Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 270, Decatur, Adams County, 15 November 1958 — Page 3

SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 15, 1958

— J Bk ‘ ■ ' L MR. AND MRS. CARL 1. KUHN of route 1, Monroe, have announced the engagement and approaching marriage of their only daughter, Suzanne, to James A. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. James G. Smith, route 3. Decatur. Miss Kuhn, a graduate of Pleasant Mills high school and Taylor university, is a fifth grade teacher at Lincoln school. Smith graduated from Pleasant Mills high school and is employed by the Pennsylvania railroad. The couple will exchange wedding vows at 6:30 o’clock Christmas eve in the Methodist church at Willshire, O.

DECATUR WOMAN’S CLUB POSTPONES MEETING The meeting of the Decatur Woman’s club, scheduled for Monday evening, has been postponed one week. D>e Literature department of the club will present Mrs. Elmer Becker of Woodburn as the guest speaker. Mrs. Becker is state president of the Home Demonstration clubs, and will speak of h e r many experiences with exchange students in foreign countries which she has Visited, She will highlight her talk with slides. SALEM METHODIST W. S. C. S. MEETS , The Salem Methodist Women’s Society of Christian Service met with Mrs. Clair Kelsey Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Austin Merriman opened the meeting, and devotions were given by Mrs. Roy Frank, using scripture from Isaiah. Following prayer by Mrs. Roy Davies, the lesson “a decade of human rights” was read by Mrs. Ed Tricker. and an article, entitled "United Nations." by Mrs. Austin Merriman. Mrs. Charles Burkhart was in charge of the discussion on Alaska, taken from the World Outlook. after which a topic from the Methodist Women on Japan was read, and a report given on week of prayer and self denial in October. Following a Thanksgiving prayer, the business meeting was held. Roll call was answered with “something I am thankful for today." The closing prayer was offered by Mrs. Ed Tricker. Refreshments were later served to fourteen members and one guest. Mrs. Herman Kelsey was the assisting hostess. CHURCH OF GOD SOCIETY MEETS The Church of God Missionary society met recently in the fellowship hall for their November guest night. Mrs. Paul Strickler was pro-

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1 gram chairman and Mrs. Kenneth Watkins was in charge of worship. "n»ey were assisted by Mrs. Floyd Morrison, Mrs, Earl Geyer. Mrs. Emery Hawkins and Edith Mattox in presenting an interesting program on church work in the United ' States, India, Alaska and Canada. The vice-president, Mrs. Elmer Scott, conducted the business meeting. after which the meeting closed with prayer. Hostesses were Mrs. Mary Hazelwood. Mrs. Reuben "ISJnlffi/ Mrs. Manley Irwin, Mrs. Ethel Sheets and Mrs. Huston Sever, Jr. The Monmouth Parents and i Family Life education group will i meet Monday evening at 7:30 o'- ■ clock. i 1 The annual New England dinner • and bazaar, sponsored by the De- • catur Methodist church will be ■ served at the church Wednesday, 1 The bazaar will be opened at 9 1 a.m. and again at 6 to 9 p.m. The I cafeteria - luncheon will be served ‘ from 11 am. to 1 p.m. and the 1 turkey and chicken dinrter, 5 to 7 1 p.m. ■ SOCIETY ’ The Research club will meet at 1 the home of Mrs. Eugene Runyon Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, with M r s. L. A. Cowens as the ’ leader. - ■ - ' The Priscilla circle of the First Christian church will meet Wednesday evening at 7:30 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Norman Koons.' 1 Mrs. Adrian Lehman, Berne, will - speak on Alaska. The Home Demonstration club of Union township will meet at the home of Mrs. Chalmer Barkley Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o’ ' clock, with Mrs. Marjorie Shaffer ■ as the assisting hostess. Members t are asked to notice the change in - the time of the meeting.

The Bethany circle of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church will meet at the church Wednesday night at 7:30 o’clock. w The Immanuel Lutheran P. T. L. of Unidh towhship will have its monthly meeting Thursday evening at 9 o'clock at the school. The Rev. Armin C. Aidsen of Concordia high school, Fort Wayne, will speak on "family harmony.” Final plans for the minstrel show, "Black Face,” on November 23, at 8 p. m. in St. John’s, Bingen, auditorium, will be also made. Tickets wi 11 be available at the door the night of the performance. Calendar Items for today'a pub ‘cation must be phoned in by 11 a.m. (Saturday 9:30) Phone 3-2121 Miss Marilou Uhrlck SATURDAY Flower show, Fort Wayne Art school auditorium, 5 p. m. to 9 p. m. SUNDAY Chicken supper, bazaar and bake sale, St. Paul’s Lutheran church, Preble, 4:30 p.m. Flower show, Fort Wayne Art school auditorium, 1 p. m. to 5 p. m. MONDAY Decatur Woman's club, postponed. Research Club, Mrs. Eugene Runyon, 2:30 p. m. Monmouth Parents and Family Life education group, 7:30 p.m. Rosary society, K. of C. hall, 8 p. m. V. F. W. auxiliary, post home, 8 p. m. Adams Central P.T.A., school, 7:30 p.m. Adams County Home Demonstration club chorus, Monroe. '7:30 p.m. Research club, Mrs, Eugene Runyon, 2:30 p. m. TUESDAY Loyal Daughters class of Beth- } any Evangelical U. B. church, Mrs. Frank Lynch. , Root Township Home Demon- ’ stration club, Mrs. Royal Friend, j 1 pm. Church Mothers study club, Mrs. j Richard Garner, 8 p.m. ' Rose Garden club, Mrs. Joe ' Hunter, 2 p. m. _ Kirkland W. C. T. U. 6:30 p. m. ’ Decatur Garden club, Mrs. 1 Amos Ketchum, 2 p. m. Northwest P. T. A., postponed 1 one Wesleyan Service guild of First * Methodist church, Mrs. Sylvester Everhart, 7:15 p. m. Pleasant Mills Methodist j W. S. C. S., church, 7:30 p. m. ] C. L. of C. potluck dinner, club . rooms, 6:30 p.m. Psi lota Xi inspection dinner. Community center, 6:30 p. m. officers 5:30 p. m. r Merry Matrons Home Demon- ' stration club, Mrs. Edward Mare bach, 7:30 p. m. WEDNESDAY 9 Presbyterian Women's associae tion, church, 8 p. m. d Ladies Shakespeare club, Mrs e Earl Adams, 2:30 p.m. 7 Pleasant Mills Methodist W. S C. S. Thanksgiving supper, church basement, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Historical club, postponed. t Ruth and Naomi circle of Zion a Evangelical and Reformed < church, 2 p. m. e ’ New England dinner and bazaar, Decatur Methodist church, bazaar 9 am., 6 to 9 p.m., luncheon 11 t a.m. to 1 p.m., dinner 5 to 7 p.m. f Bethany circle of Zion Evangelit cal and Reformed church, church. - 7:30 p. m. j Priscilla circle of First Christian church, Mrs. Norman Koons, 7:30 p. m. Home Demonstration of Union 3 township, Mrs. Chalmer Barkley, ; 1:30 p. m. f THURSDAY ' Women of the Moose, Moose r home, officers. 7:30 p.m.,- meeting 5 Immanuel Lutheran P. T. L. of 1 Union township, school, 8 p. m. At the Adams county memorial hospital: A baby boy was born Friday tc Darrel and Gloria Harman Brodbeck, 424 North Fifth street, at 1:07 a. m. He weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces. Irvin and Alice Dick Liechty, route 4, are parents of a daughter, born at 9:49 p. m. Friday. She weighed 7 pounds, 7% ounces. Donald and Grace Liechty Herman, Geneva, route 1, are parents of a 7 pound, 5% ounce son, born at 1:22 a. m. today. AIOSMTAI I V* 1 yodu 1 Admitted Mrs. Ezra Habegger, Geneva. Dismissed Mrs. Carl Smith, Decatur; Mrs. Wayne Hirschy and baby boy, Monroeville; Mrs. Charles Hoffman, Huntington; Mrs. Edward Heimann and baby girl, Decatur; Dale Hake, city, Trade in a good town — Decatur.

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Traditional Dinner To Be Served At Church

Perhaps the oldest traditional ■ dinner held by a church group in the Decatur area is the annual ■ Thanksgiving dinner of the Meth--1 odist church. 1 First held here in Civil War days, it has been served by the ’ ladies of the church ever since, and will be served again this year next ’ Wednesday with a cafeteria luncheon, and an evening turkey dinner. During the Civil War, churches had a hard time surviving, and a harder time paying their ministers. The Decatur Methodist church or ganized the women into the Ladies Mite Society. This society raised money for the church by holding . church dinners. 1 The suppers, open to the public, furnished funds to pay the minister. Two elderly men in the congregation canvassed the members , every three months, and reported E to the Mite society. The society would then rent a hall, and give a dinner to raise enough funds to , complete the budget. During the troublesome times of ’ the Civil War the Decatur Metht odist church did not have to close j its doors as many churches did. In 1881 the ladies again helped raise the funds to build the oldest . part of the present church building. The women organized an en- > tire week of suppers to do the job. ' Mrs. D. E. Studebpker was presir dent, and it was said that she worked so hard that she took ill, , and never fully recovered. In the early part of the 1900’s the , society’s name was changed from Mite to Ladies Aid. Mrs. John Nib- , lick was the first president of the new group. At that time an annual dinner ) was held on Thanksgiving day, but it was only for Methodists and ■ their families. Later the date of the church dinner was moved up a week or so, allowing families to - eat together in their own homes on , Thanksgiving. The meal was then opened to the public. This dinner has been held every , year since then, with the exception of a few years during World War ■ II when food was rationed. A few changes have been made. J The dinner is now called the “New England dinner.” Formerly . the ■ dinner was at noon and a cafeteria • supper at night, but this year the situation will be reversed, with a I luncheon at noon, cafeteria style, and a turkey dinner in the eve--1 ning. r The cafeteria luncheon from 11-1 o’clock will consist of soups, sand-

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wiches, salads and desserts. The i traditional turkey dinner with all the- trimmings, including mince or pumpkin pie, and chicken for those who do not care for turkey, will be 1 served from 5-7 p.m. A bazaar and bake sale will also be featured. The 1 public is invited to attend, and the ' price of the dinner will be $1.25 ! for adults, and 65 cents for chil- : dren. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Butler haye returned from Florida where they accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wells, who will spend the winter months there. Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Mac Lean will leave Monday for New York, where Mac Lean will attend several sessions on traffic in the interest of the Central Soya Co. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Maddox of North Third street, are spending several weeks in Florida. Mrs. Bill Sithen returned to her home in Kendallville, after a visit here with Mrs. T. J. Metzler, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Kipfer, of Bluffton route 4, have received the address of their son, John, who is serving with the army at Camp Carson, Col. His address is: Sp-4 John W. Kipfer, US 55584250, B Co., 9th Med. Bn., Camp Carson, Col. Jeff Hyerly, of Bluffton route four, was dismissed Thursday from the Clinic hospital. Alex M. Campbell, well-known Fort Wayne attorney, has filed a ■ suit for divorce in Columbia City against his wife, Mrs. Eleanor C. Campbell, charging cruel and inhu- : man treatment. His wife filed a i cross-complaint with the same ' charge. A property settlement has , been reported reached. Gates and i Gates of Columbia City represent i Campbell, and Barrett, Barrett , and McNagny of Fort Wayne represent his wife. May A. Case, of Decatur, was i fined SSO and costs, sls of which ■ was suspended, and sentenced to a 15-day jail term, which was also suspended, for driving without a ■ valid operator's license by the Van > Wert, 0., municipal court. A boy has been born to Mr. and i Mrs. Paul Ross of Willshire route i one at the Van Wert county hos- , pital. : ™ i Tex., visited his aunts., Miss Eliza;beth Peterson and Mrs. Dora Low■ler overnight while in Indiana on

business. ( Mr. and Mrs. Jack Heller and daughter, Patricia, are spending the weekend in Rensselear. Mrs. Ida Belle Alton underwent knee surgery at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne this morning. Her room number is 496. Herb Fullenkamp and Miss Rose Fullenkamp will leave Tuesday to spend the winter months at Riviera Beach, Fla, Fullenkamp recently retired after managing the Zierolf's store in Findlay, 0., for 10 years. Before going to Findlay, he was employed at Talbert’s shoe store in Fort Wayne. Girl Scouts Brownie troop 269 met Tuesday after school. Brenda Marbach led us in the Brownie promise. We had roll call and colection of dues by Kathy Kiess, and we drew some things that we are thankful for, fori Thanksgiving. We also played some games. Carol Frisinger furnished the treat. We closed with the “Goodnight Brownies.” Janet Ginter, scribe. Man Arrested For Reckless Driving A local resident was arrested early today by the state police and charged with reckless driving after he was first observed by the police officer on U.S. 27 headed north toward the city. H. P. Schmitt, Sr., 63, Decatur, was arrested by the state police at 3:15 a.m. this morning on 13th street for reckless driving. He was taken to the Adams county jail, but refused to take the breatholizer test and was charged with driving a vehicle in a reckless manner. He will appear in city court November 24 to the charge.

Annual New England Dinner and Bazaar, Decatur Methodist Church, Wednesday, November 19, 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. Cafeteria Luncheon, 11 to 1: Turkey or Chicken Dinner 5 to 7 p. in. 270 t 3

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Rev. Busse Speaks To Monmouth Pupils The Rev. O. C. Busse, retired minister of the St. Paul’s Lutheran church, spoke to the members of the Monmouth h i7 h school student body and faculty on the subject of "public relations” recently at the high school auditorium. Interesting highlights of Rev. Busse's recent trip to Europe were also discussed to the members of the high school. The program was sponsored by the Monmouth chapter of the FHA as a step toward completing one of the chapters goals, to strive for better public relations. Have Difficulty In Obtaining License KENDALLVILLE - A Noble county pair were unable to obtain their wedding license Thursday, because they couldn't prove they were old enough, but they returned Friday with the proof. 'Die couple is Noah S. Stump, an 84-year-pld farmer of North Webster, and Cecelia M. Buckles, of Wolf Lake, a 75-year-old practical nurse. 1 1 Reports Girl Bitten By Stray Dog Friday Mrs. Leo Curtin, of 419 Limber- . lost Trail, reported to the city po- ? lice department Friday at 4 o'clock i that her daughter was bitten by a s stray dog. The dog was found by . the department, and is being held r at the city dog pound for observag tion. e Mrs. Curtin stated that she had r taken her daughter to a local doctor's office, where she received P tetanus shots for the prevention of

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