Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1959 — Page 3

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1959

SOCIETY

MRS. SPKUNGER HOSTS RECENT MEETING The Friendship Circle of the Decatur Missionary church conducted a meeting recently at the home of Mrs. Donald Sprunger. Twenty-four members and two guests Mrs. Norman Hart and Mrs. Hazel Summers, enjoyed a potluck supper. Mrs. Lawrence Gallogly, president of the circle, conducted a short business meeting and read an article entitled "Birth.” After group singing, Mrs. Gerald Gerig read the devotions from the 2nd chapter of Luke. Games and a Christmas exchange followed. Mrs. Jack Rayer and Mrs. Gerald Gerig were hostesses for the meeting. PROGRAM FEATURES TALK ON MEDITERRANEAN TOUR Members of the Research club met Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Paul Edwards. Mrs. C. E. Bell was chairman of the afternoon's program. After the opening club collect, tribute was given in honor of Mrs. Eugene Runyon ,a deceased charter member of the club. Mrs. Bell's niece, Mrs. William L. Denny, showed slides and narrated the Wheaton College Mediterranean tour which she and Mrs. Bell took last summer. The six-weeks itinerary included countries bordering the Mediterranean and the Holy Land. A solo, "I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked,” by Mrs. Dan Tyndall, concluded the program. Assistant hostesses for the meeting were the Mesdames Lloyd Cowens, Myrtle Filson, Edward Cook, and A. R. Holthouse. ROSARY SOCIETY PARTY HELD AT K. OF C. HALL The Rosary Society members held their annual Christmas party Monday evening at 8 o'clock at the K. of C. hall. Decorations of greenery in the hall and on the tables carried out the Christmas theme. Mrs. John Terveer was jormally elected president for the coming year. The Very Rev. Simeon J. Schmitt addressed the group on the' topic, “The Christmas-Spirit In Our Hearts.” Following his talk, the ladies participated in a gift exchange. The Sisters of St. Agnes contributed to the festivities by sending a hand-made pillow to be given away as a door prize. The pillow was won by Mrs. Ed Heimann. »«><4fostes3es->>i»r' ■the> : Idrs: Raymond Schultz, Stfs.' Vefnon Krugh, Mrs. Don Forst, Mrs. Isaac Mendez, Miss Virgene Smith, Mrs. Richard Desjean, '’Mrs. Bernard Rumschlag, and Mrs. Fred Baker, Jr. CONDUCT RECENT MEETING FRIDAY AT GAUNT HOME Mrs. Wayne Gaunt was hostess Friday evening for the Christmas meeting of the Calvary Evangelical United Brethren Ladies Aid. The meeting was called to order by the president, Mrs. Paul Hindenlang. Group singing and prayer offered by Mrs. Carl Lichtenberger opened the For the scripture les-

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son, Mrs. Bernice Darr read the Christmas story from Matthew and an article entitled "Christmas in the Heart.” Christmas readings were given by Mrs. Chalmer Knittie, Mrs. lona Shifferly, Mrs. Harry McDermitt, and Mrs. Harry Hamrick. The members elected officers for 1960 and revealed the names of cheer sisters for the past year. New names were then drawn for the coming year. The singing of Christmas carols and serving of refreshments by the hostess concluded the meeting. Mrs. Chalmer Knittie was winner of the doorprize. DINNER AND PARTY FOR HOSPITAL EMPLOYES Employes of the Adams county memorial hospital met Monday evening at the Americanl Legion home for the annual Christmas party. Four members of the board of trustees and their wives were honored guests. After the guests had enjoyed a dinner prepared and served by the ladies auxiliary, Santa Claus appeared" to distribute gifts. A trio from Decatur high school singing four Christmas selections, opened the program. Miss Barbara Burk, employed in the dietary department at the hospital, then gave her winning speech of the Rotary speech contest. Mrs. Grace Sprunger, who is on the hospital surgery staff, accompanied the 66 guests in Christmas carol singing. Russell Batchelor, a lab technician at the hospital, acted as master of ceremonies. EMPLOYES AND FAMILIES ATTEND CHRISTMAS PARTY Approximately 1,200 employes of the ( Central Soya company and their families filled the Decatur high school gym Monday night for the 17th annual family Christmas party. The party was sponsored jointly, by the company and the employes recreation association. After a brief welcome by William Small, personnel director of the Decatur plant, the master of ceremonies, Hal Haviland, introduced the program. Included in the program were a clown act by Haviland, a musical act by the Bonilljs family, and a tram'peline performance by the Crowells. The highlight of the evening for the children .attending was the arrival of Santa Claus down the chimfile youngsters hadthe opportunity to talk with him personally. At the conclusion of the party, the office girls helped pass out the many gifts stacked about the gym to all employes and their families. The St. Mary's chorus rehearsal will be held Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at the K. of C. hall. The Eagles Auxiliary will conduct a regular meeting Tuesday at the Eagles hall at 8 p.Ni. A birthday party will follow the meeting. *», The Lady Bugs Hunt will be held Monday at 8 p.m. at the V. F. W. Home.

Auto Accessories Reported Stolen William F. Ostermeyer reported the loss of S6B of automobile accessories, which were stolen from his car between 12:01 and 2 a.m. today while it was parked in a lot in the 200 block on Second street. Ostermeyer told police that two fender skirts, four hup caps, and two mirrors were taken from the 1957 vehicle. He also said that the radio antenna had been bent and ruined by the subjects in the process of the theft. ’ Two Men Escape At State Reformatory PENDLETON, Ind. (UPD—Robert Lee Kelly, 22, Underwood, and Harlan David Noble, 25, Austin, State Reformatory trusties, escaped late Tuesday when they drove away from an outside work detail in a state-owned dump truck. Both were serving 2-5 years sentences from Scott County tor second degree burglary. Logansport Man Is Given Prison Term LOGANSPORT, Ind. <UPI) - Georgy Romero, 37, Logansport, was sentenced to a 1-10 year prison term Tuesday for assault and battery with intent to commit a felony. Romero pleaded guilty to charges he shot Mary Hahn, Logensport, last year. He turned the gun on himself and sustained serious jaw wounds following the shooting.

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Clubs Calendar items tor today’s publication must be phoned in by 11 a.m. (Saturday 9:30). Phone 3-2121 Sue Estill SUNDAY St. Mary's chorus rehearsal, K. of C. Hall, 1:30 p.m. MONDAY Lady Bugs Hunt, V.F.W. home, 8 p.m. TUESDAY Eagles Auxiliary, Eagles hall, 8 p.m. Hospital Admitted Miss Karen Moeschberger, Monroe; Amos Harmon, Decatur; Richard Miller, Decatur. Dismissed Mrs. Hugh Sprunger and baby boy, Berne; Dolly Nichols, Decatur; Charles Hoskins, Bryant; Glenn Hill, Decatur; Susan Wittgenfeld, Decatur; Mrs. Bertha Kirchner, Preble; Mrs. Robert Brown and baby girl, Willshire, O. Service Christmas Eve At Zion Reformed A candle light Christmas Eve service will be held in the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, Third and Jackson streets, Thursday night beginning at 11 o’clock. The pastor, the Rev. William C. Feller, will be in charge of the service; Mrs. J. Fred Fruchte will be at the organ, and Jerry Kaehr will direct the choirs. The senior choir members will wear their new choir robes for the first time. • The service will consist of the singing of the familiar Christmas carols, the reading of the Christmas scripture in prophecy and fulfillment, an anthem by the senior choip, and an anthem by the combined senior and youth choirs. The senior choir will sing, “There’s a Song in the Air” by Rogers. The combined choirs will sing. "Angels, We Have Heard On High,” a traditional French carol melody. The service will close with a candle lighting ceremony, during which the most familiar of all the carols, "Silent Night, Holy Night” will be sung. All members of the church and friends of the chprch, not worshipping , else where, are invited. Instant Meals For Fido NEW YORK (UPD—Now look who’s getting TV dinners—Fido. A California firm plans to pack a mixture of frozen beef, spices and charcoal, reports the Wall Street Journal. The food will come on aluminum trays for easy heating and serving. It is designed to meet the needs of persons who prefer to feed their pets fresh meat instead of canned food.

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Pope Warns Os No Compromise To Communism VATICAN CITY (UPD — Pope John XXIII said today in a somberly worded Christmas message broadcast to the world that modern man has distorted and abused the "holy word of peace” almost beyond recognition. The pontiff stood before microphones in consistorial hall find warned that until mankind overcomes the “erroneous conceptions ( of the myth of force, of nationalism and the like which have poisoned the common life of peo- , pies” there will be no real peac in the world. Although men of all nationalities were talking peace, said Pope John, the sorrowful truth, is that none have taken the first major step toward it—there is still “no glimpse of a serious possibility of arriving at a solution of the problem of disarmament.” The Pope said the recent thawing in the cold war has “rekindled hope in many souls, after so long a time in which they have lived in a state of fictitious peace.” But, he added, there can be no compromise with Communism. In this respect he referred to the “church of silence” and the persecuted Christians in Iron Curtain lands. “It still needs to be noted that the pacification which the church prays for is completely impossible if it is mistaken for a yielding • . . of its firmness in the face of ideologies and systems of life which are proclaimed and irreducible opposition to Catholic teaching,” the pontiff said. Pope John’s Christmas message was one of the most soberly- ■ worded messages of its kind delivered by a pope since the days of World War 11. It took him 24 minutes to deliver the 3,200-word speech. The powerful Vatican transmitters then began broadcasting translations of the message in a Babel of languages. It was beamed behind the iron and bamboo curtains. The pontiff said that it was impossible to "forget the sorrowful Calvary of the church of silence” and the sufferings of Christians under godless oppressors. “These established facts put one on, guard againt excessive optimism,” he„ said, “but they render—ail the more eamstour prayers for a truly universal return to the respect for human and Chistian liberty. Barbara Returns To Mother's Job WASHINGTON (UPD-Barbara Eisenhower, her Paris hairdo still intact, left her glamorous threecontinent tour behind today and went back to being a mother in a Christmas - decorated white frame house in Gettysburg, Pa. The only thing the President’s daughter-in-law said she would have to “learn all over again” was “how to say hello in English.”

The 33-year-old mother of fair children looked as pert as the day she left when she and her husband followed the President off the big jet airplane las’, night in belowfreezing temperatures. She wore the same blue suit suit that she had on 19 days ago when they started out. This time she had a Christmas present tucked under her arm, many more in her baggage and memories of kings and queens and potentates. Chatting briefly with reporters she said she wasn’t tired and added that the gift under her arm was for Mrs. Eisenhower. She hadn’t packed .it because she “didn’t want it to get lost in the luggage.’’ / Barbara and her husband, John, stayed at the White House Tuesday night rather than make a midnight ride to Gettysburg. They planned to return today to their own home on the edge of the Eisenhower farm property

STEEL Continued from page one ing its demands and, in fact, raised them last week before the mediation sessions began. Hie union is seeking a 22.5-cent package over a 20-month period or the equivalent in a three - year contract. President Eisenhower, wh c hoped to find a signed steel con-, tract on his return from his 3weCk good will tour abroad, Instead finds the dispute as deadlocked as ever. Appointments are now being taken for "PORTRAITS OF DISTINCTION IN NATURAL COLOR" Briede Studio 202 8. Second 8t -

Locals Roger Knapp will arrive. from New York city to spend the Christmas weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Murray. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gentis and daughters of Wauseon, 0., will arrive in Decatur Friday to visit with relatives through the Christmas weekend. Miss Mabie Hoagland of Detroit will spend the holiday weekend with her aunt, Miss Etta Mallonee, and other relatives. 2nd Lt. Ronald Robinson arrived in Decatur Tuesday from Camp Lee, Va., to join his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Robinson, a f<X Christmas. ' > Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Bleeke and family left Saturday for Georgetown, Tex., where they will remain until New Years visiting Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Bleeke. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weber, Mrs. Albert Bieberich of Preble, and Mrs. Adolph Bauermeister of Ossian traveled to Powhattan, Kan. Tuesday morning to spend Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Spellmeier and family. The Dave Butlers will leave today for New York to spend the holidays with relatives. Gene Baxter will arrive from West Point this evening to spend Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Baxter. His sisters, Connie, a freshman at Indiana University, returned home Tuesday. Mrs. Dora Marie Augenbaugh of' Fort Wayne will arrive Christmas Eve to be with her mother, Mrs. Berniece Magley. The Magley fainily'NVill gather at the home df Mr. and Mrs. Charles Magley for Christmas dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kreighbaum and daughter, Ann, of Tipton, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kreigbaum and children, of Hartford City, will be Christmas guests of Tom Marlow. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Deitsch leave by train today for Enid, Okla., to spend 10 days with their daughter and family, Capt. and Mrs. Fred Roemker .and daughter, Amy. Thomas Kitson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kitson, celebrated his 16th birthday today. He is a student at the Decatur Catholic high school. Mrs. M. A. Frisinger left for Lima, 0., today to spend the holidays with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Heiser and children. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Schnepf and daughter, of Valparaiso, arrived. Christmas ,-1’

15 Persons Killed In Moroccan Wreck CASABLANCA, Morocco (UPD— At least 15 persons were killed and 16 others injured Tuesday when a special bus carrying Moroccan tribesmen to see President Eisenhower collided with a truck. All were members of the same tribe. Young Bill Alterer Is Jailed In Texas DALLAS, Tex. (UPD — Raymond Johnson, 19, was jailed Tuesday following his arrest by federal agents said he cut the number “10” from $lO bills, pasted it over the “1” on one dollar bills and passed as tens both the damaged tens and altered $1 bills. Annual Presbyterian Candlelight Service The annual Christmas Eve candlelight service at the Presbyterian church will begin at 11 p. m. Thursday. The worship service will include the traditional Christmas carols for congregational singing. The chancel choir, under the direciton of Mrs. Clint Reed, will present, “Venite Adoremus" and “Bethlehem Where All Is Still.” The men *will sing “We Three Kings” and Mrs. Robert Macklin will sing “O Holy Night” as a solo. Assisting in tlje service will be the college students and the ushering will be in charge of the youth fellowship. The pastor will present a study of "Christ in Modern Art” interpretation, using Fritz Von Uhdes “Christmas Night."

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Cost Os Medicines Exceeds Doctor Bills WASHINGTON (UPD - Americans paid more last year for pills, powders, potions, eyeglasses and braces than they did to the doctors who prescribed them. It was the first time in history that the nation's medicine biil was larger than its doctor bill. The government reported that last year physicians collected just under $4,300,000,000 in fees from patients compared with $4,362.000,000 spent for medicines and medical appliances. • Hit New Peak. Such items now represent the ibiggest out-of-pocket expense in America’s health budget since they are not covered by most types of insurance. These figures were compiled by the Social Security Administration for publication. in its December bulletin as part of a series analyzing benefits under health insurance plans. According to these statistics, the nation’s private health bill rose to a new peak of almost $16,400,000,000 last year, an increase of more than one billion dollars over the year before, or $95.65 for every man, woman and child. Insurance Helped Some Privately - financed hospital bills amounted to $5,100,000,000, of which almost $2,600,000,000 was covered by insurance. Insurance paid for nearly $1,300,000,000 of the doctors’ billsThe total does not include health expenditures by federal, state and local governments. Estimates places these at nearly five billion dollars a year. Almost $5,100,000,000 of the private health bill went to hospital bills: nearly $1,700,00,000 for dentists’ services; 769 million to osteopaths, chiropractors and pri-vate-duty nurses and other professional medical personnel and 200 million to nursing homes. Church Members Are Heard By Grand Jury KOKOMO, Ind. (UPD—A Howard County grand jury probing charges that a minister molested a teen-aged girl heard testimony Tuesday from four members of the Church of God of the Union Assembly. JThe Rev. Clinton Bell 40, who was free on bond, was charged asaault and aSfe; tent to gratify sexual, desires. Local authorities said “10 or more” teen-aged girls, all members of his congregation, were involved in the case. Subpenaed about an hour before they testified before the grand jury were Charles T. Pratt, Dalton, Ga.; his son, Jessie; Marshall N. Dukes, Kokomo, and Anna M. Williams, KokomoThe 18-year-old girl with whom Bell was accused of having intimacies also was subpenaed but was out of the city for the holidays and did not testify, authorities said. They said she signed a statement contending that Bell molested her when she was 13 years old. Pratt, a church moderator, reportedly learned during a Dec. 13 church meeting of the relations between Bell and the girls. Th girls allegedly confessed their intimacies with Bell and signed statements to that effect. The signed statements were turned over to Jessie Pratt. Bell, married and the father of three children, had left Kokomo fiv days before the church meeting with a 22-year-old unmarried woman. He returned and gave himself up last Saturday. Dukes managed Bell's Bargain Fair, an auction house where the incidents allegedly occurred. Mrs. Williams was Bell’s bookkeeper. Pratt earlier charged that Bell left town with several thousand dollars in church funds.

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Liner Lands With Cracked Windshield NEW YORK (UPD - A Pan American World Airways 707 jetliner flew across the Atlantic from London with a cracked windshield Tuesday but made a safe landing without injury to any of the 110 persons aboard. PRESIDENT Continued from page one solve the international problems facing this country. Faces Touchy Issues The President, back at his desk, had some touchy domestic issues to deal with — primarily the steel strike which could resume Jan. 26 I when an 80-day stay-at-work order runs out Before leaving Washington Dec. 3, Eisenhower called for round-the-clock bargaining by steel management and union in hope their dispute would be settled by the time he returned home. His plea went unheeded. Eisenhower also will be • faced i with the customary presidential, chores connected with the recon- j vening of Congress on Jan. 6. These included his State of the Union Message and his budget for the 1961 fiscal year. To rest up from his gruelling 11-nation trip, and to get in shape, for the congressional session ahead, Eisenhower is planning a post-Christmas vacation trip, probably to his favorite golfing site at Augusta, Ga. On his return Tuesday night, the 69-year-old President looked less weary than many of the aides and newsmen who had accompanied him. Embraced By Mamie As he walked down the ramp of his military jet airliner, Mrs. Eisenhower — who remained behind during his journey—rushed up and gave him a hearty embrace and kiss. She then embraced her son and daughter-in-law, Maj. and Mrs. John Eisenhower, who accompanied the Chief Executive. In his brief speech, Eisenhower said he wanted to thank those who came out “on this cold night” to greet him. The temperature was in the low 20’s, coldest day here so far this winter. The President reminded those present that he had had breakfast in Madrid, lunch in Casablanca and reached Washington at an hour “which by our getting-up time is six o’clock tin the morning)”- He referred to the time differential.

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From the airport the President rode directly to the White House whre a crowd estimated by police at “several thousand” had gathered across the street in Lafayette Park. The hardy well-wishers, stamping their feet to keep warm, waved lighted yard-long sparklers when Eisenhower drove by shortly after midnight.

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