Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 259, Decatur, Adams County, 2 November 1963 — Page 4

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< DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO., INC. Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Class ]Lm Dick D. Heller, Jr President John G. Heller Vice President Chas. E. HoMhouse Secretary-Treasurer Subscription Rates By Mail, in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, >10.00; Six months, 15.50; 3 months, $3.00. By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, $11.25; 6 months, $6.00; 3 months, $3.25. By Carrier, 35 cents per week. Single copies. 7 cents Proposed Church Merger » • EUB Bishop Reuben H. Miller, of Indianapolis, co-chairman of the joint commission on church union of the Evangelical United Brethren and the Methodist Church, has reported a plan, adopted in September, for the two church groups to complete their vote on merger by 1968. The new church will be the United Methodist Church. While nationally the Methodist church has 10,234,968 communicants and the EUB’s 761,754 here in Adams county there ate more EUB’s than Methodists. Both have quite similar Wesleyan backgrounds, but the EUB churches come from German language backgrounds, and the Methodist from English. Practically everything would be the same if the two churches do unite, and each gives ground a little to the few technical differences. Under the new proposal, bishops would be elected for life; at present, EUB bishops are elected every four years, but in practice they are generally reelected for life. The bishop would appoint the district superintendents, subject to approval by the conference. Methodist bishops now appoint without approval, and EUB’s elect their district superintendents. A council on ecumenical affairs in the new church would declare and work for the Church Universal. ....... - ' . ■■■■■. a This is a very sound proposal. The task facing the > Protestant churches of America today is great, and Christian unity with understanding and Christian love are the only solutions. Bigness will solve nothing in itself, but it will allow better solutions than small churches. The effectiveness of united churches has been proven time and again in mission area overseas. Local churches have much to grain from merger, even though minor problems are presented. Think of the religious education program for children, the weakest link in the Protestant chain, and think what it would mean to have groups of children large enough for good church school programs. Why, a ~ merger of tfie First Methodist Church and Decatur EUB church would provide a school unit almost large enough to form a separate school district under Indiana state law! Think of the choir possibilities, of a special minister for sermons, and speaking, and one especially for calling on the sick and those in need of help. A dynamic Protestant chrch with a real program for its members would certainly challenge the rest of us in Decatur! Editorial written by Dick Heller

COURT NEWS Real Estate Transfers Jerdan F. Sanmann etux to Marion O. Young etux, Pt. Outlot 116 Decatur. Beady Gerber etal to Frieda Lehman, Inlot 58 Geneva. Frieda Lehman to Harold 0. Runkel etux, Inlot 58 Geneva. Gladys Lawrence etal to Jerden F. Sanmann etux, Inlot 3 Decatur. Jennie I. Gardner - to James E. Gardner. Inlot 396 Geneva. Grace Burns to Jerry DeWayne Hirschy. Pt. Inlot 17 Mon rob. Guadalupe Garza etux to Adan Eguia etux, Inlot 42 Decatur. Paul L. Whittenbarger etai to Marie Deßolt. Inlot 53 Decatur. Marie Deßolt to Roy W. Whittenbarger etux. Ink>t 53 Decatur. Jesse F. Rupert to Annabelle Rupert Gase, Pt. NE/4. Section 4 Township 27 Range 14, 3 acres. Jesse F. Rupert to Mabie, Marcella Rupert Slusher, Pt. NE/4 NE/4 Section 4 Township 27 Range 14. David Moser etux to Northern Ind. Public Service Co. Pt NW/4 Section 20 Township 25 Range 14, .17 acres. David Moser etux to American Louisiana Pipe Line, Pt. NW/4 Section 20 Township 25 Range 14, .26 acres. Arthur Haggard etux to Harvey L. Haggard, Pt. SW/4 Pt. NW/4 Section 3 Township 26 Range 14. Arthur D. Suttles etux to Jerold W. Lobsiger etux. Inlot 11 Decatur. Jerold W. Lobsiger ctux to Robert E. Saalfrank etux, Inlot 11 Decatur. Fred Pickford Jr. etux to Robert F. Braun etux, Pt. E/2 E/2 SW/4 Section 31 Township 28 Range 15, 15 acres. Gerald W. Vizard etux to K.F. Hahnert etux. Pt. Outlot 24 Decatur. Rosalind Yager Karchhofer etvir to Herbert Keller, etux. Inlot 953 & Pt. 952 Berne 104th Add.

NIPSCO Pays Out $8 Million In Tax Northern Indiana Public Service company has contributed more than eight million dollars this year in real estate and personal property taxes to the successful operation of Indiana's cities, schools, towns and counties, Dean H. Mitchell, NIPSCO chairman and president, announced today. The utility's November installment of $4,150,602.55, added to the spring payment of $4,152,445.24, brings the company’s total state and local property tax bill for 1963 to $8,303,047.79. "This makes NIPSCO one of the largest taxpayers in the state of Indiana," Mitchell said. “Just as with every other taxpaying company in America, these tax dollars are collected from customers as a part of their service bill, In fact, last year 18 cents out of every dollar received from NIPSCO customers went for federal, state and local taxes.” i Richard M. Reetz, Decatur district manager, said that total local taxes paid by the utility in Adams county amounted to $27,734.72, of which $21,894.34 went to the city of Decatur. Tax payment checks have been sent to NIPSCO district managers well ahead of the November 4 deadline to make sure county treasurers received them in plenty of time. Oh. That Aching Back! If your home handyman has an orbital electric sander, equip this with a lambs wool pad, and use it as a massager. It works real well to stimulate circulation in the body and relax aching muscles.

Corrected List Os Coliseum Victims

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD— The 1 dead in the Indiana State Fair- . grounds Coliseum explosion: | 1. Mrs. Bernice Hutton, Columbus 2. Barbara Hutton, 14, her daughter 3. Dwight Keim, 65, Lafayette, former mayor of West Lafayette. 4. Mrs. Lois D. Keim, 62, his wife. 5 Herman Schmitz, 73, Lafayette, former commandant of the Indiana State Soldiers Home. 6. Mrs. Evelyn Schmitz, 60, his wife. 7. Mrs. Bernice F. Tillison, 50, Manila 8. Ray F. Walters, 69, Indianapolis 9. Felix L. Broyle, 56, Pittsboro 10. Mrs. Betty Sharp, 50, Indianapolis ■» 11. Mrs. Marjorie Burkhart, 32, Indian apolis 12. Barbara Burkhart, 8, her daughter. 13. Gregory Dill, 5, Indianapolis, son of Dr. and Mrs. Charles Dill. Dr. Dill is a deputy Marion County coroner. 14. CaroU W. Cowgill, 60, Anderson 15. Mrs. Velma Cowgill, 50, his wife 16. Jesse W. Curtis, 69, Indianapolis 17. Mrs. Roxie Irene Curtis, 66, his wife 18. Margaret Evens, 50, Pittsboro 19. Archie John Everett, 67, Indianapolis 20. Mrs. Geneva Everett, 67, his wife 21. Herman Hoffler, 74, Indianapolis 22. Hosiah Hutchens, 60, New Castle 23. Mrs. Lora K. Jaus, 50, Indianapolis & 24. Dr. Marshall McClung, 68, Indianapolis, regional director of the Veterans Administration Office> 25. Mrs. Hazel McClung, 55, his wife. 26. John Albert Mahr, 70, Indianapolis 27. Nellie Sherman Marshall, McFarland, Calif., formerly of New Castle 28. Paul C. Mason, 67, Indianapolis 29. Mrs. Manalta Mason, 62, his wife 30. John W. Rhodes, 50, Indianapolis 31. Mrs. Vallie Rhodes, 66, his wife 32. Russell Glen Robbins, 44, Indianapolis 33. George W. Schumaker, 71, Indianapolis 34. Carl Talkington, 60, Indianapolis 35. Mrs. Evelyn Talkington, 58, his wife ~.. 36. Alfred White, 45, Indianapolis 37. Mrs. Violet M. White, 34, his wife 38. Earl Hyson Myer, 62, Indianapolis, executive vice president of Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. 39. Mrs. Dorothy Myer, 60, his wife 40. Mrs. Thelma Mae Printz, 47, Indianapolis 41. Mrs. Margaret Worland, 60, Kokomo 42. Ann Margaret Worland, 15, her daughter 43. Susan Worland, 14, her daughter 44. Mrs. Marjorie Hoppes, 60, Daleville 45. Mrs. Loretta O'Brien, 62, Indianapolis 46. Louis O. Wuensche, 64, Indianapolis 47. Kenneth Horton, 53, Anderson 48. Larry Horton, 19, his son 49. Dr. Jesse Staten, 50. Indianapolis, plant physician for

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Ohio Giri Is Miss Teen-Age America DALLAS (UPD — Judy Doll, a blue-eyed, wholesome-looking, - 17-year-old girl representing Akron,Ohio, is the new Miss Teenage America. She won Friday night in the finals of a contest that started last Monday with 49 entrants. Various eliminations reduced the field to six girls Friday night. Jeanine Zavrel, 16, of Falls Church, Va., was first alternate. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Zavrel, she entered the contest as “Miss Washington, D.C.” Eileen Melody Speerin, representing New York City, won third place. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Speerin, Rosedale. “I still can’t believe it,” Judy said. Father Says “It’s Great” “It’s great,” her father, Jay P. Doll, a plant engineer, said. “Her mother and I certainly did not consciously prepare her to win a contest like this.” As winner of the contest, Judy got a SIO,OOO scholarship, a convertible automobile, 50

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shares of a soft drink company’s stock, a new wardrobe and a trip around the country. The Dolls live in Navarre, Ohio. Judy is a senior in high school and a member of St. Paul United Church of Christ. -i/ As Miss Teenage America of 1964 she succeeded Darla Jean Banks, 17, of Fresno, Calif. Wins Talent Award Karen Valentine, 16, of Santa Rosa, Calif., won a special talent award. On the strength of her performance, a song and dance, she won an appearance on a national television show. The finals of the contest were broadcast for an hour on television. Mary Jane Daly of Miami, Fla., Peggy Ann Neilsen of Seattle, Wash., and Marilyn Roat of Bossier City, La., were semifinalists. Trimmer Cord You can keep the power cord of your hedge trimmer out of harm’s way ,if you’ll attach a looped strip of innertube rubber to the cord with adhesive tape, then insert your arm through the loop as you work — thus keeping the cord out of the way and avoiding any danger of cutting through it.

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