Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 5 January 1959 — Page 6

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■ ■ ' u_ * _ 1 Two Men Fined For Public Intoxication Arrested Saturday Night Near Magley Two Fort Wayne men arrested by the sheriffs department Saturday night for public intoxication, appeared in mayor’s court this forenoon to the charges and received fines after pleading guilty. A local young man appeared on a traffic charge. Jack C. Somera, 27, and Floyd S. Parker, 38, both of Fort Wayne, were arrested Saturday night at 9:30 p. m. by deputy sheriff Robert Meyer for public intoxication. Meyer arrested the .)two Fort Wayne men after receiving a complaint that they were sitting in an auto near the Shell service station in'Magley. V, Somera and Parker were placed in the Adams county jail pending

Store-Wide Discount Sale SALE ENDS SATURDAY, JANUARY 10th •. . SAVE 20 % " ’ ' . ' ' ’/? - •I - -- ' 5 ’ " ’ . . 1' . - ON SCHAFERS REGULAR HIGH QUALITY MERCHANDISE £ ■ ' . ' ■ " ' • ■ . . ; ' ' -7. • _ _ ' ... . - . ■ 4 -1 ' ' . ’ ■ ■ ,v SAVE 20% ON HARDWARE SAVE 20% ON PAINTS ' -- / H 1 SAVE 20% ON HOUSEWARES SAVE 20% ON LUGGAGE , SAVE 20% ON FURNITURE SAVE 20% ON GLASSWARE SAVE 20% ON DINNERWARE SAVE 20% ON GIFTS ! . ... ——- , . . ' ■ ■ . ’ < . .. ■ . <.. ' ■ '' . ..... ' ■ ’ — . . . - E ’ 1 19 ■ ■' - - • t - ./ i . . ■ . • ..< •- - ■ -■ - v • , . . ■ — ? . . • ' ■■ *■ f , ■'» • ■■ • * ..- ■ —gj.- — ■ - 1. I . " ====- ' ' ■ ‘ ’ ■ o . —• ■ : ■ .!■ SCHAFERS FIRST BIG STORE WIDE DISCOUNT SALE IN TWENTY YEARS THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY FOR BIG SAVINGS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT ALL MERCHANDISE MARKED AT REGULAR PRICE IS REDUCED 20% — YOU SAVE 20 CENTS ON EVERY DOLLAR SPENT DURING THIS SALE • DISCOUNT IS ON MERCHANDISE IN STOCK ONLY. • WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES. S' • ALL SALES ARE FINAL. r ♦ THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THIS SALE! SCOTT - WESTCLOX • HOOVER - SPEED QUEEN PHILGAS - GUNS - AMMUNITION AND LIGHT BULBS. %.. ..... .. ' ' . . ■ - - . 'X ■ y f M J ■.. ■ . ; J XJH If OPEN FRIDAY & SATURDAY TILL 9:00 ’ . ■. ..—< — —_

‘ 1 '-~T trial today before Mayor Robert D. Cole. Both offenders pleaded guilty to the offense and each paid fines of $5 and costs, totaling S2O. Burdette Lee Custer, 25, Decatur, appeared today in city court lor an arrest made December 31 charging him with disregarding a stop sign. The offense allegedly occurred at the intersection of ' Third and Jefferson ; streets. The eity ordinance violation carried a fine of $1 and| totaling SB. Miller Funeral Rites Held This Morning ■"> i Funeral services were held this morning at St. Peter’s Catholic church in Fort Wayne for Mrs. Francis M. Millet, a native of Decatur, who died at her home in Fort Wayne Saturday morning after an extended illness. The Rev. Msgr. John Bapst officiated and burial was in the Catholic cemetery at . Fort L ■ ■ v - ' • ' • 'i

Auto Badly Damaged In Skid Off Road < Driver Uninjured In Accident Saturday The sheriff’s department investigated a one-car mishap Saturday at 7:2Q r p.nl. on U. S. 27 approximately livij miles north of Decatur. The driver escaped without injuries. but the loss to the auto Was considered heavy. Tfye auto driven by Steven Leroy Butcher. 17. Decatur, went into a skid and slid across the highway into the ditch located on the right side and struck a telephone' pole owned by the Citizens Telephone company. Deputy sheriff Robert Meyers estimated damages to the Butcher auto at S4OO. The telephone pole was not damaged as a result of the collision. The city police were called to

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the scene of a two-car accident Sunday at 12:10 p.m: at the intersection of Fiftniwnd JefferSbn streets. Cars driven by Clyde Richard Conrad, 17, Decatur, and Charles Vernon Mcßride, 33, Decatur, collided. The Conrad vehicle was south on Fifth street and the McBride auto was westbound on Jefferson at the time of the mishap. The city police Estimated damages to the Conrad vehicle at SSO and SIOO to the Mcßride auto. William H. Rupert Is Taken By Death William Henry Rupert, .68, of Geneva, died Saturday, night at a Richmond hospital after an extended illness. Surviving are the wife, Chloe; a son, Donald of Geneva; a daughter, Mrs. Alvin Bollenbacher of Geneva; three brothers and two half-brotheys. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Hardy A Hardy funeral home, with burial in the Redman’s cemetery at Warren. ’’ <

Three Airmen Dead In Crash At Peru Military Transport Plane Falls Sunday PERU, Ind. (UPD •‘-Air Force officials today probed the wreckage of a military transport plane which crashed near here Sunday, killing three crew members. Killed in the crash were the pilot. Capt. Jack E. Rpose, 40, Uvalde, Tex., the co-pifot, Capt. Osmpr B. Howell, 34, San Angelo. Tex., and Staff Sgt. Rudolfo Quinones, 36, Corpus Christi, Tex. The plane, an Air Force C-119 "Flying Boxcar,” crashed in flames during an attempted radar landing at Bunker Hill Air Force Base near here. It was only 300 yards from the runway. Wreckage was scattered over a half-mile area. Military and state police rescue units raced to the scene but were hampered in their

*’ i • ■ 1 ■ 1 ■ « ■■■ 1 I B Ks ■ I ■ ■I ■ | *" ■ ■■ ■■ Smoke billows out of the blazing building and clogs the alley during. the early moments of the fire. This shot is in the alley, north of the scene of the blaze., City firemen can be seen moving the hose into position.—Photo by Enos Osterman.

efforts by snow and near-zero temperatures. Howell’s body was recovered from the wreckage shortly after the crash, but authorities waited for daylight to probe the tangled metal for the other two bodies. The plane was attached to the 433rd Troop Carrier Wing and was on a flight from Brook Air Force Base, Tex., to Bunker Hill. Selective Service Sends Contingent The Adams county selective service board sent tl.ree young men to Indianapolis this morning. Paul Martin Brllin and Galen Joyle Baumgartner were sent for active induction into the armed forces, and James Dale Rees was sent for physical examination prior to induction. \ .■> ■ ■■ _ - ■' ■' Local Lady's Sister Is Taken By Death Mrs. Will Winnes has received word of the death of her sister, Mrs. Harry Ward. 90, who died Saturday night at Sanford, Fla., after a long illness. She lived in this city while her husand was owner of the Ward Fence Co. Surviving in a'ddition to the sister are two daughters, Madge and Fern, and a number of grandchildren. Funeral services and burial will be at Sanford. Suffers Cut Thumb While Fighting Fire Virgil Hawkins, a four-year veteran of the volunteer fire department, was the only casualty in the six-hour battle against the burning, smoking ruins of the Lose building Sunday. Hawkins suffered a cut right thumb when he went through a shattered glass window while relaying messages in the smokei filled upstairs of the cigar store building. He was taken to the Adams I county memorial hospital, where three stitches were taken in the injured hand. Hawkins was then released, and was back at the scene of the fire within a short time. Mrs. Paul Smitley Dies Early Sunday Mrs. Paul Smitley, 71, of Hoagland, died at 1:45 a. m. Sunday at the Adams county memorial hospital. She was a member of the Hoagland Methodist church and the Eastern Star at Poe. Surviving are her husband; two sons. Forest and Richard Dolan, both in California; a daughter, Mrs. Robert A. Raber of Fort Wayne, and a brother, Lee Allman, in Wisconsin. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p. m. Wednesday at the Ake funeral home at Poe, and at 2 p. m. at the Hoagland Methodist church. Burial will be in Greenlawn memorial park. He's the only MANinTOWM, . who doesn't use tht WANT-ADS

Adair Says Fraud Charges Unfounded Asks Committee To Dismiss Challenge WASHINGTON (UPD—Rep. E. Ross Adair (R-Ind.) said Sunday that charges of fraud in his election were completely unfounded and that Jie has urged the House Elections Committee to dismiss an election challenge by Robert Fleming, his Democratic opponent. Adair said that charges of balloting irregularities in the 4th District were not s u p p o r t e d by a “scintilla of evidence,” and that voting tabulations showed ‘‘there were no voting frauds to be found.” Fleming, who lost by less than 300 votes among 80,000 cast, had petitioned for a recount in several precincts in Allen, Steuben and Noble counties. But Adair said hegxpects to be sworn in for his fifth term when Congress convenes I Wednesday. ; ASC Office Open Thursday Morning Announcement was made today that the ASC office, located on the second floor of the Sutton jewelry store building, will reopen for business Thursday morning at the same location. The building was damaged by smoke and water *in Sunday’s fire, but the office will be available for Thursday. ■> ; '■

REAL ESTATE AUCTION Located at 310 North First Street, Decatur, Indiana, on SATURDAY, JANUARY 17lh, 1969 ~ Commencing at 1:30 P.M. 10 Room Modem Home Consisting of 6 Rooms down, plenty of closets; 4 nice bedrooms and bath up. Front and side porches; Kitchen has built-in cabinets; Partial basement with fuel oil furnace, new gas water heater. Home is in good repair with a new roof. Lot 66 ft. by 132 ft. This house offers many opportunities as a home or as an investment property. , , TERMS: 20% day of sale, balance upon delivery of deed and merchantable title. Possession given in 30 days. - . . Property may be inspected by -contacting owner or auctioneer. Any statements made day of sale will take precedence over any printed herein. Not Responsible in Case of Accidents. MRS. ALMA GOELZ, Owner Glenn C. Merica, Auctioneer,. Monroeville, Ind. Phone 5603. I" NOTICE WE HAVE SOLD THE DONUT SHOP TO MR. and MRS. CAREY KNITTLE ‘ I We wish to take this means of thanking all our many friends and customers of Deca- ~ 4 tur and the Tti State Area for the tremen* dous support you have given us in the past . six years. ' Thank you very, very much. Jim, Jackie, Mike, Susan and Janalee Beery

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Free Archery School Thursday, Saturday The Limberlost archery and conservation club will conduct a free archery school Thursday evening and Saturday morning. The school will begin at 7 p. m. Thursday and at 9 a. m. Saturday. Any one inter- » ested in free instruction is asked to contact Lester Mitchel. 516 Short street, or by telephoning 3-3397 by Thursday. The club will carry insurance to cover almost any accident which may occur, during the; school. Detroit Tigers Open Season Ticket Sale DETROIT (UPD — There’s a decided chill in the air in these parts but summer can’t be far away because the Detroit Tigers opened their advance mail order baseball ticket sale for the 1959 American League season Saturday and expect “red hot” business this week. Northwestern Starter Is Out For Month - ! • EVANSTON. 111. (UPD — Senior forward Phil Warren, who suffered a broken bone in his left foot against Notre Dame, Dec. 31, will be lost to the Northwestern basketball team for at least a month. He will be replaced by soph Chuck Brandt. Trade in a good town — Decatur.