Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 126, Decatur, Adams County, 27 May 1964 — Page 3

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1964

Society PLEASANT DALE MOTHERDAUGHTER BANQUET “Pattern for Living" was the theme used for the mother-daugh-ter banquet of the Pleasant Dale Churc|| of the Brethren held at the Dutch Mill in Bluffton Monday evening. Mothers, daughters, and special guests at the banquet numbered 128. Following the meal the welcome and response were given by Mrs. Joe Baumgartner, Mrs John Rodich, and Miss Kathy McKean. Special music was furnished by Mrs. Blanche Landis and family. A chalk talk was presented by Mrs. Raymond Harrison. Mrs. John Barger, mistress of ceremonies, led In group singing. She also presented flowers to the youngest mother, Mrs. Jack Wulliman of Monroe; the oldest mother, Mrs. Mannas Wulliman of Berne; the mother with the most children, Mrs. Joe Baumgartner of Decatur, and Mrs. Kenneth Hartman of Poneto; the youngest grandmother, Mrs. Gene Arnold of Decatur; and the mother or daughter from the farthest distance, Miss Kathy Adler of Warsaw. The women’s fellowship president, Mrs. Harold Barger, gave a few closing remarks and the benediction, “Blest Be the Tie That Binds” was sung by the group. The committee in charge of the banquet was the Mesdames John Barger, Bob Mitchel, Stanley Arnold, Calvin Miller, Glen Adler, William Bryan, Harvey Landis, Floyd Arnold, and Blanche Landis. Our Lady of Victory discussion club, will meet' Thursday evening at 8 p.m. with Mrs. John Schurger. speaker. The Women of the Moose will have a regular meeting and the election of officers at the Moose home at 8 p.m. Thursday. COUNTY HOME TALENT SHOW The Adams county home talent show will feature the Wabash Valley Entertainers this Sunday at 7:30 p.m. The group consists of fourteen business and professional men and women. Some of their occupations are funeral director, auctioneer, (salesman, postmaster, tax accountant, farmers, hardware operator, housewife, saw mill operator, and realtor. Their show will feature both vocal and instrumental numbers —*■ and laughs. Visitors are always welcome to come and enjoy the shows apd • share in the fun, as well as visit with the residents of the home. June 21 will be the fourth anniversary of the ’ monthly talent shows. This show will consist entirely of amateur talent. Anyone wishing to use his talents, young and old, may do so by contacting Mrs. Leo Sheets or calling Preble 7-4269.

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INSURANCE AGENCY MEETS AT BLUFFTON Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Collier were hosts to agents and their wives of the Coliter Insurance Agency Tuesday evening at the Dutch Mill in Bluffton. A family style dinner of chicken and Swiss steak was enjoyed by the group. Following the dinner, Collier presented various awards to the agents. Centering the head table was a money tree filled with two dollar bills which were presented to several of the agents for their production during a contest this winter. Ed Heimann was presented a money tree for bringing applications with the highest volume to the dinner, and Jerry Mitchel received a money tree for bringing the most applications to the dinner. Mrs. Henry Prior of Van Wert, O„ spoke to the guests on “Where Would We Be If It Wasn’t For Me?" She emphasized the role of the wife in her husband’s insurance business. Charles Townsend of Upland gave a short speech on “Good Prospects,” followed by Bill Norris of Portland whose topic was “Sales Presentations.” “Earnest Enthusiasm" was the title of the speech given by Lloyd Cochran of Portland, and “Sincere Service” was the topic discussed by Dewight Shady of Bluffton. Henry Prior of Prior’s Insurance Agency, Van Wert, 0., spoke to the group about the national convention which will be held at Lake Placid, N. Y. in 1965. He gave points on how each agent can qualify for the convention. The title of his speech was "Going to Lake Placid? You Can.” Harve Haggard pased out literature concerning the agency convention which will be held at Columbus, 0., August 7,8, and 9. He urged those present to be sure to attend this convention. Attending the dinner were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Prior, Van Wert, O.; Mr. and Mrs. Merle Shoemaker, Gas City; Mr. and Mrs. Keith Piper, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Lebo and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bevelhimer, Denver; Mr. and Mrs. Larry Klein, Akron; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Townsend, Upland; Mr. and Mrs. Ron Howe, Marion; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Cochran and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Norris, Portland; Mr. and Mrs. Ken Payne and Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Shady, Bluffton; Mr. and Mrs. Ward Showalter, Keystone; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Heimann, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Rumschlag, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Mitchel, Mr. and Mrs. Collier and Joe Smith, all of Decatur. The Happy Homemakers home demonstration club will entertain their husbands with a potluck supper Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Clarence Mitchel at 6:30 p.m Each member is asked to bring her own hamburger, one covered dish, and table service. Club members are also reminded to turn in their TV stamps at this meeting. . - . The Bethany Circle will meet in the social room of the United Church of Christ at 7;30 o’clock this evening. Births At the Adams county memorial hospital? - Walter and Joanne Braun Mowery, of 1334 Master drive, are the parents of a 6 lb., 15 oz., baby girl born at 8:58 a.m. today. Hospital Admitted Miss Neva Hirschy, Berne; Mrs. Charles Kester, Decatur. Dismissed Mrs. Terry Miller and baby girl, Miss Nette Liechty, Geneva; Miss Shirley Ellenberger, Bluffton; Master Gregory Mankey, Preble; Mrs. Doyle Krick, Mrs. Ralph Pierce and baby boy, Mrs. Robert Butcher and baby girl, Master William Haugk, Master Jeffrey Bodie, Mrs. Victor Hamrick, Master Mark Roeder, Herman Schroeder, Decatur.

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Club Schedule Telephone 3-2121 Mrs. Connie Mitchel Society Editor Caldhdar items for each day’s publication must be phoned in by 11 a.m. (Saturday 9:30) WEDNESDAY Bethany Circle, United Church of Christ, social room, 7:30 pm. Epsilon Sigma chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, Decatur Youth and Community Center, 8 p.m. First Methodist church choir, social, church lounge, 8 p.m. First Presbyterian church women’s association, 8 p.m. THURSDAY Women of the Moose, meeting and election of officers, Moose home, 8 p.m. Our Lady of Victory discussion club, 8 p.m., Mrs. John Schurger. speaker. Builder’s class of Trinity church, Trinity church, 7:30 p.m. Memorial service, Decatur chapter 127, OES, Mason.*? hall, 7:30 p.m. Caliente home demonstration club, Farm Bureau bldg., Monroe, 7:30 p.m. Psi lota Xi Trading Post, 1-4, Kay Boch and Diane Sauer; 6-9, Shirley Hbffman and Ann Thorn. Golden Age group of First Methodist church, Mrs. Dovie Bedwell, 2 p.m. Good Will truck, call 3-4181 or 3-2585. FRIDAY Psi lota Xi sorority, Amesican Legion, 7:30 business meeting 8:15 social meeting. Psi lota Xi Trading Post, 1-4, Madeline Blackburn and Barbara Osterman; 6-9, Cloe Parrish and Barbara Steiner. SUNDAY Adams county home monthly talent show, 7:30 p.m. MONDAY Adams county home demonstration chorus, cancelled. VFW auxiliary, Post home, business, 8 p.m. Decatur Firemen’s auxiliary, Mrs. Herman Dierkes, 7:30 p.m. TUESDAY Pocahontas Lodge, Red Men’s hall, 7:30 p.m. Happy Homemakers home demonstration club, potluck supper, Mrs. Clarence Mitchel, 6:30 p.m. Bank Alarm Sounds Here Last Evening For those persons who were in the downtown ‘area around V minutes after 7 o’clock Tuesday evening—the First State Bank wasn’t robbed. The bank alarm began sounding at that tjme, and could be heard for some distance. Sheriff, city police and state police of_ficers were immediately on the scene, but it turned out to be a false alarm—or shorted alarm! It is believed a short in the system caused the alarm to sound, probably due to the heavy rainfall. Sheriff Roger Singleton, deputy Harold August, city officer Don Liechty and state trooper Gene Rash were all on ’“the scene ’nf’a matter *6l ‘ moments and as a precautionary measure, checked the interior of the bank thoroughly. Yost Construction Awarded Contract Yost Construction Co., Inc., of Decatur was awarded a $64,486 state highway department contract in Kosciusko, Wells, Grant and Miami counties. The engineer's estimate of costs on the job was $68,329. Included in the bid are: removal and replacement of an existing bridge on state road 19 south of Mentone in Kosciusko county; removal of an existing bridge and construction of a new deck 2.& miles southeast of state road 1 in Wells county; removal of portions of the existing structure and construct widening of state road 221 3.8 miles north of state road 18 in Grant county; and removal of portions of an existing bridge and construction of widening on state road 513, .1 mile south of state road 18 in Miami county.

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I Braun Infant Taken To Lutheran Hospital | * Stuart Braun, day-old son of of Richard and Ann Gass Braun, was taken to the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne Tuesday afternoon when it was discovered he was suffering from spinal biffada. The baby will undergo surgery Friday. 'Die baby is normal in every respect, except that the spinal bone is not completely closed at the rear, and the skin is also open over the bone in one place. The bone segment should be round like an O, but instead is partly open, like a C, the doctor explained. The Brauns have six other children: Louis, Martin Mary Catherine, Matthew, Sammie, and Patrick. Assesment Report Filed For Hartford Hartford township was tlie last township to get its 1964 assesscounty office, and that was this morn* ing, Omer Merriman, county assessor, said today. ’ Township tr&stees took their last assessment reports May 15, and have been getting all of their paper work up-to-date since then, he explained. Those whose wives do a lot of the paper work for them frequently get them in faster than some of those who have all of their farming to get done before they can do paper work. Autos Collide At Street Intersection Two autos were damaged at

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Continue Probe Os One-Car Accident Deputy sheriff Warren Kneuss is continuing investigation this afternoon of a one-car accident that occurred nearly two miles west of Preble this morning on U.S. 224. Sheriff's authorities in Bluffton contacted the sheriff’s department here at 9:50 a.m. today and said that a Mrs. Inez Mandus of that city had reported an accident to them that had occurred in Adams county. They explained that she told them she had lost control of “her auto and it left the road. She was picked up by a passing motorist and returned to Bluffton, where she reported the mishap. Deputy Kneuss found the auto in a clover field off the side of the road, and said it had suffered an estimated $175 damage to the front end. The Bluffton lady was to contact the sheriff’s department in this county ... sometmie,.yet.. today - cpnc-erping, the mishap. 3:55 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Monroe and Third streets. Rose Helen Tricker, 46, of 813 Russell St., pulled her auto from a parking space on the north side of Monroe street, and attempted to pull from the space and turn left onto Third street. Her auto was struck on the left side by a westbound auto on Monroe street that was operated by Franklyn Christy Detter, 53, of 225 Oakridge Place. Damages were estimated at $250 to the Trie ker .auto. and $l5O -to the Det->. ter vehicle.

« BTJLijF - je - ’ -, >4ff&.; KdflPßS}• Wfecr’ . doupfe Jo 50th lAJeddiny -JnniueMary Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Colchin, of 403 Fornax street, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversay Sunday, May 31, with an anniversary high mass at 11 a. m. at the St. Mary's Catholic church in Decatur. Following the mass there will be a dinner for the immediate family. In the afternoon from 2 to 5 p. m. their children will entertain with open house at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Colchin at 119 E. Rugg street. The couple were married June 2, 1914, at the St. Mary’s Catholic church in Decatur. Colchin is retired from General Electric. They have three sons, Mark and Maurice of Decatur, and Max of Hoagland. Their four daughters are as fol’ows: Mrs. Arthur (Mary Jane) Miller, Mrs. Joseph (Martha) Kitson, Mrs. Claude (Lois) Sharp of Decatur, and Mrs. Francis (Joan) Miller of Waterloo. One daughter, Monica, is deceased. There are also 28 grandchildren.

State May Buy Final Acreage For Ouabache The sale of the last remaining in-holding in Ouabache state recreation area, Wells county, to the state, may take place any time during the next two weeks, it was learned today. The 76-acre farm of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Croix is the only remaining acreage within the state holdings .not owned by the adpartment. Its. ’ownership’ by the state may make possible the rerouting of state highway 316 so that the entire park can be held together as a unit, with a single entrance from highway 216. At the present time, 300 acres along the Wabash river lie outside the park gate area, and this is 30 per cent of the park. It was announced earlier this

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year by department director Donald Foltz that the farm, if purchased, would be used as a saddle barn area for bridal paths in the west sector of the park. Foltz is expected to come to the park to consumate the sale. Jobless Pay Claims Continue Low Here Unemployment in Adams county, as measured by the unemployment compensation claims filed in Decatur last Friday, continued at a low 43, with four new claims, and 39 continued claims, Richard P. App, manager, reported today. Unemployment in Adams county has been running at less than 1% of the labor force for more than a year.

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Spring Collection Os Taxes At New High A total of $31,263.81 more was collected through the spring installment of taxes this year than in 1963, according to figures released this morning by county treasurer William L. Linn. . This spring's collections amounted to $1,414,391.44, plus the $11,821.24 bank tax, for a record total of $1,462,212.68. The spring collections in 1963 amounted to $1,394,948.87, which, compared with this spring’s figure, shows an increase of $31,263.81 over last year. Locals Airman Donald Kitson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Kitson of route 2, Ohio City, recently completed the first phase of his AftForce basic military training at Lackland AFB, Tex. Airman Kitson has been selected for technical training as an aircraft maintenance specialist at the Air Training Command School at Amarillo AFB, Tex. His address is as follows: a/3c Donald C. Kitson, AF16796972 3343 Sch. Sq., Box 321, Amarillo A. F. 8., Texas. Missionary Service At Mt. Hope Church A special misisonary service will be held at the Mt. Hope Church of the Nazarene Sunday at 7:30 p.m., with missionaries Bob and Mary Sutherland participating in the service. They will speak and show colored slides. They are scheduled to go to Columbia, South America, in the near future under the direction of the Oriential missionary society. The Mt.’ Hope church is located four miles east and six miles south of Monroe. The public is invited to attend the service. I Escapes Injury In Truck Accident Lofton Rich, of 1015 W. Monroe St., escaped injury when the Hawthorn-Melody truck he was operating turned over on its side at the north edge of the Berne city limits Tuesday afternoon. Rich was southbound when a vehicle in front of his began to turn into the Poplar drive-in!. Rain was falling at the time and when Rich applied the brakes Os his truck, the vehicle skidded out of control on the wet road. The front wheels went off the side of the road and the truck rdined Wet, Wit Rich escap®! without Injury. The truck was loaded and the truck rolled over, but Rich escaped without injury. The truck was loaded with toe cream at the time. Damages were extensive as the truck’s frame pulled off while a Berne wrecker was attempting to turn the vehicle onto its wheels again State trooper Dan Kwasneski in vestigated.