Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 55, Decatur, Adams County, 6 March 1954 — Page 3

SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1954

LUTHERAN CLUB MEETS RECENTLY The recent meeting of the Zion Lutheran Needle Club in the phureh social room featured quilting and plfecing blocks. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Phil Sauer. Those present were Mrs. Ora Bauer, Clara Bauer, «Amanda Dierkes, Anna Weiss, Audrey Bleeke, .Minnie Steeb, Mary Nelson, Minnie Sauer, Esther Reinking, Justene Bowman, Ella Schroeder and Lillie Reinking. « " * A meeting of the Martha Circle of the Presbyterian church will take place Thursday church will Mrs. Huber DeVoss will be hostess. The Kirkland WCTU will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the home of Mrs. John Detwiler. Mrs. Clarence R, Smith will be hostess to members of Unit three of the WSWS of Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church Thursday at 2 p.m. Assisting Mrs. Smith will be Mrs. Alva Buffenbarger, Mrs. Austin Straub and Mrs. Lillie Hammond. Mrs. George Helm will be hostess for the meeting of Eta Tau Sigma Sorority Tuesday at 8 p.m. DON’T TAKE A CHANCE TAKE PLENAMINS Smith Drug Co. THE ONLY PLACE You Will Ever See GREAT PICTURES Is In A Motion Picture Theatre

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The Mary Circle of the Presbyterian Women's Association will meet Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. W. iP.. Shroek. A ''Wednesday meeting at 8 p.m. is -scheduled by the Naomi Circle of the Presbyterian Church. The meeting will take place at the home of Mrs. Clarence Ziner. The Flo Kan Sunshine Girls have scheduled a meeting for Monday at 6:15 p.m. The WSWS, Unit 1, of Bethany E. U. B. church will meet Thursday evening at 7:30 at the home of Mrs. Floyd Acker with Mrs. Ralph Centlß program leader. The Lady of Our Lord study club will meet next .Wednesday night at eight o’clock at the home of Mrs. John Schulz. WjOSPJTAL 0 n ##4. Admitted Janet Eischen, Geneva; Mrs. EaftegStraub, Willshire, O.; Gary Busse. Decatur; John Weigel, NewCorydon; Harold Feasel, Willshire, O.; Jim Krugh, Van Wert, O.j.Don Strickler, Decatur; John Kintz, Jr., Decatur; Mrs. Charles Jones, Willshire, O.; Janet Winteregg, DeiiuAt Ur r'MjOXhffw Jones, Dismissed Richard Bogner, Decatur; Mrs. David Dryer and baby boy, Ossian; Charles Bittner, Decatur; Mrs. Dick Burdge, Decatur; Gary Busse, Decatur; Mrs. John Schieman and baby girl. Decatur; Mrs. Scott Smith, Woodburn. Democrat Want Ads Bring Results

1 Society Items for today’s publication must be phoned In by I 11 a. m. (Saturday 9:30 a. m.) Sharon Kimble Phone 8-2121 MONDAY Flo Kan Sunshine Girls Club, i 6:15 p.m.' Root Twp. Farm Bureau, postponed one week. Pythian Sisters Needle club, K. , of P. home, after temple. Monmouth P. T. A. Mothers Study club, school, 7:30 p.m. Holy Family Discussion club, , Mrs. Don Hess, 8:30 p.m. Methodist evening circle, Mrs. Joseph Azbell, 8 p.m. Pleasant Mills Methodist Willing Workers class party, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bauman, 7:30 p.m. Ladies Firemen auxiliary, Mrs. Herman Dierkes, 8 p.m. TUESDAY Eta Tau Sigma Sorority, Mrs. George Helm, 8 p.m. Kirkland WCTU, Mrs. John Detwiler, 1 p.m. Trinity W. S. W. S. meeting, 7:30 p.m. at the church. Election of officers. Dutiful Daughters Class of BethanyE. U. B.church, Mrs. Clarence Brunnegraff, 7:30 p.m. Happy Homemakers club, Mrs. Harve Sells, 7:30 p.m. Rebekah Lodge, IOOF Hall, 7:30 p.m. St. Dominic Study club, Mrs. Jerome Coffee, after church. Monmouth PTA potluck, school, 6:30 p.m. Decatur Rose Garden club, Mrs. Freeman Walters, 2 p.m. Ava Maria Bible study club, Mrs. William Bowers, after church service. Delta Lambda chapter of Beta Sigma Phi sorority guest night, Mrs. Jerome Keller, 8 p.m. Associate chapter of Tri Kappa sorority, Mrs. Lawrence Linn, 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY Lady of Our Lord Study club, Mrs. John Schulz, 8 p.m. Naomi Circle of Presbyterian ■ Church, Mrs. Clarence Ziner, 8 : p.m. Ruth Circle of Presbyterian church, Mrs. Jack Knudsen, 8 p.m. Zion Lutheran Missionary society, parish hall, 1:30 p.m. THURSDAY Bethany WSWS Unit 1, 7:30, Mrs. Floyd Acker. Mary Circle of Presbyterian Women’s Association, Mrs. W. P. Shroek, 2:30 p.m. Martha Circle' of Presbyterian church, home of Mrs. Huber DeVoss, 2:30 p.m. ■ Unit three of WSWS of Bethany E. U. B» church, Mrs. Clarence R. Smith. 2 p.m. Mt. Pleasant WSCS, Mrs. Roger Singleton, 1:30 p.m. Missionary Ladies Fellowship, . church. 7 p.m. 2 Order of the Eastern Star, Masonic Hall, 7:30 p.m. I rthWl An eight pound boy baby Was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Gaugh-an-of Needham in Franklin county hospital. This is their second child. The maternal grandmother, Mrs. Joe Lose of this city. Is with the family. : , __i At Adams County Memorial hospital: A baby boy weighing -seven pounds was born to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Burry of Geneva Thursday afternoon. 1 i Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Yoss of Geneva are the parents of a baby girl born at 2:30 p.m. Thursday. The baby weighed nine pounds. A baby girl washing eight pounds, four ounces, was bpm at 2 a.m. Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Bertsch, Berne. Pope Pius Showing Steady Improvement VATICAN CITY UP — Vatican sources said today that Pope Pius XII was •showing slow but steady Improvement in the 40th day -of his illness. The sources said the Pope spent a restful night and his doctors hoped he would be, abjg to take nourishment forjunch.

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Funds For Girls On Release From School INDIANAPOLIS, UP — A check for 3780 from Governor Craig's contingent fund was sent to the Indiana girls school today to provide funds for girls upon release. A 1953 law allowed the department of correction to give inmates freed from adult institutions 315 to 325 upon release. It was believed Craig’s contribution would make 315 available for-all girls freed during the fiscal year. Arsenal Os Weapons Found In New York Two Cubans Seized With Illegal Cache NEW YORK, (UP) — Police brought charges of illegal posses-. sion of weapons today against two Cubans who used a boarded-up Manhattan store building to hide an arsenal of anti-tank guns, rifles and hand grenades. Police commissioner Francis W. H. Adams took charge of an investigation to trace the destination of the weapons. “The plan was to remove the guns from the country,” Adams said. "We assume Others were involved but we don’t know how many.” Roberto Oscar Acevedo, 32, and Mario Cruz, 34, identified by police as Cuban nationals, were booked early today on two counts each of violation of the Sullivan act, which regulates possession of weapons. One count charged illegal possession of guns and the other illegal possession of bombs. In a search for suspects Friday night police confiscated several placards in the basement headquarters of the "Civic Action for Cuba Committee.” The placards said: "Wake up America! Batista is a Communist dictator who has converted Cube into a concentration camp.” Adams questioned seven other men and a woman Friday night and early today In connection with the case and then released them. He said he had found no link between the arms cache and last week’s shooting in the house of representatives by Puerto Rican nationals. Rufus Huser Seeks Council Nomination Rufus Huser of Wabash township has filed declaration of candidacy for county councilmaipntlarge. He will run on the Democrat ticket In the May primary. Three Hoosiers Are Presumed As Dead . WASHINGTON, UP — The .army announced-Friday that three, more Indiana men missing in Korea are now presumed dead. They include; 9 PFC Thomas Crawford, son of Mrs. William Fizer, 2546 Pierce St., Gary; Sgt. i.c. Luther D. Serwise, husband of Mrs. Johanna Serwise, 537 Delaware St., Gary; and PFC Marvin W. Sodefstrom, son of August E. Soderstrom, HR 3, Chesterton. The Louisiana Purchase is one of the few historical events which has been commemorated twice by the issue of U. S. stamps. A series of five stamps was issued in 1904 and a single stamp in 1953. Court News Marriage License Ramon L. Avila, U. S. Air Force, and Vivian Efeanor Arnold, Decatur route 5, issued in Wells county. Divorce Cases In the divorce case of Lois Jean Fuelling vs. Lawrence H. Fuelling, the firm of Custer and Smith have entered for the defendant to withdraw a plea of abatement filed Sept. 8, 1953. The court has awarded absolute divorce and custody of a minor child to the plaintiff. The defendant has been ordered to pay 38 per week for the support of the child. The costs of the action have been assessed against the defendant. Hubert R. McClenahan has entered appearance for the defendant in the divorce case of Dennis F. Augaburger vs. Kathryn Augaburger. ’ The defendant has filed for allowance and a notice has been issued returnable March 11. An affidavit for a restraining order has also been filed and issued. The detenidanL in the divorce action of Deloris McCagg vs. Earl McCagg has requested and been granted a continuance to March 12. The hearing for an application and affidavit for modification of a court order has been re-set for March 12. Estate Cases The will of William C. Schnepf has been submitted for probate. T. F. Graliker and Stewart W. McMillen have signed as sureties for William F. Schnepf as executor of the estate. The bond amounts to 310,000. A petition has been filed in the estate of Robert W. Ailerson to sell personal property at open market The court sustained the petition.

To Study Charges Against Batchelor Officer To Decide On Court Martial _ SAX AXTAJHQ, Tex.. VP —An army officer investigated today to discover whether Claude Batchelor, 23-year old corporal who changed his mind andi left a Communist prison camp, should be court martialed. The Kermit, Tex., soldier was Friday, charged with violating military code articles 104 and 105—aiding . the enemy and activity detrimental to fellow soldlere—and article 134. Since charges do not provide that a court martial be automatic, an officer was appointed by the commanding general with court martial jurisdiction to see whether one is indicated. In the meantime. Batchelor was held in' the stockade at Fort Sam Houston. The army Indicated he will remain there until a decision has been reached. Batchelor's Japanese wife, whose .letters are credited with persuading him to leave the Communists, said he had expected to be arrested “because of a misunderstanding?’— She said in Tokyo that Batchelor discussed the possibility he would be arrested before he flew to the United States 10 days ago. The wife is awaiting a visa for entry to the United States and planned to join her husband at Kermit. But, vowing to wait 10 years for him if necessary, she indicated she may remain at home in Tokyo until his case has been cleared up. , Batchelor was arrested at .Brooke Army Medical Center where he came for a routine physical examination before going on a 30-day furlough. Batchelor was one of 33 American POWs who turned Communist under the Chinese Reds. He and one other—Cpl. Edward Dickenson of Crackers Neck, Va., — changed their minds after the Korean truce and came home. Dickenson has been charged with two of the same offenses as Batchelor. The other 21 Americans have disappeared into the inferior of China and have been dishonorably discharged. Hospital Employes Reported Stricken None Os Patients Struck By Ailment MEMPHIS, Tenn. UP — At lest 35 hospital employes including 29 student nurses at the Johti , Gaston hospital have been -stricken by a mysterious ailment that has not affected a single patient, the hospital reported today, Administrator Robert Hardy said 21 of the nurses Who' began reporting the illness last Mondajr have been hospitalized and at least eight other student nurses have been affected, along vtitti six other employes. • • j;,. Hardy said the painful but apparently not serious illnesses have symptoms resembling food poisoning but he said be and other investigators doubt that food poisoning is the actual cause. "We are trying to isolate -a virus,” he said. "However, we won’t know untij our investigation is complete." He indicated that this would involve further laboratory analysis. He said one of the strange things about the outbreak is the fact that none of the patients at the hospital appear to have contracted the disease. He said there are 162 student nurses in all. Ji

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Candidacy Filed By Lewis Smith LeWia L. Smith, Adams county prosecuting attorney (twenty-sixth Judicial district) today filed Ms declaration for candidacy for renomination on the Democrat ticket with the secretary of state. Candidates for prosecutor and judge file “their intentions with the secretary of state, as do candidates for the Indiana general assembly. Choral Society To Present Oratorio Fort Wayne Society To Present Oratorio The Fort Wayne Lutheran choral society’s 96-volce chorus will present Bach's oratorio. "The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew,” Sunday, April 4. 2:30 p.m. in the Scottish Rite Auditorium, Fort Wayne. The choral society performed this musical masterpiece for the first time in 1948 as a highlight of the observance of the Lenten season, and has now established the tradition of performing the Passion work annually on the Sunday two weeks before Easter as a part of the pre-Easter meditation for the community and northern Indiana. Special features of this -year’s performance will be the accompaniment of the rare and unique instrument,, harpsichord, a double orchestra from the Philharmonic, five nationally known soloists, 100-voice Lutheran high school choir, and the double chorus of the choral society. George O. Arkebauer, who has directed the chorus for the past 16 years, Wilt conduct the oratorio. The Fort Wayne Lutheran choral society, now in its 37th season, has presented Handel’s "Messiah” during the Christmas season since Arkebauer began directing. The “Passion” considered by many to be the music of Easter, tells in music the suffering and death of Christ on the cross. Intensity of feeling permeates this majestic masterpiece. The words spoken by Christ are always surrounded by a halo of chords, and when the chorus sings, "Truly, This Was the Bon of God,” one feels the solidity of the faith tor which Bach lived and In which he died. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Bean“and son have moved into their new country home east of Decatur. Miss Sharon Kimble left yesterday to spend the weekend at Ft. : Leonard WoOd. Mo. She accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Herman Strahm and daughters. Carol and Shawn, all of Craigvllle; Who will visit their sow, pvt. Deuwayne- Strahm, who la stationed there. ~ Mr. and Mrs. Homer W. Arnold of this city ware recant visitors in Warm Springs, Gw., and to the Little White House in that place. The Arnolds enjoyed a southern »Hp. , -Miss (Esther Bowers of the longdistance telephone operators staff at the CttifoDs Telephone Co., is enjoying a Florida vacation. She stopped lit Hypoluxo. Florida and visited the famous James Melton Autorama. She will visit with her sister and brother-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. Gill of West Palm Beach, before returning home about April 1.Cpl. Donald Foor, US army, has returned from 16 months duty in Korea. On leave until April ?, he will report to Camp Sheridan, 111., for reassignment to complete his three years enlistment He has been in the army 25 months. The young corporal is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Foor of this city.,

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List Honor Pupils At Public Schools Honor students at the Decatur high school for the first six weeks of the second semester were announced today by Hugh J. Andrews, principal. There are 34 students oh the high school list and 31 oh the junior high list. The complete rolls follow: High School - AB Uhrick, David ......— 5 Wood, David - 5 Krick, Marvene .......... 5 1 Schrpck, Ted 1.4 Rentz, Jane .............. 4 1 Baker, Sharon ........... 3 1 Aht Sheila ....3 1 Callow, Joyce 3 1 Dalzell, Dana ............ 3 1 Frans, Judith ........ 3 1 Kirkpatrick. Stanley .....3 1 Krueckeberg, Dan .. 3 1 Lakq, Chama ..... 3 1 Lane, Janet - T ..~ 3 1 Petrie, Sue ..... 3 1 Poling, Beverly . 3 1 Schmidt, Paul 3 1 Schultz, Jeannlne ........ 3 ( 1 Smith, Janet ..., . J 1 Sommer, Harold .... 3 1 Strahm, Rosemary .... 3 .j»l Wass, Shirley ........... 3 1 Reppert, Sundra ......... 2 3 Bassett, Carolyn 2 2 Black, Barbara 2 , 2 Bogner, Alan 2 2 Drake, Sherian ... 2 2 Everhart, Janet — - 2 2 Gould, Jay — ....... 2 2 Jefferies, Marilyn ....... 2 2 Sautbine, Dorcas 2 2 Smith, L William ... 2 2 Welch, Ellen .....2 2 Wiegmann, Ruth ........ 2 2 Junior High A 8 Schmidt, Phyllis ... 9

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Wall, Gloria 9 Baxter, Connie ...L....... 8 1 Burk, Betsy ..... .... 8 1 Kocher, Elizabeth ........ 8 1 Ashbaucher, Cheryl 7 2 Kalver, Barbara —. 7 2 Lane, Judith 7 2 ’ Smith, Betty 7 2 ’ Uhrick, Ann 7 2 • Smith, Janalee .—7 2 • Frauhiger, Carolyn 8 3 Schultz,* Kathleeh ........6 3 » Sheets, Sharron .......... 6 3 • Caston, Claudia * • Rhodes, Judy 5 4 Cole, Kathy .*. ........ 4 5 Custer, Susan .. 4 5 1 Girod, Patty ..... ...... 4 5 Grimm, Jane 4 5 Taylor, Carolyn 4 5 I Carpenter, Judy ...—.... 3 6 Corey, Karen 3 6 I Eichenauer. Sara — 3 6 I Gantz, Rita — 3 6 I Gerber, Susan 3 _6 I Levy, Alicia 3 6 L Melchi, Judy ... ..... 3 6 1 Swearingen, Emily 3 6 1 McAhren, John. Paul 3 5 I Edwards, J. Stephen 2 7 I I - 1 .

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