Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 1, Decatur, Adams County, 2 January 1954 — Page 4

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DECATUR. DAILY DEMOCRAT PubllahedEvery Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO., INC. Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Pom Office ae Second Class Matter. Dick D. Heller-— President A. R. HolthouseEditor J. H. Heller x Vice-President Chas. Holthouse J-— Treasurer Subscription Rates: By Mall in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, $8.00; Six months, $4.25; 3 months, $2.25. By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year. $9.00; < months, $4.76; 3 months, $2.50. By Carrier: 25 penta per week. Single copies: 5 cents.

Are you still holding to your good resolutions? t O -Q Another encouraging sign to look tor in the new year is a little more daylight each day. —o o The old year had its bumps, but in this part of the country few could complain over the mildness of its exit. r-O —-o • Jay county Democrats are going to stage a big rally in Portland on February 10, and U, S. senator John J. Sparkman, the 1052 Democratic vice-presidential candidate will be the headline Plans are being made to entertain at least- 800 persons at dinner in the Portland armory. ~ o o —< Clyde jonnson, an employe of the city street department, has taken over as street commissioner, following the retirement ot Floyd Acker. He is acquainted with the work in this important division of-city government. Mr. Acker served well as bead of the department and with his co-work-ers kept bur streets and alleys clean and in good shape. ——o— —o Elections will feature 1954. There will be the nominating primaries in May and the regular elections in November. L&cal interest will first center in the Z primaries and several interesting races will no doubt develop within the coming months. The congressional elections in November will be a test of the national administrations approval and apparentlyincumbents will have to do a little jockeying to win on the k liecord. '•' ■ 0 o / Final plans for construction of Deeatur’s Youth and Community Center will be ready in a couple of weeks and directors of the Memorial Foundation hope to let contracts so that work can start on the building early next spring. — The building is designed for the greatest use among the teen-age groups and should prove a very_: popular and useful community center. It is one of the largest l civic projects scheduled for completion during the year. gj

0 4 "i ■* ~rt Modern Etiquette I BY ROBERTA LEE I 0 s— -0 Q. Where should the host and the woman guest of honor be - seated at the dinner talble? A. The host should be seated at one end of the table, the woman guest of honor at his right. 1 Q. If a woman’s husband has given a speech before a public gathering, does she join in the applause at the end of the speech? A. No; in this case, applauding *•- - I

—■ r- * r*- • — Boric Acid Cap Poison Infants

By HERMAN N. BUNOEIEM, M.D. BORIC ACID has been a perennial favorite for the treatment of '“gtin icrilattions andmfeetionsef However, indiscriminate use of this time-honored remedy does, every now and then, result in serious and even fatal cases of poisoning- Many of these cases result from the absorption of the boric acid when.lt is applied to cuts, wounds, or skin diseases. A large number of these cases occur when infants are treated for dlapfer rash with boric acid. It seems that boric acid is readily absorbed by wounds. " Physician’s Diagnosis Th* physician can usually make a diagnosis of boric acid p&lsoning when he sees an infant who has a diaper rash and also diarrhea and vomiting. Questioning the mother most often reveals that she has used some] form of ,boric acid on the rash. If enough boric acid is used, the child will have a large ■ mount Os bloody diarrhea and vomiting. This will result in a loss ot the fluids necessary in the child's system and may cause shock, ooma and even death. t . Transfusions Given It U »ery dWcult to treat boric

Gov. Craig has-ordered the state police to “crack-down*’ on traffic violators and informed the troopers to make arrests, rather than " warn offenders. Speed is blamed tor many of the highway tragedies and the governor pointed to the state's traffic toll of 1,250 as one of the reasons why troopers should curb the feckless driver. All agree that something should be done and citlxens generally will support efforts of law enforcement officials to remove the dangerous driver from the highways. o ■■ o—- - i. - defense department may be taking a gamble against .great odds by withdrawing two divisions of troops from Korea. Several U. S. senators have questioned the wisdom of this policy, in view of the fact that a peace treaty has not yet been signed between UN forces and the Chinese Communists. While we would not want an American soldier to' remain in Korea one minute longer than is necessary, it might be folly tonremove troops at this period of military negotiations. The smaller forces could be in real danger of sudden attack from the Reds. —- -—o-— Mi Growing Neighbors:— Most people think of Latin America as a land of great open spaces, mostly jungle. A few cities, like Rio, are familiar, but in general Central ? and South America strike most of us as largely undeveloped. According to the council for Inter-American, cooperation, the population of the Latin American states is increasing twosiad a half ' ■ titles other 50 years it will probably be more than doubled. The United States and Canada by the year 2,000 are expected to have 250,000,000 inhabitants, but Latin America looks for more than twice that. J An example of this tremendous gain is the city of Sao Paulo in southern Brazil. jg_ 1890 it had 40,000 inhabitants. Now it has over 3,000,000, and has passed the long-time metropolis, Rio de Janeiro. / . • - ~ J ■ z

her husband would be just about the same as applauding herself. Open Air Cooking Forced On Citizens GRANITE. Okla., UP—-Citizens ot Granite cooked their breakfast indoors today after a day of open air cooking. The gas siipply returned to normal after a New Year’s Eve break in a main pipeline which forced many residents to cook breakfast over fires in their yards. I Trade in a Good Town — Decatur.

•,z- . . . acid poisoning. Oxygen, blood transfusions, and-the giving of fluids to replace those lost by the . diarrhea and vomiting may save some Infants. However, the best treatment, as in all cases, is prevention. Bim- ; ply avoid the use of boric acid on cuts and wounds of infants and children. , — . . . . .i . Treating Diaper Rash In treating severe diaper rash, occurring after diarrhea, the skin should be washed gently immediately after each soiling. The buttocks shonld then be exposed until they are dry enough so that t a non-injurlous antiseptic pro-tective-ointment can be put on. Os course, a physician should always be consulted about a severe diaper rash, so that he may prescribe the most helpful treatment. : ~ QUESTION AND ANSWER D. E : I have a nine-year-old boy who Is retarded mentally. Ha was premature at birth. Was this the cause of his retardation? Answer: No. The fact that your child was premature would not necessarily produce retardation. : Some birth factor or defect present at birth may have been the cause.

1 Wanted Man Walks ■> Into Police Station CHICAGO, (UP) ~ Harold E. Donohue, 15, walked into the Hyde Park police station Friday and told six policemen they were under arrest. The officers suggested that Donohue leave. He refused. Donohue was still there when two detectives arrived and identified him as the man they were looking fpr in connection with a fight hv t nearby tavern. 0 *•' 20 Years Ago Today i £ January 2 — Rev. Thompson named pastor of the Central Christian church atFort Wayne. County treasurer John Wechter names his son Dehnore as deputy for next two years. Henry IMorgenthau, Jf., appointed secretary of the treasury by President Roosevelt to succeed William H. Woodln, who has xesigned because of in health. Dennis Striker U elected presi dent ot the Adams county board/of commissioners. Frank Martin assumes duties as new member of the board. .. Bank deposits are now insured by the government up to $2,500. J. O. Sellemeyer sends New Year greeting to Decatur friends from Los Angeles. z-—. o — a Household Scrapbook | BY ROBERTA LEE j t--- 0 Soot To remove soot from the rugs or carpets cover them thickly with dry salt. It can then be swept up and not a stain or smear will be left. _ZZz-Z Hot Food Food can be kept hot by covering it securely with a lid or tin pan and placing the dish over a basin of hot water. - ■■■';■■> ' Starch - ■■■■■ -> - _ If a little salt is added to the starch it will give more luster to the linen. .. If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results.

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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE - IT WAS half an hour before McKee joined Kit Anita wasn’t going to die. He said: ‘Bhe’U do now, I think. We wore in time.** Kit spoke, stiff Upped. “Anita tried to MU herself." “Yes, Miss Haven, and she very nearly succeeded.” He said he had seen Anita earlier that morning at the airfield, where she was putting her little boy on a plane for Virginia, where her father and mother lived. She had looked pretty bad, "like a woman under a death sentence." He decided that Mrs. Stewart wouldn’t let the boy travel alone except for a very strong reason, so he had cancelled his own flight and turned back. "And but for that," Kit covered her eyes for a moment, “Anita would have died." “Probably. She had a lot of that stuff in her stomach; a good thing in away. An overdose is sometimes easier to handle.” Kit said: “It’s that dreadful man, Pedrick. He’s been blackmailing Anita. You’ve been looking for a blackmailer, and he’s the one." McKee shook his head. “I’m afraid not, Miss Haven. Pedrick was within the law loosely speaking." He reached into his pocket, took out a thin sheet of paper, ran down severed paragraphs, scanned the third. “Pedrick is Anita Stewart’s husband. She married him in California in 1945, less than a year after her first husband’s death.” ' Kit loo’:e4 through the open studio door at Oliver Stewart’s portrait over the mantelpiece. “Then Bobby isn’t CoL Stewart’s son?” “No. I’m afraid he’s Pedrick’s son." - ... -“’A»»aGM'f«riris?* '' “Yes. Before the boy was born, she came east an<i tried to lose herself, but Pedriek tracked her down. Ifcs. StewarS eouH have" her son, and his, for a price." Kit understood it all then. Anita adored Bobby. That was what she had meant about the money—Pedrick was eating steadily into her small hoard and she had determined to put an end to it. She had intended her death to look like an accidental overdose of sleeping pills. Bobby would have been safe with her people, her father was a stiff old soldier. He wouldn't have paid Pedrick a cent Kit said some of this aloud. McKee was noncommittal. “We’ll have to see when we > talk Jo her.” -- ' ■— Dr. Terry interrupted the inspector; he wanted him. There was nothing more Kit could do there, and she went home. Miriam, she thought, going through the gate, land came to a standstill. Miriam had been living in California before she came to Denficld. Had Miriam found put that Anita wasn’t a widow and that Bobby wasn't

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"—" ■ r *■— ■ • - - Court Attaches Are To Be Unchanged Judge Myles F. Parrish of Adams circuit court will start the sixth year of his first term with the same attaches who assisted him during 1953, he stated today. Sam Bentz, bailiff; Miss Romaine Raudenbush, reporter and _C—H. Muselman, probation officer, were named in their original commissions to serve at the “pleasure of the court” and therefore an Annual appointment is not necessary. Judge Parrish pointed out. The judge said tiiat he probably would name two jury commissioners next Monday. Ed Berling, Democrat and Frank C. Rowley, Republican are the present commissioners. The Judge did pot indicate whether the commissioners would be reappointed. There was measureable oil production in 177 of the 254 Texas counties jn 1950. . Trade ’n a Good Town — Decatur

Olivers son, mat he was the sob of a second husband from whom Anita was separated t George had suggested more than once that Miriam was determined to be miaj trees of the Haven house and that she bad her eye on Philip. Had Miriam threatened to reveal Anita’s secret, afraid that Philip might marry her? Kit saw Tony Wilder strolling toward her from the house. He raised bis hat. “Good afternoon, MisS Haven." A mechanical smile touched the carved lips. Wilder was tn a bad temper. The only place it showed was in his large eyes; they sere dull, clouded. “Nice day, isn’t it?" Wilder said. He took a gold cigaret case from his pocket, snapped it ©pen. “Try one of these, Miss Haven.” Kit looked at the cigaret case and then up into his Jace. She said: "What a htadsome thing, it wasn’t by any chance given to you by a woman named Margery Adams, was it?" Lightning flashed in the orbs—you couldn’t call them anything else —fastened oh her. Kit had a sensation ot physical danger. The man looked as though he might strike heir. He conquered his rage. Dropping the case into a pocket, hfe lit a cigaret and drawled: “No, I imagine poor Madge Adams reserved her favors for a friend of yours—or so I’ve heard it whispered." On that he walked past her and through the gate. Margery Adams and a friend of hers. What did Wilder mean? Nothing—he was simply trying to make her angry, get back, at her. When she went in, Libby was in the living-room playing clock solitaire. She looked a little better, but hot much. She said with one of her quick smiles: “I’m sorry about this morning, Kit—and making a fool ot myself. I shouldn’t have flown -off -the handle like that, but I’m rather fond of Tony—he’s really a nice guy. Because he’s so good-looking people think he’s a stuffed shirt but he isn't at aIL" Her glance was appealing. Kit could not possibly have agreed with her less; it wasn’t the time to say so. She said instead: "Don’t be silly. No wonder you’re upset I think you’re being wonderfully calm under the circumstances, pet," and let it go at that Lunch was a quiet meal, partly because Miriam wasn’t there, it was her day at the Cottage hospital. Kit made no mention ot Anita. McKee had asked her not to. Philip talked about getting away somewhere. The state trooper patrolling the grounds irked him. He said that Libby could do with a change. “And you, to©. Kit Couldn't you get a leave of absence or something from your job?” Kit said, smiling: “Not from a job I’m not on yet. 1 don’t start

Held Today At Peru Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bell attended i the funeral today of Edgar Poe i Kling, 74, in First Baptist church, ; Peru. t A cousin ot C. E. Bell, tbie death ! of the, prominent Peru attorney oc- • curred Wednesday. He was a for--1 mer prosecuting attorney of Miami ’ county. He served In the Indiana ’ legislature at about the turn of the i' C€n tury when John W. Tyndall ot • this city was a member of the state assembly. He visited here frequent- ’ iy. ‘ ""lie" is survived by his wife. ; Coat, Dress, Shoes i Taken By Thief, GALVESTON, Tex., (IJP) — A clothes-minded thief stole a coat, dress and pair of shoes New Year’s Eve from the wardrobe of Mrs. Ffed Castaneda. The burglar left behind a worn- - out pair of shoes.

witn Coggsweu and Moors until next week.” But she was pleased at Philip’s asking her. He wasn’t throwing her into the discard any more, or was it, perhaps, that her own attitude had changed? The. afternoon dragged. You couldn’t make a move without a trooper popping up at your elbow. Their end of Thorne Rd. was Isolated, but people were beginning to talk. Jill Crofton called. “Kit, who’s that stunning gent in the snappy uniform admiring the flowers in your garden, and what’s he doing there ?" Kit put Jill off, saying that someone had apparently tried to break into the house a ' couple of nights ago and the police were investigating. McKee called at 3 o’clock. He 1 said Anita was out of danger, and ' asked whether Miriam was in. Kit said no, but that her aunt would : be home about 4. Miriam got back at 20 to A Mc- . Kee arrived at a quarter to. i They were all in the living-room ■ —Philip, Kit, Libby and Miriam. It was Miriam the inspector had come to see. He didn’t waste any : time. The question he put to her i was so stunning that the rest of ■ them stared with their mouths : gaping open. Miriam’s face was like stone. , She lowered her head, raised it, , and said slowly, as though each ■ word was being forced out of her: ’ “Yes, Samuel Pedrick is my brother. Anita told you, I suppose." ; ’ Kit had never expected to feel sorry for her aunt; she did that : afternoon. Miriam fell apart Miriam was proud, her pride was > in ribbons. She talked jerkily, in short, bald sentences. i Samuel Pedrick’s real name was Samuel Pedrick Waterford, and he , was the youn ge s t of the tour r Waterford children, and the clever- ’ est and the most promising. He had begun to go wrong in his teens , —trouble at preparatory school, he , had stolen from his tutor —that Was only toe beginning. He went > from bad to worse. Again and i again his family had come to the rescue, making restitution, cover- : ing things up, and finally impoverI ishing themselves.’' “It killed my i father and eventually my mother.": After her mother’s death, her brother had dropped out ot right i tor years and toe family came to , the not unreiuctant conclusion that he was dead. He wasn’t dead. In ' 1944 Miriam had run across him in ; California. Pedrick, he had dropped the Waterford and called himself by his middle name, was then a ; major in toa army. He appeared to ; be going straight, and had just married Anita Stewart There I Miriam’s lips firmed and for an in- > stant she was almost her old self. . “I've always thought that if Anita. i had been mpre tolerant, if she’d tried harder, tilings would have i been different.” ’ " (To Bo Continued)

Buys Health Bond Epsilon Sigma. Beta Sigma Phi haa voted purchase of a 15 officials 0 t Tl the ■ seal campaign la Adams count y announced t o ■ day. All proceeds from the .annual Ctrl s t m a b Bvy CbristaKK Seals seal sale are used in the fight on tuberculosis and to provide free clinics and otherwise carry on the fight against the "white plague.” The sale is conducted by the Adams county tuberculosis association. Court News Damage Suit n Glen (Baumgartner, Florence Baumgartner vs Aaron Schindler, Motor Cargo, Bae., Ralph R. White; complaint <for damages; defendant’s motion to require plaintiff to conform to rules 1-3 of appellate and supreme courts of state over ruled. to which ruling the defendants except. Attorneys; John L. DeoVss, plaintiff; Barrett. Barrett & McNagney, defendant, v Estates Cases lEtatate of Josiah Myers; petition to settle real estate sustained; final report filed, notice issued returnable Feb. 1. Estate of Mary ,T. HoTthouse; last will and testament admitted for probate. Jewelry, furniture and personal effeots bequeathed to Margaret G. Holthouse, daughter. Residue of estate bequeathed to six children, Jessie 8.,. John dS,. Margaret A., Hugh A., Robert J., and Helen B. Kent. Estates of the following deceased closed: Henry H. Bloemker. Charles Kpkelhau and Claude C. Rayl. Marriage Licenses Don F. Lumnerson, 21, Harpeston, 0., and Evelyn Fay Shults, 18, Marion, 0. Harold L. Nell, 21, and Gene Edmonds,'2o, both of Elyria, O. Richard B. Hansel, 21, Merdon, O„ and Joyce Carol Maxson 19, St. Mary’s O. Richard Coppees 22, Monroe, and Ruth Faus, 19, Decatur. John S. Hay, 21, and Marilyn J. Baughman, 19, both ot Findlay, O.

Harold R. Williams, 59, and Amber June DeVier, 33, bath of Lima, O. Richard A. Fifer, 20, and Thelma Jones, 20, both of Lima, O. .Harry R, Butterfield, and, Charlene W. Beery, 21, Cridersville, O. ' ~ ' •Paul Miller, 24, Decatur, and Eileen- Bußemeyer, 20, route 4, Decatur. James D. TunSbleson 24, route 3, Decatur, and Barbara Shoaf, 20, Decatur. Real Estate Transfers George W. Antilia eutx to Floyd Acker etux, 1.16 acres in-Root Twp. Erwin Stucky etux to Doyle A. Hoffman etux, .48 acres tn Monroe Twp.. _ - Lester Tumbleson etux to Rose-, mary Spanglfer, 73.68 acres in St. Mary’s Twp. —- Rosemary Spangler to Sylvester Tumblesen, 40 acres in St. Mary’s Twp. ' , . Anna C. Sprunger tip Grover W. Sprunger, inlots 288 & 289 in Berne. • -*' Js* Rosemary Spangler to Gladys Tumbleson. 34 acres in St. Mary’s Twp. Ida A. Whitright. W George C. Sale, land in Root Twp. Peter J. Heiman to Raymond C. Heijman, 117.50 acres in Washing ton Twp. Howard Henry Hoblet etal to Anna Mane Hoblet, 100 acres in Blue Creeh f wp. Robert L. Maines etux to Ernest Wenger, inlot 680 in DecatufT - ‘ Frank J. Grice etux to Central Soya C0.,-inc., inlot 784 n Decatur; Margaret D. Nussbaum to Mildred A. Brown, iiilot 82 in Monro.e 86,000. Leßoy Cable etal to Walter Cable. inlot 37 in Decatur. Albert N. Sprunger etux; to Floyd L. Meyer etux, land in Blue 'Greek- < "_Z_ Ralnh Hoffman etux to Albert ; acres in Blue Creek Twp. t Albert N. Sprunger etux to DeWitt Tinkfeam etux, 31.15 acres In Blue Creek i'wf* ——7Albert N. Sprunger etux to Ratphll6fTrnanetiux,l6oacTes-tir -Munroe Twp. —. ■ - ' Oscar Young etux to BilJie W. Gaunt in Blue Creek Twp. Merlin Wayne Habegger etux to Jean Kirchhofer, inlots 485 & 486 in Berne. Jean Kirchhofer to Merlin Wayne Habegger etux, inlots 485 A 486 in Berne. Maxine M. Beery etvir to Albert Beery etux, land in Washington Twp.' Emma Biberstein to Milo Fuchs etux, part inlot 106 in Berne. Walter F. Clem to Melville J. Stevens, 22 acres in Hoot Twp. The northernmost post office in the United States is Penasse, Minn., on American Point, a ’O- - island tn. Lake of the Woods. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

PROCLAMATION ■ Whereas, the United States Marine Corps, out its iong history, has served our country gallantly on land, upon the sea and 111 1 Whereas, the Marine Corps established in by the c °“ R ™ ntal Congress, saw action during the American Revo ’ ut . l “2 M “”L’Sn on the great naval victories of John Paul Jones, andl today are again W Far Eastern Battlefields, representing liberty and Justice. Whereas, down through the years, Indiana men. serving with the Marines "from the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli, hav repeatedly won honors for themselves and for theß J ’ whereas during the first three weeks of January a drive to reerunapproximately three hundred qualified young men.of I * ld “ na trepid branch of the armed sprvides of the United States will.be con ducted in our state. And whereas these men will depart lndiaaap ° ,ls January 22, 1954, and throughout ten weeks of training at the Ban Diego, California, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, the men selected will remain together as a unit. From "boot camp” they will be * aß ** n * to posts lai which, like all Indiana Marines, they will be a credit-to our state. ... Therefore, I, John M. Doan, Mayor of the City of Decatur, in the State of Indiana, do hereby proclaim the period January 1 to January 22, 1954 as “HOOSIER MARINE WEEKS” in the City of Decatur, and urge that during this period Individuals and organizations, in the City of Decatur, take measures to assure success to the state wide drive for recruits in the United States Marines whose members, whenever and Wherever duty calls, never waiver in devotion _ to their inspiring motto “Semper Fidelis—Always Faithful.” Signed In and for the City of Decatur. Ind., this second day of January, in the year of our Lord, One thousand nine hundred fifty-four. JOHN M. DOAN

_ •» jL / *' f.- .. • ,v-< a*.——» ■f- X U. S. AMBASSADOR to Italy Clare Boothe Luce and her husband, publisher Henry Luce, smile for the camera at New York’a Idlewild airport, where he met her on her arrival from Rome. Mrs. Luce said Italians and Americans have a “mutual need for sympathetic understanding of one another's, problems." She will report to President Eisenhower. (International Sound photo)

Lutheran Church To Install New Officers The newly elected officers of Zfdh umtem -mroK Wdsr'Mon--tvJJJ Jbe installed into., office at the 10:30 o’clock worship service Sunday morning. The pastor, the Rev. Edgar P. Schmidt, will conduct the installation. The following are the new officers-; Earl Caston, president; D. Hoyt Callow, vice-president; Reinhold Sauer, elder; Roland Miller, deacon; Herman Dierkes, trustee; Don- Burke, recording secretary, Ralph Sauer, treasurer; Edward Wolfe, - financial secretary; Norman Kruse, board of Herman Krueckeberg, chairman of the board of education. _ Other officers'who will serve cn the church council are the following; Emil’ Bienz, chairmaij ot the board of elders; Norman Witte, chairman of the board of deacons; Henry Krueckeberg and Robert Nyffler, trustees; Harold Thieme, chairman of the board of finance: and Rev. Schmidt," chairman of the church council. Meetings of the council are held on the first Tuesday of each month at 8 p.m. Traae in a good Town — Decatn.

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