Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 20 January 1958 — Page 2

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Adams County Lady Is Hurt Al Convoy Mrs. Doris Jones Hurt In Accident ” Mrs. Dons Ann Jones, of route 6, was injured Friday in an accident' in which her car, stopped in the street to unload, was struck by another car in Convoy. O. Mrs. Jones stopped her car in the street to unload groceries at the home of a friend. A car driven by Carl Alton Girod. 17, of route 3. Van Wert, 0., failed to stop in time ,to avoid hitting the rear of the car. Mrs. Jones was unloading groceries at the time, and the im-

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pact drove the car forward, knocking the door of the car against a light pole, slamming the door, which struck Mrs. Jones and threw ht*r to the. ground. /She suffered injuries to her right ankle, cuts on the left leg. and was temporarily blinded from shock and a hip injury. The front end of the Girod car was damaged, and the left rear door of the Jones car was smashed. Mrs. Jones was cited for illegal parking, and Girod was arrested for failure to stop within the assured clear distance. Boy Killed During Archery Practice MADISON, Wis. HP — Daniel Alery, 12, was killed when his brother shot an arrow at him in archery practice in the basement of their home, according to authorities. - 4 Police said the oldqr youth, Thomas, 18. ajrow at a boiird Damel held m front of hisl chest Daniel dropped the board accidentally, and the arrow entered his' heart. 11 you have something to sen oi rooms for rent, try a Democrat *°nt Ad — iney bn rm results bring the FAMILY * This professional phar- j macy is dedicated to the service of your entire v household. Turn to us for all of your needs i'rf drugs and sundries. And, of I course, bring us your Doctor’s prescriptions! HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO.

One Man Killed In Fire At Logansport Business Building Is Swept By;Fire LOGANSPORT iffl — Charles Weger. 59, was burned to death and two firemen suffered minor injuries when fire swept a busi-ness-apartment building here early Stinday. A family of six was rescued from their third-floor apartment by fire department aerial ladders and another family of five escaped down a stairway. Authorities said the fire apparently started in Weger’s secondfloor apartment as he poured oil into a stove. Mrs. James Duncan, who sub-leased the apartment to Weger, said Weger suffered a broken arm in a stairs fall last month. She said he may not have been able to handle the heavy oil container with one arm and -may— have spilled roil on the hot stove. Mrs. Duncan said she w a s awakenedby Weger’s call’ for help. - She ‘4aid she saw Weger throwing “burning things” out of ftte window and wefit back to lead _nßr four children to safety down a stairway. 0 Tom Sherman. 17, was awakened by smoke at about the same time. He warned his father. Clarence, 54. who telephoned the fire department. Flames blocked the Sherman family’s escape down the stairs. Sherman, his wife, Quality Photo Finishings All Work Left Before 8:00 p. m. Monday Ready Wednesday at 10 a. m. Holthouse Drug Co.

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Dorothy, 51, and their children, Tdm; Louis, 16; Mary Ann, 14; and David, 11. were rescued when the firemen arrived with aerial ladders. Two members of the fire department sustained minor injuries during the three-hour fight to bring the bftUe under control. Harry Jones slipped on an icy . roof and sustained back and'neck injuries. Carl McPherson suffered . a cut hand from broken glass. An insurance adjuster* estimat- , ed damage to the building alone at "more than $30,000." The Thrifty Mac Store on the ground level suffered “considerable” damage to its clothing stock from smoke and water. Tife Duncan and Sherman families lost most of their personal and household belongings. Earthquakes, Tidal Waves Hit Ecuador At Least 14 Dead On Ecuador Coast GUAYAQUIL. Ecuador W — | Earthquakes and tidal waves ravj aged the coast of Ecuador SunI day, killing at least 14 persons i and destroying hundreds of i homes and other buildings. It was South America’s second | tragic wave of quakes in a week. ! following one that killed at least | 24 persons and left 1.500 homeless ; in the Peruvian city of Arequipa. In Ecuador, the damage was ‘ especially heavy in the provincial I port of Esmeraldas. where all of the known deaths occurred. Four I persons were officially listed as i missing in the coastal town, and 45 were injured. Nearly half of .the buildings in I Esmeraldas were leveled by the I combination of earthquake and tidal wave,, and a number of ves- | seis in the harbor werC Swamped. A 12-foot wall of water swept through Guayaquil and the near- ' by town of Las Palmas, causing i considerable damage but no rei ported casualties. A hotel and a ■ number of other buildings in Las i Palmas were destroyed, j Minor dafhage was reported in other coastal towns.

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Three Accidents In County On Weekend Two Men Injured , In Auto Accident ■ Three accidents were investigated by the sheriff’s department and state police over the weekend. ' A car driven my Jerry Lee Williamson. 18, route 6. Decatur, struck an auto, operated by 'lra Claude Monee, 51. of Van Wert, at 9:40 p. m. Saturday on county road 33, about one-half mile north of Monroe. The Monee cas stopped in the lane of traffic And the Williamson vehicle, unable to stop in time, struck it in the rear, causing $lO damage to the Monee car and S6O to his own. Two local persons were injured in a two-car collision west of Decatur on highway 224, near Magley. at 7 p. m. Saturday. A car, driven by Wilbur T. Miller, 42. of Willshire, 0., struck a three-quarter ton pickup truck operated by Dale E. Fruechte, 29. of route 2, Magley. as Fruechte was attempting to turn off the highway into a private driveway. 3 Miller Was pinned in his wrecked auto z for over ‘3O minutes while members of the sheriff's department and .passers-by helped to extract him from the car. The dashboard of the car had to be jacked up to remove him from the car. taken to the hospital suffering from deep lacerations to his left heel and- hand, right knee and head. He also suffered chest injuries. He is reported in fairly good condition at the hospital at the present tiitfe. Fruechte taken to the hospital and was treated for injuries to the back of his head. He was kept overnight for observation and was released Sunday morning. - ' Damage was estimated at SSO to the Fruechte truck and the Miller vehicle was a total loss. Trooper Al Coppes and' deputy Charles Arnold investigated. About $1,500 damage resulted from an accident on highway 27 two miles south of Decatur Saturday afternoon involving cars driven by Gerald M. Kohne. 21, of Decatur, arid Betty J. Grafton, 21, of route 4. Mrs. Grafton had stopped inthe highway for a l,eft turn into her driveway, and Kohne, a Decatur Democrat reporter on his wdy to the county tourney, did not see her turn signal in time to stop. When he applied his brakes, he slid sideways into the car. The Kohne auto suffered about $1,006 damages to the left rear side. Damage estimated at SSOO occurred to the rear of the Grafton vehicle. Kohne will appear at 4:30 p. in. today on a charge of failure to yield the right of way. and Mrs. j Grafton was also arrested for ; driving without a valid operator’s ! license—State police officer Gene . Rash made the investigation. Donations Made To Van Wert Hospital Contributions towards a fourth j floor to the new addition to the J. Van—Wert,—CL, county hospital : have passed the 35 per cent mark 1 toward the goal of $244,500. This will raise the capacity from 63 to 106 beds.

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Buys Health Bond Help Fight TB 1 ? /[in:!to 0 J11E& [* Buy Christmas Seals * £ Knights of Columbus have voted purchase of a ■ $lO health e bond, officials of the Christmas seal campaign in Adams county a announced today. AU proceeds from the annual Christmas seal v - sale arp used in the fight on tubn evculosis and to provide clinic? and otherwise carry on the fight e against the “white plague/’ * " ~ “ | Four Persons Lose State Jobs Today r • Brown County GOP i Change Costs Jobs £ INDIANAPOLIS HP — Four perj sons lost their state jobs today in n the wake of a Brown County Re- ? i publican Central Committee election in which the GOP state chair- - man’s choice was defeated nearly > 3tol ■» Miss Daisy Holmes was fired as 3 Brown County auto license branch e manager.—— - a Three state highway department i inspectors ousted within - hours of the election of Dorris - Fleetwood as Brown County GOP . chairman instead of Orville J. Mas lan, who had the support of State - Chairman Robert Matthews. Fleett wood won 14 to 5. County Republican leaders - charged last Friday,'on the eve of s j the county reorganization meeting. M that Matthews'""threatened to fire 1 local persons from state jobs if ' j*Fleetwood were elected. Today, Miss Holmes was succeeded as licepse office manager by Leonard Welsh of Nashville. ; Charles Roller, who works in the Columbus highway district; , Glen Howe, with the Bloomington f district, and Stanley' Smith of the _ j Seymour district were discharged j Sunday by Fritz Ryan, state highway personnel director. Ryan, w’ho is Monroe County GOP chairman, made no bones about the ria son he fired Roller. 5 Smith and/ Howe. Roller and _ Smith were precinct committees men who participated in the elec--1 tion at-which Malan was defeated, j “Bob Matthews ordered them > taken off,'' Ryan said. He said he ; had no further comment. 1 Matthews' office reported he t had gone to Florida on a week’s t vacation and was unavailable for : 1 comment. The change in the license branch _was revealed by State >yMotor Vehicles Commissioner • Robert McMahan • —— County-Wide Farmers Meeting Next Monday A county-wide adult and youpg farmers meeting is planned for Monday night. Jan. 27. in the Ad--1 ams Central school library at 7:30 ■ p.m. I ; Dr. Cohee- agronomist, who has : ; been working in the fertilizer field 1 for the past 15'years,, will be the > speaker, All young adult farmers I are invited to attend.

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