Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 202, Decatur, Adams County, 27 August 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 202.

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Red Claim Os Missiles Scoffed At Dulles Doubts If Cloim Can Set Verification By CHARLES CORDDRY United Frees Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON (UP)—Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said today that Russia’s claim to have developed intercontinental ballistics missiles will not affect the East-West blance of military power now. Dulles voiced doubt that the Russians accomplished any sudden breakthrough in the long range missiles field. He noted that the Soviet announcement was not precise and was carefully worded. He suggested at , his news conference that the announcement may have been influenced by international politics. Dulles nevertheless said he has no particular reason to doubt the general veracity of the Soviet statement. The U.S. government, he said, is making a careful study of the announcement through its intelligence agencies. Dulles said it must be assumed that there are some facts which underlie the statement. One question, he added, is whether the ballistics missile hit a large or a small target. Elsewhere, government experts looked with skepticism on any Russian claim to have beaten the United States to the punch in developing an intercontintent ballistic missile. They sa d Russia’s adin missle development diust be respected and expected. But they said Russia's announcement did not say anything that demonstrates the Russians have done anything this country hasn t done in the race to develop the so-called ultimate weapon. Dulles said the Soviet announcement emphasizes the formidable threat posed by the Soviets to the free world, and the importance of maintaining Allied defenses against Soviet strength. Youth, Arrested Here Faces Two Charges . The arrest of a 20-year-old youth at 5:15 a m. today in Decatur on a minor traffic offense will lead to more serious trouble for him. Farish Howard, 20, 'of Silver Lake route two, was arrested on a charge of running the red light at the intersection of Monroe and Second streets. On questioning the boys it was discovered that he was operating the car without a license (something he has never had time to obtain, according to his own statement.) It was further revealed that he was operating an improperly registered vehicle. He admitted that he had forged the title to the automobile when he .bought the vehicle from a relative. Howard was fined $1 and costs on the traffic charge and $5 and costs for operating a vehicle without a license in justice of the peace court. He was remanded to the county jail for inability to pay his fine. The matter of the false auto title is being referred to-Wa-bash county authorities in North

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Campers Back From Outing At McClure Rural Youthers In Big Vacation Rural Youth members from Adams county returned Sunday evening from the sixth annual Adams county rural youth camp held this week-end at Lake McClure in Kosciusko county. Activities included swimming, boating, sports and recreation. Saturday night the. group B enjoyed a pop com pop, marshmallow roast and square danee. Sunday morning a worship service was held in the outdoor chapel. The women Farm Bureau advisors, Mrs. Harry Crownover, Mrs. William Boerger and Mrs. Merle Kuhn served as cooks for the camp. Those attending were: Carl Bluhm, Larry Lautzenheiser, Barbara Lewton, Alice Kukelhan, Nancy Shoaf, Marva Schaefer, John Ripley, Allen Lehman, Legora Markle, Bill Briant, Gloria Koeneman, Raymond Worden, Ronald Stucky, Earl Yoder, Merlin Alt, Dick Smitley, Vernon Ratcliff, Roger Habegger, Shirley Workinger, Marion Hoppas of Wabash county and Ron Bridgewater of Tipton county. Advisors attending were ; Mr. and Mrs. Leo Seltenright and son Danny, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Crownover, Mrs, Merle Kuhn and Mrs. William Boerger. Lenora Schug Dies After Long Illness Carcinoma Fatal After Six Months Mrs. Lenora Schug, of Berne, died a z t 7:50 p.m. Monday at the Adams' county memorial hospital, of carcinoma. She had been ill for six months, and in critical condition seven weeks. She is survived by two sons, Jack Schug, Huntington, and Paul Schug, presently stationed at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, with the Army; two daughters, Mrs. Frederick Sprunger, Marion, and Mrs. Merlin Habegger, Berne; eight grandchildren; three brothers, Felix Yoss, of Fort Wayne, Anatole Yoss, New Castle and Paul Yoss, near Geneva, and six sisters, Mrs. Mary Bill, Mrs. Harold Blake and Mrs. Bondine Frankart, of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Carl Faulkner, of London, Ky., Mrs. Irvin Sprunger, near Geneva, and Mrs. Fred Fennig, Berne. ... The Rev, .CarUGreqk, asslsM . by the Rev. Ray Tucker, will of- : ficiate for the funeral services, to be conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday. Friends may call at the Yagen> funeral home in Berne, after 10 a.m. Wednesday, until 9 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in the MRE cemetery. . INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy north, increasing cloudiness south with occasional showers beginning northwest this afternoon and spreading over much of the state tonight and Wednesday. Cooler north and central this afternoon and extreme south Wednesday. Low tonight 55 to 60 north, 60’s south. High Wednesday 65-70 north, 75-80 south. Sunset 7:26 p.m., sunrise Wednesday 6:08 a.m.

President Gives His Approval On Foreign Aid Appropriation To Pass Shortly Is General Belief PRESIDENT BGIVES WASHINGTON (UP) —Congressional Republican leaders reported today after a White House conference that President Eisenhower is “satisfied" with the 83,025.000,000 in new foreign aid funds recommended by the Senate Appropriations Committee. « Senate GOP Leader William F. Knowland predicted to the President that the Senate win approve this figure but a compromise reduction may be necessary when the appropriation bill goes to a House-Senate conference. The Senate was driving for a vote by nightfall on the foreign aid measure. Eisenhower cited Communist gains in Syria as proof of the need for a large and long-range mutual security program. Knowland said .the President recognized existing legislative problems and conceded that the figure recommended by the Senate Appropriations Committee was the most he could expect. Knowland safd the President wanted a bigger aid appropriation but “he can certainly do the job with those funds until Congress reconvenes in January.” Asked- if this indicated a request early next year for a deficiency foreign aid appropriation, Knowland said if the final amount of Continued On Page Five Scout Troop To Be Revamped Sept. 1 Raudenbush Named New Troop Leader Troop 63 of the Boy Scouts of America, the troop supported by Post 43, of the' American Legion, will be reorganized as of September 1, Nelson Doty, chairman of the troop committee, said today. Scoutmaster will be Robert Raudebush for the next year. Doty, in addition to being chairman of the committee, will also be in charge of advancement work. Gerald Smith will be exJlprer adyisor, kin will be in charge of publicity and finance. There will be three patrols in the troop, and an explorer group. Members of the explorers will be Robert Ochsenrider, junior leader; Ernest Hanni, Kenneth Hollopeter, Jim Baker, Gary Coffee, Steve Omlor, Joe Smith, Jerry Mclntosh, and Pat Durkin. Steve Gause will be one patrol leader, with Dan Christen as assistant. Merfibers will be Mike Worthman, Dennis Ahr, and Benny Colter. Tom Mclntosh will head another patrol, with Robert Boch, Jr., as assistant, and members, David Roop, David Swickard and new members Allerding and Riffle. The third patrol will be led by Dick Fravel, assisted bv Roger Deßoo, and members, Edward Suttles, Thomas Gray, and Dave Beery.

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Detatur, Indiana, Tuesday, August 27,1957.

Council Approves $1.46 Tax Rate For City In 1958 At Special Meet

Red Cross Will I Be Admitted As As Fund Member I Local Group To Abandon Drive As Single Unit < The Adams county Red Cross chapter has been accepted to join the membership of the Decatur Community Fund, Inc.,’ according to an announcement made today by Arthur Burris, president of the board of directors of the Community Fund, and Earl Fuhrman, county Red Cross head. Burris stated that the Red Cross will become the ninth member agency of the fund by unanimous vote of the fund’s directors. Voting was completed today. The Red Cross had petitioned earlier to join the fund and a memorandum of agreement was prepared between the two The voting of the fund directors was the final step necessary to include the Red Cross in the fund activities. Under the terms, of the agreement the amount of the Red Cross goal sought in Decatur will ; be added to the total Community i Fund goal. Main purpose of the merger if to ponsolidate two of the city’s major fund drives. Such a consolidation is more convenient for the contributing public and at the same time eliminates the need for a double group of volunteer solicitors. The Community Fund drive will be conducted in October under the general chairmanship of M. J. Pryor. This year’s goal will include the Red Gross fund and will cancel the’ usual spring drive of the Red Cross in Decatur next March. The officials and boards of directors of both organizations have expressed approval of the consolidation. It is generally agreed that one large campaign will be more expedient for the community than two smaller ones. Other member agencies of the Continued On Pare Five Monroe To Hold Community Even! Festival Plans Are Announced A full 1% day’s activity will be featured in the Monroe community days, to be held at Monroe Sept- • ember 6 and 7, Friday evening and all day Saturday, it was announced today. The program will start Friday ' evening, September 6, with a greased pig chase for boys up to 14 years of age. A $5 prize will be given. At 8 p.m. there will be a t home talent show for those 14 . years of age or under, with three cash prizes of sls, $lO, and $5. Another greased pig chase for boys 14 years of age or under will be . held at 8:30 p.m. , On Saturday, September 7, a ; water ball battle will start things at 1 p.m. At 3 p.m. the Adams Cen- ■ tral band, directed by Don Gerhig, ’ will give a concert. At 4 p.m. another greased pig i chase for 14 year old boys or un- . der will be held, with another $5 ■ prize. A Parachute jump from a plane . over the town of Monroe will take , place at 6:30 p.m. This will be fol- ■ lowed by' the home talent show for ages 15 years and older at 8 . p.m. Prizes of sls, $lO, and $5 will : be awarded. At 9:30 p.m. another greased pig . chase will be held. Many kiddie rides, cake walks, pony rides, ; basketball tosses, car smashing With a sledgehammer, and other intertaining features will be present. The proceeds of the community days will go to the Monroe rural fire department, Monroe’s new fire station, and the Monroe Lions Club.

Teacher Added | To County Staff i One Vacancy Still Will Be Filled 7 Gail Grabill, county superintendent of schools, today reported that all but one of the Adams county teaching positions have been filled. Mrs. CleUbell Koetje of Jay . county has accepted the post of second grade at Geneva school to i fill the last vacancy remaining in , the elementary schools. The only vacancy left is that of . home economics teacher at Adams • Central high school. It is being ! taught temporarily by Mrs. Max i Chronister. The permanent teacher • for the post is expected to be named within two weeks. Also announced Monday after- ' noon were the enrollment figures i for Hartford center school which • has a total of 192 pupils enrolled in elementary and high schools. This 1 includes 131 in the grade school, an 1 increase of 12 over last year, and 1 61 in high school, one more than last year. 1 The enrollment by classes in- ’ eludes grade one, 15; grade two, 11; grade three, 21; grade four, 19; grade five. 18; grade six, 20; grade J seven, 15: grade eight, 12; Irishman, 12; sophomore, 16; junior, , 18. and senior, 15. Also made available today were fttje enrollment figures at Bobo , grade school. The enrollment there ’ totals 66 which includes seven in ’ grade one, 10 in grade two, 13 in , grade three, nine in grade four, 18 [ in grade five and nine in grade six. Casting Employes Asked To Return Special Meet Os Union Is Called Employes of the Decatur Cast- ' ing Company are requested by the Internation Steel Workers of America to return to work Wednesday, Walter Reed, international representative of the union, said this morning. The Decatur Casting company workers walked away from their jobs Monday morning when a three-day workweek, with workers reporting Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, was announced. The company has been on part-time weeks most of the summer, because of lack of business. When on four days they have been working Monday and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, with Wednesday off. The workers would prefer to work 3 or 4 straight days, and then get their time off in consecutive days. Reed and Luther Sovine, president of the union local, stated that there would be a special meeting of the union members following work at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the yard in front of the plant. A letter has been sent out to all union members advising them to return to work. The, employes must return in order that the dispute may be negotiated with the company, the union officials explained. Heemstra Funeral Will Be Thursday The family of Mrs. Garnet Heemstra, former Decatur resident who died Monday morning at Bluffton has established the Garnet Heemstra Memorial Fund for cancer research through the Caylor-Nickel Research Foundation of Bluffton. Friends of Mrs. Heemstra who was well-known in this community are invited to make donations to the fund at Zwick Funeral Home or at the Caylor-Nickel clinic in Bluffton. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the Zwick funeral home where friends may call after 7 p.m. today. Burial will be in the Williams Creek cemetary near Indianapolis.

State Fair To Draw Hundreds I . • From Our Area Many Entries From County In Fyjiibits Hundreds of Adams county people will visit the 1957 Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis, which starts tomorrow and lasts until September 6, with the theme of “Progress Through Education.” At least 40 young men and women will have exhibits at the state fair this year from Adams county, and many will take part in the activities. Three Adams county girls left Monday for the Indiana State Fair Girls’ Schol of Home Economics. They are Evelyn Griffiths daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Griffiths, of Kirkland township; Ann Lehrman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Lehrman of Union township; and Margaret Beeler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Beeler, of Wabash township. The girls will attend sessions in homemaking, handicraft, cooking, and see the state fair judging, and exhibits. They will return September 4. The Adams county boys -will attend the boys state fair school, including Jim Sipe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Sipe of Blue Creek township, and Carl Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Baker, of Jefferson township. Margaret Beeler was in the state electricity judging contest held at the state fair grounds Monday. Results of the contest will be announced later this week. Miss Beeler won the right to enter ; the contest by winning the district contesfin July. ' Biggest day at the state fair will be Saturday, Youth Activities Day. At least 7 busloads of local 4-Hers will attend the state fair that day. Four local girls have entered the 1957 Indiana State Fair baton twirling contest, to be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in the 4-H audiVoattaaa* mi Five) Edna Strickler Is Victim Os Death Coronary Fatal To Local Woman Mrs. Edna E. Strickler, 62, a native and lifelong resident of this community, died at the Adams county memorial hospital, at 1 a.m. today. She suffered a coronary occlusion at her home late Monday evening, and was taken to the local hospital shortly after. Mrs. Strickler had been in ill health for the past several years, and her condition was regarded as serious for the past three months. Born in Adams county April 8, 1895, she was the youngest daughter of Henry and Matilda Durr Hurless. She was married to James C. Strickler, June 15, 1912. The couple has resided at 117 Porter Vista, for the past 10 years. Mrs. Strickler was a member of the First Baptist church, its Missionary society, and the Philathea Sunday school class. Surviving besides the husband, James C., a longtime employe of the Decatur Casting Co., are three sons, Harold. Gerald and James J., all of Decatur; a sister, Mrs. , Goldie Hilyard, also of Decatur; , a brother, Forrest Durr, of near , Decatur, and seven grandchil- , dren. One grandson is deceased. , Funeral services will be held j Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock, at the First baptist church, with the Rev. Stuart Brightwell officiating. Friends may call at Black’s funeral home after 7 p.m. this evening, until noon Friday, when the body will be taken to ( the church, where it will lie in ( state until time of the services. < Interment will be in the Decatur i cemetery.

Installation For Legion Officers Fred Bieberich Is Adams Post Leader Fred Bieberich, of Preble township, was installed Monday night ad- commander of Post 43, the American Legion, by Melvin H. Heckman, district commander, in a ceremony at the Legion home here. At the same meeting the Legion voted to give $lO to the Boys School fund of the American Legion to help furnish a room at the Fort Wayne institution. Other new officers .installed at the meeting were first vice-com-mander, Robert Smith; ‘second vice-commander, Ambrose Spangler; third vice-commander, Hubert P. Schmitt, Jr.; fourth vicecommander, Charles W. Chew; adjutant, Herman Bittner; treasurer, Don Cochran; trustee, Hugh Andrews. Bieberich immediately thanked the members present for electing him, and stated that he hoped that Legion members would give him the same support that they had given outgoing president Frank Detter. Detter released his committee members, and thanked the members for their outstanding coopration in the past year. New committee chairmen named by the incoming commander are: Americanism, Walter Koeneman; Boy Scouts, Nelson Doty; Boys State, H. Vernon Aurand; Child Welfare,, Ed Bauer; civil defense. Merle Affolder; junior Legion baseball, Dave Terveer; oratorical contest, Ed Jaberg; patriotic activities, H. P. Schmitt, Jr.; Also, school awards, Hugh Andrews; golf, William Linn; bowlling, Frederick Schamerloh; committee for the sick, O.W. P. Macklin, chairman, and members, Charles Morgan, Elmer Darwachter, and Gilbert Buckey; chaplain and historian, the Rev. O. C. Busse; service officer, James K. Staley; color bearers, Norman Scheumann and Frank Schuller: The fire truck committee, the present commander, Bieberich, and a.W.P. Macklin, Walter Koenenian, and Elmer Darwachter; judge advocate, John De Voss; publicity, Dick Heller, Jr.; and in(Cobubbmi ob race Five) Drug Firm Donates Unit To Hospital Holthouse, Jacobs Give Sixth Room The sixth single unit in the new addition to the Adams county memorial hospital will be furnished by the Holthouse Drug Company, the hospital board of trustees said this morning. Robert J. Holthouse and Louis A. Jacobs, owners of the Decatur drug store, stated that they felt that the new addition was a much-needed public improvement and a very worthwhile project, and that they were proud to help furnish a new room. The fifty rooms in the original memorial hospital, dedicated to those who served in World War I, were all furnished as memorials to organizations, families and indlviduals. There are 35 units' in the new addition, 5 single rooms, and 15 double rooms. The hospital board will place a memorial plaque on each unit furnished by a family, individual, or organization. ” Other units have been furnished by the First State Bank of Decatur, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Klepper, Mr. and Mrs. William W. Shafer. E. W. Busche, and Mrs. C. C. Rayl and daughter, Mrs. C. K. Egeler. Blasts Rock City, No One Is Injured EVANSVILLE (UP)-Two explosions rocked a church and a beverage firm early today and police said there was “no doubt” they were set off deliberately. - There were no injuries.

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$161,073.01 Is Asked For All Units Os City 18 Cent Rise Over Year Ago To Total $1.46 A budget totalling $161,073.01 for the civil city, expenditures of Decatur for 1958 was approved by an ordinance adopted Tuesday night in a special session of the city council. Also adopted was an ordinance approving a total tax levy o# $1.46 on each SIOO of taxable property. The approved budget and levy will next be submitted to the Adams county tax adjustment board and then to the state board of tax commissioners before they are officially approved. The $1.46 levy is 18 cents more than this year’s civil city tax rate of $1.28. Last year the city* officials approved a levy of $1.36 which was later cut by eight cents in the state board hearing. The breakdown of the budget and levyby departments includes $120,737.87 or a 1.09 levy for the general fund: $5,344.68 or a .05 rate for the park fund; $13,460 or a .12 rate for the street fund; $12,192.62 or an .11 levy for the recreation* fund; $7,121 or a .07 levy for the police pension fund, and $2,216.84 or a .02 rate for the firemen’s pension fund. For budgeting purposes the formerly—combined street and sewer department this year has been separated into two departments, the department of sanitation which is included in the general fund and the street department under a separate fund. The total proposed budget for these two departments next year, if handled together as in previous years, would be $135 less than the 1957 budget. Raises in the next year budget are shown in the general fund mainly due to salary increases. There are additional raises of two cents on the park fund levy, four cents on the recreation fund rate and one cent on the police pension fund levy. Several taxpayers appeared at last night’s special council meeting to voice interest and ask questions on the city’s proposed 1958 expenditures. There were no objections to any of the budget, however, and the two ordinance were adopted without a dissenting vote. The council also adopted a resolution authorizing the clerk treasurer to transfer the amount of $7,560 from the parking meter fund to the general fund in 1958 for the purpose of paying the salaries in the police department. Lase Bulletins LONDON (IP) — Russia today rejected the West’s disarament proposal for aerial inspection of all the Soviet Union, the entire U.B. and Canada. WASHINGTON - The House today approved a compromise civil rights bin. ... ...JEariy results in the state plowing contest indicate that Norman E. Comer of Greensburg, reserve champion last year, won the contour plowing matches this morning at the Ward and Jay Chapman farm near Decatar. Robert Hettmansperger, of Urbana, in Wabash county, placed second. Herman Frans of Root township took third place. He was the only local entry. Seven competed in the contour match. The scores given below are raw scores from the field judges and do not include points subtracted by safety judges and referees. The winner had 89.25 points; had 87.25. The level land conthe runner ugg 89. and Frans test is taking place this afternoon.