Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 288, Decatur, Adams County, 8 December 1959 — Page 3

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1959

SOCIETY

MRS. MARTHA KINDELL CELEBRATES 83rd BIRTHDAY Mrs. Martha Kindell of Monroe was honored on her 83rd birthday Sunday with a birthday dinner. The following friends and families were home to help her celebrate the occasion: Mrs. Tony Arthur, Mrs. Edwin Call and Linda, Dave Eicher, Mr. and Mrs. Lee B. Garrison and Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Haggard and Vicki, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey L. Haggard and Joyce and David, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harris and Penny, Mrs. Elisa Jones, Mrs. Dick Rohyano, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sprunger and Karen and Barbara Jean. LEGION AUXILIARY SPONSORS HOSPITAL GIFT SHOPS “Christmas gift shops will be operated by the American Legion auxiliary this year in 174 Veterans Administration hospitals and in many other hospitals where veterans are under care,” Mrs. Melvin Luhman, rehabilitation chairman of Adams 43 unit of the auxiliary has announced. “At these' shops, hospitalized veterans can select gifts to be sent to their families, with the gifts, gift-wrapping, and a postage a donation from the auxiliary. “American Legion Auxiliary gift shops bring to the veterans in the the hospitals the joy of Christmas giving. The auxiliary also gives each veteran a gift for himself, but it is felt that they appreciate most the opportunity to send gifts home to their wives and children. - > “The gift shops are set up by auxiliary volunteers in a spare hospital room, decorated gaily and gift articles attractively displayed. Patients able to leave their beds conie to the shop and make their selection of gifts, which the auxiliary’s volunteer workers then wrap and mail for them. Bedfast patients make their selections from carts loaded with gift articles and wheeled to their besides.” Hundreds of thousands of dollars are expended by the auxiliary each year in buying articles for the gift - shops. The shops are operated by state organizations of the auxiliary and supported by local units throughout the state. The Decatur unit is helping support gift shops at Marion V.A. and Fort Wayne V.A. hospitals to make it a more cheerful Christmas for those who are |>edfast. Mrs. T. C, Srftith, depSttment. rehabilitation chairman and Mrs. Luhman are serving Wednesday at the Fort Wayne gift shop. ZION ADULT CLUB HOLDS CHRISTMAS PARTY Members of the Zion Lutheran Adult club held their annual Christmas party and carry-in dinner Sunday evening. The table were decorated in keeping with the holiday season, each guest receiving a tree ornament and applas donated by Mr. and Mrs. Otto Bieberich. President, Kenneth Schnepf. conducted a business meeting, during which it was voted to send $lO to the Lutheran laymen’s league. Election of officers was held and the following persons will assume official duties for the coming year: Henry Kreckeberg, president; Norman Gieger, vice president; Mrs. Karl Reinking, secretary-treasur-er. A discussion on sports was held and a motion was carried to have I the president appoint a committee: to investigate the possibility of Zion Lutheran church members forming teams and participating

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tn various sports. A committee consisting of Earl Caston, chairman, Allen Fleming, and Gary Schultz will report on their progress in this endeavor at the next meeting. Following the business meeting, the group exchanged gifts and enjoyed guitar playing and group singing provided by the Rev. Richard Ludwig and Karl Reinking. Mrs. Kenneth Schnepf was winner of the door prize. Couples on the planning committee for the party were Mr. and Mrs. Otto Spiegel, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Spiegel, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Steele, and Mr. and Mrs. Karl Reinking. ;, •*■ J ' v v - RESEARCH CLUB * HEARS BOOK REVIEW Mrs. R. D. Myers reviewed the book, “Windows for the Crown Prince”, for 15 members of the Reesarch club who gathered at the home of Mrs. Myrtle Filson for their Monday afternoon meeting. The popular book, by Elizabeth 7 Gray Vinning, concerns the Japanese emperor’s desire to have an American teacher for the 12-year-old crown prince. , Mrs. William Linn presided at the meeting during which Mrs. N. A. Bixler called attention to the need of clothing and articles suitable to be used by the Good Will Industry. She reminded the members that their truck will be in the city Wednesday and any one wishing to have the truck pick up articles may call her. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Paul Edwards. MRS. STINGELY HOSTS CIVIC GROUP MEETING The Civic Department of Decatur Woman’s club held their annual Christmas meeting last evening at the home of Mrs. Ray Stingely. The business . meeting was presided over by Mrs. Francis Ellsworth, chairman, at which time it was voted to place mystic candles at the hospital, a yearly project of the department. Mrs. George Rentz read the story, “The Man who kept the Stable," as her devotional topic, after which Mrs. Lowell Smith reviewed two short books, “Christmas Eve at Valley Forge" and “Christmas at Mt. Vernon.” During the social hour, the annual gift exchange was held and dessert in keeping with the Christmas season was served the 31 members present by Mrs. Stingely and her committee, Mrs. Lowell Smith, Mrs. Noah Steury, Mrs. George Rentz, Mrs. Frank Lynch and Mrs. B. R. Farr. LITERATURE DEPARTMENT ENJOYS CHRISTMAS PROGRAM Members of the Literature department of the Decatur Woman’s club were treated to a refreshing Christmas program of a serious nature Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Hazen Sparks. Twen-ty-one members were present for the meeting. Mrs. Mary Jane Saylors recalled that Dec. 7 was the 18th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, the match which ignited the fire of World War 11. She followed this by reading excerps from an article entitled, “The Last Christmas Tree.” originally given as a broadcast program by war correspondent, Bill White 4 Mrs. David Langston reviewed and read excerps from the play, “And there shall be j no Night,” by Robert Sherwood, ! the theme of which is the strife ’ and turmoil eperienced by a Finnish family during World War 11. Mrs. Ed Cook presided during the meeting, at which time it was

1 ~~~ Clubs Calendar items tor today’s publication must be phoned in by 11 a.m. (Saturday 9:30). Phone 3-2121 Sue Estill TUESDAY Delta Theta Tau, Mary C. and Rosemary Spangler, 6:30 p.m. 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 p.m. 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 Schnejaf, 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 Presbyterian Women’s Association, at the’church, 8 p.m. Our Lady of Lourdes study club, 7 p.m. 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 Phoebe Bible class, church parlors, 7:45 p.m. Emblem club. Elks home, 6:30 p.m. ------ —---- Salem Methodist W.S.C.S., potluck dinner, at church, 12 noon. 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. FRIDAY American Legion Auxiliary 43, Legion Home, 7:30 p.m. Faithful Workers class, church . basement, 7:30 p.m. MONDAY Welcome Wagon Christmas i party, Bamboo room of Fairway, 6:30 p.m. » Pythian Sisters Temple and Needle club. Christmas banquet. Moose Home, 5:30 p.m. announced that the general Christmas meeting of the Woman's club will be held Monday evening at the Zion and Evangelical and Reformed church. Colorful refreshments were served during the social hour by the hostess and her assistant, Mrs. Richard Schauss, from a candlelit table banked with coral and Christmas greens. The Pythian Sisters Temple and Needle club will hold their annual Christmas -banquet Monday at the Moose home at 5:30 p.m. 1116 committee is preparing the banquet. A 50 cent gift exchange will be ' held and members are reminded to bring their own table service. Reservations should be given to Mrs. Joe Hunter by December 11. Olive Rebekah lodge will hold a I dinner Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the'

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I. O. O. F. hall. American Legion Auxiliary unit 43 wiU hold a Christmas party Friday at 6:30 p.m. at the Legion home. A carry-in dinner and 50 cent gift exchange will be featured. The Faithful Workers class of Union Chapel E.U.B. church and their families will hold a Christmas party at 7:30 j?.m. Friday in the church basement. A white elephant gift exchange will be held. Phoebe Bible class of Zion E. and R. church i will meet Thursday at 7:45 p.m. in the church parlors. Members are reminded to bring a 50 cent gift for the exchange and cookies for the Christmas project. The Welcome Wagorj Christmas party will be held Monday evening in the Bamboo room of the Fairway Restaurant at 6:30 p.m. Mem-, bers are to bring $1 gifts for the exchange. Births A boy was born at home Monday to Norman and Phyllis Braun Rorick, 1104 West Monroe street. Hospital Admitted Master David Wellman, Bryant; Master Michael Manley, Decatur: Mrs. Chester Armstrong. Geneva: | Glenn V. Hill, Decatur; Mr. and Mrs. Julius Kohne, Decatur; Miss Hilda Heimann, Decatur; August Heimann, Decatur. Dismissed Mrs. Mel Weisman and baby boy, Decatur; Mrs. Ralph Klinker, Monroeville; Watson E. Maddox. T 'ecatur. Locals David L. Heimann, a 1957 graduate of Decatur Catholic high school, entered the professional accounting school of International College, Fort Wayne, Monday. Mrs. Geraldine Hitchcock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hitchcock, and a freshman art Decatur high school, celebrated her 16th birthday Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Johnson of Decatur recently motored to the Felt suburban home in Hoagland, where they visited Mrs. Merrill’s sister, .the former Evelyn Jane Summers and mother, Mrs. Rose. Summers, formerly of this city. The Summers’ Christmas gathering will be held December 21 in Fort Wayne. A 16th birthday was celebrated Saturday by Miss Dianna Deßolt, a sphomore at Decatur high school. She is the daughter Os Mrs. Ruth V. Deßolt of Decatur. COLLECT ' Continue J from page one These gifts will be distributed to patients at the Richmond state mental hospital during the Christmas season. The local chapter has been conducting such a drive for the past several years. MAYOR Cont 1 nfrom page one county clerk and president of the county election board, Richard D. Lewton and Cal E. Peterson, to be present. Since the recount is actually a sort of scientific process to determine the validity of the ballots and the count, the newspaper accounts during the meeting of the commission will discuss the reasons for counting or not counting of ballots, and give the total precinct, Lut not the totals for each individual, unless the commission feels that such a policy would be . for the best. The final story will, of course, give the total and the preI cinct by precinct total, for each ' of the candidates.

Deadly Winter Storm Hits New England United Press International A deadly winter storm swirled through New England today, leaving the East Coast clogged with snow and the South shiverjng in sub-freezing temperatures. ■ Gale-force winds powered the near-blizza'rd out of the Appalachians Monday through Pennsylvania and New York and south as far as Virginia and North Carol in. Southern officials blamed the storm for seven deaths by fire, auto accidents or asphyxiation. In the North, a grandmother and her two granddaughters were killed in a fire near Liberty, Maine. The storm dropped the mercury below freezing as far south as Orlando and Ocala in central Florida, but the U.S- Weather Bureau predicted a general warming trend would open up southern highways jammed with ice and snow. More snow flurries wee expected today in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia as the storm center moved slowly up the St. Lawrence Valley toward Canada. Nineteen school buses carrying scores of children were trapped in six-foot drifts ”1 Pennsylvania and New York. Snow plows finally reached the stranded students. Snow drifts up to five feet deep kept students home in Virgnia and North Carolina and blocked highways in Georgia. Tennessee' and North Carolina. Mount Mitchell, N.C., reported eight inches of snow and one degree below zero temperatures. The storm crippled New York City. The 70 m.p.h. winds tore between the skyscrapers, ripping canopies, smashing store windows! and shredding umbrellas. Strong winds up to 50 miles an hour in gusts broke loose the aircraft carrier Shipley Bay from its mooring in Boston harbor Monday. The decommissioned carier, now privately owned, drifted 150 yards from its berth before it was anchored by its crew. Ocean liners, including the superliner United States, were delayed in arriving by high seas and then held up in docking by the stiff windsLake Superior and lower Michigan were expected to share the snow flurries today, with freezing rain forecast in Washington and ■ northern Idaho. Colder weather w r as predicted for New England, the northern and central Plains and mid and upper Mississippi Valley, with warmer readings on tap from Florida through the Carolinas and Tennessee to Lake Erie. Girl Scouts Troop 269 met Monday after school at the Youth and Community Center. The meeting opened with the Girl Scout promise, after which roll call and dues were taken. Marsha Sheets announced that the Christmas party would be at her house. The girls then exchanged names and worked on the Christmas gifts for their mothers and fathers. Scribe, Karen Fisher Troop 269 met Monday after school at the Community Center. The meeting opened with the Girl Scout laws and promise, after which roll call and dues were taken. The troop decided to go to the Christ Child festival Saturday. They then discussed presents for Christmas for their parents. After a singing session, the troop was dismissed. Scribe, Cheryl Knudsen Brownie troop 178 met Monday afternoon at the Lincoln school. The 13 members decorated paper sacks with Christmas pictures. These are to be used for Christmas treats. Roll call was answered with a chore done without being told. The treat was furnished by Peggy Bevelhimer. Scribe, Peggy Bevelhimer HAIR BRUSHES Styles for men and women. Choice of club, half-round or professional. Each a RRC $2.00 Value • MOW OO Nationally ~ Advertised SMITH DRUG CO.

Mother And Young Daughter Killed TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (UPD— A Vigo County woman and her 4-year-old daughter were killed and; her other three children were injured Monday night in a car-truck crash northwest of here. Killed were Mrs. Violet Sollars, 39, route 2, West Terre Haute, and her daughter, Debra Jo. Taken to Union Hospital were Norval Edward Sollars, 17, driver of the car; his brother, Haymond 14. and their sister, Ellen Lea, 13. Raymond was reported in critical condition. Ellen Lea was in fair condition and Norval was treated and released, Authorities said the accident occurred when the Sollars auto smashed into the rear of a truck loaded with lumber on a Vigo County road near New Goshen. The truck, driven by Loren Eddinton, 46, was parked behind his j wife’s auto which Eddington was attempting to repair. j- . Finch And Tregoff Murder Trial Opens LOS ANGELES <UPD—The first degree murder trial of Dr. R. Bernard Finch and his red-haired paramoun begins today in a courtroom crowded with spectators eager to hear the details of their illicit romance. Finch, 41, a wealthy physician, and his former receptionist, Carol Tregoff, 22, are charged with the murder of Finch’s estranged wife, Babara, 33. ' Ms. Finch was snot to death i July 18 at the couple’s $65,000 home in nearby West Covina. Grant B. Cooper, Finch’s attorney, said he would attempt today to have the murder trial transferred to another county. He said ]he expected to take up most of the day arguing for a change of venue and would introduce a public opinion poll to back his charge the pair cannot get a fair trial, here because of widespread pub-1 licity. Miss Tregoff’s attorneys, however, said they would oppose the change of venue motion. Attorney I Robert-A. Neeb Jr. said he had an appeal before the State Supreme Court in San Francisco seeking a writ to prohibit the state from prosecuting Miss Tregoff. He said the court was expected to render a ruling on the appeal sometime today Miss Tregoff’s defense is being masterminded by Hollywood attorney Jerry Giesler. He is confined to bed with an illness, but is directing her case. Deputy Dist. Atty. Fred N. Whichello, the prosecutor, said the state’s chief witness in the trial would be Marie Ann Lidholm, 19, a Swedish exchange student who worked for the Finches as a housemaid at the time of the slaying. Finch and Miss Tregoff had hoped to inject sedatives in Mrs. Finch and then shove her car off a cliff, but were foiled in their attempt when Mrs. Finch screamed and Miss Lidholm came

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