Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 68, Decatur, Adams County, 21 March 1959 — Page 3

SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1959

«F • / <s. * 'M: f r- i JM- '". fcU ■ • ’ I fIHBBH Mr. and Mrs. Jay Allen Sheets — Photo by Briede

Jay Sheets Claims Bride March 7

Miss Barbara Fay Hirschy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer * Hirschy of route 2, Convoy, Onio, and Jay Allen Sheets, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chalmer Sheets of Decatur, route 5, were married in a double ring ceremony performed March 7, at 1:30 o'clock. The marriage took place at the home of the minister, the Rev. Keith Smitley, uncle of the bridegroom. A light blue linen street length dress with lace trim was worn by the bride. A white hat with a short white veil and a carnation corsage completed the attire of the new Mrs. Sheets. Attending her sister as maid of honor was Miss Katherine Hirschy. She selected a melon colored linen dress with a white hat and corsage of white carnations. Best man was Donald Colter of Van Wert, friend of the bridegroom. Sunday, the newlyweds greeted guests at a reception held at the of the bride’s parents. A white linen cloth covered the table which was centered with a three layer wedding cake topped with the traditional bride and bridegroom. The bride Is a 1958 graduate of Wren high school and the bridegroom, a recent graduate of Pleasant Mills high school, is employed by Krick and Tyndall. Nine twenty seven North Fifth street is the new address of the couple. TOPS CLUB—Colored Easter Egg Sale, 3-4635 CALL 3-2913. Dozen 65c 67 t 3

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B©gpM Admitted Hilbert Kuhn, Monroe: Master Gregory Alan Cook, Decatur; Master Gregory Sipe, Berne; Mrs. Grace Harkless, Decatur. Dismissed Mrs. Joseph Laurent. Decatur; Mrs. Jake Shaffer, Decatur. March 26 Deadline To File Candidacy A reminder was issued today by Richard D. Lewton. Adams county clerk, that Thursday. March 26, is the last day a candidate can file a declaration of candidacy, with the clerk’s office, and also the last day a candidate can resign or withdraw his name from the ballot. Lewton stated today he will announce next week the two nights the clerk’s office will remain open for the registration of voters for the special city election. According to the official political calendar for city and town primary and city elections, today is the last day for the clerk of the circuit court to estimate the number of absent voters’ ballots required for the primary election. Shuttleless Loom HOPEDALE, Mass. (UPD—A new loom has ben perfected by the Draper Corp, which it says has stepped up production speeds in weaving by eliminating shuttles and bobbins. Fabrics such as print cloths, sheetings, drills, twills sateens, denims and corduroys already have been produced by the new loom. Broiled Cookbooks WILLIMANTIC, Conn. (UPD— Mrs. Dorothy Evans wasn’t so upset when a fire in her electric range ruined the chicken dinner she was preparing. What hurt most was the fact that the fire also destroyed her three cookbooks, s Os the 14,095 banks operating in the United States last June—when the last count was made—l3,3B3 of them were members of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

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MISS DONNA VENIS IS GUEfUF OF HONOR Miss Donna Venis was the honored guest at a bridal shower given for her by Mrs. Doh Melching and Mrs. Ralph Sauer at the home of Mrs. Paul Chronister recently. Green and yellow was the color scheme used throughtout the entertaining room. Upon her arrival, the guest of honor was presented with a yellow rose corsage. Games were played and the following ladies who won gifts in turn presented them to Miss Venis, Mrs. George Rothgeb, Mrs. Ray Venis, Jr., Mrs. Wilbur Foor, Mrs. Ed Oetlieb, and Mrs. Don Beery. Present for the evening were Mrs. Ray Venis, Mrs. George Rothgeb, Mrs. Ed Oetlieb, Mrs. Ray Venis, Jr., Mrs. Paul Chronister, Mrs. Don Beery, Mrs. Dale Bird, Mrs. Richard Gase, Mrs: Gene Williamson, Mrs. Wilbur Foor, and Miss Virginia Foor, Miss Karen Bird, and Miss Judy Bird. 1 Unable to attend but sending gifts were Mrs? Donald Foor, Mrs. George Foor, Mrs. Myron Frank, Mrs. Donald Clark, and Mrs. William Longerbone. At the close of the evening, refreshments were served by Mrs. Melching and Mrs. Sauer; C.L. OF C. HALL IS MEETING SCENE The Adams County Federation of Women’s club held their closing meeting at the C.L. of C. hall Friday. At 12 o'clock, a pot luck dinner was served. Mrs. Dwight Haines, eighth district president of Anderson, was a guest at the meeting. William Colpitts, education advisor of conservation, told the members about national, wild life week and brought out the importance of conservation. To conclude his talk, he showed pictures and explained them. Representives of the different clubs who reported during the day were Mrs. Richard Mailand, Mrs. W. R. Stanley, Mrs. William Kohls, Mrs. Frank Crist, Mrs. N. A. Bixler, Mrs. Paul Rich, Mrs. R. C. Hersh. Mrs. Haynes presented a topic considering the Federation of Woman’s club. She emphasized that all members should be interested in the civic affairs of the city. OFFICERS ARE ELECTED AT RECENT MEETING The Women’s Society of Christian Service members of the Pleasant Mills Methodist church, held their regular meeting and annual election of officers Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Charles Morrison. Mrs. Elmer Golliff gave the devotions with Mrs. Robert Light in charge of the lesson on “One In Christ.” A prelude was presented by Mrs. Leland Ray, after which a hymn was sung by Mrs. Clyde 1 Jones and Mrs. Frieda Golliff. The lesson was closed with a prayer offered by Mrs. Glen Mann and Mrs. Will Evans. Bobby Morrison played several piano selections. During the business meeting conducted by Mrs. Jones, the minutes and roll call were read. Officers elected at the meeting include president, Mrs. Clyde. Jones; vice president, Mrs. Donald Everett; secretary, Mrs. Fred Bauman; treasurer, Mrs. Darrell Clouse; secretary of promotion, Mrs. Edith Bailey; Christian social relations secretary, Mrs. Lawrence Ehrsam; student secretary, Mrs. Wayne Clouse: children's secretary, Mrs. Elmer Golliff; status of women secretary, Mrs. George Foor; supply work secretary, Mrs. Charles Morrison; literature and publication, Mrs. R. H. Everett; mission education and spiritual life secretary, Mrs. Leland Ray. During the social hour, refreshments were served by Mrs. Chariest Morrison, Mrs. Addia Hahnert, and Mrs. R. H. Everett.

The Immanuel Lutheran parentteachers league will meet at the school Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock. ■ .•• ’ * iL©(cgins Miss Sue Braden of Indianapolis, is spending the weekend with relatives in Decatur. She is a nurse at the Veterans hospital in Indianapolis. Mrs. Orval Fulton and Mrs. Hugh Holthouse attended an all day sales clinic at the Van Orman hotel in Fort Wayne Thursday. Acutual demonstrations and discussions of the newest spring shades in cosmetics by factory experts were given to representatives from Northeastern Indiana stores. Linda Lou Farber, of piuffton route 4, has been admitted to the Lutheran hospital at Fort Wayne, where phe will undergo surgery on a leg. She will remain in a cast for a period of six weeks. Albert Tschannen, Bluffton route 4, underwent major surgery Friday at Wells county hospital. Mrs. Glen and newly arrived daughter, Bluffton route. 4, have been dismissed from Clinic hospital. The Misses Martha, Barbara and Linda Scheel of Sheboygan are vis? iting their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Linn.

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MS I • . ..’ ~ r ? I•, * ’ Calendar items for today's pub- . ieation must be phoned in by 1* a.m. (Saturday 9:30> Phone 3-2121 * 1 Marilou Reep < SATURDAY i . Limberlost Archery and Conser- > vation club student tournament, indoor range, 9 a.m. 1 SUNDAY St. Mary’s and Blue Creek Con- : servation club merchandise trap ’ shoot, club grounds, 1 p.m. MONDAY , Music department, Zion E. and - R. church, 7:30 p.m. 1 Ladybugs, V.F.W. hall, 8 p.m. 1 Pythian Sisters, Moose home, 7:30 p.m. Needle club to follow. ’ Pleasant Mills P. T. A., school, • 7:30 p.m. - Evening Circle of Methodist ‘ church, Mrs. J. F. Azbell, 8 p.m. Pythian Sunshine Girls, Moose ■ Home, 5:45 p.m. TUESDAY Rebekah lodge, Odd Fellows hall, 7:30 p.m. Eagles Auxiliary, Eagles hall, . 8 p.m. , K. of C. auxiliary, K. of C. hall, . following school meeting. Decatur W.C.T.U., Mrs. Delton . Passwater, 1:30 p.m. Immanuel Lutheran Parent- ’ Teachers League, school, 8 p.m. WEDNESDAY ■ Ruth and Naomi Circle, Zion E» • and R. Church, 2 p.m. ! Live and Learn Home Demonstration club, Mrs. Marion Stults, ■ 1:30 p.m. 1 Presbyterian Women’s Association, church, 8 p.m. 1 Zion E. and R. Friendship Cirr de, Mrs. Carl Stuckey, 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY Women of thf Moose, Moose . home, officers, 7:30, lodge, 8 p.m. ; Investigate Union i Welfare Policies WASHINGTON . (UPD — The Life Insurance Co. to-1 - day is investigating union welfare 1 policies on which the Senate rack--1 ets Committee says a former ' Chicago affiliate made excessive ■ commissions. Occidental Friday severed all - relations with the affiliate, the i Dearborn Insurance Agency. It i said it would look into the wel--1 fare plans of Teamster Locals i 710 and 777. > The committee also has accused . Dearborn of taking in four labor • officials as secret partners on I union accounts. The excessive i commissions were collected on four union welfare plans under- , written by Occidental, the com- ’ mittee said. It said they amount- . ed to $500,000. Occidental President H.W. , Brower announced Friday- hik firm’s split with the Dearborn firm in a telegram to the committee which held hearings on the agency-union relations this week. 1 Harland R. Maris of Oakland, Calif., president of the Dearborn Insurance Agency, invoked the Fifth Amendment rather than tell ; the investigation whether he made secret payoffs in stock or cash td ‘ union officials who threw business his way. ‘ * John T. O'Brien, a Teamster vice president, also pleaded pos1 sible self-incrimination to avoid telling whether he secretly held stock in the agency, w-hich in- • sured welfare plans for his Teamster Local 710. Committee Counsel Robert F.

Kennedy said it appeared that t O’Brien and three other Chicago . unionists held such stock and thus ' profited on the commissions the agency received on the union business. Brower’s telegram said Occidental had terminated “all agency and brokerage relationships’’ with Maris and the Dearborn agency. He also said Teamster Locals 710 and 777 had been no- > tified their rights to pay claims ■ had been suspended pending iqt vestigation. Two Local 777 members told the committee their president, Jo- ■ ey Glimco—who channeled union 1 business to Dearborn —withheld i benefits due them and threatened • one with “a hole in the head’ - when he protested. [ Glimco took the Fifth Amend- ■ ment .also when questioned about ■ the charges. i , Elderly Man Dies - Os Burns Friday i BREMEN, Ind. (UP)—Charles ; Hepler, 82, died at Bremen Community Hospital Friday night a : few hours after he was burned severely by a grass fire on bis farm near here. Hepler’s housekeeper said she found the elderly .farmer rolling in the grass with his clothing aflame. Over 2,bvu Dally Democrate are sold and delivered in Decatur each day.

I \ ■* ' ' I " ut j \ r ‘ 't ' t “" '• Miss Louna Witte — Photo by Anspaugh Wedding Vows To Be Exchanged In May A May wedding is being planned by Miss Louna Witte and her fiance, Marvin F. Hockemeyer of Logansport. Miss Witte is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilhelm E. Witte of route 1, Decatur, while Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hockemeyer of route 1, Woodburn, the the prospective bridegroom's parents. A graduate of Monmouth high school, Miss Witte is employed by the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company of Fort Wayne. Her fiance graduated from the Indiana Mortuary of Science and is presently employed as a mortician at the Chase and Miller mortuary in Logansport.

Easter Seals Mailed ' Throughout County All homes in Adams county are presently receiving the 1959 Easter seals mailed by the Adams County Society for Crippled Children and Adults, Gail Grabill, president,, said today. ! A total of 7,874 envelopes were I mailed Thursday to all homes, throughout the county, with Deca- I tur receiving a total of 2,250. Places receiving ■ the seals other than Decatur are Decatur rural, .Berne town and rural, Geneva town and rural, Monroe town ■ and rural, Pleasant Mills, Linn Grove and Preble. The annual campaign was launched officially Friday morning by an announcement from Grabill, COURT NEWS Divorce Case Hubert R. McClenahan, attorney, entered his appearance for the plaintiff in the case of Robert _C. Denney vs Iris Denney. An affidavit and application to modify the divorce decree was filed. A notice was ordered issued to the sheriff of Adams county for the defendant, returnable March 31 at 9:30 a.m. Estate Cases The final report was filed in the John M. Bollenbacher estate, showing $22,404.72 total for distribution. A notice was ordered issued, returnable April 10. The schedule to determine the inheritance tax with reference to the county assessor was filed in the estate of Alfred F. Ryf. The schedule shows the net estate valued at $48,545.44. The report of sale of real estate at public auction was filed in the estate of James F. Parrish. The last will and testament of Caroline Sallot was offered for probate. An executor's bond was filed in the penal sum of $1,500. Letters testamentary were ordered issued to Erwin Beer. The first inventory was filed in the Vercil Hoblet estate, showing the total appraised Value of the estate to be $5,622.80. The report of sale of personal property was filed in the Fannie Augsburger estate. The supplemental final report showing distribution and petition for discharge in the estate of Miranda V. Bollenbacher was filed and approved. The executor was discharged, the sureties were released. The estate was closed. CORRECTION It was erroneously stated in Friday’s court news that an absolute decree of divorce was being Sought by Darlene L. Linnemeier from David W. Linnemeier. The item should have stated a limited divorce and separation for a period of five years was sought. LADDER GUARD • It's possible to lean an extension ladder against a wall where -• window occurs if a guard of soft wood is nailed across the ladder ends. The guard must be a board at least as long as the window is wide. ——

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Ford Salesmen Are Presented Awards Miss Margaret Holthouse and Frank Lybarger, of the Schwartz Ford Co., Inc., Decatur, were presented with Ford 300-500 club ’ awards at Indianapolis recently by A. F. Bauerbach, manager of I Ford division's Indianapolis sales district. The presentations took place at a banquet in honor of the topranking salesmen of 1958 in the Indianapolis district. Big Army Contract Awarded Harvester International Harvester Co. at Fort Wayne has been awarded a $29,660,703 contract from the Army for trucks, according to an announcement in Washington. The total contract is for 2,928 five-ton special trucks, all to be built at the Fort Wayne works. Minute-Made Blouse Printed Pattern OH®, J yX. I/ 1 | /// 1/ Hl X : < J fl Y |>> Ji. | rr \ ; lx \' \ ''J\ /1\ 1 / \ / /v t\\i JF X ( XI \.\\l f \ ilk \ \\l VX - / / JI rRi i> j ® / “"a® |G-g< ' ‘ Txj/ ' '' ' w i A /Ms w ( 9166 ’ M I P SIZES ' 12-20 One evening’s sewing — presto! a beautiful, new blouse to star with'ill your separates. Very easy wrap ’n’ tie design—smooth fitting and so smart in silk print, shapely jersey. Tomorrow’s pattern: Women’s dress. a Printed Pattern 9166: Misses Sizes 12, 14. 16, 18, 20. Size 16 takes 1% yards 39-inch fabric. Printed directions on each pattern part. Easier, accurate. Send Thirty-five cents (coins) for this pattern — add 10 cents for each pattern for first-class mailing. Send to Marian Martin, Decatur Daily Democrat Pattern Dept., 232 West 18th St., New York 11, N. Y. Print plainly Name, Address with Zone, Size and Style Number.

NOTES FROM AFTER THIRTY / . r l .;.'' A. ■ . */T. ' By JACK HELtER WEARIN* O’ THE GREEN Sure’n ’twoulcT be a sad thing to pass by St. Patrick’s day without some suitable comment on the Sons O’ Erin. One of our favorite Irishmen of days gone by, was our good friend Jim Andrews of Monroe. Mr. Andrews, complete with his Irish shillelagh in the form of an ever-precent cane, was ready to do battle with all comers in the wit department. In the true Irish tradition, he very seldom lost one of these battles, either. One time when he was ready to do battle with more than his wits, he awoke from a short snooze and found that one of his comrades, of other-than-Trish ancestors, had clipped off his tie about an inch below the knot. After considerable cane-waving and brogue-blistering, he was ready to admit it was a fair to middlin' prank—almost worthy of an Irishman. Our vote for the Irishman of the year would have to go to nyoung leprechaun that presently resides in the second grade at Lincoln school. Shaun Patrick Shannon is his name, if you’ve any doubts to his claim to the title, and his classmates are sure he’s as full of life as New York's St. Patrick’s Day parade ( with or without a Florida band). This spritely young descendent of Erin is also true to the clan, never being without many quips and just as many friends. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Shannon, who don't sound too German themselves. To all the Irish in the county, either by blood or by sentiment, top o’ the mornin’ ■ to ye. ’ APPRECIATION We would like to send our sincere thanks to the many people who have written or spoken so kindly about this column. Naturally it was started with the idea that people would read it, and from comments directed to us, it has been read, with varying degrees of enjoyment. Had the pleasure of receiving from a Mr. Lenhart in Chicago, a former Decatur resident. an editorial page from the Tribune in that city. One of our topics had made their column, "A Line O’ Type Os Two”. While we might take professional difference with the Tribune as to their claim of being the world’s greatest newspaper, it is none the less, nice to have some things passed on. Another surprising thing about this work is the number of trans-

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planted Adams county, citizens who read the column. To 4 all of them, thanks for your nice comments, and look us up when you get back to God’s country. We want to remind any reader that if you have any little gems to pass on, please .send them in. If you wish, we won’t any names, as long as you verify the matter and ask that the name” not be used. MAKES THE MOVIES , Members of the Lincoln school P.T.A. saw an interesting program Tuesday evening. One feature, of the entertainment was a film depicting the wonderful work done at the Riley Hospital for crippled children in Indianapolis. Don’t know how many people recognized him, but a former Decatur man was in the film. At one point in the picture, a scene showing the board of directors was flashed on, scanning briefly over each person’s face. One of those prominent men . was J. Dwight Peterson, former Decatur resident, and son of Mrs. John Peterson of this city. W. Guy Brown, Decatur superinApndent of schools, added another interesting note. The first patient admitted to Riley hospital after its opening was from Decatur. It’s a small world. PLAY BALL The coming struggle between the Rotary and Lions basketball teams and the Merchants and Faculty game to follow will put on the floor two of the best in the state. Not as playerj. but as referees. Decatur is fortunate to have such outstanding officials as Lores Lehman and N Gerald Strickler. Both of these men have been recognized as the finest in the state, as both have worked games in the state finals, i While the caliber of basketball might not approach that of the referees, it should prove to be completely entertaining.

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