Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 239, Decatur, Adams County, 10 October 1957 — Page 11
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Many of the Mescalero Apache Indians, who occupy a reservation between the resort towns of Cloudcroft and Ruidoso, in southern New Mexico, are descendents of Geronimo’s warrior band, the last Indian croup to lay down arms against the United States. **" . ir
Public Auction - THREE BEDROOM MODERN HOME - The undersigned Executrix will sell the following described Real Estate on the premises located at 227 South Seventh Street, Decatur, Indiana (the first house North of Harman Market) on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12,1957 Two P. M. (DBT) MODERN THREE BEDROOM HOME Good one and one-half story frame house with Lifetime Asbestos Shingle Roof and Lifetime Aluminum Siding. Living Room 13% by 26 with open Stairway. Dining Room 11 by 15. Sewing Room sby 7%. Complete Bath room 6% by 7%. Kitchen 14 by 15 with ample built in cupboards. Pantry sby 7%. Enclosed Back Porch 7by 7%. Upstairs Bedrooms 13 by 13%, 11 by 15, and 11 by 13%, aU with closets. Hardwood Floors throughout. Venetian Blinds. Storm Windows and Screens. Full Basement with Coal Furnace. Water Heater. Cistern. Wired for Electric Stove. Good Frame Garage 14 by IS with Concrete Driveway Runners with entry off Seventh Street. Hard Surface Alley. House is in good state of repair. Nice Lawn, shade trees and fruit trees. House is open for inspection at your convenience. Inspection can be made any time by phoning Ned C. Johnson, 3-2796 for appointment. TERMS & CONDITIONS—One-third cash down and balance cash on delivery of Executrix Deed & Merchantable Abstract of Title brought down to date of sale. Immediate Possession (house is not occupied.) Statements made on day of sale shall taken precedence over any contained herein. Not Resonsible for Accidents. VIOLET SMITH, Executrix Estate of Wm. E. Clouse Roy S. Johnson David Macklin, Attorney Ned C. Johnson — Auctioneers 2 7 10 j A Few of the Many Excellent Values You Will Find During Our Big Fall Salol S&92SPONGE K A PA«« W Aft Stainl.n | $/ ){ I K nival for / ”*■ s ' 4 ’ ¥ol lk. laminolnd Save 50( during Hiii big wle. Frai- wood handini— > jure plain tqu*«z«t out th* waler— won t thip •» iJKfe 'your hondi jfoy clean and dry. Full- •" Slicer size cellulose sponge, cleans fast, ho ‘ , MHeaffords long wear! flrosmd blade, i MM *2*99 18 u x3O" wm- - NOW only ! J(J^*2 2 ‘ With pint vacuum bottle and handy. Adds beauty and comfort anywhere built-in cup holder, loamy enough -kitchen, hall, both, perch er basefar a hearty lunch. Modern charcoal merit. Safer, because it's skid-resist-gray with easy-to-dean enamel in- O nt. long-wearing, tough sponge terior. Save now! rubber. Gay colors. **** CAN HOUSEHOLD OPENER $C AU > ONLY jLgWIKr -XMtißk Ilmßl s92® weighs up to 25 lb>. in 2 ounce i .j- •• SS?»2” "W Save $2.101 New Dazey with mog- tobies, parcel pest. nelic lid-lifter. Push button and it , dry laundry, etc. ~ folds against wall, out of way. Cuts Precision mode, ovel. round er square cans with Guaranteed aceose, no ragged edgel curate I BOX A M 88 c New type, with cantilever trays that move up and out in opposite direc- Complete 5 pc. plastering, patching, lions. All contents easily accessible. scraping repair hit for use wound lid has lull piano hinge for extra the home. 10" Plastering Trowet, 3‘ esrenglh. 19“ long, 7" wide, •%" Wall Scroper, 1’/ 4 " Putty Knife, 5'A" h ; 9 S, •* Pointing Trowel, •" trick Trowel.
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The School Reporter
ADAMS CENTRAL HIGH Ry Marllou Uhriek Since the fIuMHMMttK bug hit Central, f? there has been .aMI nothing b u fr trouble, trouble. trouble for Miss Imogene Beihold and the cast of R»*r Brooks.” Because of that little fellow, the play will have to be postponed until Thursday, October 17, The cast hopes this won't stop you from coming to see “Our Miss Brooks”. Remmber that new date is October 17. —A.C.H.S.— They finally made it! Friday the juniors were finally able to flash their new class rings. The anxious juniors normally should have received their rings at the beginning of the year, but because of a strike at the factory, the shipment was delayed for several weeks. Congratulations, juniors, on selecting some very pretty rings. —-A.C.H.S.— It started out with the school song and ended up as a victory for Marcia Zimmerman, Carol Haggard, Muri Yoder, and Roily Zimmerman. Friday Central elected four excellent cheer leaders to direct the yells for ACHS during the '57-58 basketball session. The four people listed above, won out over 14 other competitors. Other senior high students trying out were Dixie Smith, Marlca Merriman. Suzanne Edwards, Delores Sauders, John Rupert, Barbara Steiners Karen Brandt. Maran Zimmerman, Karen Nussbaum, Gyneth Schnepp, Rosemary Shickman, Sandy Strickler, Arlene Zimmerman, and Kathleen Adler. —A.C.H.S.— Two of the first organization to choose the leaders of their activities are the band and the chorus under the directors of Don Gerig and Leon Gerig respectively. Presiding over the senior band will be Carolyn Mitchell, Vice-presi-dent is Barbara Arnold and the office of secretary will be filled by Karen Brandt. Carol Haggard is the new treasurer and the two librarians are Cecilia Lehman and Brenda Sommer. Leading the choristers will be Cecilia Lehman and vice president is Mary Dick. Pat Liechty is secretary and Richard Hirschy will take over the treasurer's duties. The two chorus librarians are Donna Cauble and Danny Michaels. A.C.HS. The newly reorganized Archery Club elected its officers at the first regular meeting. President of the club is senior Suzanne fidGOOD LOOKING! tt GOOD HEARING! Others have tried — now Sonotone has hidden its latest transistor hearing aid in light, graceful eyeglasses. Worn as one unit — nothing else to wear. Choice of smart f styles for both men and women. Look your best while hearing your best. COME IN, PHONE OR WRITE • FREE DEMONSTRATION SONOTONE J. M. Friend. Sonotone Consultant will be at the Rice Hotel, Decatur, Saturday, October 12th 2 - 5:00 P. M. Come in and see the exciting new Sonotones or write -Sonotone, 712 GetUe Bldg., Fort Wayne for free booklet. Sonotone fittings are especially effective for those who."hear but can't understand.” Home consultation by appointment without obligation.
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wards. The vice president is Frad Mann and the secretary and treasurer posts will be filled by Don Ray and Clayton Strickler, respectively. | —A.C.H.S.Wednesday Richard Hirschy, Roger Hawkins, Don Ray and Clair Inniger, journeyed to the district land judging contest, which was held in DeKalb county. These boys competed with 23 other teams from 12 different counties. —A.C.H.S.— The halls seemed a little empty Tuesday morning when the seniors home ec girls, all but three of the girls in the senior class, visited Mrs. Virgil Sexton's home in Decatur for a delicious breakfast. It Sounds like they had a wonderful time, too bad all couldn't go. —A.C.H.S.— DECATDR CATHOLIC HIGH By Mary F. Beckmeyer
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“ Six weeks'! tests! Will I be] glad when they] are over.” Such] remarks pour] forth from var-l ious classrooms! as DCHS is ini the middle of I
its first six weeks tests. Next week's report card will show just how well the students succeeded in their efforts. -~D.CH.SDave Kable and Don Gase will represent DCHS at the weekly Rotary meetings during October. —DC.H.B.A meeting for staff members at the DC Hi Light was held last Thursday after school. The different departmental heads gave reports on how work was progressing for the first issue which will appear shortly before Thanksgiving. —D.C.H.S.— The seniors had the privilege of serving the first Friday breakfast on October 4. Each class has a chance to serve twice a year. - D.C.H.S.— A total of over 1500 has been collected so far in the senior's Christmas card sale. The sale will continue through the month of October. —D.C.H.S.After comparing the work of different photographers, the seniors voted to have their pictures taken by Thomas Briede. The taking of pictures will start Monday afternoon, October 14. —D.C.H.S.— The DC Hi Light subscription campaign is now on and WiU continue through Monday, October 14. Subscriptions, priced at |l, can be obtained from many high school student . *.^l. DCHS and St. Joseph school participated in the 12th annual fire safety program of Westinghouse WQWO, Fort Wayne, Wednesday. After listening to the radio program at 9:45 the students took part in the mass evacuation safety fire drill. —D.C.H.S.The biology classes learned the make-up of a grassphopper when they visited the lab recently. The students had to point out the various parts as they were called for. —D.C.H.S.— Can water be broken up into j oxygen and hydrogen by running | an electric current through it? | This is what the chemistry class i tried to prove in an experiment ! last week. The chemists got their : test tubes full of hydrogen easily but had a tougher time getting I oxygen. —D.C.H.S.Coach Al Lindahl has his charges doing push-ups and other calisthenics in preparation for ■ the coming basketball season. ; Although the boys report some ■ Very sore muscles, they realize i the necessity of this conditioning when they will have to play ; through an entire game. —D.C.H.S.— Because October is the month of the holy rosary, students have been, giving up minutes of their lunch hour to say the daily rosary. —D.C.H.S.— The Asian flu bug (or is it?) has hit many of the students in both the grade and high school. Absenteeism was first noticed to a great- extent on Monday and continued through the week. —D.C.H.S.- —X Only about two per cent of the prisoners handled by the California State Department of Corrections have a high-school- education.
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Again t h i • | week there has | been much ill-1 ness in DHS. I However, it I seems to hav« I ‘ moved to the i lower grades now. Everyone ?
hopes that soon this epidemic will be over and all the students will be back in school. —D.H.S.— The amount of illness among the seniors last week certainly upset Lowell Smith’s senior picture schedule. Many of the students who were scheduled for last week were unable to have their pictures taken and must be rescheduled. The seniors hope that nothing else will happen to postpone the pic-ture-taking. •—D.H.B.— The first issue of the Jacket Journal comes out tomorrow. All the students are anxiously awaiting to receive theirs. The Jacket Jounral staff and the advisor, Deane Dorwin, have worked hard on this first issue. They're sure the students will enjoy it. . —D.H.S.— Cheerleading try-outs are being held next Monday and Tuesday, and the election will be on Wednesday. All the students who plan to go out should contact Amos Ketchum before then. Some of the people have been practicing for a few weeks and are complaining of sore arms and legs. May the best group win. —D.H.S.— The student body was concerned when they heard of the illness of a former student of DHS. Johnnie Mae Bateman is very seriously ill in the Murfreesboro, Ark. hospital. The students and teachers of DHS might drop Johnnie Mae a card if they have time. She would appreciate it very much. Her address is Miss Johnnie Bateman, Murfreesboro, Ark., % Dora Fagon. —D.H.S.— Seniors will be burning the midnight oil tonight. Their research notes are due tomorrow and not too many of seniors have their’s done. Get busy, seniors! -D.H.S.The color wheel officers were elected Tuesday. The art club chose Susan Heller as president, Rosie Conrad as vice president, and Lanny Ross as secretary-trea-surer. Congratulations to these people.. Mr. Dorwin’s senior civies class turned in notebooks last Friday. These notebooks were composed of national and international news affairs, pictures, cartoons, and s drawings. No doubt thp most amuaing- section -la the' wings. There are so many artists in the class ! ! ! ! —D.H.S.— Lowell Smith and Glen Rekeweg, this year’s editor of the Ravelings, are working on the Ravelings staff. They will have it set up soon. - DHS— In the last reserve games, the team has come out even, winning one and losing one. During the week when there were so many students out of school, the team was defeated by Portland, 20-7. However, they came back in the , next- game to defeat Hartford City, 16-0. Lots of luck to this future varsity team. — i ' ~ —
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—D.H.S.The YaU»w Jackets pulled out of their losing streak Friday night to defeat their rivals, the Bluffton Tigers, 37-13 It was a game to be remembered by all the Decatur fans. It is the first time Decatur has beaten Bluffton in football since 1849. The Jackets are now idle until October 18 when they entertain the Columbia City Eagles at Worthman field. Keep it up, Jackets. —D.H.S.— ' After the game Friday night, the junior class sponsored a dance called “Jailhouse Rock." On the wall behind the stage, here was a black and orange tiger behind bars, representing a Bluffton Tiger. Around the tiger were yellow jackets with the names of the team members on them. It looked very nice and everyone had a good time. Thanks, juniors!. —D.H.S.— MONMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL By Kenny Peek
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"History- -B, | English - - C." This was the i greeting somei of the MHS stu-! dents received W ednesday when x the ' “one and 6nly” re-
port cards came out. But a diffcrent sort of greeting goes out to you, the reader. such as “Hi, there", and wecome to the MHS report for the second six weeks. —M.H.S.— “The meeting will now come to order!” Yes, this was the command heard last Thursday in each home room of the different classes. Each was having the second class meeting of the school year. All of the classes were trying to conduct their meetings by the rules of parliamentary procedure. In some classes the project was not too successful. In others a conscientious attempt was made to use the parliamentary system to get the business accomplished as quickly and efficiently as possible. , —M.H.S.— One president who deserves a big hand for his leadership is junior president Larry Busick, who for three years has piloted his class in an orderly fashion. Larry handles a “mean gavel". What do you say, kids! Why not try to get more and better order in these all important meetings. —M.H.S.“Cookies! Candy! Fresh baked bread! Buy your goods here Saturday, October 12, starting at 8:30 a.m. and stopping when all the goods are sold.” The freshman class is holding its first money making project. How about helping them out by visiting the Western Auto Store and buying spme baked goods. Remember those faQ »«- _ The sophomores, at their class meeting, decided to have a bake sale, also, about two weeks before Christmas. President Marlip Blakey appointed the following committee to be in charge: Joyce Busick, Rosie Bultemeyer, Jackie Hurst, Dan Bieberich, Larry Bultemeier, and Eugene Bulmahn. Plans for a class party were also discussed and the following committee was appointed for this job: Linda and Lila Kruetzman, Janet Schaffer, Jim Thieme, and Lonnie Buuck. “Why don’t those sweaters hurry and come?” Yes, the sophomores are anxiously awaiting the arrival of their class sweaters and I jackets. (By Jackie Hurst).
' —M.H.S.— In the junior class last Thursday • goal of 11,000 was set in the sale of Christmas cards. A committee consisting of Nyla Girod, Shirley Liby, Carol Jacquay, Duane Lee, Larry Hoffman, and Don Fuelling, was chosen to select the class colors, flower, and motto. The juniors are just as excited about the arrival of their rings as the sophomores are about their sweaters. (By Kay Bultemeyer). -M.H.S.Quitc a bit of discussion was heard in the senior class meeting. First, was about the personal name cards; second, the report annual sales was discussed, and" third, a committee was appointed to choose the class motto. This committee is as follows; Dixie Lee, Jim Boerger, Jim Singleton, and Bev Stevens, chairman. Almost everybody in this class is busy with the class play coming up in November. —M.H.S.— The junior high also had Its class meetings. In the eighth grade, plans were made for a party on October 28. Several committees were chosen for this. The chairman of the refreshment committee is Roger Spencer, Helen Reppert is th head of the game committee; Harriet Rice is chairman of the decoration committee and Jesse Blume, chairman of the clean-up committee. A Halloween party was planned for October 31 right after school for the seventh grade. Elaine Weidler, Kay Stevens, and Sharon Harkless were ap-
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1 u ilyi t » A «... pointed for the food committee. Several boys are planning Bqme games to play. This party will be chaperoned by Mrs. Geraldine Herderhorst. (By Kay Stevens). —M.H.S.— Tuesday, October 8, was the night for the first parent-teachers’ association meeting. This gathering was held mainly so that the parents could meet the faculty. —M.H.B.— Jessica: I’m a kid just straved for love, attention.” “The Story of Jessica ddorlock.” She was a good kid —- Jessica — but she was hungry all her droll, uneventful life. Hungry for attention, her father was vice president of Brubaker and Brubaker, concerned only with making money, and her poor mother was lonely, heartbroken, she too craving the love of — “Money Mad Morlock," who was once a dear husband and father and companion. Jessica, poor kid, lived a drab existence, trotting from their mansion in the country to their mansion in the city, all of the time wishing for youthful companionship, especially with boys.” This is a line taken from the play which the seniors are now practicing. —M.H.S.— The junior boyS are still behind in the Christmas card race. Gee, boys, you're really goofing! —M.H.S.— The juniors will also conduct the annual magazine sale during the i month of February. They will be ■ around then with a fairly complete list of publications. If you would