Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 275, Decatur, Adams County, 21 November 1959 — Page 3

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1959

SOCIETY

MRS. ROBERT ASHBAUCHER HOSTS PINOCHLE CLUB Mrs. Robert Ashbaucher entertained the members of the Decatur Pinochle club Thursday evening. Early in the evening, she served dessert from gaily decorated tables. At each place setting there was a seasonal gold mum corsage. During the business session, names were drawn for the 1960 month entertaining and gift buying by each member. At the conclusion of the card session, prizes were awarded to Mrs. Bill Porter, Mrs. Jerome Keller and Mrs. Robert Ashbaucher. Mrs. Lawrence Kohne was the -recipient of the traveling prize. The club had as their guest, Mrs. Janice Thatcher of Wren, Ohio. The Decmber meeting will be held at the Bill Porter home, at which time the club will enjoy a Christmas exchange. FRIENDSHIP village club MEETS THURSDAY The Friendship Village Home Demonstration club met Thursday at the Blue Creek and St. Mary’s township conservation club house for their November meeting. The president, Mrs. Lester Sipe, opened the meeting by leading the club creed. Mrs. Flovd Meyers read scripture from Psalms and a poem. Mrs, Norris Riley then directd the group in singing the song of the month, “The Beauty of the Earth,” and also told the history of the song. Mrs. Harry Workin ger presented the lesson on "Values and Goals” and Miss Donelda Marchl gave the health and safety lesson “home fires from electrical hazards.” Mrs. Charles Shoaf, secretary, read the minutes of the last meeting, which were approved. The treasurer’s report was given by Miss Donelda Machel. An all day session will be held for the Christmas meeting and the installation of officers will take place. The meeting was closed by the group repeating the club collect, with 31 members and three children present. Hostesses for the meeting were Mrs. Merle Foor, Mrs. Ray McMichel, Mrs. Lulu Raudenbush, and Mrs. Paul Wolf. CARL KEIFFER CLAIMS MISS DICKERSON AS BRIDE Miss Beverly Lurelene Dickerson became the bride of Carl Keiffer at 9 o’clock Saturday, November 14 at the First Christian church. Decatur. The Rev. Edward Pacha officiated at the double ring ceremony. Miss Dickerson is from Mansfield, Ohio, and the bridegroom is the son of Mrs. Harry Keiffer and the late Harry Keiffer, of Mifflin, Ohio. The bride was attired in a cream wool dress with brown accessories. Miss Sharon Dickerson, sister of the bride, was maid of honor and wore a gold dress with brown accents. David Baker, Ashland, Ohio, served as best man. ’ The groom’s mother chose a dark blue crepe frock and brown

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accessories. The bride was graduated, from Mansfield high school, Mansfield, Ohio, and is employed as a beautician there. The groom, a graduate of Haysville high school, Haysville, Ohio, is "Employed at the National Seating Co. in Mansfield. Mr. and Mrs. Keiffer will reside on a farm near Mifflin, Ohio. Those who attended the wedding were guests of Mrs. Clara Meyers, who is a cousin of the bridegroom. Presnt for the affair were Miss Irene Keiffe, Miss Connie Beer, Stan Gleason, and Dean Scott, all of Mansfeld and Ashland, Ohio. BROWNIES ENTERTAIN ZION LUTHERAN GUILD Brownie troop 549 entertained the members of the Zion Lutheran Emmaus Guild at a recent meeting. The troop, under the leadership of Mrs. Ellis Shaw, told of their activities learned at Brownie day camp, including singing, dancing, handicrafts, cooking, and first aid. Mrs. James Bleke, president, conducted a short business meeting. A motion was made to donate 810 to the mental health drive. Mrs. Enos Osterman and Mrs. William Porter will purchase and wrap these gifts for the mentally ill. Thirty-five members and two guests, Mrs. Paul Miller and Mrs. Will Schnepf, were present. 1 Members were reminded of the clothing drive for Lutheran world relief, conducted by the church. Clean, useable clothing and shoes are to be brought to the parish hall basement by Thanksgiving day. Mrs. Louis Webert was winner of the door prize. Hostesses for the evening were Mrs. Harold August, Mrs. Paul Hammond, and Miss Dorothy Schnepf. The next meeting will be Tuesday. December 15. A 50 cent gift exchange will be featured.

EPSILON SIGMA CHAPTER HOLDS NOVEMBER MEETING The Epsilon Sigma chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met at th® Elks home Wednesday evening. President, Mrs. Pat Schmitt, opened the meeting with the ritual. A report on the candy sales was given and the group voted to place additional orders to insure sufficient amounts of candy available during the Christmas season. The group discussed plans for the Christmas party; details will be announced at a later date. Mrs. Pat Mansfield and Mrs. Janice Schulte had charge of the cultural program. They spoke on “How is your conversation?” and “Voice and Vocabulary Reflect.” Cards were distributed for gifts to the mental patients. Members are asked to take these gifts to the Gas office by December 1. The meeting was adjourned with the closing ritual. Births At the Adams County Memorial hospital: A nine pound boy was born at 10:10 p.m. Friday to Norman und Aileen Bradtmueller Witte, 1345, Master Drive. Fraudulent Check Charges Are Filed County prosecutor, Severin H. Schurger, today filed four separate affidavits for fraudulent checks against Sarah F. Philpot, .of 821 N. Third street and 526 Nuttman avenue. The complaints were signed by Price’s Mens Wear, Two Brothers, Texaco Servic Station, and the Fairway Restaurant.

Clubs Calendar items tor today’s publication must be phoned in by -11 a.m. (Saturday 9:30). Phone 3-2121 Sue Estill SATURDAY Christian Companion class of Trinity E.U.B. church, carry-in dinner, recreation hall of church, 6 p.m. MONDAY Pythian Sisters roll call, 7:30, at Moose Home. Lady Bug Hunt, V.F.W. Home, 8 p. m. Music section of Woman’s club rehearsal, Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, 7:30 p. m. Psi lota Xi honorary members, Mrs. Alfred Beavers, 6:30 p. m. TUESDAY Eta Tau Sigma, Mrs. Ray Heller, 8 p.m. Friendship circle of Decatur Missionary church, Mrs. Lawrence Gallogly, 7:30 p.m.' F.O.E. Auxiliary 2653 formal initiation by local degree team, 8 p.m. K. of C, Auxiliary potluck dinner, K. of C. hall, *6:30 p.m. Olive Rebekah Lodge, Odd Fellaws Hall, 7:30 p.m. Three Links club to follow lodge meeting. Delta Lambda chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, Mrs. Gene Ziner, 8 p.m. stration club, Bobo school, 7:30 p. m. Ave Marie Study club, Mrs. Gerald Durkin, 8 p. m. Delta Theta Tau, Mrs. Frank Lybarger, 8 p. m. Adams county historical society, discussion of Pleasant Mills covered bridge and homes constructed in Adams county between 1860 and 1900, Decatur library, 8 p. m. Bethany circle of Zion Reformed church, at church, 7:30 p. m. Past Matrons of Eastern Star, Mrs. R. C. Hersh, 7:30 p. m. Sunny Circle Home Demonstration club, Preble township community building 7; 30 p. m. Xi Alpha Xi chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, Mrs. Clarence Ziner, Hospital Dismissed Mrs. Emil Baumgartner and baby girl, Monroe; Mrs. Leona Stoneburner, Decatur. Locals Miss Cecelia Lehman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Lehman, Bellmont Road, came home Friday to attend the Adams Central basketball game. Miss Lehman is a student at the Parkview hospital I school of nursing, Fort Wayne. Shirley Liby,' a freshman at Manchester College, is spending the weekend with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Liby. Miss Irene Kipfer, of route 4, Bluffton, underwent surgery at the Wells county hospital. Mrs. Richard Eisenhut, of route 4, Bluffton, was released from the Wells county hospital Friday after receiving treatment. Mrs. Don Presdorf, of route 4, Decatur, was admitted to the Wells county hospital to receive treatment. Alan Bogner, of Decatur, has opened the Sunoco service station on Jefferson street in Ossian. Married and the father of a five-month-old daughter, he has had seven years of service station experience. Holiday Favorites Among Top Values WASHINGTON (UPI) — As Thanksgiving approaches, almost all the holiday favorites are to be found among the top values offered this week-end. There are plenty of Thanksgiving turkeys this year. Also, for those who prefer pork, there are plentiful supplies of loins, chops, and hams. Lamb and beef are also being offered a good buys. Poultry and eggs continue to be good buys. Most of the customary trimmins are also ample for the holiday demand. Among the plentifuls dat the vegetable bins are sweet potatoes, carrots, onions, potatoes, cauliflower, and salad greens. Good supplies of apples, grapes, oranges, pears, bananas, grapefruit, and avocados add to the good buys in fruits. In fish, the best values this week-end are shrimp, fish sticks and portions, and canned tuna.

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37 County Students Enrolled At Purdue LAFAYETTE, Ind.—Thirty-sev-en students from Adams county are enrolled in classes on the campus of Purdue University for the first semester of the 1959-60 academic year, according to a classification of students by states and counties. The total on-campus enrollment is 14,192 students. The Adams county students, with their home address and classification, are as follow: BERNE: Patsy Joan Bollenbacher, route 2, senior in home economics: Millard A. Habegger, route 1, graduate student; James E. Kirchhfer, route 2, junior in agricultural engineering; Abraham J. Nussbaum, 631 E. Water St., senior in science; Stanley J. Nussbaum, 418 Dearborn St., junior in science; Helen Louise Rumple, route 2, sophomore in home econoniics; William H. Rumple, route 2. senior in agriculture; Powell L. Sprunger, 205 W. Water St., sophomore in' science; Frederick K. Stahly, 417 N. Jefferson, sophomore in electrical engineering; Thomas R. Steury, 555 Compromise St., sophomore in electrical engineering; Ronald P. Wagley, 1 route 2, special student in electrical engineering. DECATUR: David A. Beery, route 2, sophomore in electrical engineering; Lowell W. Beineke, route 1, junior in science; Barbara Sue Bond, 313 Mercer St., junior in home economics; William S. Bowers Jr., 138 Monroe St., graduate student; David R. Butcher, 1062 Russell St., sophomore in chemical engineering; Jon H. Corey, 1239 Mix Ave., junior in mechanical engineering; Karen Mae Corey, 1239 Mix Ave., freshman in science; David F. Eichenauer, route 5, sophomore in engineering; Rheba Louise Eichhorn, route 6, graduate student; Gail Patricia Hammond, route 3, junior in agriculture; Charles I. Heare Jr., route 2, junior in science; Robert D. Lobsiger, 521 W. Madison, Applied Technology student; Terry B. Marmach, route 5, freshman in engineering; Glen L. Rekeweg, 1303 Master Drive, sophomore in engineering; Janet Kay Torson, 227 S. 3rd St., graduate student. GENEVA: Donald L. Bailer, route 1, junior in civil engineering; David A. Baumgartner, route 2, senior in mechanical engineering; Barbara Joy Everhart, route 2, freshman in science; Kay Elliott Hale, senior in science; William B. Hale, graduate student; James W. Lybarger, route 2, freshman in engineering. LINN GROVE: Carl D. Zuercher, freshman in engineering; Joyce Dale Zuercher, junior in industrial education. MONROE: William L. Hoffman, freshman in engineering. PLEASANT MILLS: John C. Wolfe, senior in physical education. PREBLE: Winston C. Lister, sophomore in industrial engineering. * ■ “Qm Listed in Allen county. is Evelyn June Doehrman, route 1, Decatur, senior in home economics. * Listed in Wells county are Elizabeth Anp Bryant, sophomore in home economics; Carol Taylor, junior in home economics, and James T. Taylor, senior in agriculture, all of route 1, Geneva.

Santa Claus Town Looking For Mayor By HORTENSE MYERS United Press International INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — The town of Santa Claus in southern Indiana is looking for a mayor. The job is an honorary one, since this small town in the hills of Spencer County is not incorporated and legally cannot have a mayor. There are no duties attached to the job but there is some salary of a sort. The pay consists of a free trip to Santa Claus and a weekend in which Christmas comes early for the WllJicl The Santa' Clause Chamber of Commerce, which annually sponsors a contest to pick an honorary mayor, is a little choosey Who gets the job, however. The mayor must have been bqrn on Christmas eve or Christmas Day apd he or she must not be younger than six years of age or older than 12. According to Ferman Yearby, Rockport, chairman of the contest, his four-member committee will pick the honorary mayor of Santa Claus, sight unseen, on the basis of their pictures and their j platform— a statement in which : the little boy or girl gives reasons' for wanting to be mayor of the famous little town. Easy-to-Sew Printed Pattern * /I /\ 1\ I •» '°l/' ’»! Nil'' T * */* ■ * I* N f I ■>*■,/*• '.R* '* B I♦ »\ •» . tl--, 1 J 9371 SIZES 6—14 Bright jumper to wear with its own blouse one day—to mix and mingle with sweaters, shirts all week long. V-cut bodice tops whirling skirt. Easy-sew. Tomorrow’s pattern: Men’s robe. Printed Pattern 9371: Girls’ Sizes 6,8, 10, 12, 14. Size 10 jumper takes 1% yards 54-inch fabric; blouse 1% yards 35-inch. Printed directions on each pattern part. Easier, accurate. Send Thirty-five cents (coins) for this patter it—add 10 cents for each pattern for first-class mailing. Send to Marian Martin, Decatur Daily Democrat, Pattern Dept., 232 West 18th St., New York 11, N. Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS with ZONE, SIZE and STYLE NUMBER If you have something to sell u. rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad — They bring results. ~

Must Give Answer Entries should be sent to the mayor committee, Santa Claus. Ind. by Dec. 5, along with a snapshot and the answer to the question: “Why do you want to be mayor of Santa Claus.” The winner and his or her father, morther or guardian will be flown from their home to Evansville, Ind,, then bought by car to Santa Claus, for a weekend reign, Dec. 12-13. The domain of the youthful honorary mayor includes a 240-acre children’s park crammed with everything from a doll museum to a herd of live deer. The town of Santa Claus was founded in 1849 and led a peaceful existence until the 1920 s when a “Believe It or Not” cartoon called attention of the habit of a ' former postmaster of answering j all letters from children addressed to Santa Claus. A Tourist Mecca From then on. the places has ' been a tourist mecca. Louis Koch. Evansville, now 77 years old, ’ founded the park because he felt children were disappointed when ’they visited the little town and saw nothing but houses and roads such as they could see at home. Now the things to be seen in Santa Claus look more like a stack of fairy books aroused to life. I Even the postoffice is a pink tur- : reted castle on the outside al- ' though the mundane work of postmarking mail and selling stamps ! goes on at a metropolitan rate i inside. I The committee has a red velvet robe, trimmed in white fur, waiting for the honorary mayor’s arrival. PRISONERS Continued trw’ nay* one been in the jail since June when they allegedly slugged Allen Clarkson, athletic director at the Indiana State Farm. McGill was sentenced from Marion County for grand larceny and auto theft: Knowles was serving time for malicious trespass, grand larceny and possession of marijuana, and Terrell was jailed for assault and battery and disorderly conduct. The disturbance followed by little more than a week an attempt by three other prisoners to escape the jail. Two of the prisoners, a plumber and a sheriff’s officer were injured in the break attempt Nov. II when one of the prisoners held a pocket knife at the throat of Greencastle plumber Eddie Buis after Buis entered the cell to check the plumbing. In the melee that followed, Buis, jail attendant Victor Cue and two of the three prisoners suffered slight stab wounds. Those prisoners were sent to the Indiana State Reformatory for safe-keeping.

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Connie Nicholas Files New Appeal INDIANAPOLIS (UPD— Mrs. Connie Nicholas hoped today that a new appeal filed with the Indiana Supreme Court would delay her commitment to prison. But she apparently must find ariother SIO,OOO gift bond by Monday to keep her freedom. Attorneys for Mrs. Nicholas filed the new appeal with the high court late Friday, contending that Marion Criminal Court Judge Thomas J. Faulconer erred in refusing to quash the indictment during her tria last April. Her attorneys said they hoped the appeal will prevent Faulconer from sending her to prison Monday. However, two bondsmen who provided the SIO,OOO bond free of charge for Mrs. Nicholas last spring said they intend to withdraw the bond Monday. Should they do so, Mrs. Nicholas, 45. would either have to secure another bond or surrender and go to prison for the July, 1958 slaying of drug executive Forrest Teel 54, her long-time lover. “We feel insecure about her tactics,” the bondsmen explained in announcing they would withdraw the gift bond. Mrs. Nicholas was sentenced by Faulconer April 16 to 2-21 years imprisonment She was convicted of voluntary manslaughter charges. “I’ll probably bring my toothbrush,” Mrs. Nicholas said regarding her court appearance Monday. Faulconer ordered her to appear after the Indiana Supeme Court rejected two earlier motions Thursday. Mrs. Nicholas denied she had done anything to merit withdrawal of the bond. She said she hopes she will be able to get another gift bond. However, she said she nor her family can afford a SIO,OOO bond. ADDITIONAL Contlniied from page one __ from the Gulf of Mexico boosted temperatures as much as 24 degrees from the Gulf states to the Ohio Valley and New England. Augusta, Ga., reported a 56-de-gree reading early today, 24 dei grees warmer than the 32 degree weather of early Friday. Temperatures also ose during I the night from northern Nevada to Idaho and Montana, but fell 815 degrees along a narrow banc’ ( from the Texas panhandle to j western Missouri. * If you have svm thing tr sell cm rooms for rent, try a Democra Want Aa — They biir.g results.

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Dayton Man Killed In Three-Car Crash WESTPORT, Ind. <UPI) — Richard Ivanoff, 46, Dayton. Ohio, was killed Friday afternoon in a threecar accident on Ind. 3 north of this Decatur County town. State Police said an auto driven Ly Aaron McPhearson, 53, North Vernon, skidded in front of Ivanoff while trying to pass. A third car driven by Mrs. Iva Hiatt, 60, Muncie, brushed past the wreckage. McPhearson was reported in critical condition at Robert Long Hospital in Indianapolis. Over 2.3U0 Daily Democrats are sold and delivered in Decatur ach day. A

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