Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 1, Decatur, Adams County, 2 January 1954 — Page 3

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NEEDLE CLUB MEETS RECENTLY The Pythian Sisters Needle club recently met for a potluck dinner. The tables were attractively decorated in kitchen style. The following officers were elected for the coming year: president, Mrs. Joan Kitson; vice-presi-dent, Mrs. Vera Barber; secretary, Mrs. Berniece Jefferies; treasurer, Mrs. Mary Ahr, The door prise was awarded to Mrs. Mary Ahr. The Catholic Ladies of Colum- . >bia will hold a business meeting Tuesday evening at seven-thirty o'clock at the C.L. of C. hall. Officers will be installed. Thursday . evening at eightfifteen o’clock the 91. Joseph’s Study club will convene with Mrs. Walter Gilliam. — The Magley Ladies aid will meet all day Thursday with Mrs. Earn-, est Worthman and Mrs. Ed Kolter as hostesses. Friday evening at eight o’clock the Ava Marie Study club will meet with Mrs. Arthur Voglewede. toga i.Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Ashbaueher left today for Palmetto, Fla.; ’where they "‘ will spend the winter in Palmetto Trailer Park. FILM Left Today Ready Tomorrow at 3:00 Closed All Day Thursday EDWARDS STUDIO Open 8:30 a. m. to 5:00 p. m. DON’T TAKE A CHANCE TAKE PLENAMINS Smith Drug Co.' — : — ■ -----yDRAPES and BLANKETS EXPERTLY _ . CLEANED BY KELLY DRY CLEANERS 155 8. 2nd St. Phode 3-3202 (We operate our own plant)

Born Talking! Happy New Year, little One! JWs'jl•’Happy New \\sSPl \ HxA Year”—Those spoken r£j3'<=k-J words begin every '|\ New Year with $/ J \. A< the hope that it will be Y ?? ~ one of fruitful accom* • plishment. 1954 hold*' /f j|EOy\ such promise. // ,\ \\ M k . \ More people are using more | \ [' A. telephones than ever before, x \ Continuing improvements and \ /~'x 11 . , expansion will make your tele* \.l | ih phone awvkeofeven* )'’\ H|ftvwA\J * greater value than ever! Happy Naw Yaar! ’ CITIZENS TELEPHONE CO. | NOTICE! | I 111 1111. LIGHT HILLS I ■ and "H I CITI II ITER HILLS | I ARE PAYABLE I I JAN. 2 - 15 I I CITY LIGHT & WATER DEPTS. |

Society Item* for today** publication must be phoned In. by 11 a. m. (Saturday 9:30 a. m.) Sharon Kimble Phone 3-2121 MONDAY Juniors of American Legion auxiliary, Legion home, 4 p. m. to 7 p.m. - —- - - — —r Adams county chorus, Monroe school, 7:30 p.m. TUESDAY Catholic Ladies of Columbia, C.L. of C. hall, 7:30 p.m. Ladles of Eagles auxiliary, hall, 8 p.m. WEDNESDAY Ladies Shakespeare club, Mrs. Charles A. Dugan, 2:30 p.m. THURSDAY St. Joseph’s Study club, Mrs. Walter Gilliom, 8:16 p.m. FRIDAY Ava Marie Study club, Mrs. Arthur Voglewede, 8 p.m. Missionary Church Selects Officers The Decatur Missionary church held its annual business meeting last night and the following were elected to office. — Deacons: Lawrence VonGunten and Myron Hart; secretary: Zearl McClure; treasurer, Ralph Myers; assistant phairinan, Lawrence VonGunten; trustee for three years, Lester Strahm. The other trustees are Paul Harden and Noah Rich. Deaconess, Mrs. Jeff Rauch and Mrs. Zearl McClure; chorister, -Lawrence VonGunten; assistant chorister. Rev. J. Pritchard Amstutz; pianist, Mrs. Ralph Myers; assistant pianist, Mrs. Ar dem Schilling; head usher, Virgtnfixler; music- committee, Rev. J. Pritchard Amstutz and.Annebelle Shaffer. Rev. Welty, is pastor of the church. ---.a....--. ’ —7 If you have something<ito sell.or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Wanf'Ad; It brings results.

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Atthe Adams county memorial hospital: k . .. Mr. and' Mrs.CTen city, became the parents of a baby boy at 3:27 p. iri.' Thursday. He weighed 7 pounds ahd 4 ounces. At 7:OS 'p. m. Thursday a baby boy was born to Mt*: and- Mrs. Wayne Bodte, city. He weighed 7 pounds and 14 ounces. r Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Lehman. -Berne, became the parents of a 5 pound, 4 ounce baby son Thursday at 6:27 p. m. . ;Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Hilly, Monrod. became the parents of a baby boy Fridajr_at Hjs6_a. m.' file weighed 9 pounds and 9 ounces, A baby daughter was born to Mr,, and Mrs. Lester Workinger, Geneva, Friday at 1:49 a. m. She weighed 7 pounds and 4 ounc ss. Mr. and Mrs. C. Webster Clifton, Wrcjj, O > became the parents of a baby girl at l:4» Ti. m. Friday. She weighed 7 pounds and 13 ounces. f Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Royer. ’Decatur, route 6. became the of a baby boy at 2:44 p. m. Fyiday. He weighed 10 pounds and f ounces - ■ ’ J Mr. and Mrs. Robert / Hess, Schirmeyer street, <?ity. became the parents of a 7 pound. 2 ounce One-Yard Wonders! EACH ONE /jL YARDV, y -jF 54" /. \a xShmMKf \ - iH Q i! I? x I A 7 u n IPIII .2:1 \ 9255 I 1 10-18 Inf

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baby girl at 7:13 p. m. Friday.---At 3 a. in. Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Don Harvey, city, became the parents of a baby son. He weighed 7 pounds an 4 514 ounces. Dane Howell is the name of the eight pound three ounce boy baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Eli Diaz of Fort Wayne in St. Joseph’s hospital. The tnother ls the former Cathleen Wolfsen o{ this city. Mrs. Hs L. Koontz is the child’s maternal great-grandmother. z Trade in a Good Town — Decatur: Nearly 2,000,000 Americans live permanently on wheels, in 9,000

SsLk& -. W “*■ an j| hum ■ v -.c WMBiii " : ’3 IN PASADENA, CALIF,, to be grand marshal in the New Year’* day Tournament of Roses parade, Maj. Gen. William F. Dean poses with his family. From left: Mrs. Mildred Dean, General Dean, Mrs. C. W. Dean, his mother, and William F. Dean, Jr., a West Point cadet (International Soundphoto) X _/ ... .7 ’ 7 : s;r<~ ’ ./ ■ B imIBL I twr - - yg y ■ •’1 rw " - F j liFiXJ ' IMB > w ■ --- r / ' 'jsF* ... ’3 c B ARCHDUKE ROBERT of Austria and Princes* Marguerite of SavoyAosta are shown at their marriage in the 400-year-old Church of Brou in Bourg-en-Brasse, France. The union is looked upon as ending an ancient feud between the House of Hapsburg and the i House of Savoy. The bridal couple (man on right ia unidentified) Is shown leaving the church, a national monument near the Swiss border, after the ceremony.

WjOJPJTAL 4 u n — IHo&a Admitted Mrs. Effie Bowers, city; baby Rita Schumm, Willshire, O.; Sylvia Lennington, Monroeville; Mrs. Charles Pyle, Linn Grove; Mrs. Austin Gilliom, Berne, baby Uick6HS~ Costello, city. • Dismissed Danield F. Grile, Geneva; Mrs. Nell Buck, city. If you have sometntng to sen or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Add. It brings results.

Four Fines Handed Out In Courts Here One Minor Accident Reported By Police Four tines were handed out this morning and over the New Years holiday tor traffic and liquor violations. Also, one accident was investigated. \ Thomas L. Drfew, 18, route 3, pleaded hot guilty to a charge of driving without license plates and, following an immediate trial, the case was taken under advisement. The arresting\offlcer, patrolman Maurice Teeple, testified that h# saw Drew driving his car on Monroe street with the small green renewal tag showing only. Drew said the dealer he bought the car from said it was alright to drive that way.- —\ Dwight Andrews, 54, Uecatur, pleaded guilty to public intoxication and was handed a suspended 30-day jail sentence and fined $5 and costs;- ; ; David Liby, 17, route 4, pleaded guilty tn justice of peace court to passing on a yellow line and was fined $1 and costs. Thomas E. Deßolt, 18, Decatur, paid a fine of $5 and costs on pleading guilty to reckless driving. Roger Strickler, 15. of 940 Winchester street, pleaded guilty to a two count affidavit of speeding and driving without a driver's license and was fined |5 and $1 respective’y- ‘ Miss Barbara Black, 17, of 1333 ■Mix avenue, received a bruised left wrist Friday when a car she was driving, according to investigating police, went through the intersection of Studebaker and Line streets when bor brakes failed and wqs struck by a car driven by Wilma I. Stuffer, 42, of Homestead 22. Damage was estimated at |350 to both cars. —

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hmm i Merlvn S. Pitxele (right), mediation chairman, confers with ILA officers (from left) Uapt. William Bradley, president; Patrick Connolly, executive vice president; George Brenner, counsel. Yj. --*■ I Jk-Mii mu ■* k JMHB ikiifc..... -Us. ; NLRB field examiners (right) recheck ballots as representatives of ILA (ousted by AFL) watch from across the table. THE NEW YORK State Mediation board, at request of Gov. Thomas E Dewey, is investigating the National Labor Relations board election on the New York waterfront, to determine if violence and corruption prevented free balloting. Contested votes between the International Longshoremen's association, ousted by the AFL for racketeering, and the new ILA which the AFL organized, , numbered 4,405. (International Soundp Kotos)

San Diego Daily Tops In Contest Awarded First lit Promotion Contest, AUSTIN. Tex. (UP)—The San Diego, Calif., Union and Evening Tribune won first place in the 1953 national newspaper week promotion contest for dailies, it was announced tpday. The Ord, Neb , Quiz, was first in the weekly field. .The contest is sponsored by the Newspaper Association Managers, Inc., and winners were announced by Vern Sanford, chairman of the contest and general manager of the Texas Press Association. Both first place winders will receive "a hand-lettered parchment scroll. .. Second and third places tn the daily field went to the Johnston -City, Tenn., Press-Chronicle and Elgin, HI., Courier-News, and in the weekly division to\the Mission Tex., Times add the

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Calif.. Ledger - Honorable mentions in the daily field went to the Oskaloosa, lowit Oaily Herald and the Ontario-Up-land, Calif, Daily Report. Among weeklies, honorable mention went to the Baca County Banner, Springfield, Colo., and the Oxford, Ohio, Press. £ “ Couple Honeymooning After Double Marriage DAVIDSOn, Okla., UP — Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Marshall honjeymooned today after being married and his bride, the fot-* mer Betty Jane Murphy, exchanged wedding vows at Marshall’s home Thursday night’. Then they discovered their marriage license called for a ceremony in Cotton county rather than Tillman county, where their home is located. The Rev. John O. Stewart and others in the wedding party climbed into cars and rode across the county line. A second ceremony was held outdoors, with car headlights providing the illumination. — T —S—