Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 193, Decatur, Adams County, 17 August 1959 — Page 4

MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1959.

STORK SHOWER HONORS MRS. RAYMOND BECHER A stork shower honoring Mrs. Raymond Becher, Jr., was held Sunday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Clara Becher. A pink and blue color, scheme was used with the gift table centered .with a stork. ~y. Those present for the occasion were the Mesdames Calvin Dubach, Chester Fox. Minnie Wilson. Harley J. Reef. Norman Becher, Paul Longsworth. Lester Haines. Don DeArmond. Richard Fennig, Rufus Kirchhofer. Clara Becher, and the Misses Lolo Fogle. Susie. Nancy, Gloria, Linda, and Rita Longsworth, Jaunita Becher, and assisting hostess. Miss Marjorie Lou Becher. Unable to attend but sending gifts were Mrs. Reuben Lehman. Mrs. Kent Koons, Mrs. Hugo Ehrman and Kav Ann. Mrs. Wilbur Kirchhofer, Mrs. V. E. Pribe and Carol Ann. JOSEPH COSTELLO TO WED FORT WAYNE GIRL A November 21 wedding in the St. Patrick’s Catholic church at Fort Wayne, is being planned by Miss Kathleen Hogan and her fiance, Joseph C. Costello. Miss Hogan's betrothal was recently announced by her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Hogan of 1922 Webster street, Fort Wayne. The future bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis R. Costello of Decatur. Miss Hogan is a graduate of Central Catholic high school at Fort Wayne, and her fiance, who graduated from Decatur Catholic \ high school, is also a graduate of '‘toe University of Notre Dame. Both are employed by the Peoples Trust and Savings Company at Fort Wayne. MR. AND MRS. FRITZINGER CELEBRATE 50th ANNIVERSARY Mrs. Don Gage and Mrs. Thomas Kitson entertained Sunday evening with a supper honoring their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Fritzinger. Occasion for the celebration was the 50th wedding anniversary of the honored couple. Mr. and Mrs. Fritzinger are the parents of two daughters, Mrs. Tom (Faye) Kitson and Mrs. Don (Marv Jane) Gage. They also have three grandchildren, Daniel Kitson of Akron, Ohio, and David and Mary Lou Kitson of Decatur. DECATUR CLASS OF ’39 HAS ANNUAL REUNION School colors of gold and purple dominated the setting for the annual reunion of members of the 1939 graduating class of Decatur high school. The reunion which was held Sunday at the Decatur Youth and Community Center, was attended by approximately 45 members of the class and their husbands and wives. Jim Highland served as master of ceremonies for the pro- ; gram and was seated along with , visitor; at the speakers table. Centering the table was an arrangement of drift wood and a large golden palm spade which was enhanced with different shades of purple sweet peas. Prizes were awarded by the master of ceremonies to Mrs. David Sommer, Mrs. Freman Stephler, and Bill Spahr. Clarence Stapleton gave the invocation and a short talk was presented by W. Guy Brown, superintendent of De- ! catur public schools. 1 Members of the committee, Mrs. 1 David Heller, Mrs. Cloyde Rucker, ; Miss Florence Brandyberry, Mrs. 1

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Culendu* ttema tor today's pu» *cation must be phoned in by 1 «.■. (Saturday 9:90) Phone 3-Zin Marilee Reep MONDAY Decatur Woman's Bowling Association, Mies Recreation, 8 p.m. Adams ecounty home demonstration chorus, Monroe Farm Bureau building, 7:30 p m. TUESDAY Pocahontas lodge, members and husbands, Mrs. Theron Dull, 6 p.m. Eta Tau Sigma, Joe Rash residence, 8 p.m. C.L. of C. August potluck dinner and social night, C.L. of C. hall, 6:30 p.m. Decatur Garden club .Mrs. Gail Baughman, 2 p.m. Tri Kappa Pledge picnic, Boy Scout shelter, Hanna-Nuttman, 6:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY Decatur Home demonstration club, C.L. of C. Hall, 2 p.m. Pleasant Mills W.S.C.S., Mrs. Fern Frey, 314 North Ninth street, 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY Zion Lutheran Needle club, Parish hall, 1 p.m. Friendship Village Home Demonstration club, family picnic, Lehman park, 6:30 p.m. Order of the Rainbow for Girls, Masonic hall, 6:45 p.m. Chairmen for Women of the Moose, Moose home, 7 p.m. SATURDAY Rummage sale at First Christian church, basement, 9 a m. until 5 p.m. Ray Fager, Mrs. Joe Hazlewood. Richard Shaffer, Clarence Stapleton, Kenneth Gaunt, and Hubert Zerkel, Jr., planned many features for the day’s program. The same commitee will have charge of next year’s affair. ILoralLs ”Mr”"and Mrs. Leo N "SelteSright and son returned to JJecatur over the weekend after a~week’s fishing apd camping trpi in Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Fuelilng, route three, and Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Blakey, route five, returned recently from a ten-day - trip to Denver. Colo. They visited with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Scheiman, former county residents, who know live in Derby, Colo, a suburb of Denver. Five local youths left Sunday for a week at Taylor University to attend a special basketball-religion clinic. David and Richard Anderson, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Anderson; David Anspaugh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Anspaugh; Douglas Spaulding, son of Dr. and Mrs. John Spaulding, and William Brown, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. William Brown, were escorted to the Upland campus by their parents. Miss Marilou Holthouse, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Holthouse, route five, Windswept, is celebrating her sixteenth birthday today. Mr. and Mrs. D. Burdette, Custer Sr., and son John have returned from a two-week vacation which included visits at Denver, Col., Colorado Springs, and Spearhead, S. Dak., where they saw the passion play enacted.

Mrs. John Lee Suter —Photo by Anspaugh

Miss Sara Gerber Is—> Bride of John Suter

Altar vases of white gladioli and) large wedding vases of white, yellow, and bronze-orange gladioli| formed the setting for the Sunday afternoon marriage of Miss Sara Ann Gerber to John Lee Suter in the First Methodist church. The Rev. Ralph Casebolt received vows in the double ring ceremony beginning at 3:30 o'clock. Mrs. Edgar Gerber, organist, presented nuptial selections: “Chancel Radiance,” by Carl Wilhelm Kern; "Liebestraum." by Franz Liszt; “Chorale and Prayer,” from Suite Gothique by Boellmann, and “The Lord Is My Shepherd,” by Koschat. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl David Gerber, 121 South Fifth street, and the bridegroom is the son of Mr. and r Mrs. Paul Suter, Nevada, Ohio. White bows marked the pews, and the bridal aisle was laid with white carpet. The bride, given in marriage by her father, appeared in a gown of imported brocade satin. Elegant in its simplicity, the gown had a fitted bodice with long sleeves tapering to points over the hands and a V-neckline framed with jeweled appliques of Venice lace. Enhancing the floor - length sheath skirt was a chapel length ‘train falling from a gathered hipline forming a deep V, enriched with jeweled Venice lace in the back. She carried a bouquet of creamy white Amazon lilies complimentedoy white gladiolus florets. On her head a satin cloche encrusted with seed pearls held her French illusion veil. Miss Susan Gerber was her sister's maid of honor, the Misses Carol Walchle, Fort Wayne; Mary Lou Johns. Bucyrus, O.; sister of the bridegroom, and Judy Locke, Portland, were bridesmaids. The attendants wore sheaths of crystalbacked satin champagne gold. The gowns were styled with empire bodices topped with portrait necklines and short sleeves. The midriffs wgre of French cotton lace Back double panels of satin fell from the waist to the hemlines in back. The attendants headpieces were matching tiaras of leaves and grape clusters which held circular veils. Robert Sortland. Lima. 0.1. was best man, and ushers were David Johns, Bucyrus. O.; John Eier, Dayton, O.; Charles Loucks. Jamestown, N.Y. The bride's mother wore a mauve pink draped sheath of imported linen styled with a matching embroidered linen lace bodice and a deep-cut V back from which a large bow with panels fell. Pink accessories complemented her gostume. The bridegroom's mother wore a soft blue taffeta sheath with an overskirt of matching blue nylon, and white accessories complemented her ensemble. Both mothers wore white orchid corsages. At 4:30 o'clock, the wedding Quality | Photo Finishings AD Work Left Before 8:00 p. m. Monday Ready Wednesday at 10 a. bl Holthouse Drug Co.

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1 party received 200 guests at the I bride's home. The receiving line was in front of the fire place, and the guests were served in the spacious living room. The punch table was set under a canopy on the patio with a white cloth draped with smilax Punch bowls at either end of the table flanked the circular center floral arrangements of variegated gladioli and smilax. Over the flowers, a large circular plate glass supported by low sherbet glasses, each holding a gladiolus blossom, was used as a tray for hors d'oeuvres. In the dining room, the cake table w r as laid with a beige and gold damask cloth and centered with a white three-tier divided wedding cake with swags and lilies of yellow. An icing arrangement on .top resembles a corsage of yellow lilies and roses. White gathered tulle encircled the- bases of the three-branch silver candelabra on either side of the cake. Slender vases of yellow gladioli were used ip the center of the candelabra which held yellow decorated tapers. Coffee was served from either end of the table. Miss Jane Gerber, sister of the bride, was in charge of the guest book. Serving were Miss Nancy Gerber, sister of the bride: Miss Anita Smith; Mrs.. Armin Schmidt, Marysville. 0., and Mrs. Robert Sortland, Lima, O. For her going-away ensemble, the new Mrs. Suter chose a twopiece suit of natural pure silk shantung. A feathered cloche with toast velvet trim and toast accessories complemented he’ costume. She wore a corsage of white Amazon lilies. The bride, a member of Tri Kappa sorority, received a BA degree at Heidelberg College. Tiffin, 0.. and taught kindrgarten in Van Wert, O. The bridegroom, also a graduate of Heidelberg with the BA degree, attends the University of Wisconsin graduate school. Mr. and Mrs. Suter will be at home after August 30 at 300 Mulberry street, Lake Mills, Wise. W.S.O.S. MEMBERS MEET AT RUE STRAYER HOME Mrs. Rue Strayer, served as hostess for members of the Women's Society of Christian Service Wednesday afternoon with 16 mfembers and three guests in attendance. After the meeting had been opened by president. Mrs. Austin Merriman, Mrs. Carl Schug gave the devotions using Psalms 46. She also read a poem and offered several prayers. The president had charge of the lessson while Mrs. Merle Riley read an article entitled “World Federation.” During a brief business session, roll call was answered by members telling their idea of a perfect vacation. Mrs. Slisha Merriman closed the meeting with a prayer after? which refreshments of ice cream,' cake, and a drink were served by the hostess. Thursday at 6:30 o'clock, members of the Friendship Village Home Demonstration club will have a family picnic at Lehman park in Berne at table number 14. All club members and their families are invited to attend. Thursday at 6:45 o’clock, members of the Order of the Rainbow for Girls will hold a meeting at the Masonic hall. Chairmen for the Women of the Moose will meet Thursday at 7 o’clock at the Moose home. A rummage sale will be held at the First Christian church Saturday from 9 am. until 5 p.m. ’

— p p . AUGUST MEETING OF MONROE CLUB IS HELD RECENTLY ' The August meeting of the Monroe Better Homes Demonstration club was held last week at the home of Mrs. Lee Parrish with 19 members and three guests answering roll call by naming their favorite song. Mrs. Harry Crownover, vice president of the organization, opened the meeting by leading the group in repeating the club creed and collect followed with the song of the month. Devotions were led by Mrs. Forest Ray after which the Lords Prayer was repeated by the group. “Techniques in Laundry." was the lesson presented by Mrs. Richard Everett and the health and safety lesson was given by Mrs. Leonard Johnston. She used as her subject, the 11 A.B.C.’s of obedience.” At the close of the brief business session, the group was dismissed with a prayer by Mrs. Lilly Rich. During the social hour, games were played under the direction of Mrs. Lillian Stucky and Mrs.' Claude Laisure. The hostesses, Mrs. Parrish, Mrs. Wayne Hirschy, and Mrs. Forest Ray, served refreshments at the end of the meeting. MRS. HELMRICH HONORED GUEST AT BABY SHOWER Mrs. David Helmrich was the honored guest at a baby shower recently at the home of Mrs. Otto Helmrich. The gift table was decorated with streamers of crepe paper, and had a printed cover appropriate for thes hower. Games werep layed and refreshments served to the Mesdames Hugo Murchland, Ralph Manky, Earl Wood, George Panaccuilli, ' Bill Thomas, Otto Helmrich. Karl ' Snyder, Glayds Saylor, Gerald Jahn, Lester Cowans, Don Dale, William Lemar, Bill Safford, and Francis Holmes and the Misses J Shirley Howard, Susan Helmrich, Donna Jahn, Pamella Holmes, Marlene Cowans, and the Hostesses, Miss Carol Helmrich and Mrs. ' Dale Brandt. Unable to attend but sending gifts were the Mesdames Jerry Cowans, Harold Wood, William Worthman. Ernest Worthman, and Milton Scherry.

At the Adams county memorial hospital: Saturday afternoon at 3:29 p.m. Donald D. and Rosie Moore Roop of rural route 1, Decatur, became parents of a five pound, 10 ounce girl. Jake J. and Leah Schwartz Schwartz of 665 High street, areparents of an eight pound, three and one half ounce boy born at 6 a.m. Sunday. A six pound, 12(4 ounce girl was born at 7:57 a.m. today to Donald and Linda Lou Smalley Barkley of rural route 3, Decatur.

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Admitted Miss Faye Bittner, Decatur; Clem Baker, Decatur; James H. Feltz, Geneva; Mrs. Wilbur Hawkins, Decatur; Mrs. Edna Peterson, Decatur; Amos Sovine, Decatufl James Scott, Monroeville; Mrs. Hiram Wittwer, Monroe; Mrs. Emma Heuer, Berne. Dismissed Mrs. Wilmer Bultemeier and baby boy, Decatur; Mrs. Robert Litwiller and baby boy. Decatur: Mrs. Basil May, Portland; Palmer Sprunger, Geneva. *- ** « - u , ' <• - \ . / . < ' .♦ KB ) ■isa BLASTOFF FOR PICKUP — The Discoverer V, a Thor boosted missile, blasts off at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., for the space capsule pickup southwest of the Hawaiian islands.

Pleasant Mills Lions ■ Count 450 At Social Although the weather forced the Pleasant Mills ice cream social ! inside the Pleasant Mills high - school Saturday evening, the event • was a “tremendous success," I Lions club president Norman J. ' Young said this morning. I Approximately 450 persons, i counting by the number of plates ' used, attended, even though the' - rain and some wind forced the 1 social inside the high school about “ 7:30 p.m. The social was sponsori ed by the Pleasant Mills Lions J club and the Gals and Pals home I demonstration club, and all proceeds will go into the fund for the > young boys’ baseball teams which I the Lions Club began sponsoring I this year. > I The Lions club, organized a year > ago, is planning to sponsor a fourth baseball team, a Pony Lea- • gue team, for boys too did for Lit- - tie League and too young for the I high school league. An organizaJ tion meting will be held Wednesday evening at the Pleasant Mills high school. : The next event the Lions club will sponsor in its efforts to fi- , nance the four baseball teams, will i be a cider and doughnut stand Sep- , tember 7 through 12 in Van Wert, Ohio. I For this ice cream social, the cooperating clubs were working ’ with 15 ice cream freezers, and attracted a newsman from Day- . ton, 0., who was driving through : to Wisconsin on his vacation. Instead, he took a temporary busman’s holiday, stopped at the I high school, took pictures and askI ed Questions. Although he had enjoyed freezing homemade ice I cream, he had never seen so many . going at once, he commented. : German Guest Leaving After Summer Visit Here ; Miss Barbara Schmidt, of Germ- - any, who has spent the past two , months with the Dr. James Burk [ family, will return home Tuesday by air. Miss Betsy Burk, daughter of •Dr. and Mrs. Burk, spent last sumI mer with the Schmidt family as an ■ exchange student. The Burk family will accompany their guest to Chicago’s Midway airport, where she will leave for Dusseldorf, Germany, to be met by her parents. Youth for Christ Rally For Students Saturday Students leaving for colleges and universities this fall will be featuried at the county-wide Youth for Christ rally which will be held at the Berne-French gym Saturday evening at 8 p.m. Musical specials, both instrumental and vocal, testimonies and a brief inspirational message will be on the program. The public is invited. COUNTY ASC Continued from, page one merman, Walter Zimmerman and Victor Grove. Monroe: Franklin E. Steury, Glen Strahm, Silvan Hirschy, Ivan Steury, Henry Nussbaum, Martin Habegger, Laurel Mattax, Robert Isch, James Nussbaum and Lawrence Eicher. • Preble: Gerhard Bieberich, Walter Hoffman, Robert Werling, Gilbert Bultemeier, Raymond Bulmahn. Walter Hildebrand, Albert Erxleben, Edwin Reifstock, Vernon Macke and Waldo Conrad. Root: Frederick W. Aumann, Herman Franz, Jr., Kenneth Schnepf Clar- . ence Macke. Herbert Boerger, Fred Kunkel, William Susdorf. Lawrence Fuelling, Norval Fuhrman and Wilfred Scherer. St. Marys: Thomas M. Hilpert, Thomas Sheehan, Benoit P. Johnson, Gale Cook, Robert Ross, Jack Ross, Gordon Burkhart, Robert Bailey, Eular Hill, Glen L. Chronister. Union: Oscar H. Fuelling, Louis Sheets. Fred Ulman, Louis Straub, Theodore Bleeke, Sid Wass, Ivan Barkley, Hugo Blakey, Ernst Thieme and Cloyce Crozier. Wabash: Merle Kuhn, Claren Lehman, Arthur Ford, Leßoy Biberstein, Tom Robinson, Raymond Black, Robert Gerber, Ernest Sprunger, Raymond VanEmon and Wilbur Kirchhoffer. Washington: Howard Evans, Floyd Marshand, John Braun, Sheldon Wagley, Russell Stump, Bernard Straub, Luther Engle, James Loshe. Ora Ratcliff, and Kenneth Schwaller. over im YUKS BOWER JEWELRY STORE Decatur Indiana

"! t * wi ,r ~'— 1 I ' —’ | r H K|| HLFt . 112 AMENDMENTS!— The co-chairmen of the House labor 1 subcommittee, Rep. William Ayres (D), Ohio, and (right) Rep. Phil Landrum (D), Georgia, look like confetti-covered •‘heroes’’ with that 75-foot string of amendments (112 of them) to the Senate-passed Kennedy labor bill in Washington. In the House the bill is known as the Elliott bill.

Salem Reunion Draws Large Crowd Approximately 100 persons came to the 30th annual Salem Methodist church homecoming Sunday for a noon potluck dinner and to hear the Rev. A. E. Burk, former minister of the church, speak. Austin Merriman was elected president of the homecoming group; Floyd Meyer, vice president; and Mrs. Warren Kneuss, secretary - treasurer. After the lunch, the Rev. Mr. Burk, now retired, talked, stressing the progress of the church, stating that its activities do not stand still, but always go forward. Ten persons helped present a home talent show for the afternoon program: the Rev. Leon Lacoax.

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now minister of the Salem church; and Mrs. Lacoax; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Davison; Leonard Schug; Roger Burkhart, Gale Riley, with an organ solo; Larry Merriman, a piano solo; Mrs. Francis Bunker, and Mrs. Carl Schug, readings. “BROASTED” GOLDEH BROWH CHIGKEH i SHAFFER’S Restaurant 904 N. 13th St. Call 3-3857