Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 230, Decatur, Adams County, 30 September 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 230.

DECATUfi CASTING CO. OFFICIALS J® Bt alm IP* P® O. B wgrmF |fey«W3Hf fil ; ® E |Pk B S' VW ■ '' '■m® * 4 & Ji Harry Young Glenn A. Manlier Retires Superintendent .. .4 * MySiiWth Clarence E. Fishbaugh Peter R. Rentschler Resident Manager General Manager

13 Teamsters In Appeal To Supreme Court Seeking To Prevent Election This Week By Teamsters Union WASHINGTON (UP) — Thirteen rank-and-file teamsters appealed to the Supreme Court today to prevent the union from holding its national elections this week. They asked the high court to reinstate a Federal District Court injunction against > holding the elections at the Teamsters convention opening today at Miami Beach, Fla. The case must be taken for action to a single justice, as the court is still in summer recess. The lawyer for the 13 teamsters said, however, that selection of a justice is up to the court and not to them. A court aide said the case probably will go to Chief Justice Earl Warren, who administers the District of Columbia circuit. Warren is now in Washington. “We have filed certain papers and they have been served on the other side of the case,” attorney Thomas J. Dodd said after an hour in the Supreme Court clerk’s office. It was the latest in a rapid-fire series of legal actions to prevent what the rebel group called a "conspiracy” to rig the union elections in favor of James R. Hjffa, Teamster midwestern boss who is a candidate to succeed retiring President Dave Beck. Federal District Judge F. Dickinson Leets issued a preliminary injunction blocking the , elections Saturday morning but a threejudge appeals court panel reversed him Saturday afternoon. However, the Appeals Court left the door open to a challenge in court later. The Appeals Court insisted that only legally selected delegates may be allowed to vote in the elections, scheduled for this Friday. The ruling had the effect (Continued MS »wre Hvt) Red Cross Orientation Meeting October 7 The Red Cross orientation for volunteer workers will be given at the Community Center Monday, Oct. 7, at 1:30 p. m. Mrs Frank Ritchie, volunteer field consultant, Fort Wayne, win give the orientation. All volunteer workers, staff aides, canteen, board members, and officers who have not had the orientation are asked to come. It is also recommended as a refresher cource for those who have had it in the past. New staff aides and canteen workers are badly needed. Anyone interested in taking the orientation who wojild like more Information may call the Red Cross office, or Mrs. R. E. Glendening. or may come to the Community Center Oct. 7, Mrs, Ed Bauer, chairman, said.

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Decatur Casting Co. Announces Changes Young Retires, Three Advancements Made ■» Donald McDaniel, president of the Decatur Casting company, has announced the retirement of Harry Young, superintendent, after completing 36 years of service, on Oct. 1. At “the same time. McDaniel announced the advancement of three others effective the same date. Glenn A. Mauller, assistant superintendent, who has served under Young for 27 years, is advanced to superintendent. Clarence E. Fishbaugh, office manager and customer service man for the last six years under the late Henry E. Bromer, becomes resident manager. Peter Robert Rentschler, secretary of the company, is appointed general manager. Young started to work in the foundry industry at the age of 14 as an apprentice at the Vulcan Foundry company, Hamilton, 0. When he was 16, he went to the Hamilton Foundry & Machine company, in Hamilton, Ohio, where his father was superintendent, as an apprentice or handyman. He progressed rapidly at Hamilton Foundry and was made foreman of No. 1 foundry. In June of 1920 the Decatur Casting company was started by the Rentschler interests and Young acted in a consulting capacity until he was made superintendent at Decatur on a full time basis Oct. 1, 1921. Young and his wife live at 915 North Fifth street and have one daughter and three grandchildren. In a letter today to customers of the Decatur Casting company, announcing .these organization changes, McDaniel stated “After 36 full years of efficient and loyal service, Harry Young, our superintendent, is retiring. We shall miss him but he has earned a period of rest and relaxation. We are sure you join with his associates at Decatur Casting and his friends everywhere and wish him good health and happiness in his retirement from his 54 years of foundry activities, which began when he was 15 years of age. Mauller, who becomes superintendent, started with the company as payroll clerk in 1930 and has served in most departments of the plant. For four years he was head of the industrial engineering department and for the last six years he has been assistant superintendent. Fishbaugh, who is advanced to resident manager, has been with the company for six years as office manager and customer ser(Oontlnued on Pace Four) INDIANA WEATHER Fair and cool tonight. Fair and mild Tuesday. Low tonight mostly in the 40s. High Tuesday in the 70s. Sunset today 6:30 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday 6:41 a.m. Outlook for Wednesday: Mostly fair and mild. Lows Tuesday night ta 465. Highs Wednesday in 70s.

Shelley Quits As Candidate For Teamsters •* X . Urges Supporters To Unite In Move To Defeat Hoffa MIAMI BEACH (UP) — Rep. John Shelley <D-Calif.) withdrew today as a candidate for president of the huge Teamsters Union and called on his supporters to unite behind a move to defeat James R. Hoffa, the front-running candidate. " Shelley, who claimed 240 votes of the convention’s 1,900, said he hoped his backers would get behind one of three Hoffa rivals— Thomas J. Haggerty of Chicago, William A. Lee of Chicago and Thomas L.. Hickey of New York. He described the three as “outstanding unionists who would attempt to keep the Teamsters within the AFL-CIO.” He said the election of Hoffa, mid western Teamster boss, might result in the ouster of the Teamsters from their parent organization. In the meantime, as the Teamsters were opening their five-day convention here, 13 rank-and-file Teamsters appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington to block the elections. The group asked the high court to reinstate a Federal District Court injunction against holding the elections, which they claimed were rigged in favor of Hoffa. The injunction was set aside by a Federal Court of Appeals late Saturday. A court aide-said the appeal might be heard by Chief Justice Earl Warren. “One Fervent Prayer” Hie Teamsters Union also accepted an offer by the Senate Rackets Committee to make available more evidence challenging credentials of delegates to the convention. Dave Beck, retiring under fire as president of the big union, wired Committee Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) that such information "may be helpful even at this late date.” Shelley's withdrawal followed a fiery 45-minute speech by Beck, who defended himself and other union officials accused of corruption by the Senate Rackets Committee. Beck, 63, quoted from the Bible and related incidents of his 31year career in the union in defense of the charges. Beck asked the convention to grant “one fervent prayer”: “See if you cannot find anything that is just a little bit on the credit side—just a little Ittonttnued on Paas Two) New Trial Motion Overruled By Judge Township Line Case Retrial Overruled Judge Myles F. Parrish overruled a motion for a new trial in the Wabash-Monroe township line case Saturday, it was learned today. Judge Parrish based his decision on his July 20 ruling, which held that a writ of mandamus was not the correct procedure in this case, and that laches applied to the case, preventing the plaintiff from receiving a remedy at law. The mandamus suit was brought by L. A. “Gus” Mann, Wabash township trustee, to require the county auditor to place all the property in Wabash township on the Wabash township tax list. Previously, when property was transferred from Wabash township to the city of Berne, it was also transferred to Monroe township, since no separate Berne-Wabash and BerneMonroe book was kept. Mann’s attorneys, Custer & Smith, asked that the county auditor be mandated to make up his list correctly, according to law, with all property legally within Wabash township on the Wabash township list. Attorneys for Monroe township trustee Silvan Sprunger, C. H. Muselman and H. R. McClenahan, held that this would be changing the present legal status of the property, and that laches would apply. Custer & Smith maintained that the tax lists were made up new each year, and that the auditor should be mandated to prepare them according to law. By law, only the county commissioners, after a majority vote of the townships concerned, can change a township line. Judge Parrish held for the defendants, but also enjoined the auditor from making any further transfers without proper authority. Mann stated that he will appeal the case to the appellate court of the state of Indiana.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, "September 30, 1957.

Gov. Faubus Uncertain On Special Session To Close Arkansas School

West Ready On Suspension Os Nuclear Tests Lodge Tells Russia Os Willingness Os Big Four Nations United Press Staff Correspondent UNITED NATIONS (UP) Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodgd told Russia today the West will agree to suspension of tests if the Kremlin will go along with a disarmament program "iif acceptable stages.” Lodge, speaking for the United States, told the United Nations Disarmament Commission the entire record of the 5% months’ private arms talks held in London earlier this year should be reviewed by it and by the General Assembly "calmly and in a spirit of good will.” "We commend our proposals,” he said. “...Hiey insure that the nuclear buildup would be stopped short and gradually diminished. A start would be made toward an open world in which the chances of surprise attack and miscalculations which are bred in fear and lead to war would be reduced to the vanishing point... "In essence, we, that is to say Canada, France, the United Kin#* dom and the United States, have made and do make this offer to the Soviet Union: “We will suspend nuclear tests for an initial period expected to be two years but also subject to further extension, provided you, the Soviet Union, agree on establishing an effective inspection system, air and ground; on stopping production of fissionable material for weapons purposes and reducing present stocks; on starting outer-space missile control; and on reducing armed forces. "We do not insist that all these things be done at once. An agreement that they should be done in acceptable stages is enough to get this program under way, and suspension of testing would be the first thing to happen." France, Britain, Russia ana Australia also were listed to be heard by the 12-nation Disarmament Commission. The General Assembly started the third week of its general—or policy—debate with speeches listed from the representatives of Argen(Continued on tax* Four)

Mrs. Ona Cook Dies Today At Hospital Lifelong Resident Os County Is Dead Mrs. Ona Cook. 69, of two and one-half miles east of Monroe, died at 8:10 o’clock this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital. She had been in failing health for four years and critical for the past week. She was born in Monroe township Feb. 16, 1888, a daughter of Ambrose Q. and Elizabeth Ann Herron-Durbin, and was married to Henry M. Cook Jan. 1, 1910. He preceded her in death Dec. 20, 1953. Mrs. Cook, a lifelong resident of Adams county, was a member of the Decatur Church of God. Surviving are two sons, Gale H. and Gerald F. Cook, both of near Monroe; three daughters, Mrs. Esther Ehrsam of Pleasant Mills, Mrs. Alice Schott of Decatur, and Mrs. Neva Workinger of near Monroe; 15 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; one brother, Orva Durbin of Decatur, Mich., and one sister, Mrs. Ora Mitchell of Decatur. One son, one daughter and two sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2 p.m. at the Church of God, the Rev. Huston Bever. Jr., and the Rev. W. H. Kirkpatrick officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Tuesday until time of the services.

linn Grove Man Is Killed In Accident Elbert D. Haines Is Killed Saturday Funeral services were conducted at 1:30 p.m. today at Linn Grove for Elbert D. Haines, 30. of Linn Grove, who was killed in a headon crash at 9:05 a.m. Saturday on state highway 116 in Wells county, southeast of Bluffton. Haines was the driver of a car which crashed into one driven by Ronald D. Fryback, 21, of Bluffton. Tryback and his two passengers, Xawrence L. Farting, 21, of Bluffitdh, and his wife, Carolyn, also 21, were hospitalized as the result of the accident. The Linn Grove man died of a fractured neck shortly after the accident occurred. Fryback, who suffered a fractured right* thigh and lacerations to his head and right elbow, is in fairly good condition at the Wells county hospital. The Farlings are both listed as critical. They are patients in the Clinic hospital at Bluffton. Farting suffered extremely severe lacerations to his head and face and lost his left eye. He also sustained a fracture of the right shoulder, fractures to his ribs and a back injury. His wife received a fracture to her facial bones, a back injury and internal injuries, whidl included damage to her right kidney. Haines was enroute to Bluffton to make an installation for the Culligan Service of Linn Grove by whom he was employed. The BluffUm party was going to Linn Grove to pick up Miss Caroline Meshberger before leaving to attend the Purdue-Notre Dame football game. A witness, Ben Stout of near Bluffton, who was following the Fryback car, said that apparently Haines had swerved into the left lane of traffic. Both drivers hit their brakes and swerved toward the middle of the road, where the impact occurred. L. The Adams county man had been employed by the Culligan service for the past seven years. He was a veteran of World War 11, a graduate of Petroleum high school, a member of the IOOF at Petroleum, (Continued on Paae Five)

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Award Contract For Two Sheriff's Autos Schwartz Ford Co. Awarded Contract Schwartz Ford Motor sales of Decatur was awarded the contract to supply two automobiles for the Adams county sheriff's department by the county commissioners this morning. In a special session, the commissioners received sealed bids which were filed by four auto sales' agencies. Schwartz bid of $3,820 for two 1958 automobiles was low. Other bids submitted were Moser Motor Sales of Berne, $3,844 for two 1958 Fords; Hofstetter sales of Geneva, $4,044 for two 1958 Studebakers, and Phil L. Macklin and company of Decatur, $4,406.85 for two 1957 Plymouths. The purchase of the cars was made possible through the recent approval of additional appropriations in the sheriff’s department. The commissioners also officially set office hours for the various county officials at 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. GST, Monday through Friday, and 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. CST, on Saturdays. The office hours are being revised for the convenience of the public which is staying on daylight savings time in this county. The new schedule is the same as 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. CDT. The commissioners earlier ordered the clocks in county offices pushed back to conform with the state law demanding central time. Also studied by the commissioners this morning was a request that the county put in a catch basin to drain off standing water in the Schultz addition to the city of Decatur at the west limits of the city. The matter was referred to Lawrence Noll, superintendent of the county highway department.

Doubt Faubus Has Right Os I Disintegration Doubt Legal Right I To Disintegrate Little Rock School r WASHINGTON (UP)-Some gov- ' ernment officials expressed doubt • today that Gov. Orval E. Faubus . or the Arkansas legislature can - legally disintegrate Central High , School in Little Rock. f Faubus was on the point of deciding whether to call the legisla- ! ture into special session to see s about closing racially - integrated ‘ Central High. One possibility he was considering was withdrawal of i state funds from Central and reopening it under private sponsorship. • "That would be an act to evade the constitutional rights of the colored children,” said one government legal source here in close touch with the Little Rock situation. “The courts would not permit it. They (the state) would have to close down all the schools in Little Rock, not just the one raciallymixed school in the city.” . This official said Arkansas could, if it wished, abolish its entire public school system to avoid integrai tion. But he doubted the people of . Arkansas are willing to pay “such a price.” President Eisenhower prepared , to return to the capital late today to take personal command of his administration’s fight to prevent interference with court - backed integration of Li ( ttle Rock schools. He faces a critical conference with five southern governors tomorrow that may decide the course not only of the Little Rock dispute but of southern schtol integration problems for years to i come. At least four of the five goveri nors are prepared to press hard for prompt withdrawal of federal j troops from kittle Rock. Gov. Leroy Collins of Florida, one of the four and a so - called southern "moderate,” warned today that the "drastic” troop intervention “has driven many people away from a moderate attitude on this problem.” , “If we can relieve, it, it will be (Continued on Pa<* four) Native Os Decatur Dies Os Injuries Dr. Guy M. Gilpen Dies Early Sunday Dr. Guy M. Gilpen, 61, well known Muncie chiropractor, and a native of Decatur, died at 5 , o’clock Sunday morning at the Whitley county hospital in Columbia City. . Dr. Gilpen was injured in a two-car collision Sept. 15 at the intersection of state road 13 and old U. S. 30 north of Pierceton. Dr. Gilpen’s wife, Pauline, 54, and her daughter, Miss Jaralyn Collier, 23, were fatally injured in the crash. Occupants of the other car, John Couch, 23, and James Ellis Taylor, 16, both of Melville, were also injured. Death' of the Muncie chiropractor was unexpected, as he apparently had been recovering satisfactorily, and plans had been made to return him to his home soon. He was. born in Decatur but had resided in Muncie for the past 33 years. Surviving are two step-daugh-ters. Mrs. Norman Walker of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Jim Coburn of Detroit; a granddaughter, and four sisters, Mrs. Winifred Neidigh of Willshire, 0.. Mrs. Gilmond Hart of Columbus, 0., Miss Gladys Gilpen of Seymour, -and Mrs. Forest Marks of Albany. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a. m. Wednesday at the Parson funeral home at Muncie, where friends may call after 7:30 o'clock this evening. The body will be brought to this city for burial in the Decatur cemetery.

Boy Scout Benefit By Community Fund Financial Drive In City Next Week Decatur's seven Boy Scout organizations, supported by contributions to the Decatur Community Fund drive October 7-14, help boys meet the demands and opportunities in this increasingly complex world. Three programs for boys of , three age levels, are designed to ; develop physical fitness, self reliance, an obligation to God, a sense of personal responsibility, an attitude of service to others, a willingness to share with others and living the free way Os life. Cub Scouting, for boys 8, B,and 10, teaches a boy to do interesting things, handicraft, collections, games, stunts, nature lore, and hobbies ... in his own neighborhood with his parents. Boy Scouting, with its out of doors program, teaches the boy of 11 thru 13 to be self reliant, he learns first aid so that he may be helpful to others and able to take care of himself in times of emergency. Through exploring, the boy 14 and others get a well rounded program of outdoor, social service, and vocational activities. "When you support the Decatur Community Fund October 7-14, you are helping boys grow in the way that makes for better citizens of tomorrow.” Scouting units in this vicinity that will benefit from this fund drive include the following units and their leaders: Troop 61, Kenneth Shannon, scoutmaster; 62, Fred Scheiderer, scoutmaster; 63, Gerald Smith, scoutmaster; 7062, Dr. M. Wiseman, explorer advLsor; 3061, ciibmaster needed; 3062, Merlin Sieling, cubmaster; 3063, David Wynn, cubmaster. Take Entries Now For Soybean Queen Annual Contest For Queen Is Underway Joe Kaehr, chairman of the second annual Adams county soybean queen contest, announced today that the contest will be opened this week for any Adams county girl between the ages of 16 and 19, inclusive. The contest is to be held in connection with the annual fish fry and soybean festival sponsored by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. Further details of the queen contest are to be announced later. Entry blanks for the contest will be available at the Chamber of Commerce office and will also be printed in the Decatur Daily Democrat later this week. Miss Jacie Snyder, a senior at Adams Central, was chosen queen during the 1956 event. She later was the local entry in the Junior Miss Indiana contest at Bluffton and was awarded third place in that contest. The committee assisting with arrangements for the contest includes Mrs. J. G. Kaehr, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Rydell, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Pryor and Mr. and Mrs. Don Jones. The committee has requested that Adams county girls who plan to enter the contest fin out entry blanks as soon as possible. Judges for the contest will be announced at a later date. Reppert Funeral Tuesday Morning Funeral services for William Reppert, who died Saturday morning, will be held at 10:30 a. m. CDT Tuesday at St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed church at Vera Cruz. The Rev. Louis C. Minsterman will officiate and burial will be in the Vera Cruz cemetery. Friends may call at the Zwick funeral home this evening. The body will lie in state at the church from 9:30 a. m. Tuesday until the services.

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Nine Negroes Enter School, No Incidents Governor Soys No Decision Yet On Legislature Call ROC# Ark. (W — Gov. Orval E. Faubus said today he has made “no decision yet** on whether to call the Arkansas Legislature into special session to consider closing Central High school. In one breath, Faubus told reporters that “It is very likely there will be a special session.’* But a second later, he added: “There has been no decision yet and it very well could be that there will be no special session.'* “Do you personally want a special session?'* a reporter asked Faubus. "Personally, no,*‘ the governor replied. “It's a lot of work and a terrific strain.'* He had said previously that he was under “pressure” from members of the Legislature to call the session. He made these statements to reporters as he arrived at his office at the state capital. Earlier, he had implied to a United Press reporter, who joined him tor breakfast at the governor’s mansion, that he was cooling off on the idea of a special session. Fewer Paratroopers on Guard At troop-guarded Central High, the second week of integrated education began peacefully. A reduced force of paratroopers, with bayonets removed from their rifles, stood guard as nine Negro children entered the school without incident. The Negro children arrived at the school at 8:18 a.m. c.s.t. in an Army station wagon, escorted as usual by two jeeploads of paratoopers. One soldier, with a pistol strapped on his belt escorted them from the car into the building. A small group of white students stood on the steps to watch their arrival, but made no demonstration. About 200 paratroopers, less than half the number who drove back sullen crowds last Wednesday, ringed the school this morning. The naked bayonets which had been fixed on their M-l rifles last week were conspicuously absent. No crowds assembled on the streets near the school. * Study Legal Phases Military officials had been prepared for the possibility that there might be a crowd at the school this morning, because thousands of out of town visitors are here for a livestock exposition which began today. It was thought that curiosity, if not hostility to integration, might draw some of these visitors to the troop - guarded high school. Hie (Continued on Page Tmreo) Stale Holds Hearing On Local Tax Rates Review Tax Rates And Budgets Here George Gable and W. T. Mints, representing the state board of tax commissioners, were at the Adams county court house today reviewing the proposed 1958 budgets and levies of all Adams county tax units. The results of their study will be presented to the full tax board at Indianapolis before the final approval is given on the tax rates. i This morning, the tax board ; men met with county and township officials and this afternoon’s hearings were concerned with city, school and library rates. The state tax board has the power to cut rates and budget : items but cannot raise them. If the proposed rates are approved Decatur taxpayers will pay rates of 85.85 in Decatur-Washington and 85.T1 Id Decatur-Root.