Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 97, Decatur, Adams County, 24 April 1957 — Page 3

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1957

PSI IOTA BORORITY HAS “APRIL FOOL’S” PARTY The Youth and Community center was the scene of Tuesday evening’s “April Fool’s” party, held by the members of the Psi lota Xi sorority. ,Mrs. David Embler, Jr., and ' Mrs. Roger Blackburn were cochairmen of the event, which was the April social meeting of the sorority. A "poor man's lunch” was served at a long buffet table, and members wej-e seated at small tables, covered with newspaper funny pages. Each of the tables and a clever centerpiece represntinp a holiday, such as Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Valentine day. Numerous clusters of colored balloons completed the decorations.

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Crazy bingo was played, and prizes were won by all. after which the group participated in a relay game, and a balloon bursting game. A "slang” contest was won ,by Mrs. Ronald Parrish, who also won the door prize. Assisting Mrs. Embler and Mrs. Blackbum on the committee, were Mrs. Fred Isch, Mrs. Hank Miller, Miss Hazel Roberts, Miss Rosemary Gase, and Miss Ruth Weigmann. The next meeting will be a business meeting, to be held at the Youth and Community center, May 14. MRS. PAGELER ENTERTAINS WELCOME WAGON CLUB Mrs. Edward Pageler recently entertained 14 members of the Welcome Wagon club. - Following a short business session. a get-acquainted contest was conducted by the president, Mrs. Bernard Pickett. A R ame was then played, with the prize being won by Mrs. McMann. Newcomers present at the meeting were Mrs. Cox and Mrs. McMann. Refreshments were later served by the hostess, and it was announced that the next meeting will . be held at the home of Mrs. Richard Schauss, with Mrs. Jay Markley and Mrs. A. B. Harvey assisting. LINCOLN P.T.A. TO MEET; WILL VIEW ART EXHIBIT A regular meeting of the Lincoln school parent-teacher association will be held at the school, Thursday evening, with the meeting slated to begin at 7:30 p.m. Preceding the meeting, Miss Kathryn Kauffman, art istructor, will present an art exhibit of work done by the Lincoln grade students during the past school year. The exhibit will be open starting, at 7 p.m. The meeting will feature,a junior band concert, under the di- • •

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Son Os Decatur's Mayor Married To Girl At Lafayette Miss Judith Ahn Renick, of Lafayette, became the bride of Allan Robert Cole, now a student at Purdue University. in a double ring ceremony performed at 2:30 o’clock, the afternoon of April 20. The Rev. Linus Wierwell officiated for the rite, in the Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed church at Lafayette. A musicale, by Theodore Purchla, organist, and Richard Stanfield, both of Lafayette, preceded the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Audrey H. Renick, of 726 South Thirty-first street, Lafayette, and Mayor gnd Mrs. Robert Cole, of 127 Limberlost Trail, are the parents of the bridegroom. Given in marriage by her father, the bride was lovely in a gown of chantilly lace and nylon tule. The snuggly fitted bodice was fashioned with a Sabrina neckline, and long tapering sleeves came to points over her wrists. A lace peplum accented the very bouffant skirt, which ended in a chapel length train. Her fingertip veil of pylon illusion fell from a tiara of lace and pearl flowers, and she carried a cascade arrangement of calla lilies, with white satin ribbon streamers.

rectlon of Clint Reed. Black pepper will be sold at the meeting, the proceeds of which will be used to by the teachers a coffee urn. LOCAL LADIES ATTEND EAGLES DISTRICT MEETING Several ladies of the local Eagles auxiliary attended a recent district 5 meeting,.held at Wabash. Attending from the Decatur chapter were Mrs. Richard Baker, Mrs. Homer Hahn, Mrs. Bessie Pomerenke, Mrs. Ray Venis, Mrs. Evelyn Spangler, Mrs. Raymond Bodie, Mrs. Ada Weldy, Mrs. Bertha Kramer, Mrs. Margaret Fritz, Mrs. Dwight Whitacre and Miss Phyllis Wittenbarger. Also present were eight state officers. The local auxiliary vicepresident, Mrs. Richard Baker, filled a chair at the meeting, andMiss Whittenbarger was awarded a prize. Mrs. Homer Hahn will be the officer at the next meeting, which will be held at Peru, May 18. ADAMS CENTRAL P. T. A. INSTALLS OFFICERS • New officers of the Adams Central parent-teacher association were installed at a meeting of that, organization, held Monday evening at the school. Mrs. Dan Striker was the installing officer, for this final meeting of the school year. Guest speaker Jack Gordon; director of Adams county* l civil defense, gave a talk earlier in the evening, and presented a film concerning the work of civil defense personnel. Officers so installed at the meeting include president, Robert Kershner; first vice-president, tylrs. Leland Ripley; second vice-presi-dent, Herman Frantz; treasurer, Earl Harmon; secretary, Mrs. Robert August, and historian, Mrs. Chris Inniger. Refreshments were served at the close of the meeting. MISSIONARY SOCIETY HAS ANNIVERSARY TEA The Church of God Missionary society recently celebrated its silver anniversary with an anniversary tea, in the fellowship :

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, Miss Nancy Cole, sister of the bridegroom, attended as maid-of-honor, in a floor length gown of lime green crystallette. The bodice was designed with a rolled collar and a dropped waistline, with bows down the back matching her bonnet headpiece and long mitts. She ■ carried a cascade arrangement of pink gladioli. The bridesmaids, Miss Barbara Zellers, Miss Marilyn Wright and Miss Darlene Wright, all of Lafayette, wore gowns styled identically to that of the honor attendant, only in dusty rose. Best man was Kent D. Koons, of Fort Wayne, and guests were seated by Dwayne Renick, brother of the bride; Stan Croissant, St.. Louis, Mo., and Luther Shrock, of Decatur. The couple greeted guests at the wedding reception, which began at 3 o’clock that afternoon, in the church palor. Serving the guests were Mrs. James Loveless, Mrs. Robert Livingston, and Mrs. James Rubright, all of Lafayette. When the couple returns from a wedding trip to Chicago, they will reside at 609 Dodge street, in West Lafayette. A graduate of Lafayette Jefferson high school, the new Mrs. Cole is -employed at Purde University, where her husband will graduate in June, with a degree in mechanical engineering. He is a 1953 graduate of Decatur high school.

- basement of the church. • “Must Jesus Bear the Cross » Alone” was the opening song, followed by the worship service, led by Emma Frank, who presented the Easter story. Prayer was offered by Orpha Irwin. Lucille Miller and Fayma Geyt er sang “The Old Rugged Cross, and Hazel Shaffer read the poem . “What Does it Mean?” The worship service was concluded with j the singing of “Who Will Suffer With the Saviour? ” ' I Flossie Hawkins had charge of . the program. She was assisted by Helen Geyer and Betty Scott, as ■ they told how and why the society was started by Nora Hunter. They > told of the mission for women in . the world, and the many things that Nora Hunter accomplished. Closing prayers were offered by [ Janice Agler and Nellie Morrison, after which the history of the 10. . cal society was given by Veda Mitchell. A short business session was conducted by the president. Pictures were then taken of the charter ' members, and of the present officers of the society. Tea was served to 57 ladies and ' children, by the hostesses, Edna Kirkpatrick, Ruth Strickler, and ' Edith Mattox. ROOT TOWNSHIP CLUB HAS RECENT MEETING The Root Township home dem- • onstration clutymet recently at the*. ■ American Legion home. Mrs. Harold Owens opened the meeting by i having the members repeat the club creed. Mrs. Robert Carr gave an interesting lesson on “Assembling Your Wardrobe.” She showed what color combination to wear, and what ■ type of apparel to wear for certain occasions. Roll cgll was answered by telling “what I would like for Easter,” after which Mrs; Owens t conducted the business session. Following the secretary’s report by Mrs. Nevin Miller, the meeting was closed by repeating the club collect. a ’ Hostesses were Mrs. Wilson > Beltz, Mrs. Leo King. Mrs. Jesse ■ Singleton, and Mrs. Richard Mos- >' es.

MRS. ARCHIE SMITH HAS SEVERAL EASTER GUESTS Mrs. Archie Smith had a number of guests visit her Easter Sunday. Mrs. Smith is recovering from an illness which hospitalized her for several weeks this past winter. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Talbot, Mrs. Ed Ashbuacher, Harrison Sudduth, and Cal Worthman, of Decatur; Mr. and Mrs. Gene Mills and family, of Kokomo; Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Cliffton and family, of Columbia City; Mr. and Mrs. fFord Koeppel and daughter, of Rockford, O.; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Smith and family, Mrs. Harve Brunner, and Mrs. Wanda Pottios and children, of Decatur. word that her brother Doyt Swoveland, is planning to visit here, enroute home from Niagara Falls. The Guardian Angel study club will meet with Mrs. Carl Braun, Thursday evening at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Forrest Murray. West Adams street, will entertain the Bethany circle of the Zion Evangelical and Reofrmed church, tonight at i 7:45 o’clock. It was announced today that there will not be a meeting of the Adams county Nurses Association Thursday evening, as was originally planned. / -f The Kirkland Ladies club will meet Thursday evening .at 7:30 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. Ella Scherry. A regular meeting of the Eagles auxiliary will be held next Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock, at the Eagles hall. A meeting of the American Legion auxiliary, unit 43, will be held at the Legion home, Friday evening at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Joseph McConnell, program chairman, will present a program on “Pan American. "-All members of the auxiliary are urged to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Chronister, of Ossian, are parent of daughter, born Sunday. She weighed eight pounds, and has been nam- , ed Susan Kay. Mr. and Mr£? Fred ; Chronister are the paternal gandparents. At the Adams county memorial hospital: Robert Mark and Gladys Harl vey Braden, of route 4, are par- ; entS of a daughter, instead of a son, as was stated in. Tuesday’s • Democrat. The infant weighed ; seven pounds, five ounces. , A daughter, weighing four J pounds, 15 ounces, was bom at • 8:50 a. m. Saturday, to Gene and 5 Barbara Hill Garrett, of route 1, ■ Keystone. [fmi Admitted Quincey Ball, Decatur; Mrs.} Robert Mattax, Berne; Masters Timothy Bolinger, Decatut; Baby Stanley Royer, Convoy, O.; Masi ter Rudolph Arriaga, Decatur; Theodore Bentz, Decatur. Dismissed Master Gregory Ballard, Decatur; Jesse Serna, Decatur; Otis Riley, Decatur; Mrs. Albert Lee, Bryant. Annual State Legion Convention July 12-15 INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — The Indiana Department of the American Legion has set July 12-15 for its 39th annual state convention. The convention will be held in Indianapolis with William A. Brennan Jr., as director. - , , «■-*»- -

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Society Items loi today’s publication must be phoned in by 11 a. m. (Saturday 9:30 a.m.) * Phone 3-2121 GWEN MIL YA RD WEDNESDAY Presbyterian choir rehearsals, cancelled. Women’s association of Presbyterian church, at the church, 8 p.m. Ruth and Naomi circle, Zion E. and R. church parlors, 2 p.m. St. Vincent DePaul society, C. L. of C. hall, 2 p.m. Historical club dinner meeting. Trinity E.U.B. church, 12:30 p.m. Union township home demons* ration club, Mrs. Warren Nidlinger, 1:30 p.m. Bethany circle of Zion E. and R. church, Mrs. Forrest Murray, 7:45 p.m. THURSDAY St. Ann, study club, Mrs. Ben Eiting, 7:30 p.m. ' Ruralistic study club, Mrs. Peter C. Miller, 8 p.m. Little Flower study club, Mrs. Frank Schmitz, 7:30 p.m. Women of the Moose, officers’at 7:30 p.m., meeting at 8 p.m., Moose home. . Decatur Emblem club, Elks home, 8 p.m. St. Ambrose study club, Mrs. Leo Lengerich, 7:30 p.m> St. Paul’s Ladies Aid, Mrs. Lawrence Smith, all day. Our Lady of Victory discussion Mrs. Henry Braun, 8 p.m. Monroe W.C.T.U., Mrs. Orville Lenhart, 7 p.m. Order of Eastern Star, Masonic hall, p.m. social meeting, D. A. V. hall, 7:30 p.m. So Cha Rea, dessert bridge, Mrs. Dan Zeser, 7:30 p.m. Zion Lutheran Needle club, parish hall, 1 p.m. Pleasant Mills high school musicale, Pleasant Mills gym, 7:30 p.m. Lincoln P. T. A., at the school, art exhibit at 7 p.m., meeting at 7:30 p.m. Guardian Anggl study club, Mrs. Carl Braun, 8 p.m. Kirkland Ladies club, Mrs. Ella Scherry, 7:30 p.m. Adams county Nurses Association, meeting cancelled. FRIDAY Methodist church rummage sale, church basement, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. „ Knights of Columbus auxiliary, K. of C. haU, 8 p.m. Friendship circle of Decatur Missionary church, Mrs. Paul Buck- ’ inghara, 7;3p p.m. ’ American Legion auxiliary, unit 1 43, Legion home, 8 p.m. SATURDAY Methodist church rummage sale, church basement, 9 a.m. to 12 noon. MONDAY Pythian Sister degree staff prac- ■ tice, K. of P. home, 7 p.m. ' TUESDAY i Eagles auxiliary, Eagles hall, 7:30 p.m. The state highway department had a crew of workers repairing holes in U. S. highway 27 in Berne and south towards Geneva this morning. Several large holes in the blacktop had appeared, one two blocks north of the Berne school. The Geneva water main was turned off for an hour and a half in the night last night while a small leak was being repaired. Muddy water resulted when most homeowners turned on the water for the first time this morning. Trade in a good town — Decatur

Pleasant Mills Plans For Alumni Banquet The annual banquet of the Pleasant Mills alumni association will take place Saturday, May 4, at 7:30 p.m. according to an announcement made today by James Wilson, president of the association. It will be held at the high school gym and will be served by the Pleasant Mills P.T.A. Entertainment will be featured during the program. Tickets may be obtained from James Price, chairman of ticket sales, or from Jim Wilson and Bob Speakman, alumni officers. Deadline for ticket reservations is May 1. Alumni who have not already purchased tickets are urged to contact one of the officers on or before that date,- ' — -I'-'""" Reports Automobile Damaged By Vandals Carl Frysinger of Decatur reported to city police early this morning that vandals had dami aged his car while it was parked on Madison street near the Legion ’ home from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. last night. He stated that the wind- . shield wipers were torn off and then used to scratch the paint on t the right side of the car. . Annual 4-H Training School On Thursday The annual 4-H officers training school will be held Thursday at 8 ' p.m. at the Adams Central school, it was announced today. 1 Separate sessions will be held for each office. Those in charge

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will be: presidents and vice-presi-dents, Martin Watson, vocational* agriculture teacher at Adams Central; health and safety leaders, Lorene Fenstermaker and sheriff Merle Affolder; song leaders, Darrell Gerig, music instructor at Monmouth and 4-H band leader; news reporters, Dick Heller, Jr., of the Decatur Daily Democrat. Father Os Four Is Victim Os Suicide LAFAYETTE I UP) - The body of John Benson Burks, 44, Wolcott, was found at the Fauber Construction Co. Tuesday with a shotgun hole in the chest. Authorities said Burks, the father of four children, apparently took his own life.

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