Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 72, Decatur, Adams County, 27 March 1961 — Page 1

Vol. LIX No. 72.

Civic tyfiisic Group Selects Concerts

The Adams County Civic Music association membership drive for the 1961-62 concert series came to a successful conclusion Saturday night with another outstanding enrollment. Following the end of the drive, the talent committee met and selected five excellent concerts, based on the preference ballots marked by the members. The committee feels that beginning its sixth season next fall, the membership will have the pleasure of hearing the finest, and most entertaining program in the history of the association. The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Izler Solomon, will appear in Decatur sometime in February, the date to be announced later. A booking of the nationally famous Purdue University glee club has been approved, and this group of 60 male voices will be presented here Nov. 2. Responding to many requests, Stan Freeman, piano humorist, will play a return engagement in Decatur sometime in April. Freeman, noted for his radio and TV engagements and his recordings, is a splendid artist who devotes half of his program to rendition of the classics and the other half to popular and mirth-provoding music. Open* In October Miss Mildred Dilling, declared to be the world’s outstanding harpist, will be here in March. Miss Dilling, in addition to being a fine artist on the array of instruments she carries, is also noted as a witty raconteur. An attractive young couple, Weekley and Arganbright, pianoduetists, complete the program. This team, graduated cum laude

Hold State Parley On Unemployment

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD-Gover-nor Welsh told a conference on unemployment today that the only solution is jobs, and only “our private economy" can provide the solution to a “serious if not critical problem.” Welsh opened the Governor’s Conference on Unemployment, called at the request of President Kennedy, with an outline of what he hoped the conferees would do. “It is my hope,” he said, "that we can achieve practical results from meeting together to cooperate and to coordinate bur efforts.” “By comparing notes, by understanding each other’s role in meeting a serious, if not critical, problem in our state, by avoiding overlapping and duplication of effort, we can better use our resources and our abilities in serving the needs of our state and nation." Na Platitudes, Please Welsh said two broad areas of the problem to be considered were “how we can minimize the human hardship” and “what we can do constructively to solve the problem.” . He asked the conferees to “work.” "We are not interested in platitudes. We are concerned with useful exchanges of ideas and information. We are interested in results,” he said. More than 250 Indiana mayors, key state officials and business and labor union leaders gathered to discuss ways to combat unemployment. Welsh, who was to give a major address later, called the one-day conference to explore what action the state can take, to discuss what business and labor can do to increase employment, to focus attention on the facts of the Hoo-

Lenten Meditation (By Rev. Robert McQuaid, First Baptist Church) (Read Psalm 121) Key verse: "My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.” (vs. 2.) Misfortune seems to strike some people more often and with J greater severity than others but it is inevitable that everyone experience at least some sorrow in their life journey. Sorrow as well as joy, pain as well as strength, trouble as well as peoce, death as well as birth are all part of (hat of which life is made. The really tragic thing is that many people attempt to face life without Christ or to do so on the basis of a Sunday school religion, that is, one which they received many years ago but have not given serious consideration to since. Such an approach may r get one by during the enjoyable times of life but when trouble comes it completely fails. How sad it is to see a man or woman stand beside the suu lifeless form of a child or parent who has passed away and try to carry the burden of the loss alone. This is not necessary. There is a great source of help; it comes from the Lord. He who experienced deep sorrow, was victorious 'in the complexities of human relationship®, and came to grips with the bitterness of death itself is ready to help those in need. He can, not only because he has been through it all but he is God. A sure way of being ready for the difficult times is a life consistently lived for God. The enjoyable experience will be enriched. God will bring strength and help when testing comes.;

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from the Indiana University college of music, have appeared on the concert stage for several years, and their programs have been greeted with wide acclaim. The exact dates of all the concerts will be printed on the tickets when they are distributed in September. At the first concert in October, the membership will be given programs of all cities in this area which are enrolled in Civic Music Service, Inc. Members in the Adams county group may attend, free of charge, concerts in Wabash, Huntington, Warsaw, Columbia City and Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Roy Kai ver, president of the association, wishes to express her thanks to the Decatur drive chairmen, Mrs. Leo Kirsh and Mrs. J. Clark Mayclin and the Berne chairman, Sherman Stucky, and to all the loyal workers who contributed in making this year’s drive such an outstanding success. She also wishes to thank the following business firms and organizations, who, through their purchase of students’ tickets, aid in bringing the world’s best music to the young people of this area: Central Soya Co., First State Bank, Wayne Novelty Co., Yost Construction Co., Decatur Industries, Bag Service, Inc., KrickTyndall Co.. Adams County Trailer Sales, The Schafer Co., Indiana & Michigan Electric Co., Citizens Telephone Co., Burk Elevator Co., and Gilpin Ornamental Iron. Rotary club. Lions club, Decatur Women’s club, Business and Professional Women, Tri Kappa active and associate chapters. Psi lota Xi, Delta Theta Tau, city council of Beta Sigma Phi, Knights of Columbus, Monmouth high school.

sier situation, and to explore the inter-relationship of government on various levels in programs to “alleviate any distress and to increase employment.” Bloomington Mayor Thomas Lemon, president of the Indiana Municipal League, was chairman of the conference. He and other business and labor leaders appointed by Welsh last month outlined the agenda and directed the discussion. Kennedy Assigns Foley Kennedy assigned Eugene Foley, deputy assistant for domestic affairs to the secretary of commerce, to attend the jneeting and explain the administration’s anti-recession policies. One of the major problems scheduled for discussion was partially solved last week when Kennedy signed a measure providing a billion-dollar extension of jobless benefits to the nation’s needy. It provides that jobless Hoosiers who exhausted state benefits may draw an additional 13 weeks of unemployment benefits. They presently receive a maximum of $36 a week for 26 weeks. About 50.000 unemployed Hoosier workers will begin sharing an estimated $1,100,000 in jobless benefits each week when the temporary extension becomes effective April 10. Indiana Employment Security Division Director Lewis F. Nicolini, returned from Washington Saturday after signing an agreement authorizing Indiana to participate in the new benfits. Nicolini signed less than two hours after Kennedy signed the bill into la w. ■. . ■ .—..... .-J-— Benefit Number Jumps While an estimated 50.000 Hoosiers initially will receive ex(Continued on page three)

Five Children Drown Sunday As State Park SCHNEIDER, Ind. (UPD — Underwater teams groped through a murky, treacherous bayou today for the last of five children drowned in the capsize of a heavyladen rowboat at Kankakee River State Park. Divers said swift currents might have carried the body of Regina Murzyn, 6, into the rain-swollen Kankakee River. Four other bodies were recovered and five passengers escaped death when the IMoot rowboat suddenly nosed under Sunday. State Police Cpl. Lester Sheridan, a search boat crew member, said he hoped “we can find the little girl before the rains come. But there’s no question in anybody's mind that Regina drowned.” The other victims were Sharlotte Bell, 13, Calumet City. 111., her sister, Theodora, 5, her brother, Kenneth 4, and Debbie Murzyn, 2, Hammond, Ind., Regina's sister. The Bell parents, Theodore, 49, and his wife, Rose, 45, were taken to the home of Mrs. Bell’s brother, Sam Samaran of Lowell, Ind., near the northwest Indiana state park. “They don't seem to realize what happened,” Sheridan said. The boat was crossing a 400-yard wide bayou from an island to the main shore. It appeared to gather speed and then the bow dipped. In seconds all 10 passengers were struggling in the water. “They apparently were really jammed in that boat,” Sheridan said. He said passengers and a load of fishing equipment apparently weighted it down so that about five inches separated the oarlocks from the waterline. Rose Bell was on shore with two others from the 13-member picnic party, Katherine Holmquist, 19, a resident in the Bell’s Calumet City apartment house, and Elden Graham, 23, also of Calumet City. Miss Holmquist said the elder Bell was handling the boat’s outboard motor and “he was going slow. Then the boat just dived under the water. It happened in a split second.” Graham said all 10 persons fell into the water at once. “Everyone grabbed for someone else, but the five children got away.” = Theodore Bell pulled his daughter, Betsy, 9, to shore. Graham rescued Chris Holmquist, s,’Katherine's sister, and then ran a halfmile to the park office to call state police. The other survivors were Mary Lee Allen, 18, Graham’s fiancee, and Mrs. Darlene Murzyn. 25, mother of two of the victims.

SEATO Heads Adjourn Meet

BANGKOK, Thailand (UPD — The foreign ministers of the South East Asia Treaty Organization adjourned their opening session today following reports that the Soviet Union was accepting the Western ultimatum of a cease-fire in Laos. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Roger Tubby informed the meeting of the reported acceptance. British sources, apparently not informed of the report, said there was ‘‘not enough information" to comment on but “we profoundly hope it’s true.” With the support of the United States. Britain had delivered a note in Moscow last week calling for an immediate cease-fire in Laos, reactivation of a three-na-tion military control commission and convening of a 14-nation confernce to decide future policy for the little kingdom. Meet In Secret The sudden turn of events came during a top-secret afternoon session of the eight foreign ministers. A morning session had been public. All of the SEATO members except France were reported to have agreed to use force if necessary to prevent the Communists from taking over Laos. Informed sources said the United States and other SEATO nations were trying to persuade France to go along with a proposal for joint SEATO action in the strife-tom kingdom if a ceasefire cannot be worked out with the Communists. The sources said Secretary of State Dean Rusk was anxious for a unanimous agreement by the eight SEATO nations on this point before the conference ends Wednesday night. France learned by experience in the Indochina war the difficulty of fighting guerrillas in this part of the world and is hesitant to commit its troops to another

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, March 27,1961.

Fort Wayne Truck Driver Is Killed East Os Decatur As Truck Leaves Highway

Harvey E. Elzey Dies This Morning Harvey E. Elzey, 76, of 146% West Monroe street, well-known lifelong resident of Decatur, died at 7:20 o’clock this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital. Mr. Elzey had been in failing health for the past four years, and had been in critical condition since suffering a fractured hip in a fall last week. He was born in Root township Feb. 27, 1885, a son of William and Sedora Ball-Elzey. He was married to Mary Robinson Aug. 29, 1937. Mr. Elzey was a former barber, also operated the White Mountain cream station on Monroe street for many years, and in recent years he and his wife have. operated the Jani Lyn dress shop in this city. Mr. Elzey was a charter member of the Loyal Order of Moose lodge in this city. Surviving in addition to his wife are one son, Walter Elzey of Decatur; four daughters, Mrs. Don (Herreta) Stump of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Robert (Delores) Shraluka, Mrs. Richard (Ruth) Macklin, and Mrs. Florian (Romaine) Keller, all of Decatur: 12 grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren. Two sisters preceded him in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. Robert McQuaid officiating. Burial will be in die Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening until time of the services. The Moose lodge will hold memorial services at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday.

such action. The SEATO conference opened this morning with Rusk and other foreign ministers firmly declaring the alliance must fulfill its responsibility for preserving Laos’ independence. Ready To Fight Rusk made it clear the United States for its part was ready to fight if necessary to stop the Communists from engulfing Laos or any other Southeast Asia nation by force. He recalled the collective U.N. action in Korea in 1950. He also warned of the threat in South Viet Nam but the bulk of his remarks dealt primarily with Laos. “It is our sincere belief that all the states of mainland Southeast (Continued on page 2) Brother Os Decatur Lady Buried Today Funeral services were held this afternoon at Fort Wayne for Clave A. Bailey, 54, who died late Friday night at his home in that city. Burial was in Covington memorial gardens. Mr. Bailey was a native of Byyant and had lived in Fort Wayne since 1946, and was employed at the Fort Wayne Tailoring Co. He was a veteran of World War 11, and was a member of the Eagles lodge at Portland. Surviving are his wife. Dorothy F.; his mother, Mrs. Estella Baily of Bryant: three brothers Jesse and Carl Bailey, both of Muncie, and Ivan Bailey of Geneva, and five sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Markle of St. Louis, Mrs. Iva Graves and Mrs. Florence Richards. both of Portland, Mrs. Betty Owen of Gas City, and Mrs. Catherine Mann of Decatur.

Paul Edgar Rice, 33, of 9725 Bluffton Road, Fort Wayne, died at about 6:40 a. m. today following a wreck in which the truck he was driving left highway 224 a mile west of the state line, traveled 388 feet down the berm, and turned over in a ditch. Rice, driving a tank truck with 6,000 gallons of gasoline, lived about five minutes after the accident, Adams county coroner Elmer (Chalky) Winteregg established. He_ suffered a fractured skull and crushed chest. At 6:35 A. M. Hie truck, which had been loaded this morning at Findlay, 0., was headed west on 224. The accident took place as the truck left the north side of the road about 6:35 a. m., and ended up in a field owned by Paul and Clarence Spuller. It was the first traffic fatality of the year in Adams county. Mrs. Curtis L. Miller, who lives about 150 feet from the scene of the accident, reported it, and several other calls were received about the same time. Gasoline from the load spilled into the ditch, and fumes were present, although a strong wind carried them away. A pump truck from the Decatur city fire department, and a water truck, stood by all morning until the wreck was cleared. Block Highway The truck broke off a telephone pole 51 feet before coming to rest on its right side. The cab of the truck was completely crushed as the front end came to rest in an eight-foot ditch. The state highway was blocked intermittently during the morning about 6t£ miles east of Decatur as wrecking crews tried to move the huge truck from the ditch. Two wreckers, anchored in the mud on the south side of the road, finally moved the truck about 10 a. m. No skid marks were evident, Winteregg and the investigating officers reported. There was no indication that the driver had suffered a heart attack, yet there might not be any such indication, they added. It was possible that he fell asleep, although usually when that happens, the driver skids trying to get back on rthe road. It was possible that } the truck slipped onto the berm, and then, because of the mud; dpuld not get back on. There were no known witnesses ot the accident. Inland Oil Truck The truck belonged to the Inland Oil Co., of Waynedale, where the driver lived, and he is believed to have had part-interest in the truck. The body was transferred from the Zwick funeral home to the Chalfant - Perry funeral home. Fort Wayne, about noon. Investigating officers, besides the coroner, were sheriff Merle Affolder, state trooper Dan Kwasneski, and deputy sheriff Charles Arnold. Fire chief Cedric Fisher and several fire department men were also on the scene. A number of people came out to the scene, confusing the traffic pattern, and many rumors concerning the identity of the victim were circulated. The accident victim was a partner in the Rice Bros. Trucking Co. at Waynedale. He was a member of St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed church in Fort Wayne. Surviving are his wife, Carolyn; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Miles Rice of Big Lake, Columbia City; six daughters, Norma Kay, Mariett Lynn, Beth Anne, Janet, Carol and Paula Jean: two brattiers, Fred Rice of Zanesville, and Merlin Rice of Columbia City, and four sisters, Mrs. Orville M. Waters, Mrs. Walter Emerick, Mrs. Harold Dauty, and Mrs. Joseph E. Bauer, all of Fort Wayne. The body was removed to the Chalfant - Perry funeral home. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

itr--" '' '■ . 'Jr *,- ' v?? * I TRUCK ON SIDE, as it appeared when it came to rest, following the one-vehicle fatal accident 6% miles east of Decatur on highway 224 at 6:35 a.m. this morning. Hie right side of the truck rested in an eight-foot ditch on the Paul and Clarence Spuller farm, about a mile west of the TnAiana-Ohio state line. i

Miss Grace A. Hauck Dies Al Foil Wayne f .... Miss Grace A. Hauck, 84, a native of Decatur, died Sunday afternoon at Fort Wayne after a long illness. She was bort in Decatur and had lived in Los Angeles before moving to Fort Wayne in 1946. She was a retired millinery designer. ’ Miss Hauck was a member of the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception, die Rosary society and the Legion of Mary. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Thomas G. Moorhead of Fbrt Wayne, and a brother, E. B. Hauck of Delray Beach, Fla. Funeral services will be held at 8:30 a. m. Wednesday at the Tom Mungovan funeral home, and at 9 a. m. in the Cathedral. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Thomas L, Durkin will officiate. Friends .jenay call at the funeral home after 2 p. m. Tuesday. Burial will be in the Fort Wayne Catholic cemetery. Mrs.Elliol Brown Dies Unexpectedly Mrs. Myrtle J. Brown, 74, wife of Elliot E. Brown, died suddenly at noon Saturday at her home in Willshire, 0., of a coronary occlusion. She lived most of her life in this city, moving to Willshire five years ago. She was born in Decatur June 2, 1886, a daughter of John and Allen Hawk-Chronister, and was married to Elliot E. Brown Sept. 21. 1912. Surviving in addition to her husband are two sons, John E. Brown of Decatur, and Robert Paul Brown of Willshire: two daughters, Mrs. Earl (Helen) Williamson of Pleasant Mills, and Mrs. Harold (Betty) Feasel of Willshire: 19 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. One daughter, Alice, is deceased. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. Jeff Webb Burial will be in the Decatur'cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and cooler tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight 38 to 46. High Tuesday 46 to 52. Sunset today 7:04 p. tn. Sunrise Tuesday 6:36 a. m. Outlook for Wednesday: Cloudy and a little cooler with some chance of showers. Lows 35 to 40. Highs 45 to 55.

Gromyko And Kennedy Meet

WASHINGTON (UPI) — Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko met President Kennedy today to tell him whether Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev will bow to Western demands and negotiate a settlement of the Laotian civil war. As Gromyko arrived for his critical meeting with the President, there were indications that Khrushchev might be trying to avoid a military show down in Southeast Asia. Gromyko, the first high Soviet government official to meet with Kennedy, pulled up at the White House at 11:55 a.m. Hours preceding his arrival the Russians had broken their long silence on Laos by means of an editorial in Pravda which said Khrushchev favors “peace talks” to settle the most explosive dispute in the world today. This was Pravda’s comment on the U.S.-BACKED British proposals calling for a negotiated settlement of the Laotian question. But the Communist party organ was silent on the most critical Western demand—that the Communists accept a cease - fire in Laos as the first condition toward a peaceful settlement. Confers with Stevenson Kennedy conferred with Adlai E. Stevenson, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, 40 minutes before meeting with Gromyko. Kennedy headed into his meeting with Gromyko backed by new pledges of Allied unity obtained during the weekend. These made it plain the free world would insist Russia stop fueling the fires that threaten an independent, neutral Laos. The American President carried into the meeting an enthusiastic agreement from British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan that “the situation in Laos cannot be allowed to continue to deteriorate.” Macmillan and the President met. for the first time Sunday at the U.S. <naval base at Key West, Fla. After their three-hour conference, they issued a short communique on their strong, joint hope that Russia “will make a positive and constructive reply” to the British cease-fire proposal. Returns to Capital Kennedy then flew to Palm Beach, had dinner and continued on to Washington. Macmillan flew back to Trinidad to resume his West Indies vacation before meeting with Kennedy again here on April 4. When the President landed aboard his jet transport from Florida Sunday night, French Ambassador Herve Alphand was wait-

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ing for him at Andrews Air Force base outside Washington. Alphand had a message from President Charles de Gaulle concerning the French view on the war inLaos. Continuing the pace of a day of rapid-fire diplomatic developments the President invited Alphand to ride to the White House with him. Although it was 11 p.m., the two men sat in an automobile in the White House driveway and conferred for about five minutes before Alphand left for his embassy. Kennedy hopped out of the car and strode to his office where he worthed until nearly midnight with Foy D. Kohler, assistant secretary of state for European affairs who participated in the meeting with Macmillan. Because of conditions in Southeast Asia and mounting pressure of business here, Kennedy decided to forego departure for Palm Beach Tuesday or Wednesday when he had hoped to begin a brief spring holiday. He was not likely to get away before Thursday at the earliest. Discuss Military Moves Other prospects of the Laotian crisis reflected from Key West and Washington: —ln addition to discussing hopes for a political settlement of the fighting in Laos, Kennedy, Macmillan and their advisers also talked over a series of possible military moves should the situation continue to worsen. —Roving Ambassador W. Averell Harriman said Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru agreed (Continued on page four) Advertising Index Advertiser ' Page A & P Tea Co., Inc. 3 Adams Theater w — 6 Beavers Oil Service, Inc. -—5 Burk Elevator Co. — 5 Bower Jewelry Sore — 3 Boardmans Sewing Machine Shop — 3 Cowens Insurance Agency -— 2 Chic Dry Cleaners & Laundry.. 5 Evans Sales & Service — 5 Fager Appliance & Sporting Goods ————— 4 Holthouse Drug Co. — — 4 Jani Lyn ....: 3 Kent Reatty & Auction Co 5 Lincoln Service 5 Myers Cleaners — 2 Price Men’s Wear ... 4 Phil & Mix Auction Co. ... 5 L. Smith Insurance Agency, Inc. 5 Smith Drug Co. 2, 4 Stucky & Co ... • Teeple Trude Line 5 Uhrick Bros. ................2 Zintsmaster Motors —4, •