Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 301.

Decatur Will Join Holiday Observance

Decatur will join with the rest of the Christian world Friday in commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. Residents of the city and community will observe the Christmas holiday by attending the numerous church services, happy gatherings of families, and the general suspension of business activities for the day. Very few places of business will be open for the day, as owners and employes alike observe the holiday. Some of the city’s business establishments will also remain closed Saturday to afford all a lengthy holiday. The Decatur public library will be closed both Friday and Saturday, reopening at the usual hour Monday. The Decatur post office will be closed for Christmas Day, with only special delivery of mail and possibly a few belated Christmas parcels. The post office lobby will be open on the regular holiday schedule, and outgoing mail will be dispatched as usual. The Daily Democrat will not publish an edition Friday, but will observe the regular 12 noon publication time on Saturday. The city’s retail merchants will, ctoae early Thursday evening to permit proprietors and employes to spend Chirstmas Eve with their families. Church Services A solemn high mass will be celebrated at the St. Mary's Catholife church at 12 midnight Eve, preceded by 15 minutes of religious music. On Christmas Day, a solemn high mass will be celebrated at 6 a.m., with continous masses until the closing solemn high mass at 10:30 o’clock. Confessions will be heard today and Thursday from 2 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. The Zion Lutheran church will present Christmas programs this evening at 7 o'clock, and Thursday evening at 7 o'clock, with the Christina* Day service at 9 a.m. Included in special services at" - other Decatur churches will* be * candle light service at the First Methodist church Thursday evening, a service of carols and can-dle-lighting at 11 p.m. Thursday at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, candle-light service at the First Presbyterian church at 11 p.m. Thursday, holy communion service at 7 p.m. and candle light service at 11 p.m. at the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church. 30 Pages

ADVERTISING INDEX

Advertiser Pare A. & B. Westinghouse Laundromat 15 Adams County Offices - 6 Adams Distributing Co. 19 .Adams County Trailer Sales... 29 Adams County Farm Bureau Co-Op - 20 Adams County Farm Bureau Elevator u- 4 Adams County Farm Bureau Lumber 4 Adams County Artificial Breeders Ass’n. —— - 13 Adams-Jay-Wells Nat’l. Farm Loan Ass’n. —2" L. Anspaugh Studio — 19 Ashbauchers’ Tin Shop 22 American Legion — — 4 Adams Builders Supply, Inc. — 12 Arnold Lumber Co., Inc. .... 2, 5 Black’s Funeral Home ... 20 Bahner's Barber Shop — 29 Briede Studio 3, 23 Burk Elevator Co. 4,5, 26 Butler Garage 5, 10 Burke’s Standard Service 13 Beavers Oil Service, Inc. 5,7, 13 Bower Jewelry Store 10 Budget Loans 7, 13 G. Remy Bierly, Inc. ......... 23 Begun’s Clothing Store 12 Mr. & Mrs. Fred Busche 29 Baker Plumbing & Heating .— 23 Bill’s Corner 15 Bowers Hardware Co. — 15 Central Soya Company, Inc. .. 25 City of Decatur ....i.—. 9 Commercial Print Shop ....... W Community Oil & Gas - 21 Converse Tractor Sales ........ 6 Culligan Soft Water —........ 23 Cowens Insurance Agency -.-—7 Citizens Telephone Co. — 29 Decatur Music House — 24 Decatur Super Service — 22 Decatur Lumber Co. 2 ,23 Decatur Industries 29 Decatur Dry Cleaners .18 D & T Standard Service - 15 Decatur Hatchery — 26 Decatur Ministerial Ass’n. .— 17 Decatur Public Library U. 29 Decatur Sport Center 7

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Brother Os Decatur Lady Dies Tuesday Fred H. Kanning, 68, of 1217 Stophet St., Fort Wayne, died Tuesday at the Lutheran hospital in that city. A native of Fort Wayne ,he operated Fred H. Kanning Contractors, general builders. Mr. Kanning was a member of St. John’s Lutheran church, the brotherhood and adult society of the church, the Associated Building Contractors and a veteran of World War I. Surviving are the wife, Carrie; five brothers, Carl, Edwin W., Herbert F., Harman and Leroy Kanning, all of Fort Wayne; and one sister, Mrs. Chester Kleinknight of Decatur. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p. tn. Thursday at the Klaehn funeral home, the Rev. Carl Amelung officiating. Burial will be in St. John’s Lutheran cemetery. " City Organizations To List Nominees Seven Decatur organizations will be asked to make nominations for the 50-man advisory committee to the county school reorganization committee, W. Guy Brown, superintendent of schools, said this morning. Brown is contacting the president of each organization personally to explain exactly what the county reorganization committee has in mind. The county committee recently announced that 10 persons from every township, to be picked by the trustee and advisory board, or school board; and a number from . each tqwn, including 50 from Decatur. Would b® appointed to advise the county board. Local organizations to be asked to make nominations are: Decatur Chamber of Commerce, Decatur Woman’s club, Business and Professional Women, Decatur Lions club, Decatur Rotary club, Lincoln PTA, and Northwest PTA. Arizona State U. President Is Dead TEMPE, Ariz. (UPD — Dr. Grady Gammage, 67, president of Arizona State University, died of a heart attack Hiesday in his home.

Decatur Casting Co. 19 Midwest Realty Auction Co. — 21 Don’s Texaco Station ..>........ 6 Mies Recreation 27 Downtown Texaco Station 6 Murphy Barber Shop 23 Decatur Auto Supply 23 Phil L. Mackl in Co .... 1. 15 Davidson Bros. 29 Maier Hide & Fur Co. 11 Decatur Chamber of Commerce 10 Monroe Grain Co. 4 Decatur Farms — 29 Myers Home & Auto Supply — 15 Dick’s T. V. Service 23 Myers Cleaners 5 Duo Marine, Inc. — 2 Morris Barber Shop "21 Ehinger’s ‘Boston Store” 14 W. R. Morris Trucking 23 Equity Dairy Store ....... 14 Niblick & Co. .... 13 Eastern Indiana Production N.1.P.5.C0. “The Gas Co.” .. 11 Credit Ass’n. ...... 6 Phil Neuenschwander, AucEdgewater Park ... 3 tibneer ................ 5 Erie Railroad 2 p. n. Hirsch & Co., Model First State Bank —l6 Dept. Store -28 Fairway 3 Price Men’s Wear 27 Franz Electric 27 parkway “66” Service — 27 E. F. Gass Store - 24 p s | iota Xi Sorority 3 R. E. Gantz — 28 Quality Chevrolet-Buick, Inc... 27 Gambles — 12 Rash Insurance Agency 2 Gay’s Mobil Service ——— 18 Ralph’s Sunoco Service —l— 29 Gerber’s Super Market — 20 Riverside Garage i— 21 Goodyear Service Store —2, 3,7 Reynolds Electric 29 Goodin’s Market 26 Sears-Roebuck & Co. 14 Gene’s Mobil Service 18 l. Smith Insurance Agency, Gilling & Doan Funeral Home 15 i nc . 5, 8 Haugks 2 smith Drug Co 11 Haflich & Morrissey 12 Stucky & Co 19 Habegger Hardware 23 Sprunger Implement Co. 28 HiWay Service U Stewarts Bakery — 11 Curtis Hill — 20 Stiefel Grain Co. i-, 4, 19 Jack Hurst 5 Smith Pure Milk Co. 29 Holthouse Furniture Store .... 28 Sutton’s Jewelry Store 3 Holthouse Drug Co. ...— 2,3, 7p. B. Stewart Co. — 5 Ideal Dairy Products .— - 20 Shaffer’s Restaurant 3 Ned Johnson & Bill Schnepf — 24 sheets Furniture Co. 22 Jani Lyn 12 Sudduth Market ................ 3 Burl Johnson 28 Sanitary Market 21 Klenks — -—- — 14 Leonard Soliday - X Kocher Lumber Co. ——2, 14 Singleton TV Service — 13 Kaye’s Shore Store ... <— 14 Sherwin-Williams Co. „—... 19 Kaye Paint & Wallpaper Store 14 Teeple —5, 15 Kohne Drug Store 5, 15 Tene Togs .................... 11 Kent Realty Auction Co 5 Thomas Realty Auction Co. — 26 Kiddie Shop . 16 Uhrick Bros 16 Krick-Tyndall Co. 24 West End Restaurant 3 Kenny’s OK Barber Shop .— 16 Wall's Bakery -—- —26 Kiess Electric —J 14 Yost Construction Co., Inc. .. 18 Knights of Columbus .......... 21 Yost Gravel Readymix, Inc. — IB Lute's Flowers — 10 Zion Lutheran Church —....... 6 Lehman Motors — - 4 Zintsmaster Motors Texaco Meshberger Bros. 6 Service —— 6 Mazelins 6 W. H. Zwick Funeral Home — 27

Federal Court Lifts Martial Law Al Plant MINNEAPOLIS (UPD—A Federal Court tribunal today ordered the lifting of martial law and the reopening of the Wilson & Co. meat packing plant at Albert Lea, Minn. Martial law was imposed nearly two weeks ago, and the plant was closed after picket line violence broke out against non-union workers who had kept the plant operating since the company was struck by th United Packinghouse Workers Oct. 29. However, the three-man panel issued a stay of execiltioh of its order until Sunday to permit the state to appeal the decision. Atty Gen. Miles Lord had no immediate comment on the decision, but earlier Gov. Orville Freeman indicated an adverse decision would be appealed. The court said a “free people do not surrender to mob rule until all means available to the city, county and state to enforce the laws have proved futile,” and that it was convinced the situation at Albert Lea had not developed to the point where martial law should be imposed and constitutional rights suspended. Freeman, who imposed martial law and closed the plant after strikers had stoned non - union workers, had argued with the court that reopening of the plant “may well trigger further outbursts with resulting violence and very real danger to life and limb.” The ruling restrained the governor and the National Guard from preventing the company "from possessing or using its plant and property in any lawful manner” and from interfering with employes entering and leaving the plant The judges were John B. Sanborn, retired circuit judge, and District Judges Edward Devitt and Gunnar Nordbye. Meanwhile, negotiations to end the 56-day-old strike were recessed in Chicago Tuesday night for the holidays. Brown said he recessed the meat contract talks until Jan. 4 because negotiators wanted “to go home for the holidays.” “The talks have not broken down but have just recessed because there are too many people from out of town involved in them and it’s Christmas time,” Brown said. The strike began Oct. 29 when 5,500 UPWA members walked off their jobs at eight plants. The bargainers met for five straight days in an effort to settle the strike before recessing.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, Dec. 23,1959.

President Eisenhower Returns To Desk After Long Peace Pilgrimage

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Steel Talks Are Recessed

mediators today recessed negotiations in the steel dispute until Sunday. They reported no progress during meetings this week with union and management officials. The recess came as President Eisenhower huddled with three Cabinet officers and other high government r officials to discuss the marathon steel deadlock. Federal mediation chief Joseph F. Finnegan announced that the talks would continue after Christmas, but he seemed pessimistic about the outlook for settlement. Finnegan made the comments after a fruitless two-hour joint-ses-sion with union and management negotiators. He told reporters the negotiations had not progressed at all during three days of meetings. Neither side changed its position one bit, he said. Separate bargaining talks will be held with each of the “big 11” steel companies earlier that day in response to the union’s demand for company-by-company negotiations. The President, who had expressed hope a settlement would be reached before he returned from his overseas good will tour, met with Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell, Atty. Gen. William P Rogers and Secretary of Commerce Frederick Mueller. INDIANA WEATHER Hazardous driving warning north and central portions. Snow north, becoming mixed with sleet or freezing rain central this afternoon and continuing tonight will cause slippery highways north and central. Up to 4-6 inches snow extreme north. Occasional rain overspreading south tills afternoon and tonight. Sunset 5:25 p.m. e.s.t. Low tonight in 265. Sunrise Thursday 8:03 a.m. e.s.t. Thursday snow diminishing to flurries north and rain ending . south, little temperature change. High 28-33 north, 32-38 south, low Thursday night 2636. Outlook for Friday: Mostly cloudy with chance of snow flurries north portion.

Shortly before the White House announced that the meeting had started, the union president, David J. McDonald, said that the Steelworkers are voting overwhelmingly to reject management’s last offer in the dispute. McDonald said early returns from a post card poll of the workers showed the vote is running 93 per cent against the companies’ proposal. The union’s international tellers have counted 35,000 ballots and only 7 per cent favored acceptance of the package valued at “30 cents an hour by the companies. McDonald got an implied rebuke from Finnegan for playing hooky from Tuesday’s sessions. But it was clear that little, if any, progress toward a settlement would be made at the talks called by Finnegan. Informed sources said the National Labor Relations Board had decided to start polling the 500,000 Steelworkers on Jan. 11 to see if they want to accept management’s last offer. The vote was expected to take two or three days. R. Conrad Cooper, spokesman for the 11 biggest steel firms, i standing pat on an offer whir union leaders have denounced '-*s unacceptable. He said Tuesday this proposal —calling for what he termed a 30-centx package over three years —would be submitted formally to President Eisenhower’s board of inquiry on Sunday. The union says the offer is worth about 22 cents. It has shown no signs of lower(Contlnued on three) Good Fellows Club Previously reported $651.87 sth Grade Methodist Church 4.30 A Friend ..... 125 Mr. & Mrs. Walter Kiess- 1.00 Briede Studio — 5.00 A Friend — - IQ.OO Bruce Kitchen 100 Philip Kitchen 100 Mr. & Mrs. Leo Kirsch .... 5.00 A Friend 5.00 Change in boxes — 2.00 In memory of Robert Lake 5.00 TOTAL —— $692.42

WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Eisenhower returned to his White House desk today and prepared to give the. American people in a nationwide talk late this afternoon the “impressions” he gained in his 23,000-mile peace pilgrimage abroad. Eisenhower will make what was described as a "preiminary report” on his trip when he lights the nation's community Christmas tree here at 4 p.m. c.st. He appeared at his White House office at 8 a.m. c.s.t His first caller was Vice President Richard M. Nixon who was on hand to greet Eisenhower upon return from his trip at Andrews Air Force Base Tuesday night. White House News Sectary James C. Hagerty said the vice president and the chief executive got together to do some “general catching up.” Home with Message Hagerty said the President would make a 13 to 14 minute speech while participating in the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremonies on the public grounds south of the White House. The speech will be carried to the nation by radio and television. Asked if the President would make any further public reports on the trip, Hagerty said he expected the chief executive to discuss his findings often in later speeches. He said this could include the President’s State of the Union message, which will be delivered to Congress early next month. ‘ The Chief Executive, bearing a message of “Merry Christmas and good will” to all Americans himselfand the people he. Visited on his three-continent tour, landed at’ Andrews Air Force Base, Md., at 11:25 pm, e.s.t. Tuesday night. After receiving a kiss from Mrs. Eisenhower and a rousing welcome from some 200 greeters headed by Vice President Richard M. Nixon, cabinet members and members of Congress, the President drove to the White House for further applause from several thousand sparxier-wavlng admirers. Welcome Falls Short The welcome home, late at night in sub-freezing weather, fell short of the plans of capital officials. But Eisenhower, chipper after a 10% hour flight from Morocco, waved with enthusiasm and was full of smiles at the White House door. At the airport, the President said he had. arrived too late at night “for an erudite and informative speech.” “I do want to say one thing,” he said. “Everywhere we went, people sent this back —a message of Merry. Christmas and good will to all the people of the United States. And in that message I join myself.” Eisenhower’s return was marked by warm acclaim from members of bdth parties in Congress. Some Democrats, however, said that the trip in itself, without further U. S. action, would not (Continued on page three) Borders Reappointed As Chief Os Police Police chief James Borders, of l&l West Monroe, has been reappointed chief of police for the coming year, Donald F. Gage, mayor-elect, stated today. Borders joined the police force in 1938, and will have completed 21 years of service with the department January 1, including military service. Borders was appointed under Mayor Forrest Elzey, and served until the John Stults administration and the Second World War, during which period Ed Miller served as chief of police. When John Doan was elected mayor. Borders was reappointed, and he served through both Doan terms, and through present Mayor Robert D. Cole’s term. Many changes have been made in the depart/nent since Borders took over as chief, and the size of the department has increased steadily with the increase in the size of the city.

Interest Reported In County Building Possibilities of a sale of the old Adams county garage grew today as reports from county attorney Robert S. Anderson indicated that several parties are definitely interested in the former highway department building. The county commissioners, who rejected a proposal by Jack Gordon, local civil defense chairman, to use the building as the storage place for a 200-bed emergency hospital, further advanced the idea that the building may be sold at a private sale. The building, of course, must be re-appraised and publication of the appraisal be made before any serious consideration is given a sale offer. Gordon, who had previously requested the commissioners to consider the plan to store the civil defense equipment at the old county building, approached the subject with them at their regular meeting this week, and they rejected the plan, mainly because of information about a possible sale. Anderson told the commissioners that several parties had considered negotiating for the building. He did not cite the interested parties,

Judges Declare Tie In Home Decoration

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Warthman, of 1609 Nuttman, and Mr. and Mrs. Clark Mayclin, of 520 Limberlost Trail, tied for first place in the city outdoor lighting contest, and each will be awarded a SSO bond, the judges decided Tuesday night. A total of $350 in prizes went to the 15 top winners. The judges had an extremely difficult time making their decision, because of the difference in themes. The Mayclin display was a purely religious, intellectual display, with black light bathing a Madonna* scene painted like a stained glass window; the Warthman display was the traditional Santa Claus, reindeer, and elves theme. District Winners District winners, each receiving a $25 bond, are: first district, Mr. and Mrs. David Roop, of 1113 W. Marshall, a greeting card with multi-sashing spot and black lights, and Christmas trees; Second district, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Braun, of 311 N. Fourth street, a nativity scene with antgels. 1 . Third district, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Green, of 803 Park View Drive, Santa Claus climbing a ladder up to the roof. Four'district. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Castle, of 1215 Elm street, a Santa Claus, reindeer, and religious scene, including a manger. Homestead Awards In the Homestead, first place went to Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Collier, No. 43 Homestead. They had a well-b alan c e d Santa Claus theme. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hoffman, with a snow man, Santa Claus, Rudolph leading the reindeer and sleigh, and a loudspeaker playing Christmas music, placed second in the Homestead contest. Mr. and Mrs. Byrl Hunt, with an exceptionally original theme, a flower wagon, with windows decorated in the noel theme, and a door display, won third place. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Anspaugh won fourth place with the front of their home decorated with a large Christmas, wreath, lamp post, and a spotlighted picture of their children on the door, saying “Hi.” Homestead was very difficult for the judges, who made five trips around it, looking at the displays from every angle.* A number of other outstanding displays were considered, and judging was quite close all the way. Prizes were $25, sls, $lO, and $5. McMillen Surprises A surprise contest for McMillen homeowners was sponsored by the McMillen foundation, and first

by name. The George Thomas Realty Auction and Securities Co., of Decatur, was given a $32,000 binder insurance contract for the new county garage in Monroe until a definite rate arrives from the state fire inspector's office. The state inspects the building, giving a rating, which is a determinate factor in arriving at the insurance cost. A binder merely covers the risk possibility, while a rate is undetermined. Two ditch allocations were also okayed by the commissioners for a total of $3,150. A $1,500 cleaning and repair was granted to George Dynes, of Wabash township, and another to Christian E. Liechty, of Wabash township, at $1,650. Officers Elected By Decatur Firemen Decatur Fire Chref Cedric Fisher announced today the results of election of officers among the firemen at the local fire station. Richard Girod was named to the post of assistant fire chief and Jack Rayer will serve as secretary for the group. Theodore Baker is the treasurer. All will serve during the coming year. . Fisher was re-appointed chief by mayor-elect Donald R. Gage Tuesday along with a number of other appointments. .

prize among the Central Soya personnel went to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Teobald, of 1133 Master Drive. The home had a beautiful picture of the Madonna painted on the door' A prize of SSO was awarded by the foundation. Theobald is superintendent of the feed mill. Second place in the McMillen contest went to Mr. and Mrs. Howard B. Eley, of 1020 Central avenue. whose lighting ararngement on a conventional theme won them the prize of $25. Eley works in the Central Soya engineering department Stratton Flace winners, announced Monday night, were Mt. and Mrs. Ferris Bower; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mies, and Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Gantz. H u ndreds Judged Hundreds of homes in Decatur were inspected by the judges during the more than five hours they spent in the two nights of judging. Many streets, such as Gage avenue. Penn street, Studabaker, Stevenson, and others, were very well decorated. The city-wide committee announced that they felt that the » contest, was definitely a success, with hundreds of exceptionally lighted homes, and literally a thousand other homes with Window lights, Christmas trees, wreaths, and other decorations which made an interesting, pictoral background for the more outstanding and original displays. The judges noticed particularly, the large number of out-of-town cars, and local cars, which were driving around looking at the decorations, not only in the better known sections of the city, but also on many of the side and residential streets. Homes Mentioned At 11th street and Adams, on the south side, were the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd K. Shackley at 309 and Mr. and Mrs. John C. Mor- , gan, at 310 S. 11th, the first with candles, Santa, and a lightde tree, and the second with Santa and lights over the home. Three homes on Elm street were outsanding, but only one was entered in the city-wide contest, and there were no visable street numbers to identify the others. Line stret also included some fine decorations, including the Russel Melchi home at 1022 Line, with light shrubs, Santa, and candles, and the Mrs. Mary Lee home at 515 Line, with its lighted front porch. On Park View Drive, the M. C. Sieling home* at 768 Park View, was outstanding, and several others were decorated very well.

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