Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 110, Decatur, Adams County, 10 May 1961 — Page 3

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1961

SOCIETY

MRS. FRANK LYBARGER HEADS DELTA THETA TAU Mrs. Frank Lybarger was elected to the office of president of the Delta Theta Tau sorority at a tecent meeting of that group. Mrs. Lybarger will be installed later this month and will assume her duties during the first part of June. Other officers elected were: Mrs. Melvin Wiesman, vice president; Mrs. Forrest Dryer, recording secretary; Mrs. Andrew Miller, treasurer; Miss Rose Marie Meyer, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Robert Krueckeberg, sergeant-at-arms; and Mrs. Gerald Bixler, historian. During the business meeting which was conducted by Mrs. Melvin Wiesman, plans were made to sponsor a record hop at the Youth and Community Center June 3. Mrs. Forrest Dryer was appointed chairman of the dance. Assisting will be Miss Rosemary and Miss Mary Catherine Spangler. A social hour followed the meeting with a tea served by the hostess, Mrs. Leo Teeple, assisted by Mrs. James Newton. Miss Angela Andrews was presented wtth a recipe box into which each member placed a favorite recipe, in honor of her approaching wedding. The sorority will meet May 23 at the Whitehall Inn, Van Wert, Ohio, for dinner and installation of officers. f I' FAREWELL PARTY GIVEN FOR MONMOUTH MUSIC TEACHER A farewell party was held in honor of Darrell Gerig, Monmouth band and choir director, following the spring concert Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Caston. Approximately 85 band and choir members and the officers wre present. Cake, ice cream and punch were i served to the guests. Jack Miller, band and choir president, presented Gerig with a gift in appreciation of the many ways he has promoted interest in good music both in the school and in the community. EVERREADY CLASS MEETS IN CHURCH LOUNGE The May meeting of the Everready Sunday school class of the Methodist church was held recently in the church lounge. Mrs. Albert Lanning, aevotional leader, began the evening with a talk on “Home Influences.” jr The business session was conducted by the president, Mrs. W. P. Robinson, after which a contest, under the direction of Mrs K B. R. Farr, was enjoyed. Mrs. Jesse Niblick received a gift for having the most correct answers. Strawberries and cake were served to the group by the hostesses: Mrs. Dovie Bedwell, Mrs. Henry Heller and Mrs. Horner Lower. The Monmouth junior class will present the play "Mountain Gal” Friday evening at 8 o’clock in the Monmouth gymnasium. Admission is 50 cents for, adults and 25 cents

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for students. The public is invited. The last P.T.A. meeting of the year for the Adams Central school will be held Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the school gymnasium. An ex hibit of the work done by the upper six grades will be on display and there will be an open house of the four new rooms. Mrs. Roman Brite will be hostess to Our Lady of Lourdes Study club Friday evening at 8 o’clock. The Gals and Pals Home Dem onstration club will meet Mondayevening at 7:30 at the Pleasant Mills school. Miss Lois Folk will give the lesson. The V.F.W. Ladies auxiliary* will meet at the Post home, upstairs, Monday evening at 8 o’clock. The Merry Matrons Home Dem onstration club will meet with Mrs Amos Thieme at 8 o’clock Tuesda.* evening. Mrs. Harry Crownover will bt hostess to the Better Homes Home Demonstration club Tuesday eve ning at 7:30. The Queen of Rosary Study clut will meet at the home of Mrs Severin Schurger Thursday at <' p.m. Hospital Admitted Mrs. Robert Sovine, Poneto. Dismissed Mrs. Richard Callow and baby girl, Decatur; Mrs. Arthur L. Miller, Decatur; Mrs. Joseph R. Jauregui and baby boy, Decatur; Mrs. Stephen Liechty and baby girl, Decatur; Clarence Warrick, Decatur; Mrs. Bertha Wolf, Decatur.

Bl R TH At the Adams county memorial hospital: William and Jeanette Wagoner Bush, route 3, Decatur, are the parents of a baby girl born at 7:43 p. m. Monday. The baby weighed six pounds. A six pound, twelve ounce baby girl was born at 12:50 p. m. Tuesday to Curtis and Judith McKane Jones, 2354 North Sixth street, Decatur. Thomas and Kathleen Dubach Agler, route 1 Geneva, became the parents of a nine pound, one ounce baby girl at 8:31 p. m. Tuesday. A baby boy weighing seven pounds, nine and one half ounces was born to Arthur and Anna Vorhees. Geneva, at 9:31 p. m. Tuesday. If you have something to sell or trade — use Demacrat want ads — they get BIG results.

Clubs Calendar Items for each day’s publication must be phoned la by 11 a.m. (Saturday 9:30). Carol Beboat WEDNESDAY Evangeline circle, Zion E and R church, 7:30 p.m. K. of C. auxiliary, K. of C. hall, 8 p.m. Live and Learn Home Demonstration club, Mrs. Chalmer Barkley, 8:30 p.m. Pleasant Mills Baptist church family night, St. Mary’s and Blue Creek township clubhouse, 6:30 p.m. Business and Professional Women’s club, American Legion home, 7:30 p.m. O. Home Demonstration ?lub, Mrs. Leroy Bulmahn, 7:30 p.m. Zion Lutheran church motherdaughter banquet, 6 p.m., Parish hall. Calvary EUB Ladies Aid, church basement, 7 p.m. Ruth and Naomi circles of Presbyterian church. 8 p.m.; Ruth cir•le, Mrs. Robert Anderson; Naomi •ircle, Mrs. Robert Macklin. Mt. Pleasant W. S. C. S., Mt. Pleasant church, 7:30 p. m. World War I veterans, V.F.W. Post home, 8 p. m. THURSDAY Psi Ote Trading Post, 1 to 4 p.m., Alvera Eady, Marie Ans□augh, Janice Geels; 6 to 9 p.m., Susie Holthouse, Rosemary Gase, Marian Koontz. Queen of Rosary Study club, Mrs. Severin Schurger, 8 p.m. Magley E and R church, mo-ther-daughter supper, 6:15 p.m. OES and Rainbow girls, motherdaughter banquet, Masonic temple, 6 p.m.; stated meeting of OES, 7:30 p.m. Queen of Peace Discussion group. Miss Helen Heimann, 8 p.m. Emblem club, Elks home, 8 p.m. St. Jude Study club, Mrs. Edwin Kauffman, 8 p.m. Phoebe Bible class, Zion E and R church social room, 7:45 p.m. Women’s society, Methodist church, 11 a.m., general meeting, 1 p.m. Mary and Martha circles of Presbyterian church, 2:30 p.m.; Mary circle, Mrs. W. Lowell Harper; Martha circle, Mrs. John DeVoss. American Legion auxiliary 4th district meeting, Fremont, 10 a.m. FRIDAY Psi Ote Trading Post, 1 to 4 p.m., Barbara August, Marcia Freebyt 6 to 9 p.m., Ruth Wiegman, Chloe Parrish. Monmouth junior class play, Monmouth gym, 8 p.m., adults 50 cents; children, 25 cents. Adams Central P.T.A., Adams Central school, 7:30 p.m. Our Lady of Lourde Study club. Mrs. Roman Brite, 8 p.m. Variety music program, Decatur high school gym. 8 p.m. American Legion auxiliary, Legion home, 8 p.m. SATURDAY Psi Ote Trading Post, 1 to 4 p.m., Barbara Fuelling, Jane Reed. P. alumni banquet, Pleasant Mills high school. Bake sale, sponsored by Pleasant Mills Methodist church, Melching’s Garage in Pleasant Mills, 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Children’s story hour, ages 5 to 7, Decatur public library, 1:30 p. m. to 2:30 p.m. MONDAY Decatur Woman’s club, Community Center, 8 p.m. Gals and Pals Home Demonstration club, Pleasant Mills school. 7:30 p.m. V.F.W. Ladies auxiliary. Post home, upstairs, 8 p.m. TUESDAY Merry Matrons Home Demonstration club, Mrs. Amos Thieme. 8 p.m. Better Homes Home Demonstration club. Mrs. Harry Crownover, 7:30 p.m., f Locals Mr. and Mrs. Jack Welch and children, Laureta May and Jack, Jr., of Florida, are the guests this week of Mrs. Charlie Lamlin. George Krick, former Decatur mayor, is convalescing at the Rose Hill nursing home in Spencerville, O. County Rural Youth Will Meet Thursday The Adams county rural youth club will hold its regular monthly meeting Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Farm Bureau Co-Op building in Monroe. Carolyn Moore, president, will conduct the business meeting and committee responsibilities include: devotions, Doris Hockemeyer; group singing, Linda and Lila Kruetzman; mixers and recreation, Kathryn Shaffer, and recreation committee in charge and refreshments, Jerry Gerber and Ted Kipfer. <— Lois M. Folk, home demonstration agent, will present the educational feature entitled “Here and There,” which will feature tips on traveling. Members and all interested young people are invited to attend. If you have something to sell or trade — use Demacrat want ads — they get BIG results.

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W. GUY BROWN, retiring superintendent of schools, stands on the stage at the Decatur Youth and Community Center with his “charm bracelet” draped about his neck. To the right is his wife, and seated behind Mr. and Mrs. Brown is Cal E. Peterson, a member of the Decatur school board when Brown became high school principal.

W. Guy Brown Is Honored Tuesday

W. Guy Brown, who has served the Decatur school system for 47 years, was honored by the many people affiliated with the Decaturl school city with a dinner and program at the Decatur Youth and Community Center Tuesday evening. More than 120 school employes, officials and their husbands and wives attended the meeting honoring Brown before his retirement June 30. Brown taught in the Decatur schools! for 16 years, served 21 years as high school principal, and has been superintendent of the school system for the past 10 years. After the dinner, Amos Ketchum acted as master of ceremonies. Ketchtun related a few of the many anecdotes concerning Brown with which he was personally familiar. He also told how Brown had seen everything around him change since he started with the Decatur schools 47 years ago. None of the same buildings is still standing; none of the same teachers is still working with him; and many school boards have come and gone. Ketchum then turned the program over to a faculty orchestral?) for some entertainment. The orchestra was conducted by Sylvester Everhart, complete in uniform and high white hat. Everhart was followed by a bevy of beautiful baton twirlers including: Mrs. Dayton Swickard, Mrs. Harold Zwick, Miss Charlotte Vera. Mrs. Frank Detter, Miss Wilma Andrews, and Mrs. Clem Snell. This Life Is Yours The music was furnished by Lowell Smith, trombone; Ray Lehman and Jerry Mitchel, trumpets; Harry Dailey, clarinet; Clint Reed, piccolo: Bryce Thomas, snare drums: Bob Worthman, bass drum; Hubert Zerkel, Jr.,

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.cymbals; and Hugh Andrews, triangle. Two numbers, “Old McDonald” and “Yankee Doodle,” I were lacerated by the group. During the latter number, the baton twirlers put on a fine exhibition of dexterity. Mrs. Gene Chronister then took over the program and the curtains were pulled back to reveal a complete stage and a screened ’ off area. Mrs. Chronister conducted Mr. and Mrs. Brown 'to the stage, and a “'Dus Life Is Yours, W. Guy Brown,” program was held. Music during the remainder of the program was furnished by Miss Helen Hauboid at the piano. Those taking part in the program that depicted a large part of Brown’s life included his two brothers: his daughter, Mrs. Mary : Mills; Bill Brown, Mr. and Mrs. | Brown’s son: four of the five grandchildren: Miss Matilda Sel--1; lemeyer, long-time teaching associate: Cal E. Peterson, member ’ i of the Decatur school board when Brown became principal: Mr. and Mrs. Marion Feasel, representing ’ the thousands of students who have labored and learned under Brown; Dr. Harry Hebble, member of the school board when 1 Brown became superintendent; i E. M. Webb of Berne, who repreI sented the many friendships Brown has made with other area administrators; and Sylvester ’ Everhart, who mentioned some of the honors Brown has received for his 30 years of activity in the Boy Scout program. Miss Glennys Roop then conducted a construction of a charm bracelet for Brown. Grandsons Bill, Jr., and Steve held the chain, and the two granddaughters attached the various wooden charms which represented various facets of Brown’s life. Low-

Flood Threats For Evansville Homes EVANSVILLE, Ind. (UPDBackwaters from Pigeon Creek, swollen to its highest level in history, spread over a 60-square block area on Evansville’s east side today and threatened to splash into about 200 homes. City crews tried to pump the overflow water. from the area but it seeped in faster than they could divert it. Skin divers from the Indiana State Police were put to work installing steel plates on sewer openings in an effort to slow down the inundation. Basements were flooded over a broad area. Streets were blocked in an area making up about 15 per cent of the city, bounded by Mor gan St. on the north, Boeke Rd. on the east, Division St. on the south and Weinbach St. on the west. Only a few families were evacuated. But authorities said unless the water recedes, more may have to be moved to higher ground. Pigeon Creek empties into the swollen Ohio River. The point where the backwater spread over the residential area is about five miles from the river. Roberts Municipal Stadium is just outside the area. Tornado Warning Service Inadequate WASHINGTON -UPD — The chief of the U.S. Weather Bureau said today that America’s tornado warning service isn’t good enough. He said it has “made great strides” in the past seven years and has saved hundreds of lives. He finds this gratifying. But, said Dr. F. W. Reichelderfer, “the nation should be far from satisfied.” To have a warning service good enough to spot tornadoes as they are born and predict precisely where they will hit, he said, the United States must invest a lot of hard work and money in weather research. He said it also must make fuller use of available modern tools of storm detection such as advanced radar and weather satel- : lites. This is Reichelderfer’s tor- • nado season 'message to the nal tion: I “We can’t be content with me- ■ teorological science as it stands > today. Forecasting the possibility ; of one or more isolated tornadoes i in an area of 20,000 square miles • (the present prediction limit) has • been helpful and is showing im- ; provement all the time. “But it is a far cry from the . ability to pinpoint just when and t where these dreadful tornadoes , will strike. r “It is toward that objective and the further objective of even supj pressing or modifying them that 1 we should aim. “This only can be done through ’ a long range program of funda- , mental research. “We know the general condi- , tions that generate instability in ’ the atmosphere, but we must ’ delve into the mystery of what makes a tornado tick.”

ell Smith then presented Brown with a beautiful watch, as a gift from the faculty, employes and officials of the Decatur school city. If you have something to sell or trade — use Demacrat want ads — they get BIG results.

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Allies Firm On Blocking Reds

OSLO, Norway (UPD—The At-, lantic Allies today announced! their determination to block the Communist drive for glohal expansion and pledged again they would safeguard the freedom of Berlin. An official communique at the end of a three day conference of foreign ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization said the resources of the Western powers can meet the Communist challenge. NATO is made up of 15 European and North American nations. "The NATO alliance is determined to defend the right of their people to live in freedom,” the communique said. In support of this, the United States Tuesday pledged Polaris nuclear missile submarines to beef up NATO’s defenses. The ministers in their communique said the “menace” which drew the Allies together “is now not only military, but also has worldwide political, economic, scientific and psychological aspects.” But, it added, NATO’s “colective resources —moral and material—are fully adequate” to meet the challenge. Equitable and Just The communique made these other points: —The Allies are ready to make their contribution to an equitable and just settlement of outstanding political issues. It emphasized that any separate peace treaty between Russia and East Germany would not affect Western rights in Berlin. —Phased, controlled disarmament is one of the principal objectives of the Allies. The United States was given the go-ahead to arrange with Russia procedures for a new international disarmament conference by the end of July. —Russia must stop blocking a nuclear test ban agreement. —The permanent council should review NATO’s defense strategy .with the view • “to improving its deterrent and defensive strength.” —U.S. forces will remain in Europe and their conventional armaments will be strengthened. —Development programs for Greece and Turkey will be speeded up. The Polaris decision Was in line with President Kennedy’s deter-

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min a tion to strengthen the Western alliance in the face of mounting Soviet global pressure. Details of the American offer are yet to be worked out but it presumably will follow these • lines: —The first five Polaris submarines will be followed by others committed to NATO as they become available. —The subs will be part of the U.S. 6th Fleet and indirectly under the command of the supreme Allied commander for Europe, Gen. Lauris Norstad. The United States will have final word on whether the missiles are to be used. Nuclear Strategy Undecided —The offer is not tied to any commitment by the other NATO allies to buy U. S. Polaris miasiles for deployment in Europe which an earlier plan of the Eisenhower administration had suggested. $4 Million Highway Funds Are Received INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—lndiana today received nearly $4 million from the federal government for highway improvement. The State Highway Commission announced receipt of $3,747,475 from the Bureau of Public Roads as the government’s share of 24 ’ highway improvement projects. Included are both interstate and state primary, secondary and . urban roads. ! The money, like another $1,094,000 received three weeks ago, is ’ in addition to the regular monthly ’ payments received by the state i from the bureau. The previous recovery of funds already spent was for projects dating back to 1958 but the oldest project covered by today’s check is 1958. Harry J. Cane, highway spokesman, said the delay primarily was due to right-of-way condemnation procedures.

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