Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 48, Decatur, Adams County, 26 February 1959 — Page 6

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Mayor's Attackers Fled With $3,000 GREENSBURG. Ind. <UPD-; Mayor Sheldon Smith’s attackers fled with a cash box containing' more than $3,000 which the fright--a ened mayor offered them to spare him from mutilation with a razor blade, a detective quoted Smith Wednesday as saying. Indiana State Police Detective Frank Benz revealed that Smith told him, during questioning about a bizarre attack in the mayor’s office which Smith reported last weekend, th a t three slashers threatened to cut off his ears and otherwise mutilate him. Smith was released Wednesday from a hospital where he was treated for back and neck injuries and shallow cuts on his hands, head, face and abdomen. He told, authorities he was lured to his private thx accounting office on , a ruse Saturday night and fainted after two of the men held him and the other slashed him with a single-edge razor blade. The cash box contained a sum i estimated at more than $3,000, <

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Smith told Benz, which included more than SI,OOO of Smith’s own money and more than $2,000 in city court receipts. The court receipts represented fines and costs collected by Smith as city judge, a position he has held the last nine years under a | state law permitting mayors of fifth-class cities to serve also as city judges. The court receipts usually are deposited regularly and distributed to the city clerk treasurer and to the county auditor, the latter checks being for state and county portions of the distribution. Officials said that the county auditor had received no disburse- , ment from the city court fund ( since May, 1957, and the city clerk has received none since last • December. Prosecutor Richard Garvey ask- j ed the Indiana State Board of Ac- , counts to send examiners to audit j the court records ' and determine the difference between the receipts as shown on the court 1 docket and the amount deposited i in a special bank account. 1 < Over 2.500 Daily Democrats an 'i sold and delivered in Decatur i each day. I

Emergency Loans To Fanners Os Area Emergency loan funds are available to farmers in Adams, Blackford, Jay and Wells counties. reminds Donald A. Norquest, county supervisor of the Farmers Home Administration at Decatur. Any farmer -in the counties mentioned above who suffered a substantial loss from flood or excessive rainfall last year is urged to contact FHA for possible assistance, if he is unable to secure the credit he needs from other sources. Other eligibility requirements consist of the farmer’s being primarily engaged in farming with reasonable prospects for success in the farming operations he plans to carry on. Funds can be advanced for the purchase of seed, feed, fertilizer and other operating needs; as well as, for family subsistence, medical care, insurance premiums or the current year’s taxes. Also, if the releveling of land or the replacement or repair of fences are necessary as . a direct result

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Os flood, fundiAnay be obtained for these purposes. The interest rate is 3 per cent with the repayment schedule depending upon the purposes for which the funds were advanced and upon the estimated income of the applicant. For example: loans for replacement and repair of equipment may be scheduled for repayment over periods up to five years, while loans for crop production are repayable when income from the crop is normally received. Applications for emergency assistance for this year’s program will be received through June 30, 1959. The Decatur office in Room 4, K. of C. building, is open daily, 7 a. m. to 3:30 p. m., Monday through Friday. Part-time offices are maintained in the ASC office in Hartford City every Wednesday, 11 a. m. to 12 noon; in the ASC office at Bluffton every Monday, 12 noon to 1 p. m.; and in the ASC office in Portland every Tuesday from 12 noon to Ip.m. All hours listed are central standard time Trade in a good town — Decatur

r"" - yirv ~ •_, ~ | ■ KL GASLIGHT —ls you like the nostalgia of a gas light in your yard, and also want to make it easy for the meter reader, the Rochester, N. Y„ Gas and Electric corporation offers this one. Hutcheson Estate Is Sued By Union INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — The estate of the late Williato 'Big Bill) Hutcheson, who was presi-; dent of the Carpenters Union, has 1 been named in a suit by two union members to recover up to $450,000 worth of stocks, property and money the plaintiffs charge Hutcheson obtained by manipulation. Joseph K. Huntsman and Harry Riley, members of carpenters Local 101 at Baltimore, Md., contended in the suit that Hutcheson< illegally obtained an 80-acrej orange grove, 250 shares of stock in a packing company and $5,337 by using union funds. They seek to recover the alleged losses for rank and file union members, plus six per cent interest i The suit, filed in Marion Su-! perior Court 5 here, contended that Hutcheson obtained 200 shares of stock in the packing company for himself when the company issued a 2-for-l stock split in 1934. The suit said the union owned 200 shares before the split and its holdings should have been 400 shares ■ after the split. Hutcheson was accused of later turning in shares in exchange for the orange grove. Union Pals Club Elects Officers The Union Pals 4-H club, under the guidance of adult leaders Mrs. Ben Gerke and Mrs. George Ruble, elected officers at the meeting Monday night in the Immanuel Lutheran church. Miss Ann Lehman was in charge of the meeting as Sandy Grote led the group in singing. Kathy Thieme was pledge leader. New officers are: Sandy Grote, president; Ann Lehman, vice president; Loretta Wass, secretary Lois Gerke,-treasurer; donna Allison, hews reporter; Barbara Bleeke, health and safety; Pat Ruble, recreation leader; .Janice Allison, -song leader; -Barbara Bleeke, pianist, and Mary Anne Gerbers, scrapbook. The next meeting will be March 10 at 7:30 p. m. at the same place. Refreshments will be served.

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Lee Petty Is Winner Os Race Sweepstakes DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (UPD —Lee Petty of Randelman, N. C. reigned today as winner of the 500-mile NASCAR stock car race sweepstakes, but he had to wait three days to make it official. Johnny Beauchamp of Harlan, lowa, was at first'declared winner of Sunday’s classic. However, protests from men in the pit area forced NASCAR President Bill france to withhold a final decision until films of the close finish could be studied. An absence of photo-finish facilities complicated matters and officials had to pour over films and still shots of the race to determine Petty’s victory. They finally, declared Petty the winner Wednesday. The pictures showed Petty’s 1959 Oldsmobile in front of Beauchamp’s 1959 Ford Thunderbird as the car cars zoomed past the finish line. Petty's average winning time was 135.521 mph, a new 500 - mile record for stock cars. Petty, who didn’t file an official protest, said “I slept good because I know I had won it.” His dreams were monej' - makers as there is a difference of about SII,OOO in prize money between first and second place. Bowling Scores American Legion League W L Pts. Burke Insurance ..--14 7 19 Cowens Insurance 13 8 18 ! First State Bank 13 8 17 i Burke Standard —.— 12 9 15 i Mies Recreation 10 11 15 ' Firestone 11 10 L 3 Macklin 9 12 13 Ashbaucher 4 17 5 Cowens took 2 from Burke Insurance; Firestone won 3 from Macklin: Bank won 2 from Ashbauchers: Mies won 2 from Burke Standard. 200 scores: Hpdle 222-214; Hoff- j 1 man 204; Ashbaucher 202; Schnepf. W. 222; R. Fuelling 202; R. Andrews 209; E. Bulmahn 201; J. Meyer 232-232: Cochran 208; Geisler 200; G. Koos 203; Frauhiger 200: Bultemeier 204. ’ 600 series: Hodle 605 ' 222-214-!169){ J. Meyer 627 (163-232-232). .i ...r ; —. Major Teague j . .. .... W - L Pts. ' Decatur Blue Flame 14 10 19 ’ Tocsin Garage 13 11 19 > Three Kings Tavern 13 11 18 . Hoagland Farm Eq. 13 11 17 ' Midwestern Life —. 13 11 16% • Hooker. Paint 12 12 16% • Oakdale Kennels — 12 12 15 Beavers Oil Service 12 12 15 Ideal Dairy—- H 13 15 Petrie Oil-— 7 17 9 Tocsin Garage won 4 pts from Ideal Dairy, Decatur Blue Flame won 3 pts. from Beavers Oil Servr ice. Three Kings Tavern won 3 s pts. from Petrie Oil. Oakdale Kenb nels won 3 pts. from Hoagland > Farm Eq., Hooker Paint won 2% - pts. from Midwestern Life. s 200 games—R. McAfee 206-204, f C. Lindemann 225, R. Dedolph 217, I' J. Meyer 203-204, P. Schroeder 235y 200. R. Ladd 204, Boenker 202, E. Witte 202, D. Reidenbach 214. D. Burke 200-213, L. Reef 202, T. Feni- nig 202. y — ■./ ■ —r 2— j. ■ 2 l_ False Alarm Answered t By Fire Department e. a Decatur’s fire department ree ported a false alarm call to Third :t and Marshall streets at 1:55 p.m. 0 Wednesday. Investigation failed to ■- locate any fire or the party who | called.

The Anderson college quartet will present a concert of sacred music at the Church of God, Cleveland street, Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock, the pastor, the Rev. Huston Bever, Jr., announced today. Members of the group are, left to right: 7 Stan Kardatzke, tenor, of Wichita, Kan.; Phil Fair, lead, Muskogee, Okla.; Stan Kirkpatrick, baritone, Mitchell <a former resident of Decatur when his father, the Rev. W. H. Kirkpatrick, was pastor of the Church of God); Randall Childres, bass. Sand Springs, O*la., and Don Mitten, pianist. Topennish, Wash.

Miss Kay Wynn Is Given Music Rating Miss Kay Wynn, a student at Decatur high school, and a music

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1 pupil at Decatur Catholic high • school,, received an excellant rating in Indianapolis Saturday. Miss Wynn presented 1 e :ano solo. Trade in a good town — Decatur