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

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday W\. . THE DBCATUR DEMOCRAT CO.. INC. • Entered at the Decatur. Ind.. Post Office as Second Class Matter. Dick D. Heller \ A. R Holthouse —- Editor J. H. Heller 4-Vice-President Chas. Holtbouse J. Treasurer Subscription Rates: 5 By Mail in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, >S.M; Six months, $4.26; 3 months, $3.25. • By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties; One year, 19.00; 6 months, |4.75; 3 months, $2.50. By Carrier: 25 cents per week. Single copies: 5 cents.

By 1955 we should be use to dating everything 1954. . — ■<>■■ - -0 The annual midwinter furniture aimer la oa in Chicago and Adams county is represented there by the three furniture factories in Berne. These local manufacturers are recognised among the best in the country aryl produce furniture widely sought by dealers. The . furnishing of homes is still one of the biggest businesses in the country. 4 , 0 o—Fate struck a woman newspaper editor of Williamsport, Pa., « cruel Mow. Ab advocate of highway safety, she had just earn-— pleted an editorial urging safe driving over the holidays. On her way home her car figured in a crash and she was severely injured. Both her legs were crush- .. _._ed and had to be amputated. We not know the noble woman, but can’t refrain from extending sympathy over the bad luck that befell her. —-o —_o The regional office of Red Cross has sent an appeal to all chapters in the local area urging persons to enroll in their communities for a blood donation when the Bloodmobile visits their respective city. The Red Cross explains that an emergency exists, due to demand in hospitals for blood and that the service can be carried on only through volunteer contributions. If you would like, to help in this - humanitarian movement, make your reservation for next Friday when the Bloodmobile will be at the American Legion home. ' XSMWfSBSWsw-- 1 * —Q-r— .Q THe,.birt«^_ shift in congresi sternal politicaLllix&up will come I when members votft on amendments to the Taft-Hartley law. President Eisenhower promised amendments to labor (groups and proposals so far offered are not acceptable to business organisations and management. The President may have difficulty in getting his proposals approved by the lawmakers and a split of ranks among Republican leaders is expected- Backstage work is being done by the wing opposed to change in the labor act and it ap- ( .pears that few will be satisfied with the final revision of the law.

Colitis Remedy Awaits Finding of True Cause — U.A; m44U IWn nTaflFnfhrO

By HERMAN N. BUNDfSEN, M.D. THE first signs of ulcerative colitis are often found at one of the healthiest stages of our lives, the teen years. It may also be seen with less frequency In elderly individuals. When a young person has severe bloody diarrhea, uncontrollable over a tong period of time and with no definite cause, such as • amebic or Infectious dysentery, It is quite possible that he is suffering from a type of ulcerative colitis. First Stages The disease usually appears In the lower bowel near and around the rectum but It gradually moves to involve the entire large Intestine. At first, there is Infiammalon of the lining of the bowel; later ulcers develop with bleeding. Finally there is scarring. This type of Inflammation often —“ Causes rhe bowei tu lose its normal function, and it remains only a stiff, Inflamed, pipe-like organ without very much useful action. The symptoms of ulcerative colitis may closely resemble a type of infectious diarrhea. May Be Caused by Virus For many years, it has been believed that some type of germ is fault in ulcerative colitis. HowS ever, all types of studies have failed to find the offending agent. A virus, which is a germ too small to be Veen fry* normal microscope, is believed by many to be the The advent of the nearer antibiotics and sulfa drugs was beih>ved to be possibly a cure for Xerative whtis. Each new drug has Deentried, with great hope, and found lacking. These germ- ~ Zhrhtinu drugs do eliminate many I infprt.irips trhirli might

A crowd that over taxed seating capacity attended the opening of the Union Spiritual Emphasis Week services at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church last evening; Continuing through thia week, the Rev. George St. Angelo, . of Indianapolis, noted chureh leader and minister, is the guest preacher for the series of religious talks to be given each evening. The singing is ably directed by Don Gehrig, music instructor at Hartford township school. Sponsored by the Decatur Ministerial Association, the week is what the name signifies, a period when emphasis is placed on things spiritual. Top much emphasis cannot be placed on religion and the teachings of Jesus Christ. It is the application of these precepts and God’s word that inspires humans to live the better life. Local ministers are assisting in the services and the public is invited to the week's schedule of inspir- , ing talks by the guest speaker and associated ministers. - — X;—• Law Run-Around:— Congress has its faults, but it does not give way to the buffoonery that sometimes actuates state legislatures. Very strange bills not only are introduced by our lawmakers, but actually get passed. Commerce Clearing House, which sends out reports on tax and business law, records some examples of the wisdom which inspired our .legislattira in.-L953. » Connecticut, for instance, found it important to forbid the tattooing of a minor, and North Dakota thqught-it wise to ban dancing in thedark. '“The New York legislature went through the lawmaking process to change the word' “who” to “whom” in an existing statute. This Mt of purism was, however, vetoed by Gov. Dewey. North Carolina made drivers’ licenses liable for suspension for misconduct on the roads “within one year.” The old law,’,which seems just as good, read "within a period of 12 months:” / Many such bills are passed by lawmakers with tongues in. their checks. They do so to humor eccentric members, and justify themselves by saying It does no harm. It does do barm, for it tends to make aB legislative activity verge on the ridiculous.

be present with the ulcerative colitis and thus relieve or help alleviate the symptoms for short periods of time. An Allergy Cause There are some who believe that allergy is the basic cause of this type of colitis. However, allergy tests and antl-allergic drugs have not been of much value In Its treatment. There are many who believe that emotional difficulties are at fault and psychiatrists have reported remarkable Improvement in some cases after patients have undergone psychiatric treatment. ACTH and cortisone have proved most helpful in some Instances: Surgical Method Many surgeons believe that the best way to rid a- person of the disease Is ter take out his entire large intestine or bowel and make products on the side of his abdomen. Many patients do well under sueh treatment. Surgicalmethods will also keep many of the severe complications of the disease from developing. However, it is believed that only when the true cause is found for the disease will an adequate cure be developed. QUESTION AND ANSWER H. C.: My two front teeth seem . to be eroding away. What could be the cause of this? , - , Answer: It may be that you are putting an object in your mouth whicfUs causing erosfonof your teeth. Many people nervously put -pencils and other such objects in their mouths. Carpenters may have this difficulty because they have nails in their mouths constantly. You should consult your dentist about this matter. .

Extension Office To Close Thursday The county agriculture agent’s office in the post office will be closbd Thursday, while county agent L E. Archbold and Anna K. Williams, home demonstration agent, attend the state health and safety council conference at Purdue University. Ctrl assistants in the office will also attend the rural youth annual meeting at Purdue on the same day. - . jjC ll' gillWlM dl'IT-jMMK Returns Te Camp Pfc. Daniel T. Kitson has returned to Fort Hood, Tex., after spending a 15-day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kltaon, and family. ■ - / Kinta Returns Aviation Storekeeper 3/C William E. Kbits returned to Muffett Field, Calif, this, morning after a 7-day leave with his parents, Mr. and (Mrs. John Kinta of pear Decatur. .. - At Fort Wood Pvt. William H. Clark. Jr., son of Mr. pad Srs. William H. Clark of Decatur, has received the following address: Pvt. William H. ' Clark, Jr., RA 16456820, Co. B 6th 2 M. B. N., R. E, S. Comp Ist Pit, 6th Armored Div., Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Clark entered the armed forces November 18. Enters School Pvt. James W. Fleming, who spent a 14-day leave with his family and friends over the holidays, has completed 8-week basic training and is entering engineering school. His address is: Pvt. James W. Fleming U. S. 55447289, Co. D. 51st Armd. Engr. Bn., 6th Armd. Div., Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.

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CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR * IT WAS through Miriam that Anita had come to Denfield. She kept in touch with Anita on account ot the child, and Anita wanted to bring Bobby up in the country. Her object was to keep him IWB ht rfft With fits father, and for a long time Pedrick didsT lsB«r fee had a sen, er where Anita was. Then he found out. “I didn’t tell him,” Miriam said. “I don’t Know how he traced her, but he did, 1 * McKee said drily: “Yow brother knew she had money from her first husband, Oliver Stewart.’* Miriam’s family pride, what was left of it, roused. She didn't think it was only the money. Anita had abandoned her-brother and he didn't like it—after all, she was still his wife. Anita had tried to get a divorce in-the beginning and Ulen nad dropped the idea, afraid of the publicity. Miriam ended up by saying that Pedriek had had nothing to do with what happened to Libby. He didn’t even find out that she was missing; until Kit and Hugo Cavanaugh went to Eleanor Oaks’ apartment two days after Libby vanished; Miriam was very definite about that. This agreed with McKee’S own findings. He dropped the notebook in which he had been doodling into his pocket) Someone, a man, entered the hall quietly. He appeared between the glass doors, paused there. It was Pedrick himsebfT tailand elegant and unruffled. They all stared, dumbfounded. Miriam gazed whitely at her brother across the length of the rooffi. Fear, and then black, shaking anger; she got her breath: “Sam! How dare you come here ?” . . Pedrick surveyed her, and .waved an airy hand. "M i m,” he murmured in his soft voice, "don’t get excited. This is not a social call.” He turned to McKee. “I understand you've been inquiring for me. inspector, and one of your minions told me you were here.” McKee nodded. Pedrick was looking the room oyer. "Won’t you introduce me, Miriam?" he said. Philip was on his feet. He spoke ““to McKee7~"l eanXJtery well call the police inspector, as you’re already here. Would you be kind enough to remove this gentleman and conduct your business with him elsewhere ?” Pedrick laughed. He turned in- * differently, with another wave of his hand, and then he and the inspector were both gone. ~ Philip sat down again. He looked at M i ri a m compassionately and started to say something. She said: “No," and got up like a zombie and walked out of the room and up the stairs. , Gazing after her, Libby said in a low voice: "That horrible, horrible man! He hates us—you can sep he does.” \ McKee hadn’t failed to notice the air of satisfaction, of complacency in Pedriek inside the Haven house. He considered the man thoughtfully aa they crossed tha terrace together. It was al though Pedrick had come here to put something to the test,-and was satisfied with the result. Haven was, at the moment anyhow, a rich man. Was Pedrick planning to move in and take over where the ongutal exUurUonexs left oft? He

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p ■ • —• • ■ --- : , t Household Scrapbook BY ROBERTA LEE • -0 - - . Clothesline The clothesline will be cleaned and the clothes will not freeze to it in the winter, if rubbed with a mixture of eoual partA-pU faking soda tthif'skrf,’’sprmkKra on a damp cloth. Or, boll the line occasionally in strong salt water. This also cleans ciotnespins. Hsartburn Relief from heartburn can often be had if a glass of hot water, which contains a pinch of soda, is taken.

had certainly questioned Anita i I Stewart about the Havens, in de- 1 1 tail —and idle curiosity was not a failing of hia 1 Eleanor Oaks was tn the yellow , : convertible parked beyond the 1 maples. McKee paused outside the , : gate. He said to Pedrick: “You : were up here in Denfiaid last night. I Yoa. Teey Wilder at the inn I : over a local phone, using a disI gulsed voice." ■ - Pedrick eyed him. His glance was faintly humorous. "Sorry, in- • spector. Mr. Wilder is not —a favo- ; rite of mine. I was up here in Denfield, an right. I wanted to talk to 1 my wife again about our boy. 1 : didn't call Wilder at the inn, or i anywhere else.” i Pedrick waited for the next ques--1 tlon, but McKee turned away. > “Inspector—” 1 — “Yes ?” McKee paused. 1 "As I said, 1 may have to leave > town on business, so if there is i anything eke— ?” ..." yyXX:;; 1 The man wanted to see whether t he was under active suspicion or 1 whether he had a free foot. Let r him think he had and then, perr haps— ' i “Go ahead, Mr, Pedrick. There is .nothing else.” McKee got into his 1 own car and trailed the convertible t down the hill past the ranch house. > Mrs. Stewart was in a nursing I home in Danbury and but of her • husband's reach. The Scotsman , thought “about hen: he wasn’t, at that point, prepared to give her a J completely clean bin of heaJth. She I was wrapped up in her boy and 1 Would do almost anything to in- > sure his future —and $25,000 was a. 1 sizeable surm She was not affluent, i He had examined her bills and • cheque book, and Pedrick had been bleeding her. A t Pedrick was turning into the • Merritt parkway. McKee kept him t in view until he went through the ’ next toll gate. Stopping there himF self, he got the highway patrol • and then his office. Carter an--1 swered. :McKee said he wanted an around-the-clock on Pedrick. "Put 1 Brown and Trebough on him, have 1 one of them pick him up at the city line. I’ll be along presently.” 1 He continued on his way. I That was on Wednesday .In Denfield the rest of that day and the I next were quiet For a change the , Havens were by themselves. There ; were ma th.re-ata no terrifying phone calls. The troopers stationed in the grounds, one by day and " r two by night, kept in tne back- " ground as far as possible and reported nothing stirring. ~; ■ Libby had resumed her work, for i Philip, who wrote- until 11* dictated until 1, and after lunch went on for another hour or two. The 1 time hung heavy on Kit’s hands. She longed to get fivflhy but the Inspector had said: "Stick around for a while it you can,” and she 1 didn’t begin her new job for almost another week. Besides, Libby/ : wanted her to stay. On Friday morning Miriam r eame down far the first time since the scene oh Wednesday afternoon, i She appeared at 10 o'clock while Libby and Kit were having iced coffee on the terrace and said she was going into the village to post , some letters, wanted'to know if i she caiiM do anything for either 1 of them. She took the path across the fields, and Kit Was watching 1 1 Lhar distant Lgura recede when

, Meat When serving, roast meat cold, the flavor can be preserved if it is wrapped in a damp piece of cheesecloth while it Is Still hot. Court Rews , . _\ J Estate Cases Estate of Robertine M. Sprunger net value of, estate is' $16,4,95.47, no tax due; county assessor Albert Harlow allowed $lO tot services rendered. . (Estate of Russell iM. Long; letters of administration Issued to Lowell M. and Robert iL. Long; bond filed for $4,600.

Libby, who had gone inside, came running out, white-faced. "Philip's not in his study,” she cried. “Where can he be —at this; hour ? He always goes straight there. His typewriter's Covered. He ffidn’t «o to work. • ♦ She was shaking. Kit laughed at her. “Libby, for baaven’s sake!" Libby didn't pay any attenUon.’ ‘Tm afraid, Kit. Pm afraid V Her eyes were wild. It came out then. The voice on the phone that had, told Libby not to go to the police had said other things. It hadn’t only threatened her, tt had threatened Kit and Philip. It had said horrible things. Philip’s arrival a few minutes later allayed Libby’s fright, momentarily, anyhow. He had been walking about in the orchard wrestling with an idea. “Come on, Lftby—let's get going before I lose the threcd.” Tony Wilder was still at the inn is the village. It was Friday, and William would be coming for the week-end. George had said over the phone he'd be up, and Kit was glad hp. was going to be there. ~She fad left" Hugo Cavanaugh out of her calculations and it was Hugo wilo arrived first. Kit didn't know ne was there Until she saw him on the grounds The afternoon had tuixed warmer and she had changed in.q white tissue gingham. When she came downstairs at 4 msirrp was alone in the livingroom Kit said: "I thought you were stiff working. Where’s Libby, do you know?” Philip said: "She went to get some of what 1 believe she cads swamp iris.” He mustn’t be alarmed. Kit said: '1 thought we might have a game/ of croquet," and went quickly outside Beyond the tennis court the ground, covered with small pines, went down steeply into a little glen with a pond at the bottom of it Libby was down there and Hugo wap with her. Their heads and Shoulders were visible above clumped alder bushes. They were facing each other. Hugo’s hands were on Libby's shoulders. Her face was lifted. Hugo was looking down at her and talking rapidly. He seemed to be pleading with Libby. /■ Kit turned her back, started to Climb—and saw William. He was in among the trees to the right, and a little higher up., He was so engrossed, was watching Hugo and Lfbby so steadily, that he didn’t see her. Kit walked on. Hugo was probably faking Libby to marry him. Surely she couldn’t hesitate between Hugo and Tony Wilder. Half an hour later, for something ta do, Kit was watering ttje flowers in the border against the stone wall when Hugo came up. He took the hose from her and said: ”Klt, I want to talk to you.” Kit didn't want to talk to him. She turned away. Hugo threw the, hose on the ground and grasped one of her wrists. She tried to wrench clear. "No you don't,” be said. "You're going to listen to nuL” Now he had both her wrists. The "inspector was there, « few feet away, looking at.. them. He hadn't made any wise crossing the garden. He spoke, and the sky darkened far Kit,: „ Z 2 . ITo Ee ConlMuedJ

Funeral Wednesday For Samuel C. Clay Services for Samuel C. Clay, 82, a former resident of Adams county, will be held Wednesday at 1:30 ?.m. at the D. 0. McComb & Sons funeral home. Fort Wayne. He lived most, of his life in this county and was a member of the Evangelical United Brethren church,' Geneva. Survivors are his wife; four sons, Clarence H. and Dewey Clay of Fort Wayne; Rufus L. Clay of Lansing, Mich., and Louis J. Clay, Lake City, Mich., 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. ———— —' I 20 Years Ago Today o_ ~ .—.i Jan. 4 — President Roosevelt addresses joint session of congress to report the nation definitely on the road to recovery. C. A. Dugan elected president of the First State bank and Theodore Graliker cashier. Judge Slick orders sale of Hol-land-St. Louis Co. property at Decatur February 5. Charles Brodbeck, water superintendent. estimates It will cost 315.000 to 320,000 to extend water lines to Homestead properties. - Congress is considering a tax of 355,00000 against liquor traffic. President Roosevelt sends an nual budget message to congress. He asks that ten billion dollars be borrowed to balance the budget. ■ -■ i ~ ..I, . a o—l ' 0 Modern Etiquette BY ROBERTA LEE ] J ! —0 — Qr-What is one supposed to say to the bride and bridegroom at the Wedding reception, also what do you say to their parents? A. .You wish the bride all happiness, Congratulate the bridegroom, tell the bride's parents how lovely the bride Is, and tell the bridegroom’s parents what a charming couple they make. Q. Do ladies and gentlemen ever chew gum in public places? A. .Certainly they do but .they take pains to do it quietly and inconspicuously. Nothing is more obnoxious than open-mouthed or audible chewing of gum. Q. What apology should one at ter if one accidentally brushes against another person on the street, or in some public conveyance ? 4 A. "I am sorry.” or, "1 beg your ipardon.”

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Buys Health Bond Business & Professional Women's club has voted purchase of a |a health bond, “ nici “ U , ,° f • rjv.-.-jy.-zT-.-.-.-.-.-.-.i tbe Christmas seal campaign ??ioA d a m s < JJs w'V'M +1 county, an<Qn T > nounced t o - * > day. -All.proI ceeda Ir 0“ the .annual Buy Christmas Seals Chrl s t m a s 1 ’ 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 tu- . berculosis association. Couple Married As 31 Children Watch HOORN”’ Holland UP r- Petrus Mettes and Cornetts-Smit were married Sunday in the presence of their 31 children.-; , Cornelia. 63. a widow, brought . her 2b children with her. Petrus, ' 58, who aI A had l>een married before, brotighC'his 11 heirs. ■■ ■ The reception was restricted to the immediate family. ... . L

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