Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 13 February 1959 — Page 8

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Receives Invitation To Bridge Dedication Mrs. James Halberstadt, Sr., of Pleasant Mills, received an invitation to attend formal ceremonies in Haddonfield, N. J., Saturday for the dedication of a newly congtructed wood covered bridge. Mrs. Halberstadt is a member of the national society for preservation of covered bridges. She stated today that the dedication ceremonies would take place Saturday at 12 o’clock noon, but that she would be unable to attend. . ■ Fort Wayne Teacher Discussion Moderater Dr. Darwin Kelley, history teacher in the Fort Wayne Central high school, will be the principal speaker and serve as moderator Os a workshop discussion on “Current problems in teaching social studies in high school,’’ which will be held in conjunction with the anNortheastern Indiana teachers' institute to be held in Fort Wayne Saturday. William F. Wilson, superintendent of public instruction of Indiana, will be the speaker for the general session starting at 9 a.m. in the Purdue University Center auditorium.

Farm, Home and Personal Property AUCTION SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21 at 9:30 A.M. DST REAL ESTATE NO. 1 LOCATED 5 miles east and % mile south of Berne, Ind., or 3 miles west and *4 mile north of Chattanooga, Ohio. IMPROVEMENTS— 2 frame houses, barn and corn crib. 79 acres of productive farm land, all under cultivation. Tenant’s share of 15 acres of wheat are reserved. Possesison—On or before March Ist, 1959. TERMS—2O% on day of sale, balance upon delivery of abstract of title and Executor's Deed. For inspection of farm or loan information call or see Mel Liechty, Auctioneer, Berne 2-8430 or Decatur 6-6354. REAL ESTATE NO. 2 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21 Personal Property at 1:00 P. Mi---:---Real Estate at 1:30 P. M. Located4n Monroe, Indiana, one square south of Adams Central School, then % square east. . e Attractive home with living room, dining room, bedroom, kitchen, utility room on first floor, 3 bedrooms on second floor, enclosed back porch, spacious front porch, garage, soft water cistern, city water, Shade trees, extra building lot sold with home. Don't miss this sale if you are interested in a comfortable home located close to school and business district. For Inspection of home and further information call Mel Liechty, Auctioneer, Berne 2-8430 or Decatur 6-6354. Possession on or before April 1, 1959. ' TERMS—2O% day of sale, balance upon delivery of abstract of title and Executor's Deed. PERSONAL PROPERTY Kimbal piano and bench; library table; 2 pc. mohair upholstered living room suite; 12x14 rug; 9x12 rug; end table; old clock; 2 magazine racks; large bevel plate mirror; small stand; 2 extension tables with chairs; buffet; platform rocker; Duo Therm oil burning circulating heater with blower; high chair; antique kitchen cabinet; bottled gas stove; walnut drop-leaf table; 2 glass' door cupboards; round end drop-leaf table; metal bed with spring and innerspring mattress; metal bed with spring and Beautyrest mattress; chest of drawers; 2 walnut dressers; walnut chest of drawers; treadle sewing machine; Hoover sweeper; table and floor lamps; walnut fruit cupboard; porch swing; lard press; meat grinder; electric iron; ironing board; step ladder; dishes; pots and pans; clothes hamper; hand sweeper; picture frames; old school books; corn dryer; corn sheller; oats sprouter; bee supplies; lawn mower; shot gun; shoe cobbler’s set; 2 model A Ford wheels; etc. TERMS—CASH BRICE BAUSERMAN, Executor of the ROY MCDANIEL ESTATE Sale conducted by Mel’s Realty Auction Co., Berne, Ind. Mel Liechty, Auctioneer First Bank of Berne, Clerk Miz Lehman, Auctioneer Howard E. Baumgartner, Atty.

RAIN - SLEET or SNOW What aver the weather, spray your shoes with QUICKIE shoe spray, it lubricates the leather, makes them water repellant. Spray all color shoes from one can. NO MESS, NO FUSS, SHINES INSTANTLY I Only $1.49.' Available only at ... . Meyer Service Station Decatur, R. 1 Harmons Market Holt house Hlway Holthouse Drug Store Smith Drug Store In Monroe get It at Frieda’s Beauty Shop

Luella Reynolds Dies Unexpectedly Mrs. Luella Reynolds, 76, a native and lifelong resident of Nottingham township, Wells county, died Thursday in theWffiffwof Mrs. Velma White, where she had been living for three months. IShe had been in failing health three years with a heart ailment. Surviving are a son, Cloyd Reynolds, Bluffton; three brothers, Thurman O. Gottscalk, Bluffton, Clement Gottschalk, Berne, an<J George Gottschalk, Rochester; three sisters, Mrs. Paul Gentis and Mrs. Emil Moser, Bluffton, and Mrs. Henry K. Thtfkes, Battle Creek, Mich.; six grandchildren and 14 great-grand-children. Friends may call at the Yager funeral home at Berne after 7 p.m. Friday. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Old Salem E.U.B. church if Linn Grove, of which she was a member. The Rev. Fuhrman Miller will officiate. Burial will be in Six Mile cemetery. One reason toothpaste, shaving cream and cosmetics don’t dry out when the cap is left off their tubes is the presence of sorbitol, a corn syrup derivative which helps them retain their original moisture.

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The Decatur Daily Democrat, carrying on the Fourth Estate’s time honored tradition of the small town newspaper, tooay begins the 103rd year of providing this community with many facets of the news via the printed medium. The Eagle’s first office was a single story building of two rooms, a log cabin with a plank addition, located where Goodip's IGA market now stands. H. L. Phillips founded the newspaper, but soon sold part interest to William G. Spencer'and A. J. Hill. Spencer led the competitive struggle for survival against the Adams County Democrat, the successor to the county's first newspaper, the Gazette, a Whig paper owned successively by Joshua Randall and John W. Peterson. The Democrat was owned by James B. Simcoke and T. Adelspurger, and the two battled back and forth for six years. Eagle Wins Field ' Their political differences were settled on a battlefield of votes, when Spencer ran against Adelspurger for ebunty auditor in 1862. The Eagle’s owner. W. G. Spencer, ran on the Douglas Democrat ticket, while the Gazette's T. Adelspurger ran on the Breckenridge Democratic ticket. Spencer won the election, and the demise 6f the Gazette was almost immediate. The Republican party was quite small at the time, having been formed at the death of the Whig party in the early 1850's. The survival of the fittest did not end there; in fact, it was just

Warns Officials To

Request Aid Early

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Hoosier city and county officials were warned by Governor Handley late Thursday to request state flood aid “at the first indication of impending emergency” rather than wait until disaster strikes and “much valuable time is lost.” Handley’s warning came in the form of a letter sent to mayors, town boards and county sheriffs. The governor revealed contents of the letter at a news conference at which he reviewed the entire flood situation in Indiana. “I know the situation is bad” he said. But he said "we can minimize a great deal of the damage if officials will follow the procedure outlined in my letter to them.” "I urge you to wire my office immediately when an empending flood emergency seems likely in order that I may order assign-, ments," he said in the letter. | Handley said a qualified National Guard officer will be sent to any area that requests help. No Blame Placed "This officer will be qualified through past experience in the particular type emergency expected," he said. “He will be prepared to control and direct the use of all outside forces and facilities if actually called in." At the same time, Handley said he did not blame the officials for making late requests for aid. He said they are merely following the standard procedure in such situations. Handley told newsmen the “critical point” in the entire flood picture is an ice jam, eight miles long, in the Wabash River north of Delphi. But it is not "just a simple mat-

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beginning. Editor Arrested In 1864 the newspaper was leased by its owner, A. J. Hill, to Dan J. Callen and R. D. Hudgel, and the office was moved to the second story of a frame building Dr. T. T. Dorwin’s drug store was located. Callen was a fearless, aggressive writer and a strong Democrat, and his editorial attacks on Prudent Lincoln came under the surveillance of the federal authorities. Trouble started in November of 1864, and he was arrested on Dec. 19, 1864, by the U. S. provost marshal and taken to Indianapolis, where he was placed in military custody for trial. He later escaped to Canada. James R. Bobo and Adelspurger soon took over, and conducted the newspaper until Hill returned from service. Democrat Bom Hill continued the publication of the newspaper, but his political aspirations got him in trouble with other ambitious Democrats who started the Decatur Herald in May, 1873. The two papers battled back and forth for a year, until Joseph McGonagle purchased the Eagle in November, 1874 and promised to change its name. When that occurred. the Decatur Democrat was born, and the Eagle and Herald both suspended publication, their subscription lists being filled by the Decatur Democrat. The Adams County Times, and ' the Decatur Freb Press, in 1877, I attempted to follow through with

ter of blasting thence free," he said. The tiver has'spread out to new channels and free-flowing ice masses could destroy numerous homes in the Delphi area. Blasting Slow Job Handley said Army engineers are at the scene, investigating the possibility of blasting the ice free. But if. such a decision is made, “it would take 39 men 18 to 20 days to complete the job,” he said. The ice would have to be blasted a little at a time, beginning at the Jower end of the river. Engineers estimated it would take 22 tons of dynamite to complete the job and they were apprehensive about what the fast-moving ice could do to bridges and levees downstream from the blasting area. j "TTie decision to blow or not t<> I blow cannot be made at this time,” he said. “Qualified engineers would have to make a further study of the situation. In any case, the weather picture in the next few days should tell the story." He said warm weather would help melt the ice and free the jam. Additional rain or cold weather could put the entire area in jeopardy. Worst Winter in 20 Yean Handley said the water “seems to be receding” around Logansport, Delphi and Peru. But he said the riyer was continuing to rise at Lafayette and pointed to Terre Haute “as the danger spot.” “This is the worst winter in, more than 20 years,” he said. “The present situation is a new problem and must be handled on a day-to-day basis.” also praised the American Red Cross for its part in disaster relief. He issued a proclamation designating the Red Cross as the official disaster relief organization "to deal with indivduals and famlies affected by floods.” He urged that citizens and groups contribute all they can to the Red Cross to help rehabilitate families in the flood ravaged areas. . v Rural Youthers To Play Tipton Sunday The Adams county rural youth basketball team will play the Tipton county rural youth team Sunday afternoon at the Tipton armory as reported today by Dallas Neuenschwander, rural youth sports chairman. All team members and those interested in' attending the game are asked to meet in Berne at 12 noon Sunday. This will be the first game of the district play-offs. Winner of the district IV tournament will compete in the state basketball finals* 'in Indianapolis March 7 and I.

what the Herald had started. Both, however, failed within two yeaTR. S. Ray Williams became owner and publisher of the Democrat in 1879, holding it until 1881 when A. J. Hill again became owner. Hill then sold out to the firm of Roth and Cummons, of Bluffton, who in turn sold to Norval Blackburn in 1883. Blackburn sold the office and plant to the Democratic Press Co., which Lew G. Ellingham controlled in 1896. The Decatur Democrat now attained a metropolitan look, as Ellingham renovated the office, installing nevp furniture. Heller Joins Staff In 1897 John H. Heller joined the staff of the Decatur Democrat, and was soon promoted to managing editor. In 1910 when Ellingham was elected secretary of state, Heller became part owner, and in 1916 Ellingham sold his interest in the newspaper to Heller and purchased the Fort Wayne JournalGazette. A. R. Holthouse was secretary of the newly formed corporation. Through the years, new innovations have been added, keeping the paper near the level of the : average similar-sized newspapers. In 1906, an improved press was installed, power was changed from gas to’electric, and a hot air furnace greatly facilitated operations of the weekly paper. At this time, a daily paper , was printed in conjunction with the weekly. This paper was called the Decatur Daily Democrat. The first issue was Jan. 12, 1903. Late that

Van Wert Newspaper Damaged By Flood The Van Wert Times-Bulletin, the daily newspaper of Van Wert, 0., suffered a vexing loss of at least $5,000 when a carload of fcewly delivered pgper was completely rendered useless by six feet of wf ter at the paper's printing plant. The tightly bound rolls, weighing more than 750 pounds each, began poping like grains of popcorn, landing in front of a panel of mas-

GOES AND GOES AND GOES ON A GALLON! '<g^ li »OEgw?<r < Biacoyne i-Door Sedan shows the Fisher Body beauty of Chevrolet’a lowest priced series for ’59. ;’ CHEVY’S NEW HI-THRIFT 6 More miles are back in a gallon of regular-grade extra pep it gives you for passing and climbing hills. This gas-up to 10% more—and Chevy’s new Hi-Thrift is due t® higher torque at normal speeds. 6 engine puts them there. It also gives you more R mgy hanJ to anything that looks an<J /-% “git” in the speeds you drive the most, mOV€B thig >59 Chevy he such a stickler for Here’s an engine that always seems able to coax extra economy. But—whether you pick the Hi-Thrift 6or a miles out of a tank of regular-grade gas. Infact, if you're vim-packed VB—this is just MHMSESURVMBB one of those drivers who keep tab on things like gas O ne more reason Chevy’s mileage, you’ll soon see for yourself that this new Hi- th P rar that’* yanted for all Thrift 6 gets up to 10% more miles a gallon. ita worth. Stop by your HHHHmmmJI Another thing you’ll like about this 185-h.p. «is the dealer’s and see. ThssWtswiichiatothe'WChevy! ■ ■ ■ ' ' ' ° . 1 now—see the wider selection of models at your local authorized Chevrolet dealer's! SAYLORS CHEVROLET SALES 30S N. 13th STREET DECATUR, IND. PHONE 34710

summer, the Decatur Evening Journal suspended operation anp turned its subscription list over to the Daily Democrat. The birth of i small town dailies was now in | prominence and Decatur joined the list of cities that suscribed to this policy early in the game. fhiaiitititian Dies The Decatur Evening Herald, an outgrowth of Republican competition for the Democrat, ceased publication about 1918, and- left the daily Newspaper field in. Adams county to the Democrat. In 1925 Dick D. Heller joined the staff of the paper as vice-president and about that time C. E. Holthouse was hired, becoming treasurer in the early 1930’5. John H. Heller served as president of the Decatur Democrat Co., publishers of the Decatur Daily Democrat, until 1950, when IBs son succeeded him. At that time his grandson, John G. Heller, became associated with the newspaper, and in 1956 a second grandson. Dick D. Heller, Jr., began work at the Democrat. In 1954 Arthur Holthouse, editor of the newspaper, died, and was succeeded by Dick Heller, Sr. In 1958, Dick Heller, Sr., and John H. Heller both died after extended illnesses, and Dick D. Heller, Jr., was elected president,. and John G. Heller, vice-president, the third generation to be associated in the business. C. E. Holthouse continues as secretary-treasurer of the corporation. 4—

ter switches. This prevented electricians from reaching smoking wiring. The power was then shut off at an outside source. The newly installed press and stereotype machine in the basement, totalling 8100,000 were dunked. The actual amount of damage could not be determined until the water recedes, giving maintainence men a chance to check the i equipment for possible malfunc-' tions. Times-Bulletin personnnel ’ were not even estimating when it - could publish again.

Mrs. Cora Outcalt < Dies Last Evening 1 Mrs. Cora Outcalt, 71, died about 7 p.m. Thursday in the Blackford ■ county hospital after a brief ill- i ness. Among the survivors is a ; sister, Mrs. Chester Hines of Berne. , < J Religious Paintings To Show At Bluffton Gordon R. Kelly, who in recent years, has spent much of his time creating religious paintings., will show his commissioned portrait work and religious painting*, beginning Tuesday, at the First Methodist church in Bluffton. This show will be open February 17 through February 21, between the hours of 1 to 4 p.m. and 7 to fl jxm. and is free to the public. The i show is being sponsored by the' 1 Pioneer class of the church. Kelly j | will give a special lecture at the art exhibit Thursday at 7 p.m. Spe- 1 cial tours of the exhibit by interested groups or organizations may| be arranged by contacting the' church Monday morning. I The outskirts of American cities have been growing six times as fast as the cities themselves in recent years. I

aALg CAIfNOAH , FEB. 14—1:30 p. n>. B. W. 2 Siles »«t Yoder estate and agent torNoahlYoder heirs, z FEB Bia? C. W. Kent, sale MonroeMerica. auctioneer. nt Ossian FEB. 18-13:30 p. m. David Gerber. owner. 3 mtiMSouth on St. -Rd. 1 to Junction of US 224, then 2 mile* west. machinery. Ellenberger Bros., auct j.° owners FEB. 18-12:30 Noon. Aglers Grocery, Mr. & Mrs \ Glenmore, Ohio. Real estate, grocery stock, office equjpment, etc. Sale conducted by Kent A Gerald Strickler. D. S. Blair, aucts. C. W. Kent, sale mgr. FEB. 18—Elizabeth K. McMillen, The VaUey Fanns. one mile Rutheast of Decatur, Ind., on Highway No 33*fwstock, Fa Machinery, Power Equipment, Special Irrigation Pump with Motor and Pipe, Jeeps, Grain and Hay, etc., 10:00 a . m. Midwestßealty Auction Co., J. F. Sanmann and Associates, auctioneers. FEB. 19—11:00 a. m. Albert A. Anderson, owner. 3 ™ Ues _ 5% miles north of Decatur, Ind. on St. Rd. 101. Farm machinery and miscellaneous. Ray Elliott & Ernest Loy, Aucte. FEB. 19-1:00 p. m. Heirs at Henry Estate. Located miles east of Decatur cm route 224 and then % mile north on Immanuel Lutheran Church road and then ¥« mile east. Personal property and real estate. Sale conducted by the Thomas Realty Auction Co. Jim Beery, Auctioneer. FEB. 21—1:00 p. m. Mrs. Florence Matthews, Ex. tor Theodore Heuer estate. 6 miles north of Decatur on Fuelling Church road, . or 4 miles west of Hoagland and 2% milea south. Farm machinery and miscellaneous articles. Christ Bohnke, Auct. FEB. 21—2:00 p. m. Mr. & Mrs. Cary G. Knittie owner*. Located 1% miles east of Monroeville.'lnd. on flat Rock road; or 1«ule - north and 1% miles West of DixOfi, Ohio. 10 Acre Improved Sale conducted by the Thomas Realty Auction Co., Jim Beery, auctioneer; George C. Thomas, Saids Mgr. FEB. 21—9:30 a. m. Brice Bauserman. executor at Roy McDaniel estate. 5 miles east and % mile south of Berne, Ind. 79-acres and 2 frame houses and other buildings. Sale conducted by Mel’s Realty Auction Co., Mel Liechty, Miz Lehman, Aucts.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1959 ’

Adams County Men On Radio Program Cletus Gillman, work unit conservationist for the Adams soil conservation district and Leo N. Seltenright, county agricultural agent, will discuss “Minimum tillage In crop production” with Jay Gould on his little Red Barn program on WOWO Monday- Thebroadcast will be at 6:14 a.m. and 11:35 a.m. Minor Accident In Decatur Thursday A minor accident occurred early Thursday morning near the Adams county «>urt house when two cars collided while one vehicle was attempting to back from a parked position. The mishap occurred when a car : driven by Asa A. Pollock, 60. « Decatur, was attempting to back I out of a parking stall on Court I street at the same time a car dnvI en by Joseph T. Mulligan, 48, also 1 of Decatur, was travelling west on I the same street. I The estimated damage listed by the investigating officer shows that the Pollock auto received 8150 , damages and 8300 was given tor J the damages to the Mulligan auto. I