Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 4 January 1956 — Page 7

'WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, lIU

Adams Central Host To Adams County Teams In Sectional Tournament

Adams Central high school, for the second consecutive year, will b« host to the other Adams county schools for the annual sectional tourney, to open Wednesday, Feb. 23. ' Assignment of sectional, region* al, semi-final and final tourney canters was announced Tuesday night by the Indiana high school athletic association. John 0. ißeed. Adams Central principal-and tourney manager, received official notification of his school’s, assignment this morning, which stated that the two-bracket, one-site arrangement will be in effect this year, as for the past four years. ~ .\ , Five of the county’s nine teams will be drawn into the upper bracket, with three games in this bracket on the tourney opening day. There will be two games Wed- , nesday afternoon, Feb. 21, starting at 1:15 and 2:30 p.m., with the winner of the first game coming back again in the single Wednesday night game at 7: SO p.m. The other four teams will be drawn into the lower bracket, with two games scheduled Thursday night. Feb. 23, at 7 and 8:15 P-m. Fans whose teams are playing in these two brackets will obtain the majority of tickets for those sessions. There will be no games Friday, Feb. 24, which will be devoted to distribution and sale of tickets to the four schools still in the running after the Wednesday and -'’ Thursday games. ‘Uomi-finals will be played Saturday afternoon, Feb. 25. with the championship game Saturday night : ■■ ■ ■■■' Prior to last year, the sectional tourney had been held in the Decatur high school gym since 1940. The Adams Central seotlnwal winner will again compete in the Fort Wayne regional at the coliseum Saturday, March 3. They will compete against sectional winners

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from Fort Wayne, Churubusco and Kendallville. The semi-final tourney, shifted last year to Elkhart because of the American Bowling Congress at the Fort Wayne coliseum, returns to Fort Wayne thia year, with regional winners at Fort Wayne, Elkhart, Kokomo and Marion competing March 10. ,;>■? The state finals will be held at the Butler fieldhouse at Indianapolis March 17. Commodores Plan Sales Os Tourney Tickets Thursday Sale of season tickets for the Adams county tourney to Decatur Commodore fans will be held at the school Thursday, it was announced today. Students may obtain their tickets at 3:30 p.m. Thursday and adults will obtain their tickets *44 p.m. Thursday. The sale will be conducted in the athletic office on the first floor of the Deeatar' Catbollc high school. i.,_ The season tickets' are priced at *2, good for all four sessions. Any tickets unsold after Thursday night will then be placed on sale at the Knights of Columbus hall. -— n > Social Security Bill Adds To State Costs Senate ToXonsider New Legislation INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — The Indiana State Chamber of Commerce reported today that social security legislation soon to be considered by the U. S. senate would add about 325.5 million annually paid already by Indiana employes, employers and self-employed for old age and survivors* insurance. The senate now is considering the house-passed Cooper bill to expand coverage of the old age survivors' insurance program to include all self-employed professional groups except physicians, provide new or greater benefits in certain categories and increase payroll tax as fallows; _For employes, 2 to 2% per cent; for employers, from 3 to $% per cent, and for the self-employed, from 3 to 3% per cent, according to the Chamber. The Chamber maintained that the Cooper bill would provide: New program of benefits for permanently disabled persons aged 50 and over. 1 . <. Reductions in the women’s eligibility age for OASI benefits from 65 to 62 years. - Extension of OASI coverage to include all self-employed professional groups except physicians. Continuance of children’s benefits beyond the age of 18 for those permanently disabled. Addition of another one pe r cent of taxable payrolls to the schedule of total employee-employer tax rates for OASI. Also a comparable tax rate increase for the self-em-ployed. Pro Basketball Philadelphia 102, Fort Wayne 82. New York .107, Boston 97.

Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Wednesday Adams Central vs Monroeville at Hoagland. Friday Fort Wayne Central Catholic at Yellow Jackets. Commodores at Anderson St Mary’s. Pleasant Mills at Geneva. Monmouth at Union (Huntington). Berne at Warren. Saturday ’ 7- . Berne at Leo. Keniehman Signs Brooklyn Contract NEW YORK — Ken Lehman, the only 20-g Ame winner in the International League last season, has signed a 1956 contract to pitch for the world champion Brooklyn Dodgers. Lehman, who helped pitch Montreal to the IL pennant last year with a 22-9 record, saw action with the Dodgers before. The six-foot. 175-pounder from Seattle, Wash., returned from Korea to post a 1-2 record during the last month of the 1952 season and pitched two scoreless innings in the World Series. ,n,, Seek Three Bandits For Bank Robbery Ex-Lady Treasurer Os U. S. Kidnaped RICHLAND, Kas. (INS) — A search was pressed today for three bandits who kidnaped the former treasurer of the United States and forced her to open two safes before releasing her. ' -

Mrs. George Neese Clark Gray, 55, president of the Richland State bank and a Democratic national committwoman from Kan sa » who served under former President Harry S- Truman as the first woman treasurer, described the abduction and robbery to -pojice Tuesrday<- -— Mrs. Gray reported that the robbers entered her home Monday night while she and her husband, Andrew J., a public relations executive and former Boston newspaperman, were asleep. Sbe said he took 31,281 in silver at gunpoint to drive to the bank while-the two others remained in the home guarding her husband. Mrs- Gray related that the robber compelled her to open a bank vault and a general store safe in the bank building. She sadi he took $1,281 in silver from the vault and 5790 from the safe. Mrs. Gray told police, the bandit then took her home where he and his companions tied her to a bed and taped her husband's arms and legs to a chair. She said the robbers "were perfect gentlemen" and there “was no rough treatment.” Mrs- Gray-described the bandits as about 30-years-old, slender and dressed in tan or khaki jackets and trousers. 1 She was appointed first woman treasurer of the nation in 1949 by Truman. President Eisenhower named Mrs. Ivy Baker Priest to succeed her in June, 1954. Tax Representative At Decatur Office Mrs. Dale Death. Tiecalur auto license branch manager, announced today that Robert C. Foster, a representative of the Indiana department of state revenue, gros< income tax. division, will be at thi local branch office each Tuesday and Friday, from 9 a, m- until 4. p. m.. beginning next week, to advise taxpeyers regarding their gross income tax liability. Those wishing assistance in preparing annual returns are asked to bring the tax return and addressed IBM card sent through the mail, and all data on gross income during 1955. Gross Income returns may be made any time at the office . . J—' . Li'l Leaguer '.MW*-"*

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Semi-Final Is Shifted Back To Fort Wayne INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — The shift of the northeastern semifinal from Elkhart back to the Coliseum at Fort Wayne was the major change announced today for tourney sites of the IHSAA basketball tourney. The association also announced regional shifts from Bloomington to Martinsville end from Covingtop to Greencastle as it reported an expected starting field of 742 schools this time—lo less than in 1956. Eight schools have been discontinued; eight have been consolidate, and (Raub has dropped because of small enrollment Three new schools, Anderson Highland, Indianapolis Scecina and Indianapolis Wood, cut the drop to 10. The IHSAA said consolidation* have cut further into the 16 team sectionals with only Clinton, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis and Terre Hkute showing the maximum firstrounds- j Syracuse is the only tourney host with 15 guests. ,t . These five will use one day of school time. Thirty-three will use one afternoon of school time and the remaining 26 will use no school time. * . Sectional changes sent Attica to Covington; Auburn - Garrett to Churubusco-Garrett; Aurora to Vevay; Greenwood to Center Grove; Unton to Switx City; Martinsville to Bloomington; Rochester to Knox; Rockville to Clinton; Sheridan to Noblesville; Thorntown to Lebanon, and Warsaw* to Syracuse. Winamac, which formerly alternated with Rochester, lost out to the new gym at Knox. New gyms also account for sectionals at Churubusco - Garrett; Switx City; Noblesville and Syracuse. Total seating capacity for all tourneys is given as 416,908 broken down as 250,363 for sectionals; 107,949 for regionals; 43,653 for semi-finals, and 14,943 for finals at Butler Fieldhouse.

High School Basketball Lancaster Central 70, Hoagland 53. Huntington 68, Marion 61. Willshire (O.) 94, Blue Creek (O.) 62. —-■ Anderson 43. Shelbyville 38. Connersville 58, Greensburg 43. East Chicago Washington 82, South Bend 'Riley 76. 1 EvapsviUe Central 58, Evansville Frankfort 66, Lebanon 48. Hammond Morton 59. Hammond Tech 53. Madison 62, Salem 57. Mitchell 88, Jeffersonville 71. Seymour 78. Rushville 52. South Bend Washington 30, Whiting 74. BOWLING SCORES Rural League W L Marathon ... —36% 14% Farlipg 35 16 Preble Tavern 29 22 Faurote Home Builders 27~ 24 Kenny’s Ice 26 25 Holthouse Furniture 22% 28% Willshire KP22" 29 McCoifnell 22 29 Plumley 18 ■■ 33 Sautbine & Simerman .17 34 High scores: Thieme 220, Reinking 212, Mills 205. Minor League W. L Rto. Moose ...... 31 17 42 Smith Dairy 29% 18% 40% Clem Hardware 30 18 39 August Cafeteria 27 ™2l 37 Western Auto 24 21 30 Decatur Ready Mix«3L>/ 24 30 Two Brothers 21 27 27 Schafer Store 19% 28% 25% Kohne Drug 18 27 23 Goodyear 13 32 18 600 series: Schmitt 602 (179-221-202). ' - JH.igk gajue.s; Guxlis 2.ol,.Zimmerman 210. Ralston iOL Miller 207. P. Murphy 200, Bultemeier 203, Wefel 208. Classic League '-’A- - ■'77- W L Pts. Leland Smith Ins. .32 16 43 Burk Elevator 28 20 36 'Riverview Gardens3s 23 34 Andersons 25 23 33 Acker Cement 23 25 32 Butlers Garage 24 24 31 Peterson Elevator ..22 26 20 Mies r J 8 High Series: Ed Korte 642 (257-191-194); Paul Bleeke 606 (205-191-210). . ' High games.- W. Tutewiler 214. R. Ladd 204 i F. Ahr 213, F. Hoffman 216-200, G. Selking 261, Elmer Bultemeier 212, Erwin Bultemeier 207. R. Mutschler 220, T. Fennlg 205-227, J. Beery 214-222, G. Biens 212, R. Eyanson 214, L. Reef 208, L. Smith 201, J. Slusser 223, W. Snyder 203. . ."V ■; • • ' . Private Homes WASHINGTON (INS) - Bureau of Labor statistics show that, 90 percent o( all new dwellings being built this year are individual homes. The remaining ten percent consist of two-family or muiti-tym-ily apartment projects.

Maryland Hopes To Retain Jim Tatum MIAMI (INS) - Jim Tatum. Maryland football coach who has announced he is seeking the job of head football coach at North Carolina, today considered a last ditch "stay At Maryland” offer. It would give Tatum a "lifetime proposition” including a written contract which would not be subject to annual review by the board of regents. The proposition was reported by the Washington Post and TimesHerald which said it was a ‘‘good faith, ironclad offer.” The newspaper added: "The likelihood is that no coach in the country ever has had such a proposal.” . According to the newspaper, Tatum will meet with Maryland President Dr. Wilson H. Elkins at the College Park, Md„ carhpus Friday to announce if he will accept the offer. Tatum, whose Terrapin* lost to. Oklahoma, 20-6, in the Orange Bowl Monday, said Tuesday he will confer thia weekend with North Carolina officials at Chapel Hill about the coaching job there. No mention of salary hgs been made but sources close to Tatum, who came to Maryland in 1947

PUBLIC AUCTION COMPLETE CLOSE OUT SALE REAL ESTATE mA PERSONAL PROPERTY 8 FARMS Consisting of 744 ACRES TWO DAY SALE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18 ami THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1968 PERSONAL PROPERTY FIRST DAY STARTING AT 9 A.M. REAL ESTATE ON SECOND DAY STARTING AT 10 A.M. LUNCH WILL BE SERVED v PERSONAL PROPERTY SALE WILL START AT 9 A. M. PROMPT ON JANUARY 18TH COME EARLY AS THERE ARE MANY, MANY ITEMS TO SELL LOCATION: 1 Mile East of Decatur, Indiana on the Belmont road to Junction of Piqua Road. Arrows will guide y<ju. Signs on the farms to identify each one. Land known as “THE H. H. STONER FARMS.” REA S E , S .IML ~ PERSONAL PROPERTY 10:00 A. M., JANUARY 19 u-oo A M JANUARY 18 FARM No. 1 43.2 Acres, has a 7 room home with bath, garage, J. “ ,uu A * ffl *» lo granary with driveway, corn crib with granary Includes 4 TRACTORS, 2 COMBINES, 2 CORN PICKERS, Etc. above. Land lays level and is all tillable. Paved M&4 j. u . 70 Tractor with 13x38 tirea aad heat houser, this road on two sides qf this farm makes it a poten- tractor is in A-l condition, 4 row cultivator; 1949 L. A. Case ■ tial suburban home addition. Tractor with 15x30 tires; 1949 D.C, Case Tractor with heat FARM No. 2 57 Acres, has a 7 room bungalow type home with houser; 4 row cultivator; Ford tractor with 2 bottom 14” plow, os , 2 bath rooms, basement and furnace. Extra large hoist and grader blade for Ford Tractor; Rear end Manure corn crib with driveway, two hog barns, all till- Loader for Pwd Tractor;" Ford rear Mount Sprayer; Case 4 able land. bottom 14” Breaking Plow; Caae 3 bottom 14" Breaking Plow; s FARM N 0.3 239.4 Acres, has 19 room brick home with 2 bath 10 j D , Rilleter offnaj,. Diac. Ilk* new; 16 Hole Case fertl- . roo»7 2 large barns. 2 corn cribs, machine shed, Hzot feraln drilf tilP’tubfieFr’rFt. Hetfvy Duty case drtir; 10 Ft. ’ ~ chicken house, hog house. There are 44 acres Brillion cultlmuicher; 4 Sec. J.D. Spike Tooth Harrow; 4 Row woods and pasture, balance farm land. jjj Fertilizer corn planter; New Idea pull type 7 ft. mower; FARM N 0.4 73.5 Acpeefbas a 6 room home with bath, S ara Ke, c aße 4 bar a j<j e rake; J.D. 7 ft. Tractor Disc; New Idea rubber corn drib with attached shed, large barn. This tire tractor manure spreader; 1949 Case 12 ft. Self propelled farm is all tillable land. This farm with No. 7 combine with recleaner; 1953 A.C Combine with recleaner; makes a fine unit. 2 Row J.D. pull type No. 200 corn picker; 1950 New Idea pull FARM No. 5 127 Acres, has a 6 room two atory home with type 2 row corn picker; 36 ft J. D. Elevator with drag and Wis. bath, barn with driveway and crib attached, Motor. 4 RUBBER TIRED WAGONS. 2 J.D. heavy duty rubmachine shed and chieken house. There are 3 ber t ired wagons, with 16 ft. grain beds; Case rubber tired wagacres of wpo<te> balance in farm land. on W | t h 14 ft. steel grain bed; Caae rubber tired wagon with This farm with No. 6 makes a fine unit. 12 ft< y TRUCKS: 1% ton Ford truck with Midwest bed FARM No. 6 82 Acres of bare land. There are about 9 acres • stock rack; % ton Studebaker Pick-up truck. w a , n ? pa ® tur . e ' HOG EQUIPMENT AND MISC.: 4 Double hog houses; 12 single FARM No. 7 120 Acres of here land. There are about 27 acres hog houges; 7 aelf feederg . 12 10ng wood hog troughs; 4 hog of woods and past ure balan cels tillable. There fountains; Wheelbarrow air compressor; Rotor weed mower b-abu A> o * s -, Bo * acreß l ne with ar rnnm homo 2 % h -P- motor; Red Cross corn shelter; Rubber tired FARM No. 8 A 3 Acre suburban home site with a 6 room home wheelbarrow; lots of shop tools Including grinders, vises, etc; • -m. . WU "» <’ I powef lawn mower; chicken feeders; fanning mill, like new; These farms all lay together and have been p OPer»tad as. Jotg of UMd lumber; Jotg 6f junk Jron; exteng|on 18(Werg . ptat . one farm, but the present owner is splitting the acreage so the form gcaleg . 8 blkß Htock treat; a i umln um grain scoops; forks; buyers can purchase small tracts giving everyone a chance at feed gackg , log cha(ng and many otber ltemg different size farms The St. Marys River is the' toundary 173 H g A p 0F HOGS—I 46 head of Hampshire Feeddr Pigs, ‘ lne . on B , OU L h £ > q iSn 7 w/s and Na s if old Untuned, weight from 50 to 75 tbs. 6 Shoats about 170 lbs. - ’would i2c rn*Snl.nd W . 20 »“ 1 Hamper. Be. and No. 7. purchased together would make a nice 193 acre GRAIN—HAY—STRAW-5000 Bu. Corn; 1000 Bu. Oats; 2000 farm, then all farms would have adequate buildings. Bales Straw; Some Baled Hay. For complete inspection and information please contact FERTILIZER—B Ton of Davoco 12-12-12 Fertilizer; Other the Auctioneers. Fertiliser. POSSESSION—March 1. 1956. 1 . TERMS ON REAL ESTATE—2O% Cash on Day of Sate, bat- TERMS PERSONAL PROPERTY—CASH. — „ ance upon delivery of Marketable Title. If financing is need- Lunch will be served by The W. 8. C, 8. Ladies of the ed please contact the Auctioneers before or on day bf sale. Methodist Church of Decatur, Indiana Gerald Strickler, D. S. Blair, Ms. & MTSs H. StOliei* —— OWItBPS Phil Neuenschwander — Auctioneers mi 9s ns n 9IWIIWI • - **o Haugk-Clerk g usu W Attarneys Sale Conducted by The Kent Realty & Auction Co. 4 ’ Decatur, Indiana Phone 3-3390 Not responsible for accidents. 4 7 JO 14 16

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from Oklahoma, said he will accept the North Carolina offer. A divpatch from Chapel Hill indicated that Tatum may sign a contract when he visits the campus over the weekend. Tatum reportedly received 1t7,. 006 annually as head coaeh and athletic director for Maryland, plus $1,200 for expenses.* 143 Deer Bagged By Hunters In Indiana INDIANAPOLIS (INS) re Final statistics released today by the Indiana conservation department revealed that Hoosier nltnrode brought down 143 deer during the three-day season last year. That more than doubled the 1954 kill of 68, which also was bucks—with one-forked antlers only but which was done in two days. Don Schaefer Signs To Play Pro Ball PHILADELPHIA (INS) — Don Schaefer, Notre Dame's All-Amer-ican fullback, has signed to play next season for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. Schaefer, the club's No. 3 selection in last November’s draft, was signed by general manager Vinee McNally Tuesday at the Notre ' Dame campus. 1

Monday Night TV Bouts Move To Baltimore NEW YORK (INS) — The ban against the detiapt Boxing Guild of New York by the state athletic commission ha« beeif blamed for the switch of nationally televised Monday, night fights to Baltimore. London sporting club promoter Tex Sullivan and boxing director Willie Gilzenberg announced Tuesday signing of a contract with Benny Trotta’s sports club to stage at least 12 Monday night fights in Baltimore. The first bout wiU be held, Jan. 23 in the coliseum, with Washington middleweight Holly Mims meeting Neal Rivers of Niagara Falls, N. Y. ' Sullivan said he had been forced to shift the bouta from St. Nicholas Arena because of commission chairman Julius Helfand'e Dec. 12 ortfer that members, chiefly managers of boxers, sever their connections with the guild by Jan. 15, or be refused commission approval of bouts. Thia was the first material out-

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growth of the Helfand ban, which will be considered by all member commissions at a meeting of the national boxing association executive board Jap, 14 in Chicago. It also might be the beginning of a total New York blackout, Madison Square Garden ineluded, since the problems prompting the St. Nick's shift also confront the international Boxing Club and anybody else attempting to promote under the-New York oommission. The commission tn its decision to ban the guild labeled it “a continuing menace to the Integrity of boxing in this state." The country’s oldest fight club hae been beaming the Mondajr night fights (via DuMont) for nearly two years. Plans now call for the distribution of dates among various cities around the country. College Basketball Indiana Tech 85, Lawrence Tech 73Vincennes 105, Marian 82. Carnegie Tech 69, Penn State 62. North Carolina 95, Louisiana State ... 69. - . West Virginia 98, Washington & Lee 84. . ‘’Loyola (Chicago) 77, South Dakota 63. DePaul 102, Illinois Normal 77. Kent State 86, Toledo 72. Drake 85, Creighton 60. Kansas State 77, Maryville 64.