Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 23, Decatur, Adams County, 28 January 1958 — Page 3

TUESDAY. JANUARY 28, 1958

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MARJORIE NORR ENGAGED TO WED RAYMOND ZURCHER Mr. and Mrs. Nerlin Norr, of Bear Berne, announce the engagement of their daughter, Marjorie Lou, to Raymond L. Zurcher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Zurcher of Monroe. A graduate of Geneva high school, Norr is employed by the Berne Furniture company., Zurcher, a graduate of Adams Central high school, is employed by the same firm. The couple have set no ’date for the wedding. FOURTEEN SCHOOL FRIENDS HELP CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY David Carver, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clair Carver of Monroe, returned home Saturday from a fox hunt, with his father, to find 14 school friends waiting to help him celebrate his eighth birthday. During the afternoon, various games were played with prizes being awarded to Miss Jaynie Christman, Miss Anita Girod, Miss Melissa Kipfer, Alan Schug and Miss Jane Dague. After the gifts were opened ice cream, cake and pink lemonade was served by the hostess, Mrs. Carver and her daughters, Barbara and Carolyn. The table decorations were carried out in a circus theme with each guest receiving a circus favor, place

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marker. As the guests were leaving they were presented with dictionary colbr hooks. Present at the party were: Roger Bollenbacher, Miss Dague, Leon Roe, Miss Pamela Sipe, Roger Morningstar, Miss Janice Jones, Randy Everett, Miss Girod, Miss Sheila Kirchner, Gary Wable, Miss Christman, Alan Schug, Miss Kipfer, Wayne Kirchner. CLUB ENTERTAINED BY MRS. HITCHCOCK The regular meeting of the Weight Watchers club was held Monday at the home of Mrs. Harold Hitchcock. Following roll call, the minutes were read by the secretary. During the business session of the meeting, a future bake sale was discussed by the group. They decided to have the sale February 8, at the Western Auto. The proceeds are to be used to send members to the national convention which will be held in Milwaukee, Wis. A special feature at the bake sale will be the selling of some dietetic bake goods. All of the members brought “white elephants" to the session and after completing of the business, a game of crazy bingo was played in which the “white elephants” were used as prizes. Before dismissal, coffee was served by the hostess. Members of the Ladies firemen auxiliary will meet at the home of Mrs. Joe Mcßride Monday evening at 8 o’clock. The Bethany Circle of Zion Evangelical and Reformed church will meet Wednesday evening in the parsonage. The set time for the meeting is 7:30. Mrs. Tillman Gehrig will act as hostess to the So Cha Rea club. The group, which will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m., is planning a dessert bridge party. Officers and members of the St. Mary’s, study clubs will meet Thursday evening at 7:30 at the C. L. of C. haU. . The Dramatic department of the Woman’s club scheduled for Friday evening has been cancelled. A trip to the Civic theater in. Fort Wayne had been on their agenda for the evening. Friday at 7:30 p.m. the Friendship Circle of the Decatur Missionary' church win meet in the church parsonage. M|osrital"N yl ycrfu Admitted Mrs. Stella Steed, Geneva; Mrs. 'Anna Bulmahn. Decatur;* Mrs. Roger F. Carlisle, Decatur: John E. Augsburger, Berne; Roy Kocher. Decatur; Mrs. JosephKozlowski, —Decatur. — 4 Dismissed Mrs. Neva Hendricks and daughter, Huntington; Mrs. Maude Abnet, Berne; Mrs. Agnes Daniels and son. Decatur; Mrs. Theresa Coyne. Decatur; Mrs. Sara Ann Moser, Berne; Charles Haney, Decatur; Fred Beeler, Decatur; Mrs. Madonna Johnson, Decatur. Trade in a good town — Decatur \ — Now Open For Business SHAFFER’S Restaurant *

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ANNOUNCEMENT has been made by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Freels, of route 4, of the engagement of their daughter, Arleen, to Ronald Corson, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Alton B. Corson, No. 6, Homestead. Miss Freels, a graduate of Adams Central high school, is a freshman at Manchester College, North Manchester. Also a graduate of Adams Central high school, her fiance is attending Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio. . At present, the wedding date has not been set.

Bernard “Pete” Wemhoff, of “Detrdit,” Mich., managing editor of the Automotive News, sent a bushel of orangey to his brother, \ Robert Wemhoff, of Decatur, from his vacation site in Florida. j Eldon Medough, of route one, I Willshire. 0., has been admitted j to the Van Wert county hospital. Dick Burdg has been confined to his home with a bad cold for a few days. Randolph county commissioners will now meet every Monday, instead of monthly, following the i lead of Adams and other counties. Mrs. J. Ward Calland was returned to her home Saturday from the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne, where she has been recovering from complications resulting from a blood clot behind her eyes. Mr and Mrs. Fred Bell returned Monday from a two-month vacation in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rice returned Sunday from Sioux City, lowa, where they spent one week with an uncle, Otto Rice and’family. While in lowa the Rices visited Bob Gass and family in Lake City. Recovering from a recent heart attack, Bob's condition is reported satisfactory, although he is still unable to work. It was announced today that the present Style Shop will be closed Wednesday, evening, February 5, at the regular, closing time and remain closed until a redecoration of the entire shop has been completed. Mrs. Leo Teeple and her daughter. Mrs. Andrew Miller are converting the Style shop into the only pre-teen and teen shop in Decatur. AsBI RTHSI At the Adams county memorial hospital: Fred and Mary Thomas Evans ’of Decatur are the parents of a ’seven pound, three ounce son born at 3:41 p. m. Monday. A seven pound, four ounce son was born to James and Sharon Hirschy Habegger of Decatur at 1:30 Monday afternoon. Twins were born to Benjamin and Margaret Wengard Eicher, Jr. of Berne. The first twin was born at 7:33 p. m. Monday weighing seven pounds, three ounces. Twelve minutes later the second twin was born, weighing six pounds. 10 ounces. Today at 11:25 a. m.,‘ Joe and Coralie Nelson Booth of Decatur., became the parents of a five pound, one ounce daughter. To Study Business Climate Os Fort Wayne FORT WAYNE (IB — The Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce Monday night announced plans for an “extended study of the business climate of Fort Wayne and Allen County.” Hie announcement came a day after 2,000 members of Local 901 of the International Union of Electrical Workers adopted a resolution asking the state administration to study this city’s '“critical unemployment situation.” Chamber officials said figures showed the number of jobs here dropped nearly 4,000 in the las.t five years. Pistol Fire SYRACUSE, N. Y. — (ttl — Toy pistols can ba dangerous. Firamen quickly dousad the blaze after Michael Neely, three, laid his plastic revolver on the stove and the heated pistol fell to the linoleum floor, firing the linoleum.

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Three Evansville Men Handed Fines INDIANAPOLIS (W — Three Evansville men were fined a total of $2,500 Monday after pleading guilty to charges of failure to possess a federal wagering stamp. Internal Revenue Service agents arrested the men last A.ug. 30 in a raid on an Evansville tavern. Judge Cale J. Holder fined Norman E. Claymier, 38, and John Vail, 46. SI,OOO each and levied a SSOO fine on Thomas E. Sandefur, 48. Vail and Claymier own the J & N. tavern. Sandefur manages the tavern. Four other men were fined earlier after agents raided four Evansville-taverns. Parole Violator Is Taken Into Custody INDIANAPOLIS (W — The FBI Monday arersted Carl Herman Drake, 32, on a street here as a violatdr of federal probation. Drake was arrested after a federal warrant charged he failed to report to a U.S. probation officer at Tyler, Tex. — one of the conditions for his’ parole from a federal penitentiary. Drake served a term for driving a stolen car across a state line. Trade in a good town — Decatur

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”*Society l ltems tor ‘today s publication must be phoned in by U a. m. (Saturday 9:30 a.m.) Phone 3-2121 ’ “ Miss Pa: Zehr TUESDAY K- of C. auxiliary, K. of C. hall, 8 p.m. Eagles auxiliary, Eagles hall, 8 p.m. ' Root township home demonstration club, entertain husbands, Monmouth school, potluck supper, 6 p.m, t Church Mothers study club, Mrs. Paul Uhrick, 8 p.m. - Delta Lambda and Xi Alpha Xi chapters of Beta Sigma Phi, Mrs. Robert Lane, 8 p.m. Sunny Circle home demonstration club. Preble township community building, 7:30 p.m. Olive Rebekah lodge 86, 1.0.0. F. .hall, 7:30 p m. Delta Theta Tau, Mrs. Richard Kershner, 8 p.m. WEDNESDAY St. Vincent de Paul, C. L. of C. hall, 2 p.m. fl Jolly Housewives home demonstration club of St. Mary’s township, Pleasant Mills” school, i:Jb pm. , Brownie leaders training meeting, Girl Scout, room of Youth and Community center. 7:30 o.m. Ruralistic study club, Mrs. Amelia R. Miller, 8:00 p.m. Home Demonstration club of Union twp., Mrs. Archie Smitley, 1:30 p.m. A fellowship supper for members, Trinity E. U. B. church, 6:30 p. m. The Friendship circle of the Zion E. and R. church. 7:30 p. m. Bethany Circle of Zion E. and R. church, parsonage, 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY Tri Kappa. Youth and Community center. 8 p.m. Psi lota Xi, Youth and Community center, 8 p.m. Monroe W.C.T.U.; Mrs. Homer Winteregg. 7:30 p.m. Women of the Moose, Moose home, 8:00 p. m. Zion Lutheran Needle club, parish hall. 9:00 a. m. So Cha Rea, Mrs. Tillman Gehrig, 7:30 p.m.. St. Mary’s study clubs, CL. of C. hall, 7:30 p.m. * FRIDAY St. Ann’s discussion group, Mrs. Adrian Girard. 7:30 p. m. Our Lady of Victory discussion club, Mrs. Herman J. Miller, 7:30 p. m. Dramatic Department of the Women’s club, trip to Civic theater, cancelled. Friendship Circle of the Decatur Missionary church, parsonage 7:30 p.m. MONDAY Ladies Firemen Auxiliary, Mrs. Joe Mcßride, 8 p.m. Four-Stale Area Shaken By Quake Quake Centered In Southern Illinois ST. LOUTS <UP>—A second and' much stronger earthquake shook a four-state area Monday night, the St. Louis University Geophysics Center-reported today. Dr. Ross Heinrich said the seismograph registered the quake of 1-5 magnitude and indicated it was centered 110 miles southeast of St. . Louis in the vicinity of Grand Tower, 111. There- were no reports of damage. Jessie Grammer, mayor of Grand Tower, said he awakened Monday night when the house shook, but thought it was only a large truck going byMrs. Noah Williams, wife of the ■fire chief, said she woke up Monday night and thought the stove had exploded. Police at Sikeston,,Mo., 50 miles southwest of Grand Tower, reported the qua-ke was felt as a “long rumble followed by a quick shake’’ at 11:56 p.m. Tremors also were felt at Paducah, Ky., Cairo, 111., Caruthersville. Mo., and northwest Tennessee. > 4 Heinrich said the quake was on the borderline of being a damaging one. He said it lasted about nine minutesA minor earthquake was recorded in the same area at 10:56 a.m. Sunday. It was centered near Caruthersville where sheriff’s deputies said the~ courthouse “shook substantially.” The first quake occurred in the New Madrid geologic. fault which runs along the Mississippi River from Cairo to Memphis, Tenn. However. Heinrich said he believed the seconcf quake occurred in th* Str* Gene'-ieve fault on the eastern side of the Ozarks in soutuern Illinois. It is estimated by authoritative sources htat there are only between 300 and 400 professional astrphomers in the United States. According to the Bureau of the Census, approximately 40 per gent of America’s population will exceed 45 years of age,by 1980. The town of Colraih, western Massachusetts, boasts that its schdol was the first in the United States to fly the American flag.

Blue Cross Hospital Insurance Increased 10 Per Cent Boost Approved By State INDIANAPOLIS (UP)—A 10 per cent increase in Blue Cross hospital insurance rates went into effect today for 1,500,000 Hoosiers. New rates approved by State Insurance Commissioner Alden C. Palmer were about one-third what Blue Cross asked. Palmer said the company asked for increases ranging from 15 to 40 per cent, and got a hike of 10 per cent in monthly premium rates, to the nearest dime. Group hospital insurance on a family basis went up from $6.25 a month to $6.90, instead of $7.75 the company asked. ’ Group policies taken'‘out for individuals increased from $2.10 to $2.40. The company asked for $2 95. For families not taking out insurance through an employer, the cost per month went up from $5 65 to $6.30. The firm asked for $7.65. Non-group policies for individuals rose from $3.75 to $4.20, compared with the $4.90 asked. Palmer conferred with Governor Handley on the Blue Cross proposal Monday. He said the 10 per cent hike had Handley's general approval. The firm also has authority to submit to the Insurance Commission alternate plans for deductible hospital insurance, Palmer said. Under such a plan, the insured could agree to pay a fixed portion of the hospital cost, with the firm paying the rest, instead of being charged the increased ratesThe rate hike does not affect Blue Shield, which covers doctor bills. Complain Education Plan Is Inadequate Say Existing Needs Are Underestimated WASHINGTON (UP) — The National Education Assn, and two Democratic leaders in education complained today that President Eisenhower's billion-dollar school program is inadequate. But administration officials predicted the space-age plan to produce more scientists and engineers to meetr-Russia’s challenge would raise the nation’s basic standards lof education in all fields. The NEA diew a bead on failure of the administration to include "enough space in our schools’’ to allow every student to attend a full day in uncrowded classrooms. Declaring the President’s program ‘‘greatly underestimates’’ existing needs. NEA Executive Secretary William T Carr said there should bC a top priority on not morF classrooms but also improving teacher salaries. , Informed sources said the Little Rock school integration crisis played a part in the administration’s decision to shelve a school construction, program this year de? spite Soviet scientific successes. Officials figured the controversy over sending in federal troops to enforce an integration order would subtract support from the measure. which was turned down last year. Chairman Lister Hill of the Senate Education Committee and Rep. Carl Elliott, head of a House Education subcommittee, urged a bigger program than the billiondollar, four-year plan President Eisenhower sent Congress Monday The two Alabama Democrats planned to introduce late this week a bill roughly four times larger than the administration’s. Ask County Road » Be Blacktopped A group of 12 petitioners appeared at the regular weekly meeting of the Adams county commissioners and requested that county road s‘/ z ‘ be blacktopped from the Winchester road west to the Preble road. A petition wait originally filed for wbrk to be done on this three mile stretch of county road in 1953. No definite action was taken at the present time.

FINAL CLEARANCE Now in Progress’ DRESSES Values to $29.98. — NOW $5.00, SB.OO, SIO.OO, $12,00 All Other Merchandise Further Reduced! E. F. GASS STORE

Huntingburg Company Opens New Factories HUNTINGBURG - (ffl - The Huntingburg Furniture Co. has opened two new factories. The plants are subsidiaries of the original firm. Girl And Boyfriend Sought In Slayings Wanted In Slaying Os Parents, Sister LINCOLN, Neb. (UP) — Police today sought a girl,. 15, and her young boyfriend in the slaying of her parents and baby stepsister whose shrouded bodies were found hidden In a chicken coop and another out building. Authorities also sought to link the runaways, Carol Fugate and Charles Starkweather, 19. with the recent unsolved murder of a nearby service station attendant. A preliminary autopsy showed two of the victims, Mrs. Velda Bartlett, 36, Carol's mother and her stepfather, Marion, 57, were killed by bullet wounds in the head. The couple's daughter, Betty Jean. 2, died of a skull fracture and lacerations. Police Capt. Joe Harbaugh said the victims were neatly wrapped in a quilt and blue-green wrapping paper and hidden in out buildings behind the Bartletts' home in Lincoln’s Belmont area. The bodies were found late Monday by a son-in-law of Mrs. Bartlett and Starkweather’s brother. Carl and Starkweather, described as a "husky youth with light red hair,’’ were believed to hag? fled in a dilapidated 1949 Ford Police speculated the triple slaying might , be connected with the Dec- 1, .1957, murder, of Robert Colvert, 21, a service station attendant who was killed by a shotgun blast on a lonely country road.

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Three More Reserve Banks Reduce Rafes Boston And Atlanta Rates Are Reduced .WASHINGTON (IP) — T h e Federal Reserve Board Monday approved a cut in the discount rate from 3 to 2% per cent for its |>anks in Boston and Atlanta. This brought to nine the Humber of Federal Reserve banks charging 2 3 4 per cent on loans to commercial banks. The lower rate was' first approved by the board last week. Three other Federal Reserve banks still are charging 3 per cent. .... — Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank in San Francisco have resisted the lower rate. Also still charging 3 per cent are reserve banks in Minneapolis and Dallas. The lower rate was approved in an attempt to east credit, making borrowing cheaper and stimulate business. The government’s short - term borrowing costs has fallen shatply following last week's cut. The 2 202 per cent average interest rate announced by the Treasury Monday on its weekly offering of 91-day bfils was interpreted as another sign that it 'is getting easier and cheaper to borrow money. A recent survey by the Veterans Administration disclosed that VA patients read six times as many books as the general American public. » Trade in a good town — Decatur Worry of FALSE TEETH Slipping or Irritating? Don't be embarrassed by loose false teeth slipping, dropping or wobbling when you eat, talk or laugh. Just sprinkle a little FASTEETH on your plates. This pleasant powder gives a remarkable sense of added comfort and security by holding plates more firmly. No gummy, gooey, pasty taste I or feeling. It's alkaline (non-acld). ' Get FASTEETH at any drug counter.