Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 185, Decatur, Adams County, 7 August 1962 — Page 1

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t■' ■ • “ ■ . . - ' f Xi . _ , ' •* * Y..... .U: . ■ IN MEMORIAM—USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, honors the 2,335 American servicemen who died a during the Dec. 7, 1941 attack. The white concrete structure is built atop the rusting hulk of the Arizona in which , ' are entombed 1,102 men who Went down with her. Memorial is 184 feet in length and is reached by harbor boat. W?

Safety Belts, Motor Inspections Needed

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Governor Welsh, in somber acknowledgment of a fast-climbing traffic death toll, said today he will sign into law any 1963 legislative bills requiring seat belts and motor vehicle inspection. Welsh also ordered Indiana State Police* to do more arresting and less warning of traffic violators.. The governor said at a news conference attended by state traffic safety officials that he would sign measures next year making belts and inspections compulsory, provided the lawmakers approve such bills. Indiana’s traffic death toll since Jan. 1 s tood a t 682 today, 106 higher than the 576 killed by this date last year. The comparatively mild crackdown announced by Welsh included these main points: —lncrease the number of traffic arrests now being made, which average 7,000 monthly, and reduce the warning tickets, now averaging 12,000 monthly. —Stricter enforcement of legal speed limits. —More intensive use of the concentrated patrol or “wolf pack’’ system by Indiana State Police. —Closer screening of driver applications by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles before issuing licenses. —Enforcement of the point system suspension plan without exception. Indiana currently has a plan whereby a d river who gets 12 points against his record as the result of traffic violations has his license suspended following a hearing. —Regular inspection by the Indiana State Highway Department of construction projects to insure proper warning signs, lights and barricades. —Closer checks of traffic signs, signals and safety markings throughout the state to see that they are in good repair. “The most pressing problem of this age is learning to live with the automobile,” Welsh told the conference. Sharing responsibility of answering questions with the governor were State Police Supt. John J. Barton, Bureau of Motor Vehicles Director Allen Nutting, -**— — —-— —■

Three States Hold Elections Today; Kansas, Michigan, Missouri At Polls

DETROIT (UPD—Cloudy skies and intermittent showers were expected to cut into the vote today as Michigan residents cast ballots in a primary election generally devoid of excitement. State Elections Director Robert M. Montgomery predicted the voter turnout would exceed the 1,021,217 who cast ballots in the 1960 primary. Only one statewide contest is on the ballot—the lieutenant governor race where three veteran campaigners seek to join Republican gubernatorial candidate George Romney on the fall slate. Romney and Gov. John B. Swainson head their party tickets, and both are unopposed for the top elective state office. Despite the lack of opposition, some interest has been generated by the popularity contest between Romney, the former American Rotors Corp, chief, and Swainson. Their vote totals may give an indication of the trend which the Nov. 6 election may take and the extent of their basic support. In addition to governor and lieutenant governor, voters also will ballot for 19 congressional

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Traffic Safety Director Floyd A. Kline Sr. and Indiana State Highway Executive Director George Foster. Welsh and the department heads agreed that “a tougher point system is a possibility” at the next legislative session. Newsmen pointed out that the point system had been set up originally by administrative action but Welsh said he felt that in any future changes in the system “the legislature should be consulted.” Mrs. Mano Moser Dies At Bluffton Mrs. Martha E. Moser, 57, of 320 E. Short street, Bluffton, died of cancer at the clinic hospital in that eity after an illnes of one year. The daughter of Henry and Bertha Kaehr Reimschisel, she was born in Paulding county, Ohio. She was married to Mano Moser Dec. 14, 1929 at Toledo, 0., and has lived in Bluffton many years. For 16 years she was an employe of the Dutch Mill Restaurant in Bluffton. She was a member o fthe Apostolic Christian Church. In addition to the husband, survivors include three daughters, Miss Delotha Moser, at home; Mrs. J. C. (Patricia) Ebach, Fairbury, Ill.; Mrs. Kenneth (Caroline) Isch, Berne; two brothers, Sam Reimschilsel, New Paris, and David, Ossian; three sisters, Mrs. Nellie Bertsch, and Mrs. Mary Moser, Bluffton; and Mrs. Walter Moser, Fort Wayne; six grandchildren. One son, and one brother, Raymond, are deceased. Friends may call at the Goodwin Funeral Home in Bluffton after 7 p.m. Wednesday. Services will be held Friday at the funeral home at 1 p.m. and at 1:30 p.m. at the Apostolic Christian church, the Rev. Sam Aeschliman officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

seats and 144 seats in the next state legislature. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPD — Missourians went to the polls today, more interested in local and regional issues than in the only statewide election— for U.S. Senate nominees. Secretary of State Warren Hearns predicted a light voter turnout from 600,000 to 650,000. A five-man race for the Republican senatorial nomination spai'ked the main statewide interest. Sen. Edward Long, D - Mo., seeking his second term, expected little trouble from two opponents in winning the Democratic nomination. Crosby Kemper Jr., a wealthy Kansas City banker, and Springfield attorney Duane Cox headed the Republican scramble for the Senate bid. Only one of the other candidates, Kansas City osteopath Morris Duncan, conducted a statewide campaign. Missouri’s 10 congressmen under the new district setup all sought re-election, but the six primary races involving incum-

Lumber Company Asks New Trial A petition fqr a new trial in the case of Decatur-Kocher Lumber Inc., vs. Lawrence W. and Esther L. Ehrsam, has been filed in the Adams circuit court. The petition for a new trial gives reasons on three grounds, as to why a new trial should be granted. In a court action began the month of June, the lumber company had requested a judgement of $4,500 from Mr. and Mrs. Ehrsam for payment of an alleged debt. Judgement Denied Judge Myles F. Parrish turned down the request on Saturday, July 7, giving reasons for his ruling. One of the reasons was that the “defendants herein have answered in payment.” The lumber company had requested $3,964.50, plus interest and attorney fees, which amounted to $4,500. The court’s ruling, how--1 ever, denied the company any of the requested amount. The petition for a new trial gives , three reasons for the request—the decision of the court is not sustained by sufficient evidence; the decision is contrary to law; and that there was an error of law. Three Grounds The third reason concerns an overruling of an objection by the attorneys for the plaintiff to and in admitting a certain exhibit designated as the defendant’s exhibit F. Attorney’s D. Burdette Custer and Robert Smith, representing the lumber company, give nearly a nine-page explanation of the third reason for requesting a new trial, in the petition. Robert S. Anderson of Decatur represents the Ehrsams in the case. The trial without jury opened Monday, June 18, in the local court, and final arguments were heard and concluded June 25, before the judge took the matter under advisement and ruled on July 7. BULLETIN WASHINGTON (UPD — Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas today denied a stay of execution to Mrs. Elisabeth Ducan.

bents were hum-drum except in the Bth District. Four incumbent congressmen were unopposed for nomination to another term. KANSAS CITY, Kan. (UPD — Kansans went to the polls today to choose between old and new Republican candidates and to decide the status of the Democratic party. Highlighting the skimpy ballot was the race between the Old Guard and new look for a GOP senatorial nomination, and the write-in secretary of state campaign for Democrat Andy Gray. Democrats must turn up 18,147 votes for Gray, a Richland banker, or face near political oblivion in 1964 in this predominantly Republican state. Kansas law ties the definition of major parties to nomination of a candidate for secretary of state, a fact which came to the notice of party leaders after the deadline for filing in the primary had passed. No Democrat had filed and Gray was chosen for a write - in campaign to prevent the party from dropping to the status of a minor group. Minor parties

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Bridge Asked In Hartford The Adams county commission- ‘ ers held their weekly meeting In the county courthouse Monday, with the main item of business the appointment of Mrs. Minnie Myers to fill the unexpired term of her late husband. Mrs. Myers was appointed Blue Creek township by a vote of 3-0 by the commissionefs, accepting the position Monday morning. Three Hartford township residents attended the meeting to request construction or enlarging of a bridge on county road 20, near county road 39%, in Hartford township. The commissioners also discussed the matter with three county residents, but no action was taken. The commissioners also discussed admittance of a patient to the county home, and allowed bills ’ and claims during the meeting. : Mrs. Kalver’s Father I Dies In Chicago Bendeict Schulman, father of Mrs. Roy Kai ver, died at 1:30 Monday afternoon in a Chicago hospital. He was 85 years old and had been ill for some time. Mrs. Kalver was with him at the time of death. Mr. Schulman was well known in Decatur having visited here annually for many years. In addition to the widow he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Kalver and Mrs. Irving Cowan of Skokie, 111., two sons, Sidney and Jack of Chicago, eleven grandchildren and five-great grandchildren. Services will be held Wednesday at a funeral home in Chicago. Attending will be Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kalver and son Alan, and Mr. and Mrs. Neil Sandler of Fort Wayne. Memorials in the form of bequests to the Adams county heart fund would be appreciated by the family. Mrs. Schulman’s address is 4839 N. Longdale, Chicago, HI.

t in Kansas are required to choose t candidates by convention rather : than primary ballot. Republicans had worries of their own in the party split be- - tween former Kansas Gov. Ed r Arn, leader of the Old Guard, and r a young moderate, U.S. Sen. - James B. Pearson, over the nom- ! ination for the Senate seat Pearson now holds by appointment. t Former state Treasurer George I Hart had tough opposition in state ’ Rep. Dale Saffels of Garden City ; for the Democratic nomination for • governor. In southeastern Kansas four r Republicans and two Democrats • were seeking party nominations i for sth District congressman. r U.S. Sen. Frank Carlson was expected to breeze into the GOP i nomination for a third six - year f term, with only token opposition f from conservative farmer Joe • Cropstein. • Other contested races were ber tween Gov. John Anderson and 1 Harvey Crouch for the GOP gui bernatorial nomination and be- • tween Joe Poizner and K.L. Smith j for Democratic nomination for l U.S. Senate.

Ike, von Braun Differ On Space Effort NEW YORK (UPD—Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower and space scientist Wernher von Braun today apparently stood at opposite poles with respect to the cost and relative speed of America’s space efforts. Eisenhower, in an article written for the Aug. 11 issue of the Saturday Evening Post; called the U.S. space program "fantastically expensive.” The former chief executive said he had “personally approved” the project to select and train the nation’s astronauts. However, he asked: “Why the great hurry to get to the moon and the planets?” "We have already demonstrated that in everything except the power of our booster rockets we are leading the world in scientific space exploration,” Eisenhower wrote. “From here on, I think we should proceed in an orderly, scientific way, building one accomplishment on another, rather than engaging in a mad effort to win a stunt race.” Von Braun, who is director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Marshall Space Flight Center at Huntsville, Ala., had some different views in an interview with the General Electric Forum, published Monday by the General Electric Co. He' said the space program may begin paying for itself within 10 years. "It may well b? that space flight will provide the necessary stimulus to the economy that war no longer can,” said Von Braun. “. . . We can already see clear outlines of how dollars will flow back into the Treasury as a result of tax revenues from such things as global telephone and television systems.” The German - bom rocket pioneer said he considered the President’s commitment to put a man onto the moon in this decade “an objective very clearly defined, j universally understandable, which 1 cannot be debated." Cut Corn At Road Sections All farmers were asked today to cut their tall com by county road intersections to prevent tragic accidents, Hugo Boerger, president of the board of county commissioners, said this noon. High corn prevents motorists from seeing approaching traffic at intersections, and is a definite road hazard, Lawrence Noll, county highway supervisor added. Farmers who cut their corn so that car drivers may see will help save the lives of their friends and family, and will assure that others will also do the same. Smith Appointed Pro Tern Judge Lewis Lutz Smith, local attorney has been appointed judge pro tern of the Adams circuit court while Judge Myles F. Parrish takes a well-deserved vacation. ‘ Judge Parrish appointed Smith Monday afternoon, the appointment gives Smith full and complete jurisdiction as judge of the Adams circuit court, the 26th judicial court. The local court is actually still in summer vacation, which is only a legal term, as the court has been very busy this summer. The : last day of being “in vacation” is ■ Monday, Sept. 3, Labor Day. I Sy'”- * ■ * Portland To Vote On Light Plant Sale PORTLAND, Ind. (UPD — The Portland City Council by a 4-1 margin Monday night approved sale of the city-owned power plant to Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. Councilmen adopted a resolution paving the way for a voter referendum on the sale u at the time of the November election. INDIANA WEATHER Partly Cloudy, chance of < widely scattered thundershowers this afternoon. Fair and a tittle cooler tonight. Wednesday fair and lees humid. ( Lows tonight, 58-64; highs > Wednesday, 80-85. Outlook for Thursday: Mostly fair. Lows, < W-87; highs, 83-91. O'

Decatur Canning Company Starts Run Aug. 15-18; Tomatoes Look Good

With the tomatoes “looking real good so far,” processing at the Decatur Canning Co. is expected to begin around Wednesday, Aug. 15 to Saturday, Aug. 18, according to an announcement today by W. E. Schmitt, vice-president of the corporation and co-owner of the plant. Schmitt explained that the tomatoes look very fine as of now, and a real good crop is expected. Apparently none of the weather conditions have affected this year’s crop adversely. Last summer, processing did not begin until Aug. 29, due to a tomato crop that suffered severly from too much rain and not enough sunshine. This is not the case this summer, however. The Aug. 15-18 tenative starting date is the earliest in the past three years, as processing began on August 25 in 1960. First “Run” Schmitt, coowner of the tomato cannery with his mother, Mrs. Mabie Schmitt, said that the first run would be tried on the above date, with full-scale operations beginning the following week. Schmitt said that about 150 employees will be hired for the first

Blood Donors Total 125 Here Monday

Decatur just reached its goal of 125 bipod donors Monday, the narrowest call in several years, as a high number of rejects, and a large group of regular donors gone on vacation, cut into the list of donors, Mrs. Ferris Bower, blood program chairman, announced today. Pms Awaded Charles F. Cook was awarded 1 a four-gallon donor pin for having given a total of 32 pints of blood over the years. Miss Kathryn E. Young, of route one, Ossian, received a three-gallon pin. Two-gallon awards went to Ben Eichenauer, Mrs. Mary Jane Miller, Eugene Heimann, and Robbert E. Meyer. John E. Dell, Jay H. Martin, Mrs. Claude Sharp and Mrs. William Boerger received one-gallon pins. Helpers Thanked An emergency was averted when the city street department arrived to help set up the mobile unit when it arrived, and thanks are in order for their fine cooperation, Mrs. Bower said. Thanks also went to Ashbauchers for furnishing fans, the Decatur Daily Democrat for furnishing food for the canteen and to Macklin’s Garage for transportation. Canteen, Nurses Ladies helping in the canteen were: Mrs. Lee Fleming, chairman; Mrs. L. E. Archbold, Mrs. Bert Haley, Mrs. Bill Schnepf, Mrs. Lucille Miller, Mrs. Ray Walters, and Mrs. Lloyd Bowman. Nurses were Mrs. Ed Buckner, Mrs. Robert Eash, Mrs. Cletus Miller, Mrs. Mark Colchin, Mrs. 1 John McConaha, Mrs. David Brown and Mrs. Ed Dick. The next visit of the bloodn[iobile 1 will be in Berne, October 18, and • the next Decatur visit will be Jan- ■ uary 9. ( Those who donated blood in--1 eluded: . Mrs. Elizabeth Macke, Clarence 1 Fishbaugh, Robert Bookout, Arthur Braun, Mrs. Robert Bookout, 1 Wayne Roahrig, Rev. C. E. Ly- ’ kins, Ed Vian, Mrs. Luke Major- ! ki, Carl Hoffman, Melvin Tinkham, Herman Knape, Al Conrad, Gretchen Foreman, Kathryn E. Young, Mrs. Delphena Reynolds, Donald Christener, Rev. J. O. Penrod, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Roe, John Dell, Mrs. Wendell Beer; Rev. Kenneth Angle, Mrs. John Koors, Mrs. Hubert Krick, Thur- . man Miller, Ben Mazelin, Clarence Bultemeier, Ben Eichenauer; Charles Abel, Arthur Suttles, Delores Rodenbeck, Mrs. Busse, Mrs. Lester Aumann, Mrs. Lowell Smith, Mrs. George Rentz, Jay Martin, Gertrude Anderson, Carl Badenhop, Lois Sharp, Mrs. Lester Sheets, Eugene Miller, George Litchfield; More Donors Eddie Anderson, Mrs. Kenneth Erhart, Ron Gerber, Mrs. Floyd Reef, Mrs. Maurice Bleeke, Don Deaton, Mrs. Elmer Bultemeier, Karen Galbreath, Joe Trenadue, Glen McDonald, Opal Brown, Albert Gillig, Mrs. Wilbert Kirchner, Dan Freeby, Mrs. Harold August, Doyle Duane Lee, Mrs. Carl Elliott, Rufus Kirchofer, Donald L. Bieberich, Robert Hirschy,

run, with an additional 20 or 30 more hired on the following week. The cannery usually has a full force of about 180 workers, Larry Elliott, formerly of lowa, and now residing at 405 S. Eleventh street, begins his sixth year as plant manager. A veteran of four years in the Navy, Elliott was trained in the canning industry at the Heekin Can company, Cincinnati, O. Began in 1947 The local company began operations in 1947, at which time 10,000 cases of tomatoes were processed. About 80 per cent of the tomatoes used by the cannery are of the seed variety. The Decatur cannery prepares only gallon-size cans of tomatoes for institutional sales throughout the country. In recent years, when the canning factory opens, hundreds of workers appear for jobs. They are put to work peeling the tomatoes, although the factory doesn’t have a full compliment of employees working the first few days, until all machinery is adjusted. Adjusting the machinery takes about two or three days. Also in recent years, however,

I ' Mrs. Charles Hill; Mrs. Jack Holthouse, Mrs. William Howell, Raymond Thieme, Roger Singleton, Victor Strickler, ■ Mrs. Ralph Moorman, David ' Moore, Loren Burkhead, Mrs. . John Sipe, Millard Aschliman, Robert Hammond, Eugene Heimann, Mrs. Carl Lose, Mrs. Wil.l Ham Boerger, Mrs. Laurina ConM rad, Mrs. Walter Nuerge, Robert j W. Shraluka, Jr., Vincent A. Faud rote; '■ Harold August, James Frank, '* Dale Coffee, Mrs. Martin Kitson, Glen Griffiths, 'Diomas J. Kit- * son, Bill Smith, Glen E. Mankey, s W. W. Cravens, Kenneth W. Watkins, Mrs. Donald Jeffrey, Roger Hawkins, Mrs. Roger Hawkins, ’ John Rawlinson, Mrs. Gloria

L I——————l— School Meeting Fails To Clear Up Problems

Things remain the same —a badly tangled problem —, following a meeting of many county school officials and attorneys and others Monday afternoon in the county courthouse. Some of the those attending included, attorneys John L. DeVoss, Severin H. Schurger and Robert G. Smith; E. M. Webb, superintendent of the Berne-French schools; Herman E. Franz, super, intendent of the Adams Central schools; G. W. Vizard, county school superintendent; James Lybarger, Wabash township trustee; Floyd Baker, Jefferson township trustee; Robert E. Gay Washington, township trustee; Clark W. Smith and Harold Schwartz, members of the new Adams Central school board; and Gus Selking, a member of the school study group. The school reorganization was discussed for about an hour by those present, but nothing new resulted from the meeting. Problems caused by the restraining order that has been issued, remain the same — unanswered. Discuss Problem Where school officials stand as a result of the restraining order was discussed, both from the legal angle and from the school reorganization side. School officials were awaiting further word from the state reorganization committee before pro. ceeding further —and were informed by a representative of the committee this morning that the school reorganization in his county is a local problem that will have to be settled by the people of the county. After many phone calls this morning, the indication of the problem being local and would have to be settled in this county, was given. Legal Moves? Several legal moves are possible at present, but most of die school officials do not believe these will help the reorganization of the schools. By the discussion at the Monday afternoon meeting, it appeared

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a promlem develops around Labor Day when most of the workers tire and quit. This is the time when the season is at its peak, and most of the tomatoes are on the dock for processing. Peelers Needed Many of the 150-180 employees are women from throughout Decatur and Adams county. Good, experienced peelers are the main type of worker needed, with mostly women filling the bill. Although the cannery itself is quiet but for a few weeks in August and September each year, the management is busy the year around. Last year’s cans must be shipped; next year’s acreage must be contracted for by contacting all the individual farmers; migrant labor in Arkansas and other places in the south must be reached and the plant and living quarters for the tomato pickers must be maintained. Also, crops must be dusted and the seeds and plants must be secured. The uncontrollable element of the weather is a constant factor, determining the size of the canning operation even more effectively than the area seeded.

Buckner, Harold D. White, Victor G. Bieberich, John Eichenberger. Jerry Mitchel, Mary Jane Miller,, Robert Meyer, Austin Merriman, Allen Grote, Charles Cook Mrs. Marguerite Rash, "Edmund Thieme, Rev. Robert Welch, Mrs. .. Herman Krueckeberg, Mrs. Clarence Bultemeier, Donald Bollenbacher, Dale Mankey, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Andrews;' Mrs. Edward Selking, Miss Helen Bultemeier, James Nussbaum, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Helmrich, Harold E. Strahm, Fred Lautzenheiser, Ted Hahnert, Mrs. Jeanette Detrick, Gene Max Hindenlang; Richard W. Riemer, Mrs. Elmer Peters. Mrs. John Rowland, Mrs. Merlin C. Sieling, Mrs. Edgar Thieme, Mrs. Gilbert Bultemeier, Forest Gordon Railing, Mrs. Mariann Selking, Lawrence Fuelling, Mrs. Gerald Cole, Carl Gerber, Bert Crosby, Elvin L. Adkins, Miss Emma Hilty, Arnold Scheumann, Mrs. Arnold Ostermeyer, Mrs. Gerald Schlickman, Peggy Ann Dick, Ruth Friedt, and Mrs. Gerald Schroeder.

that most of those involved in the squabble understand the problems of the others. Much of the meeting was devoted to those school officials present attempting to explain their problems to each other. It appears now that a problem will result with the Adams Central community schools district, which is now in effect, beginning the school year. Can’t Remain Same With the new unit taking over in the center of the county, it will be impossibly to return to the county school operations as they were last year, with the same boundaries, etc. Another meeting is expected soon by school officials, trustees, the attorneys, etc., in an attempt to set up a county-wide arrangement for the opening of school this fall. As one of those present at Monday’s meeting stated —> “All children will have a school to go to this fall.” But as some parents in those areas where there is no school available have said — "Yes, but where.” DF.CATIR TEMPERATURES I.ocal weather data for the' 24 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. 12 n00n...-76 —12 midnight 60 1 p.m 76 1 a.m 58 2 p.m 66 2 a.m 58 3 p.m. 72 3 a.m 56 4 p.m 76 4 a.m 56 5 p.m 77 5 a.m 56 6 p.m, 76 6 a.m 56 * 7 p.m 72 7 a.m 68 8 p.m. 70 8 a.m. ...... 64 9 p m 64 9 a.m—... 67 10 p.m 62 10 a.m .... It 11 p.m. ... 60 11 a.m. 80 Raia Total for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today .80 inehee. The St. Mary’s river waa at 0.85 feet. BULLETINS WASHINGTON (IPD-Pm-ident Kennedy today conferred the nation’s highest award for civilian service on Dr. Frances Kelsey for,her role to the thalidomide case. CHICAGO (UFD—A ferodal district judge shifted responsibility for heading off a crippling national rail strike closer to the front steps of the White House today.