Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 163, Decatur, Adams County, 12 July 1957 — Page 4

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' laffiniii iia i .row «n « e.n .i—. ■■ " — — • We liked this one — Household hint: stare leftover egg whites in a tightly covered jar* in a refrigerator and you can hold them for a week to ten days. Use the various advertisements found In the pages of the Decatur Daily Democrat as a shopping guide. Shop and save the Decatur way.- , a o—When on the highways, be alert for road signs and markings. Cut down your speed when you are on unfamiliar roads. Speed KlLLS— slow down and LIVE. —o Ice-skating and basketball appear to be in full bloom even though the thermometer is in the upper stratum. Indoor arenas will probably provide tor golf and tennis in equally far-fetched seasons. This is really an era of gimmicks. —o —o— Local, county, and state law enforcement officers deserve more than a passing word of gratitude from the citizens of Adams county for the efficient manner of patrolling has resulted in a minimum of accidents. The cynical will say it is a happenstance but the more keen observer is anxious to give credit to those whip so richly deserve it. Moi of the law enforcement agencies, well done, may your successes increase. ■_ • , . ,• ■ Q A denuded community is of no interest to strangers. The virus which is a threat to 'our elm trees causes us to consider planting other species which may not be so susceptible to disease. Some areas in Decatur have a heavy concentration of elms and additional or substitute plantings are being made in some instances. Consider your own locality, do yous need to be concerned about tree losses? Now is the time to formulate some plans for the sot —— o ~o — Wars ago a pony sale would haw been an attraction for many of w. The usual pretense of maturfjhg has left a lot of us cool to

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the ponies. It might be of interest to know that a recent sale of these animals was well attended and the sale prices were in keeping with our inflationary times. 31023 was the top price for one of a matched pair with a total of $2050 for two. It was estimated that the average per head was near $650. It seems that many retain their interest in these little animals, making them a valuable asset. • "O o - Few of us appreciate the extensive efforts that must be put forth to operate the various teams in both the leagues for Decatur boys. Registration, tryouts, certification, practices, and the schedules all require at lot of diligence on the part of many. Add to that the raising of money and the actual managing of the teams then we find many man hours invested in making a fine recreation program. Scorekeepers. umpires, and groundkeepers make a staggering total of men and time to keep the leagues in operation. The ultimate is reached in the worthwhile participation of the many boys who are learning to win and lose in the best American traditions. o o—“lndiana taxes on all levels can be reduced if spending can be curtailed.'* says one of our authorities. “Quite right, sir, but how shall we reduce spending when each of us want more and more service from government?” None of us like the water that exists in our budgets though few of us are willing to give up roads, schools, parks, correctional and rehabilitations] care for the unfortunates, garbage and trash collections, health and sanitation services, and a myriad of other* things that we have come to take for granted. If our high standard of living is to continue we can plan for increased expenditures on the parts of the individual as well as governments. Tax reductions could be attained if we take a hand in running our affairs but most of us are too concerned with our own little orbits.

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20 Years Ago Today o—. - •< 20-yrs-ago- July 12, 1937Manager Dee Fayback of the local license bureau stated todaj that auto , license tags will go or sale August 1 at half price. John K. Jennings, Indiana. WPA director, announced that Washing ton officials of the works progress adminstration have approved ar allotment of $2,120 for Improving and extending water mains it Decatur. Paul Edwards is in Indianapolis attending the photographers con vention at the Antlers hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mills ant son Danny have returned to Ash land, Ky., aftel- spending 'the pas: few days at their cottage. George Gershwin, famous music composer, dies in Hollywood aftei i a short illness. , The Decatur Mies semi-pre

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WHAT IS HArPENIXG „ Will Eoeaon is tolling the stoiw. He , has been living 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. has been distressed by the bitterness between Jae and his wife. Sarah, who has lived tn a wheel chair since an accident. I Joe has resisted Sarah’s et- , forts ter curb his aggressiveness against persons who have challenged his domination of Easter Valley and particularly against settlers who try to elaim land there. Earlv one morning Will rides with Joe Pardee and Gene Dillingham, another of Joe’s cowhands, to Carlton, where Al Beam has talked of a showdown with Pardee. On the way. Joe stops briefly at the house of a neighbor, Kathy Morgan. When Joe corners Beim. he is the loser in the duel. In a rage of grief, Dillingham kills Beam and breaks up the camp of newcomer farmers who he believes hired Beam to kill their obstacle, Fardee. As he dies of his wounds, Joe tells Will: "Take care of Kathy Morgan." After Joe’s fdfieral. Lawyer Ben Sawhill tells Beeson to notify Kathy to be at the ranch for the reading of Joe’s will. Beeson hopes that she'll refuse because of the affront he expects Kathy's presence will be to Sarah. But Kathy's answer is "I'll be there." The will bequeaths SSOO each to Beeson and Dillingham; SI,OOO to Kathy. The ranch and everything else is given to Sarah. Sarah promptly asserts her authority and namea Beeson as foreman. This puts Will on the spot, for Dillingham, who has counted on the Job, is enraged. CHAPTER 6 SARAH leaned forward, studying me, her bands gripping the arms of her wheel chair. She was a beautiful woman, vibrant and vital, even as an invalid. To pie, she was high-grade ore, just as Kathy Morgan was worthless country rock. Then 1 began to wonder if I should take the job of foreman at the Box P. There was some of Joe Pardee in me, too, just as there was in Gene Dillingham. No matter how Sarah felt, I had no intention of letting settlers swarm in and steal our grass. Joe had left a heritage that wasn’t mentioned in the will, and I would fight for it exactly as Dillingham would. But there was no use borrowing trouble. I told myself that when the time came, if it did, Sarah j wouldn't stop me. ' “Will, there are a couple of things I want to say,” Sarah said. “I’m sure I can trust you. You’re the only person 1 can, outside of Dogbone and Maria and Ben Sawhill, and they can’t do the job that's got to be done. I'nj not worried about the ranch. Joe used to say that you had a feel for the cattle business and that one of these days you’d pull out and start your own spread. There's no need for you to. I’ll never have any children, so in tims the Box P will be-.yours.” She looked at the floor. "We'd better have an understanding about authority. I won t interfere with you. 1 mean, if you want to buy a prize bull or sell fifty head iof steers, go ahead; but if it’s a matter of policy, a tig decision, I’ll make, it." "Sure, I savvy how it’ll be,” I said, and lied, because at the time 11 didn't have a very clear idea t of what she meant by policy.

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T : baseball team suffered its first defeat of the season, losing to Celina by a score of 7-2. Rol j Ladd got his second home run of 4 the season. Virgil M. Simmons, commisione er of the department of conservay tion, pointed out that the cost of n fishing and hunting lienses would remain at $1 until January 1, * 1938. rs State Convention g Os Photographers ” Thomas Brieue, owner of EdB wards studio in this city, will ati_ tend the annual convention of the Indiana association of photograph--1(j, ers, which will be held at the j. French Lick Springs hotel Sunday through Tuesday. The local photographer plans to attend sessions de[C voted to bridal portraiture, drapes, , r quality in photography, portraits, print criticism and mother and a_[baby arrangements.

“The second thing concerns who you’re going to hire. Gene wanted to go to Canon City. I know you’ll have to have one new man, maybe two. But Isn’t there someone in the valley you can use?” I thought about it a minute. The bigger outfits like Dodson’s Anchor needed every man they had, especially now that it was almost time for roundup. Afterward they would cut down, but that wouldn’t help us. There wasn’t anyone in town who would do. The only chance was ope of the families in the southern end of the valley. They all had greasy-sack spreads, the fathers doing the riding unless the kids were big enough to help out. The only one who had a grown son was Otto King. His oldest boy, Curly, was nineteen or twenty, a harum-scarum kid but a good hand. I said, “The King boy, maybe.” She nodded. “That’s who I had in mind. Take a quarter of beef and go see the Kings first thing in the morning. I’d like to help our own people. Besides, Tm sure we can trust Curly.” I knew what she was getting at If Dillingham went to Canon City, he’d hire some grub-line rider whose loyalty would be to Dillingham, not to me or Sarah. But he'd have no hold on the King boy. I said, "All right, I’ll take care of it” I rose, yawning, suddenly realizing 1 was tired. I hadn’t done anything all day—any work, I mean. But burying Joe, going to Kathy’s, hearing the will read, knowing that from this night on the welfare of the Box P was my first obligation—well, it had been a full day. 1 had started toward the door when Sarah said, “Will.” I turned and found her looking at me again with that studying Scrutiny I had seen earlier in the evening. “Will, you don’t understand how 1 felt about Joe, do you? Or why I talked to him that morning the way I did?” I "No, but it's your business, not mine." a “It’s yours, too, Will,” she said gently. “We’ve got to understand each other, but I don’t feel like talking about it tonight. Later.” She touched her lips with the tip of her tongue, clutching JJie arms of her chair with such intensity that her hands seemed to be frozen there. “Will, he didn’t love me he di( l hc ?” She wanted assurance, I thought; she wanted to hold to the memory of something she hadn't possessed for a long time, to dream about it, tq remember. “I wouldn’t anything about it," I lied. “No way for me to know. He never talked to me about you.” I couldn't tell her that, as he lay dying in the dusty street of Carlton, his last thought had been

Jolly Juniors Eighth meeting for the Preble Jolly Juniors was held July 1 at the Preble recreation center. Preaident Linda Kruetzman call* cd the meeting to order. Pledges were led by Eve Miller and Shirley Bieberlch. Serving for roll call response was “my favorite project.” Ruth Ann Beery presented a piano solo. A demonstration on making chocolate cupcakes was given by Helen Reppert and Linda Kruetzman, just before the safety lesson, given by Sylvia Miller. Refreshments Were served by Lila and Linda Kruetzman and Mrs. Milton Kruetzman. Union Pate / At the Immanuel Lutheran school Tuesday, the Union Pals met, with Jane Wass in charge. The 21 memers present responded to roll call with their favorite sayings, and Nancy Adamson led them in the pledges. Ann Lehrnan read the minutes of the last meeting, and Jean Wass presented the health and safety report. “Ham Salad” was the topic or the evening's demonstration, given by Loretta Wass and Janice Allison. On the Pals' special events calendar are an ice cream social today and a trip to Defiance, 0., July 17. Before that trip, the groupwill meet again, at the home of Mrs. Ed Gerbers, Monday, at 2 pmPeppy Gate At the Decatur high school Thursday the Decatur Peppy Gals met with Kay Wynn in charge. Deanna Small and Janet Winteregg were pledge leaders, for the nine members present. Betty Haugk and Cynthia Collier demonstrated on baking soda biscuits. Two announcements were made about future events: The practice dress revue will be July 21 at 8:30 p.m., the regular dress revue taking place August 1 at Monroe at the Adams Central school.. Judging will be at the American Legion home July 22 at 1 p.m. for baking and clothing projects.

for Kathy, his last request that 1 took out for her. She smiled a very small smile as she looked at me. • “You know, Joe wasn’t a man to attend to paperwork," she said. “He meant to leave Kathy all the money, but he just never got around to changing the will. He told Ben what he wanted done and asked him to draw up a new will, but Ben wouldn’t do it, and Joe never bothered to hunt up a new lawyer." “He must have loved you," 1 said, “or he would have changed it" I left the room, thinking that what Sarah had said explained why Joe had asked me to took out for Kathy. He meant to see she Was taken care of, but he hadn’t expected to die, so he hadn’t bothered to have a new will drawn up. The lamp was still burning in the bunkhouse when 1 went in. Dogbone was asleep but Dillingham was sitting up, cigaret stubs scattered on the floor tn front of him. He rose and walked toward me, and I could see I had a fight on my hands. He was ugly mean. He shoved his face close to mine. “You’re scared, Beeson. You’re yellow, too. But don’t worry. I ain’t gonna touch you, but I am gohna tell you I ain’t fooled. 1 know how you hung around the widow. That’s how you got the job." I smelled whiskey on his breath, but he was a long way from being drunk. Just mean. 1 said: “Think What you please, but you’ll work for me or you'll get off the Box P. Sarah made that plain." rYeah," he said sullenly. "I heard her. If 1 was rodding this outfit, I’d handle the valley just like be done, but no, I ain’t good enough for the job.” He stabbed my chest with a forefinger. “Now I’ll tell you something. The minute you let settlers move in on Box P grass, I’ll shoot you. By God, I’ll shoot you right between the eyes." Fd let him call me yellow and say rd hung around Sarah to get the job, and I hadn’t done a thing. But to,suggest I wouldn’t fight for Box P grass was too much. I hit him a good one. He must have seen it coming, but 1 guess he was too surprised to move. I knocked him down, his head banging the wall as he feii. I > thought he’d come up fighting, . but he didn’t. He lay there, blinking, blood flowing down his chin : from a cut lip. Finally he got up i and sprawled across his bunk. I blew out the lamp and went , to bed, unable to understand why . Dillingham hadn't fought I • thought: He’s the orte who’s yesI low. Then 1 was scared. He was s the kind who’d shoot a man in the back. I had worked with him > all this time, but I hadn't known ’ that before.' II (To Be Continued)

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THI HIADS in Little Joe’s barber shop to San Francisco resemble playing cards as barber Joe Nigro tonsorializes them as befitting members of the Joker club, a newly formed teen-ager organisation. In the chair is Don Long. Others (from left) are Robert Uhl, Al Brambita, Jim Brady and Leonard Fadeef. Wonder what the parents think about this 7 f/aternaHonaU

St Mary’s Sodbusters St. Mary’s Sodbusters convened for their seventh regular meeting Monday evening at the Pleasant Mills school. The meeting was opened by president Larry Jackson, with Gary Clouse and Mike McGill leading the pledges. The evening’s soil conservation talk was given by Paul E. Rich. Agriculture instructor Doyle Lehman was introduced. After discussion, the group planned to make a float for the 4-H fair, and Patty Johnson, Beverly Myers, Linda Riley, Jack Butler, Mike McGiU, and Larry Jackson were appointed to make arrangements for the Sodbusters* entry. Eldon Hols apple, county boys’ 4-H leader, explained to the members the importance of having a 4-H scrapbook. Dues were collected by treasurer Susie McCullough. After the business session, refreshments were served to .the 23 members and three leaders present. The next meeting, slated for July 29, will be the last meeting before the 4-H fair. coum NEWS Marriage License Ronald Dean HUI, 19, Decatur, and Beverly Sue Fortney, 18, Decatur. Real Estate Transfers Margie C. Tester to Corwin R. Ineichen etux, parts inlots 226 &

WHAT M HAPPENING Will Beeson is telling the story. His home ha» been the Box P ranch in Raster Valley in frontier Colorado ever since Joe and Sarah Parte* took affection for the Partees, was distressed by the bitterness between Joe and his wife. Sarah, who has lived in wheel chair since an accident. -One morning Will rode with Joe Pardee and Gene Dillingham, another of Joe’s cowhands, to meet Al Beam, who had challenged Parte£s domination of Easter Valley. When Joe cornered Beam, he was the loser m the duel. Dillingham killed Beam in a rage of grleLDying of his wmtnds. Joe told Betwon: “Take care of Kathy Morgan," referring to a young woman Who had attracted Joe’s interest Sarah, taking charge of the ranch, names Beeson as foreman. This makes an enemy for Will, for Gene Dillingham has counted on getting the job. That night Dillingham picks a flat " fight with Will and tells him: ‘The minute you let settlers move tn on * Box P grass. I’ll shoot you right between the eyes.” CHAPTER 7 ALEC DODSON was elected the new president of the Easter Valley Cattlemen s Association. Sarah insisted on going to the meeting. 1 carried her to the buggy, and when we got to the schoolhouse, I took her inside and set her in the only rocking chair in the building. The men- were surprised and disapproving, I think, but they were Courteous enough. She was a ranch owner, and there was no way they could keep her out. 1 stood beside Sarah’s chair, thinking how different this meeting was from the orfes I had attended when Joe was al|ve. He had dominated the association year after year. Meetings were short and wen planned. Everyone knew Joe’s attitude on All the issues, and they voted his way; but this time, even after Alec Dodson took the chair, there was a tot of wrangling. The meeting broke up without any positive action being taken. On our way home, Sarah said thoughtfuHy: “Take a leader out of a small community like this, and all you get is a bunch of little men trying to be big. Alec Dodson has more cows than Joe ever owned, but that doesn’t make him enough of a mkn to fill Joe’s boots.” I looked at her, surprised at what she had said. It was the first time I karf heard her speak well of Joe since his death. She stared straight ahead, her gloved hands folded on her lap. She was a brave and beautiful woman, I thought, and If her body had not been broken she’d be on her mare running the ranch herself. But now I was all she had, and this first month as foreman was tong enough to show me a few of toy own shortcomings. j “Will," Sarah said suddenly, "1 don’t want us to take the attitude Joe did. 1 mean, to kill men to hold on to grazing land that wc don’t own. On the other hand there's no sense in having a cat- © Wayne D. Overholser 1956. From I

227 in Geneva 86,000. Dean Baughman etux to Mary Catherine Spangler, 2.37 acres in Root Twp. Mary Catherine Spangler to Dean Baughman etux, 2.37 acres in Root Twp. Arthur D. Suttles etux to Raymond R. Thomas etux, part inlot 560 in Decatur. Norval D. Fuhrman etal to George W. Auer etux, 1.21 acres in Root Twp. William Moser etal to Talmage G. Campbell etux, inlot 102 in Decatur. Walter T. BaltzeU etal to Dent 0. Baltzell etux, south part inlot 51JT in Decatur. fl fl Household Scrapbook I | RY ROMRTA HI I fl | Window Shades Some persons prefer oilcloth or plastic window shades to cretonne, as it keeps out the sun better. All necessary is to cut the oilcloth the required width and tack it to the rollers. Stitch a hem at the bottom to hold the stick, or make scallops if preferred, though the stick holds the shade better. Cracked Eggs The contents will not leak out of cracked eggs if a teaspoonful of salt is added to the water.

tiemen’s association if it doesn’t ! have any leadership. You’ve got j to be the leader." ‘ 1 looked at her again, as surt prised as the night she’d said I - was to be foreman. She turned ' her face to me, smiling. 1 said: “You’re dreaming. You can’t be • a leader if you don’t belong, and , you can’t belong unless you’re a - ranch owner." , “You’ll be half-owner ” she i said. “It’s only fair that you '• should work for yourself as well - as for me." She glanced at me - again, the smile gone. “Some- ; times it seems to me you favor ■ Joe enough to be his son. You t get a kind of brooding hawk took e about your face. If you don’t • relax, you’ll soon be an old man." I was silent I know 1 was worrying too much. About Dillingham. About the settlers who would storm into the valley in the 1 spring now that Joe was gone. 6 About almost anything, I guess, ■ that affected the Box P. > I didn’t know how much difference it would make if I owned I hair the Pardee ranch, but I i didn’t like the idea. The time I would come when I’d have to do c what Joe had done if 1 took i Sarah's offer. The locusts would t come again, and when they did e 1 would break with Sarah just b as Joe had, and over the same r issue. Maybe Sarah knew. She said: ’, "I wasn’t fair, pushing you into - the foreman's job. If you want - to quit . . • “No." i “Well, at least Fm going to inb stet on you being half-owner. If - you’re bound to kill yourself b worrying about the ranch, you ; should be doing part of it for e yourself." b “Suppose something comes up 5 we don’t agree on?" e Surprisingly, she laughed. She put a hand on my arm, asking, 1 "You aren’t worried about t!Mt?" t Then she saw the expression on i, my face and drew her hand back, f “All right, Will, it’s a fair quesC tion and I’ll answer it It was e different with Joe and me. The t ranch was always his. It was 1 never mine, but it is now. I'll remain the senior partner." t I nodded, for that wan right e and natural. If Sarah would own t 51 per cent, and me 49, Fd ac* e dept I told’her so. fl “I’ll write to Ben Sawhill tonight" She paused, then ashed, J "When are you starting roundr up?” i “First of next week.” Ii "You're driving to Leadville to e sell?" i- “Yes." I explained why I r thought it a better market. >- “On year way back, go to Canon City,” she said. “Bring I >SOO home. Put the rest in the e bank. See Ben while you’re in o town." ‘ < d I nodded agreement, and after I, that we rode in silence. I had been postponing one unUM novel published by Macmillan Co. I

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Completes Course Fort Knox, Ky. — Pvt. Walter E. Thatcher, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Thatcher, route one, Rockford, 0., has graduated from the light-wcek automative maintenance helpers’ course at the army’s armor training center. Fort Knox, Ky. Thatcher is a 1952 graduate of Willshire high school. Now being sent to Germany, bis present address is: Pvt. Walter E, Thatcher. U 552415412, 10th Ord. SP. WPNS. SP, A.P.O. 1», New York, N.Y. Commissioned FORT BENNING, Ga. (AHTNC) —Max F. Andrews, whose wife. Barbara, lives at 624 W. Jefferson, Decatur, Ind., recently was commissioned a second lieutenant in the army after being graduated from the infantry school's officer candidate course at Fort Benning. Ga. The 22-week course included instruction in tactics, weapons, administration and physical training. Lieutenant Andrews, son of Mrs. Frances E. Andrews, 611 W. Jefferson, entered the army in 1949 and received basic training at Fort Knox, Ky. He was last stationed in Korea. •»

(pleasant task, but X made myself '• attend to it the night before we left tor roundup. I had not told Kathy Morgan what Joe had said to me as he died. The sun wasn’t quite down when 1 reined up in front of Kathy’s house and knocked on the door. —JKathy let me in at once and motioned toward a leather couch. After she had brought me a drink, she sat in a rocking chair and picked up her sewing from the poker table where she had dropped it. She worked on it a I minute, then laid it back on the stand. She sat there, quietly, rocking steadily, smiling at me in the thinning light, and I thought Joe must have sat here just like this, feeling the warmth of Kathy's friendship. We were silent for what seemed to me a tong while. Then 1 asked the question 1 had in mind the night Fd come to fetch her to the Box P for the reading of the will. “How are you making out, Kathy?” , "I’ve got a cow and my chickens and a good garden," she answered. "And there’s the thousand dollars Joe left me. I’ll be all right Anyway, I’m going to stay here tong enough to see what happens to Mrs. Pardee." I said: *Tve got something to tell you. >hould have told you before, but got around to it.” When I hesitated, she rose and came to the couch and sat beside me. “Tel! me what you were going to My," she said. "The last thing he said to me was, Take care of Kathy.’ So, if there’s anything I can do for you . "That was sweet of him," she said, “and exactly like him." She rose and began walking around the room. “Don't worry about HW, Win. Hl make out fine. But what about you, living with that crazy Gene Dillingham and with Sarah Pardee to wait on hand and i foot" I got up and walked to the door. “I'll be all right. Sarah is giving me a half-interest in the ranch.” . “Will, don’t let her do It" She came to me and put her hands on my shoulders. "I know what a she-devfi she is I saw What she did to Joe." She shook her head. Ts on don’t believe me, do you? You’ll let her buy you, and ~ she’ll destroy you just like she destroyed Joe." I pulled her hands away from, me. I said: “You envy and hate ; her. All right; go right on hating her all you want to, but don’t . try to make me Bate her, too.” I left the house and rode home, i thinking that Joe Pardee's death i was like a sunset bringing darkness through which each of ns ■ who was left behind must feel his own way. (To Be Continued I Distributed by Kias Features Syndicate, ,_x J*-:,