Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 164, Decatur, Adams County, 14 July 1959 — Page 3

TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1959

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STATE W.C.T.U. MEETING HELD IN FORT WAYNE Several Decatur women attended the state Women’s Christian Temperance Union meeting which was held recently at the Bethany Presbyterian church in Fort Wayne. Mrs. D. C. Shady offered a prayer following the noon luncheon and during the afternoon, the group heard their entrant in the speech contest, Miss Naricy Helm, tell "How Important is One?" Decatur women in attendance were Mrs. John Gage, Mrs. D. C. Shady, Mrs. Jessie Niblick, Mrs. Lawrence Michel, Miss Iva Gilpin, and Miss Nancy Helm. i ROADSIDE COUNCIL MEETS FRIDAY The Adams County Roadside Council members met Friday at Highland Park with president, Mrs. John Floyd, in charge. Mrs. Paul R. Rich, secretary, called the roll and read the minutes from the previous meeting. During the meeting, Mrs. W. R. Stanley and Mrs. .Floyd reported the planting of two sweet pea shrubs, a lemon lily, and other flowers in the park this spring. It was announced that no one from the local Council will attend the state meeting at Monticello July 14. A definite date for the pot lutk supper to be held in September will be announced later. Mrs. Floyd will be hostess for the annual local meeting to be held November 6 and it was also revealed that the state meeting will be held again in October. . After the members had viewed the park, the club prayer closed the meeting. RILEY FAMILY HAS ELEVENTH ANNUAL REUNION Th eleventh annual reunion of the Riley family was held Sunday at Hanna-Nuttman park. The Rev. Vernon Riley led in prayer before the potluck dinner was served. It was decided that the same officers, president Wayne Riley and secretary, Mrs. Austin Merriman, would retain their jobs for another year. Plans are being made for the next reunion to be held July 2, 1960, at the same place. During the aftemon, games and visiting were enjoyed by Mr. and Mrs. Russel Merriman and family and Miss Carol Boyd of Lima, O.; Mr. and Mrs. Alton Riley of Fort Wayne; Paul Riley of Indianapolis; Marion Smith of Union City; Mr. and Mrs. James' Merriman anti family of Preble; Miss Cynthia and Miss Alicia Kneuss of Berne; Clark Staley of Hartford township; Mrs. Esther Riley and Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Riley of Pleasant Mills; the Rev. and Mrs. Vernon Riley, Mr. and Mrs. Norris Riley and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Austin Merriman and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Merriman and family, and Merle Riley and sons of Monroe; Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Smith and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Riley and family, Mr. and Mrs.

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Lowell Noll and family, Mrs. Robert Riley and family, Mr. and I Mrs. Omer Merriman, Miss Nancy • Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Worki inger and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Byford Smith and sons, all of Decatur. MISS ROSE LANTZ IS GUEST OF HONOR Pink and white were the colors used to decorate the Jim Fisher home in Monroe Monday evening, when Mrs. Fisher and Miss Marcia Merriman were hostesses for a bridal shower honoring Miss Rose Lantz. Miss Lantz and Ted Pfister of Bluffton will exchange nuptial vows July 26. A pink and white carnation corsage was presented to the brideelect upon her arrival at the Fisher home. The gift table was covered with a pink cloth and the guest of honor’s table was decorated with multi-colored bows, pink and white streamers, and a centerpiece of a small bride and bridegroom in a heart. Several games were played during the evening and prizes won by Miss Ruth Sipe and Miss Jane Grimm, were presented to the future bride. Refreshments of pink iced cake, ice cream, punch, and nuts and mints were served to the Mesdames Daniel Lantz, William Pfister, Elisha Merriman, Raymond Edwards, Amos Miller, Jr., David ! Smith, Dan Ross, Phil Barger, David Roop, and the Misses Mary Sue Lantz, Mary Jo Pfister, Nancy Edwards, Donna Cauble, Ruth Sipe, Barbara Steiner, Jane Grimm, and Jacie Snyder. Sending gifts but unable to attend were Miss Cecilia Lehman, Miss Doris Bluhm, and Miss Pat Liechty. MRS. ROBERT COLTER ' TO NATIONAL CONVENTION Mrs. Robert Colter of Omicron chapter of Delta Theta Tau soror- , ity left tor Omaha, Neb., this morning to attend the 51st national convention of this sorority. Delta Theta Tau has more than 15,000 members, with 212 active chapters and 113 alumnae associations. Slated for the convention will be the choice of a new philanthropy of the sorority’s golden hand fund project; recognition and awards will be given to the chapters achieving the highest goals in philanthropic work; and matters pertaining to the development of the Delta home for retired members. Using L the theme “Space Capades,” the t hostess chapters have planned as social affairs an opening mixer party, two banquet, a luncheon i and a dance. Delta Theta Tau sorority was ■ organized in Muncie in 1903 for the purpose of advancing philanthropy. Some of the sorority’s projects i have been a brace shop opened at Mare Island Naval hospital during World War 11, projected readers with books of film which were ! sent to Veterans hospitals, a cottage for teenage girls from ne-

Calendar Rems tor today’* puu< cation must be phoned in by 1 lsl (Saturday 9:30) Phone 3-2121 MarOea Reep TUESDAY W.S.C.S. Pleasant Mills Methodist church, church, 7: JO p.m. Rebekah lodge, 1.0.0. F. hall, 7:30 p.m. Tri Kappa business meeting, Youth Center, 7:45 p.m. Past Presidents Parley, Legion home, 8 p.m. Rose Garden club, Mrs. John Floyd on Lake George, 12 p.m. Profit and Pleasure Home Demonstration club, Mrs. Harvey Smith, swimming at 6:30 regular meeting at 7:30 o’clock. W.S.C.S. of Trinity E.U.B. church, Lehman’s park, 6 p.m., in case of rain meet at church. Eagles Auxiliary, Eagles hall, officers 7:30, regular meeting at 8 p.m. Monroe Better Homes Demonstration club, Mrs. Claude Laisure, 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY V.F.W. Father’s Auxiliary, post home, 8 p.m. Monroe Methodist Youth Fellowship ice cream social, church lawn, 6:30 until 10 p.m. Decatur Home Demonstration club, Hanna-Nuttman park, 6 p.m. THURSDAY Blue Creek Township Home. Demonstration club, Kims ey | school, 1:30 p.m. Friendship club of Church of God, fellowship hall, 7:30 p.m. Order of the Rainbow for Girls, Masonic hall, 6:45 pm. Zion Lutheran Needle club, parish hall, 1 p.m. Women of the Moose, Moose home, officers at 7:30, lodge at 8 p.m. ' FRIDAY Ice cream social, Mt. Pleasant church, 6 until 10 p.m. Preble Township Farm Bureau, Friedheim Lutheran school, 8 p.m. glected homes, several grants to the blind for seeing-eye dogs, and a large donation to the polio rehabilitation hospital at Magnetic Springs, Ohio, for the “Delta Theta Tau wing.” Two continuous programs are the Delta Theta Tau community school, established in 1929, in Brinkley, Ky., and a nursing service in Knott County, Ky. | The Decatur chapter sponsors the Good Fellows club yearly and i helps in local philanthropic money raising projects. DEMOCRATIC WOMEN TO MEET AT SPANGLER HOME Adams county Democratic women will hold a potluck supper at the home of Miss Rosemary Spangler next Monday evening, Miss Dianne Linn, president, announced this morning. Anyone interested in joining the organization, as well as all members, are invited to attend. The Spangler home is located three miles directly west of the Family ' Inn, formerly Tuckahoe Inn, which is south of Decatur on highway 27. The road ends at the Spangler farm. Thursday at 1:30 o’clock, members of the Blue Creek township Home Demonstration club will meet at the Kimsey school. An ice cream social will be held on the lawn of the Mt. Pleasant church Friday from 6 until 10 o’clock. A meeting of the Preble Township Farm Bureau will be held at the Friedheim Lutheran school, I Friday at 8 o’clock. I The new home of Dr. and Mrs.' H. R. Frey at 132 Porter Vista in the Stratton Place addition is going up, with the walls and roof completed. James L. Kocher, Jr., of 434! Johns street, president of Kocher! Lumber company, is undergoing treatment at Parkview memorial hospital. Fort Wayne. It is hoped that he will be able to return home, and continue treatments by commuting after a few weeks. O. P. Mills has returned from Charlevoix, Mich., where he and his sons and daughters-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mills and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mills, spent the past week fishing. Mills reported that they caught their limit every day and also visited the new bridge at the Straits. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Pacha, of Jacksonville, Fla., arrived Saturday for a five-day visit with the Rev. and Mrs. Edward Pacha. Dick Bremerkamp, assistant director of the Ozzie and Harriet television show, has been visiting in Decatur with his aunt, Mrs. Joseph Laurent. He plans to leave for Chicago and his home in Los' Angeles Wednesday. Mrs. Glenn Roop returned to her home in Gibson City, 111., today after spending a week visiting with Mr. and Mrs. David Roop. Raub Approved As U.S. Attorney WASHINGTON (UPD-The Senate Judiciary Committee Monday approved the nomination of Kenneth C. Raub as U.S. attorney for Northern Indiana.

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Adams county boys and girls thoroughly enjoyed their experiences at Hoosier Girls State and Hoosier Boys State, held during June at Indiana University, Bloomington. Some of the highlights of the two week-long affairs, sponsored by the Indiana department of the American Legion, are related in the accompanying article. •

Caucusing, campaigning for office, and learning to know many new people, nine high school seniors represented this locality at Indiana University Hoosier boys' and girls’ states during June. “I'll never forget it,” and “I learned a lot about government,” were two frequent comments four of these nine delegates gave when they were asked about Hoosier state weeks. i The local delegation to Boys’ I state, June 14-20, were Donald A. Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Baker, sponsored by the Adams Post 43 of the American Legion; Herb W. Banning, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Herb Banning, Sr., sponsored by the Decatur Lions club; James A. Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown, sponsored by the Monroe Lions club; Jay M. j DeVoss, son of Mr. and Mrs. John DeVoss, sponsored by the American Legion; Gerald A. Gillig, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Gillig, sumsored by the American Legion; and Larry R. Sheets, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sheets, sponsored by the Decatur Rotary. Three girls from this area were delegates to Girls’ State, June 2128: Miss Rosalind Flora, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Flora, sponsored by the Adams Post 43, American Legion Auxiliary; Miss Madeline Hedington, daughter of I Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hedington. sponsored by the PTA of Adams j Central high school; and Miss Nancy Rice, daughter of Mr. and I Mrs. Robert J. Rice, sponsored by I the American Legion Auxiliary. Mythical State Groups The conventions for outstanding boys and girls who will be high, school seniors next year are spon-i i sored by the American Legion and its Auxiliary. The schedules offer “a program of practical politics, in which the delegates from all over Indiana hold primary and state elections for their mythical state groups.” But the programs not only offer- j ed training in politics and govern-, ment, but it gave the delegates a, chance to—well, let them express it in thei rown words: “The people, were wonderful,” Miss Rice smiled, when asked about the convention,’ and Miss Hedington, telling what, the purpose of the convention was,l said “The purpose was to teach the girls about politics and to learn to live together.” Three Decatur women were counselors for Hoosier Girls’ State: Mrs. R. C. Hersh and Mrs. T. C. I Smith, government counselors, and. Mrs. Melvin Luhmann. in her first’ j year at Girls’ State, a social coun-; 1 selor. Counselors such as these 1 three helped to get the counties, i ’ cities, and precincts organized. The ■ first girl to arrive for her particu-, lar area was named the deputy clerk, who helped to register the delegates who first had to fill out 1 a form as they would in registering | to vote in their precinct at a real election. Schedules for both Boys’ and Girls’ .State were similar. Saturday, after the delegates arrived, 1 most of them qn chartered buses 1 from their congressional districts, 1 they met in the cities they were assigned to. Organization and caucuses continued Sunday and Monday. By Sunday morning, when organization was in full swing the delegates knew what cities they would be living in. The dormitories in which the delegates were living were divided into several counties, subdivided into two cities which had ten precincts each. Monday the delegates had been instructed on how to file for office, and preparations for campaigning for offices began. Tuesday was state convention day, when the two political parties, the Federalists and the Nationalists, chose their candidates for the state offices, and when the county primary elections were held. . Biggest Day Is Tuesday: Sheets Convention and primary election . day was the biggest day of his stay, Larry Sheets said. Being a delegate to the Nationalists’ state convention, he was in the middle of caucuses and campaigning. The day began, as all days did at both conventions, with flag raising, at 6:30 a.m., before breakfast. The state convention, Sheets remembers, began at 8:30 that morning and continued until lunch, at 12:15 when the convention delegates had to eat lunch, vote in their primary elections, and get back to the convention b> 1 p.m.., for the afternooy

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■ session, which lasted until 3:30 o’- ’ clock. Many of the boys’ staters who • ran for state offices enrolled in I the speech classes which were givi en at the convention, along with po- ' lice, legislature, and band classes. I In the speech sessions, the campaigners, said, the boys goti i practice in giving persuasive! ■ speeches. Elections Nip and Tuck Campaigning went on in these . classes, even, and all through thei ■i living area, when the Federalists ! :! and Nationalists had chosen their i delegates. There wasn’t much time i for campaigning, (Rough, for the .state elections were WednesdayJ ; Sheets ran for state senator on the . Nationalist ticket, and lost by one I vote. The race for Boys’ State gov- . ernor was also a close one. he rei called, as the winner was only 11 • votes ahead of his opponent. i Even so, the delegates did not - vote along party lines, Sheets addl ed. Miss Flora said that this was I also true for Girls' State, where : the delegates were urged to split i their tickets, and not to vote for ' their own party all the way ■ through, but to vote for the person they thought would be best for the office. At Girls’ State, Miss Flora added, the two roommates were always of different political parties. Roommates would talk back and forth, many times in a very’ enthusiastic discussion, about their candidates and party policies, so that the delegates could get to know more about the opposing party. Candidates Could Fulfil Promises The delegates learned to use vot- . | ing machines for the general elec-| I tions Wednesday, which is one of I the most interesting things she learned there. Miss Hedington commented. After the general elections, for the rest of the Boys’ and Girls’ States, the winners took office and the wheels of the junior | governments began to roll, with , the state senate in session, work- ■ ing on all types of legislation and , the state offices were open, as the candidates could now get a chance •to fulfill their campaign promises.! , The delegates who did not have ■ offices were appointed to posts in ! the state government, giving ev- ! eryone a job to do, from the county physician, the office Miss Flora held, to the city police officer. Miss Rice’s positibn. Bills passed, in the Hoosier State legislatures ranged from ones making changes in instructions sent to i the delegates and on delayingi ■ lights out time an hour to ones ; which might be referred to the state legislature. At Girls’ State, i the state legislature had lively dis- ! cussion on standards for teacher , education and on capital punishment, Miss Rice said. The Boys’ State legislature. Sheets said, dis- | cussed a bill on lowering the vot- ! ing qge, which was to be referred to the state legislature. To help the delegates get a better grasp of principles of government, at Girls State, the delegates filled out answer sheets, which their counselors checked for mis i

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understandings. The sheets were not graded, but were the girls’ own personal reference sheets. City Spirit Still, not all the instructions the! students received was in govern-, ment, but, as several delegates said, in living with others. Miss Hedington, who was a city vice chairman for the Nationalists, the party which three girls belonged to, described the life in the dormitory, saying that they went every- . where as a city of about 50 girls. ; Walking through the halls of their j city, the girls had to behave as if they were driving cars, walking on the right side of the street, and, : she added, smilling even giving. J hand signals. Each city had a can-; 1 dielight service near the end of the ! I week, when eaeh girl received a | momento of their Girls’ State stay. Each evening, the groups also had ; their own vespers. Miss Flora ret called, adding that the final ves- ■ per service was for the whole • | Girls’ State delegation. Special as- : I semblies and talent shows ended i the stays at both conventions. The ' boys had their state review on the ’ | Friday night of their stay, while II the girls had an emergency as- :; sembly in addition to their honors day, on the final Sunday. Only Honorary Girls’ Stater It took a piece of emergency legislation to arrange a special ses- ' sion so that the Girls’ State group honorary Girls’ Stater. Mrs. Wells, mother of Indiana University president Herman B Wells, the only honorary Girls’ Stater. Mrs. Wells in her 80’s, has lived with her son in-the presidents’ white house on the campus since her husband’s ■ death 11 years ago, and is the first l lady of the University. She entertains guests of the University, and does the cooking when she and President Wells eat alone. And she is an especially gracious hostess, Mrs. Hersh, one of the Decatur counselors at Girls’ State, said, telling of the time the Wellses opened their house for a wedding and reception for one of the University's foreign students. One of the most memorable things about the Girls’ State stay, the delegates added, was a univer-sity-wide convocation on Poland. Julien Bryan, who had lived in Poland, showed what had happened to the country during World War 11, and how it gradually got back on its feet afterwards. The final session for the Girls’ State was the honors day program, Sunday afternoon in the auditorium l at Indiana University, when all delegates, attired in formals, met to give special recognition to the state officers, just, as the Boys’ Staters did at their special dress review. The three girls all listed this as one of the most memorable parts of their convention. And the comment one of the girls, Miss Flora, who was a member of the j chorus of 250 girls who sang at the program, is evidence of the sound friendships the delegates gained in addition to their knowledge of government: “You coYHd tell that they didn’t want to leave.” i

Berne Mothers Ask Kindergarten Class .Kindergarten helps provide a necessary adjustment for entrance into the elementary school, the prokindergarten side has pointed out in the Berne-French school issue. . The mothers’ club for a kinderI garten in the Berne-French township school system pointed out Monday that it has received a Jet'ter from the board of school trustees in Berne stating that it had unanimously passed a resolution In 1957 that promised that the board would make every effort to provide at least temporary facilities for a kindergarten in the school by the fall of 1958. As there was no positive action taken for the 1957-58 school year, the club again approached the board early this year, and the club received a letter similar to the earlier one< except that it added that the school corporation reorganization' act passed by the Indiana general assembly this year will mandate a complete reorganization of the schools in each county of l the state within the coming school I year, and that the Berne-French i elementary and high school will be] affected by this law. The mothers’ study club has said it was told that the corporation reorganization act will be only in the planning stages, and that this will not affect the school physically this school year. They point out that the board also told them this past May that room is available for kindergarten this fall. Appropriations for kindergarten j were made in the 1957-58 school ! session, and in that year there was a general increase in the tax rate. However, this appropriation was not used, the club points put, and that this appropriation can be reappropriated for this season with no increase in the tax rate. The kindergarten would affect 13 French township children. To clear up the transportation question. it has been suggested that a car pool be formed instead of mak- ’

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ing arrangements for the five-year-olds to ride the school bus, from 45 to 50 minutes. Closing their defense, the club said that kindergarten aids the child in reading readiness, number sense and learning to follow instructions. Where it has been adopted, the kindergarten program has been followed, and cancellations of it are wholly unknown, members pointed out. » Admitted The Rev. Lawrence Norris, Zanesville; Vilas Roth, Fort Wayne. Dismissed Mrs. Lester Diehl, Ohio City, Ohio; Mrs. Arline Reynolds, Bryant; Mrs. Gerald Durkin, Decatur; Mrs. Lorenz Thieme, Decatur; Amos Sovine, Decatur; Mrs. Jackie McDonald and baby girl, Decatur. “BROASTED” GOLDEN BROWN CHICKEN SHAFFER’S RESTAURANT . 904 N. 13th St. Phone 3-3857 NOTICE I will be Out of My Office July 16 to 20 Inclusive. Dr. Melvin Weisman