes time to let people do things for you, Connie.” “That’s because you’ve always wanted to be the one to do tilings for others, Paul.” I \ ’“For others, yes. Or, so I hope. But especially for myself. I don’t suppose I’ve ever learned to take. And asking you to come here was difficult It was a test.” He saw her face change, he had hurt her, and said quickly, “I don’t mean for or of you, Connie; I meant of myself.” She said unsteadily. x “You were afraid to See me? I was afraid to see you too. Ever since your wire, and on the train, and Oven last night But the minute I did see you . . .” She smiled. "*I knew I’d I wanted to so much . . . that’s why I was scared . . . For fear something might happen . . . or I’d die .. . before today. ..” ([ He said, “It’s all my: faulty—" I “Yes," she-agreed, it “Paul, i when do you think you’ll Return to i your work?”\ “Before I answer, hasn’t it occurred to you 1 might decide not ' to return?” , ;. | Her face 'expressed tli9 utmost

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INSERVICE Strickler Promoted Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Strickler" of 1310 High street, have received word that their sdn, Victor L. Strickler, who is in Korea, has been advanced to corporal. His present address is: ('pl. Victor L. Strickler llb'49BS; 11. & S. Co. 1-5, Ist Marine Div., F. M. F. c/o F. P. 0., San, Francisco, Calif. . Transferred A '3c Robert E .Meyer and Mrs. Meyer arrived id Decatur Wednesday evening frotn Witehta Falls, Texas, where he has been stationed with the air foreq io visit tils family, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Meyer, his' grandparents, Mr. and Mis. Alva Nichols of Rome City and her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

astonishment. “Os course not,” she said honestly. “Why in the world shquld I? I realize you’ve been depressed at times. I’ve talked to Jon, you know, and your mother has written me. But I didn’t pay much attention, I knew you didn’t mean it, not for a moment.” He asked, “How did you know? That’s important to me, Connie.” She said, puzzled, “I can’t answer that. How do you know the sun will shine or that you’jl be hungry or that the moon will rise ? 1 just took It for granted. Your work is your life, and your life didn’t end.” “As simple a$ that?” he said. “But I believe everyone else thought I did mean it, even Mother and Father ...even Bob and Roger; Jon, all of them. They didn’t admit It, they argued with me, but I was aware of their reservations and uncertainty. For no ors% has really assumed that I might not give up, except you. I didn’t assume it myself." She said, “It was only because you were so 111, and when that happens to anyone, things take on undue proportions. You j see obstacles that aren’t there. It’s like being in a nightmare, it isn’t real and doesn’t last, you wake from it.“ He looked at her with such love and gratitude that she was greatly moved. His grasp of her hand tightened and he' said, “I’d thought to say this later, but find I must ask you now. Forgive me, Connie, if you can. I felt my ministry meant little to you, except as the work I wanted to do. I believed you accepted it as you would have accepted anything I might have elected. Yet those who had, I thought, a clearer understanding of what it meant to me has been prepared, however reluctantly, for the admission of failure, the inability to continue. I think they have even tried to shape some other future for me, in case I remained stubborn—and they knew me for a stubborn man. But thc\. mountain ihey saw wasn’t a mountain to you. . . It was Tess important than a molehill. You wouldn’t even acknowledge it.” She said, “I don’t quite understand, Paul!” , t “Yes, you do. Better than anyone, better than I.” They were silent awhile and then he said, “I thought you looked upon my ministry as a career. Lately, I have considered whether, in one small corner of my mind, I didn’t;, too. . Without realizing it.” She said, “You’re right, I did at first. I thought along career lines. How far will you go, where does it lead? But rgradually dismissed that, Paul. I’ve had a long time to think about it. That’s why I know your work comes first. Not your career. Anyone can make several careers.” 1 « “Yes. . . There’s a lot still unsaid,” he told her. “Perhaps we needn’t say more now. Trill me about the job, and yourself, and your mother?” V She stayed with him a little longer, until it was time for a treatment, and then left, after promising, to return the next day. “I’ll go out to Elsie’s in the afternoon,” she said, *’and take a train, home from Stamford. I’m dying to see her and her house.” "Connie?” I . “Yes?” “Never mind. There’s plenty of time,” he said, smiling. “Good-bye and God bless you.” Watching her walk away, seeing her turn to wave, he thought, yesi plenty of time . timri to give her time; to let her watch the slow progress of every day, in familiar surroundings. Today is one thing, tomorrow another. Had I asked her to marry me, here, as soon as it could be arranged. I’m certain of her answer,.. . And I was ready to ask IL But she must be sure.

Florian Gehner of North Fifth street. After 14 days here he will gq to Chanute Field, 111., where hei has bepn transferred. . r A i A Miss Universe Takes Steam Bath Each Day _ PORT ARTIIUR, Ont.. bp — Miss Universe confessed today she takeq a steam bath every day to st&y beautiful. Helena Kuusela, a Finnish girl who recently was picked as the most beautiful woman in the solar systeni, headed for a steam chamber sOon after she arrived at a Finnish colony here in a trip through Canada. “I like one every day if possible" she said. | -A ' Julj\ Clearance Sale, Now Going On, At The Style Shop.

she must look at the future, not from some peak of emotion but from the solid ground. It’s the only way. 1 \ When he returned home It was 1 to ah ordered household. His days ! fell into a routine pattern. Three times weekly a visiting therapist would come until he could undertake the trips to the hospital Rhoda and the baby were home, his mother came briefly. People called; old friends at first, then the others. He began making appointments, Miss Granby came weekdays to take dictation. And now he sat behind the concealing desk and looked across it at the troubled, the forlorn, the uncertain. Agatha and Emily returned home shortly after he did, and were among the first visitors. And Agatha said, “You must all come for dinner. I’ll send the car. rd have come down to see you In the hospital, but Emily cracked the whip.” “You weren’t up to it,” said Emily. “Agatha had a miserable summer, Mr. Lennox. And she did fret about you, I had all I could do , to keep her in the country.” "You did some fretting yourself," Agatha said. "Paul, give her an inch and she takes off in sevenleague boots. But 1 haven’t been welL I bad a bad spell in August and again last month. I remember thinking, If I could, send for Paul he’d talk me out of this.” She smiled, tn her terrifying way. “You ■ wouldn’t let me die, because if I did who’d you fight with?" He said, "I’m home now, and so are you. You’re free to send for me — whenever you wish. I hope you won't." He could not, Paul found, do too much, see too many, in a day. He wasn’t ready for the inevitable contusion of, the office. But he’d set his heart upon attending Thanksgiving services and, by Christmas, condqcting services himself. He felt he tired too easily, ' despite Jon and Dr. Evans’ reassurance. Fatigue, they said,' was | natural. He learned to husband his j strength and for a period each day rested; not only in body, but in mind and spirit, and taking all impatience to the source of patience in prayer. This was therapy for the soul; and it healed, no matter how sharp his occasional exasperation. He learned the hard way; when he over-extended himself, the day’s-ehd fatigue was as poison in his muscles. It wasn’t all progress, and he was frequently discouraged. u On weekends Connie came, fitted into the household like a hand in a glove.: She was more welcome than light. She wrote Paul’s wriekend letters, took calls, and made herself useful to Mrs. Eagle, went to see Rhoda and the children. All ac- I cepted her. And she was, this time content to wait. It was, she thought, tender and amused, an odd courtship but, definitely, court- i ship. Jonathan said, taking her to the station the first time she came, “Os course, you know how it is with Paul. We all do. But he wants you to be sure." "Has he said so? There’s no. point in being girlish about this . . . But I must say my 7 position seems' rather anomalous.” “Not to us. No, he’s said nothing to me, but Rosalie has. When it comes to the emotions she’s an expert.” !■' . “I know. As if anyone could ba more certain... Paul makes me so mad.j.l am not,” she said, with ifignity, “getting any younger.” z Jtonathan laughed. “My dear girl, no man in his senses wants love which could be mainly pity.” “Pity, myi eye!” said Connie scornfully. “Men are impossible. I’m not sorry for him. I’m sorry he had to have polio. Who wouldn’t be? But that wasn’t pity.” (To Be Continued) '

| 20 Years Ago ! TODAY O Q July 17, 1932 was Sunday. o o 1 Modern Etiquette I i BY ROBERTA LEE 0 4 Q. What are some suggestions for appetizers at a cocktail party? A. Simplest,' of course, are peanuts. olives, pretzels and cheese crackers. If you want to be more elaborate, you can serve small sandwiches of various kinds —- and the modern cookbooks are full of suggestions on this. Q. What do you think of men using perfume or cologne? My husband claims never, but I think men can. at least use cologne. r A. I am with your husband on this question. Shaving lotion that has a fresh, clean scent (not too strong) is for the “real man.”, Q. Is it considered correct to say "Pardon ME” with special stress on the “me,” when one has committed a social error? A. No. this is bad formt Instead' say, “I beg your pardon.” Or “Excuse me!” Or, “I’m sorry!”

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Christmas Season Is On In Canada B. C., UP — The. Christmas season arrived in full force here today. Christmas tree scouts and buyers were busy arranging cutting rights on choice tracts of young evergreens. Actual cutting of the fir trees on the slopes above Okanagan Lake will begin early in October.

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Asserts Delegates Not Free Spenders CHICAGO, UP —A car drivrir coniplained today that political convention delegates aren’t the free spenders they’re cracked up to be. - “Those guys blew into town with one shirt and bill,” he said. "So far they haven't changed either.” |

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