Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 22 January 1960 — Page 3

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•vp.,.. . 4 j ■ a”' Mis* Dorene Kay Beery Miss Beery Betrothed To Larry Rodocker - Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Beery, route 2. Decatur, announce the \ engagement and approaching marriage of their eldest daughter. ** Dorenc Kav. to Larry Lee Rodocker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee n. ’ Rodocker. 1616 Vance Avenue. Fort Wayne. Miss Beery is a graduate of Monmouth high school and attended Indiana University Center. She is presently employed tn the X-ray department of the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne, where she is a medical secretary. Rodocker was graduated from North Side high school in Fort Wayne and is a junior at Manchester College in North Manchester, majoring in business. The couple is planning an August wedding in the Magley ' United Church of Christ.

Inspect River Area After Flood Feared After an Inspection of the Wabash river, near county road 25, two county officials said this morning tbgt “there is no immediate danger from the river cresting over the road." • I County surveyor Herman Moellering and county highway super-; visor Lawrence Noll inspected the area in question after Chester j Armstrong, who lives about a quarter of a mile from the sharp bend in the river, had requested that the county commissioners look into the matter. Armstrong had told the commissioners that he feared the river | w'ould encroach on the road right-of-way, endangering school buses and other transportation on that road. A sharp bend in the river just east of county road 31% puts the bank of the river quite close, to the county line road 25 after swelling of the river waters. Armstrong suggests that the county; cut away some of the sharpness in the bend, alleviating the possibility of the water reaching the' road. The question, however, which remains to be answered, is whether or not a county has the right to interfere with the path of a river. When this question is resolved, the commissioners say, then the problem can be adequately handled. |

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Philip Byron Joins In Bank Al Elkhart Philip E. Byron, Jr., Elkhart attorney well known in Decatur, has been named vice president and trust officer of the St. Joseph Valley Bank in that city, effective Feb. 1. His appointment was announced by L. S. Armstrong, president of the banking institution. Byron’s wife is the former Miss Josephine Archbold, daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. Roy Archbold of this city. A resident of Elkhart since 1949. Byron will discontinue the general practice of law, will assume direction of the trust department of the bank and will be associated with present members of the trust staff in diversified and expanded services. He was educated in the schools at Peru and received his LL. B. degre at Indiana University in 1934 and practiced law in Peru until 1940. He was an associate solicitor in the U.S. department of labor until 1942, then served as an officer in the U.S. Navy until 1946. He practiced law in Columbia City until moving to Elkhart 10 years ago. He was recently appointed as a member of the Indiana department of financial institutions.

SOCIETY

IIIXTOAICU. <XUB MF FT* WITH MRA BOBDKM Mrs JamM Border* was hostess | Wednesday afternoon tor the Jan-1 uary meeting of the Hi-tortcal chib ’ , Mrs Hertel Nash kd the club rollcrt to open the meeting. Members answered mil eall with quotations Mr*. Blanche Robinson j called for current event* and read a paper on ‘‘Our American Herllift”* , I After a brief business session, refreshments were furnished. SALEM GIRLS GUILD holds recent meeting The Salem Evangelical and Reformed Girls’ Guild of Magley met recently In the home of wrsan Melmrich. Winifred Mankey served as leader. I The meeting began with the group singing "O Jesus. I Have Promised” The lesson. “Seeing Things Just As They Are.’ was followed by prayer and a hymn A short business session followed the program. Officers for 1960 arc: Nyla Girod, president; Janet Shaffer, vice president: Winifred Man-] key. secretary; Helen Reppert. treasurer; Ruth Ann Beery, pianist. Mrs. Rolland Scherry and Mrs. Darrell Arnold are counselors. A social hour followed the meeting. SCOUTS ATTEND OT TING AT HANNA-NUTTMAN PARK Approximately 72 intermediate and senior Scouts and ten leaders attended the Winter Wonderland carnival Saturday at the Girl Scout shelter at Hanna-Nuttman park. Following the flag ceremony, the girls were divided into six groups ind participated in games. At noon the scouts enjoyed sack lunches and hot chocolate. After lunch, the group popped corn over the open fire and viewed colored slides of area day camps. The Brownie outing will be held January 30.

VALPO CHAPEL CHOIR HERE MONDAY NIGHT Plans have been completed for the visit of the Valparaiso University chapel choir Monday, according to Mrs. Paul Wolf, chairman of arrangements. The choir will present a concert, Monday evening at eight o’clock at the Zion Lutheran church. The 40-voice group will arrive in midafternoon and after a short practice session, will be served dinner by a committee consisting of Mrs. Don Burke and Mrs. Arthur Fiedler, chairmen, and the Mesdames Edgar Thieme. Phil Sauer, and Edgar Krueckeberg. Assisting later in the evening will be Mrs. Arthur Schuller, Mrs. Herbert Franke. Mrs. Lloyd Bowman, and Mrs. Ernest Ehlerding. Families in the Decatur area who will host the choir members on their over-night stay include the Alton Bittner, Henry Krueckeberg, Richard Ludwig. Walter Stoppenhagen, Robert Zwick, William Justice, Earl Caston. Jim Wall, Robert Freeby, Lloyd Bowman, Ray Leitz, Frank Braun, Ray McDougal, Clarence Dersch, Chester Kleinknight, Robert Nyffeler, Harold Zwick, Richard Fuelling, Herman Krueckeberg, and Louis Jacobs families. The choir will leave at eight o’clock Tuesday morning for Evansville. Concerts will also be given in Indianapolis. Cincinnati, Florissant, Mo.. Jefferson City, Mo., and Kansas City. Mrs. Herman Krueckeberg is assisting ‘Mrs, Wolf as housing chairman. Mrs. Louis Jacobs is in charge of publicity. The 125 members of the Decatur circuit chapter of the Valparaiso University guild, from the ten j Lutheran congregations in this area, are sponsoring the concert. The public is invited.

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INRTAIJLATION OF OFFKFRM AT TUESDAY MEETING Ml>i Lol* Folk ln*tallrd officer* for the coming year at the TWrtday evening meeting of the Merry Matron* Home Demonrtration club, held al the home of Mr*. Walter Thieme Installed were Mr*. Erwin Fuelling, president; Mr* Wilbur Thieme, vice president. Mr*. Vincent Wurm, secretary; Mr*. Otto Bocrger, treasurer; Mr*. Glen new* reporter; Mr* Ixmil* Krueckeberg and Mr*. William Boerger. leader*; Mr*. Richnftf Marbach. alternate leader: Mr*. Ed Gerber, health and safety leader; Mrs. Wilmer Grote, citizenship leader; and Mr*. Otto Thieme, tiong leader. Mrs Art Krueckeberg gave the history on the song of the month and the devotion* for the evening The lesson “Our Schools ’ was presented by Mr*. Louis Krueckeberg and Mr*. Richard Marbach. The minute* of the last meeting were read and approved and new club books were distributed. Twelve members and one guest were present. Following games and entertain- ! ment. Mrs Art Krueckeberg as--1 sisted the hostess in serving refreshments. RECENT MEETING FEATURES LESSON ON CERAMICS Handicraft art was the theme of the recent January social meeting for members of the Alpha Sigma chapter of Kappa Kappa Kappa. The group met Tuesday evening in the Boy Scout room of the Decatur Youth and Commun- , ity Center, which had been turned into a ceramic studio for the eve--1 ning. Mrs. Joe Morris, local ceramist, I was introduced by Mrs. Richard ' Mies, co-chairman of the evening’s program. Starting with the fiHt step in ceramics, that iweparing the “slip,” Mrs. Morris demonstrated the techniques involved with producing a finished product, in this particular case a clutch ash tray. Prior to the program, the committee had set up the “studio” with water jars, cleaning, tools, grit cloths and sponges, which the 1 27 members later used in completing an ash tray of their own. These ash trays, which had been partially “cured.” were cleaned and prepared for glazing by each of the individual members, who later chose colors and completed the glaze process. Mrs. Morris will complete the firing <or baking) of these pieces and they will then be i returned to the club women. Assisting Mrs. Morris through--1 out the evening were Mrs. Dale Death and Miss Sandra Strickler. Ice-cold drinks were served by the committee throughout the working period, and at its completion, dessert and coffee were serI ved in the Girl Scout room. AssistI ing Mrs. Mies as co-chairman of arrangements was Mrs. Richard I Johnson. Other committee members included Mrs. John Brecht, Mrs. James Bleke, Miss Janice I Kreischler and Miss Karen Robinson. Hospital Admitted Master Frederick Wagner, Decatur; Baby Delbert Rhvmer, Jr.. Monroeville; Thomas Wayne Edgell, Decatur. Dismissed 1 Mrs. M. S. Decatur; Mrs. John Bird and baby girl, Decatur; Walter Wagner, Monroeville: Mrs. Daise Rhodes, Decatur; Edgar Gerber, Decatur; Roy Norris, Monroeville: Mrs. Elda Moser, Berne; Mrs. Marvin Haines, Monroe; Mrs. Rosetta Jackson, Decatur; Master Ken Moses, Decatur; Mrs. Enos Girod, Monroe. Fish Scaling One quick, easy, and safe method of scaling fish is to make use of a round steel pot cleaner, in- ■ stead of a knife.

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EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANT APKAMA TO P.T.A. MEMBERS Mu* Phylli* Smith, education* consultant representing the Scott Fore# man company, wa» guest ■peaker at the January meeting nt the lunroln school P T.A., Thur*’ day evening at the Lincoln *chool Mr* Kenneth N Singleton. pro gram chairman, introduced th« ■oeaker. who rrpreaenta the pub liahing company <>f baric acbool reader* Ml** Smith spokr th* topic Teaming to Read.” during which »he covered three genera 1 area*: 1> What I* thi* burinr** of reading? 2> What are our echoolt attempting to do’ 3> What can par rat* do to help teacher*’ Mi*r Smith «tre*»rd the increasingly important role proper reading play* today and the importance of learn ing to read the right way at the first grade level. She pointed out that parent* can do much toward encouraging a poritivc attitude toward* reading Reading is taught today through context, word form structural analyri*. phonetic*, and dictionary use. she explained. The Rev. B G. Thomas gave the invocation and benediction and Mrs. Emmett L. Anderson gave the PT A. meditation. Mrs Al ' Geimer. president of the Parent' Teachers Association, was in I charge of the hpef businc** meet-1 ing. • Hot chocolate and doughnuts were served at the close of the meeting by the hospitality committee. The St. Mary's township Farm, Bureau will meet Monday evening I at 6:30 for an oyster supper at the St. Mary’s-Blue Creek conserve-1 tion club house. The Friendship circle of the E & R church will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the home of Margaret Klickman. A husband’s party will be held by the Root township home demonstration club at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Monmouth school. A potluck dinner will be featured. A Lady Bug Hunt will be held at the V.F.W. post home at 8 p.m. Monday. St. Mary’s Township Jolly Housewives home demonstration, club will meet Tuesday at 7:30 at the Pleasant Mills school. Yearbooks wiM be distributed. Any girls in the sixth grade at the Lincoln school interested in joining a girls’ club may phone 3-4492 to obtain further information and details. Reynolds Electric Awarded Contract Reynolds Electric, of Decatur, has been awarded the wiring contract for the new building for the Presbyterian church at Bluffton. The general construction contract was awarded to the M. W. Habegger Co. of Berne, at $123,890, and the heating, plumbing and ventilating contract was awarded to Liechty Bros., also of Berne.

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UOWJJ . , th 1 I I t '1 1 4 ’ 4 / < I’l 11 I ■ • i ' m ' I j ■ v t L r° , !KS A SsP2 ™ SKIT-fiS? Vj |v known choir in |H<«rntln M only wvrn eoncrrU on >l* •nnu.l mat-M-mrxtrr twr and inc local n mitter It pleased tn have Decatur included in the Itinerary

Democrats May Miss Raybum At Convention By LYLE C. WILSON United Preaa Internatienal WASHINGTON 'UPD— Perhaps 1 the Democrats will sadly regret ! I that Speaker Sam Rayburn has ■ rejected permanent chairmanship -of this year's national convention. Mr. Sam. the old pro. will tit it out on the convention floor ; attempting to maneuver the nomination of Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson ’ for president. The Democrats would have been iin bad trouble in 1952, but for . Mr. Sam. The night of July 24-25 ’ during the 1952 national conven- ' | tlon could have been deadly for '[the Democratic Party. That night 1 a left wing. Young Turk task force attempted to force out of the convention and'out of the Democratic 1 Party the delegations of three . southern states — Louisiana. South Carolina and Virginia. The whole South might have gone with them. , This was part of a strategy tn i. prevent the nomination of Adlai t E. Stevenson and to name either Averell Harriman of New York or Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee. There was a political brawl such as only Democrats ean accomplish, and that rarely. The 1 Young Turks were led by Frank- ' lln D. Roosevelt Jr., his brother. James. Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey. Minnesota, Michigan’s Gov. G. Mennen (Soapy) Williams, and the late Sen. Blair Moody of Michigan. None Would Sign Oath Some of them, notably Humphrey, said the Democratic Party ' could do without the. South, and , seemed eager to have it that way. ’ They put elder statesmen of the . three southern states on a spot * from which they might be expect- ‘ ed to take a walk. But the Southerners refused to walk, preferring ‘ that the convention throw them 0 out, if leave they must. The dispute was whether leaders of the three delegations must sign a loyalty oath assuring that the convention’s nominees would be on southern ballots under the symbol or the name of the Democratic Party. None would sign, although all explained that state laws guaranteed precisely what the loyalty oath sought to impose. The convention had adopted the oatn which meant that non-signers were excluded. On a motion to re-es-tablish the Virginia delegation as voting conventioneers, Virginia was beaten when the roll call ended. Everybody in the suddenly hushed convention hall knew it— Mr. Sam. Then the old pro began to move. Mr. Sam Wins • Chairman Rayburn held the voting open. He and others who believed Moody’s oath would wreck the party on election day were determined to get all three states back into the convention, or else. Rayburn decided to reverse the anti-Virginia vote. His teeth gritting in anger, his eyes glaring with cold fury, Mr. Sam whacked his gavel. t „ Did any state desire to be polled’ Was there any delegate unrecorded? Did any delegate or delegation desire to change his vote? Mr. Sam stalled and milked that anti-Virginia majority for wavering votes. Vote changes rolled in by ones, triples and more. The old pro triumphed. The final result was 615-529 for making Virginia a convention member. The northern alliance of the Democratic Party with organized labor, Negroes, Americans for Democratic Action and other splinter groups had been shellacked in as wild and wooly a balloting as the party eve. had. Mr. Sam gaveiled down, persuaded the convention to vote down, or, he ruled down, every strategy of the left wing. The night of July 24-25 might have wrecked the Democrat Party, but for old pro Rayburn. The Democrats may wish they had him again this year. Wabash Contract To Haugk Os Decatur Haugk Plumbing & Heating, of Decatur, will, be.awarded a $19,995 i contract for plumbing and heating : for a new two-room addition to the Wabash high school. Total cost of the addition is approximately $70,000. *

Clubs Calendar Itema for each day s publication must be phoned in by 11 a m. (Saturday 9:30). Phone 3-2121 Rue E»UU FRIDAY American Legion Auxiliary 43. Legion Home. 8 pm. American Legion Auxiliary, Le-| gion Home, 8 p.m. RATI’BDAT Eagles Auxiliary supper. Eagles hall. 5 to 7 p.m. SUNDAY 4-H horse and pony club commit- • tee. Dr. Elizabeth Peck. 2:30 p.m. St Mary's chorus rehearsal, K i of C. hall, 1:30 p.m. MONDAY Evening circle of Methodist W.S.C.S.. church lounge. 8 p.m. Pythian Sisters Needle club. Moose Home. 7:30 p.m. St Ambrose study club. Mrs. Oscar Miller. 7:30 p.m. Kirkland Ladies club, home ec room at Adams Central school. 7:30 p.m. ~ Research club, Mrs. W. Guy Brown, 2:30 p.m. Pleasant Mills P.T.A., music room of Pleasant Mills school, 7:30 p.m. St. Mary’s Township Farm Bureau, St. Mary's-Blue Creek Conservation club house, 8:30 p.m. Home, 8 p.m. Lady Bug Hunt, V.F.W. Post Home, 8 p.m. Valparaiso University Chapel. Choir concert, Zion garish hall, 8 p.m.

TUESDAY Xi Alpha Xi and Delta Lambda chapters us Beta Sigma Phi, Zion E & R church. 8 p.m. Eagles Auxiliary skating party. 7:30 p.m. Eagles Auxiliary, Eagles hall, 8 p.m. Olive Rebekah Lodge, at Zanesville lodge, no meeting here. Sunny Circle Home Demonstration club, Preble township recreation center, 7:30 p.m. Delta Theta Tau, Mrs. Leo Teepie, 8 p.r Root Township Home Demonstration club, Monmouth school, 7 p.m. St. Mary’s Township Jolly Housewives Home Demonstration club. Pleasant Mills school, 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY Bethany Circle of E. and R. church, church pdrlors, 7:30 p.m. Pleasant Mills Methodist W.S.C.S., Mrs. Lawrence Ehrsam, 7:30 p.m. Women’s Association of First Presbyterian church, at the church, 8 p.m. Friendship circle of E&R church. Margaret Klickman, 7:30 p.m. Locals John Dorwin will arrive home: this evening by airplane from In-; diana University with two friends, if the weather permits. Mrs. Cletus Miller is confined to her home with the flu. Paul Wolf and Louis A. Jacobs will attend an alumni banquet at Valparaiso university this evening, returning Saturday. Walter Hagen of Superior, Wis.. visited overnight with Mr. and Mrs. Dick Burdg. Hagen represents the Day Co. of Minneapolis which has installed equipment for the Central Soya Co. plants. Marty Handion, nine-year-old .grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Ed F Berling, is seriously ill in the Lu-

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