Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 271, Decatur, Adams County, 17 November 1955 — Page 8

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Charles Mann Dies Thursday Evening Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon Charles Mann, 75, retired farmer and lifelong resident of the Geneva community, died at 8:30 o’clock Wednesday night at the Adams county memorial hospital following an extended illness. Mr. Mann leaves 146 direct descendants. Surviving are his wife. Emma: six daughters, Mrs. James Carpenter of Reading, Mich., Mrs. Leia Elliott of Argos. Mrs. Rosswell Devroy of Muncie, Mrs. Ed McFarland of Pennville, and Mrs. Florence Nevil and Mrs. Omer Nevil. both of Geneva; four sons, Norman and Harvey Mann, both of Portland. Clarence Mann of Muncie and Earl Mann of Geneva; 80 grandchildren: 56 great-grandchildren, and one brother, Jesse Mann of Geneva. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.rn. Saturday at the Hardy & Hardy funeral home at Geneva, with burial in the Gravel Hill cemetery west of Bryant. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services. • Sfruckman Head Os Indiana Fair Board Huntingburg Man Is ; Elected President INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — W. E. Struckman, of Huntingburg, today *u the new president of the Indiana state fair board, succeeding Walter H. Wimmer, of Rockville. Others elected at the Wednesday meeting were Hal L. Royce, of Austin, vice-president; Lowell G. Taylor, of Owensville, treasurer, and LL Gov. Harold Handley, as commissioner of agriculture is exofficio officer of the board. Handley, Struckman, Royce, Taylor, Wimmer and Gilman C. Stewart, of Greensburg, were named to the executive committee. Royce’s term expired Thursday and Gov. George N. Craig has not indicated whether he will rename Royce. Royce will serve until he is reappointed or a successor is named. A financial report, given the board disclosed the board’s receipts for 1955 totaled $797,368.14, an increase of more than $35,000 over 1954. Largest increase came from rental of concession space at the Coliseum which increased nearly $13,000 to $116,147 this year. The report also showed expenditure of $336,097 on the new sheep pavilion leaving $20,475 due, and an expenditure of $371,561 on the new farmers’ building with $45,278 due. 10-Year Sentence For Robbery Os Station INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — William V. Hansford, 32, of Indianapolis, was found guilty Wednesday night and was sentenced to 10 years in state prison for the Dec. 17, 1953, robbery of a filling star tion in which $l4O was taken. Two Arrested For Brawl In Tavern The violent winds accompanying last night's weather change must have affected tempers around town too, as two tavern brawls and an accident involving a train engine and an auto were reported to city police. Dale Johnson and Merle McGill were arrested on separate counts of disorderly conduct after a pair of fights in the Victory Bar. The first fight was broken up by the bartender, but after he retired to the kitchen, the fracas broke out again and the police were summoned. Johnson was tried this this morning by justice of the peace Floyd Hunter and* pleaded guilty. He was fined $5 and costs, totaling $lB. McGill’s case was continued to Monday morning. The other incident took place at the Blackstone tavern on Second strict. A customer was escorted out for becoming too boisterous and to show his displeasure, the customer reportedly kicked out the south windpw. A car driven by Frederick A. Dellinger was struck by switch engine 9428 at the Pennsylvania railroad crossing on Jefferson street. Dellinger took his eyes off the road to light a cigarette and when he lboked up. It was too late to stop. The engine hit the right front of the auto and caused $250 damages. The signal lights were working at the time and a watchman was on duty. The engine was undamaged. BEGINSERIES (Continued From Page One) spirit” which developed out of Mr. Elsenhower's meeting last summer with the leaders of Russia, England and France. The President and his top foreign affairs advisers also are expected to take a long look at the - tense situation existing between Isreal and Egypt, where Russia has intervened by arranging arms shipments to Egypt. * 1 ’

Kokomo Youth Dies In Traffic Accident : KOKOMO. Ind? (INS) —** Rob

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i l-ee Federspill, 17., of Kokomo, died today of injuries suffered when the top of his ear was sheared off under a truck. injured sei .vusly In tne crash >

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late Wednesday night was his date Charlotte tjorn, 16, of Kokomo. She also was taken to St. Joseph’s : hospital where Federspill died sevt eral hours after the crash.

Man's Conviction Reversed By Jury f INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — A 10-

25 year sentence on the Indiana Reformatory was wiped off the books In a second trial for a 26-year-old Indianapolis man. Arthur Tidwell was charged

with an $845 robbery March 19, i 1953, at Indianapolis Glove Company and was sentenced in August of 1953.

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