Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 62, Decatur, Adams County, 14 March 1959 — Page 3

SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1959

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FINAL MEETING TO BE HELD FRIDAY The Adams County Federation of Women’s clubs will have their closing meeting Friday at 12:30 o'clock at the C. L. of C. hall. A cary-in dinner will be served., William Calpitto, state convention division of Indiana presidents will be the guest speaker for the affair. All federated clubs in the county are to give the yearly report at this meeting. RAINBOW GIRLS TO attend Church together Sunday, the members of the Order of Rainbow for Girls will attend church in a body with worthy advisor. Miss Betty Haugk. The members who will be attending church in honor of Mark Saxton, founder of the Order of the Rainbow for Girls, will meet at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church on the corner of Jackson and Third streets at 9:45 ».m. Thursday, the girls will meet at the Masonic hall for a practice for initiation and inspection. The members should ** present at 9:45 o’clock. TO HOLD SERIES FOR YOUNG HOMEMAKERS “Making minutes behave” will be offered to all young homemakers under 30 years of age. The series will begin with a “Get acquainted scoopy party” March 18 in the Farm Bureau Co-Op building. The party will begin at 1:30 p.m. The series, given under the direction of the home demonstration L\, association and the county exten’ision servke, will consist of five amasses. Topics and dates are as - fdHows: "How am I managing,” April 6: “Maximize your minutes and minimize your motions,” April 3); “Making the most of your kitchen,” April 27; “Good grooming all around the house,” May 4; and “This is the way we wash our clothes,” May 11. The classes are free of charge arid offered to homemakers under thirty years of age whether they are home demonstration members or not. Two series will be held, afternoon and evening, and inter-—-ested persons should contact the county extension office, Decatur or call 3-3000. The committee planning this series of lessons is Mrs. Richard Augsburger. Mrs. Robert Litwiler, Mrs. Richard Marbach, Mrs. Dale Fruechte, Mrs. Jerry Price, Mrs. Leonard Schwartz, Mrs. Noah. L. Habegger, and Lois M. Folk, home demonstration agent. —

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MRS. M. A. FRISIhjGER IS MEETING HEAD Mrs. M. A. Frislnger was in charge of the recent meeting of members of the Mary circle of the Presbyterian church, who niet at the home of Mrs. 0. K. Baker. Mrs. J. F. Sanmann was in charge of the devotional part of the evening and she read from the Bible study book. “The Spirit Speaks To The Church.” The lesson was given by Mrs. Bert Haley and she used as her topic, “Our Government Circles.” Mrs. Gene Rydell assisted the hostess in serving refreshments. GENERAL MEETING TO BE HELD MONDAY The Decatur Junior Woman’s club will be in charge of the Woman's club general meeting to be held at 8 o’clock Monday at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. Mrs. David Mag tin of Fort Wayne, state chairman of the international affairs department, will present the program. Mrs. Martin owns and flies her own plane and is termed as a world traveler. She will show movies and review her recent trip around the world. Since Mrs. Martin’s job with the international affairs department puts her in contact with foreign students in the tri-state area, the guest speaker will bring one of these students- to the meeting to entertain the members with the musical portion of the program. Mrs. Eugene Morrison of Decatur will give the opening prayer. The committee in charge of the evening’s affairs will be Mrs. Ned Knape, Mrs. William McColly, and Mrs. David Embler. < ZION LUTHERAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY MEETS RECENTLY Thirty-one member and three guests of the Zion Lutheran Missionary Society met recently in the church parish hall. Dessert was served prior to the meeting. A large potted amaryllis formed the centerpiece on the serving table, which was arranged in the form of a cross. Assorted Easter candy marked each guest’s place and Easter baskets were placed at intervals along the table. Mrs. Roger Schuster led the devotions, after which the Rev. Richard Ludwig presented the topic for the month. "Called to Witness in the World.” He pointed out that “although the church is growing it is actually getting- smaller in proulation increases in non-Christian countries. Statistics show that the non-Christian world is growing 10 times as fast as the Christian church. Spreading the gospel cannot be left to the professional clergy alone, but is the duty of every Christian whether it be witnessing in the family, the community, in business or society." The new constitution was discussed and it was decided to prepare it for distribution. It was also decided to dispense with the member classification of active and inactive and have only “members” listed in the roster. Mrs. Walter Stoppenhagen and Mrs. Gerhard Retaking were welcomed into the society as hew members. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Kenneth Schnepf, Mrs. Luella Ellsworth, and Mrs. Roger Schuster. Hostesses for the afternoon were Mrs. Norman Geiger, Mrs. Kenneth Ohler, and Mrs. Alva Railing. Members of the Monmouth Parent and Family Life Education Group will meet Monday at 7 o’clock at the school.

■ - ? a Bk ■-'-Wr - : Former Resident To Marry May 23rd Announcement has been made of the engagement of Miss Barbara Kortenber of 728 East Columbia Avenue, Fort Wayne, to Richard L. Aliano, son of Mrs. Henry Aliano of Tekamah, Neb., and the late Mr. Aliano. Miss Kortenber is the daughter of Mrs. Joseph Kortenber and the late Mr. Kortenber, former Decatur residents. The bride-elect is a graduate of Decatur Catholic high school and is employed by the American Coal and Supply company of Fort Wavne. Her fiance graduated from th* Tekamah hiah school, and is attending International Business College in Fort Wayne. The couple will be married in St. Jude's Catholic church, Fort Wayne, May 23. .

NEEDLE CLUB MEETS FOLLOWING TEMPLE A meeting of the Pythian Sisters ' Needle club was held following the • Temple meeting at the Moose home. Mrs. Lloyd Ahr, president, ’ conducted the business meeting for which 12 members answered roll ' call. Games were played during the ‘ evening and prizes awarded to the ’ winners. A lunch was served by Mrs. Asa Pollock and Mrs. Dallas Goldner. 1 MARCH MEETING IS HELD AT MAILAND HOME ■ The Rose Garden club members ' met atthe homeof Mrs:Richard ' Mailand for their March meeting 1 Mrs. Frank Crist presided over • the meeting which was opened by 1 repeating the collect. 1 Mrs. Alva Buffenbarger gave the ' lesson on indoor seed sowing. She . told how to prepare soil and the ' time for planting. Mrs. Cecil Gause had charge of ■ the entertainment and she conducted a St. Patrick’s contest. Prizes were won by Mrs. Ralph E. Roop and Mrs. Joe Hunter. An installation of officers was held and Mrs. Bert Haley, who was in charge of the installation service, installed Mrs. Wilber Staley as president, Mrs. Richard Mailand as vice president. Mrs. Frank Crist as secretary, arid Mrs. Harry Hebble as treasurer. A dessert was served by Mrs. Grover Levy and Mrs. Maijand at the close of the meeting. The club members are reminded that they will be guests of the Berne Garden club next Tuesday. Zion Lutheran Needle club members will meet Thursday at 10 o’clock a| the parish hall for an all day meeting. Members of the Lincoln school P.T.A. will meet at 7:30 o’clock Tuesday in the Lincoln auditorium. ADMITTED Jay Martin, Decatur; Alfred German, Ohio City, Ohio; Connie Wefel, Decatur; Mrs. Cletus Gillman, Decatur; Mrs. Russell Powelson, Monroeville. DISMISSED Master Daniel Sprunger, Berne; Mrs. Jerry Brewstern and baby boy, Geneva; Mrs. Richard Steiner and baby girl, Linn Grove; Mrs. Martha Ellen Teeter, Berne; Alfred Goldner, Decatur. i Bernard Gase, son of Mrs. Philbert Gase, is undergoing treatment at the Fort Wayne Lutheran hos- . pital. His room number is 463.

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am Calendar Items for today’s pub ication must be phoned in by D aJR. (Saturday 9:30) Paone 3-2121 Marilou Roop' SUNDAY Singbee, Greenbrier church, 2 p.m. MONDAY Rosary Society, K. of C, hall, 8 p.m. Academy of Friendship, Moose home, 7:30 o’clock. Home Demonstration Chorus, Monroe, 5:30 p.m. cafeteria ,7r30 p:m. * V.F.W. Auxiliary, post home, 8 p.m. Music department of Woman’s club, Zion E. and R. church, 7:30 p.m. Monmouth Parent and Family Life Education Group, school 7 p.m. Woman's club, Youth Center, 8 p.m. TUESDAY Tri Kappa, postponed. Decatur Garden club, Mrs. O.H. Vance, 2 p.m. Loyal Daughters class of Bethany E.U.B. church, Mrs. Adolph Kolter, 7:30 p.m. Wesleyan Service Guild, First Methodist church, 7:30 p.m. Merry Matrons Home Demonstration club, rMs. Hubert Marbach, 7:30 p.m. ‘ Church Mothers study club, Mrs. Charles Chew, 8 p.m. Root Township Home Demonstration club, Monmouth school, 6:30 p.m. Lincoln school P.T.A., school auditorium, 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY Historical club, Mrs. Delton Passwater, 2 p.m. Ladies Shakespeare club, Mrs. Weldon Soldner, 2:30 p.m. THURSDAY Zion Lutheran Needle club.parJsh h&H, 10 a.m. FRIDAY Federation of Women’s clubs, C.L. of C. hall, 12:30 p.m, SBiiirfc At the Adams county memorial hospital: Thomas and Marvene Krick Buuck of route 4, became parents of a six pound, nine ounce boy at 10:25 p.m. Thursday. At 12:50 p.m. Friday, Ralph and Marilyn Foor Sauer of 1057 Parkview drive, became parents of an eight pound, one and one fourth ounce girl. A seven pound, seven ounce boy was born at 12:12 a.m. today to Russel and Delores Bleeke Hirschy of route 1, Geneva. Fred and Wanda Gibson Hamrick of 503% North Fifth street, are the parents of a four pound, seven and one half ounce boy born at 8:33 a.m. today.

Supervisors Okay ! Drainage Projects The soil conservation district supervisors of Adams county met recently, approving the Flat Rock creek watershed and nine individual and group drainage projects. Cletus Gillmad, soil conservationist, also announced that no action had yet been taken on the Long-Amstutz ditch watershed application by the state watershed planning party, although an encouraging letter was received from that office. The supervisors unanimously voted to approve the Flat Rock creek application, forwarding the item to Van Wert, 0., for that county’s approval. Paulding and Allen counties, Ohio also must approve the application before sending it to the secretary of agriculture for action. The individual drainage projects approved at the regular monthly meeting were: Rueben Meyer, Monroe township; Della Koeneman, Preble; Walter Hildebrand, Preble; Raymond Heimann, Washington; Lehnford Bohnke, Root; and Mabel Meyer, Washington. The three group enterprises are Aschleman-Dick, and open and surface ditch gr 6 up. Kirkland township; W. Fritzinger ditch group, Root, and S. Sprunger ditch group, Wabash. The letter concerning the LongAmstutz ditch was from H. E. Moore, assistant state conservationist, who said that this project be coming up soon for a planning authority request. An official notice will be sent the governing body as soon as the work has been scheduled, he concluded. Gillman, a lieutenant commander in the naval reserve,.will be gone for two weeks, starting next week, for training at Great Lakes naval training center as part of the reserve program. •« ... . • ' ‘ Suffers Broken Arm In Cranking Tractor Jay Martin, city mail carrier, is a patient at the Adams county memorial hospital today with a broken arm. Martin was injured this morning when he broke his right arm while cranking a tractor. ■ Questions I DISCUSSION QUESTIONS ON THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON, > JESUS ON THE CROSS, for Sun- • day' March 22. 1. Why didn't Jesus save himself ' from the cross? ' 2. What does Jesus’ prayer for the ignorant reveal about the nai ture of God's love? 3. How are religious spectators a real threat to the Christian cause today? 4. What does Jesus’ attitude toward the penitent criminal reveal about the nature of God’s love? 5. In what way do the two crucified criminals represent two classes of sinners? Our Preacher i I am not bound to.win, but I am bound to pe true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right; stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong,—Abraham Lincoln. ,■, .wi.. , i. ‘ aS A "4jß ; "• I w ■ Lt B LOST FIVE FOUNDS—Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower, who lost five pounds during her threewee| stay at Elizabeth Arden’s Maine Chance resort near Phoenix, Aris., smiles at Washington National airport. She visited her mother in Denvwr —en route back to Washington.

i■ ■ i Richard Dellinger, Wilshire high school senior, will be a„ featured piano soloist with the 40-piece Taylor civic symphony at Taylor University Sunday evening at 5 o’clock. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fermin Dellinger, Willshire, and grandson of Mrs. Charles Steele, of Decatur. Future Farmers John Lantz presided over the second meeting of the Kirkland Future Farmers at the Pleasant Dale parish hall. Roger Roth led I the group in the 4-H pledge and a selection of songs. Glen Yager followed with a speech on safety with fires and Dave Griffith reported on wild life in this area. The roll was called, and the projects for the coming year were discussed. On the program for the next meeting will be Max Moser, giving a report on gardening; Allen Freels. telling about electricity, and Roger Schlickman’s resume on his trip to Chicago. Candy bars and soft drinks were served afteb the meeting. Happy Hustlers ■Die Washington Happy Hustlers met for their first 4-H meeting of the year at Adams Central’s library March 12, electing officers from the 26 members present. Gyneth Schnepp was elected president, while Judy Royer will assist her as vice president. Other officers are: Sandy Strickler, secretary; Sue Strickler, treasure?; Judy Arnold, song leader; Tanya August, news, reporter: Marilyn f Stuckey, health and safety, and , Emma Heare and Rose Ann Laut- ■ zenheiser, recreation. The next meeting will be for of- • fleers March 19 at Marilyn Stuckey's home. After the meeting, refreshments were served by the ’ leaders. St. Mary’s L The call out meeting of St. Mary’s township 4-H ciubs was on ’ March 5 at the Pleasant Mills school. All prospective members and their parents were invited to attend. The clubs met jointly for a short session to introduce leaders. Pledges were led by Patty Sovine and Dave Rash. The clubs then separated and' leaders gave each interested person an enrollment card. The Kekionga club leaders are Mrs. John King, Mrs. Russell Edgell, Mrs. Roman Sprunger, and Mrs. Dick McCullough. The St. Mary’s Sodbusters club leaders will be Paul Rich, Charles Morrison, Russell Edgell, Bob Colter, Tracy Turner, and Keith Ezra. Completes Training Vernon L. Call, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Call of 515 St. Mary’s st., Decatur, Ind., graduated from recruit training March 7 at the Naval Training Center, Great, Lakes, 111. I The graduation exercises, mark- 1 ing the end of nine weeks of “boot camp,” included a full dress parade and review before military officials and civilian dignitaries. In' nine weeks of instruction, the “raw recruit” is developed into a Navy Bluejacket, ready for duty with the! fleet.

EASTER |O\ I REVIVAL SERVICES L at the DECATUR CHURCH of GOD W Z MARCH 15-22 7:30 EACH EVENING Speaker:—Rev. Malcomb McDonald, Bellfontaine, Ohio William Barker, LimaT Ohio Hueton —Pastor w

Coming Attractions At Adams Theater “Auntie Mame,” the hilarious comedy that was highly successful as a book, a Broadway play and now a motion picture is the currentl screen attraction at the AdrtfrwJ theater and will continue th roti I Monday, This elaborate Technicol-’ or production has been nominated: as one of the five finalists to win' the coveted Oscar as the best picture of the year. Rosalind Russell has been nominated for the best actress award, and Peggy Cass who with Miss Russell starred in the stage show, has been nominated as best supporting actress. After many years of delighting movie audiences the Bowery JBoys series of pictures has been discontinued. The last of their comedies, “In the Money,” will be . shown at the Adams next Friday and Saturday with Huntz Hall and Stanley Clements in the leading roles. On the same program “Apache Territory” a deluxe Technicolor western with Rory Calhoun and Barbara Bates, will be presented. Panel Discussion At Trinity Church A panel discussion, “Does our community serve our youth?” will be held at the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church Sunday evening at 7 o’clock. Members of the panel will be Judge Myles F. t Parrish, Linda Jackson and John McAhren. The Rev. J. O. Penrod, pastor, will serve as moderator. Members of the panel will discuss the theme and then answer questions from the congregation in attendance. The public is invited to attend. Trade in a goocr town — Decatur.

We All Know.... , ■ W .... how rising prices confront the public, especially those of us with fixed incomes. So we want to give this assurance . . . FUNERAL EXPENSES WILL NEVER REST -r.-............ H E a4+LY ON TriE BEi REAVED FAMILY, IF WE ARE PERMITTED TO SERVE. Gillig & Doan FUNERAL HOME ~ 5 312 Marshall St. , Phone 3-3314 ) 1 ’" 1 ■ " Attention Farmers! Z " t Come To Our Annual Directors Day Open House TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1959 And Take Advantage of Our Speciale Elevators of all sizes: 24 ft. cpt. less motor $199.95 32 ft. cpt. less motor.. $229.95 * We will allow you 10 cents for your old oil filter on a new Unlco filter. See the Dynamometer in operation, the only one in Adams County. Let us prove to you how mueh -* power your tractor ’really’ has. v FARM BUREAU CO-OP IMPLEMENT OEPT. : MONROE, IND.

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