Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 19 February 1955 — Page 3

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1955

HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB IN MEETING The Friendship home demonstration club me? at the Kimsey school Thursday afternoon. The meeting ■was in charge of Mrs. Chester Bryan with the group repeating the elub creed in unison for the opening. They sang the song “Battle Hymn of the Republic”, led by Miss Donekla Marckel. Mrs. Fred Freeawlt read the 36th Psalm for devotions. The lesson, "Social Security and Retirement” was given by Mrs. Wm. Neadstlne. She gave many good points about it that the club members had not known about. The roll call was answered by 38 members and there were seven children present. Minutes of the last meeting were read by Mrs. Paul Burkhart. Mrs. Austin Merriman gave the health lesson, “Community Health Improvement”. The collect was read for dismissal. Lovely refreshments were .served by the Mesdames Carl Kuhn, Harold Garwood, Kenneth Ross, and Gene Duff. NURSES ASSOCIATION MEETS THURSDAY The Adams county Nurses association held their January meeting Thursday evening. After a short business meeting, election of officers was held: president, Thelma 'Flueckiger; vice-president, Betty Bixler: secretary, Eloise Noll; and treasurer, Arvada Moser. Hearts were played and prises ■were won by Elizabeth Mulligan and Elenore Daenke. Refreshments were served to 30 nurses present by Marie Felber, Thelma Flueckiger, Irene Hoffman, and Lorene Black. SPEECH SPECIALIST IS PTA SPEAKER “Corrective Speech," was tire topic of the speech delivered by David M. Fisher, speech specialist

Sunday Evening LENTEN SPEAKER The First Methodist Church ■ iM-HU i 7:30 Lenten Service L>l'. 1 nUiilaa » Ulljuvon Board of Education, the Methodist Church Nashville, Tennessee THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND 9:30 Church School « 10:20 Morning Worship . God s Gur Strength Sermon: “The Christian Come to Church Privilege — the Sabbath This Sunday and D ay » Every Sunday. (Courtesy of Beavers Oil Service) Those 111 Small HI Important \u Details JSiSKB Each Zwick funeral is the result of infinite care to small details. Planned with devoted care, even the most modestly priced tributes are brought — step by step — to a single impression of reverent beauty. f ZWICK ffiu/neut/ 10BERT J. ZWICK ELMER WINTEREGC SINCt 1998 120 N. 2ND * PHONES: 3-3602 DAY 3-3603 NIGHTS & HOLIDAYS

of the Allen county schools, Thursday evening at the Lincoln P. T. A. meeting held in the Lincoln school auditorium. Miss Andrews’ room received the treat for having the most parents present. Following the meeting the hospitality committee provided refreshments. JUNIOR ARTS DEPT. TO PRESENT PROGRAM The Junior Arts department of the Decatur Woman’s club will present the program at the general meeting Monday evening at 7:45 o’clock. The meeting will be held at the public library. The high school girls will give a program entitled “Salute to February,” as follows: “Welcome,’’ by Sara Gerber and “Abraham Lincoln,” by Barbara Kalver. The choir will sing “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” “Steal Away,” and "Oh Susanna,” and the Junior Arts band will play “American Hymn." “Valentine Day." by Twanette Magley. The choir will sing “Lpt Me Call You Sweetheart,” and “Tell Me Why," “Star Dust,” by Judy Keller and “You’re Just Too Marvelous,” by Mara Dee Striker and Miss Keller Will sing a duet “You’re Just in Love." “George Washington,” by Leah Brandyberry. Jane Rentz will play “George Washington March,” Anita Smith and Carolyn Aumann will sing “George Washington,” and the choir will end with “America the Beautiful." Mrs. James Kocher, Jr., is the music sponsor for the group and has directed the choir and band. Mrs. Max Spencer is the drama sponsor and has been in charge of the talks. Mrs. Ray J. Walther is general chairman of the group for the Woman’s club. All members of the club are invited to attend, and mothers of all Junior Arts girls are invited.

■Jvo fcHwi. wrM * ■ s w ~ M ■IML C ; xWH MISS HELEN LOUISE LACOSS, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Grendell of Kalamazoo, Mich., was recently married to Joseph Harold Lehrman, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lehrman of Monroe- ‘ ville. The Rev. Paul H. Graeser read the ceremony vows at his home. — Mrs. Ernestine Taylor attended the bride as matron of honor and Thomas Taylor was best man. —Photo by Edwards.

The St. Ambrose study club will meet at the home of Mrs. Henry Heimann Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock. , The Union township home demonstration club will meet next ■Wednesday all day with a carry-in dinner at noon. The meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Rolland Gilliom. Assisting hostesses are Mrs. Donald Smith and Mrs. Harvey Koos. The leaders will have a lesson on “New Ideas for Salads.” and a Valentine exchange will be held. Mrs. Mabel Cook was hostess recently to an all day meeting of St. Paul Ladies aid. A potluck dinner was served at noon. There were 11 members, two visitors, and three children. The meeting was closed by Mrs. Veda Smith. The Decatur F. F. A. met recently with 11 members present. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. During the business riseeting plans for the F. F. A. and F. H. A. trip were discussed. Two cities are considered, Milwaukee r and Cleveland. Plans were made ?or“ the fther and son banquet to be heM soon. The Decatur F. F. A. will again pick an honorary farmer for this year. The Bethany circle of the Zion E. and R. church will meet in the social room of the church Wednesday evening at 8:30 o’clock. Leader will be Mrs. Victor Amacher and hostesses will be Mrs. Cletus Miller, Mrs. Charles Foughty, and Mrs, Albert Fruchte. The Women’s association of the Presbyterian church will meet at the church Wednesday evening at 7:45 o’clock. The Naomi circle will be the hostess. Xi Alpha lota and Epsilon Sigma chapter of Beta Sigma Phi will have- a joint meeting at the Elks home Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. GIRL SCOUT Troop 16 held a Valentine party recently. Games and dancing were enjoyed with Leinida Meis, Sylvia Deßolt. Kathleen Kohne. and Mary Ann Jackson winning prizes. A Delicious lunch was prepared and served by the refreshment committee. The next meeting w'tll be a business meeting. Scribe, Angela Andrews Brownie troop 23 met after school a£ the Lincoln school. The meeting opened with roll call and the collection of dues. Order books for the Girl Scut cookies were collected. Games were piayed and a treat furnished by the hostesses Darlene Gase, Caiol Schanding, and Patti Parrish. The meeting closed with the Brownie arch. Scribe, Parri Parrish. Marva Schaefer Is Winner Os Contest Marva Schaefer, a Monmouth high school senior, won the Homemaker as Tomorrow contest at that earning the highest score in a written examination recently. The contest is sponsored by a major “food company. Marva and Leola P\ird, winner at Decatur -Catholic high school, will participate in a contest later to determine the state winner. ■* A national winner will be named April 21 in Philadelphia. A scholarship of 81,500 will be awarded to the state winner and the national winner will earn a $5,000 scholarship. If you have something to sell or I rooms for rent, try a Democrat | Want Ad. It brings results.

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Cold, Wet Weekend Forecast In State INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — A cold week end with rain and snow was predicted for Indiana today by the Indianapolis weather bureau. It was rainy and mild today but the forecast for tonight was rain changing to snow and turning colder in the extreme west. The prediction for Sunday was snow in the extreme west and rain changing to snow elsewhere, and turning much colder. * £» Society Items for today’s publication must bo phoned In by 11 a. m.. (Saturday 9:30 a. tn.) Karen Striker Phone 3-2121 ' SATURDAY Psi lota Xi sorority, Sweetheart party and square dance, K- of P. home. 9 p.m. to 12 midnight. Story-book hour, public library, 4 p. m. ‘i;__X_—l— MONDAY Rosary Society, K. of C. hall, 7:30 p.m. V. F. W. post 6236, business meeting, Post home, 8 p. m. V. -F". W. Ladies auxiliary, post home, business meeting, 8 p. m. Research club, Mrs. B. J. Thomas? Tr3<r"K®r " Monmouth Mothers P. T. X study group, at the school, 7:30 p. m. Decatur Woman’s club, general meeting, public library. 7:45 p. ni. Rosary Society, 7:30 p. ml, K. of C. hall. Adams Central P. T. A., school gym, 7:30 p. m. Adams county chorus, Berne, 7:30 p. m. TUESDAY American Legion auxiliary unit 43, social meeting, Legion home, 8 p.m. Evening circle twa of Methodist church, ladies lounge, 7:30 p.m. Rebekah lodge, Odd Fellows hall, 7:30 p.m.- -- ——— —— Eta Tau Sigma, Mrs. Richard Arnold, 8 p.m. Church Mothers study club, Mrs. James Tutewller, 8 p.m. Delta Theta Tau. social and business, Elks home, 8 P- in. Three Links club, after Rebekah lodge, at the home. Kirkland Ladies club, Adams Central home economics room, 7:30 p. m. Eagles auxiliary, Eagles hall, 8 p. m. St. Vincent DePaul society. XL. of C. hall, 2 p. m. Jolly Housewives home demonstration club. Pleasant Mills school, 7;30 p-m. - Root township home demonstration club, Mrs. Mary Jane Runyon, 1 p.ih Delta Lambda and XI Alpha Xi chapters of Beta Sigma Phi sorority, Mrs. Fred Corah, 8 p. m WEDNESDAY Ruth and Naomi circle of Zion E. and R., at the church, 2 p. m. Union township home demonstration club, Mrs. Rolland Gilliom, all day, carry-in dinner at noon. Xi Alpha lota and Epsilon Sigma chapters of Beta Sigma Phi, Elks home; joint meeting, 8 p. m. Women’s association of the Presbyterian church, at the church. 7:45 p. m. Bethany circle of Zion E. and R. church, social room, 8:30 p. m. THURSDAY Order of the Eastern Star, initiation, Masonic hall, 7:30 p. m. St. Ambrose study club, Mrs. Henry Heimann, 7:30 p. tn.

Lenten Service At Methodist Church Series Opens Here On Sunday Evening Dr. Thomas J. Van Loon of Nashville, Tenn., will be the first speaker for the annual Lenten series .which opens at .the Methodist church on Sunday night at 7:39 o’clock. Special music will be provided by a vocal trio from Berne. The Rev. Virgil Sexton will preside and the Rev. H. T. Shady, pastor of the Pleasant Valley and the Mt. Pleasant Methodist churches, will participate. Dr. Van Loon is the director of church and public school relations, general borad of education of the Methodist church. His office was recently establishedb ecause of the conviction that “the relation between religion and public education is one of the most crucial issues before the American people today.” In thisr egard he is working with various groups seeking to determine what is the right relation between religion and public education. In addition to this responsibility, Dr. Van Loon has recently been assigned to determine what is the right relation between religion andpubl ic education. In addition to this responsibility, Dr. Van Loon has recently been assigned the task of developing a nationwide program of Bible study conferences throughout the Methodist church. Dr. Van Loon came to his present position from the pastorate of the Parkside Methodist church in East Rochester, New York. He had previously served churches in Buffalo, New York, and in Bridgeport ’and Norwalk, Conn. He has also been chaplain and director of student worjj at Syracuse University Where he taught part time in the department of Bible and religion. He holds academic degrees from Syracuse and Yale Universities and is a member of the national association of Biblical instructors. He is a member of Kappa Phil Kappa and Theta Chi Beta fraternities. Preceeding the Lenten worship service there will be a fellowship, hour in the church dining room' at 6 o'clock. Arrangements are being made by a committee composed of Mr. and Mrs. William Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Markley,. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Bixler, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Loren Jones, Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Finlayson, and Mr. and Mrs. (Robert J. Ray. The public is invited to attend/

<&JOSNTAL V 1 W4| Admitted Paul Ortiz, Hicksville, O,; Jerry Hess, Decatur; Thomas Kollman, Decatur; Clarence Hermann, Fort Wayne. Dismissed Arthur Hurst, Sr., Decatur; Amelia Riojas, Monroe; Mrs. Ro-; bert G. Smith and baby girl, Decatur. , MIRTH 9) At the Adams county memorial hospital:

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Mr. and Mr*. Clifford Bea hr* of Dixon, O„ ata the parents of a baby boy born Friday at 7:08 p. m.. Weighing ten pounds and four and tbree-fourths ounces. Dancing Instruction To School Students Girl Scout Troop Will Form Classes Dancing instruction will be available to all junior and Senior high students of the city in a class being planned by Giri Scout Troop 17 undei* the direction of Mrs. Birney Brooks and Mrs. Devie Bedwell. . Dates for the lOrweek course will be announced later when interested persons indicate the most convenient times for the class. The place will also be announced later. U;. .. The instruction will be bandied by Arthur Murray teachers from Fort Wayne. There is no limit on the number of students who can participate, but the class must include at least 24 students. Mrs. Brooks announced that the purpose ot the instruction is to help young people adapt themselves to social life. She pointed out to the parents of eligible youngsters that since the classes would be properly supervised by adults they would provide a wholesome recreation lor leisure time. She also stated that, if the class proves successful, it might be possible to begin regular supervised Friday night dances for the teenagers of the city. She added that many youngsters do not attend dances now because they do not know how to dance. Mrs. Brooks said that a fee of |lO would bo asked to cover the 10 weeks but she pointed out that this is only a small .portion of the amount charged in regular Arthur Murray studios. Teenagers interested in taking advantage of the course must make reservations with Mrs. Brooks before February 28. Erect Lenten Cross On Lawn At Church The Wplther league, young people’s organisation of Zion Lutheran church, West Monroe Stret, is helping the church advertise its special Wednesday Lenten services by erecting an Moot white lenten croes on the lawn of the Zion parish ball, carrying a Lenten invitation and the time of midweek vespers. Bill Zwick, president of the league, and Dan Krueckeberg, chairman of Christian Growth, engineered the project and Jim Sheets constructed the cross, it was erected this afternoon to call attention to the Wednesday lenten vespers, 7:00 and 8:15 p. m., which begin next week on Ash Wednesday. The two passion vespers will be held each week of Lent and win be conducted fry the pastor of the church, the Rev. Edgar F- Schmidt. The children of the. Batuiday Bible school aid IKe church eboir, directed by David Emblor, .will furnish special musis. Donald Bteberieh Will accompany the services it the organ and will also serve as carilloneur of the church' tower bells. The Lutheran Church extends an invitation to the rion-Thdrched pub--He to attend these services, as well as’ the Sunday worship 1 services, 8 and 10:30 o'clqck.

Florida Coldest In Past 55 Years A. R. Ashbaucber Os this city who, With Mrs. Asbbaucher is vacationing in Florida, sent several newspapers clippings to the Daily Democrat this week telling of the severe frost which struck Florida recently. It was estimated that the Florida fruit crop was damaged ap- 1 proximately 35 percent by the temperature drop, which was general through Florida. It was *the coldest Florida weather recorded in 55 years, according to the report. Ashbaucher also said that he had visited with several other Decatur people in the the St. Petersburg area. The Ashbauchera will return |n another month. - - ~ a , Ijl >l* f— , Two Motorists Fitted On Traffic Charges Two men received fines of |1 and costs on charges of speeding in justice of the peace court Friday. Alfred T. Burkwin of Detroit, Mich., was arrested by city police on Thirteenth street and appeared in court at 1:15 p. m. State trooper fiene Rash arrested Clifford Jack Henniger of Lansing,

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111. ,at 10:35 p. m. Friday on U. S. highway 33 and Henniger wan in court later last night. New York — Thin city leads in tbe number of its taxicabs with U.79f».Washington la second with 9,584. Chicago third with 8,749. ahd Philadelphia Is in fourth place with 2,150. MARY’S Beauty Shop will be closed from February 19 until March 7. Itx

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