Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 293, Decatur, Adams County, 13 December 1962 — Page 1

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Funeral Friday ■’ For Selma Reiter Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the D. 0. McComb & Sons Funeral Home in Fort Wayne for Mrs. Selma Reiter, 55, sister of Oscar and Carl Huffman of Preble. Mrs. Reiter was dead cn arrival Tuesday night at Lutheran hospital. She was a ffyember of the Emmanuel Lutheran Church. Surviving in addition to the two brother? at Preble are a daughter, Mrs. Sandra Coffee, Fort Wayne; a third brother, Louis Huffman, of Hereford, Tex.; two sisters, Mrs.

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A Decatur industry is now producing and distributing good, solid snow shovels all over the midwest, it was learned today. The Gilpin Co., a Decatur firm for more than a quarter of a century, and well-known for its production of fine ornamental iron i works, has expanded its production to include snow shovels. Another local company, The Schafer Co., is one of many Midwest jobbers distributing the new shovels, Frederick Schafer, president of the firm, confirmed today. “We distribute more than 3,000 . shovels each winter.” Schafer said, “and we are very happy to be able to add another Decatur product to our supply." Hubert Gilpin, president of the

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Elmer Graft of Qssian and Mrs. Louis Koldeway, of Hagerman, Ida.; and two grandchildren. County Officals Return From Two-Day Meeting A number of county officials returned today from a fwo-day convention in Indianapolis for county officials throughout thestato Attending the two-day affair were county commissioners Delmas Bollenbacher, Stanley Arnold and Hugo Boorger; county auditor Edward Jaberg, county highway superintendent Lawrence Noll, county recorder Rosemary Spangler, county treasurer Bill Linn, and Omer Merriman, who assumes the assessor duties January 1.

Gilpin Co., which employes between 20 and 30 men throughout the year, explained that production of the snow shovel win round out employment in the early fall, when business is otherwise somewhat slack. The attractive, red snow shovels are built to last, and buHt to remove snow effeiciently this winter, next winter, etc., without bending, crinkling, or becoming easily damaged. In the picture above, Frederick Schafer, president of the Schafer Co., distributor of the new shovels, admires one held by W. Guy Browp, executive secretary of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, while Hubert Gilpin, president of the company, looks on.

Decatur Stores Open Every Night Until 9 O'clock

Red Cross Rural Goal Os $2,925 ogjgHk M* ’ w <bßl' 4 jseH ' Ji : Am Robert Kolter Robert Kolter, chairman for the 1963 Red Cross fund drive, announced this morning, following an organization meeting, that the rural goal for the March, 1963 drive is $2,925. a Kolter met with his newly appointed section chairmen: Preble, Root, and Union — Mr. and Mrs. Earl Caston. Kirkland, Washington, and St. Marys, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Beavers. French, Monroe, and Blue Creek, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer C. Beer. Hartford, Wabash, and Jefferson, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Mann. The group met at the Red Cross office in Decatur, after a week’s postponement, due to the snow last Thursday night. A publicity program for the drive organization, and other details took up most of the meeting, Kolter said. Each of the four section chairmen plan to have their township chairmen named by January 15. Township chairmen, will then have two weeks in which to obtain thensection workers. About the first of February a kickoff dinner will be held, with the regional Red Cross representative, Miss Selma I. Bernstein, as speaker. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy with occasional light snow or snow flurries this afternoon, tonight and riday. Not so cold this afternoon and tonight. Little temperature change Friday. Low tonight, 12-20; high Friday, lower 20s. Outlook for Saturday: Mostly cloudy with some igan. Lows, 12-18; Highs, 2025. :— : =

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Cold Weather Cripples Nation

By United Press International One of the greatest cold waves on record dealt a crippling blow to Florida’s citrus, vegetable and tourist industries today and froze the Southland with temperatures far below zero. The death count from more than a week of arctic blasts and driving snows in the nation’s eastern half soared past 130. Sub-zero temperatures ranged northward to the Great Lakes, although Chicago’s low temperature of 6 above was warmer than the 1 above at Atlanta. Relief in the North, such as it was, was shortlived. A fresh tide of artic air was pouring southward from Canada and blizzard - like snows swirled over Great Lakes states with depths of more than a foot. The cold wave was the worst of the century in Florida and the most severe ever for December in many parts of Dixie. Records which had stood for decades turn-

Boy Scout District Only 99 From Goal

The Limberlost Boy Scout district is just 99 members away from reaching its goal of 1,402 Cubs, Scouts, and Explorers by Dec. 31, district executive Bill Spice, of Decatur, confirmed this morning. Adams county has only a few units which have not yet reached or exceeded their goals in the “Go” round-up, Spice added. Every unit, whether it has reached its goal or not is encouraged to report its new boys right away to help the district and council reach their goals. Almost 10,000 Scouts The Anthony Wayne council is just 426 scouts short of its goal of 10,000 Boy Scouts in 1962. The Limberlost district, third largest of the five council districts, also ranks third in reaching its own goals in the “Go” round-up, The north district, now Known as Pokagon, which includes Noble, DeKalb, and Steuben, is just six scouts away from its goal. It leads the council. The Thunderbird district, the north half of Allen county, with 80 units, is just 31 short of its goal. Next is Limberlost, with 45 units, 99 short. Two Districts Trail The Tomahawk district of Huntington and Whitley counties, with 60 units, are 135 short, and Miami district, the south half of Allen county, is 174 short. It had not had an executive until Dec. 1, and includes 85 units, the largest district. At the start of 1962, the Limberlost district reached only 988 boys. It set a goal of reaching 1,402. Today, 11% months, later, it is just a short fraction from reaching that goal. If every unit adds just two more boys, and nine units add three boys each, it will reach the goal figure. Met Wednesday The district commissioners and unit leaders met Wednesday night at Decatur, and started arrangements for a week-long telephone committee to contact every scoutmaster and scout leader in the area to ge every boy possible into units before the end of the year. Adams county still leads the other two counties of the district with just two weeks left in the year. All of the Cub packs have either equaled or exceeded their own goals, except the Zion Lutheran pack, which is just one Cub short of its goal. Troops Still Short The troops, however, are not in as good shape. Troop 60 is a scout

803 Christmas Gifts Go To Richmond Hospital

At least 830 patients at the Richmond State Hospital will receive Christmas gifts this Sunday, December 16th, at their annual Christmas party, because of the interest and concern of residents of Adams County, Mrs. Sherman Stucky, county chairman, said today. •’ This is the largest number of gifts that Adams County has sent, and the generosity is due to the human concern for the rehabilitation and welfare of our fellow man. This year, each patient will'receive 3 gifts. A small one, one of medium price and a clothing gift. The task of allotting these gifts is an enormous one and the necessity of getting the gifts to the hospital early is apparent.

bled along with the temperature. The weather news was grim for Florida farmers. Most of the state’s SSOO million citrus crop was frozen by temperatures which fell as low as 10 above. Both tender and hardy winter vegetable crops had been wiped out in all areas except along the lower east coast. Final estimates of the damage depended on how long the cold lasts and how much of the frozen fruit can still be salvaged. A spokesman for Florida Citrus Mutual, a producers organization, i said a preliminary estimate, indicated damage was greater than ;I in the disastrous winter of 195758, when the citrus industry suffered a blow from which it took . years to recover. The chilly prediction was for ■ another night of hard freeze and i scattered frost in most areas. I Farmers near Tampa reported

short, troop 61 is three short, troops 62 and 63 have not even reported; troop 65, Os Decatur, sponsored by the Decatur EUB church, and led by Scoutmaster Herald Hitchcock, is over its goal; Berne’s troop 67 is still three short; Geneva’s troop 69 has not reported and —Monroe’s troop 72 has reached its goal. Decatur's explorer post 2062, sponsored by the Decatur Elks and led by Dr. Mel Weisman and Dave Mac Lean, is over its goal; but the other two posts, 2068 at Berne, and 1069 at Geneva, have not reported any explorers towards their goals of six and two, resepctively. Is Over Goal All in all, Adams county had set goals of 123 new scouts in the program, and since some units have gone over considerably, now have Ass new ecoute. 15 over the number pledged. But since" the unite each pledged the number that they thought they should get, independent of the total district goal of 1,402, teven if every unit reaches its goal, the district will fall 40 short of the 1,402 figure. Thus, each county has to do what Adams had done — go over its goal by ten or 15 scouts, to reach the total goal. Wells county has obtained 64 new scouts towards its goal of 70. but Jay is still behind with .just 90 of its goal of 158 reported. Hubert Zerkel Family Suffers Food Poisoning Lincoln school, principal Hubert Zerkel. Jr., and all but one of his family, suffered a mild case of food poisoning Wednesday, but all are reported feeling much better today. — Both ZerkeL and his wife, and three of their four children became sick at home Wednesday, and it was believed that they suffered a very mild case of the food poisoning. Zerkel was back at work today. BECATI H TEMPFRATI RKS Local weather data for the 24 hour period ending at 11 a m. today. 12 noon 18 12 midnight .. 6 1 p.m. . 20 1 a m 4 2 p.m. 19 2 a.m 4 3 p.m. . 18 3 am. . 4 4 p.m 16 4 a m 4 5 p.m 12 5 a.m 5 6 p.m 12 6 a.m. 6 7 p.m 12 7 a.m 7 8 p.m. . 10 8 a.m 10 9 p.m 8 9 a.m. . 10 10 p.m 7 10 a.m 10 11 p.m. .... 6 11 a.m. 10 Precipitation Total for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today, .0 inches. The St. Mary’s river was at 1.01 feet.

‘ The quality of gifts was exceptionally good, and a large 'portion ofclothing was received Mrs. Sherman Stucky; county mental health president, wishes to express her gratitude to all who participated, in this worthwhile project and to the various chairman of the drive; Mrs. Roger Schuster, Decatur; Mrs. Roger Von Gunten, Berne; Mrs. Paul Zurcher, Monroe; and Miss Dorothy Laßue, Geneva. Also to Mrs. Lowell Harper, publicity chairman, of Decatur; and to the Berne Witness, Simon Schwartz; Decatur Daily Democrat, Pete Reynolds; for their splendid hews coverage and to W. Lowell Harper of Bag Service, Inc., of Decatur, who transported a large truck full of gifts to Richmond.

their fields were solid sheets of ice. Miami resort owners were no happier. The temperature stayed above freezing at Miami Beach, but it was a chilly 37 degrees and vacationers Sported warm sweaters and topcoats instead of bikinis. 18 Below in Tennessee The heart of the cold wave was centered smack over Kentucky and Tennessee, plunging the temperature to 18 below at Crossville, Tenn,, and 17 below at London, Ky. The two Dixie communities ranked as the coldest in the nation. ' New cold records included 10 at Tallahassee, 18 at Tampa, 12 at Jackson, 35 at Miami, 7 below at Nashville, Tenn., 1 at Atlanta, 9 at Charleston, S.C., 1 below at Windsor Locks, Conn., 5 below at Pittsburgh, 9 at“ Savannah, Ga., 8 at Richmond, Va., 10 at Mobile,

Former Decatur Men Advanced

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Two former Decatur men were among five promoted today by Central Soya in its top-manage-ment group, Harold W. McMillen, board chairman, announced following Wednesday’s election of officers and board of directors’ meeting. Richard N. Allen, associated with Central Soya since 1940, former auditor of the Decatur plant, and assisatnt general auditor for the company before becoming assistant secretary and controller in 1945, was named- treasurer of the company. Eural Rose, with the company

Capt. Richard Sutton Heads State Police Detectives

Captain Richard Y. Sutton. 47, a native of Decatur and and brother of Decatur merchant Jesse G. Sutton, will be promoted to staff captain and placed in charge of the department investigation division of the Indiana State Police effective Saturday, Col. John J. Barton announced today. Sutton, who has been an investigator, or detective, with the Indiana state police for 21 years, was informed of the permanent promotion at 5 p.m. Wednesday evening, and immediately called his family here to inform them. He is a frequent visitor in Decatur. Decatur School Graduate A 1934 graduate of Decatur high school, Sutton is married to the former Dorothy Little, daughter of a Decatur school teacher, and they have two sons, both officers in the U. S. Army:lst Lt. Richard Sutton, Jr., and 2nd Lt. William Sutton. He is the son of the late Judge Jesse C. Sutton, only Republican ever elected Judge in the county. After graduation from high school, Sutton ran a variety store in Geneva, and then later became town marshal there.; From there he went with the Indiana State police. S 3 Plain-clothes investigator Sutton will fill a vacancy created by the recent retirement of Capt. John P. McCrory, Indianapolis. He will, supervise plain-clothes investigators over the state and administer the scientific laboratory, auto theft and questioned document sections at Indianapolis general headquarters. Superintendent Barton said the advancement of Captain Sutton was approved at the monthly session of the State Police board. FBI Academy Graduate The new investigative head was graduated from the Federal Bure-

Ala., 5 at Montgomery, Ala., 8 at Jackson, Miss.,. 1 at Birmingham, Ala., 6 at Asheville, N.C., 10 at Wilmington, N.C. Georgia’s unofficial low was 9 below zero at Blairsville/ The grim record of weather deaths since the pre-winter blast opened up Dec. 5 included 33 in Ohio, 26 in Michigan, 11 in Georgia. 10 in New England, 8 each in New York State and Indiana. 3 each in Pennsylvania and Missouri, 2 each in Kansas, Florida and Mississippi, and 1 each in North Dakota, Texas and Minnesota. The total stood at 134. In the North, states which had taken the first brunt of the prewinter blast battened down for a repeat performance. The Weather Bureau issued heavy snow warnings of up to 10 inch depths for western New York "more snows came down on the Midwest's “snow belt.”

be? Richard N. Allen since 1935, having started as a bookkeeper here in Decatur, and advanced to plant auditor in 1945, general auditor in 1947, and assistant controller in 1955, assumes the responsibilities of assistant secretary-treasurer. Edward T, Scheele, secretary and treasurer, was named vicepresident for finance. Howard A. Watters, director personnel, was named vice-presi-dent for personnel. John L. Andreas, assistant secretary and assistant treasurer, was named treasurer. At the board meeting following the annual meeting, Burt A. (Bud) Townsend, of Decatur, was reelected vice-president, and all other officers were also re-elected.

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au of Investigation National Academy and the Harvard University Homicide Investigation Seminar in 1955. He has also completed department command and personal management .schools.hi addition, he has had specialized instruction in arson investigation, demolition, chemical tests for intoxication, firearms, fingerprinting, communications and first aid. Captain Sutton was appointed trooper and assigned to Indianapo-

Both Tracks Now Open On Erie RR Both tracks are now open on the Erie-Lackawanna railroad between Decatur and Huntington, following last Saturday’s 19-car pile-up, W. E. Bumberdner, local passenger agent, said today. Earl Smith, head of the Decatur section crew, has had eight or ten -workers on the scene since it happend this weekend. Two large railway cranes were also used. While there are still two or three twisted box cars on the scene, traffic returned to ‘‘almost normal” Wednesday. Around-the-clock toil of dozens of line crew workers in subfreezing temperatures cleared the wreckage of the 19-car freight train 'derailment on the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad tracks at Kingsland to reopen the east-west arery. The derailment occurred at 5:55 p.m. Saturday and many of the railroad employes saw no rest until 24 hours later. Approximately 49 crew members were on duty along with Erie officials and a group of railroad police. Fifteen of the derailed units were boxcars. The four others were flatcars loaded with huge International Harvester “Crawler” tractors. The accident was caused when one of the flatcars buckled under th weight of two of the tractors and broke nearly in two. As it broke loose from the cars to the rear they were whipped from the tracks and many piled together ac-cordion-fashion just east of the Kingsland train station. Highway Not Blocked An oddity of the crash was that the derailed cars did not blocK either of the side road crossing in Kingsland and the train in front of the"’broken flatcar came to a stop east 6f State Road 1 with no (Continued o r Page Eight) Decatur Post Office Open Saturday To 5 p.m. , Because of unusually heavy ’ Christmas traffic, "the Decatur post ’/office will remain open Saturday afternoon until 5 p.m. for the convenience of the patrons, PostmastenJohn Boch said today. Carl Thieme, aided by Pat Costello, will keep the window open, for stamps and parcel post only. No extra help will be hired this Christmas, Boch added, because the departments has authorized individual carriers to work as much as four hours overtime each day. All of the carriers have accepted this, and the department is able to save money because of the efficiency of the trained regular workI ers, Boch said.

Richard Y. Sutton

lis district on July 1, 1942 after attending the State Police recruit school at Culver Military Academy. While in the uniform section, he attained the rank of first sergeant April 1, 1945. Pie was shifted to the investlgation division August 1, 194th later serving in the grades of first detective _sergeant and lieutenant before his promotion to captain and assistant division director October 1, 1961.

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