Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 18 February 1964 — Page 8

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Feb. 21-27 Is Snow Period In Indiana

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — If you don’t like snow, better keep your fingers crossed between Feb. 21 and 27 against a continuation of a four-year tradition in Indiana. Since 1960, Hoosiers have had a harried experience with wintry weather every time this one-week period rolls around. It started in 1960 when 1.6 inches of snow fell on Indianapolis on Feb. 21, followed by 4.9 inches more on the 25th and 26th and 2.7 inches additional on the 29th for a net total of 9.2 inches in niAe days. The following year, we ran into that strange situation when a 6.6-inch wet snow blanketed the city Feb. 25 during a unique storm featuring high winds, thunder and lightning but with temperatures only a little below freezing. Interfered With Tourneys That was the storm which dumped up to 13 inches of white on parts of Southern Indiana and because of drifting forced the postponement of sectional tourney title games at numerous Indiana high school basketball centers. At some tourney centers, thousands of fans were stranded overnight, subsisting on party-type rations from concession stands, sock-hopping on the hardwood floors, and sleep ing on uncomfortable bleacher seats. Two days later, on the 27th, 3.8 more inches fell. Then came 1962, with 2.7 inches falling' on the 21st and 5.8 inches on the 23rd of February in another traffic-snarl-er. Last year’s traditional late February snow situation wasn’t quite so bad. Nevertheless, 2.4 inches fell on the 24th and 25th to keep the tradition alive. What happened" during the Feb. 21-27 periods of years before 1960? Not much of anything, if you go back no earlier than Ir? ■ J i ■ \ isHlis ? MH® FROM THE PAST—A touch of Cambodia’s rich past if provided by traditional dan cers in a parade in down town Phnom Penh. Cam bodia was the site of a flour ishing Khmer empire ir medieval times

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1951. There was no snow at all during that period in either 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958 or 1159. Not Much Before 1960 In 1954, there was 1.1 inches on the 25th and 26th. In 1955, there was 1.2 inches on the 21st and 22nd. And in 1957, there was nearly an inch on the 27th. But the weather’s snow reputation for the seven days stretching before and after George Washington’s birthday really became bad at the beginning of the present decade. Will it persist this year? Or did it come ahead of schedule in the heavy snows of last weekend? Here is a clue or two: The five-day outlook issued Monday for the remainder of this week, including the first two days of the “snow period,” called for one-fourth to threefourths of an inch of precipitation, most of it late this week. That could mean 2% to 7Mt inches of snow if the temperature were just right. The 30-day outlook of the U.S. Weather Bureau issued in Washington late last week for mid-February to mid - March called for "greater than normal” precipitation in a broad band extending from New England through the Ohio Valley, and that includes Indiana. Os course that could be rain, or it could come before or after the period in question. Time will telL Consider Solution To Senate Problem INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — The Indiana Election Board is scheduled to meet, possibly Wednesday, to consider a proposed solution to the problem of how to put a 1963 legislative reapportionment plan into effect and not wind up with more than 50 senators. No official announcement of the proposed solution has been made. But from indications received, it appeared that the plan—reduced to personalities would mean that Sen. Dewey Annakin, D-Terre Haute, would serve out the remaining two years of his holdover term as senator from the old Vigo-Sulli-van County district; the district composed of Vigo alone, for which Sen. Jack Mankin, DTerre Haute, seeks reelection, would vote this year, but a new district composed of Clay, Owen and Sullivan Counties would not become effective until 1966. This is the district which Sen. Kenneth Reagin, D-Cory, had hoped to represent. If the solution is adopted, it would have the effect of eliminating Reagin, and he already has indicated he would sue. Governor Welsh, chairman of the election board, conferred with Atty. Gen. Edwin K. Steers and two of his deputies this morning. Steers said afterward that he was not free to make public the proposal for solution. But he said he believed it will be acted on by the board, possibly within 24 hours.

Blue, Gold Party Held By Pack 3061 Lincoln Cub pack 3061 held their Blue and Gold party at the Lincoln school auditorium TTiursday night, with a record attendance. More than one hundred Cubs, parents, brothers and sisters and friends attended the annual event The meeting opened with the group reciting toe pledge of allegiance to the flag with their cubmaster, Judge Myles F. Parrish, leading the group. After the group had recited, the pledge of allegiance. Kenneth Erhart. chairman, led the Cubs in singing one of -their favorite songs, “Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All Here.” Mrs. Beulah Parrish accompanied them on the piano. Each den was given an opportunity to tell what they had done during toe last month. Each Cub was given an opportunity to tell his own story of adventures in cubbing during the month of January. All of the dens worked together on a project of making posters depicting patriotism and work of toe Cub Scouts. Before the meeting started each den placed their posters on the walls of the auditorium, more than one hundred twenty five posters were made by the Cubs, and covered the three walls of the auditorium. Kenneth Erhart and Judge Parrish presented the following awards: Den I: Rickey Butcher, one gold arrow; Howard Jones, one gold arrow, three silver arrrows; Joe Spaulding, one bear badge, one gold arrow; Roger Everett, one silver arrow, one gold arrow, one bear badge; Keith Sharpe, one bear badge. Den III: Tom Gaunt, wolf badge; Tim Allwein, wolf badge; Jim Azbell, one year pin. Den IV: Scott Porter, den chief; Jon Doan, bear badge; Brad Shelton, lion badge; Mike Allison, one gold arrow. Den V: Tim Mayclin, one bear badge, one year pin, one gold arrow, two silver arrows;. Gary Marbach, one year pin; Grant Porter, one year pin, bear badge; Jeffrey Smith, one gold arrow, one year Stuart Bauman, one silver arrow, one year pin; Kevin Birch, one year pin. Den VII: Gregg Borne, denner; Jeff Stuart, assistant denner, one gold arrow; Allen Miller, gold arrow. Erhart had procured for this special meeting a movie of the J. L. Hudson 1963 Thanksgiving day parade. The Cubs thoroughly enjoyed toe technicolor picture of this parade. Erhart made the movie of toe Hudson parade available to every elementary school in the city of Decatur. In commemoration of toe 31st birthday of toe Cub Scouts of America, the group paid tribute to them by singing “Happy Birthday, Cub Scouts.” Each 4en submitted new registrations’for & members for the new ytar, ahd two new Cubs, Gregg <Chiids and Terry MazeUn, were admitted as top Cubs’ newest Bpbcats. m \ The meeting fclosed with refreshments being served ,to the group by Mrs. Erhart and Mrs. tFW hospitality cbmmmittee. > Steers said the proposal received the support of both Democratic and Republics state chairmen and the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce. A chamber spokesman said the plan would appear to leave Clay and Owen without representation in the 1965 Senate. But he said toe solution seemed toe best idea so far. Steers would comment only in generalities. He said he did not want to "discuss personaUties.” However, he said “it is necessary to recognize the vested interests of holdover senators.”

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Training Held For 4-H Junior Leaders The 1964 district 4-H junior leader training conference was held recently at Lancaster Central high school. Wells county. 4-H junior leaders and leaders attending from Adams county are as follows: May Ann Duff, Berne route 1, Kay Wheeler, Geneva route 1; Jean Atfgsburger, Geneva route 1; Jerry Alberson. Geneva route 2; Douglas Bauman*Berne route I; Robert Kershner, Decatur route 2; Jerry Selking, Decatur route 2; Brad Bayles, Geneva route 2; Brian Schwartz, Berne route 1: Glen Marckel, Monroe route 1; Janice Rftter, Decatur route 5; Ronald Journay, Decatur rout? 3; Linda Roe, Monroe route 1: Linda Genth. Decatur- route 6; Karen Wolfe. 122 Harvester Lane, Decatur; Arlene Denntson, Monroe route 1; Cathy Cauble, Decatur route 2; Janette Nyffeler, Decatur route 5; Karen Bollenbacher, Berne route 2; Judy Bultemeier, Decatur route 1; Mrs. Orval Neuenschwander, Monroe; Mrs. Clarence Bultemeier, Decatur route 1; Ernest J. Lesiuk, county extension agent; Lester Adler, bus driver, Decatur route 4. The purpose of the 4-H junior leader training conference is to train junior leaders in demonstration, record keeping, song leading and leadership. The training conference is sponsored cooperatively by the Indiana Farm Bureau and cooperative extension service. The transportation and meals for the 4-H junior leaders was sponsored by the Adams county Farm Bureau association. 'Long' Evening For Madison Twp. Team The Madison township basketball team of Jay county experienced one of those "long evenings” Saturday night. The team lost only its second game of toe season, by 30 points, at Liberty Center in Wells county Saturday evening. On the return trip home, toe bus carrying both the varsity and reserve players, and coach Art Habegger, ran into more trouble, a snow bank. The bus became entangled in a snow drift along U. S. 27, in front of the Poplar drive-in restaurant at toe north edge of Berne. The manager of toe restaurant was quite helpful,, as he remained open for about an hour later than usual, in order that the ball players might wait in toe restaurant until the bus was freed. About an hour later the bus was Oh Its way again and finally returned home after a “long evening.” ' Strickler Rejects Referee Invitation Gerald G. Strickler, local auctioneer and realtor, apd known throughout the state of Indiana for his basketball officiating prowess, is going to turn down an invitation to ~" f eree again. much to hit raflMi TOM Strickler w*. . ecently contacted by Ricardo Cruz, Jr., executive secretary of the Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico. The league needs two referees from the United State to officiate in its 1964 basketball season. The season extends over three months, from May 25 through September 3, of this year. But “Strick” will be forced to turn down the opportunity for the same reason that he "hung up his whistle” just a couple of seasons* ago —a bad knee. Just prior to his retirement from officiating he made a similar officiating trip through a foreign country. Trade in a pood town — Decatur.

Delays State Medicare Plan

INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Governor Welsh today authorized the Indiana Department of Public Welfare to wait until next Jan. 1 to put the Kerr-Mils medicare program into effect. He warned that its administration will overlap and conflict with existing programs. Administrator Albert Kelly of the welfare department had advised Welsh that due to a recent decision of the Indiana Supreme Court validating a law Welsh had vetoed too late, “it presumably will be necessary for us to implement this piece of legislation.’* Kelly said that before the plan can become effective, appropriations must be made in each of the 92 counties since the plan is estimated to cost $l.B million a year, of which $345,168 would be county money, $517,752 state money, and $937,080 federal hinds. Kelly estimated that 5,000 elderly persons would apply annually under the law and between 3,000 and 4,000 would be approved for help. He said the average annual medical bill will be about S2OO per person. Welsh told Kelly that “it does not appear that any reasonable alternative exists to a delay in the implementation of the program in the manner you suggest.” "You have clearly outlined the serious problem thrust upon our state and local government welfare agencies in attempting to move forward with the provisions of the bill and federal medical assistance to the aged program,’ Welsh said. Welsh said that he vetoed the bill because it would cover the same beneficiaries already covered under existing old age assistance programs. But it would involve “different and conflicting standards and requirements, he said. “The same individuals frequently would be entitled to assistance under both programs at the election of the welfare worker, he added. Welsh said this would “constitute overlapping and conflicting approaches, and the burden of such an arrangement would outweigh the anticipated benefits. , Before the plan can be made

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effective, more people must be employed to administer it and money must be appropriated on state and county levels. The tone of his recommendations was previewed Monday when he said the Kerr-Mills styled medicare plan was a duplication of already existing machinery for providing medical care for the aged and there fore was “an administrative monstrosity.” The bill was one of at least four which were brought back from the legislative scrap heap by an Indiana Supreme Court ruling Welsh waited too long to veto the measure. He had waited five days, believing end-of-session statutes prevailed, but the court said the veto should have been cast within three days. The big attention getter at the time of the ruling was reapportionment and Welsh accepted the revival of that bill with good grace, calling it much better thari the 1921 plan under which Hoosier lawmakers were chosen for 43 years. No money was included in the 1963-65 budget for the medicare legislation and welfare director Albert Kelly has indi- ' cated he thinks no attempt to put it into effect should be made until next year. Welsh said he thought the 1965 Legislature may repeal the medicare plan. He had this to say about one of the other resurrected bills, the one calling for the Indiana Supreme Court to name a special prosecutoi" in counties where local law enforcement has broken down: “It’s not legal,” he said. "The Supreme Court would be entering law enforcement if it does name a special prosecutor.” Geneva Resident Dies At Portland Ora U. Stults, 93, of Geneva, died Monday morning at the Jay county hospital in Portland. Surviving are daughters, two sons, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. .Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Hardy & Hardy funeral home in Geneva, with burial in Gravel Hill cemetery.

RED CROSS i (Continued from Page One) g in the local chapter for moreg than a decade, recounted somcg pf the chapter experiences, and 3 some of the wonderful things g that he has been privileged t< g see in the chapter. He recount ed the efforts of the nationa’g chapter in disaster relief, andg pointed up the serious need foig Red Cross volunteers, and gen g erous gifts. ' 9 Following his speech, the "Neighbor to Neighbor’’ wasg shown by Red Cross projection-3 ist and Gray Lady, Mrs. Neving Miller. A question and answerperiod followed the film. Gray Ladies Mrs. Clara Bauer 3 and Mrs. Carl Rash assisted in 2 presenting the total program of2 the Red Cross during the meet--ing, and with the arrangements * p MOBILE from Page ’One) 3 other such organizations in their 3 time of need. Others Have Many counties in this areaj have such mobile reserves, 3 equipped with citizens-band ra-3 dios. The reserves were veryvaluable recently in Celina, 0.,s when three-fourths of the city| was without radio service. a The 22 members are spreads throughout the county as thereare members living in the areas J of. Geneva, Berne, Monroe Decatur. Bill Hosea of Decatur - is the head of the and the reserves are purchasings white coveralls which will serveas uniforms. Sheriff Singleton concluded by; saying that in the near future a: “practice” is going to be held.i The reserves will be alerted and” a car sent into the county. The = reserves will be given a descrip-' tion and then be instructed to: search for the car. APPROVE | (Continued from Page One) : Kenneth Hirschy, well-known Decatur union president, and Central Soya employe, has been elected president of the planning commission for 1964, and James Cowens, Decatur insurance man, was elected vice president. City engineer Ralph E. Roop is acting as secretary until possible reorganization of the city board on creation of a county board. Other members are Al Beavers, Mayor Carl Gerber, councilman Lawrence Kohne and Harold Teeters. City councilman Clyde Drake is also a member, but could not be present for the meeting Monday night.

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'Ronald Habegger Is | First In Contest ■ In the Indiana music teachers association student auditions I Conducted at the Wayne Street 1 Methodist church in Fort Wayne 5 Sunday afternoon, Ronald Habegs ter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen 9 Habegger of Decatur, and student 9 if Dr. Freeman Burkhalter, plac|ed first with a violin solo. He -was accompanied at the piano by 3 Mrs. Sherman Stucky. 3 He will play in Indianapolis | April 26 for the Indiana music 5 teachers conference. 3 In the intermediate division, s Miss Marilyn Houser, daughter of 5 Mr. and Mrs. Ward Houser of 2 Geneva .and a student of 2 Stucky, placed first, and will aP |so play at the conference April a 26. Winners at the state level | will then play at the east central 3 division of the IMTA. S Sue Sprunger and Paul Zuerch--3 er, of Berne, also appeared in the | upper division in piano solos, and ■ Larry Zurcher, Monroe, played I ; n the lower division. This comlorised students in the fifth and | sixth grades. All received high * ratings. i ■Two Persons Hurt 9 i In One-Car Wreck B A one-car accident early Mon~day evening on the Piqua road hospitalized two residents of near ~ Decatur. , z Charles Raymond McAhren, 51, rand his wife, Delila McAhren, 51, S were rushed to the Adams county = memorial hospital with injuries = suffered when their automobile Z went out of control on ice and into a pole. ~ McAhren, who was driving the 5 car, suffered facial cuts and L cuts and abrasions to the body as 3 he was thrown through the windt shield. Mrs. McAhren suffered ~ cuts and abrasions also, and a possible fractured pelvis. i The McAhrens were traveling toward Decatur to attend church services when their auto went j out of control on ice on the Piqua road, a mile east of the city, near the entrance to Anthony Wavne Meadows. The vehicle went into a skid, left the road on the left side, and crashed into an Indiana & Michigan electric pole. The 1961 model car owned by the McAhrens received an estimated SI,OOO damage, according to the investigating officers, state trooper, Dan KWasneski and deputy sheriffs Harold August and Warren Kneuss.