Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 242, Decatur, Adams County, 14 October 1963 — Page 1

Vol. LXI, No, 242.

Fred Korth, Secretary Os Navy, Resigns Post Due To Private Affairs

Noted Japan Lady Visits In Decatur : b W ■ /. i 12-*. ■ r < DR. KIKU ISHIHARA, left, and her friend, Miss Mary Yukako Nuaito, of Tokyo, arrived by bus this noon from Cincinnati, 0., for an overnight stay in Decatur with Mr. and Mrs. Jay Martin. Martin was one of her many GI “sons" immediately following World War 11, when he was Stationed near Tokyo for 16 months. A kindergarten teacher for more than 40 years, she came to the U. S. this time to receive an honorary doctorate of humanities from Western College for Women.

A world-famous Japanese Christian, Dr. Kiku Ishihara, “mother’’ of thousands of American Gl’s and officers following World War II in Tokyo, arrived in Decatur at noon today for an overnight stay with one of her “sons,” Jay Martin, of route 6. Dr. Ishihara, who received an honorary doctorate of human relations from Western College, Oxford 0., Saturday, has run a kindergarten and training school for kindergarten teachers in Tokyo for more than 40 years. The mayor of Tokyo honored her October 1, at the annual local holiday denoting the founding of Tokyo more than 300 years ago. Month in U. S. Miss Ishihara was accompanied by a friend’s daughter, Miss Mary Yukako Nuaito, also of Tokyo. They will spend about a month in the United States. Born in the Meiji era of Japan, she was sent to the United States, and studied for some five years in Ohio; as she was about to have to leave, she was awarded a scholarship to Columbia, where she reher master’s degree. Immediately after the Second World War, friends of hers, some Baptists from Rochester, N. inquired through President Roosevelt if she were still living; he, in turn, inquired through General Mrs. Todd Morrison Dies This Morning Mrs. Daisy Morrison, 62, wife of Todd Morrison of Willshire, 0., died at 6:35 o’clock this morning at the Van Wert county hospital, where she had been a patient since Friday. She was born at Glenmore, 0., .Oct -1. 1901, a daughter of Charles W. and Anna M. HilemanKiracofe, and was married to Todd Morrison in 1926. Her husband was employed at the General Electric plant in Decatur for several years. Mrs. Morrison was a member of the United Brethren in Christ church at Willshire. Surviving are her husband; her mother-in-law, Mrs. Dessie Morrison, who lives with her son; and three brothers, Archie Kiracofe of Monroe, Hubert Kiracofe of Fort Wayne, and Clifford Kiracofe of Westfield, N. J. One brother and one sister are deceased. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m .Wednesday at the United Brethren in Christ church at Willshire. The Rev. Mark Rutledge will officiate anti burial will be in Pleasant Grove cemetery near Willshire. Friends may call at the Cowan and Son funeral home in Van Wert after 2 pm. Tuesday. The body will lie in state at the church from 1 p.m. Wednesday until time of the services.

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MacArthur, who sent out an officer to learn her whereabouts. Opened Home To Gl’s As many Americans came to Tokyo, she opened up her compound to them, and they found a home away from home in a strange country. They, in turn, helped her get her kindergarten started again.Today, her international kindergarten includes an American girl student, and many other foreign, as well as Japanese children, from three to six years of age. The kindergarten is privately sponsored, and has approximately 250 tiny students. In addition, 150 young Japanese girls, 18-20 years of age, and other young teachers from Thailand, Okinawa, Taiwan, Korea, etc., are training to become kindergarten teachers. * One of Dr. Ishihara’s dreams is that Japan will some day nave government-sponsored kindergartens for the young students, and training schools for training kindergarten teaches. A native of Hiroshima, which was destroyed Aug. 6, 1945 by an American atomic bomb. Dr. Ishihara’s entire family perished. Her school, the Tokyo Hoiku Joshigakuin, occupies her time now. She will visit overnight with Mr. and Mrs. Martin, and return Tuesday noon to Cincinnati, 0., where she will leave for New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D. C. " Other friends from nearby are expected to drop by this evening. Fifth Visit As she was leaving for the United States, her fifth visit, so many friends came to call that others had to pack for her, and they packed her address book of Japanese names and addresses, rather than her American address book. *• In all, Dr. Ishihara has been in Continued on Page 8) Harry E. Archbold Dies In California Word was received here today of the death last Wednesday of Harry E. Archbold, 74, of 3100 Ocean street, Cgrlsbad, Calif., following an extended illness of heart disease. He was born in Decatur Sept 13, 1889, a son of Martin U. B. tand Jennie Archbold. He operated a real estate broker’s office in Detroit, Mich., from 1926 until 1951, when he retired and moved to Carlsbad. Surviving are his Wife, Leona; one son, Clarke Archbold of Detroit; a daughter, Mrs. L. B. (Mary Phyllis) Meyer of Oceanside, Calif., and three granddaughters. Private funeral services were held Friday at the Carlsbad mortuary, with cremation following at Eternal Hills. '»

WASHINGTON (UPI) — The White House announced today the resignation of Navy Secretary Fred Korth. Korth wrote President Kennedy that -he made the decision to resign because of “pressing private affairs.” Kennedy said Paul Nitze, now assistant defense secretary for international security affairs, would be nominated to to succeed Korth, a former Fort Worth, Tex., banker. Korth, in his letter of resignation to the President, said he was leaving the post with “the umost regret.” Korth asked that his resignation take effect Nov. 1. He said he wanted to “return to private business and attend to my pressing private affairs.” Korth was among Defense Department officials who figured in the explosive Senate investigation of the TFX warplane contract award. The President, in a “Dear Fred” letter, praised Korth for his “real contribution to the advancement of United States 'national security interests.” He asserted: “The nation is in your debt for your many years of public service, including this last period of almost two years when you have worked so devotedly to strengthen the United States Navy.” The White House announcement said that Nitze would be replaced in his sensitive security post by William P. Bundy, currently his deputy assistant. Decatur Horse Show Winners Announced Decatur’s retail merchants were “well pleased” this morning, following their benefit horse show which was attended by a huge throng of local and area people Sunday afternoon. A crowd of over 1,000 adults, and numerous children under 12 years of age, witnessed the fine show. The benefit horse show was sponsored by the retail division of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce to raise funds to purchase new Christmas lights for the city. Ferris Bower, general chairman for the affair, expressed his appreciation, and that of the entire retail division, this morning to the many persons who assisted in preparing and presenting the show, which has been termed a “huge success.” Phil Adams of Decatur copped first place in the Appaloosa pleasure class, and won third place in the pony cart race and the Appaloosa costume class. The high point trophy was awarded to James Pitcock of Alexandria, who won several events. A total of 145 horses were entered in the events. Winners in the various categories of the show were released this morning by Bower and Mrs. Kay Boch. chairman of the retail division, and area as follows, listing first through third places in order: „ , Pleasure class for 12 years and under — Greg Rickey, Albion; Charlene Nester, Edon, O.; Marilyn Ruppert, Hamilton. Keg bending — Calvin Prescott, Ridgeville; Jim .Pitcock, dia; Wayne Feasby, Payne, O. Stock horse — John Banet, Fort Wayne; Curly White, Selma: Calvin Prescott, Ridgeville. Western pleasure — James Nester, Edon, O.; Neal Rickey, Albion; Jerry Randall, Bluffton. Flag race, 12 and under — Jim Pitcock, Alexandria; Valvin Prescott. Ridgeville; Georgeanna Maynard, Alexandria. Quarter - mile race, western equipment — Myron Humbert, Oakville; Calvin Prescott, Ridgevillle; Jim Pitcock, Alexandia. Appaloosa coostume — Stephen Pavey, Marion; Wise Stables, Van Wert, O.; Phil Adams, Decatur. Pony race, one-half mile, ponies under 50 inches — Judy Thompson, Covington, O.; Merritt King, Alexandria; Gary Hively, Roann. Barrel race —. Jim Pitcocl, Continued on Page 8)

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, October 14, 1963.

Reports Conflict On New Landslide • ts, /

BELLUNO, Italy (UPI) — conflicting reports of a new landslide behind the Vajont Dam today created fear and confusion among rescue workers and survivors of last week’s flood disaster. Although Osvaldo Martinelli, deputy mayor 6f the vacated village of Erto, had warned over an amplifying system that another slide was coming, other' authorities at Belluno said there was no danger. A UPI reporter „ who flew over the area in a U(S. Army helicopter said he cbuld see a constant movement of rocks down the side of the mountain but that it was impossible to tell from the air whether there was any large-scale landslide under way. .The warning early today was that another slide was moving down Mount Toe at the rate of a foot an hour and that if it hit the water remaining in the upper part of the Vajont Dam reservoir it might cause a backlash wave similar to that which roared into the sleeping valley below the dam |ast Wednesday. Later, ‘other authorities denied that a new slide had started. An estimated 2,500 persons died in last week’s disaster. Originally, officials ’"had believed the death toll might run as high as 4,000, but it turned out that many of the listed inhabitants in the villages were in other countries as migrant workers at tfie time. Cut In Two When the original landslide, estimated at half a billion cubic meters, hit on Wednesday, it virtually cut the reservoir in two. Some of the water still is backed up behind the dam, but another lake has been

Traffic Toll 24 In State

By United Press International George E. Wise, Jr., 40, South Bend, died Sunday of injuries suffered Oct. 4 when his station wagon hit a concrete pillar on Indiana 23 at the Northern Toll Road about two miles northeast of South Bend. A six-fatality accident, the third in Indiana this year, helped establish a record 1963 weekend death toll of 24 and send the year's total to at least 1,020. The weekend's worst accident, combined with four double-fatal-ity crashes and 10 other fatal wrecks, sent the year’s toll spinning high above the 1,000 mark for the first time as early as October since 1953. The 1,020 deaths compared with 914 this time last year. The si**death wreck happened on U.S. 40 west of Thdianapolis between Bridgeport and Plainfield. An Indianapolis station wagon clipped the rear tire of •a dump truck, spun out of control and collided head-on with another car in the opposite lane. 5 In Wagon Die All five Indianapolis persons in the station wagon and a Muncie area worrian in the car were killed. They were Pearl Martin, 48; Keel Watson, 35; Watson’s wife, Clire;-Morris C. Butts, Atroy Ford, 39, and Mrs. Betty J. Mullins. 20, R.R. 5, Muncie. Mrs. Mullins’s husband, Jack, 22, was injured. William Elliot, 60, R.R. 9, Bloomington, and his wife, Blanche, 55, were killed Sunday night whan Elliot suffered a heart attack and his car went off Indiana 46 east of Bloomington and hit a tree. > John Lahayne, 83, Gary, and Zoel Hudson, about 75, Gary, were killed Sunday when La-

formed behind the natural dam of the landslide. The Idkes are at two different levpts. If a new landslide came down, it would/hit the second and higher lake. Its waters could be /'pushed backwards and could hit the towns of Casso and' Erto, already partly destroyed by the tidab wave backlash of the original slide. /' No special precautions were being taken in the Piave Valley below the dam, where Italian troops are clearing away the wreckage left by last week’s disastrous flood.— ......: ' Some villages above the dam were partially destroyed by the flood. They have officially been vacated, but a number of people are camping out in the nearby woods while they try to salvage belongings from their homes. An investigating committee, whose members were assailed as “murderers” on their arrival here Sunday, convened today to try to determine the cause of the disaster that killed an estimated 2,260 persons last week ’’ Scream at- President “Murderers, murderers’ screamed 500 survivors Sundaj when President Antonio Segni arrived by helicopter at the town of Longarone, where most of the victims were killed. “We need justice,” the crowd howled. “What do we do now ... we are completely lost . . . our homes are destroyed.” Segni appeared pale and shaken as he toured the area and listened to the sobs rising from a funeral Mass in Belluno. At times he had to be steadied by aides. “‘Justice will be carried out,” the president told the angry crowd.

hayne drove through a stop sign at the intersection of U.S. 41 and Indiana 10 west of Lake Village and collided with another car. Double-fatality accidents Friday night near Redkey on Indiana 67 and near Logansport at a county road intersection got the toll off to a bad start. Mrs. Charles Gaynell Lindell, 34, R.R. 1, Waldron, died today of injuries suffered in a freak accident in front of her home Continued on Page 8) Workers Return To G.E. Plant Today The local General Electric plant returned to normal this morning, as factory workers who went out bn a protest' strike Friday returned to work this morning. Vernon B. Hebble, president of the United Electrical and Machine Workers of America, Local 924, had said Friday noon that the workers would return to their jobs today. A meeting was held by the local union Sunday, but Hebble was unable to be reached today for comment on the results of the meeting. The union employes left for lunch at 11 a. m. Friday and formed picket lines, which were picked up by the second shift employes at 3:30 p. m. Hebble stated the strike was just for tnat day to protest two grievances. The grievances pertained to seniority and upgrading of a job. The local president said at that time that “if our grievances aren't settled, however, we will go on a full-scale strike.'*

To Give Prizes For Halloween Floats Three cash awards, donated by the Midwest Record Store, 138 N. Second St., will be awarded in a float division, a new addition to the annual Callithumpian parade, it was announced this morning by Kenneth Shannon,, gen er al chairman. The parade, as In the past, will be* held Halloween evening, Oct, 31, beginning at the Five Points intersection. The cash awards, sponsored by the local record store, will be $50,. $25 and sls to the floats winniprig first, second and third Walt Osterman, managed of the Midwest Record Store, said that floats entered in the parade will be judged on originality, construction, animattoni color and decoration. Three'judges, to be selected by the store, will be announced later/' Ahy organization or business, >auch as school, church, club, lodge, and other groups, may enter. Floats should be decorated and constructed to depict the title of a phonograph record of any type. May Construct On A float may be constructed on a wagon or trailer pulled by a vehicle, or may be constructed on the vehicle itself. The parade marshal or his designate has authority to eliminate any float which, according to his judgment, is considered to be a possible detriment to the parade due to safety precautions or bad taste. Entry blanks, which , contain rules for the float division, may be obtained at the Midwest Record store. Signs will be furnished by the store to be carried in front of each float, naming the phonograph record title and sponsor. Entry blanks must be delivered to the store no later than 5:30 p. m. Tuesday, October 29. Daily Democrat's New Look Result From Changeover The “new look" in the Decatur Daily Democrat today results from the nation-wide changeover to narrower columns by the AT&T, which transmits UPI and AP wire news. Each column is a tiny bit narrower on each side—the majority of newspapers were already using the narrower column, since they have been printing on narrower newspaper. Newspapers could either buy entirely new fonts of wider letters, to justify each line, or —increase the space between columns of newsprint. The Democrat has chosen the latter, together with dropping the column rules, to give it a brighter look. About five years ago column closers were dropped as part of the modernization of the newspaper.' Added white space makes the printed word easier to read. INDIANA WEATHER Fair and a little warmer tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight 42 to 48. High Tuesday 75 to 84. Sunset today 6:08 p. m. Sunrise Tuesday 6:55 a.m. Outlook for Wednesday: Continued fair. Lows in the 40s. Highs 75 to 83. Arthur Blakey Dies At Home On Sunday Arthur Blakey, 82, retired farmer and former Union township trustee; died at 5 o’clock Sunday morning at his home on Decatur route 5, seven miles northeast of Decatur. He had been seriously ill for three weeeks. Born in Union .township Nov. 16, 1880, he was a son of Henry and Emelia Thieme-Blakey, and was married to Beata Schamerloh July 23, 1905. Mr. Blakey was a lifelong member of the Immanuel Lutheral church in Union township. He served as township trustee Jpr eight years, from 1926 to 1934. Surviving are his wife; one son, Hugo Blakey of Decatur route 5; three daughters, Mrs. Arthur (Elma > Doctor of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Otto 'Rose) Scaer of Van Wert, 0., and Mrs. Oakley (Monemo) Baxter of Tecumseh, Mich.; 13 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two brothers, John Blakey of Decatur route 5, and the Rev. Henry Blakey of Cedarburg, Wis., and three sisters, Mrs. William Bublitz, Mrs. Theodore Walda and Mrs. Herbert Meinzen, all of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2:30 p.m. at the Immanuel Luth-* eran church. The Rev. W. C. Vetter will officiate, and burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today until time of the services.

Seltenright Quits As County Agent

Leo N. Seltenright, Ada ma<county agricultural agent for nearly nine years, has resigned, effective October 30, to tak the job of county agen for administration in Elkart county. Roy L. Pride, chairman of the Adams county extension committee, apd the committee, are presently searching for a new agent, and hope to have one by Nov. 1, when Seltenright reports to Goshen. Two Assistants TTie move amounts to a promotion, since Seltenright will have two assistants, one for farm management and one for youth work, as well as an increase in pay. Also, it will place him within 30 miles of his home, near LaPaz and Plymouth in Marshall county, and near to his favorite fishing grounds in northeast Indiana. It will, however, force a minor crisis on Adams county, which has been without an SCS work unit supervisor since Milt Spence was promoted to the Exansville district the forst of September. Adams county has had an enviable record in cooperation between the county agent’s office and the SCS office, which has greatly benefitted the county. Near Father’s Home Seltenright will replace Roscoe Stangland, who Is retiring after 32 year in the county extension work, the last 20 of it in Elkhart county. An opportunity to become ah' agent in as prosperous a county as Elkhart, so near to home, only comes once in an agent’s, life, Seltenright pointed out, but he thought long and hard about leaving Adams county where he has been for nearly nine years. Seltenright came to Adams county on the retirement of L.E. Archbold, and has faced a complete change of staff in that time. He has worked with three county home demonstration agents: Miss Bertha Landis, now Mrs. Robert Drew, of Zeeland, Mich.; Miss Lois Folk, now a Purdue extension staff member and the present home agent, Mrs. Patsy Leaders. His awo form; er secretaries, the Misses Gloria Koenefhan and Sally McCullough, were both married,‘and moved to other cities, and the present extension secre-’ taries are Mrs. Charles Hill and Mrs. Dorothy Thompson. Here From Warsaw The Seltenrights are members of the Bethany E.U.B. church, and their son, Dan, who started to kindergarten here nine years ago at the Decatur library, is now a freshman at Decatur high school. They own their home at 1009-Highland Park, off Mercer avenue in the Faurote addition. Before coming to Adams county, Seltenright had worked in the extension service in Whitley and Kosciusko counties. He is a graduate of Purdue University. Quite a few things have happened in county extension work since the Seltenrights came to Adams county. At the time he arrived, the county 4-H fair grounds had just been purchased, and it was just an empty field, with one temporary building on it. Worried an Arrival Seltenright recalls how worried he was when he arrived that more plans hadn't been completed for the new fair grounds, and its operation. He was reassured that once the time came near, everyone would pitch in, and help get things rehdy. So. in spite of lack of organization, everyone did pitch in and even a late start didn't hurt too much in the changeover to the new fair grounds. Seltenright is quick to credit all of the developments in the 4-H fairgrounds, and in the extension work in general, to the fine volunteer help on the part of the many committees that make up' extension work. When he was chosen, Ben Mazelin was chairman of the extension committee Hugo Boerger was soon elected, and then Orson Stoltz, and Homer Winteregg, and finally Roy Price, who is now serving his third term.

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■BEF' L * Leo Seltenright Minimum Tillage Minimum tillage work, thanks largely to the pioneering work of Hugo Bulmahn, of Preble township, has developed in this period not only in Adams county, but throughout the state of Indiana. The first state field day in minimum tillage was held in Seltenright’s first year here at Bulmahn's, with the county agent and county SCS conservationist, Cletus gillman, now an area conservationist, working closely together. There is even a possibility that the 10th minimum tillage field day may be held in Adams county, if the county has an SCS conservationist and county agent in time to make plans for it. Adams county was also the first county in the state to consider farm pond management, a fact which' makes Seltenright, an ardent fisherman and conservationist, quite proud. Improve Buildings Adams county’s fine farm buildings, many of them in close cooperation with building specialists, such as John Foley, brought into tile county through the extension program, are another achievement of the past decade. Recently, much work has been done here in control of root rot in soybeans, a vexing problem for the major cash crop here. Seltenright stated that he "really hates" to leav Adams county, and will truly miss the many friends he has here, and he hopes to see many of them at area and state meetings in the future, tw well as in Elkhart county. Gertrude Bowman Is Taken By Death Mrs. Gertrude Bowman, 68, wife of Russell Bowman, 1417 West Madison street, died at 3:50 a m. Sunday sat the Adams county memorial hospital. She had been ill for one week and critical for one day. She was born in Berne, June 1, 1895, a daughter of John and Rosie Fogle-Ray, and was a lifelong resident of Adams county. She was married to Russell Bowman Jan. 14. 1914. Mrs. Bowman was a member of the Methodist fhurch. Surviving in addition to her husband are four sons, Glen and Robert Bowman, both of Decatur. Max’ Bowman of Dixon. 0., and De Layne Bowman of Monroe; one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Juanita) Winer of Battle Creek, Mich.; 15 grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Treva Werling of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Iva’ King of Los Angeles, Calif. One daughter. two brothers and one sister are deceased. 1 > Funeral rites will be conducted at 2 p in. Wednesday at the Win-teregg-Linn funeral home, with the Rev. Gerald I. Gerig officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cernetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today until time of the services.