Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 196, Decatur, Adams County, 19 August 1960 — Page 1

Vol. LVIII. No. 196.

Judges Named For Contest At Monroe Judges were named today for the eight-contestant Miss Adams county contest to take place Friday evening. August 26, during the celebration of Monroe Days next week, it was announced this morning. There will be three judges for the contest, which has drawn a number of entries from over the county. The winner will be certified to enter the Junior Miss Indiana contest at Bluffton later this fall. Judges Judges will be——Miss Myra Hatter, of Fort Wayne, last year’s Miss Fort Wayne, and also Junior Miss Indiana, and Miss Queen of the Lakes in 1958. She crowned the soybean queen last year in Decatur. —Jack Ford, of Fort Wayne, president ot the Indiana Volunteer firemen’s association. The Monroe volunteer fire department and the Monroe rural fire department are two of the three sponsors of the contest and fair. —James Hamilton, of Waterloo, district 258 governor of Lions International, the third sponsor of the fair. i Contestants Eight girls are entered in the contest. They, their parents, and the sponsor, are as follows: Miss Jacque Chew, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chew of Decatur, sponsored by Gerber’s Super Market. Nancy Raudenbush, of Adams Central, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Raudenbush, of Monroe, sponsored by the Adams County Farm Bureau Insurance. " Miss Sharon Mattax. of Adams Central, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Mattax, sponsored by Zurcher’s Mobil Service, in Monroe. Anita Yoder, daughter of Mrs. Wilman Yoder, of Berne, sponsored by Stan’s Mens Wear. Sharon Martin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Martin of Hartford township, sponsored by the Linn Grove Hardware. Sharon Huser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Huser. of Hartford township, sponsored by Meshberger Bros. Stone Corp. Last year’g queen. Miss Onatee 1 Barkley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chalmer Barkley of Decatur, will crown the queen in special ceremonies Saturday evening at 9:30 o’clock.

Monmouth Students Detail Root Township History

(Editor’s Note. This is another of a series of historical articles written by the Monmouth speech class of Mrs. Hugh J. Andrews last spring.) Reynolds-Kunkel Farm May we review for you one loaction that we have mentioned thus far—four times. It is the springs on the St. Mary’s in Section 21. 1. First we mentioned it as a military camp in 1818. 2. Ahead of that it was an Indian camp site. 3. Robert Douglas used the land in 1820. 4. Bentley, the surveyor, claimed it in 1834. 5. And then John Reynolds acquired the land In 1825. ♦ Inserted is an interesting letter from Mrs. Sherman Kunkel. Her information verifies and completes the story of Section 21, Root Twp. Bentley Entered Land A certificate of entry was made , Dec. 8, 1824 for the land in section 21, which is now the Kunkel farm. At that time a patent deed was made to Benjamin Bentley, the surveyor, from the United States of America, and was signed by President John Quincy Adams. It included part of the old Reynolds farm, including the improvements made by Douglas. Lewis Buys Farm Bentley sold the tract to John Reynolds in 1825, and on Feb. 6, 1837 he sold it to William Lewis. Lewis also bought 79 acres east of this land and it included the present site of the town of Monmouth. In 1837 Monmouth was located on the north bank of the St. Mary’s river, and was the oldest town in the county, not counting the platted by unsettled Mannheim. It was highly considered for the county seat, and was platted with 51 lots.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Soft Treatment Scorned By Slain Girl’s Dad

(Editors Note: Dr. Robert Terry’s 11-year-old daughter Avril was raped and slain at Boonville, and a 53-year-old ex-convict with a long record of sex crimes was arrested on a murder charge. Dr. Terry, in an interview with UPI staff correspondent Hal W. Maertz, criticised “soft treatment” for knowh zex deviates and launched a crusade for improvement in the handling of such deviates.). By DR. ROBERT TERRY As told to UPI BOONVILLE, Ind. (UPl)—This man raped a woman rather early in life. He has since specialized in children. He has raped four girls between 9 and 14. He raped a boy 10 years old. • One week ago, this man’s brother drove him from home because he molested his own brother's children. His brother did not report these instances of molestation of his own children to the parole officer. The fact that this was not reported is a commentary on the parole system as it exists today in our society. Parole violations for many types of criminal acts are easily detected and willingly reported. Parole violations of sexual molestations are guarded secretly and for this reason the parole system does not, cannot and never could work in the case of the sexual psychopath. It is not enough to train our children to be wary and to refuse to get into cars with adults.J The child molester will not hesitate to leave his car and hit a child In the head with a hammer or other instrument as apparently happened to our daughter. Children must be taught not only not to get in cars with strangers but not to approach a car when asked by a stranger for directions. Children frequently come up to my car and put thier heads on the door w,hen I ask directions to the residence of a patient. This is all that a sex deviate needs to haul a small child bodily, muffle its cries and bludgeon it into insensibility and then speed to his hideous rendezvous. Mothers and fathers, warn your children not to approach a car If the occupants ask for directions. Be wary of any unknown adult that offers assistance in any form whatsoever. The training of your children is not sufficient. Your little children, your teen-age daughter, yes, eyen your wife, may be dragged bodily from the streets. This has happened and will happen again. These violent offenders are rarely first-time offenders and the first>time offenderseven -more rarely fail to violate again a woman or child somtime after the members of a parole commission turn them loose. I remind you this man has been freed three times from prison. Remember that a parole commis-

Lewis A Negro i Lewis and his wife Emaline were Negros, and had seven sons and a daughter, ranging in ages from one to 19 years. They had a home in Monmouth described as on inlot No. 49. This location is one of two places in Adams county where Negroes lived and owned real estate. It is not known for certain why they chose to live here in the wilderness 25 years before the Civil War. . It is known, though, that when a slave owner died, he occasionally freed his slaves. William Lewis, the father of the family, died January 1, 1844 and the land which he owned had to be sold to pay his debts and settle his estate. Kunkel Buys Land A commissioner was appointed to sell his land, and Calvin T. Dorwin, great-grandfather of Sherman Kunkel, purchased it Nov. 11, 1845. The Cincinnati Union and Fort Wayne Railway Company purchased an 80-foot-wide strip of land from the farm for the construction of what is now the Pennsylvania railroad. In 1863 the last mention was made in a land transfer of “an old steam sawmill and appurtances” which was located in a field near the river, and evidently not used very long after that time. The lots in Monmouth were vacated by the county commissioners in 1858 and a few bricks, foundation stones and broken dishes are still found. The farm has been in the Kunkel family for 115 years, and Fred Kunkel who is farming it now 4s the fifth generation to do so. Samuel L. Rugg Tn 1832 Samuel L. Rugg, a young man who had come West to seek his fortune, became Interested with Mr. Reynolds in the promo-

sion knew these facts when they freed this sexual deviatje. What manner of man, what type of mind, what motivation directs a parole commission to commit an act against society by knowingly turning loose a beast in the streets? I wish to call to your attention that this is not a rare instance of turning loose a sexual deviate. It is the general practice to parole •gentle* sexual deviates for ‘good behavior’ in prison. ‘Good behavior’ in prison means they have raped none while in confinement. I am interested in making contact with social workers, school people, doctors and perhaps most of all lawyers and jurists who sympathize with children who have been tortured or killed and with bereaved parents. Call me at any time, day or night. I shall not let my grief deter me from taking action as soon as possible to lessen the incidents of this sort of thing; I know I cannot eliminate all of them. I Edward J. Schmitz Dies Thursday Edward J. Schmitz, 78, who made his home with his daughter, Mrs. HSrold Blythe at 221 Stratton Way, died yesterday afternoon at 2 p.m. at the Adams county memorial hospital of complications. He had been ill for the past seven months. Schmitz was born Nov. 5, 1881, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John and Anna Zimmerman Schmitz in Scharpsburg, O. His wife Elizabeth proceeded him in death. He was a member of the St. Mary’s church and the Holy Name society of the K. of C. Surviving are three children, Mrs. Harold Knapke, Fort Recovery, O.; Gerald Schmitz, Sanwich, Ill.; and Mrs. Harold Blythe; three brothers, Frank Schmitz, Decatur and Urban and Fred Schmitz, of Dayton, O.; two sisters, Mrs. Tillie Fisher, Dayton, and Miss Anna Schmitz, also of Dayton, and 16 grandchildren. « Funeral services will be held Monday, August 22, at the St. Henry’s Catholic church in St. Henry, 0.. starting at 10 a.m. Burial will be in the church ■cemetery; ————— The body was removed to the Romer Bros, funeral home in St. Henry and friends may call after 7 p.m. Friday until time of the services.

tion of a town which was to be a possible county seat. In the following year he and his friends petitioned the Board of Commissioners of Allen county, to have a new township organized up the St. Mary’s River. Their petition was granted and the honor of naming the township was conferred upon Mr. Rugg. The township was called “Root” and the name originated in this manner, as related by Mr. Rugg: Named Root Township “While they were transacting some business, one of the party read from a newspaper an account of the celebration of the completion of the Erie Canal in New York. Governor Root was represented as being called on for a toast; he arose and said—“ The military of the country—may they never want,” and then stammered and nearly broke down when DeWitt Clinton, standing near by, observing his dilemma, said in an undertone, “and may they never be wanted.” Governor Root catching it up, repeated the words which brought down rounds of applause. The township was, at the close of the reading, by unanimous voice of the gathering named “Root.” First Election Soon after the organization of the township, the first election ever held in the county took place at the home of Jeremiah Roe. The purpose of the meeting was to select a justice of the peace. Esaias Daily and Samuel L. Rugg were candidates, received a tie vote, and the group reached a decision by lot in favor of Mr. Rugg. Mr. Rugg thus became the first justice of the peace in the county. We have one of his signatures which hie wrote when he served as recorder in 1848. (To Be Continued)

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, August 19, 1960.

Berne Accident Injures Three Three persons were hospitalized, but none injured seriously, in 4 two-car accident at the intersection of county roads 31 and 17% at 7 o’clock this morning. Injured in the accident, which occurred 1% miles south and 3 miles east of Berne, were: Charles Workinger, driver of one car, who suffered a laceration to the right side of his head: Gary Workinger, his son, who suffered chest injuries, had his front teeth knocked out and suffered from shock; and Larry Foreman, driver of the other car, who received abrasions to the left leg and right hand and contusions to the right arm and forehead. Workinger was southbound on county road 31 and Foreman was heading west on county road 17%, when the two cars met in the middle of the intersection of the two roads, with the left front of Workinger’s car and the right front of Foreman’s vehicle colliding. Workinger’s car slid into a tree and Foreman’s car, after rolling over on its side, also hit a tree. All three persons were in the hospital as of 1:30 p.m. this afternoon for observation. State trooper Dan Kwasneski and Deputy Charles Arnold investigated the accident. Land Leveling Show Thursday A land leveling demonstration will be held Thursday, August 25 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Krick-Tyndall farm southwest of Decatur according to Leo N. Seltenright, county agricultural agent. Die farm location is one mile south of Decatur on 27 then % mile west. Die demonstration is being put on by the Adams* County Soil Conservation District and the Adams County Extension Service in cooperation with Jurick-Tyndall and Eversman Manufacturing and Farm Hand Equipment Companies. Equipment demonstrated will be furnished by the manufacturta® companies working through their local dealers. Implement dealers furnishing power for the equipment will be Dierkes of Decatur and Miller and Affolder of Berne. Eversman and Farm Hand will both demonstrate land levelers and earth moving equipment. One of the primary purposes in demonstrating land leveling is to show how it can help surface drainage and tie in with existing underground drainage to make a more complete and effective job.

Late Bulletins LEOPOLDVILLE, (UPI) — U. N. guards, arrested Thursday while trying to deliver a note from U. N. Undersecretary Ralph Bundle to Congolese Premier Patrice Lumumba, narrowly escaped execution by a Congolese firing squad, it was disclosed today. EDWARDS A. F. B„ Calif. (UPI) — The Xls rocket plane sissled through desert skies today to test some of the effects of intense heat it will encounter when it flies to the edge of space. Advertising Index Advertiser Page Assembly of God Church - 6 >Beavers Oil Service, Inc. _ 8 Burk Elevator Co. Butler Garage, Inc. .. 5 Budget Loans ——7 James M. Burk, M.D. .— 3 Clark’s Drive-In 3 Cowens Ins. Agency 8 Chevrolet 7 Decatur Blue Flame Gas, Inc. . 4 Decatur Drive-In Theater 3 . D.&T. Standard Service 6 Ellenberger Bros., Auctioneers _ 5 , 8.P.0.E. Lodge 3 Frank R. Elliott 4 Fairway 3,7 A. J. Faurote, Builder 2 1 Evans Sales & Service 2 Go-Kart Sales & Service 2 Goodyear Service Station 8 Holthouse Furniture 3 Kiddie Shop _ — 3 Kohne Drug Store 4, 5 Kent Realty & Auction Co. .... 5 Loren L. Liechty, Builder ----- 2 Lengerich Awning & Railing .. 4 Model Hatchery 5 Niblick & Co. 3 Petrie Oil Co. Q Quality Chevrolet-Buick, Inc. — 5 Schwartz Ford Co., Inc — 5 Sherwin-Williams Co. 4 L. Smith Insurance Agency 5 Smith Drug Co. 3 Stucky& C0.......2Teeple Truck Lines - 5 Tony’s Tap ..L.... ; 7 W, A. Speakman, Inc. 6 Wells fitot. Co. 7 Zintsmaster Motors 2. 3,4, 5,6, 7, 8

Rotary Club Hears Repperts Col. Chaffee Colonel Q. R. Chaffee, of Tow- , anda, Pa., dean of the Reppert j Auction School, gave a vigorous address fa vorjng wholehearted support of public education tbfhe “J Decatur Rotary Club at its week- • ly meeting Thursday evening. Jack Daily introduced his summer guest Yuichi Nishimura from Tokyo, Japan to the club. Louis '■ A. Jacobs was program chairman and president George Thomas pre- I sided. Chaffee, who attended several Pennsylvania universities, began : his career as a school principal. Twenty-three years ago he attended the Reppert Auction School and joined the staff at the following session. He assisted the late Colonel Reppert in arranging accreditation for the school which is now Widely known and respected throughout the United States and Canada. Decatur Publicized The speaker pointed out the keys to the city which the Decatur Chamber of Commerce has been giving to recent graduates can be seen in auction and real estate offices in nearly every state. The students. seem to enjoy their stay here and frequently return to visit the school. Chaffee recalled a number of interesting stories of how auction students had changed their entire lives because of having had the course here. The three weeks of intensive training, including 180 hours of classroom work plus several practice auctions, causes very noticeable improvement in the students. Hoover Great The dean said he believes Herbert Hoover to be the greatest living American, and quoted his acceptance speech in which Hoover expressed the idea that every American is indebted to his country for the many opportunities it has given him. This philosophy was contrasted to that of others Jyyho seem to reverse the philosophy and assume they owe America nothing but that America owes them something. Joe Louis was cited as a bad example of an American who made millions but later forfeited | on his tax obligations. Jack Dailey who visited Japan; last year as a part ofthe Rotary and American Field Service exchange program has the son of the family with whom he stayed as his guest this summer. This young man, Yuichi Nishimura, who is a sophomore in a Tokyo University, spoke briefly and thanked the club for its hospitality. President George Thomas announced that the Rotary District Governor will make his official visit to the club next week and asked all committee chairmen to file their annual reports with him at-once.

Reckess Homicide Charged Drag Racer INDIANAPOLIS (UPl(—Howard Bamberg, 21, Indianapolis, was indicted by a Marion County grand jury Thursday in the Easter Sunday car crash deaths of three young men. The indictment charged Bamberg with reckless homicide and involuntary manslaughter in the crash, which police said occurred during a drag race. Stratton Place Picnic Sunday, September 18 The annual Startton Place picnic will be held Sunday, September 18, according to Joe Azbell, general chairman. Letters asking for reservations are being forwarded to all residents. There will -be organized entertainment for the children and serving will start at 4 o’clock. The annual business meeting of the Stratton Place Association will be included on the program. Bernard Baruch, 90, Celebrates Birthday NEW YORK (UPD — Elder statesman Bernard M. Baruch, born 90 years ago today in Camden, S.C., celebrates his birthday tonight with a quiet party in his Manhattan a diriment. His son, Bernard, Jr., and daughters, Belle and Mrs. Rene Sam r stag, and a few family friends were to attend the party. An aide said Baruch -received birthday messages from celebrities in this country and abroad including President. Eisenhower and Winston Churchill.

Decatur Native Fuaeral Saturday FuQral services for Thomas Cloyv!f Woodruff, 70, a native of Decatur, who suffered a fatal heart attack Wednesday, will be at 8:30 a.m. Saturday in the Tom Mungovan Funeral home, and at 9 o’clock at the Precious Blood Catholic Church. Mr. Woodruff, who has lived in Fort Wayne for• the past 60 years, died at 8:40 p.m. Wednesday in the St. Joseph’s hospital shortly after he was admitted! A member of the Most Precious Blood Catholic Church, he was proprietor of the Hi-Way Food Shop on Maumee avenue, and formerly a salesman with Fred Eckrote Packing Company for 18 years. Surviving are the wife, Alice; a son, Wayne, of route 2, Monroeville; a daughter, Mrs. Bernice Schwartzengraben, Avilla; 11 grandchildren, and one greatgrandchild. ' Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. this evening. The Rev. Albert Meyers will officiate at the services Saturday, and burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. Local Lady's Mother Dies Mrs. C. H. Adair, 63, of Crawfordsville, mother of Mrs. Robert Holthouse of route 3, died at 10 a.m. this morning at the Crawfordsville hospital where she had been a patient since she suffered a heart attack-three weeks ago. Mrs. Adair is survived by the one daughter, and three grandchildren, all of Decatur. Funeral services will be held Monday at the Hunt funeral home in Crawfordsville. Lutheran School Gives Schedule Zion Lutheran School, at 1022 West Monroe St., Decatur, announced today its opening schedule. Registrations will be held from 9 to 12 each morning from August 29 through September 2. Parents may also enroll their children Tuesday, September 6, from 9 to 12 a.m., and 1 to 5 p.m. The first day of school will be on Wednesday, September 7, beginning with an opening service held in the church at 8:20 a m. Zion Lutheran school offers an education in the Christian Religion, as well as in the regular school subjects. This year, classes will be held for grades one through five. The faculty consists of Mrs. Richard Lewer, Miss Norma Von Stroh, and Mr. Smith F. Snively, the principal. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and warm this afternoon, chance of scattered thundershowers south and west portions. Considerable cloudiness tonight and Saturday with scattered showers and a few thundershowers. Not quite so warm Saturday. Low tonight 65 to 70. High Saturday 80 to 86. Sunset today 7:36 p.m. Sunrise Saturday 6:02 a.m. Outlook for Sunday: Partly cloudy with little temperature change. Chance of showers or thundershowers. Lows 65 to 72. Highs 78 to 86.

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Walsh Hits Pulliam In Area Speech

Secretary of State John R. Walsh Thursday night joined a growing list of Hoosiers sharply critical of the Pulliam newspapers for their stinging front-page antiKennedy editorials Sunday that smacked of religious bigotry. Speaking at Huntington's Hiers park, the popular Democraticleader showed that all elements of the Democrat party are solidly behind the Kennedy-Welsh-Utter-back ticket. Welsh defeated Walsh, Steinwedel, and several others in his bid for the governor’s nomination. At Berne last week, Jean LaGrange, also defeated for lieuten-ant-governor, was present, and William L. Forutne, defeated for state auditor, has sent out letters volunteering his help in the campaign. Speaking before approximately 500 Democrats at a beef barbecue in Hiers Park, Walsh predicted that Sen. John F. Kennedy, Matt Welsh,: Cong. J. Edward Roush and all Democrats will be elected in November. “To say the least,” Walsh said, “we have had eight years of inept government in Indiana, selfish, careless and a complete failure. “Handley's lieutenant governor, and now a candidate for governor, Crawford Parker, is as unqualified and as untrained for high office as is his boss, Handley. “Trained, Experienced” “Sen. Welsh, our Democratic candidate for governor, is trained and experienced. He knows state government and will bring honesty and integrity back to the governor’s office. “International relations,” said Walsh, “and the survival of our nation, are the issues of this campaign.

"The Republicans would have us believe that foreign policy should not be interjected into politics, except when it is convenient for them. "The Eisenhower-Nixon administration has failed in its task ot leading this nation in its great hour of international crisis, and now has the audacity to claim it can lead us back to safety. "During the past seven and onehalf years, the influence of the Soviet Union has dramatically increased. The government of Red China has extended its power and influence, and the Latin nations have turned up their noses at the United States. Decline Os Prestige “During these years, the U.S. has had a decline of prestige around the globe. t “Mr. Nixon’s only claim to fame is a picture he had taken with Premier Khrushchev in the socalled Moscow kitchen debate. “That is his claim to experienced international relations. "Jack Kennedy, the next President, is a man of strength, education, experience and training, and will bring new leadership to the White House and to the nation.” Referring to a Pulliam editorial in last Sunday’s newspapers. Walsh said, “I was appalled, shocked and disgusted, more so than at any time in my life, at the front-page editorial appearing last Sunday morning in every Eugene Pulliam-owned newspaper across Indiana and Arizona. I have never seen a more dastardly, more stinging attack on a great American in my entire lifetime.” The remark referred to the editorial, “You Can’t Buy the White House.” “Ethics Violated” Walsh said: “This editorial, written in the ivory tower of King Pulliam, was published on his or-

John R. Walsh decs. Mr. Pulliam is a man who would like to be a cabinet mem» ber, but cannot; would like to dictate the choice for President, but cannot; and worst of all with this story has violated every type of newspaper ethics concerning the freedom of the press. “I find no fault with the freedom of the press, but editorials belong on the editorial page, and should be labeled as an editorial if printed on Page One of a newspaper. “We Democrats are completely united in Indiana as never before. If there were any existing doubts about that fact before last Sunday, there are none tonight. We are going to tell the people what kind of a man Eugene Pulliam is; We’ll fight back with everything we have, and in spite of these attacks the Democrats will tell the truth and win the White House, Statehouse and the Congress in 1960.” , Louis A. Wiehe, 73, Dies Thursday Louis A. Wiehe, 73, of route 2, Monroeville, and a member of St. John’s Lutheran church at Flat Rock, died at his home at 9:30 a.m. Thursday following a tenmonth illness. A retired farmer, he was a lifelong resident of Allen county. Survivors are two sons. Moritz and Edward, both of Monroeville; a daughter, Mrs. Leola Stoppenbagen. of Fort Wayne, and ten grandchildren. Friends may call at the Roden-back-Hockemeyer funeral home after 7 p.m. today. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, and burial will be in the church cemetery. The Rev. John Houser will officiate at the service. Final Record Hop At Center Saturday The Decatur music boosters club will sponsor their final record hop of the summer Saturday night at the Decatur Youth and Community center. John Sheets will be the disc jockey at the fund-raising dance open to all area young people. The dance, which will begin at 8:30. is the third of the summer put on by the club interested in raising funds for the high school and junior music departments. Hie money will be used for transportation, uniforms, and other needs of the various bands. Another project of the music boosters is to purchase robes for the high school chorus.

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