Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 6 February 1957 — Page 3

WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 6, 1957

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MRS. CATHERINE ARNOLD OBSERVES'MTH BIRTHDAY Mrs. Catherine Arnold was honored at a birthday dinner Sunday, given for her by a daughter, Mrs. Orley Barkley of Preble township. . • Mrs. Arnold celebrated her Hth birthday anniversary . Tuesday, February 5. The occasion was also in observance of the birthdays of James Strickler and Miss Becky Soldner, which will be celebrated during the month of. February. Attending the dinner were D. A. Snyder and son Frederick, of Convoy, O.; Mrs. May Soldner, Berne: Mr. and Mrs. Weldon» Soldner, Becky, Janice and Linda, and Mr. and Mrs. James Strickler and Danny and Russell, all of Decatur; Mr. and Mrs. James Barkley, Woodburn; Mr. and Mrs. Roger Myers, Larry and Dale, Ft. Wayne: the host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs. Orley Barkley, and the guest of honor. Mrs. Arnold’s son, Roy Arnold, of Plymouth, 0., visited with her on Monday. GOOD NEIGHBORS CLUB IJANKS TOPS IN COUNTY .. .. The Monroe Good Neighbors home demonstration club was the top ranking club in Adams county during 1956, as announced today by the county extension office. This - club received total points of 1026, is based on program planning, membership and activities. Mrs. Edwin C. Bauman was the president of this club and it is the second year in succession that this club placed first. For placing first, this club will receive a trophy at the farmers achievement banquet The next four top-ranking clubs will receive award ribbons. They are: second. Preble Sunny Circle; third place, Monroe petter Homes; fourth place. Town and Country; and fifth, Hartford township. • Adams county has a total of twenty-two home demonstration clubs. Each year the club secretaries fill out evaluation score sheets upon which the placing of the clubs is determined. MERRIER MONDAYS CLUB TO ENTERTAIN WITH TEA The Merrier Mondays club will entertain the members of the Kirkland Ladies club next Monday evening, for a Valentine tea. The tea will be held at the Farm Bureau building in Monroe, and will begin at 7:30 o'clock. Mrs. Arthur Adam is chairman of the program committee, and she is being assisted by Mrs. Loren Liechty, Mrs. Darrel Arnold, and Mrs. Gene Bluhm. The decorating committee is composed of "Mrs. Dale Fruchte, >- chairman. Sand Mrs. Richard Borne. Mrs. Lores Stucky. and Mrs. Carlton Worthman. This meeting will replace the regular meeting of both of the groups. HAPPY HOMEMAKERS MEET WITH MRS. PARRISH The Happy Homemakers home demonstration club met Tuesday _ evening at the home of Mft. Ken- • neth Parrish, for their regular February meeting. Mrs. Clarence Mitchel opened the meeting by having the group repeat the club creed and the club commandments. Devotions were given by Mrs. Freeman Walters. Roll was called, and the secretary's report was given by Mrs. Dwight Schnepp. A reading, “Ma Joins the Club,”,, wals. ; given by Mrs. Floyd Mitchel. Mrs. Earl Harmon presented the song of the * month, and led the group in singing it. The health and citizenship lessons were given by Mrs. Sheldon Wagley and Mrs. Parrish, respectively. Mrs. Richard Peterson gave an interesting handicraft lesson. Secret pal gifts were received by Mrs. Paul Erp and Mrs. Gale Cook. The meeting was closed with prayer, offered by Mrs. Clarence Mitchel. Games were played the remainder of the evening, after which the hostess, assisted by her daughter Nancy, and Mrs. Wilbur Stanley, served refreshments to the 16 members and three guests attending. Guests included Mrs. Richard Peterson, Mrs. Wilson Mann, 'and Mrs. Richard Everett. Tonjght & Thursday j OURBIG DAYS! First Show Tonite at 7 1 Continuous Thur, from 1:05 a 4BE SURE TO ATTEWH “The Year’s Biggest Cast in • Roaring Comedy Riot Crammed With Laughs A Music! In Cinemascope and COLOR! “OPPOSITE SEX” Juno Allyson, Ann Miller. Joan Collins, Ann Sheridan ALSO — Shorts 15c -50 c O—O— Fri. A Sat.—Tom Ewell “Great American Pastime” Riotous Little League Comedy! -0 Sun. A Mon. — Rock Hudson “Written on the Wind” . 2.

STORK SHOWER IS GIVEN BY MRS. CHARLES EYANSON Mrs. Charles Eyanson was hos- , tess . Sunday afternoon for a . “stMk" slidwer, honoring' Mrs. . Douglas Rgmbo. ;•$’ .'p’j i Garties were played land prizes , were awarded tp Mrs- John Mey- > ers, Mts. Bernie Gixin, Mrs.j Dont aid Miller, Mrs. Donald Boroff, r and Mrs. Glen Rambo, who in turn 1 presented them to the guest of honor. After the honored guest had - opened her many appropriate gifts, delicious refreshments were served by the hostess. Guests attending the shower I were Mrs. Bernie Guin and Mrs. - Coy Tate, of Fort Wayne; Mrs. , Donald Miller, and Mrs. Donald • Bor off of Ohio City, 0., . and Mrs. Clarence Stevens. Mrs. . Ida Wolfe. Mrs. Robert Shoup, ! Mrs. Glen Rambo, Mrs. John Meyers, Mrs. Ben McCullough, , Mrs. Richard Rambo, Miss Agnes • Cunningham, Miss Marlene Ohler, Miss Harriet Fuelling, Miss Ann Dyer, Miss Janet Rambo, and Miss Kathleen Boroff. Sending gifts but unable to ati tend were Mrs. Ann Marling of . Ada., 0., Mrs. Esther Beery, Leona • Marquart, Ruth August, Anita So- ■ vine, Mary Ladd, and Linda Cun- ; ningham. . —T — ' Merry Matrons home demonstration club will meet with Mrs. Edward Gerbers, Tuesday evening at ’ 7:30 o'clock. The Monmouth P.T.A. will meet next Tuesday evening at 7t30 o’clock at the high school. Paul Spul- ' ler, principal of Central high school in Fort Wayne, will be the guest speaker. Cleon Fleek, an instructor at Central, will accompany Spuller, and will show color- . ed slides that he took while tpurband will appear in their newly ' ing in Europe. The Monmouth purchased uniforms. ! L '! Mrs. Herman Geimer will behostess to the Ruralistic study club Valentine party, Sunday evening at 6:30 o’clock. Unit 3 of the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church W.S.W.S. will meet at the home of Mrs. Francis Howard, 910 North Second , street, Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Mrs. Dick McConnell will ( be the program chairman. 1 The D.A.V. junior auxiliary held their regular meeting Monday ’ evening at the D.A.V. hall. Commander Beverly Spiegel was in ' charge of the business session, : which was attended by 12 members. Valentines were made during the social hour, after which refreshments were served by the ' hostesses. The Pleasant Grove Harvesters Missionary band will meet at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the church. Saturday evening at 8 o’clock, the Y.P.M.B. of the Pleasant Grove church will meet at the church. The guest speaker will [ be Lemuel Ignacio. The Pythian Sisters will meet at the K. of P. home Monday evening at 7:30 o’clock, with Needle club to follow. The Masonic Order of Rainbow for Girls will have a regular meeting at the Masonic hall. Thursday evening at 6:45 o’clock. » The Everready Sunday School class of the First Methodist church will meet in the church lounge Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Girl Scout News . Girl Scouts of troop 5 held their meeting at the Lincoln school on February 5. We finished plans for our little sisters. We arranged the party. Meeting was adjourned by singing "Peace of the River.” Scribe: Mary Kriegel Girl Scout troop 21 met Monday after school. We had a lesson on the seven basic foods, and discussed our cook badge we are working on. Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock, we plan to bake cookies in the Girl Scout room, for our troop service project. Next Monday we will have a Valentine party. Mary Shurger, Alyce Lankenau and Missy Mayclin are in charge of games, and Nancy Gephart and Diana Huston will provide the treat. We closed our meeting with the Friendship circle. ‘Scribe: Colleen Kelly. Brownie troop 25 met at the Northwest school Tuesday- We had roll call and collection of dues. We wibrked on our cook books, played some games and sang Some songs. The hostess was Carolyn Sue Painter. We closed the meeting with the Brownie circle. Scribe: Margaret Wittee • ■ Trade in a good town — Decatur n ..X 1. Rath & Naomi Circle, Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church, Bake Sale—Noodle soup & Potato salad, February 9, 9:30 a. m. Mutschler Bld., North 2nd. Orders taken on Friday, — Cal) 3-3502. T

Society Items for today’s publication must be phoned in by 11 jure. (Saturday.?;3o a.m.) Phone 3-2121 GWEN HILYARD . /; ’•ft WEDNESDAY ,</ ganeta Marie study,Hub, Mrs. Fred Baihara, 0:30 p.m. Womens Guild of Zion E. and R. Churchs Valentine ted, church parlor, 7130 p.m.’ V Lydia Ruth circle of the First Christian church, Mrs. Paul Daniels, 7:30 p.m. Our Lady of Good Counsel study club, Mrs. Ed Vian. THURSDAY St. Joseph Study Club, Mrs. Pete Reynolds, 8:15 p.m. Decatur Girl Scout leaders club. Youth and Community center, 1:15 p.m. Pleasant Dale Ladies aid, parish hall, all day. Ladies Aid of Union Chapel church, at the church, all day. Ladies Aid of Trinity E. U. B. church, at the church, 7:30 p.m. W. S. W. S., unit 2, of the Bethany E. U. B. church, Mrs. Robert Garard, 7:30 p.m. Monmouth Parents and Family Life Education study group, Monmouth school, 7:30 p.m. So Cha Rea dessert bridge, Mrs. Al Scheiner, 7:30 p.m. V. Fathers auxiliary, V.F. W. home, 8 p.m. Pleasant Grove W.M.A., Mrs. John Burger, 1 p.m. Unit 3, W.S.W.S. of Bethany E.U.B. church, Mrs. Francis Howard, 910 N. Second street, 7:30 p.m. Everready Sunday School class, First Methodist church lounge. 7:30 p.m. Order of Rainbow for Girls, Masonic hall, 6:45 p.m. FRIDAY Union township Farm Bureau, Immanuel Lutheran school, 8 p.m. Harvesters and Y.P.M.B. of Mt. Zion U.B. church, Mrs. Russell Edgell, 7:30 p.m. Decatur W.C.T.U., Mrs. Lloyd Ruse, 1:30 p.m. Mt. Tabor Methodist W.S.C.S., Mrs. Clarence Chronister, 7:30 p.m. :*5 • -’"ft:# W. S. C. S. of Calvary E. U. B. church, church , basement, 7 ;30 p.m. - SATURDAY Bake Sale, sponsored by the Ruth and Naomi circle of the Zion E. and R. church, Mutschler building on N. Second street, 9 a.m. Pleasant Grove Harvesters Missionary band, at the church 2 p.m. Pleasant Grove Y.P.M.8., the church, 8 p.m. SUNDAY Ruralistic study club. Mrs. Herman Geimer, 6:30 p.m. — . MONDAV group of Psi lota Xi, Mrs. Maynard Hetrick, 8 p.m. Pythian Sisters, K. of P. home, 7:30 p.m. — Needle club to follow. TUESDAY Merry Matrons home demonstration club, Mrs. Edward Gerbers, 7:30 p.m. Monmouth P.T.A., at the school, 7:30 p.m. COURT NEWS Trial Dale Set In the contested claim of Ruth Eileen Smitley Gilbert vs. the estate of Sylvia Smitley, the cause has been set for trial February 11 at 9 a.m. Attorney G. Remy Bierly appeared for the plaintiff. Jurror Relieved J. Ward Calland was relieved from petit jury duty for the February term. Appraiser’s Report Filed The inheritance tax appraiser’s report values the Salome Wanner estate at $42,258.63. Heirs include one son and four daughters. The notice is returnable February 28. 61a The . Welcome Wagon »—• Hostess JVill Knock on Your Door with Gifu & Greetings from Friendly Business Neighbors end Your Civic and Social Welfare l eaders On Me eeeeWow tff ' Th. Birth of a Baby Sixteenth Birthdays Engagement Announcements Change of residence Arrivals of Newcomers to Decatur Phone 3-3196 or 3-3479 v« .'oj r ■ t frxationj 111 sz - — T _ Z- .

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Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Lankenau will leave Monday for New Port Richey, Fla., where they will spend the next two months visiting with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Helm. ' Isabel E. Rich/of Decatur, was cited by state police Sunday night on U S. 224 east of Tocsin for driving 80 miles an hour in a 65-mile an hour zone. She will appear in justice of the peace court in Bluffton. • . ( Eugene W. Cable, of Fort Wayne, formerly of Decatur, was charged with driving 85 miles an hour west of Tocsin Sunday night. He will appear in justice of the peace court in Bluffton. Mr. and Mrs. W. Lowell Harper returned yesterday from New York city. j Mayor Robert Cole, city | engineer Ralph Roop, and city superintendent of streets, parks,!

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.and sewers Bernard Clark, went to Indianapolis this morning to attend a three-day meeting of the American water works association. MirThs I At the Adams county memorial hospital! Tilman and Martha McDonna Moser, of Berne, are parents of a seven pound, 11 ounce son, born this morning at 10:36 o’clock. At 12:38 a.m. today, a son was born to Arthur and Joan Mowery Braud, of route 6. He weighed sev- | expounds and 14>£ ounces. <§JOSRITAL | Admitted I Miss Kathryn Shaffer, Monroe- | ville; John H. Mahlon, Hoagland; I Miss Rose Sprunger, Berne; Baby — 1 J- "■■■■

Diana Marie Shaffer’, Decatur. Dismissed Jack P. Gaffer, Decatur; Mrs. William Blakey, Decatur; Thomas Coffee, Decatur. - I— ■ - ■ -I ■ - Additional Donors To Fund Are Listed The names of additional donors to the Greater Decatur fund for the purchase of an industrial site have been announced by the Chamber of Commerce which is sponsoring the project. Latest to endorse the project by making contributions are Mr. and Mrs. Hoover and Harry Snyder. ! . ' * Letters will be sent out to all donors in the near future, giving a report on the fund to date. The money raised will be used to purchase the Schelman property at the southwest city limits, consid- • ered the best available industrial site in Decatur. The. property will ’| be offered to an industry which

builds a plant at Decatur. * T’—” l Recognition Dinner Held Last Evening The state Co-op petroleum department held a recognition dinner at the Honeywell memorial building in Wabash Tuesday Attending from Adams county were Forest Tucker; Glen Dubach, 1 Ernest Lehman. Martin Bultemeier, Orval Neuenschwander and ‘ Leon McClain, with their wives. The Adams county co-op depart- ■ meat was recognized for having reached its quota for 1956. Special ' recognition was given Glen DuI bach, Ernest Lehman and Martin ■ Bultemeier. ! Soil Bonk Signup To ■ Start Here Monday t Farmers can sign up for the - soil bank for 1957 starting Feb--1 ruary 11 at the county A.S.C. of--1 fice, according to word received by i Leo N. Seltenright, county agent.

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from Mrs. Mary Howard, county A.S.C. office manager, today. The deadline set now for signup is March 8. The Adams county A.S.C. Office is located at North Second street in DGatur Information on the soil bank, both acreage reserve and conservation reserve, is available at the county extension office and ASC office. To Consider Supply Price Os Newsprint WASHINGTON. (W — Chairman Oren Harris <D-Ark) said his •House commerce committee will the supply and price of newsprint at a meeting next Tuesday. He said this is a problem “of real and continued importance” to the press. He said Commerce Department officials will testify and that other interested persons are invited. Trade in a good town — Decatur