Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 198, Decatur, Adams County, 22 August 1959 — Page 3

SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1959

PLEASANT MILLS W.B.CJ, HOLDS MEETING WEDNESDAY The Pleasant Mills Methodist Women’s Society of Christian Service members met Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Carl Frey. President, Mrs. Clyde Jones, was in charge of the meeting. Devotions by Mrs. Jones opened the meeting after which Mrs. Leland Ray presented the lesson. Assisting her were Mrs. Lawrence Ehrsam. Mrs. Leon LaCoax, and Mrs. Verlando Clark. The early history of the W.S.C.S. was review- ‘ ed by one of the members. A new member, Mrs. Robert Workington, was welcomed into the organization. After a short business meeting, Mrs. Jones dismissed the meeting with a prayer. Refresh- , ments were then served by Mrs. Carl Frey and Mrs. Harvey Jones. BILL PORTER HOME IS MEETING SCENE Mrs. Jerome Keller was first prize winner at a meeting of the Pinocle club held Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Bill Porter. Following the business meeting and card session, other prize winners were announced as Mrs. Byford Dull and Mrs. Raymond McDougal. Mrs. Calvin Magley won the traveling gift. Plans were made for a pot-luck supper to be held at Hanna-Nutt-man park in September. A guest, Mrs. Enos Osterman, was introduced to the club members. During the evening. Mrs. Porter served home made ice cream and cake to her guests. PERSONAL SHOWER HONORS MISS ROSEMARY STRAHM A personal bridal shower honor- ' ing Miss Rosemary Strahm, was held recently at the home of her sister, Mrs. John Elley. The brideelect of Lyle DeGraw of Rockford, lowa, was presented with a rose corsage upon her arrival. Decorated books of games were distributed to the guests and prizes won by Mrs. John Kelley, Mrs. Herman Harkless, Mrs. Homer Miller, Miss Sue Shackley, Miss Gloria Fugate, and Miss Janice • Kelley, were presented to the guest of hbnor. Following the game period Miss Strahm opened her gifts after which refreshments were served. The serving table was covered with a lace tablecloth with a large punch bowl surrounded by asters serving as the centerpiece. Helping to fete the bride were the Misses Sue Shackley, Charleen Feasel, Gloria Fugate, Jean Ann Ray, Wynne Begun, Janice, Laura, and Madeline Kelley, and the Mesdames James Martin, Herman Harkless, Homer Miller, Norman Andrews, William Strahm, Paul Johnson, and John Kelley. Unable to attend but sending gifts were Miss Barbara Bowman and Miss Katherine Ward. Be sure to see "Christ in the Concrete City", a chancel play with six professional actors, at Zion Lutheran Church, Monday evening, August 24, at 7:30 p.m. 197 3t 9 to 11 P.M. Special! STEAK FRIES - SALAD $1.25 FAIRWAY

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Calendar Items tor today's paw cation must be phoned in by It ua. (Saturday 9:M) PnoneMUl MuOmßn* 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. SUNDAY V.F.W. members and families Art Ervin residence, 12 p.m. MONDAY Lady Bug hunt, V.F.W. home, ’8 p.m. MONDAY Root township home demonstration club picnic, Hanna Nuttman park, 6:30., not change of date. TUESDAY Jolly Housewives home demonstration club, Pleasant Mills school, 7:30 p.m. Eagles Auxiliary formal initiation, Eagles home, 8 p.m. Kirkland Ladies club, Adams Central school, 7:30 p.m. . Ruth and Naomi Circle, Zion E. and R. church, 7 p.m. Sunny Circle home demonstration club, Preble township community building, 8 p.m. Olive Rebekah lodge formal initiation. Odd Fellows hall, 7:30 p.m., Three Link to follow. THURSDAY Live and Learn Home Demonstration club picnic, Hanna Nuttman park, 6:30 p.m. Builders class of Bethany E.U.B. church, memorial park, if it rains at church, 6:30 p.m. Adams County W.C.T.U., Mennonite church at Berne, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. • A meeting of the Kirkland Ladies club will be held Tuesday at 7:30 o’clock at the Adams Central school. An all day meeting of the Adams County Women’s Christian Temperance Union members will be held Friday in the Mennonite church at Berne. Sessions will be at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. x

• / - Herman H. Krueckeberg has returned to work at the First State Bank after receiving treatment in the Lutheran hospital, Fort Wayne. He returned to his home here last night from the Fort Wayne hospital, where he received treatment for dilation of the esophagus. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Schnepf and daughter, of Valparaiso, have been visiting in Decatur this week. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Workinger and daughter Shirley have returned from a vacation trip through Northern Michigan. Among their experiences was a boat trip, across Lake Michigan. Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Scott and children, Sharon, Denny and Marilyn Friday evening were Mr. and Mrs. Luther Brown, Mr.and Mrs. Gottlieb Stauffer and son Jack, and Mr. and Mrs. David Roop. Mrs. Brown was celebrating her birthday anniversary Friday. Miss Donna Owens left by air recently for Portland, Maine, where she will visit Mr. and Mrs. William McKenna and daughter Coleen. Later she will be with friends on Bailey Island. Ellis Converse, Decatur tractor sales owner who was injured in a wreck earlier this week, has been dismissed from the Adams county memorial hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Gerber. Jerry and Carey Joe, have returned home from a vacation through mountains in the southern states.

I ‘ HE i 2 I B 1 Illi II Rs Mrs. Jack K. Liby

Liby-Strahm Vows Are Repeated In Bluffton

A late summer color scheme of green, yellow and white was used by Miss Sharon Ann Strahm to form the setting for her Sunday afternoon marriage to Jack K. Liby in the First Evangelical and Reformed church at Bluffton. Officiating for the double ring ceremony was the Rev. R. C. Koch. Miss Strahm is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Strahm of Craigville while the bridegroom, a Decatur Daily Democrat employe, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Liby of 428 West Market street, Bluffton. Carrying out the theme of the 2 o'clock service, beauty vases filled with white and yellow gladioli were placed in the front of the . church. Potted ferns and candelabra fitted *with white candles and decorated with yellow bows completed the setting. Nuptial selections including “Echoes of Spring,’’ “Meditation,” and Ich Licke” were played by Mrs. Howard Sawyer, organist. Miss Strahm, who was led down the white carpeted and bow mark- ‘ ed aisle by her father, was lovely in a gown of nylon net over taf- ’ feta. The softly scalloped sweetheart neckline was sprinkled with sequins and the fitted bodice ended in short lace sleeves. The very bouffant tulle skirt of the bridal gown was enhanced with horizontal bands of lace. The fingertip veil of nylon worn by the bride was caught to a tiara of pearls and sequins. For her bridal bouquet. Miss Strahm carried a white Bible, a gift of her parents, topped with a white orchid and surrounded with a cascade arrangement of Frenched carnations and white ribbon. Her pearl necklace and star shaped pearl earrings, were a gift of the bridegroom. Mint green chiffon fashioned the ballerina length gown worn by Miss Nancy Strahm, sister of the bride and maid of honor. She wore a shoulder length veil that fell from a pearl trimmed crown and carried a cascade arrangement of mint green carnations. Bridesmaid. Miss Kay Strahm, wore a pale yellow gown like that of the honor attendant. Both the maid of honor and bridesmaid wore earrings, a gift of the bride. Little Miss Sue Hellen Swartz, acted as flower girl in a yellow organdy dress. To complement her attire, she carried a yellow lace basket with white and yellow rose petals. Attending the bridegroom as best man was Rex Allen. Guests were ushered to their seats by Bill Liby, brother of the bridegroom and Danny Strahm, cousin of the bride. Lace dresses were chosen by the mothers of the newlyweds with the bride’s mother appearing in blue and Mrs. Liby in pink. They wore similar accessories and white orchid corsages. Green and yellow were repeated in the decorations at the reception hid in the National Guard Armory. The serving table was covered in white and skirted around the edges. Yellow gladioli and green vines, white candelabra, and crystal service completed the decorations. Assisting with the serving Jtutfty-lmmci candies ' HOW AVAILABLE AT SMITH DRUG CO. - ftftfWWUWW

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were the Mesdames Robert Swartz, Wiliam Starr, Carole Delon, Merlin Deleon, Feel Adams, and Jim Foos. For a wedding trip of an unannounced destination, the bride changed into a soft pink sheath dress, white accessories and a white orchid corsage. The new Mrs. Liby is a graduate of Lancaster high school. Mr. Liby is a Bluffton high school graduate and also an alumnus of the Milo Bennett Linotype school at English. He is a Linotype operator in the Daily Democrat office. Following their wedding trip, the bride and bridegroom will move to their home at 652 North Twelfth street, Decatur. Five New Teachers At Hartford ■v ■ Five new teachers will be on the faculty of Hartford township school for the coming school year, township trustee V. Eugene Burry announced Friday. Kenneth Van Emon, who has taught in the Geneva schools, will be principal, succeeding George Hensley. Sandra Robinson Spice, Middletown, will take over home economics instruction from Mary Moorhead. Dale Decker, Bluffton, will teach commerce and English in place of Bill Hill, who will be principal in Jackson township, Wells county. Robert Gibson, Warren, will replace William Hernandez as music instructor. Lowell Sprunger, Berne, who has been employed at Frankfort, will begin his first year of teaching in the math and physics clases, replacing Leroy Hedges. Thomas Agler, Berne, will return as coach and physical education instructor. All the elementary teachers will return: Mrs. Elmer (Mary) Inniger, Monroe, grades land, grades three and four, and one arc two; Grace Sheler, PortEdna Glendening, Geneva, grades five ard six. Over 2,500 Dally Democrats are sold and delivered in Decatur each day. • • • • • • Smta Ito Week i at your own : n» i ! • i ,l "* j ■ J Phone 3-3196 or 3-4335 • ✓

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Season's Hottest Weekend Starts The season’s hottest and most humid weekend started in Indiana today for a populace already panting from many days of warm muggy wether. These was a tiny hint of minor relief ahead, however, in the state outlook for Monday which called for “partly cloudy and a little cooler” weather. The northern third was due for partial relief Sunday. But no easing of the wave of temperatures running 6 to 10 degrees above normal for this time of year was expected for the bulk of Hoosierland during the weekend. The forecast, so monotonous that one official prediction Friday from the Weather Bureau said simply “no change,” was for highs | today in the low and mid 90s, lows tonight in the upper 60s to the mid 70s, and highs Sunday in the mid 90s everywhere except the far north, where tops will be in the low 80s. It was 90 or above all around the state Friday at high points. South Bend led the parade of temperatures with a blistering 94, Evansville had 93. Fort Wayne 91, Lafayette and Indianapolis 90. Overnight lows were in the 70s. ranging from 70 at Lafayette to 73 at Fort Wayne. Forecasts again called for the chance of widely scattered or isolated thundershowers Saturday and Sunday afternoon and evenings. Myers President Os GE Club Ned Myers has been elected new president of the Decatur G.E. club, and was installed along with his staff of officers this week. Assisting Myers will be these new officers: Robert Kenworthy, vice president; Ardina Lehman, secretary; and Richard Schafer, director for three years. The officers who will continue are Irene Holthouse, treasurer; Clem Snell, director, and Jerry Ross, director. The outgoing officers are Junior Lake, now past president; and Rosemary Miller. Jack Richard, and Harry Massonne. George Laurent, supervisor of employe relations, will represent management on the board of directors. Thomas, Alger Attend EUB Meet Ralph B. Thomas is attending a retreat at Kendallville this weekand and will leave Sunday for a church conference at Lake Geneva, Wise. He is a member of the program committee for the Older Youth Retreat of the Evangelical United Brethern churches at Camp Lakewood at Kendallville. The retreat started Friday night and will close Sundiy noon After the retreat, he United Christian Youth Movement Will jtart for the conference of the at Cinference Point, Lake Geneva, Wise , August 23-29. He is chairman of the Christian Witness Commision of the Youth Fellowship of the E.U.B. church. Stanley. Alger left this morning to attend the retreat. Truman, Benny Together on TV HOLLYWOOD (UPD — A widelyknown amateur musician, former President Harry Truman, will team up with another amateur musician of not, comedian Jack Benny. Oct. 18 on television, Truman will be a guest on Benny’s show on the Columbia Broadcastin System TV network.

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Community Fund Goal $7,200 at Berne The executive committee of the Berne Community Chest, Inc., has approved a campaign goal of $7200. Ten organizations will receive money through the campaign, the Community Chest group decided in a meeting Thursday evening, The $7200 figures is S2OO higher than last year’s budget set by the budget and admissions group headed by Luther Yager. Hie organizations which will receive money, since the Adams County Chapter of the American Cancer Society has withdrawn from the program, will be these ten; The American Red Cross, Salvation Army, Mental Health, Junior Red Cross, Berne Recreation, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, Adams County Crippled Children and State Y. M. C. A. The campaign committee is to set the date for the annial fundraising drive soon. Maynard Lehman is chairman of the campaign committee, and Charles Hebegger is alternate chairman. Members of the executive committee of the Chest are Merlin Sprunger, president; Albert Stahly and Milo Habegger, vice presidents; Sherman Stucky, secretary, and M. I. Lehman, treasurer. 1936 Summer Was Really a Scorcher INDIANAPOLIS (UPD— Whenever there's a Hoosier heat wave like the present one, it’s a practical thought to harken back to the granddaddy scorcher of 1936. Twenty-three years ago, Indiana was sweating through a twomonth July-August heat wave that almost makes the present warm spell look like a cold spell. That was the summer when 19 heat records were broken and 3 others were tied, when temperaturs bubbled up past 100 for eight days in a row over vast areas of Indiana. What’s worse, 1936 was a preair conditioning year. Cool spots were extremely rare, and most Hoosiers just had to suffer through the vast heat wave with only a tall cool drink and an electric fan to assuage their discomfort. The 1936 heat wave struck with all its fury on July 8 when the temperature mounted in Indian- • apolis to 104 degrees. f Next day the high was 103 and the day after that, 105. There followed days with temperatures of 104, 103, 103, then a 106, tying the highest temperature ever occurring officially in Indianapolis. Next day, July 15, it cooled off to 103. For 11 days in a row, a new record for the date was i set each day. Later in the month there was 1 a respite, with the mercury drop- ■ ping to a low of 56 on July 30 for i the coldest temperature ever re- • corded on that date. But next month the series of i record breakers was back again. A reading of 98 on Aug. I 13 broke another record and . started the ball rolling again. Two days later a 95-degree read- , ing tied the all time mark for.the date. On Aug. 18, a string of seven consecutive record- breaking hot days was started when the temperature shot up to 98. Next day it was 100, then 98, then 100 again and then 101. By the 23rd, it had cooled off to 96 and on the 24th it climbed to 98 again, both new records. Thereafter until the end of sumpier, nature considerately kept any additional heat records from being set. If you dislike hot weather and if you are growing tired of the present heat wave with its “moderate” readings in the high 80s and low to mid 90s, think how much hotter the “oldtimers” got : in 1936 with temperatures running 10 to 15 degrees warmer. > It proves there’s always somc- ■ thing to be thankful for, and cloud has a silver lining.

Picnic Lovers Given Tips For Summer INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — Indiana's top health official today urged caution among Hoosier picnickers in the preparation and handling of food. On the heels of an Elkhart industrial firm picnic last weekend near Angola which turned into a nightmare for hundreds of persons who became ill of food poisoning, Dr. Andrew C. Offutt asked picnickers to pay particular attention to sanitation and refrigeration. Offutt, Indiana state health commissioner, said dangerous bacteria can develop much faster on food during the hot weather that is expected to feature the weekend. Some of Offutt's suggestions: —ln preparing picnic food, use fresh and well preserved ingredients. —Wash hands well before handling food in process of preparation. —Pack picnic food in refrigerated containers if it is subject to spoiling. —Keep it cold until it is ready to be served. —Wash hands well before handling at serving time. —Avoid contamination at the picnic grounds, such as from insect spray and filth. —Don’t prepare or serve picnic food if you have sores on your hands. —ls somebody becomes ill after a picnic meal, don’t throw the suspected food away; save it for laboratory examination. —Take particular pains with food on which bacteria can grow easily, such as soft custard-like preparations made with milk, eggs and sugar, and such as creamytype salad dressings. Offutt issued the appeal in the light of weather forecasts calling for fair and hot temperatures probably ranging between 90 and near 100 degrees daily during the weekend. Authorities believed the heat would send possibly a record number of Hoosiers outdoors on picnics while seeking relief at parks and recreation areas.

At the Adams county memorial ■ hospital: Walter and Joan Johnson Bideri man of 1049 North Second street, are parents of a seven pound. 10. ounce boy bom at 9:37 p.m. Friday. A seven pound, five ounce boy was born at 11 15 p.m. Friday to Roman and Joyce Murgatroyd Brite of rural route 1. At 12:30 a m. today, Vernon and Carol Baumgartner Sietz of Homestead 45, became parents of a seven pound, 13 ounce boy. A girl weighing six pounds, nine and one half ounces was bom at 5:01 a.m. today to David and Jovetta Dietich Barkley of Rockford, Ohio.

Dismissed Miss Julie Yager, Berne: Palmer Sprunger,' Berne; Mrs. Carl Hermann Hoagland; Ellis Converse, Decatur! Decatur; Mrs. Hiram Wittwer, Monroe.

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No Waler Shortage Exists Here Now City engineer Ralph Roop said this morning that while the threat of a water shortage is always eminent during a hot weather spell, no such shortage exists in the city at this time. He explained that the water supply was cut down for two hours early Friday morning to repair a leak, but at the latest check, the water storage cistern was nearly full, being only seven-foot, eightinches from the top. The city water plant can pump 580 gallons a minute from across the river and store the unused portion of this in the cistern. This usually takes place at night, with the supply being available for use during the next day. Ivan Hurless, 21 Gels Six Months Ivan Harold Hurles, 21, of Decatur, who was arrested earlier this week on charges of petit larceny and public intoxication, received a six-month jail sentence this morning in mayor’s court, and fines of $25 and $5 respectively, plus court costs. He will spend threw months at the state farm, as three months of the term was suspended. Hurless was arrested by city police after he was found intoxicated in a car owned by William Heller. Other complaints were registered on petit larceny as the youth had in his possession several items taken from two other automobiles in Decatur. Pilot Buys Helmet, Crashes Next Day STOCKTON, Calif. (UPD —Pilot Allan Blewett bought a crash helmet Wednesday—although he had never worn one in his hazardous work as a crop duster. Thursday, Blewett’s head was through the dashboard of his plane when the craft smashed through two trees, sheared off a power pole and crashed on a road. The pilot walked away from the crash without injuries. “It was the best investment I ever made,” Blewett said, rapping his scarred helmet. “BROASTED” GOLDEN BROWN CHICKEN CHOPS SHAFFER’S RESTAURANT 904 N. 13th St. Phone 3-3857 ’ ora IM TIMS BOWER JEWELRY STORE - Decatur