Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 20 January 1962 — Page 3

SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1902

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Mr. and Mrs. Raymond McAhren of route five, Decatur, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Nina M., to Jerry A. Workinger, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Workinger of Geneva. Miss McAhren is a graduate of Pleasant Mills high school and is presently employed by Beavers Oil Service, Inc. and Lincoln National Life Insurance Co., Fort Wayne. Her fiance is a graduate of Geneva high schodlaridis employed by Franklin Electric Co. at Bluffton. The wedding take place March 23 at the First Church of the Nazarene ip Decatur.

KENNEDY ' (Continued from Paga One cated that more than 70 per cent of the voters approve of the way he is handling his job. Returning members of Congress—Democratic and Republican — appear in agreement that he has more support the voters than he had at the time of the narrow 1960 election victory over Richard M. Nixon. Republicans are not convinced, however, that the President has rallied great public support for some of his programs. The GOP response may vary from one region to another, but Republican orators feel free to attack the Kennedy administration budget, farm program and other proposals. The President made a sends of political speeches at fund-raising events during his first year in office. He also made campaign FOR YOUR VALENTINE \ DIAMOND 7 ) PENDANT \ Looking for the gift that’s styled so beautifully and Bays ao much? Aik to see our Artcarved Diamond Pendants! She’ll love the one you choose! OIAMONO MNOANT S6OOO BOWER Jewelry Store /HAortaad

FORT WAYNE CHAPTER SPEBSQSA (Barber Shop Chorus & Quartets) ■ CiR ' PARADE OF CHAMPIONS "NIGHT HAWKS"—'6I 3rd Place international Winners "MID-STATES FOUR" — Paet International Champions . V at the SCOTTISH RITE AUDITORIUM 411 W. Berry St. Fort Wayne, Ind. Tickets: $2.50; $2.00; $1.50; SI.OO-AII Reserved. Children 15 or under Half Price when accompanied by adult. Write: Charles Parody, 823 Eckart St. Fort Wayne, Ind. or Phone H-9756.

appearances last November in behalf of two subsequent election winners—Mayor Robert F. Wagner of New York and Gov. Richard J. Hughes of New Jersey. The Hughes victory was counted as a major upset. Defense CHARLES CORDDRY After a year as Pentagon boss, Robert S. McNamara appeared to stand higher at the White House than any member of the official family save only President Kennedy’s brother, Robert. “Fantastic” is one descriptive Kennedy has applied to the harddriving, incisive former Ford Motor Co. president to whom he entrusted management and expansion of the world's biggest enterprise. As defense secretary, the 45-year-old executive, likewise has stood ace-high so far-with Congress, which voted him all he wanted and complained remarkably little when he refused to spend appropriations he did not ’want. To a considerable extent, McNamara personifies the Kennedy administration’s military policy, t Cynics and soothsayers now wait to see whether the secretary will fare as well with lawmakers this session. Seeds of trouble abound: Alleged muzzling of officers’ free expression; controversial call-up of reservists, flip-flop on Army expansion (first opposed, then ordered); freewheeling Pentagon reorganizations; diminished stature for armed forces secretaries; alleged inattention to some professional military advice. McNamara’s lack of the human touch, in a leadership job that urgently needs it, is cause for unrest. The reserve problem is a prime exam] le. Warnings of the pitfalls apparently went unheeded. McNamara’s strategic plan: Invulnerable nuclear forces, able to take a surprise blow and then devastate Russia; flexible conventional, tactical nuclear and guerrilla forces for lesser wars. The plan was influenced by many but it is McNamara’s in the last analysis. It keeps 2,684,000 men under arms compared with Eisenhower's 2,493,000. While building up for the long pull, McNamara was plunged into the Berlin crisis. He summoned 156,000 reservists to arms, sent shiploads of weapons and equipment to Europe, speeded force modernization.

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HISTORICAL CLUB MEETS WITH MRS. VON GUNTEN ! Twenty-one members of the Historical club met recently at the home of Mrs. Herman Von Gunten. The meeting opened with the collect and roll call. Mrs. Fred Hancher called for current events after which she gave a very interesting paper on , the state of Connecticut. Connecticut, southernmost of the New England states, is fifth of the original 13 states. It is small in size, with only Delaware and Rhode Island being smaller. Hartford is the capital of Connecticut and also the home offices of many large insurance companies. Industry gives employment to much of the population of the state. Some of the products are aircraft engines, machinery and electrical equipment. Connecticut also has a huge typewriter output, brass articles, sewing machines and clocks. Following the program and during the business portion of the meeting, Mrs. George Anderson was welcomed as a new member. Also, new officers were elected. Mrs. Wesley Lehman will be serving the group as president this year. Other officers include vice president. Mrs. Clarence R. Smith: secretary-treasurer, Mrs Herman Von Gunten; assistant secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Agnes Wright. Refreshments were served by the hostess during the social hour. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Ada Lower. PLEASANT MIT .IS WSCS HAS JANUARY MEETING A lesson on “Alcohol and Christian Resnon'ibilitv” as presented bv Mrs. Murray Holloway featured the Januarv meeting of the Pleasant Mills WSCS as the members gathered at the home of the Rev. and Mrs. Leon Lacoax Thursday evening. Prior to the lesson. Mrs. Bill Workinger, president, conducted a brief business meeting after which the members sang the hymn “Sweet Hour of Prayer.” Mrs. Holloway offered devotions, reading the 14th chapter of Romans. The meeting closed with the Lord’s Prayer and a poem entitled “God’s Way Is Best.” During the social hour, refreshments were served to 15 members and two children, by the hostess. Mrs. Lacoax, assisted by Mrs. R. H. Everett and Mrs. Bertha Clark. TRINITY HANNAH CIRCLE MET THURSDAY MORNING Mrs. Frank Baker was hostess to the members of the Hannah circle of the Trinity EUB church Thursday morning for the purpose of studying Latin American countries. Mrs. Baker introduced the topic, “.Venture into Lat’n America." to open the meeting, followed by a hymn and prayer by Mrs. J. O. Penrod. Using a map for her talk, Mrs. Baker located the Latin American qpuntries under discussion and told the group some facts about this area of the world. ................. Mrs. Don Cochran, chairman, conducted the business meeting, during which time it was announced that sew-a-pad dav will be held January 30, from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. The February project will be to make booties from wash cloths for the Otterbein home. The meeting closed with the usual busines reports by the secretary and treasurer.— - The hostess then served refreshments to nine members and one visitor. The next meeting will be held February 15 with Mrs. Cedric Fisher as hostess and Mrs. Orval Fisher as leader. The Olive Rebekah lodge will meet Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.rh. at the IOOF hall. There will be an informal installation of officers at this time. The Three Link club will meet following the lodge meeting and refreshments will beserved. The January meeting of the Psi Icta Xi sorority will meet Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m. at the Community Center. Members are to note the change in date. Order of Eastern Star will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Masonic hall. The drill team from the Star of the East chapter of Fort Wayne will be present and will furnish entertainment after the chapter meeting. If you have something to sell or trade — use the Democrat Want ads — they £et BIG results.

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1 Clubs Calendar items for each day’s publication must be phoned in • by 11 a.in. (Saturday 9:30). Colleen Heller SATURDAY Psi Ote Trading Post: 1 to 4, Janice Geels, Norma Gentis SUNDAY Northwest P.T.A. officers and chairmen, school, 11; 30 a.m. MONDAY Flo-Kan sunshine girls, Moose home, 6 p.m. Music dept, dinner, Community ■ Center, 6:30 p.m. Pleasant Mills PTA, at school, 7:30 p.m. St. Ambrose study club, Mrs. Herman Loshe, 7:30 p.m. Pythian Sisters Needle club, Moose home, after Temple. Research club, Mrs. J. M. Doan, 2:30 p.m. TUESDAY Olive Rebekah lodge, IOOF hall, 7:30 p.m. Nu-U club, 1515 W. Monroe I street, 1:30 p.m. i Tri Kappa, Mrs. William Chris-i ten, 6:30 p.m. . St. Anne study club, Mrs. Ed Keller, 1:30 p.m. 39’ers, Community Center, 6:30 p.m. Root Twp. club, Monmouth school, 6:30 p.m. Xi Alpha Xi and Delta Lambda, J Mrs. Kenneth Beard, 8 pm. t WEDNESDAY I Psi lota Xi, Community Center, 7:30 p.m. Ava Maria study club, Mrs. Elmo Smith, 8 p.m. Women’s Assoc., Piesbyterian church, 8 'p m. THURSDAY I Builders class, Trinity EUB , church, 7:30 p.m. I WCTU, Mrs. Jack I Mcß' ide, 1:30 p.m. of Eastern Star, Masonic i hall, 7:30 p.m. LOCALS Mrs. Elmer Uhrick, of South 13th street, underwent major surgery at the Clinic hqspital in Bluffton Friday. Her condition is reported as good. Mrs. Daniel Steiner, of route 4, Bluffton, has been dismissed from the Clinic hospital. Laura Banta, of Geneva, has been admitted to the Jay county hospital. 4,000 Firms Made New Mercury Capsule NORFOLK, Va. (UPD—Thomas F. Dixon, deputy administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, said in a speech Friday night that more than 4,000 firms helped make the Mercury capsule scheduled to carry astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., three times around the earth next week. Bandit Test-Drives Car In Station Robbery SOUTH SAN GABRIEL, Calif. <UPI) —• The man took the auto from the used car lot for a demonstration ride. When he returned he told the salesman he'd have to talk it over with his wife before buying it. Then he drove away in his own car. Shortly afterwards, sheriff’s deputies dorve to the car lot looking for the man whose test drive took him three blocks away where he robbed a service station of $775. Robert E. Lee Beats Drunk Charge MOBILE, Ala. (UPD — Judge Frank Masa Friday asked a defendant charged with drunkenness: “Do you know what day this is?” —- “Yes sir,” replied the prisoner. “It’s Robert E. Lee’s birthday.” “What is your name?” asked the judge. “Robert E. Lee,” said the defendant. “Case dismissed,” said the judge. p ■ Kwh jrtgMV i t -vW Arthur O’Connell, Academy Award winner, has a comedy role in “Pocketfull of Miracles,” the delightful Damon Runyon story showing Sunday and Monday at the Adams theater. Glenn Ford is seen as big-shot bootlegger of the “turbulent thirties” and Bette Davis appears as a comedienne inthe character part of “Apple Annie.” Others in the cast of this Technicolor fun riot are Hope Lange, Edward Everett Horton, Michael Shaugnessy, Peter Falk and Thomas Mitchell.

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DAWNS EARLY LIGHT greets 13 of the 14 members of the Fort Wayne South Side Optimists club as they prepare to head back to the Summit City after attending the meeting of the Decatur Optimists club Thursday morning. Behind the men is a new school bus presented to the Fort Wayne Y.M.C.A. by the three Fort Wayne Optimist clubs to aid the X ‘Y” in its youth work. At least four members of the Fort Wayne club have been in Decatur on Thursday mornings for the past 14 weeks helping the Decatur club get started. Thursday morning the 25th application was received, and the local club is now in position to formally organize. The lower picture shows many of the men as they finished their breakfast at the Fairway restaurant Thursday, before the program. — Photo by Briede

Snow Blanket Over i All Os Indiana j By United Press International A snow blanket up to seven' inches deep , covered Hoosierland . today, but forecasters predicted little additional snow during the weekend. However, temperatures were expected to remain well below freez-! ing at least through Sunday. Forecasts for additional moder- j ate to heavy snow were revised' Jate Friday. The latest indications > were for “some” scattered snow flurries throughout the state today. The Fort Wayne, South Bend and Cincinnati areas reported light snow this morning. South Bend reported 7 inches of snow on the ground, Lafayette 5 inches, Indianapolis 4. Fort Wayne 2, and other areas lesser amounts. Highs today were expected to ' range from 10 to 15 north to the ■ mid-20s downstate, lows tonight from 5 below zero to 5 above i north to zero to 10 above south, i and highs Sunday in the lower ! .and mid-20s. South Bend had an overnight I reading of zero, it was 3 above at Lafayette, 8 at Fort Wayne, 9 at Indianapolis and 15 at Evansville. Highs Friday ranged from a I chilly 15 at South Bend to 26 at! Evansville. f Snow - packed highways were ‘ Hamed for one traffic death late j Friday night near Kendallville. Al-1 though highways were open, many i of-them were considered slick and hazardous, especially secondary roads. Road conditions late Friday, however, w'ere so treacherous in some sections, especially in the southern portion, that several high school basketball games were postponed. One JP Case Here On Friday Kenneth Vernon Ramsey, 45, 1121 Patterson St., paid a fine of $1 and costs, totaling $18.75, in Justice of the peace court Fti- * day. Ramsey was arrested Jan. 12 for failure to yield the right of following an accident. MWWMWJW ytuuw-famei candies ' MOW AVAILABLE AT SMITH DRUG CO.

Air Force Officer 1 Is Banquet Speaker Lt. Col. Lyle G. Frost, who will speak at the Junior Chamber of I Commerce “Bosses Night” banquet. is highly qualified to discuss I the topic of missiles. Col. Frost i has 19 years of active duty in i the Air Force, and a total of 5,500 ■ hours of flying time. During World i War 11, he flew a total of 251 : combat missions. In addition to having experience '.as a pilot of B-17’s, B-29’s and B-50’s, Col. Frost has also served three years as assistant air attache in Italy, and has served in the United State Air Force headquarters in Washington, D.C. He is currently serving as senior sector advisor to air reserve forces in northern Indiana, and lives in Fort Wayne. So Many Types Col. Frost will speak on the j “Missile Gap Myth.” and show a I film on the ‘Air Fbrce Missile 1 Mission,” which answers the ques- '■ tion of why there are so many ■ i different types of missiles in the > • Air Force inventory’. Another highlight of the banquet! ! will be the presentation of thei I distinguished service award to the j young man between the ages of, I 21-35 who contributed the most to , the city of Decatur during -1961. j Any interested person can nomiJ nate a young man, and the recipi- 1 i ent does not have to be a Jaycee, las long as he is in the age ! limitation. Nomination blanks for the award i are available in several downtown I locations, and should be'turngd in ] or mailed to the Chamber of Commerce office or Edwin Hagan at the I&M office by midnight,' January 21. Hagan, the Rev. i Huston Bever, and Mayor Donald Gage will comprise the committee' that makes the selection from the I nominees. Trade in a good town — Decatur ~ Sqlla ft E j DANCE I SATURDAY, JANUARY 20 Sponsored By DIXON LIONS GLUD AT EAGLES LODGE Decatur, Ind. Donation 50c

Giri Scouts Patrol 2 of Girl Scout Troop 377 met Thursday at the Southeast school. Dues were colected and attendance taken. We discussed international friendship. Then we decided on a name for our patrol. The name we chose is “Little Green Elves.” - Scribe: Kathy Buckingham Brownie troop 256 met Friday after school. We repeated the Brownie promise and collected dues. Cynthia Collier and Linda Michael taught us some songs. Mary Pat Heller brought the treat. Scribe: Victoria Gehrig Piper Laurie to Marry Newspaperman Sunday LONG BEACH, Calif. (UPD — Actress Piper Laurie, 29, and 'newspaperman Joseph M. Morgenstern. plan to be married Sunday in the home here of her sister, Mrs. Shery Wade. Berne Attorney Involved In Minor Accident A minor accident in Berne Thursday caused $l5O damage to a car driven by Lavera K. Sprunger, 39. Mrs. Sprunger was headed south on Jefferson street at 5:30 p. m. when C. H, Muselman. 66, Berne, backed out of .a parking space and hit the vehicle. Muselman’s car was not damaged.

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Hospital Admitted Arthur J. Miller, Decatur; Master Ricky Romero, Decatur; Miss Mary Shaffer, Decatur. • ■ Dismissed ._X_Mrs. Homer Tschannen and baby girl, Decatur; Miss Madeline Thomas. Monroeville; Mrs. Wayne Bodie, Decatur; Mrs. Leonard Balsiger, Berne. ADAMS THEATER SUN. & MON. Continuous Sun. from 1:15 Hilarious in COLORI “POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES” Glenn Ford, Hope Lange, Bette Davis, Arthur O’Cemtoll ALSO — Shorts 25e -Me —-O—Oi—• — TONITE — “The Comancheros” — Color John Wayne, Stuart Whitman ALSO — Shorts 25c - 6ftc Sat. Mat.—“ 3 Worlds of Gulliver” Color Thriller—l:ls; 3:15 NOTE: Season Tickets Also For Sale at Box Office.

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