Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 36, Decatur, Adams County, 12 February 1959 — Page 1

Vol, LVII. No, 36.

Indiana Flood Crisis Moving Downstream, Ice Gorge Big Threat

United Press International Indiana's flood crisis moved downstream today from Peru, where as many as 1,200 families were routed, to Delphi and Lafayette, and a huge ice gorge 10 to 12 miles long posed a major threat The Wabash River flood crests moved past Wabash, Peru and then Logansport heading downstream toward Lafayette, the largest Hoosier city north of Terre Haute along the stream’s banks. The ice gorge was piled up as high as 35 feet above the surface of the rolling water. The flood water was reported to be going under and around the gorge, which contained blocks of ice as big as automobiles. Downstream, ■ however, disaster units braced for action, not know- ' ing just what to expect. Lafayette civil defense forces indicated that if the jam broke, the cakes of ice might rip out virtually every bridge from Delphi to Lafayette. Army Engineers sent experts in a helicopter over the gorge to take a firsthand look and decide whether to dynamite the jam, stretching from the Carrollton bridge northeastward. The river was spread out as much as four miles wide at one place. Meanwhile, the Weather Bureau's river experts made little change in height and arrival time of the crests downstream. If anything, they were generally revised slightly lower than originally predicted. The Red Cross at Indianapolis, which directs disaster units fanned out through the valley area, listed nearly 1,26® families as having been evacuated thus far in the state’s second major flood in a month. The estimate of 675 families evacuated at Peru contrasted with on-the-spot estimates by police and Red Cross officials that 1,200 families were routed in that city alone. Meanwhile, Indiana's third weather-connected death of the

Favor Stress On ' * Subject Teaching

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) - The Indiana Senate Education Committee has put a temporary end to the controversy over what to teach Hoosier teachers. For years, parents and educators have been battling about the value of courses in teaching methods. One school of thought holds that more time should be spent in teaching subject matter. The other holds that teaching methods is more important than teaching subjects. Sen. Charles Kellum (R-Moores-ville) introduced a bill (58154) in the upper chamber which would in effect put more stress on subject matter, rather than methods, in the state teachers colleges. The bill would cut down from 18 course hours to 15 course hours the number of professional education courses required for a teacher license in Indiana. It also would require that high school teachers have 100 course hours in non-methods subjects and grade school teachers 90 hours. In addition, Kellum's bill would require that the State Commission on Teacher Training and Licensing be reorganized to include two lay persons not connected with education, two teachers in liberal arts colleges and two professional educators. AH six members of the commission now can be professional educators, and usually are. The Education Committee held a lengthy public hearing on the bill several weeks ago. Advocates of the measure praised it as a “step in the right direction” and said they were worried because their children were not getting the proper education. Opponents objected to “interference” from persons not connected with the field of education. The measure was reported out of committee Wednesday with a “do pass amended” recommendation. X .. • But the amendment stripped the bill of all provisions except the one pertaining to reorganization of the training and licensing commisson. The bill, as reported out, contained no mention of hours.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Cub Pack Planning Future Activities A reorganizational meeting was held Wednesday night by the committee of Cub Scout pack 3062, sponsored by the Lincoln school P.T.A. Plans were also made for the coming blue and gold banquet, Tuesday, February 17, at 6:30 p.m. at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. Pack committee chairman Jay Markley presided at the discussion held in the upstairs offices of the Citizen Telephone Co. Other officers of the committee are: Leo Seltenright, secretory-treasurer; Doyle Collier, Cub activities man; Ted Eyanson, membership and den organizer; Harry Schwartz, advancement and ceremonies; Jack Heller, publicity; William Murray, Cubma?ter; and Stan Kling, assistant Cubmaster. Don Norquest is the pack’s institutional representative. Several of the den mothers were also present, and a general discussion was held. Supplies were planned for future den meetings and permanent supplies such as flags, were ordered. —-X Pack meetings will continue to be the third Thursday of each month at the Lincoln school. Committee meetings will be held the first Tuesday of each month. week was recorded, the second blamed} on the flood. A body was recovered from a car removed from flood Waters on a county road near Cayuga in Vermillion County today. v The flood already left a trail of destruction and homeless thousands behind it Hie roaring crest, blocked by huges cakes of ice and unpredictable in its mad rush, rolled past Peru and Logansport during the night and headed for Delphi, La-

Sen. D. Russell Bontrager (RElkhart), chairman of the committee, indicated a belief that the reorganized licensing commission , would make any necessary revi- . sion in teacher curriculum. He , said the presence of two lay persons and two liberal arts teachers on the commission would insure ( that methods teaching would not , be over stressed. , Meanwhile, the House passed, ' 91-0, a measure barring all Communists and most aliens from , holding office in any labor union or corporation. The bill <HB93), ' authored by Rep. Alexander Ly- j sohir (D-Portland), places restrictions on officials of. both labor unions and corporations. It provoked a lively debate over the ; phrase “any person belonging to (.Continued on page

Sorority Plans Home Talent Show In March

The Beta Sigma Phi sorority announced today that arrangements have been completed for presentation of a big, new musical •comedy called “Around the World in a Daze.” The show will be staged at the Decatur high school gymnasiumauditorium Thursday and Friday nights, March 5 and 6, Mrs. Arthur C. Burris, Jr., general chairman for the home talent show, in announcing plans for the presentation, stated that all proceeds from the show will be devoted to purchase of equipment for the Adams county memorial hospital. Action of the show, as indicated by the title, takes place all over the world. Casper Perkins, winner of a trip around the world for two, takes his landlady, Mabie Mullins, with him on this advanture. At each stop, they are introduced to new sights and excitement by two airlines host esses.

fayette, Covington, Montezuma, Clinton, find Terre Haute. / Peru, bore the brunt of the stream’s newest onslaught. The stream and its tributaries already have routed more than 1,500 families from their homes in a narrow area running northeastward across North Central Indiana. Governor Handley declared a state of emergency in 13 counties Wednesday night and telegraphed President Eisenhower asking him to designate them as disaster areas. ‘ - Pent Crest 23 65 The American Red Cross reported this morning that 675 families were evacuated at Peru. 129 at Logansport, 75 at Lafayette, 40 at Delphi and 25 at Attica. This total of nearly 1,000 did not include around 500 families previously routed in the Marion, Decatur, Fort Wayne, Wabash and Huntington areas. At Peru, the Wabash crested at 23.65 late Wednesday, pouring over levees fortified with thoussands of sandbags. It inundated up to 65 per cent of the southern section of the city and one-fifth or more the northern section. By morning, the level had dropped more than a foot. Logansport's crest of 19.75 feet arrived at 9 p.m. and the level had dropped more than a foot by this morning, with flood waters receding from the business district and west side homes. Eighty of the city’s 165 National Guardsmen were on duty.. At Delphi, 75 of 200 persons in the Pitteburg area were forced from their homes a* ice blocks as big as automobiles" threatened the Monon Railroad bridge and spread the Wabash as much as four miles wide "at one point. Harassed By Cold Evacuees and rescuers were harassed by cold temperatures as the mercury dropped up to 10 degrees below freezing during the night. Handley's emergency declaration covered Adams. Allen, Carroll, Cass, Fountain, Huntington, Miami, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion Vigo, Wabash and Warren Counties. Some of these have yet to feel the full force of the flood with crests still two days away. The Red Cross sent mobile kitchens, disaster trucks, 20 cots, 500 blankets and other equipment and personnel from Indianapolis to Peru Wednesday night. At both Peru and Logansport, the crest was the highest since 1943. Upstream, some levels earlier this week were the highest since 1913. Oldtimers in the Delphi area said Deer Creek at Pittsburg was higher than in 1913. Meanwhile, was rarecast, beginning late tonight in the flood zone and including thundershowers. Rain was due all over the state Friday. Temperatures, which dropped to 19 at South Bend overnightly after highs which barely reached freezing over most of the state Wednesday, were expected to reach the 40s today, drop only to the 30s tonight, and range from nearly 50 to 60 Friday. Continued mild weather was due Saturday, with showers ending.

One of the outstanding scenes > takes place in Denmark, the land of fairy tales, where the travelers seethe story of Cinderella enpcted by a group of children fronaarthe and third grades. Also oh the trip is a visit to Paris, including a spectacular flooh show In thd famed Follies Bergere. Other scenes include a visit to Tennessee, “Springtime in the Smokies," the peasant section of Europe with a “Festival of the Forest,” a stopover in Japan for a garden party, and a visit with the “Sultan’s Sweeties” in Egypt. Mrs. Burris also stated that a professional director will arrive approximately two weeks before show time to work with the-sor-ority on tryouts, rehearsals, publicity and other phases of the production. Committees and other details of the home talent show will be announced later by Mrs. Burris.

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Decotur, Indiana, Februory 12, 1959.

: iFK * -‘■'Wil SHEBOYGAN SNOWED IN— Manpower is employed in the place of horsepower in Sheboygan. Wis., to move one of many autos snow-ed-in throughout city streett following a nine-inch blizzard-like ' snowfall. Traffic has been halted almost completely following the storm which struck most of Wisconsin. - — —! - —

Governor Asks Extension Os Disaster Area INDIANAPOLIS (UPD-Gover-nor Handley told President Eisenhower Wednesday night that Indiana’s present floods are so great and severe that it is “beyond the capabilities and resources of the state and its local governments to cope with the situation.” Handley’s telegram to Eisenhower requested the President to extend a disaster declaration he issued two weeks ago for 13 southern Indiana counties. The governor suggested 13 northern and central Indiana counties be added to the list in the light of the present flooding along the Wabash and tributaries. “The occurring floods and the impending floods in the watershed of the Wabash River and other rivers in Northeastern Indiana have developed and will continue to develop flood conditions of sufficient severity and magnitude beyond the capabilities and resources of the State of Indiana and its local governments to cope with the situation,” Handley said. Handley’s latest list of counties included several in which the blow Os the flood has not yet been .felt. However, his aids said that the crisis was due to spread downstream and that declaration of certain counties now would enable more prompt action when “the crests move into the new areas. Meanwhile, the House Ways & Means Committee at a Wednesday night meeting voted favorably on two pending bills in the Indiana Legislature which would appropriate $1,385,000 for flood control reservoirs and surveys on some of the streams involved in Indiana's two floods wfthin a month. One bill (58217) would provide a million dollars for a Salt Creek reservoir in Monroe, Brown and Jackson Counties, and $250,000 for reservoirs on the Mississinewa, Salamonie and Wabash Rivers near Peoria, Dora and Hunting*ton, respectively. The other (HB--146) would provide $135,00 for surveys and studies on the two forks of White River, the Wabash, Whitewater, Patoka, Kankakee and Yellow Rivers. f The bills were sent to the House floor this morning with recommendations theyj be passed. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and warmer this afternoon. Cloudy and warmer tonight with occasional rain. Friday cloudy and a little warmer with occasional rain. Some thundershowers likely south portion Friday. Low tonight 35 to 42. High Friday 45 to 52. Sunset today 6:U p.m. c.d.t. Sunrise Friday 7:40 a.m. c.d.t Outlook for Saturday: Partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers. Lows 45 to 55, highs 55 to 6s.

Native Os Decatur Dies At Fort Wayne ’ k. Herbert E. Gass, 52, of Fort Wayne route 6, and a native of Decatur, died Wednesday at St. Joseph’s hospital in Fort Wayne, where he had .been a patient for months.. ’ ( Mr. Gass, a resident of Fort ' Wayne most of his life, was a ’ member of St. Joseph’s Catholic ; church. Surviving are the widow, Erma; > four sons, Arthur E., Fort Wayne, and Carl J., James L. and Roy H. Gass, aU at home; two daughters. 1 Miss Bernice M. Gass of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Ruth Ellis of near Fort Wayne; his mother, Mrs. Catherine Gass; three brothers, 1 Joe Gass of Sparta, Mich., Leo 1 Gass of Bluffton, and Charles Gass of Fort Wayne, and three grandchildren. ’ Funeral services will be held at ' 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Mungov- ; an & Sons funeral home and at 10 a.m. in St. Joseph’s Catholic j church. The Rev. Stanley E. Manoskf will officiate and burial will . be in Covington memorial gardens. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.

Congressmen Honor Lincoln

WASHINGTON (UPD—The Congress of the United States gathers in joint session today with pomp and humility to honor the memory of Abraham Lincoln. The occasion: The 150th anniversary of the birth of the first Republican president in a Kentucky log cabin. Southerner and Northerner — Democrat and Republican—came together to hear poet Carl Sandburg praise Lincoln as the man who enabled that union to prevail. The last time Congress met in joirft session to honor Lincoln was h cold rainy Monday, Feb. 12, 1866. The great Civil War had ended less than a year before. Lincoln was dead — murdered. The South was a wasteland — conquered. Hate seeped through the land. Now. . .96 years after Gettysburgh. . .98 years after Bull Run .. .a century after John Brown. .. Congress ihet in joint session again President Eisenhower Wednesday night at a dinner in downtown Washington officially opened a year-long series of programs celebrating the sesquicentennial of Lincoln’s birth. But the full measure of the tribute to Lincoln was to be seen on Capitol HUI. The program was simple: —The Army Band and a Coast Guard Academy choir filling the House chamber with “Dixie” and “The Battle Hymn of the Repub-

City, County Flood Waters Slowly Recede

Judge Bierly Host To Sen. Symington Judge G. Remy Bierly, of the Indiana appellate court, will be host to a reception for Sen. Stuart Symington in the Chateau Room of the Claypool hotel at Indianapolis from 3%’clock until 5 p. m. Saturday, preceding the Jefferson* Jackson day victory dinner, Ed Jaberg, chairman of the ticket committee for Adams county* said today. All Adams county residents who plan to attend the dinner are invited to the reception. From 4 until 6 p; m/ a reception for Sen. Vance Hartke and former Gov. Henry F. Schricker will be held in the Franklin room of the Claypool by state auditor Albert Steiriwedel. Tickets are still available. Jaberg said, delegation from Adams county plans to make the trip; Sen. Symington, considered one of the leading choices for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1960, is the main speaker on the evening program. He was secretary ot the air force under former president Harry S. Truman, and is now senator from Missouri. — f To Speak Here fl Paul E. Hensel, of Fort Wayne, vice president of personnel for the/Central Soya Co., Inc., will speak to Decatur high school students at 1:10 p. m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, in the school auditorium. Hensel will speak on “I dare you to be a champion," and the public is invited to attend. Hensel’s appearance here is a part of the high school’s guidance program.

lie.” —Actor Fredrick March reading Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address." —Sandburg, whose six-volume biography of Lincoln has become a classic, delivering an 18-minute poem in prose. The guest list for the joint session included every top official and diplomat in the nation's capitaL Mansfield: Assistant Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.) caUed for United Nations conciliation to unify Berlin and ease the German crisis. Mansfield, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, outlined , a .new Western policy on Germany in a speech prepared for delivery to the Senate. He i proposed "a great deal of talk" between East and West Germans, i immediate negotiations between Communist and free Berlin, and - careful consideration of proposals ■ for a demilitarized zone through I middle Europe. f Bank: The President asked Congress to approve a $3,915,00,- » 00 increase in the U. S. subscrip- ] j tion to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. He said there was “real urgency for prompt action’’ to double the $2,t 540,00,000 0. S. subscription to » the bank and boost from $2,750,-' [ 000,000 to $4,125,000,000 the U. S. - quota to the monetary fund.

The St. Mary’s river dropped nearly one and one-hal£ feet during the night, according to Lodis Landrum, local weather observer. Landrum recorded the depth of the river at 20.83 feet at 7 o’clock this morning. Wednesday’s reading showed 22.32 feet at noon,and was still higher Tuesday evening at 5:30 o’clock with 22.59 feet. The latter figure was believed to be the tirrte that the river crested. -t- State of Emergency - < Adams county has been declared by-Gov. Harold W. Handley as one of 13 counties who have been listed as counties in a state of emergency in northern and central Indiana due to the floods. Other dourtties include: Allen, Carroll, Cass, Fountain, Huntington, Miami, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Vigo, Wabash Schools Resume Gail Grabill, Adams coqnty superintendent of schools, stated pF day that all schools have reppmed in Adams county. A checsf with' Monmouth high school showed that all buses were in, although some, were delayed causing school to start approximately 20 minutes late. All of the schools forced lo close Tuesday and Wednesday were closed due to the bad county road conditions where water made roads impassable. Grabill stated that very little damage was caused to any of the county schools by water. » Mafl Deliveries It was reported, today that all carriers finished their routes, delivering to nearly all patrons throughout the county. About 23 persons failed to get their mail where carriers were unable to drive through county roads or in lanes that were quite far from the road. Leo Kirch, of the local post office, stated today that Tom Miller, carrier on route one, drove 21 additional miles but delivered all persons. Chariie -Melony,froute two carrier, drove five additional miles and delivered all patrons. Carrier for route, three, Harold Hoffman, was unable to deliver to 11 -persons due to the high water, and drove an additional 25 miles to deliver to Adams county residents. Earl Chase, carrier on route four, delivered all patrons and drove only two miles ’ out of his way in delivering. Carrier for route five, Dick Maloney, was unable to reach 11 persons, and had to drive 28 additional miles in his deliveries. Gerald Durkin, route six carrier, managed to deliver to all persons with the exception of one person. He was forced to drive 13 additional miles on his usual route. Center Reopened The Decatur Youth and Community Center was reopened Wednesday evening, according to Richard Linn, manager. Linn stated that the water has left the road in front of the Community Center, and that the young people from the city and county were again able to meet at the local gathering place. He reported today that several young people were at the Center last night continuing their normal functions. The Center was forced to be closed only Tuesday evening because of the high water. Moving Back Persons living, in the Park View addition are in the process of moving back into their homes, it was reported today. Most of the families moved back last night, with the exception of one family. One lady was contacted today who lives in the Park View addition, she stated that none of the neighbors living near her home had reported water entering their homes, although water did enter one garage. The Park View drive is again open as water has receded from that area. Most of the people living in the

Lenten Meditation “FALSE HUMILITY” “Whosoever will be great antongyou, let him be your minister.”—Matt. 20:26. Psychologist A. H. Maslow lists five basic human needs. First, those that sustain life, such as food, air, water. Next are those related to our safety. Third, our need to be loved. The fourth need is the need for self-esteem, to have worth and value’as an individual. Fifth is the need for self-realization, to live as useful individuals. . The last two can spur us to greatness. And Jesus wants us to be great. This is the real emphasis of the text We are to minister as a means to that end. To be sure, we don’t want to be bumptious Christians. But neither is false humility $ si « n of Piety. Yet some Christian overdo the business of being humble. They mistake servility for service. They pride themselves on their humility. Their selfeffacement gives them a sense of superiority. False humility can feed oiir vanity and make us self-righteous nuisenccs. Jesus said that anyone may become great. And in the only way that can keep us from being snobs and egoists. For put service above self, we find the self coming into its own. 7;

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Bellmont Park area are still un» ables to get to their bodies flue to the high water. Mr. and Mrs. Dorwin Drake and Mr. and Mrs. Wan ren (Barney) Lehman managed to get to their homes early this morning. ■ - Health Board Gives Warning To Residents The Indiana state board of health is advising aS local resirf*nts whose wells nave flooded jk> take precautions on the use ot the water, Dr. John B. Terveer, county health officer, said today. " It Is recommended that water -fcowi residential wells that are flooded be boiled before using for dinking or cooking purposes. Accnrding to the state board of health, as a result of flooded conditions in homes, large quantities of foodstuffs may be submerged in surface flood water or sewerage backflow. While efforts may be made to salvage certain of these foods which have been contaminated, many items cannot be safely salvaged and should be destroyed. The following precautions are offered as a guide in the salvaging of flood-contaminated foods and containers. 1. Foods in tin cans—Remove ’ labels. Thoroughly wash in soapy water by scrubbing with a brush. L Immerse containers in strong ' chlorine solution for 15 minutes. 1 Make the solution., by adding an 1 ounce of chlorine type laundry 1 bleach to a gallon of clean wat--1 er. Dry containers thoroughly > to prevent rusting. I 2. Bottled foods— (Carbonated ? beverages.; milk*, cttsup, olives, l ahd similar fbaw.t • These foods . will usually contain contaminaV 1 ed water if submerged over long > periods of time or in deep water. , Even if contaminated water has t not entered the containers, they . cannot be safely cleaned because ■ all filth cannot be removed from I under the closure. Such foods should be destroyed. 3. Fresh fruits and vegetables —Those that are eaten rawapples, oranges, bananas, radishes, celery, lettuce, etc.—should be destroyed. Those that are cooked before eating may be salvaged if they have not deteriorated or rotted, Wash in soapy water, rinse thoroughly in cold, clean water and cook at a high temperature or in boiling water. 4. Meats, poultry, fish. Do not salvage. Destroy. Note — this does hot apply to canned meats, fish and poultry which may be salvaged as any other canned food (No. 1 abofe). 5. Lard, butter, oleo—Do not Salvage. Destroy. Fats in undamaged hermetically sealed cans may be salvaged as outlined in “canned food’’ instructions (No. 1 above.) 6. Sugar, coffee, tea, eggs—De not salvage. Destroy. If these foods are in hermetically sealed cans, they may be salvaged as outlined in “canned food” instructions (No. 1 above). 7. Cereals, flour, com rheal etc.—Do not salavge. Destroy. As a general rule, food should not be salvaged unless it is in a container that protects it and is one which can be thoroughly cleaned with soap and water and sterilized with boiling water or chlorine. Since paper, cardboard, wood, and most plastic food containers are not waterproof, foods in such containers which have been under flood water should be destroyed.