Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 225, Decatur, Adams County, 24 September 1953 — Page 3

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24. 1953

' Tvrt : — EVENING GROUP OP SOCIETY K An evening group of the Zion Missionary society wa< organized last night in the parish hall. Mrs. George Rentz whs named temporary chairman, and Mrs.,; Win, Ger nand secretary. The meeting. Wajfi called as a result off a survey made by the afternoow group of the Missionary society,; which showed a definite internet'in having an evening organization. The survey committee; composed. of Mrs. Louis Jacobs, Mrs. William Schriepf and Mrs. Kenneth Schnepf; conducted the meeting. The officers of \ the afternoon group Mere present and Mrs. Ji. Dierkes, president, read the to the constitution, outlining the so* ciety’s aims and purpose. Mrs. Mary Nelson, Nike. Luella •Ellsworth, and Mrs. Glen Dickerson were elected to’serve as the constitution committee.; Others present were the Mesdames Norman Witte. Harold August. Lloyd Cohrad, Lotiis Webert.ffl Henrietta

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Jones; and Miss Eldora Kirchner. October 21 is the date selected for the next meeting of the new group. Rev. Schmidt opened the meeting with a prayer, and the Lord’s Prayer was said in • JHUSpn at the close. h •• — ■Mu DEMONSTRATION CLMJB MEETS TUESDAY x Twenty-eight members of the Root township Home Demonstration club met Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrg. Harry Stultz The usual business meeting was conducted by. the president, Mrs. ports on the Purdue trip were givDoris Darkless. Interesting reen by Mbs. Harold Owdns, Mrs. Nevin Miller, and Mrs. Doris Harklees. A lesson on Relations in Middle Years,” was given by Ruth Kunkel. The October 15 club tour to Fort Wayne was discussed by the members. The business meeting was closed with a song. a! delicious lunch was then served by the hostesses, Mrs. Ada Hall, Mrsl Justeen Bowman, and Mrs. Harry Stultz. The next meeting will be held October 27 at the home of Mrs. Norbert Aumann. The election of officers will be held at time. EPSILON SIGMA SORORITY CONVENES The Epsilon Sigma sorority enjoyed a picnic at Hanna-Nuttman park Wednesday evening. A short business meeting was conducted. The decision was made to send LaVonnei Hobbs and Rosie Noonan, as \delegates, to the state convention which will be held October 9, JO, 11 at the Sheraton hotel in Chicago. Plans were also made so the coming rush tea, Octobpr 4,at the Elks’ home. During the social hour an auction was held. The door prize was won by Bbrtaline Hess. \ Members* of the Pythian Needle club will meet Monday evening, following the regular Temple meeting. - ’ I _ The Sunny Circle Home Economics will meet at at

fA-MI A Society Items for today’s publication must be phoned In by 11 a. m. (Saturday 9:30 a. m.) Phone 3-2121 THURSDAY So Cha Rea, Mrs. Clyde Buter, 7:30 p.m. -\ Aeolian Choir, Decatur high school, 7 p.m. DAV auxiliary £ IMV hall, ?:3p p.m, P* v.;. St. Ambrose Study club, Nlraj. Bernard Kruse. 7:30 p.m. Guardian Angel Study club, Mrs. Carl Braun, 8 m. Methodist Circle 1, Mrs. Johh T Myers, 2 p. m. , Methodist Circle 2, Mrs. Leonard Soliday, 2 p. m. ; Methodist Circle 3, Mrs. Maynard HUtrick, 2 p. m. j Methodist Circle 4, Mrs. Orval Foor. 2 p. m. (Emblem club, Elks home, 7:30 Pj m. iThe Ruralistic Study club, Mrs. Don Heimann, 8 p.m. W. S. W. S. of the Bethany Evangelical U. B. church, bhurch, 7:30 p. m. V. F. W. Auxiliary, steak supper, V. F. W. home, 5 until,7 p.m. Women of the Moose practice for Ft. Wayne meeting, Moose home, 8 p.m. Monroe W.C.T.U. Mrs. Elmer Eb ream, 7:30 p.m. Order of Eeastern Star, Masonic hall, 7:30 p.m. Great Books Discussion group, library, 8 p.m. FRIDAY Baptist Phil*, class, and Mrs. Harold Baughn, 7:30 ’p.m. Adams Unit 43 of the American Legion auxiliary. Legion, 8 p.m. Adams County Roadside Council, Decatur public \library, 1:30 P-m. -j .| Study club of St. Mary’s parish. C. L. of C. hall 7:30 p. m. Zion r.utheran Communion Announcement devotionals in the church, 2,4, 5,7, and 8 p.m. SATURDAY F. H. A. bake sale, city hall, 8 a.m- to 12 nooh. First Christian church bake sale, Schafer store, 9 a.m. Zion Lutheran Saturday .Bible School, 9:15 a. m. at the Parish Hail. iMagley Women’s Guild rummage sale, ,K. of p. home, 9 A JI. to i P. M. MONDAY Pythian Nqedle club, after Temple, PWF, Christian church, TiSOp.in? Flo-Kan Sunshine girls, K. of P. home, 6:15 p.m. Junior American Legion Auxiliary, Legion home, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. TUESDAY Sunny Circle Home Economics club, Preble recreation center, 7:30 p.m. x Unian Township Home Demonstration club, Mrs. Fred Marbach, 1:30 p.m. Eta Tau Sigma sorority chili supper, Mrs. Ray Heller, 6:30 p.m. W. C. T. U. k Mrs. Jesse Niblick, 2 p.m. WEDNESDAY Jolly Housewives Home Ec. club Mrs. John Davidson, 1:30 p.m. the Preble recreation Center Tuesday evening.

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Miss Sharon Kimble Neiiv Society Editor Sharon Kimble, sumed her new duties assoclety editor for the Daily Democtnt. She takes the place of Miss K&thleeq Terveer, who resigned recently to employment ill Fort Wayne. t Miss Kimble wan formerly employed at .Lincoln Life in Fo?i Yayne. .Mrs. Florabelle Faulkner, former society editor, filled the job temporarly after Miss TervOeer's resignation. v\ ■_ ' r — -T TJie Union Township Home Demonstration club will meet it onethirty o’clock Wednesday Mt the home’of Mrs. Fred The 1 ladies of the dub are urged to attend. • ■ A general meeting at seven* • thirty o’clock Monday evening is planned by the Christian Women’s Fellowship at the cWistian" church. Mrs. James Anderson will be the leader and Mrs. John Sticky will have charge of th|‘: worship program. There will £|sp be a silent auction. I- ' ■' ' > . ■Il A chili supper will be enjoyed b” the Eta Tau Sigma at th< home of Mrs. Ray Heller Tuesday-even-ing at six-thirty o’clock. | At one-thirty o’clock, day, the JollouwesviH | y day, the Jolly Housewives’iHome Economics club of St. township will meet with Mr£ John \Davidson as hostess. AU members* south of the St. Mary’s riv|r are asked to bring for the auction bake sale. $ I\■ S V -—i — < t ■>' The Philo class of the; First Baptist church will meet with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Baughn at -Seventhirty Friday evening. | Miss Joan Kruse, a freshman student at lowa State college, has been pledged by the Alpha ;Delta Pi\ sorority. Miss Kruse i| ; ; the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Kruse, Decatur. 'i Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Baker of; Fort 1 Wayne, former owners of the Co--1 lonial restaurant, are enroute to Altadena. Calif., where they ? plan to make their home. J Ray Smitley ol Berne, rodtfr 2, is a patient in the V|m Wedt, O « hospital. ; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Kljspper have returned from a three *eek% ' visit at Che Kneipp sanitarium at Rome City. \ • | The Berne-FrenCh school; will close all day Friday to give the electricians a chance to connect the wiring in the new school tion and the pupils a chance |o attend the Bluffton street fair.; Larry Graziani has returned from a buying trip to New for the Decatur, Portland and Upion City Jani Lyn stores. k - f' S/Sgt. Dee Schneider has left by plane for Greenland where he will tie stationed one year.? His wife and son are residing with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Bert Crockett at Fiat. j ' Mr. And Mrs. John H. Stejwart of Point Pleasant, N. J., arrived at noon today for a ten-day in Indiana. They left home ;yesterday morning and made thejtrip here in a day and half of driving. i ?

Rev. Busse To Be Honored On Sunday x 4Qth Anniversary Os His Ordination Sunday evening the members , of fit. Paul’s Lutheran noiigregation, Preble, will gather for a special service to honor their pastor, the Rev. Otto C. Busse, on the 40th anniversary of his ordinatiop into the holy ministry*. The

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Ret. W'alter G. Schwehn of St John’s Lutheran church, Decatur road, will deliver the special anniversary message. The Rev. Har- ’ ry Behning, Bethlehem Lutheran church, north of Tocsin, will serve , os liturgist, and Frank C.Schmiege of the Preble Lutheran church will preside at the organ and direct the cholt. R#v. Busse was born in Fort Wayne, December 4, 1889. He attendee! Concordia College, Fort Wayne, and Concordia Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., graduating from the latter Institution in 1913. After his graduation he was called \to the pastorate of St. Paul’s. Lutheran church, San Antonio, Texas. From there he came to St. John’s Lutheran church, Rochester. During World War I he served as army chaplain at Camp Sherman, Ohio. After the war he < became pastor of Zion Lutheran church, Schnectady, N.Y., where 1 he served until the beginning of World War 11, when he; .again became a chaplain in the U.S. army. In 1947 Rev. Busse accepted nthe call to become pastor of his present charge northwest of Prei ble. ! '< - ’ \ it. <n addition to his pastorates and army service; Rev. Busse served the Atlantic district of the Lutheran church-Missouri synod as stewardship secretary for a number of years. At present tie serves as pastoral chairman of the Decatur circuit of the Lutheran church, and is a member of the armed services commission of the Lutheran synod. Rev. Busse is a member also of the American Legion, having served as state chaplain. Rev. Busse was married to the former Helen Miller of Fort Wayne. Mrs. Busse died in 1941. He has one daughter, Mrs. Roland Hartel, of North Caldwell, N- J-. and three grandchildren. i —

IMJosrital v n Admitted Lee Lindsey, Berne; Mrs. Ila Huggins, Monroeville., Dismissed Mrs.) Leva Yoder and baby boy, Portland.

Learn to Sew and Save! "Sewing Aid Day” ° , \ Saturday September 26 at . HABE6GER HARDWARE R ; '4 " Mrs. .Florence Turner, Factory trained Demonetrator and Instructor for DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINES will be In Our Store Saturday during the afternoon and evenlng Z to aid you In any of your Sewing problems. Habegger Hardware

Rally Day, Back To Church Sunday Rally day and back to Sunday will be observed in the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church Sunday The church school, under the leadership of Victor Kiess, general superintendent and Mrs. Harry Houk, junior superintendent, will observe promotion Sunday. All classes will assemble in the sanctuary for the opening of the school at 9 a. m. All teachers and families of the school are i urged to be present and on time. The worship will begin at 10 A. m. The pastor the Rev. William C. Feller, will be in charge of the service and will preach on the; theme. "The Challenge of the 1 Church.” The senior choir will be hack in the service to lead the singing and provide the special music. Under the direction of Mrn. L. A. Holthouse, the choir will sing, "Church of God, Awhke!” by Gabriel. Mrs. J. Fred Fruchte will be at the organ. All members and friends of the church are invited to make this rally day a success by being present in the spir't of worship. \ The youth fellowship will hold its opening meeting of the fall season ot 6 p. m. Reports on the recent synodical fall retreat will be given and election of offficers will take place. Mr. and Mrs. La urea Meyers and Miss Harriet Gerber will serve as counsellors for the year. All services will be on central standard time. , Eagles To Initiate Class Here Sunday The Decatur lodge of Fraternal Order of Eagles will hold an initiation ceremony Sunday afternoon at 1:80 o’clock for 20 new members, it was announced today by lodge officers. The Paulding 0., degree team will again do the honorb at the local lodge. This is the second class to be initiated in the last month and will bring the total of new members to 45 for the last 30 days. Several local members attended the district meeting at Huntington September 32 where it was announced the Decatur lodge waj the first in the district /to make its membership quota for the first quarted of the year. Kenneth Barker is public relations chairman for the local organization an I he joined with the officers in inviting all members to attend the Sunday afternoon initiation and meeting; daring whch time several photographs will be taken. i . : : * ■— l ■■■■l— ■■ I ■ -■ ..1..-

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At the Adams county memorial hospital: -I I Mr. and Mrs. Zane Musser, city, are the parents of a baby daughter, born at 9:13 a.m. Thursday. She weighed 7 pounds and | ounces. An 8-pound baby boy was born ] jto Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Kahn, i Berne, at 6:43 a.m. Thursday.

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Hirschy Estate Is Closed Wednesday The estate of Edward Hirschy, who disappeared from Adams county about 20 years ago and has never been approved dead, was closed Wednesday and tiis heirs were required by the Adams ci--cult court to give a freeholders* I bond for twice the amount of i their inhertitaece before | their shares.