Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 32, Decatur, Adams County, 8 February 1949 — Page 2

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CHURCH NEWS Bethany Church The opening service of the spiritual renewal meetings of Bethany church was held Monday evening with a good attendance. Services will be held each evening, with the exception of Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bailey of Portland were the song leaders and the pastor Rev. F. H. Willard brought* the message on "Preparation." The theme for Tuesday evening will be "Substitutes" and "Sunday school night" will be observed. On Wednesday evening the film "Reaching* From Heaven" will be shown and "youth night" will be observed. 1 The public is cordially invited to attend all of the services. Examinations Listed Under Civil Service The U. S. civil service comm's sion today announced that applications will be accepted until Ma h 1 8 for ah engineer trainee examination, and until further notice for an • industrial hygienist examination. Information and application forms may be obtained from Robert Frisinger, at the Decatur post office.

1 \ HbWIR bw*wf •■■ %■ I %gr ' 1 i Yo " r / Pre^erre( * Ris k I K -®Ky R l nn Makes I Good Sense!” 1 “Some buildings are bad fire injur cmrDAI suranefc rfcks. Most good modern 111 l QinCML I* a select building!; are bound to have fewer company for owner* of wlect fires. That’s what I like about the properties, in addition to General ‘preferred risk’ plan. It careful choice of risks, the recognizes this fact. It hasn’t made GENERAL also inspect* the the owner of good properties pay properties it insures in order for the fires that much more to help owners reduce fire haz- frequently occur in bad structures, ord tn on rM. That is.how the General has, Th* GENERAL l, . tiroes through the years, saved 15% and «~tai , amMnu morc on firc ““usance costs for • X preteed ri,k ™ ’ insurance rating authorities. Does y Oat property qualify for this Common-Sense 6re insurance plant Ask ■■■■■■ us-no obligation. B rh H dg. Wai. J. Coffee Phone 1896 f I ♦ "The Capitol Slock Company of Pir'erred Risks"

National 4-H Club Week March 5-13 Stat? Enrollment 63,510 Last Year Lafayette, Ind.. Feb. 8 — Recognition of the far-reaching results of l-H club work will be given during national 4-H dub week March 5 to 13. Hoosier club member? and leaders -will join the 1,800,000 members and 800,000 leaders over the nation ■ in informing their communities of | the objectives of club work for 1949. Harold B. Taylor, state 4-ji club leader, announces that many Indiana counties have indicated that the theme of the year. “Better Livng for a Better World." will be featured that week through spe dal* radio broadcasts, news releases of achievements of members and clubs and messages from high-rank- ! ing officials in the work. Program this year will emphasize the impor. . ante of good beginnings and sue- ' cessful completions ’.r projects, j The state leader reports that enrollment in Indiana totaled '<>3.510 I in 19$ of j»HUih 38,532 were girls.

I The program now reaches more ; than 20 percent of youths on farms and in towns of 2,500 population or under. This record leads all other i states in the midwest and is made possible -by the efforts of 5,384 adult leaders, 4,591 junior leaders and thousands of parents. Hoosier youth play a major role in the production of Indiana’s crops. Corn, the pioneer 4-H club project as the first dub in this field was organized in Indiana in 1904, continues to be one of the to? projects. ; In 1948, a total of 32,0fi0 acres were planted to corn by 4,241 boys. Many of these boys likewise feed their corn to livestock. Livestock projects of 4-H club members number 14,413 hogs, 437,586 bids (poultry and turkeys). 5,549 dairy cattle, 4,556 beef animals and 3,979 sbeep. In the home economics (projects during the past year, the number of • girls enrolled in the baking clubs surpassed those in the clothing club for the first time with 33,024 girls giving their attention to baking and 20,396 to clothing projects. The state of Maine is the leading potato growing state of the Union. Poultry algo flourishes in the state, and its fisheries rank second in I value in New England.

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New County Health Nurse Files First Report With Board Miss Jean Shockley, county ' health nurse, expressed satisfaction with the beginning of her activities, in her first monthly report to the county filed Monday. Tire report described January as a month of organization and preparation for future activities, as well as a time for “getting acquainted with the county." It described the problems involved in "planning a health program in an area which hasn’t had sucha program for several years." The report listed Miss Shockley’s activities in the recent patch-testing program sponsored by the Adam? county tuberculosis association. A medical advisory committee was set up, according to the report, to plan policies and an over-all health program for Adams county. Miss Shockley's mileage for the month was 458. BIG NARCOTICS (t'bnt. From P:ige One) narcotics racket.” Detectives who raided 'the apartment said they found some 125 ounces of pure heroin and cocaine, enough to make some 1, 500,000 capsules for, sale to addicts. Each capsule, police said, retails from. 32 to $2.50; In the haul were found 84 packages with one ounce of heroin in each; two cloth sacks, each holding 8% ounces of heroin, and 12 two-ounce packages of cocaine. When Basile was booked on narcotics charges, he gave his occupation as “clerk.”

u®- ; How do you add up It - this one?i ■ lt.’> JBMMMKBHeWbiI Al M /<&x ERwwßllWlWffroflgalKnY ' ca IklW s vl) ww KB® iMMk' r ■w ■ K±."=rrx:“;±. e-Hs-atr-'- . roads are up against the same problem. - through their huge imestments in better tools f •’T W”* l ?**"• Everything the railroads ebuy, from steel ana equipment. ''' • keep on doing this fine job, the railroads rails to box cars, has jumped nearly double T . , , „ must be allowed » fair profit for the services m price since 1939! , ™ e men who , ru " ‘ hc ra, * rcads « they perform. For that is the only way they Sjince that time freight rates have increased keeT Xin- the u° Ca ° further ,ncrease their efficiency and keep only 52% and passenger fares a scant 25% i n *7-1, • , ( s ?° at *° n at costs down for their customers in the future. Now that doesn't 0- cost. That s wh, for the past 25 ye » To pot the whole stop- in . lew wotdsr they have wisely plowed back |n average You begin to wonder how the railroads do of $2.00 for new equipment for every SI.OO GOOD EARNINGS TODAY MEAN it-continue to do the great job of providing pjucj out in dividends. In the last few years BETTER SERVICE TOMORROW! Bi > SERVING Thl HEART Os INDUSTRIAL AMERICA

COMMISSIONERS ' (Cont. From Page One) ’ Edgar Mutschler, Roy Nidlinger, Raymond Becker, Julius Kohne and Ed Gase, petitioned that county road No. 8M- in Washington township, beginning at Willow Bend and extending west for three miles, be black topped. Charles Brunstrup petitioned that a stretch of road in Blue Creek township, beginning at county roa'd No. 14 and extending east one and one-half miles to road No. SS, be black topped. The commissioners did not act on any of the petitions, including those filed earlier in the . day. Three delegations from Jefferson township appeared before the board. The lack of funds, the commissioners say, prevents the granting of the black top petitions. Until the legislature acts, the commissioners will not know the extent of funds available for highway purposes. The county received more than $39,000 from the state cigaret tax and if the legislature diverts this distribution, the department will be unable to complete as much- road work as was carried on last year. New road construction, including black topping, then will -be impossible, the commissioners say. A petition for cleaning and repairing of the Bert H. Smith drain 4n Hartford township was filed by I L. L. Yager and referred to the county surveyor. With 6,000 inland lakes and 2, 300 miles of shoreline on the Great Lakes Michigan has become an outs anding place for water sports.

Finance Firm M Penalties To Slate Violated Indiana Retail Sales Act , Indianapolis, Feb. 8— (UP)— Indiana had $26,838 from a Chicago finance firm today in penalties imposed for violation of the state retail installment sales act. The state department of financial institutions assessed the General Finance Co. $25,000 plus $1,838 costs of an investigation that required seven months and a commission hearing. The firm was charged on four counts with overcharging auto loan customers, accepting “blank" con•tracts from dealers, selling customers single interest instead of full coverage auto insurance, ahd failing to discount prepaid contracts sufficiently. Thomas H.' Cougill. supervisor of the small loans department of the state agency, previously testified that 2,300 coptracts were examined and 450 law violations found. Cougill originally asked revocation of the firm’s license to operate in Indiana. But the department said the firm made financial adjustment of all its overcharges and should not have to pay the additional penally of being banned from Hoosier business. STRONG WINDS (C<>nf. From Page One) the total, 247 deaths were from freezing and other pauses directly connected with the weather, 206 in traffic- accidents resulting from con-

Kentucky Youth Is Killed |n Ardent Indianapolis, Feb. 8 (UP) James Oris Borders, 22. Southview, Ky., was killed yesterday when his car went out of control and left a road at the outskirts of Indianapolis. A companion, Jake Eatman, 21, Park City, Ky.. was injured seriously and taken to Methodist hospital. ditions, 112 due to fires, and 61 flue to miscellaneous accidents caused by the weather. Residents of mountain areas lyere plagued by a new danger as overburdened mountain slopes sent avalanches crashing into the valleys. A 10-ycar-old boy smothered in a isnowslide ct Leo, Wyo., and Herbert Savage. 55, suffocated beneath 15 feet of snow that thundered into Empire Canyon at Park City, Utah. The coast and mountain states worked frantically to free thousands of trapped travelers and residents before the new storm struck. Highway crews cleared the main Donner Pass roadway near Bakersfield, Cal., and freed thousands of stranded skiers. But in Nebraska, Wyoming and Utah, rail officials warned it might take days before trains could start moving again. The Union Pacific railroad reported 45 trains stalled between Omaha and Pocatello, Ida. Twenty-six were caught at Laramie. Rawlins, Green River, Cheyenne and Rock Springs in Wyoming. They included one troop train and seven mail trains. Fourteen trains were stranded at Green River and the 2,000 passen-

TUESDAY, FEBRU A r y 8, ISjl I

gers doubled the town's norma?? B. ulation. A relief tram set out , B* Ogden, Utah, with a special ? B" ment of food. I Green IRiver literally was ru I out of currency as the s ave ” ! I cashed checks and money oj' I hurriedly wire<J by relatives ' I Some stockmen took issue with I statement by federal works ad™ ’ I istrator Philip E. Fleming that A I plight of livestock in the I snows was “greatly exaggej B Fleming said only three or f 0 B 1 percent of the west’s stock B be lost due to the. weather. James'Looper, executive ser . r |k? s tary of the Utah Woolgrowers ? sociation, reported that “the natu? al loss in a normal year alone run higher than three or four I)ercei ,j_" Free Booster Club dance B Knights of Pythias home B 10:00 to 12:00 Wednesday I night. ]’ K: Arthritis Pain I dually starts alleviating pain , 0 yon tu H' Work, enjoy life and sleep more comtortsfo Get Remind at druggist today. Quick S F'"' olete satisfaction or money back guars’ntm’ FREE ■ Gift Wrapping ■ Select your Valentine B gift early. We will B be glad to gift wrap it B for you. f Holthouse Drug Co. B