Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 23 January 1959 — Page 2

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Sayings Bond Sales Increased In 1958 Mr. T. F. Graliker, chairman of the Adams county U.S. savings bonds committee, has been advised that Indiana exceeded its 1958 sales quota of U.S. savings bonds by more thana million dollars. State sales for 1958 were $153,984, 287 compared with $146,412,330 for 1957—a gain of more than 5 percent. The state's sales quota for last year was $152,900,000. Sixty-seven of Indiana’s 92 counties recorded sales increases for the. year, and 49 counties exceeded their sales quotas. Sales for Adams county last year were $944, 131. 70 compared with $889,818.11 for the preceding 12-month period.

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Cuban Officer Sentenced To Die For Crime First War Crimes Trial Concluded In Havana Early Today HAVANA (UPD— Cuban Army Maj. Jesus Sosa Blanco, the first “war criminal” to be tried here, was sentenced to death today at a 12-hour, 19-minute trial that ended at dawn in the overcrowded Sports Palace stadium. Nearly all of the foreign newsmen covering the trial and .most of the 30,000 spectators ’ who jammed the 15,000 - seat stadium at the start of the trial Thursday night left before the sentence was announced. *' Sosa was found guilty and convicted ®f murder, homicide, robbery, looting and damage to public property. Sosa, who was charged with responsibility for at least 108 deaths and the burning of 120 homes, denied his guilt on every count, Anything he did, he said, he did as a soldier under .orders. Rebel Law Applies The three - man revolutionary tribunal which passed judgment on Sosa ordered that he be taken to the Cabana Fortress prison to await the order for his execution. The judges said he would have an opportunity to appeal the sentence. . , Sosa, looking haggard and depressed, refused to talk to newsmen as he was led from the court. A handful of spectators remaining in the vast stadium booed, hissed and shouted insults as he left the scene. The court rejected the defense argument that the death penalty could not be imposed on Sosa because his crimes were committed before the constitution was amended to permit capital punish-

Robert Mills Heads County Shrine Club Robert L. Mills, of Decatur, was elected president of the Adams county Shrine club for 1959. He will succeed Noah Steury ■in that office. Doyle Rich was elected vice president; George Thomas, secretary: and Al Bushweiler, reelected treasurer. ment. "Hie deeds attributed to the accused were committed repeatedly, both before and after the cod of the Sirra Maestra (rebel law) was drafted and put into effect in all the territory held by the rebel forces...” the decision said. Trials To Resume “The sentence could not fail to take into account the damaging evidence of systematic looting, the burning of houses, the atrocities and abuses (of which Sosa was found guilty).” The major complained that he wfls being tried in the atmosphere of the "Roman Coliseum” where early Christians were fed to the lions. The trials will resume today with the prosecution of Capt. Pedro Morejon Valdes, second of the “Big Three” defendants among the 600-odd military prisoners here. ■ Lt. Col. Ricardo L. Gau will be tried later. “A Man of Honor” During the marathon trial, the prosecution called more than 50 witnesses to testify to Sosa’s crimes. Only a few represented themselves as eyewitnesses, while the others reported threats or hearrsay accounts of the major's offenses. Evidence introduced ag a in s t Sosa included his past record, which the prosecution said included prison terms for homicide, forgery of public documents and illegal burial of bodies. The regime of ousted ex-Presi-dent Fulgencio Batista pardoned Sosa for all his past crimes and awarded him a number of decorations and commendations. “I have nothing to say except that 1 only carried out orders. I am a man of honor,” Sosa said.

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The School Reporter

S ' PLEASANT Auxs HIGH s By Marie Ohler 1 All the rush-® ■ ready to go toH k trfC 4 , Adams Central® gym forth eBgHgJB' * county tourney ■ is over. Con-Mgfc- y gratulations go to . the Hartford rillas for winning 1 . the county championship. We arteWM^M^W, 1 all looking forward to the sectional ! which will' be in February. But we t hope that Pleasant Mills Spartans „ will come up and win the sectional. B —P.M.H.S.— The Pleasant Mills Spartans will a have a home game Friday with r Bryant. Students and playera are e looking forward to win this game. s “Good luck boys.” s —P.M.H.S.— Hie seniors would like the stu- - dents to bring snapshots for the e yearbook by January 28 and give > them to one of the following sen2 iors; Steve Irwin, Judy Williamson, and Janice Raudenbush. We ! have allowed several pages in the . year book for your snapshots so f bring them in. j —P.M.H.S.— There were 16 boys in agricultural and their teacher, Mr. Ezra ) who went to John Deere day Monday the 19th. AU the boys had a wonderful time and we believe that ’ the boy’s learned a lot by going. > —P.M.H.S.— “ The juniors had a class meeting 1 last Friday in which they decided ! to go on their class trip April 5. And also, they are having a bake ’ sale Saturday at Berne. The money made will go for their trip. It has not been decided as yet whether to go by bus or train. —P.M.H.S.— The Pleasant Mills Spartans were happy to see Roger Snyder beak in school after a three days j absence. We are also happy he I was well enough to play in the t0mney^........... . ... —P.M.H.S.—The report cards were handed out Monday afternoon. Now the half of year is over. The following pupils made it on the honor roU: 12th, Sheldon Light: 11th Carolyn Luginbill, Judy Shoaf, Kay Funk; 10th, Patty Johnson, Susan Mccullough, Ellanae Speakman, Louise Curie, Kathy Brunstrip, Nina McAhren, Virginia Wolf, Roy Ehrsam, James Death; 9th, Kath Shoaf Linda King; Bth, David Bailey, David Currie: 7th Terry Turner, Kenny Lee Wagner, Sharon Currie, and Pamela Hamrick. —P.M.H.S.— The students were very sorry to hear Tuesday that Cynthia Buettner wftl injured in an accident . Slight The students hope that sne will be back to good old Pleasant Mills soon. —P.M.H.S.— If any F.F.A. boys are interested in entering the Hoard’s dairyman judging contest, contact Mr. Ezra by Friday. If you are interested in joining F.F.A., pay your dues to Larry Jackson this week. —P.M.H.S.— Saturday there will be a bus , here to take the students and their friends-to a movie “Going Steady" which will be held at Berne high school gym Saturday at 7:30 p.m. It is sponsored by a Berne high school club and Youth for Christ. —P.M.H.S.— We are happy to have a new member at Pleasant Mills school and hope that Roger Beer will enjoy his schooling. -P.M.H.S.— WILLSHIRE HIGH by Rose Baumgartner Saturday, January 10, Richard Dellinger motored to Taylor University at Upland, to compete in the concerto contest sponsored by Taylor. March 15, the Taylor University orchestra is performing a concert for which they wanted a competent high school pianist. Richard won the contest and will perform the Grieg “Concerto in A Minor” with the orchestra. All are invited to attend. It will begin at 5:15 p.m. EST at Taylor March 15. Anyone desiring to learn directions to the place of the doncert should contact Richard Dellinger. -W.H.S.January 13, the senior class elected Miss Sylvia Wilson to represent Willshire school in the an- 1 nual peony queen contest. Miss , Wilson is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fermin Wilson of Willshire, ! Ohio. She Is a 17-yearlold senior. ; Not only does Miss Wilson possess beauty and charm, but she is active in sehool and church organi- - zations. The peony festival will be i held June 6. The entire school i wishes luck to Sylvia. —W.H.S.— The county band concert was i postponed to Wednesday, January i 28, at 7:30 p.m. because of bad i roads. Tickets will be sold at the 1 door. 1 ] -W.H.S.— >■ Parents are reminded that there 1

will be a P.T.A. meeting Monday evening, January 26. —W.H.S.— , The senior class ha* chosen the servers for the 1959 prom. They are as follows: Nancy Baker, Janice Krueckejoerg, Phyllis Stetler, Gloria Agler, Jan Byer, Connie Caffee, Tom Clouse, Jerry Schaadt, Don Bates, Dale Kimmel, John Byer and Dennis Puttman. The servers are chosen from the 1 sophomore class by the junior 1 class. —W.H.S.— The Willshire Bearcats will meet the Convoy Union Indians Friday, January 23. The band will perform at half-t im e. The preliminary game will begin at 7 p.m. —WHS.— Jim Myers, local senior, was presented an award Tuesday by the county extension service as champion soybean grower in the area. —W.H.S.— WREN HIGH By Jo Ann Lichtestiger The W r e n 1 f "Eagles" were ;• defeated by ConVoy - Union, Fri- W || day night. Better luck next W ‘ time, fellows! - W.„. '*'• w. h. s. vWSO’ - The Van Wert count' band festival was held? | Monday night at > the Convoy - Union high school building. All the members of the county bands participate in the mass band and a certain number from each band participate in the select band. Mr. Menelli of Ohio University directed the band for both the practice session Monday afternoon and the concert that night. 5 — W. H, S. — If you’ve seen lights on in the middle of the night this week, there is a reason. Exams!-! — W. H. S. — Last week the senior class picked its class flower, motto, and colors. They are as follows: flowers, red rose; motto, "Life is what you make it,” colors, pink and white. — W. H. S. — DECATUR CATHOLIC HIGH By Theresa Laurent Going no further than the r first county tourney game, the Commodores re- “ luetantly surren- J** JfM&pR dered to their # Hartford Center ■foe.'’ In the . only overtime ± game of the tourney. —th DCHS Commodores gave the gorillas a "run for their money. Congratulations Gorillas! Its that you shbuld have received the crown. —D.C.H.S.— ’ Scheduled for tomorrow evening is a game with Clear Creek. How about a V-I-C-T-O-R-Y, boys? -D.C.H.S.Last Monday, Sister Margarette. director of the choral groups of Decatur Catholic, traveled to Fon du Lac, Wis., to participate in the centennial program held there. One hundred years ago this year, the order of the Sisters of St. Agnes was established in the United States. Wednesday was the feast of St Agnas and a centennial celebration was planned for that day at the Mother House. Sister Margarette is expected to return to Decatur this evening. —D.C.H.S.— Since Wednesday was the first of the retreat days, the celebration of the feast of St. Agnes, patron of the schools’s faculty, has been transferred to next Monday. Sooo, school doors wiU be closed and there will be no school on Monday for Decatur Catholic youth. There will be no school Tuesday; it’s a semester holiday. Who’s complaining? —D.C.H.S.— Wednesday, the second semester will commence with the resumption of classes. On that day results of semester exams will be revealed. On that day, too, the fourth year mathematics class, having finished their study of trigonometry, will step into the studying of advanced problems of mathematics, and English students will open their literature texts. All in all, school will return to norjnalcy. —D.C.H.S.— • ’ With students from schools in the surrounding area, members of the typing classes of Decatur Catholic high were delighted to view a typing demonstration given at the Decatur high gymnasium. Featured at the demonstration was Cortez Peters, who types an average of 141 net five-stroke words per minute net for ten minutes. While he introduced several methods for improving accuracy and speed, Mr. Peters said anyone can type

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BALLOONS FOR POLIO SATURDAY— The Teen Council (4 the Decatur Youth and Community Center will conduct a balloon sale in the business district of Delator Saturday, with all proceeds going to the March of Dimes, in progress'throughout the States this month. Pictured above, preparing for the balloon sale, are left to right—Tom KohWr,’Carolyn Kahne, Don Baker, Susan Gerber, StevQ EdI wards and Bill Bond. v —

as fast as he. Perhaps you’ve watched Mr. Peters on television? D.C.H.S.— DECATUR HIGH SCHOOL By Kathy Schulte The Yellow ■■■■■■ Jackets were|M| dcfi ateii bv Au- ‘ burn Friday. 56 to 47. It was of the way. with Wy ’ the Jacets fall- g" 4 ing behind in the last quarter. ?. — D..H. S. - Because of in- wBBK.. clement weather very few Decatur fans attended the Auburn-Decatur game. Congratulations to those brave fans who attended despite weather conditions. —D.H.S.— Thursday afternoon, Clum Bucher. Indiana University representative. was .speaker to juniors and seniors interested in Indiana University’. He explained the importance of getting housing applications in extra early. —D.H.S.— Mr. Bucher was also guest speaker of the parents counseling session held at the high school i csion, Gloria Wall and Betty Smith ,gym Thursday night. After the sesserved a small luncheon. —D.H.S.— Wednesday afternoon the weekly pep practice was held during activity period. As usual the cheerleaders ran through some yells with the bloc. O. T, Dorwin then spoke to the group. We hope the bloc will take his advice in the right mahner and do their best. —D.H.S — Friday, another issue of the Jacket Journal wil be distributed. This issue features a new column “Did You Know That.” Be sure to read it and let members of the staff know how you like it. —D.H.S.— Monday morning, Mr. McLean presented an assembly program entitled, “science, fun. and fact.” His program consisted of a few magic tricks and then scientific feats. Judy Rhodes assissted him in demonstrating the effects of ultra-violet 1 lights on a person’s face, using cream. It proved very interesting. —D.H.S.— Students of D.H.S. are participating in the Polio Drive along with all other Adams county schools. Let’s do our best to collect all we can. -D.H.S — It was announced that Betty Smith is the school homemaker of tomorrow. This came about from the Betty Crocker search test taken in November. Congratulations to Betty! —D.H.S.— The seniors have chosen their invitations for commencement. There may be only five months of school left, but graduation will be here sooner than you think. -—-- —D.H.S — The choir will sponsor a dance Friday after the Decatur-Kendall-ville game. Admission will be 25 cents per person and 45 cents per couple. The dance will be at the Community Center. —D.H.S.— Tuesday night, the Yellow Jackets were defeated. 65-54, by the Bluffton Tigers. This was the third basketball garrte between our schools. Bluffton has won two of the three games . —D.H.S.— Friday night, the Kendallville j

Comets visit the Yellow Jackets in an N.E.I.C. game. Go Jackets! Beat Comets! -D.H.S.Tuesday afternoon an assembly program was held during activity period. Contez Peters, the world’s speed typist, gave an interesting demonstration. — . —D.H.S.— The first semester is now over for D.H.S. and the honor roll has been posted for the third six weeks. Let’s make the second semester one of more work and let’s seem ore names on the honor roll. 4-D.H.S.— It does not seem possible that the first semester is over already, and that my job of school reporting for dear old D.H.S. is over with also. I would like to take this opportunity to thank these girls who gave me news from their respective classes; Jan Aumann. junior; Taya Erekson, sophomore; and Jean Finlayson, freshman. Good luck, Kathy, I hope that you have as much fun reporting as a I had. -D.H.S.— • ® MONMOUTH HIGH — By John v ' Have you hadHMMMMMeM| ed yet” Wit hM that After the snow-D . fall l.,st SiindayßjUj ' >■ my of sj the students at® M<>nm o u t h school. especial-W’ -’J. 1 ly the young fry, became ver y’' J|L Ik busily engaged i in snowball fights before school, at noon, and after school. No casualties have resulted, and everyone has had a good time. ‘ —M.H.S.— On Monday, tabulations were released concerning the results of the voting by the band for the selection of members of the newly organized Adams county select band. This band has been organized to give the superior music students a chance to progress and alsd a chance to play more difficult music. Members from our band who were chosen are: Faye Bittner, Nyla Girod, Ann Seaman. Terry Marker, Kent Girod, Roy Fuhrman and John Fuhrman. —M.H.S.— Our sincere congratulations go to the Hartford Gorillas for winning the county tourney this year. Even though the Eagles were unsuccessful in their attempt to win the championship, they put up a long and hard struggle. Good luck for the rest of the season, boys, and beat those Bears Friday night! -M.H,S.-r Work, wrk, work. That’s all that has been going on. in the music department this week. The band and choir are preparing for a concert to be given in the near future. It is a known fact at Monmouth high that our music department is capable of presenting some very fine performances. —M.H.S.— Speaking of work/ The seniors havp been “slaving away” at their constitution speeches in order to have them ready to deliver next week. These speeches are to be prepared orations on the constitution, or on one or more phases of that great document. , —M.H.S.— “Let me alone: I gotta study.” This remark has been heard constantly the last week while students attempt to cram some extra

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information for semester exams. Everyone has been knocking himself out in an effort to get good grades at the end of the semester. Good luck, kids; study hard and do your best! —MJH.S.Adams Central Choir Trip Is Postponed The Adams Central concert choir hockey trip scheduled for Saturday evening, has been post- , poned, according to Leon Gerig, instructor. ■■ Gerig stated that the trip was postponed due to the bad weather conditions. No future date has been set, although Gerig stated that new arrangements will be made next week. The address of Miss Barbara L. who joined the Women’s Army Corps last week, beep reCdved by het' parents I ,'aha Mrs.' Eugene Sommer of route i, Decatur. Her address is as follows. RTC Barbara L. Sommer, WA 816604; Platoon 4, Co. A; WAC Training Center, WAC Training Batallion, Ft. McClellen, Ala. We Will Do Our Best To Give The — THINKING Man’s Wife a Rest! Available Every Day at FAIRWAY Carry-Out • Baked Beans • Potato Salad • Bean Salad • Cole Slaw • Corn Relish • Herring, Wine or Cream Sauce. sanTas best -Friend - a '59 zAaiy CHBKWAS VW CLUB R tHta( DEPOSIT RECEIVE IN WEEKLY 50 WEEKS I, .as» .50 25,00 , 1.00 50.00. 2.00 100.003.00 150.94 5:00 250.00 10.00 500.00 The FIRST STATE BANK