Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 299, Decatur, Adams County, 20 December 1963 — Page 2

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EAGLES LODGE PARTY Monday, December 23-8:00 P.M. Dance Saturday, December 21

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_ A vl* J*** -■ Christmas Play At Ml. Victory Church “Christmas at 400 Green Street” will be the play which will highlight the Mt. Victory U. B. Church Christmas program Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock. This play concerns* four girls being feared by the oldest sister, who really come alive with the Christmas spirit with the help of a visiting aunt. ‘‘Away From Home at Christmas',’ will also be presented by the younger children. This play takes place in Africa around a missionary theme. In addition, there will be many Christmas pieces by the children ,and youth*, along with singing and specials by the adults. Everyone is invited to attend this program. Mt. Victory Church is located 24 miles north of 224 on the . 'state line road. Legion's Christmas Party On Saturday Adams Posi 43 of the American Legion will hold its annual children’s Christmas party Saturday. The festivities will begin at 1:30 p. m. at the Legion home'on Madison and First streets. Santa Claus will be present and there will be* entertainment and treats for the children. 1

Officers Elected , t By Baptist Church The First Baptist church held its annual election of officers last Sunday. The following persons will serve in 1964. Deacons — John Butler, Cal E. Peterson, James J. Strickler, Lase Grimm, Donald Sliger. Trustees—Harold Baughn, Gerald Morningstar, Waldo Salway, Edward Lobsiger, Warren Lehman. *. - O Junior deacons — Frank Green, Robert Speakman, Jerold Lobsiger, Loren Nichols, James Robin- — son. •' ■ , Deaconesses — Mrs. Harold Bayghn, Mrs. Weldon Soldner, Mrs. True Gephart. Church clerk — Mrs. Robert Luginbill. Church treasurer — Bryce Daniels. Financial secretary and missions treasurer"— Mrs. Donald Sliger. ' Membership committee—M rs. Dorral Bedwell. Donald Sliger, Mrs. John Butler. .Missions committee — Mrs. Warren Lehman. Mrs. Cora Rickord, Weldon Soldner. Board of Christian education — Mrs. Robert Speakman, M r«. Lase Grimm, Mrs. Bryce Daniels, James J. Strickler. Church Historian — Mrs. Roy Johnson. Sunday Church School Superintendent — James J. Strickler. Assistant superintendent — Frank Green. Cradle roll superintendent — Mrs. Lase Grimm. Nursery superintendent — Mrs. Warren Lehman. Primary superintendent — Mrs. Robert Luginbill. « Secretary — Warren Lehman. Assistant secretaries — Tom Drake, Steve Green. Treasurer — MrS. James J. Strickler. t

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Wekh Orders .... -■ . -w Task Force To Aid South Bend INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Director Lewis F, Nicolini of the Indiana Employment Security Division took over today as director of a state effort to provide help for about 7,000 persons left jobless at South Bend by the shutdown of Studebaker Corp. automobile production there. Governor Welsh named Nicoljni Thursday to serve as chairman of a task force to coordinate the efforts of state agencies to help the hard-hit* l .area. also told a news conference he believes the best thing the state can do is to press the Department of Agriculture for an easing of requirements for surplus food distribution to families of unemployed auto workers. He said he would ask the department to increase the maximum income a family may earn and still be eligible for surplus commodities. Such a move also v;ould benefit unemployed workers in other parts of the state. Maximums now in effect in Indiana are $lO5 per month for a single person, $135 for a family of two and $l6O for a family of three. Welsh said it appeared that most of the Studebaker workers would draw $36 a week in unemployment compensation, enough to disqualify them for the surplus food. He said he thought the income limit should be increased S2O a month. Charles A. Howell, director of the state’s school lunch division, said each state sets its maximum income limit with the approval of the Agriculture Department. He said he thought a change in the Indiana limit could be accomplished in three to five days. Welsh also announced that the Employment Security Division “will substantially step up its personnel in an effort to speed •re-employment activity in the South Bend area.” He noted, however, that the high average ages of the displaced Studebaker workers would make it more difficult for them 4> find new jobs. The average is 54 years of age. Welsh also said the State Department of Public Instruction will step up its vocational education program in the area under the direction of South Bend School Supt. Alex Jardine. “The State Tax Board wil^ take every step possible to -see that any additional appropriations that are required by agencies of local government receive priority treatment,’’ Welsh added. 0 ; 0 Modern Etiquette By Roberta Lee o— ——— 0 Q. When a girt is \yith her escort at a table in a nightclub, and she wishes to leave to go to the powder room, what is the proper thing for her to say? A. “Will you excuse me.” is sufficient. Q. When a man brings a bysiness associate to his home and presents him to his wife, does she make the customary acknowledgement, “How do you do?”, A. In this case, the wife should exhibit a little more cordiality and pleasure over the meeting by adding some such expression as, "I’m very glad to see you,” or, “I'm so happy you were able to come.” New York Stock Exchange Prices MIDDAX PRICES A. T. & T., 138’4; Central Soya, 27" V- DuPont, 239;. Ford, General Electric—-84; —Gene a 1 Motors, 78; Gulf Oil, 47%; Stan-t dard Oil Ind., 63%: Standard Oil N. J., 764: U. S. Steel, 53.

CHRISTMAS CANTATA “THE FIRST CHRISTMAS” —— •' l. r Presented by the " CHANCEL CHOIR AND JUNIOR CHOIR \ . * of the ■ 4*. •:*'•*■**•*•' ■ *-•• \ _■ "*• . % • FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH . at Five Pbints SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1963 4:30 p.vn. Narration by id Hagan Characters Portrayed by Junior-High Fellowship Refreshments will be served following the program.

o —c 20 Years Ago Today 0 0 Dec. 20, 1943 — Adams county memorial hospital officials have lifted the ban on visitors to pa* tients' with the decline in the influenza epidemic here. Either L. Harlacher, 68, for many years a fieldman for the Central Sugar Co. until his retirement because of ill health, died at his home in Greenville, O. Doyle DeWitt Highes, 28, of Cowpens, S. C., died at the Adams county memorial hospital of injuries suffered in the near headon collision of two trucks near Geneva , Dec. 17. Delinquent taxes in Adams county, chiefly' on personal property, totaled $15,847-17. - Approximately 5,500 pounds of old newspapers and magazines and 1,500 pounds of prepared tin cans were obtained in the first "monthly city-wide scrap drive Saturday Offers States Plan To Boost Voter Turnout r - .• r WASHINGTON (UPI) - A presidential commission offered the states today a plan to encourage a greater voter turnout in US. elections. It said some states make it easier “to get a hunting or fishing license or a pistol permit than to register and vote.” The 11-member bipartisan commission presented its report to President Johnson, but it did not recommend any new federal laws. The report contained a sweeping set of 21 proposals for state action along with some goals for public schools, private organization and private busivate business. Most sections of the report were adopted unanimously. The commission, headed by Director Richard M. Scammon of the Census Bureau, was set up by the late President Kennedy March 30. Its report, originally scheduled for Nov. 26, was delayed almost a month because of Kennedy’s death. Study Voting Problems Kennedy's order directed the commission to studying voting problems outside the jurisdiction of the Civil Rights Commission. which is concerned with discrimination against Negroes and other minorities. Voter apathy was one target of the commission but most of fts attention was given to state laws and practices restricting the right to register and vote. “Many election laws and administrative practices are unreasonable, unfair and outmoded,” it said. “They obstruct the path to the ballot box, disfranchising millions who want to vote. “An unexpected business trip or a broken ankle can deprive .a citizen, of ’his right to vote. He may los'e his vote by moving across the street. And he may discover that because he failed to vote two years ago he cannot vote now.” The commission cited figures showing heavier voter turnouts in other countries' It said state turnouts in the United States ranged from 25.5 per cent of the civilian population of voting age in Mississippi to 80.8 in Idaho in the 1960 election. Urges Vote Campaigns It said the most obvious way to combat voter apathy was through the register-and-vote campaigns conducted by political parties and by civic, business, labor and other groups. But it also urged the press, radio and television to assume responsibility and said these me- , aia “hold the key to adult education.” : The report algo criticized schools for “not doing the job.” —“The teaching of citizenship in our elementary and secondary scljdols needs a major overhaul,” it said. "A trip to the firehouse and a slide down the

■(- < . Last Studebaker Rolls Off Lines At South Bend SOUTH BEND, Ind. (UPI)— The last Studebaker car produced in the United States was scheduled to roll off the assembly lines today. The milestone car ended 61 years of domestic automotive production by the company, which started in the highway transportation field making covered wagons. It came in the same year other automakers were posting records as the best year ever. Studebaker closed the plant to photographers and planned no fanfare for the event. “We’re still making and selling cars,” a spokesman said, “and we’re not really ending production.” = Automotive production in the® highly diversified company now | will be carried on at the Hamil- S ton, Ont., plant. In the move to Canada, about 6,000 Studebaker white collar and hourly rated workers will be thrown out of work here. However, Studebaker officials have maintained the nameplate will not die in this country. Instead, they said, dealers will receive cars built in Canada. Parts and other necessary items also will be supplied to dealers. The firm, which had 12 profitable divisions operating when it was forced to phase out its U.S. auto operations this month, has „ taken ads in about 300 newspapers in the major marketing areas assuring the public it can “buy a new Studebaker with complete confidence.’« The ad said: “The only real difference is that future production will be concentrated in Hamilton, Ont.—just 66 miles from Buffalo... it is geared perfectly for Studebaker’s high quality production standards, and future volume.” Board chairman Randolph Guthrie told newsmen in a news conference at Hamilton, Studebaker’s auto division had lost S4O million since 1959 with its headquarters in South Bend. “Our objectives in .the Canadian move are to place Studebaker’s automotive division in a profit-making and, therefore, a stable climate,” Guthrie said. The company hopes to market its Canadian made cars in both the United States and on the International market. But just what kind of car they plan to make has been clouded. Gordon Grundy, the newly appointed head of the automotive division, said despite an earlier decision to drop it, the company might reactivate a production of the sports model Avanti. Grundy said the firm was adopting a policy maintaining ■ the same styling throughout the various model years. “By contemplating no major styling changes in the near future, a large cost saving can be accomplished. Nor are changes in Studebaker’s franchising arrangement presently being con%. sidered.” I. U. Counselor's Daughter Suffocated BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (UPI) — The 3-year-old daughter of an Indiana University counselor suffocated early today when fire caused by an overheated heater broke out in her bedroom. Elizabeth Annette Elster was dead when her parents," Mr. and Mrs. William Elster, fought their way through flames and smoke to her bed. The parents and two other children were not injured. Fire damage was confined mainly to the child's upstairs, bedroom ’I ans an adjoining hallway. fireman's pole are now many times substituted for realistic instruction in government and politics. . . “It is small wonder that we are a nation of cynics when it comes tp our politics.”

COURT NEWS . Case Dismissed The case of Gerald W. Vizard and Mabel I. Vizard vs. Alice M. Igney, on a complaint for possession of property, was ordered dismissed by the court. The plaintiffs had filed a motion to dismiss. Costs} were assessed the plaintiffs. - Support Set In the complaint for separation case of Dixie Hofstetter vs Carl Hofstetter, the court set support at S2O per week for the, plaintiff and minor children. The defendant' was also ordered to pay all utility bills for the home in which the pldintiff and children reside, all doctor and dental bills, make house payments and pay the milk bill. The defendant was also ordered to pay 8200 for the plaintiff’s attorney fees. Divorce Action The divorce case of Robert G. Burkhalter vs. Daryll D. Burkhalter, by agreement of the parties, was continued to Dec. 27 at 9 am., and was set for trial January 3 at 1 p.m. Estate Case S Proof of mailing of notice to I all persons interested in the mat- | ter of the final, settlement was - filed in the Milo Allen Burris estate. A certificiate of clearance was filed and the final report was submitted, examined and approved. The executor was ordered to make distribution in compliance with the terms of the final report, which are: SI,OOO to Beady Gerber, SSO to Harold Runkle, and $693.41 each to Opal Billhimer, Mary Cott, Hugh Burris, Paul Burris, Howard Burris and Juonita Nenis. Marriage Applications Clifton Hart, Jr., route 4, Decatur, and Clara Eicher, 720 N. Tenth St. - Richard Leon Luginbill, route 2, Berne, and Ada Jane Mclntosh, 1404 Master Drive. Donald J. Emberlin, Berne, and Karen Ann Rich, route 1, Monroe. Real Estate Transfers Wiley Morrison etux to Adams Inc., Inlot 679 & Pt. West St. Decatur. Doyle S. Hofferbert etux to Wiley B. Morrison etux, Inlot 3 Decatur. Glen A. Lautzenheiser etux to to Myron H. Haggrad etux, Inlot 85 Monroe. Benjamin A. Coblentz etux to Christian P. Schwartz etux, SW/4 NE/4 Section 25 Township 25 Range 14, 40 acres. Gladys G. Ludy etvir to Frieda Lehman, E/2 SE/4 Section 36 Township 26 Range 14, 80 acres. Frieda Lehman to John R. Ludy etux E/2 SE/4 Section 36 Township 26 Range 14, 80 acres. Amanda Steiner to Ernest D. Steiner etux, NE/4 NE/4 Section 13 Township 25 Range 14, 40 acres. Hiram Liechty etal to Lynn O. Liechty etal, Pt. Inlots 20-21, Berne. Blanche Henchen etal to Lores E. Steury etux, W/2 SW/4 Section 23 Township 27 Range 13, 80 acres. Trustees of the Monroe Friends ’Church to James E. Teeple etux, Inlot 6 Monroe. James K. Shackley etux to Irene A. Kraus, Inlot 56 Decatur Master Add. JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES KINGDOM HALL Corner Monroe and Ninth Sunday 3:00 p.m.: "Death — A Doorway to What?” is the name of a public Bible lecture to be given by William Driscoll, a visiting minister from Portland, Indiana. Sunday 4:15 p.m.: Watchtower Bible study and discussion on the subject, “Execution of Divine Judgment upon False Religion.” One of the scripture texts for consideration will be Revelation 17:1, “Come, I will show you the judgment upon the great harlot who sits on many waters.” Tuesday 8:00 p.m.: ,V»ea Bible studies in study aid, "Let Your Name Be Sanctified.” Friday 7:30 p.m,: Theocratic Ministry School followed by the Kingdom Service Meeting.

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