Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 214, Decatur, Adams County, 11 September 1957 — Page 10

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT at the Decatur, Bad., Poet Office as Second Ctaaa Matter Dick D. Heller —- President J. H. Holier - Vice-President Chas. Hottbouae Secretary-Treasurec MbacrinMaa Batea: By Mail la Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, 38.00; ft Martha. 84.95; 3 months, F?JS. By Mail, beyond Adams aaw Adjoining Counties: One year, 18 90; « months, 84.75; 3 months. 33 50. By Carrier: 30 cents per week. Single copies, • cents.

The Chamber of Commerce heeds a strong Roads Committee if this area is to get its share of highways in the federal system which plans to spend millions over the next few years. In the first allocation Adams county did not get a cent and this will continue unless we are on our toes. o—o We don’t like to remind you. but your fall installment of county taxes will be due in less than two months now— and next year your payments will be higher, largely because you as taxpayers, did not show enough interest to hold taxes down. o o Work on construction of Decatur’s new sewage treatment plant is going along at a fast clip and excavations will be completed soon for both the lift station and the main treatment building. ' Both contracts are held by Yost Construction Co. and a big shift of employes are working on the projects daily. o o— The annual rural-urban fish fry sponsored by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce will be held this year at Decatur high school gymnasium Thursday night, October 24. Clarence Ziner, veteran organizer of the big event will again be chairman, which is sufficient evidence that the 1957 version of the dinner will be a sUB* cess. Mr. Ziner will have numerous competent co-chairmen and predictions are that this year’s party will be the biggest ever held here. —-o There is evidence everywhere that Decatur, ix,.,growing. New homes are being built; the num- ' ber of utility meters in use grows each month and retail stores daily have more customers. These are healthy signs and our Churches: and schools have 1 been able to kefcp up with this expansion. Conservative estimates by those who should know give Decatur’s present population as at least 8,500 people and indications are we will continue to show a steady and healthy growth. We are larger thah our neighboring cities such Bluffton and Celina, O. | because of farther vision as to jxir needs and a constant hammering away at high taxes and utilities. Let’s neve? stop hacking awiy at costs of taxes, utilities ang other things by which we are mwsured. We are a great city ann let’s ail of us do all in our power to keep it such.

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A soya bean queen will be selected again this year in connection with the annual rural-urban fish fry. Joe prominent young business man will be chairman of the queen selection committee. The contest drew many entries last year in its first effort and the number should be more than doubled this year. o o Decatur Lions club, under the presidency of M. C. Seiling, held its first meeting this week after the annual summer vacation. That service organization is making plans for several fall and winter activities and tentative plans indicate the Lions will have their usual busy season. o—o Fear is expressed in some quarters that the White-Negro controversy in Arkansas might become serious. Let’s hope that the controversy can be settled peacefully and soon. It isn’t a new problem and of course was not completely settled, even with the close of the Civil War. We are fortunate here that we do not have the problem which they have in southern states. Morally, of course, we do have the same problem. ' —o—o As cooler weather sets in, there Is a constant possibility of an outbreak of flu. If you have any symptoms of influenza, you are advised to immediately visit your family doctor. He very easily can save you many hours and days of suffering and lost work time, especially if he gets the case in an early stage. The present outbreak is not fatal, the experts say, but it can be most discomforting. o o As we enter the autumn season and vacations have been completed, Decatur Church activities become more of our every day life. Associated Churches of Decatur is currently holding a leadership training school for Sunday school teachers and others interested in Sunday School work. Each church is planning its winter program and of course each program is centered around Sunday Church attendance. If you haven't already acquired the habit of regularly attending Church, the Churches of Decatur invite you. If you are a regular attendant, invite your neighbor to join you.

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LAST MEETING FOR 4-H JUNIOR LEADERS i JI I ONE OF TWO TRUCKLOADS of Adams county junior leaders unpiles at Monroe following the annual hay ride, last event of the season. The leaders turned in their 4-H record books for junior leadership at the meeting, held in Wells county. The junior leader recognition banquet, with the Monroe Lions as hosts this year, will be held October 8. The Lions clubs of Adams county sponsor the event annually.—< Staff Photo)

Television Towers Pop Up In Indiana Third Fort Wayne Station Building INDIANAPOLIS tUP) Television towers are popping up in Indiana like Hoosier corn. WLW-i is scheduled to go on the air Sunday in Indianapolis. Within the next 30 days two new Hoosier stations are slated to begin programing. They are WPTA-TV in Fort Wayne and WCBC-TV in Anderson. And WTTV of Indianapolis and Bloomington will start transmitting "soon” from the tallest lower in Hoosierland. WTTV has built a new 1,250 foot tower south of Indianapolis to increase its power in the Capital CityWTTV’s tower will be the tallest in Hoosierland, topping the WLW-i structure by 225 feet. 17 On The Air The three new stations will give Indiana total of 17 transmitters pouring out drama, music, information and "education.” The first television in Hoosierland was beamed out of WFBM-TV in Indianapolis on May 30, 1949. Before the end of the year WTTV was on the air.

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WHAT IS HAPPENING The well-known Cool & Lam private investigating agency has a troublesome new case: tracing a missing, person for a Texan client. Lawton Corning. After having indicated that his problem was an oil well deal, the Texan employs the agency to And a Mrs. Drqry Weils. Donald Lam and his partner, Bertha Cool, ask a 81.000 retainer, but Corning agrees only to a 8150 advance, to Bertha's anger. The Texan explains: ‘‘This is relatively a small case. I want to keep it small." The more Donald investigates, the bigger .it looks. Upon driving to the home of Drury Wells in Southern California, he finds Wells to be both uncooperative and unconcerned about his wife. Wells’ story is that she simply walked out on him three days earlier. However, a neighbor, Mrs. Frances Raleigh, blurts out suspicions of what has happened to Mrs. Weils. She tells Donald that she heard a light at. night, a scream, a thud, then silence, followed by Drury Wells' trip to his garage with a bundle big enough to hold a woman’s body over his shoulder. Drury drove away and returned in two hours and 45 minutes. The next morning, he told Mrs. Raleigh that his wife had taken a bus uptown. . , . CHAPTER 6 IPUT IN the afternoon on leg work. I looked through the vital statistics, and could find no record of a marriage between Drury Wells and Yvonne Wells, although I did find a record of a marriage eight years ago between Drury Wells and an Estelle Ambler. I talked with neighbors of the Wellses who didn't know a thing, except that they wanted to keep out of it I checked the bus lines to try and pick up a trace of Mrs. Wells leaving home, carrying a suitcase. No soap. The next day 1 ran down the dope on Wells’ automobile. He'd bought it on a used-car lot The car had had four or five different owners. I checked the real estate. Nothing helpful. At five-thirty on the second day I called it quits. I went by the office and put a report on my dictating machine. 1 announced that in my opinion we would never get anywhere until the police had been notified. The police would be able to search the automobile belonging to Wells to look for bloodstains, to find out where Wells had married, when he married, what his wife's maiden name had been, who her relatives were. In short, the way to do an efficient job was to call the police, otherwise the expense would be prohibitive and there would be too great a delay. Elsie Brand, my secretary, had the report all typed up by the time I arrived at the office Wednesday morning. My desk phone was ringing almost as soon as I sat down. I picked up the receiver and Bertha said, “Donald, could you look in my office? Mr. Coming is here now.” •7'll be right in," I promised. “Have you read my report?" c 1957 by Eric Stanley Gardner, from U

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But three more years passed before tower builders found more work in Indiana. In 1952 WSBT-TV, South Bend, and WRAY-TV, Princeton, began broadcasting. In 1953 the rush began and television towers became a familiar sight on Hoosier skylines. Five stations began in 1953, four in 1955 and one last year. On Once a Year Only one of the fledgling stations failed when it tried its wings. WRAY-TV suspended operations some time ago to reorganize. But the little Princeton station still manages to put on one show a year—a telethon for the March of Dimes. Indianapolis televiewers will be able to flip to four channels when WLW-i takes the air- The Capital Qty leads the state in the number of stations with Evansville and Fort Wayne right behind with three each. South Bend has two stations and other Hoosier “teletowns” have one each. » i 9 i Household Scrapbook ) i BY ROBERTA LEE | ♦— • Faded Rags To freshen a faded rug or carpet, wipe it off with a wet doth wrung out of strong salt water. Sprinkling dampened’ salt on a

“It was on my desk. I haven’t read it. I’ve given it to him to read.”. “He’s reading it now ?” “Yes.” “I’ll be in by the time he's finished," I told her. I crossed the outer office, went through Bertha’s entrance room and into her private office. Lawton Corning had just finished reading the. report He jumped to his feet when I came in. He gave me one withering look and threw the sheets of flimsy down on the floor as hard as he could throw them. “Damn it!” he yelled. *7 told you I didn’t want the police." I met his eyes. “Well ?” I asked. “You evidently didn’t pay very much attention to what I told you," he said. = ‘7 told you it would take a thousand dollars’ retainer to find her,” I said. “You didn’t agree with me on that It’s going to take a lot of time and a lot of money and even then you may not be able to find her if you work through private agencies. If you call in the police, you stand more chance." “Sure," he said sarcastically. “If you’ve got a com on your little toe, you can cure it by cutting off the leg at the knee.” “That’s one way," I admitted. •TDo you think she’s dead ?” Coming asked me. •1 don’t know." “How long would it take you to And out? You’ve been on the job for two days now." — “I can’t force anyone to answer my questions. The police can ask questions and get results.” He got to his feet and picked up his hat, “Do I have anything coming out of the hundred and fifty?” “It's been used up,” I said. “Actually, the account shows that we’ve spent thirteen cents more than the hundred and fifty dollars, by the time we figure compensation and expenses. I advise you to call the police before you get into trouble.” “I don’t intend to get into trouble and I don't intend to call the police.” ’There are times when you have a civic duty to report certain things.” “I have no civic duty to the police of California." He put his hand into his pants pocket, came out with some change, counted out thirteen cents and tossed it over on Bertha’s desk with a contemptuous gesture. “Make tne a receipt sometime, so I can turn it in on my income tax." He turned to me. "I’ll mind my business, Mr. Lam. You can mind yours.” “That," I told him, “is exactly what I propose to do. I take it we’re fired?” « book puNtshed by William Morrow A Co

rug, then sweeping it off, will give the same result. Lemons Lemons can be kept for a couple of months if they are packed away in clean, dry salt and stored in a cool place. I Iwiwl i W‘OQe i> Wk •" ? J j • W' ’• y- 3> Jr ■ ' ■ *• '■•■■• • • ’A*® MRS. MARCEIL MORGAN, 42, shown at home with one of her seven children, is believed to bo the nation’s only woman fire fighter, a member of the Whitehall, O M fire department Whitehall is a Columbus suburb. The City council appointed her a firewoman. (International)

“You’re damned right" I picked up the phone, said, "Outside, please,” and dialed a number. He had his hand on the doorknob when I said, “Homicide, please.” He spun on his heel to look at me. “Frank Sellers there ?” I asked. Sellers came, on the line. “This is Donald Lam,” I told him. ’•Well, well, hello, pint-size! What are you up to now?” ‘7 have a possible murder to report” Corning took his hand off the knob of the door and started for me with a quickness that surprised me. “Hold the phone,” I said into the transmitter. “I think I’m about to be socked. You can probably hear the sound of the blow.” Coming stopped in his tracks. “Who’s going to sock you?" Sellers asked, interested. “I think he’s changed his mind now. He doesn’t want us to report what I know to the police." ‘Tell me who the guy is and I’ll educate him,” Sellers said. “I can’t very well do that” T think I want to see you," Sellers said. "Stick around. Wait for me. If this guy wants to make any trouble, hold him there.” —“How would I go about doing that?” “Let him use you for a punching bag,” Sellers said. ‘That’s the best way I know of. It gives hfin the satisfaction of exercise, and you wouldn’t get off any worse than if you should try to slug him.” “Got a pencil handy?” I asked. ’There's no need for you to come up.” "Shoot!" he said. I said, “Drury Wells, 1638 Frostmore Road, moved in about a week ago with his wife, Yvonne. According to next-door neighbor, Mrs. W. Charles Raleigh, they had a fight last Friday night. She says she heard a blow struck. After that, Drury came but carrying what she thinks was a body rolled up in a rug or blanket He took it to his automobile, and—” “I'll go on out there,” Sellers interrupted. Corning lunged for me. I tried to dodge. Corning clamped one big hand on the back of my neck, grabbed for the telephone. “Get started,” I yelled into the phone, as Corning gave one swing with his powerful shoulder and pulled the phone loose from its wires, sent it clattering over into the far corner of the office. He looked at me with murderous rage in his eyes. (To Be Continued) ■ Distributed by King Features Syndicate.

20 Years Ago Today September 11. 1957. — Former Fort Wayne Mayor William Hosey dies at age of 83 years. Indications point to an all-New York baseball world series with the Yankees and Giants playing off the series. Leo Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Miller, has entered Purdue University. Chicago construction worker at* tempts suicide here but is revived and now is back at work. Bob Dro, Berne high school basketball player, enters Indiana University,' The Junior Arts department of the Woman's club will open its fall and winter meetings with a tea at the home of Mrs. Harold Zwick Monday, October 11. Miss Edwina Shroll. Eldora, O. school teacher, is visiting her parents in Decatur. Mr. and Mrs. JL. A. Holthouse have returned from Indianapolis, where they attended the state fair. This year’s fair broke all attnedance records. Holthouse had charge of the admission 'gates. V — • Modern Etiauette I BY ROBKRTA LIB I —e Q There has been a death in the family of very close friends of ours, and in the funeral notice was insrted “Please omit flowers." Wouldn’t it be all right for us to send flowers anyway? A. Certainly not. This family's request should be respected. Q. Is it always necessary to say, “You’re welcome,” in response to “Thank you?" A. Some response should be made, and “You’re welcome," or, “That’s quite all right” are always good. Q. When a finger bowl is part of a formal dinner, does one put both hands in at the same time? A. Never. Dip the fingers of one hand into the bowl at a time. Prize Cake SYRACUSE, N. Y. — <W — For the third straight year, Joe Cumtniskey baked the prize cake in a contest at a Home Show. He's a news broadcaster here (for WHEN-Radio).

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