Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 24 December 1951 — Page 2

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■' f < 111 Si——WlWWW—^■■w^— w Thomas Baltzell Looks p Back Over 93 Years

After 95 years one can look back on five Ware in which the United States has been involved, prosper!* ty and depressions, from the timq the natioh was merely a power In the world struggling to solve its own problems, until today when, it’s probably the major power try*ring to solve all problems. One can even see the' material growth of Adams county, and in its own way this has been tremendous. J 1 " SO it is with Thomas H. BaltzelLformer Adams couhty auditor, who recently celebrated his 95th hirth- « day In hid farm "home in Washings tpm township. •pMrf Baltzell was si Thursday, and many of his children and gnand ; ■children and great grandchildren were present to witfchim, and to help him celebrate. Others were unable Jto • attend, hut they sent I .messages of congratulations. > . - f Born in a farm home in Blue ;Creek township In 1856, Mr. Balt-, has spent his entire life in Adams county except tyt a few •brief .years during the Civil War When he moved to Wells county. Indeed, he has lived sinte 1882 in the same heme where he now resides with Mr. and Mrs.. Walter Joe Elzey, but for the tiqie he served as couhty auditor. - £ He cleared, as he .say*. “many, many acres” of Adams county land and helped drain (he .swhrnp lands "back irr the early days of the counHe has watched the little red school houses come and go, as have a good many of the lurql churches; he says he has watched the growth of Decatur "from a small village to the present thriving city.” ! r The Adams county nonegenarian remembers bis father marching off to the Civil War, and he has sub- ■ ipuiifei.i.iii* r ■ » iiiJaT ii Vj PHONO RECORDS The few T«j Two “THE LITTLE WHITE CLOUD THAT CRIED” backed with “CRY” Johnnie Ray "THE LORD’S PRAYER” Amos and Andy •. backed with I “LITTLE BITTY BABY” Get Them At PUBLIX

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se<|uentiy lived through the spfth-ish-American, Mexican, World Wars l and 11, and he has lived to see our country involved in the present • police action which may very well be the touchstone for World War . in. ‘ He reminisced about this on his < 95th birthday. He told those present —Mr. and Mrs. John Baltzell, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Baltsell. Mr's. Carl Adler, Mr. and Mrs. Dent Baltzell and children. Mr. and Mrs. Byron - Reber and children, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Adler and their children—many things. He, told them bf living through five “wars, through prosperity and depression*. through constant growth. He thought live through many more years; through veare. he hoped, of ] ( peace and plenty. Four Crewmen Die 1 In Air Force Crash C-47 In Crash On Island In Bahamas Cocoa, Fla., Dec. 24.—(UP) —A.n air force C-47 crashed on NeW Providence Island near Nassau in the Bahamas Saturday night, killing its crew of four men instantlv the commanding officer of Patrick air force base here reported today ’ The four crewmen were identified as: the pilot; Ist Lt. Howard |V. Young. 229,, Alameda, Cal,; co-’ pilot Ist Lt. DWayne F. Bishop, 27, Cocoa; Sgt. William J. Paddock, 20, Olney, Ill,; and SlSgt. Lester Grant, 28, Soddy. Tenu. Col. Albert Sykes senior officer at Patrick, said , the ’ big plape crashed and 'partially burned about a half mile after taking off from | Oakes Field. Nassau, on a cargo •, The plane had stopped at Oakes i Field enroute to its home base from San Salvador Island, where; it had visited the air force’s guided missile tracking station. PORTLAND BOY f ConttnurdF'rom Face On«-» STofor Sales. Macklin Motor Sales. Poe's Car Dock. In Berne he had stripped cars at the Berne Oil company and the Wittwer body shop over the past bverat-weeks., , ’ Sheriff Shraluka and lierne chief Bowman took the youth to Jay county Sunday a.«d in company tfith Jay county sheriff H-ed Pensinger went to the-boy’s home and dhat of his sister’and ’recovered some of the stolen, undisposed of loot. 1 J.’. NOTICE TO BIDDEN* Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Adams County, Indiana, will until 'the hour of 2:00 P.M. Monday. Jahtiary 7, * !!•.■>? receive sealed bids, at the office of the County Auditor for the .following: . COFNTY HOME Groceries hnd tobacco for first quarter of 19.12. HIGHWAY DEFT. Tandem drive, motor grader. X’OUNTY 2 caps of prepared stnker coal. : All bids to be submitted on Forms •s approved by the State Board of Accounts and accompanied by bidders bond- Vir certified check in the amount*of 10% of the bid. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. By order of the Board of .Commissioners rtf Adams County. THI'KMAN I. DREW. 4 Auditor of Adams County. DEC. 244-81. if You Have Anything Te Sell Try J A Democrat Want Ad —It Pay*

Indiana's Holiday Death Toll Mounts To Mar Christmas Observance Os Many By United Pres* Indian*’* death toll from holiday accident*, tfrhich will mar the observance of Christmas in many homes, mounted steadily today with traffic accidents chalking up he most Victim*, i At’ last count, highway mishaps had killed seven persons since motorists headed home from officeparty celebrations of the holiday Friday. Four others died in fires lor a death toll of 11 violent ieaths. , / There were many injured, including at least 11 servicemen.. . Two Indianapolis women died I and six U. S. marines enroute home for Christmas were 'injured l ft hen their automobiles collided bead-oti five mile* west of Indianapolis in U. S. 40 Sunday. The dead were Mrs. Min* Worthington, 75, and Mrs. John Rice, <. on their was te Terre Haute tor the holiday. ! Their ctr, driven by Mrs. Worthington’s eon, John, 33, was forded out of It* lane of traffic when it attempted to pass a moving Van. At the same moment, the van . uined. sharply to avoid a car tjhich stopped suddenly ahead. The Worthington car. struck an approaching car driven by CpL Robert was driving five other marines toward their homes in the east All were taken to the Camp Atterbury Jyjspital for treatment. - Also at the Atterbury hospital were five soldiers from the east, vzho were injured in an accident just over the Indiana-Illinois line, near Terre Haute which claimed the life of a Kansas woman. Millard R. Scharrel, 30. Anderson, died Sunday night soon after his car plowed into the rear of a house-trailer stopped at the approach to a bridge on the JacksonScott county line near Seymour. Police,said the trailer was stopped to permit a truck to clear the bridge. Ne*r Lebanon. Mrs. Dorothy Lohman, 37. Zionsville, was kilted Sunday when her husband’s car skidded out of control on an Icy country road and overturned in a ditch. State police said six children riding in the car escaped serious Injury. Harner accidents claimed the lives of Alex Schlmpf, Sr., 49, Flint, Mich., kilted when his cat Hrlon an icy spot 'near Huntington and overturned; Carl Meyer. 1.7, Columbus, whose gasoline itnic.k was struck by a'train, and Fred W. Kuklentz, 2'7, Indianapolis, victim of Another truck-train mishap. * Bodies found ill fires Saturday were those Waiter C. Addison, 66, Carfhage. and deorge Nolte, 75, Cory. Fire destroyed Nolte’s home hear Brazil, and Addison v.as found dead in the basement of his grocefy. ’ _. ■ At Evansville yesteray, Gloria Secrest. 23,; Evansville, and Pvt. Donald E. Garrett, 21. Newport X’ews. Va., were killed in an apartment house fire. PETTIBONE AblD «Own tin we* Frtrtfe Fafge Port for tu ure expanded service, i That is, in substance, the outlook also for the light department. Present plans, completed though not materialized, call for the ejection of ‘he auxiliary power t plant for the city whose electric Idad is constantly expanding. - 1 "We’re already selling double the amount of electricity today that we did when 1 came here," said Pettibone. \ i > The new power plant is to be 1 built with further expansion in mind. The housing unit can hold two diesel power plants, another the like size of that which the city purchased the first this, year. - “It will probably be needed before one realizes It," Pettibone once observed, "for the city’s load is growing daily.” So both engineers Trnbark on ‘heir next four years under Mayor Dpan on a progressive note: both point out the material advances made in their plants, and °hoth acknowledge that flow they can fact future expansion for whatever comes. For the oily now has one of the ’inest water plants anywhere when considering the sifce of Decatur; the power plant, too, will ‘someday be a showplace for engineers 'in the midwest. But utitlHLr of the men feel that ‘his Is the final answer. Both are steeped in the kowledge of changes that must be made; both are working toward that goal. They point with pride the work that has been tone in recqpt years—they can Just as readily pointy with assurance of future needs, HOPE FOR (Ccintihurd From Paee One l the flieirtfuT givt "a explanation” make it “plausible that the aiimeti tuti’udcd to drop these tu and j' acli. a. in J - ’-i’;- - < ,-S ■_ ■■ 4 ■

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Banquet Speaker I WU*: -4'. i * IIM wBTj Jr . 11 Fred yv. Thorn** ' 1 Frhd W. Thoma* of Fort Wayne, president of Central Soya com- j pany, Inc., will be guest speaker} at the annual banquet of the Indi ana corn growers’ association ,at Purdue University/Friday. Jan. 4. ’ He will discus* "Teamwork Between Agriculture *nd Industry.’ Thoma* will Join with President F. L. Hovde of, Purdue in honoring Hoosier crops champions of 1951. Winners of the corn, wheat Hand soybean yield contests, international and stale crops shows will be recognised.: The banquet will feature the closing day’s program of the winter ; agricultural conference. ' ■ * ■' A native of Mt. Vernon, Ind., and a 1922 graduate of Purdue’s schopl of agriculture,; Thomas ha* had broad experience in the feed busi ness. c He was formerly associated' with General'Mills for 19 years, and' he has been active in the American feed manufacturers’ association for tjie last 14 years. He served tWo years as chairman of the Imard of directors of the latter association. f|ls interest in tlte. Indiana corn growers’ association dates back to his reign ate junior _ corn king in the early day*; of the . state show; } \ | Among the winners to be ' recognized at (he banquet will be exhibitors of the best samples in the state corn and seed show and the 4-H club corn and soybean show held during the winter con* ference. K. E| Beeson, extension agronomist and secretary-treasurer of the corn g)-owers’ association will present tile awards. At the association’s morning meeting, new pfficers for the com- ' ing year will be elected, and Dr i N.' J. Volk, associate director, Pur- ; due agricultural experiment station. W|ill report on “Better Varijeties Ahead —fcoordination of the Worn Belt Research Breeding ProI Presiding at'the business session ,and banquet will be Orville lius- \ sell,. Muncie, association president. Round-World Solon Cancels Conference Taipej, Forrtiosa, Dec. 24—(UP) « —U.S. Rep. Peter Mack. (Dili.)rwho.flew in fr&m Manila yesterday ] at the controls of his single engine } j plane, was forced to cancel a'f ■ scheduled prefcs conference ‘ today ■. j due to a slight illness. i Mack, who is taking oCf tomorrow for Tokyo, developed a bad cold and a physician .advised him to remain in bed during the day. He is on a round-the-world good will flight. ■ 1 ' X ' V'" ONE MINOR - (CwnttnneH From Pnirr the arrows was a note, "men here.” Wilkerson said his crew followed the arrows to * barricade of burlap i>raticiug erected hastily by trapped . miners. T„he rescuers broke through thee, barricade and found nine men. Sanders was' the only one of the group still alive. John Foster, mine ioreman, said Sanders apparently had found an air current. Tjhe otberb, he said, “must have got too much gns.” Dr. Richard Johnson, who was sent into the mine when word came to the surface that a man had beenj found alive, sdid Satvl’S-rs’ survival s was a "miracle.” "It’s not fj>rj me to give a medical explanation,” the doctor said.

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Eight Persons Die In Cincinnati Fire Fire Roars Through Crowded Tenement Ciieinnati, 0., Dec. 24.— (UP)-r Eight persons died and nine were injured today when fire roared .through a Crowded negro tenement on tftis citys west side. ■Softie 25 persons were sleeping in tftte building when tlie flames brok* out about 4 a.m. Thrise who awoke in time leaped edrfsniiiig from windows and came runnjng out doors into subfreezing temperatures. Several of the victims'were killed or hurt in leaps from?upper floors when fi*mes cut off jire escapes. Cause of the blazft was no ’ determined immediately. -Five of the dead were members of one family. ‘ Tllp fire was discovered by p attolmen Ansel Russell and Lloyd who were cruising in the neighborhood. They saw flames shoeing out of a hallway. \ dashed into the building,"

Savings galore for you during M W. hove a wide variety ’ Decatur s IffvWlwi v styles in the season mIKK and material*.', ' nationally KNOWN I yf WOMEN'S SHOES W. ragvlarly priced j 1 now only M \ I Nationally famous brand. , 0-9S J jr I amazingly low prlcosl n * w n j ferWW '«• J iPedwin Robin Hood Life Stride W - Jg. 45 I favlngt for the family I Xony,ssyAssss*d*n All sales final TOP QUALITY U CHILDREN’S SHOE* secularly '6.95 7k L -45 , / Mirs snobs r priced to IMB Ik Lioptito aoc J - novroudy 1fc.95 3 1 ■ JB|L ; \K) ' I Re S U * ar ***® M Tremendous savings on £> <IC //J famous Busier Brown and Robin Hood children's shoes. Plenty W S values for teensters • * 7 | too in popular WBB9L m*‘« .*•« T ” n - Afl * V I f i" aN >he P°P u,ar ‘ J • t colors anti leathers, 1 and all the kdeet shHes. k . i - IUL9NS --- - ■ 93c = SHOES ' 4 ; DECATUR ♦ BLUFFTON ' y 4-1 . . • . ■'t 1 '! 11 * "" " 11 11 nsumi i' ? "■■■ii. — __

JMto etld. H Thm WM MSOfce all OWr and wlk wet* hhlpltoe. We helped a lady out and then had to out ourselves. ~ I "As soon as we reached the outside, people started jumping. Three came out the attic window on the west side. That’s a jump of about 40 feet. Two others came out the third floqr window in front.” The Inttey two were Mrs. Lillie s Mky Williams, 35, and Mrs. Lillie I May St’. Clair. 28. Mrs. ’Williams was killed instantly. Mrs. St. Clair suffered burn*. The dead were identified a» six week old Brenda St. Clair. Ldnda St. Clair, 1, Berdell St. Clair, 18, Beatrice St. Clair, 9, Robert St. Clair, 12. all members of the same : family; Joe Williams, 64, John Evan*, age unknown; and Mrs. i Williams. . ' . Negro Arrested In Robbery-Slaying 1 ' 1 i ■ Indianapolis, Dec. 24. —(UP)— ■ Two deputy sheriff* froin St. Clair county, Mich., prepared today to . return Richard Bergeb, 22, negro, i to sac-e a charge in the robberyslaying of an Allenton, Mich., ttrmer .

Hearing Set i Hearing set for December 29 on the petition to; modify support payments in the divorce cause of Joan Teeter vs Ralph Teeter, Jr., wherein the defendant listed temporary unemployment as the reason. Dlvorc** FH*d A complaint for divorce Charging cruel and inhuman treatment was filed by Wauneta G. King through her attorneys, Custer and Smith, naming Richard King as defendant. The plaintiff seeks, besides the divorce, custody of the minor child. Custer and Smith are also attorneys for Lena Dye, who has filed a .complaint for' absolute divorce in the Adams circuit court, also charging cruel and iuhuman treatment. She names Everett Dye as defendant. Trial Set Tbe case of the state vs E. M. Enterkin, an affidavit for obtaining money by fraudulent check August 17, is set for trial by jury February 35. - : Complaint Filed A complaint for dissolution of partnership was filed by Wilbur 1 nr,pew. <—*.*. ~ia

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Nailer through attorney* Ed A, Bosse and C. H. Musselman against Clyde Nihiser. the compalnt asking for the appointment of a receiver, and alleging that the defendant ’’wasted assets’’ of the partnership 4n paying personal debts in the amount of $17,000 and a further amount of $200.30. . Marriage Licenses Earl Fleck and Beverly Poorman, both of Fort;Wayne. Lowell Thatcher, route 1, W’iHshire, and Frances Huston, roftte 1. control Thick Batter Tu control and properly direct the Bow of thick batter such as for wasBe* and muffins, pour from a pitcher with * well greased spout

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