Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 306, Decatur, Adams County, 29 December 1962 — Page 3

SATURDAY, DECEMBER M, 1902

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MONROE WCTU MEETS WITH Mrs. jack mcbride The Monroe W.C.T.U. met at the home of Mrs, Jack Mcßride recently. The group joined In singing, "Joy to the World." Devotions and ■ poem, "Christmas Carols,” were given by Mrs. Ferdinand Martz. Mrs. Homer Winteregg gave the prayer. A letter from Formosa was read by Mrs. Jack Mcßride. Mrs. Orval Lenhart presented "Christmas for Christ," and a leaflet was read by Mrs. Lynn Poorman, entitled, “Attitudes are Important." Two poems, "A Bright Christmas,” and “The Way Home,” were given by Mrs. Otto Longenberger. The members enjoyed a gift exchange and a delicious lunch, in keeping with the Christmas season, served by the hostess. Mrs. Robert Gage gave the dismissal prayer. Locals Mr. and Mrs. William Barber entertained Christmas night with dinner , for Mr. and Mrs. Don Fruchte and children, Ann and Terrie, Dayton, 0., Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Arnold and children, Allen, Stephen, Linda and Leisa. Her 16th birthday was celebrated by Miss Teresa Heimann, Thursday. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Heimann, 515 Nuttman Ave., and attends the Decatur Catholic high school. December 22 was the 16th birthday of Miss Carol Lavari, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Terry, 34 High St. She attends the Decatur high school. Ivan Roth, 22, of Decatur, forfeited a S4O bond for speeding to the Van Wert, 0., municipal court, following arrest by the Ohio highway patrol. Mr. and Mrs. J. Ward Calland, now in Burk, Va., will leave the first of the year for Riviera Beach, Fla. . - Some of the members of the Melvin Strahm family had Christmas dinner at the Neil Mailloux home. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Strahm, Mr. and Mrs. GerMr. and Mrs. Jerry tine and daughters, all of Monroe, and John Neadstine of Blue Creek township. Afternoon callers were Mrs. Noah Ellenberger and Larry. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kessler of Fort Wayne called on Kessler's father, Jim Kessler, Christmas afternoon, ’, . „ Mr, and Mrs. Charles Eyanson. entertained Christmas day for dinner., Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Chris Graft and. children, Beverly, Terry, Chris, Jimmy and Linda of Roanoke; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Boroff and children, Kathleen, Stephen, Diana, Phillip and Donald of Fort Knox, Ky.; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Eyanspn and son, Chad, of Fort Devens, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Miller and children, David, Mike, Charles, Hollis and Sharyn; Mr. and Mrs. Robert STORE HOURS Monday, Wednesday, 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. Thursday, 8 a. m. to 12 Noon Friday, Saturday, 8 a. m. to 9 p. m. Sunday, 8:30 a. m. to 12 Noon KOHNE DRUG STORE

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Club Schedule Ruth Rawlinson, Society Editor Telephone 3-2121 Calendar Items for each day's publication must be phoned In , by 11 a.m. (Saturday'B:3o). SATURDAY Rainbow dance, “Mistletoe Magic," Community center, 9 p.m. Flo-Kan Sunshine girls, Christmas party, Mrs. William Barber, 6:15 p.m. WEDNESDAY Dutiful Daughters class, Bethany E. U. 8., Mrs. Ivan Stucky, 7:30 p.m. j Shoup, and children, Jeanie, Janet Judy, Tom and Timmie, and Frank Eyanson of Decatur. Mrs. James E. Kinney, of Wayland, Mich., has returned home after spending Christmas with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Rawlinson. Barbara Burk To Be Capped Jan. 4 INDIANAPOLIS — Among 128 freshmen students whow ill receive the cap of the Indianapolis Methodist hospital school of nursing at exercises Jan. 4 at 7 p. m. will be Barbara Eileen Burk, 221 S. Third street, Decatur. It is the largest capping class in the history of the school. Graduation will be in 1965. Capping is a highly 3 significant occasion, marking successful completion of the first semester. Each school of nursing has a -distinctive cap which the graduate nurse wears as long as she practices her profession. Factor Gave $5,000 To Nixon Campaign BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (UPI) — John (Jake the Barber) Factor Friday produced a photostat of a $5,000 check he contributed to the 1960 Nixon-Lodge campaign to counter Republican criticism of his Christmas pardon by President Kennedy. Factor faced deportation on a mail fraud conviction on which he served a prison sentence in 1943 until the President squashed the proceeding when he pardoned the philanthropist Christmas Day. Rep. William E- Miller, of New York Republican national chairman, demanded Thursday that the President give assurance the pardon was not influenced bjr cam* paign contributions to the Democrats. Factor and his wife, Rella, gave political contributions totaling 22,000 to three Democratic groups in 1960. Rep. Emanuel Celler, D-N.Y., chairman of a the House Judiciary Committee, said in a statement Miller’s accusation was “hs snide as it is cheap." The check photostat Factor displayed was made out to friends of the Nixon and Lodge Committee and was dated Sept. 29, 1960. It was signed by his wife. Factor said he had sent a check for $25,000 to the late Eleanor Roosevelt shortly after the abortive Cuban invasion but this was returned when her project to raise a fleet of tractors in exchange for the prisoners was canceled. “I never was asked for contributions to the fund for the exchange of prisoners, but if they had asked me I’d have gladly given a million dollars to free 1,100 prisoners," he said.

- Ufa , JnWEs' JI; I j| I NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Vacationers from Decatur, Mr. and Mrs. James Cowens were recent guests of the Sheraton-British Colonial Hotel in quaint Nassau while attending an American States Insurance company convention. Cowens is associated with Cowens Insurance Agency'. The couple have now' returned\to their 34 Homestead home. I — •- *

I Glen Park Citizens Ask Tougher Laws GARY, Ind. (UPI) — The Glen Park Citizens Association, which has been demanding a complete housecleaning of Gary’s scandalscarred government, Friday urged passage of tougher local and state legislation to cope with vice in the area. The organization issued the statement after a meeting between Gary Police Chief John Foley and City Judge A. Martin Katz at which Katz demanded an explanation of charges by the chief that the courts were lax in handling crime. Katz was referring to a meeting at which the association asked for the resignation of Mayor John Visclosky, successor to George Chacharis who resigned earlier this month before pleading guilty to charges of tax fraud. At the Dfec, ‘2O meeting, at which Foley was criticized for permitting prostitution and similar crimes, the police chief reportedly blamed the courts -for the situation and said penalties are not heavy enough to discourage the prostitutes. However, Foley Friday protested that he had been quoted out of c.ontext and he said that he had lfi''~fart pralsed ffTeTbufts; " The citizens association, in its statement Friday, repeated many demands it made at the meeting last week, including giving civil service status to all non-elective city employes, open meetings of the school board and. public action on all city contracts. , Gross Income Tax Receipts Increase INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — State gross income tax receipts for this calendar year were sl6 million more than those in 1961 and $19.3 million more than in 1960, James C. Courtney, commissioner of the Indiana Department of Revenue, said Friday. - Courtney said receipts totaled $213,802,466 for the calendar year, for which the last day of business was on Friday. He said collection of gross income taxes on real estate at the' time the deeds are recorded creates part of the difference, but not a major portion. This method of on-the-spot collection went into effect July 1, 1961, so the first six months of 1961 and all of 1960 would not reflect the full amount of these taxes. In past years, the delinquent tax collected on such property sales has amounted to about $750,000 annually. If you have something to sell or trade — use the Democrat Want ads —i they get BIG results. ADAMS I THEATER | SUN. & MON. Continuous Sun. from 1:30 Last Feature Mon. Nite 9:35 FRANK SINATRA “MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE” Janet Leigh, Laurence Harvey ALSO — Shorts 25c -60 c--1p 1 » O—O TODAY—“ 2 Tickets to Paris” A “Phantom of the Opera” -0 ■' Cont. Tues. (New Year’s Day) ’ “Five Weeks in a Balloon” Red Buttons & FABIAN

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- Millions Take To Nation's Highways By United Press International Millions of Americans were on' the highways this weekend for the start of the long New Year’s holiday and the National Safety Council estimated an all-time traffic death record for this period would be set. The council estimated that from 420 to 480 persons would die in traffic mishaps during the 102hour holiday period from 6 p.m. Friday until midnight Tuesday. At 8:30 a.m. EST, United Press international had counted 15 persons dead in . traffic accidents. Therg were two deaths from miscellaneous causes for a holiday i total of 17. , I The previous death record for a four - day New Year’s holi- . day was 409 in 1956. During last year’s-three-day holiday 337 persons were killed. . Safety officials hope bad weather in many sections of t h e nation would reduce the number of vehicles on the roads and streets and cause drivers to use caution. Rain an d snow were predicted 6 fur both coasts’and parts of tti e Midwest and Ohio and Mississippi Valleys. Colder Weather Is Forecast In State By United Press International The long New Year’s holiday weekend started on a dismal note .in Indiana weather-wise today—a mixturd qf rain, sleet and snow. On top of it, the weatherman predicted 'temperatures tonight may plunge to near zero in the northern portion. Sunday will be generally fair and cold, and the outlook for Monday was mostly fair and a little warmer. Evansville soaked up 1.12 inches of precipitation in the 24-hour period ending at 7 a.m. The Louisville area reported .72 of an inch, Cincinnati .38, and Indianapolis ’ .40. ’ . At South Bend, where old snow still measured eight inches deep, .03 of an inch precipitation was reported. Lafayette had .02. Both Fort Wayne and Lafayette still had an inch of snow on the ground. The temperature Friday reached 42 at Evansville and Cincinnati and overnight readings ranged from „ 24 at Fort Wayne to 30 at Indianapolis and 34 at Louisville. Most Indiana stations reporting regularly to the Weather Bureau at Indianapolis logged additional rain -this morning. In some parts, the rain was expected to change to snow flurries by evening. Vi Price! SALE Discontinued Lines and Soiled Toiletries Once-A-Year Special! SMITH DRUG CO.

Recreational Loans Available To Farms Farmers wishing to supplement • their farm inpome with recreational facilities .©n their farms may now seek assistance to do so through the Farmers Home Administration, reports Donald A. Norquest, county supervisor. Norquest states that the consolidated farmers home administration act of 1961 was amended by the food and agriculture act of 1962 to permit the use of loan funds to fiance recreational enterprises. These loans are made to farmers who personally manage and operate mot larger .than family farms and who wish to increase their annual income bn the farm with a recreational enterprise but cannot obtain the.credit they need from other sources. Funds mdy be used to develop land and water, construct buildings, and to purchase land, equipment, livestock and other related recreational items, including the’ payment of operating expenses. Recreational enterprises which may be financed oh family farms include camping grounds, swimming facilities, tennis courts, riding stables, vacation cottages and lodges, lakes and ponds fqr boating and fishing, docks, nature trails, picnic grounds and hunting preserves. The applicant must have tiie background and experience needed to be successful in the proposed farming-rdbreational operation. Technical assistance will be provided with each loan. Such loans bear an interest rate of 5 per cent per year and are scheduled for repayment within a period consistent with the borrower’s ability to repay. The maximum repayment period of loans secured by real estate may not exceed 40 years, while repayments on loans for non-real estate purposes may not exceed 7 years. Rural residents interested in receiving additional' information on a recreational facility loan may do so at the Decatur FHA office located lb Room 4 of the K. of C. building. The office, which serves Adams, Blackford, Jay and Wells counties, is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Hospital Admitted Mrs. Dora Laurent, Decatur; Vincent Bormann, Decatur; James Strickler, Decatur; Masters Dale hnd Ronald Bauman, Decatur; Master Daniel Saunders, Monroe; Miss Mary Inniger, Berne. Dismissed Mrs. Joshua Burcher and baby boy, Monroe; Mrs. Amanda Liby, Monroe; Miss Wanita Lehman, Berne transferred to the Lutheran hospital, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Frederick Whitehurst and baby boy, Berne; Mrs. Norbert Bauermeister, Ossi an, Mrs. Bertha Ruse,—Deeatur. New Bureau Planned At Indiana State TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (UPI) — Indiana State College plans to establish a Bureau of Business Research next fall to provide business research services and coun-. ,sel not now covered by . similar agencies in ,the state. The new bureau will be headed by Dr. John T. Moore, now on the Butler University faculty. Two Suspects Admit String Os Burglaries LAFAYETTE, Ind. (UPI) — Authorities said today two suspects have admitted a string of 31 burglaries in this area during the past month which netted them thousands of dollars in cash and merchandise. Held on open charges pending further investigation were Clyde Alsop, 20, and Rqbert W. Lee, 21, both of Lafayette.

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City Police Station Often Overcrowded

According to “The People’3 i Voice,” at least one Decatur resident is backing the Decatur police < department in its bid for a new i city police station. A letter to the “People’s Voice,” Elm St., appeared in Friday’s Dewptten by Donald V. Hill, 1216 efitur Daily Democrat, and showed that Hill is 100 per cent behind the police and their bid for the new station. In his letter, he explains that “moving our police department into headquarters of its own should alleviate, to some degree, the crowded conditions now existing in city hall. We must modernize our police department. We must provide for better efficiency by giving these fine gentlemen better headquarters from which to serve us.” Efficiently Equipped “If we expect to get new factories, more homes, etc., we must - be more efficiently equipped. We must prove to the prospectees our facilities are up-to-date—that we can care for’the’ present as well as future needs.” How “up-to-date” the local police station is was emphasized last week when patrolman Robert HiU announced his retirement from the force. Hill served a total of 22 years with the Decatur police department—and all 22 years out of the same station, which saw very few, if any, renovations during that time. Donald Hill, in his letter, questions, “How many have ever” taken the time to see for themselves the crowded conditions in upstairs city hall?” Crowded Conditions The crowded conditions were emphasized recently on a Saturday afternoon in the police station. On December 8, a total of 13 persons were in the small office which the local police must work out of in their business. Two officers’ were investigating Two Accidents Here Friday Afternoon A pair of accidents occurred in Decatur after 12 noon Friday, with minor damage resulting in both. A car driven by Hugo Thieme, 72, route 5, Decatur, drove into the path of an auto operated by Gladys Shelter Saltz, 66, Columbus, 0., at the intersection of Monroe and Ninth Sts., at 2:46 p.m. Thieme was southbound on Ninth St.,-and drove into the path of the Saltz auto, Which was eastbound on Monroe St., and was struck on the right front .by the Saltz car. • Damages were estimated at $35 to the Saltz car and $5 to the Thieme vehicle. A parked car owned by James Egley, route 2, Lockport, Hl., suffered minor damages when hit by a truck driven by Henry G. Dierkes, 65, 316 N. 12th St., at 9:20 p,m. Friday in the 700 block of Monroe St. Dierkes was westbound on Monroe street and struck the rear of the Egley car as it was parked on the north side of Monroe St. Dierkes’ truck suffered an estimated SIOO damage. Births > At the Adams county memorial ; hospital: Friday, at 6:40 p.m. a baby boy ; was bom to Robert and Patricia Roe Braun, route 4, Decatur. The I baby weighed 8 pounds and 7 ounces. i A baby girl, weighing 6 pounds and 9 ounces, was bom Friday at 9:22 p.m. to Leo and Mary Marbaugh Bennett, 113 North Fifth St.

a fatal accident at the corner of 13th and Monroe streets; two ether officers and prosecutor Severin H. Schurger were listening to the complaint of two Decatur citizens; also present were chief of police James M. Borders, deputy sheriff Harold August, the civilian radio operator, a Democrat news reporter, and mayor Donald Gaga, who had stopped in at the station for some information. While this was going on in the small office which serves at the police station, the driver of the truck involved in the fatal mishap was being heldy-in the city courtroom. There was no room far him in the police station! Coinciding with Hill’s statement in his letter of “How many have ever taken the time to see for themselves the crowded conditions in upstairs chief Borders and' other members of the department have invited any local citizens to visit the station and investigate for themselves the situation that” exists. “Whether you are for or against building a new police station,” chief Borders said, “you are-wel-come to visit the police station on the second floor of city hall, and decide for yourself whether or not a new station is heeded.” Forfeits Bond In Van Wert Court Larry H. Butler. 24, Decatur youth now the U. S. Air Force, forfeited a bond this week in Van Wert, 0., 'municipal court for failure to stop in assured clear distance. Butler was involved Dec. 19 in a spectacular four-car .crash at 7:20 p.m. that day 2.5 miles west of Van Wert. 0., on highway 224. / A wrecker, towing a house! trailer, was eastbound, making a right turn into a private drive when it was struck in .the rear by the Butler car. Butler’s vehicle continued on west, hit the left rear fender of a car driven by Philip J. Giessler, 18, of Convoy, route 2, and Continued over a bridge, narrowly missing a semi-trailer outfit, Butler’s car then swerved off the south side, knocked over a mail box, hurling the box 75 feet into a tree, knocked down 50 feet of hedge and hit three small trees at the Earl Nash residence, and finally stopped in a field. ■ Investigating officers said the car stopped upright 663 feet from the. point of impact, and 125 feet from the highway. It was regarded as a total wreck. There was heavy damage to the rear of the house trailer and the left rear fender of the Giessler car. Fox Hunt Planned New Year's Day The public is invited to join in the annual New Year’s Day fox hunt,.which will start at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Blue Creek-St. Mary’s conservation club house on highway 124 near Willshire-. An organizing meeting will be held this evening at 7:30 p. m. Anyone interested is welcome. Firearms for the hunt are limited to shotguns.

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