Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 181, Decatur, Adams County, 2 August 1956 — Page 2

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LARGE VARIETY OF GOODS TO BE AUCTIONED OFF Artkies ter the Valp» guild tuc tion sale Saturday, August 11. are being Haled and collected by the 11 key women from ten Lutheran congregations in this area. They report that a large variety of household items in good usable condition will be bn»ught. nlong with smaller labile items, electrical appliances) some new gift items, and al»o fresh farm produce and baked goods. The sale is being held in cooperation with the Keppert school jSf auciioaeering during its T2nd session of training men from all parts of the country in a well rounded auction sale program. The school is donating all proceeds from the auction to the local Valpo guild project fund, which will be used toward the guild prayer-chapet on the campus at Valparaiso. They key women assisting with the auction include Mrs. Erwin. Franke. Bethlehem. Ossian; Mrs. Adolph Dietrich. Emmanuel, Soest; Mrs. Lorenz Steele. Immanuel..Un-

ion township; Mrs. Norbert Koeqemaun. St. Johns.- Bingen; Mrs. Wade Tyler. St. Johns, Flatrook; Mrs. Hoffman. St. Paul s, Preble; Mrs? Rudoffih Fuelling. St Peter's. Fuelling; Mrs. Jlarold lloilmau. Trinity Mrs, Wilbert iOallmeyw. Fhedneim; .Mrs. Herman Krueckeberg and Mrs. Henry Krueckeberg, Decatur Zion. Anyone who has not heen contacted personally in these congregations and wishes to have their articles picked up. Is asked to call any of the key ladies. MISS BETTY KNAVEL COMPLETES PLANS Mr. and Mrs. Max Knave! of 334 South Eleventh street, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Betty, to Ve?non K. Abbott, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Abbott of route six. Decatur. , , The bride-elect is a graduate of Decatur high school and is enjoyed at Harmon’s Drive-in grocery. Her fiance attended Monmouth hjgh school and is employed at the In ternational Harvester ‘■in Fort Wayne. Friday, September 7, is the date set for the wedding, which will take place at thee Church of .the NazareAe with the Rev. C. E. Lykins officiating. ■ I ■ The Sa4'/*-d Heart study club will meet ILkwiday evening at S o\ lock at the home of Mrs. Dick Shell. '* '*'■ < »'I 1 L ■ Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bogner of Los Angeles. Calif, will spend the next, few weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Richard iiargnef .and family. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Smith and children Mary Jane. Joe. Carpi, Peggy,, totd Edward Eharp;

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Jr., and son Steven are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Itdbert Finnegar and Katy in Carthage. New York Dr. and Mrs. Harold DdVor’returned from a visit wl,th their daughter. Marilyn NtS^ehbauer,-in Denver. Colo. Her address is as follows: Miss Marilyn Kirchenbauer; 47 8. Logan St.; Denver. Colo. At. tbo Adama county memorial hospital: James and Leia Pace McCollum of Geneve arc the parents of a baby hoy born Wednesday at 8 p.m.. reven pounds and two ounces. ®|OSRITAL V n Admitted George Trotituet. Decatur. Dismissed Baby Leia Rose Koeneman, Convoy <). Mrs. Fredrick Ehlerding and bahy boy, Decatur; Mrs. RicA ard Foreman and baby boy. Pleasant Mil's; Mrs. Levi Shetler and baby boy, Monroe; Ora Brentlinger. Deenturi Mrs. Pauline Aldope, Decatur Reports Wrist Watch Stolen Last Night Cecil A' Macias of 546 N. 11th street reported to rfty police today that his wrist watch valued at $71.50 was taken from his person sometime -last night. He told police that he was at the home, of BilMe Cortez last night. An investigatiqtt- .■Jheing by the [police.

Society Items for today’s publication must be phoned In by 11 a. m. (Saturday 9:30 a.m.) Karen Striker ’ Phone 3-2121 “~?~ THURSDAY . Ladies aid. of Union Chapel oltureh, carry-in dinner, all day, church. Zion Lutheran Needle clud, parish hall, 1 p.m. Women of the Mooße, Moose home, initiation, 8 p.m H officers at 7; 30 p.m. Ladies missionary society of Mt. Ziolt U. B. church of Bobo, Mrs. Carl Seiple, 7:30 p.m. W.S.W.S. unit two of Bethany E.U.B. church. Mrs. Earl Fuhrman. 2 p.m. Rainbow for Girls, Masonic hall, U:45 p.m. SUNDAY Limberlost Trail Riders, Dr. and Mrs. Edward Peck. 1 p.m. MONDAY Sacred Heart study club. Mrs. Dick Shell. 8 p.m. TUESDAY Happy Hamemakers home demonstration club, Mrs. Floyd Baker. 7:30 p.m. Bucher Is President Os A& P Division 1 Election of Frank H. Bucher as president of the central western division of A & P food stores with headquarters in Detroit was announced today in New York by A & P president Ralph W. Burger Bucher, vice president of the division’s Detroit unit neanly four years, succeeds John M. Toolin, who retired yesterday after 48 years with the company. He will direct units in Detroit, Grand Rapids, Toledo. Indianapolis and Louisville with warehouses and stores in six states. ■ •' — H Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

Volunteers Sought To Work On Club House The building committee of the I St. Marys-Blue Creek conservation 1 club is in urgent need for volunteers to assist ip work at the new club house and grounds. A meeting has been called for Monday night aud members and those desiring to beeome members are ask- 1 ed to meet at the club house site ' at 6 o’clock, prepared to assist in ■ the work. The building gommittee includes W. Riley, C. Kelsey. C. O. Mann, 1 C. Brunnegraff and E. Girod, it was pointed out by the committee that 1 all volunteer workers would be 1 welcomed. — — I Jefferson Club To Hold Picnic Monday Plans were announced today for a picnic meeting of the Adams | county Jefferson club, to be held Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the Hanna- , Nuttman park shelter house. H. Dean Bechtol. Democratic candidate for fourth district congressman. will be the featured ( speaker at the meeting. The com- | mittee in charge of the event includes Ed Jaberg, Democrat candidate for county auditor; Mabel Striker, incumbent county recorder, 1 and C. H. Muselman. Democrat candidate for joint representative of Adams and Wells counties to the state legislature. The picnic will be a potluck as-j fair. Each person is also asked to bring table service. All member of the Jefferson club and other persons interested in the Democrat party are invited to attend. Herchel Weikel Dies After Long Illness Herchel Weikel, 61. of near Ossian. well known building mover and contractor, died Wednesday at the Lutheran hospital following an extended illness. Survivors include his wife, Zola: four sons, seven daughters, two brothers, including Charles Weikel of Linn Grove, fivesisters and two half-sisters. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Fairview Church of God, the Rev. Harold -j Mishler officiating. Burial will be j ia Oaklawn cemetery at Ossj|» Friends may call at the residence) | three miles northwest of Ossian, after 7 p.m. today until noon Saturday. * ‘ . -— ; ? . It you haje someLWft&.tQ. eejj. o t rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings result*.

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Force Airmen Live In Plywood Huts Air Base Scandals Force Conditions WASHINGTON (UP) — Sen. Henry M Jacksen (D-Wash.) disclosed today that the 1951 North African air base scandals forced U. S. airmen to live In flimsy plywood huta and lack of funds has kept them there. Jackson made public a letter from n top air force official which said some new housing — though not enough — is planned or under construction. The letter, front air force undersecretary James if. Douglas, primarily concerned the big supply base at Nouassevr, French Morocco whose commanding general recently told United Press that housing for his men “stinks.” But Douglas said his report applied in general to the whole network of U. S. bases in French Morocco. Jackson asked the air force for a report on Nottasseur after reading the United Press dispatch. With the outliieSk of the Korean War. the air force began a "crash" program to build bases in Morocco. The emphasis was on speed, and never mind the dollars. But construction costs ran so high that to get urgently needed runways for the bus*. the air force had to toss in part of the money it had. earmarked for housing. The construction scandals Interred to a senate "investigation

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1956

0 OTMMaOT* fcOT 'OT^OTOT——OTOT—<»OTOT «OTOTOT. g | 20 Years Ago Today 9 Aug. 2, 1936 was Sunday. The St. Peter Walther League (Fuelling) is holding an Ice Cream Social, August sth, on the School Grounds, starting at 8:00 p. m. Everyone is welcomed. 181 t 3 Trade in a Good Town -- Dr< uiur. AIR CONDITIONED — TODAY — Continuous from 1:30 Technicolor Thrlllerl “TRIBUTE TO BAD MAN” James Cagney, Irene Papas ALSO — Shorts 15c -50 c BE SURE TO ATTEND! FRI. & SAT. / , yF SAMUEL ( I I GOLDWYNJr. y't A \ BSr ' ROBERT MIKM ksrauiifi > » 1 i < , i f . - ALSO — 3 STOOGES Comedy! - o—o—— I l!< ? . W '“IX . . ' Sun. & Mon.—" Safari—Color. Victor Mature, Janet Leigh