Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 259, Decatur, Adams County, 2 November 1962 — Page 12

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WBh I □ JliSB Ha I mm* imß Mk aVUH ■ Ilibj fH* *B *J| m**k _ AB ISBF mi Hs ,■ ? ft* * lS $ CRISIS CONFERENCE—President Kennedy met with key military officers in the White > \ House to discuss the Army’s general readiness in Cuban crisis activities. From left: Lt ’ | Gen. Theodore W. Parker, deputy chief of staff for military operations; Lt. Gen. Hamil- f [ ton H. Howze, commanding general, XVII airborne corps; Army Chief of Staff Gen. Earle Wheeler and President Kennedy.

Heated Argument On Supreme Court Rule

By LOUIS CASSELS United Press Liternational A heated argument has been under way in America since last June 25 over how far the Supreme Court meant to go in its school prayer decision. Some people have insisted that the court did nothing more than rule out an official prayer composed by state officials. On the basis of this narrow interpretation many public schools — including those in the nation’s capital — have continued to require daily classroom recitation of the Lord’s Prayer, which comes from the New Testament Others have contended that the court left no room for any offi-cially-sanctioned prayers or other religious exercises in tax-support-ed pu bile s chools. This broad view is reflected in a decision by the New Yortc state commissioner of education that it would be improper for public school child-

40 Acre Farm and Personal Property at AUCTION Saturday, November 10 Personal Property at 12:30 P.M. Farm at 2:30 P.M. Located % mile west and % mile north of Coppess Corner ' or 6 miles southwest of Decatur, Ind IMPROVEMENTS— Home with living room, bedroom, kitchen with inlaid linoleum on first floor; 3 bedrooms on second floor; asphalt roof. Barn 70x32; tool shed and corn crib; hog house; grainary; shop building; poultry house; wood shed; drove well. If interested in a well located, productive farm, don’t miss this sale. For further information or loan call Mel Liechty, Auctioneer, Monroe 6-6354 or Berne 2-8430. Immediate possession of buildings, fields as soon as crops are harvested. TERMS—2O% day of sale, balance upon delivery of deed and abstract. - PERSONAL PROPERTY - Sheep; sheep shears on stand; poultry feeders and waterers; scoop shovel; crowbars; 10’ and 18’ ladders; post auger; fence stretcher; 2 screw jacks; ditch leveler; shovels; car chains; Maytag gasoline engine; grindstone; railroad irons; bench vice; barb wire; hand tools; stubble sled; chicken crate; 2 wheel trailer with grain bed and stock rack; wheelbarrow; forks; 275 gal. fuel tank; Submarine tank heater; 2 iron kettles; 12 ga. double barrel shotgun; storm doors; fireplace wood; Monagram oil space heater with fan; Victrola; 12x15 rug; 12x13 rug with pad; 3 rockers; kitchen table; South Bend mailable wood and coal range; G. E. refrigerator; corner cabinet; cabinet base; wooden pie safe; dry sink; Enterprise bottled gas stove; chairs; wooden butter churn;.,,sausage grinder; lard press; antique ironstone dishes, tea leaf design; 8 day clock; bear rug; metal bed with springs and mattress; metal wardrobe; chiffonier; dresser; bedding; copper wash boiler; cream separator; many other articles. TERMS—CASH. LEONA DAVIS, Owner Mel Lifechty & Associates, Auctioneers First Bank of Berne, Clerk

Re-elect G. REMY BIERLY APPELLATE COURT JUDGE casting a vote on November 6th to support me as a Candidate for Re-election as an Appellate Court Judge. Four years ago I was elected to my first term as a member of this Court by a majority of 179,591 votes. My first duty is to the people of this State in attend- ' ing to my official duties. Therefore, I have not been able «||i to assist as much in this campaign as I would liked to have done. , . . " ■B'KT-wLj ~ ? JHh Any consideration and assistance you may decide to HF• '.j'srSj##; lend me will be greatly appreciated. G. REMY BIERLY Pol. Advt. Incumbent Judge

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ren to recite the fourth stanza of the Star Spangled Banner as a classroom prayer. Noted constitutional lawyers, religious leaders and educators have lined up on both sides of the question. And all hands have had a field day blaming the press for the confusion. The argument may soon be settled —in the only way it can be settled—by the court itself. The court agreed this week to rule during its present term on two cases involving the constitutionality of public school religious exercises. Case In Pennsylvania One case originated in Pennsylvania, where a state law requiring daily Bible reading in public schools has been hed unconstitutional by a federal court. The other case comes from Maryland, where the highest state court upheld a Baltimore school board regulation requiring daily

Bible reading and recitation of the Lord’s Prayer. The Supreme Court is thus confronted with exactly opposite findings by lower courts on how the First Amendment applies to religious exercises in public schools. It will hear oral arguments on the question and hand down its own decision before the present term ends next June. The case which the court decided last June involved a unique situation. New York, where that case arose, is the only state in which officials have seen fit to compose an official prayer for public school use. But the Pennsylvania and Maryland practices now before the court are very widspread in the United States. Prof. Richard B. Dierenfield of MacAlester College, St. Paul, Minn., recently competed a survey of religious practices in 4,000 public school systems in all parts of the country. His findings are reported in a book, “Religion in American Public Schools,” just published by Public Affairs Press. Regional Variations The survey indicates that Bible reading is a regular practice in about 42 per cent of America’s public schools. There are wide regional variations; Bible re ading is found in 77 per cent of the schools in the South, 67 per cent of those in the East, 18 per cent of those in the Midwest, and only 11 per cent of the schools in the West. One third of the nation’s public schools conduct daily “homeroom devotional exercises” which usually include the recitation of the Lord’s Prayer as well as Bible reading. In some instances, the exercises include short devotional talks and singing of hymns. Again these practices are very common in schools of the South (60 per cent) and east (68 per cent) but quite rare in the Midwest (6 per cent) and West (2 per cent.). Trying to g uess how the Supreme Court will rule in the pending cases is more-than-usually difficult. Two new justices have joined the court since the June 25 decision. And some of the seven justices who found the New York prayer unconstitutional may have based their finding solely on the point of state authorship. Despite these elements of uncertainty, some observers feel that the probable ruling of the court is clearly foreshadowed, not only by the logic of the June 25 decision, but also by the consistent tenor of its rulings on the First Amendment in recent years. These rulings have emphasized that government must be strictly neutral in’matters of religion. Changing Decision Opinion If the court bans Bible reading and the Lord’s prayer in public schools, there doubtless will be quite a national reaction. But it might not be as explosive as the one which greeted Ist June’s rul-

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Basic Authority )• On Children's Care By DICK WEST United Press International WASHINGTON (UPD—For advice on the care and feeding of children, my wife and I have relied on three basic authorities— Dr. Ober man, Dr. Spock and Dr. Parker. I am not qualified to say whether they are the best authorities, but there is no doubt that they are the cheapest. Dr. Ober man is a pediatrician friend of ours. When the black plague or some similar malady, such as a runny nose, smites one of our darlings, we make it a point to invite Dr. Oberman to dinner. “Since you’re coming out anyway,” we say, after he accepts, “how about bringing your bag along.” This is the only way I know of to get a house call for the price of two lamb chops. Our second authority, Dr. Spock, is the author of the well known book “Baby and Child care.” We consult it on the nights when Dr. Oberman has another dinner engagement. Early Rate Reasonable The initial investment is rather heavy — 50 cents in the pocket sized edition — but considering that the book can be used from birth to teens, the yearly rate is quite reasonable. Our third authority. Dr. Parker, is not actually a licensed M.D., but has a small private practice composed of her grandchildren. Her consultations not only are gratis, but virtually unavoidable To this impressive array we have just added a fourth authority, Dr. Walter W. Sackett Jr., who was kind enough to send us a free copy of his new book “Bringing Up Babies.” Dr. Sackett has been the source of some controversy because of his rather unusual approach to infant feeding. He recommends starting the little beggars on solid foods when they are just two days old. Notes No Difficulty “Contrary to popular notion,” he says, “mothers almost never have difficulty introducing cereal when it is offered in the consistency of putty.” I boggled at that statement because it was so contrary to our own experience. If we didn’t watch them, our children all would swallow putty at the consistency of cereal. But forcing cereal down them was another matter. I have a theory that infants have concealed in their jaws a tiny factory which manufactures pablum. This is the only way I can account for the fact that when you cram a spoonful of the stuff into their messy little kissers, two spoonfuls come back out. Despite his disagreement, however, we are happy o welcome Dr. Sackett to our stable of child care authorities. We are even thinking of having another baby so we can take full advantage of his book.

ing. During the past 3% months, many Protestants who were initially shocked by the prayer ruling have concluded, on second thought, that the Supreme Court actually struck an important blow for religious freedom and churchstate separation. Some major Protestant bodies, including the Southern Baptist Convention and the Disciples of Christ, have specifically commended the court for the prayer ruling. Although Catholics and Jews also have strong feelings on this subject, Protestants will experience the greatest impact if the court outlaws Bible reading and prayer in public schools. Catholics and Jews have not relied on public schools for religious education of their children. Protestants have —to a far greater extent t han many of them realized until the prayer ruling woke them up. -- * > z x Sfek feH ' ,x - * fir* r. w • ass BASE COMMANDER —Rear Adm. Edward J. O’Donnell, . commander of the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, inspects the area in ‘ a defense training exercise.!

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Four Kennedy! Are Congress Hopefuls By DICK WEST United Press International WASHINGTON (UPD —Quite a lot can be learned about the current political climate simply by locking over the list of candidates for next month’s congressional elections. During a quick scanning I spotted a John A. Kennedy running in Illinois, a Richard D. Kennedy in Ohio, and a John F. Kennedy in Rhode Island, not to mention an Edward M. Kennedy in Massachusetts. Curiously, all of these Kennedys, except the one in Rhode Island, are Democrats. Curiously, too, there are no Kennedys presently in Congress. It is therefore difficult to escape a conclusion that there is something about the name that has come to be regarded as politically advantageous. All I know is that the President has been travelling about the country and that wherever he

ROGER SINGLETON FOR SHERIFF ■ MY QUALIFICATIONS * EXPERIENCED T ... . 1. Former Deputy Sheriff. * 2. Special Police Officer. r a 3. Actual service as your sheriff for the last five months. * QUALIFIED ■ 1. Attended Special Police and FBI Seminars. 2. Graduate of Monmouth High School. 3. Law study through LaSalle Extension University, two years. 4. Served one year in Korea with Battery C, llf ■' 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Division. Dear Friend: When I announced my candidacy for sheriff of Adams County, I fully expected to make a house to house canvas of the county and give you my message in person. My temporary appointment as sheriff has presented me with a difficult choice of whether to actively continue my campaign or to wholeheartedly accept the responsibilities of this office. » - I believe that you are entitled to a full time sheriff, and I have chosen to work at my job. In the few hours that I have off from sheriff's duty, I will try to see as many of you as possible. However, realizing that I will be unable to contact each and everyone in such short periods, I will have to let my record during the last five months speak for itself—together with the promise that, if elected, I will continue to make good'honest stewardship of your interests my only goal. . My wife, Betty, and I are the parents of three daughters. We are members of the Mount Pleasant Methodist Church where I have served as Assistant Superintendent of the Sunday School and chairman of the Commission of Finance for the past three years. Betty, who is also active in church and school work, is a Sunday School teacher, past secretary of the Northwest PTA, and a Red Cross First Aid Instructor. Next Tuesday you will elect your sheriff for the next four years. I know you will want this person to be of high character, impartial, unbiased in his decisions, and able to administer the office in an efficient and economical manner. „ It is my humble hope that my service to you during the last five months of my temporary appointment as sheriff has demonstrated my qualifications. If you should elect me, I promise I will continue my best efforts to do a good job for you. Sincerely yours, ROGER L SINGLETON Democrat Candidate for Sheriff of Adams County ' Pol. Advt. .

goes the Democratic c andidates sing the following song: "K is for kind words he said about us; *‘E is for endorsements that he gave; “N’s are for his nods of sweet approval; “E is fore lections h e may save; “D is for our districts that he spoke in; “Y is for the yelling that we shared; “Put them all t ogether they spell coattails, “A word that means we’re running scared.”

This sort of thing happens in the Republican party, too, as the list makes clear. In Hawaii, for instance, one of the GOP candidates is a Richard Sutton. Note that careflly. Th candidate’s name is Richard but he doesn’t use “Dick” for a nickname. He uses “Ike.” This, of course, is not necessairly significant, even in California. In Kansas, there is a candidate named Shriver, Which also has a familiar ring. But since he is a Republican, I doubt he will try to take advantage of it.

In fact, if Shriver wert fa Bag name-dropping, I have a bunch he would drop his own. The Ohio Kennedy, incidentally, is running against a Republican named Robert Taft. In California, there is, naturally, a Roosevelt. And In Texas, there is a Hoover. My only regret is that the second district democratic candidate in Minnesota isn’t running against the Democratic candidate at large in Maryland. Then wewould have had hammar against Sickles. I Household Scrapbook I I By Keherta Lee 1 Black Felt Hats Black felt hats and derbies that have taken an a dull or rainfreshened by holding them over the spout of a steaming teakettle, and then buffing with a soft brush or a pice of felt to bring up the nap. Prevent Rug Stains To prevent a permanent brown water stain on a rug, blot up all the water possible immediately after spilling it, using a clean,

PUBLIC AUCTION 71 HEAD OF REGISTERED ANGUS CATTLE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14,1962 At 12 o’clock LOCATION: I*4 miles West of Bryant, Indiana to County Road No. 129 then Yj mile North. 71 Head of Angus Cattle consisting of 36 head of bred cows and Heifers. All bred to Fountain Glen Berger II and Eileenmere and Black Gap Bull. Also 16 head of good March Heifers; 4 March Bulls; 12 Spring Bull Calves (a number of 4-H prospects) Above females are all registered, calfhood vaccinated, T. B. and Bangs tested and have been bred and raised on this farm. We have selected bulls of good type with feed and growth ability. Our cattle have been good feeders bringing top market prices. TERMS OF SALE-CASH. Ivan Montgomery, Owner Ray Elliott and Ernest Loy, Aucts. McAfee and Loy, Clerks Sale will be held under cover.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2. 1962

white unstarched terry cloth, white tissues, or white paper towels. Then place fresh towels or tissues on the wet area, under weights, until the spot has dried. It posBible, direct a fan or blow air from a vacuum cleaner against the rub back. The stain occurs when water soaks through to the coloring matter from the back the rug which does not evaporate when the water does. Concrete Floors The simplest way to keep a concrete floor from getting dusty is to give it a coat of wax. This usually will effectively keep the dust down. If you don’t want to apply wax or if the waxing should prove ineffective, a hardener may be applied. Commercial hardeners are on the market for this purpose, but you can also mix your own if you wish. Mix one part of waterglass to four parts of water. Apply this mixture in two coats, allowing the first to dry for 48 hours before appliyng the second coat, eran Colleg of Ann Arbor, Mich., ed to tak an offering at the NovemPhi dresed in hard-time costumes, met a tthe home of Mrs. William Affolder fortheir social meeting re-