Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 40, Decatur, Adams County, 17 February 1953 — Page 2

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Plan Observance ; Os Lenten Season Special Services - At Zion Lutheran Zion Lutheran church, West Monroe, street will observe Aah Wednesday this week with a service tomorrow evening, bekfnMng M 7:30 d’clock. This will be-fee first of a series of six Wednesday Services to be conducted during the Lenten season. The Zldn choir, directed by David fembifer, Will appear each Wednesday, and toniorroW will sing , -■ V

WHY OBSERVE LENT? SFor centuries the Christian Church has set aside the six weeks before Easter as a period of special preparation. Beginning \ with Ash Wednesday and continuing i through Good Friday, it has observed What tradition has called a "closed season.** But why observe Lent? Why a special period of preparation? That all depends upon what, significance we attach to the ? great Christian festivals of Good Friday and Easter. The Christian religion is built upon the rock bottom fact of Christ’s atonement. It teaches that on Good Friday, some 1300 years ago, the Son of God gave His life in payment for the sins of all mankind. As a result of this substitution of the Innocent for the L: ’ guilty, the sins of die entire human race hate been atoned. The Bible is very clear on this point. "Christ suffered for our sins," It says, "the Just for the unjust.” Ands "The blood k - of Jesus Christ, God's Son, cleanseth us from all sin.” ' This tremendous fact of the substitutionary death of Christ, 1. which is the very heart and core of the Christian Gospel, is to be tnade the subject of special contemplation during the Lenten season. In private devotions, in family readings, and in special church services Christians are to intensify their meditation upon the tremendous price of their redemption. \ If you have not yet come to know Christ as your personal Redeemer, set aside this Lenten season to study His Gospel offer. Write to us for special Lenten literature. Resolve to Attend our special Lenten services. — "Come thou with tts and we will good." ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH West Monroe Street . 4 - Sunday Services: 8:00 and 10:30 A. M. Bible Srhool: 9:15 A. M. Wednesday Lenten Service: 7:30 P. M, | | “The Church of the Lutheran Hour”

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the well-known, “ood so lived the World,” fromi the ifcrutelfixion” by Sir John Stiiner.jj Don Bleberici, church organist, H’wiil introduce each midweek service with a mupicale of Lenten ehorAlesj beginning at about 7:?okp.m. The pulpit program by the pastor, the Rev. Edgar P. Sfemidt,] who vfill cobduct all the services, follows: Feb. is: The Power of Jesus’ fdve. Feb. 26:: The Power of Darkness. Mhrch 4: Thb PoWer of Unbelief. kiarchi 11: The Power of the ffcvil Wdrld. March jltl: The Poweir of Divine Forgiveness. March 25: The Power of thei Cross. The public is invited- to Worship at these Wednesday Lent services And dn Sunday morning at 8 or 10:30 d’clock. i' \'i

Henry Ford Speaks Out For Free trade Urges Elimination Os All Tariffs CHICAGO, UP—lranry Ford 11. today said the Wiled States should “practice whoi we preach” and extend free tra'ii.e throughout the.free world. || J The president of !||ie Ford Motor. Co., speaking alf the annual winter meeting Os^ s the Inland Daily Press Associa ion, called far the elimination -’fof all tariffs and other restricting “We businessmen mmstaMly -applaud competition aim private enterprise, and damn Socialism and planned economies,'tilFord said“We accuse our foreign neighbors of lacking the kind oj which has made American Cfeustry great. v “We implore them get off our backs. So J just say. let’s practicTe what We preach, where it will do us l and our allies soiM real good. “Let’s give dur fjq|hda a fair crack at the Amerfcalw market.” Ford said he believes “a. considerable growth in our foreign trade —imports as well exports, would be a continuing Jshot in the arm of oiir whole ectomy.” i “A few inefficient ‘Outfits may suffer,” he added, Imt' “a great many efficient enterprises wiiil grow and create newi-emplojimeni opportunities.” ’A Ford suggested wr|tjng a) new law encouraging elimination of all tariffs, abandoning fes< quoth sysr tem and the Buy act and simplifying customs procedures. | Development df th« St. \ Lawrence seaway would broke great world ports of Great Hakes cities * even if Canada is tjo go ahead on it without Wr long a-) waited cooperation.” Fsrd| said. ‘T hope that this ’ fer-sighter: action of our npighboWß to the north will shake us Ipuj of pur lethargy and persuadei&s to pull : cur full weight in thM, mutually advantageous prpj’ect,” I|.| 1 MELVIN TINKHAM INSURANCE AGENCY Low Cost Auto liiwyirance Our Specialty, We have not increased our insurance rWtes since 1948 Jp Homestead No. 5 '40 Phone 3-892|i'

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Oratorical Contest Thursday Afternoon jJT 7 ’Li ’**f*t Three county schools will take ,part Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock in the annua] cpunty oratorictfl contest sponsored by the jjfeierican Legion Post 43. These syhoots are Decatur high? Decatur Catholic, and 'Monmouth. Ed Ja berg jwill toe the presiding chairman. j- Andrews, Decatur high principal, said -contestants \ and judgei have already been, chosen but far as to keep any influelites J prejudicial to the final outcome i from arising, their name* are Withheld. The | place where!, the oratory will be held is the m|isic -room at Decatiir high. City School Board In Session Monday To Invest Balance In Building Fund Thef Decatur school bpard niet in reglqlar session Monday night at the office of school superintendent W. Guy Brown and acted* affirmatively to invest the money now liij;! the checking account of the school’s cumulative building, fund—s 3,429. Formerly, the city invested these funds in series “F” government bionds but they are now discontinued and replaced with a series “J” bond. . \ At Mist night’s meeting Brown', was given permission by school hoard,.to use his discfetloh tn picking the kind of bonds fbr and he made a strong indication that he, at least tentatively, Yhvored J bonds. Theswii bonds are Issued .i*n a mob nt ft from $25 up to $72,000. Based dn an investment of $720, the going ih-terest rate Os 2.76 per cent for maturity—l 2 years—-the $720 investment Wilt yield $1,000; Interest on these bdndx is taiable urider the federal fncbme tax but is exempt from state ahd loeail income’ 'taxes. A bopd Series Close t 0 the J bond# the K ssries. They likewise yiejl’d 2.76 percent when held io maturity but may be purchasedat a mihimum SSOO. They go ulp to ,SIOO,OOO. rnlike th*\.J series they yield interest evidry six, months. , On SI,OOO. say, a check „ for pliis is mailed to thy holder l>y the treasury depart-; rnent. " | ; V RoUtihe claims of the 'School city were read and accepted and tfte ttMAtlhg was adjourned. '■*'

Lenten Services At Zion Reformed Special Services To Open Wednesday Special Lenten Services have been planned for 2ion Evangelical and, Reformed church, by pastor, ithe Rev(. William C. Feller. Mid-Week seiivitjes will be held on the next sijk Wednesday ing service will be held tomorrow evening, Vfith the pastor using as his sermon theme, ’“With Steadfast Face.” Special muajc will be furnished by Miss Pauline Brint-, zenhofe, who will sing “Prayer” by Guion. Mrs. Harold Murphy will be at the organ. The other mid-week services are as fellows: Feb. 25. “King of my Soul” quiet hour Service, sponsor! ed by the Women’s Gpild, March 4. sermon, “The Stubborn Coward,” March 11, “Thd Conscripted Cross-ißearer:” 'Rfarcjh 18, “The Praying Malefactor;” March 25, “The Timid Friend.” ; A candlelight comJnunlon service will be held on Godd Friday evening, and “The Message of thfe Cross,” a liturgy-cantata, will be presented. Five Slunday morning sermons, as well ias the last four of the mid-weeki sermons, Will have as general theme* “Watchers. Around tpe Cross.” Surtday morn-, ing sermdns will be, “Feb. 22,|“The| False Friend;’* March 1, “The Ov-er-Confident Friend,” March 8, “The Unknown Benefactor; ” March 15, “The Jeering Malefactor;” March 2?. “The Scoffing Critics;” March 29, Palm Sunday, “Accepting .Christ as King” confirmation service; April 5, Easter. “The Day of Victory,” communion service and reception of new members. . Another special service of the Lenten season will be Sunday eye-i •ning newest Cathedral color sound film, Beheld His Glory,” will be shown. All the services of this bhurch are open to the public. All members are urged to be present in all the services, and a cordial invitation th extended to all residents of thh community, who arer without a church home, to make use of the services of this church for worship -and Christian fellowship. There are more than 290 tobacco auction warehouses)in North CaroUna. the nation's leading tobacco producer. | \

Auto Is Damoged Tn Collision Toddy As Delbert H. Horman, 26, route 10 Fort Wayne, slowed down his milk truck for a car ahead of him making a left turn into the A & P driveway, First and Monroe streets, at noon today, said police, a car driven by Mrs-. Virginia Braun, 23, route 4, skidded into the truck’s rear end; causing an estimated S2OO damage to hbr, auto’s front end. No damage was reported to the truck. ; Reorganization Bill h Facing Rewriting Craig Acknowledges Bill To Be Changed INDIANAPOLIS, UP —OOVertlW fcraig acknowledged today that his 11-man cabinet “reorganlzAtfon” bill faces rewriting to tone it dowh in the Indiana legislature. But he kkfd in a news conference that as Whig as “the principle of fixing responsibility” is not sacrificed it will be satisfactory to him. Craig declined to say rewriting the bill to create only three pfew departments instead (5T the 11 requested in the measure was a ’*compromise” with anti-administration „ forces. , '“Thfi( will be primarily a case I of rewording and the principle-, of fixing responsibility and grouping agencies to effect economy will not be sacrificed,!’ the governor said. Craig Said eight df the agencies ‘ and departments now?in existence . which he wanted “reconstituted” to give him one-man directorship and representation in his “cabinet,” already give him What he wiants, in that the heads are responsible to him. He said he included them in tbe -| bill “just to point up Whkt we , eventually hope to achieVe.” , | ' : The governor indicated that if the legislature creates new departi meats correction, commerce and • health he stilly will be able to have . an 11-m,ember V cabinet made up of - the heads of all the administrative ’ units of government. Craig comniiented after the cab- ’ inet bill barely passed the hdavily 1 Republican house with only two votes to spare, and a separate bill creating a one-man directorship for , j the highway department was . • amended in a senate committee to , make it a three-member commisi ston, - i I -

Gasblint Prices Op Oh West Coast ; Doubt Price Boost | East Os Rockies CH-ICAdo, ÜB—The price of a tankfull of gajs probably won’t rise much—ft at ail—east of fee Rockies, pit industry spokesmen predicted tbday. Prices on the West Coast Were bbosted ate much as 2.1 cents a feMfei M6ndAy but dlMrfetttora blamed the increase Oh a shortage of domestic crude oil and W the hikeg Were necessary td keep fee PiteWtc industry healthy. , •P He 'e ceiltnga on gAsoHhe and ’Other petabieum products WNl[nUk| last Week, ahd the oil companies are free to raWS prices ai fetey please. But Esso-sfendard said it did not corifemfriafe increases Anyin its System from the Vfelf coa&t to Mdlhe, And Socony-Vac-unm spokesmen voiced h similar opinion. Standard Oil of New Jersey also eaid it planned no price adjustments, although the company warned that a jump in crude oil -prices WouM be reflected in the retail price of gasoline. In. Jthe southwest—the heart of

the nation’s oil-producing area—petrofeum product’s supplies were Teported to be at in all-time high and price increases in retail gasoline were considered unlikely. - A spokesman for the Texas MidContinent Oil and GaS Association At Dellas, added the encouraging news that the price structure for crdde oil was expected to remain edaMe because of plentiful edppliek. Big oil companies at De&MoineS, fe., Milwaukee: and Indianapolis, Ihd-, all voiced doubts that the prise of gas would rise much in the feidweet. Standard Oil df Indfanui one df the largest midwest firms, said ft had nta'de no plans to raise prices. The tradithmai competition between neighborhaad’ service stations was considered A factor which would prevent price v increases unless the big distributors hiked fee wholesale costs.

~ . -.-ft Elks To Nominate Officers Thursday The (irst nomination of officers sos the ihecfftur B. P. O. Elks lodge will b e . held during the regular lodge meeting Thursday evening at 8 o’clock. Election of officers will be held in March, with the installation, at the first meeting in April. AH members are to attend Thursday’s meeting. Mrs. Susie Baker Is Taken By Death Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Susfe B. Hartman Baker 1 of El Dorado. Kin., | who died at her home Thursday evening after a long illness. She was the wife of Joe Baker, whb preceded her in death in 1984. Her husband was the son of the late J. X- Baker of Adams county. Mrs. Baker is survived by four children and a number of grandqhiidren and great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held in thte tueral home of a son, Hartman, in Peabody, Kan., Sunday afternoon. Several relatives in Adams and Wells counties also survive. If you have something to sell ok rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Add. It brings results. -

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Authorities Report Three Minor Wrecks Driving Conditions | , Blamed For Wrecks SnoW, amounting to nothing more than Sheefe df icte, cohttnlied today to choke all roads in fee county and made auto travel extremely hazardous. This condition’ is be lieved responsible for three accidents reported by the city police and sheriff’s department last night and this morning. No injuries wete reported. Homer C. Ginter, 61, route 2, attempted a right turn at the intersection of Adams and Thirteenth streets at noon Monday and skidded into a tight pole on the northeast corner. Damage to Ginter’s car was estimated by police at S2O Damage to the pdle was $45. In that same intersection at 3:45 p.m. yesterday, cars driven by Dora May Fairchild, 24, 1205 South Tenth street, collided with an auto driven by Wilbur H. Suman, 53, route 1, when accruing to the police .reports, the Fairchild Car skidded past a stop sign on Adams street, as she headed west, and collided with Suman, headed north on Thirteenth. ’ Damage to both cars was estimated at $lO each.

No charges were filed. An accident involving a state highway truck was investigated by sheriff Bob Shraluka at 8 a.m, today three miles north of Decatur on U. S. highway 27. The state truck, driven by Will Scherry, 63, route 2, was moving north at about three milep an hour with Walter Figley of Decatur, a highway employe throwing sand of the tru’ck from the Scherry apparently saw a car coming from the rear and wag afraid i it would' hit his slow moving truck and injure Figley, and he headed tor a ditch to get out of the way of the car driven by George Tricker, Decatur. Too late, however, and Tricker] clipped one side of the truck, throwing Figley to the floor. He : escaped injury, and the damage to the vehicles estimated at S4OO to each.

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