Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 60, Decatur, Adams County, 12 March 1958 — Page 6

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Vandalism Case At High School Solved Hold Teen-Agers In School Vandalism INDIANAPOLIS — (IF — Five boys and two men were held and three others were sought today in a burglary and vandalism at North Central High School which caused SIO,OOO damage and “sefmtd like fun at the time" to one of the youths. Marion County Sheriff Robert A. O’Neal attributed a break in the case, investigated since Monday morning, to "good newspaper j publicity” which brought a flurry of confidential tops to authorities. | None of the group arrested ever • attended North Central. Investi- j gators said they apparently broke in with intent to rob and redded i to wreck the school on the spur of the moment. Arrested and charged with bur- j glary were John M. Hughes, 17, Perry W. Hoover Jr., 16. Clarence! Jones, 17, and Denver B. Case.j 18. Held as accessories were j Arthur E. Williams. 46. operator! of a malt shop; Harold Jones, 21, and Paul Goode, 18. Those charged as accessories) were not accused of actually participating in the break-in and vandalism but were suspected es handling some of the loot, authorities. said. North Central, a new five million dollar school was raided Sunday night. The vandals left so much debris from broken fixtures it had to be shoveled out and school was dismissed for a day. A tip gave authorities the lead they needed Monday, Within hours the six were rounded up and O'Neal said Hoover. Hughes and Jones had confessed' the- vandal- j ism and thefts orally. "It was just a crazy idea,” Hughes was-Tjuoted as saying. The boys used fire axes to cause most of the destruction. “We had the axes and just couldn't stop," Hoover told authorities. The three boys also admitted another act of vandalism, O’Neal said, at Westlane Junior High School March 2. O’Neal said none of the boys was in school or employed. “They told us they couldn’t find jobs,” O’Neal said. The thfee held as accessories either helped dispose of the lopt or "had knowledge of the crimed’ O'Neal said * , Saturday Deadline On 4-H Enrollment A reminder was issued to 4-H members and leaders that Saturday, is the deadline for turning 4-H enrollment into the county extension office. As established by the 4-H leaders, all 4-H enrollment and 4-H junior leader enrollment must be in by March 15, reports Leo N. Seltenright, county agricultural agent.

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Rejects Attempt To Block Consolidation * INDIANAPOLIS (IP — The Indiana Supreme Court has thrown out a new attempt to block consolidation of North Manchester and Chester Twp. schools in Wabash Coun- j ty- ... . The court denied a petition for j I' transfer of the case from the Ap-, , pellate Court to the state s highest j | appeals court. On Dec. 18, 1957, the j I Appellate Court affirmed a ruling j I in Wabash Circuit Court that the | schools should be consolidated. Sunny Weather Is Welcomed InState . Forecast Q f Fair Issued For State By UNITED PRESS Sunny skies ended a week or i | more of cloudy and sometimes | | showery weather in Indiana today. J A forecast of fair was issued for | 1 today, tonight and Thursday over ; ; most of the state, with clouds returning and possibly some rain on I Friday. ) A bit of a warmup in tempera- ! tures was due. but the outlook was not rosy for springlike warmth. The five-day outlook for the period ending next Monday called for near or a little below normal temperatures on the average, with little change until a “slight rising trehd Friday or Saturday." Temperatures hit highs ranging from 35 at South Bend to 40 at j j Indianapolis Tuesday, them drop- j ped to chilly lows ranging trom 20 at South Bend to 26 at Evansville j this morning. Highs today will range from the I upper 30s .north ttf the low 40s | south, lows tonight in the 20s again, and highs Thursday from 40 to 48. The outlook said the north portion of the state will get precipitation averaging .10 to .50 of an inch in the next five days and .50 to an inch for the north portion, coming in the south as rain and in the north as rain or snow Friday or Saturday and possibly again Moni day " Authorize $300,000 For New State Cars INDIANAPOLIS Itfl — The Indiana Sta.te Highway Department had approval of the State Finance ; Board today to take $300,000 from the state general fund to buy 203 new cars and station wagons. Highway officials announced earlier they would buy 50 station, wagons. -50 low-priced autos and, ] three medium-priced cars. The! ■ three fully-equipped cars, corn-: • I plete With rear-seat radio speak- j ters and windshield washers, arej I i highway commissioners. The Finance Board authorized transfer of $300,000 from, the gen- j . oral fund, they money to be rej imbursed through sale of old cars.

Foreign Aid Chiefs Admit To Mistakes ) Formal Answers To List Os Criticism | WASHINGTON 'UP> — Foreign ! aid chiefs admitted today they I once sent an electronic microi scope to a recipient who had no electricity to run it. It worked out all right through. They just built a power plant to furnish the current. At the same time they told Congress they did not either use foreign aid funds to: —Conduct a Kinsey-type survey of sex habits in India. —Build roads in Iran to nowhere. —Furnish collapsible toothpaste tubes in Cambodia. —Build a village in Italy in ; which no one wanted to live. ,'The village, thev said, is “definitely inhabited.") Funny At First Glance Moreover, the officials said, there was a very good reason for doing some of the other things they did and for which they’ve i been criticized. . ' —For instance they: —Put $48,000,000 into a sort of retirement program for 80,000 of Chinese Nationalist Chief Chiang Kai-shek's over-age soldiers so younger men could take their places. But they said this wasn't for pensions no matter what has been alleged. —Built bathrooms on small lots in Manila, hoping that the Filipinos would build houses around them. Although the plan didn’t ! catch on. the Philippine governj ment liiter made good use of the plumbing. It build the houses around them itself for minimum rent occupancy. —Made a survey of the reproduction of a Latin-American flower “which could reasonably be mistaken as ornamental" because .it also is useful as a hemp and ) burlap substitute, j The denials, explanations and ! rebuttals were contained in a vol,!ome formally answering a list of 85 questions aficTcnticisrns of the | foreign aid program. The list ! was drawn up by the House For- | eign Affairs Committee and sub- ; mitted to the International Coopij eration Ad ministration. Uuse Delayed The ICA acknowledged it sent two electronic to the | Philippines and that use of one ! —at the University of the Philip- ) i pines at Los Banos — was decayed because of a lack of power. ’ i When the anticipated power j j source failed to deliver, the ICA 1 said the United States helped the juniversitv build its own generat]ing plant and now there's plenty jof power for the micoscope and j other needs too. Earlier, in oral testimony, ICA j answered some of the 85 charges including claims it sent ice boxes ;to Eskimos 'not true'; provided j striped pants for Greek under- | takers ' another falsehood —it was ; shoes for Greek soldiers >: and 'built public baths for Egyptian i camel drivers < a half truth—the I baths were Tor everybody, to help I stamp out hookworm).

THE DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, DECATUR, INDIANA

John A. Hillenbrand Dies At Batesville I . ■ i f t . • _ • vr*’*} BATESVILLE W — John A. Hil- j i ienbrand, 84, a former president of the Purdue University board of trustees, died at his home Tuesday. Hillenbrand was chairman of the board of Hillenbrand Industries which include the American Furniture Co. and Batesville Casket Co. He was a trustee from 1913 to 1946 and received a distinguished alumni award from Purdue in 1933 He was president of the board for 214 years. In 1947 he received an honorary doctor of laws degree at the university. Jobless Pay Claims Decrease In State Many Doubt Decline Has Significance INDIANAPOLIS — (W — Observers wondered today if the first “normal” decline in Indiana unemployment enefit claims since last October was the beginning of a trend. Most of them doubted that a decline of about 1,200 in claims beI tween the week ending March 1 and the week ending March 8 was ; significant. The total of 107.547 claims was about one, per cent under the pre- ; ceding week. ’ The net reduction came about because claims from persons newly out of work dropped from 15,715 to 12,288. Claims frpm per- . j sons out of work a week or more , | were up from 93,050 to 95,259. On the surface it appeared the 1 layoff trend was slowing down. ’! But persons familiar with the sit- , j uation indicated that the claims ; | load might have risen again ex- |! cept for the possiility many longidle workers had exhausted their I I benefits and were no longer eligi- .; ble to draw weekly checks. d— ......, «—-- Greensburg Church Damaged By Vandals GREENSBURG — HR — Police today sought vandals who caused alt estimated S2OO to S3OO damage to a new addition to the Greensb'drg Presybterian Church. Blue ; ) and brown paint was smeared on ; thtr interior’of the building Mon- | day night. . ' I Sales Agency Safe Cracked At Goshen GOSHEN — OP) A Safe in the j I. A. Miller Goshen, Inc., Chevro-! j let sales agency was cracked j early today and S2OO to S3OO in I small bills stolen. ; Burglars knocked the combinaj tion off the safe. They left silver ; scattered on the floor and pried ! | open and robbed a cigarette vendI I ing machine. ' ! , ' Trade in a good town — Decatur

Logansport Power Service Disrupted Bird Handed Blame For Short Circuit LOGANSPORT W — Electricity was disrupted on Logansport’s north and west sides today for an hour and a half because of a short circuit blamed on a bird or small animal. An area containing about onesixth of the homes in this city of 20.000 population and 14 factories and the Logansport State Hospital for mental patients was affected. The trouble occurred on a Northern Indiana Public Service Co. power line at a point along the Eel River. Municipal Electric plant Supt. Robert Price said a bird or a small animal probably caused the short, which set a cable afire and exploded two cirj cuit breakers. One of the 14 factories affected by the disruption shut down production until afternoon; The power went off about 7:40 a. m. CST. i It was restored about half an i hour later but was cut again at | 9:15 for an hour while the dam- | aged cable was repaired. ! Rural power patrons as far ) away as Lake Cicott, eight miles west of Logansport. also lost j service. I Supplemental Money ; i _ Bill Passes Senate Returns To House For Concurrence WASHINGTON — itPI — The Senate approved a $2,869,526,616 ] supplemental money bill Tuesday jliighf to finance various government activities for the remainder j of the current fiscal year. The measure, which now goes ; back to the House for action on Senate amendments, also would I authorize the Agriculture Departrment to commit an extra 250 mil- | lion dollars this year to handle a flood of soil bank applications. It j was passed by voice vote. The Senate, following the advice jof its Appropriations Committee, ' likewise restored $2,804,000 for the U.S. exhibit at the Brussels Inter* ; national Trade Fair. The House had knocked the item out of the measure. However, the Senate rejected a j move to increase cotton acreage allotments by 30 per cent. Tt also j refused to suspend its rules to ! permit a vote on a proposal to block Agriculture Secretary Ezra |T. Benson’s plan to slash dairy price supports. __ But the debate indicated that ; many of the senators who opposed " the rules suspensiofT'would faVor | freezing dairy supports at present (levels when the issue is brought before the chamber as the regu■i lar order of business.

Urge C. C. Captains | Follow Up Contacts Co-chairmen Dale Morrissey and Dr. R. E. Allison, of the Chamber of Commerce membership drive, again urged the team captains and their workers to follow up their assigned contacts as well as any personal contacts to make the 1958 membership drive a complete success. Team captain E. E. Rydell reported that worker Everett Hutker sold $25 memberships to Herman Moeljering, Adams county surveyor, and Walter W. Koos, Adams county assessor. Captain Art Burris reported a $25 membership sold to Harland O. Burgett of the Win-Rae Drive-In by workers James Basham and Chalmer Bollenbacher. T. C. Smith and Ivan Heare of Burris’ team, sold a membership to the Arnold Lumber Co. Two other Burris workers, Jim Hunter and Bob Yost, reported a membership sold to Dr. A. H. Girod. Captain Francis Wertzberger’s worker. Virgil Krick, reported a $25 membership sold to Clarence Weber of the Black funeral home. Western Big Three Ministers Meeting Consolidate Stand On Russ Proposals MANILA (UP) — Secetary of State John Foster Dulles said today the United States was willing to attend a “summi" meeting if j there was hope of reaching a disarmament agreement and of relaxing world tension. Dulles, in a major policy pro nouncement preceding a Big Three foreign ministers conference here, told the SEATO nations the present world tension has “brought us close to the sparks of world war on more than one occasion.” Dulles met today with French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau and British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd to consolidate their stand on Russia’s propagandai laden calls for a summit conference and to study the threatening situation in Indonesia. Later, a spokesman for the U.S. delegation said the Big Three foreign ministers had agreed to make I new proposals within the next 10 days for a summit conference with i Russia. The spokesman said the three had agreed on the procedures which will be submitted to the NATO council isl. Paris for consideration before they are offered to MoscowThe procedures, it was learned, would include reiteration of the Western stand that adequate preparations for a summit session can be made at a foreign ministers conference, through normal diplomatic channels, or a combination of both methods ______ Dulles also told his. nervous Asian Allies attending a SEATO conference here the United States has no intention of softening its strong sand against the recogniion of Red China and its admission to the United Nations. The foreign ministers took time out from the SEATO meeting to hold heir first Big Three meeting since the NATO session in Paris last winter. They earlier! had finished most of the important work of cementing relations with the three Asian members of SEATO, the Philippines, Thailand and Pakistan, in meeting with the other members. New Zealand and Australia. The repeated Soviet call for a summit conference was the main topic of Big Three conversation today. Both Pineau and Lloyd slated flatly they would discuss the subject with Dulles whom they have considered too unyielding on his position. Both Pineau and Lloyd were agreed with Dulles on the major issue — that a summit conference or the failure to call one must not be allowed to turn into a Communist propaganda victory. How to prevent this has not yet been decided. A spokesman said he United States will not agree to a summit conference unless advance preparations make the chances good for agreement on at least one of the three major East-West problems—disarmament Dr, Sparks Severs Wabash College Dies CRAWFORDSVILLE OP) — Dr. Frank H. Sparks resigned as chairman of the board of trustees and severed his official ties with Wabash College today after 17 years of service. Lynn Woman Killed When Auto Struck UNION CITY W — Mrs. Mary Alberta Hoover, 50, Lynn, was killed today when an automobile came out of a side road and struck her car as she drove along Ind. 227 south of here. Driver of the other car was Charles Richard Derenge, 33, Toledo, Ohio. He was hurt. Police said Derenge was traveling on a Randolph County road and apparently failed to yield right of way at the intersection with the preferential highway.

Today Is Anniversary Os Girl Scouts Os America

Today marks the 46th anniversary of the organization of the Girl i Scouts in America. In 1912, when ; Juliette Low determined to bring ; the British Guide program to girls i In the United States, women weye not yet voting citizens. Today, the ■ record shows that Mrs. Low’s youth movement has taught three genera- ■ tions of American girls and women the fundamental responsibilities of , citizenship. i Through these years of social, • economic and intellectual revolu- ■ tion for American women, some 12 and one-half million American girls ■ and women have received Girl 1 Scout training. The essentials of the Girl Scout 1 formula -for citizenship have re--1 mained the same. The formula 1 combines a promise of duty to God 1 and country and learning skills that 1 are as useful to adults as they are to children. The promise has re- | mained the same. The skills have changed as radically as the country itself hgs changed. During the World War I era,, Girl Scouts wore a shapeless khaki uniform with over-sized scarf, which, in an emergency, could be whipped off and made into a sling for a broken arm. Troops of Scouts practiced tying their scarves to sturdy branches or poles, thus producing an impromptu stretcher. Today, nearly three million girls in the Scout movement also learn r elementary first-aid and emergen’l cy training. But medical and scientific knowledge has greatly in- ■ creased since those early days. Modern Girl Scouts now can be found enrolled in Red Cross first aid courses. Emergency training for Senior Scouts, in cooperation : with civil defense units, includes ■ learning about radiation effects. Thirty and forty years ago. Girl 1 Scouts spent hour after hour learning Morse code and practicing semaphore flag signals. Today's Wing Scouts, in their overseas hats and | green blazers with white piping, man ground observer corps observation posts and serve as aides at air filter centers. These brief examples indicate how much more complicated the job of training for citizenship has become. Yet much of the common ■ sense evident in early Scouting has survived through the years. 1 In one of the first editions of the Girl Scout Handbook, Mrs. Low spelled out the meaning of the ten Girl Scout laws. About the first law—“A Girl Scout's honor is to be trusted,” Mrs. Low wrote: "If a Girl Scout says, ’on my honor it is so.’ that means that what- she says is as true as if she had taken a solemn oath.” Another Girl Scout law reads: “A Girl Scout’s duty is to be useful and to help others.” According to Mrs. Low this means, "she is to do her duty before anything else even if she gives up her own pleasure, safety. br 1 comfort. When in doubt as to which of two things to do she must think. ‘Which is my duty?’ which means, ‘Which is the best for other people?” and do that at once. "She must be prepared at any time to save a life or help the in-

ADMINISTRATOR’S PUBLIC AUCTION Real Estate — Personal Property The undersigned Administrator of the Estate of Carrie E. Peoples, Deceased, by order of the Adams Circuit Court, will sell the following described Real Estate and Personal Property at Public Auction, on the premises at 615 North Tenth Street. Decatur, Indiana, on Saturday, March 22,1958 HOUSEHOLD GOODS - MISCELLANEOUS , Starting at One P. M. (Fast Time) Westinghouse “Frost Free" Refrigerator, with interior freezing compartment, like new; Partial Set of Haviland China, other miscellaneous items of glassware, dishes, etc.; Set of Silverware; Magic Chef Gas Stove; China Cabinet; Hall Tree; Mantel Clock; 3 Piece Living Room Suite; Rocker; Stands; bookcase; Rugs; Sideboard; Floor Lamp; Philco Radio; Chests; Glass Door Cupboard; Chairs; 2 Double Beds; Bed Clothing; Dressers; Sewing Machine; Sweeper; Kitchen Table & Chairs; Westinghouse Washer; Double Tubs; Miscellaneous Cooking Utensils, etc.; Three Porch Chairs; Lawn Mower; Wheelbarrow; 2 Step Ladders; Garden Hose & Tools; Tool Chest Sc Several Good Hand Tools and other miscellaneous articles too numerous to mention. NOTE; This Property is all First Class. TERMS-CASH. MODERN THREE BEDROOM HOME Selling at Two-Thirty P. M. (Fast. Time This Choice Home designed for modern living, was built November 1953 by Clark Smith of Decatur Community Builders (U. S. Steel Homes) and is situated on a lot 55 by 143 feet located §n the West side of Tenth Street betwen Marshall and Dayton just Southeast of the Northwest Elementary School. Living Room 12 by 19%; Bedrooms, 9x12, 10x12 and 8 x 12, each with sliding door double closets: Complete Bathroom; Modern Kitchen 8 by 12 with single bowl metal sink cabinet and Steel Wall Cabinets; Utility Room 7 by 12 with Oil Fired Down Blast Forced Air. Furnace (V7O Gallon exterior supply tank), Gas Water Heater, Sliding Door Double Storage Closet, Laundry Facilities—Tile Flooring throughout. House is in Excellent Condition. Garage 16 by 20 with Overhead Door. Your inspection is welcome between the hours of two-thirty to five or seven to nine o’clock P. M. If you desire a definite appointment or further information, phone the Auctioneers. TERMS & CONDITIONS—One third Cash down day of sale, balance cash on delivery of Administrator’s Deed and Abstract of Title. Sold free of all liens and encumbrances except the 1957 taxes due and payable in 1958. Sale is made subject to the approval of the Adams Circuit Court. Immediate Possession on full payment of the purchase price. Statements made on day of sale shall take precedence over any contained herein. Not Responsible for Accidents. JOHN L. DeVOSS, Administrator Estate of CARRIE E. PEOPLES Ned C. Johnson—Auctioneer Decatur. Ind. Phone 3-2796. Bryce Daniel*, Clerk 5 12 20

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should do at least one good turn jured.” And Mrs. Low added, “she to someone every day.” About the final Girl Scout law, “A Girl Scout Is thrifty," Mrs. Low explained, "this means that a Scout avoids all useless waste of every kind. i "She is careful about saving every penny she can put into the bank so that she may have a surplus in time of need. She sees that food is not wasted, and her clothing is cared for properly. "The Girl Scout does not waste time. She realizes that time is the most precious thing any one of us has. The Girl Scout's time is spent either in useful occupations or in wholesome recreation, and she tries to balance these two harmoniously.” The activities may change, but Mrs. Low’s concept of citizenship for women based on duty, service and common sense is likely to be handed down to many more generations of Girl Scouts. Lenten Service At Lutheran Church “Our Redeemer Condemned” will be the pulpit theme tonight at 6:45 and 8 o'clock at Zion Lutheran church. West Monroe street, as the fourth in the series of midweek Lenten services are conducted. The two worship hours are identical and are duplicated to afford greater comfort to worshipers. The men’s chorus will appear at the early vesper, singing, "Jesus. Lamb of Calvary.” by Kessel. The services will be conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Edgar P. Schmidt. The public is invited. List Honor Pupils For Catholic High High honor and honor rolls for the Decatur Catholic high school for the first six weeks of the second semester were announced today by school officials. The .complete list follows: High Honor Roll Seniors: Mary Frances Beckmeyer, Carolyn Heimann. Juniors: Dolores Kohne, Kathleen Kohne, Theresa Laurent, Robert Murphy. Sophomore: Judith Braun, Pamela Geimer, Gerald Gillig, Patricia Kintz. Freshmen: Patricia Alerding, Nancy Gase. Kenneth Geimer, Marilyn Hake, Susanne Hess, Nancy Holthouse, Carolyn Kohne, Ann LaFontaine. Honor Roll Seniors William Beal, Elizabeth Baker, David Kable, Frederick LengencH,""Krta~ Mendez: Juniors. Kathleen Baker, Judith Koors. Sophomores: James Heimann, Susan Parrish, Mary Schultz. Freshmen: Patricia Cook, Carole Kable, George Mulligan, Mary Schwaller, Gloria Vogelwede.