Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 166, Decatur, Adams County, 17 July 1950 — Page 2

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Kiddies, Oldsters Alike Turn Out To See Circus

Adam* county turaed out an in**** thi* monnnlt to welcome it* first Ms circus tn nearly 15 mn the Al 0. Kelly and Milter Bros, circus. ' ■ , ' Unlike the old oireßMS which arrived at 5 so at. ’at the railroad yard, thia modern cir«M started settlag op abaat 7 o'clock fast across highway 224 from Union Town in Union township. The n boys who helped set-up the tents didn't Make any com plaint about unibn wages when they were hired tor free tickets. They helped set up the smaller poles while the dosen or so elephants did all the heavy work. Some at the eager workers were Toni Drew. Rueben Thieme. Leroy Wallers, Wilbur Lough. Freddie Locke. Norvin Thieme, Dick Harvey. James Hettinger. Max Myers, Ronnie Marby. and Roger (* KAIE |a( >1 -WALLMMI- A) Uh g. gECOHO «T. J. I LOANS Would a cash loam at *25 or more into you? K est you can your own signature. No delay. You can get a loan from ns to pay debts and the extra money you may need. Loans privately toad* in amount* up to *300.00. You can borrow from us on dour note, furniture, etc. with- _±. o«it my wm ban wins about it. CM, phont, ssrite <• UXAJL LOAM CoHrANY ******'ihwr • ***** Stas ******* **■**>-» -ctcsrus. ISBIAU*

r . ; . iTALE CALENDAR JVLY Mr and Mrs -Harry King. 3I« N sth St De. aUh In.! < room horn* 1 .7, P m Realty an Auction (<• !»•,., - Inti b S Blair ami < W Ken*, au. fa. JI LY I'* CuMer and Soria Ypctiou Houk*. Wren, Ohio. Fnrnr .'< .Antique dfahe*. mhwM. merchandise 73” p m. W .' and. ... JI'LY 20 -RurmHl Adelblue. 2 miles nor th wear .of Middlebury, Ohio arre farm. 6 room house, rattiv and personalpt-it> . lOlio A. M Bevington riuft Knittbr, "j-VLY if Mr and Mrs EHinger. 6 mt N . 3 mi E 4 mi X of Ken UaUviiio Air* (arm. all ir.udwu itomv. private lake 1:50 p m. Kent Realty and Au<Uoq.fn pwainr, Ind <’ W Kent S Blair, aucts. JI'LY • 10 A M F A Imrathy GrOMdle, 1 mile vu-hr.i ■ ■ i. ~v .of T.oad ; »h 1 . norHtea.rF-cd•+o f -t- *_.,b 1 ; * road \» ,1 70 ;i< rc f.Am and pmpvriy’ R«»y A N’.ed Joiinson and Melvfu Lj chty aurt*.’ ./Alt; 2 I 3*» P M Arthur H. Foster 2 miH east of Wien. Ohio • «,rt. .v t ( .p i.*a<l ’h.ri TOltr trio >h or -*-anUem-.adult ot Convoy- Ohio then 1 mile west ur 12 BLhs >o>ith»a>t o. r Van Ww: Ui*» gcfaint and impiint meu>. Roy &. Ned Johnson and Meh in Lieehfy. aucUT ■B ■■ ■■ Poroeca laspactioa. taper* repair work «■ aay I i L Nm ■■ ma make faraace. Cat* bated on labor and | |> Km MB NMteriola atod. Phono or writo today. ' i "Williamson Furnace _T ~j| Saves Steps" .f | I "Since 9ou itutafM New Willifnfn Fur. E H I necr / have tho.nifici of neps and tom I JLj, j j _ N at iuef. A dune-"* about beating as -Sww| I• " 9 iJU lu.'A* ll ce >.n.y a U'c <n« ” j w S <a«f—-Mr*. John C- Hiil, 2nd. LI Zs .. | A Faraace for any tael Rfl / J Williamson Ges Foraaces f** j WilHomoa Coal Faraaces ,— 5 X I Williamson Oil Furnaces AMSON " 'ha M J C ”“' f j f»r 6AS. oil Coal Heating & Appliances I. Furwsc.. os.neo «» us Decatur Phone 49 L— Sugar Sugar A LARGE TRICK LOAD WEDNESDAY MORNING 9 A. M. Get Your Canning Sugar Now!! Hew I. If. I. Sitin' Brrftv, Indiana PiteMte 1 <

Hawkins. Mr and Mrs. John Affolder. of Prebte.uad Larry . Carolyn due and Jackie were amoiu. the early visitors to the circua grounds this monit|ig. This waa the first real circua tor most of the small fry and some of the older youngster*, 100. Charley Berdge. Union township trustee, knew what to expect from the weather -he wore rubbur boots and all. With him were Max. David and Roger Kchenauer. all of Union township. Bob Jones and Vi Cookson, of Decatur. watZhed the unloading of the wild animals, sebraa. camels, and gnus Mr and Mrs. Robert Butcher, aud their five boy*, from Decatur, busied themselves watching the animal cages wfiieh were opened tor the .Inspection oftilie 404) morning visitors. Mr. and Mrt. Oeoar Bertsch, of i Monro- township, had their children James and Nancy oat watch--1 Ing the eireu* men erect their acre* of tent* and act* I Lloyd Kniltle and Joyce Harmon. of Belmont Park, got quite I a kick out of petting a small pony which wandered at random about the field. The gorilla a«t was the first on* to open thi* morning and the attendant drew quite a crowd by telling that this animal had kittled Its lady trainer last January S. The gorilla had quite a dose reI semblance to a chimpanxee. j--Amrmp the visitors at the dir tn grounds .were Mr and Mrs William Ketrow, of Miami. Fla., veteran show people. Ketrow said he had a one-elephant circus here in I»2< in the field between the river snd Stratfon addition He's retired now. but st 77 he still enjoys viMiing ail .th* dntuseg and charMmmlc Efltererf Anprent+rr deerr— Tii.-sday -July IS at 7:110 p.-m ilsroirt-Jfutuma W : M. . . IfifitJ

ting with the people he Med to know. Last of the big clrcu'es to hit Decatur waa the Haggenbeck and Wattace stow wMcb appeared sometime before the first World War. Herne visitors included Mrs. Joe 1 Garner, tod Gloria Dixie and Ker- ' mit. Mr». Gamer said she’d like 1 to borrow the circus' anteater to get rid of the anta around 'W 1 home. With her were Wendei, ' Bobby. Ronnie and Jerry Kelley, of Dueatar. Mr. and Mr*. Carl Snyder, and 1 Harry and Cails, of Preble town - ship, looked thing* over this B morning, and decided they'd like • to see the circus. The circus drew visitors who 1 were just passing by. too. One f car from New York stopped, and ■ several person* loaded down with cameras got oat to take pictures David Brown, son of Dal Brawn, . visited the circus grounds with t Dee Dierkes, of Decatur route I three. One group of Monroe residents watching the 10 acres of people t and activity Included Mrs. Wayne Wittwer Mrs. Lgo tjtrahm, Mrs. ■ Gene Hike. Mrs. Hiram Wittwer, r aud Ldrry Wittwer. Terry Gene Hike. Linda. Lou and Sonja Schug, s- Costa and Steve Hike, » John Doan. Jr. Richard Peter- ' eon. Charley Peteesau; and .Bub ' Stolgmeyer watched the boys put up a tent. Peterson Inquired about a show he wa« interested in. but t couldn't find it. l-eo Spangler and son Paul, and ■ Lester Thoma* and family, of St. Mary's township, saw th,lr first Adant* county■ clrcn* today. Mr* Paul Edwards, of Decotur. 1 took- Steve and Nawy out to see the elephants and rehras. Bob and Tom Noll' and lion • Sipe, of Pleasant Mills, thought i they sure had a lot of anlmajk In ' the circii* J, L. Jatwjady. of U tlfpn ti.snhip. took Imrry Emeu, out to -.1 sty bis-first'cfTi itn.' . Charles Schlftmner and MeKiii Krueckeberg. of Union township, showed Harry Krue< keiierg. of In ■ -.poli. «_!. ■ ! lb t®. way of .-iitert..mm n' that .is Laid to .iliaa a oa . n in the • state's capital '. <- George. Nbra. Jlarbaia. .and l”eilne Jacob*, and Corine Gerber, of Decatur; enjoyed'the. ffrst f w hours of activity oh" rife I irons . grounds. ■ - —. A onus wagon pn+te-1 by «iv large - white, draft - horse# brought to the heart* ..f tl.e oliltimets in tin' crowd. 1 . ,\j>s;.i.Hii- Everhart of;-Monroe. ■ . thought th* was Ohfi of. th best ■ circuses he s reeu around here, z ' Mr and Mrs Roger -Itearii. and Judy. Jerry lav atid Richard Al ten. took Joe Kobne-oni to see tin ! ■r-ifeus. . . 1 j '..- a :.'-aip. G.'-wed llonnie.. 'Ta'-y land Nancy -JI rhe circus animals ; : in, liidins- a tapir, rhinocros and ‘-t ------- I ' Mrs Carl I'iiK. Chnb y Al.’ i . ■ anU M»-i •• T' \ " f IX<til i<-, A i-i'- <1 >’ tjiuus. whk h grossed'thf j Missis ii'pi Li show, ju the east tor. ’ tnr firrt Tihu- in its 23 years More ; than 2«m» Uihl anlntals entertained i rh«- r‘-rsnns that turned oat t»i see the — •Sfht»-nt«-nt <«f • •<*ti.lit !'•»>• - »•»' th»» W I VI I »|l Kl< 4 \ i\*i « \ i; 10. a*«•«*!<• # « 4|lf..rni,t 2»»K Vt «-M Jitli bli • v’ j <*n ’jit -t |»,m • i -f'lhpr I 'I • ||4»M. A|:t. Sl.i’X •<»:»: IT’X'd’Ht J W Y> .V. ret ary Am.'iint .’f ’ aj.ital f.ti.l ’ * M |. M ns.tt . 4. i:<‘ss assets »»K company . ,M rtui«K»- l.'iOiM • •«« « Nil . F-r* •• fL U ar v j»t • Mi* i ’ • (!■ (Rook* Val e ; I *-? »;B’ ‘ >• »,. ••• <H4>.*k I $ Nil ' J; i: Bank* 44>n j.-i-n — ft ’Troifiq t n jv.//X.ar i ,.. )i , : ’ i ' - ■ 7.7 Hi X ’ I ■ ' j | vnn4 ' I 1 - I .;_r ..e A*..,’. : :~1 JO I* ■ : ■ • s—-■- a-- *. ..— s •/ ! * MAtttLITI\ j Ils''*?'* or om-ainf /’»•- • iw.pt hnu- it i# t , •***m <|>. fc un* _ -•-.» » S * N»! fayKfHMs u«il I l • i "" Ntl 1 J .tn i : i .n*l | . • • >t An- ■ " - ' • ' .•f«-<ht*.r < NH L_ J' U7,17< 22 T. •.1 J.. ■ ■ * 1 ’«r *■- ; ■ ( iJHt it - ' . -''f"! - .. F -* ■ «!»». . - I. •• r .|. ?v*Mi:- •! Tn- rat.- • I <•'|- ■ • ! ' -* .r. ..f th* w I. • • -to- . ...... ■ ■-!.-n,en. .m"; !n- ! t hj n«»w *»n flfa Ift »> 1 *, Tc • t i * ravk J. % ieiiwsnnw. - - ...... _ a . . X s . 1•' *’ * t ; . ••{i/ ’.t»f 1* j» .ft Rh h.'H’ lv! |

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Drowjiings le*d h Indiana Death Toll Traffic Second To Drowning* As Cause , .. By Uaitcd Press Traffic played second fiddle to water as a cause of vtoleat death* in Indiana daring the week-end. While police were recording only two fatal traffic accidents, drowning* claimed six lives and 'a fife kitted another person. A Bieknell coal miner snd hi* five-year-old daughter drowned in the west fork of White river 15 miles north of Vincennes Saturday. The vlctim»;,jvere Steve Perhcca. 27. and his daughter. Dianne She fell from a boat and her father, who had taken Dianne and bi* aey en-yenr-old son fishing, jumptd in the water trying to save her. The son, Steve. Jr., said hl* t» ther never came up. He said his *i*t*r came up twice .tot he was too far away to grab her. Other drowning victim*:' Michael Bobilya. IS months old. who fell in a Hlly pond near his home at Fort Wayne Saturday. 1 tonaid Robert McCailand, H. S< ymour, who drowned while swimming In a bayou of White river north of Seymour Saturday Russell Stroup. 5«, Lak'evitle, who drowned while swimming fa Lake of the Woods near Breman Sunday. Richard Barnard. Jr.. 15. Worthington. who drowned Sunday at Shakamak Beach south of Terre Haute while swimming. At Evansville, Fred H Smith. SS. died of burns suffered Saturday when fire swept his home Noble Fletcher Cobb. *44. Shoal*, was Injured fatally when a to* clashed into ‘a bridge on Ind. 15" west of Shoal# Saturday night. Zinas Conner. So. Mooresville, died in an Indianapolis h<><pl'al yete terday of tniui l<' suff'-rod Sipip-day when, a :i;Gk : .u. k he WM-tlrivlitg collid'd :*ith M' ’•'‘’oin/dtlie Cpn tor • i. thrown oil” if i>k RESPONSE SPOTTY TO (CowtlandMl l'M«r <»«e» enter the service unless he held a rank above corp<>ral in the truly or staff sergeant in the ate force. They said married men out of the armed services inure than ’any <iri tint statu vs unless the i any <■ ircumstancesunles military rlassifit at ion was Trade in a Goo<t"Tcwn — Decatur ;

x ' • • -j Announcing...the Beautiful o»rsit» IMMtul SfDAN J wMk Cteartesc raw ««Ura . ; _-gr Chrysler Imperial zL ■■■■■CBPIWF TWilefltoChryrier Imported , new running mote of America's finest cor . the great Chrysler Gown Imperial. With the same hrx'jrtou* interior*—unmatched m auto- ——. —3EZ_ \ IS Z*~ I motive hrstory! With built-in value all the way through unrivaled today! With the | f ■ ' ' \ I quality of materials, the workmanship, ond engineering that put every Chrysler f jT I i •" ° da “ by itself? From new Clearbac rear window to the soft, satiny butler- I|_ ‘ finished chrome of interior appointments .. . this car is excitingly new! Deliberately Jfef b ullt °* ° cha,,eo 9 < !° 0,1 former standards of what a fine car should be ... and JglfiA * houW do ,Os y° u * Come take the wheel. Then carefully compare the built-in ; \ > < SF9KMBB>* TWra i ra*v« •" >kw nf tSravijS wilksvl Mera h 4»rin<tl«<, ia Blwior 4ra< ■OMirpmwd : *. W* > raw 1 »>w-v<ral Syirara Hs* ie n., o*.> rar. raga-ttlau e« px. AoXsooM " Cprapraw-ra S».B.ra I-»■«. Ilv-d 0- ira color koraraiwm coralw. r.rawH wool kr-xxl \ toll 0.1 trlwr loom .«bh»- WM Sort. rlo* •»*-«. »»sra.« loorkora Clrrora. • tmra»vl % faßb f • Somra- Boko rk.pora Wkoel rpvor, wk.ra Wrarfow fcl-, ore oiocrr-raWf opor. . S s»-«r l«« w>«. »*•• «eoh,. M •*.. _«>•• «ra-l . •<■> ram ho»< owe raw. ora OcraOß- k - "’, ■iHHMHHura. ?*■■■■■ minii « •■. ora earra-cwi •• o*bp. ran. ..era Bra.olram ■mSlHHßEise— V ‘ PhiljL Macklin Co. m st.

Opea Season On Monstnr Turtle At Block Oak Black Oto, Ind.. July 17 — (U» -Henry Ewen said today that aa tar a» he * concerned, it'* open «eaton on MaUnaelah. tto monster turtl* «f Black Oak-tot count him out on any plans to capture tto big fallow. “lt‘a a cinch I'm not goto' after him." aaid Ewen, the county planning commlaaioner. "That turtle's as big a* a beer barrel and could snap your hand off in a second Hi* head is »ix Incpte acroag and he could hold a big orange to hi. mouth” Ewen and county surveys Bam Brownsun spotted th* turtle In a slough being drained near here Brownsten agreed th* turtle wa* a ' mounter that mart be a* old a* Methuaelah" "AtJiraC' Ewen said “I thoacht it wa* an old mo»»<<<r*red leg He h»d go much mow oa him be looked like he »»• weartag a tar coat. "I put my baud on him. thinking It wa* a lo* Thei* he aleck hi* head out and looked me right in to* eye.” Methuselah had flipper* a foot long, Ewen said, with “big sharp claw* a* long ** your nnger” Ewen said the’eounty planned to drain the entire area. ; "I'm sure anyone who want* to

Public Auction Wednesday, duly 18, IMO, at 7iM F.M. Located at the Custer & tons Auction Heun*. Wren. Ohio Consisting of: 2 piece Living Rbom Sqite'.'a Kerosene Refrtg-. eratur; Washing Mat liilie. ‘ 'Kitchen -Cabinet. Chest of Drawers; Dressern: and several hx 12 Rugs; and Three <3» DouHn lle<l*. ( oinplfH . tric Roaster. 1 pie, .• Din'nig Room Suite; Dejmval < ■.■ am Separator. .<in goral ciindltlopi ' -. ~ V enl " being consigned daily not listvl in Hie aimve. . ' ’ liimqr'K iMSHfis > , . Thvr*- will tx*’qaitejiii.MiMifi'W'n’. «>< u» uulrie Auttqu* i S.iiu. pi. < in this lot arv very rare. If jfinf ate a • collet tor yt Aniiyue*. plan to attend thia sale, we iuiicht have what you have hxiking for. < ’ - _ Miscellaneous (New Merchandise) —- Carpenter tools vivo trie novelty horse rlp< ks; jewelry of all kind*; new paint brushes, pen & p- ti< il sets; billfolds; wrist watcher. if you have any merchandfae you wish to consign to this Auction. Hiu h us farm machinery. autoinolrikM, Jive slock, household g<>4Mi>. ett , in touch with; H M. Cuatrr, Van Wert p'liaiv or YVreit 35. j H. M. CUSTER, Owner W. L. Clay. Auctioneer Terms — Cash

catch Min will ba able to do ao, M he said ** "But I’m not going to help. He scared ma.” Robert Shockley - Saits For Korea Cpl. Robert Bhackley, of tto Flr*t Marin* diviaton sailed laat ’ Tharaday tor Korea, according to word rereived her* by hi* pa> cats. Mr. and Mrs Ray Bhackley. ' HP North Niatß erto*. Bha< kl*y enlisted tn th* marines Aug. 2. 1*45, and for th* paat Ux , month* has' been stationed at* , Camp Pendleton. Ocreaaid*, Calil "YmStT I Whjr wvtry ateat M«*r f«r caaalas cherriea? Oar rifarrWa arc BfrcaSy Mkceteaed 1 Bart aagar to 5 parto ekcr- ( Hao Year Ortter Naw! iiTi t Wert Side Mkt ’ PHONE M

RIG TRANSPORT I <C—*law*d Fvwm l>»» Oa<> victoriea east of the American line. He called them “two of th* most conclusive setbacks administered th* Reds” sine* they Invaded South Korea Jane 25. Try A D*mo«re Want M-H Fay*

■ Yew, e* e leneeyar. sbewMnY, e ■ . because Socialiaed Medicine means an- g 1L other tax burden— for tow quality medical I I palmwi off at a trenmndoudy high | 1 pne*' ■- - Ysvt E v .- t , , because Siwialimd Medicine moan.* loan of > f their personal privacy - thew health rw- ■ ords comM beebsne public recordst. ■ I Yeer dtocte* toftnV R ....... .-.-. .-c-.-^s.bswauMStoialLtodMod4Cine|9B«*«*W-\.,...f. I biy-lm* medicine -iofo time for calefie • ■ Z ■ . .» diagnoaia and tfuirvaMth treatment 1 Our nation's health ia at an aB time high uinier the priwent eyatetn. tel * keep it that way. ■ ~ 1 Write Congtow you are oppoaid to pnvemmenl | r controlled medicin* Your future depends on what | I Congrrea dore Eternal vigilance i» th* pre* .Os free I ■ dom. Act ijpw! , ... ■ j fffMW ‘PfydW*** I

MOXhAV. JI’LY 17. 1950

I APRHWVNKftT I, ADMIMWTH STKII I %»UrE ie baoafef alßra. That th* ! underatgnad haa ba*h appointed Administratrix ©f th* rat ate of Hubart i B Croy la latv of Ad«ma Count*. drcaaae<. Tt>« eatatt t« probably aol- ' vent. . -4= Itanißa Mw, AduUafaUwtr i* -- K. A. Attorney July r. i>s«. JULY i: ♦ * Trarte la a ttaod Tawa «- IRerafwr