Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 109, Decatur, Adams County, 8 May 1963 — Page 1

VOL. LXI NO. 109.

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Top Award To Local Jaycees

The Decatur Jaycees have received the “Project of the Year” award in community development among cities of 5,000 to 10,000 population with Junior Chamber of Commerce organizations, president Gene Ziner said this morning. Announcement of the top award and presentation of a trophy to the local organization were made last weekend at the Junior Chamber’s state convention in Indianapolis. The Decatur Jaycees were represented by Wayne Roahrig and Ralph Biggs at the convention, attended by Jaycee groups from the entire state of Indiana. In addition to the “Project of the Year’ award in community development, the Junior Chamber of Commerce from Decatur also received a third-place certificate in “ways and means," developing of fund-raising projects. The highest award in division B, which includes cities in the 5,000 to 10,000 population range, was awarded the Decatur Jaycees for their project “The Music Man." Project Detailed A scrapbook was entered by the local Jaycees, detailing the “Music Man” project, in the community development division, and a similar booklet on "Ways and Means," which outlined the club’s three fund-raising projects for the past year. Biggs reported that the “Music Man” project ran a close second to the “Project of the Year” award winner amofig all divisions. Richmond Jaycees took the top award for their “Berlin Wall” project Acording to the community development brochure, the “Music Man” project had its beginning August 19, 1962, when final plans were made with Reid and Evelyn Erekson, directors of the production. A 10-man committee was selected for planning by the Jaycees, and in all 23 members were required for various aspects of the production, such as set decoration, advertising, tickets, publicity, photography, auditions, and legal counsel, - ■■ ••- •;

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Held in March The production, held March 29 and 30 in the Decatur high school auditorium, was presented through special arrangement by the Jaycees with Music Theater International, N. Y., and nearly all talent in the show was comprised of local residents. The show first began to take shape when the final plans were made with the directors on Aug. 20, 1962. Arrangements with Music Theatre International were made August 26, and on September 2, a formal committee met to discuss a budget and production dates. Auditions were held the week of September 10 to 16, with selections of the cast following. On October 7, the special committee met with the cast to outline the production. Soon to follow were the first of IContinued On Page Three) Over 160 Parents At School Meeting “Our most successful meeting thus far in the series of orientation meetings for parents of incoming freshmen,” said Hugh J. Andrews, Decatur high school principal, following the annual parents’ night at the school Tuesday evening. More than 160 parents were in atendance at the annual “new” parents’ night. Short talks on the high school, general education and guidance were presented by Andrews, Gail M. Grabill, school superintendent, and Deane T. Dorwin, guidance counselor. With approximately 145 new students next year at the Decatur high school, the upper four grades’ enrollment wall probably exceed 550 students, the largest in the history of the school. Misses Donna Bixler, Marilyn Scott and Cynthia Collier, under the supervision of Mrs. Phyllis Houk, served refreshments at the close of the meeting,

State Board Okays City Appropriations A new city police station is becoming a reality with each proceeding week, as it was announced at the city council meeting Tuesday evening that the state board of tax commissioners has given approval of the $91,250 in appropriations. A sum of $17,500 of the $91,250 appropriation which has received approval, will be used to construct a new building for the city force at the site of the old steam plant. An identical sum will be used for renovation erf the city hall building, while $29,000 will be used for renovating the- old steam building for the street department. In addition, $20,000 will be used for further installation of street lights, $6,000 for repair of the roof of the Youth and Community Center, and $1,250 for purchase of a truck for the fire department to be used to carry additional water supplies to rural fires. The next step is approval, from the state on the plans and specifications for the building, establishing a wage scale, and letting bonds for the contract. Further discussion on the new station and renovation of city hall was held last night at the council meeting. Jerold Lobsiger, local architectural designer, attended the meeting with plans that are nearly completed for both the new building and the city hall renovations. One of the matters discussed was the location on the lot of the new station. Lobsiger is planning to make further observation of the lot and making a recommendation to the council as to the best location. The council also discussed demolishing a part of the old steam building. Some of the building has already been tom down, and another part is being used by the street department. Councilman Bernard Clark proposed using some of the $17,500 for the new station for cost of demolishing the part of the building he wants tom down. Most of the council, however, appeared more in favor of using a portion of the $29,000 for renovation of the building for the street department to defray the cost of demolishing any part of the building—if it is decided to be done.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, May 8,1963.

Top Seniors Named Al Pleasant Mills Raymond F. Struck Top seniors of the 1963 graduating clas of the Pleasant Mills high school have been anounced by Robert Baumgardner, school principal. David L. Myers is the class valedictorian, with an average of 10.18 points of a possible 11. This would be equivalent to 94 percentage points. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick Myers of Monroe route 1, the class leader has been active in athletics' and has served as class officer. David A. Currie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Currie of Pleasant Mills, is the class salutatorian. He has an average of 8.26 on the basis of 11 points. He has also been an outstanding athlete and a class officer. Commencement exercises will be held in die school auditorium at 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 22. Baccalaureate services, also in the school auditorium, will be at J p.m. Sunday, May 19, with the sermon by the Rev. Roger Buddy. Speaker for the commencement exercises will be Raymond F. (Dutch) Struck, athletic director at Hanover College, He holds A. B„ M. S., and D. PE. degrees from DePau w University and Indiana University. He started his career as a coach and chemistry teacher in Spring Valley, 111. He coached in various schools until joining the U. S. Navy in 1942 as chief athletic specialist. Struck is a member of the Indiana and American associations for health, physical education and recreation. He is also a member of the Indiana public helath association, and the Phi Delta Kappa and Phi Epsilon Kappa fraternities. Interview Wildcat League Applicants The Decatur Wildcat League association will meet at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Central Soya conference room, and at 8 p.m. will begin interview of applications for the directorship, Carl A. Braun, league commissioner, announced today. The new director, if selected Friday night, and a number of the board members, will attend a seminar for Wildcat league directors and board members at the Wildcat headquarters in Fort Wayne Saturday. The program will begin at 10:30 a.m., and will include dinner, ending at 4:30 p.m. Additional Contributions Additional contributions to the Wildcat League fund have brought the amount raised to $2,937.42, just S7OO short of the goal of $3,600, Arthur Heimann, treasurer, reported. New contributors include Paul V. Edwards, the First State Bank, Karl Johnson, Fred W. Thomas, Philip Barger, Glen Dickerson, Wertzberger’s Confectionery, Decatur Supply House and Fred Kolter, Price’s Men’s Wear, and the Decatur Music House. At the meeting Friday night the board will make plans to survey interest in the league among those not chosen by the May 15 cutoff for Little and Pony leagues. At that time plans will be made for the personnel to assist the director and assistant director. Since registration procedures, organization of the first week of play, and selection of teams, as well as scheduling of games and practices and utilization Os staff personnel will all be discussed at the seminar Saturday, a good attendance from the Decatur board is expected. Please Pledge Anyone desiring to pledge an

I (We) wish to be a co-sponsor of the Decatur Wildcat League to provide training in citizenship and baseball for boys who do not make the other teams. I (We) hereby subscribe and enclose sto this worthwhile project. Signature

Gerber And Kohne Win Nominations In Only Contests

Estimate Elevator I Costs Al $42,000 | The estimated cost of installing an elevator in the Adams county courthouse is now up to $42,000, it was learned by the Adams county commissioners in their Monday meeting. An estimate of $38,400 was turned in along with plans to the commissioners by Martindale and Dahlgren architectural firm of Fort Wayne, which with 10 per cent fees, would raise the amount of over $42,000. The commissioners had been working with the Fort Wayne firm in recent weeks in attempting to establish cost, etc., of installing an elevator in the court house. An original estimate of $34,000 to $35,000 was given, which it now has been learned did not include the architect’s fees. Funds Short The commissioners were hoping to use funds in the courthouse cumulative building fund to install the elevator, but the fund will total only about $34,000 at the end of this year. The only apparent course of action. other than having to borrow the money, is for the commissioned to raise the current 2-cent levy for the.building fund. If this was done, in time to be irtcluded- in the fall' budget, the money would then be available in the distribution next May. If not, the money would not be available until one year from next January, or January of 1965. No Action The commissioners took no definite action on the plans and estimate of cost submitted Monday, and plan to study the matter more thoroughly. The commissioners adopted a resolution Monday concerning improvement of approaches to a Pennsylvania railroad crossing on the county road that leads to the C.T.S. plant near Berne. The tracks and approaches are in three levels, and the commissioners, who along with tha city of Berne maintain the road, adopted the resolution to the effect they would share the cost of improving the approaches with Berne, if the railroad would make repairs to the crossings. The city of Berne is planning to negotiate with the railroad company for its part in the improvement program. Constance Gerber In Spelling Bee Finals Miss Constance Gerber, St. Joseph Catholic school student, will represent Adams county in the annual area spelling bee finals at North Side high school in Fort Wayne Saturday. Miss Gerber, 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde L. Gerber, 115 N. Fourth St., will be one of 19 entrants in the area contest, sponsored by the Fort Wayne JournalGazette. She won her way into the area finals Friday, April 20, when she defeated Charles Joray, 13, Hartford Center student, to win the Adams county spelling honors. A total of 950 students made up the original field from this county. The winner of Saturday’s bee will represent this area in the national, finals in Washington, D. C., Juke 10-11. amount, or make a contribution, is asked to do so immediately, Braun stressed this morning. The following form should be filled out and Submitted with a check, to Decatur Wildcat League, Box 4, Decatur, Indiana. Please enclose check and mail to Decatur Wildcat League, Box 4, Decatur, Indiana, Braun added.

I Gerber Winner For Mayor In - Democrat Race Carl Gerber, Decatur grocer and city councilman, was nominated for mayor on the Democratic ticket Tuesday by a vote of 1,053 to 419 for Adrian Wemhoff, Decatur memorial salesman. Gerber carried all 11 precincts and piled up a 2% to 1 victory over Wemhoff, who was a candidate in 1959. In the only other race in the Democratic primary, Lawrence Kohne, running for his third term as city conucilman, defeated a fellow precinct committeeman, James Kortenber, 757 to 630, by a majority of 127 for councilman-at-large. Approximately 1,500 Democratic voters turned out, following a very quiet primary election campaign. There were approximately 200 Republican votes. Most of the campaigning was done by advertisement, with little door-to-door activity. , City Judge John Stults led the unopposed candidates, with 1,160 votes, closely foHowfed by city clerk-treasurer, Mrs. Laura Bosse. The unopposed city councilman candidates all received fewer'votes than the winning candidates in the major’s race. In the Republican primary, Mayor Donald F. Gage led unopposed ticket in courtesy votes, receiving to 179; Clarence Ziner followed with 170. Traditionally, the heaviest voting is in the Decatur Democratic primary. _ The election returns ran a little slower than four years ago, with the first returns received from precinct 1-B at 7:33 p.m., compared with 6:50 four years ago. The final official returns were complete by 9:30 p.m. Council Approves Shopping Center An ordinance was adopted by the city council Tuesday evening approving re-zoning of the area north of U. S. 224 and east of Villa Lanes, where a shopping center is being proposed. Clerk-treasurer Laura Bosse had read a letter from Ralph E. Roop, secretary of the planning commission, giving the commission’s recommendation to the council on approving the re-zoning. Before the council adopted the ordinance, rezoning the 10.9 acres from R-l residential to C-2 generalcommercial, Mayor Donald F. Gage asked for any opposition to the rezoning, and received no comments. The rezoning petition was presented originally to the council, who referred it to the planning commission, by Robert G. Smith, attorney representing Mies-Dawson Realty, Inc. The planning commission had given its approvel to the rezoning last week, and they had received no opposition either. The area is located just off 224, between the Villa Lanes and Schwartz Ford Co. Polack Bros, developers of Indianapolis, will construct the shopping center. Bloodmobile Unit In Decatur June 3 The bloodmobile will be in Decatur Monday, June 3, right after the Memorial Day holiday, Mrs. Ferris Bower, Adams conuty Red Cross blood chairman, said today. Blood is usually in short supply after the first holiday of summer, and a number of volunteer workers and donors will be needed, she predicted. TWO SECTIONS

BL Carl D. Gerber Lawrence Kohne PRIMARY WINNERS—CarI D. Gerber defeated Adrian Wemhoff for the Democratic nomination for mayor of Decatur, and Lawrence Kohne defeated James Kortenber for the Democratic nomination for councilman-at-large, in the only contested races in Tuesday’s primary election.

Council Discusses Several Questions

While the election returns were coming in Tuesday evening, the Decatur city council held its regular meeting, a session that lasted two hours, by which time all returns had been received. At certain intervals in the meeting, observers at the session, through the Daily Democrat-Citi-zens Telephone news service, would inform councilmen Carl Gerber and Lawrence Kohne of the latest returns. During the meeting, two ordinances were passed,, a proposal concerning dumping of garbage and trash was submitted, and discussions on changing the city ordinance to establish a park board, and « concerning the new police station were held. Louis Jacobs and Lowell Harper. representiing the Decatur Memorial Foundation, were present at the meeting with several questions to bring before the city council. Jacobs and Harper were seeking information on a petition presented by the Decatur Jaycees slightly less than a year ago, which asked the council to change a -city ordinance for the purpose of establishing a five-man park board. No Funds Jacobs explained that under the present set-up, no funds for the Memorial Foundation are available and there has been talk of dissolving the board. Following a lengthy discussuon, Mayor Donald F. Gage explained that the council will investigate further into the matter for a possible solution. . When the ordinance change was proposed nearly a year ago, the city had already made out its budget for the year, and thus a change at that time would not be effective untiil the budgets were submitted this year, and so the matter was deferred. The council also discussed the possibility of installing air conditioning facilities in the Youth and Community Center with Jacobs and Harper. Garbage Proposal Larry Imel submitted a proposal to the council on a new dumping site. The proposal called for Imel and a partner to purchase land within one-half mile of the city limlits for dumping trash and garbage in a land-fill program. According to the proposal, the facility would cost the city $6,800 the year, and an additional S4OO each of the next four years, due to the population increase. Imel explained that he and his partner will purchase the”"necessary land and handle all of the city’s garbage and junk, and maintain a specific amount of ’earth over it. He said the site would be open to both the city and Decatur residents. Mayor Donald F. Gage stated to the council that at the present

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rate, the city dump wiuld be filled in approximately two years. After discussing the “proposal, the council took it under advisement. Ordinances Adopted ’ Two ordinances were adopted, one approving a contract with Yost Construction Co. for the new 12-inch water main on Elm St. at a cost of $5,225 for the estimated 2,170 feet, and the other approving a contract with Meshberger Bros. The contract with Meshberger Bros., through the board of works and safety, is for various materials, equipment, goods, and supplies to be used by the city department, at prices established by the contract. A petition requesting resurfacing of an alley on First St., between 216 and 222 N. First, signed by Roy Lehrman and E. K. McChirey was referred to the street and sewer committee, and a letter with 22 signatures asking for a stop sign at 11th and Jackson streets was referred to the street commissioner. Mayor Gage told the council that a number of complaints have been received from residents in the area of the General Electric about employes of the factory parking their cars on the streets and not the lot provided for them. The mayor said that most of the street parking by the G.E. employes is occurring on Tenth and Marshall streets, and is causing quite a bit of congestion. The. council discussed the problem, but reached no definite answer to solving the trouble. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy, windy and warm through Thursday. Chance of some thundershow- • ers north portion. Thursday afternoon or night. Low tonight 58 to 63 north, 58 to 66 south. High Thursday 78 to 84 north, In 80s south. Sunset today 7:46 p.m. Sunrise Thursday 5:37 a.m. Outlook for Friday: Partly cloudy, continued warm with some thundershowers likely north. Low Thursday night in 60s, high Friday upper 70s north, mid-80s central and south. Decatur Temperature Local weather data for the 24 hour period ending at ll a m. today. 1.2 noon . if” 12 midnight . 52 1 p.m. 68 1 a.m: ... .. 52 2 p.m 70 2a m. 52 —2- p.m. till 1.2. a-tn. 53 4 p m.' 68 4 a.m 54 .5 B-m. 66 5 a.m. ... 54 7 p:m. "... 68 7 a.m 58 —8 p.m. 60 8 a.m: 70 9 p.m 56 9 a.m74 10 p.m. 11 p.m 52—11 a.m. 79 Rain Total for the 24 hour period ending 9 7 -a.m. today, .0 inches. The St. Mary's river was at 1.90 feet.