Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 106, Decatur, Adams County, 4 May 1960 — Page 1

Vol. LVIII. No. 106.

Democratic Nomlneen

Myles F. r.rrtall , . J«4(* IWmn Bellenbscher . ('«mmi**ioncr

Make Final Plans For Utility Sale

Final plans for the sale of the electric utility to Indiana-Michi-gan for 52.099.100, were made by the board of worts and discussed by city tttorney Robert S. Anderson with the city council Monday night. The full agreement, with dates of hearings, etc., was read, and will be published twice in the Decatur Daily Democrat. Problems arising from the sale were discussed by Anderson. First the election results, a vote of yes, 1,761 to 903 no, was made a matter of record. First Step Taken Anderson explained that the first step •to the -*aie- was token Monday by I&M when the company applied to the Indiana public service commission for permission to buy the plant. A hearing will be held at 10 a. m. May 20 in Indianapolis, and Anderson .plans to represent toe city. The preliminary resolution on the sale was passed by the board of works and safety, including the form of the agreement.' The notice will be published in full May 6 and 13, and posted in ten public places, and will be discussed at the city hall at 8 p. m. Thursday, May 26. At that time the agreement will be entered into formally. if ix passes the PSC and board of works. Members of the boaid of works are Anderson, Mayor Gage, and councilman Lawrence Kohne. On June 7 the city council m regular meeting will considei the sale, which is expected to be completed at 11 a. m. July 1. Other Problems Gage also asked the council to take under advisement what it wishes to do with the $5,000-SIO,OOO worth of water department equipment. and the street department vehicles, now stored at the street department building near the diesel plant. The building will be transferred to I&M, and used by them for'storage. Next fall a storage place will be needed for the park equipment..* Mayor Gage also suggested that the finance committee, headed by councilman Frank Braun, consider what they wish to do with the cash that will be received from toe sale of the plant. The sale of the plant will also INDIANA WEATHER*"** Fair south, partly cloudy north tonight and Thursday with chance of a few showers extreme north late tonight or early Thursday. Continued warm Thursday. Low tonight 50 to 56, high Thursday 75 to 83. Sunset 7:41 p.m„ sunrise Thursday 5:42 a.m. Outlook for Friday: Showers and scattered thundershowers mostly afternoon and evening.and turning cooler late Friday. Low Thursday night in 50s. High Friday 92 to 82. - - ...

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reduce the salary of the clerktreasurer, mayor, two assistants, and the city auditor, and Gage askrd tnein to consider that. He pointed out that he felt that his salary was adequate without an adjustment being made.

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To Present Revue j At Catholic High "Ksloidnorot*’ " I musical revue I M taw arts, will bo staged by students uI too Her slut Catholic high school si I o'clock Friday and Bun-! day evening* in the school auditorhim. 1110 production is a compromise between a play and a muiicil com* I cdy The ft bow Includes 10 original j script written by Miss Pot Ktoti. j a senior at the school, and songs from such Broadway hits as “Oklahoma.*' “Music Man.’* “Plain and Fancy.” and "Moat Happy Fella." The revue Is under the direction I of the Rev. Robert Jaeger. Retd Erekson and Ed Heimana. Mrs Will lam Gass Is musical director i and Mrs. L. R Zintsmastrr la director of choreography. Mrs. Retd I Erekson has assisted In staging and presenting musical numbers. Action of the show moves from j a small stage la the borne of the Cooper family to the large stage where the dreams of Tom Cooper I come alive in toe color and sound lof the best loved songs in show business. Mike Ehlcr, senior, takes the role of Tom, the son of the Coopers. who is preparing for a history test. Miss Jane Lengerich. senior, plays Katie, a dream girl who ap pears to Tom. Mips Rita Miller, junior, is Tom's mother, and Severin Schurger, senior, is Tom’s father; Rick Ziatsmaster plays Herman. Tom's buddy. Solos will be sung by Mike Forst, sophomore; Harriet Halokowski, freshman: Sarah Gass, senior; James Heim arm. senior; Joan Lengericb. Junior; Mary and Martha Kabie, freshmen. Ticket*, priced at 75 cents for adults and 50 cents for students, may be purchased from D.C.H.S. students or at the door. Late Bulletins SANTA MONICA. Calif. (DFI) — Loeilie Ball today obtained an nncontested divorce from band-leader Deal Arnas. WASHINGTON (DPI) — The D.S. today accused toe Dominican Republic of “restricting „ traadam of information” by ousting a U.S. embasay official. 12 Pages

Decatur, Indiana, Wtdnstdoy, May 4, 1960.

Parrish, Spangler And Bollenbacher Winners In Democratic Primary

Many Problems Discussed By City Council Signal lighU. air conditioning, disabled person parking, sidewalks. crack in the bridge, water pressure, and parking of unlicensed cars on a public street in the west part of town were discussed by the Decatur city council in a hour-long session Tuesday night. The council passed on second reading and adopted unanimously an ordinance establishing the need for a signal light at Thirteenth and Nutiman for the safety of the people of the city, and petitioned the Indiana state highway commission to Install and maintain such light Letters of communication to and from city attorney, Robert S. Anderson were made a matter of record. Disabled Parking Concerning the parking of disabled persons along the streets of Decatur, Anderson stated that he had received a letter from city attorney W. H. Hussman, of Auburn, and that he stated that no such ordinance exists in that city. Previously Anderson had received a similar letter, from Big Rr.ptogßf Mich., to the same effect. City [ councilman Clyde Drake, chairman < of the ordinance committee, stated j lcontinued on page Mx)

Helen Tinkham Dies Tuesday Evening Mrs. Helen Tinkham. 47, Wife! of Albert Tinkham of Blue Creek township, four and miles i cast of Monroe, died unexpectedly at 7.40 o’clock Tuesday evening at i the Adams county memorial ho»* i pit ill where she had been admit-1 ted Saturday. She was born in Preble township 1 Muy 19, 1912, a daughter of Charles and Fannie Dutcher-Nyffeler. . and graduated from the Pleasant Mills high school in 1929 She was , married to Albert Tinkham Nov. \ 14. 1936. I Mrs Tinkham was a member of L the Salem Methodist church, the t W.S C.S. of the church, toe Frlend- | ship Village home economics and demonstration club. I Surviving In addition to ner husband are a daughter. Miss Barbara Tinkham. at home; three brothers, Robert Nyffeler of Decatur, Kenneth Nyffeler of Union township, and Sherman Nyffeler of Delphos, O.: and one sister. Mrs. Harvey Utaomi) Garwood of Van Wert, O. j Two brothers are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2 p.m at the Salem Methodist church. The Rev. Leon La coax and the; Rev. Billy J. Springfield will ofmeiate. with bbrial in the Decatur j cemetery. Friends may call at the I funeral home after 7 o’clock this I evening until time of the services.

Winners In Adams county in the, eight county races Tuesday were Democrat John P. Kennedy for president, Byron McGantmon for congress, Myles P. Parri'h for | Judge. Rosemary Spangler for re-j corder. Delmas <Mikn Bollmbach- 1 er for commissioner, third district; I jin the Htqtubiican primary, Nixon j ! defeated Beckwith. 1.626 to 34. to {lead that Ucket; Adair defeated, Adang. 1.518 to 85; and Acker de-j i featrd Hindenlang. 878 to 533. Less than 58*6 of the 11,750 reg-i Istered voters In Adams county turned out to vote in the eight county-wide races, with 43% vot- 1 ling in the Democratic primary, land 15% voting in the Republican! [primary. Judges Rare According to the votes cast, most Interest in tlje election centered in | the Democratic nomination for [judge. The incumbent. Myles F. j Parrish, defeated sheriff Merle Affolder, 2.802 to 2.145. by 657 votes. Affolder, who Is not an attorney, carried seven precincts and tied in two. Affolder carried five of the six precincts in Preble. Root, and Union townships and both North and South Washington. He tied in North Kirkland and South Blue 'Creek. Parrish ran strongest in Berne. Decatur, and Geneva. TTie race was close in most rural precincts. In winning nomination to his third six-year term, Parrish had his closest election. Six years ago he was nominated over G. Remy Bierly 3128 to 1773. and 12 years ago he defeated Hubert McClenahan and D. Burdette Custer in a

three-way race. 1.874 to 851 to 784-1 in the 1946 primary Parrtxh WB*f nominated over John DrVosa and G. Remy Bierly, 1.874 to 1.427 to M 3. (ommloUrr Os most interest to the spnetai tors wax the race between incum- j i bent county commissioner Loren i Heller, of French township, and' Delmas (Mlkel Bollenbaf her, of | Jefferson township, for the third; {district nomination. The race was nip and tuck all 1 evening, and those watching in the' office of the Decatur Daily Demo I crat were not sure that Bollenbach- [ er would win until the 38th prei cinct, French, came in. Final official results show Bol- | lenbneher the winner 2.301 to 2,072. [ a majority of 229 votes. Most of the I voters were surprised that Heller j was not nominated for a second !i term; however, he fared strong I organization opposition, as well as a personal battle in Jefferson township. Both candidates campaigned hard. Many organization Democrats felt that Heller had been too close to the Republican members of the county commissioners board when he was in a 2-1 minority, and that he had been unfair to some of the Democratic wheelhorses in letting of county business. Recorder Rosemary Spangler, trying for her first public office, defeated Mrs. Roy Strickler, 3,510 to 1,380 votes. Mrs. Strickler was a comparative newcomer to the political scene, and both waged-* hard door-to-door campaign. However, Miss Spangler had been a hard worker for many years in Democratic circles and in various county organizations, and was better known. Miss Spangler, jn running up the largest majority of any of the opposed candidates, lost onfy in Berne B and Berne C, hortie town of Mrs. Strickler, and led two unopposed candidates in total vote. Other Races County coroner Elmer “Chalky” Winteregg led all unopposed candidates: cm . toe Democratic' ticket in total vote, with 3,971 votes; Others were: auditor, Jaberg, 3,825; state representative, Johnson, 3,650 in Adams, 2,k04 in Wells, total 5,704; treasurer, William Linn, 3,580; surveyor, Herman Moellering, 3,412; commissioner, second district, Bernard J. Clark, 3,390. Democrat Delegates In the only delegate race. Theron Fenstermaker of Geneva upset the organization - backed opponent Walter Hofstetter, 127 to 100. Other delegates, who were unopposed, and their vote: Walter Thieme, 346;Rudolph R. Meyer, 253; Dwight Schnepp, 242; Gene K. Hike, 217;, Richard Meshberger, 142; Austin Merriman, 223; Ruby Sprunger, 224; Maynard Rich, 197; Dick D. Heller. 353: Robert D. Cole, 330; Dianne Linn, 325; and Roger L. Singleton, 417. In the two races for precinct committeeman, incumbent Robert Butcher defeated Dick D. Heller 125 to 90 in precinct 1-A of Decatur. In Geneva B a three-vote difference separated the candidates, 52 to 49. Stanley Baumgartner losing to Clarence Buckingham.

Republican Nominees r ■ • wM*-., ■ 'HBy,,.-,;..,. •s- ' Jplk E. KisS' Adair Floyd Acker Congress .__ State Representative _l_

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gkk r r -Hindral a at On tin Republican Mk. FViyi Acker, lormcr Dwitur.irtml cum* mIMKWX'T, defeated G*«a Mm H indent. mg of 91. Mary’a «*>wn*hip. ■7S to 533 (VrakdenUkl candidate Richard Nixon led the ticket. I.o* to M fur Negro Indiana poll* attorney Frank R. IVckelih. Cwgrcuxman E. Roaa Adair totalled 1.5)1 vote* to *5 lor Rt**‘rt E. Adang, Fort Wayne watchman. GOF Vatea Former county treasurer Norval | Fuhrman of Root townahip led the I Republican ticket in the county nominations ctUlectlng 1,317 v<ite«. others were: auditor, Waldo Stauffer, 1.314; recorder. Mrs. Dale j Death, 1.226; surveyor. Karl Johnson. 1,225: commissioner, third district, Stanley Arnold. 1.225; I commissioner, third district. Cart Flueckingcr, 1,194. Republican delegates to the state convention are; L. Luther Yager, i 152; Thomas A. Sullivan. 119; Eli C. Engle, 110: Edward Eicbenberger. 239; Leland A. Neuen, 199: | Donald F. Gage. 116; Cal E. Peterson, 136; Harry Essex. 156; John M. Doan. 112. Statistics The first report received was from Decatur-Root at 7:10 p.m.. the Republican vote, j The first complete report was from South Kirkland at 7:45 p.m. The final vote was received about 11:30 p.m. The official canvassing board worked in the county court room until 3:30 a.m. totaling the vote, and completing the records. More than 4,500 telephone calls were answered by the Citizens Telephone Company-Decatur Daily Democrat news recorder, and thousands of times the ten lines rang busy, often on three of the five digits. Because the tape on the recorder is only 35 seconds long, only five races could be squeezed on the tape. Mrs: Eli Bixler Dies Last Evening Mrs. Eli Bixler, 70, a resident of Ada m 3 county most of her life, died at 6; 15 o’clock Tuesday evening at the Davis nursing home in Bluffton. She had been ill since suffering a stroke in December of 1958. She was a native of Jay county but lived in Adams county moat of her life. Surviving in addition to her husband are three sons, Leo Bixler of Chumbusco, Raymond Bixler of Linn Grove, and Gerald Bixler of Decatur; four daughters, Miss Leota Bixler, at home, Mrs. Alton Corson cf Decatur. Mrs. Floyd Yost of South Bend, and Mrs. Ralph Harvey of Troy, O.; 13 grandchildren; four great grandchildren, and a half-brother. Services win be conducted at 10 a. m. Friday at the Yager funeral home in Berne, with burial im Spring Hitt cemetery northeast at Berne. Friends may call at the home after 7 p. m. today until time of the services.