Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 180, Decatur, Adams County, 1 August 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 180.

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Hold Divorcee In Slaying Os Drug Executive Divorcee Critically 111 From Apparent Attempt At Suicide INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Police today charged a critically ill divorcee with murder in the aleged love triangle slaying of a wealthy drug firm executive. Mrs. Minnie B. (Connie) Nicholas, 43, was hospitalized Thursday night after she apparently tried to kill herself by swallowing sleeping pills. Authorities were unable to question her but kept detectives at her hospital bedside to do so in the event she regains consciousness. Police said she left two informal wills and a note threatening sui- . cide because of a shattered’ romance with Forrest Teel, 54, handsome executive vice president of EH Lily and Co., one of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical houses. A warrant for Mrs. Nicholas’ arrest was signed by police after an investigation. They said notes left by her and information from friends indicated she thought she was being replaced in Teel’s life by a younger woman. Mrs. Nicholas was found in her car parked near a secluded creek bank. Officers at first thought she was dead. Teel was found in his white Cadilac early Thursday, dying of gunshot wounds. Police begged him to name his assailant for 15 minutes, but Teel died without telling. Police said Mrs. Nicholas, a close friend of Teel for 15 years, apparently took an overdose of sleeping pills. Two empty bottles of barbiturates were found in the car along with a pistol containing a single bulet. Teel was slain with a gun of the same caliber. In her apartment, authorities said they found a note addressed to Teel which referred to a lover’s quarrel and said she found life no t longer was worth living. Mrs. Nicholas, a 5-foot 1-inch, 105-pound brunette, was divorced twice. Her second husband was Curtis E. Nicholas, 44, a Detroit, Mich., salesman. A pair of men’s pajamas and slippers were found on a chair in her apartment along with a note directing they be delivered to Teel’s home. One of her ’’wills” asked that she be cremated "in my new blue negligee” and her ashes dropped over an airport The other one directed that her car be given to Nicholas. Authorities launched an all points search for Mrs. Nicholas when they learned her description matched that of a woman seen climbing from Teel’s car moments after he was shot in the throat, abdomen and left side. One witness said the woman entered a blue and white car where a man was waiting and (Continued on page five) INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy extreme north, considerable cloudiness south and central tonight and Satur- ~ day. Locally heavy rainfall in south and central sections tonight and early Saturday. A Utile wanner extreme north tonight -Little, temperature change Saturday. Low tonight 61 to 88 north, 18 to 73 south. High Saturday mostly in the 80s. Sunset today 7:58 p.m. Sunrise Saturday 5:45 a.m. Outlook for Sunday: Mostly fair and farm but with possible showers or thunderstorms continuing extreme south. Low Saturday night tn the Rte north and een- “ traL 70s south. High Sunday in the 80s north to low Ms south.

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Dean Beer Is Dairy ~ Show Grand Champ Dairy Show Judging Conducted Thursday Grand champion showman of the Adams county 4-H fair dairy showmanship contest, judge H. E. Den--1 nison, Lansing, Mich., announced Thursday, is Dean Beer, of the Jefferson Go-Getters club. Steve Moses, of Root township, is the reserve grand champion showman. Six breeds of dairy cattle were on the judging schedule, with the Holsteins being judged first. Holstein Grand champion female and senior champion female was shown by Leo Busick, of the Root Roving Rangers. Sara Nell Liechty, of the Berne Jolly Workers, exhibited the reserve grand champion female and the junior champion female. Other winners: junior female calf, group one, Ist, Rex King, 2nd, Dave Hartman: 3rd, Jerry Gerber; 4th, Judson Sprunger; sth, Fred 1 Yoder T junior ; Yemale"calf, "group two, Ist, Rosetta Liechty, 2nd, David Sommer; 3rd, Joe Longsworth; 4th, Paul Norr; sth, Don Riley. Junior male calf: Ist. Donald Isch; 2nd. Judy Caffee; 3rd, Joe Longsworth, 4th, Don Rileysth, Jerry Zeigler. Senior feniale calf: Ist, Lois Gerke; 2nd. Dean Beer; 3rd, Paul Norr; 4th, Jerry Zeigler; sth, Joe Longworth. Senior male calf: Ist, Lois Gerke; 2nd. David Hartman; 3rd, Paul Johnson; 4th, Darlene Smitley; sth, Muri Yoder. Junior female yearling: Ist, Gregg Liechty; 2nd, Alan Habegger; 3rd, Diane Raudenbush; 4th, Muri.Yoder; sth, Phil Gerber. Junior male yearling: Ist, Dave Hartman; 2nd, Charles Isch. Senior female yearling: Ist, Sara Nell Liechty; 2nd, Richard Yoder; 3rd, Roy Mazelin; 4th, Ronald Habegger; sth. David Sommer. Two-year-old cow class: Ist, John Stahly; 2nd, Janis Yoder; 3rd, Richard Schwartz; 4th, Rosetta Liechty; sth, David Beer. Cow class: Ist, Leo Busick; 2nd, Lois Gerke; 3rd, Gregg Liechty; 4th, Jerry Schwartz. Two-year-old bull class: Ist, Jerry Gerber,; 2nd, Jerry Sommer. Champion showman: Paul Norr. Jersey Grand champion and senior champion Jersey bull was shown by Larry Duff, of the Hartford Hoosier Workers club. The junior champion and reserve grand champion Jersey bull was shown by Glen Marckel of the Blue Creek Sodbusters club. Gretchen Pyle, of the Monroe Boosters, exhibited the grand champion and junior champion Jersey female and also the reserve grand champion and senior champion Jersey female, in addition to winning the champion showmanship ribbon for this class. Other winners: Junior female calf: Ist, Ronnie Moser; 2nd, Kenneth Pyle; 3rd, Glen Marckel; 4th, Gretchen Pyle; sth, Ellen Lindsey. Junior male calf; Ist, Mary Ann Duff; 2nd, Pyle. Senior female calf: Ist, Roger Pyle; 2nd, Kenneth Pyle; 3rd, Larry Duff; 4th, Jane Duff; sth, Allen Mailand. Senior male calf: Ist, Glen Marckel; 2nd, Harold Mailand. Junior female yearling; Ist, Glen Marckel. Senior female yearling: Ist, Gretchen Pyle; 2nd, Roger Pyle; 3rd, Judy Mosser. Two-year-old cow: Ist, Gretchen Pyle; 2nd, Mildred Morrison. Two-year-old bull: Ist, Larry Duff. Guernsey The grand champion and senior champion Guernsey female was shown by Steve Moses, of the Root Roving Rangers. Reserve grand champion and junior champion Guernsey female was exhibited by Esther Brehm, of the Monroe Booeterettes. Larry Foreman was ex(Continued on page three)

Ike Requests Nikita Meet West Leaders - — New Note To Russian Leader Asks Meeting In U. N. Council WASHINGTON (UPD — President Eisenhower today asked Nikita Khrushchev to meet Western leaders face to face in the United Nations Security Council to cope with “indirect aggression against independent states” of the Middle East. la a new note to the Soviet preipier the President suggested that the meeting start "on or about Aug. 12”—the same date proposed by Britain—in New York or somewhere else but not Moscow. “If such a 'meeting is arranged,” the President told Khrushchev, “I expect to attend and participate and I hope that you would do likewise.” Two Different Attitudes The terse and stiffly worded note, running only 600 words, was delivered in Moscow .to Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister N. S. , Patolichev by U.S. Ambassador . Llewellyn Thompson. It and Prime Minister Harold [ Macmilan’s similar message to Khrushchev Thursday raised the possibility that if a summit meeting is held, French * Premier Charles de Gaulle will not attend De Gaulle proposed Thursday that the meeting be held in Geneva Aug. 18 — outside the United Nations framework. President Eisenhower chided Khrushchev for the tone of invective in the Soviet leader’s recent messages and accused him of wanting to undermine the U.N. and of disregarding the interests 1 of small nations. He said “not ' procedural but basic" diferences characterize U.S. and Soviet atti- ; tudes. Then the President said he was instructing Henry Cabot Lodge Jr’, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, to seek a special Security Council summit meeting around Aug. 12. He told Khrushchev: "I would hope that you would similarly instruct your permanent representative” to the Security Council. Cites Indirect Aggression In rejecting Moscow as a posi sible meeting place the President said: "The memory of the welli organized mass demonstration and serious damage to the United States embassy in Moscow is too fresh in the minds of the American people.” Beef Show Judged At County 4-H Fair Feeding, Breeding Winners Are Listed Judge Bill Anderson of the beef feeding and breeding projects and the gold medal cattle class named one gold medal winner, and an Angus grand champion steer in the feeding division. In the Hoosier gold medal bull class, there were enough entries to merit gold medal competition, while the heifer competition had only three entries, with a silver and a bronze medal being awarded. Gold medal bull was entered by Sandra Strickler; silver medal went to Ty Ballard, and bronze to Sue Strickler, with Clyde Holsapple placing fourth. Sandra Strickler received a silver medal, while Ty Ballard received the bronze, with Sue Strickler placing third. In the Hereford breeding project, Cynthia Carroll’s entry was named champion heifer. She also exhibited the first-prize junior yearling; John Carroll’s placed second in that class. First prize Hereford summer yearling went to Bobby Christner. Shorthorn junior yearling first prize went to Jerry Alberson. In the Angus breeding project, awards were as follows: Angus bulls, Sandra Strickler, Ist;. Ty Ballard, 2nd; Sue Strickler, 3rd; Helen Rumple, 4th, and John Rumple, sth. Heifer classes: Angus junior yearling, Helen Rumple, Ist; Sue Strickler, 2nd; Angus summer yearling, Sandra Strickler, Ist; John Rumple, 2nd; Angus senior calf, Ty Ballard, Ist. Angus champion heifer was shown by Sandra Strickler. Grand champion steer over all breeds in the beef feeding project was shown by Sue Strickler. An Angus, the grand champion, was in the medium weight class. Reserve champion went to Gerald Schaadt’s Hereford, which was a lightweight steer. In the best pairs competition, Gerald Schaadt placed first. Rose and John Lantz, 2nd; Sue and Sandra Strickler, 3rd; John Kohne, (Continued on page five)

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Adams County Woman Is Killed At Berne By Hit-Run Motorcyclist

U.S. Explodes Missile-Borne Atom Warhead May Be Forerunner Os Rocket Defense For Red Missiles t , WASHINGTON (UPD — The United States today exploded high in the sky over Johnston Island in the Pacific a missile -borne nuclear warhead which may be the forerunner of rocket defenses against Russia’s intercontinental balistic missile. It was believed to be the first time this country has test-fired an atomic warhead shot into the air by a missile. It tested a planelaunched nuclear missile in Nevada last year. The super-solar-flash and mushroom cloud of today’s shot was witnessed by thousands of residents of the Hawaiian Islands hundreds of miles northeast of Johnston Island. In Washington the Atomic Energy Commission and Defense Department announced: “The test detonation of a nuclear warhead in a missile occurred above the Johnston Island area in the Pacific jfoday. The test is part of the Hardtack nuclear weapons test series.“ u The official announcement gave no time, but Honolulu reported that the dazzling flash was seen through the Hawaiian Island chain at 5:45 a.m. c.d.t. The government did not describe the size of the missile and warhead and did not reveal the altitude at which the detonation occurred. But past official announcements have said the Johnston Island tests would be of ’ “shortrange defensive missiles with nuclear warheads.” This suggested that the explosion was the proof-test of a completed weapon—such as the Nike Hercules or Talon missiles designed to knock out fleets of enemy H-bombers. Another possibility was that the weapon was a prototype device designed to test the feasibility of (Continued on page three) New Postal Rates Detailed By Kirsch Postmaster Speaks At Rotary Meeting Led Kirsch, Decatur’s postmaster, explained the new postal rates to the Decatur Rotary club Thursday night as he gave a talk explaining his classification in the club. Ward Calland was program chairman and introduced the speaker. First class letter rates are now four cents per ounce; post cards are now three cents each instead ot two cents; third class mail is now three cents for the first two ounces, plus 1% cents for each additional ounce. The weight limit on third class mail has been raised to 16 ounces rather than 8 ounces, which will cause some saving over parcel post rates. The postmaster pointed out that for ’ sanitary reasons stamps are not returnable for refund or exchange. ■ An official post office movie was shown. Postmaster-general Summerfield prefaced it by explaining that America, with one | sixteenth of the world's population, < sends over two thirds of the world’s total mail. Each piece of 1 mail is handled an average of ■ 17 times from its depost in a mail box to its final delivery to its | addressee. I J Engineering studies have been 1 made since 1953 to modernize and mechanize the service. The Mail- ( flo system now in use at Detroit , utilizes elaborate conveyors. Bal- j timore conserves manpower in handling parcels. Electronic ( equipment makes sorting easier and quicker. New offices feature better lighting, air conditioning. . and 24-hour per day lobby service. ’ Mailster carts let the mailman 1 ride instead of walk, eliminate the } (Continued on page five) *

Swine Show Sala Held Last Evening Decatur Bank Buys Swine Champ The First State Bank of Decatur bought the grand champion Chester White barrow exhibited by 4-H’er Donald Fuelling at the swine auction at the Adams county 4-H fairgrounds at Monroe Thursday evening for 31.40 per pound. The 95 hogs sold this year averaged $5.20 per hundred more than the 78 sold in the 4-H auction in 1957; the price per animal raised J 10.37 per animal more than last year’s receipts, as the average price paid per animal this year was $71.12, according to reports made this morning by Herman Krueckeberg, clerk of the auction. Total sales were $6,759.00. Auctioneers helping in the sale were Gerald Strickler. D. S. Blair, Philip Neuenschwander, Melvin Liechty, Bill Schnepf, J. S. Sanmann, Miz Lehman, and Ted Schieferstein. Exhibitors, purchasers, and total sales follow: Donald Fuelling, The First State Bank, Decatur, $308.00; Shirley Roberts, F. J. Schmitt, Decatur, $99.75; David Singleton, the First State Bank, Decatur, "S7T:Wt Bobby Christener, Zurcher Mobil Service, Monroe, 875.00; Don Busick, First State Bank, Decatur, $105.00; Dean Harman, Petrie Oil Co., Decatur, $80:00; Stanley Meyers, First Bank of Berne, $87.75; Ty Ballard, First State Bank, (Continued on page three) Flash Floods Roar On Central Kansas Hundreds Forced To Flee Kansas Homes By United Press International More than 6 inches of rain sent flash floods roaring across central Kansas, forcing hundreds of persons from their homes. Other sections of the nation also staggered under a one-two punch of wind and rain Thursday, with floods threatening the Canton, Ohio, area, violent thunderstorms sweeping the Texas panhandle and a tornado injuring one person near Shelbyville, Ind. Elsewhere the Southwest baked under 100 - plus temperatures Thursday and the Southeast and southern Plains reported readings near the 100 mark. The Kansas - Missouri floods forced evacuation of about 125 persons along the Blue River near Kansas City and half the village of Easton in Leavenworth County near Atchison, Kan., was under water today. The Weather Bureau reported a new wave of thunderstorms sweeping across Nebraska toward the stricken area Thursday night. Army personnel from Ft. Leavenworth helped evacuate some 30 families at Easton. Spokesmen said although Big Stranger and Dawson creeks appeared to have crested more rain could force further evacuation today. The crest was sweeping’ downstream toward Tonganoxie, Kan., where Big Stranger Creek was expected to crest at its highest level in history late today. In Ohio civil defense officials and police were alerted when a crack developed at the Koicrest Reservoir dam above Elkton and Leetonia in the western part of the state. Spokesmen said the crack had been sandbagged but cresting streams in the area were still threatening early today. Nearly 3% inches of rain in the Canton, Ohio, area forced the evacuation by boat of some families in low - lying areas along streams and high waters cut off the village of Louisville, Ohio, for a time. The Weather Bureau reported nearly 18 inches of rain in Ohio in June and July for an all-time two-month record. July was the wettest since 1896 with a total rainfall of 8 inches.

Lebanon Calm Is Shattered ByTerrorists Fatal Bomb Attack Ends Post-Election Calm For Lebanese ‘BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPD—Terrorists shattered Lebanon’s post-election calm today with a fatal bomb attack apparently aimed at speeding American troop withdrawal and retirement of President Cmille Chamoun. At least two persons were killed and 15 wounded by the heavy bomb blast near headquarters of the Lebanese army troops outside the rebel-held Basta quarter of Beirut. Simultaneously, extremist rebels showered leaflets across the capital city demanding pullback of the American ‘new colonists” —a reference to the U.S. Marines and soldiers sent there at government request to help maintain order. State of Armed Trace Saeb Salam, head of the rebel forces, holed .up in the . Basta' qiiar- i ter here, immediately disclaimed any responsibility for the two outbursts. ‘lt is impossible that any of my men are responsible for this violence,” Salam said. He sided with pro-government leaders Thursday in electing Maj; Gen. Fuad Chehab, army chief of staff as president to succeed Chamoun. But he warned that his movement would go on until Chamoun stepped down and the Americans got out of Lebanon, thus in effect keeping the country in a (Continued on page three) Mrs. Adelaide Gass i Dies Unexpectedly Prominent Decatur 5 Lady Dies Thursday 1 Mrs. Adelaide M. Gass, 86, pro- • minent Decatur lady, died unexs pectedly at 4:15 o’clock Thursday 1 afternoon at the home of a daughr ter, Mrs. Dan Zeser, 447 Mercer avenue, where she made her home. 1 Death was caused by a stroke. 5 She was the widow of E. F. 1 Gass, founder of the E. F. Gass 5 Ready-To Wear store on North Second street in this city, now ops erated by a son, William. A lifelong resident of this city, - she was born in Decatur Sept, f 17, 1871. a daughter of Jacob and r Mary Fullenkamp. Her marriage ■to E. F. Gass was solemnized Oct. 19, 1891. Mr. Gass died Aug. I 9, 1931. . Mrs. Gass was a member of the I St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Rosary society, Third Order of Columbia, St. Ann’s study club, and ! the ladies auxiliary of Adams Post 43, American Legion. She is survived by three daugh- ' ters, Mrs. Dan (Marie) Zeser and ! Mrs. V. J. (Naomi) Bormann, both ’of Decatur, and Mrs. George (Helen) Andrews of Lake City, 1 la.; four sons, Raymond O. Gass ■ of Culver, Carl Gass of Rivera ' Beach, Fla., Robert J. Gass of Lake City, la., and William Gass of Decatur; 25 grandchildren; 46 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Fred Fullenkamp of Decatur, and Herbert Fullenkamp of Findlay, 0., and three sisters, Mrs. Martin Mylott of Chicago, and Miss Rose Fullenkamp and Mrs. Ed Weisling, both of Findlay, O. Two children, Leon Gass and Miss Beatrice Gass, preceded her in death. Funeral services will be conducted at lo o’clock Monday morning at St. ; Mary’s Catholic church, the Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimetz officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. The body was removed to the Gillig & Doan funeral home, where friends may call after 7 o’clock this evening until time of the services. The Third Order of St. Francis will recite the rosary at 7:30 p.m. Sunday and the Rosary society at 1 p.m., Sunday.

Grand Champ Steer Sold To Local Bank Beef Show Auction Held Last Evening At the 4-H beef auction Thursday evening the show ring of the Adams Central 4-H fair grounds, the grand champion steer, an Angus exhibited by Sue Strickler, was sold to the First State Bank of Decatur for 80 cents per pound, for a total $792. This year’s bid price for the champion steer was 18 cents above the 1957 auction high bid of 62 cents. A medium weight animal, the Angus weighed 990 Total sales for the beef auction which was held prior to the swine auction, were $8,112.40, acording to auction clerk Herman Krueckeberg’s statement this morning. 1 The average price paid per pound I was 35.79 cents, as compared with 1 last year’s average, 29.88 cents, i The steers aveeaged 945 pounds. : lighter than last year’s 993-pound < average. Eight auctioneers assisted in the 1 beef auction: Gerald Strickler D. 1 S. Blair, Philip Neuenschwander, ; Melvin Liechty, Bill Schnepf, J. S. Sanmann, Miz Lehman, and Ted .Schieferstein.,.. , Owners, purchasers, and total , prices follow: Sue Strickler, the First State Bank, Decatur, $792.00; Gerald Schaadt, The First State Bank; Deeetur, W 06.00; Joe Kohne, The First State Bank, Decatur $374.50; Ty Ballard, H. P. Schmitt Packing Co., Decatur, $323.75; Tom Schnepf, Gerbers Super Market, Decatur, $374.55; Ed Brite, Carl Schroeder, Chattanooga, O. $279.85 Joe Kohne, Adams county Co-op, Monroe, $299.70. Rose Lantz, Decatur Ready Mix, Decatur, $343.20; Michael Carr, Reppert Auction School, Decatur, $327.60; Jerry Alberson, Berne Locker Storage, Berne, $244.90; Gerald Schaadt, Farmers Grain and Feed, Willshire, 0., $239.40; John Lantz, Adams county Coop, Monroe, $325.50; Bill Hawbaker, Bank of Geneva. $380.00; Leroy Adams, First (Bank »f Berne, Berne, $271.25; Joe Kohne, Eastern Indiana Oil and Supply, Geneva, $292.60; John Lantz, Adams (Continued on paire three) Miss Carol Norquest Dress Revue Winner Annual Dress Revue Held Last Evening Carol Norquest, of the Decatur Peppy Gals 4-H club, will represent Adams county in the state fair dress revue, having won grand champion honors of the senior dress revue Thursday evening, at the county dress revue held in the Adams Central gymnasium. Named alternate, and reserve grand champion in the revue was Joyce Busick, of the Monmouth Merry Maids, of the senior division for girls in their third to seventh years in clothing projects. The state fair delegate modeled her navy blue jacket dress and salt-arid-pepper coat, while the < alternate wore a grey flannel dress with black collar, cuffs, and accessories. Judy Moser, of the Jefferson Work and Win club, won grand champion honors in the junior dress revue, for girls in their first to third years of sewing. Blue ribbon winners in their divisions of sewing, graded by years of 4-H experience, received pins ’ and ribbons. Winners in division : I were Jane Inniger, Connie Ever- 1 ett, Linda Habegger, Ramona ; Merriman, Sheryl Boerger, Joyce 1 Strauss, Shirley Scheumann, Shir- j ley Gallmeyer, Susan Bittner, and < Marjorie Lehman. » j Division II: Judy Rydell, Ann Inniger, Sharon Sue Harkless, , Kay Stevens, Sandra Branstetter, Bonnie Hart, Janice Winteregg, ; Jean Swickard, and Maris Meshberger. « Division IT, junior group: Judy Moser, Wanda Deßolt, Ellen Kay Lindsey, and Ruth Ann Beery. For the senior group in divi(ConUnuea on pa<« aU)

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Cycle Strikes Buggy At Berne At Noon Today Elizabeth Wengerd Is Killed Instantly As Body Hits Tree bulletin Bert E. Affolder, 20, of route one, Berne, surrendered to sheriff Merle Affolder at Berne at 2 p.m. today. He will be charged with leaving the scene of an accident and driving while his license is suspended. He appeared with his attorney. Mrs. Elizabeth Yoder-Wengerd, 69, of Berne rural route 1, was killed instantly at 11:30 o’clock this morning when she was thrown from a horse-drawn buggy after it was struck by a motorcycle in the city of Berne. Mrs. Wengerd was riding in a buggy driven by her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Andrew Wengerd, 35, also of Berne route 1. The buggy in which the ladies were riding was struck on the left rear-side by the hit and run motorcyclist near the intersection of Monroe and Main streets in Berne. The impact frightened the horse, which bolted and ran away for, a to Water ’ and Main streets? where the buggy overturned, throwing but both occupants. The elder Mrs. Wengerd was hurled against a small tree in front of 265 East Water street, and she was killed instantly. Her daughter-in-law was treated at the scene by a physician, and was then brought to the Adams coanty memorial hospital for observation and treatment. Her condition is believed not serious, unless internal injuries should develop. The county’s seven traffic fatality of 1958 is being investigated by sheriff Merle Affolder, state patrolman Gene Rash, and Karl Sprunger, Berne police chief, who have launched an intensive search for the hit and run cyclist. The accident victim was born in Holmes county, O„ Aug. 27, 1888, and was married to Solomon D. Wengerd Dec. 26, 1906. Her husband died several years ago. Survivors include two stepchildren, Mrs. Jacob B. Wickey and Miss Sarah Wengerd; and the following children: Mrs. David L. Schwartz of Berne route 1, Daniel S. Wengerd of Apple Creek, 0., Noah S. Wengerd of Berne route 1, Joe S. Wengerd of Bluffton route 4, Jerry and Andrew Wengerd, both of Berne route 1, Eli S. Wengerd of Fresno, Calif., Mrs. Andrew W. Schwartz of Monroe 1, and Jonas S. Wengerd of Spencerville. The body was removed to the Yager funeral home at Berne. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Million Dollar Fire At Minnesota Plant WINONA, Minn. (UPD — Firemen Thursday night brought under control a million-dollar fire which destroyed 15 outdoor flax piles at the Archer Daniels-Midland flax storage plant along the banks of the Mississippi River. Breakin Reported At Salvation Army A breakin was reported to the city police department at 9:45 a.m. today at the Salvation Army store located on North Second street. The breakin was discovered by Mrs. Paradine Mee. a worker at the store. The building was believed entered between the hours' of 12 midnight last night and 9:30 today. The thieves gained entry into the building through the east side by ripping sheet metal off the side of the building in the rear of the store. After the thieves entered the building, a window was broken in a door leading into a srpall storage room. Nothing was known to be missing from the store. City police investigated.