Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 133, Decatur, Adams County, 6 June 1962 — Page 3

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SOCIETY

VFW LADIES AUXILIARY HAS JUNE MEETING ~1 Fifteen members of the VFW ladies auxiliary held their June business meeting recently to make plans for an ice cream social to be held at the post home sometime in July. After the meeting games were played and refreshments were served by Mrs. Delbert Augsburger, who was assisted by Mrs. Harvey Hileman. Mrs. Augsburger also received the door prize. The next meeting will be a social meeting June 18.

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Clubs Calendar items for each day’s publication must be phoned in by 11 a.m. (Saturday 0:30). WEDNESDAY St. Gerard study club, Mrs. Dick Des Jean, 7:30 pm. Homestead association, I & M building, 8 p.m. » THURSDAY St. Cecelia study club, Mrs. Richard Rumschlag, 8 p.mRainbow Girls, Masonic hall, 6:45 p.m. Psi Ote Trading Post: 1 to 4, Evelyn Morrissey, Wilma Jacobs, Mrs. R. O. Gentis; 6 to 9, Colleen Heller, Madeline Blackbum. St. Joseph study club, postponed one week. Wesley Sunday school class First Methodist Church, progressive dinner starting at Harry Dailey home, 6 p.m. Ever Ready Class, First Methodist Church, 7:30 p.m. Union Chapel ladies aid, church basement, all day FRIDAY All Catholic study clubs, parish auditorium, 8 p.m. Psi Ote Trading Post: 1 to 4, Marcia Freeby, Gwen Doan; 6 to 9, Norma Markley, Sharlene Morrison. American Legion auxiliary, Legion home, 8 p. m. SATURDAY Psi Ote Trading Post: 1 to 4, Carolyn Brown, Jane Allison. MONDAY Pythian Sisters Needle club, Moose home, 7:30 p. m. TUESDAY Beta Sigma Phi picnic, HannaNuttman park, 7 p.m. Rose Garden club, Mrs. Niland Ochsenrider, 12 noon. Dorcus class, Mrs. John Spahr, 7:30 p. m. PSI IOTA XI SORORITY HAS PLEDGE BREAKFAST The honorary chapter of Ps i lota Xi entertained approximately seventy members of the active and honorary chapters at a spring pledge breakfast held at the Community Center Tuesday morning. Mrs. William Linn, president of the honorary chapter, welcomed the group. Mrs. Fred Isch expressed appreciation, on behalf of the actives, for the lovely party and then introduced the new pledges. Fresh fruit, rolls and coffee were .served at tables decorated with beautiful roses, and spring flowers were placed throughout the room. Following breakfast, Janelle Everhart, Janeen Augsburger, Mrs. Thomas Schlotterback, Jackie Burke, Mrs. Bruce Dammeyer, Mrs. Fred Steiner and Kay Burke pledged themselves to Psi lota Xi at the service conducted by M r s. i' ! • ■; 1^ e ==i faTMs MY CARDS FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 17 When you care enough to send the very best SMITH n DRUG co. . I

H r t’ Jv I ‘r r , >' I I ■ Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Miller —Photo by Anspaugh (Couple Z)o (Celebrate Cjofden lAJedding, Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Miller of 601 W. Monroe street, will celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary Sunday, June 10, with a family dinner at the American Legion home and a reception at their home in the afternoon from two to five o’clock. Mr. and Mrs. Miller were married June 11 at the St. Mary’s Catholic church by the Rev. Theodore H. Wilkin. Mrs. Miller is the former Bertha A. Steigmeyer. The couple have seven children: Marcellus F. Miller of Lima, O.; Leo J. Miller of Anaheim, Calif.; Mrs. Robert J. (Lucille) Rumschlag, Mrs. Paul S. (Dorothy) Wiseman, Mrs. Wayne E. (Celeste) Peterson, Donald C. Miller and Eugene J. Miller, all of this city. The Millers also have 25 grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Jack Heller. An announcement was then made that plans for initiation have been completed and it will be held June 19 at the Community Center. Hostesses for the event were Miss Fan Hammell, Mrs. J&iy, Holthouse, Mrs. Edgar Gerak/ Mrs. Sim Burk, Mrs. Maynard Hetrick, Mrs. Gerald Smith, and Mrs. Frank Rowley. SCHOOL REPORTERS DINED AT VILLA LANES TUESDAY By Iris Hebble Tuesday evening, June 5, the Decatur Daily Democrat gave a supper for the 1961-62 school reporters. Those attending were Kathy Shoaf and Judy Tutewiler, representing Decatur high school; Lois Scherer, representing Monmouth high school; Barbara Hoffman, representing Hoagland high school, and Mary Sue Kreigel and Iris Hebble, representing Decatur Catholic high school. Mrs. Colleen Heller, Mrs. Mary Erp and Dick Heller represented the Decatur Daily Democrat at the supper. The supper, held at Villa Lanes' Four Seasons dining room, com-menced-at 6:30. Heller entertained the ladies with jokes and little tidbits of news while they ate. Everyone got to know everyone else. Each reporter, filled to capacity, was then given a favor and a certificate for the work and hours they had put in. Each, giving thanks and appreciation, departed much happier and much fuller. MONROE COUPLE TO MARK 50TH ANNIVERSARY JUNE 8 Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Hoffman of Monroe will observe their golden wedding anniversary Friday. Leia Andrews Hoffman was born in Monroe October 13, 1892. Martin L. Hoffman was born near Monroe February 1, 1892. They were married at Aurelius, Mich. June 8, 1912, in the Methodist parsonage by the Rev. Grant Gordon. They have one son, Doyle of Angola, and three grandchildren, Thomas, Jerry and Sally. The--couple divide their, time between their home in Monroe and their cottage at Lake George near Angola. . - " / tfle members of the American Legion auxiliary will meet at the Legion home Friday evening at eight o’clock. Hie Rose Garden club will meet at the home of Mrs. Niland Ochsenrider Tuesday at 12 noon. Each member is to bring a cov-

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ered dish and her own table service. Rolls and coffee will be furnished by the hostess. Mrs. Harold Messick will be the assisting hostess. Each lady is also to bring flowers for a flower show SmoQg the club members. In the afteHioon the members will tour Bobby Heller’s nursery and other gardens. The Dorcus class of the Bethany E. U. B. church will meet with Mrs. John Spahr, 107 S. 7th street, at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday. The Pythian Sister Needle club will meet at the Moose home Monday at 7:30 p. m. after Temple. Hostesses will be Mrs. Russell Owens and Mrs. Clyde Harris. The meeting of the St Joseph study club has been postponed for a week. The Beta Sigma Phi sorority will have a picnic at Hanna-Nuttman park Tuesday evening at 7 q’jsock. There will be a meeting of all the Catholic study • clubs at the parish auditorium Friday evening at eight o'clock. LOCALS Mr. and Mrs. James McCagg left this week for a short vacation in Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Don Jeffery and Gary and Janine, will leave Friday for East Grand Forks Minn., for a visit with Jeffrey’s father and other relatives. It will be the first family reunion jrf all ten children of John Jeffrey 'in 15 years. Mike and Pam Terhune, children of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Terhune, R.R. 2, Decatur underewnt tonsillectomies at the Bluffton Clinic, Monday . Jess Sellemeyer, of this city, who underwent major surgery Monday at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne, is reported making excellent recovery. Mrs. Grace Mattox has returned from visiting in Rushville and Indianapolis. Miss Patricia Kay Powell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vivian Powell, 1309 Mix Avenue, celecrated her 16th birthday Monday. Miss Powell will be a Junior in high schodl next year.

Adopt Resolution On Sephus Melchi At the Tuesday night meeting the city council adopted a resolution, expressing gratitude and affection to the Sephus Melchi family for the citizens of Decatur. Mr. Melchi, who died Friday, May 18, at the- age of 90, joined the (Decatur police department in 1910 and served until 1952, with the exception of eight years yhen he served as sheriff of Adams countv. The late Mr. Melchi also served 18 years as chief of police. A portion of the resolution is as follows: “WHEREAS, the said Sephus Melchi served with humility, devotion, to duty, and in such a manner as to gain the respect of his fellow officers, city officials, and the citizens of Decatur Indiana, “WHEREAS, the City of Decatur Indiana, owes a debt of gratitude to Sephus Melchi for his many personal sacrifices, and his years of faithful service to our community, now therefore "BE IT RESOLVED, by the common council of the city of Decatur. Indiana as follows: “1. For and in behalf of the citizens of Decatur, Indiana, the gratitude and affection for Sephus Melchi is hereby extended to his family. *' “2. That a copy of this resolution be entered into the official minutes record book of the common council of the city of Decatur, Indiana and that two copies duly executed by the mayor, and attested by the clerk-treasurer be forwarded to the family of Sephus Melchi.” The resolution was unaniomusly adopted by the council. ilQgjjjjjjjj Senior Merry The Senior Merry Maids 4-H club willl meet Monday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Floyd Strouse, leader. Officers Os Cancer Society Reelected Mrs. Robert Krueckeberg was reelected chairman of the Adams’ county Cancer society at a meeting “His week which was highlighted by election of officers. All other officers were reelected for another one-year term, including, Dr. John Spaulding, first vice president; Ray Kalver, second vice president; Mrs. Forrest Dryer, secretary; and James Shackley, treasurer. All officers are from Decatur. Swimming Classes To Adams Central Pupils All students in the Adams Central school district who are interested in swimming at Pine Lake this summer are asked to sign up at the high school building between 9 and 11 a.m. next Monday. Classes will be held at Pine Lake Monday and Friday of each week, starting Monday, June 18. Swimming lessons, at 30 cents per students, will be given each day. Fender Skirts Are Stolen From Auto A pair of cruiser fender skirts were stolen from David Black’s car Friday night, Black reported to the city police department Tuesday. The skirts, vauled at $25, were stolen from Black’s a,uto while it was parked in the city parking lot Friday between the hours of 8 and 11 p.m. Kalver Is Named To Board Os Directors Officers and directors were elected Monday night at the annual dinner meeting of the Fort Wayne Jewish Federation. Charles B. Fine was named president; Frederick Tourkow, first vice president; Dr. Maurice Rothberg, second vice president; and Mrs. Nat Sheray, secretary-treasurer, Roy Kalver, of Decatur was named to the board of directors, representing the associated communities.

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Hospital Admitted Miss Angela Eichhorn, Decatur; Miss Deborah Lister, \Decatur. Dismissed Fred Busche, Decatur; Master Gary Schlemmer, Convoy, O.; Miss Kathryn Ann Reinking, Decatur; Master David Miller, Decatur; Master Van Tinkham, Decatur; Kenneth Beard, Decatur. BIR TH At the Adams county memorial hospital: John and Judith Holly Bricker of Bryant, are the parents of a baby girl born at 2:59 p. m. Tuesday. The infant weighed six pounds and 14 ounces. A baby girl weighing seven pounds and two ounces was born Tuesday at 6:03 p. m. to Paul and Mary Schultz Hess, 603 W. Monroe street. Enois and Mary DeKoenick Ruhl, of Hoagland, are the parents of a baby girl weighing five pounds and one and one half ounces, born today at 9:44 a. m. Tuesday, at 10:32 p. m., a baby son weighing seven pounds and four and three fourths ounces was bom to Allen and LaDonna J. Neireiter Grote of route five, Decatur. A baby daughter was born at 10:40 a. m. today to James Anthony and Honora Braun Custer, 521 S. 13th street The baby weighed seven pounds and eight and one half ounces. Don and Berneta Sprunger Yager of route one, Berne, are the parents of a baby girl weighing six pounds and eleven and one half ounces, born today at 11:25 a. m. Engineers Return To Harvester Plant FORT WAYNE, Ind. (UPD—The 235 striking members of Local 137, American Federation of Technical Engineers, returned to their jobs today at the International Harvester Co. plant here. They had been on strike since April 9_ ~ The union members voted overwhelmingly to return and accept a settlement worked Out in negotiations at Chicago last weekend.. The settlement included hourly I [pay raises from 8 to 12 cents for t Pertain job classification retroactive to last Oct. 2. < ; The new contract-aßt) changed job descriptions and resolved grievances that were pending. Union officials said the raise was over and above the annual improvement factor in the cost of living increase.

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Two Accidents Are Reported In City Only one car was damaged, that being only minor, in a two-car accident on Studebaker street Tuesday at 6:05 p.m. Delmar Charles Orme, 20, 1044% N. Second St., was backing in a westerly direction on Studebaker, and struck a parked car owned by Marie H. Lambert, 703 Schirmeyer st. The Lambert auto was parked on the south side of the street, facing east, and was struck on the left rear by Orme’s auto. The Lambert car was the only vehicle damaged, that amounting to approximately $lO. Two cars were involved in an accident just/five minutes after midnight Tuesday, on Tenth street near the General Electric parking lot. Margaret May Clark, 63, route 3, Decatur, pulled from the G.E. lot, heading south on Tenth street, and lost control of her car. The auto went over the curb on the right side of the street, came back and struck and right rear fender of a car operated by Daniel Marion Neireiter, 56, route 6, Decatur. Neireiter was headed south, but stopped in the lane of traffic with his brake lights on. Damages were estimated at SIOO to the Neireiter car and SSO t o the Clark auto. Head Os Cat Sent In To State Board The head of a cat suspected of having rabies was sent to the state health board Dr. Elizabeth Peck after the cat died at the farm of the owners on route 5, she stated today. Four cats are under quarantine at Dr. Peck’s now, including the one which bit the little boy last week. Federal Jobs Rise 12,152 In April WASHINGTON (UPD—Civilian employment in executive agencies of the federal government increased by 12,152 in April, the third monthly jump this year, the Joint Congressional Economy Committee reported today. Hie group, headed by Sen- Harry F. Byrd, D-Va„ sa’id total civilian employment in the execuI tive branch reached 2,453,952 in April. :■. •.. . If you have something to sell or trade — use the Democrat Want ads — they get BIG results.

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