Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 218, Decatur, Adams County, 16 September 1955 — Page 6

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Lutheran Laymen’s Convention Sunday Hold Convention At New Haven School The 11th annual convention of the Lutheran laymen's league will be held, Sunday at the New Haven public school auditorium. The Decatur sone, which has over 1,000 members, will send representatives from each of the ten Lutheran churches In this area. T. G Eggers, of St Louis, director of films and tours, will give the principal address. He has just returned from a Holy Land tour followed by a stay In Europe. He will relate his recent experience overseas and outline the national program of the league. The convention will begin at 2:30 p. tn., with preliminary workshop sessions for club officers, Lutheran Hour representatives, and membership secretaries, starting at 1 p. m. A banquet, with the Rev. E. A. Nerger of St Paul's, Fort Wayne, as toastmaster, will begin at 6 p. m. The League’s biggest project is Memorials of Lasting Beauty 9 by Experienced Craftsmen ADRIAN WEMHOFF MEMORIALS Hl-Way 27-N. Decatur, Ind. 'AMERICAN FURNACES Sgrs *l9 OIL Hcori IFOR A COMFORT SURVEY CALL HAIIGKS PHONE 3-3316 209 N. 13th St. OPEN ’till 9 P. M.

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Song Evangelists C- * * A k - ■ Sfli JR Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bailey, of Portland, will be song evangelists during a series of evangelistic services at the ML Zion United Brethren church at Bobo, opening Sunday at 7:30 p. m. The pastor, the Rev. Carlyle Seiple, will deliver the sermons. the International Lutheran Hour. Two foreign broadcasts of the Hour are sponsored as a district, in Peru and Brasil, 8. A. The Northern Indiana district also provides a full tuition scholarship to Valparaiso University, offers grants-in-aid to area pastors for summer training sessions at Concordia Theological Seminary at St. Louis, and aids in the support of Camp Lutherhaven. The Rev. E. P. Schmidt is district pastoral advisor and will conduct the closing devotions at the afternoon sessions. Louis Jacobs, of Decatur, district president, will preside. Rev. Lengerich Back To U. S. From Chile The Rev. Ambrose Lengerich, C. P. P. S., member of the South American vicariate of the Precious Blood order. Catholic church, has returned to the United States from Chile. He has been a member of the South American vicariate since IH7. ; . Rev. Lengerich is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lengerich of Adams county. Monthly Holy Hour Here Next Sunday The monthly holy hour of the southeast district council of Catholic men will be held at 2:30 p. m. Sunday at St. Mary’s Catholic church in Decatur, according to an announcement by Richard Freistroffer, district president. The Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimet*, pastor, will conduct the services, with approximately 200 men expected to attend. The dis« trict officers will conduct a short business meeting following the holy hour. About 400,000 divorcee are granted in the U.S. each year. There alre about 1,205 miles of toll highways in the U. S.

Rural Church SALEM Evangelical and Reformed H. E. Settlage, minister September 18 is visiting Sunday. No Sunday school or worship service. The churchmen’s brotherhood will meet on Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Charge Youth With Slaying Os Parents Deaths Os Couple Are Laid To Son •a EATON. O. (INS) — • Preble county authorities were building a case today to back up their charge that 17-year-old Kenneth Bowman killed his parents and burned their bodies. The Bowmans had been originally believed the victims of an auto crash and fire on Labor Day. However, investigation showed that the fire in the car bearing Dayton carpenter Harold C. Bowman, 49, his wife, Maybelle, 47, and Kenneth, was confined to the interior of the car and did not start at or reach the engine or gasoline tank. Young Bowman, who was adopted by the Bowmans at the age of two and a half, was only slightly burned. He was taken to a psychiatric ward at Miami Valley hospital in Dayton. An autopsy revealed Thursday that Harold Bowman died not as a result of the fire, but of a shotgun wound in the head. Hia wife, Maybelle, is believed to have died of strangulation, sheriff Floyd Spitler said, because "a bone in her neck was broken which happens in 99 per cent of strangulation cases.” Other sources said that a kerosene can was found near the auto burning on Route 503 near West Alexandria. They said that preliminary tests revealed the presence of kerosene on Mrs. Bowman’s dress. Futhermore, state patrol corporal Walter Wells added, “the damage to the car was not sufficient for the speed and circumstances of the crash.’’ Another oddity in the case was the discovery of a 12-inch length of wire wrapped around Bowman’s right ankle and extending up his leg. Authorities have not explained this as yet, but will try to obtain answers to many questions as soon as they are able to question young Kenneth. Kenneth reportedly had argued with his parents over use of the family car. A warrant for the arrest of the youth was issued Thursday by Spitler, charging Kenneth with murder and arson.

IKE'S FARM (Continuea from Page Onei and the only man ever to be elected twice as governor, will be the starter for the national level land plowing contest Saturday and the celebration will be climaxed' by a speech by Vice President Richard M. Nixon that afternoon. Music was provided today by the Indiana home ecoomics chorus of 700 voices and the Manchester College choir. The Purdue University glee club wil sing at a plowmen’s banquet tonight. Louis Bromfield, farmer and author, will speak on “One Thousand Years in One.” Paul Staggs, of near Peru, was the victor in the state level land plowing competition Thursday, with a total of 74.5 points out of a possible 100. David Hannon, of Valparaiso, won second place with 73 and Charles Hand, of near Commiskey, Jennings county, was third with 71.75. Staggs and William Dluzak, of Wabash county, who won the state contour plowing contest Wednesday, will represent Indiana in the national plowing events. Also competing will be champions from Michigan, Pennsylvania. lowa, Illinois, Minnesota, ’Wisconsin, Missouri, Ohio and New York. Homer Williams, of New Ross, won the safety award for plowmen in both the cpntour and level land state contests. Nearly 25,000 persons, including several hundred flying farmers who landed their planes near the contest field, witnessed Thursday’s events. Trade in a Good town — Decatu.

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THE “ 7 KfemisJ r r J MI B«ekrr«an4 S«rl*tar«> Leviticus 23: 21-32: Malachi. _ , . .. „ Devatlanal llea<ia(i Epbeilaiu S l-8. What Is Right? Lesson for September 18, 1955 THE most dangerous notion in the world is that “figbfV’ and ••wrong” do not mean anything at all but “I like it” and “I don’t like it” When people begin to think along thaf line, all the walls are down, they have made the surren-

der of their character. Right and wrong do mean something, and all the slippery philosophies t o the contrary notwithstanding, a person who is blind to these green and red lights is headed

straight into trouble. Even when people are professing not to see any sense in those great words, for themselves, however, they do see how important they are for others. - _ Doing As Everybody Doos One of the wrong ways to find out what’s rigftt and what’s noL is the simple, easy, and foolish method of counting noses. That is, some people will think anything at all is right if enough people do it At the lowest level, take some primitive tribe in Borneo where men are admired in proportion to the number of heads—human heads—they have cut off and brought home. The “best citizens” of such communities are the most murderous! Now it has not occurred yet to some of those people that this killing ,fe wrong; everybody does it, everybody has always done it, so it must be right. At the upper level, or at higher levels anyhow, take some American school or college where more than two-thirds of the students cheat on examinations. Everybody does it, the freshman is told, so it must be all right. In the same community, perhaps, people who should know better will indulge in liquor just because “everybody” does it. But you cannot make a wrong thing right by addition. Doing At You Like Another mistake about right and Wrong is to suppose that if a thing appeals to you strongly enough it must be right—for you. One man’s meat is another man’s poison, you will be told..lf it is pleasanL that is a sigh it is good; if it is unpleasant, that is a sign it is bad, or wrong. Now everybody knows how silly this is, when they see some one else putting up this kind of excuse. But when it comes home to one’s own self, one sings a different tune. We hear talk like this: “I have a right to oe happy, haven’t I? . . . You can’t expect me to sacrifice my own interests . . . Something- I want so much can’t be very wrong . . . Tm in the grip of something too big for me . . . After all. I've got myself to consider ... If you knew how much this means to me you wouldn’t blame me . , .” and so forth and so forth. Now there is a grain of truth—no more than a grain, mind you—in this kind of philosophy of life. Certainly the opposite is wrong, too: if the pleasant is not always the same as the good, the unpleasant it not always good either. Stuff you hate to eat may be good for you (like spinach) or it may be bad for you (like underdone sausage). In an ideal life, a person would love to do what is right to be done, he would not hate it. Still it does not follow that duty is always delightful, or that the “kick” we get out of something is a measure of how right it is for us. Doing What God Likes Malachi the prophet many centuries ago said pretty plainly, in the name of God, what is the real difference between right and wrong. (And of course this is not the only place in the Bible where this comes out.) The righteous (the good man) is one who serves God; the wicked man is the one who does not serve him. Now that is not so simple as it is true. The will of God cannot be read off like a blueprint. God does not stand at a man’s elbow all day long- dictating to him moment by moment what he must do. Nevertheless in the Word of God we have the main lines of God’s will plainly shown. We are never to be saved the trouble of thinking our problems through. But yet we do have some course-lights, some beacons on our way. We have the Ten Commandments. We have the Golden Rule. We have the inspired word, “He that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law." The will of God —the right for men and women— Is as simple, and as profound, as love. When you have a wrong train of thoughts, stop the train. All true service springs from love. - ■

Rural Churches ST. JOHN EVANGELICAL AND REFORMED, VERA CRUZ Louis C. Minsterman, minister 9:30 am., Sunday school. 10:30 am.. church service. Offering for the Reusser Fund. Monday, 7:30 pm., guild meets at church. Sunday, Sept. 25, all-day mission festival. Missionary H. Beecken, speaker. ST. PAU LMISSIONARY Louis Klotzbach, pastor 9:15 a.m., Sunday morning worship. 10:15 a.m., Sunday school. The guest speaker will be Mr. Ronald McCune, from the West Berne Missionary church. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m,, mid-weke service. WREN CIRCUIT E. U. B. A. N. Straley, minister Bethel 9:30 a.m., Sunday school. Hershel White, supt. Leeson: “God's Call to Righteous Living.” 10:30 a.m., morning worship. Sermon: “ A Great Crusade.” Wood Chapel 9:30 a.m., Sunday school, Paul Henrey, suipt. 10:30 a.m., prayer service. C. R. Abbott, class leader 8 p.m., evening worship. Sermon 'The Great Commandment —II”. Thursday, 8 p.m., prayer meeting at Bethel and Wood Chapel and also youth fellowship at Wood Chapel. PLEASANT MILLS BAPTIST James Reffett, pastor 9:30 a.m. Sunday school. Lowell Noll, S. S. Supt. The pastor is slowly recovering from the 111 effects of a recent traffic accident. UNION CHAPEL Evangelical United Brethren Lawrence T. Norris, pastor 9:30 a.m., Sunday school. Wendell Miller, supt. Robert Plumley, assistant. 10:20 am., worship service. This is college seminary day. 7:30 p.m., worship service. ♦Wednesday, 8 p.m., prayer meeting. With Youth Fellowship in the basement. RIVARRE CIRCUIT United Brethren Churches Carlyle Seiple, pastor ML Victory Morning worship service, 9:30 a.tn., message by the pastor. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.. Chalmer Bfodbeck. .superintendent. Administrative board meeting following worship service. Wednesday evening, prayer meeting at 8 o’clock under the leadership of the class leader, Gregg .Knittie. Pleasant Grove Sunday school, 9:30 a.m., Warren Harden, superintendent. Worship service, 10:30 a.m. Message by the pastor. Christian endeavor at 7 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30 led by David Barkley, class leader. Mt. Zion at Bobo Sunday school, 9:30 a.m., Thurman Bebout, superintendent Worship service, 10:30 a.m. Bishop Lloyd Eby, of Huntington, speaker. At 7:30 p.m.. the first of a series of evangelistic services will be conducted by the pastor, with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bailey, Portland, as song evangelists. The special meetings will continue for at least two weeks. The public is cordially invited to attend any or all of the meetings of our church. If you live in the vicinity of any of the three United Brethren Churches mentioned above, and have no church home, we invite you to come and fellowship with us and make one of these churches your church home. PLEASANT DALE Church of the Brethren John D. Mishler, pastor 9:30 a.m., Sunday school for every member of the family. Robert Nussbaum as superintendent and Mrs. Naomi Mishler as children's director. 10:30 a.m., morning worship. This Sunday is our Harvest DayHomecoming. The Rev. Moyne Landis, district secretary from Southern Ohio and living at West Milton, Ohio, will be the speaker. The annual Achievement offering will be given for the answer to The Upward Call of God; during the service today. At noon there will be a carry-in dinner in the basement of the church for all attending the services. 1:45 p.m., the afternoon service will be a wots hip and Homecoming service when the Rev. Landis will again address the congregation and friends. Several numbers of special music will be provided at these services and there will be an oppor tunity for visitors and friends to bring greetings. There will be no evening services this Sunday. The Hour of Power will be on Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m. Bible study will be from I Corinthians 15. A cordial invitation is given to all to worship with us in these services of the church. . -?- • J

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ST. LUKE EVANGELICAL AND REFORMED, HONDURAS Louis C. Minsterman, minister 9 am., church service. 10 a.m. Sunday school. Offering for building and repair. Saturday, 1 p.m., confirmation class. ■ , ANTIOCH United Missionary Charles Collier, pastor Kilis Smiles, S. S. Supt. Sunday school lesson for Sept 18 is "David’s Misplaced Confidence.” The central verse of the I Bible is Psalm 118:8 “It is better I LAWSON Plumbing * Heating Appliances Sales and Service Phone 3-3626 W. Monroe St FARM BUREAU INSURANCE Leland A. Ripley Monroe, Ind. ADAMS COUNTY FARM BUREAU CO-OP Everything in Farm Supplies Berne • Williams • Monroe Pleasant Mills - Geneva Rose Hill Dairy, Inc. BUY THE GALLON AND SAVE 351 N. 10th St. Decatur AUGUST CAFETERIA 222 N. 2nd St. Decatur, Indiana Fine Food - Fast Service Phone 3-3305 Treon’e Poultry Market Fresh Dressed Poultry Fresh Eggs — Free Delivery Phone 3-3717 Engle & Irwin Motors NE*W and USED CARS Your Studebaker-Packard Dealer Winchester & U. 8. il Decatur

Ohouse FURNITURE STORE Successors to Zwlck Furniture Store Kelly’s Dry Cleaning PLANT and OFFICE 427 N. 9th St. Across from G. E. BEAVERS OIL SERVICE ' Dependable Farm Service Phone 3-2705 Decatur Music House Pianos, Organs, Instruments Sales - Service 264 N. 2nd Bt. MPhone 3-3353 Sheet Music COLES MARKET MEATS and GROCERIES 237 W. Monroe St Phone 3-2516 SMITH DRUG CO. Your Rexall Drug Store 149 N. 2nd St Phonb 3-3614 The First State Bank DECATUR, IND. ESTABLISHED 1883.. v . ; * MEMBER F.D.I.C. REAL ESTATE—INSURANCE The Decatur Insurance Agency Est. 1887 Bob Heller, Agent Heller Bldg. Decatur, Ind. Habegger Hardware "The Store Where Old-Fashioned Courtesy Prevails” 140 West Monroe Phone 8-3716

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W elcome The Stranger At Church By Rev. J. R. Meadows First Impressions may not always be right, but nevertheless they are usually lasting. How necessary, then, that our contacts with' church visitors should establish lasting, correct and permanent bands of friendship. To this end. meet the visitor and worshipper with a warm handshake, a friendly smile and a cordial greeting. Frigid air has a place and a purpose in a refrigerator, but it is entirely out of place in the precincts of a Christian church. Greetings here should be warm, wholehearted, friendly and cordial. There is no danger of overdoing a sincere welcome. Visitors’ first impressions of your church, its members and its services should be right and lasting* The solution rests with you as a member of your church. Extend your hand and open your mouth in friendly greeting. The results will be mutually beneficial to both yourself, your congregation and to the one you have greeted. Try it and see for yourself the blessing that God will bestow upon you. THIS WEEK’S BIBLE VERSE "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” — Hebrews 13:2. to trust In the Lord than to put confidence in Man." Come study this lesson with us. 9:30 a.m. Morning worship, 10:30 a.m. Evening young people. 7 p.m. Evening evangelistic. 7:30 p.m. The church needs you and you need the church. Go to church somewhere Sunday. If you are not a regular attendant elsewhere, come over to Antioch where "Friends Meet.” 3Mi miles west of South City limits. Zuercher Music Store U. 8. No. 27, S. Berne, Ind. Full line of band and string Instruments and Accessories Pianos, Organs—Liberal Terms We repair all instruments.

Stucky Furniture Co. 30 Years of Continuous Business MONROE, IND. Sherman White & Co. KRAFT BUILDING Winchester St Cream — Eggs — Poultry Victor Kneuss. Mgr. Phone 3-3600 DECATUR HATCHERY Decatur Chicks & DeKalb Chicks and Kelvlnator Appliances 1315 W. Adams Phone 3-2971 Quality Shoes for the Family X-Ray Fitting Decatur, Ind. “WORKING FOR YOU” MONROE GRAIN & SUPPLY, INC. Feeds • Seeds - Fertilizer Coal and Farm Supplies MONROE, INDIANA

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