Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 244, Decatur, Adams County, 16 October 1958 — Page 6

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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, WOO; Six months, $4.25; 3 months, $2.25. By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, $9.00; 6 months, $4.75; 3 months, $2.50. x By Carrier, 30 cents per week. Single copies, 6 cents.

Democratic Candidates State Ballot U.S. Senate h. Vance Hartke Secretary of State John R. Walsh Auditor of State Albert A. Steinwedel Treasurer of State f Jack A. Haymaker State Superintendent of Public Instruction « William E. Wilson Judge of the Supreme Court Amos W. Jackson Clerk of the Supreme and Appellate Courts Mrs. Alice C. Cavanaugh Appellate Court Judges John R. Ax Walter Myers, Jr. G. Remy Bierly John S. Gonas County Ballot U.S. Congressman 4th District W. Robert Fleming State Senate Von A. Eichhorn State House of Representatives Burl Johnson Clerk Richard D. Lewton Sheriff Merle Affolder Assessor —— Walter Koos — - Commissioners Hugo Boerger Loren Heller o—o Did you know that our present Congressman voted against the tight money investigation, for a sl2 million cut in unemployment funds, for an amendment to cut $1.5 million from funds for the U.S. office of education, to kill federal assistance in alleviating the classroom shortage, against two atomic energy bills, for a

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CHANNEL 15 THIUSDAY Krening 6:9o—Margie 6:3o—This Day, 1958 6:ls—llong Edwards-News 7:oo—Highway Patrol ♦-30—This Is Alice ,6:i>0 —December Bride B::M)—Bittle Women 9:oo—Zane Grey 9:3o—Playhouse-90 11:00—Award Theatre FRIDAY Morning 7:4o—Good Morning i 7:4s—News & Markets B:oo—Captain Kangroo 8: 15.—Nat io na 1 News 8:55— Local News , 9:oo—Captain Kangaroo 9:3o—Alargte 10:00—For Love Or MKpey 10:30—Play Your Hupeh 11:00—Arthur Godfrey Time 11:30—Top Dollar Afternoon 12:00—D>ve Os Life 12:30—.Search For Tomorrow 12:45—Guiding Light " I:oo—News I:os—Woman's Page I:3o—As The World Turns 2:00 —Jimmy Dean Show 2:30 —Houseparty 3:oo—Big Pay-tiff 3:3o—Verdict Is Yours 4:oo—Brighter Day 4:l<l—Secret Storm 4:3o—Edge Os Night s:oo—Dance Date Evening 6:oo—.Margie 6:3o—This Day, 1958 6:4s—Doug Ed wa r<l s-News 7:oo—Tugboat Annie 7:3o—Hit Parade B:oo—Tra'kdown B:3o—Jackie Gleason 9:oo—Phil Silvers 9:3o—Target 10:00—Line-tip 10:30—Person to Person 11:00—Award Theatre WKJG-TV CHANNEL 33 THIRBDAY Evening 6:oo—Gatesway to Sporta 6:ls—.News 6:2s—The Weatherman 6:3o—Yesterday’s Newsreel 6:4S—NBC N/we 7:oo—'Roy Rogers c 7:3o—Buddy Bregman 41:00—.Ed Wynn 8:30—“21” • 9:oo—Behind Closed Doors • 9:3o—Tennessee Ernie Ford 10:04)—You Bet Your Life 10:30 —864,00 Challenge 11 :oo—News and Weather

temporary reduction in support prices, to kill public works expenditures on conservation projects, against the Mutual Security Act, against Alaska statehood, against the omnibus farm bill, against a Federal loan program to help communities make local improvements, against the food stamp plan, in other words, against almost every plan which would help our retail merchants, farmers, and workers in' Adams county?, Vote for W. Robert Fleming this fall to reverse the present situation in Washington. o o Vance Hartke, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, will be in Decatur Saturday again. He has visited here several times in the past year, talking with Democrats and others interested in a change in Washington. The Democratic central committee will have a luncheon for Hartke Saturday at the community center. The most forceful and energetic candidate the Democrats have had in years. Hartke can be expected to take the people’s story to Washington, and effectively represent this state. o o Vance Sappenfield, of the Linton Daily Citizen, was elected president of UPINE Saturday. UPINE is the name of an informal organization composed of the United Press International editors in Indiana. This was the fourth meeting of the group. Many problems effecting newspapers all over the state were discussed, including which items were most and least newsworthy. UPl's attempt to stop the tremendous rate increase of AT&T to newspaper teletype service wds explained in detail. Costs to newspapers will go up 22% to 200% if the proposed rate increase is approved by the FCC. This will effect, in turn, the cost of newspapers and advertising, which all of us Want to keep as low as possible. The inflationary trend of the rate increases will effect all of America.

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11:15—Sports Today 11:20 —The Jack Paar Show FRIDAY' Morning 7 :00—Today 9:oo—Romper Room 9:ss—Faith To Live By 10:09—Dough Re Mi 10:30—Treasure Hunt 11:00—The Price Is Right 11:3o—Coneentrat lon Afternoon . 12:0<lTic Tac Dough 12:30—1t Could Be You I:oo—Farms and Farming I:lo—News and Weather I:2o—The Editor’s Desk ,1:30 —I Married Joan 2:00 —Truth or Consequences 2:3o—Haggis Haggis 3:oo—Today is Ours 3:3o—From These Roots 4:oo—Queen For A Day 4:30 —County Fair 5:00 —Cisco Kid s:3o—The Hunter Evening 6:oo—Gatesway to Sports 6:l,l—'News 6:2s—The Weatherman 6:3o—Yesterday’s Newsreel 6:4S—NBC News 7:oo—State Trooper 7:3o—.Jefferson Drum 8:00—Ellery Queen 9:00 —Boxing 9:4s—Past Fight Beat 10:00—Fred A stair 10:30—The Thin. Man 11:00—News and Weather 11:15 —Sporte Today 11:20 —The Jack Paar Show WPTA-TV CHANNEL 21 THURSDAY Evening Time 7:oo—Gray Ghost 7:3o—Leave It To Beaver 8:00 — Zorro B:3o—The Real McCoys 9:oo—Chevy Showroom 9:3o—Rough Riders 10:00 —Stars of Jazz 10:30—10:30 Report 10:45—Scoreboard 10:50—Movietime FRIDAY Afternoon 3:oo—American Bandstand 3:3o—Who Do You Trust 4:oo— American Bandstand s:oo—Wild Bill Hickok 95:30— Mickey Mouse Evening 6:oo—Tam's Time 7:oo—Sherlock Holmes 7:3o—Rin Tin Tin 8:00—Walt Disney Present! 9:oo—Man With a Camra 9:30—.7-7 Sunset Strip 10:00—Susie 10:30—10:30 Report 10:45—Scoreboard 10:50—Movietime

JOHN H. HELLER (Continued from Paxe one) _ same boarding home in Indianap-; olis, and became fast friends, j after a dinner argument over the ments of an anti-oil law proposed by Miller. Long Time Publisher Upon graduation from law school in 1897, Mr. Heller returned to Decatur where his father was still on the bench. He tried one case, and his father took him aside and asked that he wait until after he went off the bench the next year before starting law practice. John Heller then went to Elwood where he worked on the Elwood Record. When Lew Ellingham! j then”publisher of the weekly De-j catur Democrat, heard that John Heller was working for a newspaper, he wrote him and offered | him a job at $7 a week, includingj night work. The Democrat was losing money, and Ellingham wanted someone whom he knew to help him. On January 28, 1898 Heller returned to Decatur and began i work on the Democrat, temporar-, ily, until his father left the bench. | He remained to become owner, later incorporating the newspa-| per and becoming president, j manager, and majority stockholder. He was active in the management of the newspaper even after his first stroke, until December, 1957. On November 29. 1899, Mr. Heller married his childhood sweetheart, Martha Alice Peterson, daughter of Robert Smith and Fannie Kunkel Peterson. Robert S. Peterson was an attorney like Judge Heller, although of the opposite political party, and had been defeated by Judge Heller for the office of judge in a bitter battle. The following year their first child, Fanny Elizabeth Heller was born. Their son, the late Dick Daniel Heller, was born in 1902. Mr. Heller was named manager of the_ Democrat, and on January 12, 1903 the weekly Democrat became a daily, in competition with a Republican daily then published, here. Active In Politics A lifelong Democrat, Mr. Heller was quite active in county, state, and national politics. While never standing for elective office, he served as county Denjpcratic chairman, delegate to state and national Democratic conventions. In 1912 Lew Ellingham, manage er of the newspaper, ran for, and was elected, secretary of state for Indiana in a Democratic sweep of the- state. Gov. Samuel Ralston and other state officials were often visitors at the Heller home in Decatur. j In 1912, Indiana governor Thomas R. Marshall was elected vicepresident. Editor Heller had a favorite candidate for the position of postmaster at Berne, and he called at the vice president's office to ask for the appointment for his friend. He had known Mar-

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shall in politics for many years.. The vice president’s secretary told him that the vice president was not interested in the postmaster- - ship at Berne. A few years later Heller headed the Democratic delegation from Indiana to the national Democratic. convention. The convention deadlocked oh a choice for president, and vice president Marshall, seeing his change to be nominated as a dark horse candidate, sent word to the Indiana delegation to place his name in nomination. He soon received word back that the Indiana delegation was not any more interested in Marshall’s | presidency than Marshall had, been in the postmastership at Berne. In 1916 Ellingham had a chance; to purchase the Fort Wayne Journal in Fort Wayne, and he sold his interest in the Decatur Daily i Democrat to Heller. Always active in Decatur community affairs, he headed the Committee which brought the Gen-1 eral Electric Company to Decatur in the 1920’5. In all, John Heller attended six national conventions, and was secretary of the platform committee in 1924 during the historic threeweek deadlock between McAdoo and Smith. In 1924 Heller Was elected pres-< ident of the Indiana Democratic Editorial association, and was prominently mentioned for secretary of state for Indiana, but declined to run. On College Board In 1930 Heller was chairman of the committee for refinancing the Old Adams county national bank. On December 31, 1931, Mr. Heller was appointed to the board < of trustees of Bail State Teachers College and Indiana State Teachers College by Republican governor Harry G. Leslie. Heller replaced Charles A. Greathouse, who had died. He was reappointed by Governors McNutt, ToWnsend, Schricker. Gates, and again by Schricker, finally resigning after 19 years of service when ill health forced him to cut his work load. In 1934 Mr. Heller was appoint-, ed a national bank receiver for' the banks of Hartford City. Montpelier, Warren, and Farmland. He' fulfilled his duties on September! 21, 1936, returning the investors i about 80 cents on the dollar as an i average. In 1950 Mr. Heller, then 77 i years old, relinquished the presi-J dency to his son who had been' general manager for five years, i and a vice president since 1925., John Heller remained as chair-; man of the board, and vice presi-1 dent of the corporation. Greenbrier Sing Bee Sunday Afternoon A sing bee will be held Greenbrier church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The public is invited tii | attend and participate.

Former Decatur Man Retires As Jeweler John A. Baumgartner, 66, former jeweler with C. C. Pumphrey of Decatur, and later owner of his own store in Winchester, announced this week that he is retiring as a jeweler. Baumgartner has sold his store to Herbert Crawford, who will soon announce the reopening of the business., Baumgartner had been in business at Portland and Richmond before moving to Winchester Feb. 1, 1937, where he bought out Jacob Frazier. ! Baumgartner is the son of Levi | L. Baumgartner of Linn £rove, a former teacher, and Lillie StudeI baker, a native of Vera Cruz. He was born Dec. 16, 1893 in Elwood, where his father taught. Baum-i gartner was the first apprentice' i of Pumphrey in Decatur and they ■ i were also associated together in i Portland in the early 1930'5. June 4. 1922 he married Maude Howard, a school teacher in Decatur, and a native of Delaware county. It was about a year later when he moved to Portland. Detour Effective For Several Days The detour on U. S. 224 is expected to still be in operation for a few more days during complei tion of the work being done on the Erie railroad crossing approximately two and one half miles, west of Decatur. The detour at the junction of. U. S. 27 and U. S. 224 is due to I the new crossing and work being done by the railroad company on the railroad crossing that goes directly over U. S. 224. The tracks i i are being raised and new black- ' ■ top is being processed to complete the construction and completion of the new crossing. The detour route that is to be■ followed during the construction work takes the vehicles south to Indiana 124, west to the Craigville* road and then again back onto| U. S. 224. where drivers may again head toward Huntington , and other points west. Forfeits Bond In Van Wert Court ■ Lester C. Thatcher, of Willshire, i 0.. forfeited a SSO bond in Van > Wert city court following his ar- ■ . rest for failure to stop within i i the assured clear distance ahead. TALENT SHOW by St. John's Guild, Bingen. SAT., OCT. 18—8 P. M. Come See the 1958 Beauty Queen at BINGEN AUDITORIUM, Admission Adults 50c Children 30c

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18. 1958