Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 296, Decatur, Adams County, 17 December 1955 — Page 6

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO., INC. Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Class Matter Dick D. Heller President J. H. Heller - Vice-President Chas. Holthouse Secretary-Treasurer Subscription Rates: By Mall In Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, $8.00; Six months, 14.25; 3 months, $2.25. By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, $9.00; 6 months, $4.75; 3 months. $2.50. By Carrier: 25 cents per week. Single copies, 5 cents.

New York City has Santa Clauses stationed at the principle corners of the big town. One of them left to get a cup of coffee the other day with a "snootful” of boose. A policeman had taken over the corner and the Santa took a poke at his nose. The bld boy landed in jail. —. Four of the Dionne survivors of the world famous quintniplets are now In a hospital in Canada. Two of them are student nurses and two are patients. The girls are now twenty-one years old. It has not been decided yet whether they will all have to spend Christmas in the hospital. —o —-0 The old thermometer has reported a low of five above in this section the past day or two. Where is that guy who predicted we would have no more old fashioned winters? It’s been something like that the past month and winter won’t start yet for several days according to our calendar. This could turn out to be a real cold winter. 0 — Wise men who watch the trend of Christmas shopping tell us it’s a sign of what is going to occur during 1956. They say if people are liberal at Christmas time they will continue to prosper. We can’t just explain how it would have any effect but we hope it's true for all signs point to a record breaking holiday business. 0 0 Senator Capehart was the host at a big rally of Republicans at Indianapolis the other evening. Governor Craig and Senator Jen-

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WKJG-TV (Channel 33) SATURDAY Afteraeoa . 12:00—Uncle Dave and Pete 13:30—Meet Mr. Wizard 2:4s—Madison Suare Garden 1; 30—Two Gun Playhouse 2; 30—Film 2:4s—Film 3:00—-Piston-s vs Knickerbockers 5:00 —Bowling Evening 6:oo—March of Medicine - 6;30 —Goldiers of Fortune 7:oo—Rocket Squad 7:3o—The Big Surprise S:oo—The Perry Como Show 9:oo—People Are Funny 9;3O —My Little Margie 10:00—George Goebel 10:30 —Your Hit Parade 11; 00—The Guy Lombardo Show 11:30—Boy From Indiana SUNDAY Morning , 11; 55—Program Preview Afternoon 12:00 —Church of the Air 12:30—This Is The Life 1:00 —Fort Wayne Forum I:3o—Man To Man 2-00 —American Inventory 2:30 —Youth Wants To Know 3:9o—Man to M-’n 3:IS—TV Theater 4; 00—The Ruggles s:oo—Liveware Clubho-uee 5:30 —Captain Gallant Evening: 6:oo—The Cisco Kid 6; 30—The Roy Rogers Show 7:oo—lts as Great Life 7:3o—Frontier 8; 00—Colgate Variety Hour 9:OO—TV Playhouse 10:00—Loretta Young Show 10:30 —Badge 714 11:00 —The Unexpected 11:30—News, Weather, and Sports MONDAY Morning 6:6s—Program Preview 7:00 —Today 9:oo—Morning Marquee 10:00 —Ding Dong School 10:30—TBA , < 10:30 —The Ernie Kovacs Show I Afternoon 12:00 —Tenn. Ernie Ford Show 12:30 —Feather Your Nest I.oo—.Farms & Farming 1:15 —The Weatherman 1:2 o—Ne ws, Tom E l kins I:3o—Here's Charlie 2:00 —The Big Picture 2;30 —Editor’s Desk 2:4s—Faith to Live By 2;50 —Musical Moments 3:OO—NBC Matinee Theater 4:oo—Santa in Wonderland 4-30—World of Mr. Sweeny 4:4s—Modern Romance 5:00—-Pinky Lee Show s:3o—Howdy Doody Evening 6:00— Gatesway to Sports • ;15 —Jack Gray News 6:25 —The Weatherman 6:3o—Carol and Corky <:4s—Patti Page Show 7:00 —Collins Star Showcase 7'30 —Keyhole Theater 7:46 —News Caravan 8-00—Coesars Hour 9 : 00 —The Medic 9*3o—Robert Montgomery Presents 1#.30 —Man Behind the Badge 11:00 —The Weatherman 11:10— Sports Today U;15 —News. Ted Strasser 11:30—The I’endlium ——_

. ner failed to appear but old i Homer furnished enough plans for a campaign that will stir the i natives. He admits conditions are not good for the farmers and he is worried about the labor and small business problems but he assured them every thing would come out alright if they quit fighting among themselves and worked hard enough and have a few breaks. — County commissioners and members of the city council will wind up the city and county regular business at meetings next week. Each body probably will have a year-end session to comX plete unfinished business a day or two before the end of the year. There will be no change in the personnel of the county group in 1956 but only one member of the present city, council, Ed Bauer, Will remain in next year’s official * city family. 4 —o .••••• We can learn a good community lesson from Doc Reppert's ducks. The dozen or so birds live at the lake at Bellmont park and remain on the vrater each fall until the lake freezes. After the first freeze, for a few hours the ducks are frozen into the ice, but soon their bodies generate enough heat to release them. It’s easy for a community to become frozen into a rut, and no other community is going to help them out. They Just have to generate enough heat of their own to continue to grow. Decatur, with its many opportunities and natural facilities can. with just a little generation of enthusiasm locally continue to, grow| —

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— — . — !! I —. New Address Mr and Mrs. Henry Selkiug of route two Decatur have received the new address of their son, Ferdinand. His new address is: SP3 .Ferdinand Selkiug, US 55471761; 3rd Inf. Div.; Co. B. 3rd Sig “Bn” (Prov); Ft. Henning, Ga. Complete Exercise Pvt. Jack G. Morence has completed the "Sagebrush” exercise at Camp Polk, Louisiana This exercise, the largest war game since World War 11, Involved 110,000 army troops and 5 30,000 air force personnel. Pvt. Morence left Louisiana Tuesday, December 13, for Camp Stewart, Georgia, his home base. After arriving at their home base, the troops will start their holiday leaves. Pvt Morence expects to spend Christmas with his mother, Mrs. Florenz Leonard of 809 North Twelfth srteet. New Address Mr. and Mrs. Harry Carpenter of route three, Bluffton, have received the new address of their son Harold which is: Pfc. Harold Carpenter US 55504584; 61st Engr. Btn (Cons't): Fort Polk, La. Carpenter’s wife and daughter are residing at 503 Maggie stret, Leesville, La. The new address of Roger Braun has been received by his mother, Mis. Margaret Braun of Decatur. The new address is: Pvt. Roger D. Braun U. S. 55540102; Med. Det. 822 EAB; APO 156; San Francisco, Calif. .. . • ( 20 Years Ago • Today o—; Dec. 17 — Al D. Schmitt is enjoying a business trip to Los’Angeles and will return before Christmas. William O. Curay and Sons of South Whitley are awarded contract for building Geneva school house for $61,000. # The Republican national convention will be held at Cleveland, Ohio starting June 9, 1936. The Cloverleaf Creameries will hold a Christmas party at Huntington Thursday. C. H. Kraft of Chicago will give address. ■ The Goodfellows club fund is now $168.03. '" t Contract for power plant addi-1 tion in Decatur awarded to Harry I Offut’s Indiana Engineering company, of Fort Wayne. Court Rews / Marriage Licenses Paul V. Short, 18, Berne, and i Ruby Velez, 17, Berne. Otis Sutton, 56. Ridgeville, and! Dessie Leona Street, 63, Celina. O.' Marion F. Curtis. 37, Ridgeville, I and Susanna Norman, 37, Bluffton. I

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CHAPTER TWENTY BESSIE IjJBBEE must have beei. on the lookout because she opened the door of the green cottage and slipped outside before Lois could knock. •'Albert's all keyed up,” she said in a low voice, ''but don’t let him wear himself- out. He wanted to get up and dress for you but I hid his clothes.” Albert was the greatest disillusionment Lois had encountered. He was a small man with a head too heavy for his scrawny neck, a fine forehead but a receding chin. “Thank you for coming, Mrs. Fleming," ha said in a reedy voice and she wondered why on earth a man with such a voice had attempted to speak from a pulpit In bed he was propped high on pillows. Lois took the chair that had been pulled up beside him. ‘‘Ever since I heard about the biography ot Roger,” he began eagerly,'"and that you were coming to work on it, 1 have wanted to talk to you. There is so much about him that no one else can tell you. I was his oldest friend apd I knew him as no one else did.” His eyes held Hers and Lois caught a-glimpse of the man whom Roger had loved. They were a child’s eyes, deep blue, clear as a i phrase of Mozart. As he talked, Lois thought ot Shandy's story of the man whose portrait had bqen done by so many artists. The picture Albert painted ot Roger was in fresh, primary colors, as bright as those of Botticelli’s Springtime, with the candid sweetness of a poem by George Herbert. Perhaps, after all, that was what Albert resembled, not St. Francis but George Herbert, last ot the gentle saints to walk the earth. And through his words emerged the 'heart-warming story ot a man who ' brought sunlight with him; a man who, in his thirst for affection and approval, had given both to others with a lavish hand. Roger had been a lonely boy. Albert told her a story he had learned from one of his' teachers. "She’s iln old lady now and runs the library here.” Shortly after his mother’s death, Roger had wandered, lost, through the garden ot . his parents’ home. The teacher and

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Complaint Fllad j A complaint for wrongful death has been filed by Lois Kitchen, administratrix of the estate of James B. Kitchen, against Paul Strickler, Kathryn Strickler, .and Kenneth Watkins. A summons has been isf sued to the sheriff of Adams couni--1 ty for the defendants returnable ■ Dee. 29. The plaintiff demands the 1 sum of $15,000 and all other prop- ; er relief. Rules For Claimant The court has decreed that Russell Mitchel, claimant in a case of . Russell Mitchel vs the estate of , Emily Mitchel, recover SSO from the estate, together with his costs. Estate Cases I In the. estate of Donald Colter, , the report of sal? of personal prop-erty-has been filed, examined and /approved. The final report has ( been filed and a notice ordered issued returnable Jan. 12, 1956. Net value of the estate is $6,004.99 and the heirs are the widow and four sons. ’ A petition to sell real estate in ‘ the estate of Willard McConnehey was submitted to the court and approved. Real Estate Transfers William Aschliman etux to Har- ’ ry ,L. Aschliman etux, 80 acres in I Kirkland Twp. Harry L. Aschliman etux to Wil- ■ Ham Aschliman etux, 80 acres in ■ French Twp. Anna Hilty to Joseph A. Hilty, Jr., etux. 95 1/3 acres in Monroe i Twp. , Noah Brunner etux to Evan . Brunner etux, 1 acre in Jefferson • Twp.

H the nicest gift of all “ time, there’s nothing that brings you so close as a long- K distance telephone call. And it’s true at other times, toA Put long distance in H| HI your living. Keeping in touch means so much and costs so (•si?) CITIZENS telephone co.

some friends had been passing the house, talking of his mother's burial. The words had carried to the small child, who cried out, in anguish and denial, "No, no, ndt in the ground!" With his toy spade he had begun to dig frantically, furiously, hysterically, trying to find his lost mother. “I remember my first meeting with him," Albert said, a tender smile curving his lips. “I was a little fellow, a runt without any physical courage, and Roger, even at fifteen, was six feet tall and powerful. He had the gentleness of a person so strong he never had to fight 1 came on him in the woods. I wanted to climb a tree but I was afraid. So we did our homework together and then Roger helped me climb a tree to the topmost branch that would bear our weight. And I wasn’t afraid at all because Roger was there.” He was silent for a long time, his eyes shining as tie relived that moment “Y o u know, Roger brought me and my wife together. I’d been fond of Bessie for a long time but I’d never have dared ask her to marry -me if Roger hadn’t encouraged me.” Dreamer? Lois asked herself. Fanatic? Idealist? What was Albert really? A perfectionist, at any rate. It -must have been difficult for Roger Brindle to live up to such a picture. No wonder he had sounded so tired toward the end. So desperately tired. Tired enough to turn on the gas ? she wondered. The door opened and Clyde looked in. "Lunch is ready.” "Don't disturb me,” Albert said sharply. “I want to talk to Mrs. Fleming without interruption.” Clyde withdrew, his sensitive face flaming. “Sorry," Albert said. “That boy seems to have no consideration at all.o He spoke of his son as though he were a stranger, Lois thought, and then realized that Clyde had been away from home so much that he was almost as much of an outsider as she was herself. No wonder Bessie Kibbee had resented Reger and thought the time had come for Albert to give some of his devotion to his own boy.

- • 1..—. I .. I. 1..1.1. I " Frank Herman etux to Jean Kirchhofer, 21 1/3 acres in Hartford Twp. Jean Kirchhofer to Frank Harman etux, 21 1/3 acres in Hartford Twp. Brice Roop etux to Kenneth U Roop, inlot 89 in Decatur, Lester O. Bundling etux to Janies H- Bleke etux, inlot 91 in Decatur. Hattie Schindler to Faye Shoemaker. inlot 312 in Geneva. Faye Shoemaker to Hattie Schindler etux K inlot 312 in Geneva. Michael Biberstein to The Assembly of God Church, Inlot 481 in»Decatur. Arnold Lumber Co., Inc. to Edgar Charles Ewell etux, land in Preble Twp. Chloe A. Price to Ivan Booher etux, inlots 70 & 71 in Geneva. George Macklin etux to Ruth A. Pickett, inlot 223 In Geneva. Ruth A. Pickett to Iva E. Macklin, inlot 223 in Geneva. Anthony J. Faurote etux to •Ralph A. Bollinger etux, land in Decatur. Florida Basinger etvir to Edwin Neuhauser etux, lot in Monroe Twp. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur TEE P L E MOVING & TRUCKING Local and Long Distance ] PHONE 3-2607

“I forget—what were we talking about?” In spite of his protests Lois got to her feet "Another time. I promised not to tire you. Oh, by the way, Jane Brindle wants so much to see you.” "She had no right to come here. She forfeited that right” The little man sat erect, the muscles of his scrawny neck tight. "I’ll never see her. Tell her that" • • • There was no one in sight when Lois passed the big house and went out between the heavy gate posts onto the country lane that led to the village. She was walking to,the village in search of Dr. Thomas, die family physician who had signed the death certificate, the genial “Doc” of Roger’s column. Why would anyone kill Roger? If it weren’t for the bullet hole in the windowpane and the frame of the couch it could be accident or suicide. But though, as Shandy Stowe had reminded her, no one had been shot, the bullet hole meant intention. And who would kill America’s best-lcved man? So strong, Carol nad said; so weak, Jane had implied; so happy, so despairing. Like sunlight, Ethel Hattery had declared; a chaser of women, Bessie had stated bluntly, not attempting to conceal a smoldering dislike for the man who, by all accounts, had supported her and her husband all their married lives. So wonderful, Paulg Case had said; nothing against him, Shandy had commented. What was Roger then? He gave people what they wanted. On that one point, at least, they had all agreed. But surely that was no motive for murder.'. Unless, paradoxically, he had given top. much. With three women apparently in love with him—his wife, his wife’s niece, hisjj&e-'' retary —the emotional temperature must have run high. And if women loved him, the men who loved the women must have hated him. Bessie had spoken bitterly of Paula chasing older men and giving no attention to Clyde; Joe Hattery had obviously been hostile to him; and Shandy—Shandy who, Jane believed, still loved Carol—(To Be Continued} , (

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