Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 299, Decatur, Adams County, 21 December 1955 — Page 10

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The weathermen seem to have missed the prediction of 5 below zero for this section but don't laugh at them. The next time they may underguess the other way. P_—o —— Remember the winter of 19353(i when it was four below zero Christmas Day and when It was below zero during moat of January and February. We don't want to spoil Christinas but thia could be a repeater. It is predicted that prosperity will continue and that the former President Hoover's prediction that there would be two "cars in every garage will prove too few. But where are Y* going to park , them? << ♦ 0— Traffic deaths in Indiana passed the mark ©f 1954 for the entire year with the death of six people in the state over Sunday death list. Deaths reported up to Monday of this week were 1,081 and last year's total was 1,075 for the entire ye<r. We still have the Christmas ani jiarl of the New Year holidays to complete the list for 1955. 0 « The census department of the government show’s that during the past five years one oet of every ten farms in the United States has gone out of business and the number dropped to 4.782,000 a loss of 11% since 1954. That's the smallest number of producing farms since 1890. It’s no wonder Mr. Benson and his cohorts are worrying. —_o oJ— Today is the first official day of winter and the shortest day of the year. While we have had several weeks of winter weather, December 21 is set aside as the official day. Soon, we will begin to realize that the days are longer and well have more daylight after work for tasks around the house. Time flies! ifr o The coming session of congress scheduled to start early in the New Year will be an exciting one. Both the Democrats and Republicans will try to make their party the one a majority wiß vote for in next November's election. They may have a tough time convinc-

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ing either the farmers or the labor but they should provide some interesting news stories. Watch for them. ■ _g g Americans mail more Christmas greeting cards to their friends each year than almost all other nations combined. It's a fine and friendly way of remembering neighbors, business associates and relatives at a time when all the nation is bubbling over with cheer and optimism. Certainly * card wishing some one happiness and good wishes isn't a waste of money. ■ -0 '■ Decatur has a new adopted son. Peter Rentschler. Jr., Hamilton, (kliio. sou of Pete Rentschler, executive of Decatur Casting Co. and well known Indiana and Ohio industrialist, visited the DecaturCasting Co. this week. Y’oung Peter is associated with his father in the manufacturing of gray iron eastings and in the years to come he. no doubt, will make many visits to the Decatur factory, j Young Pete apparently has acquired many of the splendid traits of his father and we welcome his visits to Decatur. We are sure that the people of Decatur will give the young man all the fine cooperation accorded his Father through the years and that his visits here will be of mutual benefit. f) 4 Whit*/ many retail clerks and storekeepers believe that the two week period of Decatur stores operating with night hours is a long time, it has paid off with large crowds of shoppers almost every night. Becausejhundreds of people of this'Wbopping area know that Decatur stores are crammed with excellent buys and because they know they can shop after their day's work, local business has shown a steady increase this year in almost every retail line. Decatur merchants realize that you can't fool the people, and therefore they have stocked their shelves with the very best mer- | chandise at the very lowest prices. Many, many shoppers who » have come to Decatur for their Christmas gift needs will continue to make Decatur stores their headquarters throughout the year.

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Buys Health Bond Help Fight TB W U9M CHRISTMAS J GREETINGS 1955 ' Buy Christmas Seals American Legion auxiliary has vot«d purchase of a $5 health bond, officials of the Christmas seal sale campaign in Adams county announced today All proceeds from the annual Christinas seal sale are used in the fight on tubercul-, osls and to provide free clinics and otherwise carry on the fight | againts the "white plague.” The; sale is condutced by the Adams county association. - _... i )• * ! 20 years Ago Today j — e December 21 — The city of Decatur seeks lower power' rates to benefit power users. Miss Mary Macy, society editor of the Daily Democrat, accepts position with F. H. Shaunessy of Palm Beach. Fla. . Arguments heard in the Joe Ev-i erett case and it will go to the jury tonight. I George Hill dismissed from memorial hospital. He had been there since November. Good Fellows club fund reaches $294.33. Kirkland wins over Monroe. 32 to 16, and Pleasant Mills defeats . Commodores second team. 0— p ’ Household Scrapbook | BY ROBERTA LEE 0 4‘ I !“ The Baby If the baby’s stomach refuses j to hold milk while he is teething, beat the white of an egg until stiff, j add a few drops of orange juice and a little sugar, and feed it to • him with a spoon. It is palatable and will strengthen him. Caution Do not use a metal tea or coffee pot that has been out of use for a long time until it has been given a good scrubbing with a metal ; cleanser. A certain amount of cor- j I rosion forms, often not visible. Use of Crumbs The crumbs that are left over ; from bread, cake, or muffins are ; excellent to use as a crust for any baked or scalloped dish. Trade in a Good Town — Decatui

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE BY THE time Lois reached the village she was uncomfortably warm. The sun blazed down uncompromisingly. She walked slowly around the village green. In front of a small white house, freshly painted, with flower beds arranged for self-conscious prettiness, she found the neat plaque, Marshall Thomas, M.D. She knocked at the door and a motherly looking woman with a beaming face admitted her. “May I see the doctor?’’ “He's out on a house call but he'll be back at any minute." The woman opened the door of a room that originally had been a parlor and now was a doctor’s waiting room. The furnit lire was heavy, old-fashioned. It was typical, Lois thought, o( the old-time family doctor’s waiting room. She wondered vaguely why she was surprised and then realized that so few things conform to type. This atmosphere had deliberately been created. She recalled Bessie s caustic comment, “He’s so busy trying to be the old family doctor Roger made him out to be—” “Will you be comfortable?” the woman asked. “I’m Doc’s wife, Helen Thomas. Do let me give you a glass of lemonade. I just made some." She bustled out, not waiting for a reply. Lois stood looking out on the green. How curious, she thought, that everyone seemed to be wearing himself out trying to be someone else. Mrs. Thomas was back almost at once with a frqsty glass of lemonade. She settled herself comfortably in an old rocker. “You're Mrs. Fleming, aren’t you?” She laughed whsn she saw Lois’ surprise. "Carol Brindle had supper—dinner, she calls it —with us last night. First time the poor girl’s been anywhere since her great sorrow.” Lois looked up quickly but Mrs. Thomas’ face was bland as she employed Carol’s own phrase. "She told us about you so 1 recognized you the minute you came up the stejps. Short, dark, curly hair, she said: though she kind of forgot to say you're pretty.” This time the hostility crept through. "She wanted Doc to : help you any way he can. He'll be delighted.” “That's nice of him.” "Doc’s only human. He can’t say no to Carol any more any other man can.” She added without transition, “I hear the first Mrs. Brindle is back.” Lois made no comment. She was ' busy lighting a cigaret and trying to make herself secure on the slippen' horsehair urhnhtery. “One thing Carol couldn't be

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[“''■ ' ' ■ 1 (I o Modern Etiquette BY ROBERTA LEE I 0_ 0 Q. If you have sent a Christmas present to someone and received ‘no acknowledgment after area- . sonable length of-time, is it all right to ask this person it he received it? A. Yes, as the gift may have • gone astray. And if it happens ■ that the person did receive it. ; maybe your question will remind I'him of his extreme rudeness. Q. Do ladies and gentlemen ever i chew gum in public places? A. Certainly, but they take pains ; to do it quietly and inconspicuous- ■ ly. Nothing is moFe obnoxious than I open-mouthed or audible chewing ; of gum. Q. What is the proper way for a married woman to have her sta- ; tionery printed? A. In her married name, as, I "Mrs. William F. Hayes.” Cars Old CHICAGO (INS) — The Chicago Motor Club says that if you are driving a car that is four years old or more, you have lots of company. The club reports registration figures show that 43 percent of American automobiles are.from four to seven years old. Next highest

first In. She got Roger second hand.” When Lois made no reply Mrs. Thomas tried again. “I hear Shandy Stowe took Jane Brindle to dinner last night I always used to say, ’lf there’s something to be done, leave it to Jane.’ ” She’s trying to tell me something, Lois thought How much does she know? “That’s quite a household for Carol to keep up,” Mrs. Thomas remarked. “All Roger’s waifs and strays: the Kibbees, the Hatterys, Paula Case.” "I thought Paula was Mrs. Brindle’s niece.” “Well, yes, but it was Roger’s idea to bring her to the house when her parents died. He war tire one to keep her there. I always say a married woman is asking for trouble when she brings a younger woman into her house. Not that Paula is any match for her aunt when it comes to looks, but seventeen —there’s a lot of appeal just in being seventeen." Lois felt her way. "She seems to be rather a nervous child.” “Nervous! When Roger died, Doc had more trouble with the niece and the secretary than he did with Carol, 1 can tell you. Paula cried her eyes out and Ethel Battery went rifeht straight into hysterics. He had to give her a hypodermic to quiet her.” She added, "Os course, Roger was the virile type —" she let the sentence fall. To her disappointment Lois did not pick it up. “Not that Carol didn’t act heartbroken," Mrs. Thomas tried again. "Only she didn't seem so—surprised, somehow." Her vfliCe dwindled off and- then she started on another tack. “Pity you weren’t here for the funeral. People came from everywhere. Even brought ot the Kibbee boy. First time I’d laid eyes on him.” She added thoughtfully, “Give me quite a shock.” A car stopped outside the house and Mrs. Thomas heaved herself out ot the rocker to go to the window. "There's Doc now. I'll just tell him you're here.” She went out and absentmindedly closed the door ot the waiting room behind her. Lois heard sibilant whispering in the hall, the door opened and Doc came in. Really, Lois thought, this is 'absurd. No country doctor ever looked as much like one as Dr. Thomas. He was short and plump and calculatcdly untidy, with a big booming laugh and a hearty bedside manner. “Well, Mrs. Fleming, glad to see you, Helen told mt you were here. “Let s see what Doc can do for

group is the seven-year-olds which comprise 23 percent of the total registration. Twenty-two percent are two and three-year-olds. New models, one-year-old and less, are only 12 percent of the total, the club adds. 'Perfect' Food Does Not Exist LINCOLN. Neb. (INS) — There is no one perfect food, according Kthel Diedrichsen of the Univer- 1 sity of Nebraska. There are "protective foods,” she explains, which make important contributions. These include dairy products, fruits and vegetables, protein foods such as eggs, meat, poultry and fish, and grain products. From the many kinds of foods available, homemakers should be able to select diets that are adequate, Miss Diedrichsen says, adding: “If homemakers understood which foods are needed and why, they would not be such easy prey to the food faddists who extract huse sums from the sale of'special foods,’ 'dietary supplements', and 'expert advice’.” Sacramento — About 50 import-) ant U.S. crops require pollination; by honey bees or other insects. i

you.” He fitted his hands neatly together and peered down over his I spectacles. ‘ Roger Brindle. If you read his column —and who didn’t? —you know he and I were—” (Oh ho, don’t say it, Lois protested m her mind) —“buddies,” he finished inevitably. "Ever see him?” "Only photographs." “Big guy, six-four, with a face like those carved on mountains. Rugged, you know. Everyone liked Roger. He had a kind of exuberance. A party always picked up when he came in. Tremendous vitality.” He pondered for a moment "You know, it’s queer,” he said in a tone of surprise, "it’s kind of hard to quote him, to tell you things he said. Without his voice and his ways they don't sound like much. I don’t know what there was about him—" "It’s hard to define the things that make personality,” Lois agreed. “I guess that's it. Well, I met him when he first came to Stoweville to be a reporter. He and his first wife were both working on the paper here. Understand Jane's come back. Lois nodded. "Smart newspaper woman," he said. "Very nice person, if you know what I mean. Don’t know what broke up that marriage. Roger never talked about it. Did him a lot of damage at the time but after he married Carol he was all right again. Gorgeous creature, Carol.” "She's a very pretty woman,” Lois agreed. "And Roger made a lot of her. Bought the Stowe house and gave her every single thing her heart desired. The Cases were poor as church mice but ahe’a had it nice ever since she married. Don’t know what the poor girl will do now. I'd have thought would leave something. He was so successful.” He made a juicy, mouth-filling word of successful, letting it linger on his palate, savdring it. ■'Perhaps,” Lois suggested carefully, "he thought he had plenty of time to make arrangements for her. He thought he was in good health.” Dr. Thomas gave her a quick look. “That old pump of his—l’d been warning him about that Guess I was the only one who wasn’t surprised when it stopped on him.” "How odd! I understood from the first Mrs. Brindle that a New York specialist gave him a clean bill of health only a month before he died.”(To Be ConttnuedJ

— I I ...I ——— — .11—- * *■» x r j At oKI H », wiK ■qhMV vr ■* 1 L MB* <f aJf ‘ Jr k Don Jacobs of the Citizens Telephone Company practices some low-heat welding at the school held recently in the Decatur Youth and Community Center. The school dealt with all phases of splicing the new plastic coated telephone cable. - *

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