Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 156, Decatur, Adams County, 3 July 1957 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO., INC. itered at the Decatur, Ind., Po<t Office as Second Class Matter Dick D. Heller ——— President J. H. Heller Vice-President Chas. Halthouse - Secretary-Treasurer Subscription Rales: By Mail in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, 18.00; Six months, $4.25; 3 months, $2.25. By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year. 19.00; « months, 14.75; 3 months, 12.50. By Carrier: 30 cents per week. Single copies, 0 cents

It is worthy of note that some attention is now being paid to roadside areas in the county. Weeds that have been an eyesore are getting some attention and an improved welcome sign is posted for outstate visitors. ——o jO—— A note or a visit to a shut-in would be in keeping with our sincere consideration for others. Each of us would appreciate such a gesture so let us show a bit of thoughtfulness. —-o o—— Heavy police patrols have been promised for this week’s traffic. It is hard to understand why a cultured people will not abide by the laws which are established to protect the average citizen. Often there is an inclination of citizens to retuse to file affidavits when violations are observed which makes law enforcement more of a chore. Alert policing and an alert public can do much to restrain the more irresponsible. £. ——o o There must be some merit to county planning since there are thirty-five counties in Indiana have active plan regulations. Th<lime is not far off when such aefion may become mandatory and some will have cause to regret that the necessary groundwork has not been completed. We realize that the future cannot be fully perceived but the trend of the past decade indicates an increase in urban population and a continued decline in rural * hoflftes. Now is the time to, at least. de some thinking upon this project.

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Use the city parks, the municipal pool, the golf course, or just relax at home and enjoy the holiday. Use the highways when they are less congested. —-o—- - forefathers knew the blessings of planting at seedtime, reaping at harvest time without government restrictions, and th* joy of deserved repose after hard and satisfying labor. They lived by God’s command of ‘six days shaft thou labor* and looked only to God and their own efforts to provide their needs.” (From the “Headlight” of Prentiss, Mississippi.) ,.Q. The Scandanavians, English, French, Dutch, Germans, Irish, Scotch," Greeks, and Italians are all a part of our background and have enabled us to reach the pinnacle of greatness which we find in July of 1957. There have been many other nationalities that make up a part of our heritage, Men like Madison, Jefferson. Hamilton, Washington, Franklin, Adams, Jackson, Lincoln, Cleveland, Wilson, and the Roosevelts have contributed their parts toward a greater America. We are at the zenith for others continue to look to us for aid and comfort. Since 1776, political, social, and economic hurdles have been met and handled with varying degrees of success. The framers of the Constitution would frown upon some areas but in general would agree that we have done well. , Tomorrow is an important anniversary for all that we stand. We need to stop andthank thosft , who dared to plan and help make the blueprint for 1957.

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a 11 1 9 I 20 Years Ago Today ft— ■ —a July 3, 1937—Ed Parent, 57, former Decatur man, dies at Roediger lake today. Grasshoppers reported to be damaging winter wheat. Decatur swimming pool management announces longer hours for double holiday. Decatur will observe Sunday, July 3, and Monday, July Fourth, in two-day holiday. Harry Hart, field agent for gross income tax division, will be at license bureau for three days starting July 5 to assist in completing returns. > Adams county board of review* completes work ana prepares report. Former policeman Floyd Hunter is spending several days in Decatur prior to assuming his state excise police duties in Lake county. Town of Geneva has completed plans to buy the Geneva water sysI II Uli 111 mil.—w» » » "■> x- — ——■

—— — .1-———-3 MI ■ ' I,a UI..IIT—" ' "■—IMHB;'- 1 'JI '■ ■■ '.'J I /?— fT~ r~i f-' * f " [Jir I/□ nn nn n /Z\ ZO n/7 by prize-winning western novelist || K WAYNE D. OVERHOLSER I ~ L t 1® \WI C w»yne D. Overholser 1956. From the novel published by gUH VW ; ffhe. WliieWlfT- C*. by King Feature Syndicate. L—J

WHAT IS HAPPENING Will Beeson is telling the story. He lives on the Box P Ranch in Easter Valley in frontier Colorado with Joe and Sarah Pardee. They took him in, a homeless, hungry kid. seven years back. Will, having the deepest affection for the Pardees. is distressed by ihe bitterness between Joe and his wife. Sarah, who has lived tn a wheel hair since an accident Joe resists arah'a efforts to curb his aggressiveess against persons who challenge, is domination Os Easter Valley and particularly against settlers who try to claim land there. On this morniug Will is riding with Joe Pardee and Gene Dillingham, another of Joe's cowhands. Gene idolizes Joe and hates Sarah because of -,— her bitterness toward Joe The three men are headed for trouble at Curlton. where young Al Beam has talked of a showdown with Joe. The rancher stops briefly st the house of a neighbor. Kathy Morgan, while Will and Gene go on into Carlton. They find a group of newcomer farmers encamped there, awaiting the due) expectantly. Will suddenly realizes that Beam has been hired to kill Joe. the f>r inci pal obstacle to. new settlement n the valley. Dillingham, enraged, orders the campers to clear out of town in an hour. Then Al Beam appears. » .. CHAPTER 3 AL BEAM grinacd at Gepe Dillingham anti me. ‘‘Phrdee iend a couple of boys to do a sign’s job?” Dillingham stiffened and get cd in the face. 1 said quickly, He'll be along.” Beam shrugged, insolent. He went past us toward the hotel? Dillingham swung around to watch him, bis hand on gun butt. 1 said, "Ease up. Gene.” But he kept his hand on his gun, staring at Beam's back. ' From the doorway Art Delaney said: "Will's right. Gene. Shooting a man in the back isn’t Joe Pardee's way.” ‘‘That devil!” Dillingham said. ‘‘That long-tongued devil!” Beam was inside the hotel then, and Dillingham dropped his hand. Delaney said: “He claims he's killed twelve men. Pardee will make thirteen. If he does down Pardee, he’ll come after you two.” I couldn’t figure Delaney out. Most of the customers at his general store were ranchers, but he acted as if he'd just as soon see the farmers take the valley as not He was a short, fat man. jajmost bald.“ He’d been in Carlton a long time, and he was honest enough, I guess, but I didn't trust iilm. Now I wondered what the farmers and Beam had said to him before Dillingham and I rode into town. Something was up, I thought I'd tell Joe about it on our way home. He’d made it plain to the townsmen that they could be loyal to the ranchers or get out of the valley. To Joe Pardee an issue like that was always simple. He never let It get complicated. , Because neither Dillingham nor 1 wanted to discuss the possibility of Beam smoking Joe down, we said nothing. __ Delaney asked, “Where’s Pardee?” | “He’ll be along.” I said. Wzyue lL Oiciliauec liiii. Fiuui 1 if ...... . J

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tern. Mrs. Frank Lynch was chairman of women’s society meeting of Evangelical church held last night. 0 — q | Modern Etiquette BY ROBERTA LEE ft- ■■■■ . , 4 By Roberta Lee Q. When at the dinner tabde, should serving dishes be passed around to the left or to the right? A. It is better to pass them to the right so that the person receiving the dish can accept it in his left hand and help himself . with his right hand. Q. My husband thinks lam silly to evade the issue when . someone asks me my age. What do you think? A. I think that the person who , is ill-bred enough to ask you . your age in the first place is , worse than just “silly.” You most certainly do not have to tell j him, and you are in perfect order if you evade the issue.

“He dipped by Kathy Mor- ' gan’s,” Dillingham put in. Delaney smirked. I Dillingham lunged at him, a 1 fist swinging up from his knee, I but Delaney jumped back and 1 jerked a small pistol out of an I bactf pocket “Just like Pardee, ain’t you?” ’ Delaney said. “Think you can 1 roll over everybody. Well, you’re going to learn you can’t Now j get out of here!” 1 Even a stubborn man like Dil- > . linghani doesn’t argue with a .gun that’s lined on his heart We crossed the street to the Uvery stable. ‘‘Wait’ll I tell Joe about Delaney,” Dillingham said. "He won’t do no more trading with ; that devil.” "Don't tell him tiU it’s over,” I said. He gave me a questioning look and let the matter g*. Then I heard Joe’s horse on the bridge 4 A moment later he reined up | and dismounted, looking at me. , I said, "He's in the hotel.” He nodded, drew his gun, and checked It Dillingham said: ‘ “When we got here there waa five plow pushers sitting in front of the store. We gave 'em an hour. If they ain’t gone by then, , we’ll make ’em run so fast their heels will be smoking before they ' get to the Arkansas." Joe acted as if he didn’t hear. 1 He eased his gun back into the ' holster, glancing toward the hotel. 1 had seen the same thing ’ happen before —maybe not in the Identical manner, but almost. I put a hand on his arm. “Joe, let me and Gene handle this. ■. Beam’s not fighting for himself. He's got no stake—” "No." Joe pulled away, affronted by 1 what I had said; then I met his I gaze squarely, and I saw a 1 shadow of fear in his eyes that I ' had never seen there before. He stepped around the horses into the street, and in that same : instant Al Beam left the hoteL 1 They faced each other, Joe with . the advantage of the sun at his tg£fcJ,They„jnfl.v«L t£e ; light very sharp on the gray dust. , Joe’s shadow moved ahead of him, . Beam's behind him. 1 I saw Beam's face, his features : filled with savage hatred that be- . longed in the jungle, not here on . the dusty street of Carlton. He ' enjoyed the seesaw with death. : Joe didn’t. Then 1 wasn’t sure I of that. Maybe killing grew on : a man; and Joe had changed • from the husband Sarah had ! married. Fear grew in me until I was r panicky. I whispered, “He over- - matched himself, Gene.” Dilling- ; ham cursed, and pulled his gun, and that was when Beam started -’l his draw. Joe was as fast as he had ever been, but he wasn’t fast enough. Uie novel published, by Macmillan Co- P

"S'-"-: . " : s ; Government Cracks Down On Paper Co. Orders International Paper To Sell Stock WASHINGTON (UP)—The government's anti - merger campaign has cracked down on the International Paper Co., New York, the world’s largest paper company. In an order issued Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission directed International to sell its recently acquired stock in Longvew Fibre Co.; one of the leading West Coast paper firms The FTC also barfed International from buying into any rival outfits for the next 10 years. International consented to the order. The FTC also forced the firm to sell 40 per cent of the paper output of its proposed new Oregon plant to independent wholesalers and other customers in 11 western states—Washington, Oregon, California Idaho, Utah. Nevada, Montana. Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. A commission spokesman said the order will be a boon to small producers in the competitive' market. FTC Chairman John W. Gwynee predicted the action against International will stem the tide toward monopoly in the paper industry and will help maintain competition. Gwynee said the commission believes its order making paper and paperboard available to independent buyers will keep open an additional source of supply to them. The commission’s complaint, issued last November, had charged that International’s purchase of Long-Bell Lumber Corp, and LongBell Lumber Co. violated the antimerger law. Tuesday's order does not force International to get rid of the two concerns, but it does call for the sale of the 12 per cent stock interest held by Long-Bell in the Longview Fibre Co The agreement with International is for settlement purposes only and docs not mean the company admits a violation of the law. In New York, John H. Hinman, International Paper Co. board chairman, said the company is •'satisfied" with the order.

'{here was no question about wno filed first Joe was hammered back on his heels, his shot the result of muscular contraction; then he went down. Dillingham lawled a great yell and ran -toward Beam,'shooting as he ran. Behind me the liveryman. Slim Jteardon, whispered, “By God, he got Joe! L ’ I started toward where Joe lay, hearing the slamming explosions Os Dillingham's gun. Beam may have got oft another shot. I’m het- sure.; -He was in the dust^be-— -■ fore 1 reached Joe, but still Dillingham wasn’t satisfied. He stood over Beam and fired and fired again until his gun was empty. Afterward I heard every bullet had gone into the man’s body, five of them. , 1 knelt beside Joe. Blood Showed at the corners of his mouth, then trickled down both sides of his chin. He said, "Will.” “I’m here, Joe.” j "Take care of Kathy. I didn’t do much for her. Never figured on cashing in. Take care of her, Will.” ’ 1 said nothing, for I was thinking of Sarah. I loved her as much is I loved Joe. She had looked out for me from the first. Patched my clothes. Nursed me when I was sick. Read aloud to me. Saw that 1 had something hot to eat if 1 got in late. Things like that.— She must hate Kathy. . . . Tears ran down my face, for this was the moment when the sun was going down. I thought it wasn't really happening. It had to be a horrible nightmare. "Will.” Joe’s right hand came up to feel my face. "Will, are you there? 1 can't see.” / "I’m here.” "Promise me.” I could do nothing else. "I promise.” 1 said. ! He died then, his hands turning and going slack in the dust, the palms upward. His head jerked, dropping sideways to rest on one cheek. I got up and looked at Dillingham, who was mouthing one curse after another. "Them farmers,” he said. 111 kill’em!” , “We gave them an hour.” 1 turned and saw Reardon. "Harness up a team and hook up a rig. We’ll take him home.” I wondered what Sarah would do now. And Kathy, what would she do? 1 didn’t,see hen'when we drove past her house a few minutes later, Dillingham riding beside the rig, my horse tied behind. Once I looked back and saw a dust cloud in the air below town. The farmers were on their r way out of the valley, and I was glad. If they had stayed. Gene Dillingham would have killed them. (To Be Continued) distributed by King Features Syndicate. 1 ’ - ■ •V■ r 1 ' -TF* , ■

MTV ‘ . F a ” 1 , L * £j 1 ' m m* I 4 ; g . * I ■ ’••■f fa < y ;zx j zrzz^ J z^ z ABOUT 75 EMPLOYEES of the Decatur Casting Company enjoyed a banquet recently at the Fail* way restaurant commemorating their service and the company's birthday. Pictured above are, seated across the table from left to right, Harry Young, Don McDaniel, Glenn Mauller, Peter Rentschler, and Edith Ervin: with back to camera, Willard Mcßride, Gerald Brodteck, and Paul McAhren.

Fifteen employes of the Decatur Casting company received 20, 15, 10, or five year pins at the eighth annual service pin award dinner, held at the Fairway restaurant recently, celebrating the company's 37th birthday. Seventy-five employes, with five years service or more, were invited to the dinner. The awards were made by Donald McDaniel, president. who tops the list with 37 years of service.- * Receiving the awards were, for 20 years service, Donald D. Porter. Emil T. Bienz, Eli Andrews; 15 years service, Charles J. Mann and Louis C. Franz; 10 year pins, Robert Alt, Fred Betzel, Sherman Fonner, Aniseto Villagomez, and Elmo Wolfe; five-year pins, Ralph R. Bailer, Catarino Briones, Jack Hart, Richard L. Kelley, and Jesus Villarreal. The Decatur Casting company was founded June 29. 1920, and melted its first iron, or had its first "heat,” as the term is used in the foundry industry. Since that time, the company has earned the reputation of producing high quality iron castings. This reputation has developed over the years and was mentioned by president McDaniel, “We appreciate the efforts of all of you who have cast your lot with us over the years. Decatur .Quality Castings have a reputation of being a fine product because of your cooperation.” 4-H Junior Leaders Meet Monday Night The Adams county 4-H junior leaders will meet Monday evening at Pine Lake near Berne for their monthly meeting. A swimming party will feature the early part of the meeting. During the business session. a report will be given by the junior leaders who attended the state junior leader training school at DePauw University in June. Plans- wilt be-made for the-junior-leaders part in the 4-H show. All juniors leaders are urged to be present at this meeting. | i .■»■■■! ■— .in I i I r g Household Scrapbook J BY ROBERTA HR You can polish and clean your silverware without using polish by boiling a handful of rhubarb in a quart of water, putting the silver in this for five minutes, and then rinsing in clear hot water and wiping dry. ' Shampooing Time can be saved wnen shampooing the heads of invalids or children if the.towels are heated. The towels should be hung over the radiator and then alcrnated during the process of drying. Pickles Pickles that are left over from a meal should be replaced in their brine. Otherwise they will shrivel. r~ _...Z' : : .zz-

. ... , ..........w- — * __r—- SU j .. i I r- < ~ ■r?; RENEWED ACTION between Nationalist Formosa and Communist China brings thisiscene into focus, I' s a Nationalist battalion headquarters on Quenny. one of the islands Chiang Kai-slick holds ncai I ti ie mainland; comffluftist ait illeiy lobs sliells on tliesecavfts. - (International Boandphotoj

Alcoholism One Os Four Major Health Problems if

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fourth and last of a series of dispatches on alcoholism. It reports on the latest developments in treatment of this chronic disease which afflicts nearly five million Americans. By LOUIS CASSELS United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON (UP)— Tremendous advances in the treatment of alcoholism have been achieved in the last few years. The alcoholic who seeks medicaVhelp today has a far brighter prospect of recovery than ever before. New drugs are responsible for some of this progress. Tranquilizers and "mood lifters” are being widely and successfully used to tide the alcoholic through the agonizing "drying out” stage and to combat the anxieties, tensions and depressions that beset his efforts to remain permanently sober. The Danish drug antabusc. which creates a violent physical allergy ,to alcohol, also has proved an effective support of sobriety when properly used. But the most significant advance, in-the opinion-of many- authorities, has been in the attitude of the medical profession toward alcoholism. At a meeting at Seattle, Wash , last November, the House of Delegates of the American Medical Assn, officially recognized alcoholism as a "treatable disease." It called on all physicians and ■ general hospitals to accept alcoholics as patients on the same ■ basis as the victims of any other ‘ disease. gome physicians and some hos- ‘ pitals may continue to reject al- ■ coholics as patients. But the AMA I appeal already has opened many doors that once were closed to al-, coholics, and- more will open in the future. The National Council k of Alcoholism reports that 3,000 general, hospitals now accept alcoholics < compared to less than 100 a dccade ago.) It would be hard to overestimate how much this means to an alcoholic who sincerely wants to i slop drinking, but knows he can’t do it without help. No More Inquiries He no longer has to make surreptitious inquiries about “special" sanitariums and clinics, or brood over the “stigma” of entering a mental hospital. He can go to a regular physician, perhaps his own family doctor, just as he would if his disease were diabetes or tuberculosis. Once in competent medical hands, he will find that doctors no longer feel — as they once did — that they arc largely powerless to help him. He will be treated not as a drunk to be sobered up. but as a patient who is “sick all over.” _j When he is fully sober, rested -iZ.—Z— : - -

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and in reasonably good physical health, he will be ready for psychotherapy This doesn’t necessarily mean months pn the analyst's couch, or even a. trip to a psychiatrist. A good straight-from-the-shoulder talk with the attending physician may be enough for many patients who have accepted the diagnosis of alcoholism and are really anxious to get well. The one point which the doctor will try to get across in this talk, above all others, is this: An alcoholic can "recover” from his addiction — many thousands have — and can go on to live a normal, happy, useful life without alcohol. But he can never be “cured” in the sense of being able to resume, “normal drinking ” . His choice now is between permanent, total abstinence — and progressively worse alcoholism which will lead him eventually to madness or death. Group Os Amateurs The most effective help he is likely to find during his struggle for permanent sobriety will come from a remarkable group of amateurs who know little about medicine or psychiatry, but everything about alcoholism. They are called Alcoholics Anonymous. Much has been written about this organization, which now has 5,000 local groups throughout the United States, with a total membership of about 200,000. Its striking successes in helping alcoholics recover have been attributed to many things. Some are impressed by its emphasis on “staying sober for the next 24 hours — an approach that enables an alcoholic to face the often-terrifying prospect of permanent sobriety on a day-at-a-time basis. Others say its sepret is the understanding; sympathetic, non-moralizing fellowship of others who have been down the road of alcoholism. The only requirement for membership in AA is "an honest desire to stop drinking " And the most important fact that a prospective member needs to know about its formula for recovery is: It works. Dr. Grosenickle To Western Michigan Dr. Edwin Grosenickle has been named to head the department of finance in the school of business at Western Michigan University at Kalamazoo, Mich., beginning in September. For the past three years he has been administrative assistant-in the treasurer's offiec of the Elgin Watch Co. at Elgin. 81. His wife is the former Miss Fern Dilling, a native of Kirkland township. — . fc J