Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 147, Decatur, Adams County, 22 June 1956 — Page 3

FRIDAY. trnNE 22, 1956

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COUPLE CELEBRATES WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ! Mr. and Mrs. Dortha Shady were pleasantly surprised Wednesday when a group of friends helped thein celebrate thefi* wedding anniversary and Mrs. Shady's birthday. .. ■ A potluck dinner was enjoyed and those present included Mrs. Earl Straub, Mrs. Jesse Shlickman and granddaughter of Willshire. O.; Mrs. Rosa Lefmenstoll, Mrs. Lena Sherlock, Mrs. Milton Hoff-

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man, Mrs. YTilliara Ehrman, Mrs. Frank Spade, Mrs. Henry Brelner, Mrs. Floyd Ehrrnan. Mrs. Albert Betneke and Mr. and Mrs. .Shady. WOMEN OF IV|OOSE HOLD MEETING RECENTLY A social meeting was held by the Women of the Moose at the Moose home Thursday evening. During the business session, senior regent, Thejma Kreps. gave interesting highlights of the state convention and from the district meeting held recently at Indianapolis and Hartford City. Other reports were gjven and election of a senior regent for the ensuing year was held. Installation of,new officers will take place next week. New officers are: senior regent, Evelyn Plasterer; graduate regent, Thelma -Kreps; chaplain, Nancy Lengerich: junior regent, Mary Dixon; recorder. Evelyn Kingsley; and treasurer. Ireta Judt. Prizes were awarded to Edna Davidson, door arize, and Alma Goelz, attendance 7 -prize. The first meet’ng in July will be iii charge of the new officers. The Sunshine Girls will meet Monday evening at 6:30 o’clock at the K. of f. home. This is a very important meeting and all members are urged tojHend. Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock the St. Many’s township home demonstration club will mee* at the Pleasant Mills school. All members are urged tft attend. Te American Legion, auxiliary unit 43 will meet Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock at the legion home. The Ruth and Naomi circle of the Zion E. and IR. church will hold a regular business meeting Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the church parlors. Ail members are urged to attend as this will be a birthday party. The Kirkland W.C.T.U. met Tuesday aYternoon at the home of Mrs. Joe Baumgartner. The meeting was opened with group singing and devotions were given by Mrs. Flo Bright. A memorial service was held for Mrs. Harvey Haggard and in honor of her birthday. Favors were made and taken to the Decatur hospital to brighten the supper tray of each patient. A pieplc will be held July 10, at Hanng-Nuttman park.

THE ENGAGEMENT AND APPROACHING MARRIAGE of Miss Catherine Marie Sarrazine to Donald Elmo Miller has been announced bv her parente.lMr. and Mr* Edward J. Sarrarfne of New Haven. Parents of the prospective bridegroom are Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Miller of this city. The wedding will take place Saturday, July 28, at 10 a. m. in the St. John the Baptist Catholic church in New Haven. Miss Sarrazine graduated from Central Catholic high school and U employed in the offices of the General Electric company in Fort Wayne. Her fiance was graduated from Decatur Catholic high school, served two years in the armed forces and is employed at the General Electric company in Decatur.

Predicts Ist Atom Airplane By Russia Prediction Mode By Red Army Newspaper MOSCOW (UP) — The Soviet Army newspaper Red Star predicted today the Soviet Union would have its first atomic aircraft ‘‘in the near future.” “Atomic installations’ in aircraft are now possible as result of the immense success, of nuclear physics, radio-chemistry and. electronics.” Red, Star said. “Doubtless the near future will witness the first atomic aircraft:” Red Star reported on progress of the Soviet aircraft industry on the eve of the arrival of Gen. Nathan F. Twining, U. S. air force chief of staff. Informed sources said Twining would get a close look at some of Russia’s top secret installations never before seen by non-Commu-nist foreigners. ’ Red Star reported the Soviet aircraft industry was building an improved jet passenger version of the TUIO4 with a capacity of 170 passengers. The TUIO4, reported to be the only aircraft of its kind, astonished Britons last March when it landed in London with Gen. Ivan Servo, the Soviet security chief, and later with Vice Premier Georgi Malenkov. Red Star said the TUIO4 was now being produced steadily and already was in use’ on internal Soviet airlines. It Indicated the Improved version would be available before long but did not spec-

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ify the date. , For a somewhat later future Red Star promised jet planes with a speed of 1,500 to 2,000 kilometers (931.5 to 1.242 miles) an hour. Twining, who arrives here Saturday for a seven-day stay in the Soviet Union, is tentatively scheduled to- visit the highly classified airfields and aircraft factories in the Moscow area and inspect Russia's top engineering school. Twining left Washington Friday in an air force DC 6 with nine American air force officers. In Wiesbaden. Germany, IT. S. air force authorities refused to disclose the whereabouts of Twining. An official said it was "clas? Sided” information. The Pentagon hinted but refused to say if Twining was stopping in Berlin. Minor Accident Is Reported In City Cars driven by Edna Werst of Decatur and Doyle Collier of Homestead were involved in an accident Thursday afternoon on Winchester street at Five Points. Collier had stopped for through traffic and the brakes on the Werst car 'failed causing it to hit the rear of the Collier vehicle. Damage whs estimated at >75 to the Werst car. Paul Hurler. 22. -of Willshire, 0., was fined $1 and costs in justice of the peace court Thursday night on a charge of speeding. He was arrested Monday in Monmouth Also fined $1 and costs for speeding was Edward L. Lykins of Fort Wayne. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

I6SI Society Item* ror today’s publication must be phoned In by 11 a.m. (Saturday «:30 a.m.) * ’ Karen Striker Phone 3-2121 FRIDAY Union Pals and Workers 4-H 'clubs, ice cream social, Immanuel Lutheran, school in Union twp., 5 pm. Adams county nurses association, picnic and guest night, HannaN'uttman park, 6:+5 p.in. SUNDAY Loyal Daughters class of Bethany E. U. B. church, Harry Staley cottage, Oliver Lake, potluck supper at 4 p.m. MONDAY Pythian Sister Needle club, after Temple, K. at C. home. Pythian Sisters, K. of P. home, ’7:30 p.m. Sunshine Girls, K. of P. home, 6:30 p.m. TUESDAY Kirkland ladies club, Adams Central school. 7:30 p.b. Root township home demonstration club, Mrs. Richard Harkless. 1 p.m. Eta Tau Sigma sorority, HannaNuttman park, picnic, 6:3p p.m. Eagles auxiliary, Eagles hall, 8 p.m. Olive Rebekah Lodge 86, Odd Fellows hall, 7:30 p.m. American Legion auxiliary, Legion home, 8 p.m. WEDNESDAY St. Mary’s township home demonstration club. Pleasant Mills school, 1:30 p.m. Ruth and Naomi circle of Zion E. and R. church, church parlors, i p.m.

Father Os Six Is Given Prison Term Desperate Farmer Guilty Os Robbery FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (UP) — Vernon Richter, a desperate farmer who robbed a bank to pay the bills for his six children, • started a seven-year prison term today. Richter, 31, turned to crime because it seemed the only way to keep his family and his 385-acre farm going. But in the eyes of the law he had to be punished like any other criminal. He stood up in federal court Thursday and heard federal Judge Edward Devitt pronounce sentence. ißichter took the news stolidly. His wife, pitting in the courtroom, set her jaw but said nothing. The Richter children, -who provided the motive for their father's crime, did not see him sentenced. Richter had been a hard-working well-liked farmer until a few months ago. His wife helped out working as a waitress in town. But the bills kept piling up. Even an item like 18 pairs of new shoes since Christmas was more than Richter could take care of. Early in May, he decided the only solution was to rob a bank. He tried once, but lost his nerve. Then, on May 24, he put on an i old raincoat, threw a shotgun and a length of rope into his 1953 Ford,' and drove to Ulen. Minn., 70 miles away. He stopped at a restaurant and asked where the nearest- bank was. The waitress gave directions and he went to the bank, only to find the doors locked, He found another bank and walked in. the shotgun and rope hidden under his slicker. ~ The fanner pointed his gun at a cashier and demanded money. She pushed $1,158 at him. Then he tied up the cashier and another employe and ran out. Afterwards, the cashier said the bandit acted like a nervous am ateur. She was right. Richter made one mistake after another. On his flight home, he got rid of one stolen license plate but forgot to remove another. He threw his raincoat in a roadside swamp, where anyone could see it. Many farmers spotted his getaway car and told deputies which way he went. Four days after the holdup, sheriff's deputies and FBI agents arrested Richter. *'l knew you'd get me,” he said. “It was only a matter of time,’’ Neighbors offered to pay his sl,000 bond. When Richter’s relatives put up the money themselves. the neighbors found another way to help. Fifty-five of them gathered at the Richter farm for three days. The men put in all of (Richter’s crops. The women did the cooking. It was like a giant picnic. Just before Devitt passed sentence, a petition for leniency signed by 55 of Richter's neighbor's was read to the court. It didn’t do any good. The neighbors bad done an they could for Richter, but they couldn’t keep him out of jail. A century age a pessimistic Mormon newspaper described southeastern Utah’s canyons, mountains, and spectacular natural beauty and measurably valueless, excepting for nomatdic purposes, hunting grounds for Indians, and to hold, the world together."

To Present Program Al Pleasant Valley Annual Program At Church On Sunday The young missionary workers hand of the Pleasant Valley leyan Methodist church will pre? sent their annual program at 7:30 pin. Sunday, under the direction of their leader, Mrs. Daisy Harrison. The barrels will be opened and the money from them and the offering will be sent for foreign missionary work. The public is invited to attend the following program: Processional. Invocation. , Hymn—Congregation. A Real True Welcome—Bobby Genth. Friendly—Gary Wable. Devotions—The Pastor. God’s Care—Paula Birch. With Us—Kerry Kaufman. My Piece —Susan Smith.* Please Listen —Bradley Gfenth. Song—By the boys and girls. A Greeting—Lana Ray Harrison. Busy Little Bees—(Randy Fennig. My Verse—Nancy Birch. My Wirt—Joyce Wable. Song—By the boys and girls. A Good Paint-Leon Kaufman. The Doll's Missionary Lession— Linda Genth and Karen Sprunger. A Wise Plah—Stephen Smith. A Good Way to Raise Missions —Mike Fennig. Offertory—Joe Sprunger. What You Can Do — Kenny Birch. A Marching Order — David Bailey. Our Work —Nancy Bailey. Play — When Elsie Saw The Light—Delores Sprunger, Rosanna Wanner and Carol Wable. Opening of the Barrels. A Word of Thanks —Anita Fennig. Benediction. Woman Hangs Self In Jail At Celina CELINA, Ohio (UP)—Mrs. Mittie Franks, 44, Pennville, Ind., hanged herself in a Mercer county jail cell here Thursday, authorities said. When Mrs. Frank failed to appear for lunch, deputies investigated and found the body on the cell floor. They said she apparently tore an old dish rag into strips, fastened a makeshift rope around her neck and hooked it over a piece of metal on a RhelL-T|he rag rope broke.

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At the Adams county memorial hospital: Today at 6:65 a.m. a baby girl was born to Robert and Janet Marie Eischen May of Portland, weighing seven pounds and 11 ounces. Jim and Rita Agler Irwin of Decatur are the parents of a baby girl born today at 5:07 a.m., weighing five pounds and 13 ounces. A baby boy was born to Jerry and Mildred Geimer Letts of Decatur today at 11:30 a.m., weighing seven pounds and 6% ounces. .... ■ .<■, lo° Ml Admitted Mrs. Eugene Baker, Decatur; Miss Linda Gifford, Berne. Dismissed Ray Heiser, Hoagland. Work Is Started On Hospital Addition The first offical work on the new addition to the Adams county memorial hospital was begun today. Cal E. Peterson, chairman of the board of trustees, announced that the county surveyor would establish grade lines, thus becoming the first active work on the $450,000 improvement.

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Miss Rosemary Strahm and Jean Ann Potta will leave Sunday afternoon for 'Camp Oaks at Lake Wawasee, where they will be camp counselors for a week. Trade'in a Good Town — Decatur. Stop That Cough use “OUR OWN” COUGH SYRUP KOHNE DRUG STORE Planning a Dinner Party? Call ua, and _«i -5511 we’ll be hap- J j l py to reserve JU j llLiSv your table, „ Tell us when ’ ' and how ' many . . and we’ll do the restl You’ll get the best food In town. TOP HAT RESTAURANT Intersection of Highways 33, 49 and 81 Willshire, Ohio OPEN 6 A. M. to 11 P. M. Pat & Dorothy Palmieri BANQUET ROOM Call 46