Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 5 January 1953 — Page 3

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Ci ■ ';■ - ■ 4'l. : . ' ■ ■■ H’OMt DEMONSTRATION COUNCIL MEETS HERE ‘ ~ \ The >J»S3 home demonstration council started its activities with a ,? business and planning mjeetini? Friday.. Thl? session was held in the county extension office during the afternoon. All seventeen presidents . ’jwere in attendance Fith county officers and Anna’ K, Williams, home demonstration agent, and L. E-; Archbold. county -agricultural agent. i ? p\j • j ' j- The new secretary, Mrs. William Kruetztrtan, read the minutes ahd troll call and Mrs. Leonard Wadley, gave a financial report. The group decided to. give ’ re-* cognition to the club that makes (the si-ore On the aichieVe-i m.ent score .sheet. These forms will be turned in following the ■ IM3I December; ’meetings. The recogAlwill pe\ made in 195.4. ,\ MrsL fieri Haley, cha .iprianypl the travel Committee, asked Toe suggestions-from all clubs soy hes group. They hope to plan a sight? -seeing trip that will be education? hl and enjoyable for either spring ; A .pr All of 19a3. " , . ■ -Xhe homemakers tetreat ~sot Explanation of the specjiii intei> est activities for thle year and thfe farpi- and' food caravari lor January 20 and 21 fallowed. ?' ,?p , i ' Miss Williams spokd briefly on the goals qf the -extension progrant and tlife- cluks for. tjje new year. Archbold complimented\ the. group on the association’s past accomplishments and

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ed the presidents on their office The meeting closed with refgesh- ■ ipenjtK. •! ' J .. ■'! -?' -J * ’ 1 '-i 1 LEGtON DISTRICT MEETING TO BE HELD THURSDAY The fourth district meeting the American (Legitin Auxiliary will be .held Thursday at ' Leg ion Post 47. ’beginning al|' te'ri ' oMidck thiit morning. A[l membep Wishing! to attend from Adams unit 43 • are to make reservation’s «|ith Mrs. Dee Fryback, by Tuesday. The Legion uaxiliary will have their ! regular business meeting Friday evening at eiigftt o'clock- , AH htembers are urged to attend ANNUAL ORGANIZATION MEETING HELD RECENTLY Mrs. Paul Stanly of Betjiie? was elected president of the Adams County \ Democratic. Women's club at the annual organization meeting held in the Marine Room of the Berne auditorium. She sjuCceeds Mrs. Everett Hutker of this city, : Other new officers are MiKs Rose N’esswakL ?irst VfcC-presidei^t; Mrs.jOchsenrijler-, pecond vicepresident; Mrs. Hutner, third vice-i president; Mrs. Buffeiibargee, secretary; and Mrs.(Mabel Striked, treasurer, all from Decatur. 1 | ' RAILING-BEER NUPTIALS 1 READ DECEMBER 31 Miss Virginia -bailing, daughter Os Mr. and; Mrs. i Jrest Railing of route 6, and Leßoy. Beer, Jr,’/ son ■•-of Mr. and \fcfe-. Leßoy Beejr\of ' route 3. united in mpmage in a candle-lighb cereihony Deeem- ( her 31. The jedding scene was the Vnioh £hapel ildvangelica.i United Brethren chuheh. wi|h the Rev. L. f. Norris officiating. A Winter white wool jerseji dress with black accessories was -liosen by the bride fbT hbr nyarriagej She (ompfeted her costume a iL-brsage of red roses,' The couple's, only attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph t'nllrof t>4catur.. - I, Mrs. graduated from Pleas ant Mills high school and il«r emiplpyed at| the Lincoln National M.ite Insurance Coinpany in ■Wavne. Her husbapd is serving .tfpyr, t-he air force at Rapid \City. Iowa? ’ ;V. ij j? ■ - -L "1 ; : Members of the Sancta Maria study club ‘ will meet with Mrs. Esther Meyer Wedm-s-day evening at eight O’clock. - "■ The Mt. Pleasant W. S. C. will meet. Thursday afternoon at; One thirty o’clock with Mrs. patsv Sheets. , x Ou ■ > \ : - Janiiar-y 20 is the date foHthe Associate Tri Kappa meeting in-

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. ft , - : hf I? ■ ■ WO Mb ■F * ‘ ?? v t B A RECENT CEREMONY urited Mi|s Florence' Clark and Frank ’ Cottrell in marriage';'in the First Methtldist <!-hurch in this city, with the Rev. Samuel Jjjdjefick performing'jhe .double ring vows. ■ Mrs, Maude Ula|k ofr Geneva is the brale’s; mother and Mr. and Mrs. Sabtuel CottrW df route 3, are patents "of Die groom. The couple arie Making theji’ honuj |in Decatur at 1216 Jfrkson slrt et. —Phoio by ArispaUL-ii. . .

fyy* t tai ' fwl \ U '• » Society Items for* day’* pub* llcation must be phoned in by 11 a.m. (Saturday 9:30 a.m.) Kathleen Ter’veer Phone TUESDAY j Eaglhs Auxiliary Officers, Eagles hall. 8 pan. | -4 Kirkland Ladies M;W> school, 7 Pint.\ | " . *• ,1 ' • 1 !<’. L, of C. socieh ,i C. L. of f. hill; 7:30 pm. (Tri Kappa soror|ty| Mrs. C. t Finlayson. 7:30 p.m, ,|: ■ Pdcohantas LodgeJ'Red Menis hdll. 7:30 p.m. ;. 'I |Bt. Joseph stu«?y '’ club. Mr#.' JoVce Ellenberger. 8 i»> p.tn. ,• j Methodist -W. C. tJv., Wesley class room. 2 p.m, j • . •j\ WEDNESDAY jSancta Maria st.tulj,?’ illub, Mrs. Esther : Meyer, 8. p.tn. £ ■* Ft. George study < l«b postponed, pridgje club, Mrs. (>. ijvmy Bierly, 7:30 p.tn. ' ■ . ;»! . .J - W. M. A., Nuttmati Avenue IT. ftCliurch, Mbs. Etlilh \ )’ei rell. '1:30 . p in. ' ci'.. Historical Club, Mrs. Deli-lingcrL-2. ;16 p. in. GiiT-S out club can: ", p'r ' T | Shakespeare jMrs;- Jesse| Rice. 2:3(1 p.m. .’ ' ' ' \ ,\J ’ i Psi lota Xi. Mrs. R|)ri ild Parrikhj 1" J "' ■ L fia ■ i THURSDAY Mt. Pleasant \\. $. |jT. S.. MrS.l . Ejatsy Sheets, 1:3 j s,>4 * • : , j ' f: St. Jude study ,<,-h^l),-Mrs. Harrv Massonne, 8 p.m. p - V I v So-Cha-Rea. Mrs. jVipcent Bormann. Fairwar. *> aojp m. i Methodist w’ S. C.|sJ Methodist eburch. 2 p in. . ; ; I). A. V. Auxiliary, Jd|[ A. V. hail. 130I 30 > )ln > ■ I | ! V ij Eastern Star,, meeting, rasonic hall, 7:3oilpinß Unit 1, (Mrs. Carj yiammpnd). Bethany E. U. ft. <-hujrcl|, Mrs. Oriejifewhard. 2 p.m. ♦' • 1 ’•■j Magley Ladies Ald;j all day,; church basement. ’ • Women of Moose, • Mflose home,; 7:30 p.tn., officers, 7j p.hi. n FRIDAY | ' I W. s. Wy s. of Vniß Chapel. Mrs. Lawrence Nprris, £ p.tn. ■ W. S. C. S. of .Mt.' iTahbr church. Mrs. Ollie Culbertson.?® p.m. WEDNESDAY 1 „ SATURDAY:’ ’ ! Mt. pleasant churdh ffipup, Bake sale, Ehinger’s storel fl s.m. W- - Jplb ' Of January 131 are. isked to note the (fiance in date.! Mrs. Carl Gerber will |>'£ the hosi ess -' d 1 . ' : 1 4 — r The Methodist \V. S. 4 p S. will (meet at the church; aft-, ernoon at two o'clock. ;’i[Mrs. Jay Thacker will be Hrogra'm leader Now TRY tIHS ’ l > . i For coughs and acute broncjutiS due to j colds you can now get Creomulsion specially prepared for Children in anew' pink and blue packagb and be sure: (1) Your child will like it: (2) It contains only sure, proven ingredients. . i(3) It contains no narcotics to'disturb nature’s processes. I (4) It will aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender, inflamed throat and bronchial membranes, thus' relieving the cough and promoting rest and jleep. Ask for Creomulsion for Children in the pink and blue package. CREOMUCSION FOR CHILDREN relieve* Ceughs, Chest Colds, Actift Bronchitis n? i I

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and I.Mrs. 'Lohnas Mclntosh, devotional loader y Co-hostesses ;wis bd Mrs.: John Doan and Mrs, (M L. Vande./Nursery attendant twill be Mrs.| Delnier Van Horn\ • ' Th<? St. Mary's township Farm Bureau will be held Tuesday. January * 13, at the school housfe at sevefij thirty o'clock. A cake baking cjintest will be held and prizes givenj. ... \ .‘ll I i ■' I■' Mrs. Laurence Norris will be hoßtefes to the W’ S'. W. S.i of Union Uhapel ’Friday afternoon at orie <|clork, for a regular Mrs. timer Merriman will ibe program!, leader and the ladies <if the church are invited. ! —K • Mrs|. Vincent Borhiann will; »e hostess to So-Cha-Rea at six' thirty o'clock Thursday evening at the fairway restaurant. •< ’ ■* I- ' Th4 St. Jude study chib will meet evening at eight o'clbck with Mrs. Harry Massohne- , 1- < \ <’ ■ S ' L All => members are asked to, be present for the meeting Friday evening at seven o’clock with -Mrs. Ollie I'ulbertson of the W. S. C. S. of tho Mt Tabor church. A .cookie sale will lie held. ?- ’ ''l j ■—-1 , Mrs. G. R,emy Bierly will fie hostess ta> the Bridge club Wednesday evening at seven thirty o’clock. The St. George study chib nietting with'i Mrs. Robert Steigmeyer as hpstess. has been’ postponed fronri Wednesday to the following Wednesday., * ' ’ Adniitted: Victor Eicher. Deca-' tur; Sarah Banter. Dechtbr; Mrs.} Blanche Elzey, Decatur; Mn*. Aldine Fox, Berne; William Atnettg Celina, Ohio; Jess Tumble “son,: Wren, \Oh io, Mrs. Lloyd Lhfenand baby boy, perne: Mrs. Mais Dixpn. Decatur; Mrs. Waldo Dick baby boy. Berne; Mrs. Lester Auman, arid baby girl. De catdr; Mrs. John Bollebbacher and balvt boy, Rockford, Ohio; Chi rle® W. Archbold and baby Carol Louise. Monroeville; • Mr|, Martin Leininger, Monroe Linda Lou Nusshauni, Mon: t;o'4.\ Brooks Wheeler, Berne; Mrs. Doh Moser and baby. °boy. beneva; Miis Marilyn Braun, Decatur; Mrs; Laivreince Gerodot, Decatur; Mrs. Ruisseil Hey. Willshire,'Ohio; Mrs* Letter Brunner and baby girl. Tie/ catur; 1 Mrs. James Smith, Decatur; Mrs. Lorenzo Esperengo, Decatur; M|s. John E. Meyer. Decatur: i i \ Greater Service By Courts Is Studied UP — . White circuit judge Russell Gordon, instructed a committee of the'lndiana Judges association today to {make recommendations to the 1953 state legislature on rpeans of icre£ting greater efhclency and JperVice in corirts. : The association’s officers adopt-. I>d a resolution at a Sunday meetngi which branded the acts under ivhilch courts operate as “a patchvotk dating back 100 yeahk" It uaid some of the provision* are ’‘confusing.” v \George Richards Minot, an AnMsrican physician, devised a liv-' i;r’ | diet for pernicious anemia vMch led to the present day therapeutic use of liver extracts for that disease. 'i ■■ -j ' • ;

Three Minor Auto Mishaps. Reported One Man Fined For Disorderly Conduct 1 City police had the major portion of action over the weekenjd. investigating two minor jiccidents and a liquor charge while the sheriff’s department stood by on a truck-in-ditch incident. Bernard E. Grim, 129,?920 Dayton street, was fined sls plus costs, for disorderly conduct and public intoxication. Lawrence D. Morgan, 32, of Monroe, ran into the rear. of a tar driven by, Norman iSchimmOeller, 21. Fort Jennings, 0., when, according to police, Schiinmoeller stopped for a railroad crossing at iElm and Thirteenth’ street Saturday afternoon, pamage was to Mofgan’s car,' estimated at $45-. Harry Human, Jr., 34, of Monroe, wai leaving an alley oh Third street between Madison 1 and Mbn-* roe streets when, say ppli-ce reports, Richard Cook, 26, of Pleasant Mills, was backing to park at the curb. Suman’s auto slid into COok’s, causing nn estimated $25 damage to Cook’s jean Sheriff Bob Shraluka investigated a minor biishap onle mile west of Decatur on state r<j>ad 224 when a truyk went into a ditch and was dtruck. The? wrecker, said the sheriff, in trying to extricate the truck from the ditch, pulled down a y city light and power department, utility pole. Light and power hedd L. C. Pettibone sa|d the damage would probably not exceed S3O. \Mrs. George Steiger of Portland, Oregon, is jvisiting her sister and brother-in-law', Mr. and Mrs. Victor Amaeher of Preble? Miss Cecelia Bierly, ot New 'Albany, sister of G. Remy Bierly, is visiting with them for a fevy days. Other guests at thle Bierly home. Sunday for flinner were Mrs. liobert Schooley and daughter. Betty Lov. ( and Mr. and ..Mrs. John Foley of. Auburn. The Presbyterian men’s club will hold the first meeting of 1953 Wed-f nesday evening- This will be thef first presided ove? by the gew president. Dr. John Spaulding. A marriage license was issh'ed at Bluffton Friday to Pauline Elizabeth Thompson, daughter of Mrs. Bertha Hakey of Decatur, and Dr. Pierre C. Talberf of Auburn. Clarence Linked, 61. a shoemaker. was found dead in bed Saturt, day morning at his shop in Craigville by Leo Wasson, postmaster who called to deliver some mail. Cause is believed to have been a cerebral hemmorthage. Mrs. Torq Noble and Mrs. Doris Martirf of Indianapolis, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Brames, Mt- add Mrs. Bud Uhrick and daughter, Janet? Mr.j>and Mrs. Don Brames and daughter. Laura Linn, all of Fort Wayne and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Schmitz and son, Bobby, of this city, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schmitz. .Mrs. G. L. Brayton has- returned from a holiday visit with Jier nephew and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pipers of Ithaca, New York. Burglars Blow Two Safes, Net Only $6 INDIANAPOLIS UP — Btirglars went tp great pains Sunday in carrying out their plan for the latest in this city’s series of armed robberies which have cost merchants thousands of First, they tied up night watchman Charles Evans, 54, ip his quar r ters above a grocery warehouse. Thep they blew open a five-foot-safe. | That netted them $6. Disappointed. they battered open a second safe. It was bare. i ? J I*- "? —*~T 1?1 ' Marion Man Is Named Assistant Adjutant INDIANAPOLIS — iGover-nor-elect George N. Craig today pointed Maj. John MoConnell, Marion, to serve as assistant adjutant general in his administra, lion. McConnell, who heads a National Guard unit in his hometown, help the same post in the administration of former Gov. Ralph F. Gates. At that time, he was instrumental in organizing the postwar national guard. \ v Kills Estranged i Wife And Self EVANSVILLE, Ind. UP — A factory worker shot and killed his estranged wife Sunday and then shot himself to death after a reconciliation attempt failed. Police said John E. Weimer, 41; followed his wife, Nannie Lou, 37, Into the street with a, shotgun, wounded her in the arm and killed -her with another blast as she slumped to the sidewalk. He returned to a rooming house land phot himself, authorities said. '/ ' Trade In a Good Town—Decatur 1 ' - ! \* '. • ' ' I- | ■ ■

Handicraft School In Decatur Friday ?, The first handicraft day for 1953 will be Friday. This workship will be held at the Decatur ; fire Ration and is open to the public. ■ The crafts to be taught includeTug making, kriitting, chair caneing, and metql modeling. Tne teachers will be on hand to help thoke w,ho vyish to j learn these crafts from! 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. • , —— 'j ? ? Says U. S. Loyally Is On y Secondary 3tate Memorandum Pub ished By Group WASHINGTON, UP Senate nvestiga;ors claimed they had documentary pj»of from the statd detriment today that loyalty to the I nited Stated 'vas given only secondary emphasis in screening Americans employed by the United Nations. ' ' \ . The seriate Internal security subcommitted, which has investigated 9ubver9ive of the U. N., made public, a state department rlieinorAndum outlining the secret 1'949 arragnements under which tpe United States sent adverse reports on American employes to the U. N.- , ;l Sen. Pat McCarran (D-Nev.), fbrmer subcommittee chairman, cjalled the document “startling” afed said itl ’‘ma}ces it appear that the\ state department’s so-called checks’ of United Nations personnel Were not primarily concerned with the question of loyalty t(ji the Unitdd States.” McCarran objected to a section of the memo which snip a U. N. employe should be given an adverse rating if his poll Heal symptl)ies would seem to make him ‘(a poor risk in tennis of adherence to his oath as an international <?|vil servant, and therefore constitute a- probable source of future/ irijury to the' U. N’’ \ . ' ' . ! . The subcommittee also made public a 194t| letter from then secretary; of state James F. Byrnes asserting that? convicted perjurer Alger Hiljs headed the state de? partment \ agency responsible for k recruiting of Jhd U. S. delegation to the U. N. Byrnep said the state department —- aji<i therefore Hiss — had no voice ip hiring employes of the Nl stjaff Itself, which has been the target of congressional investigations and a special fedts£l grand jury, ri' \ H

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Widow Screams In Protest At Trial Coloners Wife On Trial For Slaying TOKYO, UP — Mrs. Dorothy Kruegerf Srfiith. daughter of a general and widow of a colonel she is accused of Killing, serpamed. in pAXest todav when the, prosecution kt her court marfjal displayed a photograph of |ier husband. Mrs. Smith, daughter of Gen. Walter Krueger of World War II fame, brought an ImrneMiate recess in the first day of the general Courts martial. Her cry; of “Oh no.” interrupted the monotonous presentation .of facts before the board of officers hearing: the trial. i • . > , ’ •* r tt couldn’t fte,” phe cried. “Theyl?wouldn’t do that.” I But she sat impassively while a Japanese, housemaid qnPtpd 'her as saying. 'T’m glad I did it.?’ And she sat just as impassively as the housemaid testified Mrs. Smith pad been drinking for'several hours before her husband was stabbed to death, and as a 1,7 yearold neighbor testified he heard Mrs. Smith threaten to kill her husband two weeks before the slaying. . . \ Mrs. Smith pleaded innocent to the charge of killing hen 45-year-old husband, Anforey D. Smith, after a defense motion' for dismissal of charges was denied. i The slender. 40-year-old defendant. wearing from headijtp tpe. hid her, thin fice from! phptp-. graphers and brojke down f twice during (the first dais of testimony. One time was the picture of . her late bpsbapd wap shown? The other occasion for open weepingkaipe when the prosecutor Lt. Col. William H. Jones, read an au' topsy report wound that killed Smith. ; ? The board could find Mrs. Smith guilty and sentencer Jtpr to death., acquit her, or overrule the judgment of a board qf medical officers, which found her sane and Odhipeteni to deterrhine right from wrong bn the night ot the slaying. The defense was believed basing its case on the claim that'Mrs. Smith was insane at the time ($ the killing. > Trade in a Good Town—Decatur!

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County's 4-H Crop ; ■ Show Held Saturday The county 4-H crop i?how was ' held in the county extension office Saturday. Raymond Schanding, vcf optional agent of Root township was the judge. ( . ■ • > In first (division? corn Leonard Leßoy Thieme placed Ist; 2tod; Allen Bowen. 3rd; Dee Myron Byerly. 4th; and Larry Habegger, first dfvision soybeans, Colleen Egly, placed Ist; Henry Sipe, 2nd; Roger Koeneman,' 3rd; Donald - Graber. ’4th; and Frederick Bienz, sth. / -?4 in second division corn, Roger . Koeneman placed Ist; Roger Von Gunten, 2nd; Leo Busick. 3pd; Evan Ybder. 4th; and Allen Grote, sth. In second division soybeans, Larry Schwartz? placed Ist; Kenneth Schwaller, 2nd: Robert Steury, 3rd; , and Leo Busick. 4th. Leonard LeRoy Thieme had the grand pibn corn sample. Larry Schwartz ■' hdd the grand champion soyb/an sample. , •’ V

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