Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 2 February 1963 — Page 4

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■ DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT CO. INC. Katarod at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Class Matter Dick D. Heller. Jr. President John G. Heller Vice President Chas. Hotthouse Secretary-Treasurer Subacriptioci Rates By Mail, in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, $10.00; Six months, $5.50; 3 months, $3.00. By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, $11.25; 8 months, $6.00; 3 months, $3.25. By Carrier, 35 cents per week. Single copies, 7 cents. Comfort in the Home Did you ever spend the winter in a desert, with hot, drying winds burning your nose, lungs, eyes and akin all day? Chances are that you have not, literally, done so — except by watching TV westerns. Only a few of the more fortunate retired citizens, or more wealthy ones, can get away and visit the Southwest while the cold wave is on here. But in a figurative sense, most of us are transported to a hot, dry climate as soon as the indoor heating season starts. Warm air holds more moisture than cold air. When outside air enters your home during the winter, it is immediately heated. It then begins to absorb moisture quickly — from you, from the woodwork, plaster walls, paper, leather, etc. Furniture joints loosen, plaster cracks, panelling separates, crevices develop around doors and windows, static electricity builds up, and your skin and hair feel dry and brittle, your nose and throat are less able to fight off infections. Sounds like an advertisement. Perhaps it is; you need not be so miserable. You can increase the “moisture in your home to the 20-60% range of human comfort. Some people set pans of water around the air ducts or on radiators. Some have humidifiers on their furnaces, or the new, portable types. It is best to have some sort of way of measuring the amount of moisture, so that you don’t get too much, which could damage your home, or too little, which would leave your somewhat uncomfortable. And it should be a kind that will not “lime up” or put lime dust into the house. Some humdifiers have a control like a thermostat —a humidistat — to control the amount of water. Engineers have determined that about a half gallon an hour in the average home will keep it at 35% moisture during weather of 20 degrees or higher — the humidity should be allowed to drop at lower temperatures. Remember — the Sahara Desert averages 25% relative humidity; Death Valley, 23% — and your home — probably the American average, 13% !

Paul Kohne New Board Member

Paul Kohne, Washington township farmer, was elected to the five-man board of supervisors of the Adams county soil and water conservation district at the ninth annual meeting of the group Thursday night. Kohne will succeed Hugo Bulmahnn, chairman of the group. He has completed his term on the board, which serves without pay in administering the fullest possible conservation of soil and water resources within our free enterprise system. A crowd of some 20 of the 442 co-operators in the district attended the banquet, and heard James P. Lilly, sciense editor of Prairie Farmer, speak. Krueckeberg EmCee Herman H. Krueckeberg, of the First State Bank of Decatur, was PROMPT - COURTEOUS AMBULANCE SERVICE Attendants Trained To Meet Any Emergency Complete Oxygen and First Aid Equipment L Winleregg - Linn Funeral Home 3rd at Adams DECATUR, INDIANA Phone 3-2503 Anytime — Anywhere. (SAVE 50% | ANY WEEKEND X ( IKindoy Ara Sunday; }-Day Mininun ) THisc ' t coMKrretT coNtxTionro ’ * UNO ANO TV IN EVERY ROOM ’ ' NO CHARGE FOt CHTtORtN UNDER 14 v m - - m in it _r- - • g rWHHB me WWW ” rwxxn 3 * Chalet * • C Ampin Adjutant NAlnp • J RANDOLPH at LA SALLE - ■ th» Inart W tin Lao? .J I Far Ra»anntl<4 A Information. ■ I • t Mfrlta BISMARCK HOTEt, Room X I :‘l I ilt Otter Expires March SI, ISM

I Bi? B Paul Kohne master of ceremonies for the affair. The Rev. Claude McAllister, pastor of the Monroe Methodist Church, gave the invocation before the banquet, which was held in the Adams Central cafeteria. The ladies of the Pleasant Dale Church of the Brethren served the meal. Leo N. Seltenright, county agent, then made the awards. Other Members Kohne was elected for a threeyear term, and joins Hugh David Moser, of Jefferson township, pre-

II : — ■ I ■ H > HHBIiMBmH' -aarak. SOIL JUDGING TEAM from Adams Central, winners in the Adams-Wells group at district contest in Noble county last September, were honored with medals Thursday night at the ninth annual soil and water conservation banquet. From left to right are county agent Leo N. Seltennght, who made the (presentation; Stever Kaehr, Ron Schwartz, Richard Painter, and Danny Moser, team members; Martin Watson, vocational agricultural teacher at Adams Central, and team sponsor; seated at the table 1. tol U reams board member Huso Mmalm. Mrs. Butaata. and Mrs. Wear.)

Soil Conservation Banquet Draws Large Crowd

JAMES P. LILLY, science editor of Prairie Farmer magazine, was main speaker Thursday night at the ninth annual soil and water conservation banquet at the Adams Central cafeteria, where nearly 200 people heard his rapid-fire speech on the decline of farm population and increase of farm production, and his prediction of j things to come in the next decade. Rural zoning will be a prob- | lem, and may work to the detriment of farmers who should be careful to whom they sell land and for what purpose, he cautioned. — (Photo by Mac Lean) M rj* I s , jig J® ’ DISTINGUISHED SERVICE plaques were awarded Thursday night to Ben Mazelin, left, and Ben Gerke, right, for their work in soil and water conservation in Adams county. Both are former district soil and water board members, and both are recognized as outstanding farmers in their own right. The awards were presented at the ninth annual banquet of soil and water conservation cooperators, Adams county farmers who have joined with their neighbors in preserving our soil heritage, and conserving our water supply.—(Photo by Mac Lean) —

sent vice-president of the board; Richard Scheumann, secretarytreasurer, of Preble township; Chester Is ch, of Hartford, and Kenneth Schnepf, of Root, on the board. Schnepf, one of the stateappointed members, is leaving the county this month, and wil be replaced on the board by appointment in the near future. He is one of the two appointive members on the board. Accomplishment During the past 18 months, Adams county has been one of two pilot projects in the state which received state funds to hire a parttime clerk for the office. This program, which has been very successful, is now being continued locally through support of the

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■ county government. The supervisors arranged this past year for seven boys to attend the Oliver Lake conservation camp, through seven local sponsors. During soil stewardship week, 6,000 stewardship insert sheets were- distributed to churches in the county. A land engine tractor exhibit with “Humas Pete”, the distract hired hand, was used this year at the Adams county 4-H fair, Van Wert county fair, and at the state meeting of district supervisors at Purdue, with some 50,000 people seeing the exhibit. Milt Spence is SOS work unit conservationist, and he is assisted by a very competent staff, which varies during the work year.

BARBER SHOP QUARTET CHORUS SINGS THURSDAY AT BANQUET THE sflSfeSsATnTnearly full strength, entertained the crowd of nearly 200 who attended the 9th annual soil and water conservation district banquet at Adams Central Thursday night. The group meets each Thursday at Bp. m. in the high school music room. Pictured above, from left to right, are: Ray Seitz, Kent Girod, Winston Seitz, Leon Hartman, Lauren Arnold, Eugene Braun, Eddie Ewell, George Litchfield, Dan Foreman, Robert Baumgartner, Tom Rumschlag director Larry Merriman, Donovan Sprunger (hidden), Harold Scherry, Ervin Ewell, Paul Rich, and Chuck Kester. Chorus members not present are John Bassett, Russell Freed, Milton Hoffman, Allen Lehman, Warren Lehman, Ray Snyder, Paul Wolpert, and Darron Deaton. (Photo by Mac Lean) Trade In A Good Town ** Decatur •• 1 . > • . ft - IM ’ KE MMMBMBWMB ~ ■ H B 3 I I NON VETERANS I I I MONTHLY PAYMENTS AS LOW AS I I I fl II I COMPLETE ■ ■W ■ three bedroom ■ I ■Ur M— ■ ■ ~ H CRAFTED WITH ■ I ■ MAINTENANCE - FREE ■ I I ALUM. EXTERIOR ■ I mH H TO SAVE YOU SS S $ | I INC. PRINCIPAL-INTEREST-1 I - ■ B B I I | EQUITY PLAN: FHA - ONE CENT DOWN! ■ I I B Ist PAYMENT BEFORE MOVE-IN! : H M .B I I OPEN HOUSE Tfl I I £ 1:00 -6.-OOP.M. SAT. and SUN. ■ t | B 821 PARK VIEW DR. llkAW'i Is - FOLLOW THE ARROWS - In ■ I H&M BUILDERS, INC. l u | | I I I PH. 34158 P $ fc ' J . ,

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