Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 307, Decatur, Adams County, 31 December 1956 — Page 3

MONDAY, DECEMBER 31. 1956

1 .-o— — -- - —"■■r-" —-T 1 •"<■■■ - I w 1 J ' MB. AND MRS. AMMI MILLER of route 3, Decatur, have announced the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Betty, to Homer Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Miller of Huntington. The bride-elect *is a graduate of Monmouth high school and is employed in the office of the Schafer Company, Inc. Her fiance was graduated from Huntington high school and was previously employed at Fruehauf Trailer Co. in. Fort Wayne. * No definite date has been set for the wedding. — Photo by Johnson

The address of Mr. and Mrs. George Bair, who recently moved to Dallas, Tex., is as follows: 3432 Apt. B, Southern Oaks Blvd., Dallas, Tex. Bairhas accepted a position with the American Life Insurance Co.'in Dallas. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Boroff, former residents of Decatur, have moved rfom their home at Bowling Green, 0., to Dallas, Tex. Mr. and Mrs. Sol Lord and granddaughter Becky Lord, arrived home Sunday evening from a hcQiday vacation to Denver, Colo. They visited with their son and uncle, Paul E. Lord and family. Mrs. Robert Macklin is in Dayton, 0., wherte her mother, Mrs. Mary York, is a patient at St, Elizabeth’s hospital. Mrs. York fell and fractured her hip Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brentlinger of Madison, N. Decatur Friday for Pittsburgh, “where they will visit with relatives before resuming studies Mt Ow Urirefefs-’ ity. They had spent the Christmas holidays visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Brentlinger. Word has been received from Mrs. Robert Sheehan of Okinawa, that her son, Peter Dalzell, has returned to school, and is much improved. Peter- was critically injured in a motorcycle-automobile collision a number of weeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bohnke are visiting with relatives in Decatur. Tuesday they will return to Indianapolis, where Bohnke is a senior in dental school. Carl L. Beehler arrived in Decatur Saturday to pick up his wife, and three sons, who spent Christmas week with Mr. and Mrs. Otto Beehler. The Beehlers then motored to Madison, where they will spend New Year’s with Mrs. Beehler’s family. Mr. and Mrs. John Fryback and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Fryback of Bluffton left Saturday for Bradenton, Florida, where they will stay for about bnc month. If you have sometuing to sen or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings reanltt.

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Mr. and Mrs. Loren Brentlinger of Greenfield, are the parents of a baby girl, born Saturday afternoon at 2:35 o’clock, at the Hancock county hospital at Greenfield. Rev. and Mrs. H. T. Shady, formerly of Preble, are the mater- ' nal grandparents, and Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Brentlinger are the paternal grandparents: At the Adams county memorial hospital: A baby girl was born Saturday at 12:16 p.m. to Brice and Dorothy Hamrick Brickley of 105% South Second street. She weighed seven pounds, and one ounce. . Howard E and Gyneth Schindler Luginbill of Berne are parents of a seven pound, 11% ounce son, born Sunday morning at 10:55 o’- ■ clock. This morning at 10:10 o’clock, a baby boy was born to Silvano and Lupe Costello Vergara of 128 South ; Sixteenth street He weighed nine pounds. . Clarence Hunter Injured Saturday Clarence Hunter, 64, a former employe of the city of Decatur and a resident of North Third street, is in fair condition at the " hospital. Hunter sustained multiple fracI tures, including a serious injury to his leg, in an accident at 1:05 a. m. Sunday on North Second street. He was struck by a car driven by Jerry Ross Baughman, • 17, of Decatur route two. Baughman was going south on : Second street when Hunter started to cross the street on foot and stepped intd the path of' his ‘car. ■•* • I d? V T musmoi » Home For' Holiday Sp. 3: Charles D. Eyanson has returned’to Warrenton, Va., after spending Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Eyanson.

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PLEASANT MILLS W.M.S. HAS CHRISTMAS MEETING The W. M. S. of the Pleasant Mills Baptist church held their Christmas meeting and party recently at the home of Mrs. Ed Melching. A pot luck dinner was served to 10 members and five guests present. The business meeting was called to order by the vice-presi-dent, Mrs. Paul McCullough. The Christmas story from Luke was read by Mrs. Ralph Longenberger. The lesson of ’’Joyful Journey” was given by Mrs. Myrtle Daniels and the regular lesson was presented by Mrs. Ben McCullough and Mrs. Lowell NoU. A gift exchange concluded the meeting, which was dismissed by the repeating of the Mizpah benediction. The Bible study class of the First• Presbyterian church will meet Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock. The morning class has been postponed until the following week. The class party of the Wesley class of the Methodist church will be held Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock, in the church recreation room. Mrs. Homer Bittner will be hostess to the Historical club, Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The Union Chapel Ladies Aid will meet at the church Thursday for an all day meeting. All of the ladies of the church are invited to attend, and spend the day sewing and quilting. The Women’s Guild of the Zion E. and R. church will meet in the church basement Wednesday evening at 7:30 o’clock. The Zion Lutheran Needle club will meet Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock, at the parish hall. Thursday evening, at 8 o’clock, the V.F.W. Fathers auxiliary will meet at the V. F. W. home. The Women of the Moose will meet at the Moose home Thursday evening. The officers will meet at jj7:3o, with lodge to follow at 8 p.m. To Seek Increase In Diversion Os Water Will Ask Congress! To Pass New Bill CHICAGO JUP) — Congress will be asked Thursday to pass another bill authorizing increased diversion of water, from Lake Michigan into the Illinois Waterway. Rep. Thomas O’Brien (D - 111.) said he hoped to introduce the new diversion bill at the opening session of Congress. Congress has passed two similar bills but both met with President Eisenhower’s veto, largely because of Canadian opposition. The present bill would boost the amount of water diverted from the lake from 1,500 cubic feet per second to 2,500 cubic feet. Army Engineers would be directed to report by 1961 with recommendations on whether the rate should be changed. The U. S. Supreme Court Dec. 17 authorized an increase in diversion to 8,500 cubic feet per second until Jan. 31, to ease low water problems on the Mississippi River near Alton, 111. Trade in a Good Town -J necata.

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I3S-I Society Items for today's publication must be phoned in by 11 a. m. (Saturday 9:30 a.m.) Phone 3-2121 GWEN HTLYARD WEDNESDAY Our Lady of Good Counsel study club, Mrs. Ed Vian, 8 p. m. Catholic Ladies of Columbia, C. L. of C. hall, 7:30 p. m. Presbyterian Bible Study Class, p.m., morning class postponed one Historical club, Mrs. Homer Bittner, 2:30 p.m. Women’s Guild of Zion E. and R. church, church basement, 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY Girl Scout leaders club, Youth and Community Center, 1:15 p. m. Unit 4 of Bethany E. U. B. church, Mrs. Carl Sheets, 8 p. m. Unit 2 of Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church, postponed. Women of the Moose, Moose home, oficers, .7:30 p.m., lodge 8 p.m. Wesley class party, Methodist recreation room, 7:30 p.m. Union Chapel Ladies Aid, church basement, all day. Zion Lutheran Needle club, parish hall, 1 p.m. V.F.W. Fathers auxiliary, V. F. W. Home, 8 p.m. Nine-Year-Old Boy Accidentally Slain Boy Shot To Death - On Way To Church BELLEVILLE, 111. M — A 9-year-old boy was accidentally shot to death while on his way to church here Sunday. - * He was indentified as Robert Milton Carlton Jr., whose parents live at 112 Gilbert SL Police said the boy was. walking toward St. Peter’s Cathedral for 11 o’clock Mass when he was struck in the chest by a bullet from a .22-caliber rifle. A doctor pronounced him dead at he scene. Officers said they learned a 14-year-old boy, George Mann, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Mann of 523 North Third St., was climbing the bank of Richard Creek when Re was struck -by a tree branch and the gun fired. Young Carlton was crossing the Richland Creek bridge, about 29 feet away, when he was hit. The Mann youth told officers he thought he had unloaded the rifle. WjOSIUTAL Bryce Burger, Decatur; Master Douglas * Halberstadt, Decatur; Clarence’ Hunter, Decatur; Miss Diane Hitchcock, Decatur; Master Clyde Hitchcock, Decatur; Miss Glenda Jobes, Berne. Dismissed Dennis Cookson, Decatur; Miss Janet Ritter, Decatur; Miss Kathie Tschannen, Geneva; Miss Sharon Smith, Monroe; Bryce Burger, Decatur; Master Douglas Halberstadt, Decatur; Mrs. Donald K. Witte, Monroeville; Mrs. Cline Orr, Portland; Mrs. Harold Shepherd, Portland; Mrs. Robert Luginbill and baby girl, Decatur.

Famous Painting Is Damaged By Tourist Minor Damage Done Famous Mona lisa PAIRS (m — The Mona Lisa smiled her enigmatic music today in a workroom at the Louvre while experts touched up the minor damage inflicted by a bearded Bolivian who flung a rock at the painting on a “whim.” Damage to Leonardo Da Vinci’s great 16th Century masterpiece was reported "slight” by museum art experts, but they said it might have been ‘irreparable” if it had not been guarded by a protective plate of glass — the only painting in the museum so protected. The stone shattered the glass in the lower left hand corner of the painting, far below the famous smile, and flaked a chip of paint the size of a fingernail off the left elbow. A small hole was made in the Mona Lisa’s dark brown robe but not enough to hurt the value of the picture the Louvre says is ’’priceless” and which art experts say is worth more than one million dollars. The Bolivian, Hugo Unjaga Villegas, 42, a native of La Paz, was charged with defacing a public monument and violation of an expulsion order. Villegas told police at first the act was the result of a sudden whim. Later he admitted he picked, up the stone in an alleyway outside the museum with the intent of throwing it at the painting. Mysterious Sniper Sought In Detroit Suburban Police Are Without Clues DETROIT (UP)—Suburban Royal Oak police said they were without clues today in the case of a

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Tuesday First Day For Gross Income INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — New Year’s Day, aside from other headaches, is the first day for filing Indiana gross income tax returns. The period for filing returns extend* until Jan. 91, unless state official decide to extend the time as th# did in 1955. Jan. 1 also is an important tax date for Hoosiers in specialized occupations. It’s the day for collection of such fees as license fees for insurance agents, store license fees and license fees for fur dealers and mussel dealers licenses. mysterious sniper wanted in connection with six shooting incidents. Officers said the sniper—or snipers—fired on two men Sunday. They said they were not sure whether both shootings were committed by the same man but assumed one person was responsible. — Raymond Webster told police he was emptying garbage at the rear of his home when a bullet plowed into the ground near him. He dashed back to the shelter of his home and called police. Police said the bullet probably came from a .22 caliber rifle —the sniper’s trademark. They planned to question a teenage boy who lives in the Webster neighborhood about the shooting. The youth is known to have a .22 rifle. Robert Scott was the second person fired upon Sunday. Scott told police he went out to check a noise behind his apartment house and saw two men. He said one fired at him before they fled. Police said the bullet was from a .22 rifle. The mysterious sniper first came to police attention when a bullet ripped through a window at the home of Lyster T. Carney, creasing his cheek. The same day, Dec. 15. Webster F. Luginbill told police someone fire # shot through the window of his home. If yon have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results.

Time Tough Problem For State Assembly Legislators Can't Agree On Question (Seventh in a series of stories based wv a poll of legislators on some of the issues in the 1957 Indiana General Assembly). By SAM NEWLUND United Press Staff Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS (UP)—lndiana legislators are just like their constituents—they can’t agree on what time it should be. For years Hoosiers have been arguing about whether Indiana should be on “fast” or “slow” time and whether it should be year-around or changeable during the summer. j-'*— ’ A United Presjt questionnaire sent to legislators of the 1957 General Assembly included this question: “What should the Legislature do about the time issue?” Indicative of the confusion was one lawmaker’s reply: “God knows,” he said. “Uniformity is desirable if obtainable.” The 1949 Legislature tired to get uniformity when it passed a law making Central Standard Time the “legal” time. But it had no penalty clause, and localities have been ignoring the law—some in summer only, some the year round—ever since. The 1955 session decided to ask the voters to choose in a referendum. Some lawmakers admit the wording of the referendum in November was confusing, but the choice that got the biggest vote was CST. The vote went against “daylight" time for certain periods of the year.Vete Advisory Only The referendum was intended only as an advisory to the Legislature. Whether it acts on the results or ignores them is another matter. The most frequent answers on what should be done were “nothing” and something to this effect: “Anything, as long as it’s uniform for the state.” “Back up the people’s desire for

standard time the year around, said one lawmaker. “Put teeth in the law and make it compulsory for all governmental units to abide with it." "There migjit be a penalty clause added against governmental units, newspapers, radio stations, etc., who advocate violation of the law,” said another. One legislator said “the referendum was impossible.” He advocated a “local decision.” ’ Another who said "nothing" should be done commented: “The issue is based on the unsound premise that all ought to be the same, which I can’t accept.” Mild Agreement Shown Some called for standard time all year, others “fast" time during summer only, still others six months of each. On two other issues—construction of a new state office building and establishing a veterinary school at Purdue University—the poll indicated mild agreement. Os 68 who answered the poll 35 said office building construction should begin in 1957. Seventeen said it shouldn’t and the rest didn’t answer or gave indefinite answers. The cramped, overflowing offices of the present non-functional Statehouse —plus the expense of renting office space in other Indianapolis buildings—have put visions of a gleaming new capital in the minds of legislators for years. The 1953 session set up a commission to get the project going. The veterinary school—being pushed by rural elements as necessary to livestock production—is another lohg - standing project. Those polled agreed it was needed, 40 to 15. The fate of both projects may depend on two factors: Whether they can escape being sacrificed in political , “horse-tfading" and whether budget-makers can trim enough “water” from the 1957-59 spending program to leave any money to finance them. — -

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