Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 289, Decatur, Adams County, 8 December 1952 — Page 3

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p- — relatives gather to ’ OBSERVE BIRTHDAY 7 | '. Relatives fathered at thd Borne of Mr. and Mrs.’ Hilbert il|ckeineyer recently to observe > Mr. Hockemeyer’s birthday anniversary. Card games were enjqyed at the clsse of the evening ta»d a luncheon was served to the Wests. Present for the celebratidii ;were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bernirtg-“Mr. and Mrs. Don BerningJ Mri.| and Mrs. Lee -Berning, Mrs. Berning and son, OMr. and [Mrs. Herman Seddelmyer, Mr. ai|di.Mrs. Henry Seddelmyer and chiMrep, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Jlhman, * WilliAm and Henry Horman, all of Fqrt Wayne; Mr. and Mys; Edgar Hockemeyer and family! \Mr. arid Mrs. Harold Hockemeyer and family, Herman Hockemeydrl Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hockemeyer and Mr. and Mrs. Delmer Zell and son, all of Monroeville. * Fribm Decatur, were Mr.! and Mrs: Fred Berning, Mr. and I Mrs. | Berning, Jr., Mr. an& | Mrs. Beware Coughs From Common Colds That HANG ON Creomulsion relieves promptly because, it goes into , the bronchial system to help loosen and expel germ laden phlegm and aid nature to sooth t and heal raw, tender, inflamed bronchial / membranes. Guaranteed to pieasi* you or money refunded. Creomulsiriji has stood the test of millions of users! CREOMULSION s m lieves 'Coughs, Chest Colds, Acute Btqnchitis

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■ J' L Fned Hockemeyer and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. ’Walter Hockemeyer and family, My. and Mrs. Hilbert Hockemeyer and family. GIRL CLUB MEETS FOR PARTY TU r enty-slx leaders of he Girl Scouts arid six guests met recently for their annual ('iiristmas party with-I Mi’S. Burdette Custer. Mrs. Zane Mukker. Mrs. Ed Wert, Mrs. Darrell Kreischer. and Mrs. Harold Hoffinr.n assisted the hostess with the dinner 'serVdd priori to the meeting, Mrs* Lc well Harpe r explained .what area council woild ipean to the group it they joined. Mrs, Kenneth Small stared the intermediate scouts who haive had one bight of camping, riiaV go to Camp Logan next suirtn rir find alao that; she is planning a gypsy cam ring trip for the girls. • ]] \’■ A list was .distributed by Mrs|. Byron Smith pining Ithe supplies available to tfljiri leaders and Mrs. Robert Railing ann >unced she would like ri i to take' a first aid 1 cot tie and stated one would be started in Marlchi]] A carding party Will be held Saturday aft( gnooii liecetjuber 20, headed >j Hrs. J. E. The girls wi !■ merit a,t the. court house at one O’clock arid hater. at three ojlocl J, at the' Methodist church for ] refreshments, tyrs, Dwight McCurdy will have charge of carol I practice at the Lincoln school. Ifecemtier 16 and 18. Girls riiay bring a pair of mittens with] thejir names >nd addresses on them fori the mitten tree at the Lincoln school, Troop 16 will take care of packing and sending the mlttenh. Q \ Mrs. A. R. of community project .'a list of ways that the Brdwnies and scouts may help in community service activities. ' A social horir fcllloWed with a ten cent gift Mrs. Leland Smith Received the door prize. ■ ! ! •f \ , i Mrs. Charley Chew. Mrs. Bay Heller and Mrs. Chested Dalzell will head the cornu ittee in of for the next meeting. speakers will be on hand, talking on dramatics. \ I If ' L ERNESjT TUMBLESO,NS.’ TO CELEBRATE Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Tumbleson of route 2; Willi hold open house Sunday, December 14, between two and five, o’clock for their friends- and neighbors, in honor Os their fortieth' wedding anniversary. . ,i The prominent anti well T known couple have thhj-ee children, Cedric, Mrs. Norma Lord and Miss Alice Tumbleson, anil two granddaughters. Rebecca Jleari and Janet Sue Lord. i Mrs 1 , Tumblejson was the\ former Kathryn Kitsoh, daughter of the late William and Margaret Stoneburner Kitson. Th'ri Tdinblesons mUv I r /w^ r f F d a 4H& December ;i ■■■■ . , -

*.l . \ ■ . ■ - • ' '.. Society Item* for day’s pub* llcation must be phoned in by 11 a.m. (Saturday.«9f 30 a.W>.,) Kathleen Terveer , Phone &2lil ‘ H >’ MONDAY Dramatic Department, Mrs. |loy Kalver, 8 p.m. i I Holy Family Discussion group, Mrs. Bill Baker. 8:30 p.m. i Kirkland La’dies club, . High school, 6 p.m. ;• Academy of Friendship, Moose home. 7:30 p.m. Root Twp. Farm Bureau, Monmouth school, 7:30 p.m. Music Department, Decatur Woman’s (flub, Mrs. Harry Dailey, 7:30 p.mj.: ' ■ Pleasant Mills Methodist filling Workers class, Mr. and! Mrs. Benoit Johnson, 6:30 p:m. Pythian Sisters Christmas dinner, K. |of p. home, 6 p.m. j St. Catherine study club, Christmas party, Mrs. Bill Miller, 1:30 p.m. ( TUESDAY Christmas party, Union dhapel church. 6:30 p.m. St. Mary’s Twp. Farm Bureau. Pleasant Mills school, 6:30 p.n. St. Dominic ~ stpdy club, ; Mrs. Harman Heimann. 7:30 p.m. Willing Workers class, Mr. and Mrs. Geriald, Strickler, 7:30 plm t Eagles Auxiliary, Eagles hail, 8 ji.m. Our Lady of Lourdes study club, Mrs. Max Kreps, 6 p.m. Ladies Fellowship, Missionary church, Mrs; Herald Welty. 6 p.m. Monmouth P. T. A., Montrnmth school,US p.m. , ’ i Three Lin)k club, I. Oi O. M hall,, 6 p.m. '> ] ]■; ] ' d L Rebekah lodge, I. O. O. F> hall, W. P S? S„ Trltlty K B. church. 7:30 p.m. Dutiful Daughters class, Bethany EL U. B. church, Mrs. Ivan Stucky, 6 p.m. | | ,\ L | ■ Wash, Twp. Happy dome Makers club. Mrs. Clarence Mitchel; 7:30 p.m. 1 Monroe Better Homris club, Mrs. Lester Ehrsam, 6 p.m. , | St. Ann study cluf), Fairway, 6:39 p.rn. ! Delta Lambda, Mrs. .Glenn Hill, 8 p.m. „ ) Circuit chapter of Valparaiso Guild, Zion Parish hall, 12 p.m. Methodist W.S.O-S. Evening Circle & Woman’s society, Methodist \chijrch, 7:30 p.m. >-i | | Rose j Garden club, Mrs. Niland Ochsenrider, 12:30 p.m. Delta Theta Tau, Elks home, 8 p.m. 1 ; i Tri Kappa Associate, Miss| Frances Dugan. 6 p.m. Church Mother’s study club, Mrs. Hugh Engle,\ 8 p.riji. | . WEDNESDAY ; ! Ruraljistic study club, Mrs. Arpelia, Miller, 18 p.m. / Shakespeare club, Mrs. R. C. Herph. |2:3Q pirn. Business and Professional Women, hall, 6:30 p.m? St. Gieorge study club, Miss Pat Appelniah* 8 p.m.’ . Kirkland W. C. T. U., Mrs. John Mishler, 1 p m. Presbyterian Woman’s Association, church, 8 p.m. Epsilon Sigma & Xi Alpha lota Exemplar chapters, Legion ,6:30 p.m. j '| ] • Profit and Pleasure Horne Ec chib, Mrs. Alton ’Corson, 6 p.m. 1 Root! Twp. Home Demonstration club, zjiop Parish hall, 10:30 a.m. THURSDAY Unioh ChapeL’fr. S. W. S., Mrs. Myron ! Frank. p.m. Salem W- S. C. S., Mrs. Chester Bryan, 11 f3O a.m., Unit 1 of Bethany Ej U. B. Mrs. Glen Custar, 2 p.m. Mt. Peasant W. S. C. S., at church, 11 alm. ’ ■ ‘ P.T.A., Lincoln schoof, 7:so p.m. Dorcus Class, Befhany E U. B.' church, 6 p.m, Order of Eastern Star, ( stated meeting,: Masqnic hall, 7:30 p.m. Women of Moose, Moose home, 7:30 p.m., Officers, 7 \p.m. SATURDAY Psi Xi, Bake sale, Meyers Cleaners, 9 a.m. i ! - i ] were married on December 14, 1912 ,Hy the Rev. Clarkson Landis of the Beulah M. E. Circuit. They reside on the old Kitson? homestead. ; ..(i'll '.. : : . , ; Now ZbrARTHRITICS New.Trlple'-acting PRUV<t>! Nothing like it! No prescription required. . ! Get 3-Way, lasting relief from Arthi ritic Pain . . . at HALF* the price ■you'd expect to pay. PruVo is guaranteed to give more satisfaction tha» ' any medicine you have used, regardless of pride. Try H of the, 31. id bottle .if not entirely pleased with 1 results, return to Pruvd for full refund,. \ Naw, advanced Pruvo therapy conlcdnti p -. 1. America s No. 1 Antt-arthntia I medication. 2. Salicylamlde, and amide , . . with 5 times the analgesic potency of aspirin. . j J- ' 8. .Vitamin C, ’the vitamin essential \ to bone tissue production. Get your bottle of Pruvo Tablets today. Start enjoying a more pain-free life. Pruvo is completely . safe. Non- | habit forming. Work, play and sleep better. Ask for PRUVO at yovr druosforo tadayl SMITH DRUG CO.

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; ... _| . ■ _ ; „ t — — — '.L ■ ' - * wi. 'v " 1 w KU ■ 'p ■ i SI j Iy|P ■ 1 flH| -■ 1 A WELCOMING COMMITTEE of three women, one carrying an infant, watch the escort carrier Sicily dock in San Diego, Calif. The flattop had been operating in Korean waters for the past seven months. She is the first American ship to complete three tours of Korea. (International;

—t- ! r•1! 7 • ‘ ' The Lincoln school will be the scene of the P. ,1, T, A. meeting Thui-sday evening at seven thirty o'clock. ; A | carry-in-dinner will be served Thurisday at eleven o’clock at the Mt. |Pleasant church, for meiribers of the W. S. C. S. of the church. i A gift exchange will follow the dinrier. Thursday evening at sev?n thirty o’clock, the Uriion Chapel W. S. W. S. will meet with Mrs. Myron Frahk with Mrs. Vincent Parker as tjhe program leader. ; ’ ' L-. Mirs. Amelia Miller will be hostess! Wednesday evening at eight o’clock to the Ruralistic study club for itheir Christmas party., \ ' ] ; ——— ■. Unit bn® of Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church will meet witi| Mrs. Glen Custer of B£s Winchester street, Thursday afternoon at two o’clock? "Mrs. Carl Hammond is chairman of the affair, and| Mrs. Eugene Runyon will offer the devotions. Miss Grace Bryan will be hostess! at the home of Mrs. Chester Bryan to the Salem W. S. C. &. Thursday, beginning at 1 eleven thirty o’clock: A pot-luck dinner will', be served, followed with a fifty cent gift exchange. AU ladies of the church are invited. ’ r ’" k A, bake sale will be . sponsored i by members of P:si lota X.l sorority Saturday morning beginning at nine o’clock at Meyers Cleaners. All baked goods dre to be at the store by eight thirty o’clock. ■

ffil RIHS °l.Jan is the name of the baby girl, borri to Mr. and Mrs. Gene Reiz of Pasadena. Calif., Saturday and weighed 8 lbs. . The mother KJ wC" ' vvt ■M Ft It® M w v st KA ~ its HkKl a* T • JI B---jsHs' - jfjGryyJ* rgWftiar K g v I v POSTAGE STAMPS of the nqw reign of Queen Elizabeth are now ion . sale at most post offices tn the United Kingdom and Great Britain. The 2Ms-penny stamp ftbp) Shows the Queen*.* nead sutirounded by an ornamental oval. In the stamp (tpottorp i. flora] emblems encircle the head They embody heraldic representations of the rose of England. ; the thistle of Scotland, the daffodO of Wales and the shamrock of Northern Ireland. Unternatioiialf

■ r f ri was tfte former Jane Parent” of ' this city. ‘TV . I Mr. and Mrs. G. D. 1 Steele of Hamden, Cppri., announce the arrival of a baby girl, Martha Elizabeth, three months old. This is the second child and first daughterliin the family. The mother is the former Lirin and Mr. and Mrs. j*oe Linn of this city, are the grandparents. \ . I » Dr. snd Mrs. Harold Lehman of Berne, are the parents of a baby boy, weighing 9 lbs., and born Sunday at the h os Pit a l- 1 A baty bojl, weighing 7 lbs„ 4| oz.’ was born 30 Mr. apd Mrs. Noble Nicodemus ht 7:16. p.m. Saturday at the Hospital. » Christopher Robin is the name of the baby boy; born at 6:44 a.m. Sunday at the hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Morence and he weighed 6 lbs. The mother is the former Agjpes Werst. Grandparents are' Mr. and Mrs. Werst °and Mr. and Mrs. I'loreni Leonard, all. of (this ' CUy ■ ; ' Checking Origin Os Terre Haute Fires TERRE. HAUTE UP Firehien today checked the origin of fires which burned a trailer home, killing Ernest Renfro, 76, and did damdfte .estimated at $25,000 tb Porter's foundry. The , hres occurred within 35 minutes and four tilocks of each other Sunday. If you have something to sell 01 rooms for rent, try a DemocriM Want Add. It brihgs results. ! . I. ' .. “ ■V. .’• .■ 11 .' . Winter Flattery! W i jll z Fl / / sl\ V-i J/ i\ 1 I / / ■°| I \ 1 s/i /li \ 3 w/ H 7/ / A fl I I MI 11 ' I wii 11 I 1 \ 9296 V 12—20: 40 The most flattering ' collar of ■the year on one of the smoothest coat dresses of the season! In alpaca, rayon crepe or a crisp, dark j winter cotton, you’ll love to slip into -this at any hour of the day. Flared skirt with side buttons; sleeveless, three sleeve versions. Pattern 9296: Misses' Sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20; 40. Size 16 takes 4Mt yards 3 9-in ch fabric! This easy-to-use pattern gives perfect fit Complete, Illustrated Sew Chart shows you every step. Send Thirty-five cents In coins for this pattern to Marian Martin, care of Decatur Daily Democrat, Pattern Dept., P. O. Box 6740, Chicago 80, 111. Print plainly TOUR INAME, ADDRESS, ZONE, SIZE} and STYLE NUMBER.

Almost 100 percent of the students at the Reppert School of Auctioneering attended church services Sunday at the various Decatur churches. \ Lou Burger, well-known barber at Joe Murphy’s stiop here, is recovering at Veteran’s hospital in Fort Wayne from, a serfpus alb ment and a series of operations. Lou will be back at his number one chair in the Murphy shop about January 1, according to friends who have visited him. Joseph Lauyent, Decatur postal employe who has been ill for the Several weeks, is reported to be improving at Veteran’s hospital ]in Fort Wayne. Frank Kitspn. auditor-elect, is spending part of his time this month becoming acquainted with th^\duties of {hat office under the tutelage of Thurman Drew, who will retire January 1 from that post after halving served for 10 ■years; i New testaments aye Iweiing supplied to all school pupils in Adams county, from the fifth grade up. The distribution is,being made by Noah Graber; secretary of the Berne-Bluffton Gideon camp. Mrs. Ed Shoaf and soh. Roger, and Marie Graham spent the week-end in Chicago, visiting Frank Shoaf, who is recuperating from a recent operation. ■! V ‘ ■■ ■/j'/ I Admitted: Abros SchJmm, Rockford, Ohio; Jgynder, Decatur. ; ' I \ » Dismissed: Mrs; Joseph DaTurner arid baby girl, Decatur; Mrs. Paul Nussbaum and baby girl. Berne; Mrs. Alvin Krueckeberg and baby .girl, Decatur; Mrs. \Carl Whittaker, Convoy, Ohio; Mrs. Leonard Liechfy and baby girl, Decatur. H ' GIRL SCOUTS Members of Girl Scout troop 17 met with Gloria Wall and made ;a Christmas cqndle. We had a good time working together with Mrs. 'Wall; our lender, Refreshments were serVed b|- Gloria. Scribe. Gayle Custer. Brownie Troop 10 the Lincoln school and we completed our gifts for our mothers for Christmas, 1 and also for |he party. Gteraldine 1 Hitchcock had the treat and we - closed with tlie Brownie circle. ! Scribe > \ Donna Corey ( ' . . j * Auto Smashes Into Bridge Abutment 1. A car belonging to Melvin Walls s os route 2, Geneva, smashed into a bridge abutment at approximately. 9:30 o'clock Friday night, a pi'le and a half south of Pleasant Mills on state road 101. An investigation of the circumstances of the mishap has not yet been completed, according to state trooper Ted Biberstin.e, who was at the scene-. Apparently, a description of. the accident indicates, the car went out of control, the impact powerful enough to have knocked the two frontwheels entirely off. the car. Officer Bibersline believes there were two other occupants in the car Walls, his wife ahd a child. It is known that nb serious injuries were buffered although the family is believed to have been treated at a doctor’s office. 1 V T* MRS. OLIVE Hodgkinson, managing director of Wookey Hole, Somerset, England, displays in Washington a collection of fossilized bones, prehistoric jewelry and Roman coins found in the cave. It is home of Britain’s earliest inhabitants. (International} r... .[ ■ j t .

j wf' 1 * USAF CHIEF OF STAFF Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg (second from right) scans famed Bunker [Hill from a forward observation post on Korean front during his- inspection tour of American defenses throughout the | world. With him are (from left) Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Pollack, comImander Ist Marine division; Gen. O. P. Weyland, Far East Air Forces 'commander; Gen. James A. Van Fleet (far right.), U. S. Bth Army commander. Photo by pave Cicero. (International Soundphoto)

Junior Town Meet Here On Tuesday F ' ' I■ ' . : : Decatur And North Siders To Debate “Do careers and, marriage mix?” 1 The answer may t>e forthcoming , at the Decatur high school auditorium Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock,, wihen four student® —of Decatur high nnd Fort Wayne North Side high—'Will -maitch wits and arguments in thp periodic school event. "The junior town meeting of thfe air.’’ Local talent to take p4nt in the competition—under (the direction of Decatur high schbol speech instfuotor, Deaine Dorwin —will be Miss Carol Kalver, taking the negative, and Miss Sharon Kim- - - ! ble, wre/stling with the affirmative. A panel of 10 will belabor the students ion various aspects pf the tough topic. y Fort Wayne North Side’s speech instructor James Purkhiser will l>e on hand with two students 1 from his bailiwick to attempt to best the local talent. Immortalizing pthe on tape will be WOWO public service director; Ron| Ross, who will also MC the contest. The mental skirnish will be 1 broadcast at a latef ■. date over t|ie Fort Wayne stan , tion. \ . j ihtructor Dorwin report*' Tues- * day’s contest will he 16th of its kind and thle ninth year that the; modified debate has been pre■sented. ? A lively session is expected with the inherently interesting question. A ’ lupcheon will Im> provided for the participants, the home economics class and its director. Jean Steller, doing the honors. I . ' ■ -.1 . . Decatur Attorney Witnesses Wedding D. Burdette ’Cusjter, Decatur attorney, did a friendly service in Bluffton today wliich hj? received no fee for his firm, (Sister and Smith. The Decatur lawyer was waiting in Wells circuit court ''for the Adams central school corporation vs. Mpnroe township decision this morning when a Huntington couple appeared in the office qf Judge Homer Byrd to get married, , The Couple .had the license and all ■ neclessary credentials except a vritnefes and Custer volunteered to ihake them happy by serving as the required witness. As he emerged. ifrom the court house, the De.catpr man said he won two cases: One for Adams Central and One for a newly married couple, and of course he got a fee just for tho former one. VINEYARD HAVENf Mass. UP —A goat in this town is apparently all mixed up on the adage that it’s better to give tharirtd receive. Paul Maciel discovered the animal in his sleeping child’s lied after it had helped itself to the milk in the baby’s bottle. . n I - \ Gift Problem ? .1; . ? ' I 1 Lu . : I I . . , put your gift problems up to us. We’re sure t<i come Up with all the right answers! SMITH DRUG CO. I.M L...1.L. . TOwwwwwwwawwww

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PRISONERS IN (Continued From Pa*e <>ne) wanted was to talk with the governor.” Warden Morris Alwarn said the convicts were demanding a car andi safe conduct through the prison gates. State police chief Joe Roach summoned ill available state patrolmen. More than 100 patrolTnen, security police from the atomic energy commission installation at nearby Ix» Alamos, prison guards, sheriff’s deputies and local police surrounded the penitentiary. - • They were armed with tear gas guns apd .submachine gone hut made nb attempt to enter the barricaded cell Wock. Reports that seven other convicts were loose in the prison could not be confirmed officially. Trade in a Good Town—Decatur!

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