Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 202, Decatur, Adams County, 26 August 1960 — Page 3

FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1960. ■ — ■

SOCIETY

DECATUR LAD TO ENTER SEMINARY Eugene Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Peterson of 518 W. Madison street held a farewell party in honor of William Fullenkamp. son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest B. Fullenkamp of 928 Walnut street, at the former’s home Thursday evening. William was presented with a monetary gift by the twenty-one boys who attended the party. Young Fullenkamp will eater the Lady of the Lake seminary at Lake Wawasee in the near future. MRS- NED RAY HOSTESS TO W.S.C.S. The Pleasant Mills Methodist W.S.C.S. met Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Ned Ray. The meeting was opened with the reading of the 7th chapter of Luke by the president, Mrs Clyde Jones. Mrs. Jones also gave a lesson on “Light for today’s children”. After closing this lesson with prayer, offered by Mrs. Lawrence Ehrsam, a missionary lesson was given by Mrs. Carl Frey, Mrs. Fred Bauman, Mrs. Laurence Ehrsam and Mrs. Harlen Jones. Following the business session, Mrs. Jones closed the meeting with the Lord’s prayer. Refreshments were served to the 11 members and four children by Mrs. Donald Everett and Mrs. Ned Ray.

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ADAMS COUNTY CANCER SOCIETY MEETS The Adams County Cancer Society met Thursday evening in the Med-Dent building. Robert Biddlecomb, field representative, was present. The bylaws were discussed and will be voted on at the next meeting. The announcement was made that $1,735.59 was collected during the 1960 crusade. Delegates for the district meeting which takes place in Fort Wayne September 21 are Miss Marie Felber, R. N., and Mrs. Robert Krueckeberg.. The nominating committee which consists of Mrs. Forrest Bryer, Miss Joan Wemhoff and' Kenny Gaunt will meet Monday, August 29, in the Med-Dent building, and the next regular meeting will be held at 8:15 p.m. on the same day. Mrs. A. R. Holthouse has announced that she will retire as president of the Adams county cancer society. The Kirkland Ladies club will hold their regular meeting Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Adams Central home economics room. Mrs. Albert Beineke, president, will be in charge of the meeting. The lesson, given by the leaders, will be on salads. The hostesses will be Mrs. Sam Henschen, Mrs. Ida Andrews and Mrs. Ada Kolter. All members are urged to attend. The St. Mary’s township Jolly Housewives Home Demonstration club will meet Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the St. Mary’s and Blue Creek conservation building. Dr. Harry Hebble will speak on “Health and Safety.” Members are asked to bring a covered dish and table service and a guest. Hie Catholic Young Adults will travel to Russel’s Point, Ohio, for an all day outing Sunday. LOCALS The following address has been received by Mr. and Mrs. Louie Drake from their son, Don. who left August 10 for basic training: R.E.C.T. Donnie L. Drake, US--55688028, Co. C. 4th Bn. 3rd Tng. Reg. Basic, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. a Catholic Pupils To Detroit Saturday Approximately forty students and former students of Decatur Catholic high school will leave at 7:30 Saturday morning for Detroit. The group will take in the sights and also attend one of the musical comedies playing in that city. Those going are asked to bring a picnic lunch. Hammond Man Named Division Supervisor Ronald W. Reynolds, 7420 Van Buren street, Hammond, has been appointed division supervisor of residential and commercial gas sales for Northern Indiana Public Service company’s Fort Wayne division, Dean H. Mitchel, NIPSCO president, announced today. He succeeds Bob Marshall who resigned to enter business for himself in the Fort Wayne area. Reynolds will report to Robert L. Kaade, Fort Wayne division manager.

Clubs Calendar Items tor each day** publication must be phoned in by 11 a.m. (Saturday 9:30h Carol Bebout Phone 3-2121 FRIDAY Convention of W.C.T.U., Monroe Methodist church, 10 a.m. Psi Ote Trading Post, 1 to 4 p.m., Helen Rydell and Annabella Heller; 6 to 9 p.m., Barbara Oster-, man and Marion Koontz. . SATURDAY Psi Ote Trading Post, 9 to 12 a.m., Alice Roth and Colleen Heller; 1 to 4 p.m., Jean Knapp and Jane Reed. SUNDAY Catholic Young Adults, outing to Russel’s Point, Ohio. MONDAY Juniors of American Legion auxiliary, Legion home, 7 p.m. TUESDAY Eta Tau Sigma, Preble restaurant, 8 p.m. Sunny Circle Home Demonstration club, township community building, 8 p.m. Kirkland Ladies club, Adams Central home economics room. Jolly Housewives home demonstration club, St. Mary’s and Blue Creek conseravtion clubhouse. 6:30 p.m.

BIRTH At the Adams County Memorial hospital: An eight pound, thirteen and three fourth ounce baby boy was born at 4:26 p.m. Thursday to Robert and Bobbielou Butler Neuenschwander, of 411 N. Ninth St., Decatur. Cletus and Kathleen Terveer Rumschlag, of Fort Wayne, are the parents of a five pound, six and one half ounce baby boy, born at 6:42 p.m. Thursday. A baby boy weighing five pounds, twelve ounces, was born to Leroy and Ellen Fisher Lehman, of route 1, Berne, at 9:25 a.m. today. Forrest and Ella Mae Lehman Sprunger, of route 1, Berne, became the parents of a baby boy at 9:49 a.m. today. The baby weighed seven pounds. Hospital Admitted Mrs. Ida Kaehr, Decatur; Albert Deininger, Fort Wayne; Richard Haris, Monroe. Disamicsed Donald Gerber, Berne; Master Kevin Dick, Monroe; Mrs. Jake Hilty and baby boy, Berne; Mrs. Bert Affolder and baby boy, Craigville; Mrs. Edward Wilder and baby girl. Decatur; Mrs. Herman Witte and baby boy, Decatur. Department Called To Brush Fire Thursday The fire department was called to a fire at the Jack Schnepf farm on route 3, Decatur, at approximately 3:15 Thursday afternoon. There was no blaze out of control, only someone burning some brush. Apparently someone had seen the smoke and thought the barn or house was on fire.

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Oppose Probation To I Ex-Highway Head — INDIANAPOLIS (UPD-Marion County Prosecutor Phillip Bayt said today that his office “will oppose vigorously and bitterly” any*petition seeking probation for former Indiana Highway Chairman Virgil W. (Red) Smith. Bayt added that in his opinion Special Judge Thomas E. Garvin cannot legally order probation for Smith when the already-sentenced defendant appears in Marion County Criminal Court 2 next week. Smith’s bonding company is to be ordered by the judge to produce him in court now that an appeal was carried to the Indiana Supreme Court and lost and no further appeal was initiated. The 53-year-old Smith had been sentenced to 2-14 years in state prison Dec. 3, 1958 after a jury found him guilty of accepting a $7,793 bribe from former highway equipment salesman Arthur J. Mogilner. It is this conviction which brings him into court. He also faces another 2-14 year term, assessed in November, 1957 for embezzlement in connection with sale of backlots along the Madison Avenue Expressway, Indianapolis, but this case still is being appealed. Bayt said that, as he understands the law, a judge cannot change the verdict of a previous court term after the term has expired, and the Indiana Supreme Court has upheld the trial court. "This situation is just like the Peak case” the prosecutor pointed out. Robert Peak, Smith’s former attorney, also from Milan, had been given a suspended term by a special judge more than two years after the original prison sentence was assessed.

Missing Mother Os Five Is Found Dead SEMOUR, Ind. (UPD —Clothing found on the decomposed body of a woman found in a field was identified today as that of Mrs. Shirley Ann Bowman, 22, mother of five children and wife of a disabled Korean War veteran. Mrs. Bowen’s husband, Garland, identified the clothing and authorities said they were convinced the body was that of his wife. The remains were to be taken to an Indianapolis laboratory for a post mortem examination to determine if Mrs. Bowman was slain. Tbe body was found along Indiana 39 in southeastern Jackson county by a highway department worker mowing weeds. Mrs. Bowman disappeared from her rural home near Brownstown July 26. Relatives of Mrs. Bowman were asked to try to identify the black salcks and white blouse with polka dots which were found on the body. A pair of shoes found at the scene matched the description of those worn by the missing woman, sheriff’s officers said. Deputy coroner Victo- Burkholder, Seymour, said there was no evidence on the skull to indicate injury or foul play. The time of death was not known, he said. The body was found late Thursday by Wilbur Lambring, Seymour, about 40 feet from the highway a mile east of Tampico. Earlier in the afternoon. State Police troopers Joseph Harris and Dallas Norman had used skin diving equipment to search for Mrs. Bowman’s body in Timber Lake about four miles north of Brownstown. Mrs. Bowman had taken the family car from her farm home and the car, with all of its doors locked, later was found in Brownstown.

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Sen. Kennedy Renews Plea For Defense DETROIT <UPD—Sen. John F. Kennedy today branded Vice President Richard M. Nixon’s claims of American leadership in military and other fields as a “siren call of false contentment.” In an address prepared for deliveryat the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention here, the Democratic presidential nominee sought to refute statements made from the same platform two days ago by Nixon, his Republican rival. "The harsh facts of the matter are that our security and leadership are both slipping away from us," Kennedy said. He maintained “the balance of world power is slowly shifting to the Soviet-Red Chinese bloc,” and added “Our own shores are for the first time since 1812, imperiled by chinks in our defensive armor.” The Democratic nominee renewed his call for the next president to order a massive defense buildup and for the Eisenhower administration to unfreeze and spend over-the-budget military funds approved by Congress this year. Kennedy lauded the VFW for approving a resolution calling for an increase in the nation’s defensive strength. Without mentioning . Nixon by name. Kennedy said he was “particularly proud t° be a member of the VFW” when he learned that convention delegates had approved this resolution “after hearing a series of rosy reassurances.” “I would like to give those rosy reassurances too,” Kennedy said. “I would like to be able to say to you categorically and proudly that the United States is first in the world militarily, economically, scientifically, and educationally, and will be in the future." But Kennedy said he "cannot in all honesty make those claims.”

Russia Expels U.S. ■ Embassy Secretary MOSCOW (UPD — The Soviet Union today expelled George Payne Winters Jr., first secretary of the U S. embassy, for alleged activities. “incompatible with his diplomatic status.” The move against Winters was linked with the 1959 ouster of U.S embassy security officer R. A. Langelle, whom the Soviets said then was caught “red-handed” in intelligence activities in Moscow. Today’s action said investigation following the case of "the arrested American agent" — apparently referring to Langelle, but not specifically saying so — established the complicity of other American officials here, particularly Winters. The expulsion of Winters, who headed the embassy’s economic section, came only 11 days after the departure of expelled U. S. air attache Col. Edwin Kirton. It also followed the recent expulsion of Soviet First Secretary Ivanov from the Soviet embassy in Washington. Winters, who has been here since June, 1958, refused to comment on his expulsion. He had already been scheduled to 1 leave his post here next month. His departure plans still were undecided. He was working on travel reservations today, after hearing of the expulsion order. Winters, 40, Denver, Colo., is a bachelor.

AFL-CIO Lines Up For Sen. Kennedy - WASHINGTON <UPI> — The AFL-CIO lined up behind Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kennedy today to rally union support for a “friend of labor” in the November election. Formal AFL - CIO endorsement of Kennedy and his running mate. Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, was scheduled for mid-afternoon following the annual meeting of the AFL-ClO's 170-man general board. George Meany, head of the 13.5 million-member AFL-CIO and reported to be an enthusiastic Kennedy supporter, arranged a news conference to announce, the board’s decision. Informed sources said that endorsement of the Kennedy-John-son ticket would slide through the 1 council with virtually no opposition even though a few of its members are Republicans. On the AFL-CIO scorecard. Vice President Richard M. Nixon has cast too many "wrong” votes to be considered for a political blessing by the mainstream of organized labor. Kennedy, on the contrary, is listed in the AFL-CIO books as having a “perfect” voting record on labor issues. Most union leaders also consider the Democratic platform far more "pro-labor” than the Republican statement of principles. The AFL-CIO supported Adlai Stevenson for president in 1956, although Meany and several other union chieftains were reluctant to make any endorsement. This year it’s different. Meany, Auto Workers’ President Walter Reuther, Steelworkers’ leader David J. McDonald and a host of other labor officials already are supporting Ken ne d y's White House bid. Teamsters' President James R. Hoffa is a forthright exception to< this line-up. Hoffa, whose giant truck union was booted out of the AFL-CIO in 1957 on corruption charges, has attacked Kennedy as an enemy of the working man. A few other unions are straddling the political fence. The mil-lion-member Machinists’ organization, for example, was not represented at today’s political discussions. Its officers said they were too busy in St. Louis preparing for the union's forthcoming convention. The United Mine Workers Union — not affiliated with the AFLCIO — also was withholding any Commitment.

Clark Spitler Rites Sunday Afternoon Funeral services for Clark E. Spitler, former mayor of Van Wert, 0., who died Wednesday in a Lima, 0., hospital, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in St. Mark's Lutheran church at Van Wert. The Rev. Herbert S. Games, Jr., will officiate, and burial will be in Ridge cemetery. Friends may call at the Cowan & Son funeral home in Van Wert until noon Sunday. The body will be taken to the church at 1 p.m. Sunday. Brakes Fail, Auto Hits Restaurant A brake failure resulted in a car damaging a restaurant at 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon. Gerald Alan Feasel, 16, 1116 W. Madison street, turned into Shaffer’s restaurant parking lot. He put on his brakes but they failed and the vehicle ran into the side of the building. Feasel’s car was damaged to the extent of $175 and an estimate of the restaurant's damages was not determined as yet.

Retired Farmer Is Reported Kidnaped KOKOMO, Ind. (UPD — State police and Howard County deputies searched today for a 75-year-old retired farmer whose wife said waS kidnaped from his home Thursday night by two young men, possibly at gunpoint. The report was made by Mrs Thamer C. DeWitt about an hour after she said it happened. A cheek of relatives at Royal Center and Sharpsville and a search of two cemeteries he was known to visit frequently failed to yield any trace of DeWitt. A neighbor living near the DeWitt farm home, five miles southeast of Greentown, told police that a pastel-colored car which did not belong to the DeWitts was parked in their driveway about 6 p.m. Mrs. DeWitt, the farmer’s second wife, said it was about 6 p.m when two young men whom she believed to be armed walked into the kitchen of their home and forced her husband to leave with them. She said one of the two men got into their car and drove away with her and the other went away in the car in which the intruders arrived. Relatives told police that DeWitt sometimes quarreled with his wife and would go to a cemetery about two miles away and stay for a while before returning. This cemetery and another graveyard where the first Mrs.. DeWitt is buried were checked by Howard County deputies, but no tire tracks were found.

Congo Urges UN Troops Out

LEOPOLDVILLE, The Congo 1 <UPD Premier Patrice Lu-1 mumba said today he will de-j mand that United Nations troops get out following the total withdrawal of Belgian soldiers from the Congo. The premier made his declaration at a news conference, saying: “After the total withdrawal of BHgran tfWps. weTwnr~asir~for the gradual departure of United Nations troops. We do not want another occupation of Congo by the United Nations.” Lumumba said the primary and sole task of the U.N. in the Congo is to get the Belgians out. i “After the Belgians have gone, | total peace and calm will reign in Congo," he said. He blamed all past and present disturbances on the Belgians. Congo troops meanwhile advanced unopposed across a secessionist corner of Kasai province. They were last reported within 30 miles of the well-guarded border of “independent” Katanga i Province. The force of about 1,000 troops flown into the area Wednesday met no resistance as they marched through the diamond-: rich “Mining State" which oppo- ’ sition leader Albert Kalonji had garved out of Kasai. Katanga’s President Moise Tshombe has warned, however, that the Congo forces are in for trouble if they try to invade his territory, which is guarded by native troops led by Belgian officers. In response to an appeal from Kalonji, Tshombe sent a shipment of arms to Bakwanga, the “Mining State" capital, but he refused to withdraw as much as a single soldier from the positions his army has prepared to resist invasion. The few roads and the single railroad which traverse the jungled approaches to Katanga have been mined, and troops are reported ready to blow them up at the first sign of attack.’ Other troop detachments stood guard at Katanga'® aiiVieflds,

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ready to block the runways if Congo forces attempted an airborne attack. As the Congo troops advanced toward Katanga, savage tribal warfare was reported raging in the Kasai area between an estimated 250.000 Baluba migrants seeking sanctuary in Kalonji’s territory and fierce Lulua warriors. Hundreds oftribesmen have been reported killed in a sporadic running fight between the Luluas and the Balubas which has been going on for 18 months. In Leopoldville, Congo Premier Patrice Lumumba “lost face” Thursday when members of President Joseph Kasavubu’s Abako Party staged a hostile demonstration outside the hall where he was opening a “pan-African” conference. Police fired in the air to break up the demonstration, injuring two Abako members. Christian Church To Hear Minister The pulpit committee of the ■ First Christian church will present i the Rev. Charles M. Hill to the ' congregation Sunday. Rev. and Mrs. Hill are both native Nebraskans Rev. Hill served in the Air Fdrce during World War II and is a graduate of Northwest Christian college, where he received his BT H. in 1957. He has served the past three years as the minister of the Colfax Christian church in Colfax, Wash. The Hills have four children; Peggy, a junior: Kathy, a freshman; Charlene, a sixth grader, and one boy. Alan, of pre-school age. He will be attending the Christian Theological Seminary under the B.D. program. Members of the pulpit committee who are presenting him for consideration as pastor of the church are Everett Faulkner. chairman; Fred Scheiderer and James Web.