Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 186, Decatur, Adams County, 8 August 1953 — Page 3

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haugk-houk wedding SOLEMNIZED FRIDAY In an impressive ceremony, performed Friday morning at tengo’clock, Phyllis Beineke Haugk, , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Beineke of route 2. became the ~ bride of Harry Houk, son of Mrs. Clifford Houk of 1116 Master Drive. '■ '- ■i ' The double ring vows were read in the Zion Evangelical aqd Reformed church before the immediate families. The Rev. William C. Feller officiated. The bride chose a wool knit suit of pine green highlighted with a collar of pearls and rhinestones for the occasion. Her accessories were of black velvet, trimmed also in the pearls and rhinestones. A white orchid corsage completed her ensemble. Miss Alice Ann Beineke, sister of the bride, attended as may! of honor in a toast colored wool jersey dress. Her accessories were of brown velvet and she wore a gold choker, a gift from the bride. Her corsage was of gold mums. Robert Houk attended his brother as best man. The bride’s mother a fbrown faille suit with mauve aci.cents, while the grbom’s mother a navy blue dress with j matching accessories. Both moth- \ > era- wore mauve mum corsages. f A wedding dinner was held im-

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Sure— PAY My IS A GAY My BUT don’t let dll those hard-earned dollars fly right by you. Save some of ’em, for future enjoyment, future opportuni- , ties, future security. Begin next pay day; open your savings account at our bank. ■ : ' ! ■ -'1 ! We Now Pay 2% On Savings Deposits! " EstebUsM 1888 MEMBER MEMBER F. D. I. C. Federal Reserve ■* ’ • 'L i|i

mediately after the ceremony at the Fairway restaurantl Bouquets, of gladioli decorated the table, which was centered with a three tier wedding cake. For a wedding trip of unannounced destination, the bride changed to a brown and white cord dress with white accessories and her orchid corsage. ; Mrs. Houk is a home economics teacher in the Monmouth school, while the groom & engaged in tarrying. The Phoebe Bible class will meet in the Ziqn Evangelical and Re , formed church parlors Thursday evening at thirty o'clock. Agnes Yager will serve as chairman.' , j A pichic will be held for members and families of the Women's Society of Christian Service Thursday evening at Lehman park in Berne. * A basket supper will be served at ,six thirty O’clock. 'At ope thirty o’clock Tuesday afternoon, the Kirkland W.C.T.U. will meet with Mrs; Rueben Smith. Mrs. Clara Dague will be hostess to the Women's Missionary Association of the Nuttman Avenue United Brethren church Thursday afternoon at one thirty oclock.

'Monday evening at six fifteen O’clock, a meeting of the Flo-Kan Sunshine Girls will be held in tlig K. of P. home. George Wittgenfeld, Chicago, plans to move his family, including his wife and two children, to

1 JUL Uli t! LUO QHJJ^, 1 r •«], L T .~. '-i -T’: w-y- v 1 < ■■.!> 7<! - - >- m f 1 * • ' .. t < \ - > w&OB; ''?' ■ ■ st'-i T ■ I 11 MISS LA RAE SHOAF became the bride of Bill Diion in a recent ceremony solemnized in the |?ion Lutheran church. Th£> Rev. Wai- , ter Bauer read the double -ring ceremony. I ; / , Mr., and Mrs. Ray Shoaf of route 3 hre the bride’s 1 parents, while i the groonr'is the son of Mrs Mary Dixon of this city. The couple are residing on route 5..- Photo by Anspaugh. f ~ |r !]. ~f i

Society Items for today's publication .must he phoned In by 11 a. m. (Saturday 9:30, a. m.) Kathleen Terveer Phone 3-2121 i ■ii ■ i SATURDAY Pecatur Home Demonstration club, Bake sale, 8 a. in.-12 pi m. City hall. . Delta Theta. Tan reffreshment stand; Auction (site, Madison street, 6-9:30 p. m, - MONDAY V Flo-Kan Sunshine Girls, K| of P. home. 6:15 p.m. ! « TUESDAY Kirkland W.C.T.U., Mrs. Rueben Smith, 1:30 p.m. Rebekah lodge 1.0. Q.. hall, 7:30 p.m. Our Lady of LoUrdes study club, Mrs Reinhard Selking. 8 p.mj Eagles Auxiliary, Eagles hail, S p.m. Decatur Rose Garden club j picnic postponed. Happy Home Makers club, Mrs. Kermeth Parrish, 8 p. m. j, THURSDAY Phoebe Bible class; Zion E. R. church parlors, 7:30 p.m. Women's Society of Christian Service, Family picnic, Lehman park, Berne, 6:30 p.m. Nuttman Avenue U. B. Mission-ary-Association, Mrs, Clara Dague, 1:30 p.m. Mis home on Mercer avenue the next few weeks. Wittgenfeld. employed at International Harvester, Chicago, - will spend week-ends in Decatur, but will continue in his present position with Harvester. The Wittgenfeld property ; will be j remodelled immediately. It was reported this week that of the two modern boniest being constructed by Kenneth Arnold at the corner of Cleveland uhd Stevenson streets w|as sojd to Mr, and Mrs. Frank Lybarger. ' ■Mr. and Mrs. David Kunkel and family of Wabash are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Kunkel of north* of Decatur. Jack Schreibinan. \paily Democrat reporter, left Friday for Brooklyn, N.Y., for a week's visit with his parents. He will return to Decatur next Sunday. (Miss Bertha Heller, Decatur librarian, left today for a vacation trip to Chautauqua, N.Y. She will headquarter at the Muncie hotel at that resort area. M’illianj •Schnepf, well-known Adams county farmer, is building an addition to his ifarm residence northwest of Decatur. A downstairs bedroom, shower and bath are bei»g added on the west iside of the present brick home. Five Negro girls frotri the Pdney Woods school i* Mississippi will give a concert at tpe Friends church at Fiat this evening at o'clock. A good will offering will 'be taken. •' \ j ’ Dale E. Elzey has been appointed administrator of the Siddie E. Elzey estate and has filed bond for 1,24,000. The estate is listed as consisting of real estate estimated worth $40,000 and personal property at $12,000 . Bob Dro, division manager of Standard Oil company, has been promoted to the advertising staff in the Chicago office. A former Berne boy, Dro became an AllAmerican when he played basketball with Indiana University in IMO. . r

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Eisenhowers Start Colorado Vacation President Planning ' For Long Vacation WASHINGTON- UP — President' Eisenhower whisked through lasiminute paper work with a . Carefree air today as he prepared t«> shed the heat and frustrations of. the capital for a mcatimi lirColorado. i J J | \ There would still be work to .lo,| on more than loq unsigned bills! and other government problems But with the trobt streams and golf links there wjs! no putting down that holiday fee- s ' ' K Mr. and Mrs. Eisenhower and their party will fly tc Denver in the' presidential plane Columbine. The first family expected t > spend most of its time in Denver at the home of Mrs. John S. Doud, Kisenhower’sj neither. But the president also planned to maintain offices at neirby Lowryi air force base and to visit a ranch in the mountains near Fraser. • ' t Mr. Eisenhower helped clear the way for the I rip by signing 10 i major bills Friday, Including the : $6,650,000,000 foreign aid program and the $200,000,000 first installment on South Korean rehabilita-i tion. - Press secretary James C. Hagerty said : the Eisenhowers Will stay in the, centennial state for an indefinite period. Only a serious national or international development; he said, would prompt them to retuin to Washington ■in less thj-ee weeks. \ *•' i ’' 1 . ! i Member Os Library Board Is Resigned f ; • L Resignation of Mrs. Mary Willard as a member of the Decatur public library' board was received and accepted by Judge Myles F. Parrish Friday. Mrs. Willard stated in her letter of resignation that it was due to the fact that the Willards are leaving, the city. Judge Parrish has not yet named q successor to' Mrs. Willard, but indicated that he would do so in the next kew days.. Mrs. Willard. wife of ( the Rev. F. H. Willard, former pastor of Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church here and now of Wabash, hafl ser.yed on the board for several) years. ——— Decatur Families Back From Vacation Many Decatur families who have been vacationing in various of the country* the last twoi weeqs, wili returri home today and’ Sunday. The Decatur plant of General Electric will resume operation Monday asteria twv-week annual shut-down for) vacations. Employes and their families have travelled to many states and. others have been on northern Indiana fishing excursions. Some employes chose to -remain at their hotnes, painting and doing other odd jobs. One Decatur retail store, Stults Cigar Store, which has been closed for tw-o weeks also, will open for business Monday morning. Employes of the Schafer Glove C 0.,! who also enjoyed a two-weeks vacation, returned to their work a week ago. Numerous other Decatur families will remain at lakes and summer homes another two weeks until the 1953 school term opens, » Trade in a good Town—Decatur

Alice Rose Sluber Dress Revue Champ Winner Os County 4-H Dress Revue Alice Rose Stuber w-as named 4-H dress) revue champion at |he close of the 4-H fair. She will represent Adams county at the state fair dress revue in September. Her outfit is brown cotton broadcloth with accessories in a light color. -.The skirt is styled wftth unpressed' pleats and the bodice features a tucked front with covered , buttons. Alice is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert ■Stuber of Jefferson township. She is 15* years old and has been a member of the Work and Win club for seven years. • Gretchen Schnepp of Washington township was chosen as reserve champion. She is president of the Happy Hustlerh 4-H club and has been a member five years. Her dress is if cracked ice material in a one-piece style for all occasions. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Schnepp. One hundred and 32 girls too-c part in the: revue before a crowd of several hundred. Jane Weston\ of WOWO gave the qarration as the 4*H'ers modeled their craftmanship as Chester LongenbeVger played backgSpund music. Winners in each division were: ' Ist division, Connie Bergman, Lois Gerke, Winifred Mnnkey, Hope Myers, Janet Shaffer, Darlene Smitley, and Judy Yoder; division 11. Diann Banter. Dorene Berry Lantz, -Bonnie Lehman. Louise Lehman, Ratsy Mathys, and Carol Norquest< division 111, Amy Jo Eicher, Nyla Girod. Betty Myers, Alice Sprunger, Cafolyn Mitchel, Janice VanEmon, Carol Norr, and Myrna Amstutz; division IV, Gretchen Schnepp, Bette Royer. Marilyn Christener. Rita Ehrsam, Ruth Sipe, Mary Myers, and Elaine Blakey. Division V, Margaret Griffiths, Burkhart, Colleen Egly, Sharon sthuller, and Ruth Teeter; division VI, Carolyn Christener, Marlene and Alice Stiidivision VII, Ruth Zimmerman. Mitrlene Thieme, and' Carpi Rose Wall.' i h • ’< . -

fWjowAir Admissions Rqger peam,; Bluffton. Dismissals Mrs. Roy Masters, Portland Miss Charlotte Gephart, Decatur; Master Ray Foster, Huntingtori; Mrs. Minnie Egly, Decatur; Mrs. 4 Austin Gillioin. Berne; Davies , Wolfe, Decatur. mA and Mrst. Donald RiChwine of Berne, are the parents of a baby boy. weighing 8 lbs., and born at 5; 09 p.in. Friday at 1 the hospital. A baby boy was born to Nfr. and Mrs. (Robert Url6k at 7:so’p.na* Friday at the hospital ahd he weighed 7 lbs., 6 oz. I '!. ; .J .. ■ - Youth Is Fined On Speeding Charge Larry Vizard, 17, Decatur route 3, was fined $1 and costs in justice of peace court Friday night after pleading guilty to a charge of speeding. ;i , ' Decatur Church Exceeds Quota The Decatur Church of God; Cleveland street, the Rev. W. H. Kirkpatrick, pastor, was one of 631 congregations Os the church in America to exceed the goal .of sl2 per member for the world service fund of ! <he chuirch. 1 The per member giving of the church here was $17.11. Decatur Dollar Days Prove Great Success ; Dollar days, Friday and today, have proved to be a tremendous ■success, according to several members of the Chamber of Commerce committee in charge of the event. Almost Decatur retailer reported brisk trading all day Friday and thii morning. Store windows were dressed up for the occasion with signs and also displays of the bargain merchandise. Several retailers reported sales of fall and winter merchandise. > The shoppers arrived early Friday morning and at 4:30 o'clock Friday afternoon there was still brisk traffic in most of the stores. Friday night’s rain in parts of the trading area was believed to b 4 the cause of many shoppers coming to' Pecatur early Saturday. According to estimates of those in charge of -the dollar day, trading was the heaviest during the present bargain period of any since the holiday' (shopping of last year. n ' nip . ■ I

i library Jlota ? - \ 'i By The Librarian ' August t Just a week ago the G. E. girls left Fort Wayne and today had another card from Dorothy Schnepf that she had been seeing London with Michael Bates who used to be here with the Stewart McMillens. (From Vancouver. British Columbiia, the Hugh Andrews write that are enjoying a bit of old England. Mrs. E. C. Doehrman writes from Portland, Oregon, she is attending the sth bi-annual convention of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary league. She represents the Decatur circuit “A" zone. The Vergata family write from Los Angeles, Cql., that they are having a swell , time. Mr. and Mrs. Carl L. Mann of Ossian and Mr. and Mrs, Elmer Grossman pt Lafountaine send greetings from Pike's Peak. Steve Everhart is still sending usl cards. Today ive were reading one from Colorado Springs just as he walked into the library* ’‘The Snells’; are having a fine time visiting and traveling Sin .Minnesota. * \ • _ Mr. and Mrs. Bob Mills are inWjisconsiri on their w-ay to Minnesota, td |ee their son Dan. Ifhe Wktson Maddox family grieet us from Holland, Mich. Sheila Foreman, her mother, and Mrs. Cora Lough are visiting in Kalamazoo, Mich.; Peter, Missy and Susan Mayfclin are spending the summer at Crooked Oden, Mich. Mr. and Mrs; Albert D. Johnson are visiting their daughter and her family in Beaver Dam, Ky.' Weather rather warm. Mr. and Mrs. Tillman Gehrig arp in Washington, D. C- They visited this White House with their friends, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Miller, formerly of Decatur. Mr. and Mrs. Honier Bittman are enjoying p trip through Mainb. August 3 Cpl, Dick D. Heller, Jr., sent the library a booklet of the Bavarian Beauty spots. He has had two years there but' says it wgs not all vacation. Dick has made interesting in English all through the book, which all enjoy reading. Doris Garboden and Edwinna Stuckey send greetings from Nassau, Bahamas and from Miami, Florida. Janet and Joetta Habegger are having a good time in Ontario, Can. The D. C. Amsbaugh family and Odessa M. Brummer are also In Ontario, Can. i|Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Ostermeyer greet us from the Canadian Niagara Falls. Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hesher and sOn Ronnie, are also in Ontario. Miss Ruth Wlnnes writes from Oklahoma City, that she Is on the way home to see us. The 47th state is heard from. Ohly Nprlh Dakota) has been missed. Many people have gone through tliis state but we have missed a card frord there, 'j Chalmer Denny of Kokomo also sent us greetings from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Temperature tjhere was 102 degrees. - Mr. and Mrs. Dan Leser and Tom are in Lake City, lowa. They are going to the Lake of the Woods, Can., next .’week for fishingj ! ; Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Krick have had an interesting trip through ithe east and send greetings from Atlantic City, Wilmington. Del., and Woonsocket, (Rhode Island, Bridgeport, Conn.’ L \ Catherine Andrews is having a wonderful tiine in Wisconsin. i. ! Mrs. Elizabeth Bodkin is in Milwaukee, Wis. Elaine, Donna and Jean Heare are having a fine time at Sw-eet Lake near stiirgis, Mteh. Johnny Dierkes has enjoyed a trip to Holland, Mich. Jeff Camp is visiting Peter Sargent i,n New Hampshire. , J.! Mr. and 'Mrs. Joe Loshe are touring Alabama; j Mississippi, Florida, Louisiana, Kentucky and Tennessee, i v , Suette Johnson is having a good time in the Great Smoky Mountains. _ ( , Janet and Kathryn Goldner are .seeing many interesting sights in the east and send us a card from Philadelphia of the Liberty Bell. Mr. and Mits. Carl Bishcoff are having a swell time in California. Have been in Ghost Town, Buena Park. Mrs. Chares Meyers is having a wonderful trip shuth. She has been t® Miami; Florida, Key West. Is going to Jacksonville and take the sky line drive in Virginia, j August 4 Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Leonardson send greetings from Holland, Mich., and a news letter telljng all about the great tulip festival. Ronnie August is having a good time fishing at Colon, Mich, k Janelie and Jimmy Heller are having a good time at Lake Webster. Mrs. Homer Lower and the Gerald Smith family also send greetings from Lake Webster. Carolyn Gould writes from Ball State Teacher’s college, Muncie. Joyce Vian is in Jackson, Maine. She says it is Quite cool there.

Mrs. J. R. Gage of Monroe is in Yellowstone park. > : Geraldine Schultz' is having a wonderful time at Bellefontaine, Ohio this week. g Mr. and Mrs. Leo Roe, Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Huston and sons, Wm. Jr. and Albert of R. R. 1, Decatur, are having a fine vacation In Massey, Ontario, August % Eloise Noll writes from Wiesbaden. Germany. They were in Cologne the night before (July 30) apd go' to Heidelberg the next day. There was a lovely welcome fpr them when they got off the boat at ißudesheim. Joyce Ahn Vian is enjoying an eastern trip and sendp greetings from Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire. It has been i)o interesting this summer to receive cards from people all along theiV vacation trip. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Chase are in Deerwood, Minn. They have visited Camp Riley neaf Little Falls, Minn.,: and also the homestead and museum of Col. Chares Lindberg. Harriet and Bob Mills are visiting their son Dan in Bemidji. : of Paul Bunyan-. Dan Writes that they are having ( a fine time and sends a picture of the headwaters of the Mississippi river. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Owens are in Mirtnesofa also and send a pie- - ture of the source of the Mississippi river in Itas'ca State Park. Minn. J Carolyn and J)onna Owens of Monmqutq are having aj trip through Wyoming. They dent a card with ) the-picture o of Jackson Hole—the last of the r oid west. Lanny and Gary Ross in Harrison, Mich. They are having a good time fishing and say it is beautiful country. Marie Tricker has enjoyed seeing Niagra Falls. Last but pot least in today’s ! interesting mail is ascard from Santa Claus, Indiana with the picture of Old Santa, himself on the post office, Marie May sends the card apd says that if she had her wish she would bring every little child there to see the manjy interesting things. The smiles on the children's faces, are wonderful to see. Dorcas Stalter returned from a trip west and brought us a collection, of cards from\ New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma. Missouri. One is an especially interesting card 1 the birthplace of Will Rogers near dlaremont. Okla. August® ( Tod4.v Joyce Ann Vian greets ' us from Highland Falls. N. Y. She ’ has just visited West Point.and drives on to New Jersey. I Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Amick are 1 having a wonderful time in Cherry Point, North Carolina, where the world’s largest marine' air base is located.. They are visiting their son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. William Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morrissey are enjoying the sights of Washington, D. C,. this week. . Mr. and Mrs. Marion Hoagland of Van Wert are spending their vacation in northern Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Leonardson are in Grand Haven. Mich., and are all set for an antique show therei in Eagle’s hall. They hope to go to the Straits for the weekend. Mrs. E. C. Doehrman is now spending a few days in San Francisco. She has seen the. redwood forests and will visit Chinatown. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Andrews are at Lake Louise! whiph is a little bit of heaven. There is a group from Hawaii among the guests this ■week. j ! y Mr. apd Mrsj. Dan Zeser are Spending the last' of their vacation on Lake of the Woods. Cari. They say .fishing is good and the r « ft -L ' -

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wild life plenty. Mr. kind Mrs. Phyllis Hunter have had a wonderful trip through .the west and write to us from BoonvilleJDam, Crown Point, Oregon* -ts. Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard W. Seiner are in Stratford, Ontario, Can., attending the Shakesperjan Festival.!, They have seen the k plays Aiefiard lil" and “Alls' Well that ends Well.” . .. August 7 '! - Dorothy Schnepf writes froth Wieffbaden, Germany, that’she had j seer) some of the American so)- ' , diers. :|, . 1 Mrs. Vna Horner, mother o.f g Mrs. Pauline Milter of Decatur, I sends greetings and good wishes l frprn Manchester, England. This I is a lovely folder showing; the I cathedral and other Interesting ® I buildings of Manchester.! Craig and John 'fcmerick write ( from Craigsville, Vk. They have j I had a nice visit there, visited 1 Washington anfi Ute University and Jefferson’s home. 1, I' 'jTT Mrs. Osie M. i Lane is vacation- j ing through Indiana. Sairp Gilbert writes from Charleston, South’Carolina that it sure i - is hot in the deep south at this time of year.' ' — '■. 1 '• . i » Ka.the Haiij sends from Washington, D. C. . Stewart Knodel'writes from Mil- ■ waugee that he enjoyed seeing the ’ Milwaukee Braves beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 53. Hei saw Vice President >jixon at The game. Jataet - aijd Kathryn Goldner write from -Manchester, Vermont that they took the sky line to the top of Mt. Equinox and stopped at the Inn on the very top of the mountain. For those; who have taken their vacations the "Know YOur America" tree in the library will be an interesting reminder of places- visited. Looking over it one gains a liberal education of the beauty ' * spots of America and the historic cal scenes. Perhaps now that yoq d have had your vacation you will want, to do some reading. New books are on the shelves which you will find worth while. people are just taking their vaca,* ‘ tipns so we have put up an addi- 1 tional tree to hold the cards front the August vacationers. | | Evansville Man Is *■-***• Killed In Accident EVANSviLIjE UP — George L. jj Weber, 24, Evansville, was killed Friday when he and a passenger were thrpvrn from his careening auto. State police-found Weber’s body and Austut Craven Jr., lying on Indiana 57 about four miles north I of here. .. ~ , J, llrjvestigatorp believed "Weber lost control of the car, whict swerved across the highway several times, throwing out the two r men. Craven, whose address was 'j unavailable, was injured seriously, DdN”FTAKE A CHANCE TAKE !i!'.!i' PLENAMINS U Smith Drug Co. —■ I — — Only Takes !. S f A Minute... .. L to call us and we’ll take care of your Dry s Cleaning problems. KELLY DRY CLEANERS 155 S. 2nd St. Phone 3-3202 (We operate our own plant)