Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 24 January 1964 — Page 3

FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1964

SOCIETY

MRS. ALBERT MILLER HOSTESS TO GARDEN CLUB The Decatur Garden Club met at the home of Mrs. Albert Miller. The meeting opened with 20 members repeating the club collect followed by roll call. The 6th annual world’s flower and garden show to be held at McCormiek’s Palace, Chicago, March 7 through 15 was disscussed by the club with further discussion to be held at a later meeting. Mrs. Herman Von Gunten read an article entitled “House Plant Gardens” by Jean Hersey. Lovely refresh metnts were served by the hostess. 39’ER8 HOLD REGULAR MEETING The 39’ers met Tuesday at the Community Center for a carryin dinner and regular meeting. Vice president, Mrs. Bert Haley, presided over the short business meeting. Club members on the sick list, Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Baker, Carl Barnett, and Josephine Neireiter, were reported improving at their homes. The evening was spent visiting and playing bames. Some interesting programs are being planned. The Gals aad Pals Square Dance cljib is sponsoring a square dance at the American Legion, Thursday at 8 p.m. Beginner classes will start at 7 p.m. PROFIT AND PLEASURE MEETS AT STUCKY HOME The Profit and Pleasure Home Demonstration club met Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Roy .Stucky. The president, Mrs. Stucky, opened the meeting by having the members repeat the club collect. Devotions were given by Mrs. Stucky, who read Romans 4: 7-8 and a poem entitled “Never Throw a Man Away.” The members then sang the song of the month, “Home on the Range,” accompanied by Mrs. Harry Andrews. The history was reviewed by Mrs. Oscar Miller. Following the business meeting, Mrs. Leonard Schwaller gave a very interesting lesson on insecticides, urging everyone to use all precautions handling these poisons. . „ A delicious luncheon was then served by the hostess, assisted by her daughters, Marlene, Royann and Louise. ACADEMY OF FRIENDSHIP MEETS RECENTLY The Academy of Friendship met recently at the Moose Home. Mrs. Hazel Schultz presided at the business meeting which was followed by a social hour. The Mesdames Evelyn Plasterer, Angie Witham and Iva Hunter served as hostesses. WOMEN OF MOOSE MET THURSDAY The Women of the Moose met Thursday evening at the Moose home with senior regent, Mrs. Charles Haney in charge. A social hour followed the business meeting. Members are re-minded--of the mid-winter conference to be held Sunday at the Moose home, beginning at 1:30 p m. and that they are to bring a covered dish. The next regular meeting will be held February 6 at the Moose home. There will be formal enrollment. The Friendship Circle of the Zion United Church of Christ will meet Wednesday evening at 7 30 at the church. Members are asked to bring scissors and a thimble for the special project. Trade in a good town — Decatur SUNDAY MENU as Country Charm Restaurant: Young Roast Turkey with Dressing. A complete meal including Fresh Strawberry Pie with Whipped Cream. 26 t 2

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JUNIOR ARTS TO ENTERTAIN AT MEETING The Decatur Community Center will be the scene Monday evening at 8 o’clock of a sparkling new comedy entitled “The Day of the Duchess,” written by Alice C. Thompson. At this time the Junior Arts department of the Decatur Woman’s club will entertain club members at this general meeting. The setting of the play is the recreation room of a select private school for girls. The students are very honored to have a duchess from Austria visit them and they entertain her with several musical selections. A perplexing situation develops when two different duchesses arrive at the school. The solution of this problem makes for fine entertainment in this all-girl play. Following the program a tea will be served by the girls to general club members and all mothers of the Junior Arts members who will be special guests. Officers of the junior arts department are Jane Burk, president; Ann Schur ger, vice president; Margaret Kocher, secretary; and Karen Andrews, treasurer. Mrs. Hubert Feasel is general advisor of the girls and is assisted by Mrs. Raymond Eichenauer, art department', Mrs. Sherman Arnold, drama pepartment, and Mrs. Richard Linn, music department. The Decatur Bellmont Home Demonstration club will meet at the home of Mrs. Roger Geimer, Tuesday at 8 p.m. ... .. ... .... -_j. .. The K. of C. Auxiliary will meet at the K. of C. Hall, Tuesday at 8 p.m. The C. L. of C. hall will be the scene of a meeting of the St. Vincent De Paul society Wednesday at 2 p.m. / PLEASANT MILLS W. M. S. MEETS RECENTLY The ladies of the Pleasant Mills Baptist church met in a regular W. M. S. session at the home of Mrs. Flora Halberstadt. The president, Mrs. Lowell Noll, opened the meeting with roll call which the members answered by telling of “a New Year’s resolution I didn’t keep” and the number of verses read in the book of Genesis. Devotions were conducted by Mrs. Loretta McCoullough. The group than sang “More Like the Biaster.” During the business meeting conducted by the president, a report was made on the white cross work. Refreshments were served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Mary Melching. The meeting was dismissed with the group joining hands and repeating the Mizpah benediction. Urge Area Residents To Join Association Area residents interested in joining the Limberlost conservation association, in the restoration, preservation and promotion of the area’s Gene Stratton Porter and Limberlost natural and historic heritages, may do so by taking am embership in the association for 1964. Dues may be paid and membership cards ar-. ranged for from any of the following directors: Eli Sticky, Joseph Anderson or Earl Dwald, of Geneva, Robert Haecker of Berne, or Louis Jacobs of Decatur, or at the Kozy Korner in Geneva. Persons paying dues before Monday are urged to attend the meeting Monday evening at the Kozy Korner in Geneva to hear reports on the association’s 1963 activities, and take part in the election of two directors. F

Hero Fund, Medal For Indiana Man PITTSBURGH (UPI) — The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission today awarded $750 and a bronze medal to Elbert L. Reuter, 33, a limestone worker who saved a woman and her three children from dronwing at Springville, Ind., in 1962. Reuter was among 25 persons given silver or bronze medals and cash awards totaling $16,250 for heroism. The citation 'said that Reuter saved Mrs. Alberta F. Kimmel, 32; her sons, Robert, 7, and Clinton, 12, and her daughter, Maria, 10. “A pickup truck containing the Kimmel family and driven by the father, the only one who could swim, became mired as it forded a shallow creek during a heavy rain,” the citation said. “Water backed up behind a barrier of logs and tree limbs across the creek broke through, moved rapidly downstream, and struck the truck, the windows of which were closed. “As the water in the creek bed increased to 10 feet in depth and spread over the banks, the truck was swept downstream. Reuter witnessed the accident and made his way through the flooded area to atop the bank, where in water five feet deep he climbed onto the limb of a tree. “The rear of the truck then struck the bank, stopping the vehicle three feet from the tree. Reuter jumped onto the cab and thence into the water alongside the right window, which the occupants lowered. Reuter drew Robert from the cab and passing behind the truck, towed him 15 feet to a tree on the normal creek bank. “He told Robert to hold to a limb until he removed the others from the cab. Reuter towed Maria and then Clinton to the same tree. He returned to the right side of the truck and was joined by the father, who had climbed out he other window. “Reuter assisted Mrs. Kimmel from the cab as the truck headed downstream and was swept past them. Twenty-five feet farther downstream, the truck overturned and sank. “Reuter, followed by M father, towed Mrs. Kimmel to the tree. Robert then lost his hold and was carried downstream, submerging intermittently. _ “While the father assisted the others out of the floodwater, Reuter swam after Robert as logs and tree limbs were swept past them. Reuter reached Robert 100 feet downstream, towed him 20 feet diagonally across the subsiding current, and secured footing. “Reuter, who was tired, waded thence to the edge of the flooded area with Robert.” Indiana's Traffic Toll Upped To 51 By United Press International Three ups ta t e accidents raised Indiana’s 1964 traffic fatality to.ll to at least 51 today compared with 66 a year ago. Adolphe Lietz, 55, Kokomo, was killed early today when his car hit a steel guard rail, plunged down a 40-foot embankment, rolled over five times and burst into flames on an Indiana 29 overpass just west of Logansport. John Cooper, 20, Cold Springs Harbor, N.Y., died at DeKalb Memorial Hospital at Auburn Thursday night, an hour after his car ran off U.S. 6 two miles east of Butler, hurtled a 20-foot creek and overturned. Janice Stebing, 20, Toledo, Ohio, was hospitalized. Ray • L. Slinker, 22, Attica, died at Home Hospital at Lafayette Thursday, shortly after his car and one driven by Elsie DeLaney, 70, Lafayette, collided head-on on Indiana 25 near West Point. Police said the DeLaney car was in turn struck by one driven by Joseph Vaughan, 53, Attica.

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Club Schedule Telephone 3-2121 Miss K*y Shaffer Society Editor Calendar Items for each day’s publication must be phoned in by 11 a.m. (Saturday 9:30) FRIDAY Union Chapel E. U. B. church, men’s meeting, church, 7:30 p.m. American Legion Auxiliary, social meeting, Legion Home, 8 p.m. Psi lota Xi Trading Post, 14, Helen Rydell and , Colleen Linn;' 69, Jane Heller and Norma Moore. Leah Circle, Decatur E. U. B. church, Mrs. Kenneth McConnell, 7:30 p.m. SUNDAY Mid-winter Conference, Women of Moose, Moose Home, 1:30 p.m. MONDAY Queen of Peace Discussion Group, Miss Frances Koors, 8 p.m. D. A. V. Auxiliary, D. A. V. Hall, 7:30 p.m. social Pleasant Mills Community Organization, Pleasant Mills school gym, 7:30 p.m. Decatur Woman’s club, General Meeting, Community Center, 8 p.m. Flo-Kan Sunshine Girls, Moose, Home, 6:15 p.m. Pythian Sisters Needle Club, Following Temple, Moose Home, 7:30 p.m., installation of officers. Kirkland Ladies Club, Mrs. Joe Zimmerman, 7:30 p.m. St. Ambrose Study club, Mrs. Herman Braun, 7:30 p.m. Monmouth Rural Community Association, St. John’s Lutheran school, 8 p.m. TUESDAY Root Township Home Demonstration club, Mrs. Ralph Rice, 1 p.m. Psi lota Xi sorority, Community Center, 7:30 p.m. Jolly Housewives Home Demonstration club, I & M building, 7:30 p.m. Sunny Circle Home Demonstration club, Preble Recreation Center, 7:30 p.m. Delta Theta Tau sorority, Mrs. Leo Teeple, 1028 Mercer, 8 p.m. Eagles Auxiliary, Eagles Hall, 8 p.m. Tri Kappa, active chapter, Mrs. Kenneth McConnell. 7:30 p.m. Decatur Bellmont Home Demonstration club, Mrs. Roger Geimer, 8 p.m. K. of C’. Auxiliary, K. of C. WEDNESDAY Shakespeare Club, Mrs. Elbert Smith, Jr., 2 p.m. Friendship Circle of Zion United Church of Christ, church, 7:30 p.m. St. Vincent DePaul society, C. L. of ; C. Hall, 2 p.m. THURSDAY Gals and Pals Square Dance, club square dance, American Legion 8 p.m., beginners classes 7 p.m. Savings Bond Sales Decrease In County T. F. Graliker, chairman of the Adams county U. S. savings bonds committee, has received a report revealing that the county’s savings bonds sales for December were $62,449, compared with $91,579 for the corresponding period of last year. The state’s sales for December were $11,881,826. Last December sales were sll,120,897, which gives an increase of 6.8 per cent over last year. Fifty of the state’s 92 counties reported sales gains for the month when compared with sales of December 1962. ,** Hospital Admitted Mrs. Esther Bixler, Geneva; Bfrs. Glenford Habegger, Berne; Charles Cloud, Ronald Arnold, Pryor Gilbert, Decatur. Dismissed Mrs. Philip Nussbaum and baby boy, Berne; Mrs. Richard Lewer and baby girl, Hershel Boothy, Decatur.

Scout Troop 61 1 Second In Derby Boy Scout troop 61, sponsored by the Decatur Rotary club, placed second in both the lightweight and middleweight division of the annual Klondike derby this past weekend at Ouabache state park, it was announced this morning. Eighteen troops members and advisors from the three patrols attended, with five boys in each patrol, scoutmaster senior patrol leader and assistant. The derby consisted of several miles of forest with numerous posts along the way. The sleds used were the type used by eski mos in Alaska and Canada, but they were pulled by Scouts, not dogs. After the derby, there were immense snowball battles between all the troops in the district. Ron Secaur, scoutmaster, was assisted by senior patrol leader Tom Johnson, and assistant patrol leader John .Souders, Scouts were: Cobra patrol, Rich Howard, Dennis Smitley, Mike Patch, Tom Roudenbush, Deon Hawkins; Eagle patrol, Gary Teeple, Roy Patch, Mike Krider, Tom Ashem, and Ron Merriman; Flaming arrow patrol, John Ginter, Bill Rydell Randy Erwin, John Knudsen, and Kenny Smitley. South Dakota Ratifies Ban On Poll Tax PIERRE, S.D. (UPI) — The 24th Amendment banning the poll tax was a part of the U.S. Constitution for all practical purposes today as a result of a last minute race between Georgia and South Dakota for final ratification hohors. South Dakota won. The state Senate suspended its rules Thursday and passed the resolution unanimously, 34-0. Georgia almost got into the act when its Senate passed the ratification resolution unanimously and gent it to the House for speedy action. F .. The administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA), upon receiving notification of ratification here, will formally certify that the amendment has been ratified by the required three-fourths of the states. Ratification of the 2 3rd Amendment —which gave District of Columbia residents the right to vote in presidential elections — was completed March 29, 1961, when Kansas became the 38th state to ratify 42 minutes ahead of Ohio. The GSA administrator formally declared it in force April 3, 1961. Second In Laundry Series Here Monday The Decatur young homemakers’ laundry series will hold its second meeting Monday at 8 p.m. in the county extension office. Show Film Sunday At Pleasant Mills Church The sound movie, “In His Steps” will be shown at the Pleasant Mills Methodist church at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. The picture is based on the book by the same name, written by the late Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, which has sold over 20,000,000 copies, The public is invited to see the film. A free-will offering will be’ taken to cover rental of the film, which is owned by Youth for Christ.

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Vic Damone Appears At Birch Bayh Party

I** Vic Damone Singer Vic Damone is the latest Hollywood headliner to be announced as a participant in the “Birch Bayh Birthday Party,” to be held at Cadle Tabernacle, Indianapolis, Saturday, February 1, at 8 p. m. The handsome singing personality joins Janet Leigh and Barry Sullivan in the starstudded event, which will also include special music provided by three-time Academy award winner Sammy Cahn, in recognition of Senator Birch Bayh’s 36th birthday. In accepting the local appearance, Damone stated he will present the same firty-minute show he did recently at the Sands Motel in Las Vegas, where he received an estimated ,000 per week. Damone was seen locally this past week-end via television on the Judy Garland show, where he was a featured performer. He also had his own network television show this past year and has had several recordings to hit the magic million mark in sales. Damone, who has been a featured player in sifch musicals as “Hit The Deck” and "Kismet,” received his first professional engagement through die help of comedian Milton Berle, whose wife is serving as producer of the “Birch Bayh Birthday Party.” Tickets, at 33.75 per person, are available through G. Remy Bierly, Decatur; or at the Claypool Ticket Agency Claypool Hotel, Indianapolis. Murder Conviction Os Teen-Ager Upheld INDIANAPOLIS (UPl)—The Indiana Supreme Court, in a 3 to 2 decision, today upheld the murder conviction of a Terre Haute teen-ager in the slaying of his 3-year-old stepsister. Three—the least possible majority of judges—affirmed the life sentence given Donald Sparks in Vigo Circuit Court. 1716 youth was 17 on Oct. 8, 1962, when little Brenda Dawn Fredericks was found shot to death in their Terre Haute home. Evidence was that Sparks served as a baby sitter for the three children of his mother and stepfather while the parents worked. The slaying occurred while the other two children were in school. Sparks testified that Brenda threatened to tell their parents that he had mistreated her. He said he threatened her with a gun “just to scare her," and the weapon discharged accidentally. Judges Norman Arterburn, Frederick Landis and Harold Achor agreed in the majority opinion that “use of a deadly weapon against an unarmed person substantiates the essential elements of malice.” But Judge Walter Myers wrote in a dissenting opinion that he felt the facts did not show malice and that the judge should have been instructed to return a manslaughter verdict. Judge Amos Jackson, who also dissented, thought a new trial should have been granted.

Doctors Report On Treating Kennedy

AUSTIN, Tex. (UPI) — Doctors who worked frantically to save President Kennedy, even though they knew it was a “lost cause,” described their efforts Thursday in the Texas state Journal of Medicine. Hie detailed report contained personal accounts by • seven doctors — all staff members of Texas Southwestern Medical School adjacent to Parkland Hospital in Dallas, where the fatally wounded President was rushed Nov. 22. One of the doctors, Charles J. Carrico, a resident surgeon and the first physician to examine Kennedy, said he detected an occasional heartbeat and “slow agonal respiratory efforts” by listening through a stethescope. Kennedy’s eyes were dilated Births At the Adams county memorial hosiptal: Thursday at 11'13 p.m., an 8 lb., 13% oz. baby boy was born to Ivan and Ramona Champion Chrisman, 330% North 9th street, Decatur. Catorina and Rosa Rodriquez Criones, 809 North 12th street, Decatur, are the parents of an 8 lb. baby girl, boro today at 1:10 a.m. Larry and Kathleen Reynolds King, Willshire, 0., became the parents of a 7 lb., 11% oz. baby girl at 12:47 a.m. today. Today at 12:44 a.m., an 8 lb., 12 oz. baby girl was born to William and Evelyn Bleeke Becker, route 1, Ossian. Locals Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Vizard are spending a ten-day vacation in Fksrda*. State representative Burl Johnson is a patient at Parkview memorial hospital in Fort Wayne. Fourth District Tops Legion Membership The fourth district of the Indiana American Legion, led by membership chairman Frank C. Detter of Decatur, won the annual Christmas tree membership drive with a score of 53,593.75, and 91.9% of their 1964 quota. The fourth district, according to a front-page article in the January issue of the Hoosier Legionnaire, had 10,698 Legion members by Jan. 1. Also, 28 of the 32 posts, including Decatur and Berne, reached 100% of its 1964 goal. Placing second among the state’s 11 districts was the second district with 40,521.37 points. , Driver's License Ordered Suspended The driver’s license of Larry Lee Hindenlang, route 8, Decatur, has been suspended for an indefinite period due to matters appearing on record. According to the latest driver suspension list issued by the bureau of motor vehicles, Hindenlang’s license suspension was effective Nov. 19, 1963. SPECIAL! SATURDAY at the Country Charm Restaurant. Fried Chicken, a complete meal SI.OO- 20 2t

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and fixed in a stare, Carrico said; and there was no pulse or blood pressure. “Non-Responsive” _ Dr. Malcolm O. Perry, 34, said his examinatiqn showed only a “slow spasmodic respiration.” He described the President as “non-responsive.” Dr. Carrico noted two external wounds — one in the neck and one in the head. Shredded brain tissue was visible in the head wound, the doctor said. Dr. William Kemp Clark, a specialist on head injuries and the doctor who pronounced Kennedy dead after consultation with the other physicians, noted “much of the right posterior skull,' at brief examination, appeared gone.” Because of the neck wound and weak breathing, Dr. Perry made an incision in Kennedy’s windpipe and inserted a tube. Dr. M. T. Jenkins started respiration with an anesthesia machine. Another machine was attached to monitor heartbeat, but only “brief evidence” of any was obtained. Given Fluids Perry said fluids and blood were given the President through veins in his legs. There was “massive” bleeding from the head wound. When closed chest cardiac massage failed to produce a heartbeat and examination of an electrocardiogram showed no detectable electrical activity in the heart, attempts to resuscitate were abandoned, the report said. The team qf doctors pronounced Kennedy dead at 2 p.m. EST. They had been working on the President about 30 minutes. Other doctors who worked on Kennedy besides Carrico, Perry, Jenkins, and Clark, were Fouad A. Bashour, Robert N. 'NlriL'ie'Lanti wni Chwttes R. Baxter. The doctors did all they could as fast as they could, Jenkins said, but wound was so great it was hopeless.

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