Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 12 January 1963 — Page 1

VOL LXI NO. 10.

Mother’s March To Be Held Jan. 29

Mrs. Fred Corah Mrs. Fred Corah, chairman of the Deactur Mother’s March in this year's March cl Dimes campaign, today announced the captains who will recruit 100 women for the annual funds collection Tuesday evening. Jan. 29. Mrs. Corah represents the Beta Sigma Phi sorority which annually sponsors the drive. The following have been named _ as captains; Mrs. Dale Death, Mrs. Peter Sotile, Mrs. Alfred Beavers, Mrs. James Inskeep, Mrs. James Brazil!, Mrs. Raymon Seitz, Mrs. Ron aid Ford, Mrs. George Bair, Miss Patricia Kintz, Mrs. Robert Blaney, Mrs. Francis Faurote, Miss Marilyn Murphy. Mrs. Edward Hackman, Mrs. Jerome Keller, Mrs. Richard Hess, Mrs. Thomas Meyer, Mrs. Fred Conrad, Jerome Keller, Mrs. William Mann. Mrs. Robert Smith. Mrs. Richard Huffman of Geneva, county drive chairman, today announced the names of the women who will act as leaders for the Mothers’ March in other Adams county towns. They are: Monmouth, Mrs. Harold Owens; Monroe, Mrs Lynn Poorman; Geneva, Mrs. Hugh Stauffer; Preble, Mrs. Don Werlingy Linn Grove. Mrs. David MHboHand. Chairmen for Berne aria Pleasant Mills are exWarrants Served On Two Youths Warrants were served on Stephen Lee Brandenburg, 21, Decatur, and Larry D. Christianson, 22, Bluffton, late Friday afternoon, on affidavits signed by Harmon Kraft, owner of the K & K Market in Monroe. Kraft signed the affidavits against Brandenburg and Christianson Friday afternoon, charging them with committing burglary when they allegedly broke into his market in Monroe Sunday, Dec. 30. A short time later, Brandenburg and Christianson were again released from jail on bond, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mitchell, grandparents of Brandenburg, filed $2,000 property bonds for each of the two. At the time they were served with the warrants, Brandenburg and Chrisianson were each free on a $4,000 property bond posted by Brandenburg’s parents Jar each of the boys, who ate. charged with second degree wrgiairy and grand larceny for a theft of more than SBOO in guns at the Fager Appliances and Sporting Goods store on the same date as the alleged robbery at Kraft’s market.

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pected to be named shortly. The slogan for this year’s drive, according to Mrs. Roy Kalver, president of the Adams county chapter of the National Foundation, is “Give for the Life of a Child.’’ The national goal is $45,000,000 to be used in the treatment of children suffering from the three crippling diseases — polio, birth defects and rheumatoid arthritis —- and to continue research into the causes and cure of the latter two. The National Foundation is the only health agency that gives direct patient aid, and half of the money collected stays in the county for that purpose. Mrs. Kalver pointed out that since 1949 more than $25,000 has been spent in Adams county and 53 persons have been helped. The foundation hopes to establish 50 treatment centers throughout the nation, one of which is now at the Indiana University medical center under the direction of Dr. Robert Heinberger. These are now 24 of these special treatment centers for birth defects and 11 for arthritis. It is estimated that 250,000 babies are born each year with birth defects; still births from birth defects, or deaths in the first month of life number 35,000 annually. Persons suffering from rheumatoid arthritis number 51,000,000, of whom 30,000 are children. An important part of the National Foundation’s program is to induce the 85,000,000 Americans not completely vaccinated against polio to take advantage of the Salk and Sabin vaccines, especially children under five years of age, more then 6,000,000 of whom are not completely vaccinated. The goals of the National Foundation as enunciated by Mrs. Kalver are: “For the life of a child who, though deffective at birth, can be successfully treated at a March of Dimes support center; for the life of a child, saved from the progressive" deformity - of arthritis by care at a March of Dimes financed center; for the life of a child yet unborn who can be free of the shadow of disability because we care enough to help look for the answer.” Both Brandenburg and Christianson have signed statements admitting they broke into the Fager store, and four Monroe stores the morning of Dec. 30, including the K & K Market. ~ 1 Plea Thursday Richard J. Sullivan, representing Brandenburg and Christianson. requested another continuance before entering a plea Friday morning in the Adams circuit court, and was given until Thursday, Jan. 17, at 9 a. m. At that time they will enter pleas to the charges of grand larceny and second degree burglary. The two young men now have charges of grand larceny and second degree burglary against them, and the new charge of burglary. Requests Merchants Report Certificates Ron Gerber, chairman of the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce’s gift certificate awards program, has requested any Decatur merchants who participated and have received one or more of the certificates to contact him. Gerber would like to be contacted at his office, 3-2161, or at his 1602 W. Madison St. home, 3-4186, not later than January 19 by any local merchants who have received any of the certificates.

Clarence L. Weber Is Taken By Death B Hl ■ih. ■ hi 1 Clarence L. Weber Clarence L. Weber, 64, of Decatur route 3, prominent retired Decatur funeral director, died at 11:30 o’clock Friday morning at the Veterans hosiptal in Fort Wayhe, where he had been a patient since Monday. He had been ill with complications for several weeks, and in critical condition for five days. Mr. Weber, a lifelong resident of Decatur, became associated with S. E. Black in the Black funeral home in 1927 and purchased the business in 1942. He operated the funeral home, located on West Adams street, until last summer, when it was purchased by Elmer Winteregg, Jr., and Richard Linn. Mr. Weber retired in September, when sale of the business became effective. He was born in Adams county July 21, 1898, a son of Louis and Mary Hale-Weber, and was married to Inez R. Black Nov. 28, 1919. Mrs. Weber preceded him in death in 1957. Mr. Weber, a veteran of World War I, was a member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Red Men lodge. Surviving are two daughters, the Misses Mary Geneva and Betty Jean Weber, both at home; two brothers, John Weber of Delphos, 0., and Fred. Weber of Redlands, Calif., and * four sisters, Mrs. Clara Houser, Mrs. Maurice Murchland and Mrs. Bessie Kimble, all of Fort Wayne, and Sr. Rose Monica of Austin, Tex. One daughter and one sister are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 a.m. Monday at the Win-teregg-Linn funeral home, the Rev. Benj. G, Thomas officiating Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery, with military rites by the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today until time of the services. Rotarians To Meet With C. C. Monday The Decatur Rotary dub members are urged to attend the joint meeting with the Decatur Chamber of Commerce Monday night at 6:30 o'clock at the Decatur Community Center, since there will be no regular meeting Thursday night, David A. Moore, president of Rotary, announced today. -■- : > Check-out time will be Monday at 10 a.m., he added. Rotary, Lions and other clubs meet annually with the Chamber of Commerce for a joint meeting and program.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, January 12, 1963.

Four Children Killed As Flames Sweep Hammond Home, Four Hospitalized

County Tournament To Close Tonight

A new Adams county high school basketball champion will be crowned tonight at the Adams Central gym. Semi-finals were scheduled this afternoon at the Monroe gym, with the highly favored Monmouth Eagles meeting the Adams Central Greyhounds in the opener at 1 o’clock. The second game was to send the Pleasant Mills Spartans against the Hartford Gorillas. These teams drew the first round byes, and wil be seeing their first tourney action today. Losers of this afternoon’s games will meet in a consolation game at 7 o’clock this evening, followed by the championship game. Tickets At Gym ..Single session tickets will be on sale at the Adams Central box offices both this afternoon and tontght,‘asoniyabout 800 season tickets were sold, according to the Rev. Charles Ueber, athletic director of the Decatur Catholic high school and tourney manager. A new champion is assured, regardless of the outcome of today’s games, as the Berne Bears, winners for the last three years, withdrew from this year’s tour-

Blasts Hopes For Solving Congo Crisis

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UPI) —The sudden departure of Katanga President Moise Tshombe from Elizabethville blasted hopes here today for a quick settlement of the Congo crisis. Top diplomatic sources said Tshombe had fled to neighboring Northern Rhodesia, creating a new crisis at a lime when U.N. officials had begun to sense a break in the Katanga situation. (Dispatches from Elisabethville said Tshombe went to Northern Rhodesia Friday night after conferring with the British and Belgian consuls in the - provincial capital. The conference followed the arrival of 60 central Congolese army officers in Elisabethville). A U.N. spokesman announced Friday night that the Katangese leader had slipped out of his capital Friday, but added “we do not know Tshombe’s destination.” But the high diplomatic sources Said "we understand Tshombe left Elisabethville at high speed by car for Rhodesia” byway of the border town of Kipushi, 15 miles away. Sir Roy Welensky, who is proTshombe, is prime minister of the Central Rhodesian Federation. He conferred with the Katangese leader two weeks ago in the federation capital of Salisbury. Dampens Optimism The report that Tshombe once more had fled damped the cautious optimism which several diplomatic sources had indicated earlier on the basis of reports from Undersecretary Ralph J. Bunche about his trip to the Congo. Bunche, who returned from Leopoldville Thursday night, was understood to have reported Friday that the Congo situation was much improved. Diplomatic sources said top U.N. officials had believed Tshombe was ready to cooperate with the United Nations in ending his secession and reuniting with the rest of the Congo under a federal system. Tshombe’s reported flight toward Rhodesia changed the picture. “A new and perhaps irreparable crisis has erupted at the time ev-

ney to compete in a holiday meet at Columbia City. Monmouth and Adams Central advanced to this afternoon’s first semi-final with victories in the opening round of play Thursday night. _ The Eagles, with an 1-1 record, sailed past the Decatur Commodores, now 6-5, in the tourney opener by a 71-48 score, and the Greyhounds, now 6-5 on the season, eliminated the Geneva Cardinals, now 3-3, by a 59-52 count in the second Thursday encounter. Adams Tronhies Immediately following tonight’s championship game, trophies will be awarded. The champions will receive the trophy donated by the Decatur Daily Democrat, and will also take possession of the Limberlost Bell, traveling trophy runner-up trophy new this year, for the Adams county teams. The will be donated by the Berne Witness. The school judged as showWthe best sportsmanship from fans, players and coaches, will be awarded the trophy donated by Robert Monnier, former Decatur man, in honor of Everett Rice, prominent Adams county farmer.

erything seemed to be going just right,” reliable high sources said. There was some speculation that Tshombe might have slipped out of Elisabethville to lead a U. N. force advancing cautiously over mine-studded roads to the Katangese stronghold of Kolwezi. But the high sources tended to discount this theory. No Place For Him They said Tshombe more likely fled to Rhodesia in the belief the United Nations was not “playing the game.” “Tshombe seems to have thought that there would be no place for him in a reunified Congo,” they said. “He seems to have received no assurances he would remain a key political figure.” Tshombe had returned to Elisabethville from Kolwezi earlier this week, indicating he was ready to talk about implementing U.N. Secretary General Thant’s plan for reuniting the Congo. Under the plan, Tshombe would retain some provincial authority, but the revenues of this rich mining province would be shared with the Central government in Leopoldville, and his armed forces would be integrated into the national army. INDIANA WEATHER Hazardous driving conditions Continued cloudy with scattered snow flurries late this afternoon and continuing through Sunday morning. Colder tonight and Sunday. Low tonight near 8 north, 18 south. High Sunday near 15 north, 23 south. Outlook for Monday: Clear and cold. DECATUR TEMPERATURES Local weather data for the 24 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. 12 noon 32 12 midnight .. 30 1 p.m 32 1 a.m 30 2 p.m 32 2 a.m —3O 3 p.m. 32 3 a.m 30 4 p.m 32 4a m 30 5 p.m 32 5 a.m. 30 6 p.m 3i‘ 4 a.m — 32 7 p.m : 30 toT a.m. ............. 34 ■ 8 p.m - 30 ~,r B a.m 34 9 p.m 30 ••9 a.m .....A 34 10 p.m 30 11 p.m 30 Precipitation Total for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today, .01 inches. The St. Mary’s river was at 1.18 feet.

HAMMOND, Ind. (UPD — Fire swept a modest home in which a mother and her 11 children were sleeping early today. Four children were killed and the mother and three other children were hospitalized. The dead brothers and sisters were Emma Jean Griffin, 7; Alberta, 3; Gloria, 4, and Clark, 2, children of Mrs. Alberta Griffin, 28. Mrs. Griffin was taken to St. Margaret's Hospital along with her children, Anna Johnson, 11; David Johnson, 10, and Carolyn Griffin, 3 months. All were listed in good condition. Robert Ross, 21, who lived with them, was treated for a badly cut hand and arm suffered when he broke a window trying to escape. Firemen said a neighbor turned in the alarm at 3 a.m. CST. Only - the walls of the house were left standing. Firemen said they could not determine the cause immediately, and inspectors went to the scene to probe the rubble. Two of the victims were in a bed in the living room and the other two were in a bed in an adjoining bedroom of the one-story-frame-house. — Authorities said that Ross was credited with saving the lives of several of the children. Mrs. Florence Dull Dies Friday Night Mrs. Florence Rosella Dull, 87, a resident of Willshire, 0., for the past 63 years, died at 11:30 o’clock Friday night at the Van Wert county hospital, where she had been a patient for 12 years. Death was attributed to complications. She was born in Whitley county April 7, 1875, a daughter of Andrew Jackson and Sarah BairAnspaugh and was married to Wilbert Dull, March 24, 1892. Her husband preceded her in death Utl93L Mrs. Dull was a member of the Methodist church at Willshire, the Pythian Sisters, and was a charter member of the American Legion auxiliary at Willshire. Surviving are one son, Russell C. Dull of Van Wert; onto daughter, Miss Vera Dull of Willshire; seven grandchildren; 18 greatgrandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. One daughter, two sons, one brother and one sister are deceased. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Cowan & Son funeral home in Van Wert, with burial in the Willshire cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today until time of the services. Charges Meredith Created Trouble OXFORD, Miss. (UPD—Chancellor of the University of Mississippi charged Friday that James H. Meredith created trouble on the campus by holding a news conference last Monday. The meeting with newsmen was followed by demonstrations against the Negro student. “We were getting along quietly before the press conference,” Dr. J. D. Williams said. “The press conference sparked the whole thing.” The chancellor said students “resented" Meredith’s statements to newsmen. The 29-year-old Air Force veteran called reporters to his dormitory and told them he would leave “Ole Miss" soon unless “definite and positive changes” were made at the school to make his attendance easier. Williams said Meredith implied that “students and others were not doing what they should to make his life what he thought it should be.” Thursday night’s demonstration against Meredith was the rowdiest of a new series of protests against Meredith’s attendance at the university. About 400 students, some of them shouting “Go home, nigger,” participated.

Reapportioning Plans Conflict

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—A weekend at home for Indiana’s lawmakers was expected to solidify the lineup behind two conflicting reapportionment plans which were among 26 bills introduced during the first two days of the 93rd Legislature. The plan backed by the Democratic party was embodied in a bill introduced in the Senate Friday afternoon with Republican Sen. John C. Ruckelshaus, Indian- > apolis, as co-author with Sen. Paul Hatfield, D-Evansville. Ruckelshaus is one of possibly three or four Republicans who are not in favor of the Republicanbacked plan because they feel it would reduce their home counties’ representation. The Republican plan cannot be introduced until a pending constitutional amendment to remove limitations on the number of terms a county sheriff may serve is killed. The first step to do this was taken on day Thursday. The pending resolution keeps any new constitutional amendment proposals from being introduced and both Democrats and Republicans are prepared to sacrifice a few county sheriffs to the cause of opening the door to a flock of . such amendments. GOP vs. Democrat Plans Most Republican senators and an undetermined number of rural Democrats back a GOP sponsored plan to amend the Constitution so the House will be based on popu lation and the Senate on geog- ! raphy. The Democratic plan establishes an enumeration commission which would certify that the 1960 federal i census is the basis for immediate reapportionment strictly on a population basis. : The bill was assigned to the leg- • islative apportionment committee, • headed by President Pro Tern • Russell Bontrager, R - Elkhart, who is the floor manager for the I GOP plan. CC Banquet Here On Monday Evening The “Therapy of Laughter” will be presented by the Rev. Joseph G. Wick, pastor of the First Christian church of Lafayette, at the annual Chamber of Commerce, Lions and Rotary club banquet Monday evening. A “ladies night” affair, the banquet is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p. m. Monday, with the public having been invited to attend, A native of Washington, Ind., and a graduate of Texas Christian University where he played varsity basketball, Rev. Wick’s talk will be the main address of the banquet. Lawrence Anspaugh will serve as toastmaster for the affair, and Tom Allwein will make the introduction of the speaker. The Rt. Rev. Simeon Schmitt will give the . invocation. Dinner music will be provided by Chet Longenberger at the , Wurlltzer organ, courtesy of the Decatur Music House. The Zuercher accordlan band, Walter Zuercher, director, will also provide music for the banquet. Studied in Glasgow Rev. Wick is also a graduate of the Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, where he received a bachelor of divinity de- , gree. He also did graduate study in Glasgow University, Glasgow, Scotland. In 1954, he became the first and , only minister to ever receive the Evansville Jaycees’ young man of the year award, while pastor at the East Side Christian church in , Evansville. Rev. Wick served as campus minister at Purdue University from 1949 to 1951, and has served as pastor of the First Christian church in Lafayette since 1958.

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. Hatfield attempted to get the Democratic immediate reapportionment assigned to the Public Policy Committee in the hope of better treatment than he can expect from Bontrager, but Lt Gov. Richard Ristine, presiding officer of the Senate, refused. Hall, who personally is opposed to the GOP plan because it reduces representation for Grant County, said be expects to report ■ out of his committee Monday the sheriff’s amendment, preparatory to its defeat. Hospital Reports Operating Profit The Adams county memorial hospital showed an operating cash profit of 83,652.15 for the past year it was announced this morning ] by Thurtnan Y: firew, hospital ad- ■ ministrator. I Total cash deposits for the year totaled 8387,219.05, while operating : expenses amounted to 8383,566.90. Added to the cash operating baL ■ ance of 810,286.43 Jan. 1,1962, the operating balance as of Jan. 1 of this year amounts to sl3,1 938.58. In 1961, the hospital showed a 1 deficit of $3,145.14, after starting 1961 with a balance of 813,341.57. In all, a total of 2,233 patients were admitted during the year. 1 This was higher than in 1961 when 2,221 were admitted, and the high- : est number of patients admitted in any year, with the exception of 1959, when a total of 2,275 were admitted. ’ Out-patients totaled 3,591, as compared to 2,996 in 1961. Patient Days There were a total of 12,094 surgical and medical patient days recorded, and 2.621 maternity patients, for a total of 14,715. In 1961. there were 11,815 medical and surgical patient days and 2,801 maternity patients, for a total of 14,616, 99 fess than this past year. There were a total of 645 births at the local hospital during the year, 19 less than in 1961. Os the 1962 births, 328 were boys and 317 girls, as compared to 343 boys and ' less than in 1961. As in 1961, four sets of twins ■ were bom at the Adams county hosiptal. In 1960, ten sets of twins were born. 1 Premature babies totaled 25, as compared to 27 in 1961, and there, were 11 stillborn babies, two more > than in the previous year. Caesar1 ian section births totaled 23, seven ’ les sthan in 1961. Adult deaths totaled 88, as compared to 74 in 1961. A total of 18 babies died, including 1 stillborn. In 1961 19 babies died. 266 Major Surgeries ’ Major surgeries arywnted to 266, including the 23 caesarian sections, which was higher than the 243 major operations in 1961. 1 Minor surgeries totaled 298, 14 less than the 312 in 1961. There were 680 out-patient surgeries during the year, more than the 647 in “The interest of the Adams county community in its hospital , is reflected by the many acts of ' kindness to the patients, Drew s&id* “The management of the tai is deeply appreciative of the many groups who came to sing carols, the beautiful tray favors and the gifts of candy and friut, the administrator explained. The Adams county , memorial hospital is staffed by 70 full-time employes and 32 who work on a part-time basis. NOON EDITION