Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1958 — Page 2

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No Holiday Tinsel In School Tragedy Area

By MARGUFRTTF DATS ■ Halted Press International CHICAGO (UPD “Gods will be done.” 4 *These are the worlds, not ry Christmas,” heard most often this holiday season in the Our Lady of the Angels parish, where 89 children and three nuns perished in a school fire Dec. 1. Parents now take what comfort they can from their church’s condolence, "It was God s will." Tradesmen say that is what thtey hear most often when the trfef-numbed parents discuss the fire. This reporter spent a day in the West Side community which still mourns its dead, and never once heard a Christmas greeting. . No Holiday Tinsel A little shop is doing a comparatively brisk business in “tjiank you” cards, but there isn’t much demand for Christmas tinsel. Mothers whose children never again will come home from school like to stop in at the shop, They inquire about the proprietor's son, critically hurt in the fire, and tear the report, “still critical.” They choose a card or two at the •j— — : —-—: DON’T TAKE A CHANCE TAKE PLENAMINS ; Smith Drug Co.

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section devoted to “thank you for your sympathy” \ messages, and then leave. Other years, merchants have decorated the streets with holiday streamers, but not now. It was easy to find the manager of the ten cent store in the Our Lady of the Angels parish. Business dropped for the first time this year the week of the fire, he said, and never has recovered. The record player in a neighborhood tavern is mostly silent. The proprietor said business has dropped from SBO a day to $5 or $lO, “if I’m lucky.” No Bitterness Apparent Streamers of black and purple frame the American Legion Alamo Post No. 885. Two of the post's three Christmas parties have been cancelled. The third is scheduled only because it also is a benefit for the poor. Masses formerly held in the school chapel have been transferred to the neighborhood movie theater. The manager, of the Lutheran faith, is on hand each Sunday morning in time to open the theater for the 8:15 o’clock Roman Catholic mass. Employes remembered the children rpore by face than name. “That pretty little girl I* scolded for running,” the candy counter concessionaire said, her eyes bright with tears. “She’s never come back.” The ticket seller recalled how —»

she watched terrified mothers race past the theater toward the burning school. "I pray that no one will be bitter,” she said. If there is bitterness, it is not apparent. “It was God's will.” O' 1 —" " ' 1 o Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LEE o — —o Chapped Hands To make a remedy for chapped hands mix ten drops of carbolic acid in one ounce of glycerin. Rub a small quantity into the hands and allow to dry. Fowl Dressing Do not pack the fowl too tightly with the dressing. The stuffing needs room to expand, and if it is packed too tightly, the result is a soggy, indigestible filling. Leather Gloves Un washable leather gloves can be cleaned perfectly with a flunnel cloth soaked in milk, squeezed nearly dry, then rubbed on a bar of soap. COURT NEWS Marriage Application Dorothy Lucille Knittie, 18, route five, Decatur, and John Michael Cole, 19, Decatur. Boundary Case On motion of the plaintiff, the defendants were ordered to answer absolute within 10 days io the case of Stella Jane Andrew vs Eugene I F. Durkin, Harriet D. Durkin. Estate Case _ ” A petition to sell personal property at private sale was filed in the estate of Katie Knapp.

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Atlas Missile Now On Fifth Day In Orbit Further Tests Os Earth-To-Space Circuit Planned WASHINGTON (UPD — Scientists expressed conviction today that their two-way radio contacts with the giant Atlas satellite have demonstrated the reliability of a communications relay • station in outer space. As the four-ton Air Force missile began its fifth day in orbit around the globe, the Defense Department said further tests of the earth - to - space circuit were planned. On the basis of tests already successfully conducted, the department said that “the reliability of such transmissions when the satellite is within range is becoming apparent.” Additional experiments with the 85-foot Atlas in the remaining 15 days of its life expectancy are expected to pave the way for launching even larger, more instrumented satellites. In a test Monday,, an Army Engineer on the East Coast placed a long distance telephone call to the 17.000-mile an hour satellite 800 miles above the Pacific and made connections. The engineer, Thomas G.. Wolstencroft. talked to the satellite from the Army Signal Corps installation at Ft. Monmouth, N.J His telephoned message was relayed to the Atlas satellite by a I radio transmitter near Corona. Calif. The Army transmitter at Ft. Sam Houston, Tex., then triggered the satellite’s transmitter and all four Army ground stations received “near perfect” recordings as the Atlas made its 54th pass across the nation. Later, on the satellite’s 55th orbit. the California station fed the satellite seven teletype messages at the same time. Ft. Sam Houston again triggered the Atlas’ transmitter and copied all of the messages.

Christmas Message By President Today Annual Message To World Later Today WASHINGTON (UPD — President Eisenhower today delivers his annual Christmas message of peace to the world and throws a switch lighting tjie nation’s Christmas tree. The tree lighting ceremonies in the “president’s park” immediately behind the White House grounds were part of the fifth annual pageant of peace. Today’s brief message of peace was overshadowed in part by a similar message to the world broadcast in the President’s voice by the Atlas satellite as it whirled around the world in orbit last week. This year’s national community tree was a 75 - foot Englernan spruce from Libby, Mont., and was the largest tree in the pageant's history. The ceremony heralded the formal opening of the Christmas season in the nation's capital. White House employes from garage mechanics to protocol experts were entertained Monday at a coffee and cake Christmas party hosted by the President and Mrs. Eisenhower. The nearly 1,000 members of the staff received their annual. Christmas gift—a print of.an Eisenhower painting of a weathered red barn. Christmas carols were piped by loudspeaker through the elaborately decorated rooms where 12 Christmas trees glistened. The President and First Lady plan a family dinner at the White House Christmas Day. They will leave for their Gettysburg, Pa„ farm Friday. K\rtcarvedl DIAMOND RINGS = = BQWER I Jewelry Store g . aßjHHESSSffiSßfflfc

us 1 TO MB ■ ■' ‘ ’ A i MH Hsß MACK ON EARTH AT HOME, ANYWAY -William Rountree, the assistant secretary of State whd was "welcomed” in J Baghdad recently by one of the moat vociferous antl-Amen- < can demonstrations ever staged in the Middle East, probably feels glad he’s borne tn Washington as he looks at the family wreath with wife Suzanne and daughter Susan. 11.

May Request More Boys State Posts Additional Sponsor May Be Obtained Post 43 of the American Legion will ask for at least six, and possibly more, reservations for Boys State this year, the post decided at its regular meeting Monday night. In the past the Legion has supported two boys, the Lions club two, and the Rotary club, two. Chairman H. Vernon Aurand rej ported that there was a good possibility of picking up an additional sponsor this year, and the post : authorized this. Robert Ashbaucher reported that seven of the 11 available tables i were already filled for the New j Year’s Eve party. H. P. Schmitt, Jr., membership | chairman, announced that he and his committee had broken down the unsigned former members into groups according to their residences. and that starting Jan. 1 a concerted drive to meet the membership goal would start. Vernon Johnson was reported sick at Irene Byron hospital, according to the sick committee. It was reported that Ed Bauer, I Dee Fryback and Charles Weber sacked candy for 500 kids before the Christmas party last Saturday. Sacks will be taken to the county home and to the Boy Scouts. Cards of appreciation for sympathy were extended by the families of Fred Baker and Dan Kipfer. A Christmas card from the Rev. O. C. Busse was read, and the honorary post chaplain stated that he hoped to attend a meeting here in January. He is presently in Texas. Three Mooresville Teachers Discharged Action From State Stirs Controversy INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—The Indiana Department of Public Instruction today backed up its earlier decision to fire three elementary teachers at Mooresville “for lack of training.” The decision stirred up a coni troversy when Mooresville School ’ Superintendent Warren Hert ob- | jected to the dismissals because ■ the teachers were “doing a fine I job.” State School Superintendent Wilbur Young indicated the action by his office was not unusual. He I said 84 of 3.000 applicants for emergency teaching permits were denied, but said he does not know jhow many of them actually were I teaching and had to be fired. The three Mooresville teachers were dismissed at the start of the holiday vacation. Young would not disclose their names, but minutes of the Nov. 21 state board meet- | ing indicated his office ordered ■ teaching permits dehied to Mary Kathryn Porter, 52, and Wilma B. Mills. 37. Miss Porter attended Indiana State Teachers College and Miss Mills Butler and Blackburn College, 111. Hert said parents have been pleased with the three teachers and thta his efforts to intercede in their behalf were futile. He said timing of the dismissal order was poor since the semester is near its end. New Wing At College Building Damaged TERRE HAUTE. Ind. (UPD — Damage from a tire on a new wing of the Student Union Building at Indiana State Teachers’ College Monday was estimated at SIO,OOO to $20,000. Cause of the blaze was not determined immediately.

Help Fight TB Buy Christmas Seals Buys Health Bond The Psi lota Xi sorority has voted purchase of a $5 health bond, officials of the Christmas seal campaign in Adams county announced today. All proceeds from the annual Christmas seal sale are used in the fight on tuberculosis and to provide clinics and otherwise carry on the fight against the “white plague.” Detroit Man Nabbed After Store Holdup Store Butcher Nabs Robber After Chase SOUTH BEND, Ind. (UPD—Police were holding a Detroit man on charges of armed robbery today in connection with an attempted supermarket holdup. Rudy Sauers, 42, was nabbed by a store butcher Monday after a hectic seven-block chase. The capture came when Sauers, on foot, fled down the street with butcher George Achille, in an automobile, hot on his heels. Sauers finally gave up and Achille held him against a wall until police arrived. The $383 loot was recovered. Cashier Mrs. Ann Flowers, 44, told police Sauers handed her a note which read, “this is a holdup, give me your money.” She told officers he pushed a paper bag containing a gun toward her and she gave him all the money in the cash drawer. But when the bandit left, Achilles commandeered a customer’s car and began the chase. Authorities also identified Sauers as the holdup man who took ssll from St. Joseph’s Hospital last October. Sauers is suspected of several other robberies in this area. ' Over 2,500 Daily Democrats are sold and delivered in Decatur each day.

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Decatur Lady Hurt In Auto Accident Three Other Wrecks Reported In City A Decatur lady was thrown from an auto Monday evening, but received only minor injuries after the car she was riding in was struck from the rear by another vehicle on U. S. 27. The state police and the sheriff’s department were called to the scene. The city police reported that three accidents occurred within the city Monday. No one was injured, but heavy damage resulted from the collisions. One driver was arrested in one accident and will appear Friday. Mrs. Earl W. Call, of Decatur, was thrown from the family auto onto the pavement when the car she was riding in and being driven my her husband. Earl Call, 44, Decatur, was struck from the rear by a car driven by Jean Arden Werling, 32, route fivte. Decatur, at 6:14 p. m. on U. S. 27 four miles north of the city. Mrs. Call received only bruises from the collision and was treated at a local physician’s office and released. The sheriffs department estimated damages to the Call auto at S4OO and $75 to the Werling vehicle. Louis Jerome Houk, 76, route one, Decatur, was arrested by the city police following an accident that occurred at the intersection of 13th and Monroe streets Monday at 4:55 p. m. Houk was charged with improper right turn and is scheduled to appear in justice of the peace court to the: charge Friday at 4:30 o'clock. The accident occurred when Houk j attempted a right turn off Monroe street on 13th street and struck an auto stopped at the stop light driven by Walter John Stoppenhagen, 47, Decatur. The police officer estimated that the Houk auto was considered a total loss ■ and the Stoppenhagen auto received S6OO damages. A one-car accident occurred | Monday at 3:05 p. m. on Sixth; street when a car slipped on ice and struck a tree. The auto, driven by Jimmie D. McClain, 23, route five, Decatur, headed north on Sixth street, went into a skid causing the driver to lose control. The auto struck a tree on the left side of the road, causing approximately S4OO damages to the auto. The accident' occurred near the intersection of Madison street and Sixth street. | A minor accident was reported to the city police department at. 3:45 p. m. at 621 Adams street. Police stated that a car driven j by Lola Beatrice Schug. 52. route - two, Berne, struck a parked auto owned by Robert A. Light, of route six, Decatur, while the Schug auto was headed east on Adams street. Police estimated the damages to the Light auto at sls and $5 to the Schug car. A fine was paid in justice of the peace court Monday night for a speeding charge filed last week. Another traffic case is scheduled for Friday. Dwight A- Lehman, 18, Berne, was arrested by the state police on U. S. 27 four miles north of the city for driving 75 miles per hour. He pleaded guilty to the charge and received a fine of $16.75. Clifton J. Hart, 32, route one, Berne, was arrested by the state police Monday on U. S. 27 two and one half miles north of the city for driving a vehicle with an expired driver's license. He is scheduled to appear in court Friday at 7:30 o’clock to the charge.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23,

V ■ I Modern Etiquette I By ROBERTA LEE I Q. What have you to say about elbows on the table at meals? A. The elbows-on-the-taUe rule is another tradition that has fallen under the weight of usage. It is now acceptable to lean with the elbows on the table all you like between courses—but don’t do it while you're actually eating. Q. Is it absolutely necessary to acknowledge the receipt of a birth announcement, with some kind of gift for the baby? A. This is a popular custom, but it is not an obligation. However, a little note of congradulations to the parents is in order. Q. Is it proper for an office girl to use perfume? A. Only if she keeps her perfume down to a mere “hint.” Her perfume must not “shout.” Over 2,500 Daily Democrats are sold and delivered in Decatur each day. TOMORROW TOTS DAY AT Edward’s Studio HOLIDAY TIME HOME DAIRY EGG NOG TIME! The Holidays are Merrier and Everyone is Happier When You Serve— Holiday Eggnog \ V*A V ift l/ i ! 7. .. (non-alcoholic) The tastiest and creamiest EGG NOG yon have ever enjoyed! I * KEEP SOME IN THE REFRIGERATOR AT ALL TIMES. * SAME LOW PRICE AS LAST YEAR. Order A Supply From “Quality and Service you can depend on.” PHONE 2-2307 Berne, Ind.