Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 68, Decatur, Adams County, 21 March 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 2.-V— Secretary-Treasurer ' Subscription Rates: By Mail in Adams and Adjoining Counties: Oae year, $8 00; Six months, $4-25; 3 months, $2.25. By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, $9.00; 6 months, $4.75; 3 months, $2.50. By Carrier, 30 cents per Week. Single copies, 6 cents. Spring Fever The Decatur Golf Course will open for the summer today in spite of cool weather. Plans called for mowing the greens Friday, and rolling them next week. A number of local enthusiasts will be tickled to know that the season is starting once again, and in fair weather or foul, they can be counted on to show up at their regular time for a few holes. • • • • Watch Out A number of local people have been closely watch- ~ ing the Allen county grand jury investigation of gambling, which seems to involve pinball machines that pay off. The original story stated that federal gambling licenses had been issued for Decatur. Undoubtedly any local groups or organizations connected with the HiJinks company will be looking at their operation to see if it is involved in anything illegal. Actually it may not be so, since it may have only been a contemplated action here; or their business here might even be legitimate. However, there are probably some worried people here, too.

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ITT' Sr *' I ' " .J V 111 Bh . W- - ■**<*? I HERE’S HOW IT WORKS— Mr. and Mrs. Paul Strickler, proprietors of Adams county Mobile Home Sales? discuss policy in the •‘old’’ office. The building is undergoing extensive

What was once regarded by many as a 'gypsy-type" of living, is now being lobked at in a different light, especially in Decatur. The stigma that was tacked onto people who lived in trailers is being washed away as the transition from "trailers” to "mobile homes” is made. A look at the mobile homes being sold at the Adams county mobile home sales will set straight many distorted ideas of mobile home living. The luxurious models feature fireplaces, deep freezes, hi-fit throughout the interior, indirect rheostat-controlled lighting, and many other “comfortable” items, previously reserved for the non-mobile home. And if you think Decatur is going “Hollywood.” you may well I be correct, because at the mobile home court operated by Dr. and Mrs. Harold V. DeVor, a swimming pool is one of the conveniences afforded the “parkers.” Mr. and Mrs. Paul Strickler, who operate the largest sales volume of mobile homes in the county, supply this area with more than service and sales, but give much of themselves and their equipment for local enterprises. Civil defense, the Red

— CHAPTER 26 BY SUNRISE Mordecai Price and the Snakes had found eighteen more ponies along the river. It required a council to determine who would drive them back to camp. None of the Snakes wanted to return, but after Mordecal promised extra goods from the Rocky Mountain Fur Co. pack train Wounded Crow took the job. Shortly afterward Beaver Tails began to trail a pony that had veered purposefully from the herd. He determined that it was carrying a rider, “Blackfoot.” Beaver Tails’ mind was set on the point. “White man,” Mordecai said. One with everything It took, too. He’d left his horse somewhere, come down the bluff on foot, put the herd on the run and got away on a stolen pony. All that took a little doin’. No Indian had done it, or else he would have picked out some of the best ponies and taken them with him. This man was circling back now to pick up the horse he’d left. An American Fur Co. spy, sure as shooting. Beaver Tails was unconvinced. "Blackfoot,” he said, and took off on the horseman’s trait When Mordecai got back to camp, Rhoda Marsh was cooking antelope meat that Wounded Crow had brought in. There wasn't time to wait on it. Once more Rhoda was forced to eat in the saddle, this time half-done meat Beaver Tails caught up late tn the morning. He rode along silent for a while. Then he said. “White man." After another spell of brooding he explained that he "had trailed the man back to where a pony had been left beyond the bluffs, and there he had read the sign and changed his mind about the man being a fi p 1c f’oot' "Which way did he go?" Mordecai asked. Beaver Tails pointed west /• * • Jim Shandy had a spare Horse now as he rode on west from where he had picketed his mount before going down the bluff to bust up the pony herd. Slick, that had been. Only poor luck of the whole thing was not getting a crack at Mordecai. Before dark Shandy had wolfed tn close enough to study the camp. He was surprised, and some worried, not to see Ree Semple there. Just Mordecai and the Snakes and a squaw. Maybe Ree had gone bn with the missionary woman, but there was a big chance he was also looking for ponies. If he’d gone on to rendezvous for help, that was bad medicine As she stood now, Rocky Mountain Fur Co. was in a fix. Mordecal wasn’t going to have time enough to round up all the ponies

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Cross, 4-H clubs, and other organizations are loaned coaches by the Stricklers for their various needs. The rapport of good will established by these acts are well justified, according to the Stricklers. They feel that what they offer to the community satisfies them as well as the recipients. And in the community vein, owners of mobile homes are just ’ as much a part of their surrounding community as the fellow with the ivy-covered cottage. Mobile home owners are required to pay taxes on their units within 10 days of purchase, or within 10 days of parking on a lot. They also enjoy a “camaradi” that many neighborhoods would be proud to claim. At a local mobile home court recently, a group of the “parkers” cooperated on a surprise birthday party for at semi-invalid old man. The spirit of neighborliness reigned high on that day. The birth of mobile homes was around 1931 when a self-styled manufacturer built one_for his own use, but sold it before it was out of the plant. He kept building them for himself, but always had it sol’d before he could use

he needed, but if Ree and a bunch came boiling in from rendezvous with a herd Rocky Mountain could still make a tight race of it Shandy aimed to see that no more ponies got to that crippled pack train. He’d run off one herd; he guessed he could handle another; Later on. Shandy knew he would have to settle with MordedaL He guessed he could handle that too, when the time came. It could work out awful easy for Shandy, at that. Mike Nesmith and Parson Bill Kerr were both back there with the train. If they didn’t get overhasty and try to meet Mordecai head-on, the two of them could put him under. Shandy rode west to take care of Ree Semple. • * • The Sweetwater divide was behind them now and the Platte was off to the right A hot, gritty wind was flaying the back of Mordecai’s neck. Rump hair on the scrubby ponies was lifting to it Mordecai kept searching ahead for the dust of a pack train, knowing that if he saw dust it would be from tne American Fur Co.’s big mules. Beaver Tails spotted the man on foot He didn’t yell Blackfoot, but the way him and the other Snakes took out you could figure they was thinking they had at least an unhorsed Blood or Piegan. Rhoda watched in horror as the Snakes rode a wide circle around their victim. "Is that “all they think of—scalps?” "About all. They’re Injuns,” said-Mordecai. The Snakes didn’t get a scalp. They came back to the herd with the man riding behind Little Foolish Bear. A vision of complete disaster at the Rocky Mountain Fur Co. pack train came to Mordecai when he recognized Big Nose Yenzer. The clerk was coated with dust. His eyes were wild. His moccasins had worn out and his feet were wrapped tn part of his shirt. He had a guilty, sullen look. “Where’s the train?” Mordecai asked. Big Nose wiped dust from his lips. "This side of Red Buttes.” “What’s wrong with it?” "Everything.” Big Nose eyed the ponies. "You ain’t got enough to do the Job.” "It’ll have to be enough." Rhoda gave Big Nose a drink from her water flask. The Snakes gave him pemmtean and rigged him a bridle. He ate as he rode, telling his story between bites. "Shandy!" Mordecai growled. “That’s who I said. You got ears.” Big Nose told his story flatly and defiantly. “I was drunk when he found me. He run me out of camp and that’s it.” "You couldn’t have been too

it. This developed into the multimillion dollar business it now is. Strickler, in his 12th year selling mobile homes in Decatur, said , that the war (WW ID proved to be the biggest boost that the industry ever has had. Wives wanted to stay with their husbands, but housing conditions were so restricted that mobile trailers came to the fore. And the trend of living in these "homes on wheels" has become firmly established in our present econmy. As financing becomes more available, mobile home coaches are being put into use as lake cottages, concession stands, galleries, and, of course, homes, per se. The Stricklers are currently remodeling their office area, but business continues as usual. The 12 employes who repair and keep up the used coaches are assisting in this modernization process. While Mrs. Strickler awaits her new office space, she busily tends the filing system, keeping it up to date, cares for her three children (and the little giant of a German shepherd) and aids husband Paul with numerous items that crop up throughout the day. Starting their 12th year in De-

drunk,” Mordecai said, “or you wouldn’t’ve got near as far as you brought the train.” "That’s as far as it’s going.” “We’ll see. Who’s carrying the pipe there now ?”— “Who else would it be —Shandy." “1 don’t think Shandy's with . the train." Likely as sunrise, he was the one who had run off the ponies. Big Nose stared morosely into the hazy past. He shook his head. "If Shandy ain’t in charge, I don’t know who is. Maybe nobody." “You are,” Mordecai said. "And you’re going to make it, too. Did Joe Hassell come back?” “Nope.” “No word at all on the American Company train?” “Nope.” Big Nose kept sizing up the herd. “You got enough horses to help some. Everybody’ll still have to walk.” “I sent word to Jim Bridger." “Long way to rendezvous.” A Big Nose was grumbling, but Mordecai could see that he was figuring too. “Lucky you didn’t run into any Injuns.” Big Nose grinned briefly. "Did. Right at the start. Didn’t even have my beating yet. I was rolling along talking to myself and cussing Shandy. I seen half a dozen Sioux watching me, not fifteen rod away. For a minute I was so mad I didn’t care. I started cussing them too. “They didn’t make no move, and theh I begun to catch on. Thought I was crazy, they did. About that time I got sense enough back to see the fix I was in. More than tight, she was. I waved my arms around and made a speech, looking at the sky, making signs. Then I had me a vision, kneeling down, but I still had my eye on them Injuns. It worked. They left me alone.” “Wagh!” Mordecai said. “That’ll be something to tell the boys when we roll into rendezvous.” “We can make it,” Big Nose said, “but I don’t know who we’ll beat ” After a time, he went on, slowly: "Thinking on it, I seem to recall Shandy had a man with him. Could’ve been two or three." Mordecai gave him a dark stare. “I’m glad you’re remembering something.” "Another thing—Lajoie, he’s one of the hunters —I had a little argument with him.” “I know which one he is. Anything else?" “If 'so, I can't remember.” Big Nose looked down at his rifle “Me and you go after them alone, huh?" Mordecai nodded. Peace is shattered, for murder is a glint tai every man’s eye as “Rendezvous” continues tomorrow.

0 - O 20 Years Ajo Today < .. March 21, 1932—Vernon Hebble was elected captain of the Sons of the American Legion, and Karl L. Miller was named adjutant. Miss Esther Sellemeyer, former Decatur resident, has been appointed probation Officer in the county office at Los Angeles, Calif. Committee chairmen for the Decatur free street and agricultural show, as selected by Chamber of Commerce directors, include: Robert Helm, concessions: W. S. Bowers, music and parades; Walter Gard, rides’and shows; H. P.Schmitt, livestock; John L. DeVoss, free acts; Pete' Reynolds* publicity and advertising; R. E. Glendening, finance; J. Ward Calland, program; Felix Maier, lights; Dr. Harold DeVor, floats and decorations; John L. DeVoss, traffic and police; George F. Laurent, pet parade and twins day. Freezing temperatures accompanied the official arrival of spring today, with the mercury at 30 above at 8 a.m. o— ————v | Household Scrapbook I By ROBERTA LEE O—————— ——————— r Care of Dog Most large, long-haired dogs are not washed during the winter as a precaution. However, to keep the dog clean and healthy, a good brushing once a week should be substituted. Slipcovers If one uses slipcovers on the furniture, these should be removed every few weeks and the furniture brushed well to counteract any possible moth damage. Egg Stains Egg stains on silver spoons can be easily renfoved by means of some table salt and water. -eatur as mobile home agents, the Stricklers are doing more than their share to keep the standards high for "luxurious mobile home living,” and assuring Decatur a valuable business enterprise.

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'■■■<» Modprn Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE fl 1 ""* o Q. If a man is taking post- ; graduate work for the purpose of ‘ adding several college degrees, would it be proper for him to mail out announcements to his friends after each degree is received? A. A series of such announce- ! ments would hardly be in good taste. It would be much better if ' he were to mail out one card at ' the end, announcing his completed

Public Sale ' The 146 acre farm of the Theodore Heuer Estate i Notice is hereby given that the undersigned by virtue ofanorder of the Adams Circuit Court will offer for sale at following described Real Estate, located in County, Indiana, located 3% miles east and I¥< miles north of Mon . mouth, or 4 miles east and 2¥* south of Hoagland, or 7 miles norm east of Decatur, on the Fuelling church road, on TUESDAY, MARCH 31,1959 Starting at 1 P.M. Description of land as follows: This is an unusually good productive farm consisting of 146.31 acres, located in a fine farming community, surrounded by good schools, churches and markets; 43 acres of choice native timber, 8 acres newly seeded grass. The balance of the farm ; is under cultivation. New main outlets of recent installation would i classify this farm as well drained. This farm having been owned > for a number of years by the deceased, and is well cared for and will I produce good crops with good farming practices. ! IMPROVEMENTS— Good 9 room house with full basement and furnace with pressure water, 72 by 40 barn adaptable to beef or dairy. Combination corn crib 32 x 24 with center drive. Poultry house 20 by : 30 almost new. Garage 32 x 24 In fine repair. 2 brooder houses. I POSSESSION: Immediate possession of farm and buildings upon com- > pletion of terms of sale. TAXES: Subject to 1959 taxes payable in ,1960. TERMS—2O% down on day of sale, balance upon delivery of abstract of title and Executor’s deed approved by the Court. FLORENCE MATTHEWS, Executrix of the estate of THEODORE HEUER, deceased Henry Heller—Attorney ( Auctioneer—T. D. Schieferstein, phone 3-8393, Decatur, Indiana. 1 NOTE—lnspection of farm can be made any time prior to sale. Statements made day of sale will take precedence over ad. J Not responsible for accidents. 14 28

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Q. When one Is eating fa • , crowded restaurant, and a rtfjnger wants to sit In a vacant chair at one’s table, asking, *TX> y° tt mind,” what should one’s response be? A. The best answer, of course, is "Not at all.” guest appear at the breakfast table In lounging pajamas or dressing gown? A. Only if her hostess suggests It. Otherwise, she should appear at all meals in accepted dress.