Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 233, Decatur, Adams County, 3 October 1957 — Page 4

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Three Os French Quintuplets Die Tiny Boy And Girl Struggling For Life TOULON. France — ffll — Three of the Christophe quintuplets died Wednesday night and early today leaving only a tiny boy and girl struggling for life incubators at Foch Hospital. Two doctors and several nurses maintained a 24-hour vigil over the remaining two in hopes of preserving tiie fragile lives for their parents who had been childless for eight years. The hospital reported the mother, Mrs. Camille Christophe, 28, was doing fine. ' Mrs. Christophe gave birth to the quints—three girls and two boys —at St. Michael Clinic Wednesday. The babies, weighing about two pounds each, were rushed to Foch Hospital and placed in incubators. Mrs. Christophe, a small woman who once was told she was sterile, had expected twins. The babies were three months premature. Doctors refused to predict the chances for survival of the remaining two babies. Mrs. Christophe and her husband, Laurence, 33, had been childless for the eight years of their marriage. Both have been working in the Social Security Administration at Tourion, Mediterranean home of the French Navy. She quit three months ago. Part of Christophe’s job is pay- 1 ing benefits to persons who have children. If all their children had I surived, the Chrisophe, who made about S2OO a month together, would have gotten another SBS a month from the government The only survivors of quintuplets in the world are the Diligentis in Argentina-three girls and two boys—and the four Dionne sisters in Canada H. Bert Keller Dies Wednesday Afternoon H. Bert Keller, 82, former Fort Wayne resident, died at 4:50 p. m. Wednesday at a Bluffton rest home. He had lived near Rich-mn-’d the past three and one-half * " He was a member of the v- Church of Christ, Ma-; - - 1-dge and Scottish Rite. Surviving are a son. Harry B. • Keller of Pleasant Hill, Calif.: a daughter, Mrs. Harley T. Shady, of near Richmond, wife of the Rev. Harley T. Shady, former Adams county minister; and a sister, Mrs. George Nulf of Fort Wayne. Services will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday at the ChalfantPerry funeral hoihe in Fort Wayne, the Rev. William L. Lauer officiating. Burial will be in Lindenwood cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m. today. Grass Roots Meeting Planned November 6-7 A grass roots meeting with all Interested farmers of the state will be held November 6-7 at Purdue university by the National Farmers Union to find out just what Hoosier farmers want in a new farm bill, Charles R. Johnson, of route 1 4, New Castle, said today. All farmers are urged to attend the meeting so that their ideas may be used in formulating a farm program that will accomplish what fanners want it to accomplish, Johnson said. Speakers at the meeting will include Claude Wickard. and Charles Brannon, former secretaries of agriculture, and Jim Patton, national president of the Farmers Union. Motortist Is Fined On Speeding Charge E Charles Richardson, 42, of Richmond, arrested several days ago for speeding on U. S. highway 27 north of Decatur, has appeared in justice of the peace court and was fined $1 and costs. Two other motorists arrested Tuesday Tor speeding on U. S. highway 33 In Pleasant Mills are slated to appear in J. P. court later. They are Hilton Miller of Willshire, 0., route one, and Robert N. Davis of South Bend. r*Assrv Divorce Cases Filed The case of Florence Strickler vs Harold E. Strickler was filed Tuesday, returnable Oct. 22. Hearing on a restraining order to prohibit the defendant from visiting his three minor children at their residence filed, hearing set for Oct 9. Defendant filed a motion to dismiss the restaining order, and filed for a restraining order against the plaintiff, charging she was not a fit person to care for the three minor children. Defendant’s motion will be heard at 9 a.m. Oct. 8. Virginia M. Ayala filed a divorce action against Joseph M. Ayala, and Nov. 2 is tfae date set for hearing. A divorce action has been filed by Norma C. Helm against James H. Helm. Complaint For Damages In the case of William Steffen vs Clifton Hart and Patricia Hart, on motion of the plaintiff, the court has ruled that the defendant must answer absolute within 10 days.

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