Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 143, Decatur, Adams County, 18 June 1958 — Page 6

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- Farewell Dinner For Pastor And Family Rev. Norris Family Honored At Church Approximately 120 persons attended the farewell fellowship held for the Rev. and Mrs. Lawrence T. Norris, at the Union Chapel E. U. B. church. Monday at 6:30 p. m. in the church basement. Rev. Norris resigned recently from his position in the church, to be reassigned two charges, one in Avilla and one nearby. Both churches have parsonages. A short program was given following the carry-in supper. An instrumental group consisting of Marilyn Foor, Janet Brown. Shirley Workinger, Ella Mae Speakman, Dale Workinger, and Melvin Fast, played three numbers. The group singing of old familiar Dries in less than an hour and it’s guaranteed washable. So easy to apply! Velvet-rich finish . in your choice of lovely colors. STUCKY & CO. MONROE, IND. OPEN EVENINGS EXCEPT WEDNESDAY

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hymns was led by. John Walters. Following the hymns, a scripture lesson taken from Psalm 91, was read by Elizabeth Cramer. Martin Sprunger led the prayer, and Wilford Norris sang ‘‘Lead Kindly Light.” Warren Nidlinger, superintendent of the Sunday school, remarked on the appreciation of the congregation for the years of service which Rev. Norris and. his family had given to Union Chapel, and closed the program by presenting a gift to the family. Rev. korris expressed the family’s gratitude for the program, and the group closed the affair by singing “God Be With You Till We Meet Again." The remainder ot the evening was spent in fellowship. Poll Shows Hartke And Handley Lead Indianapolis Paper •Reports Final Poll INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — The Indianapolis Times said today its final tabulation of a poll of delegates to the Republican and Democratic state conventions showed Governor Handley and Evansville Mayor Vance Hartke with b i g leads in their \T. S. senatorial nomination races. Returns from 1.048 of 2.694 delegates to the GOP convention gave Handley 614 votes. State Sen. Russell Bontrager 241. Sen. William E’ Jenner 73, Marion Circuit Judge John Niblack 51, Rep. Charles Halleck 12, Rep. E. Ross Adair 9. Rep. William G. Bray and Phillip Willkie 6 each. Eighteen other votes were cast for other write-ins. Returns from 839 of 2,148 Democratic convention delegates gave Hartke 423. Marshall Hanley 173, Marshall Kizer 85, Bartel Zandstra 72. Floyd Circuit Judge Paul Tegart 28, John Gones 7 and Ralph Stearley, 4. Thirty-nine other votes were cast for write-ins and 8 delegates said they were undecided. Discuss Improvement Os Ditch Watershed The possibility of improving the entire Long-Amstutz ditch watershed under public law 566, the small watershed improvement and flood control act, will be discussed by members of the district at the Geneva high school, ThurSday, June 26, at 8 p.m. Representatives of the soil conservation district, the A.S.C. committee, the soil conservation} service, and other agencies will be present to discuss the various phases of improvement, and the opportunity for federal assistance. A letter has been sent out to all landowners in the watershed advising them of the meeting. Trade in a good town — Decatur

British Families ] Evacuating Beirut < Families Os Oil Workers Leaving BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPD — J Wives and children of British oil company employes began leaving Beirut today for Britain in the , first evacuation of foreign nationals from strife-torn Lebanon. The Iraq Petroleum Co. closed down one of its three camps in Tripoli Tuesday and began mov- < ing its men„ta the nearby Mediterranean terminal of the piper line. The U. S. embassy here has notified American nationals to be ready to leave if necessary, and the American company Tapline J informed its employes they could send home their dependents if ( they wished. < Rebel and government guns were silent today and no heavy , fighting has been, reported since < Monday night in the northern port . of Tripoli, a rebel trouble center. . No casualties were announced , there. I Return From Giving Blood For Operation ; 15 Residents Os County Make Trip Fifteen residents of Decatur, Berne, and Geneva, who traveled ; to Indianapolis Tuesday morning to donate blood for a heart operation performed on Aaron Yoder, of Decatur, returned to their homes early Tuesday afternoon. The contingent from Decatur, * with Mrs. Dolores Ellenberger in 1 charge, and George Foos driving I the Teeple Truck line bus, left from in front of the Daily Democrat office at 4 a.m., and arrived about 7 am., in Indianapolis, at the Indiana University Medical Center laboratory science building, where the blood was received. a Twelve gave blood, as several c were rejected, Mrs. Ellenberger / stated. a “Thanks go to those who made r the trip to give blood, to the Teeple t truck lines for providing transportation, and to the heart fund, which provided the traveling and food ex- c penses for the donors," Mrs. Wan- • da Oelberg. of the Red Cross, and t Wendell Macklin, representing Post 1 43 of the American Legion have 1 said. The two organizations spear- 1 headed the drive to help Yoder ' through blood donations and through a special heart operation . fund. The 15 who traveled to Indianapolis to donate blood were: Mrs. Wanda Pottios, Mrs. Delores Ellenberger. Walter Baker, Art Hurst, Clarence Mitchel, Leonard Saylors, Cedric Tumbleson, and Elmer Urick, who live in or near Decatur; Mrs. Walter Fenstermaker, Robert Moser. Roger Moser. Ervin Schindler, Esther Yoder, and Daniel Yoder, who live in or near Berne; and Thurman L. Baker, of Geneva. Kidnaped Canadian Boy Returned Safe Nursemaid Sought By Canada Police MONTREAL (UPD—Police in Eastern Canada searched today for the German immigrant nurse maid of 2 Vz-y ear-old Joel Reitman, who was found Tu*sday, three days after being kidnaped from his home. Authorities said the nurse. Miss Greta Goede, 46, who started work for the Reitmans only two weeks ago, was a prime suspect in th* kidnaping. Miss Goede, who vanished With the boy on Saturday, was believed to have been the woman who turned little Joel over to ah Ottawa taxi driver Monday. Fears were expressed that Miss Goede, who entered Canada from Germany in 1954, may have committed suicide. The blue-eyed youngster, heirto a clothing chain store fortune, vanished after his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Reitman, left their SIOO,OOO suburban Montreal home to visit friends. The boy’s nursemaid also disappeared. A woman answering her description wa s last seen in Ottawa on Monday morning after the child had been abandoned with cab driver Edward Royer. Questioned about the suicide rumors a senior Ottawa detective said the idea was "feasible in a sense.” Vancouver police contacted police in Montreal and Ottawa in the hope that they may be able to provide a slender clue to the woman’s whereabouts. Mr. and Mrs. Reitman drove to Ottawa late Tuesday and Reitman was the first df the parents to reach little Joel. He leaped from his car, and raced across the street pushing reporters and photographers .aside. He dashed into the home, threw his arms around his son and said, “My boy, my boy."

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Master's Degree To Miss Dorothy Kohne Miss Dorothy Jeanne Kohne, I daughter of Dr. and Mrs. G. J, Kohne of Decatur, was among the graduates at Stanford University, Los Angeles, last Sunday. Miss Kohne, a graduate student, received her master’s degree in education. Wife-Swap Slayer Sentenced To Die Appeal Planned To State High Court TERRE HAUTE,-Ind. (UPD — Convicted “wife - swap” slayer Thomas Whitaker, 38. Tuesday was sentenced to die in the Indiana electric chair Nov. 19. Whitaker was found guilty last April 17 of slaying his 9-year-old daughter, Regina. In the same spree, he slew his former wife. Alma, 36, and the couple’s son, Jackie, 11. The trial of the ex-truck drjver was marked by lurid testimony concerning how he and businessman Stewart Martin exchanged wives before the outbreak of violence. On June 25, Whitaker “invaded Martin’s fashionable $30,000 home and shot his wife and two children. Attorneys for Whitaker said they would appeal the case to the Indiana Supreme Court, after Vigo County Circuit Court Judge Herbert Criss denied an appeal for a new trial. PRUDENCE (Continued from page one) tion mdae by Governor Adams to the congressional committee yesterday truthfully represents th,e pertinent facts. r“2. I personally like Governor Adams. “3. I admire his abilities. “4. I respect him because of his personal and official integrity. “5. I need him.” The President did not go into any details of Adams’ exchange of gifts with Go 1 d fi n e or of Adams’ telephone calls to federal agencies on behalf of the multimillionaire New England textile tycoon. Kept His Temper He was asked if he were aware of a charge by Rep. Oren Harris (D-Ark.) that Adams had violated the law in obtaining “confidential information; for Goldfine from the Federal Trade Commission. Harris is chairman of the House subcommittee before which Adams testified. Eisenhower sharply countered that the reporter had violated the injunction against questions on the Adams-Goldfine issue. But the President nevertheless said there were some pertinent facts about this which White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty could provide. Eisenhower, bouncing back and forth on his feels and looking as if he might explode with anger, listened through a question in which he also was asked to compare the Adams situation to incidents in the Truman administration. The President kept his temper and referred the questioner to Hagerty, who was sitting nearby. In his prepared statement, the President also had said that “First, as a result of this entire incident, all of us should have been made aware of one truth.” ‘That is,” he said, “that a gift is not necessarily a bribe. One is evil; the other is a tangible expression of friendship. Evaluate the Circumstances “Almost wit ho u t exception everybody seeking public office accepts political contributions,” he continued. “These are gifts to further his political career. “Yet We do not make a generality that these gifts are intended to color the later official votes, recommendations and actions of the recipients. In the general case this whole activity is understood, accepted and approved.” Eisenhower said that “the circumstances surrounding the innocent receipt by a public official of any gift are therefore important so that the public may clearly

Safer' *- ■HI B. I WRONG TURN — A Greyhound bus la craned back on the g highway near Atlanta, Ga., as traffic stretches out for miles ■ waiting for the road th open. The bus, from Jacksonville, ■ Fla, to Cincinnati, O, went off the four-lane highway, ffl plunged down a 25-foot embankment and rolled over during ■ a rainstorm. Seven ambulances took 20 of 28 passengers to g hospitals. None was Injured seriously. (VPI TitophotoJ '*»

Report Russia Broke Pledge To Imre Nagy » Report Yugoslavio Has Factual Truth Os Broken Pledges WARSAW, Poland (UPI slavia's Marshal Tito may have factual proof that the Soviet Union broke its solemn word to support the Hungarian government of Imre Nagy in October 1956. Many Hungarian experts are convinced of the truth of a report that Nagy secretly tape recorded promises given him by Soviet . Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan I and top party leader Mikhail Susj lov, after the Hungarian people ' rose up against the harsh Stalinists who had been running the country. Nagy and three of his compatriots have been executed for leading the rebellion. Announcement of the secret trial and executions was jnade Tuesday. According to the reports, Nagy took the recording with him to the Yugoslav Embassy in Budapest when he fled before the Soviet tanks and troops who crushed the revolution. Fact Outlined Whether Tito actually has such Sproof of Russia’s doublecross is not known. But this much is fact: Suslov and Mikoyan came to Budapest in the last days of October and held long conversations with Nagy, the present party leader Janos Kadar and other top Hungarians. These discussions were held in the Hungarian Communist Party headquarters and in Nagy's office in the parliament building. The Soviet pair, riding in armored cars and guarded by Soviet tanks, drove to the Budapest military airport on Oct. 30 to 31 and flew back to Moscow. The Soviet counter-offensive and Nagy’s flight to Yugoslav asylum came on Nov. 4. According to the experts, events that occurred between those dates caused the Soviets to renege on their promises to Nagy and throw the full weight of their army against the Hungarian people. Suez Attacked First, they point out, the British and French attacked the Suez, threatening to destroy Egypt’s Gamal Abdel Nasser, the Soviet’s best friend in the Arab world. Second, President Eisenhower, while showing no great concern about Hungary, reacted rapidly over the Suez., threatening to break with the British and French. Thus, the experts say, the Soviets were convinced the U.S. would not interfere in Hungary but would, in effect, protect Soviet interests in the Middle East. Nagy, meanwhile, was drifting farther and farther from Moscow, giving rise to fears that Hungary might even enter the Western camp. When it became safe to break the pledges to Nagy, the Soviets were ready. Rural Youth Square Dance On Saturday The district IV rural youth square dance will be held at the Miami county 4-H club building Saturday night near Peru. Gabe Owens of Indianapolis will be the caller for the dance, which will attract many young people from the district. Adams county members will meet at the county extension office at 7 p.m. Saturday for the trip to Peru. 1 distinguish between innocent and guilty action.” “Among these circumstances," the President said, “are the .character and reputation of the individual, the record of his subsequent actions, and evidence of intent or lack of intent to exert undue influence.” Trade in a good town — Decatur

New Pro-Prefect 1$ Appointed By Pope ♦ Cardinal Stritch Successor Named VATICAN CITY (UPD — Pope Pius XII today appointed Gregoire Pierre XV Cardinal Agagianian pro-prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith. He succeeds the late Samuel Cardinal Stritch of Chicago. The new pro-prefect is patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians. He was born in Akhaltzikhe; Armenia, Sept. 18, 1895. He was appointed titular bishop of Comana on July 11, 1935, elected and confirmed patriarch Dec. 13, 1937. He was created and proclaimed a cardinal on Feb. 18, 1946. Cardinal Stritch died in a Rome clinic 34 days after he arrived in Rome to take over his job as proprefect. He was the first Ameri-can-born churchman elevated to such a high post; which made him a member of the Roman Curia — the small group of cardinals residing in Rome who act as an inner council for church affairs. Anderson Woman Is Indicted for Murder ANDERSON (UPD — Mrs. Willie Matthews, 47, was indicted on a second-degree murder charge by a Madison county grand jury Tuesday in the shooting death of her husband, Jerome, June 7. Mrs. Matthews admitted shooting Matthews four times with a pistol in an argument but said she did it in self defense. State Traffic Toll Below 1957 Figures INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Twentyfive names were added to Indiana’s 1958 traffic death toll last week, raising the year’s total to 378 The 378 total compared with 455 a year ago. The 25 last week compared with 20 in the corresponding week of 1957. Woman Killed When Auto Hits Train LOGANSPORT, Ind. (UPD —A car smashed into a small private railroad train Tuesday killing Mrs. Bessie Bergsma, about 70, Lafayette and injurying her husband at a stone quarry near here. John Bergsma, 77, the driver, was taken to Memorial Hospital with broken arms and head injuries Both victims were pinned in their car. Hospital Patient Is Killed By Lightning NEW CASTLE, Ind. (UPD — Jerry Wakefield, 20, a patient at New Castle State Hospital, was killed by a lightning bolt Tuesday while working with a group of patients in a corn field. Wakefield, a former Linton resident, was admitted to the hospital in October, 1956. CITY (Continued from page one) asked to write a letter explaining the problem. The health board would then write a notice to the person concerned to stop the problem. The board of works and safety reported that they had been considering a bicycle safety licensing ordinance. The matter was referred to a special committee of Lawrence Kohne, Clyde Drake, Carl Gerber and chief of police James Borders for further study. The committee was asked to report back to the ordinance committee on their progress. A line extension contract with Ivan Hakes, who lives north of Monmouth, was approved. An ordinance with the Meshberger stone company to provide blacktop and other material for the street department during the summer was approved. City engineer Ralph E. Roop reported on a sewer which will start at Uth street and Krick street, run east to 10th street, down 10th street to Elm street where it will run into the Elm street sewer. The sewer will be paid for by assessment on the payment basis. The council approved the specifications and referred the matter to the board of works and engineer to receive bids. 1116 Krick street sewer, as it is called, will cost $4,600 to the property owners in the area. The clerk-treasurer, Mrs. Miriam Hall, read the bank balance of the city as follows: general account, $190,217.75; Barrett law, $2,251.90; electric light department, $230,137.94; light department meter fund, $17,795.18; parking meter fund, $9,835.07; police pension fund, $9,377.53; water department, $12,• 905.82; fireman pension fund, $12,784.22; sewage construction fund, $165,714.32; sewage sinking fund, $38,740.78. All of the city councilmen, the clerk, maypr, and city attorney were present for th* meeting.

.jt ~ JWe. ■ in -i ...it ii t* i ■ WOMfTZjff'. J z IF |k DEGRH AT B»— Mr* Agnes Chase, 89, one of America's most j ■k distinguished botanists, goes through her first college com- fl* H mencement aa the receives an honorary degree at the Uni- $ B verslty of Illinois. Champaign. At left is Dean Allen Wei- r H ler; at right. President David Henry; middle. Miss Marietta ■ Stevenson, director of the School of Social Work. Mrs. Chase W has been with the Smithsonian Institution since 1903, and w rose in profession without formal training. (UPI Telnhoto)

I Most Os Nation Is Facing Wet Weather Plains Area Is Hit By Violent Weather By United Press International Most of the nation was due for i a session of wet weather today, , ranging from showers to hunder- . storms. Major exceptions to the damp forecast were the Atlantic and ’ Pacific Coastal regions as well as a section extending southward ' from the Great' Lakes into the 1 mid-Mississippi and Ohio Valleys. Thundershowers activity was on the increase late Tuesday. A long line of showers extended down the eastern slopes of the Rockies from Montana to Texas. The most violent weather activ- . ity also occurred in the Plains area. Hie Weather Bureau reported an accumulation of four inches of hail at Platte. S.D. Hail also fell at Pueblo, Colo., while funnel clouds were spotted from Nebraska to Texas. There were no reports of damage, however, and it was assumed none had touched ground. Rain continued during the night aong the Gulf Coast. More than a quarter of an inch fell at Jackson, Miss. Farther west, floodwaters rampaged through parts'of southern Texas in the wake of tropical downpours. At least three deaths were blamed on the floods in the BrackettvilleUtopiaSabinal area and damages were estimated i at SIOO,OOO. The heaviest recorded rain oc curred at Fort Wayne, Ind., where almost an inch fell. The precipi tation was far removed from the J flooded southeastern portion of the state where the raging Wabash approached its crest at Vincennes. If you have something to sell or rooms torrent, try a Democrat Want Ad — They bring results.

Public Auction SUBURBAN HOME and 2% ACRES OF LAND SATURDAY, JUNE 21,1:30 P.M. LOCATION: One mile North of Pleasant Mills, Indiana on Highway 33 or - Five miles southeast of Decatur, on Hwy. 33 on West side of the road. DESCRIPTION: COMPLETELY MODERN SEVEN ROOM HOME. Has kitchen with built-in features including built-in refrigerator, dmi ing room, living room, three bedrooms and complete bath, large utility room, ample closet space, another room with all plumbing installed for second bathroom. Basement, oil furnace, nearly new water softener and water heater. NICE YARD AND LAWN. Good well with pressure system. Single Car Garage. 2*4 ACRES OF LEVEL HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE LAND, considerable fruit, grape arbor and strawberry bed. Ideally located on paved highway within easy driving distance of Fort Wayne, Van Wert, Decatur and other industrial cities. IMMEDIATE POSSESSION. TERMS—2O% day of sale, balance upon delivery of good title. MR. & MRS. GEORGE MILLINGTON, Owners J. F. Sanmann—Auctioneer j Bill Schnepf—Auctioneer ; Sale Conducted by Midwest Realty Auction Co. Decatur, Indiana. 14 18 REAL ESTATE AUCTION 3 BEDROOM MODERN HOME IN COUNTRY > TUESDAY, JUNE 24th, 6:30 P.M. ’ LOCATION: 2 Miles South of Decatur on No. 27 to first black top then ' 2 Miles West on the Southwest Corner. This home is located on a well kept one acre corner lot, nice ) lawn and garden, grape vine, etc., some nice trees started. It has a, large living room, large modern ktchen, 3 nice bedrooms and a large i bath, storage room and full basement, all low ceilings which makes it , comfortable in the summer and easy to heat in the winter. Large • electric water heater, water softener and good well. It is nicely ■ decorated, well kept and must be seen inside to appreciate the large rooms and arrangements. There is a 1% car garage. Inspection can be made at any time by contacting the Auctioneers. Possession in 30 days. , TERMS—2O% Cash on day of sale, balance upon delivery of Marketable Title. * MR. & MRS. CARL L. SCHULTZ, Owners Gerald'Strickler, D. S. Blair—Auctioneers. , C. W. Kent—Sales Mgr. Sale Conducted by The Kent Realty & Auction Co. Decatur, Indiana Phone 3-3390 Not responsible for accidents. 7, u, IB

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1958

Free Dance July 3 To Exchange Students A free dance will be held at the Decatur Youth and Community Center July 3 from 9 to 12 p.m., it was announced today by Joe Kaehr, local chairman of the American Field Service, and James Webb, president of Local 607. of the American Federation of Musicians union. The dance will be held in honor of the 68 foreign ei> change students to be in Decatur on that date, and will be sponsored through the copperation of the Decatur Rotary club, and the musiI cians organization. It will follow the Rotary’s installation of officers that evening. The dance music will be furnished by a local group known as the "Tempo’s.” This group is sponsored by the Decatur Music House, and features a 20 piece orchestra. There is no admission charge, and all people in this community are being urged by the two organizations to attend the affair, and to meet the young people visiting here for the two days. The musicians will be paid on this occasion by a grant from the Recording Industries. with the cooperation Local 607 of the American federation of musicians. If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad — They bring results. \ • \ \ ' See What 19c Will j Buy! See Thursday's a' " Paper