Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 186, Decatur, Adams County, 7 August 1952 — Page 3

Thursday, august 7, 1952

add society w—•JANE MADDOX AND FIANCE POSTPONE MARRIAGE The marriage <if Miss Jane Maddo?, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Maddox of this city, to Ronald Dean Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford W. Wilson 1 tor -Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has been postponed indefinitely. \ The wedding was to be an tevent of August 30 in the groom-elect parent’s home in Oklahoma City, with Dr. liupert Naney, pastor pf the- Xi-chaUu Hills Baptist church in that city, officiating. ’ TRI KAPPA SORORITY - HOLDS ANNUAL PICNIC Th® - Nuttman shelter house was the scene Tuesday evethe annual picnic of Tri Kappa sorority. The members were the guests of the new initiates for the evening, which began with a jieiiciojis chicken supper. The tables were attractively decorated with black and white paper, the sorority colors, and boufl qnets of seasonal flowers. Following the meal, a short, business session 'was ; held, during which tlm6r again voted to I sponsor a free variety show Tn the near future. Mrs. James Kocher was named chairman of the event. The financial report was then given by iMrs. Ralph Allison, and the meeting was. climaxed with , verse. ADAMS COUNTY CHORui SINGS AT PURDUE Twenty-eight members of the Adams copnty chorus recently went to Purdue University .where they joined several other choruses

This Weeks’ Specials { U.S. No.l Chippewa i Potatoes r ' r s io pounds 69c '.. . i Golden Ripe Fancy : BANAWAS , ! £ pound. J sc -.' ■ - ! • _ I . J , Carolina Fancy i 1 PEACHES . ■ ■■ / . - ‘. I r > 3 pounds 29c ■ i i California Sunkist ORANGES ■ \ . . I tsBest For Juice And Every Use J Dozen .OO 26 to 28 lb. Indiana WATERMELONS Guaranteed Red Ripe 79c up Hammond FRUIT MARKET J ACROSS FROM COURT HOUSE !

GERBER’S “I; GROUND BEEF When you buy Gerber’s pround Beef you can be gggg ' sure you are getting the best . . . it’s made of 1 ■ the finest Adams County Raised Beef and is I[> ground only as we need it to serve your needs.lll Take several pounds home today ... . it makes delicious sandwiches . . . meat loaf . . . chili. Gerber’s Market 150 S. Second St. Phone 3-2712

in singing different which, they will also sing at the Canadian exposition in Toronto, August 21. . 1 . t The local group will; appear on two evenings during the exposition under the direction of Al Stewart and the following women plan to attend the affair i Mrs. Nobltol Reynolds. president; Mrs. Martin Neuenschwander, director; Miss Audrey Whitehurst, pianist; Mrs. Paul Rich, Mrs. WilDam Burry, Mrs. Bill Neadstine, Mrs. (lari Kuhn, Mrs. Bert Haley, Mrs. Robert Garard, Mrs. falter Lister. lMr,s. Clarence Smitley, Mrs. Alva Lawson,, Mn. Niland Ochsenrider, Mrs. ,’ErVin Stucky, Mrs. Wilbur Stanley, tyrs. Ada Stucky, Mrs. Eliza Hahnert, Mrs. Hiram WitWer, Mrs. !Fran<\es Birey, Mrs. James Lybarjger, Mrp. Charles Armstrong, Mrs, Theron\ Fenstermaker, Mrs. Gilbert Sprunger, Ms. Harrison Miller, Mrs. Leslie* Mrs. Dan Schwartz and Mrs. Henry Adler. i i . . I \i j ' 1 ; Mr. an Mrs. ; John Wearly of Huntington, are the parents of a baby girl, Ann Louise, born Tuesday at the (Huntington hospital, fehe weighed? 7 lbs., 14 oz. The mother is the former Mary Jo Krick and I Mr. land Mrs.’ 'Robert H. Krick of Mercer avenue are the maternal grandparents. t

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Witte are the parents of a girl, born ajt the hospital at 3:39 p.m, Wednesday. She welched 6 lbs., 11 oz. ISsa£| Phone 3-2121 Kathleen Terveer Society Items for day’s publication must be phoned In by 11 a. m. (Saturday 9:30 a. m.) THURSDAY Ladies Aid, Trinity .church, at church, 7:30 p.m. Women of Moose, social evening, Moose home, 7:30 p.m., officers 7 p.m. Magley Ladies Aid, all day, church basement. Order of Rainbow, Masonic hall, 6:45 p.m. FRIDAY Ladles Aid, ,W. S. W. 5,., Calvary'E. U. B. church, Mrs. Mary Shifferly, 8 p.m. Bobo Mt. Tabor W. S. C. S„ Mirs. Dorwin Drake, .7:30 p:m. MONDAY Adams county chorus, Monroe school, 8 p.m. r I . ■' ' ‘ ' i 462 Hoosiers Buy Gambling Tax Stamp No Stamps Are Sold In Fourth District INDIANAPOLIS, UP — A total of 462 Hoosiers from 69 cities and towns in have applied for federal wagering *"fax stamps f6r the current fiscal year ending next July 1. Ralph W. Cripe, U.S. collector of internal revenue, issued two lists Wednesday of persons who paid 350 each to keep out of trouble with Uncle Sam over their gambling enterprises. Gambling is a violation of Indiana state laws. Despite a crackdown on slot machines and other forms of gaming in the administration of Gov. Henry E. Schricker, more than 1.000 stamps were sold between last November, when the law became effective, and' the' end Os June. I Many sales for the new year were renewals of old stamps, required of anyone who accepts bets, operates numbers games, handbooks, basebail pools, most types of punchboards and policy games. YOU don’t heed" a ata nip to run a craps table, ' roulette wheel or bingo game. Indianapolis applicants hogged the list with J 62. Nearly threefourths of the stamps 4-337 of them —went t,o buyers from 13 cities. Connersville and Kokomo bought 18 each, Vincennes and Evansville 17 each, Crawfordsville and Terre Haute 16, Anderson 15, Hammond 13, Gary and Washington 12, Michigan City 11 and Logansport 10. The remaining 125 were divided among 56 towns, some of them tiny unincorporated places. Fort Wayne was the only one of the half-dozen largest Hoosier cities without representation on the list. Not a single stamp was sold in |he ..whole fourth congressional district comprising Allen and seven smaller Northeastern Indiana counties.

U ■ See Slight Increase In Aluminum Goods WASHINGTON, UP — Slight price rises for pots, pans and other aluniinum consumer goods were in prospect today following' the $50,000,000 a year price increase granted to primary aluminum producers. ■ Officials at the office of price stabilization said part of the increase probably will be passed on to the consumer, but added that no final decision has been reached. /- - - DON’T TAKE A CHANCE l TAKE . PLENAMINS ; Smith Drug Co, NMmAMWWIAMWIRMWW P>|| BM left Friday will be ■ ready at 3:00 o’clock ■ ED. IVI Saturday. Jumbo Prints 6c Office Hours 8:30 to 5:00 EDWARDS STUDIO

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GEORGIA WILL VOTE Republican (or the first time in history is the prediction of Robert Tyre Jones the Bobby Jones of grand slam golfing fame, as he inspects campaign literature in Atlanta GO! headquarters. With him is Mrs James W. Herndon, headquarters worker, (Intcrnationail

Admitted: Mrs. Mary Mylott, Decatur: Wiliie Flagg. Decatur, Marion Hirschy, Hartford township. Dismissed: Mrs. Charles Rauch and baby boy, Decatur; Mrs. Chester Beitler and baby girl, Berpe; Reuben Smith, Decatur.

Young Music Lover Is Slain In Park Chicago Park Site Os Madman Slaying CHICAGO, UP — A teen-age girl said tqday she didn’t know a bulletspraying maniac who cut down two music lovers in a peaceful downtown park while they listened to the quiet strains of Schumann’s concerts in A minor. [ Seventeen-year-old Carol Hoffman toid police she! was unable to identify the madman who killed Patricia Kafiler, 18, and seriously wounded Robert A. Hoffman, 17. Carol’s name was found in a notip stained by the blood of the slayqr after he fired a bullet into his owh h§grt and dropped lifeless over the body of -Miss Kahler. The killer, identified by the'Fßl as Bernard Richardson, about 25, turned the restful green lawns of Grant Park into a scene' of when he ran wildly from a clump of bushed with a .22-caliber pistol in his hand. “I love Sally, r love Sally,” he screamed as he ran to the spot where Miss Kahler and' Hoffman were sitting on the grass and began pumping bullets; into their bodies. i Miss Kahler.' a stunning blonde, died instantly when three bullets, thudded into her head. One shot went wild , before he shot Hoffman three times, then turned the weapon J upon himself. The Grant Park orchestra, which gives free summer evening concerts in the park and band shell on the shores of Lalke Michigan,, had been rehearsing Tschaikovsky’j “Capricd Italienne” and Schumann's J Overture to “Benvenuto Ceilirii” before about 100 noontime listeners from Loop offices. The dead girl’s father, Alex T. Kahler, 45, Was called from his nearby office to identify his daughter. \ “My God —dead in 1 the prime of life,” he cried,burying his face in his arms. He was near j collapse 'as friends helped him honje. The grief-stricken fkthei; told authorities he did not believe his daughter had ever seen her slayer before? Hoffman alsd told police, he had never; seen Richardson before. J ' Rjichardson’s pockets yielded an impassioned love note which mentioned “Carol Hoffman’s ” name and the name “Bonnie.” After viewing Richardson’s body at the morgue, Carol told police she could not identify h. However, after several hours of questioning Acting Capt. Jertome McCarthy said: “I think she knows more about this than she’s telling us.” Police said she became upset after viewing Richardson’s Ancient Fundamental* The fundamentals of weaving in Guatemala today are as ancient as the history of Mayan culture.

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37 Per Cent Boost In Polio In Week 2,290 New Cases In Country Last Week WASHINGTON, UP — The public health service said today that 2,290 new polio cases were reported last week —a 37 per cent increase ovtor the previous week’s total of 1.667/ , . ; The servlpe said 9,377 cases have been - reported since the poliomyelitis “disease year” began April I? This overall total compares with 3.640 for the same perltod last year. The 2,290 figure forth% week ended Ayg. 2 compares fitti- 1,200 for the same week last year, and 1.-200 for the 1947-51 five-year median. “The disease in- epidemic proportions continues to bfe concentrated in the north and south-cen-\ ‘tral states,” the health service sgid in its weekly summary. The report said’ the number of cases. in Texas —where 5,079 have been reported, since April I—has remained fairly stationary. The health service report noted that this year’s case Volume is running ahead of last year’s in Louisiana and Mississippi. It added that for the week ended AUg: 2, 113 cases were reported in Minnesota. a three-fold increase over the previous week. Illinois and Mie’aigap reported twice as mapy cases' as for the previous week. The service said polio cases declined in Ohio during 'the week with 128 cases reported as compared with 179 In the previous week, i .

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Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Gase and children, Donald and Darlene, and Mr. and Mrs. Oliver E. Harmon and children, Judy, Janet and Jay attended the birthday party honoring Mrs. Edwin Booth and daughter, Edwina Mae, Monday evening at the Booth home. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kelley, 1116 Nuttman Avenue, will leave Sunday for Philadelphia, Pa., where Mrs. Kelley will enter the Hahnemann hospital to undergo heart surgery. The famed Dr. Charles P. Bailey w|ll perform the operation, and Mrs.. Kelley will remain in the hospital about three weeks. Miss Jane Maddox is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry A., Maddox of 434 North 3rd Miss Maddox has been working in Oklahoma City, Okla., as an ac.counting clerk for the Sphio Petroleum'Co., Inc. Mi-, and Mrs. Charles Eyanson and son, Donald, have returned from Leesville, La., after spending a week visiting with their daughter and family, S/lst Class and Mrs. Donald Boroff and daughter, Kathleen. Mrs. Boroff, the former 'Naomi Eyanson, and daughter returned home with them for a Visit- ' — J Notice, Closed August 11 to 14th. Style Shop. T Wake Up 4 - To More Comfort Without Nagging Backache Nagging backache, loss of pep and energy,, headaches and dizziness may be due to slowdown of kidney function.(Doctors say good' kidney function is very important to good I health. When some everyday condition, such as stress and strain, causes this important function to slow down,many folks suffer nagging backache—feel miserable. Minor bladrder irritations due to cold or wrong diet may cause getting up nights or frequent passages. Don’t neglect your kidneys if these conditions bother you. Try Doan’s Pills—a mild diuretic. Used successfully by millions for over 50 years. It's amazing how many times Doan’s give happy relief from these discomforts—help the 15 miiesof kidney tubes and filters flush out waste. Get Doan’s Pills today!

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