Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 298, Decatur, Adams County, 20 December 1954 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Bvery Bvaaihg Except Bunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO m INC. Entered nt the Decatur, Ind., Pott Office as Second Class Matter Dick D. Heller ——- President J. ft. Heller -4*. * Vice-President Chaa Holthouse — Secretary-Treasurer •übacrlptlan Rates! By Mail* beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year. Six months, |«.Mi « months, 1115. By MaU in Adams and Adjoining Counties: Ono year, $8.00; *8.00; i moathi, 14-76; « months, $2.50. By Carrier: 25 cents per week. Single copies: 5 cents. — . 11,1 ■ s'* 11 ' " ■**

Governor Craig is right in desiring stiffer penalties for dope peddlers but we can't help but feel he will get better results it he compromises oh say ten yefers in prison rather than death. He will find it difficult to get that kind of a penalty through, we fear. 0 o The premier of Communist China will no doubt enjoy the visit of Secretary Hammarskjold of the United Nations when he calls on him shortly after Christmas. Even though he says it’s a closed session be may be induced to reopen it if the offer is sufficleht. In other words Dag will have to still outsmart Chon, is our guess. » q— Wk -*— 2-s.-. i— alww 4A - tomorrow is we any wuen u will be decided whether the Michigan state college professor is a smarter guesser than ordinary mortals add really has had some contact with other planets or is just a candidate tor a “booby hatch". He has been fired or resigned from the college after predicting dire things to happen tomorrow, a merry way to observe Christmas week. 0 O—K0 —K President Eisenhower has changed his mind about reducing taxes. He will ask congress to postpone the cut on corporate tax income tax rate and the excise tax rates which are supposed to go into effect April 1. He says the country can’t get along with, out the money. We think he is probably right but he should not have promised it and, advocated it ih earlier speeches. —-o —— - 7 The year just dosing Was the third highest in history for total number of polio cases. Only in 1949 and 1952 wore there more cases in the United States. More than 40,000 cases were reported during this year. The March of Dimes campaign will start January 3 and will be completed January 31. The long time goal of | the March of Dimes Is rehabtlita-j tion of victims and with that in J mind 74,000 victims were treated! in the past year. It’s a mighty! worthy cause. I

Have a Happy Holiday But Don't Overdo It!

By NEMMN N. BUNBBM, MJ. TOO often the Christina* holiday* are occasion* for too much of everything. You eat too much, you play too hard, you get to bed too late. You’re busy having a good time, and you overdo Just about everything. Take it easy, or yvh may spoil •your holidays Worse yet, you may not be able to get back to work on time. Or feel up to doing your best work if you do get there. Too Many Goodies Candy, cookies and goodie* Os all kinds abound in virtually every home at Christmastime. And, of course, there* the big Christmas dinner, too. Constant nibbling of candy, cooklee, nut* and the like, and then topping all this with a heavy meal of rich food*, 1* bound to bring discomfort, if not actual damage, to your body. Strain on System Overlndulgence of this sort put* a strain on your heart, blood vessels, kidneys and Over. You may be having a good time, out think of your body’s machinery! These foods In themselves are not harmful. It’s their abuse, not their use, that does the harm. Your stomach will let you know when you have abused it. Indigestion will quickly make you re-i gret your Ways. Remedy tot Indigestion If you are troubled by indigestion this afternoon, you can probably get relief by taking sodium bicarbonate and lying down. Mix

December 25 was chosen on Christmas day hundreds of years ago. The date was chosen by the . Chvch of Rome early in recordedßChristianity because it was the same date on which pagans celebrated the winter solistice. It proved a successful attempt to Christianise a pagan holiday, the latter of which was finally abolished in the fifth century and only the word Tula remains te remind people that once year* ago many worshipped the Suh Instead of the Son on what we now call Christmas day. The word Yule actually has no Christmas .meaning. 0 0 Letters have been mailed to Corporations - and individuals in Indiana askihg financial support for the Associated Colleges of Indiana. This is a group of twelve and the money raised each year is divided among the participating schools. Member schools depend entirely on contributions, endowments and tuitions. No state funds are ever received. Small colleges throughout the United States long have been the backbone of higher education. They strive to berve and teach fend they most generally are free from politics. The Indiana group which is banded together to promote the smaller colleges is headed J»y Dr. Frank Sparks, president of Wabash college. Last year this group received a total of f 113.000 from Indiana Corporations and individuals. The money is used for paying instructors, maintenance of property and general improvement of educational programs. All contributions are deductible in tiling ihcome tax returns./ One of the principal poihts stressed in the-lettbr asking support of the association is the fact that none of the money raised is used for capital improvements. Most of the money is being used to retain phoffessors and instructors, who otherwise would be lured away by larger financial offers. It is- a worthy cause and many outstanding citizens are not only contributing but £ they are giving bouts of their • own time to interest others. With ■ such men showing such an interBest in our small independent col- ■ leges their future and the future ■ of our children seem to be pointling to a brighter horizon.

warm water and drink It slowly. While you should try to avoid overeating, it is equally Important to avoid excessive exertion. Thia is particularly true for those of you in the later years of life. Proper Qototoq Dress warmly when you go out into ths cold weather. When you come back into the house, take of! your overcoat, sweater and other outdoor gear even if you're going to remain Inside for lust a few minutes. Don't stand around In a warm room and perspire. If you do, you're inviting trouble when you ■ go out again. The sudden change in temperature will strain your heart. And you know what that cando. ’ Get finouqh Rest 1 For today, and all of next week, plan your activities to allow enough rest. Take a few minutes several times each day to sit down and relax. And get to bed on time. Make sure you get your eight hours’ sleep every night. If you heed this simple advice. {ou have a much better chance of elng around to enjoy the Christmas holidays again next year. QUESTION AND ANSWgB C. R.: Would an acid saliva ‘ cause bad breath and, if to, how could it be cured? Answer: Acidity of the saliva may come from infection, which, in turn, might give the breath a bad oddr. It might also be due to some infection Os the salivary i glands. When the cause is found, prop- ' er treatment m* v be carried out.

♦ ?"■' 0 1 20 Years Ago j Today ' 0 —a December 20—Mayor-elect Holthouse appoints Seph Melchi to be chief of police and Ralph Roop to be. city engineer, also M. J. Mylott as city superintendent and Charles Brodbeck as manager of the water department. Good Fellows club goek up to s2ll President Roosevelt calls' for a conference with industrial leaders for heart-to-heart talks on business problems. Ralph Roop, county surveyor, and a force of men are working night and day to Clear the 750 miles of County roads of snow. Cloverleaf Creamery team defeats the Clrasky Team (colored), 23 to 18. I Household Scrapbook I | BY ROBERTA LEE | Cake Cake can be kept fresh by taking two slices of bread, and sticking them against the freshly cut surface of the cake by means of toothpicks. Linen To preserve the color of linen, place a few small pieces of camphor gum in the linen drawers. » I —' ’ ■ 0 Modern Etiquette j | BY ROBERTA LBB A Q. When one is unable to attend a formal social function to which an engraved invitation has been received, how should the regrets be worded. A ‘‘Mr. and Mrs. Thomas}Brown extremely regret that a previous engagement prevents their accepting Mr. and Mrs. Robert Whitney s kind invitation to a dinner on Saturday. the sixth of November.” Q. Should one select a wedding gift which only the bride can use, if one does hot know the bridegroom ? K. Regardless of how well one knows either of the principals, the wedding gift should be one that both can use and enjoy. Q. Is It necessary that all the men stand at a dinner table until all the women have been seated? A. Yes.

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.. . — Are lenstnSn, Charles Grattde, is as Maned by • big pia megariue to Photograph a hawk-migrailon n West Virginia 'Red." a friendly meal loiest ranger and his little white dug Charm, accompanying Gratton to a lonely watch tower far out on the mountain. Through hie binoculars. Gratton discovers someone. also using glasses, watchlne him from an opposite slope. Suddenly a Jiolden eagle swoops 'nto view, liuverng awhile, then returning as though >y Signal, to the person on the opposite peak. CHAPTER THREE RED CLIMBED through the trap door in the door, not even breathing hard. "What'a up?" “Maybe it’s nothing,” I said, "but there was someone across the valley. In that little opening over on Third HilL" Red uncased his binoculars and looked across. "They're gone now," I said. "I can't say why, but there was something about it—" “What 7" Red frowned, trying to follow me. “It wasn't like someone peeking into apartment windows or onto a beach the way some people do This was different. They just stood there with their binocs on me as if they were trying to identify me, like a hawk." “What did you do?" Red asked. "Nothing. I just kept mine on thttn." “Does It occur to you—" and Red grinned—“that you looked exactly the same to them?” “I doubt if they could see me that well—up here tn this tower." 'They could probably see you as well as you saw them, if their glasses were as strong. What did he look like?” "Sort of thin—sports clothes." “1 mean, what kind of a guy did he seem to bet A native?” “All 1 know is that it was a—" I stopped. "Well, 1 can’t even say it was a man. I couldn't see the face for the binoculars. The clothes were the kind anyone could wear." T imagine It's been another hawk watcher," Red said. "I thought you’d spotted the eagle." “I did. It came out of those rocks up our ridge and crossed the little valley. I tried for him just before he went out of sight" "Was it carrying anything?" “I couldn’t tell. I lost it against Third Hill oyer there,, just before '1 saw this person." "Maybe you'll get a chance at another one tomorrow," Red said. He was closing the glass panels of the tower. "Who lives over on that mountain?" 1 asked. "1 didn’t know anyone did. But I’m not familiar with this section.” Ho was standing aside to let me through the trap door. On the way down I stopped at the first landing and looked north again while Red fastened the lock on the tower. Up where the eagle had made his dive, there was nothCopyright, 1354. by Gcorje

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Buys Health Bond The -UERMWA (Local) has voted purchase of a $lO health

Help Fight TB Buy Christmas Seals

bond, officials of the Chri llfflit seal campaign in Ada m s county annou need today. A 11 proceeds from the annual Christmas seal sale are used in the fight o n tubercu-

losis 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. Chicago — In thunderstorm Clouds there may be violent vertical air currents Sometimes attaining a measured velocity of more than 200 miles per hour.

ingbut theibase-reeks-aad-ampty sky. Not even a buzzard. Jolting down the west slope of the mountain with Charm curled at our teet, neither of us had much to say. Red had enough to do holding the jeep on the rocky road while 1 had my lower backbone driven deeper into my pelvis. Red nadn't spoken and I supposed he was dreaming about his wife and dinner tn one order or the other. Charm had her head against his foot on the brake pedal. “What would make that eagle dive so far like that?” 1 asked. "What ?" •That eagle. It must have been a mile or more. What attracted it?" . "Something he's seen up in those rocks.- They have eyes'like telescopes." ."Have you ever been to those rocks?" I asked. "I think they’re called Spine Rocks but I've never been there. There are lots of places—views, rock formations—l got around to’YeL Ruth and I want to, but we only have our weekends and so far we haven't had much chance.” We were coming down Into the; dense pine and red shale belt. •Those rocks,” 1 said. »-'How would a person get there?" ‘There’s a paved road from the crossroads that goes over the mountain at the gap. People walk in from there.” Red didn’t sound enthusiastic. 1 told myself it was already too dark to go climbing around strange places. What would I look tor. anyway? 1 was getting too impressionable. We were approaching the crossroads, which were nothing but a couple of farmhouses with their chins together and a tiny general store with blocks of yellow cattle salt stacked on ths porch beside big balls of twine. "Can 1 buy you a drink?" I nodded toward the Nehi sign over the store porch. “Thanks.” Red grinned. "Ruth will have supper ready and 1 don't want to keep her waiting." He pulled the jeep to a stop beside my Jaguar roadster parked just off the north-south highway. The other paved road cut back toward Sleepy Crecft mountain at an angle to the dirt road we’d come down from the tower. 1 got out and stretched. "This the road to those rocks?” ''•Yes,” RJed said.'"What tiinc do we meet in the moaning ?” “1 appreciate all the trouble you've gope to/' I said. "You really feci like giving up another day to this?” / "Well, I you u'ont to go back to the tower, don't you?” “Yes. What time do you think? You know the hawks." "Is seven-thirty earl.V enough for you? They won't get moving much before eight," • ' -, : Evans and iiyans. Disti'lbulv'J o.

Los Angeles News Ends Publication Tabloid Suspends, Workers Seek Pay LOS ANGELES (INS) — The Los Angeles Daily News suspend-' ed publication over the weekend and the defunct paper’s 450 employes organized Sunday to fight for severance pay totalling more than SBOO,OOO. The paper's name, subscription list and certain features were soldto the Times-Mirror Company for An undisclosed sum and the purchased features start appearing in the Mirror today. Clinton D. McKinnon, publisher of the suspended tabloid, said that money realised from the sale of the paper's building and equipment would be applied on the severance pay claims.

i ■ ' --1 '■ ■ « i I SfiM. • *Here* »t ths crossroads." “Seven-thirty," Red said. As ne drove south toward Romney, Charm looked back at me srom the seat beside nun with those soulful eyes. 1 got m the Jaguar and sat for a tew minutes. Then 1 started north, toward the inn at Fairfax Springs. Sunday morning was the kind With fog in tne valleys that would clear later into bright and sunny. There was no nurry about meeting Red—you couldn’t nave seen a hawk if it nad been on your shoulder—but tor some reason 1 Wouldn t admit, 1 was At the crossroads half an hour early. Red pulled up out of the fog • few minutes before 7:30. "Not much of a day," I said. "it may improve." Red lit a cigaret while Charm watched him with adoring eyes. "If we get Enough wind tor a flight it will carry this tog away." "I've been thinking, Red, about that man.” "The man with the binocs 7" Red ' ashed. , "No, the one on the rocks yesterday. Would an eagle attack a man 7” Red went into conference with his cigaret. “There are always stories but moat ot them aren’t substantiated. 1 read about a bald eagle being filmed for a movie that didn’t like the camera man because he played a flute. She went after him every chance she nad." "How about a golden T" "Goldens are more vicious in their hunting habits. There's no doubt they’re powerful enough to do a lot ot damage. 1 suppose they might even kill a man if they had the courage or reason to attack." _ "I'm thinking about those high rocks. They look awfully narrow. 1 wouldn’t even want a bee making passes <t me if 1 was up there," He didn’t say anything. "Go ahead, took at me that way," 1 said, “but think about it. There was a man there. Then we saw an eagle make a diva When 1 got up tn the tower the eagle was taking off out of those rocks, but there was no man. He may be ly|ng there with a broken leg or back.” "He couldn’t have left between the time you saw him and when we saw the eagle.” , "Yes, and ne could tic up there till he starved to death.” "Weil, in that case, we should have looked for him last night,” Red said. "The thought has been eating at me all night long. That s why 1 want to go up there now and get it out Os my mind.” We decided to take my Jaguar. ’ (To Bo Continued) > >y Kuij Features Syndics!*.

Court News Marriage License Edward F. Marbach, 23, and Joyce Colleen Lobsiger, 11, both of Decatur. v Complaint for Divorce In the domplaint for divorce of Pauline E. Williams vs. Armond F. Williams, evidence was submitted Saturday oh an affidavit charging that the defendant, Armond F. Williams, failed to comply with a previous order of the court, which included weekly payments for support of the plaintiff and minor children. Complaint on Notes In the complaint on note of the Citisens Bank of Portland vs. Junior D. (Jack) Hough and his wife, Mary Hough, a motion to default was introduced Saturday, and defendant defaulted by not appearing. Defendants also defaulted in two cases involving Burley A. Hough vs. Junior D. Hough, Mary Hough, and The Peoples Baifk, Portland, in a complaint by assignee on promissory note against maker and assignor. Estates Cases Inventory No. 1 was filed in the estate of George S. Gottschalk, and the total appraised value of the estate was $36,530.47. A schedule to determine inheritance tax was filed in the estate of Martin G. Bienz, and the notice was ordered issued returnable January 10. Real Estate Transfers Paul E. Strickler etux to Kenneth W. Arnold etux, inlot 49 in Decatur. , Katie A. Smitley to Frieda Lehmann, 91 acres in Jefferson Twp, Frieda Lehmann to Katie A. i Smitley etal, 91 acres in Jefferson >' Twp. I Herman F. Kraft etux to City of Decatur, part out lot 92 in De- : catur. > Intercity Construction Corp, to bon R. Stover etux, inlot 27 In Dei catur. I Thomas M. Fisher to Amos L. - Harman etux, parts inlots 549 & ■ 550 in Decatur. i Carl Ehrsam etux to George M. Foor etux, .02 acre in St. Mary’s • Twp. Jehu W. Gerber etux to Pree- ' man F. Gerber etux, 80 French Twp. Ralph J. Redding etux to Homer D. Hoover etux, inlots 188-189-190 & 191 in Decatur. Sarah B. Arnold to Kathryn W. Morris, part out lot 2(H in Decatur. Washington — Using explosives the army has developed a method of sinking telegraph poles in loose j sand or earth without having to dig a hole. I

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