Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 104, Decatur, Adams County, 2 May 1958 — Page 12

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L i AMISH HMD IN SONS' TRUANCY— EmanueI Slabaugh and wife Mary (upper) sign their bonds in Wooster, 0., as they and two other Amish couples are bailed after spending 12 days in jail over truancy of their under-16-years-old children. I They do not believe in keeping their children in school after I ■ the eighth grade. Beside the Slabaughs are their volunteer ; attorneys, Clarence May (left) and Bernard Roetsel. Lower: Some of the six parents duck from camera as they leave the courthouse. The families have 29 children. (International)

PREBLE RESTAURANT WILL BE OPEN r MOTHER’S DAY SUNDAY, MAY 11th. 11:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M. Public j Auction k ' _— .... . a \ ■«. <• W By virtue of an order of the Adams Circuit Court, 1, the undersigned executrix of the estate of the late Theodore H. Heuer, will sell the following cattle at public auction at the Decatur Sale Barn located I'/i mile East of Decatur, Indiana < Ms mile North of Highway No. 224) on MONDAY EVENING, MAY 5,1958 80 HEAD SHORTHORN CATTLE At 7:30 o’clock Promptly (DST) These cattle consist of: 14 cows with calves by side; 4 springing - cows: -7 bred cows; 3 heifers with calves by side; H coming 2 yr. t ' old■YeedferW^J TOW*JT- old heifers- '• yearling feeder calves, mostly 'heifers; If heifers di v‘arib‘Us'~Stzes; 1 steer; 2 butcher cows; 4 young bulls The above are all red and roans, all of good quality, Tiowever a few in thin flesh All cows and bulls will be Bangs tested This is an opportunity ”so buy native stock for foundation, feeding or grass. TERMS OF SALE—CASH THEODORES H. HEUER (deceased) FLORENCE MATTHEWS, Executrix Henry Heller, Atty. Chris Bohnke—Auctioneer. FOOTNOTE. Due to the increased volume of our usual Monday night sales, we will start selling the above cattle promptly at 7:30 o'clock DST. Our weekly sales have increased, our prices are right so bring your consignments early and avoid the parking and seating jam. DECATUR SALE BARN—Ray Elliott, Mgr. THE SHORTHORN CATTLE WILL SELL FIRST

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The School Reporter

ADAMS CENTRAL HIGH By Shirley Osterman

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“Boy, what a a test!” seemed to| be all you could? get out of the | juniors a ft e r their national merit scholarship tests were over. The group

of 28 took the three-hour test Tuesday morning, as did many other schools all over the nation. Results of the tests will not be available until the fall ot this year. —A.C.H.S.—As in past pears, the Greyhound Gazette staff will be presenting readers with a special senior issue. This edition of the school newspaper will be dedicated to the senior class and will contain facts and humorous articles about the ’SB graduates. Among these will be the seniors’ “Will.” This issue will, also, end the year of 1957-58 for the publication of the Gazette. —A.C.H.S.— Installation of officers, a style show, and a tea will highlight the evening for the Sunshine Society’s ideal ladies’ tea Friday night. At this get-together the members of the society will present corsages to their secret ideal ladies. Mothers of the girls are also invited to come and enjoy the style show, which will be presented by the home ec classes instructed by Mrs. Virgil Sexton. The theme for the style show will be “Spring Week End.” —A.C.H.S.—

Jack Heller, a member of the Decatur Daily Democrat staff, was the guest speaker at the Greyhound Gazette’s honor banquet last Thursday evening. The Fairway Restaurant was the scene of the dinner and presentations. The staff presented their advisor, Imogene Beihold, with a beautiful : corsage of carnations to begin the evening. Miss Beihold awarded the pins to the staff. Shirley Osterman received the editor’s pin, and Doveanna Nussbaum the news editor’s pin. Other awards to« the staff were sports editor, Don Germann; reporters, Palmer Urick, Ron Maines, Barbara Sommer, Delora Mishler, and Joan Rupert; artists, Dixie Smith; business manager, Garry Bluhm; and typists, Ruth Spie, Alice Beer, and Suzanne Edwards. Four of the staff who also received their pins but who i were unable, to attend the dinner arc Barbara Steiner, typist; Marcia Zimmerman, artist; Rollie reporters. Shirley also was awardZimmerman arid Sidney Schwartz, ed the special journalism pin for her outstanding contribution to the Gazette. Also present for the banquet were Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Archbold. Mrs. Archbold is a commerce teacher at Central and has cooperated In the production of the newspaper wholeheartedly. —A.C.H.S.— Central’s FFA crops judging team has won the right to represent the district in the state judging finals at the Indiana state fair this summer. The team of Loren Habegger, Larry Foreman, Dwight Moser, and Palmer Urick received Jfeg ..right., .fifth-, at uie dTistrict meeting at Waterloo high school last Saturday. Martin Watson is the instructor of this group. --AC.HS.Sunday at 6:30 p.m, the seniors will embark on their trip to Washington from Van Wert. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Frantz will accompany the group, whose tour will include seeing: the Capitol building, Library of Congress, Arlington cemetery, Supreme Court building, Mount Vernon, Washington monument, Lincoln Memorial, FBI building, and, of course, the White House. They will arrive home Thursday morning, May 8, at 6

’ I?! ENSIGN Gives UP-U. S. Navy Ensign David John Page, 25, Bits awaiting his fate after giving up to the FBI in Los Angeles to end a search since he disappeared Sept 19,1955, with 870,200. Page was paymaster of the aircraft carrier Wasp. The Wasp was berthed in San Francisco when fee went on a weekend leave, which stretched out more than a year and • half. He said he’d been living high in Canada, but got tired of running. (International)

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oclock. —A.C.H.S.—Ruth Sipe has received the honor of being named valedictorian for the graduating class of 1958. Gary McMillen and Winston Lister were tied for the position of saluatorian. Ruth has an outstanding record of only one B in her high school permanent record. Gary and Winston averaged out both having two B’s on their records. Quite an accomplishment and one every pupil hopes to attain! , —A.C.H.S.— Alan Habegger broke his own records in the EIC track meet at Muncie Monday. He excelled in the high hurdles, 16.5, and in the low hurdles, 22.6. Tom Heyerly scored second in the broad jump with a 19’ 6” jump. The half-mile relay team — Tom Heyerly, Bill Hoffman, Ron Maines, and Alan Habegger — also broke a school record by establishing their time as 1.45.3. Central finished third at theEIC meet; Berne, first; and Geneva, second. Hartford, Bryant, Monmouth^? Montpelier, Lancaster, Albany, Roll, and Redkey followed in that order. —A.C.H.S.— Annual and newspaper leaders chers’ College in Muncie Saturday will be traveling to Ball State Teato a journalism workshop. A day of educational value is promised for the journalism workers in newspapers and yearbooks. Anyone on the Gazette or the CenTrails staff is welcome and encouraged to attend. —A.C.H.S.— DECATUR CATHOLIC HIGH By Mary F. Beckmeyer

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Only three more days remain until the seniors put on their production of “When I Was; Green.” The action takes place in the I

Bleacher living room. The children, trying to be helpful, meddle in their fathers and sisters business. Aftej/ a jolly mix-up, everything is~unscrambled for the final curtain. The cast of characters includes: Walter Bleacher, Dave Kable; Etta Bleacher, Mary Frances Beckmeyer; Pasty Bleacher; Carolyn Heimann; Gatesworth Bleacher, Bill Beal; Beeney Bleacher, Betty Baker; Logan Ellsworth, Joe Kohne; Henderson Elliot, Fred Lengerich; Ernestine Elliot, Rosie Voglewede; Trisha Elliot, Rita Mendoz; Roger Martindale, Phil Reed; Sadie, Susie Sutton; the blackmailer, Don Gase; and Lorretta, Geraldine Schultz. —D.C.H.S.— Representing DCHS at the May Rotary meetings will be Phil Reed and Mike Ellenberger. —D.C.H.S.— Last week the seniors took the Kuder preference vocational and personal records tests. These tests enabled the students to firitf out for themselves what elements contribute to occupational satisfaction. —D.C.H.S.— The commercial department Jias received mention : banner in the OGA shortland writing contest. Individuals receiving OGA pins for neatly written notes were Betty Baker, Rita Mendez, Geraldine Schultz, Susie Sutton, Mary Frances Beckmeyer, Angela Andrews, and Theresa Laurent —D.C.H.S.— The last sodality meeting of the 1957-58 school year was held Friday afternoon. Roseanne Litchfield and Ed Wiseman explained titles of Our Lady taken from the Little Office of Mary. How we can pray always in all ways was discussed by Jim Heimann. Catherine Schnepp read a message for Mother’s Day’. Sarah Gass reported that fifty pounds of bandages were collected in the recent mission project. Kathy Baker and Theresa Laurent conducted a telephone conversation on topics all Catholics should be familiar with. Father Contant, sodality moderator, emphasized that vacation time offers a challenge — a challenge to carry through the good habits acquired in school in regard to one’s spiritual obligations. —D.C.H.S.— Rita Mendez, Decatur’s entry in the queen contest sponsored by the Latin American club, came in fourth. She will lead the court to crown the queen, which will be climaxed by a formal dance, May 3. Rita wishes to thank everyone who helped her in any way. —D.C.H.S.— Eighty-three second graders will LOSE UGLY FAT IN TEN DAYS OR MONEY BACK If you are overweight, Here is .the first really thrilling news to «>me along In years. A new & convenient way to get rid of extra-pounds easier than ever, so you <;an l*e as slim and trttn as you want. This new product called DIATRON curbs both hunger & appetite. No drugs, no diet, no exercising. Absolutely harmless When you take DIATRON, vou still enjoy your meals, still eat the foods you like but you simple don’t have the urge tor extra portions and automatically your weight must come down, because, as jour own doctor will tell you, when you eat less, vou weigh less. Excess weight endangers your heart, kidneys. So no matter What you have tried before, get DIATRON and prove to yourself what it can do. DIATRON is sold on this fU'ARANTEE: You must lose weight with the first package you use or the package costs you nothing. .lust return the bottle to your druggist wnd get your money back. DIATRON costs 13.00 and Is soldi with this strict .nfonej' back guaran-I tee by: Hmtth Drug Store - n«wwtua - j Walt Order* rilled

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BRUSSELS SOCIAL NOTt — Word in Brussels is that King Baudouin, 27. soon will announce his engagement to Princess Marie Therese of Bourbon-Parma, 24. Both are shown above. She is a linguist and licensed pilot (International)

make their First Holy Communion this Sunday. The class, composed of 46 boys and 37 girls, will receive Our Lord for the first time at a high mass at 8:30 a.m. > —D.C.H.S.— Since the home ec department has received a device for making covered buttons, the freshmen and sopohomore girls have really put the machine through its paces. Thby find that covered buttons are inexpensive and add the final touch to their garments. —D.C.H.S.— B In baseball action the past week, the Commodores suffered two consecutive defeats. Convoy was vic-

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torious last Friday by a score of 10 to 1. Monday evening the local nine was defeated 8 to 1 by Huntington Catholic. —DC.HS — DECATUR HIGH SCHOOL By Emily Swearingen

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The festival held last* Friday; night by the band, choir and art club was enjoyed by approximately 6001 people. The choir presented!

the first part of the musical program. The songs they sang are • Song of the Russian Plains,” “I f * ..

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