Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 167, Decatur, Adams County, 18 July 1949 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Poat Ofke as Second Class Matter Dick D. Heller ... President A. 11. Hol l house ........ Editor C. E. Holthouse ..... Treasurer J. H. Heller .... Vice-President Subscription Rates By Mall in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year. |6; Six months, (3 25; 3 months, |1.75. By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining counties: One year, >7 00; 6 months, 13.76; 3 months. 12.00. By carrier, 20 cents per week. Single copies, 4 cent*. It won't be long until Decatur becomes a tented city. o o Paulding. Ohio, has jumpedihtvguu on holding early street fairs, its big exposition opening Thursday for a three day stand. The following week, the Buckeyes can attend the Decatur fair and 4-H show. Adam* County people are keen investors, the g'-neral wealth of the county attesting to their thriftiness and appreciation of values. In six week* of the Opportunity Bond drive, local investors purchased 1154.615.75 in r. S Savings bonds, which exceeded the county * quota. Once again. Adams County wenboverthetop. Now. for the next challenge. future weather conditions may have an unfavorable result on maturing crops, but as of July 1, Purdue University estimated Indiana's corn crop at 263.112.600 bushels, a little under last year's production. Indiana produces the third largest coni crop in the United States, < xceeded only by lowa and Illinois. That's what makes Hosslerland a green spot in the nation. o o—The deadlines* <>f poliomyelitis is apparent in the death of Gordon D Augsburger, young business man of Berne, who died within ten days after being stricken with the dread malady. In apparent robust health and only 32 years old. one was not over optimistic in hoping that a man of hi* youthful y< ars could succeMfully win hi* fight for life. Apparently polio is no respector of years, but strikes those who otherwise have all the natural advantage* of energy, age and health in their favor It is saddening to realize that Mr. Aug*burger could not survive This newspaper extends sympathy to members of bi* family on hl* untimely death.

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By Herman N. Bundeeen M. D . Os late yearn no much han been written about the so-called chan/e of life that many women approxch thia unrvcapable episode with fear and dread As a matter of fart, now. though every woman goes through bodily changes at tbU period, few suffer any disturbing symptoms because of them, The age at which the change occurs depends on the Individual. To most it comes tietween the ages of 46 and « but It may itexin before 40 or even be delayed until after the age of 65. In the vast majority of womeo, the regular periods taper off gradually and finally disappear entirely after two or three years. In some few women, the periods may stop abruptly. Abnormal loss of blood may oc cur in the early stages of ti.e change of life. Aside from this, the most common symptom is hot flushes. that is. a sudden sensation if heat in tha upper part of the body Thia may be followed by a great deal of sweating, ending with a feeling of chilliness. These hot flusacs may occur at varying intervals during the day and night. Often there also may be lack of energy. Irritability, sleepessnrss. numbness and Tingling, fear, pain tn the joints, dizziness. ringing in the •nrs. headache, and loss of mem- . ©ry. It has been estimated that while three out of four women advertence one or more of these symptoms at the time of the menopause, only tew suffer them in any severityUsually the more active sad **rgetic the woman, the milder the change will be Occaahmalb. the only

It Is admitted that Decatur has fagadequaia sewer facilitiss and numerous case* have been reported to this newspaper lo most cases the Inadequacy cannot be corrected until a new sewer system is built At present, plans for revamping the sewers and constructing new mains, are tabled because of the lack of finances However, an unusual •ewer condition exists In the Homesteads division, that even sewers in the center or northwest part of the city will not Improve. A sanitary sewer in this area backaup and flood* basement* in three home* on the south side of the park. Until a few year* ago. thl* breakdown did not exist. Now, even after a light shower, sewage from the sanitary mams floods basement*, not only causing damage to the homes, but create!, an unsanitary condition that resident* find difficult to cope with There must be a remedy for this sort of very unpleasant condition and residents hope the sewer department can relieve the situation. Wolter J. Bockman: The news of the tragic death of Walter Joy Bockman brought a stillness to the city, always prevalent when great shock is first absorbed by friends. Sunday evening when word of the airplane crash was received here this hush was more predominant than usual, for Walter Joy had more than the ordinary number of friends. Mr. Bockman was energetic with life and the sest of living. He wa* active in local business, social and veteran circles and consequently had friends and acquaintences that were numberless. There was something fine about Mr. Bockman that created warm friend*. He was enthusiastic, loyal and kindly in hi* dealing* with fellowmen. Everybody admired his public spirit and patriotism. A navy veteran of World War I. Mr. itockman. did not wear his patriotism on hi* sleeve. Hi* action* were inspired from a heart that beat in unison for American principles. He seryed one term a* County Recorder. During the war year* he served as a member of the Adam* County Selective Service board and with the passage of the Draft I-aw for IH-year olds. Mr. Bockman again answered the call of his government and became chairman of the peace-time board. Naturally, bl* death brings sorrow to friend* and member* of his family, for all have lo*t the association of a warm personality and excellent companion.

may be tiredness and gain in weight. In such instances it is important that a basal metabolism test l>e made to determine whether or not there is a deficiency of thyroid secretion. Psychologically I here may be anxiety In many cases. If the symptoms of change are mild, as a rule no particular treatment is usually ne<a!«Mry other than reassurance that there is no reason for fear or worry. The use of a mild sedative or nerve-quieting preparation, such as one of the barbiturates, may be helpful. In more severe cases, the giving of glandular extracts, known as estrogens. Is advisable These may be given hy mouth, although in such rases the dose required Is about five times as large as that when the preparationa are given by injection into a muscle. Estrogens should not l>e used in cases where there Is irregular bleeding, in women whose family history shows a tendency to cancer, in cases where 4 here are certain types of tumors in ths womb, and in those who have had a liver inflammation recently. Os course, the physician will decide ia each cate when the estrogens should l»e employed and in what dose the preparations should be administered. Questions and Answers M. A.l What would cause continued aching In the back of the head? Answer: I This condition may be due to what is knows as rheumatic headache Such headaches ars due to inflammation of the muscles of the upper part of the neck. Muscle Strain or musc>e sperm may be a contributing cause Treatment with heat, and relaxation. may bring relief

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• 0; Household Scrapbuck | By ROBERTA LEE o o Walnut Stain To make a good walnut stain mix one quart of boiled linseed oil, one quart of turpentine, one pint of whiting, one tablespoonful of burnt umber, one-half teaspoon-’ ful of Venetian red, ami one-half, teaspoonful of yellow ocher. Laundry Stain* Lemon and salt, mixed, will he a great help in removing the rust color from a garment which has been pressed with too hot an iron. Hold the material over steam

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11 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN i J ONE bUNDAY morning m May, (hfierent from other mornings only in the sound ox church beila Unit rox: from the aouUiwest corner ot the valley where me town lay. Kit, finished with the beds and dishes, changed into one ot her txsl dresses and sought out Marvell. sane lound hnn on his knees in the kitchen mending the copper boiler that had given out I last night after their tub baths. Hearing net step, be called without raising his bead, “Now that we have got Uie house to our* i selves today, 1 thought I'd get this job done.** “Look at me," she begged. He turned around with difficulty, one shoulder caught under the lower pipes He whistled appreciatively. She was a straight little figure in a yellow smocked dimity that did not cover her grimy kneea. “Watch out below!" he said with a grin. She looked down at her scuffed brown shoes. **l didn't know what I was going to do,” she explained. “Where are you going T" “Nowhere.” She shifted uncertainly from • one foot to the other. This was the one day marked off from the others in the week—hence the dress and the air of expectation. He didn't realize this, she knew, but she sighed, wishing he did. They should be going off to church this morning to show off that dress, but there wasn't time now, he supposed. He said mat-ter-of-factly, “As soon as 1 finish here, we'll take cur lunch somewhere in a basket. Why don't you go out and spot us a place now?” She nodded. “I guess I’ll go up to the big meadow." The big meadow was seven acres lying to the east of the house. It 1 I sloped up to the highest point of their land and standing there Kit could see, over the gray stone , j wail and the fringe of trees, the thia wavery blue Uns that waa, Marvell had told her, where Boston began with the Blue Hills. She walked diagonally across to a thicket of birches. Cut into the ’ thtek-'t was a track, half eoni cealed, made by wagon wheels ; She followed it willingly, bending ,: down to avoid the scratching twigs, and came out at a muddy water hole. This was an old unused entrance to an apple orchard I that now stretched out before her II in full blossom. The dazzling • whiteness of the trees against the . | naked blue sky pressed painfully ,' against her eyeballs. When the first shock of splendor woie off. the single branches with thei; pink buds ripening into white flower • < detached themselves from the - j mass. She wished Marvell were i with her. But she would bring I some proof back to him that she , had found the enchanted spot for I lunch. She picked several of the lower branches with difficulty, tugging at their tough stems with ‘ i her teeth. It was always dull, she had found, to return the same way ! . one came, so she walked out into . the dirt road that would Uke her , back to her teas and. if she fol- ( lowed it further, down to the vill*g«- It was not empty as it ' usually waa—not more than a dozen feet away stood a whitefootod horse on whose back sat a • lady tn a long green skirt. *. Ktt shaded Mr to gake.

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while this mixture Is on it. Peanut Butter Spread i*eanut butter between crackers and place them in the oven until crisp and a golden ; brown. This is delicious to serve with almost any kind of salad. 0 o *1 Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE jo » Q. What are several forms for' introducing a married .woman and a single woman? A. “Mrs. Jones, may I introduce Miss Smith?" “Mrs. Jones, this is Miss Smith," or, if you wish.

the figure clearer and dragging some of the longer branches behind her tn the duet went up aa close aa the dancing white feet would allow her. She smiled, first in honest admiration of the nervous quivering animal and then at the rider. The lady’s pale oval face showed no response. "What have you got there?” she asked sharply. “Apple blossoms,” said Kit, rescuing the trailing etems. "You shouldn't pick them—you have destroyed the UtUe apple in each bud." Kit examined the dusty buds tn her hand. She didn’t see any little apples and was about to point out this discrepancy when the lady spoke sharply again. •"That is my orchard you are pilfering. Little girL Wha, is your name?” "Katherine Coomes." "Oh, you’re the people tn the old Houghton house, aren't you?" "My father and 1 live over there,” she said, pointing in the general direction. Then she added, "1 don’t see any apples." "Nor ever will. now. You don’t know much about the country, do you?" She had taken in the handmade dress at a glance. "Do you ride?" “No, but I could. I am sorry about your Bowers." She gave her an uncertain smile. "Walk along with me, not too near, it’s dusty. I'U take a took at your house. Perhaps 1 can find something there to replace my applee?" Kit had never seen such frank greediness She stared at her for a moment and then made for the stone wall. Straddling it, still hanging on to the Sowers, she called: "I’U tell Marvell you’re coming."

When Kit reached the house she could not find Marvell anywhere. Two big flies wen buzzing in Um empty kitchen. She poked into the shed but row only the tool cheat strewn with screwdrivers and a soldering tin. By the time she reached Um front door, the visitor had arrived, dismounted and waa standing eye to eye with her father. She could hoar their voices in the foot of the lane but not their words. The last thing tn the world that Marvell had expected to see out of the kitchen window that morning waa a lady on horseback skirting the edge at his lawn. He went out to meet her. supposing Mm had loot a bridle path wnewhere or other and waa arrested at the door by bar cool command, Mr, Cooroto, please.” Costless, grease-stained, be looked like • farmhand. Marvell laughed. “1 am be, madam,** he said, half - bowing. Taken aback. she said more abruptly still. "Sorry; you are not settled, I see. I am Edith Searle —1 live about a quarter of a mile up the rued from you." "Let me tie up your tons* ks said pleasantly. She was almost as tall as Marvell and he noticed how long and white her heads were as she dropped the reins over the horse's neck. "She'll stand. 1 shan’t interrupt your work more than a moment. Hare in the country we don’t stand oa ceremony " _ rEf JSXLJKM to the right

merely mention the names. “Mrs. Jone*. Mis* Smith.” Q. When should one write the "bread and butter" tetter? A. A* soon as possible after returning home Never postpone ;thf* little courtesy until it has lost Its point. Q. Is it all right for a bride to j carry a bouquet if she is being married in a traveling dress? A. It would be better if she wore a corsage. 20 YEARS AGO TODAY o July 18 — James Burk, a life Boy Scout leaves for England to attend annual Jamboree. A fast express train goes through bridge at Stratton, Colorado and 14 are killed. The next convention of the Waltham League will be held at Cleveland. Ohio. • The Annual Methodist Sunday School excursion to Walbridge Park, Toledo, set for August 21st. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Blair resign from the Daily Democrat force to publish their own newspaper at New Lexington, Ohio. Fred Helwig, 56, former employee of the pipe line company at Preble, dies at Dundee. Michigan. Birth Certificate Notice I* hereby given that l.olia M«) <ll<»nrr> l>usni«>er ha* f!ie<l a petition in the Circuit Court of lAdarns tkninty, Indiana, to have the time and place of her birth determined. Said petition I* set for hearing on July 25, 1919. liinititn c. jsbkiiu Clerk of the Adams Circuit t 'enrt July IS. Don’t miss the Household Goods sale at 711 Dierkes street, 6:30 this evening. It Ixmse thinking is so easy that it becomes a snare.

place, all right," said Marvell with a grin. "Where is your ifttte girlt I' found her tn my orchard, she..." Kit came up to them, interrupting the sentence, stiU carrying the load of apple blossoms Marvell stared at her. Hi* gooc humor, faintly tinged with mockery, with which he had greeted Miss Searle was blotted out in sudden fury. All he saw was the torn branches and all he thought of wae what Proctor had said to him that last interview. He waa shaken with the outrage of that memory and his own silence before the accuser. "Where did you get those T" he demanded angrily. "From my orchard." Mlsa Searle replied for her. "You had better scold her for destroying these good Macs.” He had forgotten Miss Searle, “Kit,” bo began more gently. But she waa angry now. Her eyes blazed. Half in anger, half in self-pity, she stormed. "Nobody told me. There sro your old apples," and she flung them down in the direction of Miss Searle's feeL Digging her heels hard in the ground, she stomped off toward the kitchen. "Kit,” said Marvel! without raising hl* voice, "come back here." Miss Searle tingled with anticipation of a scene. She would have hated to stage one herself, but all the more enjoyed people who could cut loose as they liked. Kit came back alowly.

“Don’t take it out on them? Give them a chance to breathe Put them in water in the shed where it is cool." Kit gathered them up. her face averted. Marvell turned to Min Searle. "Tn the fall, we'll send you some Macs to make, up for your loan" Min Searle Mt she waa th* one who waa being scolded unfairly now. She watched Kits retreat to the bouse and then said coldly. "There’s no real harm dona. 1 had forgotten that children take to such thing naturally." “Will you come la." be wet on. ignoring her last remark, “and see bow we have progressed?** Min Searle lifted her long skirt carefully over the threshold. The smell of fresh paint waa still strong in the center ballway. A small flight at stairs, hardly high enough for a tall person, ascended sharply to the hallway above. In the two rooms ou the right and left of the front entry, the properttoaa were equally low. Min Searle looked into the almost empty Bring room. “You found It very run down. I dare my. The people before you were sickly—they came out tor reasons of health, the elevation to seven hundred feet hero you know, end they were not equipped to tarn at all" “There to a lot at work to an old place," Marvell agreed, "but it to sound stuff." Mtoe Searle walked Into the Bring room. “Very pretty." she ewtended her approval to Ito bareaero and froshnem She tapped a nnger nail against ths wall paper, • hideous floral design. “Impos-sible-why don't you cover it with that Chtnsee tea paper, the gold B to silver. My atoter has done with bar little term ia.Now Hampshire.-

Grocer Is Killed By Seven-Year-Old Boy » Seek Suitable Home For Neglected Boy San Francisco, July 18 <ll * gsvea-year-old Teddy Moreno, who ’ •deaded’ his friend, the corner grocer, with a .32 caliber pistolwaited today for someone to find him a new home. Teddy piuved happily in tut nursery at th. juvenile borne, unaware of the fuss he raised by killing Fred Throckmorton, 6<i Friday night. > "The groerryman used to gi'C me candy and cookies," *aid Teddy. i -He was a nice guy. It was hard I to pull the trigger, and then it sent bang - like a firecracker. “He fell down. I deaded him." Superior judge Milton D. Sapiro. who presides over the juvenile ’ court, said Teddy wont be punt ished f»r killing Throckmorton with the grocer's .32 caliber pi*i tol. i "You don't punish children that ; age.” Sapiro said. He added Teddy was the oldest, • of six children and lived with his father, John Moreno, a truck driver, and Moreno's second wife, I Consuelo. Saipiro said the family situation was "disturbed.” Teddy's own mother abandoned him when he was a baby, juvenile authorities found. He spent the first four years of his life handed about from one relative to the other. Juvenile authorities wanted to put him in a foster home or a boarding school a month ago. They were looking for a suitable home when the tragedy took place. “He's a rejected child.” Sapiro explained. "He seeks affection he isn't getting at home. "The boy never wa* a disciplin-j ary problem. What we want to do; I* place him where he'll get a little affection and understanding. , "The main thing is that he came across a gun and didn’t reaI lize it would hurt anyone. He had j no feeling of emmity to the grocer. ’ He liked the man.” I Teddy told police that he went i to the grocer's with a note from ' his stepmother reading, "Please ( send ll.bo worth nice hamburger. Thank you." While waiting for Throckmorton to get the meat, Teddy saw the revolver behind the counter. The grocer kept it there for protection.

"It was beside some chewing gum,” Teddy said. "I picked it up with irnth my hand*. The man *aid. Took out'. “I said. ’Does it go off?' and then 1 pulled the trigger.” When hi* father wa* found in a nearhy bar and wa* told of the shooting, he said, "People like that grocer shouldn't leave guns around for kid* to get hold of.” Clinton Resident Is Suicide Victim Clinton, Ind.. July 18. —(UP)—I A coroner said today that George * Larkin. 49. proprietor of a nearly- 1 completed frozen food locker at Montezuma, died of self-inflicted gunshot wound*. I-arkin died in a Clinton hospital Saturday after he wa* critically wounded in a trailer in which he and hi* wife and two sons lived in Montezuma. Coroner Howard Watson said Larkin bad been ill recently. Funeral services were held today al Montezuma.

Trade in a Goo a Town — Decatur < fl Wmiii jJC- - 9 -S "THEM IJ no depression," President Truman says smilingly during his speech to the nation from Washington, but, he added, "many people ... for political sons would like to ha*e a de-

SUW’J /T - ~ ~ _•"**•* •• •*?*’ USING HIS BACKHAND, Czech net star Vladimir Ccrnlk action during the Swiss International Tennis Switzerland. Both Ccmik and Czechoslovakian court a - e Drobny have announced that they have rejected their order to return to Prague. The two men told reporters they into exile and hoped eventually to reach the U. S.

Glider Lands On Farm Near Geneva A glider landed Saturday on the Hart farm at the edge of Geneva. Harold Hirscby. town marshal, reporttd today. It flew non-stop from Toledo. O. according to the pilot, who called Toledo for another member of the glider club to come after him. The pilot stated that he was towed to about 3.«o0 feet by an airplane which then cut loose the tow rope, allowing hi* glider to sail to about 6.000 feet maximum altitude He left Toledo early Saturday. following current* of warm, rising air in hi* ■otorles* craft. The glider was torn down for the return trip in a trailer. President U. 8. Grant wrote bit memoir* and died at Grant Co* tsge. atop picturesque Mt. MoGregor. near Saratoga Springs, N. T. -'Ute. "t 'Si AMEEKAN mode star Jennifer Jones isn’t in the mood for pictures as the actress rushc* into the Excel* »or Hotel in Rapallo, Italy. Later, Jennifer and David O. Selznick, Hollywood producer, were married I at the Genoa City Halt French film star Louis Jourdan and his wife were witnesses at the civil wed* ding ceremony. (International)

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