Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 283, Decatur, Adams County, 2 December 1957 — Page 2

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SANTA CLAUS TRAIN SATURDAY r •»• s««. jr ' rs , 'y3L i S£ -.-AmEy I ' ||||H s \ I > 11 DECATUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE and Erie railroad officials are pictured planning for the special Santa Claus trains, which will take approximately 2.000 children on a train ride Saturday to welcome Santa Claus. Shown here are, left to right: W. M. Bumgardner, Decatur Erie railroad agent; Robert Lane, chairman of the C. of C. retail division; Louis Jacobs, chairman of the Christmas promotions for the C. of C.. and R E. Townes. Erie passenger agent at Chicago, ■•Tickets for the three trains will be distributed by the participating merchants Tuesday, and persons who have made reservations for the trains are asked to obtain their tickets Tuesday.

Reelected By Church Assembly Meeting Is 34eldHere Sunday lirnoid Conrad was reelected pa&ideni of Zion. Lutheran church atf&ts .V«fors] ,pnnua\ afternoon the c®ch. Its'bohrd ot education repw*d that steps were being taken toSire a second teacher next fall, a Kw synodical affairs committee wfif established, and plans for the cdffing P.T.R. area mission were diMissed. Kiil Bienz was elected vice piftident. Edward Wolfe was aameiftjilder. Arnold Ostermeyer and Hri&y L. Bieberich were, elected

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as deacon for two years, and Harold August as deacon for a oneyear term. Raymond Bleeke will begin a three-year term as trustee. Charles Stuckey is the new | recording secretary. Don Burke was reelected treasurer. Ernest RekeWeg is the new financial secretary. Herman Krueckeberg will serve on the hoard of finance. Norman Witte and Fred Meier will serve on the board of parish education. Nofman Kruse and Donald Bieberich will audit this year’s books, and Carl Smith. Ed Bauer, and Chester Kleinknight wfßl act as next year’s nominating committee The newly established synodical affairs committee will consist of the congregation’s vice president and the presidents of all of the church's organizations. Each member will»receive mailings containing news of activities of the

Lutheran church-Missouri synod, and that member is to convey this information to his particular organization The local congregation will participate in the greater Fort Wayne area preaching, teaching, and reaching mission. A guest speaker, still to be assigned, will conduct special evening SGradces at the focal church Sunday through Thursday. Feb M 3. A huge area rally will be held at the Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne Sunday afternoon. Feb. 2. with the Rev. Oswald Hoffman. Lutheran • Hour speaker, preaching. The Rev. Edgar P. Schmidt conducted the opening and closing devotions. Arnold Conrad presided and Chester Kleinknight served as secretary. Roland Miller, chairman of the nominating committee, served as elections committee chairman.

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School Boards Hold Annual Convention Local School Men Attend Convention Justice Fred Hall, of the Kansas supreme court, in addressing the annual convention of the Indiana School boards association at the Claypool Hotel in Indianapolis, stated that events of the past two months have centered the attention of the American public on the public school system with more interest than at any other time. He stated that Russians have bragged that they will beat the United States and the free nations of the world in the cold war without "firing a shot, by beating you in the classroom." Justice Hall continued, "that Americans fail to realize the type of threat that Russia poses—not necessarily a military threat though an arms race, but an all-out, and so far successful, effort to sell an idealism through education.” “The brains that developed the sputnik were more of a shock to the West than the satellite itself," continued the one-time governor of Kansas who revamped and improved the state's whole educational system. "Education is no longer a luxury, b u J a vital link in tfe hatioa's defense." he said. Judge Hall ended with the note that the only way to iipprove the nation’s educational system is through the appropriation by the; states of more money. The address by Hall followed the banquet Saturday evening, one of the highlights of the convention attended by Jack Heller, secretary of the local schom board, and W. Guy Brown, superintendent of schools. Another interesting part of the convention was a two-hour group session attended by the local administrators. entitled "the school boards responsibility for what is taught in schools.” The subject was presented by Dr. J. Hartt Walsh, dean»of the college of edu-

cation at Butler University, and Dr. R. E. Michael, ©f Ball State Teachers College. The two education experts admitted that secondary school curriculum should be revised, and courses more up to date and up to par with the educational abilities of the present-day high school students added. They stated that due to great advances in every field, there is so much more for the children of today to learn to become good, stable citizens. It was brought out thfit while science and 1 an appreciation of scientists is def-1 initely necessary, it is still import-1 ant to have a well-rounded sched- 1 ule, for the primary purpose of secondary schools is to teach the developing adults to live in the world around them. - After the interdenominational services held Sunday morning, another group session was held, this one discussing the state formula for tuition support. While it was admitted that the state formula could be improved, it was the concensus that the most urgent need was more money from the state. While most states in the past ten years <the national average) have increased their share of money contributed to the total cost of education <not including capital outlay), Indiana has taken just the opposite trend. While the national average has increased from 30 per cent to 40 per cent, Indiana has reversed the trend and gone front 40 down to 30 per cent. After the noon luncheon, an address was given by Charles Henley, director of the special educa-1 tion division of the state department of public instruction on “the state program on special education." Hepley"’pointed out that 25 per cent of the children in the ’public schools could benefit from special education. These included •crippled children, children with health problems making them homebound, hearing, speech and visual problems, socially maladjusted children, mentally handicapped and mentally gifted students. He urged that before any special education program is started, the school make sure it is offering the right program and sufficient program to do the job needed. Henley stated that while a good special education is one of the finest things a school system i can have, none is better than a bad or insufficient one's Before the adjournment, the 'school board members were treated to a sample lesson via television, produced by the Purdue University television station. Televi- i Sion has been widely discussed as a possible solution to the present teacher shortage. g.'lt was generally agreed by the members present that', the school, curricula should be studied and revamped, the state, which wants so control its own educational pro- • ?ram. should offer more financial id and less impressive and independent lip service, and that the general public will have to shake off its apathy toward the educa- i tional system. The main concern { today of the general public is more ' toward the tax rate than the school ’ system. Better schools will be needed, more equipment to teach] advanced subjects, and higher salaries to teachers to keep them in the profession, if America is toi hold its place in the world as a leading power.

Boy Accidentally Wounded Saturday Curtis Roy Dean, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs Dovin Dean, of Wren, Ohio, suffered a wound in the right arm while on his way hunting Saturday. » Dean was walking along the ■ Highway in Wren, 0., a little head of an unidentified friend,; when the other boy's gun dis- j charged, and he was struck ig' the right arm by a .410 shotgun blast. i Dean was brought to the Adams county memorial hospital immediately, and doctors released him this afternoon following I treatment of the wound. The stated that a full recovery was expected.

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Speed Judging Al International Show Grand Champ Steer To Be Named Tues. I CHICAGO (UP> - Judges set Ito work today on an accelerated 'schedule at the International Live Stock Exposition to select the animals to wear the show's coveted symbol of supremacy—the blue ribbon. Sunday -was a day ot relative inactivity as 4-H youths turned the amphitheatre over to adults tor the showing of thousands of the nation's best fat cattle, hogs and sheep from which the grand champions will emerge Choice of the grand champion steer, king of the livestock world, will take place Tuesday in the show’s big arena in an atmosphere 'of tense excitement. The grand champion wether, i from among the best of the wool animals from this country and Canada, is slated to be named today. The hog judges will tap ehe show’s best in the swine department for the barrow title Wednes;day. A certain contender for the cattle crown was a 1,000-pound Hereford steer appropriately named “Honeymoon” which won the junior grand championship Saturday for his owney, Mrs. Sue L. i Secondino, 19, New Goshen, Ind., ■ farm wife. Mrs. Secondino became the first married woman to exhibit a grand champion steer at the giant show. Honeymoon wife shown by Mrs. Secondino because her husband, Pete, 23, is above the 20-year age limit for the junior show. During Sunday’s lull in livestock ■judging, winners were named in the collegiate cattle, hog and sheep judging and the hay and grain show, held in conjunction with the exposition Oklahoma State won first place in team judging in the three fat entry divisions. Carl Becker, 20. St. Elmo. 111., j was named the best individual Judge in all divisions. Becker, ■ representing the University of Illinois, also won the. top spot in his specialty, cattle judging. Two Canadians were top exhibitors in the hay and grain show. They were Mrs. John W. Lastiwka. Willingdon. Alba., who won the champion oats crown, and R.W. Hummel, Milk River, Alba , who took the champion barley title. » The Golden Seed Co.. Farwell, Tex., won the champion threshed , grain sorghum championship, and ■another Texas entry, Ralph Gary, ! Q'Connel, won the title for grain j 'ffeads/ i Another top winner in the junior show was Gerald Anderson, 15, Leland. IU., who showed the grand champion barrow, a 205 - pound Poland China named “Gerald’s Pride.”

State Traffic Toil Is 110ver Holiday Thanksgiving Toll Is Low In Indiana By UNITED PRESS At' least 11 persons were killed in Indiana traffic during the 102hour Thanksgiving weekend.- The total was less than for some normal” 54-hour weekends in recent months. A four-fatality crash near Spencer shot Indiana to near the i top of the 48 states Thanksgiving , Day. But it was the only multiple- ■ fatality accident of the l on fi h°li-j day, and no deaths were reported. Sunday. Four of the weekend’s victims were under five years of age and only two were over 27. A man was killed Wednesday night shortly after the weekend count began at 6 p.m. Six persons [ were killed Thanksgiving day A man was killed Friday and three persons Saturday. Evelyn Shaw. 20. Terre Haute, was killed Saturday night in a twocar crash at a Terre Haute intersection. Also on Saturday night William F. Marshall, 27, Montezuma, was killed in a two-car collision just south of U.S. 36 on Ind. 63 in Vermillion County. Elizabeth Dillon, 18. Roanoke. Va., drowned Saturday when a car plunged off a road into Geist Reservoir near Indianapolis. Miss Dillon was a WAC stationed at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Indiana Farmer Is Crushed By Tractor MULBERRY W — Services were held here today for Harry G. Davisph,'who waS crushed to death .Friday in a farm "tractor 4 accident near Attica.

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CHRISTMAS TREE ARRIVES ■ - / MWijl A HUGE CHRISTMAS TREE, from the state department of conservation, arrived in Decatur early this week, and has been trimmed, and erected in a sand-filled barrel on the court house square. The tree has been decorated by the city light department, and helps brighten the main street of Decatur.—(Staff Photo!

Articles Inform Public Os Services Os Lawyer

LEGALLY SPEAKING (This article is one in a series of 30 by the Adams county bar association presented as a public service by the Decatur Daily Democrat I to inform the public of the point out various problems services of the lawyer and to which might arise when competent legal advice is not obtained. These articles are not intended to answer individualproblems which require specific advice.) FINDERS KEEPERS Percy Amorie was a chimney sweep who lived a grimy eventful life in London, before George Washington was born. One day, however, he found a diamond ring in the street on his way home after sweeping the chimney of the Duke of Oldcastle’s palace and his name has plagued first year law students ever since. Chimney sweeps were poor and Percy felt that anyone who could a diamond ring the street wouldn’t care anyway, so he went straight to the shop of Delamire the jeweler. Delamire wasn’t in but Alec, his assistant was. Alec was a bright young man eager to get ahead, but he didn’t care how he did it. He took Percy’s ring into the back room to get a better look at it through his jeweler's glass and while he was there he did a good job on it with a chisel. When he brought the ring back he told Percy it was of little value and it wasn’t —the diamond was gone. Percy wasn't quite the sucker Alec thought he was though. He got a lawyer and sued Alec, and Delamire too. At the trial the jeweler and hjs apprentice said that Percy did not own the ring, he had

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DO YOU REMEMBER HOW HIGH DRYCLEANING PRICES WERE B. M. C.? (Before Myers Cleaners). THHY WERE CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN THEY ARE NOW. MYERS CLEANERS INTRODUCED LOW COST, HIGH QUALITY, PRODUCTION DRYCLEANING TO NORTHEASTERN INDIANA MANY YEARS AGO AND HAVE NEVER WAVERED FROM THAT BASIC PREMISE OF DOING BUSINESS’ GIVE THE PUBLIC THE BEST POSSIBLE SERVICE AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE COST, WE ARE STILL DOING BUSINESS THAT WAY AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE LOW PRICES! LADIES’ LADIES’ PLAIN DRESSES, PLAIN SKIRTS, SUITS & COATS BLOUSES & SWEATERS MEN’S MEN’S SUITS, TOPCOATS TROUSERS, SWEATERS & OVERCOATS & SPORT SHIRTS ftQtf ii z e '’ W PRESSED PRESSED z MEN’S HATS—CLEANED & BLOCKED SHIRTS LAUNDERED 20c EACH - CASH and CARRY MYERS CLEANERS Cor. Madison & Second Sts.

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found it and had no better right to it than themselves, or any one else, for that matter. But the judge decided that they would have to give tlje diatpond back to Percy because “the finder of a lost article has the right to held it against the whole world except the true owner.” The principal is as valid today in Indiana as it was in England, over 200 years ago, although there is more to it than that. For instance, judges find a difference between lost and mislaid property. Mislaid property is property which is deliberately placed somewhere, the owner afterward forgetting where he put it. Whereas lost property is property with which the owner casually and thoughtlessly parts company. A finder must leave mislaid property with the owner of the place where he found the article so that when the true owner finally remembers where he put it he can come back and get it. When the article is lost, though, the finder can take it, and do what he wants with it, with this restriction—he must make a reasonable attempt to find the true owner. If he fipds the owner he must give it* back. He has no right to reward, although he is entitled to be repaid for his expense in locating the owner. If the finder sells the article, he may be required to give the money to tlfe owner if he appears later even though he had tried hard to find him. But the principle remains—you can keep that S2O bill you found on the street corner the other day and the whole world can't take it from you, except the true owner. (The internal revenue department will probably want some of it for taxes, however.)