Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 151, Decatur, Adams County, 27 June 1958 — Page 2

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County 4-H Contest Held Here Thursday 4-H Demonstration Winners Announced Janice VanEmon and Joy Everhart of the Geneva Cloverblossom 4-H club placed first in the county 4-H demonstration contest held Thursday at the Deeatur high WOOLEN • SUITS • COATS INDIVIDUALLY STORED 76c each Plus Cleaning Charges KELLY DRY CLEANING 427 N. 9th St. Phone 3-3202

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school The title of their demonstration was “You and Your Personality.” They will now represent Adams county in the district contest in Wabash July. Esther Brehm of the Monroe Boosterettes 4-H club will represent Adams county in the special demonstration contest Ju 1 y 11 in Whitley county. Her demonstration, "Pretty As A Bouquet” will be en-' tered in the raw vegetable com test. Junior demonstration winner was Ruth Ann Beery of the Preble Jolly i Juniors club, demonstrating ' “Food for all ages.’’ Second place went to Kathy and Judy Thieme of the Union Pals club with ‘ Candy sack dolls.” Joyce Strouse, of the Monmouth Merry Maids, placed third with "Operation Stir." Winners in the 4-H judging contests were also determined yesterday. Girls who will represent Adams county in'the district contest will be: baking judging, Kay Singleton of the Washington Happy Hustlers and Barbara Bleeke of Union Pats and judging, Lois Jean Gerke of the Union Pals and Ann Lehrman and Ann Lehrman of the Union Pals; food preparation, Susan McCullough of the St. Mary’s Kekiongas and Phyllis Smith of the Washington Happy Hustlers; clothing judging, Janice VanEmon of the Geneva Cloverblossoms and Carol Norquest of the Decatur Peppy

Gals; home improvement, Jackie Hurst of the Monmouth Marry Maids and Gail Egly of the Jefferson Work and Win; electricity, Anna Beller of the Geneva Cloverblosßpm. Junior winnent in all contests were announced »s follows: clothing. Colleen Kelly of the Decatur Peppv Gals and Wanda Debolt of the Jefferson Work and Win; food preparation, Sharon Harkless of the Monmouth Merry Maids and Jane Girod of ajkCreek Up and At It; and baling. Judy Moser of the Jefferson Work and Win and Peggy Gerber of the Monroe Boosterettes. All women 4-H leaders of local clubs assisted in setting up and taking charge of all the contests. Mrs. Lawrence Hess, of Fort Wayne, judged the demonstrations, which began, along with the judging tests. Thursday morning, and ended Thursday afternoon. Before announcing the awards for the members of the 17 girls’ clubs, Mrs. Hess commented on the demonstrations and gave some tips for future demonstrations. Emphasizing that the demonstrations help to develop the poise and personality of any- 4-H club member, she stated that this given club members a chance to express themselves before others. Commenting that many of the demonstrations could be longer, she remained the girls of the senior division that, theirs had a 20-minute I limit, but that the junior division ; members had no time limit. Suggestions she gave for different I techniques in presenting demon- ; strations included the using of mir- , ros. Jay County Boy Is Killed By Shotgun PORTLAND, Ind. <UPD — A hunting accident claimed the life of 10-year-old Robert Dean Brinkerhoff, near Portland,, when a shotgun handed to him by a neighbor boy accidentally discharged Thursday. Robert and Danny Resur, 13, were in a woods near the Resur farm when the aeeident happened. The boy'jwas struck in the chest and died in Jay County Hospital 1% hours later. Peter Piper, etc. NEW HAVEN, Conn... — (W — Mrs. Frank Ruotolo said a thief j broke into her cellar and took two J gallons, a peck, of her best pickled i peppers.

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Library Remodeling Plans Are Accepted Plans for renibdeling the Deatur public library were accepted at a recent meeting of the library board, and have been sent to the state fire marshal for approval. The plans include removal of the present steps.and adding new storage space. Anticipating the' construction, which will begin later on, the library has replaced the summer reading program with the new story hour, for children in the first and second grades. Yesterday afternoon the story hour featured a silhouette film of Cinderella, as the children had heard that fairy tale the previous week. Miss Jeanette Hahnert in charge, the story hour is held each Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock in the auditorium of the library. Take Applications For Emergency Loans Applications for emergency loans to eligible farmers whose crops were damaged by flood or excessive rainfall, may be placed at Room 4. K. of C. building here. Funds can be advanced for the purchase of feed, seed, fertilizer and other farm operating needs; for family subsistence, including medical care; privilege rent for buildings and pasture < not including cash rent for cropland*; current year taxes; insurance premiums;not more than one year's interest on real estate and chattel mortgages; releveling of land, clearing of debris and replacement and repair of fences, necessary as a direct result of flood. To be eligible a farmer must be primarily engaged in farming and have reasonable prospects for success in the farming operations he plans to carry on. In addition, he must have suffered a substantialloss from flood or excessive rainfall and must be- unable to obtain the credit he needs from other sources. The interest rate is three per cent. Repayment schedules depend upon purposes for which funds are advanced and upon the estimated income of the applicant. It has been calculated that the human body contains 26,500,000,000,000. Trade in a good town — Decatur.

Farm Bill Defeated In House Thursday Democratic Farm Leaders Are Upset WASHINGTON (UPD — House Democratic farm leaders, upset by House snubbing of their farm bill, settled back today to lick their wounds and let the Senate carry the ball on new farm legislation.' A coalition of Republicans and city Democrats killed the bill as the House voted 214 to 171 against a motion which would have formally brought the measure up for consideration. Thus, the lawmakers rejected the administrationopposed bill without considering any of its eight complicated sections. The measure included a twoprice plan for wheat which opponents denounced as a “bread tax.” It also would have allowed producers of feed grains and dairy products to subject themselves to ; unprecedented production controls . in return for higher price sup- ; ports. Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. , Benson said he was “highly gratified” by the House action killing the bill, and regarded its defeat “a vote of confidence in American agriculture.” Some parts of the bill were not ’ considered controversial and two of these sections were designed to extend a farm surplus export program and a schobl-and-summer-camp milk subsidy program, both ; due to expire*, at midnight Mon- ' day. GQP leaders predicted Democrats would be forced to act to keep these programs alive and would call up Senate-passed bills extending them. A special parliamentary procedure would allow both measures to- be sent to the . White House before the Monday night deadline. But Chairman Harold D. Cooley (D-N.C.) of tl?e House Agriculture Committee, after a hastily-sum-moned meeting of committee Democrats Thursday night, said he planned to do nothing at all at the moment. Cooley said Republicans were responsible for killing the bill. Anyway, he added, the surplus export program was allowed to lapse from June 30 past Aug. 1 in both 1956 and 1957 “and nobody seemed very concerned about it them.” Cooley .said he planned no more meetings of his committee until after the July 4 holiday.

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Ken Eliasson Ends Stay As Exchange Student

By Barbara Fiechter Nearly g year's visit in the United States will come to a climax during the next three weeks for Ken Eliasson, Swedish exchange Student who' has stayed with Dr. and Mrs. Harry* Hebble, John and Harry, Jr., for the past ten months. Yesterday he left Decatur for Dyersburg, Tenn., where he and the exchange student from Bluffton will join 68 other Rotary-sponsored exchange students to tour Tennessee, Indiana, and Kentucky before going to Washington, D.C.. where the 1039 students of this exchange program will gather. When this reporter arrived at the Hebble home, Eliasson announced that he had just finished packing and the luggage weighed 94 pounds, he declared, six pounds under the limit. Asked where he will go from Decatur, he- replied that he will join a group at Dyersburg, Tenn., that is similar to the group of 68 exchange students who will stay over in Decatur two days during the first part of July. After going to Washington. D. C., he will travel to Montreal, Canada, where he will board a ship for Europe and Gothenberg. Sweden, August 3. Gothenberg. he explained, is a city about the size of Indianapolis, and he and his family live in the suburbs. His father owns a taxicab business, and his mother designs clothes. He has a brother. Roger, 13. who is also very enthused about the exchange program. Asked about the exchange program, he replied that he first heard of the program in school. Applying for the Rotary scholarship, he wrote a 1,500-word theme about himself, in English. While in the United States, his part in theprogram* has been to live with an American family, learning about American work and social life, and explaining, in turn, to Americans about his country, its customs and work? During his stay, since December, he has made 45 speeches to Rotary clubs and other groups about his native country and the exchange program. Although he arrived in the United States in August, he' was to wait for two or three months, to get a full impression of American life—and to; get a command of the language, and an understanding of the slang, ’ which was a main stumbling block! for him. . «

Sweden, he explained, is about as large as California, and has a population of seven million. Extending as far north as Alaska, it is a country of forests and lakes; in fact, 54 per cent of the area is forest. The people have benefits such as socialized medicine, he went on; the old age pension is the highest in the world, and Sweden's standard of living is the highest in Europe. The Lutheran church is the most predominant church in Sweden. Neutral in politics, he explained. Sweden has not been involved in a war for 150 years. Many more people ride bicycles in Sweden than here, he stated: people there get their drivers' licenses when they are 18. Eliasson did not object, however, to this country’s age limit of 16; here he learned to drive through a driver's training course at Decatur high school. Sweden’s main sports are soccer and winter sports such as hoc K.-y. Soccer, much like football, is played in spring, summer and fall and is a wonderful sport, he stated. The world championship is being played in Sweden this year, he added, with about 18 to 20 countries participating. Swedish eating habits are similar to those of Americans, but J much more seafood is eaten, with fish on the menu three or four times a week. There is nothing like pie on Swedish tables, however, he added. When people in Sweden go to a restaurant for a big meal, they begin with herring and end with cheese and fruit, a different

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way of eating than America's proverbial “soup to nuts." Schools in Sweden, he explained, are “all work.” There are no study halls, and students carry loads of about nine solids instead of the usual four here; and there is much homework. High schools there are selective, and take only about 35 per cent of the students of high school age; those who do not pass the entrance tests continue with more primary schooling. Most students receive the high' school diploma when they are 19 or 20. After graduating, the students go on to serve in the armed forces for 15 months. After his service term is up, Eliasson stated, he will go on to college to study law. When he returns to'Sweden, however, he will enter school as a junior, as he will not receive credit for his year here. Still, he stated, the experience he has had here “is everything"; for lit- is very enthusiastic about the exchange program. At Decatur high school, he took speech, history, English and Latin <which he wanted to keep up on as it is a requirement In Sweden) adding drivers' education and physical education to these four solids. Interested in sports here also, he specialized in the 880-yard run, for which he won a track letter. He recalled two banquets: the speech banquet and the Roman banquet. For the speech banquet, he helped to plan a Swedish smor gasbord, and for the Roman ban quet, for sophomore year Latin students, he played Caesar in the Roman pageant. • Asked what he will remember most vividly about his stay in America, he exclaimed, "The people!” Adding to the compliment, he explained that everyone has been kind and friendly. It has been, wonderful living at the Hebbles he continued, repeating that he has enjoyed his stay here very much. One thing cropped up during the interview that seems to come into almost any talk with an exchange Student: world understanding. He stated he did not know about world understanding before this trip. During this time, he has told oth--enr about his country, and has learned to know American life and customs in return. He learned about world understanding: and many of those who have spoken with him. or who have heard him speak, have learned something about world understanding themselves: they have first learned something about his country, and .they have had a chance to see what someone who is certainly a goodwill ambassador experiences in, and thinks about, another country.