Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 99, Decatur, Adams County, 26 April 1957 — Page 2

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l«o In < sliloniiA PF.C. and Mm Robert B. Turner were recently hosts for a

OUR STORE WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY & TUESDAY, APRIL 29 a 30 OPEN WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 and EVERY EVENING TILL 8:00 FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE. RAY’S PAINT & GIFT SHOP 105 N. 13th St. Phone 3-2637 AU T O REPAI RS | —. p,/ •s-’Asn S y r*wL DID MY WIFE DOME IN HERE FOR A BRAKE JOB ? ? ? The moral is plain: Stop here for a brake job while you can STILL stop. “Later” maty be TOO late ... so do it • now! We’ll check your brakes and j. put them in shape for SAFE driving. Butler's Garage 126-128 S. Ist - i Phone 3-2506 Vr iii fa-v.fc .i-r-- . .

THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ftPRIL 25 -26 -27 1 '" i 3 ' IBBteirr-i 11 ,paint a room to Fyy* Twenty Lucky Winners! f/B/ > M ■ |\l IB ||At9[ < jk\l 11} I !*■ |\lil II / Al) f /Am^E Zg) WallDQDer SOGCiQI To show our appreciation for your visit during our Grand <& j N ,5 'B #f >’ l(■ < \ ■ J ffi :. <B7 R J V/1 rSj 11\ I■ i H 11\ (B 1 /IH S S r~BB IB| i I Opening Sale, we are going to give away enough paint to jf /ft Bl* < ■ HVt ■iß i M tall I*4l 1 " ■1 ■ 11V | ID/ AERViW/1 ‘W. f W J ijOl iSM FOR GRAND opening sale paint a room to twenty lucky people! You don’t have to CAvrß 'Bia FZB llli/Blfi &!& ' ? ‘ H 1 5 " „, Jmf 1 B j IT / f * LT ( f . e.J' _ . make a purchase ... just sign a card and drop it into tin Tur R I'IV ■ 1 J| *O|l« i XTz' /r- ; $/« F2JeHL'JB Our entire new Stock of Prize Drawing Box. You don’t have to be present when EMv rABTLI H | I wnchnkla u/nllnnn4>rc names are drawn (at the close of business Saturday night) V EAR I n ■ ZftA /sXk. A a 111* 1 1FB ■ 111 k I oK 1/ nnirri ... enough paint for a room, free of charge! SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CDfIMCf ■■""'•"■ ,ffl q» wi ’ JF”"™' l GET-ACQUAINTED SPECIALS ■=«? B ’«’« TO SAVE YOU MONEY! 2S2KK&S ur g .Mid..,u..i 59,. ; At your service with s „ t(1(j N£W Co(or Hormony Beot , now only $3.99 w . THE LATEST IDEAS IN HOME DECORATING! Anel,, " )n I -fr v S I I OTHERSIZE I I We’ e mighty proud of our new store and we hope I I I 11 *’ IOWS you ** ow ,0 I I LADDERS ! I "I F 1 ** 111 "**"■■""■"I I t Z Contractors! So,ed ,or Harmonies 4 ft. ladders KEM’GLO PAINT BRUSHES . tte and for the youngstera. ,or your home ** ‘ • nd Reg. $3.98 hvorfte Enamel J special price* for Sherwin-Williams paints and related products are to come in and vWt our a i ways right! DOW Only $2.99 -f Grand Opening Saw I p>; famous Jor protecting and beautifying homes hke to come in and vnd our x 1 -2--- mvw winy look* and T wo popL IL. yours all over America. Our color service is yours new store. We offer com- j washes BSb free of charge to help you decide what colors would p | e te, fast service and Over 1400 different Color Htkftnonies to choose from. 6 ft. LADDERS Hke baked *W j look best in your home. a carry full stocks. Reg. $5.98 Imnl enamel! - r . i.inchiriko > CWM „! I, will *. I. ..r« rwl _ Use " ' "° W ° nly s4 ’" "j T’ 490 OPEN ‘TILL Our Grand Opening SSt™. SPECIAL'”™ LADIES! I w -. ror quality | *’*’** v °|* Famous Sherwin-Williams products to make your home more beautiful! We’re Dot in the hosiery business but M jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj — LJ I COLOR SEQV/CE// OPEftfA CHARGE ACCOCtoT# X I I ... Io celebrate our Grand Opening we ' Z ■ CFIK..WBIMfiIMC gnak. * f covfrX -nm- T Sherwin-Wiuiams Paints ® ; - - .. ._■..■■■ a a . _ m. . ’ : . ‘ ~ _________a—

birthday party of Pvt. Bill Tumbleson, of Wren. O. Both young mtn are stationed at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Mrs. Turner is the former Kay Johnson. Their address is: Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Turner; Unit 457 11th street; South Mesa; Oceanside, Calif.

General Electric Expects Sales Hike Business Increase Predicted In 1957 General Electric Company sales for 1957 are expected to exceed the previous record of $4,090,015,685 set in 1956 by about 15 percent. President Ralph J. Cordiner told shareowners at the annual meeting held in Schenectady, this week. He based his expectation on the national economy continuing "to perform as predicted, with a 4 percent increase in th? gross national product.” Addressing shareowners at the company’s 65th annual meeting. Cordiner said that as General Electric strives throughout 1957 to earn the customer support needed for thise record sales, its prime emphasis will be “on two factors which are related to both immediate and long-term objectives, namely to: “1. Improve the values and services offered to customers. “2. Improve earning ratios to levels that will more adequately sustain growth and progress.” “It will be seen that these two factors together spell progress not only for millions of customers and for 376,000 shareowners, but for everyone else whose progress is linked with the progress of General Electric—3ls.ooo employees around the world, more than half a million other businesses that supply the company with materials and distribute or service its products, and the economy as a whole,” hie Mid. Cordiner pointed out that General Electric continues to invest more than 6 percent of its sales dollar in research and development, as compared with an investment of about 2 percent of sales by the average industrial company. “There are not many companies whose annual investments in research and development are actually larger than their profits, as has been the case in General Electric for several years. Rather than reduce research and development activities, it would be better to build up earnings to provide more adequate support for this work, which is vital to continuing proEress not only for General Elecdc, but for the entire electrical industry.” he said. Discussing the company's per-, formance in 1956 as compared with the performance of the 25 largest companies in the electrical manufacturing industry other than General Electric, Cordiner said that in lss6u General Electric s - sales increased 18 percent while the sales

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of the 25 other leading electrical manufacturers increased an average of 12 percent over 1955. General Electric’s earnings after taxes increased 2 percent, while the earnings of the 25 other leading electrical manufacturers declined 9 percent from 1955 levels. “The net return on sales ratios presently prevailing in the electrical industry are not adequate to provide for the needs of a growth industry which has such challenging responsibilities in the expanding economy of the United States.” he said. In 1956. General Electric earned (after taxes) 5.2 percent on sales, or about five cents on each dollar of sales, while the other 25 largest electrical manufacturers averaged 3.1 percent on sales, or about three cents on each dollar of sales. Cordiner said such low profits “are not in the best interests of shareowners. customers, employees, suppliers, or the.public.” Cordiner emphasized, however, that “for a company that is striving in every wqy to anticipate and serve the changing wants of the people, the opportunities ahead are truly inspiring.” “Consider such long-range factors as the increase in population, the rise in educational and income levels, the demand for higher standards of living, the increased opportunity for companies skilled in research and development, the worldwide competition in industrialization, the demands of national security, and- the increasing need for electrical energy and equipment in nearly every aspect of the nation’s economic life,” he continued. “The use of electric power and equipment is not a temporary luxury or a product of boom times; electricity is at the very heart of the economy and the security of the United States.” w Admitted Miss Pauline Hostetler, Berne; Mrs. Louise Hobrock, Decatur; Miss Patricia Bauserman, Decatur. Dismissed Theodore Bentz, Decatur; Baby Stanley Roger, Convoy, O.; Miss Rose Springer, Berne. Long And Short OGDEN, Utah — (IP) — A fourmember jury cleared G. Ray Stockman of keeping a vicous dog after a 14-year-old newsboy who claimed the animal attacked him admitted in .city court he didn’t know whether the dog’s tail was long or short Trade in a good town — Decatur I

Training School Is Held Last Evening Annual 4-H Leaders Training Conducted Seven Adams county 4-H clubs were awarded ten copies each of a new song book, “Indiana Sings,” for having perfect attendance at the officers training school at Adams Central school Thursday night. Leo Seltenright, county agent, presided at the meeting, which was held in the Adams Central gym. After the pledge to the flag and the 4-H. pledge, the group broke up into separate groups for 45 minutes of concentrated study. Instructors included: presidents and vice-presidents, Martin Watson; secretaries and treasurers. Mrs. Don Smith; health and safety, Mrs. Lorene Fenstermaker and sheriff Merle Affolder; news reporters, Dick Heller, Jr..; recreation, Larry Busick. Following the training period, group games were enjoyed by all present. Nearly every one of the

This baby canjlick its tail a. at any thing on the road! gakw, DeSoto |R Yeah! flic k its some Anyway I® to lool< at it- this low-slung glamor gal leads the pack. And the price? Just a few dollars more than the lowest for a big De Soto 4-door sedan—complete with TorsionAire Ride and a mighty 245 hp V-8. Drive a De Soto before you decide—at your nearby De Soto dealer. W 7 k’s the most exciting car in the world today! iRRMBTIir 4k ■■ »t Detroit. 1 Wk ■ B ■*■ "■ f excise and bundling U A ■ t charge*. Stale and local taxce it ■*Mr W *T F B TB M **** anv>. traneiKTlafion. delivery. O|>- ‘ F ■ _B 3 —— tlonal equipment and ai-ccax.n.n & B 33 m ehown. alightlv extra I’ru.e ■■HWVR, .<BBWMBERM|NnRMWBgM IMM B WEB may vary a. <<>r<img to indivuiu.a ‘ i '‘“ er »olu' y ' OF SOTO DEALERS PRESENT GROUCHO MARX ON NRC RADIO AND TELEVISION , DICK MANSFIELD Motor Sales

30 clubs was represented at the meeting. jPjBIRfrSSSI Mrs. Emma Baumgartner has received a telegram informing her of the birth of a great-grandson. Mr. and Mrs. Chan Oaks, of Holland. Mich., are parents of a son, bprn April 24. Mrs. Oaks is the former Barbara Yost, granddaughter of Mrs. Baumgartner. At the Adams county memorial hospital. • A|i h« A seven pound, four and a half ounce doughter was bom at 9:44 p.m. Thursday, to Kenneth and Marcella Huff Donerty, of Geneva. Clifford and Patty. Agler Nevil, of Geneva, are parents of a son, bora at 1:55 a.m. today. He weighed seven pounds, six and a half ounces.

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Peppy Pals The Preble Peppy Pals 4-H meeting was held at the Friedheim

school on April 22 at 8 o’clock, the 4-H song was sung by the members. Roll call was answered by 12 members by naming "my

FARM FOR SALE Farm of CHARLES M. DUNCAN, deceased, 1 mile north, 1% miles east, Bluffton, Indiana, containing 38 acres will be sold by Co-administrators at undersigned law office. Practically new, almost modern 6 rooms, and bath, excellent house, with plenty good buildings, well located, good ground, excellent small farm. Immediate possession, buyer pays tuxes for 1957, payable in 1958. Co-administrators will offer same for sale at office of GALLIVAN & HAMILTON Gal-Ham Building Bluffton, Indiana ’ on May 4th, 1957, at 1:30 P. M. Open bidding. Right is reserved to reject any and all bids. For Information, see or call — GEORGE ROBERT DUNCAN, R. R. No. 4, Bluffton, Indiana, Telephone 1172-3 JAMES MORTON DUNCAN, 903 W. Washington, Bluffton, Telephone 1336-W or above attorneys.

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favorite season.” The officers training school was announcing to be held at the Adams Central school April 24.