Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 218, Decatur, Adams County, 16 September 1958 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO.. INC. Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Class Matter Dick D. Heller, Jr. President J. H. Heller -— Vice-President Chas. Holthouse Secretary-Treasurer Subscription Rates: By Mail in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, »8.00; Six months, $4.25; 3 months, $2.25. By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties: Obe year, $9.00; 6 months, $4.15; 3 months, $2.50. By Carrier, 30 cents per week. Single copies, 6 cents.

Kendallville, a northern Indiana city which recently sold its municipally owned electric system, will have its highest tax rate in history now with a $6.26 levy. o—o The city of Van Wert, 0., had a first-day registration of 2,706 students in their public schools. Schools in that city are so overcrowded that many primary grade classes are for half-days only. Rooms outside the school system have been rented for use in the past. o o—— July contracts for future construction in Indiana were 45% off last year’s figures. Heavy engineering is down 79 per cent, residential, 18 per down, and nonresidential, 14 per cent down. Local contractors are hard at work lining up jobs for this winter’ fill o—oi— The 1958 March of Dimes last January raised a total of $35,400,000 throughout the United States to continue polio patient aid, and research and education. The 1959 drive, Jan. 2-31, will finance the new major health problems of arthritis, birth defects, and virus diseases. Polio aid will, of course, continue. o -o Don’t forget to register. If you have not yet registered, or transferred your registration from your old address, do so immediately at the county clerk’s office in the court house. Let’s have everyone form an honest opinion of the candidates, and then vote on Nov. 4. We will only have a Democracy as long as every citizen maintains an active interest. o o—— The fact that this is an election year and that low corn prices would stimulate feeding of cattle to an undesirable high degree may cause the CCC advisory committee to recommend a loan for 1958 non-compliers of the com program. With 14% fewer acres than in 1948, the 1958 surplus may hit the record figures of that year • —3.6 billion bushels. Corn average price per bushel may be dropped to $1.05, as compared with last year’s sl.lO.

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Congratulations to Miss Nancy Raudenbush, young arid talented daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Raudenbush of Blue Creek township, who won the title of Miss Monroe Days at the recent competition at Monroe. Miss Raudenbush was too young to be certified this year for the Junior Miss Indiana contest, but will be able to enter several other contests in the three years of high school she has remaining before her. Her reading, “Katy Did" was enjoyed by those who heard it Friday evening. Miss Jeanne Smith, the runner-up, will enter the Junior Miss Indiana contest this week. She is the talented daughter of Clark W. Smith, prominent Adams county businessman and a member of the-Adams Central school board, and Mrs. Smith. Her many Decatur friends wish her the best of luck in competition this week. o o Well, the Republicans are so far out of “ammunition" for the campaign this fall that they have returned to that popular old bugaboo, so much used in the 1936 campaign, of “socialism". Their old standbys of “the mess in Washington,” prosperity, peace, and honesty in government are now turned against them, hurting rather than helping. So, the only thing left is to call opponents “socialists.” In 1936 it was because of social security, hardly socialism to anyone who knows the meaning of the word. This year it is used generally for any opponent of the tired old McKin-ley-like slogans of the die-hard Republicans. Content to sit in Washington and call others names, they oppose every type of constructive legislation, watering it down with amendment after amendment, and then raising their hands in horror when the. riddled bill fails to perform miracles. New faces are needed on the Washington scene, faces with action behind them, that—every thinking American can trust and accept as working for their best interests. Let’s elect Vance Hartke U. S. Senator, and W. Robert Fleming Congressman from the fourth district.

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Two Accidents Are Reported Monday Traffic Violations Charged To Drivers The sheriff's department investigated an accident that occurred at 2:20 p. m. Monday on state road 118 six miles east of Berne; 20 minutes later the Decatur city police were called to the intersection of First and Monroe streets in answer to a property damage accident. Cars driven by William Hirschey, 70, route two, Berne, and Beatrice Bertha Pifer, 40, route one, Rockford, 0., collided at county road 27 and state road 118. The Pifer auto was headed east on 118 when the Hirschey auto, headed north, started onto the highway from the county road. Hirschey was arrested by the state police for failure to yield the right of way, and will appear today in justice of the peace court in Berne. Damage to the Pifer auto was estimated at S6OO, and damage to the Hirschey vehicle was estimated at SIOO. State police and sheriff's department investigated the accident. The city police were called to the intersection of First and Monroe streets at 2.40 p. m. to investigate a two-car collision. A car driven by Dwight Devere Snyder, 48, Wren, 0., and an auto driven by Hubert Elmer Zerkel, 68, Decatur, collided, causing over SBOO damage. The Snyder vehicle was westbound, and the Zerkel car was northbound at the time of the accident. Zerkel was arrested by the investigating officer for failure to yield. He is scheduled to appear in mayor’s court Monday at 9 o’clock to the charge. Damage to the vehicles was estimated at $450 to the Zerkel car and S4OO to the Snyder vehicle. Youth For Christ To Hold Rally At Berne A Youth for Christ rally will be held Tuesday evening. September 23, at 7:30 o’clock at the First Mennonite church in Berne. A documentary film entitled "The Tom Bennett Story" will be shown. The public is invited to attend the “family night" rally.

CHAPTER 33 TORN aj he was between bitter regret and the instinctive need to cover his own guilt Wynn Thomason had not fully decided what he was going to do until he saw Martha Kilgore go plunging through the deadly circle ot fire. A dozen yards away Tony Miller deliberately raised his rifle. Stark terror chilled Wynn's blood as he realized that Tony was trying to get a bead on the running girl. In that split second of horror Wynn made his decision. With a wild yell he ran for Tony Miller, dived headlong at the little man's legs. His tackle fell short of its purpose of knocking Tonj down, but it did knock the rifle off aim as Tony pressed the trigger. Before Tony could gather his wits to resist, Wynn scrambled up, wrested the rifle from his grasp and threw it to the ground. He threw a toot around one of Tony’s legs, lunged his full weight hard against him and they both went down in a tumbling, clawing, fist-pounding struggle. Wynn was aware ot no pain, only of his insane urge to punish and kill For his size Tony Miller was tough, but his clawing defense was no match for the bigger man's rage, and now he knew it Suddenly he quit struggling. Wynn’s fist smashed into his face. Tony’s bleeding lips drew back from the big teeth that were his chief resemblance to Billy the Kid, this time not tn a gunman's cold grin but in something like the whimpering pout of a hurt child. "Wynn—” He covered his face with both hands. “Don’t— ’* Deliberately then, Wynn drew the gun from inside his belt and shot him. Tony sucked in a gasping breath, his body jerked and he lay still Panting, shaken to his very roots and sobbing aloud, Wynn crawled away and lay down with his head in the grass. • • • Miraculously, Martha was through the fire. Her clothing was afire in a dozen places, but the wonderfully cool night air seeped through to her burning ■kin. She threw herself down on a patch of short grass and rolled frantically, then sat up and beat the rest of the fire out of her clothing with her hands. She yanked off her new boots. They had protected her well while she was actually in the fire, but they were scorched and blistered and now their heat was getting through to her feet Then she jumped up and ran for the cabin. The front door was open, and the light from the fire lighted it almost like daylight Slade Considine was lying on the floor just Inside the door. She

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20 Years Ago Today O o Sept. 16. 1938 — Only one change was made by the Adams county tax adjustment board in tax rates proposed for 1939. Only cut was four cents in the Hartford township levy, a technical reduction by cutting the working balance in the tuition fund. Eight months production of electrical power by the city light and power plant has exceeded the total of any entire year, except 1937, according to a report by Frank Burns, chief engineer. James I. Farley, Auburn, fourth district congressman and Democratic candidate for reelection, opened the fall campaign, in Adams county with a speech at a rally held at Lehman park in Berne. James Christen has been elected president of the senior class of the Decatur high school. Other class officers are James Highland, vice president; Miss Auth Grether, secretady, and Richard Schafer, treasurer. Trade in a good town — Decatur

saw how still ne was and how lus right side was soaked with blood, and thought for a moment he was dead. Then, kneeling beside him, she felt the strong, steady beat of his heart For an instant her eyes were blurred with tears and a little choked sob rose in her throat There was water in a bucket on a bench by the door. She dipped a towel in it and bathed the bruise on his head that was still slowly oozing blood. She glanced out of the door. The flames were shooting higher now as they kindled on fallen dead aspen, and the fire was creeping steadily toward the cabin with deadly surerfless. She lifted the cowboy’s head and shook him by the shoulders "Slade!” she begged. “Slade, wake up!” Slade groaned as if her frightened voice had Anally reached through to his consciousness. She shook hin again. His eyelids fluttered open and he looked up at ner blankly. For a moment the blankness stayed tn his face, then he shook his head as if trying to clear the fog out ot it He tried to sit up, fell back with a groan, and for one frightened instant Martha thought he had fainted again. Then she realized the full horror of his situation. They hadn’t left him for dead and built the Are to cover their tracks. They had deliberately left a live man, tied, helpless, to face the most horrible ot deaths.— — She cut the ropes on his wrists, then rubbed his hands for a moment, knowing they must be numb from stopped circulation. Slade sat up, and the movement brought his face for the first time into the full glare of the fire through the door. His eyes swept the creeping semicircle of blaze, then he looked down at the girl at his side. Now he saw the black burned patches on her clothes, the great livid welt along one white cheek and neck. "You came through that—for me?" he asked wonderlngly. “It wasn’t so high or thick then,” she said matter-of-factly. Then she shivered as if with a chill although the fire was close enough now that here tn the doorway it was already uncomfortably hot "Slade, do you think we could get through it again?” she asked doubtfully. He shook his head, reached for the girl's hand and held it tight. “I'm afraid not," he said ly“Is there another way out up the creek? There’s no Are that way." She knew even as she asked the question that that hope was useless, for Tony Miller

COURT NEWS Marriage Application Imogene Enola Irwin, 32, Geneva, and Clarence Edward Amstutz, 33, Geneva. Divorce Cases On motion of the plaintiff, the case of Richard E. Hendricks vs Gertrude Hendricks was dismissed. Costs of the action was assessed against the plaintiff. In the case of Edna Marie Walters vs Robert G. Walters, the defendant was ordered to pay support to the plaintiff. Visitation rights were granted to the defendant. Complaint Case On motion of the defendant, the case of Harry Cassel vs Lester Cowans was dismissed. Cost of the action was assessed against the plaintiff. Estate Cases The schedule to determine the inheritance tax with reference to the county assessor was filed iff the Mary F. Yoder estate. In the estate of William E. Clause, the final report and petition for discharge was filed. A notice was ordered issued returnable October 10.

would never have left Slade even that slim chance ot escape. The cowboy shook his head again. “1 never heard ot its The canyon boxes he whole Valle in. Rock walls—at least seventy feet high and straight up—except for the gap. Escabrosa Creek comes from >ne big spring up a little ways back of the house.” Martha took a long breath. "Well, we might see what we can do climbing I’d rather fall off a cliff than roast." Slade didn’t answer for a long moment, and she knew he was debating whether to destroy this hope, too, or not. Finally he said slowly: “It isn’t a question of falling or not, Martha ft’s a question of being able to climb anywhere to fall from. When 1 said straight up, 1 meant straight up. If we had daylight and enough Uirie we might find some spot where we could try.” Already the smoke was strong and acrid in their nostrils and lungs, even here tn the cabin. “We’ll try the creek,” Slade was saying. “There used to oe a good-sized pool where Some old beaver dams backed the water up pretty deep under the lip of the cliffs. Maybe if there isn’t too much timber around there to catch fire . . ." Already he was heading out the door. He picked up a doublebitted axe from the woodpile behind the cabin as she followed. But when they reached the pool where the creek skirted the cliff, even in the smudgy fire glow, Slade could see that not only thick alder and willow clumps grew to the very edge of the pool, but that old dry beaver cuttings and driftwood hemmed it in as well. Once the fire got into this, even in the pool they would certainly suffocate if they did not burn. Slade reached put an arm and pulled the girl tight against him. “Martha! I’m so sorry you came back up here!” She raised her head and found a steady smile for him. “I’m not! We’ll think of something to do yet. Beulah has gone for help! They'll get to us, won’t they?” “Yes, probably they wilt” He tried to put plenty of confidence in his voice, determined hot to blast this hope for her too. Nobody could fight through that wall of fire now. Nobody could reach them. . “The body came hurtling through the air. It crashed through the top of a fifteentoot aspen. There was a heavy rustling sound . . . then there was silence.” The story continues to a surprise climax tomomsr.

Miss Truman Says Family Comes First Professional Work Is Second Fiddle By EVERETT B. IRWIN United Press International CHICAGO (UPI) — Margaret Truman I Daniel, Back in front of the lights after a summer layoff, said today she hopes to keep on singing and acting for a long time. But the girl from Independence, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave,, and Manhattan, said she had “nothing definite" in professional appearances beyond a three-week “little theater" engagement here. »She made it plain that her professional work will have to play second fiddle to her No. 1 job. “My husband and son come first,” she said. “If I can work and not hurt them, I want to keep on.” Miss Truman said she is most interested in television and “still committed to NBC,*.’ which has contracted her on a “guest artist" basis since 1950. Brims With Maternal Pride She showed no resentment at the fact that NBC used her only sparingly last season, and no concern over the absence of any “guest” date so far for the fall and winter season. “When you ‘visit’ programs, you never know far ahead of time.” she said. Seated on a divan in the lobby of swank suburban Drury Lane Theater, the gracious blonde daughter of former President Truman talked about her career and her family during a break, in rehearsals for “Autumn Crocus” (opening tonight'. She was shy and seemed a bit tired after three hours of rehearsal, but she laughed merrily when the conversation turned to her 15-month-old son, Clifton Truman Daniel. “Noisy? Extremely noisy,” she said- "He yells at me. , .doesn’t cry. . .just yells. . .he’s full of the] devil.” Recreates TV Role With the obvious pride of a mother, she reported that her son “talks a lot and learned to walk this summer.” “He’s a very cute, bright little boy, we think," she said. “I talked to my husband last night. He’s taking care of the baby today. She said Clifton Truman was in good hands with his father, newspaperman E. Clifton Daniel, and “a wonderful nurse who has been with us ever since the baby was born.” Daniel plans to come to Chicago during one weekend of her run at the Drury Lane, Miss Truman said. In “Autumn Crocus," she plays the part of an American school teacher, abroad for the first time who falls in love with a Swiss innkeeper. Playing with her is George Voskovec, who appeared with her in the TV version of the same play. 3———— Trade in a g<ou town — Decatur

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Scottish Rite Club Meets Friday Night The Scottish Hite club of Adams county will meet at the Geneva high school Friday evening. The meeting will open with a supper at 6:30 o’clock. Herman Bixler, president of the club, urges all members to return their reservation cards immediately. Two New Polio Cases Reported At Winamac WINAMAC, Ind. (UPI) — Jack Benedict, 29, Winamac, and Monica Farrer, 3, Bremen, are among the latest Indiana polio victims. Benedict, a dairy deliveryman, had no Salk vaccine shots. His physician said Benedict suffered partial paralysis in one leg. Monica, daughter of the Pat Farrers, also had paralysis in both legs although her parents said she had three shots of vaccine.

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Three From Decatur Enter International Three young people from Decatur, former Decatur high school students, have entered the International College In Fort Wayne, it was learned today. Judith Ann Lane, and Janice E. Voshell, both 1958 graduates of Decatur high, entered the private secretarial school at the Fort Wayne college Monday. David E. Ellsworth, a 1956 graduate of Decatur high, entered the professional accounting school. . Now Many Wear FALSE TEETH With More Comfort FASTEETH. a pleasant alkaline (non-acld) powder. hojd» false teeth more flrmly.To eat and J*'* “ ok U 'yoS? p"a& KuX. feeling Checks • plate odor" (denture breath). Get FASTEETH at any drug counter.