Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 306, Decatur, Adams County, 30 December 1958 — Page 3

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TRAILER DECORATIONS ARE JUDGED IN CONTEST Residents at the High Way Trailer Park, owned by Dr. and Mrs. Harold DeVor, met in the recreation building Monday evening for award night. At this time, Dr. DeVor distributed prises for the best decorated trailers. Winners in the trailer decorating contest were Robert Stevenson, Charles Schaffer, Harold Cox, Fred Evans, Charles Kester, and Charles Garwood. During the evening, games were played and prizes awarded to Mrs. Agnas Wright, Mrs. John Boroff, Mrs. Robert Strickler, and Don Roe. Door prizes were won by Mrs. Boroff and Kenneth Durbin. Coffee was later served by the owners. - OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL HAS CHRISTMAS PARTY The Christmas party at Vera Cruz opportunity school was enjoyed by 104 parents and friends. The program was presented by the pupils of Mrs. Hugh Cobb and Mrs. Alfred Girod. Mrs. Harvey Inskeep, pianist, also a teacher, had the misfortune of breaking an arm and was replaced at the piano by Caroline Inskeep. Following the program by the children, was singing of “A Christmas Carol" by the audience. Hugh Cobb gave the devotions. President of the PTA, Mrs. Max Fosnough, was in charge of the meeting. Lloyd Feichter reported for the building and grounds committee. He stated that the Crippled Children’s Society was responsible for'the new doors installed at the school. Mrs. Floyd Petzel, recording secretary, reported on the pro-

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ceeds from the turkey shoot sponspeed by the Rotary club, where the school had a refreshment stand. As chairman of the ways and means committee, she also announced the school would again put on a benefit supper to be held in the Elks basement in Bluffton sometime in March. Mrs. Homer Ginter, vice chairman, announced that 30 new chairs and desks had been ordered and will be delivered prepaid as a Christmas gift to the school from John Duff. Lloyd Lieurance gave a brief review of the school’s beginning and stated the school has grown to such an extent lhere is now a demand for more room. The Crippled Children’s society,. along with Lieurance, has been . working on several places as a possibility of on addition to the present building. The enrollment now is 35 pupils which is the full capacity. With the addition, the school could accomodate 60 to 80 pupils. He presented a sketch of die places that are at the present time, in Indianapolis for review. Dr. Dorrance, a member of the Crippled Children's society, also gave a short talk. Dr. Dorrance has been very instrumental in the school’s progress from its beginning. Refreshments were served in the school cafeteria by Mr. and Mrs. Sam Farlow, Mrs. Harvey Inskeep, Mrs. Luella Gray and Mr. and Mrs. Jay Barton. t . ■ OFFICERS ARE ELECTED AT W.M.S. MEETING Ladies of the Women’s Missionary Society of the Antioch church met recently for their annual monthly meeting, in the home of Mrs. Homer Ginter. The Rev. Chester Wilson presented the invocation prior to a pot-luck dinner served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Miriam Sommers. Preceding the dinner, the members were kept busy making bandages and mending used clothing for foreign missions. Following the dinner, the president, Mrs. Carl Hamilton, called the meeting to order in the usual procedure. A scripture reading, group singing, and prayer were all conducted by Mrs. Chester' Wilson, after which roll call and the reading of the minutes were given. All business finished, the books for 1958 were closed. A program followed the business meeting and those taking an active part were Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Alcie Carper, Mrs. Carl Hamilton, and Mrs. James Beery. Newly elected officers for the coming year are president, Mrs. Carper; vice president, Mrs. Frank Arnold; secretary and treflJ surer, Mrs. Wilson! and secretary of the work fund, Mrs. Ginter. The program for 1959 was then planned with almost every member given a particular job in the organizatibn. Visitors for the December meeting were Mr. and Mrs. Elden Freed, Mrs. Leroy Wibble, Mrs. Mardle Hill, the Rev. Chester Wilson, Homer Brubaker, Ellis Skiles, Ollie Kreeps, Frank Arnold, Charles Hamilton and Gregory Wilson.

« 4*«miiiili I !■— im,.!«■« ii flSZrfYf/wr *1 Calendar items for today’s pubcation must be phoned in by 11 MB. (Saturday •:*>>_ Phone 3-2121 Mardon Roop TUESDAY St. Anne’s Study club, Mrs. Anselm Hackman, 7:30 p. m. Eta Tau Sigma sorority, Prebl* Restaurant, 8 p. m. Home demonstration club of Union township, Mrs. Iva Barkley, all day. Kirkland Eadies club, Adams Central school, 6:30 p. m. Format initiation of Eagles auxiliary, Eagles hall, 8 p. m. Monroe W.C.T.U., Mrs. Orval Lenhart, 7 p. m. WEDNESDAY —Faithful Workers, Union Chapel church, 8:30 p. m. FRIDAY D.A.V. Auxiliary, D.A.V. hall, 8 p. m. SATURDAY Heidelberg class, Zion E. and R. church, 7:30 p. m. Work and Win class of Trinity i E.U.B. church, Clarence Drake i home, 7:30 p. m. MONDAY Happy Homemakers home demonstration club box social, Monroe i Farm Bureau building, 6 p. m. A business meeting will' be held by the members of the D.A.V. auxiliary Friday evening beginning at 8 o’clock in the D.A.V. hall. Work and Win class members of the T r i n i t y Evangelical United L brethren church will meet Saturday at 7:30 o’clock in the .home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Drake. As- ; sistant hosts will be-Mr. and Mrs. ( Arthur Garner. 1 An old fashioned box social will be held by members of the Happy Homemakers home demontration ■ club Monday evening at 6 o’clock ■ in the Farm Bureau building at • Monroe. Coffee will be furnished ! for the members who are to bring L their husbands for the affair. ► *' Muncie Marine Is I i Sentenced To Life » Navy Court MartiaL Finds Youth Guilty i HONOLULU (UPD — Marine Pvt. James A. Hedges, 21, Mtm- : cie. Ind., was sentenced to life ifttarisonment at hard labor Mon- ■ day for the murder of a woman ’ during a drinking spree. Hedges was found guilty on charges of premeditated murder in the death of Mrs. Helen 1 Peoples, 55, by a Navy court martial which also ordered him dishonorably discharged from the Marine Corps. 1 The case goes to higher authorities for review. The defense said there was a possibility the case might reach the Supreme Court as a test of the military’s author-/ ity to try personnel for crimes committed in a civilian community during off-duty hours. Hedges told police he met Mrs. Peoples in a Honolulu bar and that she followed him to other night spots against his wishes. He said he lost his temper, hit her several times and blacked out. The victim's nearly nude body was found in a Waikiki courtyard last August. Hedges’ mother, Mrs. Gertrude Greer, Muncie, and others from his home town testified that the Marine was subject to epilepsyinduced rages. A civilian psychiatrist testified that Hedges killed in an insane rage touched off by an epileptic attack, but military psychiatrists said they found the defendant sane. Funeral Rites Held For Boknecht Child Funeral services for Robert K. 1 Boknecht, Jri, 7, of Lake Zurich, 111., son of Robert K. Boknecht, ’ formerly of this city, grandson of 1 Ed Boknecht. and a grand-nephew 1 of Mr. and Mrs. James Stonerook 1 of Decatdr, were held Saturday at 1 Lake Zurich. «• I The oldest son of the Boknechts, ' he had been ill since birth, and had been in rapidly failing health for the past few months, dying on Christmas day. ■ ' ' I About 12 million Americans have > moved to the suburbs during the < past 10 years — the largest migra- : tion in United States history. 1 TOMORROW J TOT’S 8 DAY • AT s Edward's Studio *

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Mark Centennial Os Founding Os Order Reception Held For Parents Os Sisters A reception wa* held by the Sisters of St. Agnes of the St. Mary’s Catholic church Sunday afternoon to pay tribute to parents from the St. Mary’s parish, whose daughters have joined the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Agnes in Fond du Lac, Wise., in recent years. * The reception was given to celebrate 100 years of the St. Agnes order/ During the past 78 years the Sisters have resided in < Decatur, 72 girls from Adams county families have joined the Sisters, and are now teaching or doing hospital work throughout the country. In 1880, three Sisters of St. Agnes arrived in Decatur to teach the 90 pupils enrolled in the St. Joseph's school. Today the enrollment has reached 748 and the teaching staff consists of 16 Sisters and four full-time lay teachers. The reception was one of the projects commemorating the centennial year of the Congregation of St. Agnes. Other projects are under way at the Motherhouse as well as the various missions where the Sisters work. The central feast of the centennial will be St. Agnes Day, January 21. A school program will be featured at the school and St. Agnes Day will be listed as a free day. The order of St. Agnes originated in the 1850’s in Barton, Wiscf Approximately 10 years later, the order moved to its present location at Fond du Lac, Wise. Sunday afternoon’s reception consisted of the -following: welcoming by the Sisters; getting acquainted with the parents; a musicale of carols and hymnS by the Sisters: a visit to the chapel; luncheon; group singing; and visiting. The names of the visiting parents, their daughters of the order and their locations are as follows; Mrs. Ben Eiting, Sr. Virginita, Fond du Lac, Wise.; Mrs. Rose Tanvas, Sr. Alexine, Evanston, Ill.; Mrs. Philbert Gase, Sr. Catherine Marie, Crown Point; Mrs. Lewis Runschlag, Sr. Jean Louise, Milwaukee, Wise,; Mrs. Christina Schultz, Srs. Philomine and Christine, Fond du Lac, Wise., and Sr. Celeste, Yonkers, N. Y.; Mrs. Amelia Miller. Sr. Mathias, Carnegie, Pa; Mrs. Bertha Miller,! Sr. Bertha Ann, Hays, Kans.; Mrs. Casper Miller, Sr. La Verne, Monroe, Wise.; Mrs. Rose Miller, Sr. Rose Andre, Yonkers, N. Y., and Sr. Johanna, Fond du Lac, Sr. Octavia, Fond du Lac, Wise., Wise.; Mrs. Theodore Lengerich, and Sr. Mary Theodore, St. Cloud, Wise.; Mrs. Clem Lengerich, (of Fort Wayne), Sr. Ancilla, Hays; Kahs., and Sr. Bernardine, (deceased) ; Mr. and Mrs. Art Voglewide, Sr. Mary Martin, Milwaukee, Wise.; Mr. and Mrs. Al Schmitt, Sr. Patrice, Oshkosh, Wise., Sr. Marcellus, Elmhurst, ’Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Braun, Sr. Joyce, Fond du Lac, Wise.; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Geels, Sr. Carol, Two Rivers, Wise.; Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Lichtle, Sr. Germaine, Altoona, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Julius Kohne, Sr. Juliana, and Sr. Irene, Fond du Lac. Wise.; Mr.- and Mrs. Julius Brite, Sr. Regina, Monroe, Wise.; and a guest from Fort Wayne, Charles Nolan. Those who could not attend because of illness are: Mrs. Mary Meyer, Sr. Linus, Fond du Lac, Wise.; Mrs. Dora Laurent, Sr. Bertrand, (deceased): Mrs. Margaret McKen, Sr. Corona, Mayville, Wise.; and Mrs. Joseph Malley, Sr. Carol Marie, Fond du Lac, Wise. r New Years Eve Party At Elks Wednesday The Decatur Elks lodge will hold jits annual New Years Eve party ‘ Wednesday night at the lodge home on North Second street. Dancing, with music provided by the Dixie Cats, will be a feature of the party, scheduled to get underway at 9 o’clock. The traditional noisemakers and other traditional favors to greet the New Year will be available. All members are invited to attend. Drink Vending Machine Robbed During Night A petit larceny complaint was filed with the city police department today for an incident that occurred during the night at the | Zintsmaster Texaco service station located on East Monroe street. The police were notified today , at 6:55 a.m. that thieves entered . a soft drink vending' machine by ( prying open the door and taking s approximately $5 in change. The , station was not disturbed and noth- | ing else was taken. The police are j continuing their investigation.

Help Fight TB Buy Christinas Seals. Buys Health Bond The American Legion Auxiliary ' has voted purchase of a 35 health bond, officials of the Christmas seal campaign in Adanu county announced today. All proceeds from the annual Christmas seal sale are used in the fight on tuberculosis and to provide clinics and otherwise carry on the fight against the "white plague." Central Soya Names New Press Manager Bierman Named Head Os Press Relations The appointment of Everett E. Bierman, of Washington, D.C., to the newly-created position of press relations manager, effective February 1, was announced by Central Soya Company, Inc. In his new position, he will be responsible for maintaining and developing relations with press, radio and television media. Following graduation from Purdue University in 1948 with a B.Sc degree in agriculture, Bierman became an information specialist in the division of economic information, bureau of agricutlural econom- ' ics. U.S. department of agriculture. 1 In July of 1951, he became information officer for the national 4-H club foundation in Washington, i DC.. to develop an informationpublic relations program. In this position, he has done considerable overseas publicity in connection i with the international farm youth exchange program,' spending part i of 1958 in eight Latin. American countries developing a public relations program for the exchange. In 1958, Bierman received his master’s degree in communication, majoring in public relations, from the American University in Washington, D C. He is a member of the agricultural relations council, American agricultural editor’s Association, American association (f agricultural college editors, and ja st masters international. Bierman and his family will rake their home in. Fort Wayne. T • *’i ogansport Grinds Jury Closes Probe r Take Blast At Mayor r In City's Shortage ' LOGANSPORT, Ind. (UPD—A Cass County Grand Jury investigation of the $73,839.25 shortage in the ' Logansport Municipal Water Utilities office was ended today, but not without a parting blast gt Logansport Mayor Ralph Eberts. *nie jury criticized Eberts for not ordering a sufficiently prompt investigation when the irregularities were first brought to his attention. It added there was “laxity in supervision of business" in the utilities office. A two-count embezzlement indictment was returned against Cecil Morris Laymon Nov. 17, charging the bookkeeper with embezzling $5,857 from utilities funds and with grand larceny of the same amount. Laymon is free on bond pending arraignment of the charges. - The jury also recommended that further investigation should be made into the whereabouts of former utilities assistant chief clerk Ralph Parker, who disappeared just before the shortage was discovered last April 14. A suggestion that the Logansport Police Department be modernized was also included in the jury’s final report. It was recommended that the department be provided with more up-to-date crime detection equipment and trained personnel. Watchnight Program At Monroe Methodist I An inspirational and recreational four-hour program has been planned for Wednesday evening at the Monroe Methodist church. The program will begin with the worship hour at-8 p.m. Several members of the congregation will be 1 participating in this worship service with the Rev. Willis Gierhart, the pastor, bringing the message. The worship hour will be followed bythe inspirational family film, “Tammy." Following »this, there Will be a comedy film for the children. At 10 p.m., the congregation will join in a time of refreshment and fellowship. Following the time for eating, there will be recreation until the midnight hour. There will be recreation for the different age groups.

Charles Chaplin And Uncle Sam All Square 4 Tax Settlement 1$ Made By Movie Star WASHINGTON (UPD — Movie star Charles Chaplin was square with Uncle Sam today after five years of legal wrangling over income taxes with the Internal Revenue Service. Chaplin paid $425,000 in settlement of government claims adding up to about $700,000, including back interest. The payment was delivered to the Los Angeles IRS office Monday by Chaplin’s attorney. Revenue Service officials admitted they were puzzled over Chaplin's compromise of the celebrated tax case. They said the former baggy-pants comedian had taken all his assets out of the country after moving to Europe in late 1952. « Slated For Hearing The government claimed Chaplin owed $486,950 in personal income taxes for 1953. Tbe Celebrated Films Corporation, which he owned, also was in debt to the tax collector for $55,678 over a three-year period. Interest at 6 per cent brought the U.S. claim to about $700,000. The tax case against the 69-year-old actor had been slated for a hearing in federal court in Los Angeles next week. Chaplin, who now lives in Switzerland, refused to pay the amounts sought by the government. He contended that he was no longer subject to American taxes after he left the United States. “Uncle Sam feels pretty good about the settlement,” one government source said. Court costs involved in a legal fight would have pushed up the bill for collecting the full amount, the source pointed out. Never U.S. Citien The tax settlement had no bearing on the immigration status of Chaplin, a British subject who never sought U.S. citizenship during his 42-year Hollywood career. The comedian had a re-entry permit when he sailed for Europe in 1952 with his wife and children. But shortly after his departure, the attorney general's office announced Chaplin would not be permitted to re-enter until he proved at a hearing he was admissible

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4 under U.S., immigration laws. ] Justice Department officials ex- 1 plained that Chaplin would have to answer charges of Communist associations and moral turpitude. ] Chaplin subsequently surren- , dered his re-entry permit to the ! U.S. consul in Geneva and his * wife, Pon?, daughter of the late ‘ playwright Eugene O’Neill, later ’ renounced her U.S. citizenship. j i Ivan Allen, of Charleston, Md., is visiting during the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Glen Figley and Mr. and \ Mrs. Guy Alleh, of Pleasant Mills. Norman and Bob Hart, Roger Schlickman, Alan Habegger, and ; Terry Hike, left last week for Flor-1 ida where they expect to be until the middle of this week. Mrs. Dick Heller, Sr. and grandson, Eric, are visiting with her mother in Rensselaer. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ashbaucher will leave Friday for a trip to Florida where they will stay until' April. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sharp and family of Clinton, spent Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Smith. They were accompanied home by Miss Carol and Miss Peggy Smith, who will stay i in Clinton until the end of the week. Clyde Conrad and Ronald Hakes 1 are spending a week in Alabama; and Florida. <&JOSNTAI 1 ! Admitted Mrs. Frank Baumer, Celina, . Ohio; Mrs. Alva Buffenbarger, De- ! catur; Master Barry Dean Kolter, ____________ HRB

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Decatur; Martin Affolder, Rockford, Ohjo. Dismissed Master Richard Dubach, Geneva; Miss Nora Trusdale, Fort Wayne; Miss Rose Kleinhenz, Decatur; Miss Phyllis Manning, Geneva; Mrs. John Rowdon and baby girl, Monroe; Ed Engeler, Decatur; Mrs. Ben Macias, Decatur; Mrs. David Linnemeier and baby boy, Decatur; Mrs. Homer Betz and baby girl, Fort Recovery, Ohio; Master Stanley Foor, Decatur;: Mrs. Mary Reynolds, Decatur.

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