Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 244, Decatur, Adams County, 16 October 1957 — Page 3

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1957

BRIDAL SHOWER IS GIVEN FOR MISS KAREN REED A bridal shower was given recently in ,the Church of God parsonage, for Miss Karen Reed, October 20 bride-elect of Bill Duncan, Os Convoy, Ohio. Upon her arrival, the honored guest was presented with a "corsage" composed of small kitchen trinkets, and a carnation wrist corsage. Each of the guests attending autographed pillow slips with tube paint, and these were then presented to Miss Reed. A pink and white decor was used throughout the entertaining rooms. A bHde doll, to which were attached tiny pink and white streamers leading to the bride-elect’s gifts, was placed on the central table. Pink and white crepe paper streamers around the table to a large white bell above Miss Reed's head. Games were played, with prizes being won by the Misses Dbnna Cauble, Velma Duncan, Kay Singleton and Doris Cauble, and Mrs. Arlen Mitchel. A humorous reading, “Proposal,” was then presented by Miss Virginia Steffen. After the guest of honor opened her many gifts, refreshments of ice cream centered with bells, cake decorated with the couple’s initials, punch, mints and nuts were served to Miss Reed and other guests. Hostesses for the party were Miss Phyllis Singleton, Miss Shirley Hirschy and Miss Steffen. Present for the occasion, besides the guest of honor and hostesses were the Mesdames Kenneth Reed, Doyle Parrish, Dale Duncan, Ray Carrier, Emma Butler, Luther Singleton, Dean McOmber, Bernard Lehman, Robert Cable, Mary Duncan, and Arlen Mitchel, and the Misses Kristine and Norene Reed, Velma Duncan, Donna Cauble, Joyce Irwin, Carol Heller, Marjorie Nussbaum, Doris Cauble, Gretchen Schnepp, Kay Singleton, Karen McOmber. Sonja Yoder, Jane Uhrick, Betty Steqry and Annie Singleton. PAST PRESIDENTS BANQUET TO BE AT GENEVA THURSDAY Members of the Limberlost home demonstration club will serve the women attending this year’s past presidents of county home demonstration clubs banquet, to be served at the Geneva high school cafeteria. 6:30 p.m’ with th< * evening’s entertainment to be provided by the Root township home demonstration club. Reservations for the dinner, priced at $1.35. should be made immediately at the county extension office, with checks made payable to Mrs. Chalmer Barkley. MRS. ED AHR CONDUCTS NEEDLE CLUB MEETING Mrs. Ed Ahr conducted the meeting of the Pythian Sisters Needle club, which met at the K. of P. home Monday, following the regular temple meeting. A guest for the meeting was Mrs Anna Butler, of the Warren Methodist home, who was presented with a gift from the local club. Games were played during the evening, with appropriate prizes being Rummage Sale, Friday and Saturday, October 18 and 19. 9 to 5, at 228 North Second Street, across from Stewart’s Bakery. Valpo Guild. 244 t2x

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awarded to the winners. Later, refreshments were served from« an attractively arranged serving table, highlighted with crystal bowls of fall flowers, crystal service and silver. MRS. CHARLES BEINEKE IS HOSTESS TO GARDEN CLUB Mrs. Charles Beineke was hostess Tuesday afternoon for a regular meeting of the Decatur Garden club. Assisting hostess was Mrs. Robert Garard. Club president, Mrs. Amos Yoder, called the meeting Jo order, with the members reciting the club collect and the verse of the month. Fourteen members answered roll call by naming their favorite vegetable. Mrs. Yoder urged all members to attend the northeast district meeting at Bluffton, November 7. Members voted to contribute financial aid to the mental health Christmas project, after which Mrs. Garard presented an interesting lesson concerning "bananas." A lesson entitled “Birds” was then given by Mrs. Anna VenTs. A coffee table adorned with several African violet plants gnd autumn fruits and vegetables was on display throughout the evening. A contest was participated in during the social hour, with prizes being awarded to Mrs. Calvin Yost and Mrs. Fred Hancher. Refreshwere later served by the hostesses. “HARD TIMES” PARTY IS HELD AT LEWIS SHEETS HOME A “Hard .Times” party was held Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Lewis Sheets, for mambers of the Merry Matrons home demonstration club. Mrs. Louis Krueckeberg, president, called the meeting to order, by having the members repeat the club collect. ' JJrs? Glen Lehrman presented the devotional lesson, after which Mrs. Ed Gerbers gave the history of the song of the month, “Indiana, Our Indiana," and then led the group in singing it. County home demonstration agent. Miss Lois Folk, was present, and presented the film “The Valiant Heart.” Mrs. Wilbert Thieme gave the citizenship lesson, “As a citizen sees it,” followed by the health and safety lesson, presented by Mrs. Amos Thieme. Holl call was answered by each of the members naming what she , has garnered for winter ' use. The club paggidaat then reported o» the recent council meeting, and members made plans for achievement day to be held at the Youth and Community center Saturday. The meeting closed with the singing of the club prayer. During the social hour which followed, games were played. The door prize was won by Mrs. Sheets, who also won the prize for being he funniest dressed. Refreshments were then served to the 16 members, one guest and four children in attendance. Mrs. Sheets was assisted by Mrs. Glen Lehrman and Mrs. Delmar Thieme. ACHIEVEMENT DAY TO BE OBSERVED THIS SATURDAY At 2 p.m. Saturday at the Youth and Community center, the 22 home demonstration clubs of the county will be celebrating the second part of their annual achievement day, following a bake sale and bazaar. Mrs. Elmer Becker, Woodburn, vice president of the Indiana home demonstration association, will be the guest speaker during the afternoon’s meeting. She will tell of aer travels around the world and ;how pictures of highlights of her raveling experiences. Mrs. Becker vas recently elected president of he state association for the year 1958. The Adams county home demonitration chorus, under the direction >f Mrs. Stuart Brightwell, will enertain the visiting women. Immediately following the program, the table exhibits showing he Purdue lessons that were given n the county will be judged, and various ribbon awards presented by Mrs. Gertrude Glasglow, Wells :ounty home agent. A recreational period, under the lirection of Mrs. Noah L. Habeg»er, will be held in the south end if the dining room, in honor of lew county home demonstration Mrs. Becker, and Miss Lois Folk, agent. General chairman for the day’s

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' J IF 7 ’ " SPwk ' i IMFJbS 1-. 2» ft B it Wil®!" ■b * 7 MB. AND MRS. JULIUS KOHNE, of route 2, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary Saturday, with an open house from 2 until 4 o’clock that afternoon, at the Decatur Elks home. The couple was married in the St. Mary's Catholic church, October 19, 1907, by the Rev. Theodore Wilkins. Mrs Kohne. the former Mary S. Miller, is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Miller, and her busband is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kohne. A ' The Kohses, whffare 78 Aid 77 years of age. respectively, have ’ resided on their present fam, one mile west of Decatur, since the day of their marriage. They are the parents of six children, and 22 grandchildren. The children are John and Jerome Kohne, Decatur; Leon Kohne,, Columbia City; Carl Kohne, Fort Wayne, and Sister Irene and Sister Juliana, both of Fond du Lac, .Wis. Preceding me open house, the couple will bq honored at a family dinner, to be served at the Fairway restaurant. —Photo by Anspaugh

activities will be Mrs. Bruce Sprunger. Members of the general committee are Mrs. William Kohne. Mrs. Kermit Yoder, Mrs. Sherman Neuenschwander and Mrs. Dale Fruechte. Mrs. Ida Beer is in charge of decorations, and Mrs. Walter Lister is completing arrangements for the bake sale and bazaar. Persons who wish to donate articles for the Pleasant Mills P.T.A. auction Friday, are asked to take them to the auction that evening. Proceeds of the auction, which is slated to begin at 7 p.m., will be used to buy needed equipment for the school. Ten door prizes will be awarded throughout the evening, . 1...—— There will be a sing-bee at the Greenbrier church Sunday, at 2 p.m. The public is invited to attend. Mrs. D. B. Erwin, of 304 North Tenth street, will entertain the members of the Research club, next Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Title of the paper, to be presented by Mrs. Myrtle Filson, is "The Nation’s Newest Old Masters." Members of the Little Flower study club will meet Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Charles J. Miller. A meeting of the Do Your Best class of the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church is scheduled fbr 7:30 p.m. Thursday, at the church. A masquerade party for members of the Psi lota-Xi sorority is being planned for next Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock, at the Elks home. All members are asked to come appropriately masked, as a prize will be given for the best costumed. Mrs. Bernard Pickett will be hostess for a meeting of the Welcome Wagon club, Monday at 8 p.m. The meeting of the Past Matrons of the Order of Eastern Star, originally slated to meet with Mrs. R. A. Stucky, will instead meet in the lounge of the Masonic hall, Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Members are asked to take note. Tipped Himself ROCKY HILL, Conn. — IIP) — Service station attendant Marco Zanetti wasn’t impressed with the generosity of a motorist who settled a $1.55 bill with $2 and said “keep the change.” Zanetti discovered that the motorist had relieved the cash regiser of SB3.

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Russell Wise, Union City lawyer and newspaper editor, was a Decatur visitor Tuesday afternoon Week-end guests of Mrs. Charles Meyers were Mr. and Mrs. Vance Gale and Mrs. Viola Keiffer. of Willonghly, Ohio; Mrs. Bernice Savick, Ashland, Ohio; Mrs. Mabie Smith, Columbus, Ohio; and Mr. and Mrs. George Zorich, of Mansfield, Ohio. » Mr. and Mrs. Edwin D. Booth and their daughter and grandson. Mrs. Robert B. Hart and Bobby. a|l were ip Springfield Ohio, Tuesday, making funeral arrangements for Booth’s brother, Harry L. Booth, 59, who died in the city hospital there of a heart condition. Military services will be conducted in Dayton, Ohio, Friday, for Booth, who was a World War I veteran. Admitted to the Clinic hospital in Bluffton Tuesday were Jesse Fox, of Monroe route 1, and Mrs. Glen Strahm, also of Monroe route one. A three-day dedication program will mark the offical opening of the 300-employe, $1,000,000 payroll Thermo-Fax plant in Hartford City this week. The Fred A. Smith Lumber Co, of Schumm, 0., will discontinue operations, the inventory of logs has been sold, and the buildings will be placed for sale. The company was started as the W. P. Robinson company in 1923, by the late W. P. “Penn” Robinson, of Decatur. Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Bell, of Nantucket Island, Mass., and Mrs Katherine Schaefer, of Fort Wayne, visited friends and relatives in Decatur Monday. The Bells are on their way to Florida. fOSRITAL Jlc&f Admitted Master Robert Fox, Decatur; Mrs. William Mansffeld, Decatur; Joshua O. Parrish. Monroe; Miss Susan DeKoninck, Fort Wayne; Master Richard Winteregg, Decatur; Mrs. Lida Gene Mesel, Geneva; Sam R. Schwartz, Monroe. Dismissed Mrs. Larry Lock, Petroleum; Miss Sara Roth, Berne; Raymond Kimberlin, Monroeville. Trade in a good town — Decatur

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/A I Society Items ror toaay-a publication must be phoned in by 11 a. m. (Saturday 9:30 a.m.) Phone 3-2121 Gwen Mies WEDNESDAY Delta Theta Tau. founder's day observance. Mrs. Robert Krueckeberg, 8 p.m. Ladies of K. of C., card party, K of C. hall. 8 p.m. Decatur •' home demonstratior club, Decatur public library, 2 p.m. ' Ladies Shakespeare club, Mrs. ’Milo Black, 2:30 p.m. Historical club, Mrs. Henry Adler, 2:30 p.m. THURSDAY Pleasant Mills Methodist W. S C. S., Mrs. Darrell Clouse, 1:30 p.m. • Blue Creek Friendship Village home demonstration club, Kimsey school. 1:30 p.m. v So Cha Rea. dessert bridge meeting, Mrs. Clem Kortenber, 7:30 p.m. Bobo Willing Workers of U. B. church, Mrs. John Shutt, route 1 Convoy, Ohio, 7:30 p.m. Union Chapel Ladies aid, all day meeting, at the church. Past Matrons of Order of Eastern Star, ladies lounge of Masonic hall, 7:30 p.m.

Do Your Best class, at Trinity E.U.B. church, 7:30 p.m. Lincoln school P.T.A., school auditorium, 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY Little Flower study club, Mrs. Charles J. Miller, 7:30 p.m. Pleasant Mills P.T.A. auction, school gym, 7 p.m. Decatur circuit chapter of Valpo Guild, rummage sale, 228 North j Second street. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. SATURDAY Decatur circuit chapter of Valpo Guild, rummage sale, 228 North Second street, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 1 SUNDAY Greenbrier Sing - bee. at the church, 2 p.m. , Monday ( Research club, Mrs. D. B. Erwin, , 304 North Tenth street. 2:30 pm. Welcome Wagon club, Mrs. Her- t rard Pickett, 1057 Parkview drfve, 3 p.m. Woman’s club opening dinner. Youth and Community center, 6:30 p.m. TUESDAY Psi lota Xi sotority masquerade party, Elks home, 8 p.m. . County home demonstration club' .past presidents banquet, Geneva high school cafeteria, Road-buiMmg Costly MADISON, Wis. — (If) — The state highway commission scheduled about $69,970,000 for roadbuilding contracts in Wisconsin for 1957. This is 30 per cent more than the 1956 figure of $53,720,000.

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II r fX Mr. and Mrs. Owen D. Lautenschleger, Van Wert, Ohio, are the parents of a nine pound daughter, bom at 12:30 p.rn. Monday, at the Van Wert county hospital. The infant has been named Rhonda Lee snd is the second daughter of the family. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lautensditeger, Decatur, are the paternal grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Barnett. of 195 Melrose drive, WMSnd, are parents of a sewi pouMf, 14 ounce son, born at 1:28 a.m. today. The infantas .the second son and third child of the Barnetts. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Barnett of Decatur are the paternal grandparents. Paul and Marcile Geels Alles, of Fort Wayne, became parents of a son, born Monday afternoon at St. Joseph's hospital. He weighed six pounds, 15 ounces. At the Adams county memorial hospital: William and Colleen Lehman Howell, of 1021 West Monroe street, are parents of a seven pound, 12 ounce daughter, born at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday. A son, weighing eight pounds, six and a half ounces, was born at 3:40 p.m. Tuesday, to Delbert and Delphine Lovings Rhymer, of Monroeville.

Decatur Canning Co. Closes Operations The Decatur Canning company will close down its tomato canning operations today, Mrs. Mabel Smith, manager of the company, said today. ' • The employes were served a lupcheon by Mrs. Smith at noon today to mark completion of the year’s run. 'Die tomato crop was much smaller than last year be-,-ause of the late start in most fields. The Ku Klux Klan movement commenced in the South in 1836 as an answer to Congressional reconstruction.

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Two From County Are Named At I.U. Al Lehman, Belmont road, Decatur, was recently elected president of Tomahawk, honorary for independent sophomore men at Indiana University. Barbara Fiechter, R. R. 4, Decatur, was chosen as library chairman of Morrison hall, her residence unit, for the coming year. Expectant Bird DOWAGIAC, Mich. —- (ffl —» A' nighthawk picked the right spot to start her family. She built her nest on the roof, of the Lee Memorial hospital’s maternity ward.

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Presidents Rhyme BELLE FOURCHE, S. D. — IIP . — Art O’Connell succeeded Bob O’ Donnell as president of the Chamber of Commerce.

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