Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 219, Decatur, Adams County, 17 September 1957 — Page 2

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Old River Beds Provide Water Sources In County

(This is the third in a series of articles on local history. Persons interested in Adams county history are invited to help form an Adams county historical society here Tuesday, September 24. 8 p. an., in the meeting room of the Decatur public library.) Have you ever been over to the Teays (rhymes with daze) river? The valley is 300 feet deep, and the stream bed is two miles wide, and runs right through Adams county. But don't pack up your fishing tackle and put on your bathing suit. It went dry a few years back. Perhaps we ought to start at the beginning. About a million years ago the land where Adams county is underwent a slight upheaval. and the bedrock buckled slightly. This produced some gentle valleys, and rivers formid. A whopping big river, ‘called the Teays. slowly formed. It Started -'way down in the Carolinas, wound its way through Virginia and West Virginia, and grossed Ohio, Indiana. Illinois, and then entered the old Mississippi. This huge river, with a bed two toiles across, entered Indiana in southern Blue Creek township, <ut across the comer of Monroe township <a large stream with a jnile-wide entrance entered from ge Decatur area about where >rne is today) and cut diagonally across Wabash township from northeast to southwest, just filttfttg the edge of Hartford township: About half a milion years ago the earth tilted slightly on its axis, and the tropical region which was then present here perished under a great glacier, known as the Illinois glacier. This huge sheet of ice. which lasted thousands of years, covered up and then filled in a good part of the Teays river valley. When the glacier finally reced-

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The man you see above—watching a beautiful new 1957 Cadillac as it takes the sweep o’ the boulevard—is representative of a goodly number of American motorists. He is a gentleman who would like ever so much to own a Cadillac car—but who feels the time is not quite propitious for him to do so. Well, we have some sound advice for this gentleman, and for those like him, and it is this: fo/nr in, fir, and tee Jor yourseljl First of all, you will find that today’s Cadillac car is exceptionally practical to own and to enjoy. In fact, its relatively modest cost, its wonderlul efficiency of operation, its great dependability and its marvelous resale value mark it unmistakably as one of motordom’s soundest investments.

ed, the river was much shorter, with a big range of hills separating some of the parts of it. During this period, when it headed just over a short distance in Ohio, the river was known as the Mahomet river. After several thousand more years of warm weather, another huge glacier covered the area. This was the last glacier, called the Wisconsin glacier, and it covered Adams county about 250,000 years ago. As this huge sheet of ice slowly melted, it left deposits of gravel and dirt many feet thick. The sheet of ice itself was miles thick, and included much groundup rock. At one time the edge of this glacier was far south in Indiana, near Brown county. But it slowly melted, and “moved north.” The glacier seems to have melted faster at some periods than at others, and some areas have a heavier “coating'' or deposit of glacial gravel and dirt. There are two of these regions in Adams county. One is the series of hills in Jefferson, Wabash, and French townships a couple of miles northeast of the Wabash river. Hie second is about the St. Mary's river in St. Mary's, same distance northeast of the Union and Root townships. Melting ice water at this time all drained through the Wabash system into the gulf. As the ice receded, it left a huge lake near Fort Wayne and east, called Lake Maumee. This is now a fertile then drained into the Wabash, but farming plain. The St. Mary's as the waters receded further, and the .level of the lake went down, the rivers started revers,ing. and draining the other way. , Now in Adams county we have the dividing line between drainage, ’The St. Mary’s drains northeast, eventually into the Atlantic Ocean. The Wabash drains

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southwest into the Mississippi and Gulf of Mexico. An interesting discussion and pictures on how geologists have discovered these facts, and how well-drillers and mineral seekers can make use of the facts now known, were given Sunday in a mats meeting at Wabash. Prof. William Wayne, of Indiana University, did the explaining. Prof. Wayne has done extensive research in Adams county, and went into detail on local geological history. He explained that the rich gravel beds left by the Wisconsin glacier in its retreat to the north, contain fine water sources and were responsible for the oil and natural gas finds a few years ago here. The beds are deepest, 6f course, in the old river and stream beds. Soundings, both by drilling and by radar, have been made to determine the stream bed locations. Following Wayne's explanation. Luke Scheer, a member of the Indiana historical society, explained that Wabash county was to be used as a “guinea pig" in an experiment to bring the Indiana state and local histories up-to-date by the sesquicentennial, 1966. A statewide organization will be formed to provide a colored slide series for all fourthgraders in the state, on state history. This will be distributed during the 150 years celebration of the state's birth in 1816. Dr. Robert W. Kohne. of Lafayette, son of Mt. and Mrs. Raymond Kohne of Decatur, was appointed to the newly formed board of the statewide group. Much interest was shown in the project, and the room was overcrowded for two hours with those interested in the new project. Man : made Fires BOSTON —- (U>) — Man is responsible for about 60 per cent of the approximately 145.000 forest fires in the United States each year, and lightning causes the others, says the National Fire Protection Association.

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Attend Congress Held By Churchmen Berne Banker Named President Os Group Twenty-six members of the Decatur Zion Evangelical and Reformed church attended the men's congress of the Michigan-Indiana synod of the Evangelical and Reformed church at the annual fall meeting held Sunday at Berne. Brice Bauserman, cashier of the First Bank of Berne, was elected president. Other new officers are William Siebold, Fort Wayne, vicepresident; Irvin Fox, Bluffton, secretary; and Arnold Knecht, Bippus, treasurer. There were 14 churches represented at the meeting, and 244 individuals attended. The group voted to federate with the churchmen’s brotherhood, and will probably meet more frequently than once a year, as has been done the past 31 years. The next annual meeting will be held at the Salem Evangelical and Reformed church in Fort Wayne next fall. Dr. Calvin Wingert, of the Canton, 0., Trinity church, spoke in the morning on "Three sails in a rough sea.” During the afternoon session. Foster Jones, of Larwill, a layman, spoke on “Feed the church.” Those attending from the Decatur church were Robert Kershner, Wesley Lehman, George Thomas, the Rev. William C. Feller. LaVerne Roth, Noah Roth. Gottlieb Stauffer. Edward F. Jaberg, Leo Kirsch, Wayne Burger, Joe Hazelwood, Charles Beineke, Edward Gerber, Henry Graber, Milton Hanni, Ray Heller, Harold Huffman, Rufus Kirchhofer, Otto Kirsch. Harry Knapp, Clarence Snyder, Carl Stuckey, and Cal Yost. Texas had an output of 4.100,000 long tons of sulphur valued at $114,900,000 during 1956.

To Goshen Plant |f~ 'Jft K THOMAS E. COSTELLO, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Costello, 404 Marshall street, has been named advertising and sales promotion manager for the Goshen Manufacturing Co. at Goshen, Robert M. Rink, president, has announced. The firm is one of the leading makers of outdoor furniture, children’s playground equipment and ladders. He is a graduate of Decatur Catholic high school and the University of Notre Dame, where he received his bachelor of arts degree in journalism in 1951. He was a carrier boy for the Decatur Daily Democrat for six years. After serving two years in the Army, he joined the public relations department of Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. in Fort Wayne in 1955. He and his wife, the former Emily Ann Bosler of Fort Wayne, have two children, Daniel and Barbara Ann. The Costellos reside at 1408 South' 12th St., Goshen. World Plow Match Is Underway Today Huge Agricultural Show On In Ohio PEEBLES, Ohio (UP) — The first wave of an expected invasion of 300,000 visitors swooped down on this community of 1.600 for the opening today of the 1957 World Conservation Exposition and plowing contest The huge agricultural show opened a four-day run on a 2.500 acre site adjacent to this southwestern Ohio village. Visitors came by car, special train and plane to the exposition, the first held- in the United States .since the origin of the event in 1953. Top opening event was the Ohio state championship plowing contests in which 13 experts will vie for the state title i About 27 of the nation’s top plowmen compete in the national matches Wednesday. The winners will go to the 1958 event in Germany. . , j r 1 ,The world matches were scheduled for Thursday and Friday among two-man teams from the U.S. and 13 other countries. Visitors saw a huge tent city housing more than 10 million dollars worth of farm and industrial equipment exhibited by about 80 manufacturers. During the three years of preparation for the exposition. tagged the “World’s Fair of Agriculture,” state and national experts placed into operation the latest water and land conservation practices. Lawrence Goettemoeller, 46. St. Henry, Ohio, who is U.S level land champion, and John Daniels. 35,Mulberry Grpve, 111,. U.S contour champion, will attempt to upset a four-year tradition and win for America her first world plowing title. New Policy Adopted For State Employes INDIANAPOLIS OP! — The Indiana State Personnel Board has adopted a new policy permitting dismissal of merit system employes for failing to pay,debts. State Auditor Roy Combs reported an increase in garnishments against the pay of state; workers and said it is creating a bookkeeping problem in his office. The board ruled that department heads may dismiss workers whose I pay is subject to garnishment. ;

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legion Commander Lashes Ike Policy Out Os Step With Thinking Os People ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. (UP) —' National American Legion Commander W. C- <D«n) Daniel today accused the .EiiAjinwer administration .of “being* completely out of step*’ with the' thinking of the people in such instances as foreign economic aid and, the status of forces agreement*. ; Daniel said in his report to 3,113 delegates at the opening business session of the Legion's 39th national convention that his travels around the country convinced him that "the average American citizen has a far clearer insight into what our foreign policy should be than do many of our so-called experts." He said the Legion opposed foreign aid because "if rpcent history proves anything, it proves that you cannot buy friends over the bargain counter as you would common merchandise. Economic aid to foreign countries both friendly and unfriendly has proven itself ineffective as a long - term instrument of foreign policy.” Daniel said the Japanese murder trial of Army Specialist William S. Girard “brought into sharp focus the need for a revision of many international agreements. One of the great threats to our security is the undermining of our constitutional rights. Those constitutional guarantees must be held equally sacred for the citizen within our boundaries and for the serviceman on foreign soil.” He emphasized that the guilt or innocence of Girard was not the Legion’s business, but its primary concern is the protection of his rights as an American citizen. The convention was opened officially Monday with a 10-hour parade of servicemen and veterans before 125.000 persons on the famous boardwalk here.

Winchester Airman Uninjured In Crash WEST PALM BEACH. Fla. (UP) —Capt. Donald F. Coyner, Winchester. Ind., was unhurt when a plane on which he was a crew member collided with a truck on the runway of an Air Fbrce base here. The collision killed an airman from Philadelphia Coyner and two other officers, including the pilot, were uninjured when the twin-en-gine C-45 transport plane clipped the truck which was speeding to meet the plane but shot out on the runway in front of it. The dead airman, Leo Quap, 22, was driver of the truck. Charles J. Miller, of 601 W. Monroe street, a retired General Electric employe, is a patient at the St. Joseph hospital in Fort Wayne, where he is undergoing observation and treatment. He is in room 473. Donald Rumschlag, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rumschlag. was accompanied to Ada, Ohio, Sunday by his parents, and Carol and Jim Rumschlag. There he is enrolled as a sophomore in the Ohio Northern University school of pharmacy. He is living in the Theta Kappa Thi house at 825 South Main street. Miss Sharon Idlewine. a 1957 graduate of Decatur high school, has entered the Fort Wayne Bible college for study there. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Idlewine. Mrs. Alfred Kipfcr, pf Bluffton route 4. was admitted to thojßluffton Clinic hdspital Saturday, and Mrs. Truman Gerber, of Blufftoh route 4. was admitted Monday to receive treatment. Miss Ellen Welch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Welch, left today for Christian College, Columbia. Mo., whore she will enroll as a freshman.

former Resident Os Decatur To Appear On Television Show A former resident of this city is scheduled to appear on the Gary Moore television show in the near future. Robert Lewis, a brother of Mrs. Norris Blocker of this city, will appear on the program to describe his unique experience of being sucked Into the air intake of a jet fighter plane in Alaska V ■ The incident occurred at the Elmendorg Air Force Base last May. The young airman, whose home is now in Crawfordsville, left his plane to relay a message and was caught in the suction. Luckily the power was being cut on the plane and he suffered no major injuries. The youth resided for several years with Mr. 'and Mrs. Robert Butler of this city and attended Lincoln grade school in Decatur. He is now visiting in Decatur on furlough. Former Kendallville Banker Is Sentenced Five-Year Term In Bank Embezzlement FORT WAYNE — W — Federal Judge Luther M. Swyert Monday sentenced former Kendallville bank cashier Herbert L. Hontz to a five-year prison term for embezzlement of 334,230 over a sevenyear period. Hontz, 30. received a five-year sentence on each of four counts, but the terms will run concurrently. When arrested last July. Hontz, father of three children, told police he started embezzling money to pay doctor "bills in 1947 when he was an assistan chasler at Campbell and Fetter Bank in Kendallville. After sentence was pronounced, Hontz told the judge, “I made a mistake."

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