Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 1, Decatur, Adams County, 2 January 1963 — Page 3

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1963

SOCIETY

POE FIREMEN’S AUXILIARY GIVES CHRISTMAS PARTY The Poe firemen’s auxiliary held a Christmas party for their husbands and children in the Poe fire station. The firemen enjoyed playing cards and the children were entertained with various games. Movies were shown of the 1962 500mile race. Die children especially enjoyed Santa's visit and his gift and candy treat for each child. Attendance prizes were won by Mrs. Harvey Caston, Mrs. Arthur Werling and the fire chief, “Whip” Gallmeyer. A potluck supper was enjoyed by all. ' * The auxiliary gave raincoats and helmets to the firemen as Christmas gift S—- . LUTHERAN EMMAUS GUILD HAS PARTY The Zion Lutheran Emmaus Guild met recently at the Parish hall for its Christmas party. Mrs. William Kenny, president, opened the meeting with prayer and Mrs. William Porter had the devotions. The roll was taken with 26 members and one guest, Mrs. David Clark, present. A donation was sent to the Lutheran child welfare association. Mrs. Paul Hammond led the group in the singing of several Christmas songs while Mrs. Smith Snively accompanied at the piano. A gift exchange was enjoyed by all and delicious refreshments were served on lovely, decorated tables. Hostesses for the evening were Mrs. Paul Hammond, Mrs. Allen Fleming, Mrs. Smith Snively, Mrs. Franklin Noll and Mrs. Louis Webert. KIRKLAND KUT-UPS HAS THIRD MEETING The Kirkland Kut-Ups 4-H club held its third meeting of the yefc_ recently, at the Pleasant Dale parish hall. The meeting was opened by the president, Sara Pkxighe. Pledges were led by Linda Conrad and Karen Bieberich. Roll call was answered with, “What I’d like to get for Christmas.” Projects were checked and it was reported that the Christmas gifts for the mental patients had been collected and delivered. Christmas gifts from the club members were presented to their leaders. A demonstration on how to make a popcorn Christmas tree was given by Connie High, and a demonstration on dog care and training was given by Cathy Cauble. Gloria Gerber entertained with a piano solo. Following the health and safety lesson, refreshments were served by Joan Brown and Wanda Adler. Recreation was in charge of Mary Lantz. The next meeting will be held Monday, January 28, at 7:15 p.m. Die place will be announced later. SOUTHEAST PTA PLANS PROGRAM The Southeast P. T. A. will hold its regular meeting Thursday at 7:30 p.m. The Adams county barber shop chorus will present the program. Ed Ewell is president and Larry Merriman is director of this newly-organized group. At the close of the meeting, the hospitality committee will serve refreshments. ADAMS THEATER - Last Time Tonight - Technicolor Comedy! - “5 WEEKS IN A BALLOON” Red Button*, FABIAN ALSO — Shorts 25c -60 c -0 Frl. ft Sat. — Watt Disney’s “Legend of LOBO”—Color ft “Night Creatures” — Color -0t Sun. & Mon.—“THE INTERNS”

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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 U a.m. (Saturday*" 9:30). WEDNESDAY Dutiful Daughters class, Bethany E. U. 8., Mrs. Ivan Stucky, 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY St. Joseph’s study club, Mrs. Dale Myers, 8:15 p.m. Union Chapel Charity circle, Mrs. Homer Miller, evening. WMA Missionary society, Nuttman Ave. UB church, parsonage, 7:30 p.m. Adams county home demonstration council. Farm Bureau Co-op building, Monroe, 1 p.m. Psi lote Trading post: 1 to 4, Dee Macke, Alvera Eady; 6 to 9, Jan Erekson, Jo Klenk. Hope circle (WSWS) Union Chapel EUB church, Mrs. Wayne Troutner, 7:30 p.m. Beta Sigma Phi council, Mrs. Irene Gattshall, 8 p.m. St. Cecelia study club, Mrs. Gerald Martin, 8 p. m. Order of Rainbow Girls, Masonic hall, 6:45 p. m. Everready Sunday school class, Methodist church, 7:30 p. m. Union Chapel Ladies Aid, church all day. Zion Lutheran Needle Club, church, 10 a. m. FRIDAY ■2 Psi lote Trading post: 1 to 4, Betty Zerkel, Janine Ausburger; 6 to 9, Jane Heller, Alice Roth. SATURDAY Psi lote Trading post: 1 to 4, Doris Schlotterback, Annabelle Heller. MONDAY Civic section. Woman’s cub, Mrs. Adolph Kolter. 7:30 p.m. TUESDAY St. Catherne study club, Mrs. James Kortenber, 8 p.m. Die Hope circle (WSWS) of the Union Chapel EUB church will meet Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock in the home of Mrs. Wayne Troutner. Miss Janet Brown will be the program leader. The Civic section of the Woman's club will meet Monday at 7:3ft p.m. in the home of Mrs. Adolph Kolter. The St. Joseph’s study club will meet at the home of Mrs. Dale Myers, route 3, Thursday at 8:15 p.m. The Union Chapel Charity circle will meet Thursday evening with Mrs. Homer Miller. The WMA Missionary Society of file Nuttman Ave. United Brethren In Christ church will meet Thursday evening at the parsonage at 7:30 p.m. Die Adams county home demonstration council will meet at 1 p.m., Thursday, in the Farm Bureau co-op building in Monroe. Mrs. James Kortenber will be hostess to the St. Catherine-study club Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock. Die Evangeline circle of the Zion United Church of Christ will not meet January 9, but will meet January 16. The Beta Sigma Phi council will have a meeting Thursday, at 8 p.m., in the home of Mrs. Irene Gattshall. First 'Customer' At Drive-in Arrested HOBART, Ind. (UPD — Dennis Furst, 18, Hobart, became the first drive-in “customer” of’ Abbott’s Restaurant here Tuesday and was arrested as a result. Trade in a good town — Decatur.

Locals Mrs. M. A. Frysinger, of 520 N. 3rd street, returned Sunday from Lima.O., where she was visiting with her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Heiser. Mrs. Ellen Merica and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn C. Merica, Shraon, Garry and Jay, of Monroeville, spent the past weekend at Mattoon, 111. While there, they attended the wedding of Carol Sue Merica, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Merica, and Joseph Spencer.- The ceremony took place in the First Methodist church of Mattoon and the reception was held in the Mattoon Country club. Sharon Merica served for- her cousin’s wedding. ; JF •Mrs. Ray Collins has returned from Bend, Ore., where she spent Christmas week with her children and grandchildren, the Don Kirsch family. Mr. and Mrs. Max Reynolds, of Detroit, Mich., were holiday guests of the former’s brother, Pete Reynolds and family. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Baumann and daughter, Debra, and Mr £ and Mrs. Floy Jackson and son® Jerry, have returned from, a vacation trip to southern Arkansas, where they visited with Mrs. Jim Fulson and Mr, and Mrs. Ervin Brooks and Carolyn, as well as other friends an drelatives. ~ Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Aeschliman and children have returned to their home after having spent a ten-day vacation visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Niblick, Fifth St., Mrs. Ina Felber and daughters, Berne, and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Miller and Paul, Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. David Kaye, of Decatur, attended a surprise 45th wedding anniversary celebration for Mr. and Mrs. Morris Kaye in Fort Wayne Tuesday. The celebration was planned by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Moyer, of Lima, 0., and Mrs. Frances Shine, of Fort Wayne. Births „ u Tuesday, a baby boy, weighing 8 pounds and 514 ounces, was born to Levi and Barbara D. Wickey Schwartz, route 1, Berne. The baby was born at-3:31 a.m. Reyes and Carolyn Sudduth Roman, ,739 North Eleventh St., are the parents of a baby boy, born at 11:20 p.m. Tuesday and weighing 6 pounds and 10 ounces. Hospital Admitted Mrs. Dora Gable, Monroeville; Mrs. Norman Scheumann, Preble; Mrs. Lena Lehman, Berne: Glen Grogg. Geneva; Master Thomas Korte, Decatur; Mrs. Rosetta Jackson, Decatur; Mrs. Edward F. Berling, Decatur; Master Joseph Hammond, Decatur; Master Jeffery Hammond, Decatur; Mrs. Wallace Mock, Richville;, Mrs. Thomas Kitson. Decatur; baby Eugene Diatcher, Decatur. Dismissed Benjamin Hower, Jr., Decatur; Mrs. Robert Braun and baby boy, Decatur: Mrs. Raymond Lehman and baby girl, Decatur: James Strickler, Decatur, transferred to Parkview hospital; Mrs. Lillie Thomas, Geneva; Miss Kathleen Ball, Woodburn; Mrs. Godfrey Nelson, Decatur; Mrs. James Butcher and baby girl, Decatur; Mrs. Lee Bennett and baby giri, Decatur. Witnesses Plan Huntington Parley Convention planning for the January 11-13 meeting of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Huntington is going ahead oh schedule, reported C. D. Steele, presiding minister of the local congregation here. The national guard armory on Diamond Street in Huntington has been contracted and some 800 visitors are expected. Appearing on the three-day program from Decatur or assisting in one of the service departments at the convention will be Paul E. Gerber, Ralph Steele, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Steele, Fermin, Richard, Becky, and Tom Dellinger. Volunteer service is used to staff the various, departments needed for operation of the three-day meeting. Eighteen nearby cities will assist in stage and decorations, rooming, baptsmal arrangements, first aid, and cafeteria set-, vices. , If you have something to sell or trade — use the Democrat Want ad* — they get BIG result*.

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Annual Polio Sweepslakes Opens Tonight The annual Polio Sweepstakes, sponsored by the First State -Bank of Decatur, opens this evening at tire Villa Lanes and Eddie’s Recreation in Decatur, and Emick's Bowl in Berne. -■ ■■ Opening this evening, the sweepstakes runs the entire month of January, with Thursday, January 31. being the final evening. Handled by the Decatur Bowling Association, the sweepstakes are open to anyone bowling in league play, either men’s or women’s league, at a cost of $1 per series, and 50 cents per series ii| women’s leagues. Money to Charity Bill Tutewiler, president of the Decatur Bowling Association, and Isabel Bowman, president of the women’s association, explained this morning that two-thirds of the money raised during the sweepstakes goes to charity, with thal First- State Bank donating the re* maining funds. The competition is run under ABC rules, with each bowler entcred receiving a handicap of 70 per cent of the difference between his or her average and 200. Handle Entries Gary Schultz and Rollie Ladd are in charge of the competition in the ihen's division, and Lucie Call is handling the women’s division. The women’s leagues did not compete last year. Each bowler may receive an entry blank from the league secretary the evening that his or her league bowls, before bowling begins. Persons may enter the sweepstakes as often as their league bowls. Tutewiler and Mrs. Bowman expressed the fact that One does not have to be an exceptional bowler to be a winner in the competition. Dann Johnson of Decatur won last year’s competition, and his average was 123. New Year Effort To End Paper Strike NEW YORK (UPD — Federal, mediators meet today with puft lishers and striking printers in a “new. year” effort to end the longest newspaper strike in the history of New York City. * A William E. Simkin, director off the federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, was scheduled to fly here from Washington to take personal charg?" of the m e e The walkout, which has sftm down the city’s nine major newspapers, began Dec. 8 and since then bargaining talks have been sporadic and there, has been no noticeable progress toward a sett tlement. Working with Simkin at today’s meeting will be mediator Stephen L. Schlossberg who recessed the talks for the New Year holiday last Friday. When the talks were recessed last Friday, both the New York City Publishers Association and Local 6 of the International Typographical Union (ITU) stuck to their refusal to budge from previous positions. The newspapers, with a total daily circulation of 5.7 million, offered the printers a weekly package of $9.20 spread over a two-year period. But the union has demanded a package of S3B for the same period. Dent Baltzell Heads Conservation Club Dent Baltzell, route 6; Decatur, was recently elected president of the St. Mark’s and Blue Creek Conservation club. Other officers elected were: Louis Steffen, vice president; Lyle Bailey, secretary; Chester Bryan, treasurer; county representative, Art Braun. All officers will serve one year. Reports Hub Caps Stolen From Auto Lofton Rich, 1015 W. Monroe St., reported the theft of four hub caps .from his sports car to the city police Tuesday afternoon. The hub caps, valued at S4O, were taken from the 1962 model auto while it was parked in the Standard parking lot between the hours of 10:30 p.m. Monday and 2:30 a.m. Tuesday. Girl Scouts Troop 222 Girl Scout troop 222 met Friday at the home of Dr, and Mrs. Arthur Girod for their Christmas party. The Pine Cones patrol served a delicious meal to the guest of honor, Mrs.. Girod, and the other patrol. After the - meal, games were played and skits were put on. Refreshments; , were served. The patrols then discussed their January camp-out at McMillen park. Scribe, Karen Barkley. If you have something to sell dr trade — use the Democrat Want ads — they get BIG results.

Vacation Business Sideline On Farms Because of increased interest and encouragement on the part of the U. S. department of agriculture to supplement farm income through the development of a farm Vacation business as a sideline, 1 rßjm Vacations & Holidays, Inc., 36 E'ist 57 Street, New York 22, N. Y.'is prepared to help Answer questions’ of farmers who are considering such a project. Through 14 years of experience with hundreds of farm hosts, Farm Vacations has learned what the vacationer is looking for, how far he will travel, what he will pay, and what the income and other benefits are for country hosts. The company’s free brochure, “Questions and Answers on Farm Vacations,” states that the vacationer market consists of city families, children of working parents, senior citizens, and a small but growing group of travelers from abroad who like the idea of getting to know a real American family. Mostly they are seeking such recreation activities as bringing the cows in from pasture, swimming and fishing in nearby lakes and streams, playing with the farm animals, touring the countryside, hiking or just sitting. Farm families with two or three spare rooms, the brochure states, have developed a guest business that is netting them $1,500 and more each year. Others with more rooms are earning upwards of SIO,OOO In supplemental income. Any farmer interested in learning how to get started wth such a project may write Farm Vacations for further information. A supplement edition of the annual “Directory of Vacation Farms” is open for new farm listings until the middle of February. Await Hearing On Kidnaping Charges GOSHEN, Ind. (UPD —Kenneth Mishler. 20, and Douglas Hanna, 22, Goshen were awaiting a hearing in Chicago today on federal charges of kidnapping two law enforcement officers from Goshen. The FBI held the two in lieu of $25,000 bends each. The charges were filed in Federal Court in South Bend. E’khart County Deputy Sheriff Orville Vanderßeyden said he and Nappanee Policeman Richard D. fWdriaugh were questioning the Itwo Sunday when Mishler pulled out a Derringer pistol and forced them into a sheriff’s car. He said the youths forced them to drive to a farm near Mottsville, Mich., where they were handcuffed to a windwill in near zero temperatures. ,y-~ Mishler and Hanna were picked up-a short time later in another car at a Chicago roadblock. The FBI said it also charged the two with driving across state lines with a stolen car. Meanwhile, Elkhart County 'Sheriff Woody L. Caton said the two would be charged with second - degree burglary and armed robbery in connection wth a number of break-ins in the Goshen area. Normal Weather Is Prevalent In State By United Press International Normal cold weather prevailed in Indiana today and kept the last of the 1962 snows from melting. Snow which fell during the final weeks of December remained on the ground to keep the landscape a sort of soiled white for the opening of 1963. Six inches remained at South Bend and about an inch at Indianapolis. Forecasts called for temperatures to average near normal the remainder of this week and into the early part of next week. However, there will be ups and downs of the mercury from day to day. Highs Tuesday ranged from 24 at South Bend to 34 at Evansville, and overnight lows this morning from 19 at Fort Wayne to 24 at Evansville. Highs today will range from 28 to 40, lows tonight in the 20s, and highs Thursday front the low 30s to 43. . < The five-day outlook said temperatures will average near normal highs of 27 to 44 and normal lows of 12 to 26. It will be warmer Thursday, colder Fridey; warmer Saturday and colder Sunday or Monday. Little precipitation was expected the next five days. It will total one-tenth of an meh north and about one-fourth o' an inch elsewhere* mostly or. Thursday and Saturday or Sunaay north and about Sunday elsewhere. For the next day or so, the only precipitation expected was a “chance” of some light snow mixed with rain Thursday in the northern third of the state, and “chance” of brief light freezing rain pr snow in the west central and southwestern areas today.' If you have something to sell or trade 4—. use the Democrat Want ads — they get BIG reSults.

Million Dollar i Fire Is Raging In Two Mills .(.BEDFORD, Ind. (UPD—A mil-lion-dollar fire swept two milles of the Indiana Limestone Co. today, crippling production of limestone products in the Lawrence-Monroe County stone belt. The blaze broke out about 8:30 a.m. EST in the Hoosier plant, one of two fabricating mills owned bV the area’s biggest stone company. Within- less than two hours the Hoosier mill was destroyed and fire was out of control in the Joyner mill nearby. About 40 firemen from Bedford, Oolitic and Needmore fought the flames. ■ Dale E. Johnson, general maintenance superintendent of mills and quarries for the firm, made the loss estimate. He said the damage would exceed $1 million. The flames broke out in the south end of the Hoosier mill near a point where oil and excelsior were stored. Cause of the blaze was undetermined but workers believed a heating salamander exploded. About 150 to 200 men were on duty in the mills when the fire broke out. Nobody was hurt. Olen Stotts, 55, a mechanic at the Hoosier mills, suffered a heart attack while fighting the blaze and was rushed to Dunn Memorial Hospital here. The fire alarm was turned in by Oolitic Town Marshal Dewey Hatfield as he drove by the mills on Indiana 54 on a regular patrol. He said he saw flames on the roof. Workmen fled to safety, leaving stone saws running. The saws continued to operate until fire burned through electrical lines and cut off the power supply. The mills, one 720 feet long and the other 400 feet long, were located two miles north of Bedford near the junction of Indiana 37 and Indiana 54, about three blocks north of the Oolitic High School building where about 300 pupils had just resumed classes after the holiday vacation. The mills were considered by area residents as the center of the Indiana limestone industry which is concentrated around the Bloom. ington-Bedford area. Johnson said the loss included $500,000 in equipment in the Hoosier mill alone, including seven gang saws and a dozen diamond saws. , Mill employes hooked portable water pumps to nearby Salt Creek and stretched hose lines across Indiana 54 but failed to produce enough water pressure to help control the , blaze. A large quantity of expensive limestone was damaged. The Jndustry uses the winter months for processing stone removed from quarries only in the warmer seasons. At one point during the fire, the wind shifted and senttgreat clouds of smoke into the town ofOolitic nearby. For a time it appeared officials would order the evacuation of the school, but the crisis passed. ,

Evansville Man To Face Murder Charge EVANSVILLE, Ind. (UPD — Calie Johnson, 32, Evansville, today faced charges of murder stemming from a stabbing of another Evansville man on Dec. 23. Police say Lemuel Gill, 52, was stabbed during an argument at his home. He died Monday night of the wounds. Johnson told police he stabbed Gill when Gill attacked him with a hammer. Leather Chairs Leather chairs can be cleaned by rubbing them with a soft cloth dipped in ordinary milk — or better still, in beaten egg white. When they’re dry, go over them again with a clean, soft cloth. once-a-vear SALE! HARRIET HUBBARD AYER world-famous LUXURIA CLEANSER-BEAUTIFIER BIG 9 OZ. JAR $9 AA Rag. $4.00 This incomparable cream, which smooths, softens and enriches the skin as it cleanses, for over 50 years has been acclaimed the “Queen of Creams.” Buy now and save...stock up for months ahead! CIANT JAR, REC. 4.00, NOW 2.00 • SMITH DRUG CO.

U.N. Troops Resume Drive

ELISABETHVILLE, Katanga, The Congo (Upi) — United Nations troops, resumed. •ftieir drive today toward President Moise Tshombe’s southern Katanga strongholds of Jadotville and Kolwezi. £1 — Tshombe himself was believed to be rallying his forces in or around Kolwezi. Diplomatic sources reported he had sent a message through officials* of the big Union Miriiere combine asking for a cease-fire so he could return to Elisabethville and negotiate with the United Nations. This could not be confirmed immediately. Offers Safe Conduct U.N. civilian chief Robert K. Gardiner has offered Tshombe a safe conduct back to Elisabethville to negotiate Katanga’s, integration into the rest of the Congo but Said he would not agree to any cease-fire. Twice before the U.N. Command agreed to a cease-fire with Katangese forces, only to have negotiations on reintegrating Katanga with the rest of the Congo collapse. SEN. KERR ‘ (Continued from Page One) ■■■ -a-ww--.w5- ■ , _, r ' ■ nomination and election to the Senate in 1948. He was considered the richest man in the Senate, with estimated wealth of $35 million to ssl million derived from oil, cattle and uranium. Kerr was born on Sept. 11, 1896, in the East Central Indian Territory that later became the state of Oklahoma. He became rich after oil was discovered in the vicinity of his birthplace. Kerr’s first wife, the former Reba Shelton of Ada, died in 1924. In 1925 he married Grayce Breene of Tulsa. Mrs. Kerr was in Washington at the time of his death but their three sons and one daughter recently returned to Oklahoma. Played Influential Role From the time he entered the Senate until his death Kerr played a big role in congressional affairs. But the peak of his influence was reached in the last session. One senator summed up the Oklahoman’s influence in the last session by calling it “the Kerr Congress.” Kerr-led the. fight for Kennedy’s foreign trade program, tax revision, weltfe reform, pub-

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the «,U,N mapd were halwfl in their drive toward JhdoWflto ’Tuesday when Katanga demolition experts 1 blew up a bridge that had been rebuilt only recently over the Lufira River. Indian* U*e Bulldozer* The Indians called up bulldozers to fill in the giant crater blocking their way 30 miles from the mining town. U.N. spokesmen said air strikes had completely destroyed the main Katanga air base at Kolwezi. In Leopoldville, Premier Cyrille Adoula announced that Congo President Joseph Kasavubu had ■ decreed the closing of central government’s parliament for 90 days. The move had been expected since mid-November when parliament had come close to Overthrowing Adoula. . — Adoula also announced that the president would grant a pardon to any Katanga politician who came back to support the central government . _ ... lie works and the communications satellite bill. While he scored impressive legislative victories tor the President, Kerr was nr administration pawn. He also pteyed a major role in Kennedy’s biggesi senatorial defeat* in the 87th Congress, the 52-48 vote against the President’s medical care plan. Kerr is a co-author of the KerrMills bill setting up a medical care plan handled by the states. He said he did not like the President’s proposal to finance the program through Social Security. TWO ARRAIGNED (Continued from Page One) is estimated at over $1,500. Statements Signed Two of the three have signed statements admitting the burglaries at the five stores. Two military policemen discussed the matter with county prosecutor Severin H. Schurger this morning. Butler is stationed at Fo r t Knox, Ky., serving with the U. S. Army, and was home on a weekend furlough at the time of the .thefts. Trade in a good town — Decatur.