Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 254, Decatur, Adams County, 27 October 1962 — Page 3

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 19M

SOCIETY

ROUGHIA FAMILY REUNION SUNDAY The family of the late William Roughia of Toda, 111., met Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Moses of Decatur, route 3. A basket dinner was enjoyed at the noon hour. Attending the reunion were Mr. and Mrs. Glen Roughia; Mr. and Mrs. Claude Marckel, Glen and Leslie;. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Roughia, f Colleen, Mary, Ginger, Donna and Billy; Mr. and Mrs. Don Sprunger, Sharon and Alan; Harold Hamrick; Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Roughia, Kathy, Brenda and Jon; Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Gephart, Rokanne and Ron; Mr. and Mrs. Larry Moses and David, all of the Decatur area. Also, Mr. and Mrs. James K. Moses, Chris, Tbny, Becky and Stuart of Marion, t and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Roughia of Avilla Park, 111. MEETING FOR THE , RUTH AND NAOMI CIRCLE The Ruth and Naomi circle of the Zion United Church of Christ met in the church parlors for its regular monthly meeting recently. The meeting was opened by silent prayer, followed by a song, “Somebody.” The devotions were given by Lucy Elzey. The lesson, "Parents of the Bible,” was given by Mrs. Anna Borne. The group sang “Child of the King.” Bonnie Johnson favored the circle with a reading. The business meeting was conducted by vice chairman, Mrs. Floyd Shoaf. There were fifteen sick calls and eighteen social calls made. Twelve members were present and there were four birthdays. A thank-you note from Mrs. Kirchofer was read. It was decided to send two sewing kits to south Asia for world wide service. The meeting was closed by repeating ADAMS THEATER SUN. & MON* Continuous Sun. from 1:15 “The Three Stooges In Orbit” —o-o— Added Musical Comedy Checker jp "RING-A-DING RHYTHM” . with Helen Shapira i -0 TONITE—John Wayne in “HATARI” with Red Buttons. -0 Kiddie Matinee—l:ls, 3:15 "Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come”

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Club ! ; Schedule i Ruth Rawlinson, Society Editor Telephone 3-2121 1 Calendar Item* for each day's publication must be phoned in by 11 a.m. (Saturday**9:3o). 1 SATURDAY ! Psi lote trading post: Ito 4, Janeen Augsburger, Nola Isch. ’ Associate Tri Kappa rummage ■ sale, Stucky Hatchery, 9 a. m. to : 5 p. m. Peony Promenader’s square 1 dance, Jr. Fair bldg., Van Wert, 8 to 11 p. m. Women of the Moose rummage sale, Goodin Bldg., 9:30 a. m. to 5 p. m. Contributions call 3-2590 for pickup. Children’s story hour, Library 1:30 p.m. SUNDAY Fish fry, St. Paul”s’ Walther League Society, St. Paul’s Lutheran church, Preble, 4:30 to 8 p.m. TUESDAY Preble Sunny Circlie, Preble recreation center, 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY Shakespeare club, Miss Frances Dugan, 2 p.m. Live and Learn club, Mrs. Wilbur Foor, 1:30 p.m. St. Vincent De Paul society, C. L. of C. hall, 2 p.m. THURSDAY St. Cecilia Discussion club, Mrs. Robert Zeser, 8 p.m. Order of the Rainbow, Masonic hall, 6:45 p.m. the Mizpah benediction. Luncheon was served by the hostesses, Mrs. Merlin Ross, Lydia Kirsch and Mrs. Albert Harlow. > REBEKAH LODGE AND THREE LINK CLUB MEET The Olive Rebekah lodge met Tuesday evening in the I. O. O. F. hall. Mrs. Opal Myers reported on the sick list. Miss Ivy Gilpin won I die door prize. After the lodge meeting, the Three Link club held 1 a meeting. Mrs. Nancy Lengerich hnd Mrs. Clara Meyers were the I hostesses. The Ladies’ Shakespeare club will meet with Miss Frances Dugan Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. The St. Cecilia discussion club will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. in the home of Mrs. Robert Zeser.

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St. Mary’s Catholic church was the scene today at 10 a.m. for the wedding of Miss Nancy Linn Colchin and James Wayne McDonald. The parents of the couple are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Colchin of Decatur, route six, and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne C. McDonald, Decatur, route three. The double-ring vows were heard by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Simeon Schmitt. The main altar and the Blessed Virgin Mary’s altar were graced with baskets of bronze and yellow mums and pompons. The nuptial mass was sung by the men’s choir, with Mrs. John Girard as organist. The bride selected a gown of white bouquet taffeta and imported chantilly lace. The fitted lace and taffeta bodice was fashioned with a scalloped scoop neckline highlighted with irridescent sequins and seed pearls. Long lace sleeves tapered to points over her hands. The full taffeta skirt was detailed with a princess front panel and tiers of taffeta swept into a chapel-length train. Her fingertip-length veil of imported French illusion was caught to a crown of seed pearls and crystals. She carried a white orchid, surrounded by yellow roses, atop her white prayerbook, gift of the groom. The maid of honor was Miss Susan Keller. The bridesmaids Miss Nancy Gase and Sue Ann Omlor, Fostoria, 0., Michella McDonald, sister of the groom, was junior bridesmaid. The honor attendant appeared in a gown of emerald green brocade. The fitted bodice was fashioned with a scoop neckline, long sleeves and a belted waistline, centered with a flat bow. The controlled skirt was ballerina length. A pillbox of emerald green feathers with a circular veil completed her costume. Bridesmaids wore identical dresses and all the attendants carried cascade bouquets of bronze and yellow pompons, entwined with ivy. Miss Lisa Evans served as flower girl. She wore a dress of emerald green brocade, styled after the other attendants, and carried a basket of yellow and bronze pompons. Master Nicky Colchin, brother of the bride, was ring bearer. For her daughter’s wedding, Mrs. Colchin chose a beige brocade dress with brown accessories and wore a corsage of yellow roses. Mrs. McDonald wore a brown brocade dress with match-

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ing accessories with a corsage of yellow roses. Kenneth Litmer of Fort Recovery, 0., was best man. Ushers were Tom Colchin, brother of the bride, Russ Bowers and Jim Baumer of Geneva. A wedding breakfast for the immediate families and wedding party was given in the Four Seasons dining room. A reception for approximately 350 guests will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. in thd K. of C. hall. The bride’s colors, green and gold, will be used : throughout the rooms. The main ■ table will be centered with a four-tier wedding cake. f . Those serving at the reception • are the Misses Carolyn Kohne, : Patricia Cook, Ann LaFontaine, : Joanne Loshe and Mrs. Richard : Hockemeyer. Miss Joan Lengerich ■ and Miss Carole Kable will register gifts. Miss Kathe Hain will serve as guest registrar. The bride’s going away costume will be a plaid wool suit with matching accessories. Her corsage will be the orchind from her bridal bouquet. Mrs. McDonald is a graduate of Decatur Catholic high school and is employed at Evans Grocery; the groom was graduated from Decatur Catholic high schoo. He is employed at the International Harvester in Fort Wayne. The couple will make their home at 1113 Marshall St. GARDEN CLUB HOSTESS ; TO BERNE CLUB Thursday evening at 6 o'clock the Rose Garden club had as their i dinner guests twenty members of the Berne Garden club. A delicious three-course dinner • was prepared and served by the j ladies of the Zion United Church . of Christ. The tables were beauti- . fully decorated with silver plates, ■ centered with geraniums and fruit. . The officers’ table had a lovely arrangement of roses and bells of Ireland. Small, potted plants were placed on the tables for each guest. . The centerpieces were given to the guests as door prizes. Each member and guest also received a corsage. Mrs. Richard Mailand, president, welcomed the guests. A style show of new fall hats and coats was shown by Miss Mildred Niblick of Niblick and Company. Members, 'of the Rose garden club were models. Colored slides of flower arrangements, portraying the mood and i meaning of the major festivals and [ seasons of the Latin church year, were shown with Mrs. Niland Ochsenrider narrating. Mrs. Ralph Roop was general chairman for the affair. MRS. BEAM HOSTESS TO LADIES’ FELLOWSHIP The Ladies’ Fellowship of the Missionary Church met at the home of Mrs. Eugene Beam lor Their October meeting Thursday evening. President, Mrs. Beam, opened the meeting with a reading. Roll CANDIES r MOW AVAILABLE AT SMITH DRUG CO.

call ancj the minutes of the last meeting were read by the secretary, Mrs. Mervin Rupp. Devotions were given by Mrs. Beam, who j used Matthew 6:33 as the closing. Mrs. Jack Gray offered prayer. A ladies’ convention, held at Grabill, was reported by Mrs. Rupp and Mrs. L. Von Gunten. A thank-you note from one of the members was read and a volunteer asked for writing to the missionary ' couple. | The members were reminded that next month will be election of officers and to be praying about this; also to be thinking of a project for December. Stamps and coupons should be saved and turned in to Mrs. John Hirschy. During the evening tracts were worked on for the church to distribute. Miss Doris Garboden closed the meeting with prayer. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Myron Hart. HISTORICAL CLUB HAS WEDNESDAY SESSION The Historical club met in t h e home of Mrs. Roy Price Wednesday afternoon with eighteen members present. Mrs. Wesley Lehman, president, called the meeting to order and roll call was answered with quotations. Mrs. Ed Miller, leader, used as her topic the state of lowa. The state was named by the lowan Indians who are believed to be members of the original mound builders, or cave dwellers, the earliest people to exist there. There are still hundreds of mounds existing in the northeast section of the state. tract immigrants directly from Europe and now is one of the outstanding farming districts in the United States. It lies in the center of the continent on a line from the Arctic ocean to the Gulf of Mexico and has as much as 50 degrees change in the weather in one day. Current events were given at the close of the meeting and delicious refreshments were served by the hostess. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Homer Bittner in t wo weeks. PSI IOTA XI HAS INSPECTION DINNER The inspection and dinner meeting of Psi lota Xi sorority was held Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Community Center. Forty-six active members and one honorary member attended. Mrs. Robert Endsley from Huntington, national treasurer of Psi lota Xi, was the inspection officer. Accompanying Mrs. Endsley was Mrs. Claude Decker from Bluffton, northern province chairman. Mrs. Endsley acquainted the members of Alpha Delta chapter with the duties and activities of the national officers. She also reminded the officers of the local chapter of their duties and gave a few suggestions for bettering the chapter. The inspecting officer and Mrs. Decker met with the local officers before the dinner meeting. After dinner the regular monthly meeting was held and reports were given by each of the committee chairmen. It was moved and seconded to sponsor a Red Cross first aid class for high school students. The chairmen for the dinnermeeting, Mrs. Doyle Collier and Mrs. Harold Bohnke, and their committee chose a fall theme. Colorful decorations and beautiful fall flowers carried out the theme for the occasion. Music for the dinner was provided by Rita, Spence playing several selections on the piano. Door prizes were won by Mrs. Tom Buuck and Mrs. Anne Lehman. The next regular business meeting will be held November 20. Births At the Adams county memorial hospital: Friday, a baby boy, weighing eight pounds and one once, was born to Auth— -md Corabelle Schug Beer at 6:56 p.m.

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Girl Scouts The first Girl Scout meeting was held October 24 at the Southeast elementary school, We elected officers. They are president, Janet Lord; vice president, Teresa Andrews; treasurer. Bar aba Steury; scribe, Chery Miller. We made thank-you cards for Mrs. Feasel, who was our Scout leader for the last two years. Scribe, Chery Miller. Troop 269 Monday, October 15, Troop 269 met at the Community Center to hold a Girl Scout meeting. We opened by giving the Girl Scout promise and the Pledge of Allegiance. After dues were collected we discussed plans for a camping trip to Rainbow Lake on Cct. 19, and an over-night trip to McMillen Park during Christmas vacation. Our troop decided to change the meetings to Friday instead of on Mondays. For fun we took a baby-sitting quiz and listened to Spanish records. Nine girls from Troop 269 thoroughly enjoyed a try at overnight camping on the Girl Scout lot at Rainbow Lake October 19. Six of the braver ones rode their bikes two-thirds of the way with our leader, Mrs. Custer, following close behind in her station wagon which was loaded with tents, bedroll, and other miscellaneous camp ing equipment. We pitched two tents and gathered firewood. Three of the girls went to a store in Geneva and bought groceries. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Jacobs let us use their well water for which we were really grateful. In the evening we sat around a beautiful campfire, ate popcorn, sang, and talked. A long hike around the lake and a tour of the Limberlost cabin were our plans for I Saturday morning. About 3:30 a.m. one of the girls discovered it was misting. The radio had forecast rain for all day. Since everyone was waking up, we decided to make breakfast and get an early start with our planned activities. We fried bacon and made pancakes an d also our chile soup for lunch. Then we loaded our bed rolls into the car. The mist turned into light rain. After much discussion, we decided to break camp and try again another time. All the girls deaply appreciated the efforts of Mrs. Custer and Mrs. Andrews who accompanied us, and the Geneva police for their extra patroling of the area. *9. The girs of troop 269 met October 22 at the Community Center. After opening with the Girl Scout promise, we sang “My Country I Tis of Thee”. We talked about i our camp-out at Rainbow Lake October 19 and 20. Our treasurer, Julie Meeks, then gave the treasurer’s report. We had five minute patrol meetings in which we made up a short skit about being a good saleslady. We rejoined and each patrol gave their skit. We talked about our peanut sale, which is to start October 25. Then we discussed plans for our court ,of awards which is to take place sometime in November. We sang a Girl Scout song to close the meeting. Kay Burke, Scribe. Hospital Admitted Mrs. Harold Pontius, Decatur; Mrs. Hattie Schindler, Geneva; Richard Bischoff, Decatur. . Dismissed Master Robert Hart, Decatur; transferred to St. Joseph hospital, Fort Wayne. Only Slight Burns Suffered In Blast Dr. Howard Luginbill of Berne received only slight burns on one of his hands when an oil furnace at his office exploded this week. The explosion occurred while the doctor was relighting the furnace. A large window was cracked by the explosion.

Decatur Girl Named Little 500 Scholar Mary K. Kocher, 434 Johns St., Decatur, and Stanley W. Augsburger, R. R. 2,Geneva , are among 136 Indiana University students who have been awarded one of the university’s most highly-prized titles, “Little 500 Scholar.” Each received a SIOO award because he not only has a good academic record, but is helping earn his own way through school. The SIOO grants are made possible from the proceeds of the "Little 500” weekend activities held last spring, including the 50-mile bicycle race, the girls’ tricycle race, and the all-star variety show. | Awarded by the I. U. Foundation which raises funds for scholarship and research, the $13,600 in grants went to outstanding students on the combined basis of academic standing and number of hours worked each week. The winners hold a .wide range of part-time jobs including pizza maker, church organist, cream tester, campus policeman, insurance investigator, traffic director, band manager, gardener, school bus driver and dance instructor . Miss Kocher, a sophomore student in chemistry, has served as a laboratory technician, and Augsburger, a sophomore pre-medical student, has worked as a bus boy. Margaret Boerger Is On Yearbook Staff Margaret Boerger, senior nursing student from Decatur, has been named to the staff on The Lamp, • yearbook at Parkview-Methodist ' school of nursing in Fort Wayne. The 1963 edition of The Lamp will be published in July, 1963. The 44-page book is the complete work of nursing students, who are responsible for photography, copy, layout and theme. ParkviewMethodist is a three-year school designed to train girls for careers in nursing. Six Firemen Killed At New York Fire NEW YORK (UPI) — A twostnry brick wall collapsed four minutes after a 5-alarm fire had been declared under control Friday night, killing six firemen and injuring at least seven others. The dead and injured were trapped on a corrugated metal shed attached to the blazing Sefu Fat and Soap Co. in the Maspeth section of the borough of Oieens. The fire department said the common wall between the two structures collapsed and the firemen were crushed beneath the debris. Several others crawled to safety from under the rubble. At 12:15 a.m. EDT today authorities said the bodies of the six men had been removed from the wreckage and that all firefighters had been accounted for. Fire chief George David said none of the men assigned to fight the fire was permitted inside the main building where burning fats had produced intensive heat and a thick pall of smoke. Davis said the fire had been brought under control at about 10:46 p.m. and he had been preparing to leave with Fire Commissioner Edward Thompson when he heard the roar of the collapsing wall.

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Two Are Slightly Injured In Accident Two persons suffered minor injuria* in a two car accident at the interesetion of Grant and High streets Friday at 4:11 p.m. Vivian Pontius, 6, Geneva, suffer ed shock and a sprai of the left sacru-illiac joint, and was held at the Adams county memorial hospital overnight, while Mrs. Raymond Roe, route 1, Monroe, was released following treatment for a cut fnger on the left hand, and contusions to the left side of the forehead. The accident involved cars driven by Willodean M. Fox, 32, route 1, Monroe, and Helen P. Stevens, ' 35, Geneva, who was arrested for failure to yield the right of way and will appear in J.P. court at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, October 31. The Geneva lady pulled her vehicle out of the hospital drive to the rear of the building and attempted to cross High street, directly in the path of the Fox auto, which was southbound on High. Mrs. Roe was a passenger in the ' Fox car, while Mrs. Pontius was , riding in the Stevens auto. The city police investigated, estimating S7OO dagames to the i Fox auto, and S4OO to the Stevens car. I Suffer Minor Hurts In Two-Car Crash Mrs. Ervin Inniger of Berne, and a four-year-old son, received only minor injuries in a 3 p.m. accident in Fort Wayne Thursday. Mrs. i Inniger was operating her vehicle when it collided with another car. Her son was the only passenger in the car, which received an estimated $250 damage. National Tea Co. Declares Dividend The board of directors of the National Tea Co. today declared the fourth quarterly dividend for 1962, amounting to twenty cents per share, according to an announcement made by N. A. Stepleton, president. Dividend will be payable December 1 of this year to all shares of the company’s $4 par value common stock on record as of Nov. 9. This brings to a total of [ 73, the number of consecutive re- . I gular quarterly dividend' paid on I ! National Tea Co. common stock. ! SAVEW 1 VON ROOM ACCOMMODATIONS | ANY WEEKEND * -X ( ur *day thru Sunday; 2-Day Minimum ) a j aj COMPLETELY AIK CONDITIONED ** RADIO AND TV IN EVERY ROOM .j ND CHARGE FOR CHILDREN UNDER 14 ■ X Home of the World - Fomoue 1 £ * swiss Chalet * ’ X Ample Adjacent Parking "J RANDOLPH at LA SALLE - I V J.'rl. fj* For Reeervoflone 4 Informotlom I ■ X Write BISMARCK HOTEL, Room 8 J ' *t I—g-ftxw Cfrtrel I V, Offer Expiree December 30, 1942