Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 138, Decatur, Adams County, 11 June 1960 — Page 1

01. LVIII. No. 138

Hagerty Slips By 100,000 Leftists In Japan

George 11. Alton ,34, Soya Chemist, Dies Suddenly This A.M. < 4

George H. Alton. 34. a chemist at Central Soya, died suddenly al « IS a m. this morning at th* Adam* county memorial hospital at undisclosed causes. Alton was admitted to the hospital abodt ten day* ago. and was transferred to the isolation ward when it was believed that he suffered from hepatitis. . •. He was not thought to be in serious condition until Friday, when he took a turn tor the worse. A Fort Wayne specialist was called in at that time. The son of Francis and Idabcllc Marte! Alton, he was bom March 17, 1998 at Middletown. O. A chemist at Central Sova, he was married to Anna C. Friedley September 30, 1950. The couple has two children. Deborah and Margaret. In addition to the mother, wife, and children, one brother. Jay M Alton of Marion survives. Zwick Elected Adams County TB President Robert J. Zwick was reelected president of the Adams county Tuberculosis Association at a meeting of the association Fndoy night. John Fuhrman was elected vice president, John B. Stults picked as secretary. Tom H. Allwein was elected treasurer, and Mrs. W. Guy Brown was elected executive secretary Their were no new officers elected, all were re-elected. Board. Directors Named The executive board was reappointed and the directors were also re-elected, as follows: Executive board: Rev. Robert Content. Dr. James Burk, Mrs Ernest ReicheMeffer, John >n. Stults. and Hugh J. Andrews. Directors: Mrs. J. Ward CalJand. Charles Fuhrman. Mrs. Nellia Coppess. Helen Kenney. E. M. Webb. Mrs. Xariffa Walters, Mary Schlagenhauf, John B. Stults, Hugh J. Andrews. James'Burk. M. D., Mrs. Ernest Reicheldeffer. Mrs. Eli Graber, Mrs. Carl J Kuhn, Rev Robert Content, Norman E. Beavers, M. D.. Robert J. Zwick, Gail M. Grabill. Theodore Grotrian, Harvey Haggard, Mrs. Murray Holloway, Bernard Schultz, and Tom H. Allwein. Chapter Report Mrs. Brown released the following report this morning: The Adams county annual report for March. 1959 to April, 190. shows (1) Hie executive secretary arranged for 130 X-rays at Irene Byron hospital, participated in the Indiana state board of health and Indiana TB association survey of unhospitalized patients. (2) Five new patients were admitted to the Irene Byron hospital, making a total of eleven patients. Two deaths occurred and two were dismissed as inactive. <3) At present all patients are too ill to do more than light work such as belts, light sewing, painting, etc. Also shown were (4) shows that during the last school year, 1767 children and 8 adults were given the tuberculin patchtest. Os these, there were 16 reactors —8 boys and 8 girls, 1 girl with, diabetes. All of these children are now under a doctor’s care. (5) 2453 persons availed themselves of the services of the two mobile X-ray units. Two suspected oases were found (6) Literature for all phases of but doctors found them inactive, health education, including posters, were distributed to all schools in the county. Teachers received the health abstracts. Additional Services Pamphlets and pencils were provided for the Welcome Wagon. (7) The seal sale for 1959-60 proved quite successful. The final results were: Total receipts, $5,804.63, a gain ot 6.7% over 1959. (8) The secretary attended all conferences and meetings caHed by the state office. She bad the pleasure of being named to the state program planning committee at Purdue. She was unable to attend two other meetings. —

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Alton wan a member of the First Presbyterian church A past exalted ruler of the Decatur Elka, he was the senior trustee at the time of his death The Elks will hold a special service for him at 7 30 pm Sunday. Friends may call at the Black funeral home after 10 a m. Sunday. Funeral services will be held at Black's funeral home at 130 p m. Monday, the Rev. Harold J. Bond officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Three Injured South Os Berne Three members of the same family were being treated at the Adams county hospital this morning following a one car accident which occurred at 6:30 a m. Felix Leal was northbound on U. S 27 with his family, when the hood of his car unlatched and flew up and hit the car. smashing the windshield and causing Leal to lose control of the vehicle. The car hit the berm at the intersection of 27 and county road 20 and rolled over, one mile south of Berne. Leal, who came to Geneva Monday to pick tomatoes, suffered a broken left wrist. His wife. Carmen A. Leal. 50. suffered lacerations to the fingers and right hand and Miss Opelea Leal. 22, suffered a severe gash on to the top of the head. All three were taken to the Adams county memorial hospital for X-rays and observation. Damage to the car was an estimated $250 by sheriff Merle Affolder who investigated the accident.

Adams Central Grad Nearly Electrocuted

Robert Leroy Brown. 19-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Brown of Monroe township, was reported improved but still in poor condition following an accident Thursday afternoon in Fort Wayne when 7,200 volts passed through his body. Hie family resides a mile north and a short distance east* of the old Jack school northeast of Berne. Brown is employed by flie Weikel Construction Company, starting work with the firm two weeks ago. He was shocked while at work at State Road 37 and the St. Joe road, in the north edge of Fort Wayne, at 1:45 p. m. Thursday. He was admitted to the Parkview Memorial hospital in Fort Wayne with third degree burns over his entire body and on his hands, arms, legs and feet. Still Numb The youth is conscious but numb. His father returned from the hospital this morning and said his son spent a fairly good night but appeared to be in deep shock this morqing. Barring complications, there is some hope for his recovery. An eyewitness and fellow worker, Bill Sopoligo, 30. of 2520 S. Hanna street, Fort Wayne, also was hospitalized, suffering from shock after viewing the incident Det. Sgts. Harold Taylor and Norm Smith of Allen county said a preliminary report showed that Brown was working with a crew at a sewer line excavation at the time. The youpg man had climbed out of an excavation with a 30foot long aluminum pole when it struck the overhead high tension wires. Brown was up against a wire fence and the voltage burned through his skin in patches. Fence Saves Life The fence, however, is credited with saving the young man’s life, at least temporarily, as it absorbed some of the shock, police said. The shock bounced him off the fence, then he fell against it. The Brown, family moved to

Meets With Eisenhower Secretly In Alaska; Ike’s Trip Still On

Peter Mougey, 96, Dies In Toledo, 0. Peter J. Mougey. 96. of Toledo, id., former Decatur blacksmith Idled at 1 a m. today at a St. VinI cent's hospital in Toledo. He is survived by five sons. William of Washington, D.C.. and Adrian, Raymond. Richard and Robert. of Toledo. O.t and a daughter, Mrs. Frances Hwmpson. of Dayton. O. Preceding him in death was his wife, who died Nov. 8. 1958. daughter. Florence, and a son. Charles. Mr. Mougey left the Decatur area to live in Toledo in 1921. Friends may call at the Murphy Roach Mortuary. Collingswood avenue, Toledo. Funeral services will be held at 9 a m. Tuesday at the St. Marys Catholic church in Toledo, O. Burial will be in Toledo. Geneva Raises $5,000; Factory To Expand The $4,500 fund to bring a new industry to Geneva has been oversubscribed. with more than $5,000 received, it was reported today. In addition. The Geneva Manufacturing Co., which employs 20 persons, and makes hardware for caskets, is planning a new Addition that will increase floor space by 50%.

their present location, four years ago from a farm east of Monroe. Before accepting work with the Weikel Construction company, the young man farmed. He attended Adams Central high school. Urged To Inspect Grain In Storage With summer heat beginning, James Garboden of the Adams County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee today reminded farmers of the importance of inspecting any price-sup-port grain they have stored on their farms for insect damage. If any evidence of damage is found, immediate steps should be taken to correct the situation, Mr. Garboden said. While price-support loans are made on a monrecourse basis, the farmer is responsible for the condition of the stored grain and must deliver grain of the same grade and quality as that placed under loan in order to settle the loan in full. • Mr. Garboden said his office has recently received word of U. S. Department of Agriculture research indicating that the chemical malathion is a safe and economical treatment for low levels of insect infestation and damage in stored grain. Researchers report that a malathion spray or dust, applied at the time of storage, will effectively protect grain for a full storage season, provided recommended procedures are followed. Studies show that malathion has no effect on the odor or flavor of bread made frofn treated wheat. They also show that malathion does not impair germination of seed or grain.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, June 11, 1960.

I TOKYO <UPI» — White House press secretary James C. Hagerty stepped out of Japan tonight to meet President Eisenhower in Alaska, outwitting more than 100.000 screaming leftist* demonstrating in the streets of Tokyo against the President's June 19 visit here. Hagerty’s plane left the vast U.S. Air Force base at Tachikawa. 20 miles west of Tokyo, a i day after he had been trapped in | a Communist-led riot. •T have finished my business I and have gone to meet the President in Anchorage." Hagerty said jin a brief statement issued just [ before his huge SuperConstellaJ tion . took off. Ike in Alaska Sunday The President is due in Alaska Sunday for the start of his Far East trip. (In Washington, associate White House press secretary Anne Wheaton said the President "certairily” intends to go ahead with his visit to Japan. But the White House postponed releasing details of the President’s itinerary, saying it was not “firmed up - ’ yet. Mrs. Wheaton said it would be issued to newsmen later by_ Hagerty perhaps Sunday Th Anchrr- : age.L Ike Golfs While Haggerty Burns WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Eisenhower played golf at Burning Tree Club in nearby Maryland today after conferring with White House staff members to clear his desk before leaving on his Far " East trip. The White House said he would visit Mrs. Eisenhower at Walter Reed Army Medical Center during the day to say goodbye before his departure Sunday morning. The first lady is being treated for an attack of asthmatic bronchitis. Asked shortly before he left whether he was satisfied with the security arrangements being made here for the Eisenhower trip, Hagerty said, "Pjflst cannot answer that.” Behind him, Hagerty left angry anti-American mobs roaming the streets, shouting denunciations of Eisenhower and demanding cancellation of the U.S.-Japanese security treaty. During the day, an estimated 80,000 rioters had massed outside the Japanese parliament building, snake-danced in front of the U S embassy and stoned the private residence of Premier Nobusuke Kishi. Communists around the world made much of the attack on Hagertv, billing it as a “dress rehearsal for the reception to be given Eisenhower.” Riadio Peiping quoted Japanese demonstrators as expressing “strong hatred for the U.S. and Japanese governments” and vowing that they will "double, or triple” Friday’s turnout if Eisenhower comes. In Moscow, the Communist organ Pravda described the antiHagerty demonstration as a “severe blow" to U.S. prestige, and said protests against Eisenhower would be "even more massive and formidable.” The Red German organ Neues Deutschland described the outbreak as “a powerful Japanese warning for the U.S. President. Tib Wills' Mother Killed In Wreck Word was received here Friday that Mrs. Walter Wills, of Farmer City. Hl., mother of Wilbur (Tib) Wills of 122 S. 13th stifeet, died Friday morning following an automobile accident near Leßoy, 81. Survivors include the husband, Walter Wills, and 12 children. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at Stensel funeral home in Farmer City, 111. .

Rev. Anderson Leaves Union Chapel I The Rev. Emmett Anderson, I pastor of Union Chapel E U. B. ' church east of Decatur for the past two years, has been reassigned to the Grace church at Urbana, by the Indiana conference north which completed its session Frii day evening. The Rev. Kenneth Angle, who has served at the Elkhart Calvary j E. U. B. church, was named to replace Rev. Anderson here. The Angeß will move to the Union Chapel parsonage located at 121 :S. Fourth street, directly behind the Decatur public library. Rev. C. R. Smith, who retired at this conference session, has been named supply minister to the Calvary E. U. B. church, east of Bobo. All other E U. B. ministers in this area were returned to their present churches. —, New BniMing Started Highlighting the 116th annual session of Indiana conference north, Evangelical United Brethren church, was the ground-break-fhg ceremonies for the new multipurpose building in which th* 117th annual conference is scheduled to meet June 6 to 9. 1961. Dr. R. H. Mueller, Bishop of the west central area, of which Indiana conference north is a part, presided. Superintendents Wilson S. Parks of South Bend, Marshall Chambers of Fort Wayne, and V. A. Carlson of Logansport, assisted in the ritual. The first spade-full of dirt was turned by Bishop Mueh ler. with each member of the building, committee helping. • • . These included Dr. Parks, who is the general chairman; D. C. Kime of Plymouth: Paul Eppley. Syracuse: Merrell Geible, Warsaw; F. H. Willard, Elkhart; Paul Carmany, South Bend: H. J. Burger of Hammond; Garth Shepherd. Kokomo: James Sutherland. Lafayette; Cecil Hendrix of South Bend; Elmer Zimmerman, Rochester: and Mrs. Karl Tauber of Frankfort. The conference male chorus sang two special numbers, with the congregation joining in on the second. “Blest Be the Tie That Binds.” This new multi-nurpose building construction will start later this summer, when the regular programs of Oakwood park will be completed. -The old tabernacle, which has stood since near the beginning of the present century. will be razed, along with the former educational building to the south. The new building will include the auditorium, classrooms for laboratory schools and other special schools, and a new and adequate office and administration building. Alves O’Keefe, of Plymouth, is the architect. Ordained Two ministers were ordained as elders on Friday evening .following the ordination sermon by the presiding bishop. These were Rev. Ross Cook and Rev. Ronald Liechty. Five young men were received as probationers in the ministry, as follows: Marvin Anderson, James Dressier. Gene Flickinger, Joseph Haney and Richard Larry Smith. Five had licenses validated, upon satisfactory progress in their studies, being: Richard Bunnell, Paul DeHoff. Brookes Keck, Donald Ruhl and Richard Swafford. Maurice Bonecutter also had his license validated and is training in the Evangelical Theological Seminary, Naperville, Illinois. Temporary license was granted James Geiger. Charles Hartman, Robert Kanthak. Robert Klingel. Donald Lange, Larry Newberg and Russell Wilbur*

Ministerial Students Ministerial students taking proper steps for training include 24 young men as follows: Larry Andrews. Richard Austin. James Bandy. Thomas Bpwman. John Bushee, Donald Crabill, George

Crum. James Davis. Vernon Donney. WiUis Fields. James Geiger. Ijirry Givens, Burman Graham. Tyron Inbody. Philip Isgrigg. Robert Kanthak. Richard Kidder. Donald Livengood, Floyd Nevll. I*nrry Newberg. Howard Powell. Charles Shultz, Russell and Stephen Whitehead. Five ministers asked for retire- ' ment: L. K. McKinley. J- P. Slaughter, C. R. Smith, Albert Swenson and R E. Vance. Statistics showed a loss of 699 for the conference year, which closed on March 31. However, there was no Easter season, which lis the greatest time of membership ingathering in many churches, so these statistics should show up favorable in next year s report. In finances, there was a net gain of $117,000 over the benevolent giving of last year and a total gain of $273,000 for all purposes. The present membership of the conference is 38,324. Walchles Again TryFox Tavern License For the fourth time in 14 months. Berne residents are expected to swarm the Adams county court house next Tuesday afternoon when the alcholic beverage board discussed the licensing of a second tavern in that city. Mel and Lulu Walchle. formerly of this city, are making another attempt at that time to secure a beer and wine license for a restaurant there. The last three attempts have been violently opposed by large numbers of Berne area residents, reinforced by many Decatur area people-

Berne Worker Fatally Injured

A Berne employe living in Ohio was killed late Thursday, and a Berne resident injured, in a twocar crash at a road intersection eight miles northwest of Celina at 5 p. m. Ralph J. Kuhn. 51. of Rockford, 0., an employe of the Hawthorne Melody-Farms Dairy, Inc., formerly United Milk of Berne, was killed when his car collided with one driven by Richard Paul, 28, of Berne, Net Serious Paul is in Otis hospital in Celina, suffering from cuts, bruises and shock. His condition is not believed serious. Kuhn was dead on arrival *at Otis hospital soon after the crash and death is blamed to a broken neck. Kuhn, who resided a mile south of Chattanooga, Ohio, and lived alone, was driving north on the Wabash road on his way home from Wabash, Ohio. Paul was headed west on the Frahm pike. Tbe Paul car struck the Kuhn machine broadside and both cars careened into a lot in one corner of the intersevtion, with the Kuhn car turning over at least once. Kuhn apparently ran a stop sign at the intersection, Mercer county, Ohio authorities said. Thrown From Car Both men were thrown out of their cars and both machines were badly damaged. The two cars missed a telephone pole but one of the machines tore a fivefoot post out of the ground. Kuhn, who started work at the local milk plant a few months ago, worked as usual Thursday, then apparently went to Wabash, Ohio before starting home. He was born in Mercer county, Ohio, April 14, 1909, the son of Adams and Hettie Grove Kuhn. Kfahn was not married and kept house by himself. Surviving are four brothers, Herbert KtAn, Rockford R. R. 1: Roscoe Kuhn, Berne R. R. 2;

North School Sector May Go 2 Miles South

The Adams county school reor(animation committee met this • morning to discuss a map »howmg propos'd bound«rim in fixir | different proposed school district arrangements. i The two proposals concerning a | united school district with Allen; county have apparently been drop- j ped due to lack of interest in Preble and Union townships. as well as the southern part of Root' township. It is understood that the bound - I ary between the north and middle districts is tentatively set ot two ' miles south of Decatur. Consider-' able discussion is expected on the southern boundaries. Reorganiza- ' tion board members stressed the i fact that the boundaries arc not ! yet firmed, and that all kinds of | variations to meet the desires of I the local people are still possible, if the board is contacted. Another South Meeting The board also discussed the ! meeting concerning a united school in the south, i including parts of Jay and Adams county. Approximately 50 people representing the six southern townships of Adams county met in the j Berne - French school cafeteria Thursday evening to discuss school consolidation plans in the county. It was an informal meeting and in addition to the six townships, the Berne-French and Adams Central schools were represented as were those of Jefferson, Hartford, and Wabash townships through their- township- trustees and advisory boards. Also present wejje.Gail Grabiil. county school head and several members of the county reorganization committee. Luther Yager, a member of the committee, presided. Plans Discussed Diftacent. consolidation plans a$ proposal by the nine-member committee were discussed. Mr. GrataH displayed a map which he has prepared on the different consolidation plans which have

Lloyd Kuhn, Rockford R. R 1. and Wilbur Kuhn, Bryant, ‘and a sister, Mrs. Willaim (Bernice) Brunner, Berne. Kuhn attended the Chattanooga Methodist church He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles at Rockford and Lodge 874 Loyal Order of Moose at Celina. Services will be held at 2 p. m. Sunday at the Methodist church in Chattanooga and burial will be in Kessler cemetery. The body is at the Ketchum funeral home in Rockford where friends may call after 1:30 p. m. today. . Mr. Paul is married to the. former Phyllis Schaadt of this community and he is employed at Celina. Advertising Index Advertiser Page American Legion — -7 Adams County Sheriff's Posse „ 7 Adams County Farm Bureau ... 8 Bower Jewelry Store 3 Burk Elevator Co. 5 Butler Garage, Inc. 5 Bee Neet Beauty Salon 3 City of Decatur 6 Citizens Telephone Co. 3 Decatur Drive In Theater 3 Decatur Ready-Mix Corp. 8 8.P.0. Elks 7 First State Bank of Decatur 6 Fairway — Jt.—B Gillig & Doan Fune-ral Home — 3 Green Belt Chemical Co. 8 N.1.P.5.C0. 4 Pike Lumber Co. — 5 L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc. 5 Smith Drug Co. 3, 5 State Gardens 6 Stucky’s Soil Service 8 Teeple Truck Lines 5 Thomas Realty Auction Co. „5 V. F. W. 7 Yost Gravel-Readymix, Inc. 8 Zwick Funeral Home —- 4 Church Page Sponsors — 2

■ been discussed. ft wax pointed i out that no definite plan* have ' ix-rn formed <>n h<«w the cxmsoli* datum will take place but by next | October a definite plan must be I ready for presentation. The possibility of three southern townships uniting with three Jay county units wax .dixeuxaed, as were several other possible j plans. United the state require* I ments of an average daily attendance in each school of 1 .000 pu- , pila. three and possibly hair schools can be operated in the \ county under the new plan. HowI ever, should the three southern townships or part of the township . unite with Jay county schools, not more than three schools could operate in the county under the new ' school law. Map Shown Speakers in addition to Mr. Grabill and Mr. Yager inducted Supt. E M. Webb and Principal C. J. Neuenschwander of the Berne- ’ French school and Augud Selking, president of the consolidation committee. Numerous questions were i asked from the floor. On his map. Mr. Grabill showed different boundary lines of possible consolidation districts. One of these would be from the south boundary like of Decatur north, one from there south to include the Adams Central district and one for this part of the county. Under the present setup. Decatur has enough students to meet the minimum requirements' whlfte Berne and Adams Central need a couple hundred or so. Geneva, in order to meet the 1,000 minimum daily requirement, would peed about 500. Indiana Records Four Deaths Friday Night United Press International Traffic fatalities on Indiana streets and highways mounted to four during the first 13 hours of-, the weekend. Included wcrejjtwo 'X youths killed when their motorcycle hit a tree, a woman motorist struck by a train and a wife killed when her husband ran a red light. An hour before the weekend began, a little girl was killed in a two-car crash at South Bend. James Everett Watson, 26. of Austin, and Harry Leo Owens. Jr., 20, Crothersville, were kiled today when their motonclyce went off a Jackson County road a halfmile south of Crothersville. State troopers said Owens apparently was traveling at high speed when he went off the road and hit two trees. Watson was killed when his head smashed one of the trees. Owens died about four hours after in a Seymour hospital. Mrs. Bonnie Jean Steel. 40, Albion, was killed today when her car was hit by a Baltimore & Ohio freight train on an Ind. 9 crossing at Albion. Witnesses said the train was moving about 55 miles an hour, and the flasher and lights guarding the crossing were operating. Mrs. Audrey June Smith. 28, South Bend, was killed Friday night in a two-car. collision at the intersection of Ind. 2 and 123. .Troopers said her husband, Raymond J. Smith. 52, rap a red light and was struck brdadside by , another car. Smith was injured. An hour before the weekend officially began Friday night, 9-year-old Darla Elliott of South Bend was killed in a two-car collision in South Bend. Her sistelr and mother were badly hurt. Police said a car driven by Mrs. Wilbur Elliott. 31, halted in a parkway between two lanes, another car pulled in behind her and the driver began blowing his horn. Apparently Mrs. Elliott became confused and started to pull up. moving into the path of an oncoming car in the other lane. Her 7-year-oki daughter Debra was reported in" critical condition in South Bend Memorial Hospital arid Mrs. Elliott was listed in serious condition. NOON EDITION

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