Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 233, Decatur, Adams County, 4 October 1955 — Page 2

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MIS* LOR*VTA MAUCH IS HONORED AT SNOWER Miss Lorena R»»ch w» boaored with a grocery shower S»ada» afternoon. giro® by Mro- Vyrtt | Becker. Mm. Hwn iHawarWsf.. and Miss Movkk Bwnrchteg the latter * baaae. Mm Ranch wit! 6 exchange row* wish Lca.i Rasa schlag on Saturday October IX. Upon her arrival. th* tewwrtel guest was prwaeated wtth a «*te| sage of yeilnw chrywtcfrMMwa Game* were playa* aunt griaa* wna by Mias Rauch. Mrs. 3nh* Gtrart.» and Mrs. Horaer Reach, Mrs. Girard and Mrs Rauc* then presented them to the guest ot honor. The many gifts, tended on a dec-1 orated wagon, wean drawn in by the little Misses Patrtete, Lai*, and Susan DeKoniwk, and th* Misses Louann and Alice Becker. After the gifts were opened, refreshments were served by the hostesses. Guests includwd Mrs. Alfred Rauch. Mis* Harriet (Ranch. Miss Ruth Rauch. Mrs. Frank DeKoninck, Mrs. Leonard Lengerich. Mrs. Homer Rauch. Mrs. Charles Rauch. Mrs. John Rauch, Mr*. Lewis Rumschlag, Miss Dorothy (Riitnschlag. Mrs. Leonard Rosenbeck. Mrs. Jerome Rumschlag, Mrs John Girard. Miss Patricia DeKoninck. Miss Lois DeKoninck. Miss Susan DeKoninck. Miss Louann Becker, Miss Alice Becker, and the honored guest Unable to attend but sending a gift was Mrs. Cletus Rumschlag. BAPTIST BROTHERHOOD IS HOST TO MEETING The Baptist brotherhood was host to the Salamonie association Monday evening. The Salamonie association is made up of 11 Baptist churches. The dinner was prepared by Mrs. Jane Kenworthy. Mrs. Frank Sowards, and Mrs. Ellis Call. The high school girts who are members of Cal Peterson's class served the me*l. Judge Myles F. Parrish was speaker for the evening, and the “Sentimental Four,” a quartet Oom Fort Wayne, rendered several musical numbers. MISS LOIS STRAHM PLANS WEDDING IN NOVEMBER Mr. and Mrs. William Strahm of this city, have announced the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter. Lots Belle, to Paul William Johnson, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Pau) E. Johnson of route four, Bluffton. . ( Miss Strahm is a graduate of Decatur high school and International Business College in Fort Wayne. She is now employed as a secretary in the engineering and technical departments at the Central Soya company in Decatur. Her fiance was graduated from Bluffton high school and is presently employed at Franklin Electric company of Bluff ten. . The wedding will take place at the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church on November 20, with the Rev. John E. Chambers officiating. COUPLE HONORED AT RECENT PARTY A picnic and shower honoring Miss Mary Jo Graliker and her fiance, Clayton M. CHne of KalaT E E P LE MOVING & TRUCKING Local and Lon* Dtetene* PHONE 3-2607 DON’T TAKE A CHANCE TAKE PLENAIWNS Smith Drug Co. Jbo Welcome Wagon Hostess Will Knock on Your Door with Gifts & Greetings from Friendly Business Neighbors and Your Civic and Social Welfare Leader* On ths occasion oft The Birth oi * Baby Sixteenth Birthdays EngagomeatAnoouaceaMßSi Change of residence Arrivals of Nawoomar* te City Phone 3-3196 or 3-3479

smsoo. Mich., was given recently fby Mt. and Mrs. Don Giant of Ma*tesMisa Graliker and Mr. Cline, who 4 will exchang* vow* Saturday mornteg in M Mary’s Catholic church. ’ reeaived many lovely gifts at the ‘'party. Attending in addition to the teMMMwd guests and host and hostess ware Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Heimaan. MT. tend Mrs. David Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Mik ter. Miss Dorothy Uleman, Miss »Marten* Laurent and Mis* Jan* Laurent, all of Decatur, and Eugene Derig of Fort Wayne. Unable i to attend but sanding a gift was I Miss Sheila Murtaugh of Fort Wayne. MEETING OF RESEARCH CLUB IS HELD MONDAY AFTERNOON The opening meeting of the Research club was held at the home 1 of Mrs. L. A- Cowen* Monday afternoon at &;30 o'eloek. Mrs. C. C. Pumphrey, leader for the afternoon, conducted a lively current event session and then followed with an interesting paper on gems. -After a short business mastiag, led by the president Mrs. E. H. Cook, th* hostess invited the group into the dining room where a beautifully decorated tea table awaited them. Mrs. Cowens was assisted by Mr*. Guy Brown, Mrs. W. L. Harper, Mrs. R. D. Myers, and Mrs. Mary Jane Saylors in serving refreshments. JUNIOR* OF LEGION AUXILIARY MEET MONDAY The Juniors of th* American Legton auxiliary unit 43 met at th* Legion home Monday evening. The business meeting was conducted by the president, Kathryn Goals. Plans were made for the year ahead. Th* group made Halloween tray favors and games were played, with a number of prizes awarded. Six new members were welcomed into the organization and a lovely luncheon was served by Mrs. Don Harmon, Mrs. Dick Mansfield, Mrs. Leslie Hunter, and Mrs. Marjorie Shook, assisted by their daughters. The next meeting will be held November 7. The Union Chapel W. S. W. S. will meet Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Robert Folk at 7:30 •’clock. Mrs. Janet Brown will be the program leader. Members are • reminded so fcrintf fcttts ter-monntain school for Indians. The Everready class of the Methodist church will meet at the church in the ladies lounge at 7:30 o’clock. Hostesses will be the Mesdames Rose Weldy, E. W. Johnson, R. D. Myers, and Delton , Passwater. Mrs. O. K. Baker will have charge of the devotions and program. W. S. W. S. unit two of the Beth- ' any E. U. B. church will meet Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Clarence R. Smith. Mrs. Glen Custard will be the leader. r " J. The Literature department of . the Decatur Woman's club will have a potluck supper Monday evening at <:3O o’clock at the home of Mrs. C. A. Dugan. The V. F. W. Fathers auxiliary will hold a business and social meeting at the post home Thursday evening at 8 o’clock. Commander Ray Ballard will be in charge of the meeting. All members are asked to attend. Mrs. Dick Deininger will be hostess to So-Cfca-Rea Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock. Mrs. Joe Murphy will be hostess to the St. Joseph study club Thursday evening at 8:15 o’clockThe Pleasant Dale ladies aid will meet all day Thursday in the parish hall. The Psi lota Xi sorority will meet Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock at the Youth and Community Center. • The Decatur Camera club will meet at the Youth and Community center Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock. , The Pythian Sisters wit! have a rummage sale Saturday all day at the K. of P. bom*. Admitted .Master Roger Lee Bowman, Dixon. O.; Master Michael Snyder, Monroeville. Dismissed Master Roger Klinger, Convoy. 0.: Warren Gaskill, Monroeville; Mrs. lUchard Rhymer, Monroeville: Peter A- He^s.-Decatur; Mrs. Joseph Myers. Monroeville.

Society Items for today’* publication must be phoned In by It *.m. (Saturday *:9O a.ra.) Karen Striker Phone *2121 TUESDAY Tri Kappa sorority, Youth and Community C*nt*r, 7:38 p. m. Catholic Ladies of Columbia, business meeting, C. L. of C. hall, 7:30 p. m. Eta Tau Sigma sorority, Mrs. Leo Faurate, I p. tn. Welcome Wagon club, publie library, 7:30 y.m. Gals and Pals home demonstration club, Mrs. Roman Sprunger, 1 7:30 p. m. Eagles auxiliary, officers, Eagles hall, * p. m. Happy Homemakers home demonstration club, Mr*. Kenneth Parrish, 7:30 p. m. Beta Sigma Phi city council, Mrs. George Bair, 8 p. m WEDNESDAY Psi lota XL Youth and Community Center, 8 p.m. Sancta Maria study club, 8 p. m., Mrs. Leo Teepl*. Our Lady of Good Counsel study club, Mrs. Ed Vian, 8 p. m. St George study club, Mrs. Jerome- Wellman, Bryant 8 p. m. Ladle* Shakespeare club, Mrs. C. A. Dugan, 2:30 p. m. Girl Scout training. Community Center, 8:46 to 10; 45 a. m. and 1:15 to 3:15 p. tn. Women’s guild of Zion E. and R. church, church parlors, 7:30 p. m. THURSDAY W. S. W. S. of Union Chapel, Mr*. Robert Folk, 7:30 p. m. V. F. W. Fathers auxiliary, business and social meeting, post home. 8 p. m. Pleasant 'Dale ladies aid, parish hall, all day. St Joseph study club, Mrs. Joe Murphy, 8: IS p. m. SoCha-Rea, Mrs. Dick Deininger, 7:30 p. m. Everready class of Methodist church, ladies lounge, 7:30 p. m. W. 8. W. S. unit two of Bethany E. U. B. church, Mrs. Clarence R. Smith, 7:30 p. m. Mt. Zion W. M. A. of Bobo, Mrs. Alfred Daniele, 7:30 p. m. Heidelberg class of Zion E. and R. church, church, 7:30 p. m. Girt Scout training, Community Center, 8:45 to 10:45 a. m. and 1:15 to 3:16 p. m. Greet Books discussion group, public library, 8 p. m. W. S. W. S. unit three of Bethany E. U. B. church, Pauline Warren. 2 JJ. m. ’•’’Ladle* ’M ‘Trthity E. U. B. church, at the church, 7:30 p. m. Pleasant Grove W. M. A., Mrs. Anna Grote, 1 p. m. SATURDAY Rummage Sale, sponsored by Pythian Sisters, all day, K. of P. home. Rummage and bake sale, sponsored by Catholic Ladies of Columbia, C. L. of C. hall, 9 a. m. Rummage sale, sponsored by Pythian Sisters, K. of P. home, ail day. MONDAY Literature department of Woman's club. Mrs. C. A. Dugan, potluck supper. 6:30 p. m. Decatur Camera club, Youth and Community center, 7:30 p. m. Carl R. Norr, 47, Geneva, has been cited to appear in Justice of the peace court at Bluffton for permitting a 15-year-old boy to operate a motor vehicle. The charge “was made by state police. The Geneva Booster Club held a meeting recently to discuss problems and elect officers for the ensuing year. Carl Bauserman was elected president. Dr. Campbell, secretary and David Stueky, treasurer. The big question discussed was the county road which runs past the Lybarger gravel pit. Prosecutor Lewis Smith will give a talk on “the duties of a good citizen" at the Berne high school tonight. The Berne-French high school will publish la monthly paper, starting, the latter part es this month. Nancy Smith has been named editor and John Augsburger.; managing editor. Five Portland youths who have been putting on Halloween pranks a little early, have been cited to court, on charges of shooting out ; street lights and engaging in other i acts of vandalism. School Bus Drivers Meet Monday Night A meeting of the bus drivers for i Adame county schools took place! Monday evening in the court room. I The main talk of the session was on driver safety given by William Hunter of the state police safety education division. Talks were also given by Lewis L. Smith, Adams connty prosecut-' ing attorney, who discussed legal responsibilities, and by Milton Thrasher of Huntington county,; iseorttaiF-'tijeasurer of (the Ind- I iana association of school bus! drivers, who spoke on school bus' | specifications. 1

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Region One Bankers Meet October 12 Region one of the Indiana bankers association will convene for its 45th annual meeting Wednesday, October 12, at the Van Orman hotel. Fort Wayne. Clyde E. Flowers, president, region one. and vice president, Lincoln National Bank apd Trust company. Fort Wayne, will preside over the meeting. Other officers of region one are vice president. M. L. Ringo, executive vice president. Lake City Bank, Warsaw, and secretary-treasurer. Donald C. Alberty, cashier. Citizens State Bank, Columbia City. Registration for the meeting will begin at 5' p. m.. which will be followed by a social hour in the Oak Room of the hotel. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p. m. in the ballroom. Immediately following dinner there will be a report from the nominating committee. Add Mueller Paper To Geneva Records Strauss Apologizes For Barring Paper BLOOMINGTON. Ind (INS) — Nobel Prize winning geneticist Dr. Hermann J. Mueller said today he has no rancor toward the atomic energy commission for the Geneva incident but that he intends to continue telling what radiation can do. At a press conference in Washington, D. C„ Monday, AEQ chairman Lewis Strauss apologized for barring Mueller’s talk from the Geneva atoms for peace conference last August. Strauss said he understood the paper dealt too much with the bombing of Hiroshima wTiTch put it “out of bounds’’ for the conference set up to consider peaceful uses 'of atomic energy. He added that the paper will be recorded in the conference archives and in the more important conference report. Strauss said he takes full personal responsibility for the “snafu” in handling correspondence wit!? the Indiana University scientist. Mueller has been in opposition to the AEC for some time with regards to test explosion of radioactive weapons. He said such explosions will turn loose radioactive particles that will change the hereditary mechanism of mankind. The geneticist, who w’on the Nobel prize for his findings on the mutation caused by X-ray in fruit ffierf, said he will continue to urge Ahat the danger of radiation be msde publijcjiwctwjedge

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Slow Enlistment In I Volunteer Training Teenage Program Is Failure Thus Far WASHINGTON (INS) — Th® army conceded today that the teen-1 age military training program thus far has failed to recruit volunteers ’ fast enough to assure Its success, i Only four to five thousand trainess are expected to be signed up I for the first three months of the 1 program, which got underway this week. Enlistments of nearly 8,000 a 1 month are required to achieve the, goal of 90,000 trainees The ‘ program for vqlunteer training was approved by congress in place of i an administration request for a compulsory short • term universal training program for IS and 19 year olds. However, army spokesmen said' the hope is that, once the first ; trainees have sent favorable re-j ports back home and the Christmas holidays are out of the way, the, 8,000-a-month figure can be real-, bed. Meanwhile, the army announced | that the goal for the fiscal year ending next June 30 has been cut I from 90.000 to 55,000 trainees —with nearly 50.000 to be recruited, in the first half of 15)56. Give Demonstration On Procedure The Adams Central FFA, under the direction of Martin Watson, presented an excellent demonstration on parliamentary procedure at i the Decatur high school Monday evening. Dee Myron Byerly presided over the group, and at each meeting officers bold their specific positions and quoted their duties. The group is alert and conducts.: its business meetings in 121 minutes. During this length of time, i as many as five motions are en-1 tertained and taken care of. They ’ demonstrated entertainment of a: motion, amendments to motions. I how to table a motion, adjourn- ! ment, and various other parliamenI tary practices. The Adams Central ; FFA team will present the same demonstration Monday, October 10, at the Berne high school. Next meeting at the Decatur hijh school will be Tuesday. October 11. Attorney Lewis Smith will discuss ' "The Duties of a Good Citizen." | j The public is invited. i Pythian Sisters Rummage Sale, Saturday all day. October 8. At K. of P. Home. T

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