Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 307, Decatur, Adams County, 31 December 1959 — Page 3

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1959

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Maroon-Jepeway Betrothal Announced

Mr. and Mrs. Alex M. Jepeway, of Miami, Fla., announce the engagement of their daughter, Shirley, to Fred Marodn, of Wilson, N'. C., nephew of John Joseph, of Decatur. i The prospective bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred * Maroon, Sr., and is a graduate of Notre Dame University. He served as first lieutenant with the strategic air command, and is now employed in Raleigh, N. C. No date has been set for the wedding.

Sputniks Top News Story During Decade NEW YORK (UPl)—“Sputniks" —their implications to mankind and what they portend in the opening of the space age—constituted the top news story of the decade, according to a poll of ex‘ecutives and editors of United Press International. Running a very close second was ; the story that opened the decade: Confmunist invasion. of Korea and the Jjiaipric dpcjsiprr ibf .Ulknih-' tervMW. Third Yas toe 1953 death of Stalin ritorking a new alignment of power in the Kremlin and the first signs of thaw in the cold, war. In giving his reasons for voting for the 1957 advent of Sputniks, one editor said: “Because it well could be the-story of the century.” Another said: “Russian mastery of Sputnik technology was truly revolutionary—as significant as the first A-bomb bursting over Hiroshima. It brought immediate political, military .and economic re-assessment throughout the world. It ushered in a new 'age.’ The other nine stories merely were the 50s’ version of stories long old in history” . Those polled were asked to select the one top story from a list of 10 “story of the year” choices made by UPI client newspapers and UPI in the 19505.

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Hoosier Airman Is Reported Drowned TAMPA, Fla. (UPI) — The body of a Hoosier airman believed drowned on a fishing trip was sought in Tampa Bay Wednesday. Richard Case. 29, LaPorte, Ind., was missing since he rented a small motorboat to go fishing Tuesday. His wife reported him missing Tuesday night. The boat was found floating in the bay near the eastern end of Gandy Bridge Wednesday. Case’s wallet was found in the boat along with other persDnal belongings.. Births Tuesday, a baby girl was born to Pfc. Neil nad Susan Heller Keller, at Base hospital. Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. The new arrival weighed six pounds, one ounce, and-has been named Elizabeth Ann. Wednesday at 1:49 p.m., a baby girl was born to Darrel and Gloria Harman Brodbeck, 634 Ninth street. She weighed 7 pounds, 6% ounces. LaVerne and Karen Smitley Hartman, Berne, became the parents of a baby girl weighing 7 oounds, 1% ounces, Wednesday at 11:58 a.m. At 6:21 p.m. Wednesday, Robert and Betty Steury Reinhard, Berne, became the parents of a baby girl weighing 5 pounds, 15 ounces. Kenneth and Geraldine Andrews McConnell, 338 Mercer avenue, are parents of a weighing 8 pounds, IM ounces, born today at 9:57 a.m. Today at 6:43 a.m., Norman and Doris Liechty Haines, Berne, became the parents of a seven-pound baby boy. Over 2,500 DaHy Democrats are sold and delivered in Decatur each day. If you have something to set or rooms lor rent, try a Democrat Want Ad — They bring results.

SOCIETY

BAUMANNS ENTERTAIN WJTH FAMILY GATHERING Mr. and Mrs, John A. Baumann and daughter Sandra entertained Sunday with a family Christmas dinner at their home on Mercer avenue. Twenty-four relatives visiting with the Baumanns were Mr. and Mr st Marvin L. Brown and daughter Debby and son Gregg, Valparaiso; Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Higgins and daughter Julie, Bloomington; Mrs. Hayes Beal, Van Burean; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schnitz and osns David and Danny, Wren, 0., Mr. and Mrs. Don Maison and daughter Patty, Fort Wayne; and Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon D. Brown, Miss Judy Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Brown and son Bruce, and Carol Brown and daughter Terry and son Larry, Bluffton. RICHARD BUFFENBARGER, miss fend Speak vows Miss Carol A n n Fend, of Sierra Madre, Calif., recently became the bride of Richard Buffenbarger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Buffenbarger, formerly of Decatur, now of Wapakoneta, O. Miss Fend is the youngest daughter of Emil Rend, of Sierra Madre, and the late Mrs. Fend, and is an employe of the Bank of America. The bridegroom, who attended St. Joseph’s grade school here, was graduated from Holy Angels high school' in Sidney, 0., and is now with Aero Jet General. Mr. and Mrs. Buffenbarger are now at home at 16570 Masline street, Covina, Calif. ACHS HONOR SOCIETY HAS THEATER PARTY Twenty-eight members and guests of the Adams Central honor society traveled to Fort Wayne Tuesday evening to see “The Big Fisherman.” After the picture, the group met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra KaeHr for refreshments and visiting. In a setting of Christmas decorations. the guests were served ham sandwiches, cookies, ice cream, and soft drinks. Active honor society members present were the Misses Onalee Barkley, Jeanne Kaehr, Delora Mishler, Roselyn Mishler. Dixie Smith, and Sandy Strickler and Duane Arnold, Jim Brown, Larry Foreman and Loren Habegger; inactive members: the Misses Wanda Neuensch wander and&Doveana Nussbaum, and Tow Heyeriy, Bill Hoffman, Winston Lister. Olin Moeschberger. Roger Schlickman and Ned Stucky; guests: the Misses Twila Arnold, Jan Elzey, Rosie Flora, and Joan Rupert, and Byrl Bowman, Larry Heet er, Paul Sparks, and Claude Stricker; and Miss Marie Engle, Indianapolis, and Miss Lucile Beavers, adviser for the honor society. The Associated Churches of Decatur will meet Tuesday at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church at 7 p. m. Our Lady of Fatima Study club will meet Monday at 8 p. m. with Ethel Kleinhenz. At 7:30 p. m. Monday, the Adams county home demonstration club chorus will meet at Monroe in the Farm 'Bureau building. Wednesday at 2 p. m„ the Historical club will meet with Mrs. Henry Adler. The Dutiful Daughters class of the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church will meet at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Clarence Brunnegraff, 321 North Eighth, street. „ Tuesday win be, a business and social meeting and installation of officers for the Catholic Ladies of Columbia. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p. m. in the C. L. of C. hall, and the committee will provide meat and rolls. Henry I. Rumple Confined To Home He’”-y I. Rumple, Jefferson towns!.'o farmer and member of the Adams county hospital board, is reported confined to his home for three weeks rest following a mild heart attack a week ago. Rumple will have a series of electrocardiorgams before returning to work.

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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 THURSDAY Choir and officers of the Order Os Rainbow for Girls, Masonic hall, 12:30 p.m. FRIDAY St. Ambrose Study club, Mrs. Herman Loshe, 6 p.m. MONDAY Adams county home demonstration club chorus, Monroe Farm Bureau building, 7;30 p. m. Our Lady of Fatima Study club, Ethel Kleinhenz, 8 p. m. Firemen’s Auxiliary, Mrs. Roy Steele, 8 p. m. Junior Women’s club, Mrs. Robert Sittier, 7:45 p.m. Civic department of the Decatur Woman’s club, Methodist church lounge, 7:30 p.m. V.F.W. 6236, post home downstairs; Lhdies Auxiliary, upstairs, both at 8 p.m. Juniors of the American Legion auxiliary, American Legion home, 4 p.m. TUESDAY Associated Churches of Decatur, Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, 7 p. m. Dutiful Daughters, Bethany church, Mrs. Clarence Brunnegraff, 321 North Eighth street. Catholic Ladies of Columbia, C. L. of C. hall, 6:30 p. m. Happy Homemakers Home demonstration club of Washington township, Mrs. Earl Harmon, 7:30 p.m. Sacred Heart study club, Mrs. John Braun, 8 p.m. WEDNESDAY Historical club, Mrs. Henry Adler, 2 p. m.

Locals Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Adams, returned to their Chicago home Sunday after spending Christmas with friends and relatives in Decatur and Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Ashbaucher will leave Monday morning for Palmetto, Fla. -■£? . , Secretary of state John R. Walsh, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor in 1960, visited briefly in Decatur Wednesday evening on his way from Fort Wayne to Indianapolis. Recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Brayton Pyle, Berne, were Mr> and Mrs. Chalmer Denny and Cheryl, Decatur. * Adams Central high school graduates home for the holiday vacation include Kathleen Adler, Barbara Arnbld, Donna Cauble, Carol Egley, Max Egley, Fred Mann, and Brenda Sommer from Manchester College, North Manchester; Doris Cauble, Pat Liechty, and Roger Schlickman, Ball State Teachers’ College, Muncie; Charles Heare, Bill Hoffman, and Winston Lister, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Doyeanna Nussbaum and Ned Stucky’, Taylor University, Upland; Jim Hoffman, Olivet College in Illinois; Paul Riley, the Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis; Tom Heyerly and Evan Yoder, schools in Fort Wayne, and Alan Habegger, International college, Fort Wayne. Fourteen Decatur high school graduates and students gathered at the home of John Krueckeberg, Stratton Place Wednesday evening for dancing and visiting. Present were Pat Girod, Kathy Schultz, Pat Franklin. Shirlev Libv. Janice Kreischer, Gloria Wall, Pat Nelson, Ned Baumgartner. Ron Feller, Ann Kocher, Bill Bond, Bill Jacobs, Carol Norquest, and John Krueckeberg. Mrs. Maynard Hetrick is home from the Lutheran hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Max Swygart and family, of WiUshire, 0., were Christmas supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Wall. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Johnson, Decatur, had as guests recently Mr. and Mrs. Dale Johnson, Paul, and Connie, of near Berne. Mrs. Raymond O. Becher and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lobsiger, of near Decatur, over the weekend with Sam Fogle and Mr. and Mrs. Harley J. Reef.

■ Miss Sharon Klepper Miss Klepper To Become Bride Os Gerald Laurent Mr. and Mrs. William M. Klepper, 1900 Wendell Avenue, Lima, 0., announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Sharon Klepper, to Lieutenant Gerald F. Laurent. United States Air Force. Laurent is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George F. Laurent, 703 North Fifth street. Miss Klepper is a graduate of St. Gerard’s high school, Lima, and Mount Ma”y College. Milwaukee, Wis. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Klepper, 320 Mercer avenue. Lt. Laurent is a graduate of Decatur Catholic high school, and Purdue University. The couple plan an April 23 wedding at Mather Air Force Base, California.

Pierceton Resident Kills Wife And Self PIERCETON. Ind. <UPJ)—The 15-year-old daughter of a Pierceton couple stood helplessly by Wednesday and watched her father shoot and kill her mother and then-himself. The victims were , William -Adams. 39, and hrs wist, Betty, 38. John Arford, Kosciusko county deputy coroner, said the shooting climaxed a day-long argument between Adams and his wife. Mrs. Adams was shot five times with a revolver and Adams died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the heart. t The couple had five children, ranging in age from 3 to 15 years. The oldest daughter, Patricia, who saw the shootings, told authorities that her father had been drinking all day. Look This Way Printed Pattern 9467 V SIZES '"'A \ <2%-22%/4 ’K Zl _ I From now through Spring, you will receive compliments for this smart fashion with a graceful sweep of collar. Just right for shorter, fuller figures. Printed Pattern 9467: Half Sizes 12%, 14%, 16%, 18%. 20%, 22%. Size 16% requires 3% yards 39inch fabric. ’• Send FIFTY CENTS (coins) for this patter w— add 10 cents for each pattern for first-class mailing. Send to' Marian Martin, Decatur Daily Demecrat, Pattern Dept., 232 West 18th St., New York 11, N. Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS with ZONE, SIZE and STYLE NUMBER. -

!Hbsp2ta7.!Ll Admitted Mrs. Laura Nelson, Celina, O.; Master Dale Lee Uhrick, Berne. Dismissed Miss Susan Gerber, Decatur; Miss Constance Jo Sprunger, Berne; Miss Patricia Gerardot, Monroeville; Mrs. Charles Emenhiser and baby girl, Hoagland; Baby Rg#. Alan Hammond, Decatur; Ira -Hubei*, Arthur Adam and baby boy. Decatur; Mrs. Ray Barrett and baby boy, Monroeville. Dick Tiger Winner Over Hollv Mims CHICAGO (DPI) — Dick Tiger, British Empire 160-pound champion, today looked for a higher ranking among the middleweights and a possible crack at Gene Fulmer’s title as a reward for his close victory over Holy Mims. Tiger, a muscular Nigerian who enjoyed a No. 6 ranking before winning a split decision over the Baltimore veteran Wednesday night; agreed it was a close and “maybe even a dull’’ fight. New Year's Eve Party At New Elks Home The new ''Decatur Elks home, North Second street, will be thrown open for the first time tonight, when the annual New Year’s Eve par# is held in the recently constructed lodge home. The dance is scheduled to start at 10 o'clock and is for members and invited guests only. While some minor work remains to be done at the home, all is reported in readiness for tonight’s opening. A formal dedication will be held at a later date. The ablest men in all the walks of life are men of faith. — Bruce Barton. •If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him.—Franklin.

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Missile Submarine Is Commissioned WASHINGTON (UPD —The Navy said it will have four Polaris missile submarines in operation by early 1961, each able to rain down on an enemy within minutes destruction equal to all World War II bombs. The first of these awesome nu-clear-powered subs, the George Washington, joined the fleet Wednesday in commissioning ceremonies at Groton, Conn. The three others—ttjfr-'Phtrick Henry, Robert E. L£e, and Theodore Roosevelt /— already have been launched / and will be commissioned in 1960. In adaihon, the Navy has five more of thb-niissile-firing subs under construction — the Ethan Allen, Thomas A. Edison, Abraham Lincoln, Sam Houston and John Marshall. The nation eventually hopes to have a fleet of 40 Polaris submarines with 30 of them lurking in range of enemy targets at all times. Each sub will carry 16 Polaris missiles tipped with hydrogen bombs which can be fired from under water. Navy strategists have high hopes for the Polaris sub as the chief weapon of the future because its mobility will prevent a surprise enemy attack from knocking it out as in the case of a fixed missile.

New License Plates Go On Sale Saturday The new 1960 Indiana license plates will go on sale in Decatur at 8:30 a m. Saturday at the license branch office, 122 N. First street. The office will remain open until 5 p.m., and continue on this schedule until the end of February. The office, however, will not be open on Thursday afternoons, Mrs. LaVelle Death, branch manager, said today. To date, only sls has been bid on the plate, JA 1960, that being by a Decatur area resident, Leo King, Sr. In Marion, S9OO was bid last year by one of the commercial establishments there for the 1959 plate. The entire proceeds for the bidding here goes to the Adams county Cancer Socitey. A call to the license bureau or the Decatur Daily Democrat will record the bid.

, CITY VICTORS - dhrutnuati tryi page on* count, but a recount dispute which arose has not yet been settled, and Mayor Richard Overmyer probably will stay in office at least temporarily. A recount at Elkhart also dragged on to determine whether Democrat Richard Corns won by four votes as official returns showed. Republican Frank Parmater was leading in the recount by a few votes. At Linton, a second recount in the city clerk-treasurer race was scheduled to start Jan. 5. Mrs. Eva Myers, the Republican, already was sworn in as the result ■’ of a first recount, which gave her I a 2-vote margin of victory over I Democrat Charles N. DeCourcy. In most Hoosier cities and towns, however, the victories were clear cut and uncontested. Dozens of present mayors will start new terms almost without fanfare, including Mayor Fred L. Feick of Garrett who is starting his seventh term. At Whiting, Mrs. Mary Bercik will be sworn in for her first elective term of office, perhaps the first time in Indiana history that a woman has won a mayoralty election. Mayor Bercik, however, | has served since her husband died in office two years ago. Courthouses and city halls where the inauguration ceremonies will be held were preparing for small crowds of political partisans to welcome the office-holders. Refreshments including coffee and the traditional New Year’s Day apple handouts were planned for the ceremony guests in some cities and towns. In addition to inaugurals for municipal officers, a scattering of county officials elected in 1958 and taking office in 1960 will be sworn in.

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Two Are Fined For Traffic Violations City police reported two dispositions of recent arrest cases with both parties being fined $1 and costs, in justice of the peace court. Miss Cassandra Kay Strickler, 17, of 503 Limberlost Trail, pleaded guilty to a speeding charge after being stopped on 13th street by police. Mrs. Phyllis A. Penrod, 28, of 110 S. Ninth street, also received a $1 fine and costs for failure to yield at 10th and Marshall streets, involving an accident. Surveyor Is Host To Fellow Workers County surveyor Herman Moellering played host to those workers associated with him by entertaining at a family style dinner at the MoeH ering home on route 1, Decatur. Elmer Rich and Alfred Hirschy, of French township, Carl Burkhart, of Pleasant Mills. Austin Merriman, of Blue Creek township, Pete Smith, of "Decatur, and deputy surveyor Mrs. Oran Schultz and her husband, besides members of the Moellering family attended the party.

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