Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 226, Decatur, Adams County, 25 September 1958 — Page 6

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< NOTICE Public notice is hereby riven that I'the Common CoiMicil of the City of |i Decatur (hereinafter called “Cfty”) |i In AdoinHCounty, Indiana, deeming || it in the best bntereets of the City 11 to accept the proposal' of Indiana I <K’ Michigan Electric Company to I pur- and for the City to well, I with certain exeluaions, the electric I utility Hvatein now owned and operI ated by the City nnd located In and I adjacent to the City, did by ResohiI lion No. UH> duly adopted by «*aid I u’ouwnon Council on September 16, I D*,>X provide for such sale, prescribe I the "manner of auch the price I and the terms and conditions of I such sale designate what officers I should execute on Indra If of the I City the deed and other instruments conveying the properties to be soid as afore-said. Further, public notice is hereby given (.hat the exact form of said Resolution No. ion is as follows? Hr.SOi.l TIOX x<>. UM) CITY OF DEl’ATtll, INDIANA MHEKEAS. Indiana &• Michigan | Electric Company (hereinafter called , “Company”) lias offered to purchase, with certain exclusions, the electric utility system (hereinafter called “Electric Property”) now owned and operated by the City of Decatur (hereinafter called “City”) Indiana and located in and adjacent ’to the City by submitting its offer and proposal, which is as folI Mows, to-wit: City of Decatur (ily Hall I Decatur, Indiana I Attention: Honorable Mayor nnd I Common Council I Gentlemen: Indiana & Michigan Electric ComI pa»ny (hereinafter referred to as I ‘V’ornpany”). an Indiana corporaI tlon, upon and <subjeet to the terms I and conditions hereinafter containI ed. hereby offers and agrees to.purI ohase from the City of Decatur I (hereinafter referred to as “City”). I Indiana, for the total price of $2,402,I 300 ($2,076.2-58.50 of which shall be I paid in cash at the time of the dellI very of the instruments of transfer I hereinafter mentioned and $26,041,I 50 of which shall be paid by a vreI dit in said amount for future eleI otrlc service to be furnished “by the I Company to the City's street lightI ing system) all of the electric utilI ity system as now owned and opcrI ated by the City In the rendering of I electric utility service in and adI jareivt to the City, iwluding, all I production and power plant equip - I meat and facilities; the Diesel plant I building and site and all adjoining 1 I land presently owned by Cit> in I the area bounded by Dayton Street, j LdSEHUGLY FAT IN TEN DAYS OR MONEY BACK I If you are overweight, here is the I first really thrilling news to come I along in years, A new & convenient I way to get rid of extra pounds easier ; I than ever, so you can be as slim I and trim as you want. This new I product'called I.JIATRON c’urbx both I hunger & appetite. No drug's, no I diet, no exercise. Absolutely harm- | less. When you take DIATRON, you still enjoy your meals, still eat the foods you like but you sinmply don’t ; have the urge for extra portions and I automatically . your weight must I come down, because, as your own • doctor will tell you, when you eat i less, you weigh less. Excess weight ; endangers your heart, kidneys. So no matter what you have tried before, get DIATRON and prove to ! yourself what it ran do. DIATRON I is sold on this GUARANTEE: You { must lose weight with the first package you use or the package I costs you nothing. Just return the 'bottle to jour- Urnggwl and get I your mopey liack. DIATRON costs} I |3,i)o and is sold with this strict ! I money back guarantee by: Smith Drug Store - Devatur - Mall Orders Filled

THE DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, DECATUR, INDIANA

Seventh Street, Indiana Street and., i iunpHant eqiiiipmehrt and fatalities; - i tiie Pennsylvania Railroad right-1 l of- way in Ueeatur, Indiana: < trans mission plant equipment t and facilities: distribution pl- i ant equipment and facill'ties; it structures; improven.ments; ttub- < stations; overhead .•o-nd-uctorts; 1 underground conduits a-nd conductors;* Hues, towers; poles; cjmh- < arms; bases;guys; guy wires; cables, t ground wires; insulators; tra<nwform- < ers; switches; linghtning arrestors; < meters; services. traneportwtlOili < equipment; easements, rights-of- I wav and all other kind of operating i rights: and any and all other pro- t petty owned, held or used by the < City as a part oY the aforesaid ele- < <tric utility system: t Excepting anil excluding, how- < ever, from the aforesaid Utility pro- i perlties and facilities the following, < w'hic’h shall be retained by the City: the' land and all buildings at the < Steam generating plant site; the I land and building at the City's line t departnmu't operating headquarters; t all comimmii ation equipment; all ; (office furniture and equipment; all conduits; conductors, poles, stard- fl aids, fixtures and facilities used , exclusively for street lighting pur- , poses, all fuel; all material and sup- j plies: and cash, bank deposits, bonds, securities, -me'er deposits and w-j counts receivable owned or held by tiie city. I, The terms and conditions of theli purchase :.nd acquisition by the i Company from tiie City, and the r sale ami transfer by the City to the a Company, of tiie aforesaid electric \ utility properties and facilities pro- t posed to be purchased - and sold .hereinafter collectively referred i to as "Electric Property") are here- < inafter set forth, and each party la hereto shall in due and proper time j f take all steps that are necessary' - to be taken by it in order that all I conditions prece<lent to the eonsunt- t mation of tiie purchase and sale of t tiie Eleefric Property herein pro- t vided for may lie met, namely, to- t wit: , i 1 The Electric Property shall s be apptaised .in accordance with Sec- , tion IS-*-'HI, Burns Indiana Statutes, t as amended, and the appraised i value thereof shall not exceed s2ll,- j 102,:ih0. * 2. Notwithstanding any other , provision is this agreement contain- t ed. the question of tiie sale of .the , Electric Property aS herein and in,, any resolution or ordinance of the;. City promised, shall -Have been sub- - i mitted through an election to tlieh I qualified voters of the City in ae- t cordam e with Section 48-7212. Burns t Indiana Statutes. 1933. as amended.lt land tiie majority of the votes cast i at such election shall be for and in ; favor of such sale of the Electric j. Property. ...J 3. The Company shall have Ibeen': abfe to secure sucii governmental, ' authorizations in respect to its pur-jt cimse of the Eh” ’ :'i‘ Property as in ; the opinion of its eoujis.el may be, necessary. :■ 4 The Citv shall comply with aH ; the’ laws of the Slate of Indiana';. ;a.ppli. able to the sale of the Ele-1 ctric Property by tiie City. 3. The Electric Property shall be; ■transferred by the city to the Com-:; piwy, free and clear of all' claims. < lien's and encumbrances of every , kind and nature whatsoever, with . covemvn.ts of warrantly by duly ex- ! ecirted instruments of transfer in I form and substance satisfactory tu , flie Company's counsel, and... witfr I all revetrue bonds and securities ■of everv nature a-ppentaining to the I Electric Property redeemed and satj isfied in full by the City (i Simultaneously with tiie transfer of tiie Electric Property to tiie Company, the City shall grant to tiie i Company a franchise and J-ndeter ; urinate w’hich shall in form land substance conform to the law's of the State of Indiana in such case made and provided and be satisI factory to tiie Company's counsel, I granting tfc tiie Company, its su.-ces-I s-ors a#d assigns, the eight to lo§ 'cate and maintain its electric ucl« ; I ? '

ity properties and facilities in the | street* and other publie place* In the Cl'ty, for t'he pnrpexei of rendering by the KV>mi»any, its auveessors and nsHlKun, of electric 'utility service wlthlu and adjacent to the City and of tra>n«m.itting by iU electric energy In and through the Oity of Decatur, Indiana. 7 I'oneintimation Os the purchase and sale (l.e. the shall be at such place as the parties may designate and shall be on the first day of January or juily next succeeding when a favorable vote has been cast a® provided in paragraph 2 hereof and there lias .been secured the last of all govern.mental authorisations necessary for the lawful ...nsummation or such purchase by the Company, In the event that the City lias not taken by July 1, 1959 all steps necessary in the opinion of counsel of Company for the lawful ctm«nmm»tlon of wuch purchase, then and in such event the Company shall be fully relieved and released of all obligations hereunder do purchase the Kleqtrlc Pro* perty. 8. The City shall be entitled to all moneys cuming due for electric i service rendered prior to the . date of Closing to the customers served by the Electric Property, 9. The City, at the time of Closing, shall deliver to the Company all available instruments, books, records and papers, and other data pertaining to the Electric Property, including meter books and customers' billing records for inspection and making copies thereof, after which the same shall ;i»e returned to t lie City. 10 From the date of/ Closing until such time as the 'Company has constructed and put in operation ' all transmission. substation and distribution facilities sufficient to serve the customers of the Electric Property, without the operation of the steam generating plant and the ' use of other facilities of every kind whatsoever situated in said generating plant building or on the premises adjacent thereto, the Company ; shall have the right and privilege to operate and use. without any Charge therefor, the said steam generating plant building and the premises adjacent thereto and/or all facilities ' in said generating plant building ..r on the premises adjacent thereto owned liy the City and not to be sold hereunder, for a period not to ' exceed three Cl) years from the date of Closing. At any .time prior to the ' close of said threetS) year period when the Company snail completely and finally cease to operate the said steam generating plant and to use the other facilities in said generating plant .building and on the premises adjacent thereto, the Company, at its own cost and expense, shall p: cnptly dismantle and remove from the steam generating plant building and the premises adjacent thereto those facilities and other -;ns,pert y ('onstUaitlng a part of the Electric Property; but in any event su li dismantlement and removal shall he fully completed by the close of said three (3) year period. ' The Company shall have the right and privilege to occupy and use; without any charge therefor, the present line department headquarters of the City, for a period not to exceed one (1) year from the date of Closing. 11 From and after the date hereof to the date of Closing, the .risk of loss of the .Electric Property 'shall be on the City, the City shall not permit any sale or other disposition of the Electric Property or any part thereof, and, upon the breakdown or failure of any portion of tiie Electric Property, the City shall forthwith make adequate and proper repairs at its own cost and expense. The City Shall pay and discharge all the liabilities incurred prior to the Closing appiealble to the operation of the Electric Property, including wages of employees and cic.trdiiess. .for. material and siipp-li.-s furnished. 112. On or prior to the Closing, the Company shall file with the Tariff Division of the Engineering Department of the Public Service Commission of Indiana and shall seek approval of such Commission, as the rates applicable to the electric service in the area, served by the Electric Property, the same respective schedule of rates, rules and regulations that the Company now has in effect for similarly classified service throughout its Indiana territory as shown by the Index of Tariffs, effective November 30, 1957 (12th Revised Sheet No. 2 I * 13. Promptly after Closing the Company shall commence, and shall contiime until • ompleted, all work required to make such repairs, rearrangements, replacements and improvements to the Electric Property as shall be necessary to provide adequate and reliable electric service in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana and the rules and regulations of the Public Service Commission of Indiana. To accept this proposal, please endorse your acceptance on the duplicates hereof and return the same to the Company. Dated this 11-th day of .September, 195-K. INDIANA A MI4 HIOASi EI.ETBIC 'COMPANY By K. E. Doyle Jr. Hi. E. Doyle. Jr.) Vice President and General Manager ATTEST: E, A. buhninn (E. A. Duhmdn) Assistant Secretary » ACCEPTANCE The foregoing offer and proposal is herein- accepted and the terms and conditions therein named are agreed to on this 16th day of September, 19.V8 CITY OF DRCATIR. INDIANA By Robert l». Cole (Robert D Cole) Mayor ATTEST: Miriam Hall (Miriam Hall) Clerk-Treasurer and WHEREAS, It Is the opinion of the Common Council, of the City that it ia to the best interests of the City that the proposal of the Company aliould ibe accepted, hut only upon the express understanding and condition that the question of such sale of the Electric Property by the City shall be submitted through an election to the -qualified voters of the City and such sale shall not be consummated unless and until a majority of -the votes cast at such election is in favor of the sale; and WHEREAS, paragraph' 2 of the proposal specifically provides -that ■the question of the sale of the Electric Property shall be submitted -to the qualified voters in the City tn accordance with Section 48-7212 Bunns Indiana Statutes, 19-33, as amended, and -such sale shall not be consummated unless and until the majority of the votes cast at such election shall be in favor of the sale; and WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City deemed It advisable to accept such proposal to the end that, if a majority of the votes cast at such election shall be in favor of such sale, such a sale can be effected -upon the terms and conditions contained In the proposal: NOW. THEREFORE. BE IT RESOI.VED bv the dominion Council of the Citv of -Decatitr, Indiana, that: —t The City does accept sm-h proposal as set forth above for the purchase of the Electric Property, and the proposal and acceptance in the form now 'here presented to the Common Council Is approved, and the Mayor of the City is authorized to execute said acceptance In the -name of and for and -on behalf of the Ci-ty, attested by the ClerkTreasurer with the seal of the City, and when the same Is accepted by said officers as foresaid on behalf of theOity. the agreement a® evidenced by said -proposal and said acceptance shall ibe Im full force and effect upon -the terms and conditions therein contained. 2. Pursuamt to and in accordance with the statutes of the State of Indiana in such case made and provided, the City, through -its Mayor,

shall proreed to have or cause to have the Electric Property appraised by -three dl-slnterested freeholders of Adams County, Indiana, to be appointed by the Judge of -the Circuit Court of Adam® County. none of whom shall be residents or taxpayers of the City. :l. Subject to the compliance with all the -terms and conditions specified In the alrnve set fo-rt'h accepted proposal, dated September 11, 1958. ithe Electric -Property shall be sold and disposed of to the Company at the price, in the manner and -upon the tennie and conditions set forth in said accepted proposal. 4. The necessary deeds and other Instruments transferring and disposing of -the Electric- Property to the Company shall be executes! for and in the name of -the City by its Mayor, attested by -the Clerk-Trea-surer with the seal of the City. The Mayor, for and on behalf of rhe Cl-tv, shall execute any and all 'other instruments, and do or cause to 'be done any and all acts or things (Including but without limiting the generality of the foregoing to the publication and post-ing of public notice of this resolution- as required by law) which in the opinion of the Mayor is necessary or desirable in order to comply with all the obligations of the City under the accepted proposal and to effectuate -tlie cmn-summation of the sale at the earliest particable date. 6 This resolution is passed -upon the same dav and at -the same meeting at which it -is introduced and it is passed bv -tire unanimous consent of all the members of the Common Council present and there are present and voting at least twothirds of the members elect of the said Common Council. 7 This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after Its passa-ge and its signature by the presiding officer of the common Council and its approval by the May- ' r Adopted and passed unanimously bv all members of the Common Council present this 16th day of September, 1958. Robert D. Cole (Robert D Cole) Mayor Presiding Officer of the Common Council ATTEST: Miriam Hall (Miriam Hall) Clerk-Treasurer Presented bv .me to the Mayor or ■the City of Decatur this 16th day of September, 1958. Miriam Hall (Miriam Hall) Clerk-Treasurer Approved and signed this 16th dav of September, A. D_, I 9 >S. Robert D. Cole (Robert D. Cole) Mayor Dated at Deeat-ur. Indiana, this 17th day of September, 1958. Mayor of the City of Deea-tnir, Indiana' Robert D, Cole (Robert D. Cole) Pres'ding: Officer of the Common Council of the i ity of Decatur. Indiana ATTEST: Miriam Hall (Miriam Hall) Clerk-Treasurer 9-18, 25 Soil Bank Reserve Eligibility Defined Oct. 10 Deadline To Join Reserve Any Adams county farmer who has cropland which is regularly used for cultivated crops or tame hay is eligible to participate in the 1959 conservation reserve of the soil bank. Victor Bleeke, chairman of the county agricultural stablibation county agricultural stabilization and conservation committee, defined “eligible and “ineligible" land under conservation reserve regulations. Eligible land includes: any land from which a crop was harvested or which was in regular crop rotation in 1958, and land from which tame hay was harvested for hay or silage in either 1957 or 1958. Tame is defined as “a stand of prennial grasses or legumes normally established for hay by land preparation and seeding.” Non-eligible land includes: that planted to small fruits, vineyards, nursery stock, orchard or nut trees and land between rows of these crops: any land owned by the federal government or a corporation wholly owned by the federal government; and land in non-crop open pasture, range, woods, or in the farmstead. In Adams-county, the chairman said, the smallest amount of land that can be placed in the conservation reserve is five acres. If the entire acreage to be put in the program is to be planted to forest rees, however, as little as two acres may be planted. The signup for the conservation reserve is in progress throughout Indiana. The deadline is October 10. Interested farmers are urged to visit the Adams county ASC office at 130% N. 2nd st., Decatur, to learn details of the program. Brother Slain By 16-Year-Old Girl Originally Planned To Kill Whole Family HOUSTON, Tex. (UPD—A psychiatrist examining a pretty Ifr year-old girl who killed her brothshe was bored has indicated the girl may be suffering from schizophrenia, or split personality. The mental investigation followed admission to police by Diana Daye Humphreys that she shot her 14-year-old brother when he came home from school Tusday because “nothing exciting ever happens around here.** “Mother works, daddy is sick and all they do is eat, sleep and watch TV,” she said. Diana said she had planned to kill her whole family one by one as they came home, then herself. The girl said she stayed home from school.with a stomach ache. She got her father’s single-shot .22 rifle from the garage and testfired it into her mattress.

i Brainpower Waste | ■ Scored By Hartke I i Charges Handley j Refuses To Debate ! INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — Vance , Hartke today called for an end to ■ “brainpower waste.” ! He told Marian College students i this is a period in which "there is ■ great contempt for intellect in cerr tain quarters.” i “We are in an era when brains . are needed more than ever," said Hartke. "The problems of infla- ; tion, disposal of our farm abun- : dar*e, research in science and ; medicine and the almost-untapped i field of preparation for foreign af- ' fairs can be worked out by a new i team of government and the centers of brainpower.” ' In Logansport Wednesday night, Hartke charged that Governor : Handley has refused to debate ■ campaign issues with him because- ; the Republicans knbw "we are in; the midst of the worst recession - : in years.” i The Evansville Mayor, Demo- ! cratic nominee for U.S. Senator, said Handley “seven times" in this! ’ campaign refused to sliare a platform with him to discuss issues. "I have accepted all these invitations because this is in keeping with my desire to discuss my views with as many persons as possible," said Hartke. Hartke said he challenged Hand- - ley, his opponent, to "run on his | record as governor. Or on his boss' record as senator. Or on his party’s leadership.” i Turkey Trap Shoot : Is Planned Sunday • The St. Mary's Blue Creek conservation club will hold a turkey - trap shoot Sunday at 1 o’clock at ' the club grounds. The grounds are located on S.! R. 124 one mile west of Willshire, 0. All members are invited to at-; tend.

Decatur Water Dept. WE WILL CLEAN CITY WATER MAINS BY FLUSHING HYDRANTS 1 THIS .... J THURSDAY & FRIDAY NIGHTS d AFTER 9:00 P.M. 1 ' SOUTH OF MONROE STREET i t ■ I Baton Twirling I I CLASSES I n I g|| -I ANOTHER NEW SERVICE I ADDED AS PART OF I OUR EXPANSION PROGRAM n H _ — __ ft t ■ ■ >■ ■ IN ADDITION TO OUR FACULTY OF ■ TEACHERS INSTRUCTING STUDENTS 9 9 IN ALL BAND INSTRUMENTS, ALL 9 ORCHESTRAL INSTRUMENTS, PIANO, ORGAN, GUITAR AND ACCORDIAN, I WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT I MISS JEANNIE SMITH WILL SOON I START SEVERAL CLASSES OF INSTRUC- I I TION COVERING ALL PHASES OF BATON 9 f 9 TWIRLING. r. » : I REGISTRATION SEPT. 26th to OCT. 4th I i- I ■ K g . 9 CALL OR COME IN FOR FULL DETAILS. I- H . - - ' y e 9 CHILDREN ACCEPTED FOR INITIAL I I CLASSES 4th GRADE AND VP g 9 REGISTRATION SEPT. 26th to OCT. 4th 1 v I ' llkaliir ilßsic Utilise 1 e M H I I 136 N. 2nd Street PHONE 3-3353 [

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25,1958

Former Math Head At Indiana U. Dies BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (UPD — Dr. Kenneth P. WiJJiams, 71, former head of Indiana University s mathematics department; died in Bloomington Hospital today only hours before he was to have received the state’s Distinguished Service Medal. 10 New Polio Cases Reported In State INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — The Indiana State Board of Health today reported 10 new polio cases, raising the total so far this year to 77, 21 les than in the corresponding period a year ago. The new cases were reported from Allen, Clark, DeKalk, Jasper, Jay, LaGrange, LaPorte, Marion Montgomery and Scott counties. The total of 77 compared with the 5-year median of 332.

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