Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 278, Decatur, Adams County, 26 November 1962 — Page 6

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Recalls Old-Time Auction By Reppert

Dr. James A. Cutshaw, M.D., formerly of Monroeville, and now practicing in Tucson, Ariz., sent the following account of an auction by the late Col. Fred Reppert, of Decatur, founder of the Reppert school of auctioneering, which opened its winter session today. The article appeared this past week in a column called “Desert Notebook” by J. F. Weadock, writing for the Arizona Daily Star. Weadock started his column with an account of a recent auction ot, 100 purebred head of cattle. He mentioned, “But over all, the special lighting the microphones, the loudspeakers, the perfectlyfitted cattle and the decorated stand, all were a far cry from the old time auction, although the purpose was the same. First Sale Described “It has been quite a few years ago, back in Decatur, Ind., that old Col. Fred Reppert—he was young Fred Reppert then—was on the box and was calling the sale of what was to be my first auction. “There were no fancy fittings. The ring into which the cattle were led was out in the open, and the buyers either stood on the ground around it, or climbed up on some hay wagons which had been placed in a semi-circle for those who were a bit short to see over the heads of those in front. “Those were the days when the purebred was the exception and not the rule, and when the horse was used for something except pleasure riding. Tractors had never been heard of and the big, husky draft animals did the work on the farm, unless the owner favored mules. Mixed Selling “It was a mixed bag that Colonel Reppert was selling that day, and it was then that I found out that all the old-time auctioneers were called Colonel and no Discuss New Method To Treat Dystrophy LOS ANGELES (UPD—A new method of treating muscular dystrophy and discussions of cancer hepatitis today were on the agenda of the 16th clinical meeting of the American Medical Association Hie four-day meeting opened Sunday with a discussion of sirfog and the relationship between air pollution and pulmonary diseases, . and a call to physicians to fight against government - controlled medicine as typified in President Kennedy’s medicare program for . the aged. Muscular dystrophy, the crippling hereditary disease which

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“But horses and cattle came through the ring, then a few head of sheep. The livestock disposed of, the Colonel, with hardly a break in the chatter, took on a long list of farm machinery, outlining the good points as each new article was brought before him and calling for a starting bid which buyers quickly realized was well within the worth of the article being sold. “From farm machinery to household goods, a stove, some beds, tables, chairs, and other furniture —it was all to go, for the farmer and his wife were closing out the accumulation of years and were selling the farm and moving to a nearby town. “As piece by piece went under the hammer, the man and wife who where watching the long-used articles go into alien hands stood by, their solemn faces lit by an occasional smile as some old friend bought a special piece for which they had a deep, unspoken affection. Sale A Requiem “That auction was more than a business transaction. It was a liberal education in the manner in which life moves on and hand and arms once active and strong become too weary to perform the tasks that were once so lightly faced. “There, under the hammer of Colonel Reppert, who was to establish a school for auctioneers which still bears his name, was passing the results of the hopes and dreams of a couple who had carved a home out of practically virgin timber. They were watching as it was taken apart, piece by piece, and turned into money on which they 1 would spend the rest of their days. But they did not seem happy about it. They were leaving the life they knew, and leaving with regret. The auctioneer’s chant was a requiem.”

cuts short the lives of thousands of persons in the United States each year, was today’s feature topic. The new drug treatment was explained by Dr. Robert M. Dowben, associate professor of medicine at the Northwestern University Medical School. The principal topic at Sunday’s opening scientific session was smog. Consensus of the speakers was that persons with chronic respiratory ailment suffer more than others from air pollution. Another feature of the opening day was an AMA-sponsored conference on medical services. . Principal speaker was Sen. Carl T. Curtis, R-Neb., who said American physicians are “faced with a real fight to preserve the private practice of medicine.”

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Hong Kong Housing At Impossible Level

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Hong Kong, the tiny British crown colony off the Red China coast, has one big problem: People. Thousands of people who came from the China mainland, and are still coming, have jammed Hong Kong’s housing to an impossible level. In the following I dispatch, the first of two on the island colony’s people problem, UPI Women’s Editor Gay Pauley tells of her visit to a Hong Kong squatter’s village where life is primitive and pitiful.) By GAY PAULEY UPI Women’s Editor HONG KONG (UPI) — To the 11-member family of Lam Chen, (we shall not use his real name because relatives remain in Swatow, Red China) home is a hillside hut the size of the living room of a modest ranch house in the United States. Its floor is concrete, its walls a makeshift bamboo, sack-cloth and corrugated metal protection -against summer's - blazing „-sun and winter’s chill. Its furnishings are little more . than three crude cots arranged, two of them, bunk fashion along the wall; the third, suspended from the roof. Sharing the 11-by-20 foot home are Chen’s wife, eight children ranging from 10 years to four months in age, an elderly grandmother, and four half-grown pigs whose sty is beneath the suspended cot. Also sharing the place—unbelievably small for such a number of people — is Chen’s means of livelihood —a home industry of bean curd making. The day I visited the Chen home, the beginnings of the curd, a food resembling cheese, were steaming in a wooden vat in one corner of the room. Older children were wrapping squares of the finished curd. Number Half-Million Chen is one of the squatters, a half-million by a government ' count — who have helped to swell the British crown colony’s population from 600,000 at the end i of World War II to 3,133,131 : counted in the 1961 census. Unofficial estimates now put the pop- : ulation at 3,500,000. More than 98 ' per cent of the population is Chinese. And the government says that j since 1949, when the Communists i overran the Chinese mainland, ' one million migrants have come ; from China. The birth rate runs above 100,000 a year — among the highest per capita in the world. And con- i tinuing migration — 50 are ad- ' mitted legally each day but various sources say the number is closer to 200 because of illegal entry — all adds up to one outsize headache —for the government. Where to put the people?

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Especially the squatters. The government says that 72,000 of them live in makeshift quarters on rooftops. Tour Village Martin Chu, assistant resettlement officer, took this reporter, a photographer, and three Navy officers in port with the U.S. Aircraft carrier Valley Forge on a tour of one squatter village on Kowloon. He said the government hopes to solve the squatter problem — get all resettled — in five years. “But I don’t know,” said Chu. “The natural'increase of the population is so rapid ...” Chen’s home industry was one of several we saw in the village. There were a small bakery, a case, a barber shop, and a carpentry shop. The squatter is not a relief problem, Chu said. Ninety-nine per cent are self-supporting. Must Be Seen ‘ ' .... .SsuatfglS—.Jitffi to conditions .most .uns.3nita.ry by any standard. The conditions’"have to be seal, and smelled, to be believed. Open drainage ditches carry refuse. Toilets are open latrines serving several families. Water, in the case of the Kowloon village, -is brought from taps available at the nearby resettlement estate — and at the moment, water, always scarce in Hong Kong, is available only four hours each day. Yet epidemic disease has been kept under control, often through the government’s mass inoculations for such diseases as cholera. A walk through the village, with chicken scattering along the path (there is nothing resembling a street, even an alley), makes one feel like a Pied Piper. In minutes, the children (It was after school hours.Chu said most go to school) were following. Their numbers grew the longer we walked. The three servicemen were Marine Lt. Ernest Desautels of Milwaukee; Reserve Navy Lt. (jg) Charles Bordernkircher of Portland, Ore., and Marine Lt. Raymond Dunlevy of Providence, R. I. “I’ve heard some officers complaining about crowded quarters on the ship,” said Lt. Dunlevy. “After this, they’ll look like a suite at the Waldorf.” Parents Os Music Students To Meet The parents of Decatur public school students who are studying instrumental music are to meet in - the music Tbbm atthehigh school at 7:30 o’clock this evening.

Tax Cut Aimed At Boosting Economy WASHINGTON (UPD — Chairman Walter W. Heller of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers said Sunday the tax cut the administration will request next year will not be a “oneshot” proposition. Heller said “It has never been aimed at the proposition of an imminent recession.” The reduction will probably be between $5 billion and $lO billion, he said. “What it’s aimed at is to put our economy in shape to grow faster and to get full employment,” Heller said in a television interview. “You might put it this way: Instead of a quick injection, a quick shot in the arm, it’s a fiscal fitness program. . .” Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz agreed that to cure unemployment and get economic growth moving faster, “we are almost dependent upon a very large, significant tax cut coming just as early in 1963 as possible.” He said on another television interview that the tax cut would mean a budget deficit, but that this was a “necessary cost.” $2,000 Is Taken4n Supermarket Holdup INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — Two gunmen made off with $2,000 in a supermarket holdup Saturday night, and in their haste o v erlooked an additional SI,OOO in an office desk. Police said the two men emptied two cash registers and an outer compartment of the market safe and fled with the money which they stuffed in the purses of two women cashiers. and the United Nations flag have been joined by a third flag in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the three million square miles administered by the Department of the Interior. The new flag has a circle of six white stars on a field of blue symbolizing peace, loyalty and freedom. Included in the Trust Territory islands are the Marshalls, Marianas and the Carolines.

Societu The Adams county Historical Society will meet at hte Library Tuesday at 8 p.m. The Ave Maria study club will meet Wednesday at 8 p.m. with Mrs. Bernard Terveer. The Decatur Belmont home demonstration club will meet Tuesday with Mrs. Robert Geimer, 8 p.m. Unit 4 of the WSWS of the Bethany EUB church will meet at the home of Mrs. Richard Malony, Thursday at 8:15 p.m. j The social meeting scheduled for Tuesday evening of the active chapter of the Tri Kappas will be postponed to the following Tuesday, December 4. A combined social and business meeting will be held at that time in the home of Mrs .Richard Mies, 603 Grant St., at 7:45 p.m. STYLE SHOW, FESTIVAL THURSDAY EVENING Mrs. Bill Gass has announced her list of models for the fashion show which will be held in connection with the holiday fashion festvial Thursday night at the Decatur Catholic high school auditorium. The models are the Misses Anita Zintsmaster, Gloria Voglewede, Marilyn Murphy and Shirley Liby, and the Mesdames Dale Hake, Jim Meyer, Bill Howell, Joe Krick, Larry Anspaugh, Jim Bleke, Robert Mutschler, Ed Faurote and Troy Fennig. The style show will start at 8 p.m. However, the doors to the auditorium will open at 6:30 o’clock to give everyone an opportunity to visit the different booths where handmade articles are to be sold. The women of the Rosary society and the various study clubs have made and donated many novel and useful gifts. During the evening, many prizes and other gifts will be awarded. Coffee and cookies will be served wtihout charge, and the public is invited to attend this social event. Rev. Ambrose Heiman Attends Conference The Rev. Ambrose Heiman, C. PP. S., son of Mr. John Heiman of 211 Grant Street, Decatur attended the annual educational conference of the Society of the Precious Blood at St. Charles Seminary, Carthagena, Ohio, November 24-25 Rev. Heiman, Ph. D., S. T .L., is secretary for the conference. He is an instructor and vice rector of the society’s major seminary, Carthagena.

Coaches Named For Blue, Gray Battle MONTGOMERY, Ala. (UPI) — Don Faurot, Missouri athletic director, and Bump Elliot of Michigan have been named coaches of the North squad for the 25th annual Blue and Grhy football game on Dec. 29. Tom' Nugent of Maryland and Hank Foldberg of Texas A & M have been chosen to lead the Gray team. A third coach for each side remains to be selected. Ex-Fort Wayne Cop Again Under Arrest FORT WAYNE, Ind. (UPI) — Robert C. Elder, 32, former city policeman who resigned after confessing 63 burglaries, was arrested again Saturday and charged with a second series of burglaries. Elder was jailed in lieu of SIO,OOO bond for questioning in a recent series of burglaries. He was free at the time under $2,000 bond on similar charges in connection with the first series for which he was arrested last July 4. Elder filed a plea of innocent by reason of insanity when arraigned last Sept. 24 in Allen Circuit Court. A lockbox in his name at a Fort Wayne bank yielded $22,500. Two Buffalo Bills Reported Injured RT IFF AT DN. JY^XUPI)—The Buffalo Bills said Sunday that fullback Cookie Gilchrist and halfback Wray Carlton may miss next Sunday’s American Football League game against the Dallas Texans. Gilchrist injured an ankle in last Friday’s contest with Boston and Carlton suffered a similar injury the week before against Oakland.

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Trapped Indians Are * Enroute To Safety

NEW DELHI (UPD — Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru said today that hundreds of Indian soldiers trapped when the Communist Chinese cut them off at Se La Pass may be making their way to safety. Nehru, speaking to Parliament, said about 1,000 members of the battered 4th Division already have made their way bacfc to Indian lines. “They have »ot reported actually to their headquarters,' 1 he said.. “They were traced by some of our helicopters. The exact number is not known. It is possible a fair number may be in a different column.” It was heartening news for members of Parliament and the soldiers’ families since there had been no word of the missing division since they were trapped by a Chinese flanking movement a week ago. Asks Clarification Nehru said there was no new word from the front lines, indicating a four-day-old cease fire proclaimed by Peking still is in effect despite the fact India has not yet agreed to negotiate the border dispute. Nehru said the government has

Births Thomas and Joan Terveer of Alliance, 0., are the parents of a son born Friday. The baby has been named Timothy Joseph. The paternal grandmother is Mrs. Bernard Terveer. The maternal grandparents are Judge and Mrs. G. Remy Bierly. At the Adams county memorial hospital: Roger and Jane Clauson Eichenauer, 305 South Fifth St., became the parents of a baby boy The baby weighed 7 pounds and 13 ounces and was born at 12:13 p. m. Sunday at 5:48 p. m., a baby girl, weighing 6 pounds and 214 ounces, was born to Donnie and Gloria Fugate Simerman of 604 Mercer Ave. A baby girl was born at 3:27 p. m. Sunday to Ernest and Berdella Alt Liechty, route 1, Berne. Thei baby weighed 7 pounds and 6 ounces. Hospital Admitted Sherman Essex, Decatur; baby Lori Ruhl, Hoagland: Master Terry Lee Zeser, Decatur; baby Cris

PUBLIC AUCTION At, ? the farm of Richard Laukauf located 3 miles south of Payne, 0., on Route 49, then 3 miles east or 5 miles west of Route 17 on State Route 114 to Tipton Store then north 1 mile or about 5 miles southwest of Paulding, 0., on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29,1962 12:30 46 HEAD OF HOLSTEIN DAIRY CATTLE OF COBA breeding, consisting of 16 cows, 2 to 6 yrs. of age, on full flow of milk, having freshened since Sept, 1; 9 cows -due to freshen from day of sale to January 15; (9 of these 25 cows are first calf heifers); coming 2 yr. old heifer, due to calf late spring; two 18 mos. old heifers, bred; four 15 mos. old heifers, bred; three past yearling heifers, will be bred by day of sale? six heifers, from 10 mos. to 1 yr. oftl, selling open; five heifer calves, 8 to 10 wks. old. These cattle are all from COBA breeding and rebred to COBA service, have a lot of size and production and several are calfhood vaccinated. Full particulars will be given day of sale. T. B. and Bangs tested, can go anywhere. TERMS—CASH. Not responsible for accidents. Lunch will be served. LAUKAUF BROS. Owners Auctioneers—Merl Knittie and Don Mox, Van Wert, O. Delphos, O. I 1 SCHMITTS FAMOUS LEAN M FRESH PAN ■sausage! I 3 PI 00 I r FREEZER BEEF WHOLESALE |

MONDAY. NOVEMBER 26, 1962

as'ked Peking for “clarification” of its cease-fire and, negotiations proposal because “various points, are not clear." “We’ve asked for such clarification so that we can take a decision." Nehru said. “We’ve not received a full reply as yet. Perhaps in a day or two we will get it." , ’ Nehru said, in answer to a question, that he has no intention yet of taking the border battle to the United Nations, although this possibility “is always open to us if we want to." Yanks Conduct Survey High ranking US. and British military commanders were due back in New Delhi today from an on-the-spot survey of the North East Frontier Agency battle zones. U.S. Gen. Paul Adams, British Gen. Sir Richard Hull and others flew to Assam state via Calcutta Sunday for talks with local commanders and an aerial survey. Their assessment will have a big influence on reports which British and American fact-finding teams, headed by Duncan Sandys and W. Averell Harriman, forward to London and Washington. Girl Scout Cabin Damaged By Vandals HUNTINGTON, Ind. (UPD — Damage was estimated at more than $4,000 today to the Girl Scout Little House, a cabin at a youth camp near Huntington which was wrecked and set afire by vandals Saturday. A window was broken open, the refrigerator overturned dishes broken and other damage caused before a fire was started in a storage cabinet. A farmer near the camp saw smoke and discovered the blaze. He called firemen who exhinguished it before it destroyed the cabin. Agler, Decatur. Dismissed Mrs. Lee Gage, Decatur; Miss Bonnie Whittenbarger, Decatur; Miss Gloria Rupert, Monroe; Master Rickey Rehm, Pleasant Mills; Mrs. Evan Young, Decatur; Donald Miller, Decatur; Mrs. Carmen Mauricio and baby girl, Craigville; Harry Young, Decatur; baby Randy Sell, Berne; Mrs. Clarence Williams, Decatur; Mrs. John Cole and baby boy, Decatur; Mrs. William Barger and baby boy, Decatur; Mrs. Harold Meyer and baby girl, Berne.