Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 307, Decatur, Adams County, 31 December 1954 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published EwsryEvening Except Sunday By • . •• THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO.. INC. ' Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Poet Office as Second Claes Matter Dick D. Heller President J. H, HellerVice-President Chas. Holthouse Secretary-Treasurer Subscription Rates: By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, 1 SU months, S4.M; 3 months, $2.25. " - By Mall .in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, *8.90; 10.00; 8 months, *ft.W; 8 months, 88. W. By Carrier: 25 cents per week. Single copies: 5 cents.

9 W. P. Schrock:— The death of William P. Schrock has brought a feeling of sorrow to this community. Active for a half century In business, civic and church affairs, Mr. , Schrock leaves a vacant place which will not easily be filled. In his passing, next to his family perhaps the biggest void will be experienced in the First Presbyterian church where since a boy, he has been faithful and active in all departments of the Church and Sunday school He has served in every elective post of that Church and his strong belief hi Church and Home as inseparable has made him outstanding in religious and civic circles. A staunch family man, Mr. Shrock has lived to see his son and daughter become worthy citizens. The community reluctantly bows to the will of that Greater Power and the Daily Democrat joins with people in all stations of life in extending deepest sympathy to Mrs. Schrock and the family in this time of their sorrow. —-0 ft— Holiday dances and parties are in full swing. Drive carefully and be thoughtful of the other fellow. 0 ft— The state of Indiana has rented the warehouse and cold storage units at Camp Atterbury for >41,000 per year and will store surpluses there tor Various state institutions. It may be alright if we need it. —- ft. 8 . The battle cruiser Olympia and the battleship Oregon are being offered for sale. It would about *650,000 to repair the Olympia, and if nobody cares to make the investment to purchase and reclaim them before January 23, theyare to be scrapped. So speak right up if you or your community are interested. • ■ ft 0- — - According to Drew Pearson the resignation of Charles E. Wilson has arrived at the White House and that Robert Anderson of Texas, an Eisenhower Democrat will be appointed to succeed him. Anderson has been serving as deputy Secretary of Defense. But ”, the president denies any knowledge of the resignation. I feo now what?

Household Scrapbook ] BY ROBERTA LEE j ' Rubber Overshoes When rubber overshoes are worn out at the heels, soft tissue paper crushed and put into the heel >ill absorb the dampness and make a soft cushion, at the same time retarding wear.

Welcome the New Year But Don't Overdo It!

By HERMAN N. IUNMSEN, N.B. A BIG party tonight might very well mean a big head tomorrow morning. You can toast the New Year In without any harmful after effects, or you can spend most of tomorrow morning nursing; a hangover. The choice Is yours. Moderation is Beat Moderation, of course, makes the differenee. If you’re In good health, one or two highballs probably won’t hurt you. But if you follow one drink with another, and then add more, you’re going to hhve trouble. - You tall or fat persons probably cannot drink any more than your short or thin pals without feeling the sanie effect*. Whether you’re a big man or woman or a tiny one, you can’t drink too much alcohol without buffering. i Maybe I can help ease that suffering a little for you. Follow This Program ( When you get home in the wee hours of tomorrow morning, take a good drink of water, lime Juice or lemonade before going to bed. Thea get plenty of sleep—at

Tomorrow is the first day of 1956. The old year has been good to Decatur and this area. Fanners have had excellent crosp; business has been good; Decatur has planned wisely for the future needs of the city and* the community. Let's face the New Year with a cooperative desire to make It even better for everyone. Yon cant beat Adams County as a place to work and live. ( 0 0 There is a strong movement among organizations interested in good roads to pass a law during the 1955 Indiana general assembly to cause more tharf $14,000.000 to be transferred from the state to the highway fund. This amount represents money borrowed over the years from the highway department for various state functions. Most of the money was borrowed prior to passage of the gross income tax law when the state general fund always was in the, red. It might be a good move! ft 0 J, Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI says a crime wave may hit the United States, \lldl from What we hear something mighty like one has alreeady cycloned in and is raising the dickens in almost every city and hamlet in America. Headline's telling of murders, robberies, assaults and about everything else in the crime book have been so numerous that we hate to think of any greater epidemic. It’s serious when the FBI becomes alarmed 'and they are especially among , juveniles. Let's do Something about it. > ——o -o—— Spiritual Emphasis week, sponpored jointly by the Decatur Associated Churches and Ministerial association, will open Sunday night. Ail nightly sessions except the closing . service will be held at the First Methodist church. It is a worthy effort of local Church people to bring the Gospel within the reach of everyondt .lt is a worthy effort to set aside- a week of prayer, meditation and thought to our ways of living. Members of all cooperating Churches' and their friends are urged to join in making this series of services well worth the time and effort of those in charge.

Lingerie A few lumps of sugar dropped into the rinse water, to take the place of starching, will make dainty lingerie beautiful after it is ironed. Crocheting Try using a funnel when crocheting. It prevents the wool from kinking-The funnel can be hung on a convenient nail Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

» least a full eight hours. In the morning, drink a couple of glasses of fruit juice and other liquids (not alcoholic). Hot coffee is good as a stimulant Take a laxative and a good hot bath. If Your Head Aches If you still have a headache, lie down in a quiet, darkened room. Apply either heat or cold. Vou can use wet cloths or a hot water bottle or an ice bag. One or two aspirin tablets also might help quiet the hammers pounding in your head. Hiccups are frequently associated with over-indulgence. S<A have a happy New Year’s Eve I And if you follow these few suggestions, maybe you’ll have a happy New Year’s Day, too. QUESTION AND AWSWEK F. A.: I had riiy gallbladder removed. Will I be ablerto eat everything, or will I have to avoid certain foods? Answer: Usually after removal of the gallbladder, it is possible for the person to eat all foods. INo specific foods need be par- . i tlculaxly avoided.

i. 20 Yoan Ago } I Today * , —ft December 81 — Walter Gtlliom, qualified engineer, assumes office of county surveyor. .'s A freezing rain has made the highway* of Adams county very dangerous for travel. Willis Fonner is being tried “'by a jury for operating a barber shop without a license. ' J. L. Ehler, manager of the Decatur auto bureau, .reports sale of 2,500 pairs of plates up to date? largest in history. Miss Ruth Winnes, Decatur librarian, the library will be closed all day Tuesday for New Years. . Fort Wayne Central wins the Big Four tourney* held at,, North Side, defeating Decatur, fF to 2ft. . Court Sews Set For Argument In the complaint tor personal injury and property damage filed by Earl L. Noble against Garl C. Woppelhorst, and venued from Jay county. the defendant's motion to .-tfflri ke hks-been set for argument Jan. 12 on motion of the plaintiff. Petition Sustained A petition to pay engineer’s expenses in the Fred Stoppenhagen petition for drainage has been submitted and sustained. Remonstrances Filed Hubert R. McClenahan has entered appearance for remonstrators to the Albert F. Braun etal petition for drainage. Remonstrances have been filed by Clinton Hart. Zelda Hart, Allie Noll, Floyd and Lula Opal Smitley, John Hindenlang, Martha Hindelkng and Eloise A. Noll. Cases Settled In the matter Os the* probate of the last will of W. H. Thomas, venued from Wells Co., special judge Byron G. Jenkins has ruled that the will be admitted for probate and the cosis of the action be assessed against Gale J. Thomas. The court also ruled that Fred W. Thctnas dismiss his complaint for replevin filed against Gale Thomas. In another case, concerning the surviving partnership of William H. Thomas and son and involving the same parties, Gale Thomas has been ordered to withdraw his petition to revoke letters of surviving partnership and Fred W. Thomas has filed a motion to dismiss. All three causes have been settled and dismissed. Estate Case* A rrportWf the sale of a motor vehicle of the Wilbert Stably estate and a petition for transfer of

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SYNOPSIS While photographing a hawk migration in the mountains of West Virginia, ace professional iensman, Charles Gratton, learns that some one la flying an eagle, a grave Infraction of local game laws. He explores the ledge where he has seen an eagle tn Right and comes upon a decadent mansion now occupied oy one Anson Metcalf and his sister. Dana, both expert falconers. As Gratton approaches the residence. he is greeted by lovely young Dana who manages to keep at bay a vldeui dog guarding the place. She ignores the intruder’s reference to eagles, diverting htm by exhibiting her pet hawk, "Butcherboy.” a wicked looking fellow who meekly obeys the girl's commands. Dana speaks of her father who tong ago had left this house, and of her hope of one day leaving here to join him. CHAPTER TEN I SHOT a couple of pictures of Butcher Boy while he Was worry-’ Ing it on the ground. Dana moved over and picked him up, letting him retain his grasp on the lure. “What’s that he’s ’eating ?" 1 asked. “Meat tied to thejure." "Why Is that W “It teaches kill,’’ she said. Butcher Boy looked as If he enjoyed his class work. “I’m beginning to set st use for those white rabbits you have back Am 1 right?” > She went on watching the hawk without answering me. "If you're ashamed of it, why do you do it ?»• I asked. s „ Her chin came tip. and her pale eyes flarejU “If we furnish targets for training we’re saving other game, aren’t we?” She was breathing faster. * "Yes. If you’ve got to have targets." -J* , "Our hawks take no more game than if they were flying wild,” she said. "You sound like one of those Conservation Commission people.” “Hawks plural? How many do you have?" . « ( Her voice dropped but it seemed to be an effort "We’ve had different one a she stroked Butcher Boy—“aren’t suited to this country but Brother keeps on trying. The goshawk we had was better but Brother says they're for peasants. The one wc had was a manic • depressive, Brother said." ■ 1 wondered how much those two had had in common but she seemed talkative so 1 let her talk. "They're hard to get. Butcher Boy was Isa eyas." “That probably j, means something," 1 jaUd. f “Brother ’ bought him from a man who took him from the nesL” "You don't hkve an eagle?” 1 drove it in bluntly. "People see wild eagles and because we have hawks they blame]

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tltl< have been submitted and Sustained. ■A, petition for letters of administration for the estate of Amos H. Zimmerman has been tiled and the letters have been ordered issued to Howard E. Baumgartner. A bond in the sum of $19,000 has been submitted. w A petition to sell stock from the Mary C. Berling estate has been submitted and approved. Approval of the appraiser's fee (by the Indiana department of state revenue has been filed in the Daniel M. Niblick estate. The inheritance tax report for the estate of William A. Bollinger has been filed and a notice has been ordered issiued returnable' Jan. 24, Heirs to the estate, wlrtrK is valued at $7..'150.42, are the wid ow, fwo daughters and a grandson. ' The inheritance tax report for the Phillip P. Huser estate has been filed and a notice has been ordered issued returnable Jan. 24. The eslate is valued at $24,572.67. Heirs are a sop and a daughter. The final report for the John Christner estate, showing a total of. $1,232.87 for distribution, has been filed and a notice has been rodered returnable Jan. 28. Heirs are the widow, two son's and two daughters. Real Estate Transfers Rolla .Jackson- to Richard L. Jackson etux. inlot 767 in Decatur*, i Catherine Weidler to Rosemary'

them on us." She was looking at ; me too steadily. i ■- “Blame them ?” ■ ■ > “The Conservation men think . every hawk belongs to us. One of i them shot a peregrine for us." ] “I’m not talking about pert- • grines,” 1 said. "1 saw an eagle ■ land near here.” ; Her eyes from mine. : . ."twievet kftew I could hate any- ! thing somuch," I said. i “Hawks balance nature." She • seemed to be reciting. , “1 can’t get enthusiastic about r nature's balance when 1 see an eagle cut a setter puppy into boot laces—especially when I have to > look at the face of the boy who i’Worshipped her.” * I In the distance a bell began to , toll. ’ "I have to go now," she said. , “That's Cricket calling me.” A bell pinged twice as I pulled up to the tanks of a garage on the edge of Fairfax Springs. A thin boy in a cap and dun coveralls came away" from a knot .of people around a car in the shop and began to wipe my windshield. “Fill it, please." "Yes, sir.’’ As he walked to the tank he let his eyes slide oVer the Jaguar as if it were a girl in i shorts. “Nice job you goL” “It runs." ' * ? ; . “See what they brought us ov6r there in the shop?" It was a. dark green Cadillac convertible with its rear end still hanging from- the tow truck. I knew it was a dark padillac because the gold V was still intact and there were a few places where the mud didn't cover the finish. The convertible part 1 arrived at because no other kind of top could have caved in so completely. “What happened?”,l asked, “State Police found it in the Potomac this meriting. Went off. a back road up there on one of those high points. They had a time gettin’ it ouL" "When’s the funeral ?" "They ain’t found him yet. They’re still lookin’ in the river.” “From the condition of that car, he didn’t swim away. How much ?" He gave me my change and worked a little more on my windshield. “Where will I find the g-amc warden?” 1 asked. "Conservation officer? He's In the courthouse if he ain’t out tn the woods. Did he git you for something?” w! 1 said no and moved off. I went to the inn and changed clothes. After a very mce lunch, II left Um Jag in the driveway and

Spangler. 40 acres in Root Twp. Rosemary Spangler to Catherine VVeidler etal, 40 acres in Root Twp. Elbert F. Stuckey etux to Carl, H. Muselman etux, lot in Berne. Aaron Gerber etux to F. Curtis Wulliman etux, 12.35 acres in Monroe Twp. Levi Stuckey to Herman C. Alherding etux. parts iulots 451 & 452 in Berne. Peter M. Schwartz etux to Peter L. Schwartz etux, 40 acres in Wabash Twp. '■ »■ Elam Steiner to Martin Steiner etnx, inlot 6 In Monroe. Lawrence F. (Grote etux to Leslie E. Ohmit etux. 120 acres in Union Twp. 31.00 :— o 1„ Modern Etiquette j | BY ROBERTA LEE b « ■* t Q. Should the parents of a child reprimand him if he misbehaves at the dinner table in the presence qf guests? A. It is better not. Either the father or mother should quietly take the child away from the table. He should not be scolded or punished in the presence of the agjpsts —but neither should the misbehavior be ignored. Q. If a girl has no parents and she has no means of giving a party T? announce her enligement. how can she makejthis announcement?

walked toward the center of the village. -1 was looking for the courthouse but on one of the tree-lined streets something protruding 41w from the comer of the building stopped me. The architecture itself was early Saratoga Resort, with a high castiron Verandah across the front, the floor about with your eyes. It was still a hotel but it had slipped Into the strictly commercial category. What /nade me pause on the sidewalk was one of those red and white striped cylinders with a ball cap and base you used to see outside of barber shops. This one was the elaborate land that revolved tnside a glass shell. It didn't look as though it had done any revolving recently. The barber shop was in a half basement reached by steps under the hotel verandah. 1 went down. Maybe it was crazy but sometimes I’ve had hunches that p’aid oft. The place looked very large, without lights, and deserted. There was* ah octagonal marble pedestal with tour bastns and goose-neck faucets in the center of the tiled floor. A mirror covered the left side of the room above a marble shelf . with the usual bottles grouped in front of e*ch of six golden oak barber chairs. There was a row of oak armchairs under another 1 rnlrhw on thi right wall with clusters of lyre-shaped coat hooks above. It all looked like some pretentious ruin after a decline from better days. 1 decided everyone had gone to a fcre. As 1 turned to leave, a voice reached lor me from somewhere in the gloom. ' “You’re next, suh. The first chair by the Window.” It was the slowest voice that ever spoke. Something climbed down out of a high-backed bootblack chair and laboriously clicked a switch. A row of morning-glory-shaped lights bloomed tp-pairs along both walls and 1 saw a little colored man in a gray linen coat who looked like the male counterpart of Cricket. He was holding an unfolded paper with part of a sandwich in It and a nalf-tull bottle of chocolate milk that ho started to set on the shoe shine chair he’d been in. "Finish your lunch," I said, "I’ll look around.” 4 battery of pigeonhole compartments covered the wall to the left of film at the tar end of the shop. I walked over. Neatly all of them were occupied by elaborately decorated siiaving mugs in monogrammed and floral designs. 1 estimated^better than sixty, complete with shaving brushes. (To Bo Continue*)

Jobless Pay Claims T i | In State Reported INDIANAPOLIS INS) — The Indiana employment security division reported today that the Indiana jobless total Jast week was 52,324, which wa« Xllghtly under that of the same period last year but was 4,800 more than the week before. South Bend automotive workers last week were in the second week of tlieix three-week layoff and this fact swelled the number of claims from who had been Jobless for a week or more. The total rose b>r-6.00<r to \ J Claims from newly-unemployed workers showed a 1,250 drop, and the 9,633 was 10 percent lunder that for', the comparable weke in 1953. Buys Health Bond Adams Co. Federated clubs has voted purchase of a $5 health

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