Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 303, Decatur, Adams County, 26 December 1962 — Page 1

VOL. LX NO. 303.

Guided Tour Jan. 6 At Catholic Church

Guided tours, patterned after the weU-r«ceived open house one year ago, wil beheld at the St. Mary's Catholic church in Decatur Sunday afternoon, Jan. 6, between the hours of 3 and 5 o’clock, according to an announcement today by the Rt. Rev. Msgr, Simeon Schmitt, pastor of the church. Last year’s open house was well received and many requests have been made to repeat the tours, designed to explain more about the local church and its practices to persons who are not members of the church. The public is invited to attend with special invitations to groups such as Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and Sunday school classes. Lay members of the parish will conduct the open house, when’ the church will have on display its sacred vessels, altar appointments, vestments and other matters of interest to the visitor. Special attention will be given to showing the confessionals, and explanations of the holy sacrifice of the mass, statuary, votive lights, and sacramentals. Os special interest, to both adults and children, will be the traditional Christmas creches in the church. 4 Those making the tour will be greeted at the front door by members of the parish, and directed to their left, into the baptistry, the visitors will enter the sanctuary, and move to the left, past the stained glass window and the stations of the cross, which portray the suffering of Jesus during his last hours. The confessionals, where members of the church confess their sins and have peqance fixed for them by God’s representative, the priest. will be shown and explained In full. The altar of the Blessed Virgin Mary, to the left of the main altar, will be explained next. At the next station, visitors will see the missal, or book from which , the service is read. The service, or holy sacrifice of the mass, as it is called, is changed regularly to emphasize different Christian theme® or events, or purposes. The vessels Os the church, which holude the chalice, patent, end ciborium, used in the part of the mass which includes the eucharist, or communion, will be explained. •The alter of-St.- Joseph is-next, and then the main altar, before turning down the central aisle of the church, past a display of the vestments, or articles of clothing worn by the priests. Exit will be through the Side door, towards" the church parking lot and new home for the nuns. Harry Massonnee, is general chairman for the Jan. 6 guided tour. Mrs. Cletus Miller is in charge of vestments and vessels display. Herman Alberding is chairman of the guides, with George Tricker and Thomas Sefton, co-chairmen of facilities. Irenaeus Gase is in charge of informaiional. .material, . and. Eugene Braun is president of the confraternity of Christian doctrine, the sponsoring organization. Three Babies Born On Christmas Day Three Christmas babies were born at the Adams county memorial hospital on Christmas day, Tuesday. A baby girl was born at 6:57 a.m. to Norbert and Alice Kukelhan Bauermister, of Ossian; a girl was born to Donald and Marlene Sue Harmon Barna, of Rockford, 0., at 9:33 p.m.; and a baby boy was bort™ to Frederick and Mary Jane Habegger Whitehurst, of Berne, at 9:21 p.m.

r Ji I! jt m, **• *"" **.&% • • . , . . 1 Bl w U * w JK ' KI DEATH CAB— Pictured above is the car driven by Juanita Lafollette in which two persons suffered fatal injuries in a two-car crash Christmas night on U* S. 27, two miles north of Decatur. The above auto went out of control on the slick highway and slid broadside into a par driven by Clarence G. Bozarth of Fort Wayne—(Sheriff's department photo).

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Russel Haines Dies Suddenly Tuesday H. Russell Haines, 71-year-o,d resident of W. Washington St. in Monroe, died of a heart attack Christmas evening while attempting to free his automobile from a ditch along U. S. 27, two miles north of Berne. f Owner of the Haines Garage in Monroe for 38 years, Mr. Haines died at 5:30 p. m., a short time after his auto went into a ditch, along the highway. More than an hour previous to the incident, a bus, traveling south on U. S. 27, had stopped at the intersection of county road 17 to pick up a passenger. The motor of the bus died and the driver was unable to get the vehicle started again. Flares were posted while he was attempting to get the vehicle, started and moving once again, j Slides In Ditch About an hour after the bus' stalled, Haines came s upon the bus, as he was traveling east on the county road. He attempted to drive between the| bus and the corner of the intersection, but the rear end of his car slid into the ditch. According to a passenger in the bus, who was helping Mr. Haines in attempting to free| the auto, they had worked noout 20 minutes, but were unsuccessful in moving the car out of the ditch. Suddenly the Monroe man slumped over the Wheel and died. He was born in Jay county June 27, 1891, a son of Benjamin and Ida Taylor-Haines, and was married to Lucille Harmon June 1, 1923. Mr. Haines attended the Monroe Methodist church. He vyas employed at the Jefferson garage in Berne before opening his own garage in Monroe 38 years ago. Surviving are his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Howard (Rosella) Steiner of near Berne, and Mrs. Richard (Helen Ruth) Martin of Decatur route 6; one son, Donald R. Haines of near Preble; eight grandchildren; four brothers, Charles L., and Marvin all of near Berne, and ■ Virgil J; “Hairies" • "Bernet and cne sister, Mrs. Clarence (Ethel) Fleetwood of Berne. One brother and one sister, are deceased. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Friday at the Monroe Methodist church, the Rev. Claude McCallister officiating. Burial will be in MRE cemetery at Berne. Friends may call at the Yager funeral home in Berne after 7 p.m. today. The body will lie in state at the church from 12:30 p. m. Friday until time of the services. Former Decatur Lady Dies Monday N igbt - Osie M. Lane, former Decatur resident, died at 10:45 p.m. Monday at the Indiana Baptis home at Zionsville, where she had resided the past seven years. She previously made her home for 15 years with a nephew, Robert E. Lane, in this city. She was a member of the First Baptist church of this city. Friends may call'from - 12 noon Thursday until 10 a.m. Friday at the MooreKirk funeral home, 2530 Station St., Indianapolis. Funeral serivces will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Hopewell Baptist church at Holton. The Rev. Robert E. Fly will officiate and burial will be in the Holton cemetery.

Two Women Fatally Injured In Traffic Crash Near Decatur < . ’ k ''

Hammond Is Named Assistant Controller Richard C. Hammond The promotion of Richard C. Hammond of Fort Wayne to the position of assistant controller of Central §oya was announced today. In his new position, he will be responsible for the company’s accounting and auditing activities. Hammond, who was assistant general auditor prior to his promotion, joined Central Soya following graduation from Indiana University in Janury, 1948. Starting as an accountant at the firm’s Decatur plant, Hammond was promoted to office manager in _ 1950.__¥>hen ’ Central Soya’s ChaWSiooga', "Tenn, plant MX constructed in 1954, Hammond was named plant auditor and selected and trained the original office staff at that location. <sy He was promoted to assistant general auditor and transferred to ’ the Fort Wayne office in 1957, where he was given responsibility for the firm’s first use of electronic data processing. Hammond is a member of the American institute of certified public accountants and the Indiana association of certified public accountants. He and his family make their . llQl&R.- at. .J 728 Willowbrook,. Fort Wayne. Hammond’s mother, Mrs. Carl Hammond, resides at Seventh street and Nuttman avenue in this city. Firecracker Causes Blast, Six Injured CORNITH, Miss. (UPI) — A firecracker .triggered an explosion at a gas station here Tuesday night injuring six youngsters. Authorities said the firecracker apparently ignited gas, either in a car in which the youngsters were sitting, or in tanks at the station.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, December 26,1962.

A Christmas tragedy struck tn Adams county Tuesday evenin®, when two women were killed two miles north of Decatur as they were returning home from visiting with relatives. Dead as a result of the two-car crash are: Mrs. Genevieve Lafollette, 60, of Albany, in Delaware , county; and Mrs. Stella Moyer Orcutt, 83-year-old resident of RidgeI ville, located seven miles north and three miles west of Winchester, in Randolph county. The two deaths doubled the numcounty for 1962, with only seven ber of traffic fatalities in Adams days remaining in the year. ' Mrs. Orcutt was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident by Elmer Winteregg, Jr., Adams county coroner, while Mrs. Lafollette was pronounced dead on arrival at the Adams county hospital. Slick Highway Tne accident occurred on U.S. 27, at 6:20 p.m., when a car driven bv Juanita Lafollette, 50 of Ridgeville, went out of control on the very slick and icy highway. She is hospitalized at the local hospital suffering from head lacerations and an arm injury, while a fourth person in the car. Carolyn Sue Lafollette, 17, also of Ridgeville, is also resting in the Adams county hospital with lacerations to the head and a broken shoulder. Clarence D. Bozarth, 27, 3414 N. Clinton St., Fort Wayne, driver of the second car involved, was dismissed from the ' local hospital following treatment of a lacerated chin and bruises. Wife “Fair” His wife, 20-year-old Ruth Ann, was reported in ’’fair” condition at the Adams county hospital this morning, and was to be transferred to a Fort Wayne hospital this*afternooll. - -■ Phillip Kent, two and a half week old son of the Bozarths, was also a passenger in his father’s car, but escaped the mishap without harm. The Lafollette car was southbound on the slippery highway, and went out of control, sliding sideways down the road. Bozarth was unable to avoid the collision, and his auto crashed broadside into the right side of the Lafollette autp. Mrs. Lafollette died of a fractured skull and a crushed chest, while Mrs. Orcutt died of a skull fracture. and also suffered a compound fracture of the right thigh, and a fracture of the right ankle. Returning Home Ari oddity occurred, in that the Bozarths had been visiting in Randolph county Christmsfc Day and were returning to Fort Wayne, and the four persons in the Lafollette car had been visiting in Fort Wayne and were returning to Randolph county.

Fiscal Aides Meet Kennedy

PALM BEACH, Fla. (UPD .— President Kennedy summoned his top fiscal advisers to the vacation White House today for a series of conferences on next year’s tax program and federal budget. Treasury Secretary C. Douglas Dillon and a large group of economic specialists were flying to Palm Beach for the discussions. The meeting had been set for this morning but the jet flight bringing the experts to this balmy vacation spot was delayed by not so balmy weather in Washington and the gathering was rescheduled for late afternoon. With Dillon were chairman Walter Heller of the Council of Economic Advisers; Stanley Surrey, assistant Treasury secretary for internal revenue taxation, and Treasury Undersecretary Henry Fowler. Kermit Gordon, the new budget director, also was due in today, along with a number of White House staff members to help the President prepare for submission of the basic administration legislative program to Congress shortly after the 88th session convenes Jan. 9. Kennedy planned to remain in Palm Beach until Jan. T or 8. He has been here since last Friday when he flew to Florida

Investigating officers at the scene were state trooper Gene Rash, sheriff Roger Singleton, deputy sheriff Bob Meyer, and city police’ officer Jay H, Minch, in addition to coroner Winteregg. Both automobiles involved were estimated at total losses. The fatal injuries were the first suffered in Adams county in eleven months. Two persons, one a young baby, were killed within a week in two accidents .in January. Services Incomplete Mrs. Orcutt’s body was transferred from the Winteregg - Linn funeral home to the Middleton funneral home in Ridgeville. Mrs? l.afollette’s body was transferred from the Gillig & Doan funeral home to the Rust funeral home in Albany. Funeral prrangements are not complete. Surviving Mrs. Lafollette, a first grade teacher in Albany, are a sister; Mrs. Melvin Lafollette, Albany: a brother, Robert N. Foster, Albany, and two sons, Melvin W. Lafollette of San Jose, Calif., and James J. Lafollette?'Kent, 0,. on the faculty at Kent State. Surviving Mrs. Orcutt, in addition to Juanita Lafollette, a daughter, and Carolyn Lafollette, a granddaughter, are two other Children, Hugh Mallot, Albion, Mich., and Dallas Houser, Portland; two brothers, Lee and Harry Moyer, both of Ridgeville, and a sister, Mrs. Hattie Walker, also o' Ridgeville. .

Holiday Carnage Exceeds 800 Toll

By United Press Internationa 1 A surge of Christmas Day deaths brought the four-day holiday to a sorrowful close today with the traffic toll within reach of advance fears. The deaths of six children in a fire on a New York farm, of five persons in a car accident in a Texas rainstorm, of dozens of other motorists heading home in generally hazardous - weather pushed the total holiday carnage to more than 800 persons. Os this number, more than 620 were in traffic accidents, just short of the National Safety Council’s . original estimates of between 650 and 750 for the 102hour period. But the fatalities of Christmas Day when the toll shot up by 180. smashed the hopes of the council that the final figure

shortly after his Big Two meeting with British Prime Minister . Harold Macmillan. In a little Tnore than four days at Palm Beach, the President was showing beneficial effects rapidly. He has developed a burnished tan and came through the hustle-bus-tle of a family Christmas day in relaxed, good spirits. Additions to his staff here Tuesday night were Theodore Soren- ■ sen, special counsel to the President, and Sorensen's deputy r Myer Fledman, plus Lawrence O’Brien, Kennedy’s chief liaison man with Congress. Other Meetings Scheduled Other meetings were set for later in the week. Thursday, Anthony J. Celebrezze, secretary of HealtUfc Education and Welfare (HEWrJ will bring top officials of ; HEW to Palm Beach to discuss departmental’ plans and programs for next year- This conference . was expected to dealuat Sortie l length with medicare and its . chances this year, plus federal . aid to education. Other budgetary conferences were being set up for Friday. A i major military meeting, probably relating to last-minute details of • the defense budget, also was set for later this week.

Good Fellows Club Previously Reported $ 827.32 A Friend 5.00 Arnold Lumber Co. 15.00 Mr. and Mrs. George H. Sprague 2.00 Mr .and Mrs. W. E. Petrie 10.00 Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Harper 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hocker 10.00 Gillig & Doan« Funeral Directors 10.00 Mr. and Mrs. W. Guy Brown 5.00 A Friend 5.00 , A Friend 5.00 A Friend 1-50 Mr. and Mrs. Harry • D. Dailey 25.00 Mr? and Mrs. Waldo Eckrote 5.00 Nora Rawlinson 5.00 Dr. and Mrs. Harold Zwick ' 10.00 Change in Boxes 8.52 Total $943.34 Month-Old Infant Suffocates In Crib INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Deputy Coroner James W. Anderson ruled Tuesday that a month-old boy found dead in his crib Christmas Day died of suffocation. The child, Joseph T. Wright, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. George T. Wright, Indianapolis.

would be perhaps 200 less then the high estimate. At 8:30 a.m. EST, the United Press International tabulation showed that 631 persons had been killed in traffic accidents since the holiday period began at 6 p.m. local time Friday. The breakdown: Traffic 631. Fires 103 Planes 14 Miscellaneous 79 Total 827. California led the nation with 59 traffic deaths, followed by 'Jexas 53, Illinois 43, New York 34, Georgia 27, Indiana 26, Florida 23, North Carolina 22 and Virginia 20. * Alabama had 16 fire deaths coming; mostly in house fires. Four died in one, three in another and two persins in another. Six children, ranging in age from 9 months to 8 years, died in the ruins of their farm home near Poughquag, N. Y. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Thompson, were visiting nearby when they saw flames.

Mrs. Lula Teeple Is Taken By Death Mrs. Lula A. Teeple, 80, wife of John A. Teeple of Blue Creek township, route 1, Rockford, 0., died at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday at the Gibbons •hospital in Celina, 0., where she had been a patient two weeks. She had been bedfast for the past two years. She was born in Pittsburgh, Kan., May 15. 1882 t adaughter of Andrew S. and Ada M. Walker-Davidson, and lived in Fort Wayne most of her life. Her first, husband, Henry Brandt, died in 1940. She was married to John A. Teeple in 1949. Mrs. Teeple was a member of the Calvary Evangelical United Brethren church at Fort Wayne for 50 years. Surviving in addition to her husband are one brother, Clifford C. Davidson of Columbus, O.;. two sisters, Mrs. Harry (Emma) Brown and Mrs, Roy (Hazel) Davies, both of Decatur, and a niece, Mrs. Harry (Lucille) Schube of Columbus, O. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m .Friday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. Delbert E. Cress officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today until time df the services. '

Edwin Bauer Dies After Long Illness I I li Edwin F. Bauer Edwin (Ed) F. Bauer, 69, of 210 South 10th street, well known Decatur resident, prominent for years in church, civic and veterans organizations, died at 8:20 o’clock Monday night at the Veterans hospital in Fort Wayne. He had been ill since October 1 and hospitalized for the past six weeks. Mr. Bauer, a house salesman for the Schafer Co. for the past 39 years, was a veteran of World War I. He was a past commander of Adams Post 43, American Legion, and was serving as adjutant for the Disabled American Veterans at the time of his death. He was a member of the Zion Lutheran church, where he served as Sunday school superintendent for many years. Always interested in civic affairs, he served as a city councilman for two terms, from 1952 until 1960. He was born in Convoy, 0., Dec. 16, 1893, a son of John and Susanna Gunsett - Bauer, and was married to Clara Lehrman Nov. 25, 1917. Surviving are his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Nelson (Vera) Doty of Decatur, and Mrs. Jack A. (Margene) Morris of Altus, Okla.; five grandsons; three brothers, Arthur, Oscar and Carl Bauer, all of Convoy, and two sisters, Mrs. Carl (Marie) Klager of Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, and Mrs. Elmer (Helen) Schrader of Fort Wayne. One son, one daughter, and one brother, the Rev. Walter Bauer, - are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2 p.m. ■ at the Zion Lutheran church. The Rev. Otto C. Busse will officiate, and burial will be in the Decatur cemetery, with military services by the American Legion. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today until time of the services.

Call For End To Castro Regime

MIAMI (UPI) — Calls for obliteration of the Castro regime mounted among leaders of the Cuban exile community today in the joyous reception given to 1,113 Bay of Pigs invasion prisoners who were airlifted to freedom. The who were shuttled to liberty by 10 airplanes Sunday and Monday after 20 months in Cuban jails, anxiously awaited news of the freighter African Pilot, which was schdeuled to leave Havana today with 1,000 of their relatives. All harkened to a pledge for Fidel Castrp’s demise sounded by Manuel Artime, a leader in the abortive invasion and last on the list of prisoners to be returned. At a press conference Artime promised that “we shaH-return.” • The 30-year-old Cuban called on the governments of the Western Hemisphere to mount a siege against Fidel Castro’s regime. Such unity, he said, could "topple the Cuban Communist rule within a week.” Artime said the released prisoners were determined to reassault the Caribbean island. “We have given our word to our dead, to thej Cuban people, and to the free world that we Will liberate Cuba or die ih. the attempt,” he declared. “We feel that Fidel Castro can only be overthrown by a military action,” he continued. “We also think that the Cuban problem is not a local problem. It is the problem of the Western Hemisphere.” Artime, who has emerged as a focal figure in the exile community, spoke at the suburban Miami home of a prominent Cuban exile. He emphasized that all the returned prisoners regarded themselves as the “troops of the revolutionary council.”

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Eight Escape East Germany In Bold Flight BERLIN (UPI) — Eight East Germans rammed an armorplated bus through Communist barricades and a fusillade of gunfire today in a spectacular escape to freedom in West Berlin. Four small children were among the refugees, all of whom were members of two families. One of the two men was the owner of the bus and the other was his driver. Eight machine pistol bullets fired by Communist, guards hit ■ the bus, but the only injury was ' a glass splinter cut received by the driver. The escape was so carefully planned that the families brought along their belongings, including a living room clock, five sofa cushions and a doll carriage. Smashes Thru Barrier The bus, owned by one of the men in the party, smashed through three barriers on the main highway to Berlin and made it safely to the U.S. Army checkpoint on the edge of the western sector of the city. At a West Berlin refugee camp later, the escapees said they had planned to flee on Christmas Eve but had to defer the venture because the ous’ radiator froze. They said they stayed up all night to thaw the radiator. As part of the plan, the refugess placed on the rear of the 30 - seat bus a sign reading “repair shop car” to make police think it was underway on a repair j° b - • x . They said the Communists vigilance apparently was relaxed i over the holiday because the only time they were challenged in their 150-mile ride was just outside Berlin. Uusually the Reds ‘ check travelers at several points on highways leading to the city. DFCATIR TEMPEHATVRES ijocal weather data for the 48 . hotir period ending at 11 am. today. Monday 11 > 12 noon 21 12 midnight .. 18 - Ipm 23 1 a.m -1» I 5 p.m 20 5 a.m 21 8 p.m 18 » a.m 23 9 p.m. 9 a.m 26 e 10 p.m 18 10 a.m 26 • 11 D..m 18 11 a m 30 ’ Tuesday Wednesday - 13- noon ->33-43 midnight._ 25 r 1 p.m. 34 1a m. ............ 24 » 2 p.m 34 2 a.m -4 4 p.m 32 4 a.m 20 S 5 p.m. — 32 5 a.m 18 -6 p.m 32 6 a.m 16 , 7 p.m 30 7 a.m 14 _ 8 p.m 30 8 a.m 15 r 9 p.m 30 9 a.m 20 S 10 p m 28 10 a.m 22 - 11 p.m 28 11 a.m 23 5 Precipitation . r Total for the 48 period end- . ing at 7 a.m. today. .05 inches The St. Mary’s river was at 1.21 feet.

Elsewhere in Miami, the gaunt prisoners indulged in joyous Christmas reunions with their families, strolling the streets, engaging in festive dinners and savoring their freedom. But all were preoccupied with an event in Havana: The tangled arrangements for the return of 1,000 relatives on the African Pilot. This craft had delivered to Havana the bulk of the $53 million food and medical ransom for the captives’ release. Relatives Besiege Officials More than 3,500 of their relatives were reported to have besieged the Havana office of the Cuban Families > Committee, pleading to be among the 1,000 persons the ship is scheduled to carry today to Florida. Fidel Castro told 100 of these relatives Tuesday that the United States might refuse them eptrance. ‘‘l would be more than willing to let go without passports, visas or anything all relatives who could go,”—he mid, “but you should know you might encounter problems with the U.S. government upon your arrival.” He said the Cuban government wanted “to give an opportunity to all relatives to meet, their loved ones,” but added, “the problem will be over there (the United Stated). . .because they '; 4 might not let you in." INDIANA WEATHER Increasing cloudiness, net quite so cold extreme northwest tonight. Thursday cloudy and not so cold with chance of light snow. LAw tonight 5 to 14. High Thursday 2ft to 24 north, 23 to 32 south. Sunset today 5:27 p.m. Sunrise Thursday 8:05 a.m. Outlook tor Friday: Fair, not much temperature change. Low Thursday night | to 15, high Friday in 20s except low 30s south.

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