Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 214, Decatur, Adams County, 11 September 1959 — Page 3

FRIDAY, SEPT. 11, 1959

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Mr. and Mrs. Hirschy Married August 30

The Rev. Chester Hirschy read the double ring vows that united in marriage August 30, Miss Irene Merriman and Richard Lee Hirschy. The vows were read at 2 o’clock in the afternoon in the Union Evangelical United Brethren church, with baskets of white gladioli, candelabra, and palms decorating the front. White satin bows marked the pews and the bridal aisle was carpeted in white. Miss Merriman is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elisha O. Merriman of rural route 1, Monroe, and the bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Noah Hirschy of rural route 1, Berne. A musicale preceded the ceremony, with Mrs. Delmore Wechter playing organ music and Mr. and Mrs. Don Raudenbush as vocalists. Mrs. Wechter played the tradii tional wedding march and other selections including “Wonderful One,” ‘ Our Wedding Prayer,” and "Song of Lqve.” The vocalists sang together "Oh Tell Me Mrs. Raudenbush sang “Indian Love Call,” “Always,” “I Love

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Mrs. Richard Lee Hirschy

You Truly,” and as the couple kneeled in prayer, "O Perfect Love.” Given in marriage by her father, the bride selected a gown of silk organza fashioned with a basque bodice and long sleeves. The scalloped neckline was appliqued with imported Swiss organdy motifs that were embroidered with seed pearls and irredescent sequins. The same motifs were repeated in the bride’s very full skirt that ended in a train. Bows of organza accented the bottom of the skirt. Miss Merriman's th r e e-tiered veil of French illusion was held in place with a matching crown of organza, pearls and sequins. She carried a heart shaped bouquet of white roses and blue delphinine. Miss Marcia Merriman, sister of the bride, was the maid of honor jn a blue silk organza over net and taffeta dress. The bodice featured a boat neckline and was sleeveless. A satin cumberbund afid satin bows down the back of the bodice beautified the dress. A clip of pearls and feathers held her blue French illusion veil and she carried an arrangement of white carnations centered with blue delphinine. Mrs. Ned Dull, another sister of the bride, and Mrs. Donald Bailey, a friend, were bridesmaids in matching dresses. Flower girl. Miss Wanda Hirschy, wore a blue and white nylon dress with a matching headpiece. Serving as best man was Dale Hirschy, while Kay Ratcliff and Ned Dull seated the guests. Groomsmen were Larry Merriman and Lynn Stucky, and David Hirschy carried the rings. The men of the bridal party wore white dinner jackets, black trousers, and red carnation boutonnieres. A pink sheath lace dress with white accessories and a white rose corsage were worn by the bride’s mother. Mrs. Hirschy chose a Royal Blue sheath dress with white accessories and a white rose corsage, From 3 until 5 o’clock, the church basement was the scene of the reception with 250 guests in attendance. A five tiered wedding cake centered the serving table and bowls of roses were placed on either side. Blue and white crepe paper, blue bows and roses with wedding bells completed the decorations. Miss Helen Hirschy, Miss Carol Buuck, Miss Kathy Brustrup, Miss Mary Ann Kelsey, Miss Betty Myers, Miss Mary Myers served the guests, while the bride’s sister. Miss Romona Merriman, presided at the guest book. For a honeymoon of an unannounced destination, the bride changed into a brown two piece sheath dress with a white carnation corsage. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hirschy graduated from Adams Central high school and she is employed by Kresge’s Warehouse at Fort Wayne. He is an employe of the Farm Bureau Co-op at Monroe. Rural route 1, Monroe, is the new address of the couple.

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MISSIONARY SOCIETY MEETS WITH MRS. LOCIA COX Mrs. Locia Cox was hostess for the recent meeting of members of the Nuttman Avenue Missionary Society that had Mrs. William Huston presiding. Scripture was read by Mrs. Clara Dague and a prayer offered by Mrs. Wayne Smith. The leader presented the miditation on “Refugees and Where Will They Go,” followed by poems of encouragement After Mrs. Howard Raver had presented the study chapter on Turkey, a short business meetlag was held. Upon dismissal, the hostess, assisted. by Mrs. Forest Railing, served refreshments.

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MRS. LILLIAN STUCKEY IS HOSTESS TUESDAY The home of Mrs. Lillian Stuckey was the scene of the Tuesday evening meeting of members of the Monroe Better Homes Demonstration club. Repeating of the club creed and prayer opened the meeting, with Mrs. Ervin Stucky in charge. History of the song of the month was given by Mrs. Glen Stucky and she then led the group in singing the song. Evening’s devotions were taken from Psalm 92 and given by Mrs. Eva Brewster. A poem and a prayer closed the devotional part of the meeting. The lesson, “Family Goals,” was presented by Mrs. Willis Gierhart and Mrs. Richard Everett. A panel discussion followed. Mrs. Leonard Jonhston gave the health and safety lesson and during the business session, members answered roll call by telling their pet peeve. Plans were made and tickets passed out to attend a Fort Wayne television program October 13. After the president had dismissed the meeting, the hostesses, Mrs. Stuckey, Mrs. Eva Brewster, and Mrs. Rose Hocker, served refreshment to 23 members and three guests. SICK CARDS WRITTEN BY W.C.T.U. MEMBERS The writing of cards to send to the sick was on the agenda for members of the Kirkland W.C.T.U. who met recently at the home of Mrs. Harvey Landis. The meeting was opened by president, Mrs. Dortha Shady. Hymns were sung by the group, aftdr which Mrs. Floyd Stoneburner offerer a prayer. Roll call was taken by Mrs. Joe Baumgardner and the dues were collected. Mrs. Chester Wilson led in the closing prayer that was followed with the serving of refreshments. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Edith Houck.

PICNIC HELD BY

CORINTHIAN CLASS A picnic for members of the Corinthian class of the First Christian church was held at 6 o’clock Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Aurand. Mrs. Harman Kraft, president, opened the meeting with scripture and prayer, followed by roll call and the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting. Mrs. William Teeple read a poem entitled, “A Good Church Garden.” Mrs. Clara Drum presided over the election of officers, with Mrs. Adam Kunowich being elected as the new president. Vice president will be Mrs. Paul Daninels and the secretary-treasurer is Mrs. Homer Ruhl. Mrs. Henry Neireiter will be year book chairman. Ten members and three guests, Mrs. Iris Kilomvits of. Fort Wayne, Mrs. Margie Shaffer of Monroeville, and Mrs. Erwin Fuelling, also of Monroeville, were present. The Decatur Home Demonstration club members will meet Wednesday at 2 o’clock at the C.L. of C. hall. Catholic Ladies of Columbia will have a pot luck supper Tuesday at 6:30 o’clock. The committee will furnish the meat and rolls. Monday evening at 7:30 o’clock, members of the Bobo Community organization will meet at the Bobo school. Thursday, members of the Zion Lutheran Needle club will meet at the parish hall at 1 o’clock. Public installation for the order of the Rainbow for Girls will be held Thursday evening at the Masonic hall at 7 o’clock. All Rainbow Girls, parents, and friends are invited to attend; The Decatur Music Band Boosters will meet in the high school music room, Monday evening at 7:30 o’clock. A regular meeting of members of the Loyal Daughters class of the Bethany E.U.B. church will be held Tuesday at 7:30 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Francis Eady. Meat, rolls, and a drink will be furnished by the committee at the meeting of the Pythian Sisters Teeple Monday evening. t W.S.W.S. OF TRINITY CHURCH MEETS RECENTLY The Women's Society of World .Service of the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church met Tuesday in the social rooms of the church at 7:30 o’clock. Mrs. R. O. Wynn was leader, usjng as her topic “One With Christ.” Mrs. Thurman Haggerty presented a musical selection followed by the responsive reading, after which a hymn was sung. The leader asked all officers and

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CUJBS culendtr items for today’s puw cation must be phoned Ir by 1 «.**. (Saturday 9:90) Phone 3-ZID Mardon Boe* FRIDAY American Legion Auxiliary, Legion home, executive committee at 7 p.m., regular meeting at 8 p.m. Union Township Farm Bureau, Immanuel Lutheran school, 8 p.m. Mt. Tabor W. S. C. S., Mrs. Glenn Chronister, 7:30 p. m. SATURDAY Builders class of Trinity E.U.B. church, carry-in supper at HannaNuttman park, 6 p.m. Progressive Supper for Heidleberg class, starts at Zion E. and R. church, 6 p. m. SUNDAY Studebaker reunion, Washington park in Bluffton, noon. Beta Sigma Phi sorority, husbands’ picnic, Sunset park, 4 p.m. MONDAY Decatur Music Band Boosters, Decatur high school music room, 7:30 p.m. Bobo Community Organization, Bobo school, 7:30 p.m.. • Sancta Maria study club, Mrs. Richard Feasel, 8 p.m. Past Presidents Parley, Legion home, 8 p.m. Holy Family study club, Mrs. Robert Laurent, 8:30 p.m. Welcome Wagon club, Mrs. Dan Tyndall, 8 p. m. Pythian Sisters Temple, Mrs. Ed Warren, 6 p. m. TUESDAY C.L. of C., pot luck: supper, C.L. of C. hall. Loyal Daughter’s class of Bethany E.U.B. church, Mrs. Francis Eady, 7:30 p.m. Pocahontas Lodge, Red Men’s hall on Winchester street, 7:30 p.m. Merry Matrons Home Demonstration club, postponed until September 22. Decatur Garden club, Mrs. Fred Ashbaucher afternoon. WEDNESDAY Decatur Home Demonstration club, C.L. of C. hall, 2 p.m. THURSDAY Zion Lutheran Needle club, parish" hall, Ip.m. Public installation of Order of Rainbow for Girls, Masonic hall, 7 p.m.

members what oneness with Christ in responsibilities in the W.S.W.S. ment to them. An offering was taken and the prayer of thanksgiving was prayed together. The lesson was closed th the Lord’s Prayer in. unison. Roll call was answered by 25 members and one guest, after which the business meeting was closed with a prayer by Mrs. Merie Deßolt. Refreshments were served during the social hour by Mrs. Frank Bohnke and Mrs. Hazel Bragg. MRS. EDNA MICHAELS OPENS RECENT MEETING Devotions by Mrs. Edna Michaels opened the recent meeting of members of the Women’s Society of Christian Service, who met at the Monroe Methodist church. A special number entitled, “Why Should He Love Me So,” was sung by Connie and Dick Everett, after which the lesson was given by Mrs. Harry Crownover. Theme for the evening was, “There’s A Light Upon the Mountains.” A dialogue was presented by Mrs. Russell Mitchel and Mrs. Glen Stucky. During a business meeting held under the direction of Mrs. Glen Stucky, the secretary and treasurer’s reports were read and approved. Old and new business was discussed and the meeting closed with a prayer given by Miss Joyce NuSsbaum. Refreshments were later served by the hostesses. Admitted Don Lutes, Decatur. Dismissed ’ Master Ronald Erxleben, Decatur; Mrs. Clara Runyon, city; C.V. Rupel Bryant; Mrs. Charles Lobsiger, Decatur.

B' •l Miss Phyllis Arlene Biberstein Biberstein-Fuhrmaii Plan Fall Wedding Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Biberstein of rural route 2, Decatur, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their eldest daughter, Phyllis Arlene, to John N. Fuhrman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norval Fuhrman of rural route 1. Decatur. The bride-elect is a graduate of Adams Central high school with the class of 1959 and is employed by the Fort Wayne Wire Die. Her fiance graduated from Monmouth high school in 1959 and is employed by the General Electric company in Fort Wayne. A fall wedding is being planned by the couple.

JL©(g®]Ls Miss Carol Bieberich, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Bieberich, and Miss Donna Cauble, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cauble, have returned to Ball State Teachers College, where they will begin their sophomore years. The girls will room, along with Miss Carolyn Hoffman, at 312 North Calvert street, Muncie. Miss Cheryl Ashbaucher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ashbaucher, will leave Sunday for Indiana. University, where she will •begin her freshman year. Mr. and Mrs. Chalmer Reber and daughter Linda, have returned from a trip to Lynhurst, N.J., and New York City. Linda will begin studies at International Business college soon . Three Charged In little Rock Blasts LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (UPD — Three more men were charged Thursday night in connection with a series of Labor Day dynamite ‘ blasts. Two other men already had been charged. The three are John Taylor Coggins, 39, an auto salesman; Samuel Graydon Beavers. 49, a carpenter, and Jessie Raymond Perry, 24. a truck driver. They were charged under an 1885 law against use of explosives] to destroy nublic propertv. E. A. Lauderdale, Sr., 48, a lumber dealer and Citizens Council member, and J. D. Sims, 33, a trtfck driver and member of thei Ku Klux Klan, were Thursday.

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Hold Annual Picnic At Stratton Sunday The annual Stratton Place picnic will be held Sunday from 3:30 to 6 p.m. Denzil Dowell, general chairman, asks that all children arrive at 3 o’clock for organized entertainment. Serving of food will begin at 4 o’clock. This annual event, for all residents of the addition east of Decatur. affords an opportunity for neighbors to become better ac--quainted ano also to meet new residents. The annual business meeting of the Stratton Place association will be included on the program, as it was decided at the January meeting to change the annual reorganization date to coincide with the picnic. Roger ■ Cehustck", association announced that new officers will be elected, also three directors to succeed the retiring directors, J. Clark Mayclin, Joseph Kaehr and Robert Anderson. In event of inclement weather i Sunday, the picnic will be held at the You tn and Community Center from 5 to 7 p.m. JBnirta At the Adams county memorial hospital: Louis and Janet Smith Mann of rural route 2, Ossian, are parents of a nine pound, two ounce girl I born at 11:18 a.m. today. Trade ii a goo * U.-wn — Decatur

Workman Burned As Fire Follows Blast HAGERSTOWN, Ind. tUPD — Earl Bedwell, 42. New Castle, was burned and hospitalized late Thursday when an explosion occurred and fire broke out in a pumping station of the Sohio Oil Co. where he worked as an engineer. The fire spread through the two- story brick building at the edge of this town. The blast was blam.-d on a gasket failure in a diesel engine. $250,000 Fire At Greenfield Today GREENFIELD, Ind. <UPD — A fire blamed tentatively on the season's first cold snap swept the Hancock County Farm Bureau Cooperative lumber yard here today. causing damage estimated unofficially at $250,000. Firemen seeking a cause for the blaze said a sharp drop in temperatures to the upper 40s early this morning may have switched on a thermostat-controlled space heater, igniting dust which collected during construction of a new building this summer. A bakery truck driver saw the fire about 4:30 a. m. and turned in an alarm which eventually sent firefighting equipment from Fortville, Shelbyville, Pendleton, Knightstown, Philadelphia, and Winkinson to the scene. Manager Harlan Fawver made the preliminary loss estimate. Residents of a nearby apartment house fled at the height of the flames. Two Men Are Jailed For Fatal Shooting BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (UPD — Two men were in jail today in connection with the slaying Thursday night of Paul E. Hall, 32, R. R. 3, Bloomington, shot down in a lonely stone quarry driveway during a drinking party. Hall apparently was shot around 5 p.m. and left dead or dying in the lane for hours while Don F. Staggs, 29, and Harold Carpenter, 32, Bloomington, walked 15 miles and reported the shooting to a relative of Staggs. Staggs and Carpenter were held in Monroe County Jail as material witnesses. Staggs, hH?BWß»ng*to Indiana State Police, .admitted shooting Hall after Hall cut Staggs' hand with a knife. Staggs said the three were drinking 15 miles northwest of Bloomington and got into an argument. Had was shot four times with a pistol, police said. Slugs hit him in the head, back and left arm. Hours after the shooting, Staggs and Carpenter reported what happened to Staggs' father in Bloomington, and the father took the men to the sheriff’s office. An ambulance took both men to the scene where Hall’s body was found. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Bloomington Hospital.

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Paul Douglas Dies Os Heart Ailment HOLLYWOOD (UPD—Film star Paul Douglas, 52, died today from a heart ailment, city firemen reported. Firemen were called to the Douglas Hollywood Hills home by his actress-wife, Jan Sterling, 36. The rescut squad reported Doug- • las apparently had died by the,, time they arrived. Douglas’ physician. Dr. Lee A* Siegel, was in attendance, firemen said. ' The star was born in Philadelphia and was active in little theater dramatics while at Yale. He started his" career after leaving , Yale and first worked as a radio announcer and straight man. Douglas also played professional', football and acted as a motion picture sports narrator and writer for 11 years. ... Douglas and Miss Sterling weremarried May 12, 1950. It was bis, fifth marriage and her second. Their son, Adams, was born Oct;20, 1955. Douglas has a daughter, Margaret, 15, by a previous marirage to actress Virginia Field. The actor, a burly 6-footer with a deep, resonant voice, was the son qf Margaret Quigley and Paul Douglas, a doctor. His parents, died when he was very young,' and he did odd jobs at school to support himself. He was graduated from West Philadelphia High school, where he participated id sports and dramatics. < Douglas got his acting start in "Born Yesterday” <m Broadway. He played the leading role for 1,024 performances. Douglas the role only because the play's director was unable to find another actor to take the role, and Douglas got it even though he had not had any real acting exp£r&£ ence. * - * i. Friendship Club Rummage Sale Cole Building Friday 12 noon to 9 p. m. Saturday 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. 213 t 2 ■ Over 2,500 u<. . 1 uoernte are sold and delivered in Decatur each day.

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