Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 169, Decatur, Adams County, 19 July 1963 — Page 3

FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1963

SOCIETY

PICNIC SUPPER HELD AT CIRCLE meeting The Naomi Circle of the Decatur E. U. B. church held their July meeting recently at the Legion park for a picnic supper. Following the picnic the group went to the home of Mrs. Frank Kitson. The leader, Mrs. Gerald Light, gave the lesson entitled, “Love Is a Household Word.” A skit was then presented by «Mrs. Glenn McDonald and Mrs. Robert Raudenbush. The lesson was closed with prayer. The business meeting was opened by Mrs. Robert Raudenbush. Roll call was taken showing a perfect attendance. The minutes of the executive meeting were read showing that there are now 10 circles with a total membership of 118. The August meeting will be held at the church. Mrs. Alan Morton will be the leader. PLEASANT MILLS W.S.C.S. MEETS WEDNESDAY The Pleas ent Mills Methodist W.S.C.S. met Wednesday evening at the church. Die meeting was conducted by the president, Mrs. Leland Ray. The group sang the songs “Faith of Our Fathers” and "Blest,Be the De That Binds” to open the meeting. Mrs. Johnson gave an interesting lesson on world neighbors.' The devotions were taken from the ; 4th chapter of Luke. Roll call was answered by “what we are thankful for.” Plans were then completed for the ice cream social to be held in the church basement July 20. Refreshments were served to the 14 members present by Mrs. Bill Feasel and Mrs. Murray Holloway. The meeting closed with prayer offered by Mrs. George Foor. ANNUAL PICNIC AT C. L. OF C. HALL Die Decatur Home Demonstration club met at the C. L. of C. hall where a delicious pot-luck dinner was served. Mrs. J. E. Anderson read a very interesting article entitled, “History of Adams County,” written years ago by Sam Chronister, a Civil War veteran. Mrs. Frank Bohnke gave two articles entitled, “A Man Who Wouldn’t Vote,” and “Our City

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I Election”. Mrs. Ralph Roop, president, -1 presided at the meeting and opened by leading the group in rei peating the club at the meeting ■ and opened by leading the group in ■ repeating the club collect and the ! pledge to the flag. Mrs. Melvin ■ Hanni, music chairman, gave the i history of the song of the month, “America,” and led the group in singing it. “Happy Birthday” was sung to Mrs. Frank Bohnke and i J Mrs. Ermal Johnson. Miss Ivy Gilpen led devotions reading from Ist Psalms. Mrs. Frank Fisher gave an interesting lesson on diabetes. A lesson on frozen pre-cook-ed foods' was given by Mrs. Grover Levy. Roll call was answered by 25 members. It was announced by Mrs. Roop that there would be no home demoretration club trips this year. Mrs. Frank Crist conducted the birthday auction. The hostesses were the Mesdames’ Ermal Johnson, O. C. Baughman,, and Lloyd Ruse. Thursday evening the Pinochle Club was entertained at the home of Mrs. Vernon Custer, Refreshments were served from tables decorated with summer flowers and bubble bath favors. The prizes were furnished by Mrs. Lawrence Kohne. Mrs. Paul Hammond will be the hostess next month on the ; fourth Thursday, with Mrs. Calvin Magley furnishing the prizes. The St, Paul’s Missionary Ladies Aid Will meet Thursday, July 25, at the home of Mrs. Charles Shoaf at 7 p.m. Births At the Adams county memorial hospital: Lewis and Vera Lengerich Wolpert, 1034 High street, Decatur, became the parents of a baby girl, weighing 9 lbs., 12 oz., at 8:57 a.m. today. A 7 lb., % oz., baby boy was born to Henry and Katy Edna Miller Hilty of Bluffton at 9:51 a. m. today. Gerald and Mary Ann Justin Meyer are the parents of a baby bey born at 12:06 p. m. today and weighing 7 lbs., 8 oz. Hospital Admitted Master Daniel Workinger, Decatur; Mrs. Marie Summerett, Monroeville; Master Brian Ceser, Mrs. Raymond Ballard, Decatur. Dismissed Mrs. Earl DeWeese, Master Daniel Workinger, Mrs. LaVern Bowman, George Laurent.

Club Schedule Telephone 3-2121 Society Editor Calendar items lor each day's publication must be phoned in by 11 ajn. (Saturday f?$0) FRIDAY Psi lota Xi Trading Post, 1-4, Diane Sauer, Claudia Caston, 6-9, Nola Isch, Colleen Linn. Rainbow for Girls Dance, community center, 8:30-11:30 p.m. St. Mary’s Township Farm Bureau, Blue Creek Club House, 8 p.m. Faithful Followers of the Mt. Tabor Methodist church, Mrs. James Hovermale. 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY Psi lota Xi Trading Post, 1-4, Marcia Freeby and Henrietta Snively. Pleasant Mills Methodist W. S. C. S. ice cfeam social, church, 5:30 p.m. SUNDAY St. John’s Bingen Walther League, ice cream social, school grove, 8 p.m. MONDAY Pythian Sister and Needle Club picnic, Hanna-Nuttman park shelter house, 6 p.m. TUESDAY Root Township Home Demonstration club, Mrs. James Moses, 1 p. m. Sunny Circle Home Demonstration club, Preble Recreation Center, 8 p. m. Decatur Bellmont Home Demonstration Club, pot-luck supper, Thelma Franklin, 6:30 p.m. Eagles Auxiliary picnic, Agnes Baker, 7 p.m. Jolly Housewives Home Demonstration club, Pleasant Mills school, 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY St. Paul’s Missionary Ladies Aid, Mrs. Charles Shoaf, 7 p.m. Women of the Moose, Moose Home, 8 p.m. Golden Age Group, cottage of Clara Passwater, Lake Webster, leave at 8 a.m. Clark Smith To Head Adams Central Board Clark W. Smith was elected president of the Adams Central community schol board at its recent annual meeting. Other officers are Edwin Coil, secretary; Martin Steiner, treasurer, and Elisha Merriman. Fred Kaehr, Elmer Isch and Dan Habegger, members. New teachers hired in the school system include Mrs. Walter Koch, for the Pleasant Mills school; Miss Suzanne Smalley, Mrs. Bradley Duckworth, Vernon Zurcher and John Brunso for the Adams Central school. The complete teaching staff of both schools will be announced later. Two Decatur Girls Awarded Scholarships Miss Mary Lou Lengerich, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Lengerich, rural route No. 3, Decatur, and Miss Louise Wilder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wilder, Washington St., Decatur, have been awarded the Fort Wayne Scottish Rite benevolent foundation scholarship. The amoun foundation schalarship The amount paid to the hospital will pay the first year’s expenses at St. Joseph’s hospital school of nursing. Both girls are graduates from DCHS of 1963. If you have something to sell or trade — use the Democrat Want ads — they get BIG results.

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Locals Mrs. Mary Stults and Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Baumgerdner visited this past week-end in Cincinnati with the brother of Mrs. Stults, Robert Aurand. ■ Saturday, Pfc. Vincent T. Huth will depart by Air Force jet to Germany for six-month active duty. His new address will be Pfc. Vincent T. Huth RA16706151, Task Force 2/8 Co. E., APO 699, New York, N.Y. Mr. and Mrs. Mel Kreps, Jr., and sons John nnd David, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kreps and son William of Williamsburg, Mrss.; Mrs. Wiliam Fetz of Elwood, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nuckels and children Jerry and Lorri Ann of Fillmore, Calif., were the recent dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mel Kreps. George F. Laurent, personnel director for the Decatur plant of the General Electric Co., was dismissed today from the Adams county memorial hospital, where he has been a patient since suffering from a heart condition for some time. City police officer Jay H. Minch has been released from the Adams county hospital to his home at 858 Parkview drive. Minch was confined to the Adams county hospital, for observation recently. He is not yet back on duty with the police department. Utility Assessments Increased In Slate INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Indiana’s public utilities and railroads will be paying property taxes on $56 million more in assessments next year as compared to this year. Chairman Richard L. Worley of the State Board of Tax Commissioners Thursday announced that the 1963 property tax assessments, payable in 1964, will be $1,178,568,970 for public utilities and railroads, compared with $1,122,409,070 for the property upon which they paid taxes this year. Thus, the state regains $56,159,900 of the $106,426,510 it lost in property tax assessments in 1962 when die State Tax Board was required by a new law to reduce the assessment rate of utilities to one-third of estimated true value. All utilities went up, but railroads went down under the new assessment. Worley explained this primarily is because the board takes earning capacity into consideration in determining the value of business property. The Public Service Company of Indiana continues to be the largest assessed utility in the state with the figure at $152,504,130. Next is Northern Indiana Public Service Company, $129,619,770; Indiana Bell Telephone Company, $102,006,280: Indiana-Michigan Electric Company, $99,552,900. Musical Program At Church Sunday Night A special musical program will be given Sunday evening evening by the music department of the St. Paul Missionary church. The choir, together with the male quartet, ladies trio and a duet, Will present a sermon in song. Mrs. Richard Hoffman of Goshen, and former director of the choir .will be guest solist An invitation is extended to all to attend. The church is located two miles east and two miles north of Monroe. The service will begin at 7 p.m. Rev. Robert R. Welsh is the pastor. * National Tea Co. Declares Dividend At a meeting of the board of directors of National Tea Co., on July 15, the regular quarterly dividend of 20 cents per share was declared pavable Sept, 1, of this year, to shareholders of record August 16. Sales of the company continued at a record high for the second quarter, ended June 15. Sales were $241,516,843, an increase of $25,522,331, or 10.6 percent, over the ' comparable period last year. 1

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Country Acres Is Being Developed Both building lots and house trailer lots will be available yet this summer at Country Acres, located one and three-fourths miles south and west of Decatur, owner Julius Lengerich said this morning. Lengerich, a resident of 918 S. 13th St., recently purchased the area formerly owned by the Krick-Tyndall Co., and lis planning the sale of lots for both building and trailer homes, with or without lake frontage.. He said today that a lake, approximately 850 feet long and 250 feet wide, is nearly completed, and digging of other smaller lakes and ponds is being planned. May Buy Frontage Lots may be purchased either with lake frontage or without. The local man is also planning to construct a road near the lake on which lots will be sold. The road will be about 1,000 feet long. Ground being dug out for the lake areas is being used to fill the land where homes may be built, or trailer homes situated. . One home is already built and several others have been started, Lengerich said. Approximately 17 building lots w<ill be available yet this summer and approximately 40 lots for trailer homes, with more lots for both planned for next year’s work on development of Country Acres. Lots are available from 100x50 feet up to three acres, according to Lengerich. Recreation Center In addition, plans call for thQ construction of a recreation center with various items such as washing machines, in addition to recreation facilities. According to Lengerich, sewer, water and electricity facilities are provided. Anyone interested in lots or in viewing the new development, may contact Lengerich at 3-4556.

20 Years Ago Today 0 0 July 19, 1943 — The Adams county jail is unusually clean and well managed, according to a report submitted by a state official who recently inspected the jail. The Rhodes Market, local grocery and meat market, which has been operated here for the past three and one-half 'years, was closed today for several months and perhaps permanently, because of the ill health Os the proprietor, Ezra (Doc) Stockdale. Many farm fields were still under water today from the heavy rains in recent days. Sarah Catherine, seven-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Jay Miller of Vera Cruz, was electrocuted when she came in contact with an electric wire extension from the main line to a chicken coop. American bombers blast at military targets in Rome in the first bombing raid of the war on Rome. JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES KINGDOM HALL Corner Monroe and Ninth Sunday 3:00 p. m.: "Why Do Children Turn Delinquent?”, will be the name of a public Bible lecture to be given by C. Wilburn, a visiting minister from Elwood, Ind. Sunday 4:15 p. m.: Watchtower Bible study and discussion on the subject, “Flee from Desires Incidental to Youth.” One of the scripture texts for consideration will be 2 Timothy 2:22, “Flee from the desires incidental to youth, but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, along with those who call upon the Lord out of a clean heart." Tuesday 8:00 p. m.: Area Bible studiest in study aid, “Let Your Name Be Sanctified." Friday 7:30 p. m.: Theocratic Ministry School followed by the Kingdom Service meeting. All meetings are open to the public. Trade in a ooqd town — Decatur.

No Evidence Missing Grain Went Toßeds WASHINGTON (UPI) - Agriculture Department officials told Congress today there was no evidence that $32 million worth of American surplus grain,- which "vanished” on its way to Austria, ended up behind the Iron Curtain. But Lester”p. tor general of the department, said efforts to trace the shipments—involving 24 million bushels over three years time—were unsuccessful after it got to Europe. Condon testified bes o r e the House Agriculture Committee, which opened an investigation today into the grain case. Condon said the investigation did reveal that Austrian importers acted as "fronts" for West German importers, who were the actual purchasers of the grain. The Agriculture Department has been under fire from Sen. John J. Williams, R-Del., who charged officials with failing to detect the diversion of the grain for three years. The surplus corn, barley and grain sorghums were bartered for industrial diamonds and other strategic materials. First Noted in 1962 Raymond A. tones, chief of the Foreign Agricultural Service, told the committee the department first suspected something was wrong in early 1962 when an apparent discrepancy was noted between U.S. export data on feed grains to Austria and official Austrian import statistics. tones said an investigation showed that only 405,764 metric tons actually were imported into Austria when the figure should have been approximately 1,000,000 tons. "The balance of 604,615 metric tons was apparently diverted to other destinations," he said. “It seems clear that most of the diverted tonnage was imported into the Federal Republic of (West) Germany." Jones said also that it appeared that all of toe grain in question actually was received in the foreign ports and toe diversion oc-

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curred after that. Say No Collusion He said there was no evidence at present to suggest that barter contractors were in collusion with respect to toe diversions. At toe time, West Germany was an ineligible final destination under U.S. government regulations for such barter shipments. tones said all further shipments to Austria under the barter program were suspended May 3 when officials were certain that the grain had been diverted. He said that tour days later toe control features of the program were strengthened tor equ ire that contractors furnish evidence of receipt of toe barter commodities in the countries named as importers. The missing grain originally was shipped from New Orleans, Mobile, Ala.; ‘Baltimore, Destrehan, La., Seattle, Duluth, Superior, Wis., Tacoma, Corpus Christi, Tex., Houston, Galveston, Tex., and Chicago. tones said that deliveries of strategic materials to toe United States, called tor under the barter contracts, either have been made or are being made in full compliance with contracts. Condon said that seven Austrian importers have been arrested by Austrian police for possible violations of Austrian law. He said no violation of German law is ap. parent in the diversion of grain to West Germany, however. State Department officials said earlier this week that toe grain diversions contributed toward a worsening of the U.S. balance of payments deficit. I They explained that the illegal surplus grain sales in West Germany were assumed to have filled a need in the German market that could have been met through normal channels by purchase of American grain for dollars. HOMESTEAD (Continued from Page 2) toe Homestead sports colorful Christmas decorations, a project organized by the association. And this year on the Fourth of July another project was begun — 45 of toe original 48 homes and 52 of all toe homes in the Homestead flew American flags. The fourth is also the date of the annual Homestead picnic, a fete held Ln the center park and attended by all the Hoomesteaders and their families.

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Mrs. Emma Miller Dies In California Word has been received here of toe death July 11 in Fresno, Calif., of Mrs. Emma Miller, a resident of Decatur for many years, who had lived in Fresno for the past 13 years. She had been ill for several months. Mrs. Miller was a native of Bluffton, a member of the First Baptist church at Fresno, and toe Daughters of Union Veterans of toe Civil War. Her father, William Henry Miller, served four years with toe Indiana volunteer regiment. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. June Stauffer of Fresno, and Mrs. Lois Campbell of Puyallup, Wash,, and a son, Carl Miller of Union City, N. J. Funeral services and burial were held in Fresno. Sheriff, Deputies Have Target Practice Hie Adams county sheriff’s department took, some time off Thursday afternoon to practice on their shooting ability. Sheriff Roger Singleton, deputies Harold August and Warren Kneuss, and conservation officer Jack Hurst used the shooting range facilities at toe Blue Creek conservation, club grounds for some pr.ncVce firing witiv their weapons.

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