Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 111, Decatur, Adams County, 11 May 1953 — Page 3

MOVDAV. MAY u, 1»53

LEGION AUXILIARY MEETS RECENTLY A tegular business meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary was held at the Legion home with the president,y Mrs. Dee Fry back in charge. Plans for the poppy sale for May 22-23 were discussed by the chairman, Mrs. R. C. Hersh. All members were urged to help and a dinner was announced for the final day of the-sale. May 23. at the Legion honie for all work:ers. The,meeting of the fourth dis-

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—-— : -i —h.-j—i - ■ --L ji^--—- i f t -1.1 trict will be held in New' Haven with unit 330 of that city’s lodge as hostesses Thursday. The meeting will begin at ten thirty o'clock that morning. May 22 is the date of the next meeting, which will be a social program. . V _. ; MOTHER-DAUGHTER BANQUET HELD Approximately 128 guests attended the mother and daughter carry-in-dinner recently at the Zion Lutheran parish hall. Mrs. Raymond Bleeke was chairman of the food committee and assisting her were Mrs. Lawrence Schroeder, Mrs. Henry Krueckeberg, Mrs. Gerhard SchUltz, Mrs. Mary Nel-' son and Mrs. Otto Fuelling. Appropriate appointments were used at the serving tables, with each guest receiving a miniature lady made of a colorful hanckertfuef. , j j I ? Following the dinner, Mrs. Ray Leitz led the devotions and Mrs.» Herman Dierkes; president of the 'Missionary welcomed the guests. Gifts were presented to Mrs. Susan Bauer, the oldest mother, Mrs. Robert Gage, the youngest mother. Mrs. Fred Schamerloh, from the longest distance, and Mrs. Otto Bieberich and Mrs. Phil Sauer having the most daughters and daughters-in-law present. The program followed with fashions from 1857 to 1935 shown. Twenty one models took part in the entertaining feature. Mrs. Louis Jacobs acted as narrator and Mrs. Kenneth Schnepf played old familiar tunes throughout the program. Mrs. Paul Hammond and *

Mrs. William Porter sang a duet, •‘Put on Your Old Gray Bonnet", and acted out the parts. The evening closed with a tribute to mother and the group singing “Memories.” Mrs. Hugh Engle was program chairman, by Mrs. Ray Leitz and Mrs. Louis Jacobs. DISTRICT MEETING SeLD i BY ROADSIDE COUNCIL » Members of the local Adams County Roadside Council attended the district meeting in Marion recently with the Grant county group as hostesses for the day. The Executive meeting was held during the morning session during which time the president of the local group, Mrs. Paul Rich, was appointed state delegate and Mrs. Hiram Witwer, the alternate. Lunch was served at noon ed with, an educational movie on Mexico. / Mrs. Noah Bird of the state Farm Bureau conducted the business session. Speaker at this time was Mrs. Differibaugh, Indiana lobbyist, .who told the group of the recently passed laws concerning drunken driving, which were passed in Indiana. EVER-READY CLASS MEETS WITH MRS LOWER Members of the Ever-Ready class of the First Methodist church met with Mrs. Homer Lower recently. Mrs. Lanning had devotions .and read a. "Tribute to Mother” followed witn prayer. The president. Mrs. Ruse, was in charge of the business hour and Miss Iva Gilpen read the minutes and gave roll call. Sick members were reported as Mrs. Gilffe Porter and Mr. and Mrs. R. Stucky. The calling committee, Mrs. Emerick and Mrs. Passwater, reported 25 calls with 33 other calls by members of the class. Action was taken to furnish altar flowers in memory of Mrs. Frank Krick and the calling committee for the next month was named as -Mrs. Jay Thacker and Mrs. John Nelson. Mrs.rj Walter Krick and Miss Sheila Ahr favored the class with solos in keeping with Mother’s Day. Mrs. Ruse read -an article about mothers of great men and delicious refreshments wete served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Nelson and Airs. Iva gilpen. 20th ANNIVERSARY TO BE CELEBRATED The Decatur Home Demonstration club wifi, celebrate its 20th anniversary this month. Six charter members, Mrs. L. E. Archbold, •Mrs. William Kohls, Mrs. Delma Elzey, Mrs. George Squires, Mfra. Gilbert Strickler and Mrs. Bert Haley will be honored during the celebration. The grqup will go to Fort Wayne by bus Wednesday to tour the city, and the main feature will be a broadcast at eight thirty o’clock on the Modern Home Forum program. All arrangements have been Fashion in 4 Parts i w L ft onix 1 yuio 10—20 Lif Halter blouse! Full skirt! Cov-er-up bolero! Cinches! All in one pattern •*— and all sew-easy! Mix ’em, match ’em —wear ’em playing, dating. It’s your "fun wardrobe.” weekend wardrobe all packed Iftto one pattern. Send for it now. Pattern 9016: Misses’ Sizes Is, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. Size 16 halter, I*4 yards 35-inch; skirt, ■ 3% yarde; bolero, 1% yards; cincher, % yard. This easy-to-use pattern gives perfect tit Complete. illustrated Sew Chart shows you every step. Send Thirty-five cents in coins for this pattern—add 5 cents for each pattern if you wish Ist-class mailing. Send to Marian Martin, care of Decatur Daily Democrat Pattern Dept., P. O. Box 6740, Chicago 80, 111. Print your Name, Address, Zone, Size, Style Number.

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I 4 1 1-; Society Items for today's publication must be phoned In by II a. m. (Saturday 9:30 a. m.) Kathleen Terveer Phone 3-2121 .i ' ; MONDAY Pythian Sister Temple meeting, , K. of P. home, 7:30 -p.m.j Needle club aft}er Temple. Executive committees, past re- ‘ ‘gents, Women of the Moose, Moose home; 7 p.m. Flo-Kan Sunshine Girls, K. of P. home, 6:15 p.m. St. Dominic Bible study club, Mrs. Herman Meyerij, 7130 p.m. Methodist Mother-Daugliter car-ry-In-supper,* Methodist church, , 6:30 p.m. • ’ :i St. Catherine study club, Mrs. Richard Rumschlagi 8 p.m.. Holy study club, Mrs. Arthur Bakerg 8:30 p.m. Civic Department, Mrs, Richard McConnell, 7:45 p.m. Monmouth P. T. A. Mothers study (Hub, Monmouth school, 7:30 p.m. Past President’s Parley, Mrs. Clark Flaugh, 8 p.m. Ladies Firemen Auxiliary, Airs. Vernon Hill, 8 p.m. TUESDAY 1 Associate Tri, Kappa, Mrs. Fred Smith, 7:30 p.m. Aeolian choir practice, -Decatur high school music room, 7 p.m. Dereus class, Bethany E. U. B. church, 7:30 p.m, ' Monroe Better Homes cl(ib, Mrs. Martin Steiner, 7:30 p.m. Order of Eastern Star, MotherDaughter banquet, Masonic hall, 6 p.m.; stated meeting at 7; 30 p.m. Kirkland W. C. T. U., Mrs. Doris Yaney, 1:30 p.m. 4 Decatur W. C. T. U„ Methodist church Wesley room, 2 p.tp. Monmouth round-up, Monmoutl| school, 8 a.m. Happy Home Makers . Demonstration club, Mrs. Dwight • Schnepp, 7:30 p.m. Rebekah Lodge, I. O. O. F. hall, 7:30 p.m. Trinity E.U.B. Mother-Daughter! banquet, Church, 6 p.m. Rose Garden - Decatur -Garden clubs, Hanna Nuitman park, 8 a.m. Church Mothers study club, Mrs. Wesley Le&man, 8 p.m. Delta Lamba-Xi Alpha Xi chapters, Mrs. James Elberson, 8 p.m. Eta Tau Sigma, Mrs. Don Stump, 1652' Fairhill Road, Fort Wayne, 8 p.m. Delta Theta Tau rriotheF-d&ugh-ter banquet. Elks home, 6:30 p.m. Eagles Auxiliary, Eagles hall, 8 p.m. WEDNESDAY Mt. Taibor W. S. C. S., Mrs. Ernest Cobbs,. 8 p.m. ' Girl Scout Troop 4 MotherDaughter banquet,. Zion E. R. church, 6 p.m. \ Epsilon Sigma, Mrs. Gdrald ’ Martin, 8 p.m. ' Prophet and Pleasure Htfme 1 Demonstration club; Bell -Andrews, 7:30 p.m. Xi Alpha lota Exemplar chapter, Mrs. Max Moser, 8 p.m. Presbyterian Naomi Circle, Mrs. James Kocher, Jr.. 8 p.m. Presbyterian Ruth Circle, Mrs. Charles Magley, 8 p.m. THURSDAY D. A. V. Auxiliary, Pot-lUck supper. 6:30 p.m. -Little Flower study club, Mrs. Mary Sorg, 7:30 ip.m. Union Chapel Mother-Daughter ibanqu-et, church. 6:30 p.m. Church of God Mother-Daughter banquet, church parsonage, 6 p.m. Pleasant Grove W. M. A., all day. Mrs. Betty Burger, Women of Moose, 7:30 p.m.; officers, 7 p.m.. Moose home. ■ Pleasant Dale Ladies Aid, all day, parish hall. Our Lady of Lourdes study club, Mrs. Roman Brite, 8 p.m. Mt. Pleasant W. S. C. S„ Church, 2 p.m. Unit 2, Bethany E. U. B, Woman’s Society, Mrs. William Linn, 7:30 p.m. Ladies fellowship of Missionary church, churcfr, 6 p.m. Presbyterian Mary Circle, Presbyterian church, 2:30 p.m. Presbyterian Martha Circle, Mrs. Bert Sr., 2:30 p.m. FRIDAY Bethany. E. U. B. W. S. W. S. Rummage sale, Decatur 1 a.m. SATURDAY Bethany E. U. B. W. S. W. S. Rummage - Bake sale, Decatur Hatchery, 9 a.m. J ; ; '-?■ made by Mrs. Bert ijaley, the local president. Thirty members are planning to make the trip and participate in the activities. The Little Flower study club will' meet with Mrs. Mary Sorg Thursday evening at seven thirty o’clock. ! The annual mother and daughI ter banquet will be held in the form of a carry-in-supper at the i Union Chapel church Thursday ■ evening at six thirty o’clock, AU > are asked, to bring table service. • Aeolian choir practice will be ’ held Tuesday evening at seven o’r - clock at the Decatur high school music room. ' ; t ■ m i,

The W. S. ty. S. of Bethany fcvahgelical United Brethren church will sponsor a rummage sale Friday at one o’clock- and on Saturday at nine o’clock with a bake sale included on Saturday, at the Decatur Hatchery. r* ;. ~L • 1 - • I ' The mother and daughter banquet of the Church of God will be held in the cbnrch parsonage Thursday evening at six tfClock. Members of the third and fourth grades of Adams Central school, taught by Mr®. Harry Mills, will exhibit finger painting at the Decatur public library -this week, a project they" have worked on during the school year. Mrs. Fred Smith will be hostess for the social meeting of associate Tri Kapp* sorority Tuesday evening at seven thirty o'clock. The Mt. Tabor W. S. C. S. w|ll meet with Mrs. Ernest Cobbs Wednesday evening at eight o’clock, i' The Dorcus class of the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church will meet at the church Tuesday evening at seven thirty o’clock. Wednesday evening at six o’clock, the mother and daughter banquet of Girl Scout Troop 4 will be held at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church. Members of the Pleasant Grove W. M. A. will mebt all day Thursday with Betty Burger. A pot-luck dinner will be held at the-noon hour and the afternoon will be spent in sewing. Members are asked to attend. ' '' A —I-— ' The Ordlpr of ,I|ie Eastern Star will have a mother and daughter banquet at the Masonic hall Thursday evening at six o’clock. Members are asked to bring their table service. All Eastern Star members, their daughters a,nd tlainbow Girls and their mothers are invited. A stated meeting will be held at seven thirty o’clock. Epsilon Sigma chapter of Beta Sigma Phi sorority will meet with Mrs. Gerald Martin Wednesday evening at eight o’clock. ’ j! The Homes club will meet with Mrs. Martin Steiner Tuesday .evening at seven thirty o’clock. Co : hostesses are Mrs. Roy Crist and Mra. Lee Parrish. The Women of the Moose will meet Thursday at seven thirty o’-' clock. Hospital chairman Ella will be in charge. Reports tb be' presented at the meeting are publicity, membership, home mak-, ing, social service and Mooseheart alumni. The meeting is informal. The D. AL V. Auxiliary will hold a pot-ludk supper Thursday evening a4. six thirty o’clock. The state officers twill be guests at this time and installation of new officers of the local group twill be held. All niemi>ers are asked to -bring a covered . dish and table service. A group of high school students from Chester township. Wells county, detrained at the Erie station yesterday. Th&y had visited in New York City over the weekend and were met at the Decatur station by friends and the Chester township school bus. ! Mrs. Clarence Drake {of Decatur arid Mrs. Alvin Windmiller of Geneva have been dismissed from the Clinic hospital in Bluffton after receiving treatment.* Miss Lorene Geisel pf Decatur, route 4, has been; admitted to the (Wells hospital to receive medical ’treatment. John T. Myers, a student of Indiana University, visited his grandmother, Mrs. John T. Myers, Sunday. Mrs. Mary Wilhelm arid Mr. and Mrs. 'Burton Louth and daughter Debby Jo, of Fort Wayne, were Sunday guests of Mr,’ and Mrs. Robert Garard. , Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Holthouse of Louisville spent Mother's! day with Mrs. G. T. Burk of South First street. v Mr. and Mrs. Glen Wolfsen and daughter Cathlene visited with Mrs. H. L. Koontz on Mot-tar's day. \ Eric Allen is name of the baby boy “born to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Heller at 2:03 a. m. Sunday at the hospital and he weighed 8 Iba., 3H oz. This is the second child and son in the family. The mother is the former Colleen McConnell. Mr. and M-rs. Joe McOonnell are the maternal grandparents and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Heller are the paternal grandparents. ' “ A baby boy, weighing 7 lbs., 12 oz., was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mauller of Wren, Ohio, at the hospital at 1:52 a. m. today. Trade in a good Town—Decatur

Slays Wife, Two Children And Self ; .Family Wiped Out :By Lab Technician 1 'WiUBTING. Ind. UP — Joseph ■Cengel, a 32-yekr-old laboratory technician who said he,was “tired of giving,” -killed his wife and two yoUng children today and committed suicide. * a -technician for the Standard ?Oil company, called polled early today and to|d Desk Sergeant Michael Zubeck: “I’ve just murdered my family ’but don’t send the polices” When two squads of police arrived, they found Congal’s -wife, cnished. The children, Mary Jo, 4, and Jackie, 2, were found in their cribs. Theirs heads also had been cnisheridengril -wa» found dead on the kitchen floor. A shotgun lay near the- body. Pplice said nlrie motes: were found strewn obaut the Only one was released. It said: “t’m tired of living, Ibut the business ha-4 nothing to do witli it.’l Cengel also operated a sporting goods store under the apartment. ! Police said Cengel served three years with the air force during the: war. 1 ' I ' ■ ' :i r ' Noted Composer Dies After Long Illness PITTSBURGH UP — Frank Patella, composer -of the “Old Gray Mare" and one-time clarinetist in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Victor Heribert, died Sunday after a long illness. H© was 75. Ranked iylth John Philip Soi|Sa in |the field Os march corp posers, Panella wrote -hundreds of songs. l —p n Auto Rolls Over North Os Decatur r. * ' ’ 1 i■ ■ ' ; ’ Flrank Blackburn. Fort (Waybe, sustained an Shoulder abejit 3 a.m. Sunday when! his car rolled over five miles north of Decatfar on U. S. 27. Sheriff Bob Shraluka, who investigated, skid Blackburn apparently lost control of his auto. The injured man was givpn medical care in Fort Wayne. I T I Commuter Trains | Idled In New York Railroad Workers Go Out On Strike 5 ' } NEW YORK, UP — Some 80 employes of the and Man- ’ hatlan railroad went on strike ear|y today and forced more than 70,000 train commuters between Ne< Jersey and New York to seek rush hour transportation on buses and; ferries. Office-bound crowds jammed terminals here and across the Hudson.'River in New Jersey for several hours until bus companies could add extra runs through the Lincoln and Holland -tunnels. One extra ferry was pressed into service. £ Signs were posted at stations on both sides of the Hudson River sayifig: “Timins not running.” |. The dispute involved Lodge 60, Brotherhood of Railroad SightF men; and Division 94, Order of Railroad Telegraphers. Negotiations between the company aiid the unions brokfe oif Sunday. night but trains continued runihg until 6:50 a.m. today when a filial train left downtjown Manhattan. j i HEARING RESUMED fCoatlawed From r«ge Owe) whether he (Schurger) pha<l ever met; any of Schwa&z* relatives on the - street during the hearings, Schiirger «aM he hrid and, in reply to thte question of whether he advised them about an attorney, Schrirger said he had not. In, the cross-examination Schur- \ ger was asked who signed the affidavit against Schwartz. The state objected to the question, which was overruled. Schurger said' Herman Bowman, then sheriff, sighed the affidavit. Nixt witness for the state was sheriff! -Bob Shraluka, /who testified that the conversation he had with, Schwartz before the arraignment -consisted of a greeting. He said' he spoke with Schwartz also about getting a doctor. , Shraluka told the court that he had not advised ,-Schwartz on the employment <rf an attorney. Under cross-examination, Shraluke- testified that he was not on the |eourt house steps when conversation among the Amish took place about attorneys. Early in the afternoon the court recessed to await the sheriff as the time Schwartz was arrested, Herman Bowman. ' I >■ If you have something to sell or roonta for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results.

—i.w >■ in imaw .. ■■■■ .Ku ijjiitii *£ . , WjOSNTAIJ I Admitted: Frank ,Oist, fbecatur; Baby Marilyn (Rue Reppert, Wlllshife, Ohio; Mrs. Oral Fafinight, Bryant; Gerald AkhlOy, Portland; Robert Fritzlnger.tMonroevllle; Baby James Buckingham, Geneva. | Dismissed: Charles Aspy, va; Pearl Hardy, Bryant; Mrs. Max Bro-wn and baby boy, tJecritur. | . — | Pfc. Holden Schueler Returns To States | Pfc. Halden Schueler, of Degatur, is among a group of American soldiers due to arrive in San Francisco today aboard the Gen. fc. T. Collins, a navy transport, (from Korea. J Ball State Winner ; Os Conference Title INDIANAPOLIS UP — team balance paid off for Ball State Saturday as the Cardinals successfully defending their collegiate conference track championship. | The Cards won only five eVents but compiled, 91 points. Runner-up Butler, which won nine first< and accounted for seven of eighth new meet records, finished with 86, GREAT LAKES (Coatlnued From Paxe OaQ City, Mich., and Selfridge air Jorce base also cruised over the Shipping lane. ; The Steinbrenner was cartying 6;90O tons of iron ore from the Minnesota iron range. It is owned by the Kinsman Transit cj». of Cleveland and captained by Albert Stiglin. I I The last ore boat to go dovfn bp the Great Lakes also sank oft Isle Royale. Twelve lives were Idst in that tragedy in June, 1947. /.1 Captain Stiglin had radioed ah SOS at about 7:30 a.m., his ship had foundered and Had struck rock. He ordered his men to abandon ship. I Trade in a good Town —-Decatur Quality Photo - Finishing Work loft befpso y fiteo-Pr M. MondkV, Road) t Wednesday at .c' 11.00 Aj M. j HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO.

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