Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 17 January 1961 — Page 1
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The south district of the Anthony Wayne council has been renamed the Limberlost district, and the honor of naming it goes to Decatur Boy Scout Kermit Summers, of troop 63, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Summers of 921 Walnut. The Limberibst district contains Adams, Wells, and Jay counties. Summers was presented with a canteen for naming the district. Adams county swept the awards, as Ray Beer, of Berne, district commissioner, received the council emblem. Only one council emblem was awarded for service to the district this past year. Dumphy District Chairman Ray Dumphy, of Bluffton, was elected district chairman, succeeding Lyle Cotton, who has served for the past two years. Gene Ziner was renamed district vice chairman for Adams county. Dr. C. William Freeby will head the health and safety committee, and Dick Heller will head ( the publicity committee for the coming year. s Roy Gilliom, of Berne, represented the Berne-French PT A Cub pack 3067. which was the only unit in the south district to win the Eisenhower award during the golden year of scouting. Local Awards Troops 63, 34. and 65 of Decatur. 69 of Geneva, and 67 of Berne, and packs 3061 and 3064 of Decatur. and 3067 of Berne, were recognized for membership awards. Camping awards went to troops 61. 62. and 65 of Decatur. Sponsors for the troops are: 61, Rotary;62, Lions: 63, American Legion; 64, St. Mary’s Catholic church; 65, Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church. Cub outdoor program awards went to packs 3061, 3062, of Decatur; 3067 of Berne, and 3072 of Monroe. Jerry Mclntosh, of troop 63, reAdvertising Index Advertiser Page Ashbauchers’ Tin Shop 2 Adams County Farm Bureau Co-op — 2 Arnold Lumber Co., Inc. 2 Beavers Oil Service, Inc. 5 Burk Elevator Co. 5 Bower Jewelry Store — 3 Bower Hardware, Inc. 2 Ch<yilac — Decatur Lumber Co. .......... 5 Decatur Ready-Mix, Corp. 2 Ehinger’s — — 3 Evans Sales & Service 5 Fasteeth JL Fager Appliance & Sporting Goods -- . 6 Haugks -- 2 Jani Lyn -.--- Kohne Drug Store 4 Kocher Lumber & Coal Co. .... 2 Oldsmobile ——_ 6 Petrie Oil Co. 6 Studebaker 3
L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc. 5 Smith Drug Co. 3, 4 Teepje Truck Line 5 Yost Gravel-Readymix, Inc. ... 2
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ceived recognition as one of five boys in the three-county district making Eagle scout this year. Council Exec Speaker Highlight of the program was the introduction of the new council executive, Oral Smith, who gave a report on his views of scouting. The relatively young executive, who has children of school age, impressed the group with his obvious sincereity and depth of feeling concerning scouting. Smith succeeded R. L. Van Horn as council executive in December, and now heads the professional scouting staff in the Anthony Wayne council. More than 7>4 million adults have taken part in the 50-year scouting program of selling scouting. The importance of camping, fcr example, in teaching youngsters to work together, become leaders, and the practice of democracy in the patrol system are examples of scouting contributions to the American way of life. Smith stated. , a. » Jamboree Film Movies on the 1960 Jamboree at Pike’s Peak were shown, and those present were told how the 56,375 boys and 2,600 leaders consumed 75,000 quarts of milk a day. the product of 7,500 cows: 1,300 steers went into one steak dinner, while 24,788 chickens laid down their lives for scouting. Two 100bed hospitals, and 14 fire departments were set up to handle the city of boys which was nearly as large in population as the city of Muncie. Explorer post 2142 closed the meeting by relighting the spirit of scouting as symbolized by the candle ceremony. Attending From District Attending from Decatur were: Dr. and Mrs. Mel Weisman, Mr. and Mrs. Oran Schultz, Mr. and Mrs. Herb Kitson, Mr. and Mrs. Herald Hitchcock, Mr. and Mrs. Byford Smith, Dick Heller, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Ziner. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Summers, Gerald Durkin, Robert Raudenbush, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Everhart. W. Guy Brown, Clarence Ziner, Carl Braun, James Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Rydell, and Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Krueckeberg. Mrs. James E. Wyer Dies This Morning Mrs. Grace I. Wyer, 66. of Willshire. 0., died at 2 o’clock this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital, where she had been a patient for the past week. She was born in Harrison township. Van Wert county, 0., Nov. 22, 1894, a daughter of Lafayette and Nessie Balyeat-Bell, and was married to James E. Wyer Feb. 28. 1922. Mrs. Wyer was a member of the Willshire Methodist church, and the Order of Eastern Star and the Order of Eastern Star, Willshire Pythian Sisters, and American Legion Auxiliary. Surviving in addition to her husband are two sons, Albert Wyer of Albuquerque, N. M., and Ivan Wyer of Willshire; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Ervin (Elizabeth) Renaud of St. Joe; seven grandchildren; five great - grandchildren, and one brother, Clarence Bell of Sheppard, Mich. One sister and one brother are deceased. Funeral services win be conducted at 1:30 p. m. Thursday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. William Powers officiating, burial will be in the Elm- Grove cemetery at Bluffton. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m. today until time of Vie services.
INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Indiana’s Republican legislators issued a joint statement after separate caucuses today, saying they I are not trying to unseat Governor with contests of his Nov. 8 election. “Nothing could be further from the truth,” the statement said. "The Democrats have thwarted every move... to see if irregularities and fraud existed in the recent election.” “The main result hoped for is to hold fraud and irregularities up to public light and to get enough information to make amendments ... to plug loopholes in our existing election laws so as to prevent further abuses,” the statement said. The statement was issued after the GOP met to consider methods of breaking through an Indiana Supreme Court roadblock which temporarily stalled their contest S' of the election through Legislative action. The court late Monday refused to issue an order forcing Lake 'Criminal Judge Felix Kaul to allow a recount of votes cast in the Lake County gubernatorial race Nov. 8. Instead, the court accepted Kaul's promise that he would keep intact an impounding order preserving voting records until the Supreme Court made a final disposition of the case. Kaul had said all along that he had no intention of destrying the records which are stored under police guard at Crown Point. But he refused to allow anyone to examine the records on grounds that a 1945 law makes the General Assembly the sole authority for determining the validity of a contested gubernatorial race. Robert Smith of Indianapolis, attorney for the Indiana Republican State Committee, first appeared before the high court last Thursday. At that time, he asked the court to order Kaul to show cause why former Lt. Gov. Crawford F. Parker, the man Welsh defeated, should not be allowed to obtain a recount. The court deferred a decision until Monday because one member was absent and because it wanted to hear from Kaul. When Smith appeared before the court Monday, he made only a passing reference to his earlier demand for a recount. Instead, he said he would settle for an order requiring Kaul to keep in effect his impounding order which safeguards election records. — Writ Net Necessary Kaul’s attorney, Elbert Gilliom of Indianapolis, said such a writ was not necessary. He then produced a disposition from .Kaul which promised to keep the impounding order in effect until the Supreme Court made a ruling. The court accepted the disposition and did not issue a writ, leaving things standing almost the same as they were before Smith appealed to the high court. Chief Justice Arch N. Bobbitt said future action on Smith's request for a recount would be made after Smith and Gilliom filed briefs in support of their position. Present at the hearing in the Supreme Court chamber were Reps. Glenn Slenker of Monticello and James Allen of Salem. Slenker is chairman and Allen a member of a seven-man, all-Re-publiean advisory committee appointed earlier by House Speaker Richard Guthrie to look into the matter. Clark County Fraud Charge Slenker said the committee would meet after adjournment today to determine their course of action. Also up for consideration is a petition filed Monday charging irregularities in Clark County voting for governor. Meanwhile, Senate Republicans held a caucus and issued a statement to the effect that "we reaffirm our position that there is no effort or desire to unseat Governor Welsh. We would welcome the cooperation of Welsh and all Democrats in determining the facts.” .. The statement **said the:., main purpose of the probe Is to “correct loopholes in the state election law.” Republican leaders in the upper chamber also reaffirmed their opposition to reapportionment of both housed of the General Assembly on a population basis and their support of the so-called “fed-
ORLY DAILY NEWBPAFKR IN ADAMS COUNTY
Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, January 17, 1961.
eral plan” whereby the House would be reapportioned by population and the Senate by districts, as they now are. The statement was issued a few minutes after the Senate Reapportionment Committee recommended passage of an enumeration bill which is a necessary forerunner of any type of reapportionment. The bill had moved out of the committee with a unanimous “do pass’ recommendation last week, but was recommitted to insert an emergency clauseThe vote the second time w’as 7-3. Noah Sfeury Heads Decatur C. Os C. Ed Hagan, Decatur district manager of Indiana & Michigan, was elected chairman of the industrial division and Adams county auditor Ed Jeberg was chosen to the post of head of the professional division of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, it was announced by Fred Kolter, executive secretary of the Chamber, this morning. Ballots were mailed to all members last week and returned by Friday. Judges Dave Joiner. Paul Uhrick and Bryant Trout, tallied the votes and rel?ased/ the results to Kolter. At a meeting of the board of directors held Monday evening, Noah Steury was elected to the post of president of the 1961 board, while Ed Hagan was chosen as first vice president. Max Gilpin was named second vice president and Art Heiman was elected treasurer. Earl Sheets, former president, automatically becomes chairman of the board, replacing George Auer. Heimann replaces George Thomas as treasurer. Hagan will serve three years on the board. Gilpin and Heimann will serve two years, and Steury will serve one more year. Mike Pryor is the retiring chairman of the Industrial Division.
Service To People > ......... ,JL Top Requirement
The first requirement of the Democratic party in Indiana is to the people of the state, Dr. Harry H. Hebble, Democratic county chairman, told the Democratic central committee Monday night. Dr. Hebble emphasized that it has been some time since the Democrats had elected a governor of Indiana, and it was ,up to the party workers to show the people of the state that they have picked the right man. Get Down To Business One of the points mentioned in the meeting was to encourage the state legislature, by letters from the public, to get down to the serious work of legislation for the good of the state, and to put party differences aside, now that the election is over. Letters to the house should be addressed to the speaker of the house; and letters to the senate can be directed to Von Eichhorn, veteran senator from Adams, Blackford and Wells counties. Hebble discussed the highway jobs with the committeemen, and stated that those people recommended by the committeemen would be okayed by the central committee. Several jobs have at ready been filled, but it was announced that there are lower-level jobs available in Indianapolis for those people who are willing to move to the capital city. , Meyer Recommended Since Wells county was given the area highway department top job, it is felt that Adams county will receive first choice for the head job at the Wells county game preserve. Rudy Meyer, Adams county resident and former employe of the state department of conservation, has been mentioned as a possibility for the top post
Exchange Student Is Lions Speaker Decatur’s exchange studentguest, Miss Maria Hulda Correa ’ de Oliveira, of RiodeJaneifo, Bra- ’ zil, spoke to the Decatur Lions . club Monday night concerning her visit to this country. . Miss de Oliveira was accompanied to the meeting by Mrs. Wilbur Petrie. One of 25 of some 1,600 applicants in Brazil to make the trip, she is now a student at Decatur Catholic high school, and is living with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gage. The cold weather, which is not found in Rio de Janeiro, is not at all pleasant for the attractive young exchangee. The. native language of the ’ Brazilians is Portuguese, but [ English, French, Latin, and Ger- . man are also taught in the schools. Dick Mies presided at the meet--1 tag in the absence of Lion presi- ’ dent Dr. Joe Morris. Boy Scout J James Cass led in the pledge of ! allegiance, and the Rev. F. Hazen Sparks gave the prayer. James Brader, of Holthouse ’ Furniture company, was introduced as a new member. Ken- [ neth Shannon had charge of the 1 program for the evening. Sympathies were extended to • Clark Mayclin on the death of his A card was sent to Clyde ' Butler at the hospital. A final report was given on the Christmas tree project, with only a few members still holding funds. Special credit was given to Jack Gordon for his salesmanship. and special thanks to Carl Gerber for the location of the sale, and his assistance. Late Bulletin MAGNOLIA, Miss (UPI) — A streamlined passenger train collided with a gasoline truck here today exploding a torrent of flame and metal that killed right persons.
at the game preserve. There’ will also be other jobs available there. In the financial field, it was announced that Adams county still owes money to the state Democratic committee, and that every effort will be made to see that the obligation is fulfilled. Hebble stated that all but one of the local candidates has paid his or her assessment in full. He also said that the auto license bureaus have been changed over, and that after a few days of learning the order of routine, the service will be very food. Highway Committee The question of the postmaster job was mentioned, but Hebble said that no firm action has been taken. He has been asked by the state chairman to take care of things in a certain order, and state matters come first. , In that line, Hebble stated that he hopes to form- a county road committee to know the needs of the county as far as road repairs on state-maintained roads are concerned. The committee could bring specific needs to the attention of the state highway department, and also would have a local knowledge of what roads are_ the most important. , Newsletter Suggestion Wendell Macklin, treasurer of the county central committee, stated that he had filed his report in the clerk’s office and suggested that an auditing committee be appointed soon. ... In closing the meeting, Hebble stated that he hoped to send a newsletter to the committeemen on a regular schedule, and also wanted to set the meetings of the committeemen on a regular schedule at the headquarters above the DeVoss law offices.
Annual Report Is Given By Sheriff
A total of 170 accidents investigated. 389 court papers served, 123 investigations other than accidents, 125 persons held in jail, total mileage of 57,947 miles; these are just a few of the items included in the summary of the sheriff’s department for 1960 released by sheriff Merle Affolder Monday. The report shows of the 170 accidents investigated, 95, or 55.5 per cent were two-car accidents, and 69, or 40.5 per cent, involved only one car. Four mishaps involved a total of three cars, while only two car-pedestrian accidents were investigated. The majority of accidents occurred on U.S. highway 27, a total of 55, while 42 were on county roads. Other roads and the number of accidents on them included: U. S. 224 , 29; U. S. 33, 19; state road 124, 10; state road 116, 6; state road 101, 5; and state road 118, a total of 4. 275 Vehicles A total of 275 vehicles were involved in these accidents, with total damage amounting to an excess of $140,700. Os those 275 vehicles, 38 of them, or 22.4 per cent, were out of state. The number of county residents involved totaled 161. Receiving medical treatment or hospitalized were 101 people, while 42 arrests were made through the accident investigation, reckless driving and driving left of center, were the most contributing factors. Os the 389 court papers served, notices were the highest total served, amounting to 125. The next two high were 86 summons and 42 juvenile summons. Others were: foreign writs, 35; subpenas, 35, citations, 19; warrants, 17; orders, 23; executions, 5; and body attachments, 2. Other Investigations A total of 42 vandalism and 23 breaking and entering investigations led those other than accident investigations. Two of the vandalism and six of the breaking and entry cases were cleared. In the larceny department, 16 were under SSO, three of which were cleared, and 11 were over SSO. There were two investigations each of assault, accidental shootings, destruction of public property, train derailments, and persons found dead. The two destruction of public property cases were both cleared up. The sheriff’s department also made three investigations of indecent exposure, and an investigation on a stolen car, forgery, molesting, and an accidental death. Fatalities were the. lowest in 1960 than at any time during the previous five years. Fatal accidents numbered four in 1956, seven in 1957, 10 in 1958, and five in 1959. In 1960, however, the sheriff’s department had only three fatal mishaps through vehicle accidents. Others Higher Property damage and personal injuries were higher, though, than in any of the previous five years. Figures for property damage show: 1956. $121,470; 1957, $89,286; 1958, $85,001; 1959, $95,522, and in 1960, a total of $140,619. Personal injuries in 1960 numbered 101, compared to the 100 in 1959, 43* in 1958, 65 in 1957, and 75 in 1956. Late Bulletins MOSCOW (UPI) — A Soviet ship claimed H was “pursued” and “molested” for 25 minutes today in the Arabian Sea by a destroyer flying the American Flag. Mrs. Ervin Breiner Dies Monday Night Mrs. Georgia B. Breiner, 76, wife of Ervin Breiner, died at--7:30 o’clock Monday evening at her home, 603 North Fifth street. She had been ill for seven years with complications and in serious condition for the past two weeks. She was bom in Wells county March 27, 1884, a daughter of Bruce and Ellen Clark-Niblick, and was married to Ervin Breiner Aug. 20, 1902. Mrs. Breiner was a member of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church. Surviving in addition to her husband are one son, Arthur Breiner, at home; five brothers, Robert, Ralph and Ross Niblick, all of Bluffton, Charles Niblick of Fort Wayne, and Vernon Niblick of Decatur, and three sisters, Mrs. Joseph Coffee, Mrs. Edward Shoe and Mrs. James Gamer, all of Decatur. One brother and ope sister are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p. m. Thursday at the Black funeral home, the Rev. William C. Feller officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.Fm today until time of the services.
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TOWER VANISHES—An Air Force radar platform, similar to this one, disappeared into gale-whipped waves off the New Jersey coast. Twenty-seven persons are missing.
Little Hope Held For Tower Victims
NEW YORK (UPl)—Rear Adm. Allen M. Shinn said today there no longer was any hope that survivors were still alive in the submerged wreckage of a radar tow? er that collapsed during an Atlantic gale Sunday night. Twenty-six of the 28 men aboard the tower were missing. One body had been recovered and another i was seen but drifted away. Skin divers this morning again located the stumps of the huge triangular structure, Admiral Shinn revealed in a radio - telephone conversation with United Press International from the aircraft carrier Wasp. The stumps were being marked so that the submarine rescue vessel Sunbird and other diving vessels could be moved into position where deep-sea dtyers with heavy equipment could go down to examine the tower structure in the 180-foot deep water. No Sounds Heard Shinn said the operation would 1 continue until divers made certain 1 there were no survivors in an air 1 pocket as had been hoped Monday. No sounds have been heard from the tower since Monday afternoon, Shinn said, and those were probably due to movement of the wreckage. The aerial and surface search of the area for possible survivors was concluded at 9 a.m. today, Shinn said. Heavy waves had made it impossible to carry on diving operations Monday night. Little Chance Left Shinn reported then that “time and temperature are working against the chance of finding anyone alive.” “They’ve been too long in the water and the water is too cold,” he said. A constant vigil was kept by a flotilla of rescue craft around the site of the radar tower that collapsed into the sea Sunday night Mother Os Former •'Q - - Decatur Lady Dies Mrs. Maud A. Robbins died Monday morning at the home of a daughter. Miss Pauline Robbins, 903 Warren street, Huntington, where she made her home. She had been in failing health several years and was serious for the last eight weeks. Mrs. Robbins was a member of the Methodist church at South Whitley. Her husband, Charles Robbins, whom she married in February of 1901, preceded her in death in 1935. Surviving are two daughters, Miss Robbins, and Mrs. George (Marie) Thoms, of Chicago; three grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Thoms resided in Decatur for several years, while he was affiliated with Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Briggs-Merck funeral home in Huntington. the Rev. N. G. Talbott officiating. Burial will be at South Whitley. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services. | INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy tonight. Wednesday cloudy and colder north, little temperature change south and central. Low ' tonight 25 to 32, high Wednesday in the 30s north, 37 to 45 south and central. Sunset today 5:47 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday 8:03 a.m. Outlook for Thursday: Mostly cloudy. Lows In the 20s. Highs 35 to 45. | :
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in a gale. The 28 men aboard had no chance to abandon ship, Shinn said. One body was recovered and another body sighted. Twen-~ ty-six still are unaccounted for. In a pool dispatch from Shinn’s flagship, the aircraft carrier Wasp, New York Journal American reporter John Harris reported that the ships were standing by in the swelling seas, unable to continue rescue operations but listening on sonar devices for any sounds of life in the wrecked tower. Hope was stirred Monday when tapping sounds were heard by the destroyer McCaffrey on its sonar equipment. A quick reply was tapped in return on the McCaffrey’s hull, and the exchange of signals was accompanied by what Might- have been a human voice. Signals Fade The signals faded by mid-after-noon and only the faint scraping of what was thought to be shift ing debris was heard. Jaycee Week Being Observed In Decatur Jaycee week began Sunday in Decatur, and Decatur members have a week of activity planned to celebrate the successful completion of 40 years of service, although the Decatur club is less than a year old. Ted Hill, president of the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce, announced that a regular meeting of the club will be held tonight at 7:30 in the First State Bank building. All members are urged to attend the important meeting. Mkyor’s Proclamation Mayor Donald F. Gage today proclaimed January 15-21 as Jaycee week in Decatur to the local Junior Chamber for the “already significant contributions to the well-being of our eommunty.” Gov. Matthew E. Welsh proclaimed the observance throughout the state. The Decatur Jaycees are cooperating with the Indiana Junior Chamber and the USJCC in a weeklong observance commemorating the successful past 40 years, Hill explained. Founded In St. Louis “ The United States Junior Chamber was founded in St. Louis in 1920 by Henry Giessenbier. Gissenbier had earlier organized the St. Louis Jaycees from a dancing club when he recognized the need of a young men’s organization to provide leadership training through community betterment. The Jaycee idea spread rapidly touts present stature of third place among the world's service organizations. There are 200,000 Jaycees in the US. and thousands more around the world affiliated with the JCI. Statement From Hartke “Some 7,000 young men pt action in Indiana have good cause to celebrate this week.” Sen. Vance Hartke said in sending his greetings to the local club. Sen, Hartke himself, as well as Gov. Welsh, are farmer Jaycees. “As a member,” Sen. Hartke continued. “I have known the value of the Junior Chamber at Commerce for the leadership training it offers. I have seen Ito value to a community, when, as mayor of Evansville. I. saw the local Jaycees effectively attack local problems.”