Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1962 — Page 6

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LIONS CLUB ENTERTAINED 81 CHILDREN at the annual Lions club Christmas party last Monday. Santa Claus is shown as he gets ready to pass out treats, after a dinner and program for the youngsters — ( Photo by Anspaugh)

40 Students From County At Purdue LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Forty students from Adams county are enrolled in classes on the Lafayette campus of Purdue University for the first semester of the 1962-63 academic year. The total on-campus enrollment for the semester is 17,362 students. An additional 4,855 students are enrolled in the off-campus centers, bringing the total enrollment for the semester to 22,217. These Adams county students, with their home addresses, are as follows: Jay Byron Agness, R. R. 1 Bunker Hill; Margaret Ellen Azbell, 207 Limberlost Trail, Decatur; David Edward Beer, R. R. 2, Berne; David Allen Beery, R. R. 2, Decatur; Constance Joan Bergman, R. R. 1, Decatur; David Richard Butcher, 1062 Russell Street, Decatur; Gary Joe Chilcote, R. R. 2, Berne; Donna Kae Corey, 1239 Mix Drive, Decatur; Karen Mae Corey, 1239 Mix Drive, Decatur; Thomas Eugene Cravens, 412 Limberlost Trail, Decatur. Larry Lee Duff, R. R. 1, Berne; Sheldon Lee Dynes, R. R. 1, Geneva; Marvin Fredric Estes, 514 North Third Street,’ Decatur; Noel Dick Fenner,, R. R. . X Decatur; Robert- Wayne Fields, R. R. 1, Geneva; Larry Wayne Foreman R. R. 2, Berne; Donald Allen* Germann, R. R. 4, Decatur; Loren James Habegger, R. R. 1, Bernd 1 ; Millard Alvin Habegger, R. R. 1, Berne; Richard James Habegger, R. R. 1, Monroe; William Lee Hoffman, Monroe; Clair Cordell Inniger, R. R. 1, Monroe; Richard Dwight Johnson, R. R. 5, Decatur; Ronald J. Kiess, 226 North Seventh Street, Decatur; Thomas Alan Lehman, 420 Van Buren Street, Berne; Winston Charles Lister, Preble: Robert Darrell Lobsiger, Decatur. Doyle Kent Long, 530 North Main Street, Geneva; James William Lybarger, Geneva; Terry Blaine Marbach, R. R. 5, Decatur; Ronald Wayne Owens, 121 West Jackson Street, Monroe; James Lester Sipe, R. R. 1, Monroe; Lowell William Smith. 515 West Jefferson Street, Decatur; Michael Rae Sprunger, 205 West Water Street, Berne; Evan Wayne Yoder, R. R. 1, Berne; Carl Duane Zuercher, Linn .Grove; Keith Edward Zuercher, Linn Grove; Bruce Wayne Voshel, 204 Stratton Way, Decatur; Randall Alan Stuckey, 412 East Franklin Street, Berne; Norbert William Schroeder, R. R. 1, Decatur.

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Southern Cal Scores Eighth Straight Win By United Press International The Southern California basketball team has picked up right where the football team left off. It’s too early to speculate about the possibility of Southern Cal winning a national court championship, of course, but it’s true that the Trojan football team wasn’t regarded too seriously at a similar stage of its season. And all the football team did was wind up with its first perfect season in 30 years. Southern Cal’s basketball team scored its eighth consecutive victory Friday night when it beat Nebraska 58-49 at Lincoln, Neb. Gordon Martin led the Trojans with 16 points. At Lexington, Ky., lOth-ranked West Virginia defeated Oregon State 70-65, and Kentucky whipped lowa 94-69 to advance to the title game of the Kentucky Invitational Tournament. The teams meet Saturday night for the championship. A crowd of 11,400 saw guard John McCormick .make, four free throws in the final minute and a half as West Virginia fended off an Oregon State rally. Rod Thorn led West Virginia with 18 points and 11 rebounds.. \ Cotton Nash scored’ 27 points, including 19 in the second half, as Kentucky scored its easy victory. The Wildcats led 41-31 ate halftime and increased the margin to 81-60 before Nash left the game. Miami (Fla.) sprang the big upset of the night when it shaded Duke, the nation’s second-ranked team, 71-69, at Miami Beach. Miami center, Mike McCoy scored 26 points while Art Heyman, Duke’s 30-point-per-game ace,., made only three .field, goals and a total of 11 goints. It was the second straight loks for the Blue Devils. Utah downed Michigan State

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88-79, Brigham Young scored a | 79-65 victory over Baylor, Kansas | State Defeated Indiana 88-72, and j Oklahoma beat Purdue 80-79, in some of the other top games Friday night. In other games, Texas A&M defeated Louisiana State 67-61', Auburn whipped Florida State 77-70, Texas Christian beat Oklahoma City 74-63, and Coloardo State i beat Texas Western 64-62. Attend Logansport Banquet Os VFW National commander-in-chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Byron Gentry, of California, was the featured guest at a banquet held Wednesday evening at Logansport. Over 140 veterans were on hand to welcome the chief. Past national commander-in-chief Richard Roudabush of Indiana was the master of ceremonies for the evening. Also attending were the Logansport mayor and fire chief, and Judge Landis, former Indiana legislative judge from Logansport. Attending from this area were fourth district commander Charles McFarren, Ellis H. Shaw, Sr., vice commander of Decatur Post 6236, Robert Spear, commander of' JBlufftfift. - Post. 9150, -. and.. Dale Grandlienard. fourth district Buddy Poppy chairman of Bluffton post 9150. Commander Gentry stressed the -importance of all veterans Li! joining in to make the V. F. W. a strong organization and spoke on his staff’s proposed 14 point 1 program during the coming year. The program includes benefits for all World War I veterans over 65 and the work the veterans must do toward national security. Thread Picker » T simplify the removal of bast-.-irAt threads when sewing, tape' a ..small, clean, steel pen point to your thimble for use as a pick. ' Choose a rather blunt penpoint to prevent any possible damage to your fabric.

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Writer Lays Claims To Genius-For-Day By DICK WEST United Press International WASHINGTON (UPD — In the long run, I’m cpnvinced, life’s little irritants are more damaging to our nervous systems than the major shocks and fissures. A trifle that has been gnawing away at me, making swiss cheese of the fabric of my composure, is a daily newspaper feature called “How’s Your IQ?” I can’t just dismiss this question as rhetorical, reply “fine, thank you. How’s yours?” and go on about my business. I have to stop and take a little test that it introduces. The test comes in 10 parts and in order to be rated as a “memory genius” you have to average 9 or 10 correct answers daily. This is what has been galling me. Several Near Misses I have had many near misses, getting 7 or 8 right for a “very superior” rating, plus a whole flock pf 5 or 6’s for an “excellent.” But I have never been able to measure up as a genius. If I remember the name of the chief mountain range of Mexico (Sierra Madre), I am certain to stumble over the relationship between Louis XIV and _ Lcuis.. XX. Cgrandfather arid grandsonh And so on. K A year or so ago I hit eight on the nose in a quiz which included the following: “Solomon Grundy was born on Monday; on what day’ did he die according to the nursery tale?” My answer was “Saturday,” but according to the published answer list “Sunday” is correct. This kept me out of the genius circle. I had a feeling that something was amiss, but I bit my lip and accepted the decision as manfully as I could. This week, by coincidence, the same question turned up again. I agaiQ answered “Saturday,” “Sunday” was again lifted as correct and I again fell short of genius. Checked Answer This time, however, I refused . X

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Antiques in a Trailer? Don't buy your wife antiques if you live in a trailer, Tom Hurst was warning everyone this week. It seems that Tom came home recently with what he considered a very nice antique table. But his wife, Daisy, didn’t. There wasn't room for it in the trailer, she explained. A few days later, some oi Tom’s "friends,” hearing that Daisy had been upset by called her at home and asked for Tom. He wasn't there. Yes, she’d take a message. "You what? Won’t be able to deliver what dqnight? A truckload of furniture from what sale?” By that time, Daisy was hopping mad. She called Tom at the Sports Center, which they own, and Tom didn’t know what she was talking about. It took a lot of explaining, before it was understood as a joke! Dangerous Pole! Local Hying enthusiasts have been anything but happy over the I&M electric pole located recently near one end of the runway at Gage’s airport here in Decatur. They complained to the federal aeronautics authority about it, and an inspector was sent from South Bend. When the inspector arrived by automobile, he was asked why he didn’t fly down. “What, and risk my life landing here?” he is reported to have replied. It is understood that I&M is considering moving the pole. No Santa Claus? Several hundred children telephoned Santa Claus here in Decatur this Christmas season to get in on the gravy train when Santa delivers Dec. 25, but not all of them believe it. Dr. Mel Weisman reports that his little daughter, Mindy, who is a first-grader this year at Adams Central, had come home announcing that there is no Santa Claus. Mrs. Carol Weisman was very downhearted. But, nevertheless, the children all called up Santa—they weren’t taking any chances on being left out! Candy Bandit Strikes Again! Employes of the Decatur Daily Democrat have known for year’s that one of their fellow employes has an uncontrollable sweet tooth, and that it isn’t safe to allow any candy to sit around on a desk ja..ga dQwn..without .a- struggle. I got a • copy of the Oxford dictionary of nursery rhymes and looked up the complete text of “Solomon Grundy.” It was as I remembered it from my own nursery days. “Solomon Grundy, born on a Monday, christened on Tuesday, married on Wednesday,, took ill on Thursday, worse on Friday, died on Saturday, buried on Sunday. This is the end of Solomon Grundy.’’ The Oxford dictionary, by its own admission, is an authority in this field. It claims to have assembled between the covers “almost everything so far known about nursery rhymes.” I contend that its verification of my answer regarding Grundy’s demise Entitles me to be recognized as geniusfor-a-day even though the authors of “How’s Your IQ?” may dissent.

overnight—it seems to melt away before morning. The maintenance superintendent, Robert (Tiger) Wemhoff, is highly suspected. But the culmination came when a ndarby city reported that someone had broken in a local establishment, and bypassed the nroney to take only candy. Tiger absolutely denigs knowing anything about it, but he can’t account for his time around midnight! A very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all the renders of the Decatur Daily Democrat —may next year be more newsy than the past year! Five Accidents In City Friday Night Friday evening’s snowfall brought with it the usual slick streets and the usual number of accidents-, as the city police investigated a total of five accidents, two of them treevehicle mishaps, within a period of three hours. Cars operated by Richard Leroy Garwood, 18, 1111 N. Second St., Theodore Henry Eyanson, 41. route 1, Mcnroe, and Samuel E. Heyerly, 18, rote 4, Bluffton, were involved in an accident at 11:22 p.m. Garwood was northbound on 13th St., and lost control of his auto on the slick street. The car veered into the southbound lane and struck the left front of the Eyanson auto. Heyerly was unable to avoid the wreck, and struck the Garwood car. Four Eyanson children in that car, between the ages of eight and 13 suffered possible shock. Damage High Damages were estimated by the city police at S4OO to Garwood’s auto, and S3OO to the Eyanson car and S3OO to the Heyerly vehicle. Margie A. Thieme, route 5, Decatur. lost control of her vehicle at 916 N. 13th St., at 8:25 p.m. and struck parked cars owned by Vincent Faurote, 1045 Russell St., and Roger Bieberich, route 2. Decatur. She was attempting to back from the west side of 13th St., to the east side, but she stated her foot slipped off the brake and onto the accelerator, causing the car to back into .the Bieberich car, which was knocked into Faurote’s auto. The Bieberich car was knocked through a fence at Tony’s Tap, causing SSO damage. Damages to the cars were estimated at S2OO to the Thieme auto $75 to Bieb£rick’s car and SSO to the Faurote vehicle. Struck in Rear Harold W. Bohnke. 29, 1014 Central Ave., was truck in the rear by an auto operated by Doyle Duane Lee, 21, 316 Stevenson St., at 6:35 p.m. at 227 S. Second St. Bohnke, whose car suffered an estimated SIOO damage, was northbound and had stopped for traffic, when struck by Lee. The Lee car received an estimated $45 damage. A similar collision occurred at 8:50 p.m; when an eastbound car on Monroe street, driven by Walter Buettner, route 6, was attempting to turn into the A & P parking lot, and was struck in the rear by Dale E. Deisler, 36, Mt. Blanch-

Witnesses To Hold Training Conference The Decatur congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses has announced the plans of a 3-day training conference to be held in Huntington, January 11-13, as reported ard, O. Buettner’s auto suffered an ■estimated $35 damage, while the Deisler auto was not damaged. A car driven by Grover Odle, 29, 407 Bollman St., was mot damaged when it struck a parked car owned by Connie Miller, Berne, at 8:30 p. m. at 230 N. Stevenson St. Odle was backing from an alley and hit the side of the Miller car, which was parked on the west side of the street, and received an estimated $45 damage.

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by Clyde D. Steele, presiding mlnEighteen cities in north central Indiana will participate and it is expected that 800 delegates will share in the special trainging offered. Program details, Steel said, are prepared by the Witnesses' world headquarters in New York. Conferences are arranged three times each year by this headquarters for the 21,000 congregations now reported in 187 lands. The expansion of Jehovah's Witnesses in recent years has been attributed to their house-to-house ministry and frequent conferences that are designed to build-up and encourage the congregation. i I, im»n * IW—t!'r 1 u — l - Trade in a good town — Decatur.