Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 23 February 1959 — Page 2

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO.. INC. Entered at the Decatur. Ind., Port Office aa Second Class Matter Dick D. Heller, Jr President John G. Heller — Vice-President Chas. Holthouse - — Secretary-Treasurer Subscription Bates: By Mail in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, $8.00; Six months, $4.25; 3 months, $2.25. By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties; One year, M $9.00; 6 months, $4.75; 3 months. $3.50. Py Carrier, 3C> cents per week. Single coplea, $ cents. Tourney Edition This week the annual Indiana high school basßetHJall madness culminates for most teams in the sectional :tourney, starting for Adams county on Wednesday night ; at the Adams Central gym at Monroe. g - i' ■ '' _ Each year the Decatur Daily Democrat puts out a i special issue, picturing each team, featuring team rec- *■ s J * ords, former sectional winners, and making its predic- • tions for the champion. The sports editor’s pick for ; 1959 champion is—the Bern® Bears, over the Yellow £ Jackets in the final garnet* A total of 201 firms and groups supported the eight • teams this year; Robert Wemhoff and Fred Isch cover* 3 ed the county, and thank each advertiser for their participation. More groups supported the special edition | this year than ever beiore. I ♦ • • * » • Floods and Flooding | When the pioneers settled Adams county, the first t thing necessary was to clear the land of timber, so that crops could be planted. Each farmer, working as an individual, cleared his own land, asking for help only <on major tasks, like erecting a log cabin. At first only a few acres were cleared. Then half a I farm, and finally as the farmers’ prosperity increased, teach farmer put as much under cultivation as he could i handle. Land became scarcer as each farmer cleared more, and had more land for crops, and more machinery : to help him plant and harvest. Soon farmers were draining the many little ponds land marshes that dotted the countryside. When the .county was founded in 1836, Monroe township was with£out a settler, an impenitrable swamp. At first each farmer drained his own land. Then, fas this presented problems to his neighbors downstream, | farmers began to cooperate on ditches. Thus a hodgepodge of drainage methods, plans, and lack of plans, » some good and some bad, came into existence. I Today, farmers arid landowners of the county, look- » ing at the various drainage problems involved, from the , minute slope on an individual farm to the more complex — problems of drainage in the St. Mary’s or Wabash river basiris, realize that planning on a county basis can and -will prevent much of the error found in the trial and - error methods of the past. A good amount has been 1 learned from past experience, but it > can not be brought .’.to bear upon present drainage problems without a f master county pain. . " Many local agricultural leaders recognize this as a i major problem. These men have often discussed the | problem of drainage with Don Sisson, Purdue exten- | sion engineer. . Sisson suggested a county-wide meet--7 ing of those concerned to see if a county drainage pro- : gram can be undertaken; t — ~ » All county landowners and everyone interested in J the problem have been invited to the meeting Tuesday jnight at 8 p. m. at the Adams Central school library, f If anything is accomplished, and a county program | formulated, Adams county will again be pioneering in | a new field. This county will be the first in the state I tb so organize and coordinate its planning and thinking. ami n>.i— .« i-li. ■•***»■ - — .- ■■■—— — —■.... , . ~ _ _ _ _

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Report Two Wrecks In County Saturday Two property damage accidents occurred Saturday night near Berne within a 46-minute period. Damage was considered fairly heavy, but none of the drivers was reported injured. At 10 o'clock Saturday evening, miles north of Berny on US. 27 at the junction of the main highway and county road 17, cars driven. „hy Manford H. Chaney, 56, route five. Portland, and Clarence L. Hamrick, 31, route two, Berne, collided. The mishap occurred when the Hamrick auto was attempting a left turn off U S. 27 while headed south. A car following the Hamrick auto passed on the right, but Chaney failed to see the turn signals and attempted to pass on the left. Damage to the Chaney auto was fixed at $450 and SIOO was estimated to the Hamrick car. 5) Forty-five minutes later at 10:45 p m.,. 314 miles west of Berne and 114 miles north, on county road 38 in French township, a rear-end collision occurred. The sheriff's re* port shows that a car driven by Jerry Sommer. 16, route two, Berne, was struck from the rear by a car driven by Perry L. Isch, 16, route four, Bluffton, as the Sommer vehicle attempted to slow down for a bridge. Damage to the Sommer auto was estimated at $450 and $l5O damage was estimated to the Isch vehicle. r . 20 Years Ago Today I n o Feb. 23, 1939—Miss Rose Dunathan. former Decatur high school teacher and principal, died at Van Wert, O. The Decatiir General Electric plant has recalled 30 employes, to bring the working force' up to about 300, working a five-day week of 40 hours. Saylors Bros, local auto dealers, announced the purchase of the Paul Chevrolet agency and the Runyort garage. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Zwick are moving into their new home on North Third street.

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iSMMBmmwmBBSHB CHAPTER 15 1 THEY were riding briskly when ' the great, bursting sunrise ' the plains jumped suddenly in j the east. Rhoda Marsh went slow- * er and slower to watch it, and • then she stopped. Ree Semple was beside Her. ’‘lt’s pretty at . that," 1 Ree said. “Like the biggest painted lodge you’ll ever see.” —■ 4 Mordecai Price watched them [ dourly. They seemed much younger than he was, the woman with the strong and eager look, and J Ree with his shaggy, sandy hair taking on a reddish look from the sunrise. The two of them 10l- • tered there, watching the explo- ' Bion of colors on fluffy clouds. It 1 was like they were seeing a fu—ture, like were holding - agreed, secret thoughts that Mor- ' lecal didn’t know about. “It comes up every day!” he said. "Let's git!” . Mordecai set a hard pace. Because of the looks of the sunrise he was willing to bet Old Belcher, his rifle, against a Northwest fusee that it would rain before noon. Rain it did. The big wind came first, driving sand, flattening the sparse grass, jerking bushes near the river. Behind it was a mountain of rain, a leaden world of it ’’ The three of them were tightly grouped, with the pack animals close behind them. They passed the bodies of three or tour horseß: That made about fifteen in ail that Mordecai had seen. Big Nose Y enzer was making a run el it with the Rocky Mountain Fur Co., pack train, but he must be near at a standstill now, and the worst part of the trip was bflll ahead. Ree had given Rhoda a blanket capote. "There just ain’t no cover In this country," he said. The rain, struck with an Icy fury. In rpihutes the dusty, shedding hides of the ponies became wet and streaming. The pack ponies wanted to stop. Mordecai swung tn behind them to keep them going. He pulled his wolfskin hat tight down around his ears, smelling the strong animal odor of it as soon as it wet through. He saw Rhoda’s wet skirts, voluminous as they were, beginning W sag against her body where she had them hitched high about her lap. Her hair began to come down as the rain soaked It during gusts when the hood of her capote was driven back. The forte of the wind died away after a time, but the rain continued, ice-laden and steady. With water running down their fetlocks, the ponies slopped on, plodding through a dismal, gloomy world. At intervals they got down to lead the ponies. Rhoda's long skirts dragged In the mud even while she tried to hold them up with one hand. Mordecai ssw that her shoes were becoming shape-

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o"" ' ~ ■ -J Modern Etiquette I By ROBERTA LEE o-————— Q If the friends of a teen-aged girl are permitted to stay out late at night, should her parents still insist upon her being home early? A. This depends upon circumstances. It would be unfair to make your daughter the exception for very special occasions, such as her school dance. But at other times, it is up to the parents to set the deadline they think wisest. Q. I was widowed several months ago, and have been told that I should either discard my ' wedding ring or wear it on my right hand. What is correct? A. Certainly you do not have to do either of these things! You may continue to wear your wedding ring for as long as you wish. O. Is it proper to announce aai ; engagement if one of the couple is awaiting a final divorce decree? A. Never! Nor should the gii| wear an engagement ring. National FFAWeek Is Being Observed Future Farmers of America are observing National FFA week Feb. 21-28 through various type# of activities in the individual chapters throughout Indiana. Indiana’s association of FFA, chartered in 1929. includes 365 active chapters with a membership of 9,796. Nationally, there are 50 chartered associations with 8,993 chapters and an active membership of 377,922. Then too, another important event in the near future for all Indiana FFA members will be the annual state convention. This year’s convention, the 13th, will be held at Purdue University, April 2-4. One of the features of the state convention will be a talk by William Paul Gray, Washington, D. C., national FFA executive secrotary. —• William E. Dorsey, route 2, Syracuse, is state president, and K. W. Kiltz of the department of education at Purdue serves as executive secretary-treasurer soy the Indiana association.

less and soggy. Stopping at noon t would have made their misery I worse by inaction. They went on t steadily until It was time to camp 1 for the night It was still raining. Mordecai would have continued, j but he saw that Rhoda was al- j most exhausted. j Mordecai had speht many a ' worse night, without even a poorly tanned buffalo robe to grow i heavy and soggy around him; but he was glad when the rain wore out near dawn the next morning. The others rose when he did. He saw the prospect of a clear sunrise, and all around the land was sparkling with water beads, a clean-washed land moving gently toward the mighty Rockies, yet unseen by days to travel, but clear in Mordecai’s mind. “We’ll cook later tn the morning,” he said, "when the buffler chips dry out some.” The far distance grew misty with vapor when the sun struck with full force. A wind from the west was chill at first, but warmed gradually as they rode. Hours later, when they stopped for breakfast, the ground was almost dry. Rhoda took one of her bags and disappeared over a small rise. When she returned, she had changed her clothes. Her hair was in two braids. She was defiant of Mordecai’s keen stare. “We still got them Indian clothes," he said, thinking to be helpful. “Keep them for one of your women at rendezvous!" “1 ain’t got no woman at rendezvous." All that day Mordecai kept looking behind. It was far too early for the rival American Fur Co. pack train to be catching up, but the thought kept worrying ’ him. No matter what a man thought of the American Fur Co., i he had to respect their ruthless : way of getting results: and Morl decal had tremendous respect for i their big, tireless mules. He stiU didn’t understand Ree's i fix In this business. Ree said he I wasn’t Working for nobody, and ' Ree generally told the truth, though often in a left-hand way ’ that kept you guessing. Mordecai signaled for Ree to i come up beside him. Busily en- : gaged in teaching Rhoda sign s language, Ree took his time before jogging ahead to Mordecat • “What now?" "I’m thinking you might be figI uring to invite Hudson's Bay to i the rendezvous." "The hell!” Ree said genially. "Just that” Hudson's Bay with , their superior goods and master , traders who could get along with Indians better than any outfit ) in the mountain* Mordecai guess- ; ed the British could bring a heap i of whisky, too, if ft was needful » in the trading. Which it would ! be, certain. "AU I’m wondering Is why

Annual Bargain Day I In Nation's Capital I ' '. - ■ I WASHINGTON (UPD—Bargainhunters stormed the capital’s fa- • mous George Washington birthday > sales today like the British chargi ing Bunker Hilli To the hardy and the patient ■ went the spoils—3 cent sunglasses, 99 cent auto tires, $3 washing machines and 22-cent power mow- [ ers. I An extra police detail was as- • signed to the downtown area to , break up traffic jams. A group of detectives circulated among the . mobs to nab shoplifters. The , crowd was swelled by govern- . ment, bank and school employes, . whose offices were shut. Shoppers came from as far away as 100 miles to buy 1 cent boats (you had to purchase a new . Ford first, of course), 69 cent auto I radios and 99 cent suitcases. For I those who weakened in the face ' of the stampeding hordes, there was $2.22 gin and 11 cent aspirin. Many of the bargain-hunters began lining up in front of the ■ stores Sunday night with blankets and thermos bottles of hot coffee - to ward off the 40 degree chill. The champion line-waiter was i 62-year-old W. Townsend Raplee ’ who set up camp in front of one store Friday night, 60 hours before the sale began, with a chair, forts of home. He wanted a 99 cent typewriter. Raplee had waited all night in • front of the same store for the , same bargain in past years. He I does not know how to type. I The store took pity this year on . Raplee and other shoppers who annually wait, in line all night in the February cold for the 99 cent ’ typewriters and half-price adding I machines. It hired a bus for them i to spend the night in. Actually, the limited number of 99 cent autos and 7 cent razors • are just come-ons. They all are snapped up within minutes after the doors open. But the business- ( men know the shoppers will stick ■ around to buy other items. ____________ —— Yellowed Handles The bone handles of cutlery can be whitened considerably if they 1 are rubbed with a Cloth wet with ■ peroxide of hydrogen. Rinse in 1 clear water and dry with a soft cloth. .;——Z."

would they need any Inviting," Mordecai said. “Second thing, you ain’t got time to get to Fort Boise and bring 'em back.” “Sure ain't.” Ree glanced ground to see how Rhoda was doing. Ornery devil lights were sparkling tn his eyes. That nad al ways been a giveaway with mm, no matter how solemn he kept the rest of his face. "Supposing Hudson’s Bay was holding a pack train just over the mountains, on the Green, say. What for would they have to wait for word from you or anyone else?” "Supposing they was doing just that,” Ree said. “Maybe they was some leery about starting a fur war, fess'll they was plumb sure us Americans was already starting it big amongst ourselves. The British don’t Have to stay west of the mountains Mord.” Mordecai studied Ree hard and long. -“The British ain't going to hold no pack train aU the way from Vancouver somewheres in the mountains most of the spring just to make sure us Americans are trying to cut each other’s throats." “They might—if they knowed far enough in advance what could happen. How come you went clean to Santy Fee last robe season, Mord? Looking for beaver country, you bet. She ain’t what she was, even when I first come out. Stead of fighting Injuns now to make your raises, it's fighting each other to grab up what plews there is at rendezvous. “Danged right the British would hang off and then come boiling in if they was real sure American and Rocky Mountain was trying to rob each other! She ain’t going to last, Mord. They’re all going to try to get It while they can. So am I.” ' “How?" _.L "I’ll tell you when it’s time. Ree grinned. Mordecai tested him again. ■Why’n’t you take care of Rhoda, while Igo on to catch the train?” Ree shook his head. “You don’t want to go that bad. You’re scared to leave her alone with me. We’ll ajl catch up, won’t we ? Then that no-good outfit Shandy sent out will get to rendezvousin time. Likely won’t be anybody left there by then, ao you can take Rhoda on to Cass and turn her over to the missionary. Likely she won’t even kiss you goodbye, the way you been treating—” “You run on worse nor a crazy Piute squaw!” Rhoda came riding up to them. “We was just arguing about whisky,” Ree said, in high humor, "The singing rattles came from both sides of her. Terror compressed her whole being. .” Tbit describes an experience swatting Rhoda as the story continue* tomorrow.

1 Francis O. Miller Dies At Van Wert Francis 0. Miller, 67, died Sunday in his home at Van Wert, O.» after a heart attack Saturday ■ night. Mr. Miller was employed by ■ a Decatur foundry for a number of ' years. Surviving are the widow, ‘ Ella, and a sister, Mrs. Ernest Poling, Huntington. r'" f Services will be/conducted at 2 ; p.m. Wednesday lin the Knoll--1 Brickner funeral home, the Bev. Clark B. Price officiaing. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery. ‘ Friends may call at the funeral J home after 5 p.m. Tuesday. r J — ■ Bar Association's : Delegates Meeting J CHICAGO (UPD—The American . Bar Association’s policy-making , House of Delegates opened its . midyear session today, faced with issues ranging from whether the ' U.S. Supreme Court is too lenient , with Communists to establishment of an -ethical code for federal , agencies. The 246-delegate house, repre- ; senting more than 200,000 members of the legal profession, be- , gan its two day meeting confronted with a host of ABA committee recommendations, all of which i needed house approval to become policy. Most controversial of the proposals were those of the ABA’s Committee on Communist Tactics, Strategy and Objectives, which called for congressional remedial legislation to counteract recent Supreme Court rulings on Communism. Ask State Power Among other things, the committee wants states to be given the power to punish sedition against the United States. The high court has held this is purely a federal matter. “We definitely are not ‘after’ the Supreme Court,’’ Committee Chairman Peter Campbell Brown of New Yori said. "We specifically say we do not want the court’s power limited. We just want to correct some wrongs.” The 10-member committee that Congress “promptly and carefully” consider recent Supreme Court decisions and “prepare and pass separate amendments to the laws involved so as to remove any doubt as to the intent of Congress and to remedy any defect in the existing laws.” 1 Sides With Committee The ABA’s top-level board of governors already has sided with the committee although insisting the board m no way wants to “censure the Supreme Court nor ‘ attack tae independence of ttie diciary.” A day earlier, however, the board announced it officially was accepting the resignation from the ABA of Chief Justice Earl Warren and that Warren’s severance “was in no way related to a lapse of dues.” The Communist issue rested 42nd on the house agenda and it was possible it might not come up until Tuesday. - „ '■ Johnson Casts Vote For Pay Increase Joint state representative from Adams and Wells counties, Burl Johnson, voted to increase the salaries of prosecuting attorneys. Depending on assessed valuation and population, the range in pay will be from $5,000 to 17,500. - He also favored cutting unemployment compensations maximums from $47 and<s4l to $43 and $37 for the 30-week period. Both actions passed the house overwhelmingly. Delay Groundbreaking At New East Front WASHINGTON (UPD — Rainy weather forced postponement of the groundbreaking ceremonies today for. the new east front of the U. S. Capitol. Congressional leaders put off the ceremonies until Tuesday. The event was scheduled as a dual celebration of the ground-breaking and Washujgton’s Birthday. The site selected was -only a few hundred feet from the spot where the first president himself laid the building’s cornerstone 165 years ago. Hoosier Is Second In Speaking Finals ELKHART, Ind. (UPD — Tom Brunner, Elkhart, a Northwestern University student, won second place in the individual speaking finals of the Capitol Hill Collegiate Debating Tournament in Washington during the weekend. Paul D. Hinton, Hammond, was a member of the four-man Air Force Academy group which won team honors. Convict Jumps To Death At Prison MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (UPD - James B. Watford, 34, Avon Park. Fla., who was serving a 1-10 year term for house burglary, leaped 40 feet to his death at the Indiana State Prison Saturday. Watford, sentenced from Vanderburg County in October, 1957, bolted from a line of prisoners and jumped from the fourth floor of the-cell hopse, officials said.

Six Persons Killed In Indiana Traffic United Press International Lafayette bore the brunt of Indiana's weekend traffic death toll. Four of the six weekend victims lived there. Three Lafayette men were killed in two accidents, and a Purdue University freshman died in a third fatal crash. All six fatalities occurred in the northern half of the state, and five of them were confined to a relatively small northwestern area. Although six fatalities in a 54hour weekend is below normal, the toll was the greatest in more than a month. The sixth victim was Ronald Achor, IS, Anderson, a Purdue freshman, who was killed late Sunday night when a car in which he was riding collided header with another car on Ind- 28 about four miles east erf Frankfort. The cars were driven by William Miller, 18, Yorktown, and Neil Wisler, 26, Alexandria. Police said that Miller. ~ in whos« car Achor was riding, apparent!) drove on the wrong side of the road. Ralph Reese, 47, Van Buren, Ohio, died in Souder Hospital at Auburn of injuries sustained Sunday when his truck smashed into the rear of another truck on U.S. 6 near Waterloo. Two Lafayette men died and two others injured critically in a one-car crash Saturday on Ind. 43 near West Lafayette. Edward Ralph Ungersma, 48, was killed outright and Jack K. Brady, 41, died in St. Elizabeth’s Hospital at Lafayette Sunday. James E. Platt, 46, and Lloyd K. Kintner, 45. were reported in critical condition. _ Another Lafayette man. Earl England, 26, was killed Saturday when his car skidded into a utility pole along a Tippecanoe County road south of West Lafayette. A spectacular three-car collision Saturday on U.S. 136 near Covington killed Robert L. Abernathy, 37, Danville, 111. St. Mary's River At Six-Foot Level St. Mary’s river was at an even feet as of 7 a.m. today, according to weather observer Louis Landrum. Also reported was .28 inch of rain. The river has now dropped more

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than eight feet in the past week. Two weeks ago, when heavy rains were threatening the Adams county area, the river was at 4.54 feet, but soon swelled to a high of 22.59 by Tuesday, Feb. 10. Presbyterian Women To Present Progrtim The Presbyterian Women's Association will have a special Lenten program Wednesday night in the church. A symposium of association members, with the Rev. Harold Bond as guest speaker will present the subject of “Our Church.” Mrs. Robert Gay will discuss the responsibility of the church members, and what the church member feels is the responsibility of the pastor. Mrs. Gene Rydell will presen “The Church as God’s Instrument.” Rev. Bond will give an evaluation of the church’s growth. Mrs. Harold Bond is program chairman for the February 25 association meeting. She will also coordinator of the discussion. > SPRING TERM MARCH 16 Assoc. BSC Degree But. Ada. and Fin. Exocvgvo Secretarial Professional Accounting Approved P» Veteran TrataiM INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE Fort Woyoe, lodlana Every E Wednesday I IS TOT’S | DAY | AT EDWARD’S t STUDIO Quality Work at A Low Price To You. ■