Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 236, Decatur, Adams County, 7 October 1957 — Page 2

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Early County History Is Detailed In Letter

Much early history of French and Hartford townships was contained in a letter received recently by Bryce. Thomas, president of the Adams county historical society, from Miss Fancy Mae Reynolds, a school teacher now located near Wheelin, W. Va. The letter follows t “Dear Mr. Thomas: I noticed by the Berne Witness that you are organizing an Adams county historical society in which I am very much ineterested—because my mother’s great - grandfather. Joseph French, for whom the township was named according to the early historical records of Adams county in the Decatur library, was the first white settler of the southern part of French township along the Wabash river. “According to family history Joseph French came to that area before 1827 and bought almost all the land from the Wells county line to LJnn Grove along the Wabash river from the government." (As was customary in those days, Joseph French, according to records in the county recorder’s office. did not enter his land at the federal land office until 183538. during which period he entered nearly 1,000 acres * “While he was building a log cabin he slept in a hollow log to protect himself against bears and other wild animals. My mother, who is 85 years old and lives on road 116 in French township, tells me that after he had his house completed he rode horseback back to Madison county. New York, and brought almost all his children and their families along with some other families such as the Morrows of Bluffton, Haugh-

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tons, Sheldons, and Dunbars, to live in that area. “One of these daughters wa/ the mother of L. L. Dunbar (deceased* for whom the Dunbar factory was named. “I do not know the exact date that they came to Adams county —but if you are interested you could find it In the records of Adams county when the land west of the Wabash river was purchased from the government. “I do know that the French family lived there before 1827 because I have an old newspaper, "The Madison Observer” (N. Y.) which published a list of. unclaimed letters and one letter was for George French, who was living here with his family in French township at that time. z “George French was the ancestor /of many of the Runyons — hoA.,lgr, one of his brothers or nephews was the ancestor of Mrs. Verl Meshberger, owner of the Meshberger stone quarries. ' “An interesting item in this newspaper is the death of Adams and Jefferson. “Another unusual event which occurred was the birth of the first white child —a Mrs. Hall, mother of Chester Hall (deceased * of Hartford township when the Wabash river flooded their house. She was born in a boat in the old orchard of our home farm. Mrs. Chester Hall, of Hartford township, may give you “leads” on this. "Near that farm is the oldest cemetery in French township where all these early settlers are buried. “Mrs. Ervin Lochner and some DAR ladies from New Haven

came to check “markers’’ In the cemetery in late August. This cemetery has markers dated 1842 and some unmarked graves which were buried earlier. This cemetery has been used but once since 1900. “This cemetery was deeded to French township. The only care it gets is a meager amount from the township. “I noticed in one of the old histories of Adams county in the Decatur library, about 25 years ago where the first French township election was conducted at the homes of my great uncles and cousins. 1 asked my mother about it, and she says it was at the Elroy Stauffer and Frank Myers (Risley farm* in French township. I believe that history was written by a Snow at Geneva — because he was one of the early educators and pioneers. “My mother tells me that her older brothers, who would be over 100 years old, used to carry the mail to Murray and in the winter they carried it by skating on the Wabash river from Linn Grove. “My mother's father was the first Linn Grove postmaster—but the post office was known as Buena Vista and it was located on the farm in the house where I &M electric substation on the road 118 near Linn Grove is now. “Some years later another French, who was of no kin to Joseph French; a few Swiss French families which included the Michauds of Berne, Schafters. Merrilets and others; and some Virginians such as the Reynolds families and Brickers settled in that area. “Minerva Shoemaker, about 10 years ago the oldest person in the southern part of the county, and mother of Mrs. Farlow of Geneva, was the last surviving granddaughter of Joseph French. The Farlows may have some historical records. —— "One day there was an old mill race, quarries in the river, and I’m told an old Indian burial place near the island in the river on the Tonner farm — owned in early days by George French and the Runyons. “My mother tells me that the road was along the river instead of where Road 118 is located now. “There are many legends concerning the settlement of French township cm the west side of the river that lam unableto tell at this time due to space. “I thougnt mat I’d write this letter since I notice that the society wished any material concerning the pioneer days of Adams county. “We do have some relics of these early pioneers — as my mother has a half-penny which

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was left in the poet office when it moved to Linn Grove. “Andrew Gottschalk, a few years before he died, gave some history of the town of Linn Grove and mentioned Elihugh Sheldon, my grandfather, as being the first poatmaster. in the Berne Witness. If you could get that issue from the Witness you may be able to get some history of Linn Grove since there are very few people around who would know much about its history. “Homer Neaderhouser or his sister at Berne may know something of the early history of Linn Grove. “I am wondering whether I would be eligible to become -a member of your society. Os course I’ve been away from home teaching—and would be unable to attend meetings—since I’m located near Wheeling, W. Va., during the school year. 1 d mce to become a member.” Stolen Berne Auto Found In Kentucky Youth Is Arrested For Vehicle Theft A car stolen from Berne Friday night has been recovered near Paris, Ky., according to word received here from Kentucky state police. Kentucky officials said that they have arrested William Manor, 18, of Elizabeth, Pa., in connection with the vehicle theft. Details of his capture are not known but it is understood that the Pennsylvania youth is toeing held in Kentucky. Meanwhile, local authorities have recovered a car apparently stolen by Manor in Elizabeth and abandoned in a woods about onefourth of a mile east of Berne. The car, which bore no license plates, was discovered early Sunday morning by Adams county conservation officer Jack Hurst. Manor apparently left that car and then stole the one from the used car lot of the Berne Oil company to continue his flight. Local authorities are continuing the investigation. Fire Drill Wednesday In Schools Os Area FORT WAYNE — For the 12th year, schools in the tri-state area of Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio, will participate in a fire drill conducted by radio station WOWO at 9:45 a.rh. Wednesday. This three state school evacuation is conducted annually by WOWO to help the local schools promote their fire prevention programs during the annual nation-wide fire prevention week. A 15-minute program originating from the principal’s office of the Maplewood school in suburban Fort Wayne will feature short fire prevention talks by Fort Wayne fire department officials, and school officials from the public, Catholic, and Lutheran schools. Wabash Policeman Is Heart Attack Victim WABASH W» — Sgt. Robert Cox. 38. a Wabash city policeman, died of a heart attack Sunday night at the scene of a train-car accident a block and a half from the police station. Cox was driving to work when he came to the crossing where a car had been struck by a Wabash Railroad freight train. He stepped from his car to investigate and collapsed. Fred Curry, 89, Tipton, driver of the auto hit by the train, escaped injury. ANNUAL (Continued from Page One) Much enthusiasm was shown at the meeting, and the large organization expects to contact almost everyone the first day of the campaign. The rest of the week will be spent collecting pledges. -_.a

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Bluffton Guard Unit Receives Citation High Proficiency In Summer Maneuvers Bluffton’s battery C of the Indiana national guard has received the Ben H. Watt trophy and citation for showing the highest degree of proficiency of any unit of the 38th Indiana infantry division during summer maneuvers. Capt. Cecil Lockwood Jr., battery commander, was notified of the award following the division's association meeting at Indianapolis Sept.- 28. The citation read that battery C, 138th anti-aircraft artillery (automatic weapons) battalion (self propelled), “distinguished itself by, attaining a permormance index of 86.69, highest in the 38th infrantry division, during field training Aug. 3-17 at Camp Claybanks, Mich. “The outstanding record of battery C, 138th AAA battalion, established during the 1957 field training period, reflects great credit on the 38th infantry divisions and is worthy of emulation." Adams county residents who are members of the unit include: M/Sgt. Otto Fuhrman, Jr.; SFC Ervin Ewell, SFC Donald K. Flowers k Sgt. Aroo C. Girod,. Sp 3. Dale W. Fosnaugh. Sp 3 John C. Geels, Sp 3 Roger F. Hawkins, Pfc DeWayne L. Beer. Pfc Loren L. Ellenberger, Pfc. Robert E. Fosnaugh, Pfc. David E. Smith, Pfc Donald D. Bailey, and privates James L. Baumgartner, Robert E. Durbin, Gpry R. Girod, Richard L. Hirschy. Daniel Mendoza, Terry L. Shoaf. Marvin Zurcher, Frederick L. Fox, Vernon Barber Garber, Robert L. Reinhard, Robert D. Steury and Roger L. Haines. HELLER (Continued from Page One) 423; Ford, 336,899; Rockefellers, $152,864; Mellons, $100,000; Polins, $53,550; Pews, $216,800; Vanderbilts, $54,800; and Whitneys, $121,450. To offset this, Mrs. Vizard pointed out, “each person who sincerely believes that America needs a two-party system, is asked to give $1 to the present campaign. This will insure a campaign fund for the little candidates to use against the candidates of big business and the vested interests,” she said. BURDETTE Braves Rip Baek * But the Braves — who have to read those “choke-up” stories every time they lose a game—ripped rigtit back. Tommy Byrne gave them the opening when he hit pinch-hitter Nippy Jones and the Braves suddenly were in business because the next two hitters were Red Schoendienst and Johnny Logan. Os all the Braves, these are the two most versatile players — the sort that abound on the Yankee squad. Haney, of course, was bunting and Schoendienst laid it down like the book says it should be. , Then came the scrappy little Logan and he showed ’em why he’s known as a clutch player with a solid double into the left field corner that tied it up. Now the Yankees had their backs to the wall and Stengel had to play for defense all the way to stop the run. He moved Kubek to center, took out Mantle, and inserted 41-year-old Enos Slaughter in left field. Mathews didn’t make a hit in the first three games, but he had rapped a solid double in the fourth inning and he put a 2-2 pitch into the right field bleachers that turned County Stadium and perhaps all Milwaukee into a bedlam of noise. It was the big hit of a big ball game and it could just be that it was the one that put the Braves on the glory road.

SALE CALENDAR OCT. 7—6:30 p. m. Viola Scheiderer, owner. 218 S. First St.. Decatur, Ind. Furniture auction. Gerald Strickler, D. S. Blair —• auctioneers. C. W. Kent, sale mgr. OCT. 7—10:30 a.m. Mrs. Melvin Scheumann, owner. 9 miles north ot Decatur on U. S. 27, Ist farm west. Cattle, tractor, implements, etc. Ellenberger Bros., auctioneers OCT. 10—6:00 p m. Henry B. Heller. Admr. Estate of Jennie G. Archbold, 603 North sth St., Decatur. 7 room house. Roy & Ned Johnson and Peter Schwartz, Aucts. OCT. 12—Mi & Mrs. Clarence L. Davis, 3 miles north of Linn Grove, Ind., or 4 miles west of Berne, Ind., then 2 miles north. Well Improved 80 Farm. 1:30 P. M. Midwest Realty Auction Co., J. F. Sanmann, Auctioneer. OCT. 12—2:00 p. m. Violet Smith, Executrix Estate of Win. E. Clouse, 227 South 7th street, Decatur. Modern 3 bedroom home. Roy & Ned Johnson, Aucts. OCT. 16—Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Turco & Sons. East of Brookville, Ind. on Highway 52 across river bridge to first right turn, then 3Mi miles to the farm. (Follow signs) Turco & Sons Orchards—lo 4 acre Fruit Farm. 1:30 p. rm Midwest Realty Auction Co., J. F. Sanmann, Auctioneer. OCT. 16—12:30 p. m. (EST). Earl Moser, north edge of Wren, Ohio on Ohio road 49. 100 head of Holsteins and Guernseys. Roy & Ned Johnson and Don Mox, aucts. OCT. 16—11:00 a. m. CST. Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Crowe, owners. Location, Montpelier Sale Bam, Montpelier, Ind. 150 head of Hereford Cattle. Ray Elliott, Auctioneer. OCT. 17—10:30 a. m. CST. Manifold and White, owners. Located 1 mile north and IM mile west of Geneva, Ind. Dairy Cattle and General Farm Sale. Ray Elliott, Auctioneer. *' OCT. 17—6:30 p. m: Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon L. Egley, owners. 915 W. Marshall St., Decatur, Ind. Real estate and personal property. Gerald Strickler, D, S. Blair, auctioneers. C. W. Kent, sale mgr. OCT. 18—7:30 p. m. Fred and Donald Bohnkc, owners. 3M miles east of Hoagland. Bohnke’s 4th Annual Chester White Boar and Gilt Sale. H. Earl Wright, auctioneer. OCT, 19—10:30 a. m. Ervin R. Schwartz, executor Martha Reinhard estate. 64 miles west of Coppess Corner on St. Rd. 124. 101-Acrc farm and personal property. Ellenberger Bros.. Herman Strawn, auctioneers.

BRAVES EKE OUT 7-to-5 WIN OVER YANKS 4W 'xSmMT S ’ • -.'V. ■' 9 '" . ' ‘ r . _ * •’ * HANK AARON of the Milwaukee Braves is forced at second base in the second inning on Covington s - grounder to McDougald, whose relay to Coleman registered the out, as umpire Jocko Conlan calls the play. A capacity crowd witnessed one of the moat exciting games in World Series history, when the Yankees tied the score in the ninth inning on a three-run homer by Elston Howard, went ahead 5-to-4 in the tenth, only to lose the game in the last half of the tenth by virtue of a score tying run by the Braves followed by Eddie Matthews' two-run homer. The win knotted the scries at two apiece. .

Driver Unhurt As Train Hits Truck Fined For Failure To Observe Signal Claude J, Dennison. 42, of Monroe route one, escaped injury when his truck was hit by a train at the Monroe street crossing of the Pennsylvania railroad Saturday afternoon. ~~~ According to the police report, Dennison proceeded across the tracks against the flasher signals and the truck was hit on the right side. Damage to the truck was estimated at $350. L. R. McDowell, of Decatur, was the engineer of the train and J. J. Bowling, of Fort Wayne, was the conductor. Dennison, who was arrested on a charge of crossing a railroad against the flashers, appeared in city court this morning and was fined $1 and costs. Also in city court today was Glen Dague, 26, of Decatur route six, who was arrested on charges of reckless driving and driving without a license following a minor accident in Geneva Friday night. He was fined $1 and costs on the first count, $25 on the second count and given a six months suspended sentence. Larry Allen Imel, 19, of For| Wayne, arrested Tuesday following an accident at the corner of First and Monroe streets, was to appear in city court today to answer a charge of driving a truck without registration plates. His case has been continued to next Monday. Monroe Lions Hosts To Junior Leaders The Adams county junior leaders will be the guests of the Monroe Lions club Tuesday night in the annual appreciation banquet. Kelso Wessel, an IFYE exchange student who visited in South America. will speak on his trip to that area. The dinner will be held in the Co-op building in Monroe, and will be a regular meeting for Lions. Hit-Run Accident Reported To Police A hit and run accident was reported to city police Sunday by Donald Eugene Strickler of Decatur. Strickler told police that his car was hit while it was parked in the alley at the rear of the Equity store. There was no, estimate on the damage.

Traffic Violation Charged To Driver Floyd M. Joliff, 29, of Albany, arrested Friday at the intersection of U. S. highway 27 and state highway 124 for passing at an intersection, is scheduled to appear in justice of the peace court in the near future. FOUR (Continued from Pa« One) dieted the four last May after newspapers unearthed irregularities during Smith’s term as head of a multi-million dollar highway spending program that involved quick profits on land and equipment deals in various parts of Indiana. Draw Big Venire Other indictments accused Smith and Indianapolis “Gio" salesman Arthur J. Mogilner with bribery, and Austin house-mover Marvin Preble with filing a false claim for work that was not done. A panel of 300 persons was chosen from which Prosecutor G. Tinder and defense attorneys were to agree on a jury to hear the conspiracy charges before Special Judge Walter Pritchard. Both sides agreed another panel would be drawn if the jury could not be chosen from the original list. The state sought to prove the four defendants conspired to embezzle public money by producing a mysterious “Dean Burton” as a go-between to buy two lots which eventually were resold to the state at a profit of $22,800. Mrs. Robert Quinlan and Mrs. John Acker said they sold their tots for a total of $2,500 to “Burton” whom they never saw. “Burton” then sold to Peak for $3,000, the records show, and Peak resold the lots in his parents’ name to the Highway Department for $25,800. Tinder sought to prove that "Burton” was actually Teverbaugh. ~ After the scandals broke, Peak returned the $22,800 profit to the

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Public Auction - THREE BEDROOM MODERN HOME - The undersigned Executrix will sell the following described Real Estate on the premises located at 227 South Seventh Street, Decatur Indiana (the first house 'North of Harman Market) on SATURDAY; OCTOBER 12,1957 Two P. M. (DST) MODERN THREE BEDROOM HOME Good one and ohe-half story frame house with Lifetime Asbestos Shingle Roof and Lifetime Aluminum Siding. Living Room 134 by 26 with open Stairway. Dining Room 11 jjy 15. Sewing Room sby 74 Complete Bath room by 7M- Kitchen 14 by 15 with ample built in cupboards. Pantry 5< by 7%. Enclosed Back Porch 7by 74. Upstairs Bedrooms 13 by 13**, 11 by 15, and 11 by 134. all with closets Hardwood Floors throughout. Venetian Blinds. Storm Windows and Screens. Full Basement with Coal Furnace. Water Heater Cistern Wired for Electric Stove. Good Frame Garage 14 by 18 with Concrete Driveway Runners with entry off Seventh Street. ' Hard Surface Alky. House is in good state of repair. Nice Lawn, shade trees and fruit trees. House is open for inspection at your convenience Inspection can be made any time by phoning Ned C. Johnson, 3-2796 for appointment. TERMS & CONDITIONS—One-third cash down and balance cash on delivery of Executrix Deed & Merchantable Abstract of Title brought down to date of sale. Immediate Possession (house is not occupied > Statements made on day of sale shall taken precedence over anv contained herein. Not Resonsiblc for Accidents. VIOLET SMITH, Executrix Estate of Wm. E. Clouse Roy S. Johnson - David Macklin, Attorney Ned C. Johnson — Auctioneers 2 7 10

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state. , . . ....■• Marion County grand juries returned a total of 31 charges against six persons since the scandal stories began unfolding last April 11. Report Hits Craig In a second grand jury report. Mogilner was accused of giving Smith $41,000 to influence award- , ing of more than a million dollars worth of equipment contracts. This report also held Craig “morally if not legally responsible” for the “misconducts” of highway officials he appointed. * ' - ; • • ■ Craig, in an appearance before the grand jury, blasted newspapers for using “witchhunt” tactics, and denied he could be expected to know of the scandals while he was in office from 1953 to 1957. The scandals took a national spotlight last summer when a Senate subcommittee sent investigators to Indiana, then held hearings in Washington during which the four on trial today repeatedly took the Fifth Amendment. Also summoned to the Washington hearings were top officers of the Carpenters Union who allegedly made “quickie" profits on land sales for the Tri-State high- }> way in Gary. A grand jury in Lake County, scene of those deals, declined to indict on grounds the actual transactions occurred in Indianapolis and it had no jurisdiction.

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