Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 178, Decatur, Adams County, 30 July 1963 — Page 1

VOL, LXI NO. 178.

Group Opposed To School Merger Is Planning Appeal

Receive Bids Today I For Police Station The city board of works and safety will receive bids at 4 o’clock this afternoon for the construction of the new oity police station and renovation of city hall. Several general contractors have picked up plans and specifications from city clerk-treasurer Laura Bosse, for the purpose of examining them before entering bids this afternoon. Contractors will be able to bid on either the construction of the new police building of the remodeling of the old city hall building, or may submit a combined bid for both jobs. --— The city council has appropriated $17,500 for the new building construction and another $17,500 for the city hall work. General Contract Only a general contract will be let for each job, or one general contract for the two jobs combined. The general contractor receiving the contract will then hire his sub-contractors, for such items as heating, plumbing, etc. Some contractors were under the impression that the work on the two projects must begin immediately. This was not true, however, although the council 1 would like the work to begin as quickly as possible since both a new police station and city hall renovation are a definite need to the city. On South End s The new police station will be located on the south end of the steam plant lot, and will be centered on the lot after an old garage building that is part of the steam plant building is razed. The new station will replace the antiquated one-room station presently used by the city police, and will provide area for a number of various forms of police work, in addition to a car port to protect the police cars from the elements. Police chief James M. Borders had examined the plans with architceutral designer Jerold Lobsiger of Decatur before they were sent to Indianapolis for approval of the state board of health, state fire marshal, etc.

3rd American Dies In Korea

SEOUL (UPI) — North Korean soldiers today killed their third American in two days in a sharp, hour-long clash six miles below the demilitarized zone dividing South Korea from Communist territory. Two Communists and a South Korean also were killed. It was the deepest known penetration that North Korean soldiers have ever made into the U.S.-guarded sector of South Korea in the 10 years of uneasy truce. A United Nations Command (UNC) spokesman said the battle broke out about 9 a.m. just north of Munsan-Ni, and that in order to reach the spot the North Koreans had to cross the demilitarized zone, travel through heavily patrolled areas and ford the Imjin River. Civilian Supplies Tip Two North Koreans and a South Korean policeman were killed in the gun-and-grenade exchange, after a South Korean civilian tipped off authorities to the presence of the Communists, it was announced. The identity of the fatally wounded American was not disclosed immediately. The fight broke out a little more than 24 hours after an estimated seven North Koreans ambushed three Ist Cavalry Divi-

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Mrs. Mary A. Gross Is Taken By Death Mrs. Mary A. Gross, 70, mother of Paul C. Gross of this city died Sunday morning at a hospital in Kessemmee, Fla., following an illness of two months of a heart condition. Mrs. Gross and her husband, George E. Gross, resided in Bluffton from 1928 until 1956, when they retired and moved to St. Cloud, Fla.. She was born in Tell City July 11, 1893, a daughter of William and Mary Gerber-Hertwick, and was married in Tell City to George E. Gross April 1, 1912. Mrs. Gross was a member of the Catholic church.' Surviving in addition to her husband are two sons, Paul C. Gross of Decatur, and Magnus Gross of Bluffton route 3; seven grandchildren; one great-grand-son; one brother, William Hertwick of Tell City, and two sisters, Mrs. Flossie Pyle of Tell City, and Mrs. Mayme Berger of Evansville. I Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday at the St. Joseph’s Catholic church in Bluffton, the Rev. Robert L. Traub officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove cemetery at Bluffton. Friends may call at the Thomas funeral home in Bluffton after noon Thursday until time of the services. The rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with chance of some isolated thundershowers north portion Wednesday. Low tonight in the 60s. High Wednesday upper 80s. Sunset today 8 p. m. Sunrise Wednesday 5:43 a. m. Outlook for Thursday: Paruy doudy, warm and more humid with chance of thundershowers in the afternoon. Lows in the 60s. Highs in the 80s.

Young Gary Girl Is Drowning Victim GARY, Ind. (UPD — A teen-age Gary girl drowned Monday while swimming at Marquette Park Beach on Lake Michigan with her father, brother and sister. Margarqt Walja, 14, was pulled unconscious from the water and mouth-to-mouth resescitation efforts were unsuccessful:

sion soldiers, killing two and wounding one. On Combat Alert Monday’s incident resulted for a time in the first full combat alert of American forces in Korea since the Cuban crisis last year. UNC authorities said the “reinforced alert'* lasted only a short time, but they emphasized that a .“high degree” of readiness' was being maintained. The soldier wounded Monday, Pfc. William L. Foster, 26, of Baltimore, Md., survived an emergency operation and was rrported in good condition. The dead were identified as Pfc. Charles T. Dessart 111, 19, of Drexel Hill, Pa., and Pvt. David A. Seiler, 24, of Theresa, Wis. : . Didn’t See anybody "I didn’t see anybody,” Foster said in a hospital in Bupyong. “I only heard the shots." The soldier, his right arm in a cast and a tube inserted into the right side of his chest, said he was riding in a back seat &hen his jeep turned over. He said he believed he was pinned under the jeep for a time and came to with "doctors around.” Foster had been shot in the back twice and in the right hand once. Grenade fragments wounded him in the hip.

Transcript Os School Action Is Requested The north group fighting consolidation of school districts plans an appeal to the Indiana supreme court, according to letters received by the Adams and Wells county clerks, it was learned today. This morning Richard D. Lew-1 ton, clerk of the Adams circuit court, received a letter dated yesterday, with a praecipe, dated today, asking for a complete transcript of the recent school case, so that the case could be appealed to the Indiana supreme court. Requested by Attorneys The praecipe, or request, was signed by Clarence R. McNabb and Thomas Logan, attorneys for the north group. The South Adams school district has already been formed, and is operating the Jefferson, Hartford, Geneva and Berne schools. Adams Central has been in operation, operating Pleasant Mills and Adams Central, since a year ago July 1. The Wells county clerk also received a similar request this morning, and the matter has been forwarded to the acting judge, John H. Edris, for action. Nothing in Huntington In Huntington county, the clerk knew nothing of such a request, and a check with the court showed that on entry had been made there since judgment was rendeded July 3. Ordinarily, the group appealing first asks for a new trial, and when this is denied, they appeal to the supreme court. The north group has the rest of this week to request a new trial.} First indication that the north group would appeal came shortly after the trial’s climax, when a group motored to Indianapolis inquire as to the cost of preparing a transcript and appealing the case. Then this morning Preble township trustee Robert Kolter, who has been quite close to the north group opposing school district consolidation, brought in his school township budget, and asked for help on it. The county superintendent’s office told him that such a budget would not be necessary, because the new district has been legally formed. Kolter replied that the north group was appealing it. District in Effect As the matter, now stands, however, the north district is in effect unless the. supreme court grants a writ of prohibition, or an injunction. If either of the latter two happens, another bond must be posted. / At the present time, persons feeling that they were damaged by the last writ of prohibition and temporary injunction have retained two attorneys to present their case against the bondholders to secure judgment. No word has been received from Indianapolis as yet concerning the official opinion on the fifth member of the North Adams - school board. The South Adams board is operating as usual, with all members having served one year. It is also understood that there .is a good chance that a majority of the selected board is now willing to operate, and officially get "North Adams” going before this school year. In that case, a special appropriation, plust he 1964 budget, will have to be submitted within 10 days. The planned budget would call for the operation of all present schools in the North Adams dictrict in the manner in which they operated this past school year. Elwood Boy Drowns In Drainage Pit ELWOOD, Ind. *UPI) — Dwayne Johnson, 13, Elwood, drowned Monday in a drainage pit Ift miles east of here.’ Police said the boy was swimming across the 40-foot wide pit with a brother, Darrell, and a cousin, Mike House, when he disappeared beneath the surface.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IM ADAMB COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, July 30, 1963.

Mobile X-Ray Unit In City Thursday The mobile X-ray unit will be stationed at the courthouse in Decatur all day Thursday, Mrs. W Guy Brown, executive secretary of the Adams county tuberculosis association, reminded 1 local residents today. The unit was stationed in Berne Monday and today, and will be in Berne Wednesday and at the 4-H fair grounds Wednesday from 6:30 to 8 p. m. % The mobile unit will then be located at the Adams county courthouse in Decatur from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m„ and from 2 to 5 p. m. Thursday. The unit will be in Geneva Friday. There is no charge for the Xrays, and removal of clothing is not necessary. No one under the age of 18 and no pregnant women will be x-rayed. The only exception is that food handlers under 18 will be x-rayed if they are certified by the city or county health officer, Dr. William Freeby of Decatur, and Drs. Norman Beaver and Howard Luginbill of Berne. , The X-ray unit is furnished by ‘the state board of health, and the reading of the films are paid for by the Adams county TB association.

Annual 4-H Fair Opens As Monroe Today The annual Adams county 4-H fair got underway this morning in a flurry of hastily unloaded livestock and rapidly erected displays. Sheep, poultry, pigs, dairy cows, beef cattle, and rabbits begun arriving on the fairgrounds at Monroe early this morning and were escorted to their respective pens, stalls and cages. Meanwhile, displays of electricity, woodworking, farm shop products, photography, entomology, wood and conservation were being erected. Four-H members of all sizes and ages were scattered across the fairgrounds engaged in tasks which varied from consuming untold of lemonade to scrubbing down their display animals to seeing who wore the biggest hat. Harried 4-H leaders mingled with hard-working home demonstration and Farm Bureau women in the spacious and well-stocked dining hall, where the first of several thousand sandwiches was. served this morning. Short lines, the predecessors of much longer ones were already forming at the serving area by 10:30 this morning The halls of the Adams Central school building reverberated with questions and exclamations as anxious entrants and curious spectator besieged the 4-H office and information desk. At the south end of the fairgrounds the long, long first aid trailer had already been jockied into place in anticipation of injuries, ranging from scratches to sunstroke, which are certain to occur during the threeday course of the fair. On the grassy field between the dining hall and the exhibit building, a few hardy souls were at work this morning erecting seating for tonight’s entertainment festival, and displays of machinery were beginning to arrive. In the long, low commercial tent displays heralding everything from photography to footwear were being painstakingly put together In the horse barns a few equestrian troupers lolled about with an apparent lack of stage fright over the- horse shows scheduled for thris afternoon and evening Others busied themselves preparing their mounts for the contest. Some 5,000 people should swell Monroe and the fairgrounds to (Continued on Page 3)

County Board Continues On Budget Study Budget planning was temporarily interrupted at the county commissioners’ meeting Monday as the commissioners took a short trip to the courthouse roof to consider the possibility of repairing the roof and gutters. Accompany-->ing them was Leo Wise of the Schust Roofing company of Fort Wayne. After inspecting the condition of the roof the commissioners requested Wise to prepare an estimate so that an appropriate amount can be set aside in the courthouse budget for repairing the roof. In the course of their regular business the commissioners worked on the four budgets for which they are responsible. These budgets are now virtually completed except for the addition of a few figures which were not available yesterday. When completed the budgets are submitted by the commissioners to the county council for approval. Two Budgets Set The budget for the county jail was set at $15,730. $1,900 below last year's figure of $17,630. The budget for the county farm was set at $33,770, as compared to last year’s total of $28,450. The new budget is higher because of allowances for the purchase of a pickup truck and farm machinery and the hiring of additional help. The total reached for the courthouse budget was $9,970. Yet to be added to that figure is the amount of the roof repair estimate. Last year’s courthouse budget was $12,590. The county commissioner’s budget which includes . a large number of items, was not completed yesterday because classification ratings, which determine the salaries of township trustees, were not yet available. The commissioners did not include the price of installing an elein the courthouse budget. It was decided that if, after elevator estimates have been received, there are not sufficient available funds to pay for the installation then the county can borrow the money. Action Requested Tom Miller appeared at the meeting to request the commissioners to take some action on accepting a large amount of dirt which he and Vic Porter, who are building a lake near the Homestead, have offered to give to the county. Miller has proposed that the county use the dirt to fill in -its land near the hospital. Miller pointed out that the land could well be the site of a county nursing home, a facility which many other Indiana counties are building. Miller and Porter have offered the county all the dirt it wanted at a price of sl. The commissioners have received estimates on the price of hauling the dirt to the hospital lot site. The commissioners told Miller that they would take the matter into consideration and ■would talk it over with members of the hospital board and the county council. They told Miller that they would give him an answer within a week, since all budgets must be submitted at the end of that time and the expense of haul(Continued qn Page 3>

Miss Adams County Will Be Selected

Appliacations are now being received from contestants for Miss Adams County, wfio will be chosen during the Monroe community days Aug. 14. 15. 16 and 17. The contest is open to all girls who are residents of Adams county and who' will be high school seniors during the 1963-64 school year Miss Adams County will be judged on personality, poise, appearance, talent and scholastic average. The winner will again be entered in the Junior Miss Indiana contest at Bluffton in September. Applications are by calling Bob Baxter, 6-6480. or Dec Myron Byerly,, 6-6339, or from the following Adams county feed dealers, who will again offer a S4OO scholarship to the winner: Farmers Feed & Grain, Geneva; Adams County Farm Bureau Coop; Berne Equity, Berne Master feed atore, Decatur Hatchery. Horace Lehman feed store, Dan Fiechter, Burk Elevator Co., Monroe Grain & Supply. . Peterson Grain Co., Preble Equity Ex : change; Stiefel Grain Co., Berne HiWay Hatchery, Globe Hatchery, Berne, and Model Hatchery,> Inc., Monroe .

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WORD ON TEST BAN FOR SENATE— Undersecretary of State W. Aveiell Harriman, right, shown with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman J. W. Fullbright. D-Ark , brings the committee further word on the nuclear test ban treaty.

4-H Premium, Grand Champions Named

Several of the 4-H premium andi grand champions in the Adams county 4-H fair, which opened at the 4-H fairgrounds at Monroe, were announced this morning, inj clothing, foods, food preservation! and home furnishings classified-1 tions. Those placing first in each division will enter their projects in the state fair. Premium winners in each clothing division were awarded on the basis of their work and construction in their garments. The winners are: Clothing Division . Division I—First premium winner is Melissa Grandlineard, Happy Go Lucky club; second premium winner, Dianna Buuck, Peppy Pals; third premium, Dianne Bransteter, Work and Win; four premium, Kathleen Fuelling. Peppy Gals; fifth premium, Sally Leyse, Kirkland Kut-Ups. Division ll—First premium winner is Karen Scherer. Merry Maids, Jr.i second premium. Barbara Birch. Up and At It; third premium, Deborah Souder, Berne I Jolly Workers; fourth premium, Ann Langston, Peppy Gals; fifth premium; Carolyn Boerger, Merry Maids. Jr. Division lll—First premium winner is Emalese Striker. Cloverblossom 4-H; second premium. Jennifer Meyer. Decatur Peppy Gals; third premium. Darlene Geyer, Jr, Boosterettes; fourth premium, Judy Grandlineard. Happy Go Lucky; fifth premium, Anita Girod. Blue Creek Up and At It. Division IV—First premium winner is Shardon Schaadt oFthe Jefferson Work and Win; second premium, Venda Adler, Kirkland' Kut-Ups. \ Division V—First premium winner is Mary Lybarger of the Wabash Cloverblossom; second premium, Diana Beer, Jefferson Work and Win; third premium, Dianna Fuhrman, Preble Peppy Pals: fourth premium, Karen Wolfe, Decatur Peppy Gals; fifth premium, Kristine Fuelling, Root Merry Maids, Sr. Division Vl—First premium winner is Donna Hodgin. Wabash Cloverblossom; second premium, Sandra Bransteter, Jefferson Work and Win; third premium. Sheryl Boerger, Root Merry Maids, Sr. Division VII-and above—Winner of the first premium is Judy Messer of the Jefferson Work and Win; second premium, Ellen Kay Lindsey, Hartford Happy Go Lucky; third premium, Cynthia Boerger, Root Senior Merry Maids. The grand champion seamstress in the 4-H clothing project for 1963 is Judy Mossier of the Jefferson Work and Win. Judy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H; Davis Mosser of route 2. Geneva. Home I* urnwhings Division I—Judy Scheumann, of the Preble Peppy Pals; second premium, Karen Fruchte, Monroe Jr. Boosterettes; third premium, Linda Balsiger, French,- Peppy Peppers. ” " Division ll—First premium winner is Barbara Zimmerman, Kirkland Kut-Ups; ’second'premium, Arleen Borne, Kirkland Kut-Ups. liivision 111 — First premium, Sandra Bransteter. Jefferson Work and Win: second premium. Charlotte Moser. Hartford Happy Go Lucky; third premium, Shirley Gallmeyer, Preble Poppy Pals; fourth premium, Kristine Fuelling, Root Senior Merry Maids. Division IV and above winners: First premium, Darlene Rich, Monroe Sr. Boosterettes; second premium, Judy Mosser, Jefferson Work and Win; third premium, Gail Egly, Jefferson Work and Win; fourth premium, Joye Strouse,

Root Senior Merry Maids, The grand champion in the home furnishing project is Darlene Rich of the Monroe Senior Boosterettes. Darlene is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rich of box 82, Monroe. The reserve grand champion is Judy Mosser of the Jefferson Work and Win. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. David Mosser of route 2, Berne. Food Project The winners in the food project arc as follows: Foods I—First premium. Debbie Ix>u Marger of the Kirkland KutUps: second premium, Cheryl Lawson. Blue Creek Up and At It; third premium, Sharon Kaehr, Kirkland Kut-Ups; fourth premium, Alice Ehlerding, Preble Peppy Pals; fifth premium, Linda Sprunger. Berne Jolly Workers. Foods ll—First premium, Christine Cook; second premium, Lora

Support Seen For Test Ban

WASHINGTON (UPD—Senate Democratic leaders told President Kennedy today that the outlook is "excellent" for getting "strong bipartisan support" on ratification of the partial nuclear test ban treaty. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield. Mont , told 'iibwsmen following a weekly White House legislative conference that the U.S. test ban negotiator. Undersecretary of State W. Averell Harriman. made "a tremendous impression” Monday during an ap pearance at a joint meeting of three Senate committees on the test ban treaty. As far as the senators could ,tell so far, Mansfield said, there are "no gimmicks, no side ispues” tied to the treaty. Senate ratification by a two-thirds vote is needed before U.S. participation in the three-power agreement can become final. While Mansfield indicated Harriman’s explanation of the treaty was impressive, a good many senators still Were- withholding a final commitment on whether they would vote for ratification. The'V wanted to get a better .sampling of the opinions of the folks back home. Indicate Broad Support Briefings . given by Harriman and other administration spokeamen Monday to congressional committees indicated broad support for the pact in the House as well as the Senate, Mansfield said, and he was more optimistic than many other senators that ratification would come fairly fast. "We informed the President that the chances for strong bipartisan ratification of the treaty are excellent and that we expected* the* ratification would come as soon as possible,” Mansfield told newsmen after the regular Tuesday breakfast meeting of Democratic House and Senate leaders with Kennedy. Mansfield said Kennedy expressed hope for "penetrating and fruitful" Senate debate on the treaty. Harriman initilaed the" agreement in Moscow for the United States after last week's agreement to ban nuclear tests in the atmosphere, space and under water. Harriman and U.S. Disarmament Agency Chief William C. Foster spent three hours Monday

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Lehman, Berne Jolly Workers: third premium. Edith Treece, Wabash Cloverblossom; fourth premium, Sandra Habegger, Berne Jolly Workers: fifth premium, Lois Linker. Preble Peppy Pals, Foods lll—First premium, Jane Lehman, Berne Jolly Workers; second premium, Cheryl Cook, St. Maty's Kekionga’s; third premium, Kelley Wheeler, Hartford Hoosier Workers; fourth premium, Beth Harmon, Washington Happy Hustlers: fifth premium, Nancy Workinger. Root Junior Merry Maids. Foods IV—First premium, Diane Dennison, Monroe Junior Boosterettes;’ second premium, Anita Girod. Blue Creek Up and At it; third premium, Rozanne Stevenik, Monroe Junior Boosterettes; fourth premium, Linda Henschen, Kirkland Kut-Ups. Foods V—First premium, Nancy Brehm, Monroe Senior Boosterettes; second premium, Angela Boerger, Root Senior Merry Maids: third premium. Sheryl Boerger, Root Senior Merry Maids; fourth premium, Ann Sprunger, St. Mary’s . Foods Vl—First premium, Linda Conrad. Kirkland Kut-Ups; second premium, Erma Stauffer, Hartford Happy Go Lucky: third prem(Continued on Page Two)

answering questions about the agreement in an appearance'before three top Senate committees. Won General Praise They won general praise for their performance and the announced support of two of the committee chairmen. But more than half of the senators interviewed later by newsmen said their minds were not yet made up. Chairman J. William Fulbright. D-Ark., of the* Foreign Relations Committee and Sen. John O. Pastore, D-R.L, of the Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee said they intended to support the treaty in its present form. But Chairman Richard B. Russell, D-Ga , of the Armed Services Committee was noncommittal. The preparedness subcommittee of Russell's group will resume hearings Thursday on the military aspects of the treaty, with the heads of two major U.S. nuclear wea|x>ns laboratories scheduled to testify. Names Witnesses Chairman John Stennis, D-Miss. said the witnesses would be Dr. John Foster, director of the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Livermore, Calif., and Dr. Norris E. Alamos. N.M.. Scientific Laboratory,. ‘These respected scientists Will be the (first of a num be;;, of sgirn tis ic and technical Witnesses which we will hear in the next few weeks." Stenhis said. One question troubling many senators, notably Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen, 111., is the pact’s "veto" provision, which forbids any amendment to the treaty except by unanimous agreement Os the three original signers. Another is the exact meaning of its "withdrawal clause," which would allow any member, nation to pull out of the agreement in vase of a- violation. A third point agreement of the three original signers. Another is the exact meaning of itk "withdrawal clause," which would allow any member nation to pull put of the agreement in case of a violation. A third point is the possible restriction on use of nuclear blasts for purely peacetime uses, such as excavation for construction.