Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 192, Decatur, Adams County, 15 August 1963 — Page 1

Vol. LXI. No. 192.

Decatur’s Proposed Tax Rate For 1964 Goes Over $7 Mark

Complete Tax Levies Listed For All Units . The total property tax rate for Decatur, including the proposed state, county, city, school, and township levies is $7,151 in DecaturRoot and $7,191 in Decatur-Wash-ington, compared wiht final rates of $6.62 and $6.66 payable this year. An 18.1 cent county increase, twocent Root increase and two-cent Washington decrease, 31 cents and 35 cent school increse, and twocent civil city increase account for the proposed increases. This tax year, there were six townships in which the tax rate was below $4. This year none are below 75, and only nine are proposed below 76. Reasons For Increase Several factors lead to the general property tax rate increase this year. First of all, when the sales tax was declared unconstitutional, the schools lost state revenue, raising the school taxes. Also, with only three school taxing units this year, every taxpayer in Adams county is in a school district where schools are directly supported, rather than transferral of non-parochial students to other districts. ” - " Then, with the -assessments in Adams county well below the state averages, the Adams county school equalization tax rate went up from 25 cents to 28.1 cents; it has been as low as 24 cents. If tax rates were average in the state, it would be 25 cents. Thus, the low assessment, with the equalization law, hurts here, while a low assessment only reduces the amount raised by the one-cent state property tax very slightly.

Rules Nidlinger s Term Has Expired

The term of the fifth member of the North Adams community schools board started when he was elected in June, 1962, and has now expired, attorney-general Edwin K. Steers, Jr., Indianapolis Republican, ruled today. The official opinion, received this morning by William E. Wilson, state superintendent of schools, will be forwarded immediately to the local board, Wilson informed North Adams superintendent Gail Grabill this morning. Meet Tuesday A special meeting of the North Adams school board will be held next Tuesday evening to consider gasoline, oil r and anti-freeze bids for the 15 North Adams school buses, Grabill stated. The appointment of the fifth member by the other four will proceed at that time. Under the terms of the school reorganization program, the first member went to the rural area, and Warren Nidlinger, Jr., was duly nominated by the rural members, and unanimously elected a year ago in June. The board was enjoined from further action, however, and was unable to organize for more than a year, by legal proceedings brought by the rural group. The rural members of the board had maintained that “Nidlinger’s term was “arrested" by the 'injunction, and that he should now serve a year’s term. Unofficial opinions by local attorneys and by the attorney-general himself were given, but the board members requested an official opinion by the attorney-general. Macklin Likely Member Richard Macklin, Decatur businessman, is expected to be nominated by the two “city” members of the board, since they placed his name in nomination at the first meeting of the board held after Judge Ray Ade, Hunt-

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Township rates, both general and poor, were about as usual, but Berne’s city raje was up substantially, reflecting some wage increases, and other changes. Hearing Scheduled Each taxing unit will hold open hearings, as advertised, on each rate. Anyone interested in learning more about the rate, and its purpose is invited to attend the meeting affecting the questioned rate, as advertised. In addition, the county council will meet in about three weeks to consider the county budget, and then the tax adjustment board will hold open hearings on the rates, before they become final. 1964-1963 Rates The proposed total rates, with the final 1963 figure, which rate is paid this year, are as follows: 1964 1963 Unit Proposed Actual N. Blue Creek .... $5.28 $4 r 4B S. Blue Creek .... 6.611 3.64 N. French 5.361 4.48 S. French 6.691 5.60 Hartford 6.761 4.28 Jefferson ... 6.661 4.22 Kirkland — 5.301 4.44 N. Monroe- 5.201 4.38 S. Monroe - 6.571 3.36 Preble* . 7.811 3.64 Root - 5.211 3.60 St. Mary's 5.431 4.52 Union 5.381 3.44 Wabash — 6.821 5.40 N. Washington .... 5.321 5.36 Berne-Monroe 8.931 7.12 Berne-Wabash9.lll 7.18 Decatur-Root — 7.151 6.62 Decatur-Washington 7.191 6.66 Geneva - 8.001 6.50 Monroe-Monroe- — 6.901 5.24 Monroe-Washington 6.961 5.30 ♦-(Preble trustee Robert M. Kolter included funds for transferring school pupils although Preble is now included in North Adams community schools taxing disthus, Preble’s rate will be reduced at least $2.44 by advisory board or state tax board action. This would reduce the proposed rate to $5,371.)

ington, dissolved the temporary injunction against formation of the school corporation. Macklin had served on the Decatur school board bine months before it was dissolved by the court action. No further action concerning the fifth member is expected, since the two rural members of the board agreed that they would abide by the decision of the attor-ney-general in the matter. The Monmouth community schools organization, which met at Monmouth more than a week ago, has made no announcement of its future plans. It was reported that the meeting was more poorly attended than expected. 15 Buses The new school corporation will be operating a fleet of 15 school buses this coming year, including four Preble buses, three Union buses, five Root buses, and three Washington buses. This year the bus drivers will be employes of the school system, rather than contractors, because of- a change in the state law. School buses generally have a useful life of about seven years, and the North Adams school budget includes the purchase of six buses, three of them already contracted by the school corporation. Halleck Flattered By Political Talk WASHINGTON (UPI) — House Minority Leader Charles A. Halleck, R-Ind., is “under no illusions" regarding his chances of obtaining the 1964 Republican presidential nomination. Halleck told a news conference Wednesday, however, that he was flattered by a published mention of such a possibility. He also said he would not seek to be Indiana’s favorite son at the GOP national convention.

Joint Staff Chiefs Back Nuclear Pact

WASHINGTON (UPI) — Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor testified today that he and the other Joint Chiefs of Staff were kept “constantly abreast” of negotiations on the nuclear test ban treaty and were not subjected to “administration pressures” for their approval of the pact. The chairman of the joint chiefs assured the three - committee Senate group considering the treaty that the military leaders were “definitely not” subjected to any “arm-twising” by their superiors to win qualified endorsement of the treaty. Taylor read to the senators the joint chiefs’ statement of treay endorsemen which he submitted Wednesday to the Senate Preparedness Committee. In it, the Pentagon leaders said that the treaty is “compatible with the security interests of the Unied States” when accompanied with safeguards outlined by administration spokesmen. The JCS endorsement was confirmed in person today by Gen. Earle G. Wheeler, Army chief of staff, who told the preparedness subcommittee in closed session that he favors ratification of the pact which bars all but underground nuclear tests. Wheeler said he subscribes “fully” to Taylor’s statement on i behalf of the service leaders. Taylor joined Dr. Glen Seaborg, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, and the secretaries of defense and state in endorsing the treaty and calling for Senate approval. Seaborg testified Wednesday before the three-committee panel that the strenuous objections of nuclear scientist Dr. Edward A. Teller were “not important enough to forego’ 1 the treaty. Tayolr said the criticisms Teller advanced had been considered by government advisers “over and over again.” The testimony of Taylor on Wednesday, and Teller the day before, before closed hearings of the Senate preparednss subcommitte was made public late

Train Robbery Case Cracked

LONDON (UPl)—Scotland Yard today cracked the $7.1 million mail train robbery case — one week to the day after it occurred. The police arrested three men and two women and it was unofficially reported that about $280,000 of the loot was recovered. Unconfirmed reports said eight other persons were taken into custody. None was identified. ,An official police announcement said two of the men were seized “for complicity in the mail robbery.” They were arrested at Bournemouth, a seaside resort, less than 100 miles from the place in Buckinghamshire where a gang of bandits hijacked a royal mail train last Thursday and made off with 120 bags containing 2% tons of worn, but valid, pound notes. Put Up Struggle Both men, according to the police, put up a struggle and had to be subdued by arresting officers. About 100,000 pounds ($280,000) was reportedly found in two cars they had. The other suspects—a man and two women — were arrested in raids on London homes by Scotland Yard’s "flying squad” of detectives, but the police made no formal announcement about them. It was reported that about 500 pounds ($1,400) was recovered in those raids. A London newspaper, the Evening Standard, reported that another man was arrested in Surrey and that he was carrying 200,000 pounds ($560,000) of the record loot. It said that the sus-

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Wednesday. One of the most telling points the Joint Chiefs made in favor of the treaty was their conclusious that development of an anti-mis-sile defense system “does not depend on atmospheric testing” which is barred by the treaty. The pact would not “significantly influence any imbalance that may exist” between the United States and the Soviet Union, they said. The chief opposition the treaty has encountered since it was submitted for Senate ratification has been the question of whether the historic agreement would in any way compromiset his country’s defenses. Isaac Vanhorn Dies At Huntertown Home Isaac Vanhorn, 93, retired Huntertown filling station owner, died early this morning at his home in that town following a heart attack. Mr. Vanhorn formerly resided at Convoy and Dixon, 0., before moving to Huntertown. Surviving are one son, Delmer Vanhorn of Cromwell, former Decatur resident; one daughter, Mrs. James Snyder of Fort Wayne; 12 grandchildren and 21 great-grand-children. The body was removed to the D. O. McComb & Sons funeral home in Fort Wayne. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Heart Attack Fatal To Purdue Professor WASHINGTON (UPI) — Dr. George Cowell, 67, professor of Physical education at Purdue University, suffered a fatal heart attack here Monday. He died Tuesday at Georgetown Unviersity Hospital. Cowell, a Purdue faculty member since 1947, was vacationing here when he was stricken. Funeral services will be Friday morning at Central Presbyterian Church at Lafayette, Ind., with burial Saturday at Crafton, Pa.

pect was taken into custody at a house not far from the East Molesey pplice station. The arrests appeared to be the biggest break so far in police attempts to solve the daring robbery a week ago of the GlasgowLondon mail train near Cheddington. The arrests followed the discovery Tuesday of the gang’s abandoned hideout —a 200-year-old farm near the village of Oakley in Buckinghamshire. Empty mail sacks and half-eaten meals indicated the gang had fled the farm, in a hurry. Police at Bournemouth said the two men Were being questioned by Det. Supt. Malcolm Fewtrell, head of the Buckinghamshire Criminal Investigation Division, and Det. Supt. Gerald McArthur of Scotland Yard. Bournemouth is a popular resort 107 miles southwest of London. It is about 92 miles south of the robbery scene. Search Widespread As the two men were being questioned, police scoured the country for additional clues to the whereabouts of the gang and the record cash loot. New raids were carried out in the London area Wednesday night, and a large dossier of clues taken from the farmhouse near Oakley was being studied minutely. A senior Scotland Yard officer said Wednesday night police knew the identity of some of the 10 to 15 men who took part in the ambush. “It is now a question of find-' ing where they are,” he said.

ROOST — Eerie-appearing farm house on LeathersladeFarm near Oakley, England, has been identified by Scotland Yard as the base of operations used by the gang which punt'd off Britain’s multimillion-dollar train robbery. ;.

Open Bids Aug. 22 On Police Station Several contractors, including two from outof-town, have obtained plans and specifications for the police station construction and city hall remodeling from Mrs. Laura Bosse, city clerk-treasurer. Bids will be received by the board of works and safety at 4 p.m. Thursday, August 22, and read aloud at that time. Bids may be submitted any time previous to that date. Mrs. Bosse has plans and specifications that have been revised available for any contractor who wishes to pick them up. The plans are accompanied by a change order that lists the minor differences from the original set of plans for the police station building and the remodeling of city hall. Monor Changes The revisions include a change in the wall covering, deletion of a shower stall, a radio room cabinet, some floor tile and air conditioning. The change order also specifies that the rest room fixtures are not to exceed S3O per fixture and overhead light fixtures at the .same price. , , The changes are on the plans for the police station building, only, as no changes have been-made in the city hall renovation. " Architectural - designer Jerold Lobsiger has expressed that he would meet with any contractor who has questions on the plans, and discuss them. A total of $17,500 has been appropriated for each of the two projects. Only two bids were received initially and both were considerably over the appropriations, prompting board of works to readvertise. Contractors may bid one either of the two projects, or submit a combined bid for both jobs. >

Kirchner Installed As Head Os legion Edward Kirchner, of near Preble, was installed as commander of Adams Post 43, American Legion, at fortnal installation ceremonies held Monday night at the Legion home at First and Madison streets. Kircher was named commander during the annual election held earlier this summer by the veterans’ organization. He succeeds Dr. R. K. Parrish, of Decatur, who served during the past year. Other officers of Adams Post are as follows: Martin Selking, first viee commander: Nelson Doty, second vice commander: Klesson Brandyberry, third vice commander; Henry Bieberich, and fourth vice commander; James K. Staley, adjutant; Frank C. Detter, finance officer: Paul Wietfeldt, sergeant-at-arms; O. W. P. Macklin, T. D. Schieferstein, and Ambrose Spangler, trustees. James Zoll, of Bluffton, fourth district commander, was the installing officer, Robert Erdman, of Columbia City, northern vice commander of the Indiana department, and the Rev. O. C. Busse, former post chaplain and also former state chaplain, were also present and both spoke briefly. Indiana Lady Fatally* Injured In Illinois VINCENNES, Ind. (UPI- — Mrs. Elizabeth Tilford, 41, R. R. 1, Bloomfield, died in Good Samaritan Hospital here Wednesday of injuries suffered Tuesday when she turned onto U. S. 50 in Illinois near Vincennes and was hit by another car. < The driver of the other car, Samuel D. Roeke, 64, Peoria, 111., said the Tilford car pulled in front of him.

Adams Central Schools Set For Opening

Ttransfer and attendance procedures for the 1963-64 school year have been announced by the Adams Central community School board. I board also announced the I complete calendar for the school year and the complete faculty for the Adams Central and Pleasant Mills schools. Both school buildings have been completely cleaned and are ready for the school opening Tuesday, Sept. 3. In the Pleasant Mills building, all of the rooms and halls that will be in use have been painted during the summer months, and the cafeteria has been re-located in the newer part of the building. Only the elementary school will be held at Pleasant Mills, with [ grades seven through 12 all attending the Adams Central school. List Procedures Seniors who attended the Berne school as juniors during the 196263 school year may, upon request, be transferred to the Berne school. All students in grades 1-6 residing in St. Mary's township will attend the Pleasant Mills school with the exception of those students who attended Adams Central in the 1962-63 school year. All students in grades 7-12 from the Mills school will be in attendance at Adams Central school. All of the buses which picked up the Pleasant students in the 1962-63 school year will make similar pickups this year. When all students reach the Pleasant Mills building, the two buses will take the students in grades 7-12 to the Adams Central’building. In the afternoon, the two buses will return the students to the Pleasant Mills school and re-load for returning all students to their homes. The first day of school for students will be Tuesday, Sept. 3, at which time the buses will make their regular routes. School will be dismissed at 10:30 a. m. on opening day. The lunch program in both schools will be available for students at 25 cents pea day student and 30 cents for adults. Lunch will be served Wednesday, Sept. 4, for the first time of this school year. School Calendar An organization meeting for all teachers will be held at 8:30 a. m. Friday, Aug 30. School will open at 8:30 a. m. Sept. 3, and close the first day at 10:30 a m. The schools will close Thursday and Friday. Oct. 24 and 25, for the annual state teachers’ convention. There will be no school on Veterans Day Monday, Nov. 11. The Thanksgiving vacation will be Thursday and Friday, Nov. 28 and 29. The annual Christmas vacation will open with the close of school at 3:21 p. m. Friday, Dec. 20, with classes to resume at 8:30 a. m. Thursday, Jan. 2. Easter vacation will be Good Friday, March 27, and Monday, March 30. Baccalaureate services will be held at 2 30 p. m. Sunday, May 17, and commencement exercises will be held at 8 p. m. Monday, May 18. The end of school grading and attendance period will be Friday, May 22. Complete Faculty The faculty for the Adams Central community school system was also announced by Philip E. Souder, superintendent, and the school board. Adams Central Elementary John Brunso, elementary principal; grade 1- Mrs. »Sylvia Duckworth, Mrs. Naomi Griffiths and Mrs. Martha Habegger;; grade 2Frances Beaty, Miss Suzanne Smalley and Mrs. Ruth

Stahly; grade 3- Mrs. Dolores Byerly. Mrs. Margaret Kuhn and Mrs, Sally Reynolds; grade 5Mrs. Mary Egley. Mrs. Vera Teeter and Kenneth Watkins; grade 6- Elmer Ehrsam, Jay Johnson and Leo Strahm. Pleasant Mills Grades 4-s—Mrs. Dolores Mitchel teacher in charge of the school;" grades 1-2—Miss Myrtle Clements; grades 2-3 — Mrs. Myrta Koch; grades 5-6—Donald Everett. Adams Central Building Carl Honaker, junior high and high school principal; Robert Baumgardner, counselor and guidance director; Mrs. Gladys Nussbaum, secretary to the superintendent; Mrs. Flo Brandt, secretary to the high school principal. Thomas Adler, mathematics and English; Richard Allspaw, mathematics and science; Mrs. Wanda Archbold, commerce, physical education and health; Miss Lucile Beavers, mathematics; Robert Brown, social studies and English; Edwin Bryan, commerce, driver education and health: Doyle Collier industrial arte; Mrs. Dorothy Fuhrman, music and art; James Engle, social studies; Darrell Gerig, band and vocal music; Frankie Green, science and social studies; Walter-Henkel, band and vocal music. Gene Hindenlang, social studies and mathematics! Lee Hoopingarner, commerce and mathematics; Thomas Kirchhofer, art; Mrs. Wanda Munson, English; Mrs. Joyce Nielsen, home economics; John Rosier, social studies; Robert Shoup, English; Donald Sprunger, English; Mrs. Rowena Stucky, librarian, Latin and English; Martin Watson, agriculture; Miss Mary Williamson, Spanish and biology; Vernon Zurcher, coach, physical education and social studies.

Continue To Admit Burglaries In Area Robert Fair, 31-year-old former Decatur resident, and his 20-year-old girl friend continue to confess to burglaries in they surrounding area. Fair and Anna Marburger, 20, were sentenced in Noble county Monday to 1-10 year sentenced to the Michigan City state prison and the women’s prison at Indianapolis respectively. They were sentenced for burglarizing a home in Noble county, where they were captured. They have now admitted to four burglaries in Allen county, entering homes in Monroeville. Churubusco, Leo and Cedarville. They have taken part in over 100 burglaries in an area including Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. They were questioned last week by Adams county sheriff Roger Singleton, and cleared up at least one burglary in this county.. Fair and the woman more or less confessed to breaking into a Union township home where they stole a number of foodstuffs from a deep freeze. They explained they had remembered such a robbery, hut had thought in was in Ohio. INDIANA WEATHER Fair and a little warmer tonight and Friday. Low tonight 55 to 60. High Friday 78 to 85. Sunset today 7:42 p.tn. Sunrise Friday 5:58 a.m. Outlook for Saturday: Partly cloudy and a cloudy and a little wajmer. Lowa upper 50a. Highs mid 80a.

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Jacobs Is Reelected Head Os Foundation Louis Jacobs was re-elected president of the Decatur Memorial Foundation at the annual inerting held in the Youth and Community Center. Other officers also re-elect-ed by the board of directors were as follows: first vice president, Dick Heller, Jr.; second vice president. Lowell Harper; treasurer, Charles Ehingef; secretary, Mrs. Roy L. Kalver. The four directors re-elected for four years were Mrs. James Burk, J. Ward Calland. Dick Heller, Jr., and Earl Fuhrman. Robert August director of the center, presented on excellent report, outlining the improvements made on the building since his appointment. August stated that by October there will be place settings to serve 500 people at one meal. New drapes have been purchased for the auditorium and all the furniture in the lobby has been reupholstered. The outside of the building has been painted and the driveway and parking lot have been i black-topped. In the youth center the pool tables have been re-cover-ed, and the booths were all re-fin-l ished and covered with formica tops. A new roof has been put on the auditorium and work has been started on painting the interior of the building, which will be completed by fall. August presented the report of Dale Myers, treasurer of the recreation board, which showed that the building is operating in the black. August also reported that the use of the building, both in the youth and adult centers, had fallen off this summer, which he partially attributed to the fact that the rooms were ao hot. A general discussion followed on ways and means to air condition the building. President Jacobs instructed Lowell Harper, chairman of the air conditioning committee, to meet again with the city council and present the need of air conditioning and urge its installation. The board of directors felt that the loss of revenue to the building this summer was due to the fact that meetings of various kinds were taken elsewhere where there was i air conditioning.

Banker Speaks To Decatur Optimists Herman Krueckeberg. vice president of the First State bank of Decatur spoke this morning at the meeting of the Decatur Optimists club and explained several important aspects of past and present banking. The meeting was held at the Fairway restaurant. This year, he said, marks the centennial of the national currency act which established U. S. paper money and the federal banking system. The act was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln in February of 1863. Krueckeberg briefly outlined the early history of banking which precipitated the passing of the act. In 1800. he said, there were only 28 banks, located mostly along the eastern seaboard. My 1840 there were about 1,000 banks, and nearly all of them were issuing their own bank notes. These bank notes were the currency of the day, but were usually accepted at face value only in the locale of the issuing bank. To end this confusion the currency act was passed. Krueckeberg said ~ that early banks were usually founded by merchants. The first bank in Decatur was organized by a doctor, because he had a safe which he used for storing narcotics. After his historical outline. Krueckeberg spoke on two aspects of modern banking — checking accounts and credit. He said that checking accounts are the ‘‘best bargain” for paying bills and that over 90 per cent of all business transactions are made by check. He said that because of the large amount of check traffic many banks have in recent years turned to electronic equipment for check processing. In speaking; of bank credit, be said, ‘‘Too many people talk themselves out of bank loans by not talkihg to their banks." Banks, he explained, are in business to make loans and while, understandably, they must be cautious it is far from impossible to secure loans. He said that U. S. banks currently have $7 billion outstanding in farm loans, $45 billion in commerce and industry loans and s3l billion in mortgages. The Decatur bank, he said, has J 8 million in loans, in- . eluding $3.5 million in mortgages. He closed his talk by outlining the types of loans which a bank might make in a given month and urged the Optimist members to make an effort to learn more about the banking system in their country.