Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 196, Decatur, Adams County, 20 August 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 196.

rMlr k ~ L 1 VPvJ r" B ■ ; \ ' ■ ... K i T? AMERICAN LEGION, Post 43, installed their new officers last week with district commander Robert Keyes, second from the left, front row, handing the gavel to Robert G. Smith, incoming commander, front row center. Pictured at the first meeting are, from left to right, front row, Charles Chew, third vice-commander: Cmdr. Keyes; Cmdr. Smith; Ambrose Spangler, first vice-commander; H. P. Schmitt, Jr., second vice-commander; back row, left to right, Don Cochran, finance officer; Robert Ashbaucher, Hugh Andrews, trustees; Dick Archer, fourth vice-commander; Frederick W. Bieberich, past commander; William Hunter, adjutant; and Dan Emenheiser, trustee. (Photo by Johnson).

Public School Registration Dates Fixed

Students of the three Decatur public schools will register next week, according to plans for the annual registration by principals of the schools; Hugh J. Andrews, Decatur high school; Bryce Thomas Lincoln elementary school, and Hubert Zerkel, Jr., Northwest elementary school. •t The public schools will open Wednesday morning, Sept. 3. The annual teachers meeting will be held Tuesday, Sept. 2. Registration will be held according to the following schedule: Lincoln School Pupils will report to the school auditorium to receive room assignments and information concerning rental books on the following schedule: Sixth grade—Monday, Aug. 25, 9 a.m. Fifth grade—Monday, Aug. 25, 1 p.m. Fourth grade—Tuesday, Aug. 26, 9 a.m. Third grade—Tuesday, Aug' 26, 1 p.m. Second grade—Wednesday, Aug. 27, 9 a m. -—— First grade—Wednesday, Aug. 27, 1 p.m. Seventh grade—Friday, 9 a.m. Kindergarten — P are nts of children who are planning to enter kindergarten are asked to register for their children Thursday. Aug. 28. Boy’s registration will be from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m., and girls’ registration from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. Parents will be requested to pay a $2 registration fee and present the child's birth certificate. Union township—Union township students are asked to report at the Lincoln school at 8:15 o’clock Tuesday morning, Sept. 2, to register for room assignments and information regarding rental ooks. Northwest School Pupils at the Northwest school will report to receive room assignments and rental book information under the following schedule: Fifth grade—Monday, Aug. 25, 10 a.m. Fourth grade—Tuesday, Aug. 26, 9 a.m. Third grade—Tuesday, Aug. 26, 10 a.m. Second grade—Wednesday, Aug. 27, 9 a.m. First grade—Wednesday, Aug. 27, 10 a.m. Kindergarten—Thursday, Aug. 28. Boys to register at 9 a.m., girl register at 10 a.m. Parents are asked to register their children at these hours, pay the $2 registeration fee, and present children's birth certificates. High School Decatur high school students will register under the following schedule: Seniors—Monday, Aug. 25, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Juniors—Tuesday, Aug. 26, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Sophomores—Wednesday, Aug. 27, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Freshmen—Thursday, Aug. 28, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Eighth grade—Friday, Aug. 29, with all members of the grade to report at 9 a.m. Locker keys will be issued at time of registration and the book rental room will be open for the distribution of books.

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Position On Integration Is Unchanged President Declares - U. S. Government To Be Responsible WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Eisenhower said today there can be “no equivocation as to the responsibility of the federal government” to see that court rulings on school integration are carried out. He also said that each state has the responsibility to see that the court mandates are not opposed by violence. "It (a state) cannot by action or deliberate failure to act permit violence to frustrate the preservattion of individual rights as determined by a court decree,” the President said in a statement which he read at the opening of a news conference. “It is my hope that each state will fulfill its obligation with a full realization of the gravity of any other course.” No Change in Position Defiance by a state of this duty would present “the most serious problem,” he said. “But there can be no quivocatlon as to the responsibility of the federal government in such an event,” he said. The President said his position was exactly that of a year ago. He then quoted from a statement then in which he said: “The very basis of our individual rights and freedoms rests upon the certainty that the president and the executive branch of government will support and insure the carrying out of the decisions of the federal courts.” 1716 President did not specifically mention the use of troops. But his statement appeared to make it clear that he would use them again as a last resort. “The Solemn Duty” He said that all Americans must understand that if individuals, communities or states are ‘.‘going successfully and continuously to defy the courts, then there is anarchy.” He said that all Americans have “the solemn duty” to comply with final orders of the courts. Eisenhower repeated his oftexpressed belief "that the common sense of the individual and his feeling of civic responsibility must eventually come to play if we are to solve ths problem.” The President opened his weekly meeting with reporters by saying that he4iad prepared a statement in anticipation of questions about the decision of the Bth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis Monday. The court set aside a ruling by ''U.S. District Judge Harry J. Lemley of Hope, Ark., suspending integration in Little Rock Central High School (Contl»u«d on page three)

Ike Rules Oul Controls Now Over Inflation Eisenhower Flatly Rules Out Controls From Government WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Eisenhower today flatly ruled out any government controls at this time to curb inflation. The President vigorously told his news conference that labor and management prudence — and as much of a cut in government spending as possible—are still the best ways to cope with the wageprice spiral. ; , He said that Congress, after having been in an economy mood only a year ago, now seems to be on a spending cycle. He considers this a mistaken policy. It was for this reason, he said, that he vetoed several bills which he thought would involve spending too much money. As far as possible, he said the government should spend only for the items it absolutely needs today. Despite what he called his economizing efforts, th government is expected to run 12 billion dollars in the red this fiscal year. Warns of Trouble The President was in a good mood throughout the meeting with reporters. He began by reading a prepared statement appealing to “common sense” and “civic responsibility” in solving the school integration problem. He pledged to uphold the Constitution and battle against the “anarchy” which he said would result if the courts are defied. On other subjects, the President: —Repeated the administration warning that if Soviet-encouraged indirect aggression continues, the world is headed for what he called real trouble. But he said that does not mean the World would necessarily become engulfed in a big war. He said that if the free world follows a firm, steady course he believes the Soviets will eventually find it to their own best interests to stop trying to bribe and subvert small nations and will let them find their own destinies. —Declined to say exactly when the United States will withdraw the rest of its forces from Lebanon, but repeated that it would be as soon as the legal government of. Lebanon requested it or the United Nations makes preparations to assure security in the area. Powerful Military Defense —Reported that ’the United (Continued on naxe five) INDIANA WEATHER Fair and warmer this afternoon. Partly cloudy tonight, scattered thundershowers northwest and extreme north. A little warmer central and south tonight Thursday partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms probably ending in extreme north by afternoon. Turning cooler extreme north Thursday. Low tonight 65 to 70. High Thursday 84 to 92. Sunset today 7:35 p. m. Sunrise Thursday 6:02 a. m. Outlook for Friday: Fair and cool. Lows low 60s. Highs 70s north to low 80s south.

Decatur, Indiana, Wed nesday, August 20,1958

Decatur City Council Asks Board Os Works To Study Power Sale

ASC Election To Be Held In Adams County Farmers To Vote For Committee In September Election of community agricultural stabilization and conservation committeemen in Adams county will be made by mail ballot again this year, according to an announcement by Victor Bleeke, chairman of the county ASC committee. Voting in township elections will be from Aug. 30 to Sept. 9, and the county convention to elect the county committee will be held Sept. 30 in Decatur. Farmers in each community will elect a chairman, vice chairman and regular member, and first and second alternates. The chairman will also be the community delegate to the county convention. The county ASC committee will consist of a chairman, vice chairman, regular member, and two alternates. The secret ballots and return envelopes will be mailed by Aug. 29 to every eligible voter. The ASC Committee administers the federal government’s programs on ACP, CCC, acreage reserve and wool. The committee members are elected for one-year terms beginning Oct. 1. A county election board from outside the ASC organization has been named to supervise the election. Board members are Leo Seltenright, county agent; Cletus Gillman, soil conservationist; Betty Rozier, secretary of the Farmers Home Administration; Oscar Brown, president of the Farmers Union, and Harvey Lehman, president of the county Farm Bureau. This board has appointed an election board in each community, composed of three farmers who are not now ASC officers. They have nominated candidates for community committeemen. Also, candidates may be nominated as late as Aug. 25 on petition of 10 or more farmers. Voters may also write in the names of candidates on their ballots. Any farm tenant, operator or owner may vote in the community election if he is now participating in or is eligible to participate in any of the programs administered by the county ASC committee. Nominees selected by the nominating committees in each township are as follows: Blue Creek — Harvey E. Birch, Charles Brunstrup, Harold DeArmond, Frank Dellinger, Milo Fuchs, Francis Luginbill. Elmer Myers, George Sipe and Carl Smalley. French — Roy Balsiger, Gaius Gerber, Chester Isch, Elmer J. Isch, Charles Kaehr, Herman Kip(Contlnued on naxe three) Former Resident Dies Tuesday Heart Attack Takes Mrs. Clara Guard Mrs. Clara Mclntosh Guard, 83. a former resident of Decatur and Bluffton, died unexpectedly Tuesday of a heart attack at Le Raysville, Pa. She had made her home in Decatur for two years, moving last May to Pennsylvania. Mrs. Guard, whose husband, Fred A. Guard, preceded her in death, was a member of the First Presbyterian church in this city. Surviving are one son, Norman M. Guard of Decatur; three daughters, Mrs. Charles Ward of Potterville, Pa.. Mrs. Jess Cole of Vestal Center, N. Y., and Mrs. Ronald Hoagland, of Toledo, O.; eight grandchildren; 14 greatgrandchildren, and one sister. Miss Etta McTntosh of Hazelton, Pa. Funeral services will be held at the Methodist at Potterville, Pa., at 1 o’clock Friday afternoon. Burial will be in the Maple Lawn cemetery at Wilkesbarree, Pa.

Defeat Predicted For Mining Bill Half-Million Dollars In Subsidy Wanted WASHINGTON (UPI) — An opponent predicted defeat by the Irouse today of a 458-million-doll ar program to strengthen the mining industry. But sponsors expressed captious optimism. mep. Michael J. Kirwan (DOhio) said rejection of the highly controversfM bill was indicated by the close 198-165 test vote by which the House agreed Tuesday to consider it. Kirwan said “many, many” members always vote to debate a bill even though they oppose it. He forecast enough House members would so switch on this bill to beat it. Rep. Walter Rogers (D-Tex.), one of the bill’s floor managers, agreed the passage vote would be closer than Tuesday’s roll call but said he nevertheless expected it to pass. Rogers qualified his prediction by saying a lot depended on what the Eisenhower administration did. . — ■ 7~~ “If the administration forces will support what they claim is their bill I think we can put it over.” he told a reporter, “A tongue-in-cheek approach on this thing won’t work.” Kirwan differed, contending the administration already had “put on all the heat they could put on.” As approved by the House Interior Committee, the Senatepassed bill would . authorize 650 million dollars in subsidies for the mining industry over five years But Acting Committee Chairman Wayne N. Aspinall (D-Colo.) said this cost estimate was in error and he would offer an amendment coday to cut it to 458 million. Aspinall said he understood foes of the bill intended to offer a series of amendments in an attempt to water it down. The bill embodies three major plans: —A one-year program to buy 150,000 toris of copper at up to 27*4 cents a pound for federal stockpiles. —A five-year plan to pay producers of lead, zinc, fluorspar and tungsten the difference between the market price of their minerals and “stabilization" prices stated in the bill. —A program to give producers of chromit, beryl concentrates and columbium - tantalum bonus payments over five years. County Farmer Dies In Barn Tuesday Ernest Longenberger Sick For Five Months Ernest E. Longenberger, 65, farmer residing on route one, Craigville, was found dead Tuesday afternoon. His lifeless body was found hanging from a rafter in the barn at his home. He had been in ill health for the past five months. He had lived near Craigville for the past 40 years. He was born in Adams county June 9, 1893, a son of Charles and Frances Lautzenheiser - Longenberger, and was married to Pearl Frauhiger Jan. 12, 1916 at Bluffton. Surviving in addition to his wife are three daughters, Mrs. Robert (Lucille) Bucher of Decatur route four, Mrs. Marvin (Helen) Redding of Decatur route two, and Mrs. Arthur (Betty) Bertsch of Decatur route six; four sons, Harry of Monroe route one; William of Bluffton, Roger of Decatur route six, and Richard, at home; 11 grandchildren; one brother, Floyd Longenberger of Oregon, and two sisters, Mrs. Lola Hutzler and Miss Margaret Longenberger, both of pear Hastings, Mich. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p, m. Friday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. Samuel Aeschliman officiating. Burial will be in the Apostolic Christian cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening until time of tiie services.

County Schools Will Open Here September 2nd Rental Books Will Affect All Students County schools will open September 2, the day after Labor Day, Gail M. Grabill, county school superintendent, announced today, as staffs and programming assignments were completed. Preceding the September 2 organization day will be the principals' meeting, Thursday, August 28, and the teachers’ institute, Friday, August 29. Organization day will see a new plan introduced in all county schools: that of the rental book systems. All textbooks will be rented, and all workbooks will be available at the school, for both high school and grade school this year. Last year the rental system affected the grade school pupils only. Thursday, August 28, at 1 p.m., the principals will meet at superintendent Grabill's office in the court house. Friday, August 29, at the Decatur Youth and Community center, the teachers’ institute will begin at 9:30 a.m. John J. Young, superintendent of Mishawaka city schools, will be the main speaker, and the Rev. Willis Gierhart, of the Monroe Methodist church, will give the invocation. The teachers will also elect the county school’s three representatives for the state teachers’ institute, which is scheduled for Thursday and Friday, October 23 and 24. Superintendent Grabill reminds the parents of families who are new in the area and who will be sending their children to county schools to contact the principal of the school before school starts. For the organization day, the pupils will report to the school at the regular time. Activities will be completed in the forenoon, so that pupils will be able to return home by noon. AU textbooks and workbooks, the superintendent stated in his announcement, will be available at the school, this year for the high school and grade school pupils both. Lists of the amounts for book rental fees and other supplies will be distributed. These will be returned with the student, or the parent may return them himself, on the day set by the principal or teacher. For the teachers’ institute program, August 29, the Pleasant Mills high school quartet will sing. The speaker, John J. Young, has been superintendent of the Mishawaka city schools since 1948. Having earned his AB degree at IndiTeachers' CoUege, he received his MA from the University of Wisconsin, and his Ph.D from New York University. He has (Continued on nace «tx) Decatur Canning Co. To Start Friday Tomato Canners Need for Local Operation A total of 280 employes will begin work Friday at 8 a.m. at the Decatur Canning company, it was announced today. A total of 45 pickers obtained through the unemployment office at Little Rock, Ark., and 40 local pickers are already at work. The plant processes up to 70 tons of tomatoes a day, canning them as grade A or B for institutional use only. It will take 25 men to start the plant, and shifts of 130 women wiU run it. A large number of employees are needed because the women have hours that suit their home life. The company is starting the same date as last year, but a little earlier than anticipated, as the tomatoes are ripening faster now.

Decatur Will Host Water Works Group District Meeting At Community Center The northeastern district American water works association will meet at the Decatur Youth and Community Center Thursday, Sept. 4. Ralph E. Roop, superintendent of the Decatur municipal department, will be host for the district meeting. The meeting will open with registration from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. After welcoming talks and introductions, Harry Harmon, superintendent of operations and construction of the Gary-Hobart Water Co., will speak on safety, and Harvey Wilke, associate professor at Purdue University, will discuss red water problems. Lunch will be served from 12 noon until 1:30 o'clock, during which time Hurty award presentations will be made and entertainment provided. During the afternoon session, which opens at 1:30 o’clock, Cecil Fritz, representative of City. Securities Corp., Indianapolis, will speak on what municipalities can do to protect bond credit, and R. D. McGill, representative of E. C. Nutting Co., Cincinnati, 0., will discuss distribution system maintenance. I The meeting will close at 3 o’clock, after which Roop will conduct the visitors on field trips through the water treatment plant, built here several years ago, and the sewage treatment plant, which is now under construction. Berne Buyer Dies After Long Illness David D. Stauffer, 66 To Be Buried Friday David D. Stauffer, 66, prominent Berne resident, died at 5 o’clock this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital following an illness of nine months. Mr. Stauffer, an egg buyer for the Northern Ohio Egg Co., was a former city clerk-treasurer in Berne, and also served for many years as a member of the volunteer fire department in that city. He was born in Adams county Sept. 25, 1891, a son of David and Katherine Zinc-Stauffer, and was married to Ida Lehman Jan. 17, 1912. Mr. Stauffer was a member of the First Mennonite church at Berne. Surviving are his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Bette Shott of Torrance, Calif.; four grandchildren; two brothers, Menno Stauffer of Berne, and Noah Stauffer of Fort Wayne, and a half-sister, Mrs. William Nussbaum of Berne. His only son, Ornell Stauffer, a captain in the U. S. Air Force, was killed in action jover Japan during World War 11. Two brothers, one sister, three half-brothers, and two half-sisters also preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held at 10 a. m. Friday at the First Mennonite church, the Rev. Gordon Neuenschwander and the Rev. Howard Habegger officiating. Burial will be in the MRE cemetery. The body was removed to the Yager funeral home. Willis Goble Named Fourth District Head Willis Goble, of Columbia City, was named fourth district chairman of the Young Democrats at a district meeting Tuesday night in Fort Wayne. Goble replaces F. Dale Barrett, who resigned recently to run for state senator from Whitley and Huntington counties. Linn, of Decatur, district vice chairman, presided at last night's meeting. James L. Koons, fourth district Democratic chairman, spoke at the meeting, and stated Sen. John F. Kennedy, prominent Massachusetts Democrat, may speak In the fourth district during the current campaign.

Company's Offer To Be Studied After Report Indiana-Michigan Offer To Be Examined Here The Decatur city council last evening asked the Decatur board of works and safety to contact In-diana-Michigan and begin further consultations on that company's offer to buy the Decatur power system. The written communication, read into the council’s minutes and signed by all the councilmen, asked the board of works to report back on the results of the ' negotiation. On March 4 Indiana-Michigan Electric Company offered to buy the Decatur Light and Power Company for $2,102,300. The matter was taken under advisement, and Consoer-Townsend asked to investigate the local power situation. Last week Consoer-Townsend’s printed report was given to the city council members who have completely read the report and studied it. | When the matter was discussed by the council last March, it was stated then that the company would not be sold without a public referendum. Monroe recently held an unofficial referendum which was almost unanimous for sale of their line, which had formerly purchased power from Decatur, to IndianaMichigan. Consoer-Townsend reported that Decatur should either spend an immediate $1 million on the rural line and on installing a substation through which I-M power could be purchased, and close all local generating plants, or sell the plants and line, either all to IndianaMichigan, or piecemeal to I-M and the rural electric co-ops. Light superintendent L. C. Pettibone pointed out that he had been recommending improvements in the rural and city lines, almost exactly the same as ConsoerTownsend’s, since he was appointed superintendent during the Second World War. At that time it was impossible to get the material, and later the city could not raise the money without extremely high taxes. This was the first of five reports to be submitted by Consoer-Town-send. The main purpose of the survey was to determine if I-M’s price was fair. Privately councilmen and other city officials voiced two different views on the matter. Most seem to favor direct sale of the line. Others favor keeping the line and buying all generated power. None of the responsible officials have suggested continuing generating plants in Decatur. All agree that it is too costly now. Some officials have mentioned that Indiana-Michigan does not guarantee maintenance of alley lights, which is one of the items of interest to city property owners. Frequently groups appear asking for new lights to be installed. At Tuesday night's meeting Pettibone stated that the two alley lights requested at the last council meeting had been installed. An ordinance was also approved by the council authorizing the Yost Construction Company to build the Krick street lateral to the Elm street sewer for $4,402.50. The schedule of charges for the Aeschliman sewer was made final in the other main action of the city council. A parking problem was discussed near the city plant, and Bernard Clark, city street commissioner. explained to the council the trouble at the city dump concerning smoke. A special meeting of the council will be held next Monday to approve the city budget. One person appeared before the council to state that he was interested in the pow'er question, and was very much in favor of the sale of the local company to IndianaMichigan to improve the local power situation.

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