Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 148, Decatur, Adams County, 23 June 1956 — Page 3

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MRS. DOUGLAS THOMPSON ,HONORED AT SHOWER A miscellaneous shower was fliven for Mrs. Douglas Thompson Friday evening at the HoblCt residence on Adams street. Hostesses for the affair were Mrs. Jack Reynolds and Mrs. Byford Smith. Upon her arrival, the honored guest was presented with a pink blush astor corsage. A green and yellow' color scheme was used throughout the entertaining rooms and the gifts were placed under a large green umbrella. Miniature umbrellas adorned the serving trays. Games were played and prizes ■were won by Mrs. Jack Morence, Miss Dianne Linn, and Miss Dorothy Sehnepf, who then in turn presented them to the honored guest. Those present Included the Mesdamfes Homer Hoblet, Archie Hileman, James Bassett, Jack Motence, Stanley Mcßride, Adrian Arnold. Jerry Gehrig, Max Brown, Tom Garner, Donavon Feaster of New Haven, Chet Reynolds, Rob-

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M-A»awk. .GeraM _Lxb«ri®L JBa®. er Borne, Susan Cook, Myrtle Fllson, Dorothy Thompson, G. W._ Hamma, Ada Hileman, and the Misses Paulino Lobslger, Helen Mowery. Dorothy Sehnepf, and Dianne Linn. Those unable to attend included Miss Marjorielu Hill, Mrsr Ralph Keller, Mrs. Richard Evans, Mrs. Clair Reynolds. Mrs. Doris Martin, and Mrs. Kenneth Dgrmour. RECENT MEETING IS HELD BY ROAD SIDE COUNCIL The members of the Adams county roadside council, their families and friends met at the home of Airs. Claude LaisuYe of Monroe tor a picnic supper recently. Mrs. Freeman Walters offered the supper prayer. Following th# supper, Mrs. John Floyd called the meeting to order. Mrs. N. A. Bixler, local council conservation clwinnan, gave a very interesting summary of the dtetffct meeting. in May* She stressed the fact ‘ that ."we must conserve water." Plans were made for a group to attend the state meeting at the Dunes state park. July 10. Those wishing to attend are asked to contact Mrs. Paul R. Rich. Following the business meeting, an interesting program was planned by the hostess amt Mrs. Ervin Stucky. W.S.W.S. HOLDS MEETING AT WILLIAMSON HOME The Union W.S.W.S. held their monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. Nile Williamson recently. Mrs. Robert Falk was program leader and prayer was offered by Mrs. Thomas Harrell. Others participating in the program included Mrs. Jess Sheets and Mrs. Wilbur Foon A hymn was sung by the group followed by prayers given by Mrs. Omer Merriman. Mrs.

* Nile Williamson, and Thurman Drew. , v Reports were given on the convention held at Oakwood Park, by Miss Betty Miller, Mrs. Wilbur, Foor, Mrs. Thomas Harrell, and Miss Janet Brown. Refreshment:! were served to 14 members and one guest by Mrs. Williamson and Mrs. Virgil Draper. The Pleasant Mills Methodist W.S.C-S- met a tthe church recently with the president, Mrs. Clyde Jones, conducting the meeting. Mrs. Lee Custer gave the lesson and she was assisted by Mrs. iGlen Mann and Mrs. Varlando Clark. Mrs.. Clyde Jones read a poem from Maxine Coleman. During the business meeting, plans were . lade for the rather and son banquet to be held in the church Friday evening. Refreshments were then served by Mrs. Lee Custer and Mrs. Clark. The Bethany circle of the Zion E. and R. church will meet with Mrs. A. R. Ashbaucher Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock. Assistant hostesses will be Mrs. Harry Knapp and Mrs. Edward Jaberg. The Decatur high school class of 1953 will bold a class reunion at Pokagon state park Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. The Delta Theta Tau sorority will meet Tuerday evening at Sunset park. The husbands will be guests and members are asked to bring a covered dish and their own table service. Any member who will not be able to attend is asked to call either Mrs. H. R. Frey or Mrs. Henry Neireiter. Mrs. A. A. Fenner and Mrs. Arthur Koeneman will be hostesses to the meeting of the Preble Sunny Circle Home Demonstration club to meet at the Preble recreation center, Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock. t / I ’ Mr. and Mrs. Roy Price left today for Miami, Fla., where they will attend the international convention of the Lidns clubs -which will begin Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Heller have’ returned to Decatur after a two weeks’ trip through the" northeastern states and Canada. Mrs. Dan Tyndall has returned from Chicago where she met her grandson. Bobby ißucker, of Ewing. Tex., who will visit with Mr. and Mrs. Tyndall for the next month. Mr. and Mra. Bob Gentis and daughter of Wauseon. 0., are risttffrg “th W" Week-end" 5 with Mrs. Ralph "Gentis. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Camp and family of Washington, D. C., will come to Decatur next week for a visit with Mrs. Camp’s parents,’ Mr. and Mrs. J. Ward Calland. Mrs. Eva Quinn is visiting in Niles, Mich., with her sister, Mrs. Lizzie Myers. Mrs. John Shirk of West Palm Beach. Fla., who has been vjsiting the last two weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Heller, will return home the latter part of next week. Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Marbach and daughter of LaSalle, 111., are leaving for New Orleans, La., where they reside. Marbach has accepted a position in the technplogieal department of the Shell chemical company in that city. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marbach of route five. Decatur. Mr. and Mrs. J. Dwight Peterson of Indianapolis spent yesterday with Peterson’*, mother, Mrs. John Peterson. Bill Blythe, of this city, underwent major surgery at the Bluffton Clinic hospital Thursday morning. His room number is 151. XOTM'K OF AOMIWISTKATIOS Folate No. SITS tn the Adams Circuit Court of Adams County, Indiana Notice is heheby given that Frank T>. Torres was on tile 22nd day of June, 1956 appointed: Administrator oT the estate of Mamie Esther Ham-psoix Torres, deceased. tA.ll person having claims against s a 1 d estate. whether or not now d>ue, must file the same in said court within six months from the date of the flrAt piihlivatlon of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Dated at Dei-alur, Indiana,thtsr : 22’nrt THEY <lf June, 1956. Jtk-bard Di Lewton , Clerk of the Adams Circuit for Adams County, Indiana. 1 Severin H. Sehurger, Attorney and , Counsel for personal representative. June 23, 30, July 7.

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11 A/./ • I Society Items ror today’s publication must be phoned In by 11 a.m. (Saturday *:3O a.im) Karen Striker Phone 8-2121 SUNDAY , Decatur high school class of 1953. class reunion, Pokagon state park, 2 p.m. Loyal Daughters class of Bethany E. JJ. B. church, Harry Staley cottage. Oliver Lake, potluck supper at 4 p.m. MONDAY Pythian Sister Needle club, after Temple, K. of C. home. Pythian Sisters, K. of P. home, 7:30 p.m. Sunshine Girls, K. of P. home, 6:30 p.m. TUESDAY Delta Theta Tau. Sunset park, 6:30 p.m. Husbands will be guests. Preble Sunny Circle Home Demonstration. Preble center, 8 p.m. Kirkland ladies club, Adams Central school, 7:30 p.b. Root township home demonstration ’elub, Mrs. Richard Harkless. 1 p.m. Eta Tau Sigma sorority, HannaNuttman park, picnic, 6:30 p.m. Eagles auxiliary, Eagles hall, 8 p.m. Olive Rebekah Lodge 86, Odd Fellows hall, 7:30 p.m. Ameriean 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, 2 p.m. — —- v ■'— — Russian Minister Confers In Syria Shepilov Continues Tour Os Mideast DAMASCUS. Syria (UP) — Soviet foreign minister Dmitri ShepK lov opened talks with yrian ers today on the second stop of his friendship tour of tW tense Middle East. . Shepilov met with members of the newly-formed coalition cabinet of premier Shbri El Assail, which has yet to gain .formal parliamentary approval. , Western observers said the talks likely would be confined to general questions on the international situation and the The Syrians were expected to raise the Algerian question, and ask that the Soviet bloc nations support the Arab League members in bringing the issue before the UnUed Nations again. Shepilov flew to Damascus Friday from Cairo where he attended celebrations commemorating the evacuation of British troops from the Suez Canal zone. He will leave Monday for Athens, Greece, and then go to Lebanon. Syrian foreign minister Salah Bitar greeted Shepilov at the airport and expressed his government's welcome to a “representative of a friendly state.” “Your move from Egypt to Syria is a move frmo one Arab part to another,” Bitar told Shepilov. He skid both Arab states are looking forward to sovereignty and independence. The Soviet leader replied that his government welcomed the opportunity to establish personal contacts with Syrian leaders with an aim towards strengthening cooperation between nations in the drive for world peace. He added that he was confident the two nations could develop cordial relations without any fear of either interfering in the affairs of the other. 1 LANGLIE IS (Coallnued trai Pese Oee>

Chairman Leonard W. Hall of the national committee reported that all of the convention assign ments were discussed with Mr. Eisenhower before he was hospitalized. By all accounts, no question was raised at the meeting as to wheth er Mr. Eisenhower will be a can didate. No message was received from him or the White House. At a news conference. Hill repeatedly declared his belief that the GOP will renominate Mr. Elsenhower and Vice, President Richard M. Nixon. “I repeat that you can paste the names of Eisenhower and Nixon in your hats _as the nominees,” he said. ‘ Hall said it was not for him Co say whether the President should reaffirm the Feb. 29 announcement of availability for renomina tion. White- House press secretary James C. Hagerty said Mr. Eisenhower’s staff will i-.torm him today about the OOP meeting and its actions. The Arabs of Kuwait believe evil spirits proceed only straight ahead, and cannel turn corners.

Miss Dena Liebig - Dies This Morning Funeral Services Monday Afternoon Miss Dena Liebig, 71. a resident of Adams county for 50 years, died at 12:30 a.m. today at her home in French township. Death was sudden. The cause of death has not yet been determined. Born in Gridley, Kans., May 3, 1885, she was the daughter of Karl And Christina Gramm Liebig who ire deceased. S\e was a member of the Apostolic Christian church and was never married. Survivors include a brother, Bam<«l Liebig of Elgin, 111., and four sifters, the Misses Lena and Katherine Liebig, at home, Miss Ida Liebig of Toledo, O„ and Mis* Elizabeth Liebig of Gridley, 111. One sister preceded her in death. The body was taken to Jahn. Goodwin and Reed funeral home in Bluffton, where friends may call after 7 o’clock this evening. Funeral services will be conducted at 12:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral borne and at 1 p.m. at the Apostolic Christian church. The Rev. Samuel Aeschliman' will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Argentina Ratifies Payments System BUENOS AIRES (UP)—Finance minister Eugenio Blanco announced Friday night that the cabinet has ratified the multi-lateral commerce and payments accord with 10 European countries. Blanco said the paymenst system would be put into effect July 2. The accord was negotiated with Austria, Belgium, Demark, France, Italy, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Britain Switzerland. ’ - Exchange Visit Os Churchmen WILLIAMS BAY, Wis. <UP)—A leading clergyman Friday night described a recent exchange visit of American and Soviet church officials as “very successful.” Dr. Eugene Carson slake, president of the national, council of Churches of Christ, said the visits provided a basis for “acquaintance and conversation.” ■ ' Only Minor Damage Caused By Collision Only minor damage was caused in a collision Friday at the corner of Fifth and Monroe streets. Cars involved were driven by Alvy Buffenbarger, 65, of Decatur, and Adam Hildenbrand, 21, of Peoria, 111. The Buffenbargei car slowed down going through the interseption. Hildenbrand, following him, stated that he was watching the traffic light and failed to see the brake signals of tbe vehicle ahead of him. The Illinois car hit the rear of the Buffenbarger vebiele. Damage was estimated at >4O to Hildenbrand’s car. Two persons were fined $1 and costs on speeding charges in justice of the peace court Friday night. They were Richard V. Andrews, 44, and Thomas A. Kor> tenber, 24. both of Decatur. Both were arrested Wednesday in Monmouth. GIRL SCOUTS' (Ca Hwued Yrow Page O»H troops vied for honors. Following the “bunt,” a treat of ice cream aid cookies, baked in reflector ovens over an open fire, was served *o the girls and their leaders. E ch day was concluded with the flag lowering service. Mrs. R. C. Hersh was camp dilector this year, and her assistants were Mrs. Ross Brian and Mrs. Doyle Collier. Other adult leaders included the Mesdames Ben Eichenauer, John Mays. Wm. Tutewiler, Thearl Stults, Glenn McCammond. Jack Rosenberger. Gerald Strickler, Watson Mad •jox, Lowell Harper, John Combellick, Don Beery, John Koors, Glen Mauller. Charles Jessup, Wm. Brown, Jim Hunter, W’ilbur Reynolds, Don Wolfe, O. M. McGeath. and Robert Railing. Assistants were Mrs. Woodson Ogg, Mrs. Walter Kiess, Mrs. Dick Mansfield, Jr., Mrs. Joe Morris, Mrs. Fritz Baker, Mrs. William Eich horn. Mrs. Blakey, Mrs. Haggerty, Mrs. Cleo Hoffner, Mrs. Hollis Bonifas, Mrs. Charles Magley, Mrs. H. L. Lankenau, Mrs. Simeon Hain, Jr., Mrs. Gerald Bixler. Mrs. Walter Lister, Mrs. Ray Walters, Mrs. August Kelly, Mrs. Ned Johnson, Mrs. Robert Eiting, and Mrs. Lowell Smith. Senior Sc Hits assisting with the camping this year were Leah Brnndyberry, Judy Keller, Sharon Sheets, Dianne Small, Joyce Smith, Linda Johnson, Donna Small, Janice Kreischer, Ann McDonald, Romona Rousseau, Diane Rousseau, Jean Stiverson, Barbara Kalver. Anita Smith, Patty McCammond, Janalee Smith, Judy Smith, Sara Gerber, Judy Rhodes. Beverly Poling, Jane Bedwell, r-nd Sara Eichenauer. ” '

Sell Vacant Public Lands In Indiana Government To Get Rid Os Lost Land SELL VACANT PUBLIC WASHINGTON (UP) — The government 1b about to get rid of its last remaining vacant public lands in Indiana. The lands comprise 11.28 acres. Secretary of interior Fred A. Seaton announced Friday the bureau of land management will sell the lands to the highest bidder at public auction July 10 in the Interior Building. The land is in two tracts. Tract 1 comprises .08 of an acre on an island in the Tippecanoe River in White county, about 10 mi'es northeast Os Monticello and tt o miles northeast of Buffalo. The shores of the river opposite the isUnd are accessible by cofinty and private roads. The surface is low with a sandy soil, supporting a cover of willow and alder brush with a few elm and cottonwood trees. The land is appraised at not less than 8100. The second tract is 11.1 acres and is known as "Seven-Mile Island” in the Wabash River about seven miles north of Vincennes. Improved roads extend along both sides of the river a short distance from the island. The island, which is inundated when the river is at flood stage, has been appraised at not less than 81,000. Only a few thousand acres of public domain lands remain in the eastern half of the country. Interior departmert records show 11,000 acres of public domain in Florida, 4,000 in Louisian, 20.000 In Alabama, 9.800 in Michigan, 11,900 in Mississippi and 4,400 in Wisconsin. There never was any public domain in the states which evolved from the 13 original colonies. There are still huge tracts of public domain lands in the western half of the country. Insurance Company Executive Jailed INDIANAPOLIS (UP)-Wllliam B. Landwehr, 42, St. I ;uw, Mo., businessman, was in jail today for contempt of a court order demanding a financial accounting of the assets and labilities of the Mid-West ’’tsurance Co. he heads. Land web* is principal stockhloder of the copany which went into receivership after 'suits were filed charging it refused to pay legitimate Burns Are Fatal To Indianapolis Man INDIANAPOLIS U(P) — Lewis Dawson, 54, Indianapolis, died today in Methodist hospital from burns sustained Monday when he fell into a vat of acid used to clean locomotive parts in the New York Central railroad repair ' shop at Beech Grove.

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A\'b»RTHS~li Mr. and Mrs. John Doyle of Indianapolis are the parents of a baby boy born early this morning, weighing seven pounds and 12 ounces and named Thomas Fredrick. Mrs. Doyle is the former Gloria Striker of Decatur. At the Adams county memorial hospital: Mrs. Carrie Drake Hill Os Decatur is the mother of a baby bby born Friday at 4:45 p.m., weighing eight pounds and ten ounces. Today at 12:05 a.m. a baby girl was born to Richard and Janet Sefti Evans of Decatur, weighing six pounds and 15 ounces. Francis and Dorothy Bowers Faurote of Decatur are the parents of a baby boy born today at 7:32 a.m., weighing seven pounds and four ounces. t

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