Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 248, Decatur, Adams County, 21 October 1958 — Page 3

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1958

JUNIOR CLASS TO PRESENT PLAY The junior class of Pleasant Mills high school will present a three act comedy entitled “Hillbilly Weddin,” October 30 at 8 o’clock at the school gumnasium Six problems in the form of six Unmarried daughters are faced each day by Paw Belnickle. The unusual comedy revolves around the difficulties that Paw has in getting his daughters a husband. The public is invited to attend, “Hillbilly Weddin,” which will feature the following juniors in the different roles, Larry Jackson, Carolyn Luginbill. Linda Wagner, Judy Shoaf, Kay Funk, Joan Barker, Sharon Bebout, Nancy Cook. Sherman Archer, Don Riley, Jack Butler, Arlyene Speakman, Michael McGill, Dean King, Dwight Brunner, and Gene Tricker. RESEARCH CLUB MEETS TUESDAY Mrs. Charles Langston was hostess to the members of the Research club who met Tuesday ter noon. Mrs. Paul Edwards presented the afternoon's program and used as her subject, antique glass. She mentioned that there are records of glass having been used in Egypt as early as 1600 and 1700 B.C. Glass collecting as hobby dates back several centuries. After her talk, Mrs Edwards presented a display of antique glass which she owns. Besides her own collection, the speaker showed a lamp belonging to Mrs. Lloyd Cowens. ZION LUTHERAN EMMANS GUILD MEETS RECENTLY Twenty-one members of the Zion Lutheran Emmaus Guild answered roll call at the regular meeting, which as held Wednesday evening at the parish hall basement. Devotions for the evening were given by Mrs. Mary Nelson and during the business meeting, conducted by the president, Mrs James Bleke. a report was, submitted that the organization had cared for 240 children in the nursery from October, 1957. through September 1958. A card from Germany from Mrs. Robert Krueckeberg, was read to the group. Donations were made to the mental health drive and the Lutheran child welfare assication. Mrs. William Gernand led the topic discussion “Your Parish Calling” and the meaning of the words were discussed and ways of sejving the Lord were cited. The meeting was closed with the Lord's Prayer. Mrs. Nelson Doty. Mars Martin Bultemeier, and Mrs. Norman Kruse were the hostesses for the evening and guests were Mrs. William Kenney. Mrs. Paul Hammond, and Mrs. Phyllis Everett. A toilet soap shower for the girls of the Indiana Girls school, will be held by the members of the American Legion Auxiliary Friday evening at 8 o’clock at the home

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K. OF C. HALL IS SCENE OF SOCIETY MEETING I The Rosary Society of the St. ! Mary’s Catholic church met at the ' K. of C. hall Monday evening at t 8 o’clock. Mrs. Ronald Parrish, president, : conducted the business meeting. I A contribution to the Community ■ Fund was reported and gifts for I the Indiana association for meni tai health were requested to be brought to the November meeting. Following the business meeting, refershments were served and cards were played with Mrs. Frances Terveer winning in bridge, Mrs. Christine Hackman winning in pinochle and Mrs. Rymond Schultz winning in rhum. The chairman and co-chairmen in charges of the meeting were Mrs. Irenaeus Gase, Mrs. James Kummer. Mrs. Henry Braun, Mrs. Donald Miller, Mrs. Louis Staub, and Miss Florence Holthouse. Mrs. Kummer decorated the hall and in keeping with the fall season, used branches of leaves and bittersweet through the center of the long tables with goruds and small sauash intermingled. In one corner of the hall, a small grotto of “Our Blessed Mother” was, arranged with the words “Pray the Rosary.” DONALD BARNES IS SPEAKER AT P.T.A. The Adams Central P.T.A. met last evening in the school cafeteria for their October meeting. After the invocation by Rev. Welch of the St. Paul’s church, a brief business session was held. For the music portion of the program. Leon Gerig introduced a junior high girl throp composed of Miss Sandra Mattax, Miss Karen Rich, and Miss Ann Singleton. The girls sang two numbers, accompanied by Miss Jocelyn McCullough at the piano. Professor Donald Barnes, associate professor of education at Ball State, was the guest speaker for the evening. Using “The Three S’s" as his topic, the speaker explained that the three s’s are “selfand your ability and talents, situation and the use of your imagination. and succes and how your life is built up it.” A brief question and answer period was then conducted. After adjournment, cider and doughnuts were served by the hospitality committee. Due to the evangelistic services in progress this week at the First Christian church, the general meeting of the Christian Women’s Fellowship scheduled for this Wei dresday evening has been postponed until October 29 at 7.30 p.m. Monday, members of the Academy of Friendship will meet at 7:30 o’clock at the Moose home. The Christian Companions class members of the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church, will have awiener roast at Hanna-Nutt-man park Saturday at 6:15 o'clock.

DECATUR WOMAN’S CLUB OPENS 1958-59 SEASON Beautiful melodies sung by gifted artists, and a setting of fall fantasy in full color enhanced the official opening of the 1958-59 season of the Decatur Woman’s club held Monday evening in the banquet room of the Youth and Community center. One hundred and fifteen women, 1 representing the Music, Art, Liter- ■ ature. Dramatic, Civic, Junior Women and Junior Arts departments of the club, were in atendance for the dinner meeting. Mrs. Stuart Brightwell, chairman of the Music department, ’ presented the operiing devotions, using a short passage from the Bible, and two poem prayers by James Melcalfe. Following the dinner, the club's rew president, Mrs. R. C. Hersh, introduced the members of the executive committee: Mrs. Richard Linn, first vice president: Miss Frances Dugan, second vice president; Mrs. Leo Curtirf, secretary; Mrs. Thomas Buuck. treasurer, and Mrs. Glenn Hill, past president. Also seated at the head table and presented to the group were Mrs. Brightwell; Mrs. James Newton, vice chairman of the Dramatic department; Mrs. Edward Cook, chairman of the Literature department; Mrs. Fran- i cis Ellsworth, chairman of the Civic department; Mrs. M. A. | Frisinger, chairman of the Art department, and Mrs. Richard Mi- * es, chairman of the Junior Arts ‘ department. 1 Mrs. Floyd Reed, advisor of the Junior Arts department of the club, presented the club president, Kathleen Schultz, who in turn introduced her officers. Each , of the department heads then introduced each of her department’s | new members. An invitation was read from the i board of trustees of the Adams county memorial hospital, to at- : tend the dedication services and open house of the new addition, which is to be held Sunday. Mem- J bers were then reminded of the next general club meeting, to be held at the Center November 17 , with the Dramatic section in • charge. Varied Program Songs from a variety of favorite light opera productions were presented by the club's guest artists, Mrs. Jean Altervogt and Bob Cocher ille. In tribute to the women, Cocherille opened the program singing “When You Walk in the Room” • and “Close as Pages in a Book,” followed by Miss Altervogt’s apI pealing “The Man I Love.” Having • recently starred in the production of “Kiss Me Kate,” the couple ! offered several of its favored mel- 1 : odies, including “So In Love,” : and “Special Face.” Next on the agenda was : an all time favorite, ■ "Summertime,” dramatically ■ sung by Mrs. Altervogt. Her partner then swung into several hit I numbers from “Showboat,” in ! which he has also had the lead. As- : ter Mrs. Altervogt sang “Hello Young Lovers" from “The King and I." Cocherille walked among ! the club members, singing “On I • the Street Where You Live,” from the production of “My Fair Lady.” | In conclusion, the two joined voices to sing the delightful “One 1 Kiss;" Mrs. Altervogt sang “Sweethearts*’ and Cocherille presented “I Could Have Danced I All Night.’* Talented accompanist with the two was Mrs. Esther Howard, who I at one time worked with Irvine Berlin. b 1 Ruralistic Study club members will meet with Mrs. Lewis Rum- | schlag Wednesday at 8 o’clock. I The Valpo Guild will have a rum- I mage sale this Friday and Satur- I day from 9 until 5 o’clock at the I former Holthouse and Schulte I store. !I Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Kohne I and son Stephen visited over the 11 weekend in Greensburg, Ky., I where oil was discovered in the; I last month. Mrs. Kohne formally I lived at Greensburg. Mr. and Mrs. Reid Erekson, I Miss Taya Erekson, and Mis Bee- I ky Maddox are vacationing in I Salt Lake City, Utah, this week. Miss Barbara Cole, Miss Lucille I Knittie of Decatur and Miss San- I dra Shot of Huntington, visited ov- I er the weekend at Ft. Leonard I Wood, Mo., as a guest of Mike I Cole. Miss Cecilia Lehman, Miss Dor- I is Bluhm, Miss Chloe Neuensch- I wander, and Miss Pat Liechty, all I 1958 graduates of Adams Central I and who are attending colleges, I were home over the weekend and I attended the Berne fair. The Arkansas Gazette, at Little I Rock, Ark., is the oldest news- I paper west of the Mississippi Riv- I er, having been founded in 1819. I

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■HK ' J . IWjgl |||l / ft lib I IK THREE-SCORE AND EIGHT — The President and Mrs. Eisenhower are all smiles as they leave the White House to attend a breakfast tn honor of him on his 68th birthday. The White House and Republican National committee staffs and others gave the breakfast event at a Washington hotel.

li&ab Calendar Items for today’s pubication must be phoned in by U ijn. (Saturday 9:30) Phone 3-2121 Miss Marilou Uhrlck TUESDAY C.L.C. C.L.C. hall, potluck supper, 6:30 p.m. Church Mothers Studs, club, re * gular meeting, Methodist church, 8 p.m. Merry Matrons Home Demonstration club, Mrs. Otto Boerger, 7:30 p.rtl. masquerade party. Bethany E.U.B .church, congregational potluck dinner, church, 6:30 p.m. Kum Join Us class of Bethany E. U. B. church, postponed one week. Washington township Farm Bureau, Monroe Farm Bureau hall, 7:30 p.m. Wesleyan Service Guild of First Methodist church, Mrs. Robert Mills, 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY Ladies Shakespeare club, Mrs. Arthur Suttles. 2:30 p.m. Ruth and Naomi circle, Zion E. and R. church parlors, 2 p.m. Historical club, Mrs. Clarence R. Smith, 2 p.m. General duty nurses of I.S.N.A. district 1, Veterans administration hospital, 8 •* Presbyterian .Women’s Association, church, 8 p.m. Psi .Alpha lota and Epsilon Sigma sororities. Elks home, 8 p.m. Christian Women’s Fellowship meeting postponed until October; 29. Ruralistic Study club, Mrs. Lew- . is Rumschlag, 8 p.m. THURSDAY » Women of the Moose, Moose home, officers 7:30, lodge 8 p.m. Order of the Eastern Star; “friends night”, Masonic hall, 7:30j p.m. Home nursing organizational meeting fire station. 7:30 p.m. Zion Lutheran Needle club, Parish hall. 1 p.m. FRIDAY American Legion auxiliary, Legion home, 8 p.m. American Legion Auxiliary toilet soap shower. Legion home, 8 p.m. Valpo Guild rummage sale for- ' mer Holthouse and Schulte store, I

| CITY I I PICK-UP of I I LEAVES Next Week, the City off Decatur Street Department will pick 1 g up leaves along the streets on the days listed below. Residents ■ are asked to have their leaves a t the curb. | DO NOT BURN LEAVES J I ON BLACK-TOP STREETS I '|| WBBPBBBMBSSHBGKnaHBKUHMHWBSaM W’ ■ Monday, Tuesday Wednesday Afternoon, I anil Wednesday Thursday and . I Morning:— Friday:— I I ALL STREETS NORTH ALL STREETS SOUTH ■ 4 OF MONROE STREET OF MONROE STREET |g | City of Decatur Street Dept. | t H

9 a m. until 5 p.m. SATURDAY Christian Companions class of Trinity E.U.B. church, wiener roast at Hanna-Nuttman park, 6:15 p.m. Valpo Guild rummage sale, former Holthouse and Schulte store, 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. MONDAY Academy of Friendship, Moose home, 7:30 p.m. Heart Attack Fatal To Albert Vonderau Albert H. Vonderau. 73, prominent New Haven farmer and dairyman, died at 12:15 p.m. Monday at his home following a heart attack. He was a member of St. Peter’s Lutheran, adjustor for the Echo Insurance Co. since 1940; a director of the Allen Dairy; and was director of the New HavenThurman equity from 1915 to 1957. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Annita Tusison of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Clesson Irving of Greenfield; one son, Fred, with whom he lived; three brothers, Paul of New Haven, KaspeP of Fort Wayne, and Oscar of New Haven: two sisters, Mrs. Henry Behrman of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Arnold Scherer of Fort Wayne. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the E. Harper & Son funeral home and at 2:30 p.m. in the church, the Rev. Henry Abram officiating. Historical Society Meets Next Tuesday The Adams county historical j society will preview the new film ; strip, “The Age of Ice in Indiana” ■ at its meeting next Tuesday night j at 8 o'clock at the Lincbln school, Gerald Durkin, president, said today. The strip shows in colored car- ; toon details of the ice age, inclu- ; ding the great Teays river, three times the size of the Mississpi, which once crossed Adams county gt Berne; Lake Maumee, whose shores were at the north boundary of Adams county when the lake included all the present Great Lakes; and the history behind those three series of ridges in Adams county. This will be the second program of the fall season for the historical society. j ' ■

District Honors To County Rural Youth County Is First In Newsletter Contest Adams county rural youth received honors Monday evening at the district rural youth meeting when they were awarded the attendance cowbell and also placed first in the county newsletter contest. All counties newsletters were judged with Adams county being the winner and will now represent the district in the state contest. The cowbell whs wpn by Adams county for having the most number of points, determined by the number of members present times the number of miles traveled. Adams county scored 968 points. The quarterly district meeting was held at the Center school in Howard county near Kokomo. Election of officers was one of the business items on the program with Ron Bridgewater of Tipton county elected president; Darrell Rice of Blackford county, vice president; and Myrneth Anthony of Grant county, secretary-treasurer. Three counties were represented in the district talk meet speaking on the general topic—“ Change in agriculture-how it affects our future.” Opal Witham placed first and will represent the district in the state contest at the state rural youth convention in Indianapolis November 12. Adams county took as a membership goal a quota of at least 75 members for 1959. All 10 counties in the district were represented plus many out-of-district guests. Recreation and refreshments served by the host county, Howard. ended the evening program for the 140 in attendance. Members representing Adams county were: Legora Markle, Eileen Coulson, Kathleen Boerger, Shirley Workinger, Ma rvi n e Schaefer, Ron Gerber, Delores Rodenbeck, Jane Uhrick, Sally McCullough, and* Gloria Koeneman. Dallas Neuenschwander, an Adams county rural youth member stationed with the, army at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis. also represented Adams county at the meeting. Auto, Truck Collide Here This Morning A property damage acident occurred early today at the intersection of First and Monroe streets when the brakes on a car failed to hold as the driver attempted to stop in time to avoid a collision with a semi-trailer unit. A car driven ’ Virginia L. Brewster, 24, DaHrtur, struck a semi-trailer operated .by Frank Campbell, 37. Wabash, today at 7 o’clock at the above named intersection as she attempted to stop at the stop sign located on First street. Miss Brewster was headed north on First street while the semi-trailer unit was headed west on Monroe street at the time of the accident. The city police department estimated the damage to the Brewster vehicle at $450. The truck was not damaged. Congres created the Department of Foreign Affairs July 27, 1789, but changed the name to Department of State Sept. 15 of same I year.

Present Recordings Os Notional Anthem Twenty schools in this county will obtain a free high fiedelity recording of the national anthem. These recordings by the Boston Symophony orchestra and the Chicago Symphony orchestra are being presented to the schools by the Adams county Farm Bureau. Mrs. Ed Gerbers women’s leader president of the county Farm Bureau, explained that these are the first high fidelity recordings ever made of the Star Spangled Banner — even though high fidelity had been popular since 1957. Mrs. Gerbers went on to explain' that the American Hertiage Foundation this project of the Farm Bureau is being carried out jointly with as a part of a statewide Farm Bureau citizenship campaign. "It is our hope that these recordings will instill a deep appreciation of our national anthem in all of our future citizens,” she commented. These records will be presented at the Adams county annual meeting Oct. 28 at 8 p.m. at the Adams Central school. Transfer Injured Couple To Parkview Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Diehl, of route two, Geneva, who were hospitalized late Sunday morning at Duke memorial hospital in Peru following an accident that involved two automobiles, were transferred to the Parkview .memorial hospital in Fort Wayne this morning. Mrs. Merle Affolder, daughter of the Diehls, said today that her parents were to be transferred nt 10:30 a. m. to the hospital in Fort Wayne. She also stated that her father’s condition was not as good today as was reported Monday, but that he has moved both his right foot and arm some indicating that his entire right side 1 is not completely paralyzed. Both of the Adams county resi- : dents were hospitalized as a re- ; suit of a two-car collision that ’ occurred on state roads 16 and • 19, eight miles north of Peru, i The two other persons in the ac- - cident were also taken to the t Duke memorial hospital, but their ■ conditions was not considered as > serious.

1 pn Admitted Mrs. Herman Hirschy, Berne; ! Mrs. John Beal, Decatur; Master Joseph Lose. Decatur; Miss Linda Witte, Hoagland. Dismissed Master William Whitright, Det catur.

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Minor Accident Near City This Morning A minor accident causing $25 property damage to two vehicles occurred today at 10:10 a,m. on U. S. 224 approximately two miles west of Decatur. Trucks driven by Carl Barton, 40, Fort Wayne ,and Henry Serna, 30, Crystal, City, Texas, collided when the Serna truck attempted to pull into a drive located on the north side of the highway as the Barton vehicle attempted to pass on the left. Oncoming traffic forced Barton to pull to the right in an attempt to pass and he struck the Serna veheile on the right side. The sheriff’s and state police departments estimated damage to the Barton vehicle at $25 and the Serna truck at $5. Elderly Woman Dies In Fire In Hospital MONTGOMERY, Ala. (UPD — Firemen sought today to learn the cause of a flash fire which broke out in a private hospital Monday and burned to death an elderly woman who clutched her bed in fear as flames consumed • here. Mrs. Pearl Williams, 72, was the only fatality. Fifteen other patients at the private doctors hospital were led, screaming and crying with fear, to safety. The patients ranged in age from 50 to their mid-70s. Speed Blamed For Fatal Auto Crash SPENCER, Ind. <UPI> — Authorities blamed speed today for the crash of a car containing six teen--1 age boys in which one of them ; was killed and the others injured. ’ The accident on Ind. 45 east of Spencer near midnight Monday ' killed Robert Edwards, 17, Spen- ' cer. Police said the car skidded on a hill at a curve in the blacktop road and rolled oyer. Injured were Ronald Wood, 18, . driver of the car; Ronald Jones, t 18, Jesse Reed, 17, Richard Car--1 michael, 16, and Donald Wood, 17, al lof Spencer. ? United States oil and natural r gas production in 1957 was valued 3 at almost $lO billion, exceeding the combined value of thep roduction of all other minerals, metals and fuels. Valpo Guild Rummage Sale, This Week, Friday and Saturday, 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., Building Next to-the Bank on 2nd street. 248 t 3

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