Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 226, Decatur, Adams County, 25 September 1959 — Page 2

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Committees Named For Checking Yields Committees to cheek yield results in the five-acre corn contest* were announced today by Leo N Seltenright, county agent. Tliese committees, composed of farmers in the various communities who wish to check their five-acre corn plots, are headed by a captain in charge. The captain has all the supplies for the committee members and Checking will be starting early next week. Following are the committees and their captains: Captain, Benj. Gerke: members. David Fuelling and Leo Busick; Walter Nuerge, captain: members, Hugo Bulmahn, Gerald Bulmahn, Ervin Schuller, Dennis Schuller, Gilbert Bultemeier: Doyle Lehman, captain, members, John Rumple and Robert Plumley: Berle Kuhn, captain, members.

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Six Girls Injured In Wreck Thursday Six Hoagland area girls were treated at the Adams county memorial hospital Thursday night when the panel truck in which they were riding went into a ditch as they were returning home from a record hop. The truck belonged to Carl Melcher, of Hoagland, whose daughter was driving. She was not injured. Admitted to the hospital were Melva Scheumann, 14, of Hoagland. and Patricia Sommers, 15, of route 10, Fort Wayne, the former for back x-rays and the latter for x-rays and a cut on the left teg. Treated at the hospital and released were: Eva Lou Scheumann, 15, cuts on the right leg; Nancy Deister, 15. cuts on forehead, nose, and right arm; Beverly Scherer, 15, abrasions on the right leg, left arm; and Della Selking, 18, x-rays of the back and right foot. All the girls treated were from Hoagland addresses. The girls were admitted to the hospital about 11:15 p.m. Terre Haute Miner Killed In Accident TERRE HAUTE. Ind. (UPD— David A. Lumsdon, 58, Terre Haute, was killed Thursday in an accident in the Green Valley Mine northwest of here. He was pronounced dead by a physician shortly after he was crushed by a piece of machinery.

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Varied Opinion On Dog-Killing Cases

The dog-killing cases in Wells and Allen ocunties recently have aroused varied opinion throughout the country. Three teenage youths were in the juvenile court in Wells county recently charged with stoning a dog to death. For punishment. Judge Homer Byrd ordered them to memorize the famed “Tribute to a Dog” and the county probation officer was instructed to curtail their driving privileges and monitor their school activities. In Vert Wert county’s juvenile court, two youths were recently charged with tying two dogs to the railroad track to watch them die after torturing them various ways. One of the youths was sentenced by Juvenile Judge Cathryn Harrington of Van Wert county to the boys industrial school until he is 21 years of age—seven years. The second youth, a day or two later, received the same sentence in the Paulding county juvenile court. In passing sentence, Mrs. Harrington pointed out that both boys were defiant, neither admitted that what they had done was wrong, and that the one she sentenced had a long record of truancy in school. When the story broke in the papers concerning the Bluffton case, the Vari Wert. 0., Times Buletinreceivcd a letter from two Monroeville women who wrote: WHEN JUDGE Harrington passed her sentence iri the dpgkilling ease several weeks ago, the national press association picked up the story and carried it across the country. There was no great reaction to the sentence in this area, but there was from other parts of the nation Judge Harrington received a great stack of mail.

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She passed the stack along to the Times-Bulletin to read. Most of it commended her. but there were quite a few bitterly opposed to the sentence she passed out. Following are excerpts from the letters < about half of the letters she received): Charleston, W. Va., woman — “I think the sentence was a just and correct one. Unless something is don_* to stop or at least curb this sort of thing in young people, they are doomed to a life of crime.” Kokomo, Ind., woman — “Just a word of commendation on your decision. It is frightening to know a boy of 14 could do such a thing when the usual conception of boy-ahd-deg is so different. You did absolutey right,” CLEARWATER, KAN., man — “Please accept my congratulations. You should be commended by everyone who believes in kindness to anything human or animal which cannot defend themselves. “If we had more judges like you who had the nerve to dish out a sentence and stick to it, instead of so many paroles, I think people would wake up to the fact that our laws are for the benefit of all.” Waterbury, Conn., woman — “Your judgment seemed sensible. It is a disgrace the way this country is so full- of wicked-minded children, let alone the enormous list of delinquents of high school age that keep adults in fear of their safety.” Lexington, Ky., man — “It seems to me to be outrageous. When I showed the article to my friends, they said that you probably would give a man six months for stepping on ants.” Shreve, 0., woman — “This criminal act will put a blemish bn Van Wert, especially if nothing more is done than putting the boy in Lancaster.” Camilla, Ga.. man — “I don’t understand. You could have put a sign on his back that read, ‘l’ll nevef kill a dog again.’ Let him parade in front of a different church every Sunday, then have him sit up front for several months during services. You will never rest good until you change their sentences.” PORTSMOUTH WOMAN — “When I read the item about the boy you sentenced, I started to broadcast that I came from Van Wert County. I only wish we had a judge here who realized that cruelty to animals signifies more than just that. “We here have so much cruelty and our men judges are all sportsmen (?) who seem to put no especial value on animal suffering. Boys here burn animals alive, (about which no one does anything and if one does one is ostracized.” “A Dog Lover” from Tiffin — “I want to congratulate you and I thinx if I had been in your position it would have been 70 years of hard labor. ” Bluffton woman — “I woujd be remiss if I did not applaud and commend you for your decision. Too long such deeds have been condoned as childish pranks.” Manchester woman — “I think you were most lenient and remarkably generous. I only hope those poor dogs haunt those boys the rest of their lives in bad dreams.” Wisconsin Rapids. Wis., woman

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— “I am very glad that you used your good judgment.” SOLOMON, Kan., man — “The national coverage given to your action should promote morality and kindness —two essential virtues — in defense of which you have distinguished yourself as a jurist.” Pineville, La., doctor in mental hospital — “I cannot believe that other judges of our state courts would deal as severely. I find it hard to reconcile the severity of the punishment with any therapeutic value for him or any honor to the state of Ohio.” "Lover of Children” in Columbia. S. C. — “I’m writing to ask if you don't think you have been unreasonable Reading the account in the paper simply broke my heart. “I don’t know of anybody who at one time or another in his youth was ”■ t cruel to either a person or an animal, and yet it does not mean that he or she grew up to be a criminal.” Delphos man — "Keep up the good work.” Portland. Ind., man — "How many years would a hunter get for shooting a leg off a rabbit? Or, a fisherman putting live worms or minnows on a hook or pulling a hook out of a live fish’s mouth? What would a livestock hauler get for hauling livestock in zero weather in an open truck?” Camden, Tenn. — “May the Almighty pod in His heaven protect the juveniles of your jurisdiction from one who would play God in the courtroom. You let the lives o ftwo dogs outweigh the whole future of a boy’s soul and life.” Suffers Broken Ankle In Fall Last Night Eddie Schultz, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Braun of near Decatur, fell while entering the milk house at his home Thursday night, and broke his left ankle. Schultz was taken to the Adams county memorial hospital at 8:30 p.m., and the foot and leg x-rayed. A cast was put on the foot this morning. | Modern Etiquette 1 [ By ROBERTA LEE I o - -——————o Q. My husband’s employer has invited the whole office force to his country home for a barbecue. Would it be all right for me to wear pedal pushers and a blouse to match, or'should I wear a dress? — A. Better play it safe! You can never be wrong wearing a dress, while you could be if you attended in pedal pushers. Q. When a boy with whom a girl has been going for some time invites her to his home for dinner, is it proper for the girl to take his mother some sort of gift? A. No, this is not at all necessary. Q. When placing a figured lamp in front of a picture window, which way should the figure face? A. The decoration should face the room. Q. When giving an informal Conner in the home, isn’t it all right for the hostess to say, “Just sit anywhere you wish”? A. No. The hostess should always designate the seating arrangement to her guests. Q. Is it proper to tip a pianist in a cocktail lounge when he has played a request number far you? A. No; this is usually part of his job.

Upholds Convictions On Pinball Machines JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (UPD —A judge ruled Thursday that pinball machines not only are gambling devices but also "corrupt the morals of the youth of the community.” Special Judge Owen Voigt upheld in Clark Circuit Court a jury verdict last July in which two restaurant operators were found guilty of violating the state antigambling laws. The defendants had appealed on grounds the 1955 and 1957 gaming laws were unconstitutional and written vaguely. But Voigt said the statutes were plain and "nothing could be more clear” than the law under which the pinball machines recording “skill” points were confiscated in raids last March 7. The defendants were Harlow Conklin, Charlestown, and Al Murley, Clarksville.

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“These cases were tried,” Voigt said, “by a jury of 12 men and women of Clark County. They heard the evidence. They saw a demonstration of the operation of the machines. “By their verdict they found the machines to be gambling devices within the meaning of the law.” Voigt praised the sheriff and prosecutor for taking action in the case. He implied that sheriffs and prosecutors everywhere are derelict in their duty if they close their eyes to the devices.

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