Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 286, Decatur, Adams County, 5 December 1959 — Page 3

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1959

SOCIETY *. •? ■' * -:i H§E' H ■r ; ' K Miss June Charmaine Wilson Engaged To Wed January 16 Miss June Charmaine Wilson’s engagement to Robert Gene Hoffman has been announced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fermin Wilson, of Willshire, Ohio. Hoffman is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Hoffman of Dayton, Ohio. The bride-elect, a graduate of Willshire high school and Warner Beauty College, is employed by Vera's Beauty Shoppe, Decatur. Her fiance graduated from Roosevelt high school, Dayton and is employed by the Pennsylvania railroad in Decatur ' v ,°^ s * il J,. be r , ead by 0,6 Rev - William Powers in the Willshire First Methodist church, Saturday, Jan. 16 at 6 30 p m

WOMEN’S MISSIONARY ENJOYS CHRISTMAS PROGRAM Christmas decorations adorned the Nuttman Avenue United Brethren parsonage for a recent meeting of the women’s missionary society. Mrs. Iris Harkless was program chairman. , Mrs. W-eryne Smith played the Christmas prelude, which was followed by the call to worship and a ’ poem, "The Christmas Candle,” presented by the leader. Prayer was offered by Mrs. Ben Harkless and a scripture candle lighting service was given by the Mesdames Clara Dague, William Hifcton, Jim Smith, Edith Terrell, and Ben Harkless. A rendition of “Silent Night” by Mrs. Wayne Smith and Mrs. Lawrence Michel was preceded by a brief history of the song, given by Mrs. Roscoe Raudenbush. Mrs. Howard Raver gave the lesson study on Hong Kong and closed the program with the poem, “What Christ Is To Us.” Following the business session and benediction, the members enjoyed a gift exchange, which was under the direction of Mrs. Herman Harkless and Mrs. Roscoe Raudenbush. Mrs. Howard Raver SUN. & MON. Continuous Sun. from 1:15 HOUND 1000 Iman &*«»*«»•• COLOR bv LUXE ALSO — Shorts 25c -60 c -0 TODAY—KIRK DOUGLAS in “Last Train from Gun Hill” & “Forbidden Paradise” Both Color

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and her assistants served refreshments during the social hour. EVERREADY CLASS HOLDS CHRISTMAS PARTY The Everready Sunday school class ot the First Methodist church met recently for their annual Christmas party. Dinner was served in the church dining room from tables decorated in keeping with the Christmas theme. Following a short business meeting conducted by the president, Mrs. Gail Baughman, the program chairman, Mrs. Delton Passwater, read from the 2nd chapter of Luke and gave a selection entitled, “The Brightness of Christmas.” She concluded her part of the program by reading two Christmas poems, “That Bright Star” and “There Will Always Be A Christmas.” Mrs. Asa Pollock then entertained the group with singing “Holy Night” and “There’s a Song in the Air.” Mrs. Mabel Marshall read a Christmas story, “The Gifts of the Wise Men,” and the Rev. Hazen Sparks closed the -program with prayer. Santa Claus then appeared and distributed gifts to Hostesses for the pary were Mrs. Gail Baughman, Mrs. James Gattshall, Mrs. Forest Elzey, Mrs. Delton Passwater, Mrs. Asa Pollock, Mrs. E. W. Johnson, Mrs. R. D. Myers, Mrs. Harry Sipe, and Miss Etta Mallonee. MISS KRICKMAN SPEAKS AT WOMAN’S GUILD The Woman’s Guild of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church met Wednesday evening at the social room of the church for their annual Christmas program. The program was planned by Mrs. Joe Hazelwood, who introduced the string quartet from the Berne Reformed church. The quartet was followed by the sextet from the Berne church, who sang a Christmas selection. Mrs. Wesley Lehman led the devotional. Miss Margaret Krickman then introduced Margaret Burkhalter of Berne, who has been a missionary

-r-rr; r- —77 Clubs Calendar items tor today’s publication must be phoned in by 11 a.m. (Saturday 9:30). Phone 3-2121 Sue Estill SATURDAY Monroe Methodist W.S.C.S. bake sale and bazarr, Bahner building in Monroe, 9 a.m. to noon. Work and Win class Christmas party, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Arnold. 7:30. Eagles district 5, Eagles hall, 2 p.m. Dramatics department of Woman’s club, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kalver, 9 p.m. SUNDAY St. Mary’s Blue Creek Conservation club, club grounds, 12:30 p.m. Adult club of Zion Lutheran church, parish hall, 6 p.m. Wesley Sunday school class of First Methodist church, church parsonage, 6 p.m. MONDAY Our Lady of Batima study club, Mrs. E. A. Bosse, 8 p.m. Civic department of Woman’s club, Mrs. Ray Stingely, 7:45 p.m. Literature department of Woman’s club, Mrs. Hazen Sparks, 7:45 p.m. V. F. W» Ladies Auxiliary, post home, 8 p.m. Adams County Home Demonstration chorus, 6 p.m., Farm Bureau building. Music department of Decatur Woman’s club, Decatur Community Center, 6:15 p. m. Evening Circle of Methodist W.S.C.S., church lounge, 8 p. m. Academy of Friendship Christmas party, Preble Restaurant, 6:30. Group will meet at the Moose Home at 6 p. m. Art department of Decatur Woman’s club, Mrs. L. A. Cowens, 7:30 p.m. Research club, Mrs. Myrtle Filson, 2:30 p.m. Juniors of American Legion Auxiliary, Legion home, 5:30 p.m.

TUESDAY Xi Alpha Xi and Delta Lambda chapters of Beta Sigma Phi, Mrs. Jerome Keller, 8 p.m. Church of God Missionary society, fellowship basement, 7:30 pan. ; _ : Profit and Pleasure Home Demonstration club, Lucy Schnepp, 6:30 p.m. W.S.W.S. of Trinity E. U. B. church, social room of church, 7:30 p.m. , Associate Tri Kappas Christmas party, Miss Dorothy Schnepf, 7:30 p.m. Decatur circuit chapter of Valparaiso University Guild, Bethlehem, Ossian, 12 noon. Kirkland W.C.T.U., Mrs. Dorothy Shady, 1:30 p.m. Gals and Pals Home Demonstration club, Mrs. Ed McCullough, 6:30 p.m. St. Catherine’s study club, Fairway Restaurant. 7 p.m. Olive Rebekah Lodge, 1.0.0. F. hall, 7:30 p.m. Rose Garden club, Zion E. & R. church, noon. Dorcas Sunday school class of Bethany E. U. 8., Mrs. John Spahr, 6 p.m. WEDNESDAY W.M.S. of Pleasant Mills Baptist church, Miss Sally McCullough, 7 p.m. Zion Lutheran Missionary society, parish hall, 1 p.m. St. Paul Missionary Ladies Aid, Mrs. William Thornton, all day meeting.. ' O. N. O. Home Demonstration club, Mrs. Fred Bieberich, Preble, 6 p.m. THURSDAY St. Dominic study club, C. L. of C. hall, 6 p.m. Order of Eastern Star, Masonic hall, 7:30 p.m. W.S.C.S. of First Methodist church, at the church, 11 a.m. Mt. Pleasant W.S.C.S., Mrs. Milton Fuhrman, 11 a.m. in India for 40 years. Miss Burkhalter spoke and showed pictures of the school and children she taught in India. Following the program, a short business meeting was called by the president, Mrs. Rufus Kirchhofer. Hostesses for the evening were Mrs. Lawrence Rash, chairman, Mrs. Joe Rash, Mrs. Wilbur Robinson, Mrs. Merlin Ross, Mrs. Lavew Roth, Mrs. Nola Roth, Miss Alice Roth. W.M.S. of the Pleasant Mills Baptist church will meet with Miss Sally McCulough Wednesday at 7 p.m. for a carry-in dinner and gift exchange. Order of Eastern Star will meet Thursday at 7:30 at the Masonic ball. A 50 cent gift exchange will take place.

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The Church of God Missionary society will conduct a Christmas meeting Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the fellowship basement. A $1 gift exchange will be part of the program. The Profit and Pleasant Home Demonstration club will meet Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the home of Lucy Schnepp for a potluck supper and Christmas gift exchange. Members are asked to bring their own table service. Miss Dorothy Schnepf will be hostess for the associate Tri Kappas Christmas party Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The W.S.W.S. of the Trinity E. U. B. church will meet Tuesday evening at 7:30 in the social room of the church. St. Dominic study club will hold a dinner and Christmas party Thursday at the C. L. of C. hall at 6 p.m. . “ Zion Lutheran Missionary society will hold their Christmas luncheon Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the parish hall. Following the luncheon, a program and 50 cent gift exchange will be held. Mrs. Chester KleinKnight will be in charge of the devotions. The Decatur circuit chapter of Valparaiso University Guild will meet a t Bethlehem Lutheran church, Ossian, at noon Tuesday for a Christmas luncheon. A program and exchange ®f cookies will be featured. W. S. C. S. of First Methodist church will meet Thursday at the church. Circles will meet at 11 a.m., with the luncheon at 12 noon. A general meeting will follow in the chapel at 1 p.m. Locals Mr. and Mrs. Clem Kortenber are spending several days in Alton, 111., with their daughter and son-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. Robert F. Underwood. Mrs. Robert D. Workinger, North Third, underwent surgery recently at the Otis hospital, Celina, 0., and is now convalescing at her home. Hospital Admitted Mrs. Theodore Pyles, Decatur; Milton Hoffman, Preble. Dismissed Mrs. Rose Meyers, Decatur. Births

At the Adams county memorial hospital: Ralph and Carolyn Sue Garrison Klinker, Monroeville, are parents of a three pound, 13% ounce daughter, born at nine o’clock Friday night. Change Speaker At Christian Church The Rev. Edward Pacha, pastor of the First Christian church, received word this morning that D. Allison Holt, scheduled to speak at women’s day service at the church Sunday, is ill and unable to appear here. Miss Iris Ferrent, of religious education department of the association of Christian churches in Indiana, will replace Rev. Holt as the speaker Sunday morning. Two Minor Accidents Reported By Police I City police reported two minor two-car mishaps in the city Friday with no injuries being reported and damage amounting to only SSO for the four vehicles involved. At Seventh and Adams streets at 4:10 p.m., a car driven by Donald A. Agler, 17, of 606 Patterson street, pulled from a parking position and struck a passing vehicle driven by Robert E. Grim, 26, route 3, Decatur. Both cars were northbound on Seventh street. Damage to the Grim car was S4O. In another parking accident, at the 200 block on Second street at 10:15 p.m. Friday, a car driven by Robert C. Andrews, 46, of 306 Oak street, backed into a parked car owned by Wendell Beer, 24, of 1022 S. 13th street. The police reported that Beer was improperly parked. Damage to the Beer car amounted to $lO.

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t v Wr' MRS. \ RUTH ANN BULMAHN EVANS, a Monmouth high school graduate, recently passed the Indiana state board of examination at Inßianapolis, receiving a registered nurse license. Mrs. Evans was graduated from the Parkview school of nursing and is now employed in the office ot Dr. Lloyd Vogel in Fort Wayne. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bulmahn, of route 5, Decatur

Man Is Freed After Five Murder Trials INDIANAPOLIS <UPI) Wherever Robert Lee Johnson is today, the former South Bend metal worker knows he never will have to stand trial again on charges he killed a taxicab driver during a holdup. And the fear of death in the electric chair no longer haunts ■ him. I Johnson, 37, was freed Nov. 12 I after five murder trials stretching over a 10-year period. The case . was dismissed on grounds John- ! son was coerced into confessing the crime. During the decade of trials, mistrials and hung juries, a LaPorte radio newsman and state legislator was cited for contempt of court because he aired a tape-re-corded interview with Johnson. Porter Circuit Judge GL. Burns at Valparaiso sustained a defense motion at the fifth and last trial to suppress Johnson's confession, Whereupon the prosecution promptly sought and received perjmission to dismiss the case for Jack of evidence. Cannot Be Retried Burns made it plain today that Johnson's case is finished and that he never can be tried again for the robbery-slaying of David iR. Smith, 27, South Bend. Burns I said, however, that so far as he knows, Johnson can get no compensation for the 10 years he spent behind bars. Smith,was beaten to death with a soft drink bottle and his money was stolen. Johnson was indicted in St. Joseph Circuit Court at South Bend in April, 1949, on a first degree murder charge. Two trials in Marshall Circuit Court at Plymouth ended in hung juries and two more trials in LaPorte Circuit Court at LaPorte i ended in mistrials. It was during Johnson’s fourth trial at LaPorte in October, 1957, that the interview was aired over !a local radio station. In the interview. Johnson alleged he was offered a “deal” before his current trial if he would plead guilty to manslaughter. Johnson said the “deal” included a suspended sentence. Cited For Contempt Both prosecution and defense immediately moved for a mistrial. Jean LaGrange, a newsman for radio station WLOI in LaPorte, was cited for direct contempt by special Judge Harry Long of Gary after the broadcast. The 39-year-old newsman later was sentenced to 45 days in jail and fined $250 by Long. He appealed, however, and the Indiana Supreme Court reversed the conviction on Oct. 31, 1958. The high court’s opinion scrapped a ruling of 32 years’ standing that newspaper articles could be treated as direct contempt of court. When Burns ruled at the fifth trial not to admit Johnson’s confession, the state decided to drop the case on grounds that other

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evidence against Johnson was of a circumstantial nature“There is no question that Johnson was questioned in relays in excess of 36 hours,” Burns said. “Such questioning is torture of the mind as well as of the body. It is a suction process if a statement is obtained under such circumstances. “Coerced Confession” “It is coerced confession. It is . .. against what we term freedom of expression that is irreconcilable with what the law says must,be an expression of free choice.”

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Carol Lynley, fast-rising young star, will be seen twice on the J Adams theater screen next week. Sunday and Monday, Miss Lynley appears with the Fabulous Fabian in “Hound Dog. Man," based on the best-selling novel of rural America. Others in the cast are Stuart Whitman, Dodie Stevens and Betty Field. Friday and Saturday, Miss Lynley has the leading role in “Blue Denim," the same part she played in the Broadway production from which the picture was taken. The first four trials cost Sfa Jo-! seph County $50,000. Two juries were unable to agree on a verdict. A third jury found him guilty and recommended death in the electric chair at Indi-, ana State Prison. But the verdict was thrown out because of a juror’s misconduct. At the conclusion of his final ordeal in court, Johnson said he was uncertain of what he would do. Before the long jail term and trials began, he had been a metal finisher at the Studebaker automobile plant in South Bend. Authorities at South Bend said they believe Johnson went to Chicago to look for work. Johnson said he certainly was not returning to his old home town. “Maybe I'll take a slow boat to China,” he said59 Persons Made 111 By Food Poisoning INDIANAPOLIS (UPl> -Fiftynine persons, most of them children, became ill Thursday after eating ham salad in the cafeteria of School No.. 35. Among those stricken was L. E. Hall, principal. Nobody was hospitalized, but those who were ill had severe i nausea. About half the 52 chil-' dren who were ill were able to return to classes Friday. Itinerant Laborer Suspect In Slaying INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—The. latest suspect in the slaying of Ly- 1 dia Fowler, 17, New Whiteland, is an itinerant worker held in connection with at least two lovers’, lane killings in the Los Angeles, Calif., area, police said Friday. Donald Kinman, 36, described by authorities as a “drifter” because he had roamed the United States working in most of its larger cities, has confessed two California murders, police said. Over 2 500 Dally Democrats are ! sold and delivered in Decat>” each dav

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' Revival Services At Willshire Church Evangelistic services, with pictures, will be held at the Willshire Union E. U. B. church next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 7:30 o'clock. Evangelist will be the Rev. Irvin Miller of the Berne Bethel Brethren church. Special music will be provided at each service, and the public is invited to attend. The Rev. Richard M. Ward is pastor of the church, located l’£ miles west of Willshire.

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