Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 170, Decatur, Adams County, 21 July 1959 — Page 3

TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1959

MONROE CLUB MEETS RECENTLY FOR PICNIC The Monroe Better Homes Home Demonstration club met for their annual picnic at the home of one of the members recently. The meeting was opened with the repeating of the club creed in unison after which the song of the month, “America The Beautiful,” was sung in unison. Devotions were taken from the 12th chapter of Hebrews after which lessons dealing with the heart and another telling about health insurance, were presented. Mrs. Erwin Stucky had charge of the business meeting. Roll was called and members answered by telling their favorite recipe for a cold drink. It was announced that there will be a “Gypsy Frolic” at the Wells county game preserve August 5. Those wishing to attend are asked to contact Mrs. Stucky by July 27 for reservaions. Donations and workers for the 4-H fair were taken and the meeting closed with the prayer. ’ St. Anne’s Study club members will meet with Mrs. Anselm Hackman Thursday at 2 o’clock.

Dr. K. L. Reppert returned this week from Denver, Colo., where he attended an international convention of auctioneers. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hockers of DePere, Wis., visited with Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Scott and family on their return trip from northern Michigan. Mrs. Hockers and Mrs. Scott have been corresponding for several years and this was their first meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Heller have returned from an eight weeks trip to Oakland, Calif. Traveling 5.000 miles, the Hellers visited in Salt Lake City, Reno, Nev., Big Basin, Calif., and Yosemite Park. Joe Aschliman, 79, of route four, is receiving treatment in the Clinic hospital in Bluffton, after he fell at his home last week, suffering a broken right hip. His condition is satisfactory. Ralph Smith, Jr., suffered a broken left small toe when he tripped over a chair Sunday at his home. I DECATUR DRIVE-IN THEATRE O O — Last Time Tonight — “THE MATING GAME” Debbie Reynolds, Tony Randall ALSO—Patterson-Johansson Fight Picture & Cartoons. O O WED. & THURS. BUCK NITES Full Carload for a Dollar! First Class, First Rate Entertainment at a Bargain! TWO COLOR FEATURES! It’s First Run—Fast-Funny With Five Song Hits! i Ar JAMES cagnetQ wa»mi-CAMniu«s^. w — ADDED SMASH — ELVIS PRESLEY “LOVING YOU” <O-0 Starting Fri. for 5 Days! “SOME LIKE IT HOT”

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Mrs. George Ringger and baby have been dismissed from the Clinic hospital in Bluffton and have returned to their home on Bluffton route four. Eight-year-old Jane Friedt, 1024 Jackson street, is one of the winners of a magic cord trick for submitting one of the five most neatly prepared correct solutions to a word square puzzle in the Cappy Dick young hobbies section of the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette July 8. BMta Phillip and Janet Hott Krick of Indianapolis, are parents of a seven pound girl born at 4 a. m. today. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Krick and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hott, all of Decatur, are the grandparents. Admitted Harry B. Bauer, Decatur; Mrs. Werner Lehman, Berne; Master Daniel Kaehr, city. Dismissed Hobart Miller, Geneva; Mrs. Chancy Betz and baby boy, city. Showers Are Boon To County's Crops The St Mary’s river, only slightly affected by the weekend’s rains, has receded from 1.64 feet Sunday morning to 1.25 feet this morning. i This was one of the few rises rei corded in the St. Mary’s stage this month. On July 2, after July was ushered in with some severe thunderstorms, the St. Mary’s had stood at 5.20 feet. Monday was cool and slightly cloudy, and dawned into a cloudless day this morning. By noon, : there was a high overcast in the sky, as temperatures nevertheless were headed for the high 80’s, and there was rain in the forecast for late this evening and for Wednesday. Over the weekend, the areas which received the most rainfall considered themselves lucky, for corn and soybean fields and parched lawns welcomed the moisture. Oats fields are ripening fast now and ready for harvest just as soon as the moisture content goes down and the ground becomes firmer, where the heaviest rains had made it soft. Friday, when the most rain fell generally, the highest reading for this area was in Hartford township, where 2.45 inches fell Friday alone. The Hartford township total for the weekend was 3.25 inches. In Preble township, the highest weekend total for the area was 3.40 inches, as two inches fell Saturday and Sunday. In other area readings, Berne had a 2.12 inch fall for the weekend, when 1.80 inches fell Friday and .42 inch fell Saturday afternoon and Sunday. Bluffton received .88 inch of ra'in Friday and the Wabash river there was rising, standing at 1.14 feet Friday. Portland received .67 inch of rain Friday, while in Celina, 0., .42 inches fell Friday. Hawaii’s famous grass skirt was originally imported from Samoa in the 10th century and is now made in New Jersey. STAN KENTON Edgewater Park Celina, Ohio Sunday, July 26

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Calendir items tor today’s ptu. toation must be phoned in by I •JB. (Saturday 9:30) Fnone 3-21 H MarttM Rae* TUESDAY Decatur Weight Watchers, 1147 Mix Avenue, 7:30 p.m. Delta Theta Tau picnic, HannaNuttman, 6:30 p.m. 1 Jolly Housewives Home Demonstration club, Bobo schol, 7:30 p.m. Merry Matrons home demonstration club, Mrs. Ed Gerbers’ home, 8 p.m. Kirkland Ladies club picnic, Hanna-Nuttman shelter house, 6:30 p.m. C.L. of C. potluck supper, C.L. of C. hall, 6:30 p.m. Sunny Circle home demonstration club, Preble township community building, 8 p.m. Root Township home demonstration club, Mrs. Harold Owens, usual time. Decatur Garden club, Mrs. Charles Beineke, 2 p.m. WEDNESDAY Live and Learn home demonstration club, Mrs. Gerald Springer, 1:30 p.m. Ruth and Naomi Circle, Zion E. and R. church, 2 p.m. THURSDAY St. Anne’s study club, Mrs. Anselm Hackman, 2 p.m. St. Paul’s Missionary Ladies Aid, Mrs. Tom Noll, all day. Union Chapel W. S. W. S., church basement, 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY Roadside Council picnic, Hier’s park in Huntington, 12 noon. Miss New Mexico Quits In Contest LONG BEACH, Calif. (UPD — Miss New Mexico said Monday night she quit the Miss Universe contest because pageant officials restricted her more than the archbishop she defied by parading in a bathing suit. Sue Ingersoll, 20, a Roman Catholic, told a news conference: “I was not allowed to make phone calls, and people were not allowed to call me.” She said this was a “much worse restriction” than the ban of Archbishop Edwin V. Byrne of New Mexico who had warned that she and her family would be denied the sacraments if she paraded publicly in a bathing suit. Pageant Director Oscar Meinhardt said Miss Ingersoll’s charges were “ridiculous.” “It is part of the policy that we have learned down through the years to keep the girls away from certain people,” he said. “As for Sue Ingersoll herself, she was giv- ( en every chance to talk whenever she wanted.” Larry Ehinger To Enter Dayton U. Larry Ehinger, son of Mrs. Jewel Ehinger of 329 Line street, passed the entrance exams at Dayton University Saturday, preparatory to enrolling in the school’s electrical technological courses in the fall Ehinger, presently an employe of the Citizens Telephone Co., is a 1957 graduate of Decatur Catholic high school. Mueller Nominated Commerce Secretary WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Eisenhower today nominated Undersecretary of Commerce Frederick Henry Mueller to be secretary of commerce. Mueller succeeds Lewis L. Strauss, former Atomic Energy Commission chairman who resigned after his nomination was rejected by the Senate. The new appointee, who is 65 • years old, was a Grand Rapids. Mich., furniture manufacturer before he became assistant secretary of commerce for domestic affairs in 1956. He was named undersecretary last Nov. 3. Schedule Meetings On School Studies INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — T|ie Indiana Farm Bureau will hold three conferences in August for Hoosier bureau leaders, judges and local school officials to acquaint them with studies to be made under provisions of the School Corporation Reorganization Act of 1959. The meetings will be in Indianapolis, Rochester, and Jasper on Aug. 4, 5 and 10, respectively. JACK MEYER Coartlnu»d from page one causing the car to spin out of control and turn over several times along the roadside, three miles east of Harlan on state road 101. The injured Meyer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Meyer, of the same address. According to UNESCO, the world has about 700 million illiterate persons over the age of 15. Seventyfive per cent of the world’s illiterate population lives in Asia.

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Mrs. Eisenhower Launches Savannah CAMDEN, N.J. (UPI) — Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower cracks a bottle of champagne today on the steel prow of the N.S. Savannah, the world’s first atpmic-powered merchant ship. Called the world’s safest vessel, the Savannah — named for the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean — will go into full commercial operation after approximately 2’4 years of tests. Construction of the ship is expected to be completed by early next year. Built at the New York Shipbuilding Corp, here at a cost of $40,950,000, Uie Savannah is 595.5 feet long, can carry 9,400 tons of cargo and will accommodate about 60 passengers in addition* to a crew of 100 to 130 officers and men. Developing a cruising speed of 21 knots on 22,000 horsepower, the Savannah will be able to sail at full power for 314 years and cover about 300,000 miles without refueling. The Savannah, described by President Eisenhower as “a floating laboratory,” eventually will be chartered to a private operator to be used in normal commercial service. Until that time, however, a lengthy shakedown period will pass. For the first six to 12 months after outfitting is completed and the 1,551-pound fuel core of uranium oxide pellets is loaded into the reactors, the sleek vessel will undergo “initial tests and trials.” Thus period will serve to iron out any of the bugs which often develop in machinery as revolutionary as the Savannah's. For the following 18 months the ship will go into limited commercial operation carrying passengers _ principally nuclear scientists and engineers studying the reator operation — and cargo but not on a regular schedule. After that, if everything checks out, the Savannah will be charr tercd In its , design and construction : the Savannah is built to be the ■ safest ship in the world. Two factors governed its construction it must be as safe or safer than any other vessel of its class with regard to the usual hazards of the , sea, and "in no credible accident hall there be any hazardous release of radioactivity.” It is desighed to remain afloat with two main compartments to- " tally flooded. 1 Adams Central Supper Reported Succesful • The annual ice cream supper a* i Monroe continued in spite of rain Saturday evening, in the Adams • Central school gymnasium. ■ The supper, sponsored by the Adi ams Central music loyalty club ’ was scheduled to raise money for ’i new uniforms for the enlarged ■ school band. Reports after the supper were that it was a success in spite of the weather. Berne Truck Driver Involved In Fatal BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -UPD — i Donnie E. George, 17, Blooming- ■ ton, was killed today when a truck smashed into his farm tractor on Ind. 37 four miles south of here. > George was operating the trac--1 tor north along the highway when ' a semi-trailer used for hauling stone came over the, crest of a hill and rammend into the rear of the tractor. The truck was driven by David D. Somano, 20, Berne. ’ Report Vandalism At ’ Montezuma Cemetery Approximately 70 tombstones were reported turned over in Merr cer county’s Ellis cemetery at - Montezuma, 0., over the weekend, s as vandalism of cemeteries in nearby counties continues. 5 The Mercer county sheriffs dei. partment reported that none of the stones had been broken, but the damage was considered large. c In some instances, this uprooting a of old stones was similar to the vandalism in the Bethel cemetery on .the Mercer-Van Wert county line several weeks ago. Other reports of vandalism have been reported at Wapakoneta, 0., and Jay City. ; Indiana Reservist ; Killed By Lightning ‘ -x. FT. DEVENS, Mass. (UPD — 1 Lightning struck an encampment . of Army reservists Monday night. killing one man and injuring 17 others, the Army disclosed todays The Army said lightping bolts struck a bivouac area of about . ( l,ood Reserve Officers Training ■ Corps cadets during a thunder- ) storm. ) The encampment was at Mirror Lake on this sprawling Army f base. 1 The lightning killed-an enlisted man, Pfc. John William Allen, 21. Metamora, Ind. The Army said [ Allen was a member of the sth . Field Hospital Group participating in the bivouac with the cadets. Os the 17 injured, two were hospitalized.

J IL flgKy |WMM» I tfe WK -•■ Vf*. «'' ■ ziL 4 \ wl Bl '&&S t> lr * Wl mfsW w«3Bb P' ePVvS’ J? ■' a *Ay« —Photo by Anspaugh Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wayne Amstutz Mr. and Mrs. Amstutz Are Married July 5 At 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon, July 5, Miss Dixie Kay Gettinger became the bride of Robert Wayne Amstutz. Double ring wedding vows were read by the Rev. Stuart Brightwell in the First Baptist church. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Mabel Gettinger of 426 West Arch street, Portland, and her husband is the sen of Mrs. Mabel Amstutz of 2356 West High street, Geneva. For her marriage, the bride selected an off-white sheath dress that had a short jacket trimmed in gold. With her dress she wore gold accessories and carried a hand bouquet of roses and carnations. Mr. and Mrs. Amstutz are now making their home at 22614 South Marshall street, Decatur. He is employed at Kresgc’s warehouse in Fort Wayne.

Queen Elizabeth Resumes Royal Tour EDMONTON, Alberta (UPD — Queen Elizabeth 11, apparently recovered from an upset stomach that forced’her to take a two-day rest from her rigorous round of engagements, was due to resume her royal tour today. The Queen and her husband. Prince Philip, spent the night aboard the royal train after arriving in separate planes from the Northwest Territories. The prince visited Yellowknife and Uranium Sjty just inside the Saskatchewan order Monday while the Queen rested. Shortly before the Queen’s departure from Whitehorse, a spokesman said she had almost recovered from a stomach upset

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caused by food and aggravated by fatigue.” In London, several newspapers expressed concern about the Queen’s health and criticized court advisers for planning too stiff a schedule for her Canadian tour. Seeking Information ! On Cemetery Vandals Anyone with information which might lead to the arrest of the person or persons who were responsible for the desecration of the Dougherty cemetery near Jay City, Jay County, should contact the Jay county sheriff, George ■ Scott. 1 ' A Jay county man, who wants to 1 remain unidentified, has offered a 1 SIOO reward for information leading to their arrest. Vandals tore ■ up a large number of tombstones i! in the cemetery recently, strewing t them throughout the burial t! grounds.

Haugks Celebrate 21st Anniversary After a somewhat less than auspicious beginning as a coal yard operation, what is now known as Haugk’s Plumbing and Heating Co. has progressed into one of Decatur’s most modern and functional business establishments. Celebrating its 21st anniversary, the establishment now serves this community and many pthers in the surrounding area. Herman Haugk, president of the firm, and a native of Decatur, was joined in the business by his son, Fred, after he was discharged from the Army in 1945. They employ. six local persons besides countless union personnel, who are utilized for the bigger construction jobs. Currently operating from quarters at 209 N. 13th street with 9,000 square feet of space since 1954, the firm has installed the plumbing and heating fixtures at such places as the Adams county memorial hospital, St. John’s Lutheran school, the Wabash county hospital, the Huntington county, hospital and other notable places.! The firm handles American 1

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Standard and Koehler plumbing fixtures, Philco appliances, ranging from refrigerators to radios and television sets, American furnaces, and Youngstown kitchens. Jim Kortenber is the retail manager since joining the firm in 1957. Also on the staff are Earl Starks, heating specialist; Paul Harden, plumbing specialist; LaVerne (Chick) Roth, TV serviceman; Leßoy Bulmahn, driver, and Mary Nelson, office and ’ sales clerk. Well Preserved BIRMINGHAM, Calif. (UPD— Mrs. R. J. Reyna was the envy of al) her friends when she recently tried on her high school graduation dress, vintage 1929. It fitted perfectly. But that’s not all. She pulled,on her white silk graduation stockings, same age. They were flawless. Find Ancient Anchor GLOUCESTER, Mass. (UPI)— A 1,250-pound granite and wood anchor, found recently at the bottom of Gloucester's inner harbor, may have been used by early Eng-., lish explorers, marine historians J theorize. These explorers used thia ' harbor as a base as early as 1624.