Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 265, Decatur, Adams County, 10 November 1958 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By _ THE DECATTIR DEMOCRAT <DO., INC. Entered nt 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, W. 00; 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. By Carrier, 90 cents per week. Single copies, 0 cents.

Two Tragic Deaths Two violent and tragic deaths occurred in Adams county over the weekend. Our hearts go out to the families of the victims, to those involved, and especially to the drivers of the vehicles involved, who although faultless, must feel the terrible shock of the closeness of death. Fred M. Engle, 69-year-old Decatur resident, was a well-known Decatur figure. A retire GE employe at the Decatur plant, a former volunteer fireman, former member of the city baseball team, Engle is remembered as a tuba player in the old city band. He was injured a few years ago when a fire truck backed into him, and again last year while crossing Winchester street. He was a friendly man, and the good parts of his life should be remembered. The second violent death occurred on the Adams-Wells county line road, about four-tenths of a mile south of state road 124 west of Monroe, and about sixtenths of a mile north of the young boy’s home. Alan L. Gerber, 12 years old, and in the seventh grade at Berne - French township school, was struck while riding oh a motors coater. The events are too well known to be recounted. Alan Gerber was a popular student at Berne, wellliked by his classmates. His tragic death brings to mind forceably a problem of great social consequence which cannot be ignored, forgotten, or glazed over just because a beloved one has passed away. We cannot fail to comment on the absolutely unnecessary and cruel blow that this is to the family and friends of this young boy. Is it not our fault, society’s fault, that this occurred? Are our youths trained well enough in driving bicycles and motor scooters? Do they know the rules, and do they fe'el a compulsion to obey these rules, even when there are no policemen in sight? Do we consistently and continually enforce our traffic rules for youngsters? No,

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we know that we do not. In the summer it is comrpon to see them, and to condone< their riding two, three and four abreast; to ride at night without lights; to allow them to ride on the wrong side of the road or street. And so who is to blame when an “accident” happens? Are not all of us to blame? Everyone who allows himself and others ,to callously and completely disregard established safety procedures is ■as much at fault as anyone actually involved. This tragic happening was a product of our own social failure. Whether it will be repeated, time and again, is up to us. Will we train our youngsters, and our oldsters alike, to obey all the laws, all the time, on bicycle, on foot, while driving? Or will we permit useless and senseless deaths like this, terrible personal and family tragedies to occur and reoccur without our compassionate understanding? —.—o o The report of the Decatur light and power department shows that the department has made $12,971.59 so far this year, even while producing a good portion of the power sold. If all the power sold had been purchased wholesale, the amount of profit would be considerably increased. Note, too, that in its lifetime the power plant has earned a total of $2,349,475.30, Which has been transferred to the general fund, and expended instead of taxes. If wt had a private utility here, and this utiity paid $20,000 a year in taxes, more than’ that which I&M expects to pay here, it would have to be in operation nearly 118 years, much longer than the local plant has existed. o o Before you cross the street, remember that jaywalking causes 35% of all pedestrian traffic deaths in towns and cities. Impatience leads to jaywalking carelessness, and death. Don't be a poor example to others who are watching your every action.

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20 Years Ago Today 0 Nov. 10, 1938—Sen. Fred Van Nuys, Democrat, was declared winner in Tuesday’s election, defeating Raymond E. Willis. Republican, by than 4,000 votes. State ticket final is still uncertain. Frederick T. Schurger, prominent Decatur attorney, died suddenly of a heart attack in his automobile. Thieves broke into the Decatur public library, breaking three windows, but obtaining only 80 cents in change. Central Securities Corp., , Fort Wayne, has submitted the best bid on the $33,000 county bond issue for the Adams county memorial hospital, but final sale of the bonds is dependent on a ruling by the state tax board on a remonstrance to the proposed addition. Jay Gould Pledged To I. U. Honorary Jay Gould, 716 N. Third, Decatur, has been pledged to Tomahawk. sophomore honorary for independent men students, at Indiana University. Members of Tomahawk pledge themselves to the promotion of good will between independent students and all other campus organizations. There are 50 members of the group. 0 l v Household Scrapbook | By ROBERTA LEE I o o Silver ware For scratched table silverware, buy a small amout of putty powder and put into a saucer with enough olive oil to form a paste. Then, with a soft rag rub this paste onto the silver and polish with a chamois. The scratches will no longer be visible. Red Ants If bothered with red ants pour liquid corrosive sublimate on pieces of cotton and lay the cotton where the ants are likely to travel. Another good remedy is to dissolve in. bpiling water and apply with a brush, , i

CHAPTER 31 CAPTAIN CoUn Campbell pass- : ed the word to hold fire and shouted to the unseen man with the dirty white flag, “Come in with your hands up! You’ll be shot if you’re carrying arms!" They came up the hill, two pale, fearful Union soldiers whose hands and arms jerked spasmodically even as they advanced. When they were near enough for Colin to see their eyes clearly, he knew that these men had not merely thought they had seen demons. They had seen demons. Colin said sympathetically, “You're all right now.” "Omigoeh!” one prisoner breathed. “They come las' night!" the other gasped. “They was six of us. Afore we knowed it, four was dead!” There was no fighting on that hill, though on others CoUn saw old men and young boys fall around him as the tide of blue swept inexorably onward. But some unknown terror had entered this particular sector. Periodically, terrified prisoners, always with a tale of comrades who had died before anyone even suspected there was an enemy about, surrendered. Colin did not understand it until he heard Colonel Andrews question a (Udttr captured in the flghtinf. This Yankee breathed defianoj through his nostrils. He carried a captured Confederate rifle which he had used as a club when his ammunition had been exhausted and he had been suiiti— *od. He seemed unafraid. “What ta your home state?” Colonel Andrews asked. “Find out, Secesh!” the prisoner jeered. “To what company are you attached?” “Go climb a tree!* "You’ll fare better if you cooperate," Colin told him. “I ain’t goin’ to, so go ahead and toss me into your stinkin’ prison. I won’t be there long. You Rebs are 'bout done. Even them two hellions you got behind our lines can't last much longer!” His tone changed to grudging admiration. “I kind of like them two, anyway they got sand! But they'll be shot when we ketch ’em again jest like we shot their pal, that third feller who was with ’em." Colin was suddenly alert. “What was ha like, this third man?” he asked tensely. "Did you hear his name?” “You'll get nothing from me,” the prisoner taunted. Colin leaped toward the Yankee, his hands clenched, his eyes blazing. “That was one of my men,” he said furiously. “Tell me what you know or I’ll choke the daylights out of you. If he's dead, what harm can it do to tell?” The Yank knew a madman when he saw one. "Yeah, nc harm done, I reckon. He’s deed all tight. Saw him lined up and kilt E iass by Jim Kic.isaa.rd. Repaint sn

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County Leading In Muscular Dystrophy Leads Entire State In Number Os Cases Adams county has more cases of muscular dystrophy than any other county in the state, and has the most to gain from concerted efforts to prevent, arrest, and cure the disease, Mrs. Merrill Johnson and Mrs. Florence Myers said today as the muscular dystrophy campaign continued its progress. November is muscular dystrophy month, with chapters throughout the country working to raise funds. Some of the funds raised here will be channeled to the Cay-lor-Nickel clinic in Bluffton, where research into hereditary factors in MD is progressing

wit 4 eye*. He was a tall,' Jean feller. ’Bout thirty-two or thirty-three, I’d say.” It was Ling, Colin knew beyond a doubt. Tracey Hamlin was ten years younger; Watt Sackett was short and square. Restraining his impulse to run somewhere, anywhere where he could be alone to weep for his lost friend, Colin said in a low’, quiet vbice, “He was a particular friend of mine from home. I know his wife and two boys. He had no business raiding behind your lines. He knew he would be shot if he got caught and I warned him not to go. So I don’t hold against you any part you had in his death. You were doing your job and doing it properly. But if you’ll tell me how he was captured I would like to be able to tell his family. It would mean a lot to them.” The prisoner looked into Colin’s face and saw not an enemy officer but an unhappy fellow creature. “These three fellers came round our camp one night and 'fore we knowed what was happenin' they made off with some hosses. We found out quick enough and took some other hosses and chased ’em. The tall feller—-the one that’s dead now —he’d broke his ankle and they’d stopped to help him. That slowed ’em down and we caught ’em and brought 'em back to the prisoner’s compound. The other two escaped a couple of days later but the third feller couldn’t make it 'counta his ankle. He was shot the next day.” “Is that all?" Colin asked bitterly. “No,* the prisoner said. “His pals came back for him day after he was shot, kilt our guards and let out the whole mess of prisoners. An’ they been raisin’ Cain ever since they learnt their frien’ was dead. Still is, unless they got caught again.” “Thanks, thanks for I telling me,” Colin managed to ’ say. He turned and, left the tent, i Somehow he found his own tent i sind the pallet that served as his ’ bed. He flung himself down on ' it and lay there without moving ■ or uttering a sound. He did not i know later how long he lay there- '■ His mind was numb—it could rei peat endlessly the words. “He's • dead, he’s dead, he's d-ad'' but it i could not accept the words as true. i Finally Colin struggled into a ' sitting position. His mind was a ■ little clearer now and he knew what he must do. He must get ' a letter to Ann through a transport that had been arranged for ■ tomorrow. I | He rifled through his knapsack r and found two pieces of smudged s and crumpled paper and a stubby ! pencil. ; “Dear Ann,” he began. “Ling ’ has been killed—” He buried his 1 head in his hands. What else i should he say? "His death was 1 quick and merciful.” This was t true. “He died fighting.” This was anted by publisher. IXidd. Mead & Co..

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There are 14 active known cases of MD in Adams county, and five cases have moved out of the county in recent years. Os these cases, 13 of the victims are related through a common ancestor. The blood factors which cause the strange disease are not yet fully understood, but the possibility is strong that in the near ’ future the disease may be prevented or arrested. Three patients in Adams county ( have been directly aided by the 1 muscular dystrophy association chapter which operates in this area, the greater Fort Wayne chapter. A week ago more than 80 cannisters were distributed by Mrs. i Johnson, a victim of the disease, !to various places in Decatur. '! Persons wishing to donate should place their money in one of the cans. j J Trade in a good town — Decatur.

true omy rr you Stretched the truth, but the whole truth might be too strong for Ann as yet. “He will be missed and loved by those who knew him.” This was certainly true. "I think you know how much my thoughts are with you. The war cannot last much longer. God willing, I will be home soon. Colin.” Beneath a clouded night sky, Colin sat on a boulder and waited for the dawn, which could bring nothing except a tidal wave of Yankees to drown him and every one of his men. But he had waited a dozen other times for what reason told him was certain death and he was still alive. He had no doubt, however, about one thing; this was the end of the war. There had been no formal cessation of hostilities and lee still fought savagely for the best terms he could get. This was the end that had been foreordained when this senseless struggle began. Atlanta, Savannah, Charleston and Wilmington had fallen before Shermans advance, and despite Lee's brilliance, Richmond could not last long. The fall of Richmond would bring the fall of the Confederacy. General Drummond, in command of Colonel Andrews’ regiment, had been given an unusual assignment Certain papers, possibly revealing the Confederacy’s major weaknesses and potentially damaging to Lee’s bargaining power with the North, had been smuggled out of Richmond to Drummond’s orders were to leave enough men to delay the enemy twenty-four hours while he and the rest of his army fled west with the papers. Colonel Andrews himself had explained the situation to Colin. He had held nothing back. He did not know the nature of the documents Drummond carried, but whatever they were, they must not fall into enemy hands. Andrews and Colin had picked the seasoned men from Andrews' regiment who would remain to delay the enemy. They had automatically eliminated everyone under nineteen and everyone over forty-five. From the remainder they had selected thirty-seven veterans, the cream of Andrews’ regiment With Jason Maxwell as First Sergeant and Colin in command, there were thirty-nine, but this particular emplacement had unexpectedly gained another recruit After seeing the retiring troops on their way west Andrews had turned his command over to Major Dorsey and returned to help stop the Yankees. Like his friend, Colin, he awaited calmly whatever the morning might bring. “All along the line, men had ceased whatever they were doing to face the direction from which the enemy they could neither see nor hear, but only sense, war approching,” the story continues tomorrow Inc. Dist. br Kinc Features amdicets.

U. S. Supreme Court Defended By Douglas ‘-'Forthright Defense Made Os High Court NEW YORK (UPD - U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas said Saturday night that the court will not “take a back seat” to demands that its power be curbed. Declaring that “despots dislike an independent judiciary,’’ Douglas said the American democratic system was stable because the judiciary was like a “great rock” unmoved by storms breaking over it even when they lead to attempts to nullify its decisions. Douglas made the first such forthright public defense of the high court by one of its members in a speech to the Columbia Law School at a meeting celebrating its 100th anniversary. There have been a number of attacks on the Supreme Court in recent months for allegedly usurping the law-making powers of Congress and the states in decisions on racial segregation and subversion. Douglas acknowledged that courts, in interpreting laws, do take on a kind of law - making power. But he said in’ such cases the Legislature has the final word and “if the congressional will is defied the error can be corrected by an amendment of the law.” He termed constant legislative review of laws, as interpreted by the courts, a “healthy practice.” One of the rulings for which the high court has been most criticized was one freeing Communist Steve Nelson on grounds a Pennsylvania anti-subversion law under which he was convicted was displaced by federal anti-subversion laws. Douglas, commenting on this decision, said “double regulation — both by state and federal laws — may be logically permissible but practically unsound. Dual regulation may be inherently so disiajptive of the policy of the federal law that fije purpose of Congress .to foreclose state action may be implied.” COURT NEWS Marriage Applications Patsy Lou Zimmerman, 20, route one, Monroe, and Thomas Wayne Hoffman, 22, route four. Decatur. Evelyn Harriette Griffiths. 17, route two, Decatur, and Marvin Christian Zurcher, 20, Monroe. Judith Ann Bulso, 19, Canton, 0.. and Richard Paul Shaffer, 21, Canton, O.

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PARIS (AMTNCI—A rm y Specialist Four James G. Whitaker, 20, whose wife, Margie, and Mather, Mrs. Gordon Hooper,' live at 437 Mcßarn st., Decatur, Ind., recently was assigned to Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, near Paris. Specialist Whitaker, a member of the 7th Signal Battalion, entered the Army in April, 1956, and

PUBLIC SALE COMPLETE CLOSE-OUT OF ALL EQUIPMENT OF THE GEO. A. SWEET CELERY FARMS LOCATED—36OO West Taylor St., Extended, Fort Wayne, Indiana; or 1 mile east of U. S. Highway No. 24 on Taylor Street, Extended, on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14 Sale Starting at 10:00 A.M. 7 FARMALL TRACTORS & EQUIPMENT 1954 Super M Farmall tractor, fully equipped. 1951 Model M Farmall tractor; 1953 Super C Farmall tractor; A. V. tractor; F-14 Farmall tractor: 2 F-12 Farmall tractors. These tractors are all in excellent mechanical condition. 3. two-row Farmall cultivators; manure loader to fit Model M. tractor; 14” tractor plow. farm implements — GARDENING, GREENHOUSE EQUIPMENT, Etc. 5 rubber tired farm wagons with racks: 3 tractor discs; manure spreader: 4-section spike tooth harrow; spring tooth harrow; 7-tooth Killefer Chisel Subsoiler, works 14” deep: Chisel Killefer 28” depth Subsoiler. for mole drain in muck or hard pan buster; Eversman leveller: Ariens Rototiller. with power take-off; Oliver special marsh plow: 6-row drill for vegetables, tractor mounted: 6-row small crop cultivator; 4-row seeder with fertilizer attachment, for cabbage or tomatoes; 2-row fertilizer distributor, tractor mounted: 3-row onion set planter, self powered: 3-row plant setter, self powered: 4-row liquid sprayer, power take-off; 8-row duster, tractor mounted: 4” & 6” portable irrigation pipe. 200. 16x4”, 20, ,8x4,” 90. 16x6,” plus elbows, tees^.crosses,, and 52 sprinklers: >2 pumps, motored 4” discharge; 10 acres installed overhead irrigation lines. with several hundred feet standard 4” supply steel pipe, sflrlnkler lines—2” to %”■, lengths—3oo’ to 55O : ; valves & plumbing supplies: hot bed sash; greenhouse plant boxes: 31 warehouse ’carts, rubber tired; warehouse roller trucks; conveyor, chai! powered; packing house equipment; 2 cab-bage-tomato plant setters; 2 fertilizer broadcasters; 3-row Middle Buster sot M Farmall mounting, power take off sprayer, tractor fhounfed for row crops or broadcast; air compressor; gagpse gun & paint sprayer; electric motors, switches, etc., 220 volt & 110 volt; miscellaneous pipe fittings, valves: flush toilets & plumbing Supplies; Hi-Bov corn spraver; small hand plow and cultivators; some 2-4-D. MISCELLANEOUS SMALL TOOLS &, SUPPLIES FOR GENERAL MAINTENANCE. MANY SMALL ITf&IS NOT MENTIONED. THIS EQUIPMENT IS ALL REPAIRED—CHECKED—AND READY FOR SERVICE. TRUCKS: 1953 Ford I’4 ton truck with stake body; 1948 2’/4 ton Ford truck with Van Body; trucks are in excellent condition. TERMS —CASH. Not responsible for accidents. Lunch served by Washington Township Fire Dept. Auxiliary. GEORGE A. SWEET, Owner Ellenberger Bros., Auctioneers, Fort Wayne, Ind. Orville Sturm. Auctioneer. New Haven, Ind. * Walley Agriculture Service, Ckerk. .i,, .! . ,. r »

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was stationed at Fort Bliss, Tex., before arriving in France last month. Whitaker attended Decatur High School. ORDERS LITTLE (Continued from page ona) was out of the city. Tbday’s action set aside Judge Miller’s dismissal of a petition by the NACAP for an injunction preventing the school leasing. Miller had ruled that the petition must be considered by a three-judge court because it constituted a ruling on Arkansas law.