Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 227, Decatur, Adams County, 27 September 1954 — Page 3

MQNDAT t SEPTEMBER 27. 1954

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HIM BEVERLY ELLIOT ' BRIDE OF JAMES RILEY Palms, beauty vases, and chrysanthemums. adorned the niter of the First- Baptist church Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock for the marriage of Mias Beverly Jean Ballot t, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Curl (Elliott of Decatur, to James , <W. Riley, son of the ReeiWsi Mrs. Vernon L. Riley of Monroe. The Rev. Stuart Brightwell assisted Rev. Riley i n the doublering ceremony. » Dick Reidenbach sang "Because,” “Oh Promise Me." end "The Lord’s Prayer" as the couple knelt at the alter. Miss Helen Hau bold presented the organ music. The bride chose an aqua ballerina length dress of nylon net and.lace over taflfetA with a taffeta fitted bodice. She wore a ■white felt hat trimmed with rhinestones and a email veil. Sue carried' a shower bouquet of white roses. Attending the bride as maid of honor was Mine Norma Kelley. She •waa attired In a pink ballerina length taffeta dress with white accessories and carried a pink powder puff bouquet of roses. Vernon L. RHey, Jr., was the beet man and Paul Riley and John Brunner seated the guests. A charcoal gray dress with black ■accessories and a white chrysan- ★ ★★★★★★ • You depend upon ★ the integrity and character of your physician. Ar Be just as careful in the selection of a source to jl. compound your Doctor’s M prescriptions. We spe- . dalize tn this important ~ work. You are assured ■ . skilled,professional ★ service and uniformly' fair prices at this phar- ★ macy. Try us next time! . IHOLTHOUSE ★ DRUG CO. ★ ★* ★ ★

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the mum corsage was the outfit of the bride's mother and Mrs. Riley wore a navy and white dress with navy accessories and white chrysanthemums. A reception was held lately fallowing the ogremony in the church with 159 guests present Those serving the guests were Mies Barbara Bowman. Miss ■Lois Strahm, Mis® Neoma Wenger, Miss Louise Johnson, and. Mrs. Norris Blocker and Mrs. John Brunner. The bride chose a navy suR and navy and white accessories and a white rose corsage taken from the bridal bouquet for her going away outfit. The bridegroom is a graduate of Adams Central high school And is employed at R. C. A, television at Marion. The bride is a graduate of Decatur high school and is employed in the office of Krick and Tyndall. After returning from a two weeks honeymoon the couple will reside at Monrpp. The Emblem club held their first meeting of the fall season. Thursday evening at the Llks home ■with the president, Mre. LaVelle Death presiding. It was decided that the club would cooperate with the men of the Elks, in presenting the entertainment on Saturday evenings. After all business was transacted, (Mrs. Death closed the meeting and a social hour followed. Games were played and prizes were awarded to each table. The St. Ambrose study club will meet at the home of Mrs. lß(ernaird Thursday evening at 7:34) o'clock. The Women of the Moose will have a regular meeting Thursday at the Moose home at 8 o'clock. Officers will meet at 7:80 o’clock. Reports to be turned in are publicity, social service, Moosehaven, and membership. A social hour will follow. ,T iThe Rainbow Girls will have initiation tonight at 7 o'clock at the Masonic hall. All Masons, Eastern Stars, and Rainbow Girls are invited to attend. _j The American Legion auxiliary unit 43 held their regular social meeting Frida/ caning. Bridge and pinochle were played. Those winning prizes in bridge were Mrs. Dee Fryback and M rs - T. C.

Smith. Winners in pinochle were Mrs. Dallas Brown and Mrs. Verena Myers. Mrs. Arthur Meyeriy entertained the group with a number of vocal selections, accompanied by Mrs.’ Wilmer Raudebush. Mrs. Raudebush. also played several piano selections. The committee serving the refreshments included Mrs. Myers, Mrs. Raudebush, and Mrs. Herman Dierkes. The D.A.V. auxiliary met Thursday evening. “Back to School” was the theme of the social meeting with Dorothy Stalter, Esther Ray, Helen Merriman and Willodean Halberstadt in charge. Games were played and the prizes were won by Alice Eyanson and (Ruth Kunkel. The next meeting will be a business meeting October 7 at 7:30 o'clock. The Bethany Circle of Zion Evangelical and Reformed church will meet Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Gottlieb Stauffer at 7:30 o'clock. BBS Society Items for today’s publication must be phoned In by 11 a. m. (Saturday 9:30 a. m.) Karen Striker Phone 3-2121 MONDAY (Rainbow Girls, initiation, Masonic hall, 7 p.m. Sunshine Girls, K. of P. home, 6:15 p. m. Pythian Sisters Needle club, after regular temple meeting, K. of P. Hide!berg class of Zion E. and R. church, potluck supper at church, 6 p. m. Pleasant Mills PTA, School, evening. TUESDAY Kirkland Township Home Demonstration club, Adams Central school, 7:30 p. m. Ava Marla Bible 'study club, Mrs. Paul Briede, 8 p. m. Rebekah Lodge, I. O. O. F. hall, 7:30 p. m. Ladies Eagles auxiliary, Eagles hall, 8 p. m. Church Mothers study club, Methodist church, 8 p. m. Academy of Friendship, Mrs. Thelma Kreps, 7:30 p. in. Xi Alpha Xi end Delta Lambda chapters of Beta Sigma. Phi, Han-na-Nuttman, 6:30 p. m. Delta Theta Tau, business social meeting, Elks Home, 8 p. m. Sunny Circle Home Demonstration club, Preble recreation hall, 7: 30 p. m. -e Root Township Home DemonMration club, Mrs. Fanny Ohrist•en, 1 p. m. 'Evening Circle 2 of Methodist W. S. C. 8., ladies lounge at the church, 7:30 p. m. WEDNESDAY Bethany Circle of Zion E. and R. church, Mrs. Gottlieb Stauffer, 7:30 p.m. Union Township Home Demonstration club, Mrs. Fred Marbach, 1:30 p. tn. Historical club, potluck dinner, Mrs. Fanny Christen, 12 noon. Girl Scout Leaders club, room 206 at high school, 1:30 p. m. St. Vincent De Paul society, K. of C.. 2 p. tn. Jolly Housewives Home Demonstration 1 club, Bobo' school. 1:30 p. tn. THURSDAY Great Books discussion group. Public Library, 8 p. m. Women of the Moose, Moose home, 8 p.m., officers at 7:30 p.m. St. Ambrose Study Club, Mrs. Bernard Lengerich, 7:30 p. m. Lester Tumbleson of Decatur, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Tumbleson of Decatur, Mr's. C. E. Wechter of Gladwin, Mich., Mr. and Mre. Graver Everetts, and Mr. and Mrs. Glender Everetts of Troy, 0., and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Krawl of Willshire, 0., spent Sunday visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Oae Krawl in Wren, O._ Admitted Mrs. Tony Faurote, Decatur; Mrs. Bernard Case, Decatur; Mrs. Millie Buck, Decatur; Charles Rape, Geneva. Dismissed Mrs. Victor Lautzenhlser and baby girl, Willshire, O,; Mrs. Harold Strickler and baby boy, Decatur; Mrs. Max Moser and baby boy, Decatur; Mrs. Vaughn Mclntosh and baby boy, Monroeville; Mrs. Ray Christman, Monroe; Mrs. Russell Mitchell and baby boy, Decatur; Mrs. James Briggs and baiby boy, Geneva; Mtp. Harley Straub and baby boy, Decatur; Mrs. Willis Martin and baby boy, Bryant; Mrs. Orel Tachannen and bAby girl, Berne; Jesse Tumbleson, Wren, O. Q. What Would be the beat w-ay for a man to introduce another man to his wifet A. “Mary, thia ia Mr. Johnson, (or, Bill Johnson).”

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Adams County Girls Enter Competition To Compete In 4-H Notional Congress Four Adams county young ladies have entered a state competition to win scholarships ar national awards at the coming 4-H national congress/in Chicago, it was reported here today. Approvimutely 25 girls and boys will be chosen from. Indiana to represent the Hoosier state' in the national contest. The state 4-H policy committee will meet next week Ln Indianapolis to choose the state winders. (Entered from Adams county are Colleen Egly, Jefferson township, general achievement; Norma Jean Halley, St. Mary’s township, home improvement, and Alice Stuber, Jefferson township, clothing. Audrey Kuhn, of Jefferson township, is trying for a nursing scholarship. The girls must fill out national 4-H report forms listing all their achievements in all projects in their years ia 4-H work. They must list all office®, committees and projects with which they have worked. They must also show how 4-H has helped them in leadership and personal development, and submit a picture of themeelves, Ln addition to a narrative report on their accomplishments. Mr. and Mrs. NM Leiter of Decatur are the parents of a baby girl born Friday in the home ofc (Mrs. Leiter's parents, (Mr. and Mrs. 1 Henry Swagart of Decatur. The baby weighed eight pounds and was named Barbara Ann. At the Adams county memorial hospital: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bulmahn of Fort Wayne are the parents of a baby girl iborn Saturday ta 12:30, p. m., weighing eight pounds. A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Billy Roas of Decatur Saturday at 7:25 p. m., weighing eight pounds and ufor ounces. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Guerra of Decatur are the parents of a baby boy born Saturday at 8:27 p. m.. weighing six pounds and seven ounces. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bragg of Decatur are the parents of a. baby >boy born Sunday at 10:55 a. m., weighing eight pounds and two ounces. Mr. and Mbs. Carl L. Caudla Os Decatur are the parents of a baby born Sunday at 2:43 a. m., weighing eight pounds and four ounces. . A baby girl was born to Nr. and Mrsi o£..Bernai Sunday at 6:50 p. m., weighing six pounds and four ounces. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Grauaer of Monroeville are the parents of a baby born today at 12:28 a. tn., weighing six pounds and four ounces. . i r. .■ ---

Mr. and <Mra. James Bog'.rd of Hoagland are the parents of a baby boy born Sunday at 10 p. tn., weighing nine pounds and 6Ms ounces. A baby boy was born to Mr. and ■Mrs. James tMcCory of Berne Sunday at 6: S 3 p. m.. weighing seven pounds and four ounces. 116 Children Enroll In Saturday School One hundred and 16 childrerf have enrolled In the Saturday Bible school conducted by Zion Lutheran church, West Monrod street. The children represent all grades, 1 to 3, and are divided into primary, junior, intermediate and senior departments, with two grad, ee in each department. The Rev, Edgar P. Schmidt, pastor of the church, is principal of the school and teacher of the senior department. ther staff members are! the Rev. Walter D. Bauer, intermediates; Mrs. Herman Krueckeberg and Mrs. C. Oraydon Stuckey, juniors; and Mrs. Paul Handier and Mrs. Robert Zwick, primary. Classes are held each Saturday from 9:15 to 11:30. The courses taught include worship, Bible atoriee, Christian teachings, handicraft and workhook exercises, hymn appreciation. The senior department organized itself last Saturday, the following officers being elected; Pbyllip Schfnidt, president; Gloria Wall, vice - president; and Kathleen Schultz, secretary-treasurer. The nominating ocmmittee as composed of BIR Jacobs, Carolyn steele, and Jerry Schelman. Children are atill being accepted into all depnrtmehts of tha school Rev. Argo Sudduth - Is Vice President The Rev. Argo Sudduth, pastor of the Zion Evangelical United Brethren church in Union township, near Celina, 0., has beed elected first vice president of the newly-merged National Missionary Association at its first session in Toronto, Canada. The organization was formed by the merger of three missionary groups, World Wide Missions, Faith Missions and Alliance Gospel Mission. Rev. Sudduth is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sudduth of Decatur route 4.

U. S. Treasurer To Speak At DePauw GREENCASTLE, Ind. (INS) — Ivy Baker Priest, U. S. treasurer, will address a De Pauw university convocation Wednesday in Greencastle. ; ’ airs. Priest is to discuss "The Educated Person in Government." She also will be guest of honor a,t a luncheon and Will talk infortnally with De Pauw etudents and faculty members.Two Minor Mishaps Reported In County No One Is Injured In Two Accidents No one was injured in two minor accidents in the county o“er the weekend. One occurred at 6:15 p. m. Sunday at the intersection of U, S. highway 224 and the Piqua road when a car driven by George Crosley, 1.7, of Fort Wayne, went into a ditch. •Crosley said that he started to turn off the highway onto the Piqua road and he turned too sMkrply. A passenger next to him was thrown against hie arm and he lost control of the vehicle. None of the five occupants of the ear was inju red and only minor damage was caused to the car. The front end of a car driven by Charles Lehrman, 78, of Decatur, was demolished when the car struck a eemi-truck which had etopped for a school bus. The truck was a McMillen truck driven by Wayne Peterson, 48, of Decatur. ' Tlhe accident occurred about three miles east of Decatur on 224 at 7:45 a. m. today. The bus truck and car were all traveling east. The back end of the truck slightly damaged. Both Occident were investigated by sheriff Robert Shraluka. Reports Russ Subs Spy On West Coast Los Angeles Paper Quotes Navy Officer LOS ANGELES (INS) — The Los Angeles Examiner says that (Russian long - range submarines have been spying on the west coast of North America, from Alaska to Mexico, for the last 18 months. The newspaper quoted a high naval officer, not identified, as explaining that the Red subs, apparently operating from Vladftostock, have.bean photoaxapblag ket West Coast centers through their periscopes. The officer explained: "It would be invaluable to the Russians to have in their possession a set of ‘periscope photographs’ of West Coast industrial centers. "These photographs could be used to plot the course of a guided missile launched from a submarine far at sea." The Examiner said that the presence of the Red subs was first discovered 18 months ago when a destroyer located an "unidentified" undersea boat off the Washington coast. Since that time sonar equipment has detected them in waters off Oregon, California. Canada and Mexico. One was spotted about 60 miles off Los Angeles six months ago. The Examiner quoted naval authorities as saying that Red submarine activity off the coast has increased during the last several months. Couple In Hospital After Altercation SEYMOUR, Ind., (INS)—French Coomer, 34, of Franklin, 0., and hie wife, Dor.a 27, were reported in fair condition in a Seympur hospital today, apparently after a domestic altercation! State police said Coomer struck his wife with an automobile while she was walking along a street in Austin, and then hit another automobile. Coomer next leaped from his car, drew a pocket knife and cut the right side of his throat, partly severing the windpipe. Mrs. Coomer suffered a back injury and bruises. BABY SITTER, (Continued frogn Pngs One) had two children, or he would have sought the other and killed him. too. Capt McCarthy thought It wws poeelMe Bbak Lynn Ans* knew the killer or she would not have admitted him tt> the GoMlberg home. An attractive school chum of Ijyno Anu. meanwhile, reasonad tiuat she was alive today only because tt we* not her turn to mind the Goldberg children, Carleoe Butler. 16, eald she and Lynn Ann alternated to sitting with the Goldberg children. She said: ' "I don’t know what to say about the way Lynn Ann and Stephen died. I'm an frightened. I can't think. But, If I had been there. I euppoae I,would have got what Lynn Aon got. Jt’s awful to think about"

Elect County ASC Committee Thursday * Township delegates from the local agricultural stabilization committees will meet Thursday at 9 a. m. to elect county ASC com- r mittee members. Three regular members and two alternates will be elected at that time from legible farmers in the county to guide the qpunty ASC program. The elected committee member will serve during the next ;ear. Delegates to the county meeting will be: Floyd R. fMarseliand, Washington township; Martin F. Gallmeyer, Preble; Fred Kunkel, Root; Simon C. Lehrman, Union; Oscar T. Brown, Kirkland; Benoit P. Johnson, St. ary's William Ringger, French Loris Rich, Monroe; Frank Dellinger, Blue Creek; Qortnan Augsbiirger, Hartford; Raymond VanEmon, Wabash, and Glen W. Adams, Jefferson. GOP Asks Donation Os Prison Workers Democrat Chairman Rejects Proposal INDIANAPOLIS (INS)— Democratic state chairman Charlee Skillen today indignamtDy rejected a proposal that into party should Solicit campaign funds from. 895 merit-system' workers in state prisons, Hugh P. O'Brien, chairman of the state board' of connections, has admitted that the Republicans received permission to ask for party fund donations “providing nd force or threats are used/’ O’Brien added: “If the Democrats Lave repnesentaitves who want to paes out solicitation cards, we will give them the courtesy of doing that.” But Skillen «aid : “We never have in all my political career solicited prison employes. And we will not solicit them. We will' accept voluntary contributions from anyone, but we won't solicit.’’ The Republicans control the management of the state prisons. Notre Dame Prexy Speaks At Opening Notre Dame, Ind. —Only Men’s minds can restore to today s world the intellectual order destroyed by "tiie kaleidoscopic nightmare of fems that have ebbed and flowed through these past four centuries,'* the Rev. Theodore M. (Hesburgh, C. S. C., president of the University of Notre Dame, declared Mere Sunday. He deplored "a growing distrust of intellectuals end things intel-. leetuar’"at~TTe Very tffiTF wW the world should look to great minds for leadership. Father Heeburgh delivered the sermon at a solemn high mass in Sacred Heart church marking the formal opening of Notre Dame's 118th academic year. An academic procession of more than 575 University faculty members from the administration building to the church was a colorful prelude to the traditional observance.

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Huge Mine Closed On Labor Dispute r Safety Demands Are Made By Employes UNIONTOWN, Pa. (INS) — The United Mine Workers shut down U. S. Steel'w huge Robenu mine today to a dispute over 'safety regulation ah what is generally considered the world's longest meehanizied mtoe. ’ Some 2,800 diggers' who produce 2.3,000 ton-; of coal daily refused to work until their safety deniMulw are met at the southwester® Pennsylvania operation. They ctoim uncertified shotfirers are being used. Shottiror® use dynamite to blast coal veins. They must be certified by the state de part ment at mines. , A corporation spokesman. said no immediate negotattons are wcheduied. U. S. Steel declined to comment on the UMW charge. Rensselaer Man Is Hotel Fire Victim LAFAYETTE, tod. (INS)—A 39-year-oto Rensselaer, Ind. ma® woa burned to deailh to a Sunday hotel fire at Lafayette. The victim was Howard R. McCracken, whom Ijatfayette investigators thought had fallen, asleep while crooking to bed. The fire wa* confined to his room. Another hotel guest smelled smoke and turned in a fire alarm.

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Ross Adair Speaks Here On Saturday E. Roes Adair, Republican representative from the fourth congressional district and a candidate for re-election, epoke to a crowd of over 100 persons at tlhe Cort theater, GOP county headquarters, Saturday night. Adair spoke on three federal tetoee, itxduddng tlhe budget, and farm problems. He was introduced by county Republican chairman, Harry "Peck” Bseex. Ruesell Hoffman, Republican candidate tor sheriff, Stauffer were tn charge of the program. Next week's program will be under the direction, of Grant Bean, candidate for clerk of the circuit court, and Sylvani Sprunger, candidate for trustee of Monroe township. TEEPLE MOVING & TRUCKING Local and Lona Distance PHONE 3-2607 ARTHRITIC PAINS and MISERY New HOSPITAL-TESTED discovery! PRUVO tablet* are bringingquick, saf« relief from pain and misery to thousands. Usual speed of relief is amazing. Safe—cannot harm heart or other organa Nontoxic, contain no dope or habit-formini drugs. Ask your druggist today for quickacting, safe PRUVO? Money-batk guarantee on Ist bottle. Big bottle—7s tableti —only $1.50. Demand the genuine PRUVQ by name. Accent no substitute. Smith Drug Co.