Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 198, Decatur, Adams County, 22 August 1959 — Page 1

VOL LVII. No. 198

Fred Mills Celebrates His 93th Birthday On Monday

Fred V. Mills, well known former Decatur resident and merchant, celebrated his 93rd birthday last Monday at the home qf his daughter, Mrs. B. H. Franklin, In Greencastle. The son of Isaac Newton and Ophelia Sims Mills, he was born on their farm near Bladensburg, Knox county, Ohio, on August 17, 1866, just one year after the end of the civil war. Mills came to Decatur in his teens, and clerked in a grocery here. When he was 21 years old, in 1887, he bought one-half interest in a grocery, and later on owned a store of his own, located where the Jani Lynn store is now located until he retired in November, 1927. On February 9, 1890 he married Mary C. Hill, daughter of A. J. Hill, who formerly published the Decatur Eagle, forerunner of the Decatur Daily Democrat. They had one son and two daughters. One daughter, Margaret, married Milo McKinney; both are deceased. Victoria is the wife of the Rev. B. H. Franklin of Greencastle. Frank J. Mills married Estlela M. Parkes in Minneapolis, Minn., now the couple lives in Ames, lowa. Mills has been a member of the local Knights of Pythias since 1894, their oldest member. He also is a •member of the Methodist church. Mills also, served two terms as a Democratic member of the Decatur city school board, from 190814. While Judge D. B. Erwin served the local circiiit court. Mills served as bailiff. Mills returns to Decatur two or three times every year, visiting with his friends and former neighbors. He makes the trip from Greencastle by bus, and sometimes goes on to New York city to visit friends and relatives there. Miss Julia Eicher Mies in Europe Miss Julia Eicher, a native of this city and daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Palmer O. Eicher of Indianapolis, has left on the Queen Mary for Europe, where she will study at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Miss Eicher and Miss Mary Jo Peterson of Washington, D.C., left recently by ship for London, England where they will meet Miss Peterson’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Peterson, and tour Europe before starting school. The latter two are making the trip by airplane. A Tudor Hall classmate of Miss Eicher will also be attending the university. The former Decatur girl previously attended Northwestern University. She is the granddaughter of John Eicher, of near Berne. Anderson Directs Chancel Play Monday Robert Anderson of Valparaiso University will direct the chancel play “Christ in the Concrete City,’* to be given at Zion Lutheran Church on Monday evening at seven thirty o'clock. The public is invited. Other members of the cast include: Don McLeon of Baltimore, a student at Corcordia Theological Seminary at St. Louis; Walter Frankel of Buskirk, New York, a student at the Senior College at Ft. Wayne; and John Jungerman a Chicago teacher whose home is South Dakota. The two girls in the cast are Ruth Mcßee of Cleveland, and Julie Becker of Baltimore both students at Valparaiso University. The host pastor, Rev. Richard C. Ludwig, will conduct a brief opening devotion and a member of the cast will explain the drama. The play itself is a highly dramatic one which modernizes the Passion week story. No admission will be charged but a free-will offering will be taken. Adams Central Girl To Enter Taylor Miss Doveanna Fay Nussbaum, a graduate of Adams Central high school, will enter Taylor University as a freshman this fall. Miss Nussbaum is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Menno Nussbaum. New students will undergo a series of tests during Welcome Week, September 13-20. Group sessions, counseling periods with faculty advisors, and special activities are scheduled. NOON EDITION

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Summer Flu Cases Here Have Tripled Along with the usual summer colds, and the normal suffering of the hay fever victims this season, Dr. William Freeby, county health officer, said this morning that the number of flu cases in the county has risen slightly. Nothing near epidemic proportions is reported and very few of the afflicted have been hospitalized, but an increase in upper respiratory cases has tripled. This viral infection usually lasts from a week to two weeks, if properly treated. The amount of summer intestinal flu, Dr. Freeby said, remains constant with past year averages. The current heat spell is makingthe situation uncomfortable, but is not a major contributing factor to the increase in the respiratory cases, he added. Most of those being hit by the flu are young children, while adults remain fairly free of the bug. Persons with a low resistance, because of a previous illness or other reasons for general physical weakness, may become susceptible, but in the main, children seem the greatest group suffering the effects of the flu, he said in conclusion. Chicken Every Sunday For Sicilian Thief CATINIA, Sicily (UPI) — It was chicken every Sunday — and practically every day, for that matter —for Lorenzo Leonardi, his wffe two sons and five dogs. Police said' Thursday Leonard admitted he had swiped 2.500 chickens to feed the family during the last three years. - (

Decatur Man’s Son Directs TV Show

Shooting on location—the set on Stage Five—supers and guitars . . These phrases and names make the TV fan think of a glamorous world that they know vaguely about through TV shows and movies and press agents’ releases. In July a man named Dick Bremerkamp (you’ll find his name at the end of the list of names and tiltes that appears after the Ozzie and Harriet TV show. His title is assistant director of the show) was in Decatur visiting relatives, and after visiting with him a while, you knew he could give an idea erf what goes on behind the cameras to make up a TV show. He is the son of Frank Bremerkamp, a former local resident, and has been assistant director of "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet’’ television show since its first few years on television, and has done over 250 shows with the Nelsons. In Decatur, visiting with the Joe Brennans and Mrs. Florence Laurent, he answered questions about the production of the show, his work in the movies in California, and about the Nelson family themselves, including Ricky, the youngest member, who has struck gold as a recording artist—several gold records. Ozzie Nelson, Bremerkamp explained, is the producer of the show, and even directs it, or at least keeps an eye on it, when he is acting. As assistant director, Bremerkamp helps out with the details of the arrangements needed to produce the show. Ten to Seven _ r . His is the task of hiring other performers to back up the Nelson family, setting the shooting schedule, arranging for transportation when the story calls for scenes to be shot on location, coordinate the work being done with the sets and the factors’ time, and, when the film is being shot, to direct the background actors, as when crowds are needed on a street or a dance floor. / When a show is being filmed, the Nelsons’ day is usually from ten in the morning unitl seven in the evening, Bremerkamp said, adding that it usually takes five days to get one half-hour show on film. This is a generous shooting schedule, he commented. But in getting the show together, Ozzie is a perfectionist, and they try to crowd as much into a half hour as they can. The result, he said, is not a sensational show, but one

Doc Vizard’s Uncle Dies Al Dixon Harry V. Vizard, 80, died Thursday at 12:30 p.m. at his home near Dixon in Allen county. He was the brother of the late Dr. I. W. Vizard, who resided in Pleasant Mills, and an uncle of ■ Gerald "Doc” Vizard, Pleasant ; Mills, principal. Surviving are the . wife, Bessie; six daughters; 11 • grandchildren, eight great-grand children, and a sister. Friends may call at the Marquart funeral home, Monroeville, after 12:30 p.m. today. Funeral » services will be conducted at the funeral home at 2 p.m. Monday, the Rev. Edwars Roswog officiat- , ing. Burial will be in the Monroeville IOOF cemetery. • He had been in failing health for several months. A lifelong resident of Allen county, he was a retired farmer. Johnnie Genth On FHA Committee Johnnie Genth of Monroe Town- . ship has recently accepted an appointment to serve on the Adams County Farmers Home Administration Advisory Committee for three years, according to an announcement by Donald A. Norquest, county supervisor. Mr. Genth replaces Russell Mitchell whose three year term expired June 30. Genth owns a farm in Allen County but rents the 160 acre farm where he lives and does general livestock farming with emphasis on hogs, steers and poultry. He also does custom machine harvesting some trucking for Farm Bureau to round out his busy schedule. Serving with the new committeeman are August Selking of Root ' Township, beginning the last year 1 of his appointment, and Brayton ; Pyle of Rural Route 2, Berne, now in his second year. I - ■ II ... ■ I I U ■■■ ■

that appeals to both young and old. A show begins with the script writing, which Ozzie and four other writers take care of. Perhaps pieces of each wfiter’s ideas will be taken and combined into one script of the show. The next thing to do is to find the right setting for the script. Most of the shooting is done right on Stage Five, in their studio, where there is a likeness of the Nelsons’ own home. However, sometimes when outside shooting is necsesary, the company goes on location to nearby parks. Once Bremerkamp recalled, they tried to find a modern farm operation. The Nelson were to visit a farm, thinking that they were going to go to a place where the fast pace of living, had not caught up with the way of living. Instead, the Nelsons were to find out that the farm they were visiting was a modern one indeed —with milking parlors, automatic feeders, and things that are characteristic of a farm that has had a real dose of automation. And of course, the setory would deal with the Nelson’s surprise at the ultra-modern farm way of running things. That Script Not Used The plan was a good one. But the script has not been used yet. Bremerkamp explained that be had looked and looked around the area, and had not found such a farm. If there had been one farther away that would make the ul-tra-modern scene that the script needed, the transportation would be very expensive. When the shooting cm location is done, it is Bremerkamp’s job to arrange the details, surrounding the transportation of equipment, and actors to the location. If the shooting is to be done in town, permit must be acquired to do the shooting, and policemen must be secured. Now the terms of “shooting” and “working on location” are fairly familiar to the TV and movie fan, who thinks of a glamorous make - believe world when he thinks of these terms. Bremerkamp added some stage jargon that the usual fan might be startled to hear. After all, what about the cameraman who wants a small spotlight put out, and who tells someone, “Kill the baby!” Manipulate Nature’s Light Other pieces of jargon come from quite logical sources, as the silks that can be put on that baby.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, August 22, 1959

Monroe Youths In Chicago For Two Days Twenty-nine young people and adult consellors from the Monroe Methodist Church were in Chicago on a two day rip on Aug. 18 and 19. This trip was the result of an attendance program in the youth department. The group visited Chinatown, Union station, the Maxwell street markets and the museum of science and industry. They enjoyed shopping in the loop and attending a night baseball game be tween the Chicago White Sox and the Baltimore Oriales. •Die high points of inspiration of the trip were the visits to the Chicago temple, the chapel in the sky which is 400 feet above the street, and the pacific garden mission., Those making the trip were: Alice Steiner, Marilyn Stucky, Carol Haggard, Ann Inniger, Jocelyn McCullough, Joyce Haggard, Kathy Michaels, Rose Ann Lautzenheiser, Karen Brandt, Dick Steiner, John Inniger, Clayton Strickler, Brian McCullough, Sidney Schwartz, David Haggard, Leo Parrish Bob Chrlstener, Danny Michaels, Jerry Hirschy, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Schwartz, Mr. and Mrs. John Christener, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Mitchel, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Stucky, and the Rev. and Mrs. Willis Gierhart. Error Corrected In Suspension List The other county motorist who had his license suspended by the Indiana Bureau of motor vehicles, but was not listed in a previous article, was Valand G. Hubert, of 439 Line street, Decatur. Hubert lost his license on an out-of-state conviction and the details are not known, nor the expiration date of the suspension. Due to a makeup error only one name appeared in a story headlined “Three Drivers .Suspended.” The third driver who was listed from Adams county actually was from Salem, in anothI er county.

I The silk is a screen—made of silk —thajt is used across the spotlight ; to make it less bright. Continuing about lighting, Bremi erkamp said that when the show . is sho toutside, in natural light, re- > Rectors are used sometimes, to ; make the natural sunlight strong- ; er on certain parts of the set. Back at Stage Five, where most i of the scenes for the show are . shot, is the main set, a house, built similar to the house the Nelsons, > all except David, live in. Questioned about his methods of , shooting on the stage, Bremer- • kamp showed how part of the pro- . cess is done, right there in Mrs. i Laurent’s living room. A camera ■ on eight wheels, which make the > equipment very maneuverable, t can be used to shoot inside the , three-walled set. Sometimes an- ; other wall, which can be moved, i a wild wall, is used, he said. Then, ; too, he explained, there are cerl tain shots that can be taken at angles on parts of another wall to I make it appear as if the actor : were before the waU that isn't • there, he added. i Even the Wallpaper For the Stage Five set, Bremer-

INJURED AIRLIFTED OUT > > —"H ’TjrCxc a ■ KOS ■ * HI RESCUED BY 'COPTER— Mrs. Warren Steel is carried on litter ” from the USAF helicopter which brought her and her husband from their Rock lake campsite in Yellowstone Nation- » al park to West Yellowstone, Mont. She suffered a fractured pelvis, fractured collarbone and shock when quafee-borne water and rubble gushed over their camp. r- ’ • 7

Carey New Teacher At Jefferson Floyd Baker, Jefferson township, trustee, today announced that Jerry Carey will be the new athletic director and teacher at Jefferson township grade school. Carey will be the only new instructor on the staff, succeeding Mrs. Riley Case now a resident of Berne, Carey taught at Noble township grade school in Jay county last year, his first year in teaching. Edward Heimann will be the principal and also an instructor for the coming year, Mrs. Gladys Houser will teach first and second grades, Mrs. Vera Teeter, third and fourth grades, and Miss Shirley Hirschyf fifth and sixth grades. Three Area Girls Nursing Graduates Three area students will graduate from the Lutheran school of nursing in Fort Wayne in Monday evening’s commencement exercises. They are Deanna Ellison, Monroeville, and Sandra Gilliom and Myrna Habegger, both of Berne. Speaker for the 8 p.m. ceremonies in the auditorium of North Side high schol will be Mrs. Ida S. Stricter, associate professor of nursing at Western reserve university, Cleveland, O. The three are among 52 seniors, the largset class in the school’s history. Special awards will go to four outstanding students: the psychiatric nursing award; the SIOO Arnold memorial award, and ’ two $250 scholarships. School Architect Here Dies at Fort Wayne Services will be conducted at 2:45 p.m. today in the Chalfant--1 Perry funeral home in Fort Wayne 1 architect whose firm, Bradley & 1 for Leroy Bradley, 64, Fort Wayne 1 Bradley, was employed on the • Northwest school, Southeast school, ' and library remodeling ip Decatur, • -sod the Berne-French school. His son, Carl, will carry on the work.

kamp said, Ozzie and Harriet okay all the furnishings and designs, including details such as wallpaper. A typical day will begin not just when the Nelson’s come to work, Bremerkamp sa|d. The crews begin planning the first scene before the actors are scheduled to appear so that the shooting can begin soon after they come. When music, for instance by Ricky, is needed for the show, the music is not directly recorded, but a record is played in the background, so that the actors still actually sing, but do not have to sing as loud. Shooting schedules, Bremerkamp said, are made around the actors’ other work, in addition. For instance, when Ricky goes for a weekend personal appearance tour, the scenes in which Ricky does not appear can be shot first. The show can be shot out of continuity, if need be, Bremerkamp added. After the shooting is complete, Ozzie must see every foot of the film and choose the scenes himself. This work which Nelson does is much of the success of the show, Bremerkamp commented. Ozzie, being a perfectionist, follows the whole show through him-

New County Report Cards Designed by Committeese

A high school committee headed by Herman Franz, of Adams Central high school, and an elementary committee, headed by Loren S. Jones, formerly principal at Monmouth school, presented revised editions of county report cards to couhty school superintendent Gail Grabill recently. Grabill announced today that the new report cards would be used in the county school system this year. In explaining the new report cards, Grabill said, that two years ago, Mrs. Eloise Leistner, of Adams Central school, prepared a revised edition of the card for the 1-3 grades. The success of the card prompted Grabill to authorize two committees to start work on a revision for the higher grades. Franz, with a representative from each high school, drafted the new card, incorporating the principle that an aptitude report would be as rewarding to the parent as the academic report. The new card breaks down a specific grade, such as A, B, C, D, or F. and does much to explain the reasons behind the attainment, or lack of it. For example, included in the card is the child’s social habits, such as politeness, interaction with others, attitude toward responsibility, and other social actions. It also attempts to bring out the work habits of the individual. Is he orderly; Is he enthusiastic; Does he follow orders? and other similar categories. Subheadings on the card also assist the teacher and parent in channelling the child’s faults and assets. All of which is instrumental in keeping the county standards above the norm. Those who worked with Jones on the elementary report card are: Kenny Watkins, of Adams Central; Mrs. Ruth Case, of Jefferson; Mrs. Edna Glendening, of Hartford, and Mrs. Delores Mitchel, of Pleasant Mills. The high school card includes a varied source of information which ’ may prove invaluable ‘to the pari enta in assisting their child to correct bad habits and to encourage

self until it is done. He lives the show himself. Bremerkamp added. Even in the acting, this shows up. When a line that does not seem natural, and •someone says, “But I wouldn’t usually say that,” the line is changed right then to one that a member of the family might say. Picture of Whole Nelson Family The picture Bremerkamp gives of the whole Nelsftn show is one of a small family group doing well in producing a good show. Summing up Ozzie himself, Bremerkamp said, “Ozzie believes that to stay on top you’ve got to have good production. He has thought that from the beginning." Evidence of that ability to stay on top is the fact that the Nelsons will soon begin shooting their series for the tenth year. Several shows have been filmed in advance, one in which the Nelsons sing German folk songs (“We saved that one for the new season,” Bremerkamp said.) The work will begin again this fall, shortly after the new season starts. Approximately 39 shows are filmed for one season, and several, earlier this year, were shot for the beginning of the next season. All in all, when the season does start, the Nelsons will be working on the show for 44 weeks. Describing the rest of the family, both Bremerkamp and Mrs. Laurent, who visited in California with the Nelson family and Bremerkamps with her daughter Jane several years ago, commented Harriet is a very gracious person. She was a recording artist before she married Ozzie Nelson. David, who has his own home now near the Nelson’s home, is quite serious about his acting, and he has been in movies such as “Peyton Place” and “The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker." In “The Big Circus,” he will be a catcher in a trapeze act. Why Does He Sing So Mach? Ricky, the youngest member of the Nelson family, and who has struckgold — gold records which have made him a favorite recording artist—was the target of one of the usual questions Bremerkamp has been asked about the Nelsons. A man in the southern Illinois town of Charleston, where Bremerkamp appeared for the Kiwanis, asked, about his apparent pet peeve, Ricky, “Why do you have Ricky sing so much?" The man just couldn’t understand the ........

him to practice some good ones. For example, a sub-listing of common traits is numbered on the j upper portion of the card. When the child receives a letter grade, the teacher will include such numbers that pertain to htat individbers that pertain to that individstates that “the child appears not to try.” His grade coupled with this information will give the parent some insight as to the child’s low, or failing mark. Under the subheading of con- * duct, attitude toward school work, 1 and recitations, a total of 19 num- ' bers appear, giving the teacher ‘ a wide and varied choice to localize the assets and debits of a par- , ticular pupil. j Numbers 1 to 7 indicate his at- : titude toward school work: 1. Indolent attitude 2. Wastes time 3. Work is carelessly done 4. Copies. Gets too much help 5. Gives up too easily 6. Shows improvement 7. Very commendable Numbers 8 to 13 indicate his recitations: 8. Comes poorly prepared 9. Appears not to try 10. Promotion or credit in danger 11. Capable of doing much better 12. Showing improvement 13. Very satisfactory Numbers 14 to 19 show his conduct in school: 14. Inattentive 15. Rude; Discourteous at times 16. Annoys others 17. Uncooperative 18. Shows improvement ( 19. Very good. Thus, the appearance of an aca- . demic grade and trait evaluation may solve a few of the problems of "Why Johnny Can’t Read.” 1 Writes Bets on Candy, Swallows Evidence i JERSEY CITY, N. J. <UPD—i Police arrested suspected lottery - operator Harry Kohr, 43, as he >• tried to swallow the evidence e Thursday.

appeal Ricky has particularly for teenagers, Bremerkamp said, adding that not all the Ozzie and Harriet shows put Ricky in the spotlight. They try to feature each member on various shows during the season. Many teenagers want to know whether Ricky plays his own guitar, Bremerkamp said he does, and is learning to play a new type of guitar now, the Spanish flamenco. and is taking lessons from Vicente Gomez. Narrower than the Spanish guitar, the flamenco guitar has more strings, and although he did take some orders for pictures of the Nelsons for his relatives, Bremerkamp said that the thing to do to get a picture is to write ot 1040 Los Palmos for the LAST ADD DECATUR MANS pictures. There are four or five girls who handle the fan mail, which averages 4,000 letters each week. And Basketball! One of the things which Ozzie was particularly proud of in the activities of their show crew was their winning the studio basketball tournament last winter. Ozzie, his brother, and the boys, were on the team. Ozzie, pleased with this performance too, gave a dinner for the Studio Five winners. The whole picture Bremerkamp gives of the Ozzie and Harriot show is one of a successful family enterprise, which has lasted for a comparatively long time in these days of the high mortality rate in TV shows—a good record, and an even better record when it shows a crew that is happy to work with them, as Bremerkamp appear? to be. Bremerkamp himself is a “local boy who did well,” as Mrs. Laurent said, adding, “We are so proud of him.” Bremerkamp began in the movie business in 1939 when he worked for Sam Goldwyn.. He began at the very bottom, as an information clerk, who took the names of visitors to the studios and gave them information. Before his years with Ozzie and Harriet and the assistant director job, he was a script proof reader, a stock room clerk, and in the accounting department getting all-around exoerience with the process of making films. Now, since he has been assistant director with the Nelsons for almost a decade, he is one of the ' persons who can give the TV fan an idea of what goes on behind the cameras of a successful TV show.

Added Flouride Reduces Caries By Two-Thirds The Indiana State Dental Association reported today that a survey indicates fluoridation of public water supplies “is capable of reducing tooth decay by as much as two-thirds.” The findings of the survey were released at a School and Community Health Workshop at Indiana University. City water plant superintendent Ralph Roop said this morning that Decatur’s water contains one part of flouride for every millionth part of water. This is a natural supply which is characteristic of the city’s water, not an additive. The ratio, however, is the one recommended by the state board of health. Roop also said that samples are sent in to the state every week and Decatur continues to retain the needed flouridation ratio. Dr. Charles W. Gish, assistant director of the Division of Dental Health, said the study “re-empha-sizes the value of fluorides as an instrument whereby partial control of this disease could be achieved.” % Gish said school children between 6 and 18 years old in Hoosier communities where the water was found low in fluorides averaged 5.7 decayed, extracted and filled permanent teeth. “Children in areas fluoridating their water supplies for about five years experienced an average of only 3.5 permanent teeth affected,” he said. “Those living in communities with the proper amount of fluoride available since birth had only L 5 permanent teeth affected.” Gish said more than two million Hoosiers, about 70 per eent of the population having access to a public water supply, are receiving the right amount of fluoride to reduce tooth decay. Tuesday is Day Os SCS Soil Meet Adams county farmers interested in soil erosion control procedures are reminded that a demonstration at the Ken (Deke) Schnepf farm on the Saddle Lake road on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is being sponsored by the Adafns district soil conservation supervisors as a local project. Cletus Gillman, of the local SCS office, and Leo Seltenright, county agent, are assisting in the organization of the meeting. C. R. Bowers and Sons will conduct the tile drainage phase of the program, while Lawrence Gallogly will demonstrate surface drainage. Waterway construction with ordinary farm equipment will also be viewed. New farm machinery will also be shown, through the courtesy of local dealers. A lunch will be served about noon by a local social club. Edward R. Meyer Gels DeVry Degree Edward R. Meyer, 21, of R, R. no. 4 Decatur was awarded an associate degree in applied science upon successful completion of a 96 week residential training program in electronic technology and design from DeVRY technical institute, 4141 Belmont avenue, Chicago, one of the largest and best equipped training organizations of its kind in the country. Commenting on Myer’s graduation J. J. Gershon, Direector of the DeVRY technical institute residential school, said. In offering my congratulations, let me commend you on having chosen a career field that abounds with opportunities in today’s modern age of eletronics. Anthony Bakers Tour Heinz Plant Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Baker of route 3, recently toured facilities of H. J. Heinz Company’s Pittsburgh, Pa., food-processing plant During the tour various Heinz operations were studied and a lunch served. A feature of the tour was a motion picture, “The Big Kitchen,” which gave a brief sketch of tile Heinz Company program. In the group were other members of the Loyal Order of Moose.

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