Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 138, Decatur, Adams County, 13 June 1955 — Page 2

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Four Minor Mishaps Reported By Police, Moke Three Arrests On Traffic Charges Four accident* and three arrests weht Into the city police files over a dreary weekend, with one acci-

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dent a malt of slick streets. Saturday saw two minor accidents arise from J parking situations. James Butcher backed out of a parking place on Madison street and hit a car driven by Charles Heck be rd of route one, Ossian. The Butcher auto was undamaged and Heckberd's car had damages amounting to $40., * "W. E. Faurote hit the left rear fender of a parked car belonging to J. H. Brennan while backing

into a parking apace. Daaucaa were not known. Two more accidents wore reported Sunday. A car driven by Douglas A. VanPutte, Rochester, N. ¥., was hit on Monroe street when he stopped for a stop sign and an auto by William D. Borror slid on wet pavement and hit the VanPutte car. Damages to each car amounted to sls. Marlin E. Hively of route five, Warsaw, turned left into a drive on Nuttman avenue and hit a car operated by Richard D. Longenberger, route one, Craigville. Damages to Hively's auto amounted to S2OO and Longenberger will be set back $l5O. Hlveiy was arrested in connection with the wreck for failure to yield the right of way. The other two arrests were Leon D. Snyder for reckless driving on Line street Saturday and Frederick Schumm of route one, Willshire, for running the stop sign at Thirteenth and Nuttman streets Sunday. 1 Moose Lodge Plans For Entertainment Summer Schedule At Local Moose Lodge A summer schedule of entertainment and meetings has been announced by officers of the Decatur Loyal Order of Moose lodge number 1311. Lloyd Roth, governor of the local organization, has announced that regular meetings will be held each Tuesday night starting at 8 o’clock. Saturday night dances and floor shows will be held every week under arrangements made by Carl Sheets and his committee. Spec Hebble and his orchestra, will furnish the dance music and special entertainment will be arranged for each event A public party is scheduled sos June 24 and tickets for this event can be obtained from, any member of the lodge. The annual family picnic will be held in August but the date has not yet been set. Two conventions are on the Moose menu for this sumpier. The state convention is scheduled for South Bend, June 23 to 28. and the national convention will be held at Philadelphia. Pa., from August 28 to September. 3. Several improvements have been made at the Moose home, including installation of a new exhaust fan for the club room. BIRTHS _ - t, At the Adams county memorial hospital: ' - A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Everett of Decatur today at 4:02 a.m„ weighing ten pounds and one ounce. Mr. and Mrs. Eli Shrock of Portland became the parents of a baby girl born today at 3:05 a.m., weighing eight pounds and one ounce.-

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~ ’ '■ ~• •«'* 4 7 JOHN PORTER, 32, of Berne, was seriously injured, Sunday morning in a collision of two automobiles at a county road intersection one mile north and two miles west of Geneva. Porter,-who sustained a skull fracture and other injuries, was taken to the Jav county hospital at Portland

Oral Arguments In Sheppard's Appeal Appeals Denial Os New Trial Motion CLEVELAND (INS) — The Cuyahoga county court of appeals wgs to hear oral arguments today in Dr. Sam Sheppard’s appeal of a judge s denial of his claim for a new trial on the basis of facts presented by west coast crimlrtlMoglst Dr. Paul Kirk. The motion for a new trial, based on “newly found evidence,” was turned down several weeks ago by common pleas Judge Edward Blythin. who presided at Dr. Sam’s trial last fall and who,. sentenced the osteopath to life imprisonment after a jury found' him guilty of murdering his wife. * The defense and the prosecution each has been alloted 45 mftjutes for arguments. Then the threejudge tribunal will take the appeal under advisement along with’ the original trial appeal which it heard in Ma xA decision in the case is expacted*fh*.early 'July.' Meanwhile, BE Sam he awaiting,, the outcome of « his freedom bid: “ • '* In their motion for a new trial, the defense claimed that blood spots not belonging either to Dr. Sam or his wife. Mdrilyn, were found in the suburban Bay Village murder bedroom. This, Dr. Kirk said, indicated that the killer "signed his name, in blood." Dr. Kirk also sikid that evidence showed that the killer was lefthanded and that Marilyn Sheppard probably was the .vtqtlm of.a “sex maniac’-’ who - used a red flashlight to beat her to death. • * ■ u s.S .Henry Bumrha and son Freddie of Jacksonville, 111., are spending a few days with relatives and frien- • ds in this city. Henry has been promoted to associate,professor of music at McMuray college in Jacksonville. The music journal Etude has accepted for publication, his article entitled "The Treble chorus” which will appear in the September issue cf this year. The Misses Phyllis and Delores Braun and Harriet Rauch left Thursday evening for a ten day vacation trip to Petersburg, Va.. where they will visit their sister and brother, Sgt. and Mrs. Jphn B Rauch. Mrs. Walter Peek of Preble, was admitted to the Parkview memorial hospital recently where, she underwent surgery. Clark W. Smith was diiftnls'nJ from the local hospital and taken to the St. Joseph’s hospital in Fort Wayne with a kidney ailment. His condition is reported satisfactory. Cletus Miller, proprietor of the Fairway restaurant, banns published first time, will marry the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Drennan of Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marbach, and Terry and Monte Marbach of Chicago. 111., spent the week-end at Terre Haute. Saturday they attended the graduation exercises of i cf Rose Polytechnic Institute. Meri lith Marbach received his master’s I degree in chemical engineering. He 1 has accepted a position with' the j Ckrus Chemical company ie LaI Salle, 18. 1 Fred Bittner, Union township trustee, is recovering from a kidhey operation at St-Joseph hospit- ' al. Fort Wayne. His room number is 278. Thetus Hocker, vice-president of Hormel and Co., meat packers of Austin, Mitin.', is visiting his parj cuts. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hocker of this city. Hocker is enroute to a meeting at Cleveland. O. I- * : ■' rt f— If you nave sometomg to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It bi tugsMeutilu.

Funeral Held Today For Sarah Oxford Mrs. Sarah Oxford, 78, of Chicago, a riiitive of near Geneva, died Saturday at the Adams county memorial hospital. She suffered a heart attack Thursday while visiting a sister. Mrs. Vern Pontius . of Geneva. Also surviving are a ! daughter, Mrs. Janet Zoerink, and l a son, Bruce, both of Chicago, and nine grandchildren. , ‘ Funeral services were held this i afternoon at the Hardy & Hardy . funeral home, Dr. A. B. McCain officiating. Burial wgs in Green Park cemetery at Portland. Name New Directors For DePauw Alumni DePauw Announces Directors Chosen GREENCASTLE. Ind. (INS) — . DePauw University announced today that six new directors of its alumni association have been . elected. i Named to three-year terms were JurWlyn Gtwtta--Tucker-fndlnnap-*ollß; Lytle J. Freehafer, West La■fayfcttb «M ehdenhaTl; Tl&ih - mond; Williard L. Arnold, Kenili worth. Ill.; Robert S. Woodruff. Oak Park, 111., and James R. Pence. South Haven. Mich. Newly elected officers of the association include John Jewett. In ; dianapolis, first vice president; Dr. Herold T. Ross. Greencastle, second vice-president, and Cath--i erine Tillotson McCord, GreencasI tie. secretary. ' | Three additional directors have been named by the association’s executive board to fill the unexj pired terms of former directors who~now are serving as officers. The appointments, all for one year, went to Owen J. Neighbours, Indianapolis; Frank Tupper. Myncie. and Dr. Franklin P. Colle. LaGrange. 111. Also announced was the reelec- ■ lion of Lt. Col. F. Russell Alex- ; andria to another three-year term as director. He formerly was ex- . ecutive secretary of DePauw’s . alumni association. ~— Uphold Convictions Os Five Communists U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Conviction PHILADELPHIA (INS) — The third U. S. court of appeals upheld 1 today the conviction of Steve Nelson of Pittsburgh., and four other former district Communist leaders for violation of the Smith act. The appellate court decision was 1 by a five to two margin with t Judges William H .Hastie and Al--1 bert B. Maris dissenting. At the same time, the court rul- - ed that the method of picking the - jury in western Pennsylvania is s legal. Nelson and his fellow Communists — William Albertson, BenI jamin Careathers, James Dolsen ■ and Irving Weissman — had questinned the makeup of the panel on - the grounds that it did not repr.e---r sent a true cross section of the - area’s political, religious and rac- ! ia! groups. a « They were convicted in August; • 1953. after a long trial and were - sentenced to five years in prison. All are now free on hond. > Judge Austin Staley, of Pitts- - burgh, wrote the majority opinion for the court. Concurring were • Chief Judge John Briggs, Jr., and Judges Herbert Goodrich, Gerald and Harry Kalodner. f The defendants probably will ap- . peal to the U. 3. Supreme Court, • which previously ruFed that the > Smith Act is constitutional. ■ Raleigh- ,Three Presidents of the United States were born in | North Carolina. They jvcrc JohnI sou, Jackbou aud Polk;

&JOStITAL y* Admitted Jim Meyer, Decatur; William E. Kintz, Decatur; James Parent, Decatur; Miss Judy Beitler, Berne; Mrs. Edward Linder, Decatur; Ben Haugh, Celina, O. Dismissed * Mrs Richard Hoffman and baby girl. Monroeville; Mrs. Marion Watkins and baby girl, Decatur; Master William Otis, Monroeville; Mrs. Mary Reef. New Corydon; Olen Potts, Decatur; Mrs. Edward Faurote and baby girl, Decatur; Mrs. Robert Light and baby boy, Decatur; Mrs. LaMar Winteregg and baby boy, Berne; Fred Liby. Linn Grove; William E. Kintz, Decatur; Mrs. Hubert Cochran, Decatur; Mrs. Ora Adams, and baby boy. Berne; Mrs. Carl Bauman and baby boy, Decatur; Mrs. Roger Gentis and baby girl. Decatur; Mrs. Carl Giesler and baby boy. Willshire, 0., and Mrs. Roy Bieberich and baby boy, Decatur. ■ ■ - Jehovah's Witnesses Assembly At Chicago Thirty delegates from the Decatur congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses will attend an assembly at Chicago, Comiskey Park, June 22-26. Clyde D. Steele, presiding minister here, who will head the delegation, announced today that a total of 40,000 is expected to attend from the Chicago area and

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Anderson College's Graduation Tonight Anderson College will confer degrees on 89 candidates in commencement exercises tonight. Included -in the graduates Are- Miss Rheba L. Taylor, daughter of Mr.. - and Mrs. Roy of Decatur, and. Paul Kirkpatrick, of North Webster, son of the Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Kirkpatrick, also of Decatur. . Miss Taylor will receive the bachelor of arts degree in biology and chemistry, and Kirkpatrick the bachleor of arts degree in Bible and psychology. Washington — Lynchings in the U.S. dropped from 115 In 1909 to Just one in 1951.