Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 24 February 1961 — Page 3

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1961

SOCIETY

WESLEYAN SERVICE GUILD ENTERTAINS GUESTS The members of the Women’s Society of Christian Service of the Decatur Methodist church were guests of the Wesleyan Service Guild Tuesday evening in the chapel of the church. Miss Bernice Nelson, assisted by Mrs. Robert Mills and Miss Wilma Andrews, presented the meaning of the symbol of the Guild. Mrs. F. Hazen Sparks, accompanied by Mrs. Harry Dailey at the organ, sang “How Great Thou Art.” The lesson, given by Mrs. Erpian Johnson, was taken from Peter Marshall's book, "Mr. Jones, Meet the Master.” The serving table was attractively decorated according to George Washington’s birthday. Mrs. Sylvester Everhart, Mrs. Walter Elzey and Mrs. Mabel Marshall were hostesses for the evening. The next meeting of the Wesleyan Service Guild will be held at the home of Mrs. Robert Mills. W.C.T.U. MEETS WITH MRS. HOMER WINTEREGG The Monroe W.C.T.U. met at the home of Mrs. Homer Winteregg recently. The meeting opened with the group singing of “How Great Thou Art.” Devotions were given by Mrs. Wfn. Butcher, followed by prayer by Mrs. Loretta Blackwood. The business meeting was conducted by Mrs. Homer Winteregg. Two vocal solos were given by Miss Sonya Poorman. The lesson, entitled “Alcohol the Narcotic,” was presented by Mrs Otto Longenberger. assisted by Mrs Raymond Crist Prayer was offered by Mrs. Clovis Oberli. Mrs. Dortha Shady gave a report on the mid year executive meeting which was held in Indianapolis. The spring institute will be held at the Decatur Evangelical United Brethren church April 27 and the state convention will be held at Plymouth October 31 to November 3. Visitors at the meeting were Mrs. Jesse Niblick and Mrs. Frank Bohnke from Decatur. Mrs. Floyd Yake and Mrs. Dortha Shady from Kirkland, Mrs -Clovis Oberli. Mrs." Loretta Blackwood, Mrs. Eli Luginbill and Mrs. Emil Liechty from Berne. SUNNY CIRCLE CLUB MEETS RECENTLY Mrs. Erwin Buuck and Mrs. Clara Fuhrman were hostesses to the Sunny Circle home demonstration' club at the Preble township

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community building recently. The meeting was opened by the president, Mrs. Ralph Mankey, with the club creed. Devotions were given by Mrs. Erwin Buuck. Mrs. Marvin Conrad gave the lesson on “Cooking for two or a few.” She demonstrated the making of a meatza pie. Nineteen members answered the roll call with “A Valentine I Once Made.” Each memoer tnen showed the group the Valentine which she had received from her secret pal. The history of the song of the month was givdh by Mrs. Gerhard Heckman, after which the song was sung by the group. “Happy Birthday” was sung to Dorothy Erxleben and Laurine Conrad. An interesting lesson entitled “Why We Pay Taxes,” was given by Mrs. Glen Girod. The meeting was closed with the collect. Various contests were enjoyed with Dorothy Heckman, Juanita Mankey, Frieda Werling and Leona Worth receiving prizes. The door prizes were awarded to Viola Kruetzman and Amanda Borne. BETA SIGMA PHI - CHAPTERS MEET Epsilon Sigma and Xi Alpha lota chapters of Beta Sigma Phi sorority, met at the Elks home W'ednesday evening. A five dollar check was sent to further the research of cancer in the future Beta Sigma Phi home at Girlstown, U. S. A. Money was also donated to several other worthy organizations. For the cultural program, Barbara Sites showed slides on Germany and France. The slides were taker, in 1956 when she and her husband lived in Germany, where he was stationed with the armed forces. RUTH AND NAOMI CIRCLES MEET WEDNESDAY The Ruth and Naomi circles of the Zion United Church of Christ met Wednesday afternoon in the social room of the church. The meeting was opened with the playing of “Did You Think To Pray,” and “Were You There,” by Mrs. Tory Meyer. —Mrs, Fledderjohann. a former pastor’s wife, was a guest of the group. Mrs Rufus Kirchhofer, leader t’cr the afternoon, gave the lesson. A committee was appointed for the bake sale which will be held March 4. The 18 members present reported a total of 52 social calls and 28 sick calls. Refreshments were served by •Lydia Kirsch. Bertha Heuer and j Mrs. Klickman. [

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Jocye Ann Owens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Owens, and Ivan Lee Nevil, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Nevil, were married Sunday afternoon, February 19, in the Geneva Evangelical United Brethren church. The double ring ceremony was performed by the Rev. Paul Temple before an altar adorned with white chrysanthemums. Palms completed the background. Nuptial music was provided by Mrs. Ronnie Rhodes, organist, who played, “Indian Love Call," “I Love Yiou Truly.” and “Because.” Mr. and Mrs. Phil Bollinger sang, “Always," and “Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us.”

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The bride was lovely in a white rose lace gown over taffeta. Her shoulder length veil was held in place by a small crown. She carried red carnations centered with white rose buds. Connie Brewster served as maid of honor in a dress of avacado green velvet, with which she wore a matching hat and carried white carnations with red rose buds. Larry Nevil, brother of the groom, served as best man, and the guests were seated by Gerald Owens, brother of the bride, and DeWayne Nevil brother of the groom. A reception was held following the ceremony at the home of the bride’s parents. Hostesses were Mrs. Robert Hunter, Mrs. John Riff, and Mrs. DeWayne Nevil. The bride's going away outfit was composed of a lavender skirt and sweater outfit. The new Mrs. Nevil is a graduate of Hartford Center high school and Warner’s Beauty College in Fort Wayne. She is presently employed at Joyce's Beauty Nook. Her husband is a graduate ot Geneva high school and is an employe of the Meshberger Stone Corp. The couple will make their home at 210 Shackley street, Geneva. The Adams cpunty Historical society will meet Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock at the Decatur public library. The Olive Rebekah Lodge will meet Tuesday evening at 7:30 at the Odd Fellows hall. Three Link club will follow. Mrs. Bee Black, Mrs. Beverly Bassett and Mrs. Sadie Barnett are asked to bring articles for the silent auction. Xi Alpha Xi, chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, will meet Tuesday evening with Mrs. John Beery. The meeting will start at 8 o’clock. The Women’s Guild of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church will meet in the church social rooms Wednesday evening after Lenten services. The Union Chapel W.S.W.S. will meet Thursday evening at 7:30 with Mrs. Earl Mounsey. Unit 1 of the Bethany W.S.W.S. will meet with Mrs. Amas Ketchum Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Mrs. Alvie Euffenbarger will be program chairman. John Doan Resigns From State Position John M. Doan, Republican county chairman, has resigned from his state job as auto license appeals judge. Doan held the position under former Gov. Harold Handley, and recently turned down a job in the state auditor’s office offered by state auditor Dorothy Gardner, of Fort Wayne.

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Clubs Calendar items for each day’s publication must be phoned in by 11 a.m. (Saturday 9:30). Carol, Reboot FRIDAY ® Dance at Community Center, Sponsored by Flo-Kan Sunshine Girls, 8 p.m. Psi Ote Trading Post, 1 to 4 p.m., Sara Lou Collier, Betty Zerkel; 6 to 9 p.m., Marvene Buuck, Clarice Hill.. American Legion auxiliary, Legion home, 8 p.m. Friendship circle of Missionary church, Mrs. Ed Summers, 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY Psi Ote Trading Post, 1 to 4 p.m., Joan Borne, Alice Roth. SUNDAY Fish fry, Zion Friedheim church, route 1, Decatur, 4:30 to 7:30. MONDAY Elo-Kan Sunshine Girls, Moose home, 6 p.m. Pythian Sisters Needle club, Moose home, 7:30 p.m. TUESDAY I Adams County Historical society, Decatur Public Library, 8 p.m. Olive Rebekah Lodge, Odd Fellows hall, 7:30 p.m. Xi Alpha Xi, Mrs. John Beery, 8 p.m. Root Township Home Demonstration club, Mrs. Homer Merriman, 1 p.m. Eta Tau Sigma, Mrs. Robert Shraluka, 8 p.m. K. of C. auxiliary, K. of C. hall, following church. Psi lota Xi sorority. Boy Scout room of Community Center, 7:30 p.m. Delta Theta Tau, Mrs. Mel Weisman, 8 p.m. Delta Lambda, Mrs. Harold Owens, 8 p.m. WEDNESDAY Women’s Guild, Zion E and R church social rooms, following Lenten services. Ladies Shakespeare club, Mrs. Burt Townsend, 532 Stratton Way, 2:30 p.m. THURSDAY Union Chapel W.S.W.S., Mrs. Earl Mounsey, 7:30 p.m. Unit 1 of the Bethany W.S.W.S., Mrs. Amos Ketchum, 2 p.m. Locals A local appeared in Wednesday’s paper stating that Clarence (John) Smith was acting postmaster in the Decatur post office. The local should have read that Smith is acting assistant postmaster. Mrs. Elnora Bixler, of 615 W. Jefferson street, widow of Dr. N. A. Bixler, is reported doing "just fine” in the Lutheran hospital at Fort Wayne. Mrs. Bixler suffered a slight heart condition Tuesday, and was taken to the hospital, but is expected home sometime Saturday. Hospital Admitted Master James Robert Miller, Decatur: Ernest Liechty, Berne; Master Edwin Witte, Decatur. Dismissed Miss Celia Mayer, Decatur; Mrs. Arnold Gerke, Decatur; Mrs. Samuel Lowe, Decatur; Mrs. Richard Frauhiger. Decatur. BIRTH At the Adams county memorial hospital: t A six pound, twelve ounce baby girl was born at 4:49 p.m. Thursday to Loren and Mildren Stoppenhagen Kruetzman of route 2, Decatur. Vernon and Carol Baumgartner Seitz of 45 Homestead, Decatur, are the parents of a baby girl born at 6:29 p.m. Thursday. The baby weighed seven pounds, two and ope half ounces. ' A baby girl weighing eight pounds, five ounces was born to Leslie and Janet Busick Putman of St. Mary’s, Ohio, at 6:48 a.m. today. Lawrence and Jane Jacobs Neuen of Berne became the parents of a seven pound, ten ounce baby boy at 2:35 a.m. today, o

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Queen Elizabeth To Visit Vatican May 5 VATICAN CITY <UPI> — Vatican officials said today Queen Elizabeth’s planned visit to Pope John XXIII is certain to further improve relations between the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches. A high Vatican source, noting that the climate for such a visit was unusually favorable, said the British monarch and her husband, Prince Philip, would be welcomed with all the pomp and pageantry of the Pope’s court when they arrive May 5. Buckingham Palace announced in London Thursday that the royal couple would pay a courtesy call on Pope John at the end of a trip to Italy. The queen is the head of the Protestant Church of England which broke away from the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th Century. Appoints Liaison Officer The Church of England also announced it had appointed a liaison officer to the Vatican, Canon Bernard Pawley. This was believed a direct result of the meeting last December between the Pope and Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, retiring primate of the Church of England. Vatican circles expressed hope that the queen’s visit would not cause undue criticism from British Protestants who have objected Ito similar meetings in the past. “Ithis only a courtesy call but it is certain to strengthen good relations,” a Vatican spokesman said. The Vatican visit will be the first by a British monarch since the late King George V called on Pope Pius XI in 1923.’His predecessor, King Edward VII, also visited the Vatican. Make Previous Visit The queen and her husband visited the Vatican once before—in 1951 when she still was a princess. They called on Pope Pius XII. As head of the British Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth has many millions of Roman Catholics among her subjects. The queen believes it would be unthinkable to slight their spiritual leader, despite the Protestant criticism the visit was expected to provoke in Britain. The National Union of Protestants and the Free Church of Scotland openly objected to Elizabeth’s Vatican visit in 1951 and also that of Dr. Fisher, the Archbishop of Canterbury, last year. Four Slightly Hurt When Plane Crashes VALPARAISO, Ind. (UPIJ—Four persons sustained minor injuries Thursday night when a small private plane overshot the runway and crashed at the edge of the Porter County Airport here. Treated at Porter County Hospital and released were Denny Caldwell. 22, the pilot; John Hartin, 24; Howard T. Eastwood Jr., 23; and Edward C. Erbe, 19, all of Hobart. Major Oakes Named To Highway Post INDIANAPOLIS <UPI> — Governor Welsh today announced the appointment of Maj. Henry G. Oakes, Indianapolis, to a newlycreated post with the Indiana State Highway Commission, i Oakes, 74, a retired division engineer for the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, will become assistant engineer for federal funds with the highway department. Welsh said Oakes’ principal duties will be to facilitate the flow of federal road funds to the highway department "with particular emphasis on the present backlog of $24 million.”

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J4* | Jr * ■ Prof. Marvin G. Dean Prof. Dean, chairman of the fine arts division of Taylor University, will direct the Taylor chorale in a concert of sacred music at the Monroe Methodist church Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock. The 45-voice group will present a varied program of sacred classics and negro spirituals. The public is invited to attend. There is no admission charge.

Two Men Killed In Car-Truck Accidents By United Press International Two persons were killed in cartruck accidents late Thursday, boosting the 1961 Indiana traffic death toll to at least 122, compared to the 136 reported at this time last year. Clarence Ely Menefee, 46, St. Paul, Ind., was killed when his ear crashed into the rear of it semi-trailer truck at the intersection of U.S. 421 and Indiana 44 in Shelbyville. The driver of the truck, Monroe J. Boyd, 30, Irontown, Ohio, said he had stopped to make a left-hand turn. Boyd was a driver for the Yellow Transit Steel Division, Indianapolis. Irvin Schein, 59, Batesville, was killed instantly when his car was hit by a semi-trailer truck at the Intersection of Indiana 46 and the Franklin-Ripley County Line Road near Batesville. Authorities said Schein didn't give the truck the right-of-way. His car was hit broadside and carried an estimated 150 feet by the impact. James R. Wilson, Chicago, the driver of the truck, was uninjured. Girl Scours" * Girl Scout troop 473 met at the Youth and Community Center Tuesday after school. The group divided 'into patrols and the leaders collected dues. The group has entered a contest which concerns naming the new units at Camp McMillen. The prize will be a free day at the camp for the whole troop. Scribe: Nora Rawlinson Brownie troop 20 met at the Northwest school Monday afternoon. The meeting was opened with the roll call and dues were collected. „ An election of officers was held with the following results: president, Vicky Feasel; vice president, Judy Koos; secretary and treasurer, Mary Alice Shaffer; scribe, Saran Singleton. Games were played and the meeting closed with the friendship circle. Scribe: Sandy Plasterer . Trade in a gooo town — Decatur.

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Congo Leaders Seek To Unite Rival Factions LEOPOLDVILLE, The Congo <UPlt—Congolese political leaders today considered setting up a "Public Salvation Committee” to unite rival political factions and stop the United Nations from pos- . sibly seizing the country by force. Albert Kalonji, self-styled premier of the province of “South Kasai,” made the suggestion for the committee in telegrams to Katanga Province President Moise Tshombe and Congo President Joseph Kasavubu Thursday night. , He called for an "urgent meeting” both on the political and military levels to study a common attitude toward the latest U. N. Security Council resolutions which broadened Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold s powers to bring peace to the Congo. Protest U. N. Action All three men have protested that the resolution, passed Tuesday in New York, infringes on the sovereignty of the Congo. But Tshombe and Kasavubu have indicated they will cooperate to some degree. The resolution authorizes the U. N. troops to use force if necessary as a last resort to stop civil war. —, So far there has been no reaction to the Security Council action from Stanleyville, capital of Oriental Province and the stronghold of the followers of slain leftwing Premier Patrice Lumumba. Political sources said it was possible the power struggle which nM been going on in Oriental and neighboring Kivu Province, another Lumumbust stronghold, has left the participants with little time to consider the effect of the measure. Official Disappears Latest reports from Stanleyville said Bernard Salumu, the bitterly anti-white district commissioner,has disappeared from the province. He has been blamed for mass arrests and beatings of hundreds of Europeans in the Stanleyville area. It still was not clear whether Lumumba’s former vice premier, Antoine Gizenga, or army Gen. Victor Lundula held the upper hand although recent reports have , said Lundula was the boss. U. N. officials in Leopoldville said they had not been able to confirm yet that 16 persons had beep killed in Stanleyville in Reprisal for Lumumba's death but they expressed “growing conviction” that the executions had taken place. Suffers Broken Leg When Hit By Bike A 13-year-old Decatur boy, Jim Miller, 303 Oak street, suffered a broken left leg Thursday afternoon when he was struck by a bicycle while walking along the sidewalk in front of the city hall. Miller was walking east on the sidewalk when he saw Ronald Schnepp, 720 N. Third street, riding his bicycle with another youngster on the handlebars. He yelled for Schnepp to look out, but to no avail as the bike hit him on the foot and knocked him down. An ambulance was called and the boy was rushed to tee hospital, where he was found to have a spiral fracture of the left leg. Schnepp explained to city police officer Grover Odle teat he tried to put on his brakes, but tee kick stand on tee bike slipped down and ,he couldn’t apply the brakes. He said he tried to avoid Miller, but couldn’t.