Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 208, Decatur, Adams County, 3 September 1959 — Page 3

THURSDAY. SEPT. 3. A959

PICTURED ABOVE are five generations of the Alfred Gibson family. Alfred Gibson, the oldest member of the group, is pictured third from left on the bottom row. He is 90 years old and in contrast, his great-great-grandson, Douglas Yoder, is only eight months old. From left to right are Airs. Roy .Steele, a Decatur resident and daughter of Mr. Gibson. She is holding young Douglas Yoder, whose mother, Mrs. Earl Yoder of Berne, is pictured directly behind him. Mrs. Yoder is the former Miss Nancy Shoaf, daughter of Mrs. Arthur Shoaf, on the extreme right, who is from Monroe.

■ Temperatures Drop To 50s In State United Press International Cool, dry air washed Hoosiers with the first crisp temperatures of autumn's vanguard today, dropping' the murcury into the 50s all around the state. High humidity vanished in the wake of Canadian air sweeping in to push the last traces of a monthlong heat wave into obscurtiy. Temperatures fell to 50 at Lafayette and Goshen, 51 at South Bend. 53 at Fort Wayne, 54 at Indianapolis and 59 at Evansville this morning. Despite the cool night, however, the mercury was due to warm up to normal early-September levels ranging from the mid 70s in the north to 78 to 82 in the south this afternoon. Friday will be even warmer, with the mercury ranging from 80 to 85 north, the mid 80s central and 82 to 87 south. A shower pattern which featured the weather earlier this

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week was dissipated as the cool front moved in, and no more rain was seen at least through Saturday. Mostly fair was the order of the day for today, Friday and Saturday. Saturday will be "continued fair and pleasant," the weatherman said. Despite the daytime warmup, the mercury will fall into the 50s again tonight, ranging from 52 to 57 north to 55 to 62 south. Highs Wednesday ranged from 81 at Fort Wayne to 84 at South Bend. First School Bus Ride Ends In Walk SOUTH BEND, Ind. (UPD— Five-year-old Mike Jenkins of South Bend, riding a bus home from his first day at school, got off at the wrong place and started to walk home. But he got lost, truged four miles and ended up in Michigan, where a state trooper picked him up and notified his anxious mother. Driver Killed When Truck Is Overturned CROTHERSVILLE, Ind. (UPD— Lawrence Ashby, 56, Indianapolis, was killed today when his big truck overturned on U.S. 31 just south of this Jackson County town. State Police said truck ran off the road. Ashby was hurled out and was crushed to death when the vehicle overturned on him.

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MAGLEY WOMEN'S GUILD HAS REGULAR MEETING Tuesday evening, the Magley Women’s Guild met in the church basement with group singing opening the meeting. Mrs. Harold Scherry read the scripture, which was followed with a prayer led by Mrs. H. E. Settlage. Miss Helen Reppert and Miss Ruthann Berg, accompanied by Mrs. Settlage, sang a song entitled "Drifting.” Topic for the evening was “courtship, marriage and the family,” with Mrs. Leroy Kolter as leader. The different heads were discussed by Mrs. Scherry, Mrs. Leroy Kolter, Mrs. Robert Mankey, and Mrs. Robert Beery. “A Charge to Keep I Have” was sung, followed with a scripture lesson read by the Rev. H. E. Settlage. Mrs. Walter Egley, president, conducted the business meeting. Newly elected officers are president, Mrs. Walter Kruetzman; vice president, Mrs. Eugene Sommer; secretary, Mrs. Milton Hoffman, and treasurer, Mrs. Harold Scherry. The committee in charge of the recent meetings was made up of Mrs. Leroy Kolter, Mrs. Robert Mankey, Mrs. Harold Scherry, Mrs. Robert Beery, Miss Zizetta Worthman, Mrs. Rufus Scherry, Mrs. Walter Haines an,d Mrs. Leo Sheets. - > SATURDAY BRIDE-ELECT IS GIVEN RECENT SHOWER Miss Carolyn Jo Aumann, Saturday bride-elect of David Brown, was honored with a kitchen bridal shower recently at the home of Mrs. Tom Buuck. Assisting the hostess was Mrs. Dan Everett. A clever corsage made of kitchen articles was given to Miss Aumann upon her arrival. Decorative touches were added to the house with a color scheme of brown, orange and white. Games were played and prizes in turn presented to the brideelect. After the future bride had opened her gifts, a luncheon was served to the Mesdames Norbert Aumann, Dallas Brown, William Bultemeyer, Albert Buuck. Robert Graves, Richard Allmandinger, Paul Miller. Robert Richter, and the Misses Janice Aumann, Judy Aumann, Carol DeVine, Jo Ann Richter, Sue Ann Richter, Marlene Bultemeyer, Kay Bultemeyer, and Roselyn Bultemeyer. Unable to attend but sending gifts were Mrs. Richard Bultemeyer, Mrs. Roland Bultemeyer, and Mrs. Erwin Richter.

OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED BY JUNIOR LEGION MEMBERS Juniors of the American Legion auxiliary met recently at the Legion home for a regular meeting and installation of officers for the , coming year. • < Miss Carolyn Taylor, past chair- 1 man, opened the meeting, after which the new officers were installed by Mrs. Dallas Brown. New chairman is Miss Carolann DeVine, and vice chairman is Miss Mary Frances Beckman. Other officers are: secretary, Miss Sally Schnepf; historian. Miss Betsy Schnepf; chaplain. Miss Marilyn Knudson, and sergeant-at-arms, Miss Ronni Glentzer. All old and new officers and guests, were presented with cbrsages. Mrs. Joe Hunter, president of the ladies auxiliary, spoke briefly, thanking the girls for the cooperation they had given the ladies during the past year. Refreshments were served at the close of the meeting with Mrs. Wayne Frauhiger, Mrs. Bill Hunter, and Miss Carolyn Taylor as hostesses. The next meeting will be held the first Monday in October. PINK AND GREEN THEME USED FOR BABY SHOWER A pink and mint green color scheme was used by Mrs. John Johnson, Mrs. Robert Johnson, and Mrs, Roy Hirschy, for a stork shower given by them for Mrs. Don Hollaway. Upon her arrival, the guest of honor was presented with a baby bassinet in which her many gifts had been placed. Games were played and prizes won by Miss Jane Raudenbush, Mrs. B. P.-John-son, Mrs. Mary Hollaway were presented to the guest of honor. After gifts had been opened by the future mother, refreshments were served. Those attending were the Mesdames Mary Hollaway, Ralph McAlhaney, Benoit Johnson, Noble Raudenbush, Jack Beabout, Clayton Hollaway, Gale Gaubhman, and the Misses Pat Johnson, Jane Raudenbush, Rene Bebout, Deborah Johnson, Ruth McAlhaney. Gifts were sent by Mrs. Ralph Stonner, Mrs. Robert Eicher, Mrs. Albert Coffee, Mrs. Floyd Fry and Miss Carolyn Eicher. BEN H. ELZEY’S TO CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Ben. H. Elzey, 122 North Fifth street, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary Sunday with a family luncheon and open house in the afternoon and evening. Mr. and Mrs. Elzey were married in Decatur by the Rev* Hesser and Jived her* While Mr. Elzey was an agent for the Wells Fargo Express, the family lived in Tiffin, 0., South Bend, Van Wert, Plainsvile and

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Toledo, Ohio, and Detroit, Mich. A year ago, he was retired and the family moved back to Decatur. Mr. and Mrs. Elzey have four children, Thurman B. of Van Wert. Robert. S. of Elyria, Ohio. Mrs. Edma Profit of Ohio City and Mrs. Thelma Christi of Dayton. They also have twelve grandchildren. Members of the Live and Learn Home Demonstration club held a picnic at Hanna-Nuttman park recently. Serving as hostesses were Mrs. Forest Walter, Mrs. Gladys Koos, and Mrs. Thearl Stults. Mrs. Eugene Heimann will serve as hostess for the Tuesday evening meeting of the St. Catherine study club members. The meeting will begin at 8 o'clock. A busniess meeting of the Psi lota Xi sorority will be held Tuesday at 7:30 o'cldck at the Youth Center. Wednesday at 8 o’clock, members of the Ruth Circle of the Presbyterian church will meet at the home of Mrs. Richard Macklin. An election of officers will be held by the Gals and Pals Home Demonstration club Tuesday at 7:30 o'clock in the Pleasant Mills school. Tonight at 6:45 p.m., a stated meeting and initiation for members of the Order of the Rainbow for Girls will be held at the Masonic hall. Mrs. Luther Brown will be hostess for members of the Dorcas Sunday school class of the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church, Tuesday at 7 o'clock.

Hakes Graduates Staif Sergeant Raymond L. Hakes, son of Mrs. Gladys I. Hakes, 319 North 11th Street, Decatur, was graduated from the equipment cooling specialist course, department of utilities training at Sheppard Air Force Base Aug. 4. Sergeant Hakes came to Sheppard from Kelly AFB where he was assigned to headquarters US4F security service. A graduate 'of the high school in Decatur, he has had military training at Ft. Logan, Colorado, and Francis E. Warren AFB, Wyoming. Sergeant Hake's wife is the former Miss Violet P. Lee of Bluffton. They have four children, Esther, Thomas, Joyce and Rose. Prior to entering military service, he was emnloyed as a shipping clerk with McMillen Feed Mills, Decatur.

Hafiich and Morrissey CONGRATULATES CENTRAL SOYA CO. on their Silver Anniversary and Joins in the Silver Dollar Days Friday and Saturday Sept 4th & sth I ID FREE-FREE D E E A * N N Guessing Game Guessing Game A new pair of our Nationally Advertised Shoes to the Person guessing the Nearest number of Soya Deans in the pair of Shoes displayed in our window. Just come in and register your guess. While here, we invite you to see our New Fall Shoes for school, dress or play. I -OPT Bl ■ A saM nw • _ ■ lS naaWp r-1 .|f - ■ . . DECATUR - BLUFFTON - WINCHESTER J OPEN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS TILL IP. M.

I J rm / '• a I MISS ONALEE BARKLEY, Miss Adams county of 1959, receives the royal crown from last year's Monroe community days queen, Miss Nancy Raudenbush, as master of ceremonies Bob Baxter looks on. emcee Baxter, after teasihg the curious crowd by the emcee s usual preliminaries, announced the winner, a cheer could be heard from the left side of the stage: “Yea, rah, Onnie!” Miss Barkley, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Chalmer Barkley, and sponsored by Barkley construction, is 16 and represented Adams Contral high school. Miss Adams County will go on to the Junior Miss Indiana contest at Bluffton this month.—Photo by Briede. *

CILOBS Calendar Item* for today's puw cation must be phoned to by J a.m. (Saturday 9:30) Phone 3-2121 - Marilou Roop Order of the Rainbow for Girls, Masonic hall, 6:45 p.m. THURSDAY Monroe rural fire department, fire station, 8 p.m. Happy Homemakers, Mrs. Gerald Cook, 7:30 p.m. Town and Country Home Demonstration club, postponed. Ladies Firemen’s Auxiliary Tupper Ware party, Mrs. Jack Rayer, 7:30 p.m. Guardian Angels study group, Mrs. Ed Harman, 8 p.m. Church of God Missionary Society birthday supper, fellowship hail, 6:30 p.m. Union Chapel Ladies Aid, church basement, all day?®. Unit 1 of Bethany E. U. B. church, Mrs. Ed Warren, 7:30 p.m. Unit 4 of Bethany E. U. B. church, Mrs. Leo Seltenright, 8 p.m. Monroe Methodist W.S.C.S., church annex, 7:25 p.m. Everready Sunday school class, Methodist church, 7:30 p.m. St. Joseph study club, Mrs. Bob Rifrnschlag, 8:15 p.m. FRIDAY Work and Win class of Trinity E.fj.B. church, church, 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY Monroe Methodist W.S.C.S. bake sale, Stucky’s store, Monroe, 9 until 12 noon. TUESDAY Profit and Pleasure Home Demonstration club, Mrs. Julius Lengerich. 7:30 p.m. Rose Garden club, Mrs. Paul Daniels, 2 p.m.

Associate chapter of Tri Kappa, Mrs. W. E. Petrie, 6:30 p.m. Tri Kappa business meeting, installation of officers. Youth and Community Center, 7:45 p. m. St. Catherine study club, Mrs. Eugene Heimann, 8 p.m. Psi lota Xi sorority, Youth Center, 7:30 p.m. Gals and Pals Home Demonstra? tion club, Pleasant Mills high school, 7:30 p.m. Dorcas Sunday school class of Bethany E.U.B. church, Mrs. Luther Brown, 7 p.m. WEDNESDAY Ruth Circle of Presbyterian church, Mrs. Richard Macklin, 8 p.m. "i IBiWfe At the Adams county memorial hospital: * Rex and Helen Kay Irwin Bovine of Monroe are parents of a six pound, seven and one half ounce girl oorn at 2:24 p.m. Wednesday. A six pound, 11’,£ ounce girl was born at 6 p.m. Wednesday to Marvin and Catherine Temple Conrad of rural route 10, Fort Wayne. Admitted Master Roger Tullis, Monroe; Miss Estella Canales, Decatur. Dismissed Master Thomas Gephart, Monroeville: Mrs. Gorman Fox and baby girl, Decatur; Mrs. Raymond Zuercher and baby girl, Berne; Mrs. James Aspy and baby boy, Hoagland;. Master Roger Tullis, Monroe.

Home Demonstration Agent In Training Miss Phyllis Shirey, Muncie, began work this week as . the new home agent in training at the county extension office. A 1959 graduate of Ball State Teachers' College, she is completing her training for work as a home demonstration agent before going into a county of her own, a period of training all prospective home agents take. She began her work Monday and will remain at the Decatur office for approximately two months. Miss Shirey has been president of the rural youth group of Delaware county. In her nine years of 4-H work, she concentrated on projects in clothing and food preservation, becoming a state fair exhibitor in each of these projects. She also attended the state fair girls’ school. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Shirey, and has one sister, Lucinda, a junior this year at Ball State .and three brothers, Larry, just out of high school. Bill, who will be a freshman this year, and Richard, who will be in the eighth grade.

ILoralliS Mrs. Bryce Thomas is visiting in Americus. Ga., with Mr. and Mrs. James Blair, before returning to Decatur next week from Fiori- i da. Blair is a former city editor of the Decatur Daily Democrat. Mrs. Dan Thomas and son. James 8., are visiting this week with her parents in Decatur. Her husband will visit here this weekend before the family returns. Edward Wilder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Wilder, of near De-' catur, has been assigned as station j agent for Ozark Air Lines, Inc., ati Milwaukee, Wis. Wilder completed the Weaver airline personnel school’s extension course and was I attending the resident school in : Kansas City, Mo., when selected for the position. Lindy L. Lybarger, a cashier in North Manchester and son of Mr. and Mrs. Muri Lybarger, was recently graduated from the school of banking at the, University of t Wisconsin. Dick Omlor, son of Mr. gnd Mrs. Charles Omlor of 648 Mercer avenue, is recovering at j his home after undergoing surgery at the! Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne last week.

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