Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1953 — Page 6

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First Presbyterian A service of carols and candlelighting will be held at the First Presbyterian church Thursday night, Christmas Eve, at 11 o'clock. The story of Christmas will be told ih scripture and song in the setting of candles and pine. The program follows: Prelude, Mrs. Carrie Haubold. Processional carol, Adeste .Pldeles. Call to worship. Invocation. Scripture lesson, Isfah 9:2-7. Carol, JoyfiTo The World. Scripture lesson, Luke 1:26-33. Carol, It Came Upon The Midnight Clear. Scripture, Luke 2:1-17. Prayer. Carol, Hark The Herald Angels Sing. Offering. Anthem, “The Lullabye of the Christ Child” f A German folk song, Mrs. Robert Nisbet, directing. A Christmas Message, The Rev. Ray J. Walther. Solo, "The Birth of the King,” Miss Alice Langston. Carol, O Little Town of Bethlehem. . A service of Candlelighting (Begun by a candle from Bethlehem). Carol, Silent Night, Holy Night. Prayer of dedication. Postlude. : — ’.■ First Methodist The minister and the youth fellowsbip of the First Methodist chgrch will entertain a Korean student in their homes during the Christmas period. The student is Yong Ok Kim, who lived in North Korea prior to the war, and recently came to this country to com-, plete his training to serve his people as a Christian educator. . Kim is a graduate of Kwaisei Gakuin University in Japan, and is now completing his master of arts training at Drew University, Madison, N. J. He is a secondgeneration Christian. His wife and two. children are living in South Korea. The youth fellowship became acquainted with Kim at their youth institute last summer where he was one of the instructors. Kim will join the youth gtoup for their carolling party at 8 o'clock Thursday evening and will be entertained in several of their homes during his visit here. Speaking engagements planned for Kim during his visit in Decatur include the Christmas Eve service, and the 10:20 morning worship service December 27 at the Methodist church of Decatur. He will also speak in the 9:30 worship service at Monroe and the evening youth meeting at the Geneva church on the 27th. The public is invited to hear him. « A Merry Christmas To All I

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Zion Lutheran j Zion Lutheran church, West Monroe street, beautifully decorated with trees, candles and wreaths, will climax its Christmas holiday festivities with a festival service Christmas day, Friday morning, at 9 o’clock, which the public; is cordially invited to attend. T*he pastor, the Rev. Edgar P. Schmidt, will conduct the service commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, and will bring a message op the theme, “Thanks be unto God tor His unspeakable gift,” 2 Corin thians 9, 15. The 30-voice senior church choir, under the direction of David Embler, will sing the ’‘Gloria in Excelsis Deo” from the 12th mass by W. A. Mozart, And “The Cherubim Song,” j>y Bortniansky, A junior choir, composed of children of the Saturday Bible school, will sing, “Silent Night!” A medley of Christmas carols on the organ and Carillonic bells by Donald Bieberich, church organist, will precede the festival service, 8:45 to 9 a.m. The order of Christmas day service will be as follows. Prelude of Christmas Melodies. Processional Hyipn, “O Come all ye faithful.” _ , \ J * The Christmas Introit, “Unto iis a Child is born”, ’ Choir: “Gloria in Excelsis Deb,” by Mozart. ; Hymn by congregation, “From heaven above.” • The Christmas Epistle: TitUsj2, 11-14. . < A Carol, “Now Sing we, now rejoice”. I ''"jL ■ > The Christmas Gospel: Luke<2, 1-14. r J. f < \ Choir: "The Cherubim Song," by Bortniansky. j.;. ; The Christmas message by the pastor. Organ voluntary and Christmas offerings. _ - Hymn by congregation, “Praise God the Lord”. Christmas prayer and the Lord's prayer. Children’s choir: “Silent Night! Holi Night!” The benediction. Recessional hymn, “Let us all with gladsome voice”. Organ postlude. The Christmas offerings \by special envelope will this year remember the Indiana Lutheran child welfare association; tpe Kendallville Lutheran old peoples home; and the American Bible society. | Zion Reformed ; Th? annual Christmas Eve service of carols and candle lighting will be held Thursday night at 11 o’clock in the Zion Evangelical apd Reformed church. The service will consist of the singing of the familiar Christmas carols by the congregation and choirs, the Christmas stories; in scriptures, both prophecy and fulfillment, and special numbers by the choirs and soloists. The senior choir will sing, “What > - ;„ \ ■ :

of the Night” by R. G. Thompson, and: “Blow Ye Winds Softly” by Kennerly. The youth choir will sing “Christmas Lullaby” by Charles Gabriel. Mrs. Myron Haggard will sing, “O Holy Night” by Adam, and\Ne!l Thomas will sing, “Sweet Little Jesus Boy” (Anon). Mrs. L. A. Holthouse will direct the choirs. Organist will be Mrs. J. Fred Fruchte and Mrs. Harold Murphy. The service will be in charge of the pastor, the Rev. William! C. Feller, who will read the scriptures and offer the Christmas prayer. The service will close with the ceremony of candle lighting and the singing of “Silent Night! Holy Night” by the congregation and choirs. \ Members and friends are invited to worship in this services and in all 6f the services of the Christmas season. Trinity Church A Christmas program will be presented at the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock. The program, presented y the 30-voice churcji choir, directed by Mrs. Evangeline Embler, follows: The Christmas Story in Scripture and Song Organ Prelude Hymn “O Come All Ye Faithful” Invocation The Promise—lsaiah 11:1; Isaiah 40:1-3; Matthew l:!^—“Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming—Kth Century German; "Comfort Ye'My Peo(ple’’-HHandel; *O Come, O Come, Immanuel”—l3th Century Plain Song. The Shepherds—Luke 2:8-11 — “As Lately We an Carol; "The First Noel’’ —16th Century French; “While Shepherds Watched” —-i7th Century Echo Carol. The Three Kings—-Matthew 2:11 —“We Three Kings”—Hopkins; “The Golden Carol. \ The Infant Luke- 2:16 — “Slumber Song of the Infant Jesus”—Gevaert; “Jesus In a Manger”—Polish Melody; “A Joyous Song”—Gevaert. The y —Luke2:l — -9 In Royal David’s City”— Gauntlett; “The Coventry Carol” —English Melody 1591; “Cradle Song of the Blessed Virgin”—

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Parnby. The Angels Luke 2:13-14— "Hark the Herald Angels Sing”— Mendelssohn; "Angels We Have Hfcard on High”—Old French Melody; “O Holy Night”—Adam. Offering \ Hymn—“As With Gladness Men of Old”. f Benediction \ Organ Postlude. Bethany Church A Christmas Eve candlelight service will be held at the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church Thursday night at 11 o’clock. The program is as follows: The Processional— Choir — “O Come All Ye Faithful.” Call To Worship: “Let us go even unto Bethlehem and see .this thing that has com? to pass, which > the Lord hath made known to jjs.” Invocation. S Scripture Isaiah 9:6,7. Micah 5:2. Antiphonal Hymn, Choir and young people. “Watchman, Tell Us of the Night.” Scripture Luke 2:1-7. Carol—“O Little Town of Bethlehem.” Solo: "O Holy Nlght”f-Marcus Foreman. Scripture Luke 2:8-14. Carol "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear.” Scripture Luke 2:15-20. Solo—Miss Rheta Mae Butcher—- “ There’s A Song in the Air.” Carol "Silent Night.” Scripture Matthew 2:1-12. 1 Poem: A Christmas Prayer—Mrs. Grace Noll Crowell. Story—Rev. Benj. G. Thomas ' “The Little White Blanket.” Lighting of the Candles. Carol “As With Gladness Men of Old.” 1 Cornet Duet—“ Joy to the Worfa” —Stanley Alger and Ralph B. Tho1 mas. Candles are Extinguished. Benediction. \ \ Postlude. . Director of music, D. E. Foreman; organist, Evangeline Embler; readers, Luann Lehman, Mary Dee Striker. Hoosier Is Killed As Auto Hits Train \ GARY UP — Paul Rosenbom, 25. Hebron, was killed Tuesday when»his car skidded on ice and rammed into a Michigan Central freight train. \ Lafayette Man Is Suicide Victim A LAFAYETTE, Indr, UP — Donald Lee Owen, 25, Lafiyette, died late Tuesday of a self-inflicted shotgun wound after an argument with his wife. Police said Owen, a mechanic laid off his job two days earlier, was. rushed to St. Elizabeth Hospital after the shooting in his home but died a short time later. RULES OUT EARLY (Cqatiaaed From Page Oae) missile, the Nike, with which the army plans to defend some 35 big cities against air attack. 22 AMERICANS (CootlaaoS From Page One) ally ending the! explanation program at 12:30 p.m. (10:30 p.m. EST Tuesday). v

Indiana Business Shows Sharp Drop Sharp Drop During November Revealed BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (UP) — Indiana business dropped sharply during November, the Indiana University Bureau of Business Research reported today. The bureau’s monthly publication, The Indiana Business Review, said all types of business activity showed declines except department store sales. It was the first time this year

— Advertisement — . ' ■ EGG PRODUCTION TOUR CONDUCTED BY HOOSIER DEALERS As egg production has grown ?s a specialized big business in Indiana, various areas have developed in which the industry seems to be One of these areas is in Adams and Wells counties. Some of the magnitude of thfk Adams-Wells development was indicated recently when a one-day Egg Production Management Tour and poultry meeting was organized by Elmer Gerber, Decatur feed dealer, and Gordon M. Liechty and Weldon Lehman, Berne hatchery operators. Some 200 farmers and poultrymen attended. First step on the tour was at Elmer Gerber’s own 220-aCre farm situated six miles east of Bluffton. Under questioning by Harold Dickey of Honeggers and Company, Gerber told him how three years ago he decided to switch from tomatoes to chickens as his principal cash crop. His first step was to make connections in October, 1950, with Honeggers and to open a feed store which now sells more than 300 tons of feed a month to customers in a 14-mile radios of Decatur. Gerber began nis owrf poultry program in the spring of 1951, starting with 1,500 layers that in their first seven months of production produced >7,000 worth of eggs. In 1952 the layer population was brought up to 3,000 and over >IO,OOO wt>rth of eggs were marketed in 90 days. Four thousand layers are at work this year. In the week preceding the tour, <BOO worth of eggs were sold. The Gerber barn has been converted into a 4-floor poultry palace; a new Honegger House is filled to capacity; another is being erected: and 440 additional feet of poultry housing have been ordered (the houses come in 8 ft. sections?) All-Automatic Operation The second' stop of the tour was made at the William Pfister farm, five miles southwest of Gerber’s. Pfister features an all-automatic operation in a new modern 104foot poultry house with an "adjoining egg room. Tester has 885 layers and 65 breeding cockerels. Following the third week of being housed, the young layers were running 60 percent in egg production. The birds were being fed 20 percent mash plus grain raised on the farm. At' noon they were given two pounds of “noon green pellets" per hundred birds. An occasional feeding of Fortlpoultry feed ia given as a wormer and conditioner. The Alvin Honegger farm two miles northeast of Bluffton was the next stop on the tour. Honegger has been in the business four years, started by putting three floors in his barn to furnish housing facilities for 2.Q00 layers. The initial cos| was» >1,200. Later an, auxiliary brooder house was erected. Honegger has_definite plans to erect 192 feet of house next year. Here it should be explained that the houses are built running east and west so as to get the benefit of th? sun’s rays, especially in winter. .Plenty of glass is used on the south side. The standard width of the structure is 28 feet. Capacity is figured 2% square feet per bird or 11.2 birds per lineal foot. Figure it either way and you 11 find that he is making room for 2,150 more birds next year. Good Management Important Last year Honegger sold >20,000 worth of eggs; however, his feed bill was >12,000 — approximately >4.00 per bird. These figures will help stress the importance of good management and the flock being kept at the peak of production through care, feeding, and sanitation. Otherwise, one might have a >12,000 feed bill and no eggs. The fourth stop of the tour was at Howard Habegger’s. who lives with his mother and sisters three miles west of U. S. 27 and two miles north of fljd. 124. Howard has a 1,500 capacity new’l44-foot Honegger poultry house with a grading machine. One of the features here was the roll-away nests " which are proving excellent for keeping the eggs clean. Additional activities on the Habegger farm this year Included raising 40. acres

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the monthly index fell below the average monthly le&d in 1952, the report said. Biggest and “most significant” drop came in the value of construction contracts awarded. That was a 32.7 percent monthly decline—49 percent under the figure for November last year. The publication said even the high level of department store sales last month failed to show the true picture. This year’s September - through - November index for that category was 2 percent below a similar period in 1952. The November general business index fell 8.1 percent below November last year. A Merry Christmas To All

dt tomatoes. From Habegger’s the caravan went to the Elmer Heyerly farm four miles southwest. . Mrs. Heyerly was interviewed by Harold Dickey. Here the situation was different;~*the Heyerlys have a “farm size” flock of 403 hens of a new breed built from blended blood lines and known as the “Honegger Blend.” An average of 350 eggs are gathered daily, bringing in >llß a week. The feeding Jtrogram includes 7 lbs. corn, 3 to 5 lbs. oats, and 2 lbs. “noon green pellets” per 100 birds daily. The flock is given Fortlpoultry once a month as a conditioner. . L Following the tour, ‘ a night meeting was held at th? Berne Community Auditorium. Speakers included Lee Loomis, assistant" poultry breeder at Honeggers and Company, Fairbury and Forrest, Ill.; Chuck Merritt, director of egg marketing for Honeggers; and Dr. L. A. Wilhelm, assistant head of Purdue’s poultry department. Musical entertainment was fur..4l nished by Walter Zuercher and hfs accordion band. —Taken from the Tile. ’53 Indiana Farmers-Guide The cooperative aspect ‘of the ■ Adams-Wells counties Egg Pro--1 duction Tour—which Purdue Uni- ! versity credits as the first such * commercially-sponsored event — ’ was no new departure for Elmer and Gordon Liechty. For r Gerber's Feed Store and Berne , Hi-Way Hatchery, as neighboring i dealers of Honeggers & Co., have - built a concentrated poultry area f in their community through teami work during the past three years, r Gerber's major business is that -of feed distributor while Liechty b is the hatcheryman, but together i they have a well-coordinated pro- • gram for selling their manufacturer’s feeds, chicks, and pre-built poultry houses. Their joint sales » efforts are also followed up by ; specialized service work that has practically guaranteed success for their customers and has given the dealers a business-boosting reputation as the “go-getters" behind the area’s progress in poultry production. Although their ever-increasing number of new pqultry projects has created a keen interest in the egg business throughout the area, the huge turnout for the tour and. evening poultry meeting was Unquestionably a result of some wise and careful planning. In the first place, almost two months before the event Gerber and Liechty started planning the tour’s itinerary, with the help of Honeggers’ area manager Stan Odle and district manager Ward Beard. The farms selected represented a variety of types of poultry operations, each with different interesting features but all using similiarly good* management techniques. Two of the projects were hatch-ery-breeding flocks, another two were commercial egg operations, while the last stop on the tour was a “farm size” flock. The feeding programs varied with preferences for breeder mash, laying mash, and supplement; but on each farm the flocks were provided with “Noon Green” pellets (for extra feed and vitamin intake), with a monthly feeding of a high-ly-fortified conditioner and wormer (Fortlpoultry), and religiously maintained records were in evidence at each stop on the tour. The itinerary was arranged so that visitors saw automatic feeders and waterers, floor-level and basement-type egg storage rooms, conventional and roll-away nests, e ßg grading machines, and every conceivable type of poultry housing. Newspaper advertising was scheduled weekly for a month in. advance, and the tour and poultry meeting received liberal publicity in local newspapers and over Fort Wayne, Chicago and Indianapolis radio and TV stations. Through answering the major questions in the minds of visitors (who were interested in going into the egg business), the fjgg Production Tour aftd evening poultry meeting provided interesting proof that the egg business is a profitable, easy and enjoyable farming operation. And the- progressiveness of the event itself convinced most visitors that there are just two men to see if you want to get in the egg business in Adams or Wells counties, Ind. The men? Why. Elmer Gerber or Gordon Liechty, of course! — Advertisement