Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 58, Decatur, Adams County, 10 March 1954 — Page 11

THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1954

Twice Too Often NEWTOWN, Conn., UP — Fite started by a defective oil burner forded Albert O’Dell and his fatally to flee their home in sub-zero weathbr. They took refuge in another home they owned, next door. They had hardly made themselves comfortable when that caught fire. Oil burner trouble again. Useless Sedan "DOBTON, u£ — when John Wlnthbop, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 17th century, received a sedan chair as a gift, he didn't dare use it because such comforts of travel were considered to’d ritzy for the austere standards of the day. ■ -r £ . Notice Os Election There will be an election for one trustee at First Christian Church to be held Sunday, March 21st.

FARMERS ATTENTIOR The Following Grade* of Fertilizer Are AVAILABLE NOW 12-12-12 3-18-9 8-16-16 , 3- 9-18 5-20-20 342-12 5-10-10 0-20-20 4-16-16 5-10-20 10-10-10 2-12-6 0-20-0 20.6'i and 33 1/3% Nitrogen Also All Kinds of Field Seeds NOW AVAILABLE .. _ —-——— THEO. BULMAHN e Phone 3-9106 MODERN COUNTRY HOME * 2 ACRES Public Auction The Board of Trustees of Friedheim Zion Lutheran Church will sell at Public Auction —Located 12 Miles South East of Fort Wayne on Winchester Road then % Mile South or 7 Miles North West of Decatur or 4 Miles North and Miles West of Preble, at Friedheim, SATURDAY MARCH 20 -1954 at 1:30 P.M. Living Room, Study with Built in Bookcases. Dining Room. Kitchen with Built-in Cupboards, and Bedroom on First Floor. 3 Bedrooms and Full Bath on Second Floor, Spacious Attic, with 6 large windows. Ample Closets; FnH Basement. Thermostatically Control led Forced Air Coat Fired Furnace. Electric water heater. Deep Well and Two and,Screens, Slate Roof. Beautiful lawn with many shade trees. Small Orchard. Stoned Driveway. This splendid home affords you comfortable living with its arrangement and space and could easily be converted for Duplex or Apartment use. Other improvements consist of Good Staay Barn with concrete fipor; Modern Type Chicken Housed Fuel House and Corn Crib. 2 .tcfes of Land. .v. '.. . - ■ TERMS & CONDITIONS —One Fourth Down. Balance on Delivery of Deed and Abstract. Possession on or before May Ist, 1954. Your in? spection is invited at any time. Statements made on day of sale shall take precedence over any statements contained herein. Board Os Trustees Os Friedheim Zion Lutheran Church Roy S. Johnepn .• - Ndd C. Johnsom — Auctioneers 1 4 11 15 IS

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66 Soil Districts Organized In State Adams County One Newly Organized Indiana will move into soil conservation week, March 28-April 3, with a record number of districts organised and more than 1,879,000 acres operated under approved soil and water practices. R. O. Cole, Purdue university soil conservationist, says that more than 19,000 Hoosier farmers , are currently utilizing conservation practices in 63 districts throughout the state, and the movement is still growing. Miami, Marshall and Hancock counties will probably join tip as new districts before the year is up. Other new districts organized lalt year are Adams, Brown, Rush and Fayette counties.

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CHAPTER FOURTEEN THE girt, Myra, sat back in her armchair, and looked thoughtfully across at Shelly. “Come on,” coaxed Shelly, getting to her feet. "There are four bedrooms upstairs that we never use, except for a rare guest They are all furnished prettily, and they’re clean.” Myra again was weaving her finger baskets. "You’re mighty kind, and understanding, ma’am,” she said throatily. "I don’t know what I expected of you, but I didn’t think you’d understand sM quick. I guess maybe 1 though® you’d argue me into going back to* my own place and not being silly.” “But you’re not being silly, I feel sure.” “In away I am,” said Myra. “I married Ike, knowin’ I’d have to traipse around — but yesterday — this trip he’s on —it looks as if we’d be here in Norfolk for several more months, and — and — well, bein’ alone tonight, I didn’t think 1 could take it” "Come on,” Shelly said, "in no time at all we’ll have you snug in bed.” .... I The next -day Craig charged into ( the office like a bull let out of the branding pen. It took a little time for Shelly and Miss Browne to comprehend what had happened. Somebody had been hurt kt the plant—- " Three whole days ago ?” “Yes! Three days ago. Four. A crane hook hit him on the head. Maybe he did get in the way! Must have, to be knocked down by the thing. But the man had been going about his job—even If he was on his w y to the toilet, that was part of his routine!” AU these statements were blurted out between ahswering the phone, and getting the day’s paper work in order. "I was sent for—took hhn to the hospital, and I’ve been caring for him there. And today I find that the plant’s insurance company wiU not pay for his hospitalization—they do not consider hospitalization necessary for his case. "What’s more, the adjuster knows ahead of time, he claims, just how long this man will be off from work! And they’ve settled for two and a half weeks’ lost time compensation. The fool signed the papers. Everybody knows the company violated the taw In making such a settlement, but they had the commission’s consent” Yes, a bull from the branding pen. “I only hope that insurance chap knows better than I do how badly hurt the poor guy is!" AU day Craig repeated that hope, dolefully, angrily, profanely. It made for a tense, jumpy day in the office. Shelly went home very tired; Myra put her to bed. And at bedtime, Craig Talboy decided to take Donald for a tong Walk, to get himself out of his mood. It was a cold, blowy night No show was on the ground, but frost glimmered on the sidewalks beneath the light posts, and the doctor’s footsteps rang loudly on ;. J.?;- ' >i'.. ■!.

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As for the practices themselves, Cole cites the following figures: Last year more than 8,000 acres were added to pasture improvement programs to bring the total to 85.000 acres. Contour farming methods were uses on 218,000 acres of Which 21,000 were added in 1953. Some 700 farm ponds were constructed and four and one-half million feet of tile drains were laid. Cole urges people throughout the state to observe Soil Conservation Week by scheduling demonstrations, meetings, and other events that will encourage these soil conservation practices. Modern conservation has come to mean not only building and maintaining soil productivity, Cole says; but also increasing standards of living, and he emphasizes that the purpose of conservation is not just the welfare of the land, but the welfare of the people. This newer concept Includes many practices such as proper land use, protecting the land ■ -■ -■■■ ■—

concrete. Not many people were about on foot Cars passed irregularly along the residential streets. He turned one corner after another and presently decided that he might be tart; he had come to the dead end of a short street “Cemetery, by Jove!" he said aloud, whistling Donald back. “You might enjoy A ramble th thebe,” he admitted. "I’d hot Fm gloomy, but not that gloomy.” Donald, in the manner of dogs, had thoroughly inspected each bush and tree oh their walk; now he jfrechecked those on this short ■street — and ventured, with his master preoccupied, to cross over to see what wonders in the way of smells might lie there on the other side. His excited barking snapped Craig to attention. “Come here!” he cried in exasperation. "Bow’d you get over ... Donald!" The weli-traihed dog did not obey; he continued to bark, and grdwl and even whimper. Craig went toward him, muttering, “Get yourself into a dog-fight..." He bent to seize the dog’s plaid collar, then let his breath out in a gasp. “Oh, Jehoshaphat!” he said in a mixture of pity and protest. He’d had enough today. He didn’t want to find any Wotaan dead under any bush! • But he had found her and, being a doctor, he must see if she was dead. He threw a glance up at the yelloW house beyond this bank of shrubbery. He told Donald tn shut up. and got down oh one knee. She'd fallen into the barberry bushes; they were crushed under her weight. She was in night clothes. Craig looked at his watch. Nine-thirty. One slipper was off her bare foot. It was hard to tell —he shouldn't move her, perhaps, but he did, enough to get her out of the bush and its pHckles. He felt her wrist, her breast, and then put his ear down... She was alive —just bfireiy. He moved quickly then; there were no lights in the yellow house, so he went to the one next door, hammered on the glass, spoke rapidly to the startled boy who came to the door. ‘Tm Dr. Talboy. There’s been an accident I want to phone...” He went into the hall and called the police, said to send an ambulance. "What’s this street?” he asked the youth. "Curtis street, and be quick!” He slammed the phone down. "Thanks,” he said to the boy. “Do you have a blanket handy? Where’s your mother and father?” "They—they went to the show. But I can get you a blanket” He did, and followed the doctor Who had gone back to the wbman under the hedge next door. “Why, it’s Mrs. Lewis!" said the boy, watching the tall, strange man lift and wrap her. “Can’t you —give her something?” he stammered in fright. Craig glanced up. “Not until I know what she’s already taken.” "Oh.” “See, her mouth is burned—bo it’s acid of some sort Milk might help, but she’s unconscious.” Craig

against soil deterioration, rebuilding eroded and depleted soil, Improving grass and woodlands, conserving moisture, draining and irrigating where needed, building up soil fertility, and increasing yields. In order that they may better aid farm operators in following these practices, district supervisors are holding their annual workshop at Purdue, Mar. 30-31. At this workshop they Will be given the latest information on the adininIstratlon of soil conservation districts. Cole points out that more and more Indiana farmers are realizing that good land use practices are important for greater farm income. War By-product WASHINGTON, UP —Research by the army chemical corps during World War II led to commercial production of sprays and fogs now used to kill broadleaf Weeds without damaging crops.

shrugged. “Did you say she lived next door to you?” The boy glanced toward the dark-windowed yellow house. “Yes, Mr.” He swallowed and bent down tt> rub Donald’s ears. "You’ve got a nice dog. She—she and Dr. Lewis were married About a month ago. Maybe six Weeks...” He spoke With difficulty, as it his throat too Were burned with an acid. It was, thought Craig regretfully. The acid of being plunged at sixteen,’ into the ugliness of adult life. He let the boy talk; it Would ease his tension. "She’s lots younger thanthe doetor. His wife—his first wife—died Must summer. Cancer, I think.- She was sick a long time. And Dr. Lewis — this lady — she’s nice. Pretty, and she always speaks so nice. My mother didn't think—well, you know, Dr. Lewis has a daughter about as old as...Oh!" Headlights had swept blindingly into the little street, and no more talking was pdssible. The neighbors realized the commotion, and came out. Certain questions from the police had to be answered, but very quickly Craig had Mrs. Lewis on the stretcher and into the ambulance; he picked up Donald, stepped into the front seat besidb the driver, and they were off. MrS. Lewis did not die. But she had most certainly tried to kill herself. By the next morning she was conscious—just enough to talk to the doctor beside her bed, to tell enough of her story so that Dr. Talboy put a nurse in charge of his patient and issued a blanket order that she was to have nd visitors, not even her husband—especially not her husband! Craig had been in Norfolk for three months, and he supposed ne had met all the doctors in town. Among them, he remembered Dr. Ervin Lewis. On first bight, he had hot liked the man; nothing ever caused him to chbnge his opinion. Lewis was a man of about fifty, with a little gray in his hair, and a habit Os looking sidewise at a person rfither than straight on. He had a soft, light voice, and a manner of immediate intimacy. Talking even to a strange man, he would put his hand on that man's sleeve and draw close to him. He was not a good doctor. Craig had decided that almost at once, too. For one thing, he was a follower and practitioner of the bacteriophage therapy lately become a matter of controversy in New England, and certainly het respectably established in Missouri. Dr. Lewis, and his methods, made most doctors—doctors like Craig Talboy —wonder why they bothered with the gullible human race. Nevertheless, patients flocked to Dr. Lewis’ clinic. He—and they—were doing everything they could to make the County Hospital allow hte treatment to be given to patients there. High and low championed the man, who was related, it seemed, to half the county. Scarcely any tdng-time resident was not some sort of cousin to Ervin LeWis. /To Jfe ContfMted) X

Ham Alarm THOMASTON, Conn., UP — Volunteer firemen received a call that stnoke was pouring from a building on the Vincent Serra farm. When they got there, they found Serra smoking hams. Burglar Tip HARTFORD, Conn , UP - A light at night gives burglars a fright, says Maj. George Remer of the state police. "Burglars are attracted to darkened homes," he said. “The best way to keep them away is to burn a few cents worth of electricity.”

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