Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 298, Decatur, Adams County, 19 December 1953 — Page 3

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19. 1953

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CIRCLE MEETING f HELD WEDNESDAY | The Ruth and Naomi circle of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church met Wednesday the church for a potluck dinnerand gift exchange. * Silent prayer was offered and there was Bible reading. Mrs# Tony Meyers, leader for the afternQon, gave meditation, “Two Mjmbs,” after which Jerry Kaehr flayed Christmas carols. Mrs. enschlager was then welcomed into the circle as a new member. There were six guests an<£ eighteen members present. , 1 m • GECODE CLUB i ENJOYS PARTY The Oecode club their Christmas party at the /Moose home with 85 attending. The tables were dyorated with candles, snow-covered twigs, winter scenes, and Madonna planters. Each guest received a pair of scatter pins fro|jn the Gecode club, and Santa Claims distributed the gifts whcih ha<|i been placed under the Christmas tree. A lovely program, entitle^ “The Christmas Story,’’ was thes presented. Mrs. Janies Kocher grayed the piano and Mrs. Gene Morrison was soloietf and Mrs. Jack Heller was the barrator. /.. ' | The chairman and the coyimittees for this event Scherry, Pearl Krelscher, -Mary Fennig, Christene Andrews, ' Fruchte. Irene Holthouse, Velma Goelz, Rose Miller, Veda

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Barbara Gaunt, Iva Hunter, Dorothy Crosby, Harriet Fuelling, ' Joan Workinger, and Lucille Foor. The door prizes were awarded > Gloria Geissler, Janet Brown, and i Bernadinte Meyer. MR. & MRS. LEONARD SOLIDAY ENTERTAIN Mr. and Mrs. Lonard Soliday en- ’ tertained the members of the Martha and Mary and the Co-Workers class of the Methodist church school last evening with a Christmas party. Dinner was served in the beautifully decorated dining room. The Rev. and Mrs. Samuel Emerick and sons—John, Craig, and Stephen—were special guests. Mrs. Fred Busche assisted Mrs. Soliday in serving and Mrs. Lowell Smith gave a rendition of the Christmas story. \ MOTHERS ENTERTAIN THEIR CHILDREN | The Church Mothers’ Study club entertained their children with a Christmas party recently. Special . guests were the members of the i Brownie troop sponsored by the • club. The highlight of the occasion . was the appearance of a magician who delighted the children with his many tricks. A solo was sung by Kathleen Smith. Santa then arrived. He distributed gifts and treats to the many children present. Mrs. Don Cochran and 'Mrs. Erman Johnson, co-chairmen of the event, were assisted by the Mesdames Fred Soldner, Ray Walters. Ernest Uhrick, and August Kelly. Tuesday, Delta Theta Tau sorority will hold a Christmas party at tht Elks hqine at eight o’clock. The Philalethean circle of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church will' meet with Mrs. Herman VonGunten Tuesday evening at eight o’clock. There will be a dollar gift exchange. Please note the change of date. William Bowers, Jr., Is home from Marquette University to spend the Christmas vacation with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. William Bowers. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kalver motored to Indianapolis yesterday to accompany their daughter. Miss Carol Kalver, home from Indiana University for the Christmas vacation. Mr. and Mrs. W. Guy Brown drove to Springfield, Ohio, this morning to spend the weekend with their daughter and family. A letter from John Stewart, Point Pleasant, N.. J., says Mrs. Stewart is improving nicely now after, undergoing a major operation. She went to the hospital October 23 and w-as released November 4 and has shown constant improvement since. Mrs. Bess Erwin will spend the Christmas holidays in New’ York city, the guest of Dr. and Kenneth E. Cameron and daughter, Mrs. I Cameron being her niece. 1 Mrs, Grace Alwine will spend | Christmas with her son Tom and family at Gibson City, 111. Its you have something to sell o: rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results.

HI I miss hatkiuia BAKUtK ana nooert xnucnel were uiuiea in marriage November 21 in the Pleasant Dale church of the The new Mrs. Mitchel is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bargei* 1 and the bridegroom’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Mitchel, all of near Decatur. Both are graduates of . Adams Central high school. The bride is an employe of the Kroger store in Bluffton and the bridegroom is employed by Adolpt| Kolter of Decatur. They are residing with the bride’s parents.

Society Items for today’s publication must be phoned In by 11 a. m. (Saturday 9:30 a. m.) Sharon Khnble Phone 3-2121 -■ \ ■ SATURDAY Children’s Christmas rehearsal of Zion Evangelical and Reformed church. 12:45 p.m. Preble Walther league bake sale, city hall, 9 a.m. Methodist church program rehearsal, church, 10 a.m. SUNDAY V. F. W. Post 6236 Christmas carry-in-dinner and party, post home, 12 p.m. MONDAY Adams Central P. T. A., 7:30 p.in. V. F. W. Ladies auxiliary of Post 6236, 8 p.m.; color bearers, 7!30 P.m. Rosary society Christmas party, K. of C. hall, 8 p.m. TUESDAY Delta Theta Tau sorority/ Elks home, 8 p.m. Philalethean circle of Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, Mrs. Herman VonGunten, 8 p.m. D. A. V. auxiliary chili supper, hall, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. » p.m. Rebekah lodge. Odd Fellows hall, 7:30 p.m. ’ • , St. Ambrose Study club, Mrs. s Yawrence Braun, 7:30 p.m. Court News Judgment To Plaintiff C. Herbert Runkel vs Russel Hendricks; complaint for damages; plaintiff recovers S3OO from costs assessed to defendant. Attorneys: Ed A. Bosse, Perry & McAllister, and Voglewede & Anderson, plaintiff. Estate Case Estate of Robert A. Ailerson; inventory No. 1 approved. Marriage Licenses Joseph Feher, 19, Elyria, 0.. and Shirley Nicely, 18, Grafton, O. Arthur Reese, 22, Lima. O. and Joan Beery, 18, Cridersville, O. Joseph C. Ditto, 19, and Gladys Luanne Davidson, 18. both Decatur. ATr WITH YOUR - BRUSH DEALER g s— .... — \ ■ ~ , V . \ 17 // ¥ BRISTLFCOMBjj p V Far that 4 "extra tameriii ng” .* I ■Or Christmas gift. LF Acts as a comb and brush. JeW «ah r«at Mar B- -*' >•—Mr BILL SHADY 1209 W. Adams Ph. 3-3679

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r-„. ' At the Adams county memorial hospital: Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bowersock, Dixon, 0., became the parents of a baby girl at 7 p.m. Friday. She weighed 7 pounds and 6t4 ounces. Moore Home On Leave David E. Moore TET3 has arrived home to spend a ten day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Moore. Moore is a third class fielman in the communications office at the naval air station at Atlantic City, N. J.\ This is his second time in the navy and he is due for a discharge in March. Home For Holidays Pvt. Donald Miller arrived .by plane at Baer field yesterday from Fort Louis, Wash, to spend the holidays with his friends and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Miller of Decatur. Octopus is a favorite food of 3t»pan’s Awhji islanders. They buy it sun-dried and stretched on sticks or alive from tanks of sea water Choice portions are tentacles, boifed and sliced. Easy-to-Sew! S . . li ■■pF? \ \ \\\s i V \ \\ if V 'wk'wJb r \' ( I W 9135 SIZES 2-10 Inf Skirt! Blouse! Weskit! They’re all SEW-EASY — and so popular with the younger set! For school? days and Sundays, she’ll mixmatch this trio many ways. Make weskit and skirt in corduroy, velveteen, or wool —blouse in cotton. Pattern 9135: Children’s sizes 2, 4,6, 8, 10. Size 6 blouse, 1% yds. 35-inch; skirt, 1% yards 35-inch nap; weskit, % yard. This easy-to-use pattern gives perfect fie Complete, illustrated Sew Chart shows you every step. Send Thirty-five cents in coins for pattern—add 5 cents for each pattern for Ist-clase mailing. Send to Marian Martin, care of \ Decatur Dally Democrat Pattern Dept., 232 West 18th St, New York 11, N. Y. Print plainly Name, Address with Zone, Size and Style Number.

Bars Jury Members From Future Service Judge Explodes At Not Guilty Verdict CHICAGO, UP — A judge has ordered three women and nine men banned from federal court Jury duty for life for turning “a hardened criminal out on the street.” Federal Judge Joseph Sam Perry exploded when the jury brought in a ' “not guilty” verdict Friday in the case against Alphonse Bartkua, 25. Bartkus was accused of leading a three-man gang in the $3,750 holdup of the Federal Savings and Loan Company in suburban Cicero last July. Two alleged accomplices, Joseph Consentino and James Brindis, had pleaded guilty, named Bartkus as their leader, and are now awaiting sentence. The jury deliberated three hours before acquiting Bartkus. When Perry heard the verdict he snapped “wait a minute.’’ "Ladies and gentlemen,” he said, “I’ve never been so disappointed in my life. You can hang your heads in shame. /“This is a disgrace and an abominable shame,” Perry continued. “You have turned a hardened criminal out on the street. He was a leader, and the brains, of this gang.” The angry judge brushed aside Bartkus’s statement that he wap in a barber shop at the time of the robbery. “Anyone could have seen through this flimsy alibi,” he said. Police still had Bartkus in custody today, planning to hold him on a concealed weapons charge. Two Minor Accidents Are Reported Friday One .accident each was invest!-, gated by the sheriff’s department and city police Friday, both minor. City police reported a car driven by Julius Kohne, 17. route 4, westbound oh Jefferson near Second, was forced into a parked car owned by Clyde H. Everett Pleasant Mills, by an eastbound truck which didn’t stop. Damage to both cars was estimated at $35. About S2OO damage resulted when, according to deputy sheriff Merle Affolder, a car by Frederick Dellinger, 17, 210 South NJntb, northbound on U. S. highway 27 about two miles, south of Decatur, attempted to stop tor a car ahead which was turning into a driveway. Affolder said that when Dellinger applied his brakes the left one grabbed and pulled him over to the left side of the road where it sideswiped with a southbound car driven by Earl Ervin, 51, route 1, Berne. '< I WjOSRITAL Admitted Mrs! Emma Baumgartner, cRy; Miss Linda Stultz, city; Mrs. Louis Shook, Wren, O.; Miss Karen Striker, city; Raymond Schwartz, Berne. Dismissed David Eady, Willshire, O.; Donnie Jean Balankenbacker, city; Master Steven Schug, Berne; John Bowyer, Monroeville; Mrs. Al Schneider was transferred to Parkview Memorial hospital. More than 1,739 blueprints are used in construction of a single modern submarine, according to the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Amerl ca’s largest private submarine builders. I . ■ \ Trade in a Good Town *— Decatur. »»

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U. S. DISTRICT ATTORNEY Edward L. Scheufler (left) and his assistant, Kenneth C. West, irt shown in Kansas City, Mo., with tne two suitcases in which Carl Austin Hall nad the $600,000 Greenlease kidnap ransom. The luggage is part ot evidence in a grand jury probe ot missing naif ot the money. (International J

Gas Company Office Location Is Changed The office of the Northern Indiana Public Service Co. (Gas Co.) was being moved today from the Miller building to the south half of the Zwick building, 237 North Second street. M. J. Pryor, local manager, stated that the office will be ot>en for business as usual in its new quarters Monday morning at 8 o’clock. The gas company is also observing new office hours, effective this week. The office will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., and will be closed all day Saturday. The new quarters will provide much more space for the utility, permitting more display room and more commodious offices. A depository has been installed in the entrance of the building for the convenience of customers who wish to pay their bills vrhen the office is closed. Churchill's Hand Is Injured By Matches LONDON, UP—Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s left hand was injured Friday when a box of matches exploded into flames, it was announced today. The announcement of thei mishap to th«i 79-year-old prime minister was made at No. 10 Downing St., his official residence. “Box of matches burst into DON’T TAKE A CHANCE TAKE PLENAMINS Smith Dtur Co.

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flames in his hands and Sir Winston slightly hurt his left hand,” the Downing St. announcement said.

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