Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 90, Decatur, Adams County, 16 April 1959 — Page 3

ffTURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1959

SOCIETY

* POTLUCK SUPPER IS SERVED TO AUXILIARY MEMBERS A potluck supper was served to members of the Eagles Auxiliary Tuesday evening. A regular meeting was held following the supper and officers for the coming year were elected as follows: president, Mrs. W. R. Morris; vice president, Miss Evelyn Spangler; chaplain, Mrs. Richard Baker; secretary, Mrs. Dwight Whitacre; treasurer, Mrs. Arthur Irwin; conductress, Mrs.- Ray .jVenis; inside guard, Mrs. Florenz Leonard; outside guard, Mrs. Edward Rice; trustees, Mrs. John Morgan, Mrs. Gerhard Marbach, and Mrs. Jack Beavo. Plans were discussed and delegates chosen for the state convention to be held in South Bend In June. Mrs. Whitacre will be the delegate, with Mrs. Ethel Teeple as her alternate. Plans were also made to attend the district number 5 meeting Friday at Huntington beginning at 2 o’clock in the afternoon.

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PIANO RECITAL IS MEETING FEATURE A piano recital was the feature of the meeting of members of the Delta Lambda chapter of Beta Sigma Phi who met at the home of Mrs. Ferris Bower. Mrs. Bower presented the following pupils in the program, Rosey Houk, Bonnie Bowers, Cindy Hagerty, Judy Hakes, Carol Hoverman, Ellen Houk, Coleen Kelly, Sherry Bollinbaucher, and Sharon and Gary Teeple, who played a duet. Laura and Kim Lobsiger, accompanied by their mother, Mrs. Jerry Lobsiger, presented vocal selections. The music program was closed with Mrs. Lobsiger and Mrs. Bower playing a duet. Mrs. Art Burris presided during the business meeting, which was opened with the members repeating the club ritual. Plans were made for the founder’s day party which will be held with all four chapters of the Beta Sigma Phi sorority present. The meeting is scheduled for April 29 at the Zion Lutheran parish hall. Reservations must be made by April 25 with Mrs. Glen Custer. Guests at the meeting were Mrs. Roy Sauders and Mrs. Ottis Cross of Akron, Ohio. The meeting was closed with the closing ritual, after which refreshments were served. DISTRICT MEETING IS HELD IN FORT WAYNE The Wesleyan Service Guild of the First Methodist church was hostess for the annual meeting of the Guilds of the Fort Wayne district. Dinner prepared by the W.S.C.S. of the local church was served to 128 members and guests, I Ten Guilds were represented with members from Bluffton, New Haven, Fort Wayne, and Decatur. Bluffton had the largest delegation with 25 members present. Mrs. George I. Koons, of Fort i Wayne presided at the business meeting and Mrs. Walter Shady, .‘also of Fort Wayne, installed the newly elected officers. The devotions were given by Mrs. Carl Smith and Miss Florence Ladig of the New Haven Guild. Mrs. Paul Springle sang “The Lord’s Prayer.” Miss Florence Winegarden, an ordained minister and a deaconess of the Methodist church, gave the address using as her theme “I Saw God There.” She told of some of her experiences while in training at the National Christian College in Kansas City of her work as a student counselor, and of her present activities as a minister in her Michigan Church.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS IS HELD RECENTLY The Alpha Delta chapter of Psi lota Xi held a business and social meeting recently at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. The roll was called and the minutes of the last meeting were read by the recording secretary, Miss Rosemary Gase. An election of officers was held and Mrs. Paul Moore was selected to lead the group for the next year. Mrs, Fred Isch is the new vice president, while the recording secretary will be Miss Rosemary Gase. Other officers are, treasurer, Mrs. Richard Parrish; assistant teasurer, Mrs. Harry Schwartz; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Floyd Reed; and conductress, Mrs. Roger Blackburn. After the president, Mrs. Moore, had closed the meeting, Mrs. Dave Terveer, Mrs. Richard Parrish, Mrs. Lawrence Anspaugh, Mrs. Harry Schwartz, and Mrs. Robert E. Keller, took over, with the social part of the evening. Guest speaker for the evening was Miss Betsy Burk. She told of her trip to Germany as an Ameriman Field Service exchange student. Following her talk. Miss Burk answered questions about her trip. Refreshments were served at the close of the meeting. ROSE GARDEN CLUB MEETS TUESDAY AFTERNOON Tuesday afternoon, members of the Rose Garden club met at the home of Mrs. Walter Butcher. Mrs. Wilbur Stanley opened the meeting by leading the group in reciting the collect and pledge to the flag. Mrs. Grover Levy read a lesson on gladioli, telling of their origin and the names and various types of flowers steming from the first plant. Eighteen members answered roll call by telling of their best loved flower. Mrs.' Frank Crist, secretary, read the minutes of the last meeting and they were approved by the members. A report of the auditing committee was given by Mrs. Bertha Buffengarger, after which the various committee chairmen gave their reports. Plans were made to attend the Breakfast in Fort Wayne program May 12. Mrs. Floyd Arnold and Mrs. George Sprague were selected to call on the sick during the month of May. An auction was held with Mrs. Frank Crist as auctioneer. Articles were donated by the members having birthday anniversaries in April. The meeting was closed with a contest with Mrs Crist and Mrs. Wilbur Stanley winning prizes. Mrs. Butcher was assisted by Mrs. Harry Hebble in serving refresh-" ments at the close of the meeting A merchandise trap shoot will be held Sunday at 1 o'clock at the St. Mary's Blue Creek Conservation club grounds. Members of the Past Madam President’s club will hold a monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. Gerhard Marbach Tuesday at 8 o’clock. Tuesday at 7:30 o'clock, members of the Merry Matrons Home •Demonstration club will meet at the home of Mrs. Wilmer Grote. Academy of Friendship members will meet Monday at 7:30 o’clock at the Moose home.

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DELTA THETA TAU MEETS AT SPANGLER HOME The Delta Theta Tau sorority held a business meeting at the home of Miss Rosemary Spangler Tuesday evening. The president, Mrs. Leo Teeple, opened the meeting with the Delta ceremony, after which the minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. A report was given on the recent style show and also on the candy sales. It was reported that the sorority purchased two student tickets for the Civic Music concerts to be given to the Decatur high school and Decatur Catholic high school. The following were appointed to the nominating committee, Mrs. James Newton, Mrs. H. R. Frey and Rosemary Spang,ler. It was decided to have a rummage sale in the near future. During the social hour a contest was enjoyed and the prize was awarded to Mrs. Frank Lybarger, after which refreshments were served by the hostess, assisted by Miss Mary C. Spangler. FEDERATION OF CLUBS PLANS FOR CONVENTION “Love, Light, Life, Expanded to Broader Horizons" -will be the theme of ® Indiana Federation of Clubs, which will hold their 69th annual convention, April 27-29, at French Lick-S hera to n Hotel, French Lick, with Mrs. Oscar C. Brizius, Newburgh, presiding. # Junior day is Monday—presiding will be Mrs. Eugene Ruley, Mrs. Dale Heiser, Mrs. James Dean, Mrs. William Dudenhoffer, and Mrs. James Montgomery. A junior luncheon will be held at noon. The opening of the convention will be at 1 p.m. with Mrs. Oscar Brizius, Mrs. C. R. Graham, Mrs. Vernon Childs, and Mrs. Eugene Ruley presiding. Mrs. Leo Curtis, junior director of GFWC, will greet club members, after which reports from junior special committees and deoartmonts will be given. Dr. R. J. Bierbaum, Evansville, will deliver the keynote address, using,as his theme, “Expand Light to Broader Horizons.” Mrs. T. C. Carroll, council of international clubs GFWC, will be a guest speaker. Ambassador Mohomed Ali Curi rim Chagla from India, will speak Monday evening in convention hall. Beginning Tuesday, division and special chairmen will take part in a forum, “Panoramic Review of Departments,” led by Mrs. Vernon Childs. Mrs. O. R. Graham will preside when the district presidents report. Mrs. Leonard Oliver, art and penny art departmdht GFWC, will be the afternoon guest speaker, using as her topic, “Majestic ’Past—Shining Future.” Dr. Neil Crawford of Waslungton, will speak on “Lincoln, The Big Hoosier,” at dinner. Wednesday morning, special committee reports will be given at the general assembly. Mrs. Oscar Ahlgren, past president GFWC. will give the address: “Where I Have Been.” Following the noon luncheon, presentation of awards and a report of the election committee will be made. A piano recital by Ruth Blum Brizius, and a concert by the Madrigal Singers of Evansville College, will be part of the outstanding music program. Special events include a get acquainted party; junior luncheon: international affairs and junior night d»nner, honoring distiquished guests and junior clubwomen; past state officers breakfast; district presidents’ club luncheon; tenth district luncheon; ESO luncheon; Lincoln sesquicentennial dinner; honoring distinquished guests, state officers, past state officers, and district presidents; parliamentary law class; past state presidents’ breakfast; reception honoring distinquished guests and juniors: and installation of junior officers.

Bn As At the Adams county memorial hospital: A seven pound, nine ounce boy was born at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday to Walter and Virginia Wolfe Hirschy of route 6. — &gpfeiD ADMITTED Charles Cloud, Decatur; Ray Heiser, Hoagland; Mrs. Daisy Robinson, Monroeville. DISMISSED Mrs. Peter Figert, Geneva; Mrs. Mary Colfer, Decatur; Samuel Wickey, Jr., Monroe.

CMJBS Calendar items for today's pubnation must be phoned in by 11 (Saturday 9:30) Phone 3-2121 Marlton Roop THURSDAY Do Your Best class, Trinity E. U. B. church, 7:30 p.m. Order of the Rainbow for Girls, Bluffton, 6:30,p.m. So-Cha-Rea, Mrs. R. C. Hersh, 7:30 p.m. Emanuel Lutheran P.T.A., school, 8 p.m. Friendship chib, Church of God fellowship basement, 7:30 p.m. Wesley Sunday school class, First Methodist church, 7 p.m. Past Matrons club, Mrs. M. A. Frisinger, 7:30 p. m. FRIDAY .st. Paul’s Missionary Ladies Aid, Mrs. Robert Welch, all day. Adams county Art Association, Lincoln school, 7:30 p.m. Preble township Farm Bureau, Frienidheim Lutheran school, 8 p.m. SATURDAY Limberlost Archery club, Youth Center, 7:30 p.m. SUNDAY Merchandise trap shoot, St. Mary's Blue Creek Conservation club grounds, 1 p.m. MONDAY Rosary Society, K. of C. hall, 8 p. m. Academy of Friendship, Moose I home, 7:30 p.m. TUESDAY Decatur Garden club, Mrs. M. A. Frisinger, 2 p. m. Merry Matrons Home Demonstration club, Mrs. Wilmer Grote, 7:30 p.m. Past Madam President’s club, Mrs. Gerhard Marbach, 8 p.m. lL©(£afe Mrs. .Clifford Heyerly, Decatur route 4, was admitted to the Wells cdunty hospital Tuesday for treatment. Dr. Gerald J. Kohne is attending the railway surgeons’ convention at the Drake hotel in Chicago today and Friday. Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Wells returned to Decatur Wednesday from Bradenton, Fla., where they spent the winter. , Paul D. Miller of Decatur, is in the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne suffering from a slipped disk. His room number is 225. Mrs. Harry Knapp, who underwent surgery this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital, is in serious condition, according to her physician.

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Drive-in Theater Will Open Friday The Decatur Drive-in Theater reopens Friday night for another season of outdoor movies. Two first-run pictures make up the opening program. They are “Gun Runners” a story of the Cuban revolution with Audie Murphy and Albert and “Wind Over the Everglades” a Technicolor production with Burl Ives, Academy A w a rd winner. Until the closing of school the theater will operate on Friday, Saturday and Sunday only, but on May 24 will go to a full 7-day week schedule. At that time the Adams theater will close for the summer so the Drive-in will present all the big, outstanding film attractions. Jay MacGinnitie will again act as manager of the DHve-in.

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