Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 125, Decatur, Adams County, 27 May 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 125.

Nation, World In Final Homage To John F. Dulles

WASHINGTON (UPI) — The nation and the world paid last tributes to John Foster Dulles today. I Diplomats from around the globe joined President Eisenhower in a funeral service which packed the great Washington Cathedral to capacity. Leaders of the East and West stood side by side to pay the-r respects to the former secretary of state who died on Sunday at the age of 71. For one day, at least, they paused in theft- cold war to honor the man whose pastor in the service called him the “Mr. Valiant” of the free world’s quest for peace. They gathered in the vaulted sanctuary of the cathedral to participate in the simple rites of the Presbyterian church, ot which Dulles was an elder. From the Far East, from Russia, Europe and Latin America came dignitaries—a chancellor, a prime minister, nearly a score of foreign .ministers and others of high station—to join hundreds of American leaders and friends of the Dulles family. No Sermon or Eulogy From the cathedral the body of the man who had travelled more than a half million miles in the cause of peace then was borne to a grave in die hallowed soil of Arlington National Cemetery. There, a 19-gun jalute and the sounding of “taps” ended the saga of John Foster Dulles. 1 Before the services, Dulles had lain in state in the Bethlehem Chapel ot die cathedral for 24 hours. Iq that time, more than 20.000 persons filed in solemn respect past his closed coffin. James Berkeley of the cathedral staff said it was “the biggest crowd of people that has passed through here on such an occasion since the Woodrow Wilson funeral in 1924.” At the request of bis family, there was no sermon of eulogy for Dulles. There were prayers, readings from die Old and New Testaments, some of Dulles’ favorite hymns sung by the cathedral’s famous boys choir with the congregation joining in, and a reading from John Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress” by Dr. Roswell P. Barnes of New York, U.S. secretary of die World Council of Churches: "Then, Mr. Valiant for truth said. I am going to my Father's, and though with great difficulty I am got hither, yet now I do not repent me of all the trouble have been at to arrive 'where am. My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage ... my marks and scars I carry with me to be a witness for me that I have fought His battles who now will be my rewarder.” AU Seats Reserved An hour before the service be14 PAGES

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gan, the flag-draped casket bearing Dulles’ body was borne from the chapel to the foot of the steps of the choir in the main part of the cathedral. All of the 2,818 seats in the vast Gothic cathedral were reserved. Original plans to set aside about 400 seats for the general public were abandoned because every seat and all available standing room was needed to accommodate the “VIP” guests. President Eisenhower arrived with Mrs. Eisenhower, their son, Maj. John Eisenhower and Mrs. John Eisenhower. They sat in front - row, ’red leather, upholstered arm chairs in the left of the cathedral. Then came the secretary’s fam-ily-the widow who had traveled many thousands of miles with him and was at his side when he died: two sons and a daughter: his brother. Allen W. Dulles, head of the Central Intelligence Agency, and other members of the family. They sat in the front row to the right in .plain wooden chairs with straw seats. More than 100 uniformed servicemen, representing all of the branches of the military, served as ushers. Barnes Lands DuUes Dr. Barnes paid his tribute to his dead friend. He voiced thanks that Dulles, in following his faith in God, had shown “unstinted devotion to justice, freedom - and peace.” Dr. Barnes recalled Dulles’ “unflinching courage” which enabled him to carry out his diplomatic duties and meet disease and suffering “without fear or frenzy but ratherewith calmness and steady vision.” He offered thanks to God for giving Dulles humility which "kept him warm hearted in countless little acts of kindness” and for “all that was noble and beautiful as devoted husband, father, brother and friend.” I

INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy with a few scattered showers tonight. Cooler extreme north tonight. Thursday partly cloudy, chance of some showers south. Cooler north Thursday. Low tonight 55 to 62 extreme north to in the 60s south. High Thursday around 70 extreme north to in the 80s south. Sunset today 8:03 p. m. Sunrise Thursday 5:21 a. m. Outolok for Friday: Mostly cloudy and cool north, rain likely. Partly cloudy south with scattered thundershowers and continued warm and humid. Lows mid 50s north to low 60s south. Highs 70 north to mid 80s south.

West Traffic Moves Smoothly In Berlin

BERLIN (UPI) — Western allied traffic moved smoothly in and out. of West Berlin today and the May 27 deadline the Soviets set six months ago for swallowing the city was just another date on the calendar. The uninterrupted flow of trains and automobiles was in away a memorial to John Foster Dulles who shaped a united Western stand against Soviet threats and thus stayed the executioner’s hand. Western allied military trains crossed 110 miles of Communist territory between West Berlin and West Germany as .usual. The vital highway link to the West still was open. There were no new changes on the East-West city border. Allied planes flew through the three 20-mile air corridors above the Soviet zone of Germany. Nevertheless, the Communists continued their propaganda campaign against Berlin. The East German newspaper Berliner Zeitung devoted nearly a full page to an attack on the Western sectors, demanding that Allied troops ; leave and that West Berlin be i neutrazlied. Khrusheehev Set Deadline Last Nov. 27, Thanksgiving Day for Americans, Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev declared that in six months the Russians would turn over to the East Germans all their occupation functions, including control over Western access routes. ■■" Subsequently- in the face of united Western opposition, the Russians insisted they never had meant this to be an ultimatum, that there was no significance to the date May 27. There was no move in Moscow to carry out the original Soviet Berlin plan today. Khrushchevw was out of the country on a visit to Albania. In a speech at Tirana Tuesday night he did not mention the May 27 date. Frank H. Bartholomew, president of United Press International and this correspondent tested the border as the original deadline fell Tuesday night. Clear Gate Unhampered At the stroke of midnight we drove toward the Brandenburg Gate, dividing East and West Berlin. One hundred yards from the gate, a West German customs officer glanced at us briefly and waved us on. There were no sentries at the arch as we went through. A hundred feet into the Soviet sector an erect military figure waved us on. We went a few blocks, made a “U”-turn and started back for West Berlin. At the gate, our license plates were examined briefly and then we were allowed to continue. Nothing out of the ordianry. The 2,200,000 people of West Berlin had gained a breathing spell but danger was not yet over. Clyde E. Boley Dies After Long Illness Clyde E. Boley, 76, of 521 S. 13th street, died at the Adams county hospital at 7:15 today after an illness of one year. Mr. Boley and his wife, Edith, who survives, operated the Decatur News Stand from 1941 until a few years ago. He was employed by the G.E. plant, also in 1941, after moving here from Fort Wayne. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Boley, being born on Feb. 28, 1883, in Carthage, 0. The Boleys were married Dec. 13, 1940, in Fort Wayne. Other survivers besides the widow are a brother, Elbert Boley, of Buffalo, N.Y.; and a sister, Mrs. Rachel Kline, of Fort Wayne. Services will be conducted at the Zwick funeral home Friday at 1:30 p.m., the Rev. Richard S. Ludwig, pastor of the Zion Lutheran church, officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Thursday.

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Decatur Canning Co. Planning Longer Run The. Decatur Canning Co. is planning a longer and larger run this summer than in previous years, according to Mrs. Mabel Schmitt, owner and manager, who met with officials of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce Tuesday afternoon. Although heavy rains are currently delaying plantings, plans have been made for heavier production at the local plant, and more employes will be needed at the plant than in previous years, the business leaders were informed. Payroll at the Decatur plant during last season’s run was $49,582.56, and area farmers were paid in excess of $41,000 for their tomatoes. Another $12,000 was paid to local trucking firms and railroads, and additional expenditures, such as utilities, made a total of sllß,400 spent in Decatur. The meeting with Mrs. Schmitt was arranged by Robert H. Heller and included were members of the industrial procurement committee, consisting of Hermap H. Krueckeberg, Lowell Harper, M. J. Pryor and Louis Jacobs. Earl Fuhrman represented the Chamber's industrial appreciation committee, and George Auer, C. of C. president, assured Mrs. Schmitt that the citizens of Decatur appreciated the additional payroll and pledged cooperation of the Chamber in every way possible. Job applications for this season’s run will not be taken for a month or two, but prospective employes are urged to watch for announcements. TO PRESS AT NOON The Decatur Dally Democrat, In order to give employes a longer Memorial holiday, will go to press at 12 noon Friday. No edition will be printed Saturday, which is Memorial Day.

Russians Hope To Split Allies'

GENEVA (UPI) — The Soviet Union was reported today to be preparing a massive effort to split hte Western Allies when East-West talks resume here in secret session Friday. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko was in Washington with the Big Three foreign ministers for the funeral of John Foster Dulles and might make a pitch to President Eisenhower. West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer had an appointment with Eisenhower ini Washington today and it was believed here he wouldmake Sn even stronger bid for a firm and united Western stand. Adenauer — and French President Charles de Gaulle—have mistrusted British intentions from the start and were said to fear that Britain might want to make major concessions to win a cold war settlement. Washington dispatches said there was no certainty Gromyko would see Eisenhower and that if the President received him it probably would be in the presence of Secretary of State Christian Herter and the British and French ministers. There was no session of the conference today and no official notice was taken that this was the deadline originally set by the Soviets for the Western Allies to get out of Berlin. Well - informed Western . delegates predicted the Soviet drive to split the Allies and said the major test of unity would come in off-the-record wrestling with Gromyko in the secret sessions starting Friday. The British, French and Amer-

Auditor Makes Distribution Os Tax Funds The total tax distribution for June is $1,080,472.49 as compared with $1,047,451.26 for last year, Edward F. Jaberg, county auditor, said today. • , Taxes to be paid to the state total $23,247.91. Ibis includes: state tax, $2,275.74; state tuition, $18,494.24; Indiana state fair board, $867.27; and state forestry, $1,610.66. The total to be paid to the county is distributed as follows: $142,241.74, county revenue; $21.80, for special judges; and $1,375.31, fees recleved and returned to general fund; $29,735.08, for county welfare: $19,823.41, for bridge cumulative; $2,477.90, for county hospital; $17,345.47, hospital bonds and interest: $4,955.85, for hospital furniture and equipment; and $22,159.82 for poor relief. Township distribution is the following: $14,623.33, for Blue Creek twp.; $1,232.86, for French twp.; $23,106.41, for Hartford twp.; $lB,301.02, for Jefferson twp.; $1,248.66, for Kirkland twp.; $3,010.01, for Monroe twp. ; $20,733.13, for Preble twp.; $40,187.33, for Root twp.; $28,382.38, for St. Mary's twp.; $13,380.61, for Union twp.; $63,779.26, for Wabash twp.; and $2,122.80, for Washington twp. The schools will receive $429,936.25. with Decatur school system receiving $199,486.29; Berne-Franch school, $102,313.29; and Adams Central school, $128,136.67. "The libraries will receive: Decatur, $13,206.87; Berne library, $6,023.35; and Geneva library, $1,897.10. Civil taxes will be distributed: Decatur corporation, $93,413.17; Berne Corporation, $34,673.56; Geneva corporation, $6,275.13; and Monroe corporation. $2,545.97. Os this money, $1,068,946.18 was collected at the treasurer’s office through property tax, and $11,526.31 from bank tax. I Decatur Man Is Hurt As Train Hits Truck A local man, Julius L. Lengerich, 38. of 918 S. 13th street, is confined to the Adams county memorial hospital with injuries suffered late Tuesday night when his truck was hit by a train on the Pennsylvania railroad traces near the Central Soya company. Lengerich is reported suffering from a fractured right knee cap, a right shoulder separation, a chin laceration, and abrasions and dental injuries. Surgery was performed last night, and further examinations were scheduled for today. His condition is not listed as serious. Lengerich’s truck was struck by Continued on page i*tve

icans, along with the West Germans, have managed to maintain a surface appearance of complete agreement despite bitter Soviet attacks on the Western “package peace plan.” The delegates realized 'that the private Big Four talks would give Gromyko a better opportunity to exploit the known differences among the Allies. The differences were -focussed most particularly on the question of an interim -deal on Berlin to ease the tension there and prepare the way for a summer summit conference. - l Mrs. Madeline Priest Is Taken By Death Mrs. Madeline E. Priest, 42, of Columbus, 0., died at the Adams county memorial hospital following a stroke suffered at the home of her mother, Mrs. Loda Gene Mesel. of Geneva, who died Sunday and was buried this afternoon. Mrs. Priest had arrived in Geneva Monday for her mother’s funeral. Mrs. Priest is survived by a daughter, Nancilyn, 16, at home; a son, Bill, 11, at home; a sister, Mrs. Edna Eveland; and a brother, William Mesel, of Geneva. Services - will be conducted at the Hardy and Hardy funeral home at Geneva Saturday at 2 p.m. the Rfev. Robert Bickel officiating. Burial will be in the West Lawn cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Thursday.

Early Settlement Os County Detailed The early settlement of Adams county in the year 1836, its organization, its roads, and the location of the county seat, were explained in the light of documents only recently available from state and ( county sources to members and ‘ friends of the Adams county his- ' torical society at the Decatur pub- ( lie library Tuesday evening by ( Dick Heller, Jr., historian of the j society. , Judge G. Remy Bierly, of the < Indiana appellate court, will speak J June 30 to the group, explaining the early history of Corydon, the first stajp capital, in Harrison ' county, ana early state history. The talk was based upon research done for a post graduate : term paper in local history at ( Ball State Teachers College. Heller explained that squatters, persons who settled on the land without actually owning it, came ; to this area in 1817, but that the first land was purchased after the Fort Wayne land office opened on October 22, 1823. Between 1823 and 1830 only a few small tracts along the St. Mary’s river were purchased, and settlement was very light. Between 1830 and 1835 most'of the land adjacent to the St. Mary’s river was purchased, with settlement heaviest in the Willshire and Monmouth areas. Three small tracts in Blue Creek township near the east end of Thompson’s Prairie, and c half-dozen plots along the Wabash river in the southwest part of the county completed settlement at that itme. County Settled In the year 1836, when the couney was actually organized, most of Preble and Root townships, and a large part of Washington and St. Mary’s, as well as some along the Wabash in Hartford, Wabash, and Jefferson, the prairie in Blue Creek, and northeastern Kirkland and southwestern Union, were purchased from the government. Os course the first land actually owned by anyone except the government was the Rivarre tract given to the part-Indian, Antoine Rivarre, by tire treaty of 1818 at St Mary’s Ohio. Adams county was originally contemplated by the state legist lature in 1827 when all that part of Delaware county left unorganized by the act of January 26, 1827 was to be known as Adams county. This land was attached to Randolph and Allen counties for government purposes. Roads Built Provisions for a road through Adams county conecting Winchester and Fort Wayne were made in 1833-4. The laws passed then mention Adams county by name, although earlier histories do not claim the existence ot Adams county before 1835-6. The Winchester road was to be “cleared for the space of 25 feet in width in the center thereof, of - all trees and undergrowth not exceeding 18 inches in diameter, and also all logs and brush which may be in said space, so that the whole be removed entirely therefrom; and the remainder of the money which shall be over and above paying for clearing of the same aforesaid, shall be applied in bridging and causewaying such places on said road as in the opinion of the commissioner aforesaid, will best serve the pubContlnued on page five

Vets Plan Holiday Services

Annual ceremonies by Decatur’s veterans organizations will feature the city’s Memorial Day celebration Saturday morning. Business generally will be suspended throughout the city for the holiday, with stores, offices and industries reopening Mo nd a y morning. Most of the city’s retail stores will forego the usual Thursday afternoon closing this week, remaining open throughtout the afternoon. These same stores will also be open until 9 o’clock Friday night for accomodation of late shoppers. The Decatur Daily Democrat will not publish an edition Saturday because of the holiday, and wiil print at 12 noon Friday, to afford a longer holiday weekend for employes. The rural church page announcements will be published Thursday of this week and the city announcements Friday. Veterans Services The Rev. Richard C. Ludwig, pastor of the Decatur Zion Lutheran church, and a first lieutenant in the U.S.A.F. reserves as a chaplain, will address the Memorial day crowd at the peace monument Saturday following the 10 o’clock parade, Leslie Hunter, commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars,

Ike To Confer With Leaders

WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Eisenhower will meet Thursday with the Big Four and foreign ministers of other natoina who came here to attend the funeral of John Foster Dulles, the White House announced today. Soviet. Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko will be among those attending a lunch set up in the White House. Announcement of the affair came after Eisenhower met with Secretary of State Christian A. Herter to receive a first hand report on progress of the Geneva foreign ministers conference. Undersecretary C. Douglas Dillon also sat in on the meeting. Herter flew here from Geneva with’’ British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd and French Foreign Minister Couve de Murville. Gromyko had arrived by plane less than an hour before. Both Herter and Gromyko expressed hope that progress can be made when the Geneva talks resume. Gromyko Said he hopes the conference will be successful but noted it is "too early to say” if they will lead to an end of the cold war. Herter, who succeeded Dulles as secretary of state, said both sides at the Geneva meeting now have “a better idea of the others’ thinking” and he hopes for “sufficient progress” to justify a summit meeting. I conferred this morning with Prime Minister Robert G. Menzies of Australia, who was already here for high-level talks, and was to see West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer who flew in from Berlin Tuesday night for the Dulles funeral.

Requiem High Mass Friday For Pastor

The Most Rev. Leo A. Pursley, bishop of the Fort Wayne diocese, will assist in the solemn requiem high mass Friday morning at 11 o’clock at St. Mary’s Catholic church for the .Very Rev. Msgr. Joseph J. Seimetz. Msgr. Seimetz, pastor of St. Mary’s church for more than a quarter of a century, died at 3:45 o’clock Monday afternoon at St. Joseph’s hospital. Fort Wayne, after an illness of four months. Bishop Pursley will preach the funeral sermon and grant absolution. Celebrant of she requiem/ funeral mass will be the Rev. Frank A. Seimetz, administrator of the Bishop Noll high school at Hammond, and a cousin of Msgr. Seimetz. The Rev. Simeon Schmitt, pastor of St. John the Baptist Catholic church in Fort Wayne, and a son of the St. Mary’s parish, will serve as deacon, and sub-deacon will be another son of the parish, the Rev. Ambrose Heimann, vice rector of St. Charles Seminary at Carthagena, 0. The master of ceremonies will be the Rev. Charles Ueber, assistant pastor of SS. Peter and Paul Catholic church in Huntington. representing the Huntington deanery, of which Msgr Seimetz was the dean. Office of the dead will be recited

'> * I* Rev. Richard C. Ludwig announced this morning. A color guard and firing squad will take part in the ceremony, and members from all of the city’s veteran groups will take part. The biggest parade in many years has been promised, and it will include both the Decatur Catholic and Adams Central marching bands. The colors will lead the

■ , - '<■■■- • a > « ' ' I County Council In * Session Last Night The county council met briefly Tuesday night to allow $195 in additional appropriations and to transfer $36,125 to different funds, county auditor Edward F. Jaberg explained this morning. An additional appropriation of $l2O, to meet the slo* a month increase given to Mrs. Frank Kitson, county farm matron, by a new contract with the county commissioners, was passed- This will come from county revenue. Also allowed wm $75 from county revenue to meet the new statutory allowances of per diem and mileage for the county tax adjustment board. A transfer of $125 was made from item No. 106. salaries for workers at the county farm other than the superintendent and matron, to item No. 600, properties, so that the county farm may purchase a used disc. A transfer from the general ditch improvement fund for S9O was disallowed when the board of commissioners reported that they accepted a lower bid than originally planned, and did not need the additional appropriation. In the accumulative bridge fund, $30,000 was transferred from bridges No. 10 and No. 19, both located on county road four in Union township, to bridge No. 105, on the tile mill road in Monroe township. This will allow the tile mill Continued .on page five

by the attending clergy at 10:30 a.m., Friday, followed by the solemn requiem high mass. Body To Lie In State The body of Msgr. Seimetz will be removed from the Gillig & Doan , funeral home Thursday afternoon, apd will lie in state at the church from 2 p.m. Thursday until time of the funeral. Children of the St. Joseph grade school and the Decatur Catholic high school will recite the rosary from 2 to 4 o’clock Thursday afternoon. The Catholic Ladies of Columbia and the St. Vincent de Paul society will recite the rosary at 4 p.m. The rosary will be recited at 6:30 p.m. by the Third Order of St. Francis, by the study clubs at 7 o’clock, the Rosary society at 7:30 p.m.. Holy Name society at 8 o’clock, the Knights of Columbus at 8:30 p.m.. and the Catholic Young Adults at 9 o’clock. Pallbearers will be William Kuhnle, John Schurger, Robert Bochf Leo Miller and Arthur Baker, trustees of the church, and Jerome Rumschlag, president of the Holy Name society. The Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus and the Holy Name society will serve as an honor guard.

parade, followed by the Commodore band, the commanders and officers of all clubs, the firing squad, the Spanish-American War veterans, the Adams Central band, all veterans, veterans auxiliaries, Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts and Brownies, and all other marching groups. The parade will move to the Monroe street bridge for services, then return to the court house lawn. The entry of a new state, the Lincoln sequicentennial, and a renewed interest in national defense and community interest prompted the veteran groups to invite all other organizations in a full-scale Memorial Day program. At 9 a.m. the groups will meet at the VFW home to drive to the two Decatur cemeteries for services there, returning to the VFW to start the parade. No Mail Delivery On Memorial Day The Decatur post office will be closed Saturday in observance of Memorial Day. No mail will be distributed to either city or rural residents, but the lobby will remain open for the convenience of boxholders from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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