Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 285, Decatur, Adams County, 4 December 1959 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT CO.. INC. Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Poet Office as Second Cla«« Matter Dick D. Heller, Jr. Preaident John G. HeUer Vice-President Chas. Holthouse ——.. Secretary-Treasurer Subscription Rates °" •* By Carlrer, 30 cents per week. Single copies. 8 cents. McCammon’s Speech The following speech was given by Byron McCammon, following a surprise “This is tour Life” program for hipi on the occasion of his announcing his candidacy for Congress: Mr. Whiteleather, Mr. Reed, Mr. Koons, and my good, good, friends; The events tonight have clearly illustrated to me the way Cinderella must have felt, when in the Fairy Story, the Prince appeared in the Golden Chariot, pulled by four white horses, to escort her to the ball. If I were inclined to take a shallow view of these proceedings, I could easily get the idea that this man McCammon is a great character and you have all come -j to pay homage. However, sober reflection tells me that Birch Bayh, Fred Homfeld, Dr. SeVier, Steve Everhart and all the others present did not journey from Terre Haute, Lake County, Sullivan County and the other parts of Indiaria just to honor an individual. Tnese people, all of you people, are here because you are Democrats. You are here because you are important people in the Great Democrat Organization. Eighteen months ago, you were tired and discouraged. Election after election, without success, had left its mark upon all Democrats. But something happened. Let us analyze just what did happen. First we felt very keen frustration and resentment when we saw the do nothing attitude, the uncontrolable thirst for power, the greedy grab of public funds that was exhibited by the Republican leadership. Our sense of fair play, our sense of justice and honesty, our desire to put government back in the hands of the people instead of in the hands of a few power hungry men, was aroused. Then we did what every good farmer always does before he goes into a crop season of planting, cultivating and harvesting, The farmer surveys his situation. He must have tools, tools in good repair. He mends those that are worn, he replaces those that are no longer serviceable, he analyzes the soil conditions and plans the addition of plant food where it is needed. This is where the Democrat organization got into | action at the beginning of the campaign 18 months ago. The tools of Victory are functioning precinct committee men and women. The poll taker is the man surveying the conditions. He found the soil fertile. Voters were as unhappy, as were party workers, with highway scandals, waste of local tax money and the indolence and disregard of good government. So, m 1958, the Democratic party awakened. Organization stirred in the precincts. The planting season had begun. Cultivation followed and blows were struck at the parasites leading the Republican party who wished to continue their chiseling into the public till. The harvest was victory, but victory was not 100% complete. A few weeks ago, the Democrats again tasted victory in the city elections. The giant force of the Democratic party has awakened. Again let me emphasize that this giant has many essential forces. First comes precinct workers, next is registration, election day, transportation, finance and all the other committees. They are all essential to an awakened Democrat party. Put them all together, add plenty of personal work and pitt these against the public rebellion against Republican doldrums and you have Victory. Victory in 1960 is within reach. We can and will elect a Democrat President, a Governor, a Congressman and others all down the line. Now, Mr. Whiteleather, instead of being puffed up about this program, I feel you have given me a great challenge. A challenge to carry on the work that has been so well begun. A challenge to carry the Democratic message to all the people of the 4th District. To work and work for Victory, not only for myself but for all on the Democrat slate. With a feeling of humlbeness, yet with a firm determination, a confident attitude, and a belief that the - cause is just, I accept the challenge. I will work hard. I believe I can be your Congressman, come January, 1961. I thank all of you from the bottom of my heart for the confidence you have shown in me. I will not let you down.

Berne-Geneva Livestock Report Prices paid Dec. 1 Top veals 37.25 Top lambs 17.30 Good steers and heifers .. 20-22.50 Top bulls 17.40 Good cows 13.50-17.25 Canners and cutters 10-13.50 Top hogs 12.95 Top sows 11.10 Male hogs 6:50-11.25 INDIANAPOLIS LIVESTOCK INDIANAPOLJS (UPI) — Livestock : Hogs 8.500; steady to’ 25 lower; 180-240 lb 12.25-12.75; top 13.25; 240-270 lb 11.50-12.25 ; 270-300 lb 11.00-1150. Cattle 300; calves 75; not enough steers and heifers to test market; few loads good and choice steers 24.75-25.50 on bought to arrive basis; vealers steady; good and choice under 300 lb 30.00-33.00. Sheep 300; steady; good and choice wooled lambs 16.00-18.50. j CHICAGO LIVESTOCK CHICAGO (UPl)—Livestock: Hogs 9,000; mostly 1525 lower under 230 lb; over 230 lb weak to 25 lower; No. 123 190230 lb 12.00 13.00; 16 head at 13.25; No. 23 230260 lb 11.5012.00; No. 23 260 280 lb 11.2511.65. Cattle 300, calves 100; receipts largely cows; not enough slaugh ter steers or heifers for price test; cows fully steady; vealers steady; utility and commercial cows 13.5016.50; standard and good vealers 23.0027.00. Sheep 300; not enough on hand for price test. Mazelin Is First In Soybean Show Ben Mazelin, Monroe township farmer, has been informed that his sample of Lincoln soybeans first place in class four at the’ soybean show held this week at Reminton. Mazelin won a cash award and a blue ribbon. The Remington soybean show is one of the biggest in Indiana, open to the entire country, and this year attracted 137 exhibitors. LaPorte Supermarket Looted Os $4,959 LA PORTE. Ind. (UPl)—Burglars punched a safe in the office of LaPorte’s newest supermarket today and stole 34,959. Authorities said the burglars’ operating methods were similar to those used in a $15,000 food market burglary in Chesterton Nov. 18, which coincided with the date the Five-Star Food Mart opened in LaPorte. The Five-Star burglars entered through a roof ventilator. Their loot included SSOO in silver.

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Decatur Sala Bum Prices paid Nov. 30 Cows, top 14 cwt. Bulls, top 18.80 cwt. Heifers, top . 17.75 cwt Heifers by dollar 59 each Fat hogs 12.4 Q cwt. Sows, top 9.80 cwt Pigs by dollar, top 7.75 each Lambs, top 13 cwt. Breeding ewes by dollar, top 12.25 each Breeding bucks by dollar, top _ —ls each Old sheep for slaughter, top 6 cwt. Goats by dollar, top .... 2.50 each Small calves by dollar, top 33 each Veal calves, top 35 cwt. Heavy calves, top 30 cwt COURT NEWS Divorce Case On motion by the plaintiff, the cause is continued and re-set for hearing on plaintiffs petition, showing failure to comply with court order by Audrey A. Roudebush vs James H. Roudebush. Complaint for Damages In a case venued from Allen county, the General Insurance Co. of Washington, Merchants Fire Insurance Co. of Indiana, and Northwestern Mutual Fire association vs Everett R. Knepper, the plaintiff filed a second amended complaint. In the Liberty Loan Corporation vs George V. Wolfe case, a complaint on note was filed. A summons is ordered issued, returnable Dec. 18. Real Estate Transfers Linda Fluckiger to Frieda Lehmann, Inlot 197 in Berne. , Frieda Lehmann to Linda Fluckiger etal, inlot 197 in Berne. Peter Hilty etux to Josef Kahlert etux, acre in Monroe TwpForrest Balsiger etux to Milton E. Liechty etal, inlot 728 in Berne. James M. Wilson etux to James L. Wilson, Jr., 1 acre in Blue Creek Twp. Herman Brunner etux to Lester H. Brunner etux, .16 acre in St. Mary’s Twp. Doyle H. Krick etux to Adams Builders & Supply Inc., inlots 677 & 678 in Decatur. Lester H. Brtnner as trustee to Margaret C. Schenck, 1 acre in St. Mary's Twp. Frank Lundin etux to Larry Lee Lautzenheiser, 40 acres in St. Marys Twp. Nima Medaugh to Adams Lodge No. 1311 Loyal Order of Moose, inlot 282 in Decatur. Marriage Applications Wayne Leßoy Barger, 33, of Route 2, Decatur, and Nancy Joan Shaffer, 23, of Tocsin. Edward R. Davidson, 61, of Decatur, and Berneice B. Wortman; 50, Decatur. -■

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Speaks For McCammon

n al “■WwwwpW V. Sylvester Everhart

McCammon Opens Congress Campaign

Byron McCammon, 58-year-old resident of Whitley county, and a veteran Fort Wayne teacher and civic leader, launched his campaign to be nominated and elected to congress from the fourth district Thursday night at a “This is Your Life” party sponsored by the Whitley county Young Democrats at Columbia City. McCammon, a scout leader and holder of the Silver Beaver, scouting's highest award, was highly praised for his scout work during the program by Sylvester Everhart, Decatur high school teacher and assistant district scouting commissioner for Adams county. Attending from Adams county were Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Everhart, Dr. and Mrs. Harry H. Hebble, Mr. and Mrs. Theron Fenstermaker and son, Mr. and Mrs. Herman C. Weber, James Klenk and friend, state representative Burl Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jaberg, and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Heller, Jr. Bob Cocherille, well known Fort Wayne singer, was master of ceremonies for the affair, and he read from a large scrap book entitled, “This is Your Life, Byron McCammon.” Crowded Meeting , The guests, about 500 in number,' crowded into the 4-H building at Columbia City for a barbecued ham supper, served cafeteria style. Charles Gaunt, of Fort Wayne, was the organizer of the dinner. James Koons, fourth district chairman, of Avilla, introduced the visiting dignitaries, including legislators, mayors, county chairmen, and newspapermen, present for the affair. Rex Reed, Columbia City young Democrat chairman, welcomed the group. Cocherille was then introduced, and the program, kept secret until then, was underway. The guest Os honor was called up from the crowd to a platform, adjoining a curtained area. Cocherille told the audience that he was proud to MC a show for a man “whose life has been so full of love and richness, a man who is a great educator, community worker, church worker, a scouter, and gentleman." r Bern on Farm • i McCammon was born October 31, 1901 on a small farm near Paxton, Ind. He was the oldest child, having three brothers and a sister. All the children worked hard on the farm, but the young man also attended the local high School, where he was captain of the basketball team and president of his senior class. Following his graduation he worked for 1% years in a small chain store in Paxton, where he was advanced to assistant manager. He then returned to school in 1921 at Indiana State Teachers College, Terre Haute, and obtained a teachers certificate after two years of college to teach in elementary schools. One-Room School I McCammon’s first school was at Long’s Chapel, a one-room affair. At this point a voice faded in from the curtained section, and Dr. Noble Sevier, a school board member of his first school, told of some of the problems which McCammon had faced there. 4 First, he had helped form a basketball team and build a ball court, and the first year the team wan the county tourney. The school at that time was heated by a roast-and-freeze pot-bellied stove, and McCammon organized the parents and older students into a group that dug a basement, and placed a furnace in the building. Hot lunches were served to the students for the first time, and the building was stuccoed. One of the members of the first basketball team of the school was also present. McCammon was then married, and his educational work led to a feature story concerning him In the state teacher’s college Normal Advance magazine. This led to a job offer from Fort Wayne, hiring him

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away from his WOO a year job, and offering SI ,900 a year. But to get the job, McCammon had to return to college and get his degree, working Saturdays and Sundays delivering newspapers while his wife returned temporarily to teaching. Young Will Rogers At this point the voice of Robert C. Harris, a long-time teacher at the James Sparks school and now president of the retired teachers association of Indiana, told how McCammon, a “regular young Will Rogers,” had soon earned the respect of teachers, parents, pupils and the public. He organized Boy Scout troop 26 at that time. He served then as a professional scout worker for a period. The Depression Like many Americans, McCammon was trapped by the depression. His professional scouting job folded for lack of funds. He searched everywhere for a job, but nona was available. He lost his home, which had a $5,400 mortgage. In keeping with his spirit of unselfishness, the family spent its last 75 cents feeding a former college roommate who stopped in for a visit. Finally McCammon got’ a teaching position in Lake county at a small consolidated school. Fred Homfeld, a member of the school board there at that time, told how McCamnion had been principal at Eagle Creek, - and organized the township’s first scout troop. At that time pork chops were selling at five cents a pound, but no one had a nickle. Farmers got a cent and a half for- a pound of pork. But McCammon persevered, attending Chicago University in the summer to further his education. The school had no money to landscape the new building, so McCammon organized the parents, and did such a fine job with natural landscaping materials that Purdue University today uses the school as an example of what can be done without funds in beautifying public buildings. Salary $1,200 In 1935 McCammon was hired again at Fort Wayne for $1,200 a year. For 25 years he has taught school, serving as member, officer and president of the teachers association, and as an active citizen of the community, McCammon was quite active in starting Cub Scout work in the Anthony Wayne council area, and is very well-known for his work with young people. Everhart’s Speech At this point “Steve” Everhart, Decatur high school teacher and a holder of the Silver Beaver award himself, told his part of the McCammon story. Everhart haS known McCammon for many years, and has attended three jamborees with him, two at Washington, and one in California. In counseling with the boys, Everhart pointed out, McCammon always treated them fairly and gave advice like a good friend. Everhart

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20 Years Aga Today Q . . II I. ■" 11 **° Dec. 4, 1939—Sylvan Habegger had the highest yield in the Adams county five-acre corn club with 136 bushels per acre, best in the county’s history. Senior girls of the Decatur high school and the Decatur Catholic high school will be entertained at a tea by the Phi lota X! sorority, when plans for a short story contest will be announced. * Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Chase visited friends in Toledo, 0., Sunday. Township trustees of the county will visit several of the rural schools Dec. 15, concluding at Hartford, where a special program will be presented. High school basketball results: Decatur Commodores 43, Michigan City St. Mary’s 25; Berne 35, Redkey 20; Jefferson 32, Monroe 30. recalled the long train trip to California, when the air conditioning system broke down, and the cars were hot, humid and stuffy. It was necessary to have many of the windows and doors on the train, loaded down with the young boys, open so that air could circulate. As they made their night rounds, they came upon a youth sleep-walking, standing by an open door as the train sped westward. McCammon quickly grabbed the youth before he fell from the train, and the two men decided right then to stay up ah night to prevent any such accident. A letter from R, L. Van Horn, Boy Scout council executive, relating McCammon’s active work in scouting for 31 years, was read. Gene Smith a fellow state legislator, told of working with McCammon in the state legislature, and his way of handling himself in tight situations. Bayh Speaks Birch Bayh, speaker of the house, told why he chose McCammon, a freshman representative, to be acting chairman of the vitally important ways and means A committee. Willis Goble, fourth district Young Democrat chairman, then presented lifetime honorary membership in the Young Democrats to McCammon. John Whiteleather, Whitley county chairman, then summed up the whole story, and the entire group gave McCammon a standing ovation while his two children and grandchildren came up on the platform. The meeting closed with Cocherille singing the campaign song.

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