Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 155, Decatur, Adams County, 2 July 1951 — Page 2

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1111 - ■— l ■ ■■■*—s Additional Nurses Are Needed By Army Secend Lt. Audrey M. Miller, A.N.C. arrived in Fort Wayne thia morning from headquarters fifth, army for' a six-day tour of civilian I hospitals in this area in eonnection with the army’s campaign to * procure 3,000 additional nurses. This number of vacancies already exists in army hospitals overseas and in the' United States, and th" lequirement is expected to go even higher. The increased need for nurses, according Jo Lt. Miller, arose soon after hostilities began in Korea last June. By January of this year the army* medical Service was abb to define its requirements for the ifirst six months of \J9SI as the ipund figure of 3.000, The cooperation of the American nurses association was obtained at that time and procurement quotas wore established for each state. Tha quoth for Indiana is 52. Indiana has' contributed one nurse since April ,1. No nurses from the Fort Wayne brea have as yet volunteered. The first hospital which Lt. Miller wiP 4 visit is the Lutheran hospital. : ;■ , b - ' . . , t,—. • . • - J.. • -*., ■ Go to the eliurch of your choice next Sunday. .

I-■ - J SAVE Factory To You •CLOCKS SPARTUS BALLERINA DUTCH BOY • LAMPS • BRIDESMAID DOLLS Large stock to be sold at unbelievable prices! Hurry! Everything sell! PUBLIC

*4" BOWLERS v* N ® w ls the time 10 ' have ' -\ *ltcnsd to fit your hand. \ • ! Our sh °P is the on, y completely equipped shop In the state for .., I ;• w • WUP ••■’ bowling ball repair work. ij f Don't worry if your ball is full of scratches and nicks, dur rejuvenation method will make your old apple look and roll like a new one. ' • | Spans changed—holes rebored —complete service 48 hours. Summer prices until Aug. 1. . STAR, BOWLING SUPPLY CO. . f DON STUMP r 130 E. Columbia St. Fort Wayne, Ind. Phone A-219f1j Store Hours: 9 to 5. Closed Saturdays until Aug. 1. v How Will You Enjoy Your 4th of July TRIP? Like This? r ? ■ I • GET ONE OF THESE Quality Used Cars J 949 DESOTO Custom Sedan I Radio - Heater - Low Mileage. 1949 OLDSMOBILE 88 2-door. 1949 OLDSMOBILE 88 4-door. 1949 MERCURY 2-door ~ j 1949 MERCURY Station Wagon. 1949 KAISER SEDAN. < 1950 STUDEBAKER Champion; r Club Coupe. 1946 PONTIAC SEDAN. 1946 DESOTO Deluxe Sedan. { 1946 CHRYSLER Windsor Sedan. : " , ■> a v 1941 DODGE SEDAN. OR • LIKE • 1939 BUICK COUPE. WK? 1940 0I Dg I 1948 FORD 1942 PLYMOUTH | \ Dick Mansfield ' MOTOR SALES., - 222 N. 3rd Phon* 3-410 S : • I ■ - IS . •fc , 1 n r .■;''! : • 1 ■ . ■ I

Commissioners In j Monthly Session | Allowing Os Claims ’ Is Only Business The board of cojunty commissioners met in regular session today \faced with littlp bpt allowing claims against the cbrifcty. There were no petitipns, tknjonstrancpM, or scheduled conterbndes; almost nothing. s -I .i. ; By There was. last tieek however, a brief houf or twii of less capfusion in the county, one whiptt' elicited much excitementshortlived excitement, toj; be sure, but Nevertheless genuine. For the clocks |n the court houae tower were running on daylight'savings time. ' They had stopped because pf the Wednesday storm which off power in certain sections of the city. | When they resumed they weie ar. tiour\behind their normal time, or two hours everyone else’s* time; to be : specific, the clocks showed Ropky Mountain time. —L. 4, I When reset Thursday the clocks in the court houseytower were th agreement with \ timepieces throughout the county, ignoring the fact that they had beep <£ “slow” time throughput the summer. -r I j \•> The Democrat received a number of calls pointing up the fact. Neighbors, when leaning over the back fences, prefaced their daily gossip with, ‘'Say, did, you notice that the clocks on the court house were correct for a change . . .” f Other persons, some of them ambling along the’ streets, looked up./then did p \double-take whep \they noticed that things in the ccurt house were rigljt for a change. Big smiles would slit the facep \of the multitudes who noticed th® phenomenon; it 4waa |lmost as though peace were proclaimed id; the World. !' - t \ y-- jl But than, as is usually the things reverted to: the|r old ways;| someone noticed that ths clock in* the court house was running on. ‘‘correct summer” time, rapparent*; ly didn't like what he saw, and; the clocks were turned; back an<

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*JUIU>>.HM HUia* watt axacx « Escapes Injury When J Auto Is Demolished Billy Joe Feasel, of this city escaped with but minor bruises Sunday w-heh the car which he was driving was completely demolished. The accident occurred 04 Ohio state road 81 about timed mile* east of Willshire'. Feasel said he dozed momentarily, and lost control of the car which went into the; ditch. x ‘ i.L,’’ j'j hour. Then people once more began shaking their heads when looking at the 41ock; gossips over thd", fences returned to the same old' conversations; people on the street who’ viewed the clock assumed their did, indifferent role of frustration. | People, it seqnied, accepted the slow time of the court house dock with docility; thinking, perhaps, there watf no room for progress in this already-cluttered world of progress. So,. ... the; commissioners met today l in regular Session in their jroom in the court house which nestles benpath the clocks which j they ordered to run on standard time. The commissioners, though., : report for their on daylight savings time. _ ! h\ , 1 :-7 —' V . ‘> |l Alarcon, a Spanish explorer, is : saitL to have discovered the Colo■rado river in >1340. First nontop flight from New Ybrk to California was made in 1923. Originally having days, th© month of June was lengthened to {3o da ya by Ju’ius Caesar. Hawthorne’s “I(ottse ihe. ISeveji Gables” was first published ’just 100 years ago, in- 1851. ' | Trade in a Good Town — Deeat ut j:' \ ' L 1

■Mm ; :< ? mb»kMm 1 «« KF - *j <w Ml ■ hkt x ~ ; ■;■ U ■- ,4Erl-b r ' —- - 'X **V T 'hr » w»F w F- Hni > Al L'• Mfr k? o«Ll f&r- |J| V,/ \.. ... «| EL ' ’ t > ’ V ' ■■ ■ \ 1 Kgug£ i,*.. „••'• X - ii.. - j -ffi* R^’ ; ' ' 4 t* < -.-, wiimi i inwfi K• r , K?h. ; * > SmtW- ’’ - IRfch -. ■ •; ■•.> ;, i f/M I ** :v- *. PRESSED IN COLONIAL COSTUME, John T. Porterfield Jr. presents an Invitation to President Truman to speak at ceremonies commemorating u the 175th anniversary .of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, at the Washington Monument Grounds. The Chief Executive 'Accepted. John hails trom Alexandria, Va. (■lnternational Soundphoto) M - '‘ I . \ -. : I ! I \ : ■ ■ ••'. i • Y . ■- ‘ •■■ ■ ? ■ < . ' ii ' ' ■ .

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P y i‘, 'Li'” - ” ' 1"' ■'*' Sam S. Egly Dies At Home Late Saturday. Funeral Services ' ! Tuesday Afternoon Sam S. Egly, 76, ar resident of Adams county most of his life, died ] late Saturday night at iiis home six and one-half miles east\and onehalf mile south of Berne an extended illness. He was no in m ilartfoid township March 22. 18/75, a son of Jacob and Liddy Moaer-Egly. He was associated 'with the Egly-Schindler-Lehman & Co., furniture dealers, and undertaker, at Berne for 10 years. He lati?r operated a variety stbie in He.? 0 for two years, and then returned to farming, retiring 1/5 years ago. 1 He was a iriember of the Bethel Brethren church, which he served for 25 years as trustee and 35 years asi custodian. y Surviving are Hila; a son. Hlilman Egly, near Berne, chairmkn of the Adams county exi tension committee; two granddaughters ami two sisters, .Mrs. Edward Moser of Woodburn and Mrs. Harry Kopp of Oregon. Funeral sei vices w.ill be conduct- ! ed at 2 pun- Tuesday at the Bethel Brethren church, the Rev. Ord Gehman ami tin Kev. Dwight McCurdy officiating, with burial in Mi. Hope c/emetei y. The. body was] removed from the Yager funeral home to the residence; where friends may call until 1 p in. Tuesday, when the body will be taken to the church. The Ixmisiana Purchase in 1803 added more than 820,000 square mile® to U. H. territory. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

[: ■ j-L y' ■ f ; 11 • Two Minor Accidents Are Reported Here \ City police investigated I cue minor accident over the] weekend, ami another was report them, the. latt-T! occurring in tit intersecting’alley between Nioirne and Jackson and First anil I, Second streets when cars drivfenj >y Jaspcr Bailor. 426 North J Second street, ami Robert Tu|iiibleson, route .3, collided. The otlier accident. *l|i|h wa< occurred dn|/n!onroe street, whien a \Car driven jbjy Gene Foremau.l [of Poneto, rainmpd into the rear end of a’vehicle toperated by William Neadetirie, of I route 6, which had stopped in tb| lline of traffic, foreman told police his brakes would not hold. Damage in both accidents was negligible. ...i., ; , . .i ■■■■■ • 1 I .I'l

ifcytjjg.' > \ ( j- 1” A? A * A \ liter \ Ta w l i Ml gftm I ' I lySSil K- f . A fflr- I z <*tW ■ ■. 1 fr | JIL MAYOS OF ASOURY PARK,W. J., George A. Smock II adjusts the crown I Ivh Boyp’ National MarblfL Champion, Shirley Allen, 13, of Fairdale, West Virginia, as Ida deal Hopkins, 13, of Cleveland, Ohio, the Girls’ Nd Champion. ogers|dongratulations. (.International Soundphoto)

1 '-‘ ■ ■ - - - > ——. S - “ i <; 'I ■ It’s Our Treat! ’ lib Ji-uu ■- ;■ I JILY 3- 4 TILL MIDNIGHT! dOHThTIA I I FREE SAMPLE ’SHK I I DOUBLE COLA Qiußl I • ■ ' I ' ' ■ ftrfcas-.»., fcr: it— W I jHra B H’s double measure and double pleasure. The Nation's jSItV B' taste sensation. Come—Celebrate with Us. I CONNIES MARKET O® I I J- q ci »^|. 5 miles South of Decatur on 27 q All Kind* of Picnic Supplies i Ice Cold Watermelon FI 'FI 01 fIiCHtCW B 11 / ,; B ■il: ! ., ! ■ i • i .

Hundreds Terrorized By Berserk Gunman j Truck Driver Shot, Nabbed By Police Springfield, 111., July 2 —(UP)— A 39-year-old truck driver went berserk yesterday and terrorized hundreds of persons when he fired Wildly at pedestrians and passing (dlrs tronj the roof of his hotel. Police wounded and finally captured war veteran Raymond Waterfield after more than an hour of gunplay, in which Waterfield fired more than 100 bullets and police returned at least 25. / -- He was wounded in the leg, arms, and chest and suffered from loss of blood. . ; However, attendants at St. John’s hospital said hi 4 wounds were not serihuM and he was ‘‘out of danger” today. None of the bullets he fired hit anyone, but several passersby and onlookers had close calls. Waterfield told police: after his capture that he was “just mad at everybody.” He said “people kept borrowing money from me all day long.” The truck driver said he wished that the police had killed him. He asked for the name of the policeman ryho wounded him in the knee. ."I’ll'pay |2,000 and do everything I can to get that guy off the force,” he said. Waterfield, a gun collector and a member of a shooting club, apparently to the roof of the three-story* hotel at about 5 p.m. (CST). Police said he had two automatic pistols and a .22 caliber rifle with him. Also found in his room later were four more rifles, two shotguns and a store of ammunition. His arsenal was valued at 11.000. ’I —yv~ Five Firemen Are Overcome By Gas Indianapolis, July 2.—(UP)— Cyanide gas was blamed today for sending five firemen to the hos-

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pital. J Tney were overcome Saturday while extinguishing a blase pf undetermined origin which broke lout during fumigation of sthe I milling: plant of the Acme-Eians Flour Co. , i The victims, all reported in fair condition, were Harry Benton, it; Lester Gootee, 25; Charles Sims, 24; Don Strietelmeir, 36, and Edward Schenk, 39. v ‘

SALE CALENDAR JULY 6—D. G. Uquier, Kimmell, Ind. Real Estate, Equipment and Business. “The Aharon Ann Case.” 9:30 p. m. Midwest Realty Auction C<t J. F. Auctioneer. JULY 9 —The Charles Butz Estate, Kendallville, Ind. on No. f Highway to Wdtyaka; Tnd.j then miles South. Well Improved 150 Acre Farm. o|e of the Show Places of Northern Indiana. 1:30,p. m. Midjwest Realty Auction Co. J. F. Sanmann —Auctioneer. J ■ ' : I- — ■ “FOR COMPLETE; PROTECTION” BURKE INSURANCE SERVICE I /■> Phone i-3050 . J ;/■ I NOTICE! | RURAL LIGHT BILLS | f and < | CITY WATER BILLS | / are payable 1 JULY 2-15 r . -JU ’ I ' b ) CITY LIGHT A'WATER DEPTS. { I, —- 1,1 "y- "■" — BjK’KimlVx B 1 ' " ' Bl'' i ! 1j" ' ’ INSPIRATION FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY -I A ■ I ~ iAs we celebrate our Independence, may we re- ' member this: youngsters develop their ideas, principles and devotion to American tradition largely through the examples set by older folks. , .. j. k • '■ ' Let us all so live that ievery act of ours will be an inspiration to the boys and girls upon whom the , | -. future of America depends. TJs bank will not transact business m Jdy 4th/> "" ■ ? ■ \ . ■ i ' 'FlßSTstate bank Estamished 1883 * J ' f f RHgs-nm'' i

MONDAY, JULY 2, 1951

?,603 Students Enrolled At LU. i Bloomington, Ind., July 2. —(UP) fe-The 8,603 students enrolled in fredit courses in Indiana University’s summer session represent a Tbur percent increase over last Summer, registrar Charles E. Har-t-fell reported today. r yrade in a Good Town — Decatur .'J 2.2 ! ; T-.