Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 14 February 1956 — Page 3

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1956

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MISS SHE RIAN KAY DRAKE WEDS ROBERT D. ZEZER Thursday evening at 6 o'clock. Miss Shbrian Kay Drake became the bride of Robert D. Zezer with the Rev. Robert Content reading the nuptial vows tor he double-ring ceremony, which took place in the St. Mary’s Catholic church rectory. Mr- and Mrs Louie Drake of rputa five, Decatur; and Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Zener of 215 Jackson street are the parents of the pleThe bride was attired in • white street-length dress and a "White hit trimmed in lace- She carried a whie Bible topped with a white orchidMiss Marlon Bashara atended the bride as aaid-of-bonor in a navy blue dress trimmed with a small white collar and a white carnation Kenneth R. Loshe attended the bridegroom as best man. A reception was held immediately following the ceremony at the K. of C. had .with approximately 100 guests present- Server* Included Mrs. Sam Gilbert, Miss Sandra Reynolds, and Mary Lou GauntFor traveling the bride chose a rust brown suit with green accessories. Mrs. Zeser attended Decatur higa school and her busband was graduated from Decatur Catholic high school. The couple is residing at 305 South Fifth street. JERRY KAEHR WINS FIRST PLACE IN MUSIC CONTEST The music contest, sponsored by the Adams county Federation of Clubs, for Adams county children, was held Moifday night at tile Decatur high school. First place was won by Jerry Kaehr, who played the saxaphone- Other winners included second place, Steve Sprunger, drums; and third place, Monica Rumscblag, trombone. The first place jvinner will compete in the district contest which will be held March 24, at the Youth and Community Center, a 19 o’clock in the morning. Judges tor Monday night's contest were Mrs. Stuart Brightwell and Mrs James Kocher, Jr. The winner in the district will receive one week of free training at Indiana University.» y 8080 COMMUNITY GROUP HOLDS RECENT MEETING The Bobo community organisation held their regular monthly meeting recently at tfee -Bobo school. Fo!Hhvia/ M *the"Wort business meeting' the group was entertained by the Pleasant' MUI* high school quartet, the "4Teens” and by three baton twirlers from Pleasant Mills. A silent auction was then participated in by those present, after which refreshments were served by the committee in charge, consisting of Mr- and Mrs- Richard * Malland and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth) Obler. The committee in charge of the'

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March meeting will be Mi. and Mrs. Marshall Hllpert and Mrs- Bertha Bowen. HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB IN RECENT MEETING The Gals and Pals home demonstration club met recently at the home of Mrs Charles Morrison The meeting was called to order by the president, Mrs. Warren Wolfe. A short business session was held, after which the club creed was repeated in unison. Mrs- Roman Sprunger led the group in singing the Song of the month. Mrs. Lowell Noll presented the lesson on “Knowing Your Figure Faults” The books were distributed by the president and two new members, Mrs. Ned Ray and Mrs, Jerry Price, were welcomed into the club. The hostess was assisted by Mrs Jack Longenberger in serving refreshments to the 22 members presentPABT PRESIDENTS PARLEY HOLDS MEETING MONDAY Miss Margaret Biting entertained 44 members of the past presidents parley of the American Legion auxiliary nnit 43, at her home Monday evening. Mrs. Herman Dierkes presided over a short business session. Games were enjoyed during the social hour and prizes were won by Mrs- Ed Bauer, Mrs. Adrian Baker, and Mrs. Clark Flaugh. Refreshments were then served by the hostess. The Kiting home was decorated in keeping with Valentine day. The March meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Dee Fry backA bake sale will bh sponsored by the Pleasant Mills band for the purpose of uniforms, Saturday morning from 9 until 12 noon at ' the' Schafer : store. ” / Mr- and Mrs. Clyde Gould entertained with a birthday djpner Sunday, taonortng their daughter Carolyn, who celebrated her eleventh birthday. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bluhm, Miss Ruth (Gottschalk, Miss Lydia Kirsch, Mr. and Mrs- Jerome Hawbeker and family, Charles Hawbaker, Jay Gould, aid Miss Ralko Sudo of Japan. The V. F. W. fathers auxiliary -will hold a business meeting Thursday evening at 8 o’clock at the post home. The Bethany Builders class of the' Bethany E U B. church will serve a chili supper Th the church basement Saturday, February 18, from 5 until 7 o’clock. Tickets are available from an/ member of the class or can be purchased at the door. Prices are 75 cents for adults and 50 cents for children. The W. S. W. S. of th? Cal very E- U- B. church will have a potluck supper Friday evening at 6:30 o’clock in the church basement Members are asked to bring their own table service.

Miss Reiko Sudo of Sendai, Japian„ was a week-end guest of the Clyde Gould family Miss Sudo received hei; o inaster's degree In English and is “now returning to Sendai, where she will teach in Miyagi ColJefs»_ ' ■ . Miss Sharon Miller. daughter of Mr- and Mrs. Elmo Miller, is recovering satisfactorily at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne after undergoing surgery» Saturday Miss Miller had an eight inch bone grafted to eight of her back vertebrae* and will be in a cast for some time. She will'be allowed visitors'by the end of this week. Her room number is 452 IRev. Walter Bauer of Decatur was dismissed from the Adams county memorial hospital today and was taken to the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne.

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Admitted Mrs. Frank Kit son. Decatur; Russell LeFever, Berne; Miss Ann McDonald, Decatur. 4 Dismissed Rev. Walter Bauer, Decatur; Master Marg Boerger, Hoagland; Mrs. John H. Parr and baby girl, Berne; Mrs. Louise Sommer, Berne.

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Society Items for today’s publication must be phoned In by 11 a.m. (Saturday 0:30 a.m.) Karen Striker Phone 3-2121 TUESDAY XI Alpha XI chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, Mrs. Clarence Zlner, 8 p. mEagles auxiliary 2653, regular meeting, Eagles hall, 8 p.m. Monmouth P- T. A., \ Monmouth school, 7:30 p. m. Church Mothers study club, husband's dinner, Bethany E. U- Bchurch. 6:30 p._m- a Rebekah lodge, regular meeting, Odd Fellows hall, 7:30 p.m. Monroe Better Homes demonstration club, Mrs. Orval Lenhart, 7:30 p.m. Emmaus guild, parish hall, 8 p.m. • Delti Theta Tau, Mrs. Henry NelrMter, 8 p- m. r Dutiful Daughters class of Bethany E. U. B- ehurch, Mrs. John Myers, 7:30 p. mAmerican Legion auxiliary unit 43, business meeting, Legion home, 8 p. mCatholic Ladies of Columbia, social night and potluck supper, C. L. of C. hall, 6:3Q p. mPsi lota Xi sorority, “Sweetheart" party, Youth and Community Center, 8 p. mAssociate chapter of Tri Kappa sorority to entertain active members, Mrs. Roy Kalver, 8 p- m St- Catherine' discussion grpup, Mrs. William Schulte, 8 p. m Delta Lambda chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, Mrs. Mildred Stucky, 8 p.m. Dorcas class of Bethany E.U.B. church, church basement, 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY Historical club 12:30 guest day luncheon, at K. of P. home. Ladies Shakespeare c’ub, Mrs. Jesse Rice, 2:30 p. m , members note change of meeting place. Decatur home demonstration club, Mrs. Joseph Hunter, Adams street, 7:30 p. m. , Chili supper, Pleasant Mills Methodist church, 5 p. m. to 7 p- m Ladles Shakespeare club, Ityn. Bertha Rice, 2:30 p. m THURSDAY Zion Lutheran Needle club, al) day meeting, parish hall. Friendship Village home demonstration club, Klmsey school, 1:30 -p. m. > Past Matrons club, Mrs. Robert Krick, p- m. Great Books discussion club, public library, 8p- m- .' ; ~. .... Aeolian choir, high school music room, 7 p. m. Rainbow for Girls, Masonic hall, 6:45 p. m. V F W. fathers auxiliary, business meeting, post home, 8 p. m. Lincoln PTA, Lincoln School, 7:30 p- m. FRIDAY World Day of Prayer, Monroe Methodist Church, 1:30 p. m. W. S. W. S. of Calvery E- U- B. church, potluck supper, church basement, 6:30 p. mSATURDAY Bake sale, sponsored by Pleasant Mills band, Schafer store, 9 a.m. to 12 noon. , Chili supper, sponsored by Bethany Builders class of Bethiany E U. B- church, church basement, 5 p m. to 7 p. m.

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Services Wednesday At Lutheran Church Hold Two Services On Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday service* will be held at the Zion Lutheran church, with two services Wednesday night; at 7 and 8:15 o’clock. "The Savior Sorrowful in Gethsemane” will be the theme of the pulpit message by the pastor, the Rev. Edgar P. Schmidt. The church choir, directed by David Embler, will sing the first chorus of the Lenten cantata, “The Crucifixion," by John Stainer, at the 7 o’clock service only. Holy Communion will be administered after the 8:15 p.m. service. A class of five'candidates will be admitted into membership in the congregation and will make their first communion at this service. The public is invited to attend the Lenten service* at the Lutheran church. The pulpit message* for the Wednesday and Bunday Lenten services at the church are listed elsewhere in today’s Daily Democrat. > Reading Consultant Will Speak To PTA Eldon Johnson, reading consultant for the Scott-Foreaman publishers, will be the featured speaker at the Lincoln school P. T. Ameeting Thursday evening at 7:30Johnson is qualified to speak on all phases of his subject, having had wide experience in preparation of text books, and studying reading difficulties. Mrs. Robert Gay will preside at the short business meeting- MrsLowell Smith will introduce the speaker and suggests that anyone is welcome to bring questions on the subject for discussion after the lecture. V : X illll A CORONcMmurSa*t*t>eard the testimony in Los Angeles of Frank Parrish (above), engineer of the Santa Fe train that jumped the tracks bringing' death to 30 persons. At the time, Parrish said he had suddenly “blacked out” and his train, going at too high a rate of speed, failed to make a turn and keeled over. (International)

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Boy Fails To Halt ' Mother's Suicide Cut Noose, Too Late To Prevent Death INDIANAFOUS (INS) — A frightened flva-yeaf-old boy. -who found his mother's body hanging from a rope, managed to cut the noose, but it was too lata The death of the mother, Mrs. Latah F. Sergent, 29, Monday in her Indianapolis home, today was ruled a suicide Police, summoned by the husband, who hurried home from work when he received no answer to his telephone call, were puttied at first- They found the dead woman’s body on the floor with rope bums about the neck, and a length of clothesline nearby-Five-year-old John Sergent, Jr., had cut the rope, which was tied to a beam, in trying to help his mother. The husband said that his wife had been despondent. The Sergents moved to Indianapolis eight months ago from Hamden, O. The family also includes another son and a daughterFunera) services are to be held at McArthur, OSt Joseph County Has 14 Car Deaths SOUTH BEND, Ind. (IN8) — St Joseph county today tallied its 14th traffic fatality in the first 46 days of 1956. Worried law enforcement officers noted that in all of 1955 there had been only 28 traffic deaths in the county, and only one by this time. "4 - - The 14 th death this year was that of 89-yeas-old Thomas Oard, of South Bend, who died today in Memorial hospital of injuries suffered when he was hit by a truck as he crossed a local street, Monday. Mrs. H. L. Myers Dies At Terre Haute Mrs. I*. H. Myers, 65, a native of Adams county, died at 1:30 a. mtoday at a hospital in Terre Haute, where she had resided for the past 23 years. Survivors Include her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Hubert Cottom and Mrs. Ernie Stewart, and a son, Glen Myers, all of Terre Haute, and a sister, Mrs Ella Ramsey of Monroeville. Funeral services will be held at Terre Haute Thursday •r*..trade ip a Good Town — oecatta

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Zion Lutheran Church jwsfs* ANNOUNCES SPECIAL LENTEN SERVICES Two Services Each Wednesday 7:00 P.M. AND 8:15 P.M. “Surely HE Hath Borne OUR Griefs and Carried OUR Sorrows”—-Isaiah 53:4 "SUNDAYS — 8 andlo:3o A.M. WEDNESDAYS —7 and 8:15 P.M. - BIBLE SCHOOL — 9:15 THEME: “JESUS SUFFERS—FOR ME” FEB. 19—“ The Foolishness of Selfishness” FEB - 15 ~“SORROWFUL FOR ME” FEB. 26—“ The Grace of Christian Patience” FEB - 22—“ BETRAYED FOR ME” 1 MAR. 4—“ GODLY and UNGODLY FEAR” FEB. 29—“ DENIED FOR ME” MAR. 11 “PEACE Thru The GOSPEL” I MAR> 7—“ CONDEMNED FOR ME” MAR. 18—“ FAITH BELIEVES GOD” MAR * 14—“ BURDENED FOR ME” MAR. 25—“ SAVED BY GRACE” MAR. 21—“ RIDICULED FOB ME” z GOOD FRIDAY—“DYING FOR ME” “WE PREACH A CHANGELESS CHRIST FOR A CHANGING WORLD” * I Jtt INVITE YOU TO WORSHIP! >

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