Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 113, Decatur, Adams County, 13 May 1957 — Page 4

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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 — ..i Vice-President Chas. Holthouse Secretary-Treasurer Subscription Rates: By Mall in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, $8.00; Six months. $4.25: 3 months, $2.25. By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, $8.60; 6 months, $4.75; 3 months, ss.so. By Carrier: 30 cents per week. Single copies, 6 cents.

The gasoline price reduction fever is spreading and indications are now that most Hoosier motorists will get some price relief, at least temporarily. The price cutting will be most welcomed by auto owners. Q ■ Summer is really and truly here. The Court House yard benches, all painted and looking brand new were placed in the Court House yard Saturday. While it may seem trivial, the benches are constantly in use during the summer months and they serve as a headquarters for all sorts of oratory until late fall. Many citizens will be most glad for this popular loafing place. O'" -o — Rumor has it that the famous one-armed bandits, better known as slot machines, are again in use in several Indiana counties. Gov. Handley has never stated his policy concerning these onesided gambling machines, but general opinion is they should not be permitted because they are illegal and any state official who condones them is violating his oath of office. This would also pertain to county and city officials. 0 " 'O These next two and a half weeks will be busy times at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in preparation for the annual 500 mile race. Hundreds of thousands of auto race fans will visit Speedway City and watch the drivers tune up their entries. On Memorial Day, these myriads of racing fans, will get the thrill of a life time, when the 33 fastest autos in . the world> ; will start the long grind for money and glory. It’s a wonderful spectacle. o -o —- John C. Augsburger, prominent Adams county Democrat and two time commissioner of Adams county, who at the age of eighty years underwent major surgery in Fort Wayne Lutheran hospital recently is recovering at his farm home west of Berne. Active for more than fifty years jp politics and civic affairs of this county, the highly respected farmer is daily doing the chores about his home. His score* of friends throughout this area wish him continued recovery and long life.

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Some times it takes some pretty drastic action to seek needed railroad improvements. Several local railcrossings in Decatur should either be repaired or ed. Letters seeking the repair work were sent to railroad officials several weeks ago. No action has been forthcoming. J o—o Traffic on week-ends Is getting terrific and all day yesterday state and county roads were crowded with tourists and many local folks just out for a ride. The entire country-side is beautiful and those who do not take advantage of witnessing this growing and blossoming of nature are missing a great time in their life. County roads are reported in good condition and there are many interesting sites right here in Adams county. .o o - The clean-up committee for the Greater Decatur fund, which was used to buy a tract of land in the southwest part of Decatur as a factory site has been doing a fine job and almost every pledge has been brought up to-date. With ample power and water and with a favorable tax rate, Decatur is fast reaching a point whereby we can offer every necessary facil--ity to the proper industry. We don't need to be in a great rush, because with a city like ours we can select the type of , industry and employes we want - o o Almost every city in northern Indiana is facing a problem of concern. Retailers are making an effort to have uniform store hours wi|h a view to better ac- . commodating the shoppers of their area and also giving employes more time pff. Retailers of some neighboring cities have agreed on Saturday night closing, with their stores open either Wednesday or Friday night. Others are trying a system of no night openings but supplement this with being closed either Monday morning or afternoon during the week. Decatur merchants also have been faced with the same controversy. A solution satisfactory to all will be difficult, but not impossible. Let’s hope that settlement will be forthcoming soon.

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20 Years Ago Today May 13, M 37 — City parks opening is set for May 20, park department announces. Mrs. Anna Sherry, 61, dies at her home near Preble. Samuel Habegger, 67, dies at Berne residence. Jesse Rice buys large tract of land between Mercer avenue and river which was once Catholic cemetery. Plans new subdivision. Miss Matilda Sellemeyer is installed as president of Business and Professional Women’s club here. Two dress revues, by students of Deatur high school under supervision of Miss Mildred Worthman, are scheduled this week. Ira Schafer is sentenced to 60 days at pen farm by Mayor Holthouse on intoxication charge. Mrs. Charles Beineke is leader at meeting Zion Reformed ladies aid society. E. W. Lobenstein, Grand Rapids, Mich., long time employe of Pennsylvania railroad, visits his brother, Otho, at Monroe. Two Men Are Fined, One Given Sentertce Willard M. Quail. 30, of Salem, Va., arrested Saturday morning at a local tavern on a charge of public intoxication, appeared in city court this morning and was fined $1 and costs. Also in city court today was Quincy Ball, Decatur, who was arrested Friday on a charge of disorderly conduct on a complaint by Mary Ball. He entered a plea of not guilty in city court Saturday morning and his trial was set for today. He was found guilty and was fined $lO and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail. The Stall NEW HAVEN, Conn. — IW - A bandit was frustrated by a stalling liquor store proprietor who pretended deafness and then doled out bills one by one. The holdupman’s nerves finally gave way, and he fled with only $32, stolen from the staller, David Stahl. Trade iu a good town <— Decatur

ELIZABETH SEIFERTS NEW NOVEL A Call for Doctor © 195 S by Elizabeth Seifert. Reprinted by permlMloa of the pub- r f Sabar, Dodd, Mead A Co. Distributed by W Featured Syndicate. .

BTWOFStS Doctor Grady Barton, on vacation from a large hospital in Chicago, etops for gas at the small town of Green Holly, Wisconsin, and runs Into an emergency. Frank Seddens. long-time resident of the town, is stricken with a high blood pressure attack at the station and Grady cornea to his aid. Seddens is impressed with the young doctor’s ability and asks him to consider a practice in the town, which is without a doctor. It Is a tempting offer—Grady is tired of the hospital routine and wants a general practice. Besides, his wife. Gisela, is divorcing him and ho wants to ■’get away" and start a new life. Grady returns to Chicago and his job as admissions physician. He is unhappy with the duty because of the amount of paper work Involved. After a few days. Grady receives from Seddens an invitation to be interviewed by the town committeemen. At the meeting at the Seddens home, a prejudiced, aggressive man called Kopp says that the doctor of their choice should be a settled man with a family. Grady replies hastily: “I am married." He accepts the position offered him and starts practicing in his new office. Judge Cowan, one of the town committeemen. invites Grady to a dinner at his home. There Grady recognizes Judge Cowan’s lovely daughter June as the girl who had made a strong impression in his mind when he had first seen her many weeks before. CHAPTER 11 OTHER guests arrived, but only June mattered to Grady. He talked, and hoped that he made sense. He accepted a cocktail without its spilling from his unnerved hand; he listened again to praise for his care of Judy Nolan. He brought in Pearl’s name to share the limelight and the compliments; he even managed to tell a humorous anecdote about the girt In turn these others told him about Pearl. When the girl was sixteen her mother had remarried—a widower with four small children. Pearl had walked out of the house. "She said," told June with a gay laugh, "that if she was going to baby-tend, she’d do it where she’d be paid. And she’s been on her own ever since. You’re lucky to have her, Dr. Barton.’’ Then she turned, smiling, to greet the last guest Mo Chronister. "How's my best girl?" demanded Mo, and kept his hand upon the sash at her slender waist when he turned to speak to the new doctor. Grady contented himself with an extended hand and a brief, "How are you, Chronister?" They soon went tn to dinner, Where Chronister dominated the general table talk, telling various anecdotes in a jargon of crime and underworld usage. His talk of hoods and choppers and mMs was somewhat amusing to the man who had for years held Grady’s job in Chicago. Grady was seated beside June Cowan and would have preferred talking exclusively to her, and letting her talk to him, but the table was small enough—there were twelve people present—‘for Mo to prevent this, whether that was his intent or not June was a very pretty girl. ~ Her skin was clear and fine, her

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Father Os Seven Is Rescued From Mine Imprisoned For 74 Hours In Cool Mine RICHWOOD, W.Va. (UP)-WU-liam C. Richmond, entombed for 74 hours in a coal mine, concluded today that “the Lord heard me and saved me.” The 38-year-old father of seven, in remarkably good condition when rescued from hi* tiny tomb early Sunday, recalled the first horrorfilled minutes of his ordeal and how “my prayer was answered.” Four other men were working in the same section of the Donegan Coal and Coke Co. mine with Richmond when the roof started to collapse. Richmond was at the farthest end of a tunnel when the fall began. The man working closest to him managed to scramble out but when he tried to follow, on hands and knees in the low-celling area, “the roof fell in ahead of me.” Richmond said he crawled back as far as he could to the ‘‘rib”— the as yet uncut edge—of the mine seam where he had been working. “I could see the slate falling like big hunks of paper, with black dust pouring up, and I said, ‘Lord, nobody can stop it but you. If you don't, I’m a goner.’ The fan came right up to two feet of where .1 was huddled and stopped. He had heard.” Though there appeared little chance of Richmond's survival, rescue workers dug around the clock. Early Saturday afternoon, the rescue crews heard Richmond’s voice. Ten hours later they reached him. , Ticket Drive-In CHICAGO — (IP) — A bank in the Prudential building here has worked out arrangements, with all airlines serving Chicago to allow customers to phone in advance for ticket reservations and then pick up the tickets at drive-in teUer windows. If you have something to sell or I rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad — they bring results. '

pretty Drown natrr crung m ringlet* to her chedt and to the back of her neck. Her hands were short, square—capable. Her arms were slender and round. Her voice was clear and her laughter musical. During the meal Grady managed to discover that she had been graduated from college only last summer and was keeping house for her father and “Candy, our dog.” She explained her father’s semiretirement. "He’s off the bench, but he keeps an office. Takes cases that amuse him." "Some even pay me a little money,” put in the judge, catching a word of their talk. "Others are fun.” The judge’s home was comfortable and gracious. The appointments of his dinner table, the meal served, told of good taste and wealth. The judge’s daughter ... Grady let himself become enfolded by a warm and rosy cloud of thoughts—dissipated, pleasantly, by the touch of June’s hand upon his arm. Her smiling eyes indicated that Mo had spoken to him, had asked him a question and now awaited his reply. "I’m sorry," Grady apologized. "I was thinking." "I asked if you already ’belonged to any service club,” said Mo with a grin. He was a very big man, Elmo Chronister, with yellow-blond hair cut into a somewhat long crew cut, very blue eyes and a big mouth the.t smiled widely over clenched white teeth. Grady answered in the negative, explaining that the admissions doctor of a big-city hospital had little free time for good will luncheons or other activities. "Well, then,” said Mo enthusiastically, “I think you belong in the Lions. I’d like to propose your name to our group, Doc.” “Why, that’s very kind." “It’s a thing you should do," Mo insisted. "We’re a service club and particularly interested in civic matters. We work hard and we do a lot of good. We buy glasses for a child, we nag the town council to repair a bad spot in the street, we help with the polio drive, distribute the Salvation Army Christmas baskets—and we have a lot of fun!" Mo leaned closer toward Grady. •*Ybu’d get a real bang out of a stunt soon coming up, Doc. We do it annually. It gets our towns known pretty well roundabout. You see, with the co-operation of the highway patrol—they have reasons to be obliging to me—we select a certain day or night, not known except to the committeein advance, I mean—and on that night we flag down a car with a couple in it Arrest them, you see. We bring them to the hall where a dinner is being held—complete with our wives and our best girls and all—and then we shower that couple with gifts, put ’em up in a good motel for the night, service their car; they have

Presbyterian Pastor Attends Conference The Rev. Ray J. Walther, pastor of First Presbyterian church here, left today for a lOday visit at Omaha, Neb., where he will attend the 189th general assembly of Presbyterian churches as an observer. Each year the local church sends the pastor to the conference as part of its on the job training program. COURT NEWS ■* Marriage Licenses Roger William Koenemann, 21, Decatur route two, and Fay Louise Mcßride, 20, Ossian route one. Robert E. Hirschy, 18, Convoy, 0., route two, and Elinor K. Bilderback. 18, Decatur. Joseph H. Morin, 28. Berne, and Marlene H. Laurent, 25, Decatur. Citation Ordered In the divorce case of Patsy Ann Parker vs Vaughn L. Parker, an affidavit tor a citation has been filed by the plaintiff and a citation on the defendant has been ordered Issued returnable May 18. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant is in arrears on support payments. Michaud Estate A motion to re-docket the Chester T. Michaud estate to re-determ-ine inheritance tax has been submitted and approved. The inheritance tax report has been re-sub-mitted showing a net value of $22,714.21, with a total of $77.14 tax due. * Household Scrapbook J | BY ROUURTA LIE Cold Cream To make a good cold cream, melt together in double boiler % oz. spermaceti, 2 oz. oil of sweet almonds, and 1 oz. white wax. Remove from heat and add gradually 4 oz., and perfume if desired. Old Nail Polish If the old nail polish becomes too thick and gummy for practical use. try thinning it out its proper consistency with some polish remover. Hardened Putty If the putty has become dry and hardened, it can be revived by mixing it well with a few drops of inseed. oil.

& whale of a time and go off to spread the good word about the hospitality which they've known at the Hollies. "That’s the sort of thing we do!" He leaned back to await Grady’s capitulation, evidently sure that he had completely explained the activities, and the worthwhile aspects, of membership in the Lions. Grady, to date out of touch with such goings-on, sat somewhat dismayed. He wanted friends and to become a part of the towns, but . . . Mo was not one to submit to cautious consideration of anything which he’d proposed. "Look, Barton," he said insistently, "a chap just about has to join something of the sort, in a town this size. It’s about the only way to make friends. For a stranger, I mean." "I suppose," said Grady.' “Where I came from, that was accomplished through the church.” June’s blue eyes smiled at him, and she nodded, as if pleased. “And of course in college the medium was the fraternity." "Were you a frat man ?” asked Mo, with quickened interest “Yes,” said Grady, ”1 was.” ! He saw Joe Perry smile at Judge Cowan. “And,” he continued, "I can see the merits of membership in your club . . . • "O. K.»” said Mo. "I’ll advance your name. Pronto.” After dinner, tables of bridge were set up, with Mo assuming that he’d start, at least, paired off with June. He assumed all sorts of privileges with the girl, told of things they had done together, mentioned others that he, at least, planned' to do with her. It was evident, from his manner, that he considered June his girl, though she wore no ring, and when Grady drove home after the pleasant evening, it was with the decision that Chronister could not have her. Not without some competition from the new doctor. Who, of course, was “married.” Though now, definitely, there was another woman. And Grady should lose no time “divorcing his wife.” Or announcing that his wife had divorced him. • • • The days slipped by, busy and happy. Contented. Grady liked the Hollies, and the people of the towns liked him. One day he-walked in the fall of a soft, feathery snow and met June with Candy. After that, usually, he went around to Lake Street to “borrow” company for his walk. On these walks, they became great friends, Grady and June. People in town mentioned seeing them together, and not only as that rarity of human beings on foot when wheels were available. The ebullient Candy made a poor chaperone against gossip. i (To Be Continued).

Secy. Benson On Perilous Political Farm Battle

By BERNARD BRENNER United Press Staff Correspondent 1 WASHINGTON (UP) — Agricul- 1 ture Secretary Ezra T. Benson has begun a politically perilous battle to convince American farmers they can make more money with lower government price supports. Benson's campaign also is aimed at taxpayers who have been fretting at heavy federal spending. Benson, a center of controversy since he tenk office in 1953, is proposing a reduction the 75 per cent of “fair price” parity floor maintained by law under such major crops as cotton, corn and wheat. In addition—and perhaps this is more important—Benson wants Congress to eliminate the “flexible” price support formula which forces prices of major crops up toward a 90 per cent of parity ceiling when supplies are reduced. Repeal of the formula would allow Benson to set farm props at any point—within a range fixed by Congree—he considered practical. Political reaction to Benson’s new move has been cool. Some Political Barriers “I do not know what course we will follow,” Chairman Allen J. Ellender (D-La) of the Senate Agriculture Committee said, “but I fe eslure it will not involve vesting any individual with dictatorial powers over agricultural prices. We do not need nor can our farmers afford a program which would Put our farmers’ income at the mercy of an agricultural czar.” From a Republican farm expert close to the GOP National Committee, which views the farm belt as the major battleground in the 1958 congressional elections, came the comment: •‘We’ll be all right if nothing comes of it, and I don't think anything will.” Benson is fully aware of the political barriers in his path, but he has told newsmen he has the “wholehearted support” of President Eisenhower who stood with him in his earlier—and successful —farm policy battles. The agriculture secretary opened his campaign with a 2,000-word letter and a 3,000-word explanatory statement to Ellender on May 2. In these documents, Benson made his proposals for farm law changes indirectly and by implication. Benson deliberately avoided spelling out a detailed new farm program. Instead, he pointed the course he favors by detailing the failings of current programs. A Calculated Risk Essentially, the May 2 statements and Benson’s later speeches maintain that farmers can sell more if prices are reduced in some cases and not pushed above current levels in others. One of Benson's close advisers admitted today this policy is a calculated risk. “The long run effect will be to boost farm income over what it would otherwise be. But in the short run, we just don’t know whether it would send farm income up or down,” he said. The official was asked why the administration chooses to take the risk of sending farm income down in 1958, a congressional election year. “At any given time it's easier to take another drink than to sober up,” he replied. “But the time comes when you’ye got to choose between sobering up and becoming an alcoholic." Under current farm law, supports on major crops range between 75 and 90 per cent of the “fair price” parity level. The exact price in any year is set by a formula based largely on the amount of supplies on hand. Coupled with this support formula in the law is an acreage control system for cotton, corn, wheat, peanuts, rice and tobacco. When supplies are heavy, the formula acts to reduce acreage allotments for farmers. Growers who ignore

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allotments lose eligibility for price support and in some cases must pay cash penalties. Benson Cites Failings Benson’s Indictment of this system can be summed up from his report to Ellender: Acreage controls have failed to reduce farm production, partially because Congress will not vote and farmers will not accept tough, across-the-board control. High price supports built up a tremendous surplus in government hands. This is now being reduced, but only through the soil bank and other expensive programs which will push toe farm budget to a proposed five billion dollars for fiscal 1958. If the-support formula is not dropped, it will build costly new surpluses in the future. - Farmers want to earn more by growing more crops. But unless the acreage control law is changed it is impossible to foresee the time when current low allotments tor such crops as cotton, wheat and peanuts can be increased. The time to change farm programs is during the period when the soil bank, which runs through 1959, offers farmers payments to “ease t£e impact of the adjustment."

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