Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 10 February 1959 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening 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 G. Heller Vice-President Chas. Holthouse- Secretary-Treasurer Subscription Kates: By Mail 14 Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, WJ.OO; Six months. $4.25; 3 months, $2.25. By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, $0.00; 6 months, $4.75; 3 months, $2.50. Py Carrier, 30 cents per week. Single copies, 6 cents. Juvenile Report The juveniles arrested with Charles Johnson on Jan. 29 apparently are still being held at the Adams county jail; although the public has not been informed of whether any court action is being taken, lights on the second floor of the jail indicate the youths are still being held. A friend of ours also has mentioned to us that last Thursday afternoon the sheriff, a prominent Decatur businessman and the two youths were seen driving north, and returned later in the afternoon. Since these youths have confessed to between 50 and 150 breakins, robberies, and cases of malicious damage, more than 30 of which were in Adams county in the past two years, it would seem that local court authorities would be anxious to keep the public informed. The opposite is true, however. The court refuses to even discuss the matter. We understand that six local juvenile cases have been settled in the local court since Jan. 1. In a conversation with James Mcßride, Wells county probation officer appointed last Sept. 1, we learned that in that county not a single local case has occurred since his appointment. The only case handled has been that of a Huntington county boy who stole five gallons of gas in Wells county, his third “juvenile” offense which has been officially recorded, and for which he was sentenced to the boys school. Judge Homer Byrd has a firm but fair policy in Wells county. Annually he gives the pub ic the statistics on the cases he has handled. All cases that do not involve “juvenile” misdemeaners are fully explained to the public as they occur, and names are used when the judge feels that the public good will be so benefitted. Not only is the general public nearly 100% in favor Os improving the local juvenile court; the Berne Witness, voice of the conservative community to the -south, has plainly stated its position, including the following, which we quote: “We believe in protecting the innocent and in going easy with first-time juvenile offenders, but when these youths are involved in fheft after theft and over a long period of time, their names should be published as a warning to others. Recently, a presiding judge in an Ohio court not far from here made the remark that he is glad that he has the opportunity of sentencing some of our Adams county criminals because if they, would “ be sent back to Adams county they would probably go free after a long delay. This kind of publicity is bad for our county . . . . ”

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DECATUR SQUARE DANCE CLUB will hold a guest night at the Decatur Youth and Community Center Thursday evening, Feb. 19. The club, known as the Pals and Gals square dance club, has grown steadily since its organization in 1955.

Local Square Dancers Blend Congeniality With Exercise

The Decatur Pals and Gals square dance club will entertain all interested married couples as a guest night, Thursday, Feb. 19, at the Youth and Community Center at Bp. m. The members will “sho w just what makes, this amazingly popular dance style tick. Although restricted to married couples, the club has grown considerably since its inception, with nine couples, in 1955. Starting in Max Kreps’ basement, growth in numbers forced them to move to the center. Square dancing, a refinement of early American dances that came over with the early settlers from Europe and England, is not as

—* e i Years Ago | Today ! Feb. io! i939—Pope Pius XI died at dawn today after an extended illness. Judge Edward W. Meyers, of Fort Wayne, a native of Decatur, will speak to the Holy Name society here Feb. 13. The annual meeting for all assessors of Adams county will be held in the court room of the county court house Tuesday, with E. J.’ Worthman, county assessor, in charge. Grocery prices today: coffee, 2 lbs. 39 cents; bananas, 5 lb. 25 cents; hamburger or sausage, 2 lbs. 25 cents> sirloin steak, 23% cents per lb. The Berne Bears defeated the Monroe Bearkatz, 38-17. GIRI SCOUTS Brownie troop 551 met after school Wednesday. New officers , elected are Jane Gamier, president; Karen Hitchcock, scribe; and Carolyn Hill, treasurer. The afternoon was spent in making Valentines. Nancy Swic ka r d brought the treat. Scribe, Karen Hitchcock Brownie troop 230 met Wednesday after seh<wl at the home ~of Carolyn Rash. Plans for the month of February were discussed. Minutes were read and dues collected, after which games were played. Judy Meyers served the treat and Beverly Geyer will serve the treat next week. The meeting was closed with the singing of the Brownie goodwill song. Scribe, Beverly Geyer Brownie troop 277 met in the Girl Scout room recently after school. Roll call and dues were taken. Each repeated the Girl Scout promise, slogan and motto and all the members discussed the Girl Scout, laws. Valentine place mats were made at the meeting, which had Linda Mclntosh as a ' guest. Teresa Archer brought the treat. The meeting was closed-with the magic tunnel. ■ Scribe, Cheryl Knudsen Warns Well Owners Tp Boil Water - A message or caution from the Indiana state board of health concerns those Decatur residents whose wells have been flooded from the recent river overflow. Persons whose residential wells are affected should boil the water used for drinking or cooking purposes. Other precautionary methods for drinking or cooking with well water can be obtained from the local B board of health officer.

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.boisterous as the barn-dance, or as involved as the country or grange dance. It has become popular from coast to coast with classes being taught to keepupwiththeintri-; cate new —patterns. A bit ofj training is needed to understand the caller when he sings out his ■ seemingly garbled messages. Some patterns are relatively simple, but others require practice and instruction to manipulate them correctly. And where can a married souple get as much entertainment for less than $1.50 a night? • Carl Geels, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Geels, nationally known caller and pianist, has furnished

hike Suppresses Public Power

WASHINGTON (UPH - Sen. I Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn > , said today the Eisenhower admin-ostr-ation—is suppressing p u b 1 i c . j power programs while the Soviet I Union isgearing for all-out exj pans ion. • “There is quite a contrast bei tween plans for power develop- ' ment here and in Russia,’’ Humphrey eaid. He said the administration seems aimed in the opposite direction: “To restrict and retard public power development.” Humphrey, back from a recent trip to Russia, contrasted power development plans in the United , States and the Soviet Union in a , speech prepared for delivery be- ' fore the 17th annual meeting of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn. The association is ' the service organization of rural : electric systems. 1 Uppermost in the minds of convention delegates in the adminis- : tration proposal that rural elect trie systems sjto.pdepending__onjthe_. government for mohey at a “bar1 gain-basement” interest rate for ’ development and expansion. Ike to Address Group The administration contends 1 that after 25 years the rural sys--1 terns should stand on their own • feet and forego loans at 2 per ' cent interest from the Rural Electrification Administration. It has ’ sugestegd the systems et their i money from private sources ’ where the interest rate would be i higher. • 1 President Eisenhower is sched- ) — COURT NEWS ’ Marriage Application Sharon Jane Idlewine, 19, Deca- ’ tur, and Keith Lamarr Amstutz, 21, Berne. 1 —~ Complaint Case A special appearance for the board of commissioners was entered by Robert S. Anderson in the case of Alice Mae Beitler, administratrix of the estate of Howr ard Beitler, deceased vs the board -of commissioners of the county of e Adams, Wendell L. Abbott, Geri aid W. Vizard, Mabel I. Vizard. < Estate Cases s The final report was filed in r the estate of Adelaide Gass. A -notice was ordered issued returnable March 4. The proof of mailr ing of notice to all persons inter- - ested in the estate in the matter 1 of the determination of the inheritance tax was filed.

the music and calling for the club since it was organized. The popularity lies in the friendly social-con tacts —that square dancing affords. Others like the j music and the excitement. In the main, though, the majority enjoy the unrestrained rhythms of the ■ dance and the sense of accom- ' plishment from doing a complicated pattern. The current officers of the club are: Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Meyer, president: Mr. and Mrs. Harold Teeters, secretary and treasurer. Former officers include: Mr. and Mrs. Max Kreps, Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Gase, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Meshberger, and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kocher, Jr.

uled to speak informally at the convention Wednesday and outline the administration's position. Bei sides a higher interest rate, he has suggested other financing changes for the rural systems. “To put it in military terms," Humphrey said, “one could say the administration is Conducting a holding action. "It is holding the line on hydropower development; holding the lid on public atomic power production; holding the door open for the power company hierarchy to strengthen its power and position; Secretary (of Agriculture Ezra Taft) Benson is holding the reins of BEA; and if immediate steps are not taken you know who will be holding the bag.” Demand Congress Act Humphrey urged the delegates to demand that the present REA program be kept alive. “You can take the lead in resisting this kind of negative, dbnothingism,” he said. He called on the rural systems to demand action in state legislatures and Congress to protect their interests, progressive legislation that will permit them to go forward, a reappraisal of the country's resources and of the institution strictures that are retarding their development. He asked the convention to keep hydro power development high on its list, and to demand that government harness streams as well as atomic energy for development of additional power. The petition to sell personal property was filed in the Theodore Heuer estate. The- first inventory was submitted in the Esther L. Steiner estate, showing the appraised value of the estate to be $25,030.59. The proof of mailing of notice in the matter of the determination of the inheritance tax in the William Reppert estate was filed. The inheritance tax appraiser’s report was submitted finding the net value of the estate to be $32,025.37 and that there is tax due in the sum of $180.25. The first inventory was filed in the Elmer Luginbill estate. Hie report shows the appraised value of the estate to be $12,509.55. The appraised value of the estate of Gerhart H. Steiner was shown to be $3,694.58, according to the first inventory filed. ‘ ... - - —

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