Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 85, Decatur, Adams County, 10 April 1958 — Page 4

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Portable Radio To Be Given Away By Store Announcement was made today by Dave Kaye, at Kaye’s shoe store, that an RCA portable radio will be given away at the store, in copperation With Red Ball Summeretts. Entry blanks are avail* able at the stare. WEEK-END SPECIALS Fresh Lard — B>Grade A Large White Eggs „ Doz. 49c Spare Ribs lb- 49c Fresh Sausage lb. 39c Jowl Bacon — Ib. 29c Center Cut Sliced Smoked Ham — lb. 79c Smoked Sausage Ib. 55c Sliced Bacon lb. 49c Minute Steak .. lb. 69c Round Steak __ lb. 69c Sirloin Steak lb. 65c t T-Bones lb- 65c SUDDUTH’S Meat Market 511 8. ftth 81 Phone 3-2706 ■ ■ ——■

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Salesman Is Freed Under Bond 01 SSOO : Indecent Exposure Charge Filed Here , Donald J. Phillips. 36. salesman I from Celina. 0., charged Wednes- ' day in an affidavit in circuit court (with public indecency, was freect\ last evening by the posting of a SSOO cash bond. An affidavit signed by Karl Sprunger, police chief of Berne, charged Phillips with exposing himself to a 14-year-old girl on Indiana street in Berne on March 24. Judge Myles F. Parrish set the maximum bond of SSOO possible tor the misdemeanor offense, and had planned to arraign the accused Friday morning if bond had not been posted. Judge Parrish stated that he will now meet with the prosecuting attorney to see when the man will be arraigned Following filing of the affidavit and issuing of a warrant, Phillips’ father and father-in-law arrived at the jail, and posted the chsh bond Phillips was arrested Wednesday in Geneva by sheriff Merle Affolder and Sprunger. The two law enforcement officers had been carefully checking, and suspected Phillips as the person involved. They knew that he visited Berne twice a week, and had the girl sta-

tioned in one of the stores visited by the salesman, When she identified him, he fled out a back door of the Berne firm. He continued on his route, however, and was picked up in Geneva. ( The man admitted the offensj < under questioning ,by the officers. | He is also suspected of several i other similar offenses, including 1 one in Jefferson township. Sheriff Affolder is checking to- ' day r td find out if the fattier of children is wanted in Ohio 1 -for any offense. ; State Policeman Is Awarded Gold Star North Vernon State Trooper Is Honored ' t INDIANAPOLIS (UP>— Indiana State Police Trooper Robert P Pond of North Vernon Wednesday was awarded the gold star, highest tribute for personal valor, for his part in the shooting of. one gunman and capture of his partner who killed two state police troopers and wounded several others last Sept. 30. Pond and Jennings County Sheriff Charles K. Dudley were at a roadblock near Vernon when Victor W. Whitley,' 26, Granger. Tex., and Ralph W. Taylor, 36. Kenova, W Va.. approached in a speeding car The desperadoes previously had shot to death Michigan State Police Trooper Dugald Pellot and William R. Kellems of the Indiana State Police. A 20-minute gunfight followed. < Pond had his right hand broken lin the exchange, but managed to radio for help and pursued the ; two men- i Tayfor was shot to death at an- j other a short time later , and Whitley was captured and sentenced to life in Indiana State ( Prison for kidnaping and murder. Trooper Jack L. Van Meter of Haubstadt was awarded a silver ( star for his part in the capture of two men who robbed an Owensboro, .Ky., liquor store last Aug. 15- ’ The awards were made by State • Police Supt. Harold S. Zeis and Paul-R. Schnaitter of Madison, i president of the Indiana State Police Board. "Mr. Carnation" ‘ NORTH ABING"ft>N. Mass. >T—--1 Sidney Littlefield. 100 - year -old ! dean of American carnation growi ers, has long been known as "Mr. j Carnation” in the flower industry.

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Mrs. L. D. Clark, of Dayton, Ohio, and Mrs. Anne Kenny, of Chicago, have returned to their homes after spending the Easter weekend with Mr. and Mrs, Jesse Niblick. The two spent Tuesday in Fort Wayne having dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Aeschliman and visiting at the > homes of Quincy and Ed Winans, i Pete Dalzell, formerly of Decatur, spent his Easter vacation . with Mr. and Mrs. Colin I. Finleyson of 903 North Fifth street. Pete has been confined to bed with the measles and mumps but well again, he plans to leave today to return to Purdue University, where he will complete his freshman year. Mrs. Fred Hilton has returned to her home on route 3 after having spent the last several months ih Decatur with her son, A. N. Hilton and his family. Mrs. Hilton’s stay in Decatur has been extended since the death of her husband in January. Mrs. Delton Passwater has returned home after having spent three months in Florida. While there she visited friends in Tampa. St. Petersburg, New Port Richey, Lake Worth and attended the passion play at Lake Wales. Mrs. Cora Mumma and daughter, Mrs. Sam Martin, of Warrent, Ohio, returned to their home today after spending several days visiting relatives in this city. Earl Taylor, of Geneva, has been admitted to the Jay county memorial hospital. Celina. 0., has hired Don A. Rushing, the 1958 Ohio Class A basketball “coach of the year,” as their new basketball coach, replacing Kent Darr, who is retiring. Amos Miller, of Berne, and Robert Copper, of Fort Wayne, were each fined $1 and costs in Berne justice of the peace court recently. Work on the roadways around Rainbow lake near Geneva has begun, following the installation of store barriers along the dam. where wave action was. threatening the structure. A spillway was completed last fall. Phil Adams and Jim Baumgartner. of Decatur, and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hofstetter and sons Johnny and Wayne, of Geneva, were among the dinner guests. Easter, of Mr and Mrs. Bill Kahn, of Kingsland. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Knox, of Decatur, were among the dinner

Lana Truner Awaits ’ Inquest Into Death I < Daughter Will Not Appear At Inquest HOLLYWOOD (UP)—Voluptuous ’ Lana Tbrner waited in the wings ( today for a command appearance at the publicity-spotlighted inquest into the slaying of her lover, i Johnny Stompanato. Friends said the blonde actress was “holding up as well as could be expected under the circumstances.” They said she had not eaten but had been downstairs briefly at her leased Beverly Hills home. Miss Turner has appeared in public only briefly since her 14year -old daughter. Ch ery I, plunged an 8-inch butcher knife into Stompanato last Friday night in the fRm star’s pink bedroom Authorities ruled Cheryl will not have to attend the inquest into Stompanato’s death. Coroner Theodore J. Curphey struck the girl’s name from the list of witnesses Wednesday after attorney Jerry Giesler objected that nothing would be gained by her appearance. The tall, dark-haired girl faces a juvenile court hearing April 24 in Santa Monica on whether she will be held for the slaying. She has told police Stompanato threatened to disfigure her beautiful mother. Meanwhile, signs grew that the actress’s torrid love of the former bodyguard for ex-mobster Mickey Cohen, had degenerated from lofty passion into fear or at least undefined dread. Ted Stauffer, manager of Acapulco’s Villa Vera where M is s Turner and Stompanato stayed, told United Press the film star “appeared worried in comparison to earlier visits. Police Chief Clinton H. Anderson of Beverly Hills said Lana told him of violent arguments she had with Stompanato on their return from Acapulco last March 19; The growing argaments and a threat by the actress of ending the romance was climaxes! by her refusal to accompany Stonjpanato* to 'the Academy AwatJ ceremonies. according to friends. guests of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Knox Easter day. ' - Mr. and Mrs. James Kelley, of Portland, spent Sunday in Decatar f as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. ■ George Sonnet, Jr.

Opportunity School 1 Pupils Entertained The children of the Vera Crux opportunity school enjpyed a morning at the Happy Hour Skating Rink near Saddle Lake last Thursday as the guests of J. C. Miller. The jschool children were taken to the rink by their regular drivers and teachers. The treat was enjoyed bythe entire Orders Parents To Punish Six Boys Judge Issues Order For Cruel Beating MARTINSVILLE, Va. (UP)— Henry County Circuit Judge John D. Hooker ordered the parents of six teen-age boys to give then# a "good, sound, old-fashioned whipping” for “cruel, atrocious, deliberate” beatings of a mule named Jane. The boys were convicted of beating the mule, kept primarily as a pet by« Buster Thacker, a farmer, on several occasions .in January. Hooker, acting on a charge brought by Dputy Sheriff Raymond B. Smart, specified that the boys must be whipped by their parents in the presence of Smart and Miss Betty Jo Wright, county welfare director. The boys, ranging in age from 13 to 16, had appealed an earlier conviction and reform school sentence handed down by Henry County Court only to run into Hooker’s ‘'old fashioned” punishment The judge also reprimanded the youths’ parents for their “irre-

fined them $25 each. He released the boys in their parents’ custody and placed them on the “strictest probation” until they are 18. Smart testified that the boys on a least ohe occasion tore up a com crib and a fence for planks to beat the animal Doylq Myers Named To Honorary Group LAFAYETTE, — Doyle Myers, 369 Stevenson St., Decatur, recently has been pledged to Eta Kappa Nu, national electrical engineering honorary, at Purdue University. r Section of pledges is made on basis of scholarship and personal at- • tainment. Myers is a junior at Purdue.

Several fined For ; Traffic Violations Others Scheduled To Show In Court t ' I Sharon C. Marbach, arrested recently and charged with driving a motor vehicle without a drivers license, paid a $16.75 fine in the justice of the peace court. She was apprehended by the state police April 1, on 13th street. Joseph Henry Neumann, 56, Cincinnati. 0., entered a plea of guilty to a charge of passing another vehicle where passing is prdbited and paid a fine of $1 and costs, totaling $16.75, in qustice of the peace court. He was arrested by the state police on U.S. highway 27, two miles north of Decatur. , Phillip E. Pettes, 40, Battle Creek, Mich., arrested recently on a charge of speeding 45 miles per hour in a posted 30-mile zone, paid a $16.75 fine in the justice of the peace court. The arrest was made by the state police on U.S. highway 27 in Decatur. i w. Melvin Hanni appeared in the justice of the peace court April 4, and entered a plea of guilty to a charge of driving a car without proper registration plates on a towed trailer.. He paid a fine of $1 and costs, totaling $16.75 He was arrested on U.S. highway 27, one mile south of Decatur, by the ctnfp rtolicp z James A. Ruen. 25, Continental, 0., paid a fine of $5 and costs, totaling $20.75, in the justice of the peace court on a charge of driving a truck over the legal

speed limit. He was arrested by the state police on Highway 27, two miles south of Decatur for speeding 60 miles per hour in a 45 mile zone. Other truck drivers paying $20.75 fines in the justice of the peace court on speeding violations include Richard M. Cass, 27, Continental, O.; Alonzo Golliver,! 40, Grove Hill. 0., and Gordon C. Shirk. 48. Springfield, Q. . Igipis -Sivieo, 24, Monroeville, afrested April 6 by the state" police and charged with speeding 40 miles per hour in a posted 30-mile zone, is scheduledto appear in the justice of the peace court today. He was arrested on U.S. highway 27 in Decatur. Jimmie D. McClain, 23. route 5, Decatur, is scheduled to appear in the justice of the peace court May 6, to anstfrer to a charge of failing to display license {dates ‘on the auto he was driving. He w'as I arrested April 6. on U.S. highway 11 33, one mile east of Pleasant Mills r by the state police. Il - .

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Signs New Member Os Chamber of Commerce M. J- Pryor, one of the captains o f the Chamber of Commerce membership drive which is now being held, reported that Herman Krueckeberg has secured R. IlGantz as a new member of the Chamber. Gantz operates a paint and sales service. COURT NEWS Marriage Licenses Donald Eugene Arnett, 29. Defiance, 0., nnd Betty Nell Byrd, 22, Defiance, O. John Daniel Bluhm, 20, route one, Monroe, and Sonja •Garnet Yoder, 18. route one, Berne. James Lloyd Taylor. 20, of route 6, and Dianne Kae Liechty, 20, route one, Berne. Marriage Application Donald DeWaynqj Bailey, 18, 312 Winchester street, and Patty Lou Frank, 16, route 5. Max E. Elzey,'l9, route 3, Decatur, arrested recently by the state police and charged with speeding 57 miles per hour in a posted 30 mile zone, is scheduled to appear in the justice court April 12. Ted P. Anderson. 18, of 119 Bush street, was arrested at 10:55 p. m. Wednesday on 13th street for driving with improper lights on his-vehicle. 'Anderson will ap- ■ pear in justice of the peace court at 8 p. m. today. Charles R. Johnson, of 166 South Thirteenth street, failed to r appear as ordered in justice of [ the peace court Tuesday evening

on a charge of driving on the Wong side of the road not in passing, filed by the state police. He was arrested at 6 a. m. two miles north of Decatur. Raymond W. Squier. 20. of- Corunna. was fined a total of $16.75 for no safety chains on tiis truck. He was arrested at 2:30 a. m. April 1 one mile north of Decatur ■ by Cpl. Walter Schindler of thp state pqlica. ,No was indicated in the ’chgrge of over regulation Weigh t, of the truck trailer, also fi led .by Schindler. He appealed .tn justice of the peace court at 5 p.m. Wednesday Arthur' M Effron. of Fort Wayne, was fined a total of $16.75 for driving 44 miles an hour in the 3d mile zone on U. S. 27 ' through Decatur. He was arrest- ■ ed by state trooper Dan Kwasi neski at 6:45 p. m. April 4. • Chalmer W. Snider, of Willl shire, 0., was fined a total of > $20.75 for reckless driving followi ing a S6OO accident or. Mercer > avenue April 5- The' arrest was made by the city police.