Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 202, Decatur, Adams County, 27 August 1957 — Page 3

TUESDAY, AUGUST 27. 1957

DECATUR RESIDENTS ATTEND REUNION SUNDAY AT BERNE Several Decatur residents were present for the Light family reunion. held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Agler, Berne, Sunday. Attending from here were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Chase, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Light and sons Dennis and Timothy, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Essex and Janeen, Mrs. Nina Light, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Light, Sandy, Eric and Donna, Mrs. Adrian Burke and Michael, and Jesse Swartz. ADAMS COUNTY W.C.T.U. MEETS WITH MRS. BPRUNGER Members of the Adams County Women’s Christian Temperance Union conducteda regular meeting recently, at Me home of Mrs. Anna Sprunger, who is president of the Berne Union, in Berne. Following prayer, offered by Mrs. Ferd Mettler, the business session was conducted by the Union president, Mrs. D. C. Shady. It was announced that there would be an election of officers during the county convention, which will be held sometime in October. Other events to take place then are a speech contest and special music. Singing of “Blessed Be the Tie That Binds,” dismissed the group after prayer, offered by Mrs. Shady. MONMOUTH P.T.A. BOARD NAMES COMMITTEE HEADS Monmouth executive board of the Parent Teachers’ Association met Monday evening at the school under the direction of the board president, Morris Krueckeberg. . Various committee chairmen to serve during the 1957-’SB school year were announced, and their duties discussed. Mr. and Mrs. John Stucky have been appointed to handle the budget and finances of the PTA, and Mr. and Mrs. John Burger will CLOSED ALL OAY THURSDAY I r L & O SHOP

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have charge, of character and spiritual education phases of the school. Heading the committee in charge of the annual summer roundup will be Mrs. Richard Harkless and Mrs. Wilbur Suman, who are also chairmen of the health division. Robert Colter was named historian, Mr. and Mrs. Leo King. Jr. are co-chairmen of hospitality, and Mr. and Mrs. Everett Singleton the membership committee. Publicity will be handled by Loren Jones, school principal, and all parents and family life education will be under the direction of Mrs. Hugh Myers. Program chairman is Mrs. Clifford Mann; recreation advisor is Harold Clinkenbeard; Mrs. Wayne Schnepf is in charge of room representatives; Omer Merriman is head of the safety committee, and August Selking will have charge of the school’s scholarship committee. An ice cream social will be conducted on the lawn of the Monroe Methodist church, Wednesday evening, starting at 7 o’clock. The public is invited to attend the social, which is being sponsored by the youth fellowship of the cnurch. Mrs. John Alberding, Jr., will be hostess to the members of Our Lady of Victory study club, Thursday evening at 8 o’clock. Second Polio Case Is Reported In Decatur James Brazill, 25, of 625 Winchester street, is a patient at the Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne suffering with spinal polio. The case is non-paralytic according to the report made to the local board of health. His is the second polio case reported this year in Decatur. Hebble And Hammond Attend Convention Vernon ‘Spec’ Hebble and Ed Hammond, officials in the United Electrical Workers local 924, are in San Francisco, Cal., this week attending the national U.E. convention. The local union is bargaining agent for the employes at the Decatur General Electric plant. Trade in a good town — Decatar

wKSt" EE HHil bBEmK 4 x " SHhk ■r - s' WEEH--- \ 1 v\ ■ E Aa ■•' ■ ' 1 1 gas JOY WINDSOR lets out with what looks like a smile of satisfaction as she leaves court in Los Angeles in possession of a divorce from bandleader Charlie Barnett. Miss Windsor, 26, was Charlie’s 10th divorce. Nine wives, however, since one scored twice. (International) Society Items for today’s publication must be phoned in by 11 a. m. (Saturday 9:30 a.m.) Phone 3-2121 Gwen Mies TUESDAY Kirkland Ladies club, Adams Central school, 7:30 p.m. Preble Sunny Circle home demonstration club, Preble recreation center, 8 p.m. Jolly Housewives home demonstration club. Pleasant Mills school, 7:30 p.m. Juniors of American Legion Auxiliary, installation of officers, American Legion home, 7:30 p.m. Teusday Oilve Rebekah Lodge Number 86, Odd Felolws Hall, 7:30 p.m. Decatur Weight Watchers, public library, 8 p.m. Decatur W.C.T.U., Mrs. Jesse E. Niblick, 308 Fifth street, 1:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY Ruth and Naomi Circle of Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, at church, 2 p.m. Christian Women’s Fellowship of First Christian church, at the church, 7:30 p.m. Monroe Methodist Youth Fellowship, ice cream social, the church lawn, starting at 7 p.m. THURSDAY Our Lady of Victory study club, Mrs. John Alberding, Jr., 8 p.m. Order of Rainbow for girls, initiation practice. Masonic Hall, 1:30 p.m. Women of the Moose, Moose Home, officers, 7:30 p.m., general meeting, 8 p.m. Home Demonstration Club of Union Township, Hanna-Nuttman Shelter house, family picnic, 6:30 Zion Lutheran Needle club, at the parish hall, 1 p.m. Monroe W.C.T.U. to entgrtain L.T.L., in the Monroe Methodist church annex, potluck supper at 6 p.m. p.m. Search Goes On For Funeral Director By UNITED PRESS VINCENNES W — Authorities Monday reported they have found no clues as to the whereabouts of Kenneth C. Smith, 38, Monroe City funeral director missing since last Tuesday. Smith vanished en route home from Wheatland. His automobile was found abandoned in ddwntown Evansville Wednesday.

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May Seek Religion In Census In 1960 Census Bureau Is Debating Question By LOU.-S CASSELS United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON <UP) — Would you be offended if a census-taker asked “What is your religion?” The Census Bureau is debating whether to include that question on the forms that will be used by its 200,000 enumerators when they call at every home in America in 1960. Dr. Conrad Taeuber, assistant director of the bureau, said “vigorous discussions" are still underway within the bureau staff, and' "no final decision has been reached.” He said some census officials feel strongly that the bureau should collect factual data on the religious affiliations of Americans, while others are convinced that “it would be a bad mistake.” One problem that has particularly concerned census officials, he said, is how the average American is likely to react to a question about his religion. No such question has ever been asked in a nationwide census. Orders Trial Runs To sound out public sentiment, the Census Bureau ordered two “trial runs’’ of the religion question. One was conducted last fall in four Wisconsin counties. The other test was held this spring, and involved a random sample of about 35.000 Americans in all parts of the country. In both tests, Taeuber said, the census-takers found “very few” people who protested' the question or seemed reluctant to answer it. The main argument for including the question in the 1960 census is that it would provide, for the , first time, reliable official figures on the size and distribution of varous religious groups. Present statistics on church membership 1 are notoriously inadequate. In many cases, they are little more than estimates by denominational 1 officials. It is significant that among i those urging the Census Bureau to , include the religion question are . two men who probably know more about church statistics than anyone else in America. They are Dr. Benson Y. Landis, editor of the Protestant - sponsored Yearbook of American Churches, and Thomas B. Kennedy, editor of the Official Catholic Directory. Accurate Figures Valuable Accurate census figures on America’s religious population would be of obvious benefit to religious bodies in determining their areas of strength and weakness, and in planning the location of new churches. But Taeuber said many groups ‘ besides churches have asked the Census Bureau to collect religious statistics. Among them, he said, , are governmental planning agencies responsible for location of • schools and hospitals; social wel- , fare groups; housing agencies; and business firms whose markets . are affected by religious holidays . or dietary customs. Opposition to the “what is your > religion?" question has been regi istered by the American Civil Lib- ( erties Union and the American Jewish Congress. The Civil Liberties Union, which previously had endorsed the question, did an about-face early this month. It asserted in a letter to Census Bureau Director obert W. Burgess that it would violate the First Amendment to the Constitution “to ask anyone questions about religion or membership in a religious body.” Cites Amendment The First Amendment says that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” The American Jewish Congress pointed out in its protest that re-, fusal to answer official census questions is a federal crime. It said the Supreme Court has “expressly and repeatedly held that under’ the First Amendment, the government has no power to compel any person to profess a belief or disbelief in any religion." Burgess said he has referred these complaints to gov e rnmenflegal experts for a ruling. He saic his own reaction, as a non-lawyer is that there is no constitutional problem if purely factual informa tion is sought, and the question is properly worded. Paul Blanshard, author of sev eral books on church - state relations. and the Christian Centura Magazine have suggested that thi Census Bureau eliminate any hin ! of compulsion, giving each person Our Route Men Are Out . . . EVERY DAY 8:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M. PHONE 3-3202 FOR FREE DELIVERY and PICKUP KELLY DRY CLEANING 427 N. 9th St. I ■" 1 —"

JI I zW > V: ■ M \ • L \ u SWAGGERING into a New York police station, burly, 230-pound Vincente L. Gigante, ex-boxer known as "The Chin,’* asked (above), "Do you want me in the Costello case?’’ Gigante had been sought for questioning in the shooting of gambling czar Frank Costello last May. Costello was grazed in the scaln. /International) his choice whether to answer the question about his religion. Census officials said it might be necessary to ask Congress for special legislation to put a census question on a voluntary basis. Mrs. Lowell Voirol, the former Shirley Ritter, of 340 South Fifth street, was admitted to the Parkview memorial hospital in Fort Wayne Monday, for observation and treatment. She is in room 232. Lt. and Mrs. C. William Freeby are visiting with Mrs. Robert Freeby'in Stratton Place until Thursday. Lt. Freeby is flight surgeon at Pautuxent naval base, Maryland. A. B. Kleinhenz is in the St Joseph hospital in Fort Wayne, room 480, awaiting surgery this I week. Ronald VonGunten, 10 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul VonGunten, of Berne, is reported in satisfactory condition at the local hospital, where he underwent an emergency, apendectomy this morning. He is the grandson of Frank Kitson. coum news — — Marriage License Ernest D. Romey, 24, Bangor, Ky., and Hazel Delores Brown, 21, Bangor, Kv. Berling Estate The last will and testament of Joseph J. Berling has been offered and accepted for probate. A bond in the sum of $40,000 has been submitted and approved and letters testamentary have been ordered issued to Theodore Graliker. The will names two brothers, William H. Berling and Edward F. Berling and three sisters, Matilda Berling Briede, Genevieve Berling and Agnes M. Berling as equal heirs to I the estate. If you nave semething to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. it brings results At BOWERS HALLY G/FF SHEAFFER’S* n CARTRIDGE PEN pen, two Skrip cartridges * just drop Skrip cartridge into barrel and write * leakproof cartridges safe to carry in pocket or purse * rainbow of colors—6o smart color combinations mm JEWELRY STORE

At the Adams county memorial hospital: Twins were born early this morning, to Francis and Arlene Dersch Bentz, of 528 Cleveland street. The first, a five pound girl, was bom at 5:38 a.m., and a boy, weighing four pounds and nine ounces, was born at 5:46 a.m. A son, weighing six pounds and seven and a half ounces, was-born ' 4- m

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