Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 304, Decatur, Adams County, 27 December 1958 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evenin* Except Sunday By _ THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO.. INC. Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Class Matter Dick D. Heller, Jr. President John Q. Heller Vice-President Chai. Holthouse - Secretary-Treasurer _ _ Subscription Bates: By Mall in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, S 8.00; Six months, 14.25: 3 months, $2.25. By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, W. 00; 6 months, »4.75; 3 months, $2.50. Py Carrier. 30 cents per week. Single copies, ® cents. Remodeled Library Hundreds of Decatur readers are wondering when the newly remodeled Decatur public library will reopen. While the exterior changes and internal improvements * have been made, much book-moving remains. All of the adult books were boxed while the building was being improved. First, a storeroom was built at the rear of the library. Then the old stone steps, with the railing down which so many 1 children have slid, was removed. In its place, a modern entrance and stairway leading to the second floor and also to the ground floor, was built. The principal idea of the change in the library was to move the adult and high school section to the main floor, for their convenience. To do this, the old audi- , torium was remodeled. After the remodeling, the bookcases were moved downstairs. A new desk, to handle incoming and outgoing books, was built. At the present time the library staff, and others who are helping, must move the books from their boxes and replace them, in order, on the shelves. This Herculean task of moving thousands of books will take time. After this is done, work must begin on the children’s department upstairs. Since the same persons who run the library’ must do the work of replacing the books, it may be two or three weeks yet before the library can reopen. Miss Bertha Heller and Miss Etta Mallonee have worked very hard on the project, and improved service for Decatur residents will be the result of their labor. Dr. N. A. Bixler and the other library board members are to be congratulated for their forethought in improving modem library service for Decatur and Washington township.

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O 1 20 Years Ago Today Dec. 27, 1938 — Two Adams county residents were killed in traffic accidents in Wells county over the Christmas holiday. The victims were the Rev. Ed O. Habegger, 63, pastor of the Mt. Carmel church in Jefferson township and the Hope Evangelical church near Celina, 0., and Miss Mary J. Sprunger, 73, of Berne. Ed P. Miller, Adams county sheriff-elect, reappointed Leo Gillig as chief deputy. Gillik has been deputy for the past four years. Edmund Fulton, 79-year-dld Spanish-American War veteran, died today after a year’s illness. The annual conference of salesmen for the Schafer Co., local wholesale hardware concern, is underway here. The nation’s violent death toll over the Christmas holiday totaled 508, with traffic accidents killing 350. Thirty-three students are enrolled in the semi-annual term of the Reppert auction school.

CHAPTER 22 '‘THEY DROVE the ponies intC g 1 Camp Supply and into the remount stable where the sergeant f in charge put them Into a hold- j ing corral. Elizabeth Rettig ] walked across the compound to- « ward the quartermaster office, i hoping to get rid of the horses as soon as possible. ( A corporal directed her to the veterinarian, who had to examine the herd and make his report ’ before the army could buy them. She found him in a wing of the ’ Infirmary, playing checkers with ’ Doctor Caswell. Caswell grinned and abandoned , the game. “What a surprise!" He took her hands briefly. “You’re j looking healthy. No trouble?” “None at all,” she said. “Ah, pardon me,” Caswell said. ' "Doctor Guthrie, may I present Miss Rettig. You’ve heard me speak of her.” Guthrie was an over-weight man, three chins, and a booming laugh. He shook hands briefly. "A pleasure, ma'am. Believe me, you’ve been the talk of the post for months.” “I have?" She did not bother to hide her surprise. "Why, of course,” Guthrie said. "You’ve won a few bets for the boys since the odds were heavy that you’d give up the place on Mustang Creek by first frost.” “I could have taken some of that money myself,” Elizabeth said. "Doctor, I need your professional services since I brought in around sixty Kiowa ponies to sell off." “Well, they usually have good stock.” He picked up Ids hat and coat. “You play checkers? Good. See if you can skunk Caswell for « me. You might stay here where it’s warm until X finish.” He went out and Elizabeth took his chair across from Caswell. "How’s Harry?” she asked. "Oh, he manages to get through the day,” he said. “I believe it’s your move.” While she studied the game he put a match to a cigar. “Harry’s conscience bothers him.” He peered at her through a veil of smok& “He didn’t tell his commanding officer the truth of why he was a week late returning to the post.” "Poor Harry,” Elizabeth said, “he should never try to lie.” She made her move, took two of Caswell’s checkers, then leaned back in the chair while he considered the tragedy of this piety. He kept rolling his cigar from one corner of his mouth to the other. “There was a fellow here asking about your brother a few days back,” Caswell said. "He went on to Dodge City." “Did you get his name?" “Ludke,” Caswell said. “Max Ludke.” “For heaven's sake!” ’ i He looked sharply at her. "You know him, huh?"

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•Q — 0 Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE , o— Q. Would it be all right for a man’s family to give an engage- ‘ ment ennouncement party, if the girl’s family cannot afford to do 1 this? ' I A. No. The man’s family may ■ give a celebration party* but the 1 announcement must be made by ‘ the girl’s parents, and they could do this very well through the local , newspapers. Q. If a girl at a college prom has promised a certain dance to 1 i a man, and the music for that . I dance begins, should she seek him out? ’ A. No; she remains where she is. It is the man’s duty to find his ■ partner as quickly as he can. Q. What is the proper way tor ’ a married woman to have her per- . sonal stationery engraved? A. In her married name, as, J "Mrs. Wiliam F. Mannerly.” » I -- - --- \. A man is like tea. He never s knows his real strength until he gets into hot water.

“Yes,” she said. “We were engaged to be married.” “Mmm, so he said. All right for back East, but not here, If you don’t mind my saying so.” He folded his hands across his stomach. “You didn’t know he was coming?" “No,” she said. “Please, let me think about it" “Sure, but there isn’t much to think about” He took the cigar from his mouth and leaned forward, his voice soft. “Elizabeth, will you let an older man have his say? This a raw land where things move suddenly and finally. Two things are scarce out here, peace and women. Now I’ve seen hundreds of women come through here. All kinds: fat thin, young, old, happy, sour, and they followed their men like sheep, without thought or spirit But now and then one comes along who shines, who gets out and lives. Men watch for that kind, for beggar or thief, provincial governor or cattle rustler, she’s the kind of a woman they all want” He smiled. “Elizabeth, you’ll attract men like honey calls flies. Pick your man carefully because you’ll never be happy with the second string.”

"Doctor Caswell, we're assuming that I need a husband. Why do men assume that women need them so much?” “Becausp neither is complete without the other, and you know it. Come on, it’s your move.” Doctor Guthrie returned in the early afternoon, blowing on his hands and crowding against the stove. He smiled. "Nice horses. I’ve already told the quartermaster officer; he’ll meet you at the stable." I "Thank you,” Elizabeth said, rising. “I lost the game for yon. And five more. Doctor Caswell is too good for me." She left then and walked to i the stable where an amused farrier sergeant and two dozen cav- . alrymen gathered, for it wjisn’t every day that a pretty woman ' had a horse herd to sell. lieutenant Sellers was the ■ quartermaster officer, a willow- ; tall man with a lot of Missouri in his voice. He had a big nose , and a habit of looking down it at everyone. Sellers made a good i quarte*aster officer for he had I a horse thief’s slow way of mov- • Ing, an almost indolent attitude . when examining someone else'S i property, and the exasperating i habit of snorting through his i nose, as though the animal had r somehow managed to insult him, ) While Sellers walked throug the herd, lieutenant Butle came into the corral, his manner : brisk. "Elizabeth, I Just hcan that you were on the post." She smiled, trying to erase hia i displeasure, for Harry Butler Uked to be first, and waa irritatw

File Three Charges ] Following Shooting , Young Man Is Held In Jail At Celina Three charges have been filed f against Donald Haywood, 22, of J near Chattanooga, 0., being held ‘ in the Mercer county jail at Ce- 5 line. 0., for the attempted shoot- I ing of the Paul Leistner family 5 near Chattanooga last week, ac- 1 cording to Celina authorities. The three charges, felonious 1 sault, aiming a firearm, and fir- ‘ ing a firearm, were filed late Friday afternoon in the Celina mu- * nicipal court. It is believed that the case will | be bound over to the court of common pleas so that the defendant may receive psychiatric treat- < ment. Haywood was arrested by the 1 Mercer county sheriffs department last Saturday night after 1 they were notified that be had I held Mr. and Mrs. Paul Leistner 1 and their five children against a i wall at gunpoint Mrs. Leistner threw a bowl of pretzels in Haywood’s face, enabling them to disarm him and bind him before they were able to notify anyone of the incident. At first Haywood gave no ; reasons for his actions, since that time, he has reported to have admitted that he intended to kill the ] entire Leistner family. A bond of $3,500 has been set i for his release. He is still being held in the Mercer county jail pending trial. □ — —————— —u Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LEE - Plaster Bosts Clean plaster busts by dipping them into thick liquid starch, i When dry, brush of the starch and the dirt will come off with it leaving the bust clean and spotless. Cleaning Vases Vases may be cleaned, and the old water mark removed, by filling with- water to which the juice of part of a lemon has been added. The acid of the lemon cuts the encrustation. Trade in a good town — Decatur.

when he was not “How have you been, Harry? I expected you to come to Mustang Creek again." He looked around as though to see if anyone had heard her. “After the last time, I thought it wise to stay away for awhile; Your influence on me is not of the best” He could say no more for Sellers was coming back. "Wen, lieutenant, I don’t see you often at the stables.” Sellers smiled, then glanced at Elizabeth Rettig. “A fair batch of ponies. I’ll give you thirty-five dollars apiece and take the whole lot.” “Oh, be reasonable,” Butler snapped. “Are these your horses?" Sellers asked. "Then keep out at it, Harry. Well, Miss Rettig?” “For thirty-five dollars apiece I wouldn’t even answer you," she said. “AU right, fifty then!" She shook her head. “No bargains today. Look, the army pays you every month, but my profit is in these horses, Fll take eighty dollars a head and look the other way when you count them. I’ve been told what these horses are 1 worth, so don’t waste your time 1 trying to get my price down.” The sergeant said, "She’s got

you there, sot." "Shut your mouth, Mahoney! You men there, go in and start cutting them out. Since Miss Rettig is so well informed, I’U buy them one at a time, paying what the individual animal is worth.” "Oh hell," Butler said, "give her the eighty doUars and be done with it, Ray.” Elizabeth shook her head. "I’ll sell them one at a time, Harry. If you don’t want to wait, I’U see you this evening, when Fm through here.” “Perhaps we can have dinner," he said. “General Miles would like to meet you.” __ “He would?” She acted as though she suspected this was a joke ar something polite Harry Butter wauk making up. “Os course he would," Butler said. “Elizabeth, everyone’s heard about you. At eight o’clock?" “AH right, but yod ten the sutler that I’m coming over and buy a good dress. I’m not going to dine with the general in thia sack." A targe crowd gathered, soldier and civilian, for the trading was brisk and Elizabeth made Sellers 1 work for his pay. Each horse was considered separately and on ! some she made Sellers pay as much as a hundred and ten dollars. By nightfall, Elizabeth had ' her eighty dollar average, and a little more. ' Elizabeth keeps the general i waiting and charms a Ueuton- > ant with a kiss. Continue the I story tomorrow.

Decatur Residents On Rose Bowl Trip Dr. and Mrs. H. R. Frey and Mr. and Mrs. William F. Christen, of Decatur, will be among area people taking the Fort Wayne Rose Bowl trip. The trip will start from Baer Field at 9 o’clock Sunday evening. The tour includes plane tickets to California and back, hotel reservations, bleacher seats for the tournament of Roses parade, and seats for the Rose Bowl game. The area group will arrive in California Monday, and stay until Friday. Dr. and Mrs. Frey will spend a few extra days on their return trip. Two Names Omitted In Good Follows List Two names were unintentionally omitted from the list of those who had helped the Good Fellows, it was reported this morning. The Decatur fire department allowed the station to be used as the general distribution point. Hammond's market was among those who gave gifts to the group for distribution to the needy. COURT NEWS Divorce Case The plaintiff was awarded an absolute decree of divorce in the case of Margaret E. Carlisle vs Rodger Frank Carlisle. The plaintiff was restored her maiden name of Walters. The property settlement agreement was ratified and approved by the court. The costs of the action were assessed against the defendant. Complaint Case The motion of the defendants to make the plaintiff’s complaint more specific was overruled by the court in the case of Associates Loan company incorporated vs Edwin C. Rasp and Sylvia E. Rasp. Estate Cases The administrator's petiton to sell real estate was filed in the Rosana Yoder estate. A waiver of notice by heirs and interested persons and assent to petition to sell real estate was filed and approved. The schedule to determine the inheritance tax without reference to the county assessor was filed in the estate of Howard Bailer. A notice was ordered issued returnable January 23. The proof of mailing of notice in the matter of the determination of the inheritance tax to all interested persons was filed in the Sarah Roth estate. The inheritance tax appraiser's report was

CHAPTER 23 | FIFTY-ONE HUNDRED and * seventy-five dollars; Elizabeth Rettig watched as It was counted. It was a fortune on the frontier. Carefully she folded it into a handkerchief, then walked to the sutler’s store. Everyone had heard of the sale, and he was eager to do business. He was a wrinkle-faced man. near sixty, long in the trade and his thumb and forefinger were slick from feeling money. He smiled at her and said, “Mr. Masterson put the hides in the warehouse out back. I’ve credited your account with the money, sixteen hundred dollars.” He said it as though he was certain she would take it out in trade goods, thereby giving him a triple profit. “I would like to buy a dress,” she said. He sobered. “One dress?" “Yes, and some things to wear beneath IL" She waved her hand. “I’ll make the selection by myself.”

“Os course,” he said. "If there! is anything else —” “Why, yes,” she said, “there is. Do you have a bath house?” “The best in Camp Supply.” “Then have some hot water brought there,” Elizabeth said. I “I want exclusive use of it for an hour.” “Just as you say." He whistled and his helper came from the back room. “Heat some water for 'the bath house, Lester." Then he turned to Elizabeth. “I just got a new shipment of stuff in last) week. Expect you’d like to look it over.” “Later, perhaps,” she said. Her terse answers discouraged him and he left her to the selection of her dress. The sutler was a shrewd trader and only a few of the dresses were new, although he displayed all of them as such. She found something she liked, | something new, and put it aside, along with petticoats and pantaloons and stockings and a new pair of shoes. She thought of buying things for the children, then decided that it would be best to wait until she got to Dodge City, where the selection would be better, and she was less likely to be buying used clothing. Then, too, she resented the big profits the sutler was making, and disliked paying him both ways to the middle. Her bath was ready and she went into the small room, locked the door, then quickly took off her clothes and settled in the tub. While she relaxed and bathed, her mind was filled with the 'hundred things she had to do. In .the morning she Would have to (drive to Dodge, and she dreaded 'the tiring trip. _ After her bath she dressed care'fuUy, then sat on the low bench lacs bar shoes. The leather was dry and theg squeaked when <th» walkart, Tte sutler waa waithhl Hr

DAY! NUMBERED—Chocolate smudges face of Gregory Murphy, 6, as 10-year-old sister Sharon (left) and Barbara Pritchard, 9, a neighbor, help make what life la left to him happier in Milwaukee, Wls. Gregory has brain cancer. J " I "

- - ■ - - -■ !. ] - submitted, finding the net value of the estate to be $10,631.88 and that there is tax due in the total sum of $256.63. In the estate of Roy McDaniel,] a petition to sell personal property at public sale was filed. Order authorizing executor to sell real estate was filed. The schedule to determine the 1 inheritance tax was filed with ’ reference to the county assessor in the estate of Aaron Zook. Real Estate Transfers Donford E. Fosnaugh etux to ! f- u. .■■■ .y i y i yiy ‘ i "i ... —ii.

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[smiling, eager to do business. “How much for the dress, petticoats and stuff?” He figured it up in his head. “Nine dollars and a half, including use of the bath house.’’ She paid him and he looked at the money. “When are you going to order your supplies?” “In a few days,” she said. “Would you give me a letter of credit for the amount you have put down to my account?" “What?" “A letter of credit so I can [transfer it to the Dodge City bank.” She watched him grow angry and cheated and she didn’t care. When he handed her the check, she folded it put It with the rest of her money, and walked out. Tom Rettig was waiting on the porch. “We’re hungry,” he said. “Here’s a dollar. Take your • J sisters over to the officers’ mess and see if the cook Will feed you. ’ Give him the dollar if you have to.”

“Yes’m.” I “And, Tom, stay out of mis- j I chief.” 1 “Yes’m. You want us to stay ( I with the wagons?” > “I think it would be best,” she . said. ‘Til go see Mobeetie Jake. Maybe he can put you up for | the night.” When he went back to the wagon, Elizabeth began to search for Bat Masterson and his brother, Jim. She asked along the officers’ picket quarters, but no one knew anything about them. Only the guard at the camp entrance knew: Jim had ridden south for Adobe Walls while Bat had turned north toward Dodge City. For a moment Elizabeth felt [completely alone, wondering why he had left without saying goodbye. Then she understood that she wouldn’t see much of Bat Masterson any more; their talk had’ ended the game between | them. The post was quite dark now and a bold wind husked across , the frozen parade. She turned ! toward Mobeetie Jake's adobe >|where a lamp shone through the i single window. When she knocked, t a lhan's voice asked, "Who is it?" . "Jake?” f . ; “Jake ain’t here no more.” , Elizabeth rapped again, more I insistently, and the door was suddenly filing wide. A heavy man s blocked it, darkly shadowed by I the lamp behind him. “I said Jake f wasn’t here.” Then he peered at . her, moving aside so the light , | fell on her face. “Well, if it ain’t ‘[the little gal who traded the i Dutchman out of his wagon. You > remember me, Justin Allen?" i “Now I do," Elizabeth said. “The pushy fella who didn’t know - his place. Where’s Jake?" i “Gone," Justin Allen said. “To r Dodge, I think. Took Ms squaw i with him." Wr" He was suddenly talking to ■ Ijgmaalf aha bad fnrnod end

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I ' Achiel C. Colpaert etux, inlot 278 in Geneva. Robert L. Bailey etux to, Albert I Hollinger, 30 acres in Monroe Twp. | Albert Bixler to Merlin E. Bixler etux, east part inlot 183 in Geneva. i Edward A. Teeple etux to Otto Koeneman etux, inlot 665 in Decatur. Franklin T. Qliver etux to Kenneth Hoffman etux, inlot 83 in Monroe. Christine Werling to Arthur Werling etux, 79 acres in Preble Twp.

i was striding rapidly across the parade. She went to the officers mess and found the children there, being lavishly served by a wrinkle-faced cook. He smiled at ; Elizabeth and said. “That’s a mighty fine passel of youngsters i you got here, lady.” “He wouldn’t take the dollar," , Tom said, speaking around his steak. He laid it on the mess table. , “You may keep it," Elizabeth . said. I He stared at her for a moment, j his eyes round with surprise. “Can ’ I really?” “Yes,” Elizabeth said. “Tom, s you do good work and you’re not ‘ i a lazy boy. Hereafter. I'll pay I you two dollars a week, every Saturday night after Supper.” [ 5 “Gol—ieee!” He began eating . again, his eyes vacant and wonr drous. 3 “And Catherine shall receive i. a dollar, and Mary fifty cents," b Elizabeth said, and they, too, showed their immense pleasure.

They were pleased again when Elizabeth assented to Doctor Caswell’s proposal that they sleep in one of his spare rooms. Torn, though, insisted it was his place to sleep under the wagon. Lieutenant Butler was waiting for Elizabeth tn front of his quarters, pacing back and forth because she was late. When he saw her coming up, he said, “Elizabeth, one thing a man never does is to keep a general waiting.” He popped the lid of his hunting case watch and peered at the hands: “A quarter after eight! I’ll be set back five years on the promotional lists for “Then why didn’t you go on alone?” “Because he wants to talk to ; you, not me,” Butler said, taking her arm, hustling her along. “Harry,” she said, “are you worried about me?” “Worried? About what?” "About whether I’ll pick up the wrong fork or—” He stopped and pulled her around to face him. “I wouldn’t give a damn one way or the other because Tm on your side, Elizabeth. Anything you do is right with me.” “Is it Harry? You mean that?" He pulled het against him and ■ bls arms were hard about her, i pinching off her breath. His lips ■ were cold against hers, but i weather cold; his emotion was a : banked fire within him and she ! felt the strength of it When he released her, he said, s "I don’t do that often enough." i “No," She said, smiling. “Not nearly often enough.” ’He laughed and walked on with ' her. r “Just what have you heard about me, General, that is so > interesting?" asks Elizabeth ia I a momentous episode tomorrow.