Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 213, Decatur, Adams County, 11 September 1961 — Page 2

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Mart Is Fairyland To Flower Fancier

By MARY FRAN BECKMEYER On a busy intersection south of Decatur is a quiet, almost out-of-the-way flower mart. But the flowers at this particular mart are minus the fragrant aroma and even the wilting aspect. The flowers that Bill Allen has to sell are of a more permanent variety. They are polyethylene and vinyl plastic. In business as the Decatur Wreath company, BUI formerly kept shop at 139 Madison street, but when a more suitable spot turned up at the comer of Winchester street extended and U.S. 27, Bill moved. That move was made six weeks ago. Bills mart is a fairyland to any fancier of flowers and to anyone else skeptical that imitation flowers couldn't possibly resemble the real thing. Roses, poinsettias, "sweet peas, peonies, greens — you name it. Bill has it or will gladly get it for you. Most of the flowers are imported. Bill said. The only exclusively American-made flower is the wood fiber flower. Some of the mums are made in the United States, but the most colorful ones are likewise imported. Arranges To Suit Customer Bill receives the assorted flowers and greens in huge cardboard boxes. From these he can make arrangements to suit the individual purchaser or, if the buyer so desires. Bill will sell single bunches. Bill's business includes wholesale and retail selling. During the summer season when fresh flowers are in abundance, the demand for man-made flowers is on the slow side, Bill related. But as soon as the drab winter season sets in, business picks up as housewives are anxious to add color to their decor. And really, what could be nicer In the way of convenience to a busy homemaker. Polyethylene and vinyl plastic flowers eliminate the need to water the plants periodically and the problem of whebe to discard those old flowers. A simple swipe with a damp rag will renew the freshness of these artificial flowers, Bill further added. Just perfect for fall are the many autumn specimens of leaves and flowers Bill has in stock. A vase

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of Italian wheat, ruscus (a fernlike plant with small leaves available in a myriad of colors), and maple leaves shaded identically to those of Mother Nature would enhance any living room in the months to come. YnletWe Decor Abundant For those whose job it is to plan Christmas decorations, the “flower shop” is a paradise. Bill has many varieties of traditional Yuletide decorations to show prospective customers. Christmas wreaths in silver, green, or any other of . a number of colors with contrasting colors interspersed, ranging in size from 14 to 36 inches in diameter, are available for door or mantel piece beauty. Useful in so many different decorating schemes is the holly branch, which incidentally comes in strands as long as nine feet and can be cut in any size to please the customer, Bill explained. Poinsettias, berries and evergreen twigs, lifelike without the headache of what to do with shedding needles, are among the other holiday bills ot fare which Bill carries in his “flower shop.” Moving on into the Easter season, Bill has the traditional Easter lilies in varying sizes and stem lengths. Along with the lilies go Other spring time favorites, sweet peas and apple blossoms. All of these flowers come .in the colors with which Mother Nature endowed them plus a few others so that no decorating scheme will be lacking. Noted among the summer flowers are hydrangeas, gladiolas, of which a trained eye is needed to detect the difference between the garden and polyethylene varieties, tiger lilies and strawflowers. Incidentally, the strawflowers come in a range of 15 different colors and at the moment are a good seller as the customers are desirous of obtaining dainty flowers. Bill added. Old Glory Is New Particularly eye-catching Is Old Glory done up in a new way, this time in apple blossoms. Backed with styrofoam, the stars and stripes are composed of tiny red, white and blue blossoms. A frame of greens makes the flag appear more colorful. A new commodity, which Bill believes to be a good seller, is a plastic frame, eight by ten inches, for wall hanging. Any sort of flower arrangement can be intertwined in the latticed body and the arrangement can be changed as often as one desires. Besides the flowers for indoor arrangements, a variety of cemetery ornamentals made of vinyl plastic is carried by the wreath coihpany. These include wreaths of varying sizes and shapes and styrofoam bibles and crosses. For offices and lobbies of public buildings. Bill has rubber plants in polyethylene. Washable, these plants can be shaped in any form, and the expense for plant food, caretakers, and other special treatment is eliminated. Almost anything that people want in the way of flowers and ornamental decoration. Bill can supply. For those who request urns to be filled. Bill can do that, too, if the urns are brought to his place of business. Bill invites the public to inspect his flower mart at their convenience and see for themselves the thousand and one decorating ideas that can be had from polyethylene flowers.

French Police Crack Down On Underground PARIS (UPD — President Charles de Gaulle returned to the Elysee Palace today while police throughout France continued to crack down on the underground organization which the government claims tried to assassinate him Friday night. De Gaulle reached the presidential headquarters at 10:30 a.m. 5:30 am. EDT after driving back from his weekend retreat at Colombey -Les-Deux- Eglises, 130 miles southeast of Paris. Only the normal number of armed security forces were in evidence around the palace a few minutes before his arrival. There were reports, however, that extra men had been placed in positions around the Elysee over the weekend. The government blamed the assassination attempt on the illegal Secret Army Organization (OAS), and many arrests of suspected members of the organization were made in recent days. At Marseilles Sunday, Institute of France professor Raoul Girardet, 43, was arrested while waiting for a train. Police were bringing him to Paris. French newspapers published charges showing ex. Gen. Raoul Salan as head of the Secret Army and two generals arrested over the weekend, Paul Vanuxem and Jean Crevecoeur, as directing the army in metropolitan France. Workers Strike At Indiana GM Plants By United Press International The bulk of more than 33,000 General Motors Corp, employes in Indiana went on strike today in a breakdown of national negotiations on a new contract. GMC has nine plants in six Hoosier cities. Company spokesmen said more than 28.000 United Auto Workers went on strike at 10 a. m. CDT at eight of the plants, the lone exception being the Allison Division in Indianapolis where 5,000 are employed. These remained on the job past the deadline and were reported to have reached an agreement on local Issues. GMC said about 15,150 were on strike at Delco-Remy and Guide Lamp divisions in Anderson, 3,450 at Delco Radio division in Kokomo, 3,650 at Chevrolet division in Indianapolis, 2,233 at Chevrolet and Delco Battery divisions in Muncie, 3,099 at Fisher Body division at Marion, and 760 at Central Foundry division at Bedford.

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| Jaycee President I Featured In Story Jack Petrie, president of the Decatur Jaycees, was featured in * picture-story on page 2 of the Hoosier Jaycee. official magazine of the Indiana Junior Chamber of Commerce. The picture included Petrie and Glen Swalberg, of Delta, Utah, former community development chairman of the National Jaycees, and national vice president Dean Arbuckle, as they arrived In Chicago, 111., for the three-day national Jaycee community development seminar. During the conference, the only national planning conference exclusively for laymen he was able to meet and listen to key community planning experts from all parts of the U. S. The Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce conducted the most out standing community development program in Indiana last year. Family Os Five Is Found Safe On Boat CASEVILLE, Mich. (UPD — A daylong search for a family of five missing on Saginaw Bay in a 16-foot outboard boat, had a happy ending Sunday when the family was found safe and apparently unharmed. Lawrence Dunwoodie, 36, Drayton Plains, his wife, Marie, 35, and their children Erin, 10; Brian, 9, and Loren, 2, spent more than 25 hours adrift. Darlene Hard, Roy Emerson Win Tourney FOREST HILLS, N.Y. (UPD— California’s Darlene Hard and Roy Emerson, a rangy Australian dairy farmer, ruled the U.S. amateur tennis world today. Miss Hard scored her second straight victory in the nationals before 8,000 spectators at Forest Hills Sunday when she bombed out Britain’s Ann Haydon, 6-3, 6-4. Emerson, the Australian champion, gave his nation its sixth consecutive U.S. title with an upset straight set win over fellow Aussie Rod Laver, the Wimbledon champion, 7-5, 6-3, 6-2. The 25-year-old Miss Hard needed only 50 minutes to polish off the seventh seeded Miss Haydon, a former finalist in the world table tennis championships who had eliminated Wimbledon champion Angela Mortimer of Eng* land. It was no contest. The five - foot, five - inch 140pound blonde bomber had her first service working with speedy efficiency. This permitted her to dominate the net and win almost as she pleased.

At Least Eight Die In Indiana Traffic By United Press International A two-car collision killed a Muncie couple and one of their children and orphaned four other youngsters in Ihdiana’s worst weekend traffic accident. At least eight persons were killed in Hoosier traffic, among them three motorcyclists. The deaths raised the 1961 state toll to at least 688. Killed outright in a Sunday night collision on a northwest Wayne County road near Economy was Stephen Morehouse, 6, Muncie. His father, Martin, 43, driver of the car, died a few hours later, and his mother, Geneva, 33, died after dawn today in Reid Memorial Hospital at Richmond. Four other children of the Morehouses were hospitalized, three of them in critical condition. They were identified as Ellen Marie, 12, Barbara, 13, and Cathy Sue, IS months, all critical, and Donna, 10, serious. Also injured critically in the same crash were Larry Oberland, 19, Modoc, driver of the other car, and William Terrill, 17, Losantville. The latest victim was Roy Lee Britt, 38, Indianapolis. Britt was killed Sunday night when his cycle rammed into a car at an Indianapolis intersection. Clela Howard, 59, Bedford, was killed Sunday afternoon when a car in which she was a passenger crashed into a bridge on U.S. 31 south of Columbus. Injured was her husband, Charles Howard, 63, driver of the car. Police said Howard was attempting to pass another car when he lost control. Stephen Morehouse, 6, Muncie, was killed on a road in northwest Wayne County Sunday when a car operated by his father, Marlin Morehouse, 43, collided with a car driven by Larry Overland, 19, Modoc. Kenney Walter David, 16, Evansville, died Sunday morning of injuries suffered Saturday when his motorcycle collided with a car driven by Jerome Rexing, 34, Mount Vernon, on a road six miles east of Evansville. Police said the boy was riding on the wrong side of the road. Leonard Venckus, 26, Valparaiso, was killed Saturday night, when his jeep went out of control along Indiana 49 south of Chesterton and smashed into an overpass. Earlier Saturday, James Lamastus, 28, Smiths Valley, suffered fatal injuries when his motorcycle collided with »truck being driven out of a driveway onto the White River Parkway at Indianapolis. The truck driver was George Butterfield, 45, Plainfield. Two Autos Damaged In Accident Saturday An accident at 3 p.m. Saturday damaged two cars, however, no injuries were suffered by either driver. Drivers of the vehicles were William Wendell Underwood, 45, 241 N. Sixth street, and Richard Wayne Weiland, 16, route 3, Decatur. Damages were set at SSOO to the Underwood car and $l5O to the Weiland vehicle. The mishap occurred on U.S. 33, at the intersection of county road 4, one-half mile north of Decatur. Deputy sheriff Charles Arnold and state trooper Gene Rash investigated. Two Brothers Drown After Air Collision SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (UPD — Two brothers drowned Sunday after they collided while swinging from ropes hanging over a pond. Police said David Harwood, 11, and his brother, Thomas 13, were knocked unconscious in the cqllision and fell in the water. Their bodies were recovered by skindivers. Joint Installation Here This Evening The Decatur K. of C. will hold a joint installation of officers at a meeting at the local K. of C. headquarters tonight at 8:30 o’clock. Officers from the Decatur, Garrett, and two Fort Wayne councils will be installed. PHONE fora SUPPLY OF beating Comfort Keep your home worm end cozy with more heat for your coal dollar IPa tsy Is longer-burring with almost no ash! Order now! DECATUR-KOCHER LUMBER, INC. * 111 Jefferson St. Ph. 3-3131 Decatur. Ind.

Mary Tryner of Braidwood, mJ f 1 retires to the sanunit of this hill of mine tailings when in the mooood for a little quiet. I ' She spends much of the day on the hilL Passing WDtarifitS miltakß the meditative J milker for a statue, according to her owner, ~ —'

Boy Splinters Leg In Fall At Home Dennis Norman, five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Clifford Norman of 434 Mercer avenue, is reported getting along fine after seriously splintering his leg in a fall Saturday afternoon. The young boy fell in his home While his folks were outside, and the exact details of how it happened are not known. He was taken to the Adams county memorial hospital where x-rays showed serious splintering, and he was then transferred to Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne, where an expert worked on the leg. He was reported getting along fine today, and may be able to come home from the hospital shortly. Man's Body Found In Shallow Grave VALPARAISO, Ind. (UPD —The body of Herbert Hull, 47, Wheeler, was found in a shallow grave in a cornfield on his farm today hours after his barn burned mysteriously. Hull’s keys and an identification

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tag were found Sunday, shortly after witnesses reported seeing a man they believed was Hull enter his burning barn. Firemen extinguished the blaze and searched for a body on the theory Hull burned to death. But

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they found only the charred remains of farm animals. Hall’s farm is about seven miles northwest of here. The point where the body was found was about one-half mile from the barn.