Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 195, Decatur, Adams County, 19 August 1959 — Page 2

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TRI KAPPA HAS INITIATES PICNIC TUESDAY New initiates for the Tri Kappa sorority served as hostesses for the annual sorority picnic held Tuesday evening at the Boy Scout shelter house at Hanna-Nuttman park. 9, Serving as hostesses for the picnic were the Misses Susan Gerber, Jeannine Schultz, Karen Rebison. Janice Kreischer, Carolyn Drake, Kathleen Kohne and Mrs. Robert Boch, and Mrs. Carl Smith. Following the supper, Mrs. William Christian, president, conducted a brief business meeting at which time the final report for the Tri Kappa dance was heard. It was announced that the next meeting will be held September 8 at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. Important business will be discussed. Monday evening at 8:30 o’clock, members of the Root township home demonstration club will have a family picnic at the Hanna Nuttman park shelter house. Members

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are asked to note the change of date and to bring their own table service and a basket. ‘Members of the Rural Youth organization will sponsor an ice cream social Saturday evening from 5;30 until Dl3O o'clock at the 4-H fair grounds at Monroe. ♦ A called meeting of the executive Council of the Ladies of the Moose will be held Thursday evening at 8 o’clock. The felowship hallowwhei The fellowship hall will be the (Scene of the Thursday evening meeeting of members of the Friendship Club of the Church of God. The meeting will begin at 730 o’clock.

CLOSES Culendir items for today’s puu •cation must be phoned in by 1 ML (Saturday 9:20) Phone a-111l Marilou Bee* 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 Gals and Pals Home Demonstration club pot luck supper, Hanna Nuttman park shelter house, 6:30 p.m. 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. Executive council of Ladies of the Moose, Moose home, 8 p.m. Friendship club of Church of God fellowship hall, 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY St. Paul's Ladies Aid ice cream social, school entertainment at 8 p.m., SATURDAY Rummage sale at First Christian church, basement, 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Rural Youth ice cream social. 4-H fair grounds at Monroe, 5:30 until 9:30 p.m. MONDAY Root township home demonstration club picnic, Hanna Nuttman park, 6:30., not change of date.

Portland township schools will open Friday, August 28, with a teachers meeting in the morning, and children reporting to their respective buildings at 1 p.m. to enroll, get their books, and get organized for the regular classes which will start Monday, August 31. Miss Lubile C. Beavers, route 4, Oakridge place returned Monday following a month's trip through the northern tier of states and into the southern provinces of Canada. Twenty students were on the tour, a biological science credit tour led by Dr. Robert head of the natural science department at Ball State Teachers’ college, where Miss Beavers has studied this summer. The group went through the northern states, to Portland. Ore., and Spokane and Seattle, Wash., and into Canada, including Vancouver and Banff park. Willis F. Bulmahn, 24, government employe, route two, and Barbara J. Dietrich, 21, teacher, Willshire, have applied for a marriage license in Van Wert, O. Mrs. Richard L. Fields, Jr., and baby girl have been dismissed from the Jay county hospital, Portland, to their home in Geneva. M - and Mrs. Robert Garard are spending part three-week vacation at Excelsior Springs, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. John Morgan and children Eddie and Susann are enjoying a vacation at Wisconsin Dells Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Kreps and family of Tulsa Oklahoma, Mr. and Mrs. Meldren Kreps and sons of Williamsburg, Mass., and Mrs. and Mrs. Francis Knpx of Lafayette, were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mel Kreps and family. Friends calling at the home were Mr. and Mrs. Carl Millard, Mrs. Brose Rice of Fort Wayne; Grant Millard of Montpelier. Clyde Grimes of Muncie; and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Contelyou of Decatur. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Thieme and family spent several days visiting friends in Mt. Morris, Mich, recently. Miss Doris Cauble celebrated her 21st birthday anniversary Tuesday evening with a dinner party held at the Fairway restaurant. Those attending were Miss Donna Cauble Miss Phyllis Singleton, Miss Kay Singleton, and Miss Karen Cauble. Miss Alice Allwein returned home today after spending a few days visiting at the Lake George summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Bud Townsend. Mrs. Norvin Thieme, Mrs. George Andrews, and Mrs. Alfred Thieme, all G. C. Murphy company employes, visited Thursday with the with the former Murphy manager and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Brewer, in Greenburg. Mrs. Dowell Singer and daughter Barbara and Mrs. Singer’s mother are spending a three week vacation visiting their friends and

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relatives bn the East coaat. Lgst week they stayed with her sister and brother-in-law and family, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Breitkapf on Long Island. This week they are at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Romano of Jersey City and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Romano of Monroe, New York. Miss Linda Scheel of Sheboygan, Wis., is visiting her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. William Linn. Mrs. Karl Kolter and children Mike and Sharon returned Monday evening from Louisville, Ky., where they visited Mrs.' Kolter’s aunt. Leo Kirsch, postmaster of Decatur, attended the celebration at West Lafayette Monday of the 100th anniversary of the first American airmail flight, commemorated by the issue of an air mail stamp. Arden L. Kunkel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arden Kunkel, Craigville, underwent major surgery Tuesday at the Wells county hospital. Former Decatur residents Mr. and Mrs. Don Hunsicker, have sold their motel and home at Bronson, Mich., and will spend the coining winter in Arizona and California. Hunsicker is vice president of the bank at Bronson, near Coldwater. Mrs. Hunsicker was formerly Miss Mildred (Billie) Butler. Two 16-year-old Bluffton boys were nabbed for stealing gasoline from the Ralph Troxel farm in Lancaster township, Wells county, Monday evening. — Mrs. Cloyd Rucker and daughters Trinka and Nancy, left Tuesday morning for their home in Irving, Texas after vacationing with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Tyndall. Mrs. Rucker's son Bob. will visit a few more weeks with the Tyndall family. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shoup had as dinner guests recently Mr. and Mrs. Wray Dunson, Toledo, 0., Dunson is the former superintendent of schools at West Unity, 0,. where the Shoups formerly resided. An application for a marriage license was made in the Wells county clerk’s office, Bluffton, Saturday, by Nancy J. Pinkerton, 19, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman H. Pinkerton. Geneva route 1, and Charles W. Ewart. 20, son of Mrs. Ivan Ramsey, Uniondale. Bryce Thomas, principal of the Lincoln school, has returned from a summer spent at his summer home on Anna Maria island, near Bradenton, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dailey are in Washington D.C., this week visiting'with Dailey's sister. Last week they visited Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Thomas in Florida. Tom Haubold returned Saturday from a two-week vacation, part of which he spent in Florida, and part at Nassau in the Bahama islands.

Five Complaints Made About Peeping Tom Police are investigating complaints from residents in the 11th and Adams streets area that a “peeping tom” has been causing a commotion during the late evening hours in that neighborhood. To date, about five complaints have been called In Police believe that two persons are involved in the peeping episodes.

Celina Wreck Perils sth Life A 14-year-old youth is in critical condition in St. Rita’s hospital, Lima, 0., following a collision Monday near Celina', 0., in which four others were fatally injured. Henry Hensley, of Berea, Ky., sustained a crushed thigh, a circular laceration of the leg, and a severe loss of blood. Dead are Mrs. Fanny Hensley, about 72, and her niece, Mrs. Freda Henslye, 40, also of Berea, Ky., and passengers in the same car; and Floyd V. Higgins, 58, driver of the car which collided with the Hensley car, and Fred Winegardner, 68, both of Sidney, 0. A fourth passenger in the Hensley car, nine-year-old Jimmy Hensley, who suffered numerous cuts and. bruises, has been taken back to Kentucky by grandparents. Passengers in a car which was following the Hensley car, south bound on route 127 in Mercer county near the intersection of road 119, said they saw the Higgins car coming from the west on 119 at a high speed, failed to slow at the crossing, and crashed into the Hensley car. IBtofe Mr. and Mrs. Carl R. Fravel, Geneva, are the parents of a baby boy born in the Jay county hospital, Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Gilbert. Monroeville route two, are the parents of a baby girl bom in the Van Wert county hospital. At hte Adams county memorial hospital: Cletus and Marie Hornbach Gillman of rural route 3, Decatur, are parents of a six pound, 11 tz ounce boy born at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. W. F. Krueckeberg Willshire ASC Head " Walter F. Krueckeberg is new chairman of the Willshire township, Van Wert county, O. t ASC committee. Edgar J. Dietrich is vice chairman; George Roehm, member, and Lawrence B. Smith and Dean MeOm'oer, alternates. The committee chairman will serve as the delegate to the county agricultural stabilization and conservation committee convention to be August 24 in the Van Wert county ASC office. Rev. Nysewander To Preach Here Rev. B. D. Nysewander,of Fort Wayne, associate pastor of the Christ Methodist church, will be the guest minister at the First Methodist church next Sunday morning at the ten o’clock worship service. Fred Busche will preside at the service Tn the absence of the pastor who is vacationing in northern Wisconsin. Rev. Sparks expects to return to the community Aug. 26 and to his pulpit on Aug. 30. Husband Defends Wife Plotting His Murder OCONOMOWOC, Wis. —Clyde Pfeiffer, 32, promising to stand by his wife as she is tried on charges of plotting with her married lover to kill him. “We had nine wonderful years together. I am not going to throw that away for one bad one.”

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Lutheran Students Present New Play An unusual chancel play "Christ in the concrete city” will be presented by Cross and Crown productions at Zion Lutheran church next Monday evening at 7:30 o’clock. The public is invited. Cross and Crown productions is a new group in the Lutheran church - Missouri synod, which is attempting to use drama as a compelling and powerful medium for the transmission of th? Christian city” was written by P. W. Turner, gospel The play “Christ in the concrete It depicts the crucifixion story in a modern setting. It involves its viewers- into a very close relationship with the sins and events of passion week. The cast of six professional actors includes Valparaiso university students, a Chicago teacher, a student from the senior college at Ft. Wayne, and a seminarian from Concordia theological seminary at St. Louis. The group has been on tour all summer and has given the play to large audiences in Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland and Milwaukee as well as smaller Indiana and Michigan communities. The play will be given at several Ft. Wayne churches later in the week. Portland Council To Clear River * - Portland’s city council has passed a resolution clearing the way for widening and deepening the Salamonie River in an attempt to reduce flood threats in and around Portland. The resolution adopted the plans of the Army corps of engineers for a widening and deepening of the Salamonie river at Portland. This step clears the way for action to obtain easements from the property owners, along the river bank so a contract can be let for the work. The community drainage corporation expects to meet to map out plans to obtain easements from the property owners affected. It hopes to have the easements donated, because the funds may not b spent for the buying of such easements.

Litchfield To 101ST Army PFC Stephen M. Litchfield, son of Mr. and Mrs. George D. Litchfield, 128 S. Fourth st., recently was assigned to the 101st airborne division at Fort Campbell, Ky. Litchfield. a stenographer in headquarters company of the division’s command and control battalion, entered the army in November 1957 and received basic training at Fort Knox, Ky. Before entering the army, the 20-year-old soldier was employed by the Pioneer restaurant. He is a 1957 graduate of Decatur Catholic high school.

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Local Couple To Be In Hawaiian Dance Miss Iris Hebble and John Sheets will appear on the Club 21 Hawaiian Luau dance Sunday night. The dance', patterened after a Hawaiian theme, will begin at 10 p.m. and last until midnight, and is televised over TV station WPTA. Sheets, a local artist, is a 1958 graduate of Decatur high school. Miss Hebble is a freshman at Decatur Catholic high school and Suitress at Joy’s drive-in. Everyone, the club 21 secretary, Rosemary Greiner wrote Sheets, must wear a Hawaiian outfit. No Shoes, she added, will be allowed on the dance floor, and no tables will be set up. JafogpM Admitted Dale Liby, Decatur; the Rev. G. R. Magary, Berne; Clayton Leach, Willshire, Ohio; Lloyd Kirchner, Decatur. Dismissed , Russell Tope, Ohio City, Ohio; Mrs. Cornelius Troyer and baby girl, Monroe; Mrs. William Weikel, Berne; Lawrence Smith, Decatur; Mrs. Jake J. Schwartz and baby boy, Berne; Mrs. Donald Roop and baby girl, Decatur.

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