Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 261, Decatur, Adams County, 5 November 1953 — Page 3

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SORORITY CONDUCTS II NOVEMBER BUSINESS MHT The Psi lota Xi sorority hell its November business meeting Wednesday evening at the homl of Mrs. Doyle Collier. : b vi 1 Mrs. Rkhard=Linn. the president conducted the business, and \he plans for various charitable projects, to be carried out in the near future, were discussed fay the group. The turkey project will be completed November 18 and all members are to turn in their tickets by thaf date. ; f A contribution was given’.to the Community fund, and Christmas gifts and money contributions will be given to- the state school in Fort Wayne. ' - ' The business session ended with the closing dedication,; after which .light refreshments were

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seryed by the executive committee. • The next meeting will be a social November 18 at the home of Mrs. Arthur Holthouse,> .——_ i YOUTH CHOIR ENJOYS \ SCAVENGER HUNT The youth choir of the Monroe Methodist church recently enjoyed a scavenger hunt. Fifteen members were served refreshments at the church annex by those in charge: Barbara Steiner, Mary Jane Rice, Jim Steiner, and Tom Hoffman. The next party is being planned for November 18 at eightfifteen o’clock in the annex of the church. Those appearing on the attendance honor roll are Ned . Stucky, Carl Bluhm, Tom Hoffman, Jim fifteiner, Dick Rowdon, Carolyn Mitchell, Doris Bluhm, Barbara Steiner, Nancy Shoaf, Mary Jane Rice and Mae Christener. Mrs. Ralph Johnson is in charge of the group. ’ ~~ /■\;' ■ MISS McNEAL HONORED ■ WITH LINEN SHOWER (Miss Barbara McNeal,- brideelect of November 14, was honored recently with a linen shower at the home of Mrs. Leonard Lengerich. Mrs. Frank Dekoninck was cohostess for the occasion. I The bride-elect was presented

With a corsage of bronze and yellow chrysathemuins upon her arrival. The table decorations featured 'a miniature bride, groom, and their attendants. Bingo was played and prizes were awarded to Miss Harriet Rauch, Miss Marlene Me Neal, Miss Anna Faurote, Mrs. Henry MdNeal. and Mrs. Albert Braun, who in turn presented them to the bride, ‘*. '*;. ' ; Little (Patricia A. DeKoninck presented the guest of honor with the gifts as Miss McNeal read a wish opening each one. A delicious luncheon was served later in the afternoon. Those present were the Mesdames Henry McNdal, Alfred Rauch, Homer Ranch, Charles Rauch. Calvin Rauch, Leo Hackman, Edward Fauroter Berna'd Lengerich, Albert Braun, Herman Braun, apd the Misses Harriet Rauch, Loretta Rauch, Ruth Rauch, Marlene (McNeal, Anna Faurote, Patricia A. DeKonnick, and CathV erine A. Lengerich. Unable to attend were the Mesdaines Leo Faurote, Nolan Welker, Joseph Beaucho* and the Misses Jean Braun, Bessie Faurote, and Henrietta MISS PAT BARGER IS \ HONORED EVENING A bridal shower was given in honor of Miss Pat Barger Tuesdayevening with Miss Elaine Freels and Miss Virginia (Mitchell as hostesses at the latter’s home. Miss Barger is engaged to wed Robert Mitchell. The guest of horior received a corsage of mums upon her arrival. The playing of games followed with\ prizes being won and then in turn presented to the brideelect. Those awarded prizes were Mrs. Harold Barger, Mrs. Ralph. Freels. Miss Barbara Walters, Miss Arlene Habegger, and Miss Arlene Freels. The guest of'' honor received many lovely gifts, after which a delicious luncheon was served from a decorated table in keeping with the pink and green color scheme. Those attending, besides the guest of honor and the hostesses, were the Misses Norma Conrad, Phyllis Mattox, Arlene Habegger, llene Funk, Coleen Hirschy, Barbara Walters, Shirley Stedry. Arlene Freels, Doris Ann Bluhm, Carolyn (Mitchell and the Mesdames Gene Mechel, Richard Peterson, Floyg Mitchel, Russe’.l Mitchel, Barger, and Freels. i Unable to attend were {Mrs. JerNeUdstine, Mrs. Roger Longenrger, MfS. Harold Arnold, and Miss Mary (Michaels. \ PYTHIAN SISTERS HONOR MRS. GRADE WEILAND More than one hundred members and guests of Eureka Temple of Pythian Sisters attended a party at the K. -of P. home Monday evening in honor of Mrs. Grace Weiland, newly elected grand manager. The entertainment for the eve-

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(jgggg; Society items for today's publication must be phoned In by 11 a. m. (Saturday 9:30 a. m.) Sharon Kimble Phone 84121 THURSDAY Pleasant Gfove Missionary rheeting, Goldie James, 1 p.m.' So-Cha-Rea, Mrs. Dick Deihinger, 7:45 p.m; Unit 1 of Bethany W. S. W. S., Mrs. Ivan Stucky, t:3O p.m. • St. Joseph Study club. Mrs. Pete Reynolds, 8T:15 p.m. s - Pleasant Dale Ladies aid and Kirkland W. C. T. U M parish home, all day. Unit 4 of Bethany W. S. W. S„ Mrs. Madeline Snell, 7:30 p.m. St. Anne Study club, Mrs. John Miller, 7; 30 p.m. Unit 1 of Bethany E. U. B. church W. S. W. S., Mrs. Ivan Stucky, 7:30 p.m. W. M. A. of Nuttman Avenue U. B. church, Mrs. Jessie Diehl, 1 Pm- , ■ Academy Friendship club, Moose home, 7:30 p.m. Wesley class of Decatur Methodist church, church basement, 7:30 p.m. \ Magley Ladies’ aid, all day Thursday. Great Books Discussion club, library, 8 p.m. St. Jude Study club, Mrs. James McGill, 8 p.m. Ladies aid of E. U. B. church, church, all day. Union E. U. B. Friendship class, Mrs. James Krick, 8 p.m. Heidelberg class of Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, church, 7:30 p.m. Order of Rainbow for Girls, Masonic hall, 6:45 p.m. W.S.W,S. Unit 4 of Bethany E.U.B. church, Mrs Clement Snell, .7:0 pm. < class, Mrs. A. B. Suttles, 7:30 p.m. Ladies of Trinity church, church 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY World Community Day program, Trinity church, 1:30 p.m. D. A. V. auxiliary Stanley patty, hall, 7;30 p.m. Ava Marie Bible Study club, Mrs. Anna Voglewede, 8 p.m. Trinity Work and Win class, church, 6:30 p.m. - SATURDAY Junior class chill supper, Pleasant Mills high school, 5 p.m. to. 8 p.m: Fall festival, Friedhelm school. Catholic Ladies of Columbia, K. of C. hall, 2:30 p.m. MONDAY Holy Family Discussion club, Mrs. Fred Baker, Jr., 8:30 p.m. Past Presidents Parley of American Legion auxiliary, Legion home, 8 p.m, < St. Mary’s township Farm Bureau, Pleasant Mills school, 6:30 p.m. s Adams county chorus, Willshire Methodist church, 7:30 p.m. TUESDAY Dutiful Daughters class, Mrs. Jennie McAlhaney, 7:30 p.m. Delta Lambda chapter of Beta Sigma Phi sorority, Mrs. Fred Corah, >8 p.m. Happy Homemakers club,\\ Mrs. John Haltzell, 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY .. Ladies Shakespeare club, Mrs, C. E. Peterson, 2:30 p.m. * — —— ning began with Dick Reidenbach* singing two numbers, accompanied at the piano by Mias Helen'Haubold. Misses Joan York gave a very clever reading after which Carl “Skip” Roberts entertained with several old time songs and chalk drawings. , With Margaret Price as mistiress of ceremonies, the grand and past grand officers were introduced and public grand honors. Theft grahd manager Grace' Weiland was escorted to the front of the room by her husband, Martin Weiland, as Shiela Ahr sang “The Old Refrain.’’ The entertainment Was closed with a community sing which included “America the Beautiful." Refreshments were served from a beautiful lace covered table, lighted by tall candles in silver holders, and decorated with a Horn of plenty as a piece. Mrs. Ada Lower and Mrs. Maud Hower poured the coffee and tea. There were guests from Indianapolis, Williamsport, Greensburg, Wabash, Montpelier, Marion, Fort Wayne, New Haven, Bluffton, Swysee, Dugger, and Fowler, Mich., and Van Wert, OhioGrand officers attending were Thelma Watts, grand chief; Betty Zephyr, grand senior; Frances Hylton, grand protector; Meagher, grand secretary; and Dorothea Zimmerman, grand trustee. Past grand chiefs were Zona Holtz, Williamsport; Mabel Samuels, Greensburg; Fern Beber, Fort Wayne; and. Nina Mills, Marlon. District ’ deputies were Harriet Renigar, Greensburg; and Tffva McCord. Those unable to attend but sending gifts were Iva Klrevin of Fort

supreme treasurer; Alma Myers of Warsaw, supreme deputy; Opha Roberta of Washington, grand guard; Thelma Hickman of Dugger. grand junior; and Lucille Stevenson of Dugger, district deputy. *1 * X J t I The Decatur Methodist church Circle 2 have announced that they will donate money for the New England dinner and donate bake goods or other articles for the; ba* zaar which vrill be held in the near future. Happy Homemakers club will meet at seven-thirty o’clock Tuesday evening with Mrs. John BaltZelL Mrs. C. E. Peterson will be the hostess for the Ladies Shakespeare club Wednesday afternoon at two-thirty o’clock. The World Community-Day program which i 8 sponsored by the Council of Church Women wilb 'meet at the Trinity church Friday afternoon at one- lock. The junior class of the Pleasant Mills high school will sponsor a chili (supper at the school gymnasium Saturday from 5 o’clock to 8 o’clock. Monday evening at eight-thirty o’clock the Holy Family Discussion club will convene at the home of Mrs. Fred Baker, Jr. . ’ \ >,• The Past, Presidents Parley of the American Legion auxiliary will hold a meeting Monday evening at Legion home at eight o’clock. The Dutiful Daughters class 'Will meet with Mrs. Jennie McAHianey Tuesday evening. at seven-thirty o’clock. Mrs. Bryce Roop will be the assisting hostess. .A.The Delta Lambda chapter of Beta Sigpia Phi sorority will conduct a meeting Tuesday evening at eight o’clock 'pt the home of Mrs. Fred Corah. Mrs. James Kane, program leader, will use as her subject, “Poetry and Verse Making.” , Approximately fifty couples at tended the Knight cf Columbus Fourth Degree formal dance last evening which was held at the K. of C. hall. Don Underwood’s orchestra of Van Wert, 0., played for the occasion, and later in the evening a smorgasbord dinner was served. William C. 'Gillig, son of Mr. and Mrs. H- H. Gillig, 312 Marshall street, is among 1,100 students enrolled for the fall* semester al Xavier University. Cincinnati, Ohio. A graduate of Decatur Catholic high, Gillig is a senior and is majoring in biology. Mrs. Elmer Anspaugh, Fort Wayne, formerly l of Decatur, visited in Decatur Wednesday and attended the Earl Colter funeral. . The Rev. J. R. Meadows will take his Victory Prayer Band to Monroeville next Sunday and will preside over a rally at the Rev;> Cecil Morgan’s Nazarene church with the Rev. R. D. Wood of the Decatur church of the Nazarene as the principal speaker. Dwight Darr of Bobo will be the song leader and there will be a special prayer for the service men. Service will begin at 2:30 p.m. Mrs. Ralph Tyndall of Bluffton visited her mother, Mrs. Phil Macklin, here 'yesterday and attended the Presbyterian fair. ’ Mrs. Charles Colter of Warren and her son Robert of Chicago, and her daughter Leah of Detroit, attended the funeral services for Earl Colter Wednesday. Mrs. Clarence Beavers and daughter and Mrs. Estella Confer of Fort Wayne attended the Presbyterian fair here Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. John Baumgartner of Winchester were visiting with friends in Decatur’ last night, attending the Presbyterian church fair, r BIRTHS At the Adams county • , .. memorial hospital: / Mr. and Mrs; Benjamin Lehman, Berne, became the parents of twin girls Thursday. One. born, at 12:05 a. m., weighed u pounds and 4 ounces; the other, born at 12:06 a. m., weighed 3 pounds and 4’4 ounces. ( At 1:25 a.m. Thursday, an 8 pound, baby sou was born to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lehman, Berne. Mr. and Mrs, Robert Stein, Freeland, Mich., are the parents of a baby girl born at 11:16 a.m. Thursday. She weighed 7 pounds and 15 ounces. HOSPITALMOTES Admitted Mrs. Peter Lehman, city; Edward Beitler, Linn Grove. Oiamiseed Mrs. Jessie Patch and baby boy, Berne; Mrs- James Marquardt and baby son, Monroeville;' Mrs. Onaro Razo, city; Lawrence Gerardot, CRy.

Held For Slaying Os Wealthy Husband Wife, Negro Jazz Musician Are Held .SEATTLE. Wash. UP — A willowy blonde and a Negro jazz musician were held today on federal 7 warrants charging them with slaying the blonde’s millionaire husband in Fairbanks,.Alaska. Mrs. Diane Wells, 31, was arraigned on, first degree murder charges a few hours after she arrivedt here from Fairbanks, with her 4-year-old sonMarquam. The musician, Johnny Warren, 33, was in jail in Oakland, Calif., awaiting a removal hearing Tuesday. He denied knowing anything about the slaying. The dead millionaire was Cecil Wells, 51, Fafrbanks auto dealer and president of the All-Alaskan Chamber of Commerce. He was found dead in his luxurious Fairbanks apartment Oct. 17. A .380 caliber bullet had been fired through his head. Fairbanks police Mrs. Wells and Warren bad beedme friendly since they met last Labor Day at a dance. At the time, Warren was employed as a drummer with the dance orchestra at the Fairbanks Golf and Country Club. Oakland police quoted Warren as saying he “knew Mrs. Wells vepwell.” “But he claimed it was a coincidence that he had.. planned to leave Fairbanks the day Wflls was killed,” inspector James Mangini said. Police were called to the Wells apartment early in the morning of Oct. 17 after Mrs. Wells, badly beaten and semi - conscious, crawled from the apartment to that of a neighbor. She told police that two men entered the apartment and beat her with their fists ami slugged her with a flower poL She said she was unconscious and did not see the attack on her husband. • ~

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1 1 " "■T 1 ” 1 Two MmOr Accidents Reported By Sheriff Two minor county accidents were investigated Wednesday, the sheriff’department reports. "V At *8:45 p.m., four and a half east of Berne on state road ,118. cars driven by Earl Sprunfer, 17, of Berne, and Kesnejh Merkel. J 6, route 1, Monroe, collided according to reports, one car tried to pass the other as both cars bdhded east, investigating sheriff Bob Shraluka and. state trdoper Walter Schindler; The pair told the officers they etfch were in the proper lane and blame sfes tot fixed. Hpwever, Sprunger is alleged to Have been driving Without a driver’s license and' will appear in Berne JP court Friday to answet*. the charge; and Market is to be arraigned in ’Berne court later this afternoon to face a charge of driving without license plates. Damage to both cars was estimated at 825. Before noon Wednesday, a car driven by Ronald R. Black, 18, of

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