Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 186, Decatur, Adams County, 8 August 1958 — Page 3

FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1858

WOMEN’S GUILD MEETS AT SALEM E. R. CHURCH The Rev. and Mrs. H. E. Sertlage opened the Women’s Guild August meeting with an organ and piano duet as a prelude to the meeting which was held in the Salem Evangelical and Reformed church. After the opening hymn, a triofrom Bluffton which included Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hooker and Clarence Monroe, and Mrs. Clarence Monroe as accompanist, presented several numbers and a among them was “There Will Be Peace in the Valley.” Mrs. Robert Kolter spoke on the scripture which she had previously read and a film and lecture or Africa were presented. Following more singing by the trio, the Women’s Guild topic, "We believe in one holy universal Christian church” was discussed. A vocal duet was given by Mrs. Harry Beavers and Miss Nyla Girod and a prayer from the prayer calendar was read by Mrs. Rudolph Kolter. The committee in charge of the meeting was Mrs. Ella Scherry, Mrs. Roland Scherry, Mrs. Carlton Worthman, Mrs. Rudolph Kolter, Mrs. Lula Strahm, Mrs. Robert Kolter and Mrs. Christ Borne and they served ice cream, cake and punch during the social hour to 52 members. During the business meeting conducted by Mrs. Walter Egley, plans were discused about the rummage sale Which will be held August 16 in Decatur. Next month's meeting will be held September 2 with Mrs. Irvin Worthman as chairman and assisting her will be Mrs. Milton Hoffman, Mrs. Richard Gerber, Mrs. Otto Peck, Mrs. Martha Dettinger, Mrs. Loren Loren Kruetzman, Mrs. George Gerber, and Mrs. Rondle Walchle. Tuesday evening, beginning at 7:30 o’clock, the members of the Monroe Better Homes Demonstration club will meet at the home of Mrs. Herb Fruchte. A regular meeting of the members of the Trinity E.U.B. Women's Society of World Service will be held Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock at the church. The members of the Adams county coon hunters club will meet Saturday at 8 o’clock at the Reichert school. Members of Olive Rebekah lodge number 86 will meet Tuesday at 7:30 at the Odd Fellows hall. There will be inititation of candidates. Sr. M. Basilla, CSA, and Sr. M. Etheldeda, CSA, are guests at the home of their sister, Mrs. Ben Eiting, while another sister, Sr. M. Bertha Ann is staying with her mother, Mrs. Peter Miller. Open house in their honor will be held Sunday beginning at 1:30 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Eiting. Mrs. William Litchle of Mansfield. Ohio, returned home yesterday after visiting two weeks with friends and relatives in Decatur. Among 24 students from Fort Wayne and Allen county who will attend Ball State Teachers College this fall on scholarship is James F. Jacobs, of route one, Monroeville. His scholarship is a state-given award renewed for this year. Two Monroeville couples have applied at Fort Wayne for marriage licenses. They are Maurey F. Beauchot, Monroeville, and Judith A. Stephenson, rural route, Monroeville; and Ralph P. Selking and Marica C. Mueller, both of route two, Monroeville. Roger Reynolds, 11, five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Reynolds of Decatur, is recovering at home from a broken arm and foot suffered in two accidents recently. “Roggie” broke his left arm two weeks ago at his home while playing, and broke a bone in his right foot one week ago after failing backwards from a slide at the South Ward playground. WjOSRITAI'I Admitted Mrs Waiter Winteregg, Decatur; Mrs. Bermas Ulman, Decatur; Mrs. Dan C. Schwartz, Berne; Mrs? Paul Warthman, Decatur; Mrs. John Aspy, Geneva. Dismissed Mrs. Waldo Salway, Decatur; Dowell Singer, Decatur; James Shackley, Decatur; Mrs. Richard Bales and baby boy, Berne. Trade in a good town — Decatur. Stop That Cough UM “OUR OWN” COUGH SYRUP KOHNE DRUG STORE

MRS. PARKER HOSTESS TO MISSIONARY MEETING Program leader, Mrs. Paul Parker, opened the meeting of the members of the Ladies Missionary society by challenging the members to consider the , Lord’s day. Coresponding scripture was read by the group. “Early History of the Kentucky Mision” was the lesson topic and Mrs. Parker also reviewed the book “Highland Hertiage.’’ Following the reading of the news buletin from the general secretary, Mrs. C. E. Carlson, president conducted the business session and concluded the service with prayer. During the refreshment period, home made ice cream and cake were served to the members, who met at the parsonage of the Nuttman Avenue United Brethren church. Calendar items for today’s pubication must be phoned in by 11 tun. (Saturday 9:30) Phone 3-2121 Miss Marilou Uhrick FRIDAY Unit 4 of Bethany E. U. B„ Hanna-Nuttman shelter house, 6:30 p. m. SATURDAY Street auction sponsored by the Valpo Guild, Madison street, 1:30 and 7:30 p. m. Adams County Coon Hunters, Reichert school, 8 p.m. SUNDAY St. Peter’s Walther League social, church, program begins at 8:30 p.m. MONDAY Pythian Sisters, K. of P. hall, 7:30 p.m., needle club to follow. TUESDAY Story hour, library auditorium, 4 p.m. Rose Garden Club family picnic, Hanna-Nuttman park, 6:30 p.m. Kirkland W.C.T.U., Mrs. Ida Stepler, 12:30 p.m. Happy Homemakers, Mrs. George Thomas, 7:30 p.m. Monroe Better Homes Demonstration club, Mrs. Herb Fruchte, 7:30 p.m. Trinity E.U.B. W.S.W.S., church 7:30 p.m. Olive Rebekah lodge, Odd Fellows hall. 7:30 p.m. Clayton and Bernice Meitzler Watkins, of Monroeville, are the parents of a son born in Parkview memorial hospital, Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cox, Willshire, 0., route one, are the parents of a son, born in the Van Wert County hospital. A daughter has been born to the Rev. and Mrs. George Thompson, Ohio City, 0., in the Van Wert county hospital. At the Adams county memorial hospital: Paul and Mifired King Reitz, of route 4, Portland, are the parents of a baby girl born at 11 p.m. Thursday -and weighing eight pounds and three ounces. Thjs morning at 1:26 o’clock, a boy weighing eight pounds was born to Robert and Marilyn Fuelling Lehrman. of route 5. A girl was born at 1:48 a m. today to Sylvan and Opal Jean Sprunger Zuercher, of 168 Cleveland street, Berne. She weighed eight pounds and 13 ounces. An eight pound, eight and one fourth ounce boy was born to Army and Jane Schwartz Velsco, of 256 Franklin Street, Berne, today at 7:20 a.m. COURT NEWS Marriage Application Linda Janelie Norris, 18, Decatur, and Jerry Wayne Kaehr, 19, Decatur.. Divorce Case In the case of Dorothy J. Ray vs Junior Flay Ray, a motion to dissolve the restraining order in part was filed. Real Estate Transfers Lewis E. Beery etux to Al D. Schmitt etux, inlot 13 in Decatur. Ivan M. Hakes etux to Russel Lee Walchle etux, .76 acre in Root Twp. Oswald A. Hoffman etux to Werner Hoffman etux, .50 acre in Preble Twp. Edwin H. Ostermeyer etux to Anna J. Nesswald, 40.25 acres in Root Twp. Anna J. Nesswald to Edwin H. Ostermeyer etux, 40.25 acres in Root Twp. William J. Lee etux to Walter B. Burk etux, inlot 358 in Geneva. - Harold C. Long etux to Alvin Fudge, inlot 60 in Rainbow Lake subdiv. Edward L. Hammond etux to Homer C. Fifer etux, inlot 17 in Decatur. Pauline M. Fisher, Admrx. to Victor Hoffman etux, 20 acres in Root Twp.

Miss Patsy Ann Burkhart and Russell Eugene Lenhart are planning a late summer wedding, it was announced today by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles I. Burkhart of Decatur. Miss Burkhart graduated from Pleasant Mills high school and attended Purdue University. She will complete her studies this winter at Lindenwood College in St. Charles, Mo. Lenhart, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey P. Lenhart of Valparaiso, was graduated from Purdue University and is now with the engineering staff of McDonnell Aircraft company in St. Louis. Infant's Kidnaper Executed Thursday Kidnaped, Abandoned Month-Old Baby Boy OSSINING, N.Y. (UPD—Angelo John La Marca was executed Thursday night for the world’s most despicable crime — the kidnap and abandonment of a helpless infant. La Marca. 33, father of two, confessed he had kidnaped monthold Peter Weinberger two years ago for $2,000 ransom, and then, in a fit of panic, left the child to die under a honeysuckle bush on an isolated roadside. But as La Marca became panicky when he stole the child, he was calm when he went to his death at 11:03 p.m., e.d.t., in the Sing Sing Prison electric chair. The debt-ridden mechanic, who bought a house and a car he could not afford, was alert and almost Regressive when he was led into the death house by the prison Roman Catholic chaplain, Rev. George Kinney. “What are you trying to do, choke me,” La Marca snapped at the executioner as he strapped the death hood in place. Then he braced himself by putting his chin on his chest. His last meals were heartyspaghetti and meat balls for lunch and roast chicken, potatoes and cake for supper. La Marca spent most of the day with his wife, Donna. He kissed his children, Vivian, 7, and Vincent, 11, goodbye and even tried to explain to Vivan what he meant by his final farewell. But even after La Marca said goodbye to his children he tried desperately to hang onto his life. He had received six stays of execution and his attorney made a radio appeal for a seventh — an appeal to the public to send telegrams of mercy to Gov. Averell Harriman. Some 500 telegrams were sent, but no word came from the governor and La Marca was led into the death house right on time at 11 P-nj-Some 50 miles away, at the home of Morris Weinberger, where on July 4, 1956, La Marca kidnaped Peter, there was only silence. The lights were out and the Weinbergers were in seclusion —reportedly at a friend’s house. Hayfever Season Fast Approaching Pollen Os Ragweed Plants Top Cause Indiana’s hayfever season is fast approaching. The principal troublemaker will be pollen from ragweed plants, says O. C. Lee, Purdue University plant pathologist. There are actually three hayfever seasons—one in early spring caused by pollen from some trees, one in early summer caused by pollen from grasses and one in late summer caused by ragweed pollen. The late summer season is by far the most troublesome to hayfever sufferers. Ragweed pollen usually makes up about 90 per cent of all pollens in the air during late summer and early autumn months. The weeds —common and giant—are found principally along roadways, in vacant fields or lots and in some crops. Giant ragweeds are also called horseweeds. Lee recommends spraying ragweeds with 2, 4-D at the rate of one pint per acre in 10 gallons of water. This application will kill the ragweeds, but the spray miist be handled carefully and not allowed to drift onto susceptible crop plants.

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Lana Turner Back To Making Movies Early Tension On Set Quickly Eased HOLLYWOOD (UPD—The minute Lana Turner walked on the movie set with a brave, bright smile and her head held high the tension surroundingv her return to thp movie business began to evaporate. By mid-morning the cast and crew of Universal - International’s re-make of “Imitation of Life,” were relaxed—and ftiil of admiring praisefor the slender blonde as she politely, but ever so firmas she politely, but ever so firmly, indicated the door is shut when it comes to the events of the past four months. Lana, her short locks "lengthened” by a matching platinum “fall,” was available to the press. But the subject of her daughter, Cheryl, and the knife death of Johnny Stompanato Jr. on Good Friday, were clearly to be avoided. The actress did admit to a little “nervousness." “But I always am when I start a picture,” she said in a clear, firm voice. Only her eyes and an occasional nervous movement of her beautifully manicured hands showed the strain she was under. Dressed in a simply, gingham gown, she looked 10 years younger than she did when she gave testimony which cleared her 14-year-old daughter of Stompanato’s death at a coroner's inquest last May. “Cheryl may come and visit me on the set,” was her sole reference to her tall, quiet- speaking daughter who by court order is living with her grandmother until a final custody hearing next month. “She always does,” Lana said, adding that her daughter “loves to watch.” The actres s broke off to acknowledge the arrival of a huge bouquet of flowers from the movie’s producer. Eight other bouquets ffom studio officials and friends already were occupying all available table top space in the modern, shining trailer which was her dressing room. Her agent called for a table and within a short time four more floral pieces had arrived. 'Lana later made rrangements for the flowers to be delivered to a children s hospital.) "Everyone has been so kind, so considerate,” she said, her eyes filled with tears for an instant. “And it is a little frightening.” Then, with a quick change of mood, she added, with a laugh, “Sometimes I can’t even remember my name.”

Pfc. Norbert Selking Visits Rev. Busse Pfc. Norbert Selking, son of Mr. and Mrs. August Selking of Root township, recently enjoyed a threeday pass with the Rev. O. C. Busse, former pastor of the St. Paul's Lutheran church near Preble, in Kaiserlautern, Germany. Pfc. Selking is regularly stationed at Metz, France. Rev. Busse is touring Europe this summer conducting retreats for Lutheran chaplains, and visiting installations throughout Europe for the service committee of the Lutheran Church, Missouri synod. o ———————<o I Modern Etiquette | I By ROBERTA LEE I o — — Q. I went out quite steadily with a young man for the past six months, but he has suddenly stopped calling or coming to see me. We had no quarrel or misunderstanding. Would it be proper for me to phone him? A. I should think it would be quite all right for you to phone him just once to ask whether or not he is ill. Q. When showing a new woman employees around in a business place, should the men executives be introduced to her, or is she presented to them? A. Regardless of who they are, new employees should be presented to older employees. Q. In a double-ring type of wedding ceremony! who makes the first ring presentation, the bride or bridegroom? A. The bride receives her ring first, then presents the bridegroom with his. « o— —— , ( | Household Scrapbook | I By ROBERTA LEE i o — © Rags The rugs should be swept occasionally with a broom dipped in water, to which a little turpentine has been added. This will not only keep the rugs bright and clean, but will act as a moth preventive. Wall Paper If the wall paper isn’t too soiled try cleaning in the following way: Dip a clean duster into dry powdered bop-ax and rub it all over the soiled spots. Cracks in China The small cracks that appear in china can be made almost unnoticeable if each dish is boiled in enough sweet milk to coyer it for about forty-five minutes.

Approve Navy Use Os Oleomargarine WASHINGTON (UPD — The Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday approved House - passed legislation authorizing — but not requiring—the Navy to serve oleomargarine instead of butter. The Senate group wrote in a restriction that the Navy cannot acquire margarine “when surplus butter stocks are available to the Navy through the Commodity Credit Corp.” The only exception to the latter would be “in special overseas areas upon certification that the use oj butter in such areas would be impractical.” Tax Rate Increase For Adams Central Berne School Levy Remains Unchanged A 12-cent increase in the proposed Adams Central school rate was envisioned in the budget submitted this week for publication by the school board. The proposed rate is $2.68 per hundred dollars valuation. A total budget of $242,501 is needed, with a net taxable property valuation of $9,048,610. The special school fund will be lowered five cents from $1.19 to $1.14. The tuition rate will be raised 11 cents from 69 to 80 cents. The bond rate will be raised two cents from 13 to 15 cents; the lease rate will be raised two cents from 33 cents to 35 cents; and the veterans memorial building rate (a school tax> will be raised two cents from 22 to 24 cents. This year's budget was $234,598; 1957's was $224,178. The board will meet Aug. 28 at the Adams Central school to consider the proposed rate. Berne Unchanged The Berne-French school rate will remain at $3, according to the proposed 1959 budget. E. M. Webb, superintendent of schools, said today. The special school rate will be raised 10 cents to $1.15; the tuition rate will be increased five cents to $1.20: the bond rate will be reduced from 37 cents to 22 cents, or by 15 cents; and the cumulative building fund will remain at 43 cents The Berne-French school will slightly decrease its surplus by collecting only $180,480, while $181,547 is actually needed to meet the budget, The $3 rate is based on an evaluation of taxable property which is $6,016,000. Experiment With Missile A Success HPrimary Purpose Os Test Said Achieved CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla, (UPD —The remote control experiment which sent a Bomarc interceptor missile speeding toward a target plane over the Atlantic was hailed as a success today even though the weapon failed to seek out its target. The Air Force said the primary purpose of the advanced pushbutton warfare test was achieved This objective, the Air Force said, was to determine whether the Bomarc could be used with a new automatic air defense system named SAGE —short for semiautomatic ground environment. It was this system which detected the pilotless Drone plant off the Florida east coast, then figured data for and fired the Bomarc from 1,500 miles away. Headquarters for this calculation was in Kingston, N.Y., a bast of the Air Defense Command. There a computer which fills a three-story building covering twc I 1 acres learned the position pf the Drone plane from radar' near Cape Canaveral, then began fig uring data for the firing. The only human element in this operation, the An Force said, was a technician who decided whether the oncoming plane was “friendly” or “enemy.” When he decided the plane was an intruder, he pressed a button signalling the SAGE system to go after it. “Primary purpose of this test— Bomarc working with SAGE — was achieved," the Air Force said. But the statement released several hours after firing added that prliminary tracking reports indicated the Bomarc’s guidance system “failed to function properly and that the missile did not intercept its target. The cause of the malfunction will not be known until elemetry data on the test has been processed." Named Members Os Angus Association Gerald Strickler and Van Holsapple, of route four, have been elected to membership in the American Angus association at St. Joseph, Mo., Frank Richards, secretary, announced today. This membership was one of the 14 granted to purebred Aber-deen-Angus breeders in Indiana during the past month.

Monkey In Balloon Unharmed By Fall 11-Mile Fall Under Punctured Balloon CROSBY, Minn. (UPD—Mathilda," a 13-pound female monkey, emerged virtually unharmed from a fast fall of more than 11 miles beneath a pundtUred balloon. The monkey and her fellow passengers, a group of frogs, flies and gold fish, were sent up Thursday in a pressurized gondola as part of a series of tests on the effects of cosmic rays in space travel. Their 20-story balloon, largest plastic balloon ever launched, was expected to soar to 135,000 feet, or 25 miles above the earth. But the big bag burst at an altitude of about 60,000 feet and the storage cargo plummeted to earth.« Only the goldfish failed to survive the' fall. Their water container spilled. The Air Force, whieh sponsored the flight, recovered the balloon on a farm about 60 miles from its launching site near Crosby. It did not take long to discover that Mathilda had survived the fall. "Ouch! She tried to bite me!” exclaimed the first medic to stick his head into the gondola. ( _ Mathilda was removed, kicking and screaming, from the gondola and moments later was contentedly munching on a banana. A physical examination showed Mathilda in good shape and ready to led another exploration into space. Air Force spokesmen said the 650-pound balloon apparently ripped open when it hit a jet stream. The crumpled balloon acted as a parachute and sail as the 200-pound gondola descended. The gondola hit in a swampy farm area near Pine City, Minn., but did not break open. An Air Force tracking plane landed nearby and recovered the gondola and its cargo about two hours after the launching from an open pit mine. The flight was a prelude to next week's strato-lab experiment in which Air Force Capt. Grove J. Schoock will try to soar 100,000 feet in a test of the effects of space travel on a human. Farmers Union To Have Fair Booth The Adams county Farmers Union will send representatives to the Indiana state fair Tuesday, Sept. 2, to help run the Indiana Farmers Union booth that day. Other helpers will be from Hendricks, Decatur, Jefferson, Kosciusko, Miami, Howard, and Clark counties. Joe Riggins, of near Crawfordsville, will be chairman. The IFU booth at the coming fair will be a place of more than ordinary activity. A daily prize will be given at the booth. State and county officers and members will have a chance to get to know each other better. The first paper mill in the U.S. was built on the Neponset Jliver of Milton, Mass., in 1729.

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20 Years Ago Today O— " 'O Aug. 8, 1938—August Leimenstoll, 59-year-old Magley resident, died Saturday of injuries sustained when his auto overturned more than a week ago. Miss Hazel Yake, of Kirkland township, and Miss Avonelle Beihold, of Root township, will represent Adams county in the state fair school of home economics. They won the awards bn the general achievement basies of 4-H clubs. The 24th annual reunion of the Fuhrman family was held Sunday at Hanna-Nuttman park, with approximately 100 in attendance. British And Greek Leaders In Parley Seek Solution To Problem In Cyprus ATHENS, Greece (UPD — The prime ministers of Britain and Greece meet today to seek a solution to the thorny Cyprus problem. Informed sources said the United States was bringing heavy pressure to bear on the Athens government to resolve the controversy which has threatened serious repercussions within the Western anti-Communist alliances. The other nation involved is Turkey. Both Greece and Turkey are members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Turkey also is the keystone in the Baghdad Pact alliance since the Iraqi revolt. British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan flew to Athens from London Thursday for talks with Prime Minister Constantin Karamanlis of Greece. He also planned talks with Turkish Prime Minister Adnan Menderes in Ankara Saturday. A U. S. Embassy spokesman said Deputy Undersecretary of State Robert sent by President Eisenhower on a troubleshooting mission in the Middle East, would arrive here Saturday. He would be in Athens before Macmillan leaves for Turkey. Greece has been pressing for selfdetermination by the Cypriots, predominantely pro-Greek, while Turkey has asserted that partition was the only solution. Decatur Trucker Is Unhurt In Accident A Decatub man when the grain truck he was driving left the pavement of Ohio State road 81, east of Eglin, 0., Wednesday, and overturned. Herbert H. Hamrick, 23, of Monroe street, was eastbound on the state highway when the truck left the pavement on the north side and tipped over, spilling the load of wheat. Truck and grain were owned by James L. Dutton, Willshire, O. State patrolmen reported that the undercarriage „ of. the truck was demolished.

Sen. Albert Gore » Wins Renomination * ‘ Gubernatorial Race Close In Tennessee NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UPD—U.S. Sen. Albert Gore was virtually assured today of a second term, his moderate approach to the civil rights issue apparently backed. up : by voters in Thursday's Tennessee Dejnocratic primary. Tn the four-man governor’s race, segregationist Buford Ellington, former commissioner of Agriculture, held the lead, but both Memphis Mayor Edmund Orgill and Judge Andrew (Tip I Taylor were running so close behind him that the outcome remained in doubt. State Sen. Clifford Allen, trailing badly, conceded defeat late Thursday night. Gore assumed an early lead over former Gov. Prentice Cooper, and the margin widened as returns poured In. He claimed victory as the count passed the two-thirds mark. After Cooper abandoned his campaign for a fourth term as governor and launched a spirited effort to unseat Gore, the senator returned to the state periodically and successfully defended his poliey. -i Returns from 2,277 of the state’s 2.583 precincts in the Senate race gave Gore 304,941 votes to Cooper’s 213,524. With 2.276 precincts reported in the governor’s race. Wiling had 179,894 votes, Orgill 170,409, Taylor 166,995 and Allen 48.697. Cbbper had sharply criticized Gore for his “soft” stand on segregation—in particular his failure to sign the “Southern Manifesto” in which a number of Dixie congressmen stated their opposition to civil rights legislation. The former governor also assailed Gore for supporting “giveaway” foreign aid measures.

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