The News-Tribune, 1955-11-30

Jones - Greenler Bouquets of white pompons and lighted candelabra graced the altar of St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, South Ridge, Defiance, for the Sat Saturday - urday Saturday evening wedding of Miss Cla Clara - ra Clara Mae Jones and Orville Greenler. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest A. Janes. Parente of the bridegroom are Mrs. Char Charlotte - lotte Charlotte Greenler of Defiance and the late Herman Greenler. The double ring ceremony read by Rev. Harold C. Meister was pre preceded - ceded preceded by a musicale by Mrs. Velma Bunke, organist, with Mrs. Schultz singing Marie "O Perfect Love," "My Happy Day," and "The Lord's Prayer." Given in marriage by her father the bride selected a waltz-length gown of rosepoint lace and nylon tulle over satin. Her fingertip veil was held by a half-hat of lace ac accented - cented accented with pearl trim, and she carried a bouquet of white carna carnations - tions carnations centered with a white orchid. Her jewelry was a pearl necklace with matching earrings, a gift of the bridegroom. Miss Maxine Jones, her sister's only attendant. wore a gown of white lace and tulle over taffeta. She wore a headband of taffeta and pearls and carried a bouquet of pink and white carnations. Her on only - ly only jewelry was pearl earrings. a gift of the bride. Paul Hammon of Napoleon served as best man and the guests were by Mylo Gerken and Robert Pracht. brothers-in-law of the bride and bridegroom, respectively. For her daughter's wedding Mrs. Jones wore a two-piece gray faille dress with black and winter white accessories, while the bridegroom's mother was attired in a light blue wool jersey dress with black ac accessories. - cessories. accessories. Both mothers wore cor corsages - sages corsages of pink and white carnations. Mrs. Robert Procht, sister of the bridegroom cut the three-tier wedding cake, with Mrs. Mylo Ger Gerken - ken Gerken and Mrs. Harvey Jessup, sis sisters - ters sisters of the bride, and Miss Clara Wichman, assisting with the ing serv servat - at servat the reception which fol followed - lowed followed at Wellman's Dinin For traveling, the bride wore Room. an olive green knit dress with black and winter-white accessories and the orchid from her bridal bouquet. Prior to the wedding, the bride was employed as cashier at Uhl Uhlman's - man's Uhlman's in Defiance. The bridegroom is engaged in farming. Death Of Lester V. Budd Mrs. Archie Coon received word Sunday of the death of her brother, Lester V. Budd at 8:40 a. m., at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ed Edward - ward Edward Kloss, at 49-- Yorkshire Rd., Parma, Ohio. Mr. Budd was born in Hicks Hicksville, - ville, Hicksville, Nov. 4, 1897, the youngest child of Edwin R. and Mary Corner Budd. The first twelve years of his life were spent in Hicksville and he then moved with his parents to Cleveland. He was united in marriage to Matilda Dkoski on Apr. 20, 1920. His wife passed away in February of this year. Surviving Mr. Budd besides the daughter Beatrice is another daugh-1 ter, Delores; two grandchildren,I and a sister, Mrs. Archie Coon of Hicksville. i Funeraj services are being held today (Wednesday), Nov. 30 at 9 a. m. . from Holy Name Church on Broadway. Cleveland. Burial will be at Cleveland. I Bryarly Sentenced Fori Hicksville Burglaries A 25-yr.old Indiana man l was sentenced last week to terms of one to fifteen years on two counts of burglary of Hicksville business establishments after pleading guilty before Common Pleas Court Judge Dan Batt. Harold Bryarly, of Columbia City, admitted takin 8 pant in the $6,000 burglary of Ronnie's Dept. Store on Nov. 24, 1954 and to the $600 robbery of Scotty's Standard Ser Service - vice Service on Oct. 21. 1954. The sentences are to run concurrently in the Ohio State Penitentiary at Columbus. Also, Luther Williams, 47, of Dahlgren, Ill., indicted at Defiance by a grand jury, pleaded innocent on a burglary charge and asked for a lie detector test. The two were brought to Defiance from Ohio State Penitentiaa'y where they are serving sentences for the armed robbery last year of a pack packing - ing packing house at Troy. Both had plead pleaded - ed pleaded guilty. G. A. A. Teams Selected The Girls Athletic Association of Hicksville High School, under di direction - rection direction of Esther Whonsettler, has organized two basketball teams. Official score keeper is Carol Simmons and referees are Vicki Stemen and Jo Beverly. The high school coaches selected the teams. Varsity is made up of Ruth Slat Slattery, - tery, Slattery, Carolyn Hull, Delores Slat Slattery, - tery, Slattery, Ruth Myers, Wanda Jenkins, Marilyn Camp. Sharon Ducharme. Kathleen Kenner, Carol Wilson, Shirlee Onstott, Rose Onstott, and Peggy Onstott. The Reserve team is composed of Donna Slattery, Jody Keesbury, Sal Sally - ly Sally Rhoades, Sally Evans, Elsie Lanum, Suzie Carr, Rosie Linder, Judy Longsworth, Lana Smith, An Annette - nette Annette Kenner. June Hurni and Pat Keller.

Local Girl Gets Top Honors In 4-H Club Patricia Brown received the high highest - est highest honor in the Hicksville Herds Herdsmen - men Herdsmen 4-H Club. She is the second girl in the history of the club to receive this award. They have a point system by which they deter determine - mine determine the best member for a year. The best member receives a pla plaque. - que. plaque. Taking second was Eloise Meyers, third, Terry Brown, and fourth, Chuck Meyers. Each re received - ceived received a trophy. Of the first year members, the one with the highest points receives a small plaque. This honor went to Kathy Meyers. These awards were presented at the annual 4-H achievement meet meeting. - ing. meeting. The Happy Habit and the Hicksville Live Wires were also at the meeting. The meeting began with the Livewires reciting the 4-H pledge. Judy Camp accompanied the group singing "America the Beautiful." Entertainment was presented by members of each club. From the Happy Habit Club, Ann Smith play played - ed played a piano solo and Kathy Meyers and Judy Ringer gave a demonstra demonstration - tion demonstration on: How To Set a Table. From the Hicksville Herdsmen. Eloise Meyers and Elton Snyder gave a demonstration on: How To Make a Rope Halter, and Jim Volkert and Judy Camp played a piano duet. Kenneth Brush and Bobby Dowell of the Hicksville Live Wires an electrical demonstration. gave Mrs. Harold Ringer then present presented - ed presented the pins and certificates to the members of the Happy Habit Club. She had three top county winners: Janice Peter received 1st on her easy to make cotton dress; Barbara received 2nd on her easy to make cotton dress; and Joyce Ringer re received - ceived received 1st on her rolls. Out of 61 members, 51 competed. There were six members with perfect attend attendance: - ance: attendance: Lana Smith, Eloise Meyers, Beth Laub, Janice Peter, Arlene Arnold, and Linda Hilbert. Vance Battershell, advisor of the Hicksville Live Wires, presented the pins and certificates to his boys. This was Vance's first year as advisor. He started with six boys, all who competed. The mem membership - bership membership has almost doubled, there are now 14. E. W. Gustenslager presented the awards, pins, and certificates to members of the Hicksville Herds Herdsmen. - men. Herdsmen. There were twenty members and they all competed. Thirteen had perfect attendance. Cake, coffee and ice cream were served for refreshments. Square dancing, with R. R. Clymer calling, completed the evening's entertain entertainment. - ment. entertainment.

New Books at The Library "Nectar In a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya. Told with lyric simplicity, this is a story of the real India, the India of the villages where life is de determined - termined determined by the relentless alterna alternatives - tives alternatives of earth-cracking droughts and monsoon floods. It tells of the wife of a peasant farmer and of the bond that grew between her and her husband as they work the land, raise their children and grow old. A gift book. "Restless Earth" by Rose Wyler. While rocketeers are planning flights to neighbor worlds, a for forbidden - bidden forbidden world lies right beneath Men may reach their feet. the moon some day, but they can ne never - ver never get into the earth's interior. If they could reach it, the enormous enormously - ly enormously high pressures and tempera temperatures - tures temperatures there would destroy them and their machines. "Teaching Every Child to Read" by Kathleen B. Hester. Kathleen Hester is a well known authority on the teaching of read reading. - ing. reading. A graduate of Carnegie In Institute - stitute Institute of Technology, she has a Ph. D. from the University of Pittsburgh and has had unusually broad experience in teaching; ex experience - perience experience which is reflected in this volume. * * * Library hours: Tuesday 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. Thursday and Friday, 1 to 6 p. m. Sales Tax Collections Register Big Increase Another big increase of $626,310 was registered by sales tax collec collections - tions collections of $3,721,631 from the sale of prepaid tax receipts for the week ending November 12, 1955 in excess of revenues of $3,095,321 for the week which ended Nov. 13, '55, State Terasurer Roger W. Tracy announced.' The percentage gain in favor of the 1955 weekly collections was 20.23 per cent, compared with those of a year ago. From last July 1, when the fiscal year began, the cumulative grand total collections, which include pre prepaid - paid prepaid tax receipts, use tax and other collections amounted to $81,550,687 on Nov. 12, 1955. Compared with the grand total collections of $67,706,000 reported on Nov. 13, 1954, the increase for the current fiscal year to date amounts to $13,844,687, Tracy said. This represents a gain of 20.44 per cent, he said, in excess of the over-all sales tax revenues collect collected - ed collected in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year.

Yule Decorations Being Installed The business district is I I being decorated for the Christmas Season starting this week, as announced | by John Hofner, president of the Chamber of Commerce. The pla plaques - ques plaques will be placed on the Ohio Power light poles with plans bein o made to string colored lights along the street. A large Christmas tree brilliantly lighted will be placed in the center of the business block. Christmas store hours have been announced as effective through De December: - cember: December: Open every Thursday af afternoon. - ternoon. afternoon. starting Dec. 2 stores will be open Friday and Saturday even evenings - ings evenings until Christmas. Stores will! be open every evening until 9:00 p. m., starting Dec. 14 until Christ Christmas. - mas. Christmas. Stores will close Christmas Eve at 6 p m. Noah Musser Taken By Death Noah Musser, 77. rd2 Edgerton. farmer and lifelong resident of Defiance County, died unexpectedly Tuesday at the nearby home of a son. Merle Musser, following a heart attack. Also surviving are the wi widow. - dow. widow. Augusta; another son, Marvin Musser of rd2 Edgerton; a daugh daughter, - ter, daughter, Miss Rita Musser, at home; four grandchildren; two brothers. Walter Musser of Bryan and Ernest Musser of Grand Rapids, Mich., and sister. Mrs. Elizabeth Mavis of Bryan. The body was taken to the Krill funeral home at Edgerton. Services are to be held in Eman Emanuel - uel Emanuel Methodist Church, the time to be determined. Rev. Ralph C. Tucker will officiate and burial will be in Maple Grove cemetery, Ed Edgerton. - gerton. Edgerton. Mr. Musser was a member of the Emanuel Methodist Church. a a Mrs. Anna Blythe Death At Aibion, Michigan Mrs. Anna Blythe, wife of William Blythe. passed away early Tuesday at Albion, Mich., where they have resided for many years. The Blythes were former dents of this vicinity, living resi resion - on resion a farm south of town. Surviving are the husband, Wil Wildaughter, - daughter, Wildaughter, Mrs. liam; Marguerite Wallace: two grandchildren and a grea t-grandchild.

ARCHBOLD - The annual meet meeting - ing meeting of the members of the Fulton County Agricultural Society will be held at Memorial auditorium at Wauseon, Saturday, Dec. 3 at 8:00 p. m. Voting for new directors will be held on the same date. Directors will be elected from the following townships: Chesterfield, Pike. Ful Fulton - ton Fulton and Royalton, and one at-large from the county. The annual re report - port report will be presented at the meet meeting - ing meeting and will be followed by a gen general - eral general discussion and installation of new directors. Refreshments will be served after the meeting. The directors will then meet after the meeting adjourns. BUTLER - The Federal Communi Communications - cations Communications has approved the request of Waterloo Television Station - WIN-T for an increase in power. A new antenna will be installed atop the station's tower near Auburn. It is expected to be installed by mid-December. The increase in power will give the station 800,000 watts to the south, 400,000 to the east, 350,000 to the west and 300, 300,000 - 000 300,000 to the north. This compares to the present 237,000 watts in all directions. The action of the FCC is subject to appeal with any par parties - ties parties opposing it having 30 days in which to file notice. Should there be opposition the FCC would be re required - quired required to schedule a hearing. The general manager of the Waterloo station, Ben Baylor, said the new antenna is being fabricated by the General Electric Co., in Syracuse, N. Y. The erection contract has been awarded to Tower Builders of Angola. The installation of the new antenna will require that the station be off the air for one day. VETERANS THANK YOU We wish to thank each and every one who took a part and each who had a part in presenting our show Funnybone Follies, recently. We greatly appreciate your time, talent, kindness and willingness to help. Thank you all. The Veterans of Foreign Wars. 33tlc

Hold Rites For Mrs. Candace M. Driver Mrs. Candace Marie Driver, aged 42, wife of Kenneth Driver, died at 4:30 p. m., Sunday at the family home, 208 Meuse Argonne Avenue. She had been in failing health since last April and had been bed bedfast - fast bedfast since that time. She had un undergone - dergone undergone surgery last May. She was born May 7, 1913 in Hicksville and was a daughter of John W. and Elizabeth Brown Ar Arrants. - rants. Arrants. With the exception of a short time north of Mark Center her early life was spent in near Hicksville. and For some time before her marri marriage - age marriage with Kenneth Driver on Jan. 3, 1933, she was employed as a seam seamstress - stress seamstress by the Eula Lee Garment Co. She had lived her entire married life in Hicksville where she was a member of the Church of Christ, the Ladies Aid of the Church and was Superintendent of the Primary Department of the Sunday School. She was also a member of the Ve Veterans - terans Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary. a She is survived by the husband; son, Kenneth Lee Driver, with the United States Army, stationed at Fort Polk, La.; three daughters, Mrs. Gale (Yvonne) Mees of Wau Waukesha, - kesha, Waukesha, Wis., Mrs. Dallas (Patricia) Griffin at home, Miss Judith Driver, at home; a granddaughter, Cindy Lou Mees; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Arrants of Hicksville; four brothers, Walter Arrants of Garrett, Carl Arrants and John A. Arrants, both of Hicksville, and Omar Arrants of Maywood, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. Opal Kaehr of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Mrs. Zel Zelda - da Zelda Merky of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Elsie Vance of Paulding. The body was taken to the Per Perkins - kins Perkins 12 Reeb Funeral Home. At noon, today (Wednesday) it was taken to the Church of Christ for services at 2:00 p. m. The pastor, A. Delaney Votaw will officiate and burial will be in Forest Home ce cemetery. - metery. cemetery.

PAULDING - The vote on the $180,000 building expansion pro program - gram program for Oakwood school, Paulding County still lacks eight votes to ac acquire - quire acquire the needed 55 per cent, fol following - lowing following a completion of a recount of Nov. 8 ballots in three precincts. Albert Rife, clerk of the Paulding Co. election board announced the results of the recount as: 354 for the bonds; 305 against. The re recount - count recount showed a gain of one for the issue and a loss of one against. A would have change of ten votes been needed to bring about success. GARRETT - At the regular meet meeting - ing meeting of the board of directors of the Garrett Lions Club last week it was voted to allot $800 toward the construction of a community shel shelter - ter shelter in the East Side Park. Total cost of the project is expected to exceed" $6,000 and the initial $800 expenditure will be used for the purchasing and pouring of the con concrete - crete concrete footing. The shelter project has been under consideration for several years by the club and the appropriation last week definitely committed the organization to the construction of the shelter. BRYAN - Fred Armbruster, Co. Auditor, signed a contract with the L. E. Thomas Co., of Cleveland, for the appraisal of real estate in Wil Williams - liams Williams County, at a cost of $44,870, the bid made to the auditor some time ago. Work is to start this year on preparing the cards to be used to cover detailed informa information - tion information regarding all properties ap appraised, - praised, appraised, but the field work will not begin until next year. The contract calls for completing the appraise appraisement - ment appraisement by July 31, 1957, so that the new values may be used in collect collecting - ing collecting taxes for that year, starting in December.

Hold Rites For Mrs. Bertha Williams Mrs. Bertha Williams, aged 83, who resided at 370 Chicago Ave., died at 9:40 p. m., Tuesday. Due to her advanced age she had been in failing health for some time. She had been in the hospital for about a week during the early part of November. She was born Nov. 12, 1871. After her marriage with Arthur Elmer Williams, they lived in Mau Maumee - mee Maumee Twp., Allen Co., Ind., until coming to Hicksville about forty fortyone - one fortyone years ago. Her husband passed away here Mar. 10, 1937. Two sons also preceded her in death. The body was taken to the Per Perkins - kins Perkins & Reeb Funeral Home where funeral services will be held on Saturday at 2 p. m., with burial in Scipio cemetery. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincere thanks and heartfelt gratitude to those who comforted us during the illness and passing of our dear We wish to es eswife - wife eswife and mother. pecially thank Dr. DeMuth, Rev. Powell, those that called or sent flower6 and comforting cards, and to those that were so kind to our loved one during her long illness. Your kindness will always be re remembered, - membered, remembered, George Click; Mr. and Mrs. Char Charles - les Charles Coburn and Family; Mr. and Mrs. Derrill Murphy and Family. 33tlp CARD OF THANKS I wish in this way to express my gratitude for the beautiful flo flowers, - wers, flowers, plants, cards, calls and acts of kindness by neighbors and rel relatives - atives relatives given me while I am shut in at home. My sincere thanks to each one- Sincerely, 33tlp Mrs. Viola Pool. MARKET AND BAZAAR At Ferris Hardware, Saturday this week, the food market and bazaar will be held, by the ladies of the West Milford Church of Christ, starting at 9:30 a. m. 33tlc