Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 239, Decatur, Adams County, 11 October 1955 — Page 3

TUESDAY. OCTOBER H, 1955

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MERRY MATRONS HOLD FAMILY PICNIC RECENTLY The Merry Matrons home demonstration club held their first family picnic Sunday at the Monroeville park, with a potluck dinner featured at noon. Following the dinner, Mrs. Walter Thieme held a short business meeting with the group. Af;er the meeting, games were enjoyed with Mrs. Wilbert Thieme and Mrs. Ervin Fuelling in charge. Forty-four persons attended the picnic. JUNIOR WOMEN MEETING MONDAY Eighteen members were present for the October meeting of the Junior Women’s department of the Decatur Woman’s club, which was held last evening at the home of Mrs. Floyd Reed. The hostess,was assisted by Miss Spnya Stuckey, Mrs. James Webb, and Mrs. Paul Hammond. The business meeting was conducted by the president, Mrs. Fred Meyer, and Miss Ann Smith, secretary, read the minutes. Seven new members were initiated into the group and Mrs. Reed was appointed as secretary for the coming year. During the meeting, the group decided to sponsor Brownie troop eight again this year with Mrs.

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David Embler, Jr., and Mrs. James Webb aS representatives. The meeting was closed with the club collect and refreshments were served by the hostess and assisting hostesses. MISS JANE RENTZ IS WED TO ROBERT MILLER Sunday evening at 6 o'clock, Miss Jane Alice Rentz became the bride of Robert Allen Miller, in the Zion Lutheran church, with the Rev. Edgar P. Schmidt officiating for the double-ring ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. George Rentz of 210 South Thirteenth street are the parents of the bride and Mr. and Mrs. Nevin Miller of route three, Decatur, are the bridegroom’s parents. The church altar was graced with an altar vase and matching beauty vases of golden chrysanthemums, palms, and candelabras. Mrs. Fred Fruchte, organist, played "Liebestraum,” by Liszt. Miss Mary Rentz, soloist, sang “The Lord’s Prayer,” and “Wedding Prayer.” The bride chose a gown of nylon tulle and imported lace. The portrait neckline formed a deep V in the back and the basque bodice of lace was finished with long tight sleeves ending in points over the hands. The bouffant waltz length skirt of nylon tulle and imported cut lace, fell gracefully over nylon pleated tulle. Her fingertip veil of satin Juliet was caught to a head piece spudded with seed pearls and sequins. She carried a cascade bouquet of white roses and stephanotis, centered with an orchid twined with ivy. Anita Mae Rentz, sister of the bride, attended her as ‘maid-of-hon-or and bridesmaids were. Miss Sue Miller, Miss Pat Miller, Miss Mary Rentz. The attendants were all dressed in yellow taffeia waltzlength gowns, and carried round bouquets of yellow chrysanthemums. Their headpieces were of matching yellow mums. Robert L. Bultemier attended the bridegroom as best man and ushers included Leo Sheets, Charles F, Fuhrman, and Carl E. Miller. For her daughter's wedding, Mrs. Rentz chose and aqua taffeta dress trimmed in matching lace and white accessories while the bridegroom’s mother wore a navy blue taffeta striped dress with white accessories. They both wore corsages of Fleur' D Amours and stephanotis. Approximately 200 gues's attended was, immediately following the ceremony in the Zion parish hall basement. The hall was decorated with clusters of white wedding bells tied with gold ribbon, plants, and cut flowers. Servers Included Rxittr Weigman, Connie Strickler, Jeanette Hahnert, June Edwards, Marlene Ohler, Kay Ann Witte, Mrs. Paul Seibel. Mrs. James E. Doty, and Mrs. W. T. D, Brock. / For traveling to southerA Indiana, the bride chose a blue-grey

suit with navy accessories and the orchid from her bridal bouquet. The new Mrs. Miller is a graduate of Decatur high school and is employed at the Decatur Industries, Inc. Her husband was graduated from Monmouth high school and is employed at the A. and P. store. Following their honeymoon, the •couple "will reside at uiv NTmiCk street in Decatur. MISS NANCY KRICK TO WED NOVEMBER 11 Mrs. Walter J. Krick announces the engagement and approaching marriae of her daughter, Nancy, to James Monroe Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Monroe Thompson of Aldan, Pa. The bride-eleit attended Otterbein College and is employed with the McQall Publishing company of Dayton, Ohio. Her fiance was graduated from Missouri School of Mines at Rolla. Mo., and is a metallurgical engineer with the Frigidaire company in Dayton. The marriage will be solemnized in the chapel of the Grace Methodist church in Dayton, on November 11. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Schwartz entertained the following for Sunday dinner: Rev. Howard Krider of Liberty Mills, Rev. John Mishler and family, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Griffiths, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Baumgartner, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Arnold. Mr. and Mrs.-William Ehrsam, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Pease, Mr. and Mrs. Branden Lash, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Clouser, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Henschen, Miss Kate Barger, Miss Victoria Stoneburner, Fred Adler, Mrs. Ruby Ditto, and Mrs. Emma Liby. < Troop 63 will meet at trie Youth and Community Center, Friday evening at 6:30 o’clock. Members are asked to notice the change of time and place. The Dorcas class of the Bethany E. U. B. church will meet tonight at 7:30 o’clock in the church basement. The W. S. W. S. of the Calvary E. U. B. church will meet at the church Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Girl Scout troop four will meet Friday at 4 o’clock at the Youth and Community Center. Members are asked to note the change in date. A masquerade party will be held by the Monroe Better Homes demonstration club tonight at 7:30 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Ervin Stucky. Members are asked to come masked. »;■. ruffiu <»; : .. ■ - The Town and Country home demonstration club will meet Thursday at 1:30 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Elmo Miller at the Homestead. Girl Scout troop nine will have an organization meeting Thursday evening at the Yojjth and Communit/'Center in the Girl Scout room at 4 o'clock. The senior class of Monomuth high school is sponsoring a dance at Reltdorf’s barn Friday night. The dance will begin at 8:30 o’clock and admission price is 50 cents per person. The American Legion, auxiliary will meet tonight at t*he Legion home at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Aoes Arnold will be hostess to the Delta Theta Tau sorority tonight with initiation at 6:15 o’clock. The associated churches of Decatur will not meet on October 13, as was originally scheduledT~but will meet on October 20. Members of the Business and Professional Women's club will meet Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Dutch Mill in Bluffton. The

Mat The • , Welcome Wagon Hostess Will Knock on Your Door with Gifts & Greetings from Friendly Business Neighbors and Your Civic and Social Welfare Leaders Oh tht occasion oft The Birth of a Baby Sixteenth Birthdays Engagement Announcements Change of residence Arrivals of Newcomers to City Phone 3*3196 or 3*3479

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Society Item* for today’s pub- . ilcatlon must be phoned In by Karen Striker Phone 3-2121 TUESDAY Dorcas class of Bethany E.U.B. church, church basement, 7:30 p. m. Monroe Better Homes demonstration Club, masquerade party, Mrs. Ervin Stucky, 7:30 p. m. . Delta Theta Tau, initiation, Agnes Arnold, 6:15 p. m. American Legion Auxiliary, Legion Home, 8 p. m. Delta Lambda chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, business meeting, Mrs. Jerome Keller, 8 p. m. Better Homes demonstration club, .Mrs. Ervin Stucky of Monroe, masquerade party, 7:30 p. m.. St. Mary’s township Farm Bureau, Bobo school, 8 p. m. « Church Mothers study club, Zion E. and R church, 8 p. ra. Xi Alpha Xi chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, Mrs. ,Glen Mau Her, 8 p. m. Valparaiso guild, Immannel Lutheran church, 8 p.m. Associate chapter of Tri Kappa, Mrs. Walter J. Krick, 7:30 p. m. St. Catherine discussion group, Mrs. Cletus Heimann, 8 p. m. Hagies auxiliary, Eagles hall. 8 p. m. W. S. W. S. of Trinity church guest night, church parlors, 7:30 p. m. Rebekah lodge, I. O. O. F. hall, 7:36 p, m. Kirkland W. C. T. U., Mrs. Harve Haggard, 7: 30 p. m. Monmouth P. T. A., school, 7:30 p. m. WEDNESDAY Business and Professional Women’s club, 6:30 p.m. Dutch Mill at Bluffton. Evangeline circle of Zion E. and R. church, church, 7:30 p. m. Lady of Lourdes study club, Mrs. Mary Ann Selking, 8 p. m. Epsilon Sigma and Xi Alpha lota Chapters of Beta Sigma Phi, rush party, Elks home, 8 p. m. I Historical club, Mrs. Henry Adler, 2:30 p.m. Zion Lutheran missionary' society, all day sewing and potluck dinner, Mrs. Will Schnepf, 9:30 p. m. Ruth circle of Presbyterian church, Mrs. Robert Macklin, 8 p. m. kaomi circle of Presbyterian church, Mrs. Robert Anderson, 8 p. m. American Legion auxiliary fourth district Past Presidents parley, Rome City, potluck dinner gt hQOIL Ava Mana study club, Mrs. CbarTHURSDAY Town and Country home demonstration club, Mrs. Elmo Miller, Homestead, 1:30 p. m. M t Pleasant W. -S. G. S., church, 1 p. m., silent auction. Mary circle of Presbyterian church, church parlor, 2:30 p. m. Martha circle o( Presbyterian church, Mrs. William Schrock, 2:30 p. m. Order of the Eastern Star, Masonic hall, 7:30 p. m. Salem W. S. W. S., Mrs. Morris Miller, 1:30 p. m. Queen of Rosary study dub, Mrs. Wayne Peterson, 8 p.m. • .D. A. V." auxiliary, business meeting, D.A.V. home, 7:30 p.m. St. Jude’s study club, Mrs. Wayne Ford, 7:30 p.m. Holy Family study club, Mrs. Russell Schooler, 8:30 p. m. Women of the Moose, Moose home, 8 p. m., officers at 7:30 p. m. Little Flower study Club, Mrs. Rose Tanvas, 8 p. m. Girl Scout troop nine, Youth and Community Center, Girl Scout room, 4 p. m. FRIDAY Troop 63, Youth and Community Center, 6:30 p. m., members note change in time and place. W. S. W. S. of Calvary E. U. B. church, at church, 7:30 p. m. Girl Scout troop four, Youth and Community Center, 4 p. m„ members note change of date. Rummage sale, Presbyterian church basement, 1 p. m. to 4 p. m. SATURDAY » Rummage sale, Presbyterian church basement, 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. program will feature a book review by Miss Lucille Beavers, Adams Central teacher who is a member of the club. Admitted Mrs. Amanda Ward, Decatur: Mrs. May Miller, Willshire, O. Dismissed Mrs. Harold Curtis and babyboy, Decatur; Master Leon Ams:utz, Berne; Mrs. Eiigene Morrison and baby boy, Decatur. Rummage Sale, Presbyterian Church basement, Friday P. M. and Saturday 9:00 A. M. Winter Clothing, Shoes and Bedding. ,238t5 Chicago — Tractors are the largest single farm consumers of petroleum fuels.

Mik: |§S jUPS|BNE|i|QK Jm. wS J 5 / ' ’ 4, r EZRA TAFT BENSON. Agriculture secretary, tells the Senate Civil Service subcommittee in Washington that he has revised his department’s personnel security program as a result of his wrongful firing of land expert Wolf Ladejinsky. Ladejinsky later was rehired by the Foreign Operations administration. (International) The Mesdames Harold Owens, Chet Mclntosh, Grace Mattox, Charles Johnson, and Tom Johnston have returned home after spending five days in the Smokies. They also visited Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bumgerdner and daughter Susan, and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Rady and children of| KJhatanooga, Tenn., former residents of Decatur. Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Stuckey and son Billy and Mrs. William Stuckey of Monroe, spent Sunday at West Lafayette with the formers’ son, Ronald who is a sophomore at Purdue University. Miss Gretchen Schnepp, daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. Dwight Schnepp, has won superior rating at the high school baton twirling at Fort Wayne. She will how go to the state contest at Indianapolis on November 5. Miss Schnepp is a student at Adams Central high school. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Strickler were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Graber and family of Berne. Mrs. Margaret Whecter, Winchester street, was called Saturday night by the ’’Stop the Music” radio program. Mrs. Checter won a prise. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Shoaf and sons entertained the following guests Sunday for dinner: Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rickord and family of Gladwin, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Cortney and family of Chio City, O,; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Eschbach and daughter of Van Wert, O.t'and Mrs. Cora Rickord of Decatur. Leo Spangler of St. Mary's township is seriously ill in the Lutheran hospital at Fort Wajne. Mr. Spangler entered the hospital last Thursday. Dean Vanover, of Wren, 0., stated today that his suspension of his driver’s license at Van Wert, 0., was for 30 days and not one year, as stated is the Daily Democrat Saturday. Ex-Movie Producer Cleared Os Charges HOLLYWOOD (INS) — Former movie producer Richard Blumenthal, 49, stands cleared today of any suspicion of narcotics possession. Blumenthal was arrested on suspicion of the charge last Thursday when police found a quantity of sedative drugs in his car following a traffic accident. Police said, however, that Blumenthal had proved the sedatives were prescribed by a physician.

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Chicago — Records show night traffic accidents are twice as likely to result in fatalities as those occurring during daylight.

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I -- --- I Washington — More crimen, sui- 1 cides and insanity occur during the summer months than any other period of the year.

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