Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 71, Decatur, Adams County, 25 March 1959 — Page 2

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MURPHYS CANDY EASTER TOYS r ' ' S Filled and Decorated : EASTER ; BASKETS ’ 19< *° *' ■ 4)t AR shapes and ..sizes, filled so overflowing with Easter candies and toy novelties! Just add a few colored eggs to have the prettiest basket ever delivered! Prices vary according so size and contents. y w’,.. -iiWyA \y jre * \ 2> .9k B ...i< Iff jriJaHMMSHfr i THURSDAY AFTERNOON! AT 1:00 P.M. CHILDREN ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR MOTHER OR FATHER WILL RECEIVE WITH EVERY PURCHASE OF A 1 POUND 15c BAG OF CHICKEN FEED , 2 LIVE BABY CHICKS Open Open Wednesday ■ ÜB'MVV^LJB Thursday from fkwWkl nAill 11 ill AWrI from 9:00 A.M. to 9:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. the COMPLETE VARIETY STORE IN DECATUR 5:30 P.M.

SOCIETY

MISS SARAH GASS IS RECENT HOSTESS The home of Mr. and Mrs. William Gass was the scene of the Monday evening meeting of members of the Junior Arts department of Woman’s club. Miss Sarah Gass served as hostess. An election of officers was held during the evening and Miss Barbara Burk was selected to fill the 'vacancy of president. Miss Carolyn Kohne and Miss Alice Allwein will be vice president and secretary, respectively. Newly elected treasurer is Miss Jan Aumann and fines chairman is Miss Becky Maddox. Mrs. Floyd Reed, advisor of the group, congratulated the girls on the fine presentation they made at the general meeting which was held in January. Six children’s scrapbooks were made for the children's ward at the Adams county memorial hospital, Several recent magazines and used books were collected to be taken to the hospital for the patients' use. Those who made up the committee for the meeting which had Mrs. Ferd Klenk as a guest, were the Misses Sarah Gass, Leonida Mies. Marie Tricker, Jan Aumann, Carolyn Taylor, and Sara Eichenauer. The next Junior Arts meeting will be held April 27 at the home of Miss Delores Kohne. Members of that committee include the Misses Kathy Kohne. Alice Allwein. Becky Maddox. Bonnie Hakes, and Carolyn Kohne. Miss Betsy Burk will be in charge ctf the program for the evening. Members of the V.F.W. Ladies Auxiliary will hold East-, er egg sale Saturday at the Firestone store. The sale will begin at 9 o'clock. Members of the American Legion Auxiliary should take note that there will be no meeting Friday because of Good Friday services.

LADY BUG HUNT IS HELD MONDAY A Lady Bug hunt whs held Monday night at the V.F.W. hall with 12 members preseftt. Miss BobNilou Butler, Mrs. Nellie Jackson, and Mrs. Charles Norris were welcomed into the hunt. All Lady Bugs art asked to donate email gifts to be given away at the district meeting to be held April 12. April 7, the organization will* hold a skating party, Anyone wishing to purchase a ticket can do so by phoning 3-4767. Refreshments were served at the close of the meeting by Mrs. Eugene Curtis, Mrs. Robert Butler, and Mrs. Raymond Bodie. The door prize was won by Mrs. Harry Martz. * EUREKA TEMPLE HOLDS MEETING RECENTLY Eureka Temple number 39 of the Pythian Sisters met recently at the Moose home for a regular meeting with most excellent chief, Laurinda Kunowich in charge. Plans are being completed for the district convention which will be held at Ossian in May with district deputy grand chief, Bessie Beehler, in charge. Mrs. Kunowich appointed Mrs. Homer Lower to fill out the year as temple mother. The Needle club members had a short business meeting following temple. At this time games were played and prizes awarded. Mrs. Evelyn Roop was the winner of the door prize. Refreshments were served at the close of the meeting from tables decorated with Easter bunnies and nests of Easter eggs. Hostesses were Mrs. William Barber and Mrs. John Beery. State and local governments in the U.S. borrowed nearly seven and one-half billion dollars in 1958 for an all-time high.

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CILOTS Calendar item* for today*! pub‘cation must be phoned In by 11 ta (Saturday fcDO) Phone 3-21X1 1 Mariloa Roop WEDNESDAY Presbyterian Women’s Association, church, 8 p.m. Presbyterian Women’s Association, church, 8 p.m. Zion E. and R. Friendship Circle, Mrs. Carl Stuckey, 7:30 p.m. Bethany Circle, Zion E. and R. church, 7:30 p.m. Ava Marta study club, Mrs. Arthur Voglewede, 8 p.m. Epsilon Sigma and Xi Alpha lota chapters, Elks home, 8 p.m. THURSDAY Women of the Moose, Moose home, officers, 7:30, lodge, 8 p.m. Monroe W.C.T.U., Mrs. Eliza Kahnert, 1:30 p.m . Order of the Eastern Star, Masonic hall, 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY Friendship Circle of Missionary church, Mrs. Lloyd Reef, 7:30 p.m. American Legion Auxiliary, postponed. SATURDAY Installation of officers of Eastern Star, Masonic hall, 8 p.m. “— V.F.W. Ladies Auxiliary, colored Easter egg sale. Firestone store, 9 a.m. ILoccsfe Mr. and Mrs. Roger Schnepf and daughter of Valparaiso, are visiting in Decatur for the Easter holiday. Schnepf is a teacher in the Valparaiso school system. Mr and Mrs. Joe McConnell visited the John McConnell family in Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday. Mrs. McConnell will stay over for a few days. Mrs. Cliff Steiner, who has been staying with the John McConnells in Columbus, returned with McConnell. Mrs. John McConnell, who recently underwent surgery in Columbus, is reported in very good health. Mr. and Mrs. George J. Buckley returned Monday to their home in Decatur, after spending the past three months vacationing in Douglas, Ariz. Fred Christner has been returned to his home after undergoing treatment at the Parkview hospital in Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Coweqs are spending a three-week vacation in Florida with their daughter and son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Beil Lueras, of Hialeah, Fla. Fred Tangeman. of Bluffton, i,was a business visitor in Decatur Tuesday#

BiHlhs At the Adams county memorial hospital: James S. and Ellen Scott Basham of 527 Limberlost Trail, are the parents of a seven pound, eight ounce boy born at 1:30 a.m. today.

ADMITTED Mrs. James Marquardt. Fort Wayne: Mrs. H obert Spencer, Preble; Mrs. Maurice Slusher, Decatur; William Gass, Decatur; Mrs. Maude Merriman, Decatur; Eugene Snow, Geneva. ■ DISMISSED Kimsey Brooks, Berne; William R. Gass, Decatur; Mrs. Arthur Moeschberger. Monroe: baby girl f Schwartz. Berne; Mrs. Russell I Powereon. Monroeville; Mrs. Anna' Taylor, Monroeville; Mrs. Paul' Rolston and baby boy, Decatur. Service Thursday At Presbyterian Church Traditional Holy Week services will be observed on Maundy Thursday at the First Presbyterian church when the sacrament of holy communion will be administered at 8 p.m. Preceding the communion service, the session will meet at 7 o’clock to receive the communicants' class and others who are joining the church. Easter Sunday Lakeshore Ballroom Edgewater Park U Celina. O. music by the T LONNIE LENGERS Orchestra Dance 9-1 Adm. 75c Dancing Every Saturday Night After Easter

Youthful Escaped Murderess Nabbed CHICAGO <UPI> — A quirk of fate and a policewoman’s memory for faces led today to the capture of a teen-age escaped murderess of an Indiana marine. Trudy Jo Baker, 19, who with her husband, Robert, 28, Wormleysburg, Pa., was convicted of slaying Pvt. Larry M. Kirk, Winslow, Ind., was arrested early today in a hotel where she earned large sums as a prostitute. Mrs. Baker escaped from the Dwight, 111., Penitentiary, where she was serving a 30-year sentence, last Dec. 1. Her husband is serving a 99-year term for murder at Stateville Penitentiary in Joliet, 111. Kirk was shot while hitchhiking home from his westcoast base for Christmas. His body was found near Salem, 111., Dec. 26, 1956. An admitted prostitute picked up by policewoman Rosemary O’Brien Tuesday night unwittingly directed authorities to Mr S. Baker’s doorstep. The girl, a runaway, gave Miss Obrien a fake address in a near north-side hotel as her residence. While investigating, Miss O’Brien and another officer found the room occupied by a black-haired girl. Miss O’Brien became suspicious when she noted the girl's hair was dyed. Picturing the girl as a natural blonde, she realized she bore a striking resemblance to the fugitive. “Aren't you Trudy Jo Baker? Miss O’Brien asked. Mrs. Baker broke into tears and admitted her identity. She said she had lived for the past 34months in Chicago and had saved $6,000 out of her earnings as a prostitute. Mrs. Baker became defiant when taken to police headquarters. “I’ll go again if I get a chance, she snarled to police. “They’ll have to watch me.” She said she escaped because she didn’t like the supervisors at the women’s prison, where she worked as a seamstress. Mrs. Baker said she secretly made a skirt and blouse out of scraps in preparation for her break. She said she watched for a chance and one night before being locked in her cell she obtained a ladder, put it against a wall and climbed to freedom. She said she changed clothes and hitchhiked a ride to Chicago. Schmidt, Schrock In Honor Society -

Paul E. Schmidt, 115 N. 11th St., and Theodore R. Schrock, 415 'Jackson, both sophomores from Decatur, have been initiated into the Indiana Univeristy chapter of Alpha Epsilon Delta, national premedical honor society. Membership in Alpha Epsilon Delta is awarded in recognition of superior scholarship in premedical subjects. The society work to stimulate an appreciation of the importance of premedical education in the study of medicine, and to promote cooperation between students and educators in developing an adequate premerical program.

Sue Petrie Elected Secretary Os Hall Sue Petrie, 222 South First St., Decatur, has been elected to office in the women’s residence halls at Indiana University for the 1959-60 school year. I Each individual housing unit in fthe overall residence hall system .has its own officers. Officers are responsible for government within I 'the residence hall and confit with ' the WRH council to conform with ! university regulations and standr I ards. \ Miss Petrie, a sophomore, has i been elected secretary of Morrii son hall. Drawing For Dinette I Set Friday Night Decatur merchants are reminded to turn in their ticket boxes by 6 p.m. Friday for the dinette set drawing. The retail division of the Chamber of Commerce, sponsors of the “Spring Opening,” will announce the name of the winner of the seven-piece dinette set at 9 p.m. Friday, the time of the drawing at the Chamber office. Shoppers are also urged to visit their local stored to register for the drawing. No purchase is necessary to fill out a slip of paper with name and address on ft. The winner need not be present at the drawing to be eligible for the prize. If you have something to sell or rooms tor rent, try a Democrat Want Ad — They bring results. Earn Money ' AS A Beauty Consultant BEAUTY FORM HOME REDUCING MASSAGE TABLE 3010 S. Calhoun St. Fort Wayne. Ind. Phone Harrison 8726

Navy Plans To Get Back into Race To Space DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (UPD —The Navy will get back into the spaed race later this year by attempting to launch two 50-pound earth satellites that may revolutionize existing navigation and communication systems. Rear Adm. John T. Hayward, assistant chief of naval operations, told rocketeers Tuesday that the Navy will piggyback the satellites mtd space “with somebody else’s rocket.” He said the satellites would be forerunners of six navigation and six communications satellites now under study. “This is the first place where we can do something more cheaply in space than on the ground," he said Hayward’s disclosure at a meeting of the national flight testing conference of the American Rocket Society was the first indication that the Navy will take another flier in the nation’s space program. * The Navy has been out of the race since the National Aeronautics and Space Administration took over its Vanguard satellite project last fall. Under the Navy, the Vanguard put up only one satellite in seven tries. Hayward stated Tuesday night in Washington that he did not say flatly the satellites would be launched at all. He said the Navy was studying their feasibility and if they found them to be feasible, the Navy would then seek approval to put them up from the Department of Defense and National Space Council. Hayward said the six navigation satellites would enable ships to fix their position at sea more accurately than they are able to do now with present instruments. Slight Decrease In Savings Bond Sales T: F. Graliker, chairman of the Adams county U. S. savings bonds committee, has received a report on the county’s savings bonds sales for February of $92,184.36 compared with $95,520.06 for the corresponding month of last year. Twenty-nine of Indiana’s 92 counties reported sales gains February over the like period of 1958 The state’s sales for the months were $12,864,789 compared with sl4 582.920 for the corresponding period of 1959—a reduction of 11 p£r cettt.

Some Stores To Be Open On Thursday Announcement was made today that some of Decatur's retail stores will be open for business Thursday afternoon this week because of the Good Friday closing. Stores in this city have closed at noon Thursday for several years but some will be open tomorrow until 5:30 p.m. All stores are expected to close between 12 noon and 3 p.m. Friday, then reopening until 9 p.m. Adams Central Bands To Profit By Sales The combined bands of Adams Central high school sold 1,200 boxes of candy, surpassing the 1958 total by 200. The $550 profit will provide funds to purchase band equipment Prizes were printed to band members selling the most candy. Four-speed portable record players went to Ron Smith, who had the high of 122 boxes, Unda Rich, Joan Brown, and Donna Shoam. Maris Moeschberger won a radio. Other high salesmen included Patty Shaffer, Brian Schwartz Ted Wulliman, Terry Ogg, Marvin Mann, Arlene Borne, Dianna Roudebush, Gyneth Schnepp, Dianna Hirschy. David Johnston, and Rebecca Soldner. Don Gerig, instrumental director, and Leon Gerig, vocal director, extend their thanks from the music department to all who helped to make the sale a success.

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Bulk Os Estate Is Bequeathed To Church The estate of Miss Genevieve Berling was offered for probate in the Adams circuit court this morning by Severin H. Schurger, acting attorney. The estate listed the heirs and distribution according to the last will and testament dated November J 4, 1958. Listed as heirs are Edward F. and William Berling, brothers, and two sisters, Agnes Berling and Matilda Briede. Each brother and sister is to receive SI,OOO. Other heirs listed include a niece, nephew, and a friend. Two headstones are to be erected in her memory and one for her brother, Joseph, who preceded her in death. The balance of the estimated $40,000 estate is to be turned over to the St. Mary’s Catholic church, of Decatur. Mazelin Brothers * To Receive Award Ben and Noah Mazelin, preminent Monroe township farmers, will go to Indianapolis Thursday to receive one of five state dairy efficiency awards for their herd of Holstein cows. The Mazelin brothers will receive the award, won through their work in the dairy herd improvement association, at the national dairy products assocation meeting Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Rice of Monroe are the DHIA supervisors for this county.

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John Paul McAhren To Speak On Easter John Paul McAhren, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. McAhren, of Decatur, and a senior at Decatur high school, will be the speaker for the community sunrise service Easter Sunday at the Linn Grove Calvary E.U.B. church. Services will begin at 6:15 a.m. Boys, Girls State Candidates Named Herman Frantz, principal at Adams Central high school, announced today the names of the 1959 candidates and alternates for Boys and Girls State. The civlc-sponsor-ed programs at Indiana University are scheduled for June. Jim Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown, of Decatur route 4, is the candidate for Boys State, while Larry Foreman, son of Mr. and Mrs, Don Foreman, of Berne, is the altessaate. The Monroe Lions club sponsors the candidate’s trip annually. Miss Madeline Hedington, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hedingl ton. of Monroe, is the candidate for ■ Girls State, while Lois Steury. • daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Menno ! Steury, of Berne, is the alternate. Miss Hedington’s trip will be sponsored by the Adams Central PTA. [ QUALITY PHOTO FINISHING t 24 Hour Service KOHNE DRUG STORE