Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 304, Decatur, Adams County, 28 December 1953 — Page 3

\. V. • • MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, J 953

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MRS. CLARK 1 FL<pGH ENTERTAIN f Mr and Mrs. Clark entertained the following guests Sunday! Mr. and Mrs. R. Flaugh ‘ ( and daughters,! June and Joyce; M r - and Mrs. Herman Jasper and son, George Joyce of Fort Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. John Flaugh oPNew Haven; Jake Flaugh ofHoagland; Mr. and Mrs. Don Baumgartner and children, Sandra, Connie and Tom of Bluffton. A delftious dinner was served by the hostess and Christmas gifts were exchanged. ' j ’ noonan»wolfcale i engagement announced Aire. Loretta Noonan of Decatur announced today the engagement and approaching marriage of =?her daughter, Rose Rita, to Robert L. Wolfcale, son of Mr. and Mrs. >orrest Wolfcale of Fort Wayne. The ■wedding will take place January 16 at the St Mary’s Catholic church. > The bride-elect is a graduate of Decatur Catholie high school land is employed in the office off the General Electric Company. She is a member of the Epsilon Sigma chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority. Her fiance is a graduate of Central Catholic high school and has served in the air fdrce. He is now employed in the district office of the Sun Oil company. ? ? ' A-—— . ’ I TRAINING MEETING PLANNED WEDNESDAY The 1954 officers of home derftonstration clubs of Adams county |jrill Xhold a training meeting WedlesiJVay. The affair is scheduled for Geneva school building from 10:iS am. until 2:30 p.m. £ Miss Martha Gullop, of the Purdue University home extension department, will be iJresent to address the whole group and to teach the class* of president and vice-presidents. | Mrs. Clarence Kimmer, foxier state president of the Indiana 5 * association of home 'demonstration clubs wil lipstall the new county officers in ceremonies followingjhe luncheon. The Geneva school cq|ks will prepare the noon lunch for .the Adams county leaders for 65 cAts each. A class for club song leaders will be taught by Mrs. Martin Neuenschwander, director of the Adams county home demonstration chorus. The songs of the month 1954 will be the subject matter of this session. || > Lesson leaders win discuss year’s program with Anna K. Williams, home demonstration agent', during the class period. \ Club secretaries and treasurers will be instructed by Gloria man, assistant in the extension jpfficfe. The new secretary’s books Will be distributed and discussed aftd the 1953 books returned. L. ®. Archbold will help the ne|rs reporters to make the publicity (of the home demonstration program

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for the new year the finest in history. < All local club officers are urged i to get lheir lunch reservations to i the county extension office for this ; event. I Thte retiring county officer* are: Mrs. Albert Beineke, Mrs. Paul Erp. r The county officers to be installed ; are.: Mrs. Theron Fenstermaker, ■ Mrs. Harold Zeigler, Mrs. R. C. > Herscb, Mrs. William KrueXzman, i Mrs. Leonard Wagley, and Mrs. j Floyd Baker. The Monroe W.C.T.U. will meet with Mrs. Raymond Crist Thursday afternoon at one-fifteen o’clock. There will be a homemade gift exchange. ' The Ladies auxiliary of the Eagles will hold a regular meeting Tuesday evening at eight o’clock at the Eagles hall. The St. Vincent 1 de Paul society wilt convene at the C. L. of C. haPiat two o’clock Wednesday afternoon. ' — The Monmouth P.T.A. Mothers’ Study 7 club' Wtll meet at the school at J, seven-thirty o’clock Monday evening. Miss Margaret' Harris, college student, will be the speaker for the event. Hertopic is entitled “Speech Difficulties” and a film will be shown. Devotions, “The Ready Self”, will be given by Mrs. George Sonner. Hostesses will be Mrs. Milton Hoffman. Mrs. Dale_ Brandt, and Mrs. Osca*r Biebericbf The Faithful Workers class of the Union Chapel church will hold a New Year’s evp party Thursday at eight o’clock in the church, basement. .t *' —-<1- \ ‘ V vi'tV- \ Zion Lutheran church will conduct New- Year’s eve\ service at seven o’clock Thursday evening and, nine o’clock Friday morning. The Pythian 3 Needle club will meet before the Temple meeting Monday evening at the K. of P. home. At six-fifteen o’clock a carryin dinner will be enjoyed. Each member is asked to bring a covered dish, sandwiches, table service, and a white elephant gift. Wednesday evening at eight o’clock the Xi Alpha lota chapter of Beta Sigma Phi will meet with Rose Ellen Miller. Mrs. Anna Wehmeyer Dies In Bridgeport **. < The Rev. Edgar P. Schmidt, pastor of Zion Lutheran church, West Monroe street, received word Sunday that Mrs. Anna Wehmeyer, the wife of the Rev. Herman D. Wehmeyer of Bridgeport, Conn., died suddenly of a heart attack on Christmas Day and was buried in Bridgeport this afternoon. Rev. Wehmeyer was the first resident pastor of the local Lutheran church, having served the congregation from 1909 to 1914. The Wehmeyer's have been residents of Bridgeport since leaving Decatur. Rev. and Mrs. Wehmeyer were the first occupants of the Lutheran parsonage, constructed in 1910, and now standing at 115 North Eleventh strret. The former pastor and his wife were in Decatur two years ago this month to help the local congregation celebrate the church’s golden anniversary in 1951. Rev. I Wehmeyer was one of the festival I speakers.

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Favor Frankfort Man As Chief Mediator \ WASHINGTON, UP —lndiana’s U.S. Sens. Homer E. Capehart and William E. Jenner have recommended to President Eisenhower he name S. Pryor, Frank-" i fort, Ind., as chief \mediator for region 7 of the federal mediation servicePryor is counsel for thd CIO Communications Workers Union, and was previously legal advisor to AFL leaders. In 1950 he directed the Indiana Republican party’s labor division in election campaign. Man Is Killed By flange Into River LOGANSPORT, Ind. UP — John Lee Logston, 26, Indianapolis, died Sunday when he plunged fhto the Wabash river from a railroad bridge while trying to escape an oncoming train. Engineer L. W. Kissler said he saw Logston. a patient at the Logansport hospital, run to get out, of the way as the train approached the bridge. Logston’s body was found an hour lifter in the river 30 feet beneath the bridge, which is about U mile from > the hospital. A pre J liminaty examination showed Logston drowned, coroner M 4 B. Stewart said.

I At the Adams county memorial hospital: Mr. pnd Mrs. John Eibling, Payne, O.; became the parents of a baby girl Saturday at 2:17 p.m. She weighed 7 pounds and 4 ounces. At 1:18 a.m. Sunday, a baby daunghter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond 'Graft, Hoagland. She weighed 6 pounds and 1% ounces., Mr, and Mrs. William Merriman, city became ' the parents of a 7 fiound, 3% ounce baby boy at 4:42 p.m. Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Wdrthman, city, became the parents of a baby girl Mbnday at 5:20 a.m. She weighed 7 pounds and 14 ounces. A baby son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Herman, Geneva, Monday at 10:38 a.m. He weighed 8 pounds and 8 ounces.

GIRL SCOUT Decembaf 16, Brownie trpop 10 met at t®- Lincoln school for a regular meeting. We finished gifts for our mothers and fathers and then wrapped them. We sang Songs at the close of the meeting. V Scribe, Norma Jean Poe December 23, Brownie troop 10 met at the Lincoln school for our Christmas and gift exchange. After wishing each other a “Merry Christmas!’ we dismissed by singing the Brownie song. Scribe, Norma Jean Poe t Trade in a Good Town Decatur , , ■ If you have something to sen or tooms for;, rent, try a Democrat Want Addr it brings results. RELIiF AT LAST For Your COUGH -Creomulsion relieves promptly because it goes into the bronchial system to help loosen and expel germ laden phlegm and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender, inflamed bronchial membranes. Guaranteed to please you or money refunded. Creomulsion has stood the test of millions of users. CREOMULSION

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LU. Offers Sites For Atom Research Research Center Is Planned In Midwest INDIANAPOLIS UP- —lndiana University has offered two sites for a proposed midwestern atomic research center, it was disclosed today. The center, expected io, cars millions of dollars, would be shared! by. six universities and one college,' gnd contain the latest in atomic smashing and testing equipment. The high price of atomic re-; search makes financing of the center by one prohibitive, of-' finials said. Other schools which also have bid for the center are Minnesota, lowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and lowa State College. Indiana offered sites at Bloomington and the university’s medical center inIndianapolis. ' _ \ Preliminary plans call for the center to be financed largely 3 through the AEC or industrial grants. Authorities said the university of Illinois, on-fe of the earliest schools to experiment with nuclear research, already has set afclde gj.0,000 for organizing the pro-, ject. Indiana university presently has a syslotron for atom smashing, and Illinois has a betatron', but both machines have been dated by recent developments in the field. Physicists said new equipment would include a cbsmotron to accelerate electrons to .heretofore unreached speeds and focus thqm on other objects. / r They skid the project would be Similar to the laboratory operated by the University of Chicaso. ( If you have something to sell or rooms fbr rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results.’

>■' • ■k,- Bi r wK. ' l BF ■ I B I R wi \ f . ; - v SB bit « /if 1 188 HIM ACTRESS Terry Moore, 23, models the “Christmas suit” of ermine panties and mink bra which wowed thousands of soldiers in Korea and led to a Surry of confused reports that she had been ordered back home by the USO. After Terry forsook her scanty outfit for slacks and a sweater, she was allowed to stay with the USO ■how in Korea. _ ZiftfemationaD _>

I • f Society Item* for today’s pub> llcatlon must bo phoned In by <ll a. m. (Saturday 9:30 a. m.y Sharon Klmblo Rhone Mltl MONDAY Pythian Needle club, K. of P. home, 6:15 p.ra. £ Monmouth P. T. A. Mothers’ Study club, school, 7:30 p.m. TUESDAY Eta Tau Sigma sorority, Miss Iverna Werling, 8 p.m. Ladies auxiliary of Eagles, Eagles hall, 8 p.m. WEDNESDAY Xi Alpha lota chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, Rose Ellen Miller, 8 p.m. 7 Union Township Home Demonstration club, Mrs. Fred Marbach, all day. Historical Club,’ Hotel Coffee Shop, Mrs. Garard hostess. V St. Vincent de Paul society, C. Ij. at C. hall, 2 p.m. THURSDAY Monroe W. C. T. U., Mrs. Raymond Crist 1:15 p.m. Zion Lutheran church New Year’s eve service, 7 p.m. Faithful Workers class of the Union Chapel church, church basement, 8 p.m. FRIDAY Zion, Lutheran church New Year’s day festival service, 9 a.m.

Longshoremen Defy Gov. Dewey Probe Deny Authority To NEW YORK UP — The International Longshoremen’s Assn. Ind. today defied Gov. Thomas E. Dewey’s i investigation into the waterfront labor situation. After a nearly two-hour meeting with state mediation board chairman Merlyn S. Pitzele, top ILA officials announced they believed the state had no authority to enter the disputed union representation election until the national labor relations board has finished its jdb of ballot counting. The ILA promised, however, to talk to state mediators before taking strike action. The NLRB is expected to complete by Thursday night a.decision and count on 4,405 challenged ballots from last week’s election in which the ILA and the new AFLILA contested for representation of some 22,000 dockworkers> George A. Brenner, counsel for the ILA, said the union top executives would be ready to meet with Pitzele one hour after the count is completed:

Bishop Martin Ends Korean Yuletide Tour r SEOUL, Korea UP — Bishop William C. Martin, president of the American council of Churches completed a five-day yuletide tour of the Korean truce front today. Martin will meet with H. J. Lew, Methodist bishop of Korea, tour Methodist missions and talk with foreign * Protestant missionaries during tne day. Martin Sunday called American .soldiers “an army of missionaries” for their help to Korean churches and orphanages.

v* * t Admitted j Jack Allen Stauffer, city; Miss May Berllng, city; baby Patricia Sohehnan, city"! Daniel Grile, Geneva; David Rich, city; Thomas Garwood, city.; Judy Lane, city. Dismissed Mrs. Jennie Archbold, city; Mrs. ®arl Landis, Monroe, Mrs. Ted Reinhart and baby son, Fort Wayne; Linda Stultz, city; Jack Stauffer, city; Lawrence Norris, city; Gloria Sue Kaehr, (pity; Robert Hoblet, Convoy, 0., William Schaffer, city. > If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results.

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Mr. and Mra. Ben Shroyer of Hilltop Home entertained with a Christmas dinner the following guests: Miss EHla Mutschler, Mrs. Anan Lowrie of California, Mr. and Mrs. J. Cl£k May din and children, Susie. Sissy, and Peter, and Edgar Mutschler of this city. Mrs. Ida May Hurless, 'wife of Frank Hurlert, died Christmas Eve at her home in Vendeocia, Ohio. Funeral services were held, this morning. She was the daugh ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Stetler of Pleasant Mills. The husband, two daughters and two sons survive. ; ; • The Van Wert, 0., fair for 1953 showed a profit of approximately 414,0C0. It was the best year since 1946. The annual Presbyterian congregational meeting will be held Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock at the church. New officers will be elected for the year an dreports will be made for the past year and plans made for the year 1954. Lt. and Mrs. Jack Morris and son Jeff have returned to Eling ton air force base, Houston, Tex., after spending Christmas with Me and Mrs. Ed Bauer in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Voglewede have returned to their home here after spending Saturday with their daughter Barbara, a candidate for St. Agnes Order at Fon du Lac, Wis. Miss Voglewede underwent an emergency appendictomy several days ago. Martin Gilson of Franklin is visiting friends in Decatur. Mrs. William H. Bell. Lake Tippecanoe, and former Decatur resident, is a patient at the Goshen hospital where she was taken following a fall at the Bell home. Mrs. Bell suffered a fractured ankle, The mishap occurred last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Busche and children, Freddy and Patricia, are holiday visitors at, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Busche. They were entertained Sunday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Everhart. Busche was at one time a member of the Monroe basketball team which was coached by Everhart. Mr., and Mrs. Watson Maddox were also guests at the Everhart home. r Mrs. Charles Heare Is a patient at Adams county memorial hospital, where she underwent major surgery Tuesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. O. N. Crider and family of Park Forest, 111. and Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Schmith of Tipton spent the holidays with Mr. and Mra. Paul Edwards. Mrs. Carl Gerber suffered a painful accident at the Gerber residence on Fifth street Saturday, when a pine needle of a Christmas tree pierced her eye* Miss Mae Berling, well known Decatur business woman, is a patient at Adams county memorial hospital, where she is recovering from a heavy cold. Mrs. W. E. Smith of this city is a patient at Adams county memorial hospital. \ Report Food Riots In Southeast China HONG KONG UP — Chinese Communist troops have killed or wounded more than 100 persons as the result of food riot* in two southeast China towns and more than 100 others have been executed for taking part, it was reported today.

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Hfli CHARLES J. BAKER, 23. • legless and fingerless veteran of the Korean War. is shown with his wife, Bernice,'and daughter. Demse. 8 months old, tn their home at Long Beach. Calif. Baker, who was released from the hospital in time to spend the holidays with his family, was savagely beaten and robbed on Christmas morning by a gang of young hoodluma Police said tt was the most vicious .Incident to the recent wave of . Los Angeles area‘Tat-pactt*’violence. (International Soundphoto)

First Presbyterian \ ; , Meeting On Tuesday The annual congregational meeting of the First Presbyterian church will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the church sanctuary. New officers for the various church boards and the Sunday school will be elected, and reports will be made on activities of the church and its various organizations during the, year. Trade *n a Good Town — Decatur

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