Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 16 January 1954 — Page 3

SATURDAY, JANUARY I®. 1?54

LEGION AUXILIARY IN DISTRICT MEETING — The district meeting df the American Legion auxiliary held Tijuftday at Post 148, Fort Wayne. Mildred Smith, district president, had charge. Regardless of weather conditions, the meeting was well attended.. All unit presidents gave brief reports bn their respective'groups. • The district chairman, in summing up general activities, stated there was a decided increase in interest and cooperation, Mem'bership was particularly stressed as being one of the outstanding regiven. Unit 43 membership chairman, 1 rances Monahan, was recommended as leader in that particular field. Mrs. Della Krider, district membership chairman, recommended her highly, stating she led both in the district and state. She contacted and was responsible for placing more than 360 names on the roster for Unit 43. Mrs. Krider also said there would be a reward of merit sent her from the state department tor outstanding work. Rev. Weber, chaplain at Veteran's hospital, was introduced by Mrs. Minnie James, hospital chairman. He gave a talk on the part the auxiliary women take in preparation and presentation of gifts at Christmas time. He compared « the work that the women are doing to that of Mary and Martha at Fethany, going about contributing to the needy and less fortunate. He added that in giving these presents they were not simply tied up with silver and tinsel, but they were tied with something that could not be purchased, an abundant supply of love and kindness. Harold McGinnis, chief staff director at the hospital, also expressed appreciation to the women for making this year's gift shop the best ever. Mrs. Minnie James reported that the units of the fourth district had volunteered over 90,000 hours of service to the hospital in this area and thanked all who helped. Mrs. Monahan was named chairman of the committee on education of veterans’ orphans for a three year term. Mrs. Helen Praise, Albion, Americanism chairman, gave the highlight address of the conference on Americanism. Miss Margaret Biting, unit 43 chairman on Americanism, was praised for her work by Mrs. braise. Della Krider. Avilla, was endorsed by the entire district for . , 4i*t ri vl • Jfofc Moser, Woodburn, was-endorsed for vice president, < Among noted guests present were Mrs. Janet Hooey, New Hav-

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en, finance chairman, and Mrs. -Graham, Kendallville, girls’ state chairman. Ladies attending from local \»nit * MrsfT. C. Smith, Mrs. EdHßaUer, Mrs. Anola Crist, Mrs. Frances Monahan, Mrs. Joe Kitson, Mrs. It. C. Hersh and Mrs. Charles C. Lose. CLASS MEETS LAST EVENING The Philathea class of the First Baptist church held a meeting at tl>e church last evening. A short business session was held. Mrs. Cal Peterson led devotions, and readings were gfVen by several members. Mrs. Roy Johnson then told about her trip to California during the holidays. Refreshments were served by Mrs. William 'Morrison and Mrs. Bess Johnsop. , MISS MARILYN BUUCK JS MARRIED RECENTLY Miss Marilyn Buuck, daughter if Mr. and Mrs. Reinhard Buuck if Columbus, recently became the bride of Pvt. Albert Bulthuis, son of Mr. and Mrs Peter Bulthuis of Chicago, 111. The Rev. Ron Guelz officiated at the ceremony in St. Peter's Lutheran church of Columbus. Miss Charlotte Stockelman of Seymour attended as maid of hon or, and Pvt. Frank’Scott, _Jr. of Springfield, 111., was best man. Attending from Decatur were Mr. and Mrs. Herold Buuck, Miss Virginia Buuck, Mrs. Claus Michelsen, and Hugo Fruechtenmicht. W. S. W. S. MEETS WITH MRS. CHARLES BURRELL The W. S. W. S. of Union Chapel church met Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Charles Burlell. Mrs. Donald Smith, program leader, used as her topic “The Church Grows in Africa." An accordion prelude was rendered by Mrs. Earl Chase, after which the group sang ‘The Light of the World." Scripture was read by Mrs. Thurman Drew. The different ways the church prows in Africa were then given 1-y Mrs. Florence Bauman, Mrs. C. O. Brown. Mrs. Wayne Troutner, Mrs. Wilber Foor, and Mrs. Smith. Guided fellowship -of prayer was followed with prayer by Mrs. C. O. Brown. After the offering the program was dismissed Jsy Mrs. Bauman. , Mrs. Florence Bauman was in sheet She announced that world service day will be observed at the church February 28 with Mrs. Lois Kramer as the speaker in the evening service. Mrs. Wayne Troutner announced the reading course and gave assignments for the study book, "Within These Borders,” which are to be given at the next meeting. There will be a potluck dinner at noon, with Mrs. Myron Frank and Mrs. Glen Roughia as the meal committee. The hostess served delicious refreshments to each present. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Earl Chase. It will be an nil day meeting and will start at nine o'clock in the morning.

LADIES AID SOCIETY CONDUCTS MEETING The January meeting of the Ladies aid society of the Trinity church was held Thursday evening at the church with Mrs. William Strahm. Mrs. Adam Kunowich, and Mrs. Zella Baker as the hostesses. The meeting was conducted by the president, Mrs. Strahm, and the devotions were given by Mrs. Frank Fisher, Mrs. Richatd Shafer, and Mrs. John Chambers. The singing Was led by Mrs. Clarence Drake -with Mrs. R. £>. Wynn at the piano. There were 44 calls and 62 cards mailed during the month; $12.50 turned in from solicitations. Hostesses for the February meeting are; Mrs. Charles Robencld, Mrs. William Pennington, and Mrs. Earl Mounsey. At the close of the business session, Mrs. Jesse Williams gave the dismissal prayer after which delicious refreshments were served by the hostesses. LOCAL ATTORNEY ADDRESSES CLUB O. Remy Bierly, local attorney, addressed the Business and Professional Women's club Wednesday evening at the C. L. of C. hall. His subject dealt with the state legislature, its officers, operations, and a discussion of the various pending bills. A question and an swer period followed the talk. During the business session con ducted by the president, Evelyn Frohnapfel," an announcement was made of the district meeting to be held in Decatur March 28 at the Moose home. Two districts or sixteen clubs in all will be z represented at the annual meet" this year. The international federation has designated the week of February 21-27, as international'* week. The elub welcomed Mrs. Mary Howard as a new member. The progra® was under the direction of the legislation commit-

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Rose Rita Noonan Wed This Morning Toßobt. Wolfcale The marriage of Miss Rose Rita Noonan and Robert L. Wolfcale was solemnized at nine o’clock this morning in the St. Mary’s Catholic church. The Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimetz read the double-ring vows before- a background of white mums. iParents of the couple are Mrs. Loretta Noonan of Decatur and Mr. and iMrs. Forrest IL. Wolfcale of Fort Wayne. The bride selected a waltz length gown of Chantilly-type lace and nylon tulle over crystal white satin. The fitted lace ibodlce featured a peter pan collar and long tapering sleeves. Scalloped lace panels formed a redingote effect over the full tulle skirt. Her fingertip veil of French imported illusion was caught to a Juliet cap of matching lace and pleated satin trimmed in seed pearls. She carried a prayer book topped by a white orchid and a pearl rosary, a gift of the grom. Miss Nancy E. Meyers attended her cousin as maid of hohol Ih a waltz t orchid hyion "’gST and Chantilly ’ type lace over matching taffeta. The strapless fitted bodice of net was accented witjj a band of lace. Her Shoulders t were covered with a Spencer jackets of lace and fastened at the throat wit.hA.brfe.t tailored collar. Pleated tulle banded with lace and a full flounce formed the skirt. A matching Victorian cap of taffeta and pleated net completed her ensemble. She wore rhinestone earrings and bracelet, gifts of the bride, and carried a cascade of deep lavender mums. Francis J. Donnerbeck of Fort "Wayne served as best -rngn. Seating

tee, Glennys Roop and Mrs. Luella Ellsworth. The February meeting will be held Feb. 10 with Anna K. Williams serving as chairman, assisted by Mrs. Anne K. Smith and Mrs. Wanda Oelberg. MRS. HOOK ENTERTAINS CLUB Mrs. Clarence Hook was hostess for a recent meeting of the Church Mothers’ Study club. Assisting her were Mrs. Rolland Ladd, Mrs. Ralph Habegger, and Mrs. Warren Lehman. ■ , - The meeting opened with devotions by. Mrs. Rolen Ross. The business session was conducted by the vicepresident, Mrs. Don Cochran. ~ Leesons were presented by Mrs. Homer Reppert from “Parents" magazine and Mrs. Robert Smith from “Christian Home” magazine. The meeting closed with the club prayer repeated in unison., Robert Sprunger, exchange student to Europe, will tell his experiences and show slides from bis trip abroad Thursday evening at seven-thirty at a meeting of the Decatur Home Demonstration club which will be held at Decatur high school. Guests will be welcomed; The Work and Win class of Trinity E. U. B. church will meet at the church Tuesday evening at six-thirty o’clock for dinner. The dinner is sponsored by the men of the class. . ' ■ - t , ■ Unit 2 of the Bethany W' U. B. church will meet at the home of Mrs. William Dellinger Thursday at seven-thirty o’clock. Mrs. James Staley will be the program chairman. The Kum-Join-Us class of the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church will meet Tuesday evening at seven-thirty o’clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Ab ger. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Habegger

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the guests were Edward Noonan, brother of the bride, and Charles toiler of Fort Wayne. Mrs. Noonan chose for her daughter’s wedding a navy blue crepe dress accent with navy and rose accessories. She wore a cor-' sage of white mums. The bridegroom’s mother was attired in a beige silk print suit and dark accessories. Her corsage consisted of gold and white mums. Following the ceremony a wedding -breakfast was held at the Fairway restaurant for the bridal party and members of the immediate family. The reception will be held from two o’clock to five o’clock this afternoon at the American -Legion home. The bride’s table will bo laid in white linen trimmed with lavender and white ribbon. A threetiered cake, flanked by tall white tapers and greenery, twill center the table. Serving are the Misses Elvira Richardson of Fort Wayne, Nancy Herber erf Fort Wayne, Sharon Allspaw of Berne, Kathleen Terveer of Decatur, and Shelia Murtaugh of Decatur. For traveling, the bride wore a black crepe dress topped by a jacket of red and black tweed. She chose dark accessories and a wmte tt»ftmge/WhenMhef return from the wedding trip, the couple will reside in Fort Wayne. Out of town guests included Mr. and IMrs. Forest IL. Wolfcale, Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse Dannerbeck,Mr. and Mrs. Bill Doan, Mr. and MrsJCarl Horn, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Radke and family, Charles Imler, and Miss Marty Berning, all of Fort Wayne; Mr. and (Mrs, Richard Guthier and family of New Haven; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Mohn, Mrs. Gertrude Wisenberger, all ors Toledo, -O.; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Williams and daughter of Wallbridge, O.; and John J. Noonan of Cleveland, O.

will be assisting host and hostesses. The Rev. B. J. Thomas will be in charge of devotions. Alexander Rites Sunday Afternoon Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Bright Alexander, 77, will be held Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at the Stegalls funeral home in Richmond. Burial will be in the Fort Recovery, Ohio, cemetery. A sister of Charles A. Andrews of this city, Mrs. Alexander was a former resident of Monroe. Her death followed a heart attack. Be-, sides the brother in this city she is survived by two brothers and two sisters. First GG Request Received In State INDIANAPOLIS, UP —The first Indiana request for gamma globulin in 1954 has been received by representatives of the National Polio Foundation. State Rep. Edgar T. Britton revealed today the -family of a 14-year-old Indianapolis school girl had appealed for the injections. The girl has polio in a mild form, Britton, said. Approval Regained By St. Vincent's INDIANAPOLIS UP — St. Vincent's Hospital was notified today it has regained full approval of the joint commission on hospital accreditation. The hospital dismissed three staff surgeons last year aifter the commission submitted an unfavorable report that the Institution had doctors removing healthy organs and conducting needlees operations. Trade in a Good Tcrwn — Decatur.

I * i —~J Society Items for today’s publication must be phoned In by II a. m. (Saturday 9:30 a. m.) Sharon Kimble Phpne 8-2121 SATURDAY Rummage sale, basement of Zion Evangelical nad Reformed church, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Flo-Kan Sunshine Girls’ bake aale, Schafer’s hardware store, 9 a.m. SUNDAY Sing-bee, Greenbrier church, 2 p.m. MONDAY Adams Central P. T. A., Adams Central gymnasium, 7:30 p.m. Research club, Mrs N. A. Bixler, 2:30 p.m. Rosary society, K. of C. hall, 8 p.m. V. F. W. Post 6236, post home, 8 P.m. z ‘ Adams county chorus, Monroe “chool, 7:30 p.m. TUESDAY Decatur W. C. T. U., Mrs. Lawrfnce Michaels, 2 p.m. Catholic Ladies of Columbia, pothick dinner, C. L. of C. hall, 6:30 p.m. Tri Kappa sorority Elk’s home, S p.m. Decatur Garden club, Mrs. N. A. Bixler, 2 p.m. Kum-Join-Us class of Bethany E. U. B. church, Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Alger, 7:30 pim. Work and Win class of Trinity E. U. B. church dinner, church, 6:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY Psi lota Xi sorority, Elk’s home, £ p.m. Ladies Shakespeare club, Mrs. Phillip Macklin, 2:30 p.m. THURSDAY Friendship Village Home Demonstration club, Kimsey school, 1 p.m. Women’s guild Os St. Luke's Evangelical and Reformed church of Honduras, church basement, all day. Unit 2 of Bethany E. U. B. church, Mrs. William Dellinger, 7:30 p.m. Decatur Home Demonstration club, Decatur high school, 7:30 p.m. r _ At the Adams county memorial hospital: Mr. and Mrs. Noah Schwartz, balby girl Friday at 11:85 pm. She "weighed 5 pounds and 14 ounces. A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. WiHiam Martin, city, at 2:17 a.m. Saturday. She weighed C pounds and 1% ounces.

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Valparaiso University Choir Here January 25

Richard Schoenbohm Richard ©choenibohm, a distinguished choral conductor who is a former Chicago Civic Opera star, is director of the Valparaiso University choir which will sing at the Decatur high sAool Monday, January 25, at '8 p.m. Director Schoembohm’s sensitive interpretation of sacred songs and other choral work, as well as his skillful handling of student choristers, has been consistently recognized Iby music critics on the V. „ lU. previous concert tours throughout the United States and Canada. » After last year’s concert in Albany, N. Y., the Albany TimesUnion music critic, Edgar S. Van Olinda, wrote that it was “a program far transcending the ordinary concept of choral music. Choruses in the same category in America as that of the Valparaiso ensemble tpay be counted on the fingers of one hand.” Schoenbohm has been a member of the Valparaiso music faculty and director of the university choir t for the past 18 years. He received his training in American and European conservatories. On the choir’s 20th annual winter tour, he will blend the voices of 60 students from 17 states and one foreign country as they present concerts in 12 cities of four states. Under Schoenbohm’s directimT the choir has appeared, either directly or by transcription, pn world-wide Lutheran Hour broadcasts, and on programs heard over most of the major U. 8. networks, over the- Canadian Broadcasting,, burg'itt’Europe. Much in demand as a guest ’ conductor of clinic choral groups for music festivals in the midwest, Schoenbohm is a former conductor of the choir at the international music camp at Interlocherf, Mich., and of the Lake county Lutheran chorus. Mrs. Willard Faubush, president of the 'Decatur chapter of the Valparaiso Guild sponsoring the concert, is general chairman of the event. She announced her chairmen as follows: Mrs. Edgar Krueckeberg, tickets; Mrs. Arthur Koeneman, housing; Mrs. Herman Krueckeberg, auditorium; Mrs. Lawrehce Grote, supper; and Mrs. Louis Jacobs, publicity. Mrs. Edgar Krueckeberg announced the advance sale of tickets from any guild member or at the door that evening. Special student tickets are also available. The public is invited to hear this musical treat. HOSPITAL NOTES Admitted Miss Virginia Mills, city; Clifford Hirshey, Monroe; Master Alvin Fullenkamp, city; Mrs. Roy Kocher, city; Wayne Troutncr, city. , , Dismissed Mrs. Effie Filer, Geneva; Dianna Durbin, city; Mrs. Bill Iley and baby girl, Willshire, O.; Donald Jeffrey, city; Henry,,Row, Monroeville; Mrs. Julius Baker and baby son, city; Mis. Vernon Hurst, city.

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Fort Wayne Citizen Is 'Man Os The Year' INDIANA (JODIS, UP—The National Jewish Post; a weekly publication, announced today the selection of G. Irving Latz 11, 33, Fort Wayne, as ‘Man of the Year” for civic and charitable contribu' tions in 1953. Latz is treasurer of m>lf and Dessauer department store in Fort Wayne. The paper gives the award annually to the Hooeler of Jewish faith iwho best distinguishes himself in community seryjce. Latz' father won the award in 1942. .■ - ... ls ‘1 — Piggy Bank Robbery Nets Thief SSOO REDKEY, Ind. (UP) — Sheriff Fred PeAsinger called in Indiana state police for a full scale investigatiori of the robbery- of a piggy bank; j The loot from the bank in the Aberdene Bowen home wasn’t just pennies. Pensinger said the thief flew dith contents estimated at 8800. Mrs. Bertha Heuer Still In Hospital Mrs. Bertha Heuer, 329 North Fourth street, is still a patient at Sy.. Joseph's hospital in Wayne, where she is apparently recovering from a serious operation performed several week® ago. Mrs. Heuer Is now being treated for an attack of undulant fever and will remain in the hospital for several weeks. Feb. 1 Deadline To File Reports Winfred L. Gerke, chairman of the Adams county agricultural stabilization and conservation committee (formerly PMA) announced today that February 1, is the final date that farmers may file their reports for practices carried out under the 1953 AOP program. He stated that regulations do not permit making payment for practices carried out unless correctly reported and the necessary forms signed. He urges farmers w’ho have not reported their practices to call at the county office, in person before the deadline date. The' county office iSr>iW>¥h from ■ B..a,nj, to 4;30p.m. ' Saturday. Trade 'n a Good Town — Decatur

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Soya Credit Union In Annual Meeting Officers Elected At Annual Meeting One new director and a committee member were elected at the ; annual meeting of the Central Soya federal crdit union held Thursday in conjunction with the annual banquet at the Zion Lutheran parish hall. Leonard Morrison and Duane Wheeler were re-elected directors, Ralph Stevens was re-elected to the crdit committee. Mrs. Enid Roberts was elected a director and Richard Hammond to the supervisory committee. Lawjence Hurter, Fort Wayne examiner of the credit unions of northeastern Indiana, spoke. Musical entertainment was furnished by Walter Zuercher. A four per cent dividend was voted by the members. The credit nnions’ assets amount to 1240,000, an increase of $50,000 over the prior year. An increase on loan business was approximately 70 per cent over 1952. Hold-over directors of the union are, Jesse Schlickman, Carl Underwood. Chester Dalzell and Chalmer Bollenbacher. Other members of the credit committee are Sylvan Rupert, and Everett Hutker. Also on the supervisory committee are Lois Chronister and Donald Seesenguth. GIRL SCOUT , ilTmet'WedneF'day after school. We learned new songs and played games. We closed with the Friendship circle. Scribe, Norma Jean Poe.

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