Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 136, Decatur, Adams County, 10 June 1957 — Page 6

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Wheel Chairs To Victims Os Muscular Dystrophy

Three wheel chairs were presented to muscular dystrophy patients in Adams county by the national muscular dystrophy associa- ‘ tion through its local fund drive chairman, Forest Tucker, of Berne. A special electric wheel chair, fitted with adjustable leg rest, was presented to David D. Mazelin. of route 1, Berne. Mazelin. 59-year-old victim of the strange disease, has been so crippled that he has been unable to walk since 1942. and is no longer able to propel a regular wheel chair. He is a brother of Ben arid Noah Mazelin. The chair presented Friday by the association is controllable by a stick arrangement on the right arm. By moving the stick forward the chair moves slowly forward; when the stick is moved back, the chair goes slowly into reverse. It also turns to the left or right by slight movements, and can pivot in place. The motor is strong enough for use outdoors, to allow the patient in the fresh air and sunshine, and the motor acts as an automatic brake, allowing only 9 very slow speed either or uphill. ’, Alsd presented with regular type wheel chairs were Merlin B. Schwartz, 26, and his brother, Daniel By'Schwartz, 24, of route 1, Berne For about ten years neither youth has .been able to farm, and

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each has had to crawl and pull himself around their home, and upstairs. Both are still able to guide and push the wheel chairs. They work at home, making wallets and painting. There are at least 14 cases of muscular dystrophy ip Adams county, David Mazelin. secretary of the local chapter, stated. Eight of these cases are related, and six more former county residents, are members of the same family group. These are: David D. Mazelin and Leona D. Mazelin, brother and sister, route 1, Berne: Merlin B. Schwartz and Daniel B. Schwartz, brothers, of route 1, Berne; Christian N. Schwartz and Elizabeth N. Schwartz, brother and sister, of route 1, Berne; Christian I. Schwartz and Leah I. Schwartz, brother and sister, of route 2. Geneva; David, Josephine, Samuel, artd Peter Girod, Jr., brothers and sisters, now of Curryville, Mo.; and Victor Eicher, of Sturgis, Mich. Other county victims include Mrs. Merrill E. Johnson, of Decatur; Mrs. Andy Goller, Decatur; Wilma Mae Clouse, of route 6; Kenneth Baumgardner, of Yoder, brother of the last two named; Dan Donelly, of Berne; Paul D. Sbimp, of route 2. Geneva, and Harley J. Tumbleson, of route 2. Geneva. The muscular dystrophy program was organized in Adams

county in July. 1956, to help these Another hobby is the lettering people, and to raise funds for re- of signs, posters, cards, certifiseareh in the control and under- ’cates of achievement, rolls of Standing of the disease. Part honor, and diplomas. This reof the program is to keep the vic- quires much patience and practims as active as possible. ’ tice, Mazelin admits. The case of David Mazelin ex- A deeply religious man. Mazeplains how a victim of the crippling lin feels that looking oh the sunny disease can still be a useful citi- side of life and working hard helps zen of his community. Although lighten his burdeh. He is extremecrippled by muscular dystrophy in ly thankful for his friends, and childhood, he helped his father for the work of the muscular dysfarm until he was 19 years of age. trophy association, which has p»oFor nine more years he taught vided him with the new wheel the primary grades at the Amish chair. A ramp built onto the house church parochial school; however, will allow him to enter and leswa in 1826 he was no longer able to at will for the first time in nyany get about,the classroom. For thrpe, years, opening a whole new life years he wrote free lance articles for him. ( for farm magazines, and developed a finishing, enlarging, and tint- County Rural Youth ing business, which he continued ,uu '" for 13 years. As time passed, the Will Meet TnUTSdoy handicap grew greater, and it was increasingly difficult for him to The regular monthly meeting of walk about the house. On Decern- the Adams county rural youth will ber 14, 1942 he fell and injured his be held Thursday at the Farm Buleg, and was never again able to reau Co-op building in Monroe at walk. 8 ,p. m. This meeting will feature a During the second world war, debate, scavenger hunt and hamwhen servicemen were dispersed burger fry on tin cans. Committee all over the world, Mazelin wrote responsibilities include: mixers — more than 1,500 letters to >ll parts, Boger Habegger; group singing — and still treasures the 600 replies Cared Egley; devotions — Nancy and many souvenirs he received. Shoaf; scavenger hunt Gloria In the fete 1940's he began tutor- Crownover: special feature - Baling retarded children who were McCullough, and hamburger fry not progressing in the public —Kathleen Boerger. schools. He also taught and is AU those planning to attend are still teaching private instructions asked to bring along a flashlight in the German language. and Pancake turner. The In 1955 a doctor from a nearby er |* held ™ l air ’ clinic hospital visited Mazelin fl™*™*’ in Monroe. During the bus - while gathering data on heriditary mess session, plans wiU be made diseases. He became interested diatnct ®^ are . da ?“’ when he heard that Mazelin had an 4 < ? the A n T traced many cases of muscular ** *« rura Lj^! h LsX' dystrophy through eight genera- nuttees will be appo tions of the same Wood line. Maze- nominating commit ee and the anlin charted the cases he knew, and nua J wek-end r^ r ‘ 1 ? are %'_ helped the doctor locate the per- ' sons living, in hopes that progress Vlted t 0 attend thls mpctlngin preventing or treating the dis- HARTFORD . Conn . W C fnr « David Kerr, a Canadian living in Mazelin has also served for 32 Rowayton complained at a legisyears as secretary of a local hearing that “I can’t even farmers organization concerned lauv ® n ’ “ ~ K was with care of fruit trees, control shoot ' ell ™ S s toe of insects, and diseases of orchard, pr °A eS H”® _ rrv „.. n ? thus orefield. and garden. This study has r ght to ca J ‘huntine ducks been hl, hotb, , ta «e eh.Hbood, «

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Foreign Aid Budget Defended By Dulles No Disarming On . Soviet Promises WASHINGTON (UP' —Secretary of Stale John Foster Dulles said Way that the United States will never disarm “mere'ly because of Soviet promises” jo behave. Dulles said it would be reckless “folly" for this nation to do that. He said, however, that the UnitStates is “actively seeking, through United Nations procedures. ways whereby armaments can be safely reduced.” Dulles made the statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee in defense of President Eisenhower’s foreign aid budget. He said the aid funds are needed to bolster U.S. Allies around the world against the threat of Communist aggression. The task of world disarmament, Dulles said, “is immensely complicated by the fact that it is not safe for us to alter and weaken the military dispositions which protect us merely because of Soviet promises. There must be dependable supervision and control of all promises and procedures to assure that we may not be victimized by promises that are illussionary.” Ex-Governor Craig To Appear To Jury INDIANAPOLIS (UP)—Former Gov. George N. Craig said today in a prepared statement that “I welcome the opportunity” to appear before a Marion County grand jury investigating the Indiana highway scandals in his administration. “I have not been givqn a date nor a time for such appearance.” Craig said. “Certainly no subpena by the prosecutor is necessary and all I request inasmuch as I am in Washington is to have 24 hours notice.”

Nixon Flatly In Race For 1960 Campaign All-Out Support Os Eisenhower Policies Strongly Announced WASHINGTON iUP'-It was by , calculated risk and no mere , chance that Vice President Richard M. Nixon stood up last month to be counted as an all-out cheer leader foe The Eisenhower administration. It was a calculated risk of presidential politics looking to the 1960 Republican nomination. It was no mere chance because Nix- I on has repeated the maneuver three times this month. The vice president is likely to be on his feet a good part of the time between now and the 1960 Republican National Convention. He will be telling the voters, especially Republican voters, that they shoud raly to Eisenhower's support. , Faees Difficut Audience Nixon's defense of the Eisenhower administration last month was before the Iron and Steel Institute in New York. It was all out, unqualified by reservations or doubts. Next came the vice president’s address June 5 at Asheville, N.C., before the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. He faced a more difficult audience the next day here in Washington. The occasion was a grass roots Republican conference summoned to harmonize party differences over President Eisenhower’s big spending budget. Preliminary regional conferences had established the fact of disharmony and disapproval among local party leaders. Nixon chose to Champion in that speech the modem Republicanism to which party conservatives object. His advice was that the Republicans should cease squabbling among themselves and devote their energies to battling Democrats. As in New York in May, Nixon aligned himself firmly with the administration and its policies. Urgent Support Plea To the women assembled in Asheville, Nixon directed an urgent plea for support of the administration with special emphasis on three hotly controversial subjects: 1. National defense spending. 2. Foreign military and economic hid. r I- , 3. The pending civil rights bill. His most recent speech was Sunday night before the graduating class of the University of Michigan. In that address, Nixon defended Eisenhower’s decision to aid Communist Poland, and spoke for moderation in any legislation to curb labor union abuses — the position taken by the Eisenhower administration. By thdSfe speeches and others to come, Nixon is identifying himself as an administration candidate' for the 1960 Republican presidential nomination. By/so identifying himself, Nixon is sacrificng some conservatve Republican support and he s aware of that. GRADUATES (Coßtlaued Itom Page O»«) less Feagler. Auburn; Christian D. Macy, Austin, Minn.; Lawrence Beal, Decatur; Myron Frank, Decatur; and Lois Peterson Keller, Fort Wayne. UNION (Cnatlaurd from Page o»*> mitted seeing Hutcheson preside over union meetings but balked at saying he knew him. He refused to say whether he and Hutcheson borrowed $20,000 from Indiana National last August and September and whether he made a SIO,OOO check to Doggett last Dec. 17, less than a month before then Gov. Geroge N. Craig left office. ....... ... . Before Chapman was called, Louis B. Smith, a former Indiana state highway employe, told the subcommittee that Doggett ordered special handling for nine land sales which apparently made a quick $78,916 profit for Chapman. Smith said Doggett removed the sale documents from routine handling in Smith’s Gary office and ordered them sent to Indianapolis. CONNECTION (Coati sued from Pa** uae) - Hagerty said the President had shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday to go to American University here for an honorary degree and groundbreaking ceremonies. 1 He said Eisenhower told him he had “a feeling of an upset stomach coming on.” Eisenhower returned to the White House shortly after 10 p.m. and immediately called in Snyder, who arrived about 10:20 p.m. Snyder remained at the White House throughout the night. This morning Snyder called in Col. Thomas W. Mattingly, heart specialist at the Army’s Walter Reed Medical Center, who took an electrocardiogram. Not Being Hospitalized Hagerty said, "electrocardiograph tracings show no changes from the many that have been made since his recovery from his heart attack.”

Six Persons Killed In Hoosier Traffic Two Pedestrians Among Victims By UNITED PRESS At least six persons, including two pedestrians, were killed on Indiana's streets , and highways during the weekend. It was one of the state’s safest weekends in months. Four of the six were killed Saturday, one died Friday night and only one Sunday. There were no multiple-death accidents for the first time in several weeks. The two pedestrians were Thomas Lee Jones, 8, Cedar Lake, and Jack Bilts, 32, Brookston. The Jones boy, son of Mr. 'and Mrs. James Donoho, died in St. Margaret's Hospital at Hammond Saturday night, several hours after he was struck by a car as he walked along a road near his home. Bilts was killed Sunday by a hit-run vehicle as he filled his car with gasoline along Ind. 43 south of Brookston. Robert Eads, 33, Bloomington, was killed Saturday when his car went out of control on Ind. 46 near Terre Haute. His brother, Roy, 25, was injured. A two-car collision on Ind. 61 east of Vincennes Saturday killed Hallie William Wilkes, 75, Velpen. Auhtorities scheduled an autopsy to determine if Wilkes died of a heart attack prior to the accident. Herman Brunst, 44 Ladoga, was killed Saturday when a car in which he was riding hit a culvert on a county'road near Crawfordsville. Injured critically was Charles Newby, 41, also of Ladoga, driver of the car. brother’ (Coatlawed from Pane Oae) here by plane this afternoon with an additional 5,000 signatures of persons protesting the Girard decision. The group expects to join Louis Girard in the White House conference with McCabe. Members are Leroy Clemens, city editor of the Republican-Times, Fred Gerding Sr., of the First National Bank, and X.W. Mitchell, theater manager. If you nave sometnlng to sen ar rooms tor rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. tt brings results.

v zj rs * w ★ IASY TO VSI! ★ICO NOMI cm *' KLENKS FIRST AHAB MONDAY: 12 Neon to 5:36 P. M. alfltJr" TUES.. THURS., SAT, 8:30 a. M. to 5:30 P. M. _ WRRRFR ■ WEDNESDAY A FRIDAY 8:36 A. M. to 9:M P. M. Public Auction BENEFIT AUCTION FOR “THE ROADRUNNERS” SATURDAY, JUNE 16th, 1:00 P.M. LOCATION: On Court Street, smith side of the Court House, Decatur, Indiana. All of the Merchandise in this sale has been donated by the MERCHANTS OF DECATUR and all labor such as Auctioneers, Clerks, etc., will be free so that the ROADRUNNERS will benefit from the entire sale. Come one and all, let us give these boys a good sale, it is for a fine cause. These boys are doing a good job. The items donated will have the merchants' name on the tag. Below are some of the fine articles: Gift certificates, trailer hitch, set clothes line posts, pliers, gfease job and car wash, ladies hose, ties, furniture, ice cream, shaving set, paint and equipment, shirts, stationery, records, bird cage, flower pot, seat covers, towels, lamps, shaving supplies, jewelry, candy, ladies clothes, dog food, poultry, gas, oil, egg beater, dishes, clothes, dolls, appliances and many, many other items donated by your DECATUR MERCHANTS. TERMS-CASH. 7 ’ THE ROADRUNNERS, Owners Gerald Strickler, D. S. Blair—Auctioneers Pauline Haugk, Clerk C. W. Kent, Sales Mgr. Sale Conducted by The Kent Realty & Auction Co. Decatur, Indiana » Phone 3-3390 Not responsible for accidents. 10 12 14 ARRIVING TUESDAY MORNING ANOTHER TRUCKLOAD OF MICHIGAN Strawberries FOR CANNING or FREEZING Hammond’s Fruit MKTS. OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK—B A. M. Till 10 P. M.

MONDAY, JUNE 10. 1957

Services Tuesday At St. Luke Church Natives Os. County Speak Tuesday Night Tuesday evening at 7:45 o’clock the St. Luke Evangelteal and Reformed centennial service® will have for the speakers the Rev. Otto H. Scherry of Holgate, Ohio, and the Rev. Carl .J. Weidler of Nashua, lowa. Rev. Scherry is a native, of Adams county, born and reared in Kirkland township, a graduate of the Mission House Seminary of Plymouth, Wis. He served the St. Luke congregation from December, 1918, to July, 1930. Since that time he has been the minister at New Bavaria, Ohio, near Holgate. He was baptised and confirmed at Salem, Church,-Magley. Rev. Weidler, the son of Jacob Weidler, was also born in Kirkland township. He was baptised in the St. Luke church, confirmed in the same church by the Rev. Oswald Vitz, April 2, 1905. He also graduated from the Mission .■House Seminary. He served in churches in the west and middle west and is at present the pastor at Nashua, lowa. « Special music for this service will be, given by the members of the Salem Evangelical and Reformed church of Magley, Trade in a good town — Decatur

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