Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 71, Decatur, Adams County, 25 March 1953 — Page 3

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25. 195.1

MT. VICTORY Y.P.M.B. GROUPS MEETS RECENTLY Recently,. the Mt. Victory Y.P. M.B. group met with Rev*, and Mrs William Ensminger for a monthly meeting. Ten members and five visitors were present. . The meeting was Opened with a devotional service with a short business session following. ■> A After a lesson pn Africa, refreshments were served by the host and hostess. Games were' enjoyed by all later ip the evening'.

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NEEDLE CLUB MEETS ' AFTER TEMPLE Mrs.f.Harriet Pollock, president, presided over thfe regular meeting of the Pythian Sister Needle club Monday evening at the K- of P. home, when the group met following Temple. ' 1 A lovely girt was presented to ?>trs. Clyde Boley, secretary of the club w,ho i« movifig to California in the 'hear future anh two new members weite welcomed at this time, Mrs. Joe Hunter and Mrs.

Clara Pass water. Margaret Stahl of Bluffton was a' special guest fpr the program. During a social hour, the memberswere invited to thejdinutg room, which was appointed in lovely Easter decorations and served a delicious lunch by the Olive Butler, Dorothy an>l Lydia Worthman. joyed following :i no prizes awarded to the various wins*ss. GARDEN CLUB MEETS WITH MRS. OWENS Mrs. Harold Owens was hostess recently 'to the Decatur Garden club and Mfs. Charles Jes Sup assisted her. Opening the program was the club collect repeated in unison, fallowed with hints for the month given by Mrs. Henry Adler. j Mrs. Roy Runyon then gave the verse for March and Mrs. Owens, retiring president, thanked the members for their whole-hearted, cooperation during'the year. MrS. Henry Heller, new president, then named the various committees for the new Mrs, Nash received the prize for a contest and roll e'all was answered with each member telling of something new they .would plant in their garden this year. Delicious refreshments Were served later in the program by the hostesses to the twenty-two members and two guests.

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HOME DEMONSTRATION COUNCIL MEETS h \ The Adams county home demonstration council held its spring meeting Tuesday. All clubs were’ represented for the annual buslbess and program planning session. Plans f«r the observance of national home demonstration week, May 3-9. The club, will have their achievement exhibit at that time. There will be an auctfbn of products of the club members skill in baking, sewing, handicraft, and gardening. ’ Attendance at the annual meeting of the Indiana state home demonstration association was- ajso planned. The ; conference will be held at Purdue University the ipst three days of July. The association decided to sponsor three delegates per club. It was expected that clubs would select their usual two leacfer delegates and thejir president for this trip. ' Mrs. Bert Haley, chairman of the travel committee, reported on plans and several clubs reported’ Suggestions. The committee was instructed to proceed with plans for a twoday sightseeing trip in the fall, .. t Mrs. Albert Beineke conducted the meeting and reported on the district meeting of county presidents. ,\ . ' Mrs. Claude Laub, a member of the state executive committee of the state association, from Spencerville, spoke briefly during the morning session. j In the afternoon, Mrs. Don Iddings, of Purdue University, conducted a lesson for the group on How- to have a good program planning discussion in their clubs.” Mrs. Chetser Armstrong, Mrs. Theron Fenstermaker, Mrs. Minnie Stucky, Mrs. Roger Schafter, and Mts. Charles Weikel presented a short skit on program planning/ e The secretary, Mrs. Wm. Kruettman, called the roll abd read the

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Society Items for today's pub* I leation must be phoned In by II a. m. (Saturday 9:30 a. m.) Kathleen Terveer Phone 3-2121 WEDNESDAY Presbyterian church fellowship paryt, church, 7 p.m. Decatur Council of Church Women, Mrs. Wesley Lehman, 1:30 p.m. Ruth and Naomi Circle, Zion E. R. church 2 p.m. \ Union Township Home Demonstration club, Mrs. Marian Stults, 1:30 p. m. Ruralistic study club, Mrs. Joe Heimann,\ & p.m. - \ St. Vinhent de Paul society, C. L. of C. hall, 2 p.m. Epsilon Sigma chapter, Mrs. Robert O’Shaughnessey, 8 p.m. THURSDAY Methodist Circle 2A-28, Mrs. Lohnas Mclntosh, 2 p.m. Bobo U. B. Willing Workers class, Mrs. Milton Chronister 7:30 p.m. . \ Guardian Angel study club, Mrs. Robert Bolinger, 8 p.nv Monroe W. C. T. U.', all day, church annex, 10 a.m. ! Academy of Friendship, Moose home, 7:30 p.m. Order of Eastern Star, stated meeting, Masonic hall, 7/30 p.m. D. A. V. Auxiliary Social eve-, ning, D. V. hall, 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY Emblem club, Elks home, 8 p.m. ■ American Legion Auxiliary, Legion home, 8 p.m. Adams County Roadside counsel, Library, 1:30 p.m. SATURDAY Public installation of Easterp Star, Masonic} hall, 8 p.m. TUESDAY Root Township Demonstration club, Mrs. Harold Owens, all day. minutes. Instructions were given, on sending dues to the treasurer, Mrs. Leonard Wagley. The group enjoyed a pot-luck luncheon at noon at the Monroe Methodist church. •\; • MRS. BIERLY HOSTESS TO HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB Mrs. G. Remy Bierly was 'hos f teas to the Decatur Home Demonstration club with the program opening with the president, Mrs. Bert Haley, leading in the club creed, song and\ prayer. During the business session, the club voted to celebrate their 20th anniversary in May by touring Fort Wayne and visiting the Jane Weston program. A donation was also made to the Red Cross. An interesting lesson on yeast bread was given by Mrs. Carl HammOnd and Mrs. Oren Schultz, followed with a contest entitled “Your Auto Know” in charge of Mrs. Walter Lister, with the prize going to Mrs. Grover Levy. A social hour was then held

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Honor Three County ; Farmers At Banquet Annual Achievement Banquet On April 8 \ Paul Yoder, Benjamin Gerke, and Hdfrnifih Egly will be presented achievement award certificates at the M 4 th annual WOWO achievement award banquet Wednesday, April 8, at the Chamber of Commerce, Fort Wayne. They are among 21 winners from Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan \who will receive similar honors for outstanding agricultural accomplishments in the past year. The achievement award banquet is an annual affair of the farmdepartment of WOWO in cooperation with the extension divisions of Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan agricultural colleges and awards are made by the station. Jay Gould, farm service director, will preside at the banquet which will be held at 6:30 p. m. L. E. .Archbold, county agent, will also attend. ' ’ ’ Speaker for the affair will be Dr. Jonathan Forman, editor of the Ohio State Medical Journal and president of’Friends of the Land; The event will be broadcast over WOWO from 8 to 9 K m. Ben Gerke and his-wife are Adams county pioneers in demonstrating proper liming of} soil and fertilizing process to small grain, hay, and rotation of pastures. He has at various times won gold medals on his, Holstein hord, has raised two meritorious herd sires, led in the five-acre com contest, and last year received the dairy efficiency award. His award comes to him on the basis of his meritorious herd sire With six proved daughters. Paul Yoddr, foute 1, Bierne. is a member of the swine testing Club and has raised pure bred Yorkshire hogs as a profitable hobby. This year he Has 147 pigs from 15 sows. Yoder began the hog business on his acres near Linn Grove in Tp47. This year his litter of 13 pigs weighed 394 pounds in 56 days. Holman Egly. one of this year’s Adams county winners/' hhs been interested in extension and other community activities in the county for many years. He has concluded two years as chairman of the Adams county extension committee. He has been actively interested in soil improvement work and is being cited at the WOWO activity for “U. S. WON” tomato club, haying produced 13.36 tons per acre. | I f , , ’’ h-i ■ with the hostess assisted by Mrs. L- E. Archbold, Mrs. Charles Beinek,e, Mrs. George Squiers, Mrs. Hubert and Mrs. Ed Whitright, serving delicious to the twenty eight members present, offered during the evening. A good attendance is asked.

'Members ; of the Adams County Roadside counsel will meet at the library, nbrth entrance, Friday afternoon at one thirty o’clock. Methodist Circle 2A and 2B will ipeet Thursday afternoon at two o‘clock with Mrs. Lohnas Mclntosh, Homestead 12. j ; ,\ The Emblem club will meet Frfat eight o’clock at the Elks Home for a regular meeting. A social evening will be held by the American Legion Auxiliary at the Legion home Friday evening at eight o’clock. Refreshments will be served and games and prises Phil Ter veer returned today to Kent State university at Kent, 0.. after spending a spring vacation of several days with his mother, Mrs. Frances Terveer, and other relatives in Decatur. i Vernon Theodore Scheumanu, Bon of Mr. apd Mrs. Martin Scheumann of North Second street, hdp enrolled at International lege at Fort Wayne, In the business administration course. Hte L a graduate of Hoagland high school, during which time he was an active member of the glee club. He also served 24 months in the army. . The annual fish iry of .Wells county will \be held tonight and every one of the 810 tickets has

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been sold, , assuring a .capacity crowd. Dr. Russell J. Humbert, president of DePauw ‘University, will give the address and the Perfect Circle male chorus of Hagerstown will give the musical entertainment. Gerhart Bultemeier of this cijty and Mrs. Clarence Risor of Willshire, route one, are among those listed as patients at the Van Wert hospital. Mr. and Mrs.< Dean Plumley of Fort Wayne, are the parents of: a baby girl, born at 2:15-p.m. Tuesday at the -hospital and weighed 8 1bA,14 oz. ' A baby girl was born at 5:48 p.m. Tuesday the hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Altin Knipstein of Hoagland and weighed 8 lbs./ 6 Oz. At 3:03 a.m. today, a girl was born Ito MS. and Mrs. Floyd Engle at the hospital, weighing; 6 lbs.„ 10' oz. At 2:33 a.m. today at the hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Schwartz of Berne, became the parents of a baby girl, who weighed 7 lbs., oz. Bake Sale, Chicken Soup and Potato Salad, fcity Hal, Saturday, March 28th ?it 9:00 A. M. Ruth and Naomi Circle of the Zion Reformed Church. Orders for Soup, call 3-2688 or 3-3502, Friday. 7it3x

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