Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 100, Decatur, Adams County, 27 April 1960 — Page 1

Vai. LVIII. No. 100.

VOTE SALE

Refute Story On Judge Race

Contrary to a story to thia morning's Fort Wayne J.xirnal-GStette. Marte Affolder. Drmocratic z candidate for the judge's nnnUnaUoo. will be able to serve if nominated nnd elected, according to the boat informatton available from the at-torncy-general's office, office the aecretary of state, and from the Indiana luprcmc court. The story in the Fort Wayne newspaper came like a bombshell, in that, contrary to the story itself. none of the voters in Adams county had heard any such thing Attorney-general Edwin K Steers gave an official opinion to secretary of state John R Walsh March 1. 1960, dealing with the question of Affolder’s ability to run for. and hold, office if nominated and elected. Official Opinion The two and a quarter page official opinion, given to the secretary of state. concludes as follows: ■ Therefore in answer to your question. It is my opinion that you should accept a declaration of candidacy even when submitted by one who has not been admitted to practice at the bar of the supreme court of this state, or who has act-I ed as a judicial officer of the I state or any municipality therein.” I Affolder, who is studying law* at LaSalle university where such attorneys as Hubert McClenahan of Decatur. James Beatty of Indianapolis, and many others, have qualified, is not now a practicing attorney. Law I’nconaUtuticnal Tn 1953 the state legislature passed a law requiring a judge to have been a practicing attorney or to have acted as a judicial officer erf the state or of any muncipality thereof. It was concerning this act that the attorney general offically gave his opinion, and is based on the rulings of the supreme court that the circuit court is a constitutionally created office, and that the legislature cannot add to or detract from, the constitutional requirements of the office. The 1957 state legislature at the behest of the laywer’s lobby, passed joint resolution 7 which requires that a judge shall reside within > his circuit and shall have been

St John’s School History Outlined

The history of the St. Johns school and congregation, located nearly seven miles north of Decatur in Root township, was presented to the Adams county historical society Tuesday night by W. E. Uffelman, the school principal. The Rev. Edwin E. H. Jacob, pastor of the church, and vicepresident of the society, presided ‘over the meeting. . • - Following is the first part of the text of Uffelman’s history of the school. It will be continued for several days until completely published. St. John’s Lutheran school is owned and ’maintained by St. John’s Lutheran congregation and is located in the northeast corner of Preble township on U. S. highway 27. about seven miles northeast of Decatur. Records Meager Very few details of the establishment and early history of this - school are known, for the records are ‘very meager. There are no . minutes of the meetings of St. John’s congregation before 1870. and the minutes of some of the later meetings are missing. information was obtained from official records of the congregation, official Preble township records, which go back only to 1859 and from the recollections of older members of the congregation When the first Lutheran missionary in Adams county, the Rev. Frederick C. Wyneken, saw the great need for churches and schools in this atea. he returned to Germany to plead for help. He asked for pastors and teachers to labor mainly among the German immigrants in Indiana. Rev. F. W. Kussmann One of the men who answered this call was Frederick W. Hussmann, who organized St. John's congregation and school. Hussmann, a teacher who later became a pastor, at first taught school in Fort Wayne, and as’time and opportunity presented itself,

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duly admitted to practice tow by the supreme court of Indiana, be thaM hold hu office forth«- term of <x years, if he so tong behaves well. This was repasswd to 1959 as senate joint rcwJuUon 5. 4 will be slibmittod to toe voters Nov. 8. There is some questton as to when it would become tow as a part of the state constitution, and therefore as to whether it would affect the election of Affolder. Tipped by Lawyer The Journal-Gazette reporter was tipped off to call the chief deputy attorney-general, F. F. Knachel. by a Fort Wayne attorney. In response to toe call by reporter George Schull. Knackel gave him an unofficial opinion that Affolder would not be able to serve. * Simon Schwartz, editor of the Berne Witness, palled attorney general Edwin Steers. Jr., this morning, and was told that Steers is out of town; Knackel told him that the opinion given was strictly unofficial, and meant no more than the opinion of any attorney. Judges* Opinions Meanwhile, . Affolder himself drove to Indianapolis and conferred with several prominent members of the appellate and supreme courts, who gave him the opinion toat the constitutional amendment would in no wav affect him. Charles Skillen, state chairman of the Democratic party, issued a call for-the state election board to get his opinion on the matter, which is complicated by the fact that the attorney-general is the son of the chairman of the state election board. In essence. Affolder has every right to run for the nomination and for the office if nominated. The question of his serving on the court, if the amendment passes and if it was brought up, could dnly be settled after the fall election by the Indiana supreme court. Therefore, there is no reason to believe that Affolder Would not be able to serve any more than there is reason to believe that Parrish, if renominated and reelected, would be able to serve.

he also taught in two other localities south of Fort Wayne. Since he, in 1845, organized St. John’s congregation, it is quite safe to assume that one of the two places south of Fort Wayne where he taught was St. John s. And since he arrived in Fort Wayne in 1840, 1 we may conclude that St. John s school was organized perhaps in 1843 or 1844. For in 1845, at the time of the formal organization of the congregation, the school of 24 pupils was well established. Diary Quoted Pastor Hussmann’s concern for an education for the children is shown by the following paragraphs from his “Diary”: I*l. In order that the children rtf tiiis congregation may early be taught the true Christian doctrine and be trained in true Christianity the parents are not only obligated at home by work and example to tr.ain them piously, but also are obligated to send them to school, that they may be most carefully trained as members at the Christian congregation. “2. For this reason the congregation as such is obligated to provide a good parochial school: namely in this way. that the pastor, if circumstances permit it, or otherwise a capable man. preferably out of their own midst, at least during the winter months, and on Sunday, instruct them in Christianity, also diligently train them in reading, singing, arithmetc. and writing: and that not only the parents, but the rest of the members of the congregation also provide for the support of the school teacher.” Some time during 1845 Rev,, Husmann had become the regular pastor of Emmanuel Lutheran church in Marion township, Allen county, just a few miles north of St. John’s. 1 First Teacher He states in the “Diary” that he (Crvntlwued on pass four)

Phone Company Plans Public Sale Os Stock The Citizens Telephone company, tin Its annual meeting Ttirsday. an-1 nounced that it will soon make al (public offering of common stock.l i and that it has secured an option I Ito pur chaw all <rf the conwnon I stock of the Tocsin Telephone company. The stock offering will be underwritten by City Securities Corpor- | ation. of Indianapolis. This will be . the first public offering of common I stock in over 30 years and proI reeds from the sale of the stock will be used to help finance the I large plant - expansion program which is planned in the near fuIture. Dial Canverston Involved I The Tocsin telephone company serves a small area centered ap-1 proximately eight miles west of Decatur. Officers of the company I indicated that the Tocsin area, by itself, is not large enough to substantiate a conversion to dial operation. The Citizens Telephone Company also indicated high hopes of being able to obtain other areas, close to the Tocsin area, which could be combined into one consolidated area. (Preble and CraigviUe are other small companies operating in that area.) Hinges On Others In such event, it was planned that work would begin immediately to convert to dial operation. In event additional areas cannot be secured, it was further indicated that the option to purchase would not be exercised. No changes were made in the board of directors ,pf the company. Those persons elected to serve for the ensuing year were William H. Bell. Leesburg, Charles D. Ehinger. Charles E. Hite. Arthur E. Voglewnde, and Leo Yager, all of Decatur. 9,594 Telephones The company owns and operates exchanges at Decatur, Berne, Monroe. Pleasant Mills, Linn Grove and Bryant, with properties in Allen. Adams, and Jay counties. In addition, the Citizens Telephone company owns and operates the Nappanee Telephone company and Argos Telephone company, with properties in Marshall, Fulton, K.o?«iy.s.iffc. Elkhart and. SL. Joseph counties. Telephone instruments in use, at the end of 1959, totaled 9,594 instruments, and it was reported that the company soon expects to exceed the 10,000 telephone mark. The annual meeting of stockholders of the Citizens Telephone company was held Tuesday evening at the home offices of the company, 240 W. Monroe Street, in Decatur. Other Plans Other reports to the stockholders included reports on a large toll facility and cable expansion program in the Citizens area, rebuilding of theglapanee Telephone company" outside plant preparatory to dial conversion, and direct distance dialing for the Argos exchange, effective in October of (Continued eC page *lx) Monday Is Deadline For Tax Payments With the tax payment deadline of May 2 near at hand, Adams county residents have been pouring into the office of treasurer Waldo Neal with fair consistency, according to Neal this The taxes due this installment period will amount to $1,068,042.47 while the total for 1959 will be $2,136,084.94. The total collections for the spring installment last year amounted to $1,068,946.18, including penalties. And for those taxpayers who have been fretting about the amount that they must pay this installment, take a look at the payments some local corporations must pay; = ’ " Central Soya Co. paid $57,968.81; Erie railroad, $15,616.96; Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co., $lO,675.04; Pennsylvania railroad, sll,119.81; Indiana and Michigan, $13,297.47; Nickel Plate railroad. $14,926.46; Northern Indiana Public Service Co., $12,751.59; American Louisiana Pipeline Co., $13,340.90, and many others. The treasurer's office will be open Saturday until 4 p.m. to further accommodate taxpayers in the eounty. The office is usally open only half a day on Saturdays.

Decatur, Indiana, Wadaatday, April 27, 1960.

OF ELECTRIC UTILITY

Decatur Citizens Vote Sale Os Power Utility By Margin Os 858 Votes

• I KI I ■ I Rhee Resigns As President

SEOUL. Korea (UPI»-Republic of Korea President Syngman Rhee resigned today. Foreign Minister Hi* Chong promptly took over as actiiv president, assuming com-pk-te control of the government and military, and signaled new elections within three months. Huh, 64, appointed foreign mm-1 ister only two days ago. said martial tew would remain in effect for a while because Korean police, who shot and killed demonstrating students in the past week, “are powerless now” to maintain order. ’ Huh said he hoped to organize a non-political caretaker cabrne that would run the government tor about three months until a new administration could take ° f One of Huh’s first acts as acting president was to state publicly he still expected Eisenhower to visit Scuta Korea June 22 and would send a new invitation immediately. Hugh did not even waK for- , mal action on Rhee s **£*?" by the National Assembly befor stepping into the presidential J shoes cirw-e Vice President John M. Chang a member of the 1)6 grvs SS ■ tionally a presidential vacancy falls to the foreign Huh called a news conferencshortly after Rhee resignation. He promptly ( asked who now ruled the country 'W»y I & H's District Office To Decatur Decatur will soon get its first industry as the result of sale of the light plant to Indiana-Michi-gan Electric company, the Decatur Chamber of Commerce announced this morning. The first industry will be the district office for Indian-Michigan, now located at Bluffton, and staf - ed bv 23 people. The district will serve Adams, Wells and parts of Jay and Huntington counties. Headquarters will be moved as soon as a down-town site suitable for the, company office can be leased or purchased, Edward Ha. gan, district manager, said after J. Calvin Hill made the announcement Tuesday evening. The district office will be over the city office, which will be located at the present diesel plant location, where the sub-station will be built. ™ t Earl Sheets, president of the Chamber of Commerce, stated that the industrial procurement committee of the Chamber will now begin active work with Indi-ana-Michigan and with other utilities located here to obtain new industry for Decatur. It was rumored at the time of the first sale that I&M planned to locate its district office here if the sale vote carried. Bluffton, the present location, has municipal power.

results of the utility election Ist Election Signers of 2nd Election 3rd Election Precinct 7 ’ Registered Yes" No Total Petition Yes, No Total Yes No Total 1-A Quonset 466 123- 190 313 230 206 159 365 168 122 290 1-B Cabery 365 37 129 166 200 109 130 239 92 50 142 , 1- JaT V 371 100 114 214 155 164 96 260 149 81 230 15 Kaehr Bldg. 479 lOf 154 258 236 192 133 325 139 116 255 2- Court 2-B Fire Station 314 61 153 214 81 117 124 241 105 96 201 2- Worthman Field 314 98 93 181 122 154 70 224 136 51 187 3- , Runyon Residence 531 167 181 348 201 200 132 332 162 * 3-B Case Residence 471 136 152 288 215 166 76 242 161 43 204 3-C Sheets Garage 339 100 95 195 222 260 130 390 224 104 34S D-R Eiting Implement 396 106 83 189 275 206 73 279 172 55 227 TOTAL - 4624 1227 1500 2727 2167 2040 1263 3303 1761 903 2664 ■' - . Misc. 45% 55% 2269 62% 38%. 88% • 34%

— and whether it might be the martial law commander. •'Under the constitution of this country, the senior member of the cabinet acts as president. Huh said. Huh is the senior memIber as foreign ministerRhee, plagued by six weeks of, I violent protest to alleged fraud in I last manta’s presidential election, sent a terse message to the National Assembly saying he was bowing to its demand • that he resign He said be would retire to private life. ~ . The assembly had adjourned when the announcement came but was expected to approve the resignation speedily Thursday. Asked if he considered Rhee as president until that time, Huh reptoed. “of course not.” Obviously speaking as the ,ac t-1 ing president, Huh said he would welcome Eiseifcower’s visit “If a new invitation is necessary I will extend it promptly, hf* said. He said there were j ‘ certain points in present relate** between the United States and the Republic of Korea whten are smooth and satisfactory”. But he added: "I believe there is a waste of American aid funds and improper management “I will make an effort to Drmg the ties between the United States and Korea closer and more intimate and bring about better understanding,” Huh said. The nation, weary of the excesses which had cost life and ■limb’" and' is--Rbee resigoatxjn was a«Y»tabte. received the news quietly. The latest of six weeks of dem<^' str f n tions was reported dying out in the port city of Pusan. Summer School To Open Here June 6 The annual summer school will open at the Decatur high school Monday, June 6, and continue until July 29. according to an announcement. today by Hugh J. Andrews, principal. Five members of the high school faculty will conduct the summer school. Teaching in addition to Andrews will be Lowell J. Smith, Deane'T. Dorwin, Maynard Hetrick and Sylvester Everhart. Courses to be offered will be civics and sociology for juniors and seniors, typing and drivers training for sophomores, and algebra for freshmen. Andrews also said that the typing and driver’s training classes are filled, and no more enrollments will be taken for these courses. However, there - are openings in the other -courses and —students - from other schools in addition to the Decatur high school will be accepted. Any students interested in attending the summer school are asked to call the principal’s office during regular school hours. _J.

Decatur voters, by a majority | of 858 votes, approved the sale nt the Decatur electric utility to In-, diana-Michlgan for $2,089,100 at. the polls Tuesday Every precinct! carried in favor of the sale. 1.761 to 903 A total of 66 1% of those voting favored the sale, and 33.9% of the voters opposed it. Effective July 1 The sale will be consummated on July 1, because the nearly i $600,000 in bonds outstanding on the diesel plant are callable only on July 1 and January 1. In the meanwhile, the public service commission will consider the sale, and the franchise will be transferred to Indiana-Michigan. The first precinct to report Tuesday night was 2-B, voting at the fire station, calling in at 6:30 p.m., just one-half hour after the polls closed. Most observers predicted at that time that the plant would sell, since 2-B carried in favor of the sale for the first time in three elections. The last precinct reported in at 8:05 p.m., and every precinct carried in favor of the sale. Opposition Folds Former Mayor John M Doan, a leader of opposition to the sale, stated this morning that as far as he’ was concerned his group would not carry the matter any further. On April 14, 1959 the voters favored keeping the plant, 1,227 to 1.500, a majority of 273 votes. In the Nov. 3 election, the question reversed, and the people favored the sale, 2,040 to 1,263, by a majority of 777 votes. At 5 p.m. the vote was still very light, but between 5 and 6 p.m. as many as 50 per cent voters turned out in some of the precincts. I & M had bid $2,099,100 as tts purchase price for all of the Decatur electric facilities with the exception of the city’s steam generating plant. building. The Decatur muujcipaL. systeOTSeiY&waPmfe Imafely 4.Q00 city, .and -farm customers. I&M Statement J. Calvin Hill, I&M’s Fort Wayne division manager, issued this statement last night: “I would like to thank the people of Decatur for the confidence they have evidenced in our company in today’s election. “We accept this news with great humility, because we recognize that the citizens of Decatur have afforded us the opportunity of proving to them that the statements we have made about our intentions as they relate to the electric situation in Decatur will now be carried out. “I would like to assure the citizens and political officials in Decatur that we shall do everything in our power to make the transition a beneficial one for them. We recognize that our reputation as a substantial company, of which we are particularly proud, is at stake; and we feel that we shall be able to make the people of Decatur our friends and satisfied customers, just the same as we have in the other communities we serve,” Hill concluded. The vote favoring the sale came more than a year after Decatur residents first had gone to the polls on April 14, 1959. The sale 'was rejected at that time, but a subsequent petition by 2.269 voters requesting the sale put the issue on the ballot again at the general election last November 3. The second vote favored the sale of the city utility to I&M by a , (Continued on pagp six)

J 7T7-votc margin but was invalL| dated the week prior to the clee- ‘ Uon by a last-minute appraisal <rf • i the utility in excess of the l&M >| purchase offer. Hill said that I&M probably ' I would assume hill responsibility for electric service to Decatur I next July 1, and would immediate- ' ly launch a one and one-half mil-1 I lion dollar program for the imr provement of facilities to route I I power into the city and surround- ' ing rural area. » A : 104 City Ballots ; Mutilated Tuesday s A total of 104 ballots were mutit lated in Tuesday's special eiec--1 tion, involving the heated contro- • versy of whether or not to sell the city-owned electric utility plant t to Indiana and Michigan Electric t Co. Os tae total 2.664 ballots cast, less than 5 per cent of ballots , were mutilated. In precinct 1-B, > a total of 39 ballots were mutilat- ■ ed, mainly because the marks ex- ► tended beyond the confines of the ' square. Nine of the 11 city precincts • had mutilated ballots, but main- • ly only three or four. The highi est total in 1-B was followed by numbers of 21, 15, and 7I Only 2,664 registered voters went to the polls out of the 4,289 persons in Decatur who were eligible. Other mistakes noted on the tally sheets by the county elec- ' tion board were check marks used instead of X’s; writing of "yes." and X’s completely outside of the square, and unmarked ballots. Cancer Crusade Is Over SI,OOO Mark ’ Proceeds from the cancer eru- ! sade in Adams county continued ' to grow this morning as the latest report from Mrs. Robert C Krueckeberg, city drive chairman, ! lists the amount at more than ? SI,OOO, and more contacts must f be made. In any given year under me r Community Fund, the local e^P cer ; society chapter received $1,200. 1 Pleased With Work Mrs. A. R. Holthouse, chapter 8 president, said this morning that 1 she is extremely pleased with the " work being done by the volunteer ‘ workers. All workers with the r local group are volunteers, as is ’ the case in all chapters throughout • the country. Mrs. Holthouse said that the ! drive should be completely wrap- ! ped up by the first part of May ‘ after the mail-in contributions ; have had a chance to be fully 1 effective. Those still wishing to mail checks for the crusade can ' send them to: American Cancer ’ Society, First State Bank. Decatur. Mrs. Krueckeberg, who had 18 ' sections of the city to direct in 1 this first fund campaign for can- ! cer research, reports that her workers diligently canvassed the various parts of town to accummulate such fine results. The workers and their sections are: 1. Mrs. Paul Moore and Mrs. Orval Hicks; 2. Mrs. Dan Foreman; 3. Mrs. Dick Bogner and Mrs. Ray Friedley; 4. Mrs. Jerry Bixler and Mrs. Albert Selking; 5. Miss Glennys Roop and Mrs. Kenneth Nash; 6. Mrs. Ted Hill; 7. Mrs. Evelyn Ostermeyer and Mrs. Jim Borders; 8. Mrs. Frank Braun; Ba. Mrs. Robert Colter and Kenneth Shannon; 9*. Mrs. Henry 1 Krueckeberg and Mrs. Joe Murphy: 9a. Mrs. Leland Smith and Mrs. Clarence Dersch. And Others In 9b, 10b, Joan Wemhoff and Ed Wemhoff; 10. Miss Kay Alberson; 11. Mrs. Ed Wolfe; 11a. Mrs. Herman Krueckeberg, Mrs. Elmer Winteregg. and Mrs. Robert Boch; 12, 13, and 13a, Mrs. Robert Strickler and Mrs. Fred Isch, 14 and 15. Mrs. Robert Worthman,

lUSO Registered Voters In County A total of 11,750 voters in Adami county arc registered lor the primary election May 3, according to figures released by county clerk K chard D. Lcwton this morning. The county election board compiled the data with the aaatotanco <>f part time workers. Mrs. Edith Beer and Cal Peterson are the other members of the board with Lewton. Decatur Tow Polk Decatur leads the list with 4.289 registered voters, while the northern townships follow with the highest voter population, having 3.070. This jpves the northern section of the county n total voting strength of 7.358 compared to only 4.391 for the southern half at the county. In Berne. 1,498 voters are registered, and 638 in Geneva. Monroe has 638, also in both parts of the townships. The total township strength in the south amounts to 2,257. A breakdown of the registered voters by voting district reveals the following: E. Union, 196; W, Union, 219; E. Root. 332; W. Root 349; N. Preble. 198; 8. Preble. 249; N. Kirkland. 194; S. Kirkland. 112; N. Washington, 421: S. Washington. 301; N. St. Mary's, 220; and S. St Mary’s, 280. These arg the northern townships. — In the southern part of the county, N. Blue Creek, 177; SBlue Creek. 134; N. Monroe, 343; S. Monroe. 293; French, 253; N. Hertforf, 270; S. Hartford, 155; Ceylon, 170; N. Wabash, 180; E. Jefferson, 121, an dW. 161- _ * ’ Berne A has 327. Bejne, B. 597, e has -664.., _ A, 358'are registered and 278 in Geneva B. The Decatur precincts are l 1-A. 443; 1-B, 357; 1-C, 344; 1-D. 427; 2-A, 323 ; 2-C, 294 ; 3-A, 496; 3-B. 430 ; 3-C, 297, arid Decatur-Root, 397. INDIANA WEATHER Fair this afternoon and tonight. Cool again tonight with light frost iikrfy In »»» Potion. Thursday mostly sunny north, partly cloudy south, little temperature change. Low tonight 33 to 38 north, 39 to 44 south. High Thursday 61 to 6» north, 66 to 72 south. Sunset today 7:35 p. m. Sunrise Thursday 5:50 a. m. Outlook for Friday: Increasing cloudiness with showers likely, not much temperature rh ’ n <fLows 35 to 45. Highs 60s north, mid 70s south. Advertising Index A & P Tea Co., Inc | Adams Theater ~:*AT Adams County Farm Bureau Coop — •*’ - Beavers Qil Service, Inc —-— < Burk Elevator Co ————- “ Butler Garage, Inc " Bower Jewelry Store Budget Loans ‘ Delmas BOllenbacher * Cowens Insurance Agency ——- ® Dierkes Implement Sales ——— 2A . Fairway Ford a* F. 0.0. Eagles -- * Gerber’s Super Market - » Goodyear Service Store —— Holthouse Drug Co --- « Holthouse Furniture Store -—— » Kohne Drug Store 5 Kroger —— * Myers Florists -— * Model Hatchery — ® F. McConnell & Sons S Phil Neuenschwander, AuctronMyles F. Parrish 2 Standard Food Store • L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc 5 Smith Drug Co ——- J Shaffer’s Restaurant 7 Rosemary Spangler —-—- ♦ Teeple Truck Lines — Wertheimer Cattle Co 5 Will Winnes - 1

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