Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 14 February 1959 — Page 3

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\ V DECATUR EMBLEM CLUB MEETS AT ELKS HOME Seasonal appointments were usftd to decorate the refreshments table for the recent meeting of the members of the Decatur Emblem clue number Ilf, which-was held at the Elks home. Mrs. Carl Baxter, president, presided over the business meeting. Reports of the various Committees were given, including a report by the March committee who stated that the next meeting would begin at 6:30 o’clock with a pot-luck supper. The business meeting was closed in the usual form. __ During the social hour, games were played and Mrs. George Bair was awarded a prize. Mrs. Eugene Durkin was pnesehted with the door prize. Mrs. James Newton atjd Mrs. Helen Howell, hostesses, served refreshments at the Hose of the social hour. DECATUR METHODIST GROUP HAS* RECENT MEETING The Decatur Methodist Women’s Society for Christian Service members met Friday at 11 o’clock at the church for individual circle meetings. A noon luncheon was served with circle two as the hostess At 1 o’clock, the general meeting was held with Mrs. Paul Edwards presiding. The theme of the lesson was “A new frontier, literary and Christian literature,” Mrs. Lloyd Cowens was in charge of the lesson, after which Mrs. < R Robinson gave the devotions. After a brief business session, the meeting was adjourned with the Mizpah Benediction. MRS. ROGER BLACKBURN IS HOSTESS WEDNESDAY Fourteen members were present for the Wednesday meeting of members of the Naomi circle of the First Presbyterian church. The meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Roger Blackburn. Mrs. Richard Schauss led in the discussion of the Bible study on “The Worship of the Spirit.” A program on community circles was presented by Mrs. S. A. Warner. Mrs. Eugene Ziner announced that the Rev. and Mrs. Bond will have charge of the next general association meeting to be held February 25. Mrs. Ziner read the explanation of the fellowship of the * least coin, after which the dedication date was announced to be September 23.

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VALENTINE MOTIF MARKS RECENT DESSERT LUNCHEON A lovely dessert, with a Valentine motif, was served recently to the 27 members and guests and two children present prior to the regular monthly meeting of the Zion Lutheran Missionary Society. Mrs. Oral Bauer gave devotions with special prayers for the new pastor, the Rev. Richard Ludwig. Each lady introduced herself to the pastor and his wife, after which Rev. Ludwig made a few brief and timely remarks. Mrs. John Kiess, president, conducted the business meeting. The secretary and treasurer’s reports were read into the record. The ladies voted to buy two additional banquet tables for the pariah hall auditorium. For thd past months, a committee has been studying and revising the present constitution. Copies of the new proposed constitution were ■’passed out to the members to read and then to be discussed at the next meeting. Mrs. Louis Jacobs is chairman of the committee. She is being assisted by Mrs. Herman Dierkes, Mrs. Phil Sauer, and Mrs. Kiess. Mrs. Richard Ludwig, Mrs. Glen Dickerson, and Mrs. Louis Webert were welcomed into the society as new members. A social hour was held with Mrs. Roy Friedly and Mrs. Ora Bauer rec e i v i n g the prizes.— 'j, ■ — ; —• ...- ■' -y; Hostesses for the afternoon’were Mrs. Richard Mailand. Mrs Robert -Nyffeler,.Mrs:’-EnrtlßleH?; add Mrs. Lloyd Bowman. Relates Harrowing Flood Experience Victor Eichenberger, of Berne, might well qualify as a “frogman” after a harrowing experience with flood waters east of Reiffsburg on Indiana 101 Tuesday. Eichenberger, returning from a sales trip, was battling high water most of the day, but when a sheet of water virtually lifted his car off the road, depositing it against a fence in a ditch, he was forced to wade through waist-high, chilly water after crawling out a partially opened car window. As he walked to high ground, he turned to note that his car was almost submerged in the ditch. A passerby gave him a ride to Berne, where he recounted his tale of Woe. The car was pulled out Wednesday and is drying out.

Janet and Judy Lane Engaged To Wed Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Lane of 410 North Fifth street, catu#;“ have announced the engagement and approaching marriage of their youngest daughter, Judith Ann, and the.engagement, of their eldest daughter, Janet Sue. Miss Judith Lane and her fiance, Gayle E. Ainsworth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Verne L. Ainsworth of Monroeville, are planning an early fall wedding, according to the announcement of her parents. -i Miss Lane is a graduate of Decatur high school and is attending International Business College in Fort Wayne. Ainsworth, a graduate of Monroeville high school, is employed by the International Harvester in Fort Wayne. Also a graduate of Decatur high school, Miss Janet Lane is betrothed to Mark D. Mitzner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Delmar F. Mitzner of Indianapolis. Upon her graduation from high school in 1956, Miss Lane entered Ball State Teachers College, where she is now in her senior year majarjpg in elementary education. She is affiliated i with Alpha Sigma Alpha and Kappa Kappa Kappa sororities. The future bridegroom graduated from Howe high school in Indianapolis and is a senior in the school of pharmacy at Purdue University. Mitzner is associated with the Rho Chi and Phi Eta Sigma honorary fraternities.

MORNING MEETING IS HELD BY RURAL W.S.C.S. Thursday morning, the home of Mrs. Florence Susdorf was the scene of the meeting of members of the Mt. Pleasant Women’s Society for Christian Service. The members gathered for the study of the second session of the book Isaiah. In the' absence of Mrs. Everett Singleton, Mrs. Noival Fuhrman was in charge. Sandwiches, salad, and coffee Were served during the noon hour and at 1:30 o’clock, the meeting was opened with the group singing. “Rock of Ages.” Mrs. William Susdorf led in the devotions taken from the book of Isaiah. For the .lesson, Mrs. William Fifer gave a report on chapters 56 through 66 of Isaiah. President, Mrs. Carl Fuhrman took charge of .the business meeting, reading a letter from Miss Maxine Colemap, the . missionary who is'supported by the local societies. Reports wfere given and included were the lifting of twelve sick cards mailed out. Two bouquets were sent and three sick calls made. ? . '*s Mrs. Fuhrman dismissed, the meeting with a prayer, after which the hostess served refreshments to the 10 members. isninifliS) At the Adams county memorial .— --••—; Davits and Ruth Wheeler Lybarget 6f' route 3, Bluffton, are the parents of e seven, pound, 15 ounce W'Wi at'6:l2 pm. Friday. A nine and one half ounce born at 1:42 a.m. today 'tiqj&jward and Sally Smith Sha Mercer avenue. BfospM' V ADMITTED Mts. Ernest Hofstetter, Geneva; Miss Anne Langston, Decatur. DISMISSED Marvin Haines, Monroe; Mrs. Roderick Liechty and baby girl. Berne; Miss Vera Fisher, Willshire, Ohio; Elmor Voirol, Monroeville. Production Record By Registered Cow The Holstein-Friesian association of Ameria announced the completion of an outstanding official production record by a registered Holstein cow owned by Rolandes Liechty of Berne. A ’j J Lone Creek Design Lassie 38626 03, the cow, was milked twice daily for 365 days, producing a total of 14,437 lbs. of milk and 516 lbs. of butter fat as a three-year-old.

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CLUBS Calendar Items for today’s pub•cation must be phoned in by 11 «.m. (Saturday 9:30) Phone 3-2121 Marital Roop SATURDAY Christian Companions class. Trinity E. U. B. church, 7:30 p.m. SUNDAY Sing bee, Greenbrier church, 2 p.m. MONDAY Rosary Society, K. of C. hall, 8 p.m. Ladies Firemen’s Auxiliary, Mrs. Rhoda Hill, 8 p. m. Home Demonstration chorus, Monroe Farm Bureau building, 7:30 p.m. Academy of Friendship, Moose home, 7:30 p.m. Monmouth Parent and Family Life Education Group, Mrs. Loren Jones, 7:30 p.m. Dqcatur Woman’s club, Community Center, 8 p.m. TUESDAY Decatur Garden club, Mrs. Cal Atost. 2 p.m. Merry Matrons Home Demob stration club; Mrs. Otto Thieme. Eagles Auxiliary, Eagles hall, 8 p. m. Eta Tau Sigma sorority, Mrs. Ray Heller, 6:15 p.m., chili supper. Friendship club of Church df God. Fellowship hall, 7:30 p.m. Psi lota Xi sorority, Youth Center, officers, 7:30, regular meeting, 8 p.m. WEDNESDAY Ladies Shakespeare club, Mrs. Charles Dugan, 2:30 p. m. Historical club, Mrs. Wesley Lehman, 2 p.m. Friendship Circle of Zion E. and R. church, Mrs. William Tutewiler following Lenten service. Decatur Home Demonstration club, C.L. of C. hall. 2 p.m. THURSDAY ' ' . Zion Lutheran Needle club, parish hall, all day starting at 10 a.m. Mrs. Frances Koors, of 11Q\S. Fifth street, is resting comfortably after surgery in the Bluffton Clinic Friday. Hospial officials did not say when she would be released but indicated that her situation was coming along normally. GIRL SCOUTS Brownie troop 230 met recently at the home of Caroline Rash. TTiq meeting was opened with the Brownie promise. Wyne Begun told of what she made using the Brownie cook book. The remainder of the time was spent in making valentines. Beverly Geyer served a valentine treat. Next week,, Cheryl Teeple will bring the treat. The meeting was closed with goodnight Brownies. Scribe, Beverly Geyer. Brownie troop 573 met at the Lincoln school Thursday. Officers were elected for February and March and they are, president, Rita Sthwartz; treasurer, Deborah Reynolds; and scribe, Sallie Christen. Orders were turned in for the cookie sale and a Valentine party . was enjoyed by the girls. Co.lead- ’ er, Mrs. Dorris Williamson was in I charge. Scribe, Sallie Christen, i Picks Cell Locks To Escape Jail FRANKFORT, Ind. <UPl>—Sher- I man Reece, 22, Frankfort, escaped I from Clinton County Jail Friday ; by picking locks on two doors, 24 hours before he was due to be taken to Kentucky to faee grand larceny and parole violation warrants. A week ago, authorities found four hacksaw blades in Reece’s cell. ,

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Japanese Ask Red Cross Aid In Repatriation TOKYO (UPD—The Japanese government today requested the International Red Cross to handle the repatriation of Korean residents to Communist North Korea. It was an obvious move to avert the possibility of an armed clash with the Republic of Korea. South Korean officials in Seous have hinted broadly that force would be used if necessary to stop the repatriation. The United States was seriously concerned over the controversy which has pushed its two major allies in the Far East close to a complete break in relations. Reports here said that Washington had ordered Ambassador Walter C. Dowling, now on vacation in Europe, to return immediately. to Seoul z ROK Halts Negotiations The South Korean government broke off negotiations with Japan for establishing normal diplomatic relations between the two former enemy nations when the Japanese cabinet endorsed the repatriation plan Friday. Reports from Seoul said Ben C. Limb, South Korean ambassador to the United Nations, will leave for New York early next week to seek support from U.N. members against the Japanese repatriation plan. But Japanese officials went ahead with the plans to repatriate the Koreans. Foreign Minister Aiichiro Fujiyama and Welfare Minister Ikita Sakata asked the Japanese Red Cross to relay a request to the International Red Cross to carry out the repatriation. The letter asked the IRC to determine how many Koreans want to go to North Korea voluntarily and to supply the repatriation ships. Prepared To Help < In Geneva, the International Committee of the Red Cross said it was prepared to aid in any humanitarian action, such as the repatriation of the Koreans, providing such action is “completely voluntary.” The Japanese note made it clear that JSpan would hot provide vessels for the repatriation. The government also was understood to oppose the use of any North Korean vessels for fear of interception by ROK forces. Observers in Seoul said the ROK navy probably could not intercept repatriation shipis even if it wanted to. They pointed out that ROK ships are under the operational control of the United Nations command. The American flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write “The Star-Spangled Banner" in 1814 had 15 stripes and 15 stars, for the original 13 states, Kentucky and Vermont.

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Bandits Beaten Up In Holdup Attempt NEW YORK (UPD—Two bandits invaded a Fifth Avenue diamond merchant's office Friday to stage what they figured would be a swift, smooth jewel robbery. Less than an hour later, they left—jewel-less, bloody, bowed, in police dustody—and in far worse shape than an elderly jeweler and his nephew whom they had shot and wounded during their abortive holdup. Even on Friday the 13th, exconvicts Joseph De Meo. 38, and Anthony Resta, could never have anticipated the misfortune that befell them when they entered the eighth floor offices of Benjamin Ungar, Inc., diamond appraisers and dealers at Fifth Avenue between 48th and 49th Streets. In the front room at the time were Ungar, 72, his brother, Samuel, 70, and his sons, Stanley, 46, and Gerald, 41. In the second room were Sandy Scherer 42, a diamond dealer, who has offices in the same building, and Lother Karp, 28, the firm's accountant. Seeing the gunmen enter, Karp dived to the floor. Resta fired a shot, hitting Stanley Ungar in the leg. Scherer, enraged, ripped a phone from the wall and lunged at Resta. He began pounding him furiously on the head. Gerald Ungar in turn grabbed a chair and began hammering away at De Meo. Both gunmen opened fire. One bullet hit Samuel Uflgar in the leg. Minutes later'"scores’Of police guns drawn, entered the building. In the eighth floor corridor, they found Scherer atop Resta, banging his head against the floor. Inside the suite, they found Gerald Ungar straddled over a bloodied Meo. well-beaten into submissfcm. The wounded Ungars were taken to a hospital. The elderly Ungar, shot in the leg, was discharged after treatment. His nephew, wounded in the stomach, was reported in good condition. Resta and De Meo, thoroughly beaten, required medical treatment at the scene. Both were taken to the Bellevue Hospital prison ward. Police said they would be arraigned at a later date on charges of robbery, assault and illegal possession of a dangerous weapon. Gross Income Tax Representative Here A reminder was issued today by Mrs. LaVelle Death, manager of the Decatur license bureau, that a representative of the Indiana department of state revenue, gross income tax division, will be at the Decatur license branch Feb. 19 and 26 to advise taxpayers regarding their gross tax liability. Included in Mrs. Death’s announcement was that persons seeking auto license tags fbr 1959 should attempt to purchase them before the last minute rush starts. The new tags must be purchased before 12 midnight Feb. 28.

Christians Concerned On Red Acts In China

By LOUIS CASSELS United Press-. International The ate wgihg an 1 all-out campaign to drfte Christi- 1 anity from its beachhead in China. . Reports reaching U. S. religious j leaders tell of an unremitting per- , secution that is. steadily thinning the ranks of Red China’s tiny ! minority of four million Christians. Catholic concern about the situation will be dramatized Sunday in a nationwide day of prayer. Archbishop Karl J. Alter of Cincinnati, chairman of the administrative board of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, has asked that special prayers be offered at every mass "that God in His providence may avert the disaster which threaten s the church in China.” All four U. S. cardinals issued , statements calling attention to the “ruthless persecution” in China. Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York said sympathetic Christians everywhere should offer fervent prayers that their beleaguered brethren in China may be given the grace to “persevere in their loyalty to Christ and to His church.” Protestants Alarmed U. S. Protestant leaders are equally alarmed. The Rev. Dr. Wallace C. Merwin, executive secretary of the China Committee of the National Council of Churches, is circulating an official report to major Protestant bodies detailing some of the “crippling blows” which the Red government has recently directed at religion in China. According to this report, the Communists have closed 188 of the 200 0 Protestant churches in Shanghai and 61 of the 65 churches tn Peiping. The few Protestant churches allowed to remain open have been forced into a puppet organization called the “Three-Self Patriotic Movement,” under the control of “ministers” selected by the Red government. The same technique is being used against Chinese Catholic*, who outnumber Protestants by about 3 to 1. J The government’s first move, in 1957, was to set up a “Patriotic Assn, of Chinese Catholics.” When threats and blandishments failed to bring enough Catholics into this puppet church, the Communists set out to force Chinese

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...... •> M..V ■». , A Catholic bishops to consecrate new priests chosen by the government. 200 Priests Consecrated What methods were used to break the resistance can only be conjectured. The record shows, however, that Bishop Joseph Li of Puchi publicly declared last year would "never perform” any illicit consecrations. Some weeks later, after intensive "indoctrination” by government agents. Bishop Li consecrated two government selected priests at Hankow Cathedral. So far, 200 priests have been consecrated in this way. Reports from Red China indicate that 12 or 15 new Catholic bishops have been “elected” in a similar fashion. None of these priests and bishops are recognized by Rome. All participants in the illicit consecrations are automatically excommunicated. Catholic leaders say the Communists are obviously trying to create a schismatic church in China, which calls itself Catholic but which has no relationship with the real Catholic church. What happens to Chinese Christians who resist the government’s drive to bring the churches into captive status? Reports reaching UN S. religious leaders indicate that many have been killed or imprisoned. But the great majority apparently have been drafted into farced labor battalions.

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