Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 175, Decatur, Adams County, 26 July 1957 — Page 6

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Teen-Ager Admits Slaying Roommate Killed Roommate To Obtain $l6O Check < BURLINGAME. Calif. <UP)-A j tcen-agod girl admitted today she bludgeoned her beautiful room- i mate to death. (Pith a flatiron and | then stabbed htr because she need-1 cd $l6O to pay some "pressing debts." Police hiw tiaine boule. 19. a : typist from Freeport, Long Island,: N.Y., on suspicion of murder after I she confessed killing Catherine I Kit) Marie Elvins, 20. Miss Elvins was the socialite I - , ... 1 * * FREE * * Ask for a Free Mailing Label Mail Your Kodachrome Film (slides or movie) Directly to Eastman Kodak Drop them into a mail ' box anywhere. They will be processed promptly and returned to our store. HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO.

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| daughter of a prominent Seattle physician. Dr. Richard E. Elvins. i Police found Miss Bivins’ battered body Thursday night in the I Burlingame apartmdht both girls had been sharing According, to Deputy Dist. Atty. I Howard ' Hartley. Miss Soule .smashed the heavy iron repeatedly on Miss Elvins* head as she slept. I Then, he said, she stabbed her , roommate with a kitchen knife. Miss Soule said Miss Elvins spoke only once. She asked, “What are you doing?” The coroner's office said Miss ] Elvins bore 26 wounds on the head from the flatiron. One blow cracked her, skull. She also had 20 stab wounds in her breast. 6 of them deep and 14 superficial. Hartley said the attack occurred Wednesday morning. •’Miss Soule subsequently 'dragged the body Into the kitchen and slept in the bed in which the victim died that night," he said. “She said she planned to put the body into a trunk and store the trunk with her furniture.” Miss Soule told Hartley her mo- : tive was money *• She told us that Miss Elvins : had received a $l6O check on Tuesday from her mother. Mrs. Naomi i Elvins. The check was not en- ! dorsed.” Miss Soule told 1 Hartley, “It I came over me to get that money. 1 i had pressing debts in my home ’town of Freeport." . On Wednesday, she said, she -went to San Francisco and tried | to pass the check at five banks, but I had no luck. She had endorsed it 1 hersflf. „ [ Then she went to the apartment 'of her sister, Mrs. Dorothy Ward, I in the same building and said: “I hit Catherine on the head j with a flatiron yesterday morning.” Mrs. Ward called police. business increase (CoittiiMl tw Pair* O—> industry pay checks, would * receive a good boost in the next few weeks. If you nave something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. it brings results.

Truck Driver Burns To Death In Crash MICHIGAN CITY (UP)—A truck driver burned to death while pinned in the cab of his tanker truck today after it was rammed by a tractortrailer on U S. 20 about three miles west of here. State police said Robert Michaels, 31, Burlington, was killed when a tractor-trailer driven by Clarence Whicker, 45, Elkhart, rammed the tanker after swerving to miss a section of the highway under repair. Whicker was reported, as “critical” in Doctors Hospital here. Secretary Os Draft Board On Vacation Mrs. Urcile B. Chase, secretary of the Adams county selective service board, will be on vacation from July 29 until Aug. 19. An itinerant clerk will be in the office on Wednesdays, July 31, Aug. 7 and 14. Earl B. Adams, rppeal agent, whose office is in connection with the draft board, will have charge of registering youths becoming 18 years of age, the balance of the days the office is open. Rural Churches UNION CHAPEL EVANGELICAL UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH Lawrence T. Norris, Pastor “We Welcome Every One To Worship With Us Always” 9:00 Sunday School. Warren Nidlinger, Supt., Rolland Gilliom, Ass’t*. 9:50 Worship Service. NOTICE THE CHANGE OF THE HOUR FOR Sunday school and worship service, due to the Sunday School picnic that will follow the worship service at the Berne Park. All are invited. There will not be any evening service. * Wednesday Evening 8:00 Prayer Meeting. Omer Merriman leader. PLEASANT MILLS BAPTIST CHURCH Chas. O. Masten. Pastor 9:30 A M. Sunday School, Lowell Noll. Supt. 10:15 AM? Morning Worship, sermon by the pastor, “Entrusted With the Gospel.” 2;: JI 6:30 P.M. Sr. B.Y.F. 7:00 P.M. Jr. B.Y.F. 7:30 P.M. Evening Worship, subject, “Christian Stability.” Picnic date -is Sunday. August 11. Place ? ? ? Come and vote for your choice. Read Ezra. “ ■ , PLEASANT VALLEY WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH G. R. Shaw. Pastor 9:30 Sunday School, R.C. Harrison, Supt. 10:30 Missionary Service by the Y.M.W.B. in charge-of Daisy Harrison. Due to the absence of the pastor the evening service will be dismissed in favor of the Wren camp meeting. 8:00 Wednesday evening. Prayer and Praise service by Virgil Sprunger. PLEASANT DALE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN John D. Mishler, Pastor 7 9:30 a.m. Sunday School with Mr. Robert Nussbaum as superintendent and Mrs. Valera Liby as children’s director. Bring your family. 10:30 a.m. morning worship. The sermon subject will be “The Comfort of God’s Presence.” The pastor is bringing a series of sermons from Matthew 5-7 and is now presenting an exegesis of the Beatitudes. . 7:30 p.m, evening worship. The pastor will use the message "Purity of Heart.” Following the presentation of the message. Christian baptism will be administered for those who are accepting Christ as Savior. 2:00 p.m. the CBYF of the Eastern section will have a meeting at

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She d 2 ■ |jtk • p- ■ -~y ln»rrul«*l Unitor* SufkU, School Lrw-i B*ekgr«»< Serf>t«r»t Judsea •:!—! RtaSlßt: Psrtilm M:l-S. | Idols 018 And New Lesson for July 28. 1957 IF ANY of the readers of this paper had seen the pillar of Baal that the hero Gideon pulled down, they might not have noticed it at all. It may have been nothing more impressive than a post or pole of some kind, with or without some other image close beside it. Standing up or knocked ovtir, it

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wouldn’t seem to amount to much. And yet Gideon was accounted a hero for destroying it; a hero, because • there were many people in the place who thought that tearing down that

pillar was nothing short of sacrilege. For to them it was sacred, the most sacred object in the village. When Gideon tore It down, he actually risked his life at the hands of his fanatical neighbors. Idols Overseas There is hardly any kind of thing, no matter how ugly, ridiculous or disgusting, that has not become an object of worship Somewhere, some time. American Christian travelers to India are generally shocked by the “gods” of Hindu temples. Aside from the unmentionables, there are absurd things like Ganesh, a fat little god with an elephant’s head; or little stone bulls on whose heads -garlands of yellow flowers will be laid as a tribute. Elsewhere there'are great fat Buddhas, plated with gold or carved out of stone sitting out beside a mountain road, before] whom offerings are placed, of* money, food or drink. There are mountains and lakes and waterfalls and trees, local sights for the tourist, which are regarded with superstitious awe. Not an hour goes by, on this planet of ours, without some sort of honor—prayer, gifts, sacrifice—being offered to things “having eyes tee ‘ not, having ears hear not”—some-, times'in human shape, sometimes beastlike, sometimes very hard to classify! Idols In America Why do people do such silly things? Perhaps it is for the same reason that Americans worship their idols. Yes, we do have idols; in our enlightened land, thoughthey are seldom called by that name. Whatever a man hangs his heart on and depends on, as Luther said,—that is his god. And if what we hang our heart on and depend on is the true God, then worshipping him and serving him is true religion. But if what we hang our heart on and depend on is not the true God, then whatever we worship, it is an idol, and worshipping it and serving it is not only nonsense, it is sin. Here in America the name of one idol is The Public. Politicians fall down and worship this idol; so do actors and advertisers. Keep the Public happy and careless, for once you lose its favor, you are lost. Another idol is called The Majority. If most people do a thing (or don’t do it, as the case may be), then that is the Last Word. Some people would no more think of going against the majority view than they would think of going against God. Indeed for such people the Majority, to all intents and purposes, might as well be God. For they don't listen to God with half the eagerness with which they always want to know what “everybody” does or thinks, before they will decide for themselves. < Only the Brave Break (dels It took courage, moral and physical, for Gideon to destroy the idol of Baal. It always takes courage to tear down idols. It takes even greater cdtirage to destroy idols oneself has made and worshipped. People who do not follow popular idols are regarded as little queer, if not more than a little sour. Idol-breakers, people who “buck” popular opinions and prejudices, not only have to get over their fear of what people will think, —they have to get over their fear of the idol itself. Whether it is the primitive African, afraid of the volcano he worships, or the ordinary American Idolater, a \ worshipper of money or popularity, it takes courage to break, or to break with, an idol of any kind. But once the break is made, once a man’s trust is placed In the true God alone, he can smile al the idol whose crawling slave he used to be. —, Wagner Lake. There will be no services at the church Wednesday evening. You are encouraged to attend the union Vesper service at the 4-H fair at Mohroe. A friendly invitation is extended to visitors and vacationers to attend these services of the church.

Rural Churches UNITED BRETHREN Berne Circuit Dennis Johnson. Pastor Apple Grove — 9:30 Sunday School. " v Electton of delegate to annual conference in charge of Class leader. 7:30 Evening Worship. 8:00 Wed. eve. Prayer meeting. Winchester — 9:00 Sunday School. 10:00 Morning Worship. 8:00 Wed. eve. Prayer meeting. ST. LUKE EVANG. AND REF. CHURCH — Honduras Louis C. Minsterman, Minister 9:00 Church service. Sermon by the pastor. 10:00 Sunday School. ST. JOHN EVANG. AND REF. CHURCH — Vera Crus Louis C, Minsterman, Minister 9:30 Sunday School. 10:30 Church service. Sermon by the pastor. MONROE METHODIST CHURCH Willis Gierhart, Pastor Church 9:30 a. m. Theme — "The Withered Hand." Sunday School 10:30 a. m. There will be no midweek service because of vespers at the 4-H fair. Friday — Commission on finance meets at 7:30 p. m. Commission on education meets ?t 8:15 p. m. WREN CIRCUIT E. U. B. Albert N. Straley, Pastor Bethel: 9:30 a. m. Sunday School. Lesson: "Gideon, Combating Paganism.” 10:30 a. m. Prayer service Wood Chapel: 9:30 a m Sunday School 10:30 a. m. Prayer service. Thursday at Bethel: 8:00 p. m. Prayer meeting. Thursday at Wood Chapel: 8:30 p. m.. Prayer meeting and Youth Fellowship. ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN Church I*4 miles north and 14 mile west of Preble O. C. Busse, Pastor Divine Worship service 8:45 a. tn. Sunday School and Bible class 9:55.a. m. ■ ’ -■ ■ The Sunday School teachers will meet on Wednesday at 8:00 p. m. If you have church home, you are cordially invited to worship at St. Paul’s. Rtvarre Circuit UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST Carlyle Seiple, Pastor Mt, Victory Located 214 miles North of Route 224 on the State Line. 9:30 Sunday School with classes for all ages. The annual election of Sunday School officers will be conducted during the forepart of the Sunday School hour. 10:30 Worship service with the pastor in charge. The election of Class leader and trustees of the church, will be conducted during this service. The annual Sunday School picnic will be held at the Lehman memorial park at Berne at 12 o’clock Sunday. A potluck dinner will be served. 8:00 Wednesday evening is the "Hour of Power” at Mt. Victory. Mt. Zion at Bobo 9:30 Sunday School with classes for all ages. 10:30 Prayer and Praise service with the class leader in charge. 7:00 Christian Endeavor. 7:30 Worship service with the message by the pastor. 7:30 Wednesday evening is Prayer time at Mt. Zion. '“ ’ Pleasant Grove Located 6M miles Northeast of Decatur. 9:30 Sunday School with classes for all ages. 10:30 Prayer and Praise service with the class leader in charge. 7:30 Wednesday evening is Prayer time at Pleasant Grove. The regular time for the meeting of the Y.P.M.B. will be. Saturday, August 3. at 8:00 p.m. PLEASANT MILLS METHODIST CHURCH Rev. Billy J. Springfield, Pastor Church School 9:30 A.M. Morning Worship 10:30 AM. Thursday Evening 7:30 P.M. SALEM METHODIST CHURCH Rev. Billy J. Springfield. Pastor Morning Worship 9:30 A.M. Church School 10:30 A M. M. Y. F. ’ 6:30 P.M. Evening Service 7:30 P.M. Wednesday Evening 8:00 P.M. SALEM EVANGELICAL AND REFORMED CHURCH (United Church of Christ) Decatur, Rout 1 H. E. Settlage, Pastor 9:00 Sunday School and Adult Bible classes. 10:00 Worship Service. Lesson: John 1:1-18. Sermon: “The Morning of Christianity.” The second best Is never as good as the best p Try Our Ready-Mix Dial 3-2561 Decatur Ready - Mix Inc.

THE BIBLE SPEAK OF MONEY? Rev. J. R. Meadows Why must the church speak of money? Because the Bible.does. The Old Testament is filled with passages emphasizing that God created all wealth and s till claims, it,, that He has definite purposes for its development and use and that He expects the church and its members loyally to seek out and to conform to these purposes. The very first chapter of Genesis declares that "in the beginning God created the earth” and all its wealth and soil and mineral and vegetable and animal life and that He gave these to man merely to possess—not to own—to "have dominion over” as His stewards. Chapter after chapter of Exodus, Leviti- ; cus, Numbers and Deuteronomy •s toll of detailed statements as to God's ownership of wealth, as to His share of the proceeds and the way the church is to secure Habegger Builders & Supply, Inc. Berne, U. S. 27 North Phone 2-2636 Complete Building Service Decatur Equipment, ■ Inc. Hlway 27 North Sales and Service Phone 3-2904 Daniel R. Everett, Distributor of MARATHON GAS Fuel OH, V.E.P. Motor OU, Lubricants - - Farm Service. P. O. Box 311, Decatur Phone 3-2682. CORSON DURACLEANER We Clean Rugs. Carpets, and Upholstery In Home. No Shrinkage or Fading. Nat’l. Advt. Phone 3-2226 No. 6 Homestead, Decatur, Ind. BOWERS Jewelry Store BEAVERS OIL SERVICE Dependable Farm Service Phone 3-2705 Kelly’s Dry Cleaning' Laundry and Furrlere Agency for Slick’s Laundry Phone 3-3202 427 N. 9th St. Acroaa from G. E. , THE STOP BACK Hobbles and Crafts Material Magazlnea and Newapapere 240 W. Madlaon 8t Phone 3-3217 She Stow “Quality Footwear” 154 No. 2nd Decatur, Ind. ’URNITURE STORE 329 N. 2nd St. Habegger Hardware “The Store Where Old-Fashioned Courtesy Prevails" 140 West Monroe Phone 3-3716 STIEFEL GRAIH 00. PURINA CHOWS SEEDS — FERTILIZER Baby Chlx Check-R-Mlxlng REAL ESTATE—INSURANCE The Decatur Insurance Agency EaL 1887 Bob Heller, Agent Heller Bldg. Decatur, Ind. Miller’s Grocery Groceries, Fresh Fruit, Vegetables, Meat, ice Cream 987 BF. 2nd St. Ph. 3-3307

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