Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 154, Decatur, Adams County, 1 July 1957 — Page 2

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SURPRISE BIRTHDAY SUFFER GIVEN LAWRENCE STETLER At the home of Lawrence Stetler, route five, a combined surprise birthday supper and reunion was held Wednesday evening, celebrating Statler's 74th birthday, Saturday. Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Leroyd Stetler and son, Ronnie. Millbrae, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Clear and son Jimmy, Greenville, 0.; Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Egley and Susan, Kent, and Judy, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Deßolt apdJdr. and Mrs. Glen Egley, all of route two, Ohio City, 0»; Mr, and Mrs. Chester Stetler, Fort Wayne, and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Small and Diana, Decatur. MOUNT ZION GROUPS SLATE BOAST AND CHRISTMAS TREE An outdoor Christmas tree and wiener roast will be the highlights of Friday evening’s 6:30 meeting of two groups of the Mt Ztbn IMite<J Brethren church, at Bobo and the Y.P.M.B. will meeting that evening at the home of Mrs. Glifford Bunner. Each is to bring a gift, for the overseas missionaries to place under this July Christmas tree. The Hjuntington Mission office offers these suggestions: the missionaries can use the 1958 calendars, Scrip-

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Hire Christmas cards, wash cloths and towels, stationery, mending tools, and fix-it kits, etc. Fort Wayne Girl Is Named Outstanding BLOOMINGTON W - M i S s Linda Marshall. Fort Wayne. Sunday was selected as the outstanding citizen of Hoosier Girls’ State at Indiana University. She received an award at inaugural and honors day ceremonies, closing event of a week-long training program on state and local" government attended by high school junior girls from throughout the state. The program was sponsored by th« American Legion Auxiliary. • Buggy Maker Dies While Driving Car LAWRENCEBURG W> — E. S. Knapp, 72, co-owner of a concern here which still makes horsedrawn buggies, died Sunday of a heart seizure while driving his automobile. Knapp’s Standard Vehicle Co. made buggies for Hollywood movies and the MackHnac Island, Mich., resort area.

Re*. Emerick Is - Institute Director Is First Director Os Yokefellow Group The Rev. Samuel Emerick, formerly pastor of the First Methodist church here, recently took over as first director of the Yokefellow Institute at Richmond. The Yokefellow movement is interdenominational, and was founded by Dr. Elton Trueblood. widely known Quaker, author. and lecturer. “Yokefellows believe that work in the Christian cause must not be limited to professional clergymen and teachers. They stress a ‘ministry’ that operates on the everyday level through everyday work and social contacts. They adopt for themselves certain voluntary disciplines of study, prayer, worship- service, and giving a certain portion of their income to Christian ca\4htv ’.s ßev - Emerick reports. ( La/men •» in the movement study public speaking, worship leadership, stewardship, how to cultivate the devotional life of a church group, organization of special prayer and study groups and techniques of Christian counseling. Dr. Trueblood aqd Rev. Emerick plan to work with six “pilot churches” in the Richmond area in developing leadership. The Lily Endowment, Inc., of Indian-

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Society Items R>r today’s publication must bg phoned in by U a. m. (Saturday 9:30 a.m.) Phone 3-2121 BARBARA FIECHTER MONDAY Flo-Kan Sunshine girls, K. of P. home, 6:30 p. m. Pythian Sisters degree staff, Kof P. home, 7 p. m. Women’s Missionary Association of Mount Zion U. B. church, Mrs. Milton Chronister, 7:30 p, m. Adams county chorus, at Monroe, bring 1955, 1956 and 1957 music books. VFW Auxiliary, post home, Bp.m. Rainbow wiener roast, Mrs. Alton Corson, Homestead 6, 6:30 p.m. TUESDAY Catholic Ladies of Columbia, C. L. of C. Sacred Heart study club, Mrs. Julia Heimann, 6:30 p.m. Psi lots Xi sorority pledge picnic, Boy Scout cabin. 6 p.m. Happy Homemakers picnic supper, Berne Park, 6:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY Zion Lutheran Needle club, 1 Parish hall, 9 a.m. FRIDAY Harvesters and Y. P. M. B of Mount Zion United Bretliren church, Christmas tree wiener roast, Mrs. Gifford Bunner, 6:30 p.m. apolis, has made possible the work. Rev. Emerick also is a former Methodist pastor in Bluffton, Wabash and Kendallville.

Three Persons Dead In Airplane Crash SUMNER, Hl. W — Lee O. Fiscus, 39, Black Oak, Ind., was one of two persons killed outright ond a third person Was fatally injured Sunday when a private plane crashed in Red Hill State Park near here. Fiscus, pilot of the plane, and Mildred Hess, 6, Sumner, were killed when the plane plunged to earth while Fiscus was preparing to land on a in the state park. The girl’s mother, Mrs. Madelon Ridgely. 33, died in Ricnland county hospital in nearby Olney from injuries sustained in the crash shortly after the I mishap. Two Arrested For Shooting Fireworks MOUNT VERNON W — T w o were arrested for sfiboting firewqrks in violation if an Indiana state law 1 . One ” of thein, Henry T. McCarty, Ilk was found hiding under a bed in his home after he escaped from a police car while officers were confiscating the contraband explosives. i ->" i - JBr - .IMF GIRARD McNULTY (top), shown behind bars in Los Angeles, is being held in connection with the beating of t-wo-year-old Joyce Ellen Meyer (below). She was badly bruised on the face and eye. McNulty was serving as baby sitter with Joyce Ellen. He told police ’‘everything piled up at once” and he felt he had to hit something, so he hit the baby. (International) | EVERY | I WEDNESDAY I I is. - I I TOT’S I I DAY I H AT fi I EDWARD’S I STUDIO I U Quality Work at a || A Low Price To You. W

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Ramona Gattshall .... Married Sunday To Ronnie L. Gephart In the Chattanooga Zion Lutheran church, Chattanooga, 0.. Sunday, reciting double ring wedding vows, Miss Ramona Karleen Gottshall, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Marckel, route one, Monroe, was united in marriage with Ronnie Lewis Gephart. only son of Mr. and Mrs. Basil Gephart, route five, Decatur. Ferns, palms, candelabrum, and baskets of gladiolus and white pom pons graced the ehurch as the Rev. Waldo Byers officiated. For nuptial music preceding the i ceremony, Miss Pauline DeArm- • arid. Rockford, 0., was organist, • Miss Maxine Caffee, Rockford, 0., ’ vocalist. Organ selections were • “Because,” “Wonderful One,” 1 ’‘Liebestraum,” “Oh. Promise • Me," Melody of Love.” and during t the ceremony, “Wedding Prayer." ! Miss Caffee. included “Ah, Sweet fystery of Life,” “God Gave Me j ou,” and “The Lord's Prayer.” Given in marriage by her stepfather, the bride appeared in a gown of embroidered tulle. 'The ; • fitted bodice was detailed with a, "Hcooped neckline and brief sleeves, chapel f leftgth train. A shell of chantilly 1 lace embroidered with iridescent ' sequins held her full circular fingertip veil erf .mported pure silk illusion. She carried a white orchid ' with white carnations land lily-of-thc-vallcy. Aqua and white streamers completed the bouquet. Acting as matron of honor. Mrs. I Bonnie Marckel, Decatur, was attired in a ballerina length gown of wjiite flocked sheer nylon over ' taffeta. A scalloped sabrina neckline and brief sleeves topped the fitted bodice. An aqua cummerbund, ending in a back bow, tnj circled her waist. An aqua picture I hat and a cascade of white pom pons and aqua carnations falling from a basket of white satin and lace ruffles complemented the honor attendant’s gown. The Misses Muriel Ann Foor, Monroe; and Marilyn Luginbill, Linn Grove: attended as bridesmaids, in ensembles like Mrs. Marckel’s. Flower girls were the Misses Kathy Roughia, Decatur, and Jencffer i Jones, East Moriches, N. I were gowned in aqua taffeta. Their dresses were accented with big white nylon bows, and they carried baskets of aqua and white flowers. __ Kenneth Marckel, Decatur, attended as best man, and Larry Moses and Allen Bowen, Decatur, seated the guests. Junior groomsmen were Glen Marckel, Monroe. And Jack Jones, East Moriches, N.Y. Dusty rose lace fashioned the dress Mrs. Gottshall chose for her daughter’s wedding. White accessories and a corsage of wh.te carnations completed her ensemble, ♦tfrs. „Gephart attended the event in a powder blue lace dress, which she accented with white complements. Her corsage was of white carnations. After the ceremony, the bridal party received 275 guests in the I OPEN TONIGHT r - and ( EVERY NIGHT till 8:00 P.M. DRIVE-IN 7: PARKING _ keLly i DRY CLEANING 427 N. 9th St. PHONE 3-3202

church basement. The four-tier wedding cake was aqua and white, centered on a table decorated with pink flowers. Bows and streamers trimmed the reception room. Assisting in serving were the Mesdames Carolyn Moses, Marion: Beatrice Leitch, Fort Wayne; and Rita Clouse, Decatur, and the Misses Sharon Sprunger, and Colleen Roughia, Decatur; and Suzanne Kuhn. Monroe. Destination of the wedding trip

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was unannounced. For traveling, the bride changed into a sheath dreas of orchid and white butcher linen, complemented in black patent and white. She wore a corsage of the white orchid from her bridal bouquet. Graduated from Pleasant Mills high school, the bride works at International Harvester in Fort Wayne. Alio a graduate of Pleasant Mills, the bridegroom is employed at the Phelps Dodge Copper corporation. Mr. and Mrs. Gephart will make their home at 330 H North Fourth street. Mrs. Clara Flauding Is Taken By Death Mrs. Clara Flauding, T 4, of Geneva, died Saturday noon at the Adams county -memorial hospital, where she had been a patient two weeks. Surviving are a half-sister, Mrs. Gladys Peters of Portland; a half-brother. Wilmer Pyle of Bryant; three granddaughters and eight great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Hardy & Hardy funeral home in Geneva, the Rev. A. B. McKain officiating. Burial will be in Gravel Hill cemetery, west of Bryant. Girard Weds Jap Sweetheart Friday TOKYO (UP) — U. S. Army Sp cialist 3C William S. Girard will marry his Japanese sweetheart Friday in the Army chapel at Camp Whittington 40 miles from Tokyo, it was announced today. Maj. Stanley F. Levin, Girard’s legal adviser, said the 21-year-old Ottawa, 111., soldier is “just as nervous as most guys a short time before his marriage.” Girard's girl friend is Haru (Candy) Sueyama, 27.

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—V '* I * H W* ** ■ 7 '’-4 PRINCESS Caroline Louise Marguerite, first child of Prince Rainier and Princess Grace Patricia (Kelly) of Monaco, is shown in her crib at Monaco. She was born on January 23 at the Grimaldi Palace in Monaco. Two Men Candidates For Alumni Post Claren J. Neuenschwander, principal of the Berne-French high school, and Leslie A. Dold, Bluffton insurance man, are candidates for election to the new executive committee of the Butler Univer. sity alumni association. Graduates and former students of Butler will vote by mail during July, with the winner to serve a three-year term on the executive committee, starting in October. Either Neuenschwander or Dold will represent the Wells-Adams-Blackford-Jay counties district.