Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 290, Decatur, Adams County, 10 December 1959 — Page 3

THURSDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1959

SOCIETY

SPANGLER HOME SCENE OF DELTA THETA TAU PARTY The Misses Mary C. and Rosemary Spangler were hostesses Tuesday evening for the Delta Tneta Tau Christmas party, held in their home. The rooms were adorned with clever Christmas decorations. In one room, a large Christmas, tree was the center of a miniature village, which featured a tiny country road filled with cars, trucks, horses and buggies, and lined with light poles and wires strung one to another. Lighted churches, homes, and farms were surrounded by tiny wooden fences and wooded areas filled witn animals. After the group finished dinner, Santa Claus appeared and gave each member a gift. A short business meeting was conducted by Mrs. Leo Teeple, during which reports were given on the popcorn sale and the Good Fellows club. Mrs. Robert .Colter was winner of the door prize. Rosemary Soangler, Dorothy Dryer, Joan Shannon, and Mary C. Spangler were on the planning committee for the evening. The Decatur Home Demonstration club will hold a Christmas dinner Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the C. L. of C. halk Members are requested to call Mrs. Howard Eley (3-35661 for reservations no later than Saturday, and are reminded to bring gifts for cheer sisters and a 50 cent gift for the exchange. Mrs. Fred Smith wiH be hostess for the Ladies Shakespeare club Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. Members of the Zion Lutheran Emmaus Guild are reminded to bring ‘ their cookies for the sick and shut-ins to the parish hall kitchen by Sunday afternoon. Meeting of the Adams Central P.T.A. has been gpstponed from Monday, December 1* to Monday, December 21. A Christmas program will be presented by the high school. The Monroe volunteer firemen are sponsoring a Christmas party for the children of Monroe and vicinity Monday.at 7:30 p.m. at the Monroe fire station. Queen of Holy Rosary study club will paeet this evening at 6:30 p.m. at th& West End Restaurant. £ —— | Briede Studio 202 S. Second St. HEADQUARTERS FOR • Eastman Cameras • Polaroid Cameras and Films • DeJur Movie Cameras and Projectors

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ACADEMY OF FRIENDSHIP HOLDS DINNER Twenty members of the Acade- ! my of Friendship enjoyed a dinner i and a Christmas exchange Monday i night at the Preble Restaurant. A very short business meeting conducted by the chairman, Mary Fravel, was held, after which Christmas carols were sung with games following. Iva Hunter re'ceived the prizes. The Academy pals were revealed with the exchanging of gifts. Another gift exchange was held for all members attending the party. The hostesses were Thelma : Kreps, Maggie Haley, Iva Hunter, and Mary Dixon. The D.A.V. will hold their children’s Christmas party Sunday at the D.A.V. hall at 1:30 p.m. All children of members are welcome. The primary and kindergarten class of the First Presbyterian church will practice for the Christmas program Saturday, at 10 a.m. The music department of the Decatur Woman's club will present a Christmas program at 8 p.m. Monday at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church. Members are asked to bring guests. DECATUR BUSINESS WOMEN HOLD DINNER AND PROGRAM Red candles interspersed with pine cones and evergreens decorated the tables of the Fairway Restaurant Wednesday evening for the Christmas dinner held by the Decatur Business and Professional! Women’s club. Members assembled at the Fairway at 6:30 p.m. Following dinner, the group adjourned to the home of Miss Lucille Beavers for the business! meeting and program. After a short business meeting, a play entitled “Good Will Toward Women,’’ was presented by Mrs. James; Webb, Mrs. Wililam Bauman, Mrs. I John Rosier, Mrs. Roy Stucky, j Mrs. Edward Anderson, and Mrs. i Norman Koohs, all members of the j Priscilla Circle of the First Chris-1 tian church. The play was under the direction of Mrs. John Rosier and the prompter was Mrs. Ed-, ward Pacha. Later in the evening, Santa Claus j appeared to distribute gifts to the j 25 members and members of the cast. A collection was taken up for ’Good Fellows. Dessert was served by the officers, Mrs. Francis Howard. Mrs. John Rosier, Mrs. Nelson Doty, Mrs. James | Smith, Miss Lucille Beavers, and j Miss Mary Catherinue Spangler. | Geraldine Herderhost was winner of a Santa crossword puzzle. Decatur’s Army reserve unit traded soldiering for square dancing Tuesday evening at their annual Christmas party. About 25 members of the local artillery, battery and their wives met at the | American Legion hall for an evening of western style dancing. Mess Steward Luther Beitler prepared refreshments for the group.

MRS. JEROME KELLER HOSTS CHRISTMAS PARTY Members of the Delta Lambda and Xi Alpha Xi chapters of Beta Sigma Phi recently assembled at the home of Mrs. Jerome Keller for their annual Christmas party. Luncheon was served from tables centered wit): bowls of attractive Christmas flowers and holiday favors were found at each place Each member was presented with a Christmas corsage. Mrs. William Affolder and Mrs. Francis Howell were winners of the canasta game and recipients of prizes. A Christmas gift exchange concluded the meeting. Assisting the hostess were Mrs. Glenn Hill, Mrs. Clarence Ziner, and Mrs. Harold Owens. WOMEN’S SOCIETY PRESENT CHRISTMAS PROGRAM The Women’s Society of W6rld Service of the Trinity E.U.B. church met Tuesday evening in the social rooms of the church. Mrs. Marie Bebolt was the leader, using as her topic, ‘‘One World Through Christ.’’ Mrs. Emmett Anderson of Union Chapel E.U.B. opened the meeting with a song, after which a playlet, “International Students Welcome, Enter, Pray,” was presented. The cast included Mrs. Clifford Hoverman, Mrs.'Ralph Stevens, Mrs. Harry Brown, Mrs. Herman Sautbine, and Mrs. Sephus Jackson. Mrs. Herman Sautbine gave the scripture after the group had sung “O Little Town of Bethlehem.” The saying of the Lord’s Prayer in unison concluded the program. . Mrs. Clifford Hoverman, vice president, was in charge of the business meeting in the absence of the president. Miss Van Buskirk. Twenty-nine members, one guest, and four children were present. Hostesses for the evening, Mrs. Earl Crider. Mrs. Hubert Gilpin, ! and Mrs. Curtis Hill, served refreshments during the social hour. * HOLD CHRISTMAS PARTY ; AT COMMUNITY CENTER j Twenty one members of the j Music department met for their annual Christmas party, which was a buffet luncheon held at I the Youth and Community Center j at 6:15 p. m. Monday. ; The dining room was beautifully decorated in keeping with the i Christmas season. Gifts were placed in a large red sleigh beneath the tree. The members were seated at tables centered with candles decorated with ribbon poinsettias and miniature paper poinsetta nut cups. Ribbon poinsettas and a large candle center piece enhanced the serving table. Members enjoyed Christmas music during the dinner hour. Gifts were distributed from the sleigh by response to parts from “T’was The Night Before Christmas,” conducted by Mrs. James Webb. Hostesses were Mrs. Richard Linn, chairman, assisted by Mrs. Clyde Butler, Mrs. Jethro Sprunger, and Mrs. James Webb. Alexander Graham Bell, most famous for inventing the telephone, was one of the builders of Hie “Silver Dart,” the first airplane to fly over Canada. That was on Feb. 23, 1909.

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MHMMf ..yjl. V ™ iY* 1 vtff ' SCRUTINIZING SANTA— a not-so-jolly street-corner Santa Claus gives a Christmas shopper in Harlem a searching look. Behind the beard was New York City detective Edward Egan, : who used the disguise while hunting for dope peddlers. Later ho followed susDects into a bar and searched them for real.

Clubs Calendar items tor today’s publication must be phoned in by 11 a.fh. (Saturday 9:30). Phone 3-2121 Sue Estill THURSDAY Queen of Holy Rosary study club, West End Restaurant, 6:30 p.m. Phoebe Bible class, church pari lors, 7:45 p.m. •J Emblem club, Elks home, 6:30 tlp.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. I 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. Lincoln school P.T.A., school auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Women of the Moose, Moose, home, 6:30 p.m. American Legion Auxiliary 43, Legion Home, 6:30 p.m. Faithful Workers class, church basement, 7:30 p.m. Monroe Better Homes Demonstration club, Dutch Mill, Bluffton, 6:30 p.m. 1 SATURDAY Presbyterian primary and kindergarten practice, at the church, : 10 a.m. SUNDAY D. A. V. children’s Christmas party, D.A.V. hall,' 1:30 p.m. i Past Presidents Parley of American Legiorv Auxiliary, Legion home, 5 p.m. MONDAY Welcome Wagon Christmas party, Bamboo room of Fairway, j6:30 p.m. Pythian Sisters Temple and ! Needle club, Christmas banquet, !Moose Home, 5:30 p.m. Adams Central P.T.A. postponed I until Monday, December 21. | Monroe Volunteer Firemen j Christmas party for children of j Monroe and vicinity, Monroe fire station, 7:30 p.m. Woman's club music department Christmas program, Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, 8 p.m. TUESDAY Root Township Home Demonstration club, Mrs. Royal Friend, 10 a.m. Decatur Garden club, Mrs. Calvin Yost, 2 p.m. Psi lota Xi, Mrs. Floyd Reed, 7:30 p.m. Church Mothers study club, Mrs. Glen McCammon. 8 p.m. WEDNESDAY Decatur Home Demonstration club, C. L. of C. hall, 6 p.m. Ladies Shakespeare club, Mrs. Fred Smith, 2:30 p.m.

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| Locals James T. Burk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Burk, 331 Mercer ave-! nue, was recently pledged to the! Sigma Pi social fraternity at Ohio Northern University. He is a freshman in the pre-pharmacy depart- 1 ment of the liberal arts college. Mrs. Kelly Small, 1216 West ] iMonroe St., is a patient at Parkj view hospital .in Fort Wayne, ! where she is undergoing eye sur- ' gery. She is in room 337. Mrs. Leo Meyers recently returned to Decatur after a six j months’ stay in Mansfitld. Ohio with her sister, Mrs. Teresa Lich-j tie. Mrs. Andrew Bailey, of Decatur, and Mrs. Francis Bayless, of route one, Wiltshire, 0., have been admitted to the Van Wert county hos- j pital. Three Bluffton teen-agers who ! ran away from their homes Nov. 4. including 16 and 17-year-old boys j and a 15-year-old girl, were found 1 delinquent by Judge Horner J. i Byrd. of. the Wells circiflt court Wednesday. The boy was committed to Plainfield, and the others were prohibited from driving until they are graduated from high school. The three drove to New Mexico before being apprehended at Albuquerque. They were returned this week. “j Hospital Admitted John H. Peters, Decatur; Mrs. Charles Myers, Willshire, O. Dismissed Mrs. Robert Cavanaugh and baby girl, Geneva; Mrs. Blair Dravis and baby boy, Decatur. Michigan Publisher Dies This Morning PORT HURON, Mich. (UPI) — Louis A. Weil, Sr., 82, editor and publisher of the Port Huron • Times-Herald and father of the publisher of three Indiana newspapers, died today. Weil’s son, Louis, Jr., is general manager of Federated Publications and publisher of Federated’s Lafayette, Ind., Journal & j Courier and Marion. Ind., Chronicle and Labor-Tribune. Christmas Parties Okayed By Mitchell WASHINGTON (UPI) — Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell ruled in favor of Christmas parties Wednesday. Mitchell said the anti-cor-ruption section of the new labor j reform law was not intended to ! bar employers or unions from stagling holiday parties. J !

Zaniest Job-Holder Is Peggy Connelly By VERNON SCOTT UPI Hollywood Correspondent HOLLYWOOD (UPI) - Candidate for zaniest job-holder in movietown is pretty Peggy Connelly, curvesome foil for comedian Ernie Kovacs on his new television panel show. Peggy is the cutie who climbs into ridiculous costumes, spouts off-beat lines and risks life and limb for laughs. “We've only been on the air four weeks,” the brunette said, “and Ernie’s dreamed some of the darndest stunts I’ve ever seen. So far. I’ve worn a blonde ! fright wig underwater, an Indian squaw outfit, gone ‘sailing’ through the air on a magic carpet and other weird stunts. "Even on normal nights I have to change costumes six or seven times to give clues to the panel.” Normally, Peggy is a singer, but as Kovac's girl Friday on ! ABC-TV's “Take A Good Look.” | she has had only one opportunity Ito exercise her pipes. | Show Is Fixed | “That was last week,” she i grimaced, “and 1 had tossing j ‘Jeannie With The Light Brown (Hair’ — off-key. It was followed by an off-stage gunshot. That’s how bad it was.” Peggy cheerfully admits the show is fixed—for laughs. “It’s not so much a panel show as it is a comedy program,” she explained. “The idea is to make , the panel look, as stupid as possible, which Ernie is good |at doing. “Not long ago his wife, Edie ‘Adams, was a panelist, and Ernie ; told her, ‘You’re great with the jpots and pans at home, but as | a panelist you’re nothing. You | ought to get out of show business’.’ There’s nothing easy about getting laughs when you’re a pretty girl, *but Peggy, who's married to i comedian Dick Martin of the Rowan and Martin comedy team, lis learning fast. j “The more attractive a girl is, the harder it is to be funny. The scripts and sketches have to be as humorous as possible,” she said. “I never know what Ernie will have me doing from week to weekPlaying Comedy Thrilling “In away it’s thrilling for me Ito play comedy. Before I joined ithe show I was forced to rely on ! my voice and facp. “I’Ve always been a secret nut, but I’ve had to keep my sense of humor hidden. Now I can be

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back while on a date with Frank Sinatra. When asked who his companion was, Sinatra introi duced her to one and all as Ezzard Charles. “I’m still trying to live that down,” Peggy sighed. • n