Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 282, Decatur, Adams County, 1 December 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 282.

City Election Recount Board Is Appointed; Begin Recount Dec. 9

Mrs. Adda Hisey Dies At Portland Mrs. Adda Hisey, 62, former Adams county school teacher, died Monday afternoon in the Jay county hospital at Portland after a brief illness. She was a native of Adams county and after graduation from the Geneva high school, attended Ball State Teachers College at Muncie. She taught in Adams county schools for five years. Mrs. Hisey was a member of the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church /at Portland. Her husband, Fred W. Hisey, preceded her in death. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Donald Brinkerhoff of Kokoma, and Mrs. Burton Brinkerhoff of Indianapolis; a son, Robert Hisey of Richmond; two brothers, Amos Ketchum of Decatur, and Leo Ketchum, of Bryant, and five sisters, Mrs. Anna Durbin of Decatur, Mrs. Harve Baker, formerly of Decatur, now living in Banning Calif., Mrs. Beulah Hillary of Portland, Mrs. Dayton Gunter of Ohio City, 0., and Mrs. J. O. Curry of Geneva. • Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Baird funeral home in Portland, the Rev. Howard Pearson officiating. Burial will be in Green Park cemetery at Portland. INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy with occasional light rain, probably mixed with light snow north, this afternoon and tonight. Occasional light snow or snow flurries mixed with some rain north and occattonai rain changing to snow or snow flurries south Wednesday. A little warmer most sections tonight, turning a little colder Wednesday. Low tonight 30 to 34 north, 33 to 38 south. High Wednesday 33 to 37 north, 36 to 42 south, Sunset today 4:21 p. m. c. s. L,< 5:21 p. m. c.d.t. Sunrise Wednesday 6:49 a. m. c.s.L, 7:48 a. m. c.d.t. Outlook for Thursday: Mostly cloudy north, partly cloudy south with snow flurries north. Little colder south. Lows 20 to 30. Highs 33 to 42.

Plane With 25 Aboard Crashes . ' ’I

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (UPI) — An Allegheny Airlines plane reported carrying 25 persons crashed into a mountain near here today in a driving snowstorm. First reports said one survivor had been picked up by helicopter. The helicopter pilot told radio station WWPA there was no sign of other survivors. He returned to the scene carrying a doctor. The pilot told the radio station that the lone survivor was thrown clear of the wreckage and into a tree. * ' The survivor was reported en route to a hospital here The plane was carrying 22 passengers and a crew of three when it crashed while circling the Williamsport - Montoursville airfield after being waved off by the control tower on its first approach. The mountain is part of the Bald Eagle range and is directly across the Susquehanna River from the airport. Jack Hiller, district sales manager for Allegheny in Washington, said one of the passengers was Jack K. Svitzer, Washington, the airline's director of sales. The control tower at the airport reported the plane first made a bad approach and was ordered to "go around again” and make another approach. The plane circled out of visibility in the storm and failed to re-enter.; the approach pattern. The plane left Philadelphia at 8:15 a m. and was due to land at Williamsport, the first stop, at

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The order for recount of the balloting of the Decatur city election, appointing a three-man recount commission, was filed this morning by circuit court judge, Myles F. Parrish. Wilbur Petrie, local oil distributor and a Republican, Lawrence E. Archbold, tetired county agent, and a Democrat, and William H. Barber, a retired Pennsylvania railroad agent and a Democrat, will comprise the commission. Petrie was suggested by the Republican central committee, while Barber was the Democratic choice, and both sides agreed on Archbold. The judge appointed the three in accordance with his previous statement, pledging to adhere to the wishes of both parties for the commission. Start Next Wednesday The counting will begin on Dec. 9 after the trio is sworn in at formal ceremonies in court Wednesday at 10 a.m. The Democratic incumbent, Mayor Robert D. Cole, filed for a recount following a four-vote defeat by Republican Donald F. Gage in the Nov. 3 election by a count of 1,708-1,704. Cole also filed a petition contesting the election, which may be acted on later, if the recount maintains that Gage was the victor. Will Supercede Old Results At the recount, all the votes cast in the 11 city precincts will be reviewed and tabulated. Besides the three-man commission, each of the candidates, Gage and Cole, with wie qualified voter of the city, selected by each candidate, may attend the proceedings. Representatives of the working press may also attend, and that is all. All persons attending the recount must conduct themselves in a quiet and orderly manner, and must not interrupt the commissioners as they discharge their duties. After the recount, the commissioners will file a certificate for each precinct’s votes with the clerk of the court. These certificates will, in effect, supercede all previous election returns and will be entered in the court record. A certified copy will also be mailed to each candidate for the mayor’s office under registered mail. All costs of the recount must be assumed by Mayor Cole, who petitioned the action. This is by order of the court. Mayor Cole had previously filed a SSOO bond with the two petitions.

938 a.m. Allegheny has neVer had a fatal crash ia the 22 years it has been operating. The airline serves more than 25 cities between New York and Detroit, mainly in Pennsylvania. Officials said several persons reported hearing a crash on a mountain. The crash scene was believed to be about half way up the mountain. Search teams, hampered by driving snow and icy conditions, were working down river from Williamsport and up the mountain. There are no roads over the rough terrain of the mountain and only one railroad track. Buys Health Bond Help Fight TB sigil Use Christmas Seals The Decatur K. of C. lodge has voted purchase of a $lO health bond, officials of the Christmas seal compaign in Adams county announced today. All proceeds announced today. All proceeds from the annual sale are used in the fight on tuberculosis and to provide clinics and otherwise carry on the fight against the “white plague.”

R Jr- aO Bl WINNIE AT 85—Sir Winston has a Churchillian wave for photographers as he motors to Commons to receive congratulations on his 85th birthday, and to make his first speech before that body in four years.

Neil McElroy Resigns From Defense Post WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Eisenhower today announced the resignation of Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy and named Undersecretary Thomas S. Gates Jr. to succeed him. The announcement came after a National Security Council meeting this morning where the President presented the Medal of Freedom to McElroy “in recognition of his outstanding service to his country and his dedication to his task ” McElroy's resignation was effective today. , In an exchange of letters between McElroy and Eisenhower made public by the White House, McElroy said that “personal reasons of an urgent nature” necessitated his resignation after two years in the top defense job. He said he would leave the department with “feelings of deep regret.” McElroys 54, plans to return to Procter & Gamble, the soap manufacturing firm he headed before joining the Eisenhower Cabinet in 1957. In his letter accepting the resignation, the President expressed “deep appreciation” for McElroy’s “distinguished service.” He said he was “indeed sorry that personal considerations compel your departure from the government at this time.” The President said that he was thankful that McElroy left for his successor “a department that will continue to reflect the very beneficial changes effected under your energetic leadership.” Gates, 53, a former Philadelphia investment banker, was undersecretary of the Navy from 1953 to 1957 and secretary of the Navy from 1957 until earlier this year when he was named to succeed the late Donald A. Quarles as No. 2 defense man. Gates is a Republican. SIOO,OOO Gift To Anderson College ANDERSON, Ind. (UPD—Anderson College announced today it has received a SIOO,OOO gift from the 62nd and Langley Ave. Church of God in Chicago to establish a memorial for its late pastor. Dr. S. P. Dunn, a charter member of the college’s board of trustees. Funeral Wednesday For Mrs. Carl Timme Funeral services for Mrs. Carl W. Timme, 52, who died Monday at her home in Fort Wayne after a long illness, will be held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesdajrat the Klaehn funeral home, the Rev. Ertwin Tepker officiating. Burial will be in Concordia Lutheran cemetery. Surviving in addition to her husband are a daughter, Mrs. Gloria Pasotti of Muncie; a sister, Mrs. Lloyd Bowman of Decatur; a brother, William Tomlinson of Fort Wayne, and two granddaughters.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1959.

Model Store Safe I Announced Today Purchase of the Model department store, 103 North Second street, Decatur, by P. N. Hirsch & Co., department store chain, was announced this morning. The Hirsch chain, with headquarters in St. Louis, Mo., also stated ! that the transaction involves three other stores owned by Samuel H. I Goldman, who is retiring from the retail field after 21 years. Acquisition of the Goldman stores increases the total number of Hirsch stores to 78, of which 16 are in Indiana. Other stores are located in Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Alabama and Texas. General offices and warehouse of the Hirsch company are in St. Louis, and a full-time buying office, headed by a member of the firm, is .ocated in the garment center cf New York City. The department store chain was founded in 1930 at Jonesboro, 111., ’ by Phillip N. Hirsch, and has , grown steadily until its present total of 78 stores. The new owners, who have already taken possession, announced ' that the merchandise lines to be , offered in the local Model store j will be greatly expanded to give greater selections in styles, colors, with some new lines added. A rei volving credit plan and a layaway ‘ plan will be featured. ’ The Hirsch management an- ■ nounced that Marion Robison of this city, will be retained as manager, along with other store per- , sonnel. Goldman has operated the ! store since January of this year, [ when he purchased the store, for- , merly known as Blackwells.

Cuba nlri bull a 1 Ends Hearings

HAVANA, Cuba (UPI)—A Cuban revolutionary tribunal trying two Americans on charges of conspiring against Premier Fidel Castro ended hearings today and retired to consider prosecution demands for the death penalty against one of them. ’ " The prosecution asked death for : Austin Young, Miami, and 30 years in prison for British-born American Peter J. Lambton, who lives in the Bahamas, and 37 Cuban co-defendants. It charged them with belonging to an armed anti-government band. , The court recessed for at least . 24 hours to consider its verdict, because it it was dealing with ’ a “very dimcun case ” Previous revolutionary tribunals ’ have ordered the execution of 600 Cubans accused of supporting de- ' posed dictator Fulgencio Batista or opposing the Castro regime. Death is by firing squad. Castro, meanwhile, criticized those who favored close ties with ' the United States. In a speech ■ commemorating his landing at Santiao, he said a “handful of

Discuss Red Cross Rural Fund Drive The board of directors of the Adams county Red Cross program met at noon Monday to discuss the rural drive for funds next March, Wilbur Petrie, county chairman, said today. The principal job of the board is to find a county chairman for the drive, headed the past two years by Leo N. Seltenright. Six or seven names were mentioned, and a number of people will be contacted. The county chairman contacts a township chairman for each of the 12 townships; this man, in turn, appoints the section chairman for each square mile. Each person has only a few contacts to make in his own section. Most of the budget for next year has already been raised, in community fund drives in Berne and Decatur. Both funds made their goals this year. With the help of the township trustees, maps of 10 of the 12 townships have already been made, locating every home in its section. Lists for each worker of the people in his section have been made. Workers kits will be made up for each section in the rural county. Volunteers will be needed at the Red Cross office to help contact volunteers by mail and telephone when the pre-campaign t gets in full swing in. January, it was pointed out. Glen Barkley Dies At Home In Marion Glen Barkley, 55, a native of Adams county, died at 7 o’clock Monday evening at his home, 2316 Gallentin street, Marion, following an illness of six months. Mr. Barkley, a son of the late Mr, and Mrs. Jacob Barkley, was a line foreman for the Nickel Plate railroad while residing in this city. He left Decatur a number of years ago. His only immediate survivor is his wife, the former Hester Martz, Funeral servjces will be conducted at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon at the Black funeral home in this city, with the Rev. Ralph Bowman, pastor of the First Evangelical United Brethren church in Marion, officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. The body was removed to the Shawley funeral home in Marion, and will be brought to this city, where friends may call at the Black funeral home after 7 p.m. Thursday until time of the services.

rich men” helped his revolution but did not win it for him. Then they thought they could advise him, he added. “What they wanted to advise us was we mustn’t make agrarian reforms, that we bind ourselves closely to the Americans, that we follow a policy of continued submission, that we do not take radical steps because revolutionary laws hurt the powerful classes,” he said. Castro did not refer to the trial of the Americans. Young and Lambton both have denied charges that they entered the country to organize resistance against Castro. They told the court that‘they came to Cuba as free-lance photographers. They said pictures showing them brandishing machine guns were jokes for the folks back home. A third American, Cuban-born Rafael Delpino, was scheduled to face a revolutionary tribunal sitting in Havana later in the day.

Authorities Aid In Fighting Truancy City and sheriff’s police will cooperate on a request from Mrs. Mildred Foley, county attendance officer, to arpes|violators and accessories 'Ho truancy Ihw, according to a release this morning. The action results from the slowly growing tendency for school children, 16 years old and younger, to attend the morning sessions, and then refrain from attending afternoon classes, Mrs. Foley said. Anyone found guilty of harboring school children during school hours can be prosecuted and fined from $lO to S2OO besides serving 60 days in the county jail. An example of how this situation evolves is when the school pupil stays in a residence, a service station, a restaurant, or other business establishments throughout the county during school hours. It has also been noted that some pupils are seen entering automobiles at lunch time, and “forget to return to school.” Continued practice of these truancies will result in arrests, implicating those who contribute to the truancy. Parents of all school-age children are urged to keep in close contact with school officials on these matters as another methodi of protecting their vested interests. Should Report Traances Store owners are also advised to report any such truancies to the authorities as soon as they occur, thereby clearing themselves of being an accessory. Mrs. Foley said the schools are operating on the basis of allowing the child to gain an education. That is why there are laws governing attendance. Any interference with the law will be treated as a violation, she said in emphasizing the importance of keeping the children in school. Monroe 4-H Club Members Honored The Monroe township Farm Bureau sponsored the annual recognition banquet Monday night for Monroe township 4-H club members who completed their projects this past year. Miss Lois Folk, home demonstration agent, stated today. The Monroe Boosterettes had 100 per cent completion this year, and the Boosters had only one member fail to complete his projects. The Berne Jolly Workers who also attended, will receive their awards later at a regular meeting, as a misunderstanding resulted in their awards not being included in the Monroe township box. About 150 attended the meeting, held at the Adams Central school. The Rev. A. E. Burk gave the devotions, and Miss Folk, aided by the club advisors, passed out the awards. Advisors for the clubs are: Boosters, Harold Schwartz, Mike Lehmhn, and Elmer Inniger; Boosterettes, Mrs. Stanley Arnold, Mrs. Elmer Inniger, and Mrs. Charles Workinger; Berne Jolly Workers, Miss Mary Schlagenhauf. The ham for the supper was furnished by the Farm Bureau, and the women carried in the rest of the menu, which provided a more than ample dinner for the large group. Indiana Man Dies In Trailer Fire SHERIDAN, Ind. (UPD — Virgil Cassidy, about 50, died today when flames destroyed his homemade trailer here. Cause of the fire was not immediately determined. Elks District Deputy Here Thursday Night Marvin Rich, of Huntington, district deputy grand exalted ruler, will pay his official visit to the Decatur Elks lodge Thursday evening. A free dinner, for members only, will be served at 6:30 p.m. Regular lodge will follow the dinner, and a class of candidates will be initiated. George Bair, Sr., exalted ruler of the Decatur lodge, urges all members to attend. smowowotiht

County Board Votes Bridge Retention

The county commissioners approved a resolution to maintain the old covered bridge in Pleasant Mills, if a release is procured from the state after the completion of a new bridge over St. Mary’s river. The commissioners also discussed the county insurance program with two local agents, but shelved any action until the next meeting. They did decide, however, to reduce the insurance on the old highway garage building in Decatur from the more than $20,000 policy coverage to near $5,000, now that the building has been vacated. Civil Defense Project In referenc to the utilization of the old garage building. Jack Gordon, county civil defense director, requested the commissioners give some consideration to using the edifice as a storage warehoure for proposed civil defense equipment. Gordon told the commissioners that the county will receive 200 cots, tents, and possibly some mobile equipment in the near future. The cots and tents would be furnished by the civil defense at no charge to the county, while the mobile equipment would be procured at a greatly reduced price. The county would then have to maintain the mobile units for future use. This action will also be further discussed at a future meeting. Dick D. Heller, Jr., representing the Adams county historical soci-

Khrushchev Backs Hungary’s Regime

VIENNA, Austria (UPIQC-Soviet Pemier Nikita Khrushchev today blamed the 1956 Hungarian revolution on his own abrupt denunciation of Stalinism and the Stalinist "cult of personality” at the 20th Soviet Communsit Party Congress in Moscow earlier that year. "Following the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union,” Khrushchev told a Hungarian Party congress in Budapest today, "certain difficulties —something of a fever—were experienced by some parties, including our party. . •.” He said the Soviet Communists were so strong they weathered the differences the denunciation brought although there was criticism that the abruptness of the break with Josef Stalin caused complications in other Communist countries. But Khrushchev said, "It bad to be done ... it was necessary to get cleansed and to throw of all the accumulated extraneous matter.” Socialist Countries “invincible” In Hungary, he said, the problem of class struggle raised by the break with the past took the form of an armed clash. But now, he said, the Socialist countries are so strong they are “invincible.” Khrushchev gave his full backing to the Communist puppet regime in Hungary and in a review of world affairs renewed his protests against continued Allied occupation of West Germany. Khrushchev, addressing a wildly cheering audience, alternated between assurances that Russia wanted an early summit conference "at any time and place” and new accusations of West German interference in Berlin. Though calling for peace he said the “Soviet Union has stockpiled such a quantity of rockets and atomic and hydrogen warheads that if attacked we shall be able to raze to the ground all our potential enemies.” Khrushchev also showed that hard bargaining lay ahead at any summit conference when he emphasized “we shall never forego our ideological principles. We are waging and shall wage an implacable struggle for the MarxistLeninist ideology, for the triumph of the ideals of Communism.” Purge Strengthened Party The throwing out of Stalinism led to a stronger party even though it brought difficulties to Hungary where the “class struggle" took the form of an armed clash. But the party won, he said, and imperialist hopes for the collapse of Communism in Hungary have failed. He turned then to international affairs and said the most important and most acute question of our time is that of relaxing international tensions, preventing war and establishing a stable and durable peace. The Soviet disarmament proposal and his visit to the United States were only the beginning, he said, and he expressed hope a summit conference would be a “new step forward in the struggle to peaceful coexistence, for total disarmament, for universal security” He said his meeting with French President Charles de Gaulle was

ety, and attorney Lewis L. Smith, presented the society’s views on maintaining the covered bridge in Pleasant Mills on state road 101 over the St. Mary’s River. The commissioners and county attorney Robert S. Anderson decided that the county would assume the maintenance of the bridge if the state released the bridge to the county after completing a proposed new bridge, in the vicinity of the old one. Insurance Discussed Glen Neuenschwander, of Berne, and Ray Eichenauer, of Decatur, insurance agents, presented their views on a proposed re-rating of the county buildings, especially the new highway garage. This matter will be taken up at the next meeting. The commissioners did renew the comprehensive liability insurance contract with Neuenschwander, which also would include the covered bridge. The commissioners also inspected a water problem on county road 37 in Preble township at the insistence of Gilbert Ehlerding and Ferdinand Selking. They decided that the problem of water backing up over the road onto the lowland was on issue between the land owners on both sides of the highway as the drainage on private land appeared to be the center of the problem, and not a highway problem.

a “reasonable way” to approach a summit conference and ihen he reaffirmed Russia's strong stand on Berlin and Germany. “To seek to preserve the occupation regime in West Berlin is to continue to follow the policy of ’position of strength’,” he said. And he said that West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer “has no grounds to pretend to interference in the affairs of the city." Threatens Separate Treaty “We would willingly sign a treaty with Western Germany, together with our allies,” Khrushchev said. “But if we do not achieve this we shall be obliged to sign a unilateral treaty with the (Communist) German Democratic Republic.” Most Hungarian sources in Vienna had predicted Khrushchev would pull a major surprise during his Budapest visit and they thought that would be the removal of Soviet troops from Hungary. But Hungarian Communist boss Janos Kadar deflated any such hopes Monday. Kadar, In a two-hour keynote address noted chiefly for its attacks on the United States ana the United Nations, said “Soviet troops will remain stationed in Hungary as long as the international situation demands their presence.” Kadar said the troops were on Hungarian soil as a result of the Communist Bloc’s Warsaw Pact and that Red army units were not needed for internal political reasons but this found little credence among Western political observers. These observers noted that Russian occupation forces have been withdrawn from Czechoslovakia, Romania and Bulgaria although Kadar said they were in Hungary because of the fear of “Western aggression against Socialist countreis.” Advertising Index Arnold Lumber Co., Inc. 2 Ashbauchers’ Tin Shop 2 Burk Elevator Co. - 5 Butler Garage - ...... 5 Bower Jewelry Store 3 & 4 Citizens Telephone Co. .... 4 Conrad’s “66” Service 4 Decatur Super Service 5 Decatur Ready-Mix, Inc. . 2 Decatur Sale Barn 1. 5 Fasteeth — 4 Fager Appliances & Sporting Goods 6 Haugks ....... . 2 Kohne Drug Store 3 & 5 Kohne Window & Awning Co. .. 2 P. L. Macklin Co. 6 J. J. Newberry Co. _1... 3 & 6 Ray G. Osterman, distributor .. 6 Petrie Oil Co. — 2 Phillips “66” ... 6 Parkway “66” Service - 6 Quality Chevrolet-Buick. Inc. ..5 L. Smith Insurance Agency ....' 5 Smith Drug Co 3,4, 5& & Shaffer’s Restaurant ... 3 Salem Methodist Church 4 Russ Smitley 5 Teeple 5 Yost Gravel-Readymix, Inc. ... 2

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