Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 275, Decatur, Adams County, 21 November 1957 — Page 3

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1957

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MERRY MATRONS CLUB MEETS AT THIEME HOME The Merry Matrons home demonstration club met Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Walter Thieme. Mrs. Louis Krueckeberg, club president, called the meeting to order by having the group repeat the club creed. Matthew 19, verses 16 to 27, was the Biblical selection used by Mrs. Edwin Krueckeberg, after which the history of the song of the month, “Now Thank We All .Our God,” was given and mem-

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bers sang it in unison. Mrs. Otto Thieme and Mrs. Norwin Thieme presented the lesson, concerning guidance and control of children, followed by a group discussion. “The Challenge of Aging,” was the title of the health and safety lesson, given by Mrs. Amos Thieme. Roll call was answered by members naming a new recipe for Thanksgiving, and the meeting was closed by singing the club prayer. Several contests were partici-

pated in, and resulted in prizes being awarded to Mrs. Otto Boerger and Mrs. Delmar Thieme. A luncheon was then served by Mrs. Walter Thieme, who waS assisted by Mrs. Edwin Krueckeberg. Fifteen members and two children were present for the meeting. MRS. YOST ENTERTAINS GARDEN CLUB MEMBERS Mrs. Cal Yost entertained members of the Decatur Garden club at her home Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. George Rentz acted as assisting hostess. The meeting was called to order by the president, Mrs. Amos Voder, who led members in repeating the club collect and the verse of the month. Eighteen members answered roll call, by telling of a rose she would like to have in her garden. Mrs. Yoder gave a detailed report of the northeast district meeting held at Bluffton, November 7. She pointed out that garden clubs of Indiana have been selected to make, a Christmas wreath for the White House in Washington, D. C. Mrs. William Kohls presented a report on the permanent garden club home under construction now at St. Louis, Mo., after which Mrs. Rentz gave San interesting and educational 'Lesson dealing with roses. The monthly bird lesson was given by Mrs. Clara Passwater, who told of several of the birds at Lake Webster which she particularly enjoys. During the social hour which followed, Mrs. Yost and Mrs. Rentz served refreshments. JOLLY HOUSEWIVES MEET AT PLEASANT MILLS RECENTLY Members of the Jolly Housewives home deonstration club met recently at the Pleasant Mills school. Mrs. John Davison conducted the business session, in the absence of the regular president, Mrs. Carl Frey. Devotions for the evening were presented by Mrs. Harry Ray, after which members repeated the club collect and answered roll call, by naming a “new recipe for Thanksgiving.” Mrs. Marshall Hilpert and Mrs. Austin McMichael gave the lesson on “Guidance and Control of Young Children.” Mrs. Otis Shifferly was then awarded the prize for the best dress hat, and Mrs. Harry McDermott was presented the door prize. The Christmas meeting will be held December 20. Refreshments were later served ’ ' I Middy Fashion Printed Pattern (-AVt /J i kv //I /-I] 7 I YV \ 1 1 I fill Mhl. 9268 SIZES N® 6-14 The middy look — favorite fashion for school. Choose plaid ’n’ plain or a solid with the crisp contrast of white collar and cuffs for this sew-very-easy Printed Pattern. Choose a winter cotton. Printed Pattern 9268: Girls’ Sizes 6,8, 10, 12, 14. Size 10 skirt 2ti yards 35-inch; blouse, 1% yards: % yard contrast. Send FIFTY CENTS (coins) Send FIFTY CENTS in coins for this pattern—add 5 cents for each pattern for Ist-class mailing. Send to Marian Martin, care of Decatur Onily Democrat, Pattern Dept. 232 West 18th St., New York 11, N.Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS with ZONE, SIZE and STYLE vUmber

DEDICATION DANCE ' < 122nd Fighter Interceptor Wing Indiana Air National Guard Featuring HAL McINTYRE and his Orchestra Baer Field ANG Hangar, 13 December 1957 Semi-Formal—-Cabaret Style 9:00 - 1:00 Tickets: Holthouse Drug Store, Decatur.

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to the 34 members, and one guest, Mrs. Thomas Sheehan, by the hostesses, Mrs. Clarence Black. Mrs. Fred Hilton, Mrs. Harry Ray and Mrs. Harry Martz. There will be a meeting of the Order of Rainbow for Girls this evening, at 6:45, at the Masonic hall. All officers are urgent to attend, and members are reminded that 1957 dues are now payable. Mrs. Denver Gray will be hostess to the Decatur Women’s Christian Temperance Union, Tuesday, at 1:30 p. m. Members of the V. F. W. auxiliary Lady Bugs will meet at 8 p. m. Monday for a hunt at the V. F. W. home. Hostesses for next Tuesday’s meeting of the Preble Sunny circle home demonstration club will be Mrs. Louis Fuhrman and Mrs. Arley Barkley. The group will •meet at 7:30 o’clock that evening. at the’ Preble recreation center. The Flo Kan Sunshine Girls organization of the Pythian Sisters will have their annual inspection at the Community Center, Sunday at 1:30 p. m. S&]OSP.ITAL Q n ile&i Admitted Mrs. Wayne Hirschy, Monroe. Dismissed Emanuel Miller, Decatur: Reyes Roman, Convoy. Ohio; Mary E. Troutner, Decatur; Mrs. Conrad Nagel and baby girl, Berne; Mrs. Robert Bowen and baby boy, Decatur. GIRLSCOUTS Brownie troop 25 met Tuesday afternoon. We worked on our animal notebooks, and talked about our Thanksgiving party next week. Carol Hoverman was the hostess. Scribe: Judy Courtney Girl Scout troops 23 met Tuesday after school. Thirteen members answered roll call. Dues were collected. Carol Cook passed a treat. We started our Christmas project. We sang songs in rcunds. We played outdoors for awhile. ’ Scribe: Teresa Heimann , ■ •* Hrownie troop 30 met Wednes.-„ cry afternoon . at the Lincoln school. A Thanksgiving party wa| held, and the leaders served re-' freshments. Games were played. The girls practiced the Brownie promise. There will be no meeting next week. Diana Durbin furnished the treat, then the meeting closed with the Brownie arch. Scribe: Gloria Potties Brownie troop 26 and 28 met at the Lincoln school Tuesday afternoon. We said the promise led by Linda Mclntosh, our president, and had roll call and collection of dues. We had our Thanksgiving party. First we finished, our. place mats. we started last week. We also played some games. Lana Hay, Kathy Kiess and Brenda Marbach, were hostesses and served us lovely refreshments of cupcakes and cup ice cream. The mothers of the hostesses also were present We sang the Brownie smile song and closed with the Brownie arch. Scribe: Janet Ginter Brownie troop 31 met Wednesday, November 20, at Lincoln school. After roll call and the dues were collected, the Brownie story was read. We talked about things to do at home to be good Brownies. We had a special Thanksgiving placecards. Our meeting was closed by singing Good Night Brownies. Scribe: Donna Smith Girl Scout troop 8 met Wednesday, November 20, at the Lincoln school. The roll call was taken and the dues were collected. Anh Stiverson’s patrol gave a playlet, “The Sleeping Beauty.”' We spent the test of the time working on nature part of second rank. The meeting was closed by the Girl Scout circle. Scribe: Dorothy Smith One of the first rodeos held in America was that reported in the early 1840 sby Captain Mayne Reid, an early western writer. He described a celebration in Santa Fe, New Mexico, after a roundup, in which the cowboys “contest with each other for the best roping and throwing”. Wisconsin has an average of 3.72 tornadoes annually.

Society Items 101 todays publication must be phoned In by 11 a. m. (Saturday 9:30 a.m.) Phone 3-2121 Gwen Mies THURSDAY Little Flower study club, Mrs. Mary Foos, 7:30 p.m. Past Matrons club, Mrs. Homer Lower, 7:30 p.m. St. Anne study*club, Mrs. Mathias Coffee, 7:30 p.m. Pleasant Mills Methodist W.S.C.S., Mrs. Glenn Mann, 7:30 p.m. Women of the Mooje home, officers at 7:30; lodge at 8 p.m. Northwest elementary P. T. A. potluck supper, at the school, 6 p.m. Rainbow Girls, Masonic hall, 6:45 p,.m. FRIDAY American Legion auxiliary social night. Legion hall. 8 p.m. Do Your Best class of the Trinity E.U.B. church, at the church, 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY Bake sale at Goodyear store, sponsored by Monmouth ParentTeacher association, 9 a.m. Monroe Methodist W. S. C. S. bake sale, northside store room of Stucky’s in Monroe, 9 a.m. SUNDAY Flo Kan Sunshine Girls, annual inspection, Youth and Community center, 1:30 o. m. MONDAY Adams county demonstration chorus rehearsal, at 7:30 p. m.> at Monroe. Pythian Sistefs, Moose home, 7:30 p.m. Temple meeting to follow. V.F.W. Lady Bug Hunt, V.F.W. home, 8 p. m. Woman's club, general meeting, Youth and Community center, 8 p. m. TUESDAY Kirkland Ladies club, Adams Central school, 7:30 p.m. Preble Sunny Circle home demonstration club, Preble Recreation center. 7:30 p. m. Decatur W.C.T.U., Mrs. Denver Gray, 1:30 p. m. I John and Suzanne Sellemeyer Walker, of Chicago, 111., are parents of an three ounce son, born Wednesday afternoon at the Chicago Presbyterian hospital. Mrs. Walker is a daughter of the late Albert Sellemeyer. At the Adams county memorial hospital: A son, weighing nine pounds. 14 ounces, was born at 1:50 p.m. Wednesday, to Richard and Jane Richardson Schauss, of 1140 Mas ter Drive. At 8:40 p. m. Wednesday, a seven pound, eight and a half ounce son was born to Bruce and Galen Fox Sprunger, of Berne. Glen and Audrey Painter Reinhart. of Monroe, became parents of a four pound, 11 ounce son, at 4:33 a. m. today. Parents of a five pound, 12 dunce son are Robert and Rowena Zuercher Whistler, of Berne. He at 8:53 a. m. today.

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Morgan Packing Co. Sale Is Announced Evansville Man Buys Controlling Interest INDIANAPOLIS (UP)—The controlling interest in one of Indiana's biggest family-owned industries, the Morgan Packing Co,, Inc., has been purchased by an Evansville steel executive. Walter G. Koch's assumption of 70 per cent of the stock in the state’s biggest packing firm became known when his name was inserted in an Indianapolis civil court suit filed by members of the Morgan family to oust Ivan H. Morgan as president of the con-

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cern. Koch was said to have paid $1,850,000 for the bulk of the stock. An announcement said he will become chairman of the board and Morgan will continue as president. Morgan retains 30 per cent of the stock Koch has been connected with the International Steel Co., Evansville, as president and board chairman. Morgan’s headquarters Is at Austin, where the huge parent plant operates producing canned foods under the "Scott County’’ label. Other plants are at Columbus, Franklin. Edinburg, Scottsburg and Brownstown. Koch bought the stock from Morgan’s mother, Mrs. Fern Morgan; his sister, Dr. Margaret Morgan, former Indiana state mental health commissioner; another sister, Mrs. T.N. Lyons, and an aunt,

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Mrs. Helen JamesThe four women sued Morgan last year asking he be ousted as president. Morgan is Republican chairman for the 9th Congressiow District. A picture of Miss Cheri Jacobi appeared on WPTA-TV’s BaM* stand program Wednesday at p.m. Miss Jacobs, the daughteg o® Mr. and Mrs. Donald of route 5, was one of three yojife ballet dancers pictured. AU jang students of the Larry Keyes Dances studio, formerly the Nellie Grmt' dance studio, of Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Stoner 9IK spend the next three months vOM tioning at Fort Lauderdale, wF