Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 279, Decatur, Adams County, 28 November 1955 — Page 3

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28. 1953

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DELTA THETA TAU HOLDS MEETING RECENTLY The Delta Theta Tau sorority met recently with Mrs. Vera Laurent. The business meeting was opened by the president, Mrs. Harriet Mallonee. £lans for the coming year were discussed and also committees for the Goodfellows club were announced. The meeting was closed with the Delta ceremony. Mias Rosemary Miller then showed colored slides and described the* different countries and scenes of her recent trip abpard. The door prizes were won by Olive Lose and Jesse Newton. Miss Helen Mowery assisted the hostess ,in serving refreshments, cleverly prepared in keeping with Thanksgiving season. MRS. NANCY LENGERICH 18 ELECTED NOBLE GRAND Mrs. Nancy Lengerich was elected noble grand of Olive Rebekah lodge 86 to succeed Mrs. Georgia Kreigh, at the last business meeting of the group which was held in the Odd Fellows hall recently. Other officers elected for the coming year were: Mrs. Anna Hancher, vice-grand: Mrs. Clara E. Drum, recording secretary; Mrs. Clara Meyers, financial secretary; an Mrs. Melvina Reed, treasurer. The remaining officers will be appointed and installation will take place sometime in January. Mrs. Florence Clark of Liberty Center, deputy president of district 31 and her installing staff, will be present for tire event. Plans were made to attend the reception for Florence Clark, deputy president of district 31, Friday at 7:30 o’clock at the Augustus lodge 687 in Liberty Center at the 1.0.0. F. hall. The Three Link dub met after lodge with the president, Mrs. Helen Liechty. in charge. Plans were completed for the annual turkey dinner and Christmas gift exchange Tuesday, December 13, at «,6:30 o’clock, at the hall. Nancy Lengerich, Clara Meyers, Clara Drum, and Anna Hancher, were appointed to the arrangement committee. During the social hour, games were arranged by the November committee which Included Ireta Judt, Mary Dixon and Helen Lister. The winners were Clara Drum, Vera Gause and Helen Liechty. Lovely refreshments of Thanksgiving appointments were served to the group. GROUP 18 ENTERTAINED BY MR. AND MRS. CHARLES BUSSE Mr. and Mrs. Charles Busse of 115 North Tenth street, recently entertained the Duo-Decom-Pedro club in honor of Mrs. Busse’s TEEPLE MOVING & TRUCKING Local and Long Distance PHONE 3-2607 Winter Term ! WIU begin December 5 D«gr«» CovTMt In Butinas, AdmlnlalratiM I end Finance < Ixncufiv* Secretarial I Professional Accounting I Approved for Votoran Training < Previous Bur Inert Training 1 NOT required | International College / Fort Wayne 2, Indiana

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birthday. Games of crazy eight were enjoyed followed by a social hour and refreshments. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Don Jefferies and Mrs. Gerhart Kiefer. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. ißay Hoffman. Mr. and Mrs. Gerhart Kiefer, Mr. and Mrs. Maxi eus Schueler, Mr. and Mrs. Don Jefferies, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kerchner and Mr. and Mrs. Busse. COUPLE ENTERTAINS FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER Mr. and Mrs. diaries Beineke entertained in their home with a Thanksgiving dinner. There were 27 present for the get-together. Those attending included Mr. and Mrs. James Gattshall, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gattshall and son Jerry, Mr. and Mrs'. Harlan Jackson and children Larry, Barbara, and Eddie, all of Decatur; Mr. and Mrs- Francis Andrews and sons Michael and Gene of Columbia City; Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Abrams of Lake Web; ster; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Phaheus of Huntington; Rev. and Mrs- Carl Baker and sons Timmy and Phillip of Valparaiso; Mrs. Martha Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Myles Baker and daughter Nancy of Fort Wayne. MRS. RAY LEHMAN IS HOSTESS TO MEETING The Church Mother’s study club recently met at the home of MrsRay Lehman, with 14 members present. The devotions were given by Mrs. Vincent Parker, who read a short poem on wisdom and also gave a few verses taken from Proverbs. The lesson from the “Christmas Home” was presented by Mrs. Don Cochran on “Take It Easy with Toddlers,” and one on “Teenagers ” Mrs. Edward Summere gave the lesson, "Introducing Your Child to the Dentist” Prayer closed the program. —— —— —- The next meeting will be a Christmas party at the home of Mrs. Winston Rawley December 13 with a 50-cent gift exchange. Hostesses for the evening included Mrs. Lehman, assisted by Anna Marie Webb, Charlene Young, and Colleen Howell. NOVEMBER MEETING 18 HELD BY KIRKLAND LADIES CLUB The November meeting of the Kirkland Ladies club, was held recently at the Adams Central school in Monroe. Mrs. Floyd Ehrman, president, called the meeting to order and led the group in repeating the club creed, after which Mrs. Dortha Shady led in the singing of the song of the month. Mrs. Rex Andrews was in charge of devotions. Mrs. William Sowards, secretary, read the minutes, called roll, and also read the local club constitution. Mrs. Gjis Yake, safety leader, gave the safety lesson. The group voted to hold the December meeting Tuesday evening, December 13, with a potluck supper and 50-cent gift exchange. At the cloSe of the evening’s meeting, Mrs. Walter Zimmerman was awarded the door prize. Refreshments were served by the hostess, the Mesdames Floyd Arnold, Joe Baumgartner, Walter Zimmerman and Rex AndrewsThe general meeting of the Bethany E. U. B. W. S- W. S. will be held Thursday morning at 10:3T o’clock, in the church basement. The book “Responsible Christian Family,” will be reviewed by Mrs Mary Jane Burnett and Mrs, Ruth Sheets in the morning and during

the afternoon Mrs. William Linn and Mrs. Winston Rawley will review the book. The noon luncheon will be served by unit three. MrsGeorge Hamms will have devotions and Mrs. William Dellinger will have charge of -the closing. The Sunny circle home demonstration club of Preble township will hold their meeting Tuesday evening at .the Preble township recreation center- All members are reminded bring along their gifts for the mental patients. Xi Afpha lota chapter of Beta Sigma 'Phi will meet with Mrs. Vernon Krugh Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock. Members are reminded to bring their gifts for the mental health patients. The story book hour will be Jjeld at the public library Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock. The Ladies aid of Union Chapel church will meet all day Thursday at the church with a carry-in dinner at noon. A Christmas program and 50-cent gift exchange will be held in the afternoon- The ladies of the church are invited. The Epsilon Sigma chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met at the Elks home recently and the meeting was opened with the opening ritualThe Chris: mas party was discussed by the group. The party will be held at the Youth and Community Center, Tuesday, December 6, and a $1 gift exchange will be featured. Following the meeting, the members wrapped gifts for the mental health patients Tor Christmas. Mrs. Doris Reed was hostess for the evening. E- Aeolian choir will have rehearsal Thursday evening at the high school in the music room at 7 o’clock. The Xi Alpha Xi and Delta Lambda chapters of Beta Sigma Phi met at the home of Mrs. Robert Lane recently. After a brief business meeting, canasta was enjoyed by the 16 members present. Prizes were won by Mrs. Art Burris and Mrs- Nilah Niel. Mrs. Lane was assisted in serving refreshments by Mrs. William Affolder. The St. Joseph study club will medt at 8:15 o’clock Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Dave Baker. The Jolly Housewives home demonstration club of St Mary's township will meet at the Bobo school Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock. The Heidelberg class of the Zion E. and R. church will have a Christmas party Thursday evening at 6 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Slusher entertained at a delicious Thanksgiving dinner. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Donald Slusher and children Bruce, Christi, and Jiqpmie of Middlebury, O.; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ehrsam and children Sharon and Linda Sue of Pleasant Mills; Mrs. Frank Tremp of Berne. Evening callers were Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hendrickson, and Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Pearson of Fort Wayne. A fair, Christmas in other lands, will be featured at the First Presbyterian church Wednesday frtim 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. A cafeteria lunch willjie served at noon and a turkey supper in the evening. A variety of booths will be open all day. The Delta Theta sorority will have a business meeting Friday evening at 8 o’clock at the home ot Mrs. Alice Brewer, 921 Walnut street. Mrs. Brewer is the chairman of the Goodfellow's project for this year. All members are urged to be present. The Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters will have a family night party Tuesday evening at 6:15 o’clock at the K. of P. home. The Sunshine Girls and all members and their families are invited to attend. A carry-in supper will be featured and members are asked to bring a covered dish and their own table service. An open house party was recently given for Renee Busse, by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Busse, in honor of her third birthday. Those present included Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stoppenhagen, Mrs. Don Haller and children Georgia Lou, Bonnie Sue, and Doug; Mr. and Mrs. Gene Hoile and children Tommie, Colleen and Ned, all of Hoagland: Mrs. Coraline Hoile, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Moses and son Jerry; and Allen Busse, all of Decatur. The honored guest received many lovely gifts. CHRISTMAS In Other Lands; Fair at First Presbyterian Church, Wednesday, November 30. 9:00 A. M. to 9:00 P. M. Cafeteria Lunch at Noon! Turkey Supper! Variety of Booths! Open All Day. 279 t 2 Spokane — Privately-owned forests currently supply up to 90 percent of the timber processed for domestic purposes.

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Society Items for today’s publication must be phoned In by 11 a.m. (Saturday 8:80 a.m.) Karen Striker Phone 88121 MONDAY Pythian Sister Needle club, K. of P. home, after Temple. Our Lady of Victory discussion club, Mrs. Elmo Miller, 8 p. mSunshine Girls, K. of P. home, after schoolKirkland township Farm Bureau, potluck supper, Fann Bnreau building in Monroe, 6:30 p- tn. Pleasant Mills, P- T. A, 7:80 p. m. w TUESDAY Sunny circle home demonstration club, treble township recreation center. Jolly Housewives Club, Bobo School, 7:30 p. m- I Kpights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters, family night, carry-in supper, 6:15 p. m. St. Ambrose study club, Mrs. Bernard Lengerich, 7:30 p. m. D- A. V., social meeting, ball, 7:30 p. m. Eta Tau Sigma sorority, Mrs. Robert Shraluka, 8 p.m. Eagles auxiliary 2653, Eagles hall, 8 p.m. WEDNESDAY Xi Alpha lota chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, Mrs- Vernon Krugh, 8 p. m. Bethany Circle of Reformed church, Mrs. Forrest Murray, 7:30 p. m. Fair, Christmas in other lands, First Presbyterian church, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., cafeteria lunch at noon ind turkey supper in evening. Historical club, Mrs. Mae Butler, 2.30 p. m. St. Vincent DePaul society, C. L. of C. hall, 2 p.m. St. Vincent DaPaul society, C. L of C. hall, 2 p. m. St. Paul laries aid, Mrs. Forrest Ratting, all day- _ p. mUnion township home demonstration club, Mrs. Paul Morgan, 1:30 p- m. Ladies Shakespeare club, Mrs. D. B Erwin, 2:30 p. m. THURSDAY Women of the Moose, Christmas party, Moose home, potluck supper, 6:30-p.m. Pleasant Grove W. M. A., Mrs. Mary Shifferly, 1 p.m. Everready Sunday school class, Christmfks dinner, vMrs. W. P. Robinson, 6:30 p. m. Heidelberg class of Zion E. and R. church, Christmas party, 6 p.m. St. Joseph Study Club, 8:15 p. m|G. E. choir practice, high school music room, 7 p. m. Ladies aid of Union Chapel church, all day, carry-in dinner at noon, 50 cent gift exchange. W. S. W S. of Bethany E. U. B. church, church basement, 10:30 a. m., noon luncheon. FRIDAY Delta Theta sorority, Mrs. Alice Brewer, 921 Walnut street, 8 p.m. SATURDAY Story book hour, public library. 4 p. mMr. and Mrs. James Sasser, of Bridgeville, Pa„ spent the Thanksgiving holiday with Mr. and Mrs James Kocher, Sr., and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. William Hoffman of Nashville, visited with Miss Mary Joe Hoffman and Miss Madge Hite over the week end. They were en route home from Washington, D. C., where they were invited guests at the graduation exercises of the FBI national police academy when Dick Sutton, a former Decatur man, was one of the graduates. The program was unusual and interesting, including a concert by the famous marine band and addresses by leading FBI men. Cars driven b’y Marion Harter, 47, of Bluffton, route 2 and Earl Andrew Fell of Berne, route 2, collided in Bluffton Saturday morning. The Fell car was damaged to the extent of S3OO. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moser of Bluffton were badly injured Thanksgiving Day while en routs to Niles, Mich., to visit a daughter. They are in the Niles hospital. Moser is a police officer at Bluffton. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stoppenhagen of Hoagland had as their Thanksgiving dinner guests, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Moses and sons Stevie and Jerry; Mrs. Coraline Hoile, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Busse and children Alan and Renee all of Decatur; and Richard and Denny Stoppenhagen of Hoagland. ' Mr. and Mrs. Robert Colter had as their gnests Thanksgiving day, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Colter and son Jimmy of Kendallville; Mrs. Mabel Colter and sons. Mrs. Dean Colter and son are spending the remainder of the week in Decatur visiting with friends and relatives.. Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Harper spent the Thanksgiving week-end, with their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Ault and Kathy of Sblffield Lake, 0 Trade 1* a Good Ton — xjecatu

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At the Adams county memorial hospital: Mr- and Mrs. Allan Kershner of Decatur are the parents of a baby boy born Sunday at 5:15 p. m., weighing seven pounds. A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. /Gerald J. Lybarger of Decatur Saturday at 4:12 p- m., weighing seven pounds and eight ounces. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Feasel of Decatur became the parents of a baby boy born Saturday at 4:37 p. m., weighing nine pounds. At 4:01 p- m. Saturday, a baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Bethold ot Decatur, weighing seven pounds and seven ounces. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Scbumm of Rockford, 0., are the parents of a baby boy born m., weighing six pounds and U ounces. A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Dyer of Decatur Sunday at 9:13 a. m., weighing eight pounds and three ounces. Mr. and Mrs. William Roughia of Decatur are the parents of a baby girl born Sunday at 11:35 a. m„ weighing seven pounds and 14 ounces. A baby boy was born at 1:12 a. m. today, to Mr. and Mre. Noel Agter of Berne, weighing five, pounds and seven ounces. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Dellinger of Willshire, 0., became the parents of a baby girl born today at 6:02 a. m-, weighing six pounds and three oupces. " Girl Scouts Brownie troop 20 met at the Lincoln school Tuesday after school. The meeting opened with the Brownie promise, games were played and refreshments were served and enjoyed by all. —T Scribe: Carol Stallbaum Brownie troop seven met Wednesday. The meeting was called to order by our president. Roll was called and dues were collected- We had our Thanksgiving party and Karla Seiling, Sherry Mansfield, and Cheryl Reynolds were on the treats committee. The refreshments consisted of cupcakes and ice cream. Games were played and songs were sung. The meeting closed with the Brownie promise. Scribe: Ann Marie Wolfe Fort Wayne Stations Honored For Safety CHICAiGO (INS) —Two Ohio and

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two Indiana radio or television stations were named today as winners of the national safety council’s public interest award for ex- : ceptional service to farm safety. , The winners, four of 22, were TV station WKJG-TV, of Ft. Wayne, Ind., and radio station WKJG-AM-FM, Ft. Wayne, WLW, of Cincinnati, O-, and WRFD, of Worthington, 0. Report Rebel Force Leader A Communist Indication is Given By French Military ft'ABAT, Morocco (INS) — French military sources indicated I today that the leader of the rebel | forces in the Riff mountains was a Communist. The sources identified the rebel chief as Mohammed El Khabouchi, a 40-year-oid former French army sergeant who was captured by the Communist Viet Minh in IndoChina. Khabouchi was returned to Morocco by the Reds after having been a prisoner for several months. French sources said the Reds had subjected him to intense propaganda. Reports have circulated for some time that many Moroccan soldiers taken prisoner in Indo-China yere set free after being indoctrinated and now are militant Communists or anti-colonialists. The sources said Khabouchi organized the attacks on three French military posts near the Spanish zone of Morocco which started the Riff uprising in October. Khabouchi, believed to command about 3.000 men, currently is tying down 15,000 French troops. India Opposed To Tests Os H-Bombs WASHINGTON (INS) —lndia’s V. K. Krishna Menon says that his government opposes H-bomb tests “as something contrary to the current of peace- . The Indian Ambassador to the United Nations said Sunday on NBC-TV’s "Meet the Press” program that hydrogen explosions "ought to be stopped for various reasons, including what we believe to be the genetic effects upon the human race in the future.” About 700 languages and dialects are spoken in Africa. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur 1 .. -'-A W ft : M

Adults Predominate In Diptheria Cases Plan Immunization Study In Indiana* . INDIANAPOLIS (INS)—A statewide study to learn why sonie Hoosiers aren’t availing themselves of immunization against the onetime mass killer, diphtheria, was contemplated today by ludlana health officials. I Dr. Albert Marshall, head of the Indiana state board of health’s division of communicable diseases, , said he had discussed with state i health commissioner A. C. Offutt ' the possibility of a study to learn why adults were predominant in the 21 cases of diphtheria reported for Indiana in 1955. Dr. Marshall said that the 22nd case of the disease apparently has been recorded at Cambridge City, where a program of booster shots for all grade school children was carried out. The program was ordered by local health officials after six-year-old David Barnett’s death was attributed to diphtheria. Dr. Marshall noted that there was need for more attention to diphtheria immunization throughout Indiana, and said that most of the 21 cases this year have been adults, rather than children. said at least three of the 21 cases have proved fatal. Named As Executor Os Brazilian Siege RIO DE JANEIRO (INS) —Gen. Antonio Lima Carmara was named today as executor of the state of siege clamped on Brazil for 30 days. The state of siege, or a modified version of martial law, was voted by parliament to prevent Joao Case Filho form assuming the presidency now held temporarily by Nereu Ramos pending the entry into office of president-elect Juscelino Kubitschek. CONGRESSMAN, (Continued From Page One) He obtained the release of the Americans after long discussions. American officials said the Communist German police had stated several times that the American army was breaking East German laws by having radio vehicles. The Soviet deputy commander of Berlin told the American provost marshal Sunday that the American party violated the law by using a radio in a vehicle in East German territory.

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