Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 70, Decatur, Adams County, 23 March 1964 — Page 8

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Deadly Killer In Heller Aquarium

By Dick Heller. Jr. A deadly killed from the Amazon is visiting these days with the Robert Heller family, 404

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Limberlost Trail, where he seems to be more of the Caspar Milquetoast type, according to family members.

Before you peck your suitcase and decide to leave good old Decatur, let us hasten to point out that the “deadly killer” is not a member of the Mafia, nor even a hashish-erazed Arab. The “killer" is a tiny fish! A five-inch-long specimen of the deadly little piranha, from the Amazon valley in South America, has found its way into the Robert Heller aquarium. Science-Fiction Thriller No doubt you remember reading books about the small fish which swarm in the streams of the upper Amazon valley, and that prey on any warm-blooded animal that finds its way into the stream, stripping even large cows of their flesh in minutes flat? Remember the old movie serials in which the villain frequently perished in the swirling waters; with the fish all over him? Well, as Bob Heller points out, they may be killers in big schools in their native territory, but they’re cowardly little fish in an

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aquarium. In fact, as someone enters the room, the fish cowers in a far corner of his watery home. Not Very Brave And, if you turn on a bright light near the fish, he will keel over and lay on ifls side, feigning « death. The first time that it hap-G pened the Hellers were about* ready to start artificial respiration when the fish recovered, as they turned off the light. And what does such a tropical fish eat? Obviously, the Hellers couldn’t stuff a whole cow in the aquarium, so t h e J started with hamburger. But apparently when a little fish wants warmblooded animals, he wants they with the blood still warm, because Decatur’s visiting piranha just won't eat dead hamburger. A number of other tasty things were tried, but Mary Pat Heller, a fifth-grade student at Lincoln school, drew the line wheh the j family wanted to "borrow” someof her live guppies! A substitute' had to be found. Likes Fish The piranha was finally found* to like fish, and particularly r flounders and other easily found B fish from our local markets. It* was no longer necessary to think g about trapping small warm-P blooded animals to throw into theg tank! ■ And so a small fish that looks E something like a strong toothed, ■ widemouthed bluegill is making I its home with the Hellers, who I hope it never reaches its maxi- R mum size of 18 inches, which ■ would pretty well crowd the H aquarium space at 404 Limber-■ lost Trail! . Several More File Declarations Today Several more declarations of® candidacy ’five been filed in theg county clerk’s office, as thejj Thursday, March 26 djidline a p-5 proaches. The only person ted file on the Democratic ticket wasg Louis W. Reinking, Jr., to be South Preble’s precinctg committeeman. Four Republican candidacies jj were filed, all for d I agates to the Republican state convention. David H. Cambbell, of 358 S. Third St., Th I las A. Miller, of 1038 Master Drive, Herman L. Lankenau, 414 N. Third St., and Leland Neuen, of Berne, filed to represent districts 11, 9, 10 and vention. Harvey Jones, a resident of route 6, Decatur, filed his 8, respectively, at the state concandidacy for the board of trustees of the Adams Central community schools. . License Bureau To Close Good Friday Mrs. Bernadine Heller, manager Os the Decatur license bureau, announced that the license bureau will be closed all day, Good Friday. Southeast Cub Scouts Meet Tuesday Night The Southeast CubgScout pack will meet Tuesday evening instead of Thursday evening as scheduled. The meeting will be j held at the Southeast elementery .« school. *

Australian Lady. Is Visiting Here After a trip halfway around (the world, a 70-year-old mother is (visiting with her daughter for the first time In some 13 years. Mrs. Esther Louise Luestner arrived in Decatur Tuesday for an indefinite stay with her daughter, Mrs. Doreen Reiff, wife of Jack Reiff. The Reiffs reside at 120 Limberlost Trail in the Stratton Place addition. Mrs. Reiff’s mother left Australia Monday morning of last week, and arrived in San Francisco around 5:30 o’clock that evening. By Tuesday morning, around 10 o’clock, she was talking with her daughter for the first time since 1951. ' Adelaide Resident Mrs. Luestner resides in Adelaide, South Australia, which is .a city of 750 to 800 thousand , population, and one of the four : largest cities in the country. f I Mr. Luestner is retired and he .and a son, who is Mrs. Reiff’s ! brother, and works as a customs ! official in Australia, did not make ’ the trip. I This was the first time Mrs. Reiff and her mother had gotten together since 1951, when Mrs. Luestner made the trip from Australia for the first time since her daughter came to this country in 1945. Hiis is, however, the first time Mrs. Luestner has visited in • Decatur, as on her previous visit (the Reiffs resided in Blufftfon. I The Reiffs moved to Decatur (when Jack, an Indiana & Michigan employe, was transferred to sthis city after I & M purchased I the electric utility here. ! prominent Indiana I School Teacher Dies INDIANAPOLIS (UPI )— Miss ‘Ella C. Sengenberger, 73, one of : Indiana's best known high school -journalism teachers, died Saturday. Miss Sengenberger taught at Indianapolis Tech for more than 40 years until she retired in 1959. She helped found the faculty division of the Indiana High School Press Association and took an active part in the organization since it was founded in 1922. Public Invited To Visit Eqg Trees The Easter egg trees in the Decatur library are reported as lovelier than ever. There is a tree in the adult department on the first floor, and another in the children’s department on the second floor. Tbe public is invited to view these trees. Recent visitors to the librarv include Mrs. Larry Wendel, Cynthia and Lee Wendel of Van Wert, O.; Mr. and Mns. Roy E. Watson, Auburn: Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Ross and Lindell Ross of Ohio City. O.: C. I. Knutsen of Marion: Mrs. Harold Runion and Mary, Martha, Marilyn Runion of Van Wert. O.; Mr. and Mrs. Dolph Z Shock of Van Wert, Margo Perry «of Franklin.

Youth Uninjured As Scooter Hits Auto A local youth escaped injury, in an accident involving the motor scooter he was operating and an automobile at 11:47 a.m. Sunday. Kenny E. Gase, 16, of 103 S. Tenth St., was driving the scooter east on Adams street and as he attempted to turn right onto Line St., his vehicle struck a northbound car driven by Rebecca Jane Durbin, of route 3, Decatur. •The impact threw Gase about 10 feet, but he escaped without injury. According to the city police report, the Durbin car was over, the center line. Damages were estimated at $35 to the Gase vehicle and $lO to the car. Two Collide Autos operated by Thomas Lee Schell, 17, of 939 Parkview Drive, and Fred W. Busche, 78, of 303 N. Ninth St., collided at 126 E. Monroe St., Saturday at 3:17 p.m. Schell was westbound when Busche backed from a driveway into the path of the Schell car which sustained an estimated S4O damage. The Busche auto was not damaged. Driver Is Arrested Following Accident Robert Eugene Kelly, 21-year-old resident of route 6, Decatur, was arrested and charged with reckless driving following a traffic accident at 3 o’clock Sunday morning. Kelly was operating his auto east on Adams street when he struck a pick-up truck parked on the south side of the street in front of the home of the owner, John Mazelin, of 1012 W. Adams St. The force of the impact knocked the pick-up into a light pole, shoving it over, and the truck crashed into the front porch of the Mazelin home. Kelly and a passenger, David Rash, of route 6, Decatur, were injured and taken to the local hospital tor treatment. Damages were estimated at S4OO to the truck, S2OO to the Mazelin home, S3OO to Kelly’s car and $75 to the light pole. Two-Ways Smart! Printed Pattern 77 9044 X \ \ /Kj 2-20 ft | rW M WL inf ink™*** Dress up this smart step-in with the button-on cape, or wear it plain and equally perfect. Rashion note: see how collar curves away from neck. . — Printed Pattern 9044: Misses’ Sizes 12, 14, 16, 18. 20. Size 16 requires 3 yards 45-inch fabric. Thirty-five cents in coins for this pattern — add 15 cents for each pattern for first-class mailing and special handling. Send to Marian Martin, Decatur Daily Democrat Pattern Dept., 232 W. 18th St., New York 11, N. Y. Print plainly Name, Address with Zone, Size and Style Number. YOUR FREE PATTERN IS READY—choose it from 250 design ideas in new SPRING-SUM-MER Pattern Catalog, just out! Dresses, sportswear, coats, more! Send 50c now. ADAMS THEATER - Last Time Tonight - NOTE—One Performance at 7:30 “SEVEN DAYS IN MAY’ Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Fredric March, Ava Gardner ALSO — Shorts 25c -65 c -0 Fri. & Sat. — BUDDY EBSEN “MAIL ORDER BRIDE’*

Delay Restoration Os Traffic Lights Chief of police Grover Odle said this morning that the traffic lights at the intersection of of Monroe and Fifth streets will not be used again until the repair work on the Pennsylvania railrorad crossing is completed. None of the four lights at the intersection is working, but stop signs have been erected to halt traffic traveling north and south on Fifth St. Once the crossing is repaired, the stop signs will be taken down and the lights restored to working order. The light on the northeast corner was knocked down by a semitrailer truck Friday evening, and the control box was on that pole, so the mishap knocked out all

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four lights. The highway department and city police decided not to put the light back up as it would more than likely be knocked over again in a short time. Hartford City Editor Dies Saturday Night HARTFORD CITY, Ind. (UPI) —Private funeral services will be held here Tuesday for Ralph W. Monfort, 81, editor and publisher of the Hartford City NewsTimes. Monfort, who had been in the newspaper business here for about 60 years, died suddenly Saturday night about an hour after he was admitted to Blackford County hospital. He had been ill for a few days.