Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 3 January 1953 — Page 3

SATURDAY, JANUARY 3,

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.!- . r “ GECODE CLUB TO INSTALL OFFICERS ON JANUARY 11 Newly elected officers of tjic GeCode club of the Dechiur Gd*> era] Electric plant, 'will be install ed in ceremonies Sunday, January fl, at the Moose home in this city Miss Irene Meyers, supervisoj of women’s activities of the Fort Wayne G <E, jilant, will be the in- - stalling officer. ;.»?! ■ f The local officers are: Velma Goelz. president ; \ Lucille Foor, vice-president; Ethel Schlickman secretary; Pearl Krefehei 1 and Virginia Harvey, directors. The day’s activities w|ll begin I .with registration at ten thirty a. i m., installation ceremonies at eleven, by dinner at tioon. Chairmen of the clu-b’s various committees will be announced by the new president and; the program for the year will be planned. '- 1 — BETROTHAL TOLD OF JEAN MARIE BRAUN I The engagement of Miss Jean A-4 Mairie Braun, daughter of Mrs. ' ’ Mary E. Braun of 1104 West Moni . roe street, and the late Raymond A. Rfaun, has been announced by the bride-elect’s mother, to John Rauch, son of Mr. andi Mrs, Alfred Rauch of route111. 1 Miss Braun is a graduate of Decatur Catholic high’ school and is Employed as an 1 operator at the Citizens Telephone Uoimpany. Her fiance attended school ’at Mohinouth and js employed at the .International Harvesters in Fort Wayne; t . •The. couple have announced no ’< wedding date. - / ■ ' Luk ' ’ I — ?\ : ; SOCIAL AFTERNOON SPENT BY Ci OF C. MEMBERS , Wednesday afternoon, thirtyone members of the Catholic Ladies of Columbia enjoyed a social program i» the C. L. of C. hall. Mrs. William iKeller and Her committee were ip charge of* the affair. ■ 4 ' > 'L ' • ' Card games furnished the enA.tertainment with Mrk William Lose ginning in: bridge/ Mrs. Baril ie We'rtzberger for 500. Mrs. Nick . Braun, and Mjhs, Marga-/ ret Brown for rhum. Mrs. <’harl|d Keller received the ddofc prize. ’ Refreshments w-ere served later in the afternoon and |hb program . was closed. I * Tuesday, the Kirkland Indies club will meet—at seven ©'dock at > the school. Guest speaker will be Miss Beulah Bertsch. C Officers of the Eagles Auxiliary win meet Tuesday at the hall at . eight o’clock. I A business meeting will be held I > by'the C. L. of C. society at the ! .C. L. of C. hall Tuesday evening at _ seven thirty o’clock. ' ■\ / • '• I' * M Mrs. C. I. Finlayson will be hostess to. the business meeting .of Tri Kappa sorority Tuenddy eve-, nihg at seven thirty O’clock 5 . A ; meeting of the Pt cohan tas . lodge will be held Tuesday evening at .seven thirty ofclock al the Red Men’s hall. ' Mrs. Joyce Ellenberger will be hostess for the meeting;of the St. Joseph-" study club Tuesday everting at eight fifteen o'clock; i L a | . . Mr. and Mrs. Robert Girard were guests. of Mr. Mrs. Elmer AnspaUgh and daughters Bet--4 ty and Barbara at their pewMlonje on Holton Ave., in Fonk, Wriyne. New Year’s Eve/ J: - DON’T TAKE A CHANCE '7 take • L I PLENAMINS j Smith Drug to.

--C' - ' j W\- II i 7 jk' • . *4« I ( Y " ■ w*y " - AWW/ Aufc® ■ ' MBX \"'l > How to Round Mount Stray* Her telephone helps every mother keep tab on her youngsters! The peace of mind that comes with knowing where the children are—always within a phohe call—can never . . be measured in dollars. Ji .» ’ | J •Jr telephone service aj your fingertips around the 1 clock, ifs no that to its value far ] exceeds the small cost involved. V Citizens Telephone Co.

| sS*gc*e>gZA] H' i.h I j j. [■ • i '» ' . *' ' \ r Society Item* for day’* pub- .. t llcation mu*t be phoned In by h 11 *.m. (Saturday 9:30 *.m.) Kathleen Terveer i t a Phone 3-2121 MONDAY J’ V. F. W. pot-luck supper, V. F. W. home. 6:30 p.m.. Ladies Auxiliary 8 p.m. 1 Research club, Mrs. John Doan, / 2:io p.m. Juniors of American Legion, Legion home, , 4 p.m. 8 .Monmouth P. T. A. Mothers ' btudy club, Monmouth school, 7;30 1 i>ni. • ' J (Our Lady of Fatima Discussion group. MJsjs Ethel Kleinhenz, P-tn. ’ ' j ' - . . ■ ! , t i TUESDAY , Eagles Auxiliary, Officers, Eag- .- les hall, p.m. , i Kirkland Ladies club, school, 7 r p.m.' ii. •. t C. L. of C. society, C. L. of C. j hall. 7:3(7 p.m. Tri Kappa sorority. Mrs. C. I. . Finlayson, 7:30 p.m. > _ , , Bocohaptas Ixidge, Red Men's > 'hall, 7:30 p.m. ‘ St. Joseph study club, Mrs. . Joyce Ellenberger. ,8:15 p.m. Methodist. W. G. T. U.. Wesley t class room, 2 p.m. WEDNESDAY .; > W. M. A., Nuttman Avenue U/B. church, Mrs. Edith Terrell, 1:30 p.S. ' * Historical Club, Mrs. Wm. Dellinger. 2:30 p: m. ■ \ Girl' Scout Leaders club can- ■ celled. Shakespeare club, Mrs. Jesse :Rice, 2:30 p.m. Psi lota Xi. Parrish. i 8 p.m. • M _ t THURSDAY » D. A. V. Auxiliary, D. A. V. hall. 17:30 'p.m. V , Eastern Star., stated meeting, ; Masonic Wall, 7:30 p.m. ■ - Unit 1, ifMrs. Carl Hammond), Bethany-E. U. ;B. church, Mrs Orie Newhard. 2 p.m. • Magley Ladies . Aid,' dll day, church basement. ? / Women pt Moose. Moos* home, fr-:3O p.m.. officers, 7 p.m. j '! j, . SATURDAY- • - Mt. Pleasant church group. Bake Sale. Ehingen's store. 9 a.m, L1 | -1. 1 •i ;; • ‘*r **l ij I The Historical -dub wit! meet i I at the home of Mrs. Wm. |Dellihger on Jefferson street, Wednes-| day ifternoon at 2:30 o’clock. There will be > a nursery each night of the Spiritual Empha«sis week services at the Methodist church next week supervised by the ladies of the associated churches. 1 ' . ' A regular, stated meeting will be held Thursday evening at seven thirty t o’clock at; the- Masonic half' by members of the Eastern Star. The Literature Department meeting -with Mrsl' C. C. Langston will be held Mionday, January 12 and not Monday, Janluary 5 as was (stati ed in Friday’s paper. P t-nr- ■ i-- -. ; Mrs. Editp Terrell will be hostess' to the W. ’ M. A; meeting of (die Nuttman Avenue.: United Brethren k chitrch Wednesday afternoon at one thirty o’clock. ’I >■ ! • ' Va business meeting will be held I by the I). A. V. Auxiliary at their hall Thursday evening at seven thirty O’clock. ’■ 4 ' January Clearance Sale, I Starting Monday, January J sith.—Style Shop. < ' It

rj |S ; I I s : ■ I ENGAGED TO WED -Miss Eileen Engagement t< -Robert S Gentis. son,\ <>f Mrs. R. O. Gentis and\ the late Ms. Genti j ;<»f 226 Marshall street, is made known by l&r parents, Mr. iand Mr ;, itufiis H. Scherrv of route t. Decatur. i Miss Scnerry is a graduate of, Ossian high school ahd is employed in the’Office of the Schafer company; Iler fiance graduated from Decatur high school and Jjjternati<mal Business Gollege iii Foitt Wayne. He is employed at the Schafer company as Duo-Therm' office manager. - i\ Nft wedding date has been announced;"- Photo by Amspaugh- - Li Li ■ ■ K c • ' > ' 1- ’,l

Mr. .and Mrs. Marcus Foreman of West Lafayette . and' Mr. and Mrs; Howard Foreman and family of Lafayette, wereXoliday visitors of Mr and of Marshall, street. Earner An-kpaugh of Fort Wayne, formerly of this., city, will enter St. Joseph hospital Monday for syrgery. , ' ’ Mt. and Mrs;. Burton Louth and daughters Debby Joe. \ of Fort '.Vayne, were New Yeac? day giiests of Mr. and Mrs. s «Robert G,arard of this city.The ’ late Frances Weikel, of Bluffton left an estate of of which $23,000 was personal property and real estate estimated at $4'5,000. Charles Weikel has been appointed administrator and ! filed bopd for $48,00i). Judge ron G. Jenkins, who retired thia week as judge of the Jay circuit court afte/tf serving 12 years, has formed a partnership, with Harold P. Fiely and wIH resume the practice of Law at Portland. L' Grover (Dutch) Runyon, former] resident of tout hern Adanrs conn- ! ty, died Christmas Eve at the home of a half-brother. Hurry E. Lenders, near Muncie. He was 63 years ; old and had been employed at the j ChevroleJ-Muncie plant a number I of years.’ The Van Wert. 0., city service department sent trucks out this morning to pick up all the Christ-, may’, trees that have been discard-' ed, a service no doubt appreciated by many citizens of that city.

»|OSRITAL 4 K , ' i '■ ’ ' Admitted: Mrs. Lorenze Espargo; Decatur; Lester Lehman, Berne; Mrs. Mary DijCkhqn, Decatur; 5 Mrs. Kldon Holoway, Keystone. Dismissed;: Mrs. Hardhll Hanibrock and baby Decatur; Otis wells,. Decatur; Airs.. Rusell Bisel aind baby girl, Berne; Mrs, Harold Starr, Portland. |S y- - Leap Year Big Flop In New York City * NEW YORK t;P The city clerk admitted today that Leap Year in New York was a big flop. die reported that marriage licenses issued during 1952 totaled 73.259,' a drop of 5,082 from 5 ■, ■ ■ Htichhiking Koreans \ P Die In Train Wreck PUSAN, Korea UP —- Twentybine hitchhiking were killed and 41 injured Friday night when a military freight train jumped rails while crossing a bridge In South Korea. Only four of the train's 31 cars were loaded, army officials said, and the Koreans apparently had sneaked aboard empty cars for a free ride. , —"LX ; Three Men Indicted For Muncie Slaying MUNCIE, Ind. UP —; Grand jury indictments charging first and sfeisond degree murder Were , returned Friday against three men in the slaying of grocer Lewis Leveck, 72, last Noy. 24. Indicted Were Cletus Sheets, 39. (Howard Crisp, 32, and Harlan Parks, 31. all of Muncie. They were arrested last month, days after iLeyeck was beaten and slain apparently by burglars whom he surprised in his neighborhood store.

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Urges City Schools L Closed In New York 8,000 Bus Still Out On Strike ’■ \ NEW YORK, dUl^)—Transport Union Boss Michael iJ. Quil| urged like city today to dose its Hdidols and avoid panic on overloaded subways for the duration ‘ bf-, -a strike against eight hits lines. |i Quill yyggeisted that somei df the six New York television eKa|nt|el« ’could be used for class r<wm instruction in the homes of iHideiits; uijitil his bus drivers gp bgek to work on a n’ew 404ipdr hedule. ’ j ,j ' His advice was given in h telegram to school; Sypt. Jan■sen. whp thumbed down tive fdea but ordered, publh- and p|iiochial high . schools not to begin 1 classes Mbnday until 10 a. m. , The bus strlkt 5 affecting jSjtaO,* | 000 daily riders started exactly cne minute affer the new year began. The buses stopped *foiling following a last-minute ha*«le *>etween Quill and Mayor Vln--ent R Jinpellitteri. Quill was offended by ' lmg>erritteri’a charge that the Transport Workers Union, ClO, and the bug ©lterators were trying to raise bus fares in a conspiracy. Quill called the mayor a “llan" Whereas Quill tarried down another mediation' offer from ImpelHtteri Friday night, hfe predicted there wobld lie at) important development at a mass meeting of hii union Sunday.; : f ; The bus drivers sought the 40b.oiur w\eek without loss of the pay thpy had been receiving for working 48 hours. The'operators; said they could not grant it without life city. The long weeke.nd Wpjiday sos- ■ tehed-the impact of tlie walkout nnjd the first real 'effect , of th? city’s worst bus strike was riot ex-s liected- to be felt (until Mbndtjy. ( —— - ' : ■ A Troutner Arrested On Traffic Charge ' Clyde Troutner,' f Fort Wayne, fdrjirie> Adams county clerk, was Friday in S’prt Wayne city emirt; with reckless driving and failure to yield a iright-of-wajj as the result of a fatal, automobile mfehap last November 17' Troutner was returning filom Decatur-to Fort Wayne cjn't,hUt; date when lils car crashed into the rear of. ahL btlfer auto driven l>y. .Herman CMa’iland pf Allen county. Mailand and a passenger, Alfred Zeit. were kilted. Trqutner was seriously, (ftjured. ' -i. 5 A* Troutner was driving alone at the time pf the accident. jOther passengers in the Maiianff car, Mr, and Mrs.| Edwin Kleine, and a 'so* MelVi n al so we re inj u r ed. The . affidavit was, signed by deputy sheriff Robert .Bender ,of! Alley cpupty, Troutner hajd been inf Deoatur!visit irig on theAdate As the wreck ftnd had this ci.ty about 6:30 in the evening;. The mishap curred just over the leounty linei in Allen county at about 7 o’cjocki Trucker Accused As Death Driver MIAMITOWN, 6. UP — Maribn Bradurn, 34, Cohnersvllle, A Ind., was under arrest today,.] accused as a hit-run driver^ of a truck involved \n a fatal accident f \ Police reported Orville Blasdell. SO, Harrison, Q., was injured fatally and his wife and daughter. ]Francine, 10, hurt on U. S. 52 near Miamitown. ' i , ! , Bradufn was driving a tractortrailer. ’’ L, ' I]'

Copy Rules Are Listed For Society Section L

'*.ln order to publish all stories for the- society section of the Decatur Daily Democrat, a few rules are necessary. The following are published here to aid those desiring publication.] . \ \ 1. In wedding stories, full names and addresses must be given for principals and attendants. 2. NamesSof married women in all stories-should be identified by husband’s first name, unless divorced or jaecerised. The complete first name or two initials are required. ' -| , \ ] 3. If parents of engaged couple are divorced!, the names and addre&es of both parents must be included. If Either or both parents are deeeased, that -fact should be indicated by'the use of “the late.’’ 4. If members of the bridal party are related to bridp or bridegroom, the relationship should be given., 5. If the bridegroom or other members of the wedding party are liri military service, the correct title of tank and branch of service is necessary. This applies to all other instances where a serviceman is invdlvedv 6. Material submitted fog publij \ - ■S ] rLi ;] G. E. Employes To Take Summer Tour Make Airplane Tour Os Foreign Nations When the Decatur General Electric plant : shuts down for the annual vacation period next summer, several local employes will be winging their way to Europe on the Elex-sponsored tour of foreign countries. i \\ Reservations are now being made

for the tour> Miss Irene Meyers, of Fort Wayne, club advisor, announced today. There will be two tours, which will start from Baer Field by TWA airlines. ' The first will be ft two week tour starting July 25, and returning August & The cost of this tour is $879. \ .' ' The second tour will be three weeks, from July 25 to August 15. The cost Is $1022. Several local employes have ab ready made tentative reservation* for the tours and mere are expected to Join the flight parties prior to final registration for the trips. A deposit of lied must be made tor either tour and the deadline for making reservations is June 1. Mins Meyers Mid. Final payment for the tours must be made by June 15. r Prices on both of the trips, which include tours of six countries and a stop-over in Ireland, covers TWA Trans-Atlantic Air, railway, motorcoach, and cross channel and local steamer transportation; hotel accommodations ; tour, escorts ; meals; sightseeing programs; transfers; taxes and tips, and baggage. The six countries to be visited by members of both tours are:. England, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and France. Four Airmen Killed

When Planes Crash Three Men Killed In C-47 Plane Crash RALEIGH, N. C. UP — A bleeding man' staggered out of the night and fo£ early today and bjdodhounds, taking the scent \of his shoe, led searchers to a crashed air force C-47 and the bodies of his tlhree fellow crewmen. T-Sgt Edwin Matthus appeared dazed and bleeding at the RaleighDurham Airport about la.m. Six hours later, the wreckage and the bodies were I found in Crabtree state park. j Names of: the men killed were -not announced immediately. Police, civil air patrol officials and air force investigators used .Matthus' shoe to give bloodhounds the scent that led searchers to the crash scene, deep in the wooded park. ' __\ r . -• ’'j Officials said the pilot apparently had been unable to reach Pope air force base because of the dense fog Friday night and was trying to tnake an- emergency landing at Raleigh-Durham. Officials said that Matthus wentdown with the plane. Suffering from shock, he was unable to give officers specific details about the accident. \ The dazed airman ' had a deep gash on his head and a tourniquet around a bleeding arm when he stumbled into \ the airport. His coveralls “were bloody as Hell” and he could hardly walk, an official said. He was rushed to Duke hospital at Durham. \ ~ The- air force said the plane was en route from Stewart air force base, Newburgh, N. Y., to Pope air force base, Fayetteville, N. C. r — Cosmic rays pass through the bodies of all human beings an average of 10 times a second, the. National Geographic Society says,

cation should be typewritten if possible, or written legibly. 7. The newspaper will hot call clothiers or florists for descriptive material for wedding \stories. 8. Wedding stories will ijot be taken over the telephone. ; They should be either wri|tten and 1 mailed) to the* society department or brought to personally. 1 . ■ - 9. Glossy, prints of piytures are .preferred for better newspaper reproduction. 10; Deadline on wedding pictures* is one week after the wedding. Those received afthr that date will not be published. 1.1. Pictures should be submitted to the society department at- leist ten days before they are published. 12. The exact date and] place of the weddihg must be gifen. This .includes time, day, datd, -church -and city. ! i v A ,’ \ i \ , ( 13. All. stories submitted, must be signed a telephone number given for confirmation. , 14. The department reserves the rfefet to, edit all material submitted j Pleads Gfehty, Case ! ■ Under\ Aoisement Jim Shell, of Geneva, pleaded guilty to intoxication in mayor’s the sentence taken under Tax Exemption To Eisenhofer Urged President Truman Suggests Action

WASHINGTON. UP —Congress, it appeared tqday, may follow 1 President Truman’s advice and give President-elect Eisenhower; a pay windfall. But fast action will be necessary. The constitution says that the President’s “compensation” can’t be increased during his term of office. Giving him special tax treatment would. In effect! amount to a pay raise. . '| Eisenhower will.be inaugurated | Jan. 20. which gives the pew con- : gress just aL little more 4>an two . weeks to a< | on Mr. Trunin’s proTh* President suggested Friday I that the incoming Predidqnt. Vice : President Richard M. 'Nil®** and | the new spdaket of th* house be 'given bet tea-tax treatment than i they would get under present law. While -Republicans generally refused to commit themselves immediately. several said privately they thought something should be done. < Rep. Qharies A. Halleck, new house Republican'’ leader, told reporters le thought the president and vice president, as well as members of congress, “ought to be entitled to the same deductions as are other individuals in private employment." Sep. F. George (D-Ga.), recipient $f ope of the letters, said he thouglU Mr. Truman’s proposal “eminhntly fklr anti liberal and just.” * . Congrealfypted in 1951 to make the sso,o^l|-fp t pense Allowance Jof the presl iatM • the 110,000 allowance» of t] Speaker and the vice £d the |2,500 allowance of < - of congress, taxable as o| year.' «. f klr. proposed congreps all<sr me president and vice tax deduMWl ft later permitted its Washiogton Hying expetfsepL ItM also suggested a “special flvijig ®>enße” deduction up to ssoj(Mffl,a war.' tOMional ( Cod . S h»m Page On*) v--4gfore . theory, that the senate is body" and does not M?e adopt new rules at the opting »f each new congress. Il 'J: i - r" —S r. l. <- * j FAMILY and friends of Mrs. Odessa Frances Meister, 35. Baltimore, Md., fear for her life. Ths pretty wife and mother has been missing since Dec. 20. Her red shoulder bag was found Dec, 29 in a neighborhood far from where she normally would go. (International J

' f, ■ F J JLL < h F 4 2 wl iElMlWEWfclaJiMlll; S' w I F 1 ' I .T'L W 1 ■ O MRS. EDWIN WITTE was the former Betty Hockefneyer, daughter Mr. and Mrs. Henry, W. Horkemeyer df Hoagland, before her recent marriage in Sit. John’s Lutheran < hiir<]h. f JtlatrbCkL groohi I ! is the son ok John Wittd of Fort'.Wayne and the Mrs. i The-Rev. Henry C. Abram officiated at tihe double ring vows. A ; musicale preceded j he Wedding by W. J. Ehfen, organist, with W.; E. l lfelnian as .vocalist. Followips- a short wedding trip. yotjng couple are residing on route 1. Decatur. L t

Churchill Scheduled > ... I- r • , ’ . In New York Monday Storm Moy Delay Churchill Arrival , ABOARD THE QUEEN MARY IP —• Prim© Minister Winston Churchill’s scheduled M o qdny morning arrival in New York for an historic series of conferences with U. S. Prekident-elect Eisenhower may lie-delayed as much as I 12, hours by Atiantic storms. ‘."A new course was charted today jo skirt a severe storm reported developing. Churchill, who prides hltnself ot being an old “its dog.**' was un i affected' by rough weather whk-1 I already has made a number o | But he r*-ouHo*d la hi* in*oos . suite Friday night, wurhibg 'wit . gutariaw., and pa— ed np th 1 movie he had planned to att—ii I rlamjH-d into place on the forward I portion** of the Queen Mary earl, today as warnings were received ot an angry mid-Atlantic -blow which was piling up high seas on thev liner’s intended course. There was no indicatibn whether the change in arrival time in New York would delay the first meeting between the prime minister and Eisenhower, whom he knows as an did friend from World War 11. A It origi-nally has been expected that the two would get together Tues'dayk to discuss such monumental issues as :thej Korean n’at.' exchang? of atomic knowledge and Closer Anglb-American relations. ’. ' - Sohrce-s close to Churchill, indicated he intends to lose no time in getting down to business after he- reaches tlm United States. But to dafe no definite Schedule for his trilks with Eisenhower of

! ■' i I I WllfiClJ " i i i :F ■. OW ■:• ■ : I ’ /T\ From the Past : Lu Comes the Future '* | : j ■ Progressively finer service to 4he commun- g ■ ity—made possible by past experience — is 1 * Zwick Funeral Home’s pledge in this New • Year. , V-\ I b ; ' | ZWICK e | nounj. zwkk noun a num ~ ! ! S/NCE MM • I 520 M.2ND ★ PHONES: 3-3602 DAY I ■ 3-3603 NIGHTS & HOLIDAYS > " \ |

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for his visit to Washington for a- - call on-outgoing President Truman has been announced. x The prime minister, who has devoted much time” aboard ship to study of. the official lepers he is T.riiiging with him and -jo dictating ~ the la|Jt volume of hl’s wat* me* motai|iw|ll be"host with'Mrs. Chur-* z 2hiilT>t a cocktail party this eve\/ n:ng! in their suite. -• 1 It - .win be the first social func- ' I F tion of the Voyage for the 78-year- I r old Churchill, except for .New si Year’s Eve when he drank chant- . I l *4 pagne .and greeted the New Year s with a pledge to work for closer i British Amerkan understanding, yi The guest list for tonight’s parti I ty include* a number of titled personages at»oard as well as several , n & British aad w Americaa naval offifi. i c<*rs »y by C?hur- j way# detained early loee for ■ ’ aea r j Wk WIT ar 2 ’ Nine Men Escape • From Toledo Jail y TOLEDO. O. UF — Police in rj eight midwestern slates jotned the r search today for nine prisoners [, who escapf-d from the Lucas coan- | ty jail Friday night - j Jailer Harold G. Williams said j he discovered the break on a • > t: routine check, just before the pris- . oners were locked into their cells > from the bullpei\ for the night. 1 P . i — —i. - -. 1j—— ~, ,t>, I **■•2