Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 103, Decatur, Adams County, 30 April 1964 — Page 1

VOL. LXII. NO. 103.

Adams Central Schools Plan Kindergartens <See editorial on Pace 4.) Adams Central and Pleasant Mills will have kindergarten during the 1964-65 school year, the Adams Central Community school board voted Tuesday evening. About 100 pupils are expected to take advantage of this, according to the survey and public meeting on the problem. Started < Weeks Age About six weeks ago the Adams Central PTA circulated a questionnaire on whether the patrons of the Adams Central district desired to have a kindergarten for pupils five years old, so that they would be socially ready for the first grade. Studies show that children who have attended kindergarten have about an eight-week “jump” on those who have not.,, Previously, all North Adams elementary schools and Berne school have had kindergarten. Following the survey, which indicated heavy interest, a public meeting, well advertised in area newspapers, was called by the PTA, and the problem of a kindergarten, and paying for it, was thoroughly discussed. Met Tuesday At that time the PTA referred its findings to the school board, which took them under consideration. In a special meeting Tuesday, the board voted to approve a kindergarten program as a part of the regular school curriculum at both Pleasant Mills and Adams Central for the 196465 school year, starting next September. The board also reviewed the present status of its curriculum and qualifications of its staff. A program of remedial reading will be given this summer as a part of the summer school. This past year the school employed a full-time guidance director to help students in choosing useful subjects, and to help in the student’s making of important decisions oh future plans. The board plans to expand the vocational areas in the school curriculum, and realizes the importance of having a wellqualified staff in every field. Urged to Vote The board also urged every member of the Adams Central community schools area to “turn out” Tuesday, and to vote for the school board members of his choice. The members are elected on a non-political ticket, and serve a very important function in the community. The board pointed out that Adams Central patrons are the only school patrons in the county who now have a direct voice in their school affairs by electing the board members. Also, they stressed, while members are nominated from districts, they are 1 voted for “at large," meaning that every voter, no matter where he lives, gets to vote for the one man of his choice from each of the seven districts. Hoffa Fraud Trial Now In Fourth Day CHICAGO (UPll—The S2O million fraud trial of Teamster President James R. Hoffa inched into its fourth day today after a federal judge flatly re-' jected defense demands for a mistrial. U.S. District Judge Richard B. Austin Wednesday also turned down a defense request that the case’s seven other defendants be tried separately from Hoffa. Jury selection bogged down because of Austin’s order that jurors be locked up under a special guard of U. S. marshals for the duration of the trial, which could last as long as four months. Only three out of 150 veniremen had' tentatively been seated as jurors in the trial’s first three days. The mistrial demands came when a prospective juror, Mrs. Helen Cooper, handed Austin a letter in which she said she could not return a fair verdict if she was locked up. Mrs. Cooper had spent the night in a hotel room guarded by marshals. She was excused from jury duty. Hoffa and his associates are charged with fraudulently obtaining S2O million from Teamsters Union pension funds and diverting $1 million of the sum for their own use. All have pleaded not guilty. t

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Church, Labor Leaders Urge Hoosiers To Vote Against Wallace Tuesday

Pleads Not Guilty To Charge Os Theft Adams circuit court Judge Myles F. Parrish was to rule this afternoon on a date for trial for Dennis Lee Scott, 20-year-old local resident who is charged with theft by obtaining and exerting unauthorized control. Scott was scheduled to enter a plea this morning to the charge, made in connection with the theft of an Amish horse and buggy last Saturday night. Scott’s attorney, Hubert R. McClenahan, moved to quash the charge on two grounds, which were: “The facts stated in said affidavits do not constitute a public offense,” and “said affidavit does not state the offense charged with sufficient certainty.” The judge denied the motion to quash, and then ordered Scott to enter a plea to the charge, which was filed against him April 20. McClenahan, however, moved the court to give him more time in which to confer with his client before pleading to the charge. Judge Parrish would only give him until 9 a. m. tomorrow, Friday, and Scott then proceeded to enter a plea of not guilty, through McClenahan. Prosecutor Severin H. Schurger then made a motion to have a date for set May 19, to which McClenahan Objected, saying he needed more time than that date would allow. After hearing arguments by the attorneys, Judge Parrish took the matter under advisement, to rule this afternoon. Term Ends Hie present April term of court ends June 13, and if the trial is not held before that time, it would have to be postponed until September 7. The circuit court is in summer vacation until that time and criminal cases cannot be tried in the court during those dates. The other two youths arrested in the theft have not yet entered pleas. Mervin L. Parrish, 19, of Monroe, has been arraigned, but has not yet entered his plea, while Herman L. Dellinger, 20, of this city, has been taken to the state penal farm to serve a sixmonths sentence for violating a suspended sentence. He will not face the latest charge until the sentence is served. Mrs. Robert Cole Named Secretary Mrs. Robert Cole, of 127 Limberlost Trail, has been appointed by Mayor Carl D. Gerber as the new secretary of the city health board. She will replace Mrs. Walter Gilliom, who submitted her resignation recently. Mrs. Gilliom is presently working with Mrs. Cole\ on the duties Os the office, located in the city hall, before the new secretary takes over.

Court Rulings On Prayers Attacked

WASHISGTON (UPl)—Bishop Fulton J. Sheen and Alabama Gov. George Wallace each attacked Supreme Court decisions forbidding prayers in public schools today and called for action by Congress to overtide them. The well known Roman Catholic prelate and the controversial Southern governor appeared before the House Judiciary Committee. The group is considering the 147 proposals to amend the Constitution to nullify the court’s rulings outlawing religious worship as a required part of public school programs. Bishop Sheen criticized the court for taking over what he said was a responsibility of Congress. He said the theory that an effort is being made to eliminate the separation of church and state in this country was “founded on a myth.” Gov. Wallace, in his pre-

Doyle Bebout Dies At Van Wert Home Doyle J. Bebout, 69, prominent Van Wert, 0., contractor, and a native of Adams county, died at 12:20 a.m. today at his home, 638 North Jefferson street, following an illness of nine years. Mr. Bebout had been a partner in the Hisey & Bebout Contracting firm from 1918 until 1961. He was born in Adams county June 8, 1894, a son of Abe and Alice Bebout, and was married to Dessie Fleetwood Sept. 12, 1914. Mr. Bebout was a member of the Trinity E. U. B. church, the YMCA, Chamber of Commerce, Masonic lodge at Willshire, 0., and Knights Templar and Commandery of Van Wert He was past president and honorary member of the Van Wert Ki wgnis club. Surviving are his wife; one son, Richard Bebout of Van Wert; four daughters, Mrs. William Bowersock, Mrs. Edna Kenney and Mrs. Ronald Young, all of Van Wert, and Mrs. Donald Hertz of Mt. O.; seven grandchildren; one great-grand-child; five brothers, Ernest and Glen Bebout of Van Wert, Wayne Bebout of Andover, 0., Roger Bebout of Fort Wayne, and Joseph Bebout of Indianapolis, and two sisters, Mrs. Clarice Brunnegraff of Decatur, and Mrs. Maude Bucher of Elkhart. Two children, cue brother and one sister are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Alspach funeral home in Van Wert, with the Rev. Edwin Endicott officiating. Burial will be in Woodland cemetery at Va n Wert. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today until time of the services. Monday Final Day For Tax Payments Spring taxes are due Monday, county treasurer William Linn warned today. County auditor Edward F. Jaber also warned that mortgage exemptions for 1965 taxes, aged exemptions, and disabled veterans exemptions must also be filed by Monday. Non-profit organizations — including churches, agencies, sororities, etc. — must file by May 15 if they want a property tax exemption. Otherwise, they will be notified in writing, and if they have not filed by 30 days later, their property goes on the tax rolls. “If your taxes go delinquent, an 8% penalty attaches,” they Earned. "Also, if you have bought property since March 1, 1963, find out right now who is supposed to pay the taxes, and see they are paid, or they may go delinquent.”

pared statement, was much stronger. He said the prayer decisions were “part of a deliberate design to subordinate the American people, their faith, their customs and their religious traditions to a Godless state.” Bishop Sheen and Wallace appeared after the committee heard a group of leading Protestant churchmen condemn proposed constitutional amendments as potential infringements on religious liberty rather than props for it. Bishop Sheen said neither the Catholic nor Protestant churches in this country desirp any established religion in the United States. He added that “the decision of the Supreme Court on the subject of prayer in schools is founded on a myth—the myth of preventing the establishing of religion or the Union of church and state/’

Decatur, Indiana, 46733, Thursday, April 30, 1964.

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Religious and labor leaders in separate news conferences today changed the political battle between Governor Welsh and Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace into a crusade for brotherhood.! Indiana religious leaders, in-f eluding Catholic, Protestant an<f Jewish, claimed that “human rights are at stake and to seek to deny them by an appeal to ‘states rights’ is to obscure the issue.” While they did not specifically ask Hoosiers to vote for Welsh in next Tuesday’s presidential preference primary, they asked them not to vote for Wallace. A second news conference, a short time later in Welsh’s office, brought a strong request from Indiana AFL-CIO president Dallas Sells to all union members “to cast their votes for Governor Welsh, the standin for President Johnson ... and cast them in memory of assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy.” Welsh pointed out that “only the people who vote in the Democratic primary can vote their sentiments” but he said he was encouraged by the indications that “all races, creeds and parties” in Indiana “oppose the doctrine of racial supremacy.” “In the 19205, the Ku Klux Klan took over the Hfpnlilinn Party and the result was ruinous for that party and the state of Indiana,” Welsh said. “We cannot, we must not in the 1960 s allow the White Citizens’ Councils of the South buy our votes and get us to wreck the Democratic Party.” The appearance of Sells and Welsh jointly at the same conference for the same cause was unique because of a year-long feud over Indiana’s new sales tax. But the united front presented by eight religious leaders at the earlier conference was in the face of deeper-seated differences that have lasted for centuries. Seven of the leaders were white. One, Deacon W.C. Patton, of the Birmingham, AJa., 16th Street Baptist Church, was a Negro. Patton, who narrowly escaped death in the bombing of his church in which four little girls died, said he wanted the North to know that “not all citizens favor Mr. Wallace” in the South. “Mr. Wallace is still fighting the Civil War. The violence in Alabama is the result of statements by Mr. Wallace. Some people feel that what the governor says gives them' license to go out and commit murder.” Patton said that "the fear that engulfs our state” prevented parents of the children killed in the bombing from joining him in his Indiana visit. “They could not take the risk of losing their jobs to come here,” he said. — Patton charged that Alabama state troopers “keep under survellamce certain individuate” and that $50,000 was allocated for what he called “a snoopers’ committee.” Msgr. Charles Koster, secretary of the Tribunal/ Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis, said racial crisis “is an issue which crosses all lines of religious differences.” “We can’t go along waiting for a drift that never comes. We cannot tolerate a situation in which this moral defect remains in 16&2society,” he said. Rabbi Maurice Davis,. Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, said that even though the joint statement made by the interfaith group might appear to violate the premise that religion never interferes in politics, Hoosiers needed the reminder that the philosophy of Wallace “offends the basic morality of religion. He makes a mockery of the American flag, he makes a mockery of equality, he makes a mockery of law and order, he ■makes a mockery of the United States of America whose laws he swore to uphold,” Rabbi Davis charged.

McColly Is Relieved I As Basketball Coach j Bill McColly, head basketball coach at Decatur high school for the past three years, has been relieved of his coaching duties in that sport, according to an announcement this morning from the North Adams school board and superintendent Gail M. Grabill. Although he has been relieved of his basketball duties, McColly will be rehired as a teacher in the North Adams system and as head coach in baseball and cross country. The board is now receiving applications for the head basketball spot, and applications will be screened and a selection made at a later date. At present, McColly has indicated he is planning to stay in the North Adams system, and will continue to coach baseball and cross country. The decision to seek a new basketball coach was discussed for some time by the board, and was recently made by the members of the board. McColly had served as assistant coach in basketball for four seasons, prior to being named head coach May 4, 1961, to replace Paul Bevelheimer. under whom he had served for those •topr years. At that time, McColly waa selected over some 50 applicants for the coaching position at Decatur high school. Entered in 1956 McColly entered the local public school system in 1956, after ending a professional baseball career. He served one year as junior high coach, and then took over the reins of • the baseball, and later basketball, teams at the high school level. In his first year as head basketball mentor, his club won 15 of 20 games afid advanced to the final game of the sectional before being ousted, and in three years, his teams won 23 and lost 37 against some top-flight competition. McColly is a graduate of Hartford City high school and Ball State Teachers College, where he received his master’s degree in 1958. He, his wife, and three children will continue to make their residence at 533 Stratton Way. Drake Funeral Rites Saturday Afternoon Funeral services for Lester L. Drake, who diad Wednesday morning, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Zwick funeral home, with the Rev. Charles Elam officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery, with graveside services by the American Legion and the Red Men lodge. Mr. Drake was a veteran of World War 11, serving from 1942 until 1945. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m. today until time of the services. Parents Meet At Monmouth Tuesday “We hope for 100 per cent of the parents to attend our next year’s freshman class meeting Tuesday evening,” was the statement today of John E. McConaha, principal of the Monmouth schools. This meeting has been scheduled to provide all parents with a better perspective of the school’s programs and with information which will be valuable to the parents counseling with their youngsters in regard to school schedules. Parents are asked to pick up information sheets at the table inside the gym that evening for much of the information will be contained in this packet. This is the fourth in a series of Monmouth' parents’ nights, and it is expected that another fine crowd will be present. Coffee and doughnuts will be served during a social period following the meeting.

I Optimists Hear I Exchange Student | Leo Gavilli, Decatur’s exchange student from Florence, Italy, spoke to the Decatur Optimists this morning in their regular weekly meeting, detailing many facts about his county. Gavilli told the Optimists that his native city of Florence • has a population of 400,000, and that the penninsula country, which is 700 miles long and 150 miles wide, has a population of 50 million. He said the country is mountainous, and that the mountains make a natural boundary, separating Italy from other countries. Weather was explained as mild in the center of the country, warm in the southern part and colder in the north, where there is much snow. Gavilli sakl the country has clean air and a healthful climate, and that Catholicism is the main religion. Speaking on industrial Italy, he said that the country has no raw materials, and engineering, electrical supplies, chemical industry and cars for exporting, are the country’s main industries. Many Visitors Sixty million people visit the country each year, according to Gavilli, and about 10 per cent of the population is engaged to. agriculture. Wine and oil are the chief products, with corn and cheese. People of Italy must work hard for what they earn, he said, and the northern part of the country has a higher standard of living than do the center or southern portions. Education is regulated by the government, and eighth grade is required. On the high school level, classical, scientific and teacher’s institute are the courses offered.' There is no social life in the schools, he said, and a study of at least one foreign language is compulsory. Gavilli said that in the Demo-' cratic republic of his country, the president is elected to terms of seven years, and must be 50 years or older to be eligible to run. Presidents are elected by parliament. Italy’s food differs from that of the United States, and this, along with some history of the country, was told the Optimists by Gavilli. A question and answer session closed the program. Mrs. Bessie J. Bell Is Taken By Death Mrs. Bessie June Bell, 77, of Craigville, died Wednesday morning at the Wells county hospital at Bluffton. She had been in failing health for the past five years. Death was attributed to a cerebral hemorrhage. Born in Adams county May 25, 1886, she was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George H. T. Hauck. Her husband, Hilliard Bell, preceded her in death in 1952. Mrs. Bell was a member of the Evangelical United Brethren church at Craigville. Surviving, are one daughter, Mrs. Charles (Gretchen) Salisbury of Dunkirk; ope son, Brooks Bell of Columbus; two sisters, Mrs. Frank (Olga) Barwiler of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Lee (Lillie) Sprague of Hartford City; six grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren. Funeral rites will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Thom a funeral home in Bluffton, with burial in the Elm Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services. Paper Drive Saturday By Monroe Scouts Monfoe Boy Scout troop 72 will sponsor a paper drive Saturday, beginning at 8 a.m. Rural residents who have papers may leave them at the Monroe Grain and Supply Company.

Republicans Name Election Workers

Republican workers for the May 5 primary election submitted to county clerk George Bair, were announced this morning by the clerk. One position, that of sheriff for West Union, nas not been filled, although the workers were to have been submitted no later than last Tuesday. The Republican workers are as follows: Decatur 1-A — Ruth Strickler, judge; Marjorie Daniels, clerk; Melvene I. Eady, sheriff. 1-B— Charles Burke, judge; Ira G. Bodle, clerk; William Clark, Sr., sheriff; 1-C — Edith Null Soliday, judge; Alvera Eady, clerk; Margaret E. Hite, sheriff; 1-D— Jerry W. Stump, judge; Norma J. Lord, clerk; Forrest E. Brown, sheriff. 2-A — Miriam C. Ziner, judge; Jennie Edwards, clerk; Frank Kitson, sheriff. 2-C — George J. Tricker, judge; Frances Borders, clerk; Mary Jessup, sheriff. 3-A — Lola Gould, judge; Lucile Swearingen, clerk; Carl V. Gattshall, sheriff, 3-B — Agnes E. Sprague, judge; Mildred H. Smith, clerk; Lessie O. Foreman, sheriff. 3-C — Mildred Von Gunten, judge; Helen G. Schultz, clerk; Vernon L. Davis, sheriff. Decatur-Root — Donna V. Snyder, judge; Mary June Christen, clerk; Ernest Rekeweg, sheriff. E. Union — Iva P. Nidlinger, judge; Nida Deitsch, clerk; Richard Ditto, sheriff. W. Union — Herman D. Brown, judge; Edna J. Everett, clerk; Ivan V. Barkley, sheriff. E. Root — Marie Stoutenberry, judge; Urcel Miller, clerk; Phyllis A- Nidlinger, sheriff. W. Root — Chauncey Sheets, judge; Florence J. Susdorf, clerk; Vesta A. Brokaw, sheriff. .N. Preble — Arnold Scheumann, judge; Marguerite Rice, clerk; Harvey E. Caston, sheriff. S. Preble — Glen Girod, judge; Theodore Ewell, Jr., clerk; Charles A. Fuhrman, sheriff. N. Kirkland — Shirley R. Fruechte, judge; Virgene L. Bowers, clerk; Joseph Sovine, sheriff. S. Kirkland — Martha J. Steury, judge; Ina E. Dick, clerk; Ralph Leyse, sheriff. N. Washington ; — Homer W. Arn-

Cease Fire On Cyprus Broken

NICOSIA, Cyprus (UPl)—The new cease fire at vital St. Hilarion castle was broken by mortar fire early today when a Turkish Cypriot patrol penetrated Greek Cypriot lines, a United Nations spokesman said. The spokesman contradicted an earlier report that the Greek Cypriots themselves broke their own cease fire by opening up with mortars at the castle. He said the early morning action, in which two Turkish Cypriots were killed and one wounded, came after the Turkish Cypriot patrol went near advanced Greek Cypriots positions. The firing ended soon after it began, officials said, and the cease fire resumed. , The United Nations said it had established 10 permanent posts today in the Kyrenia Mountains — one between the two sides west of St Hilarion Castle and the others on the northern and southern flanks of the mountains on both sides of the crucial Kyrenia Pass or along the main road approaching the pass. ' A spokesman said the establishment of the permanent posts rather than roving patrols was part of the U.N.’s “more positive action” aimed at restoring peace to north central Cyprus. The Greek Cypriot government had surprised U.N. officials Wednesday by announcing a unilateral cease-fire at St. Hilarion; although the castle remained in Turkish Cypriot hands after five days of siege. The fortress guards the strategic Kyrenia Pass in northern Cyprus. U.N. officials said Wednesday INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy and cool with occasional periods of light rain or dricale tonight and Friday. Low tonight in the 40s. High Friday in the 50s north, 55 to 64 south. Sunset today 7:38 p. m. Sunrise Friday 5:46 a. m. Outlook for Saturday: Partly cloudy south, cloudy north, with chance of light showers. Continued cool. Lows in the 40b. Highs upper 50s north to upper 60s south.

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old, judge; Lulu Arnold, clerk; Omar V. Peterson, sheriff. S. Washington — Virgene Lucile Bowers, judge; Lillie Mitchel, clerk; Helen M. Bluhm, sheriff. N. St. Mary’s — Samuel C. Cottrell, judge; Annabelle Johnson, clerk; Hubert Ehrsam, sheriff. S. St. Mary’s — Sherman Archer, judge; Bernice McMillen, clerk; Theodore R. Dague, sheriff. N. Blue Creek — Mary Shifferly, judge; Helen Gilbert, clerk; Mildred Kelsey, sheriff. S. Blue Creek — Bertha Hoblet, judge; Rose M. Jackson, clerk; Alma F. Miller, sheriff. N. Monroe — J. Forrest Ray, judge; Dolores Wittwer, clerk; Samuel E. Kaehr, sheriff. S. Monroe —- Silvan Sprunger, judge; Lavon Wulliman, clerk; Susan Haggard Sprunger, sheriff. French — Elmira Wulliman, judge; Henrietta F. Nussbaum, clerk; Otto H. Klickman, sheriff. Berne A—- — Sprunger, judge; Lorraine J. McKean, clerk; Martin L. Sprunger, sheriff. Berne B — Herbert Burdg, judge; Florine May Thompson, clerk; Kenneth A. Knose, sheriff. Berne C — Hulda Nyffler, judge; Anna M. Haecker, clerk; Lynn Sprunger, sheriff. Berne D — Calvin A. Sprunger, judge; Phyllis E. Conrad, clerk; Ruth C. Cox, sheriff. N, Hartford — William Joray, judge; Tressie J. Glendening, clerk; Jesse R. Brewster, sheriff. S. Hartford — Emma Martin, judge; Louise Glendening, clerk; Sherman A. Watson, sheriff. N. Wabash — Carol Faye Bixler, judge; Enid Kay Bailey, clerk; Carl W. Amstutz, sheriff. Ceylon —Edna Adams, judge; Lovina J. Van Emon, clerk; Marjorie M. Ralston, sheriff. Geneva A—- — R. Edwards, judge; Donna L. Voorhees, clerk; Charles A. Rape, sheriff. Geneva B — Eleanor Snyder, clerk; Nora C. Hall, clerk; Harry Kamman, sheriff. W. Jefferson — Magdalene E. Amstutz, judge; Richard Lee Dudgeon, clerk; William Derickson, sheriff. E. Jefferson — Helen Egly, judge; Marjorie« Adams, clerk; Edith Morrison, sheriff.

night the Greek Cypriots had not achieved their avowed aims in the Kyrenia Mountains, and i they expressed doubts that the ■ offensive at St. Hilarion had been called off permanently. President Makarios’ Greek Cypriot govdrnment announced Wednesday its forces had been ordered to stop their attacks on the castle because they had gained their objective and the Turkish Cypriots had ceased to be a “threat in this area.” Reacting to the Greek Cypriot announcement Wednesday Wednesday night, the U.N. command issued a statement: “In view of the latest situation reports from the area, it is unlikely that from the military point of view the final aims of the- operation over the past four days have been achieved.” Two Appointed To South Adams Board Two new members of the South Adams community school board have been named prior to the May 1 deadline, and are effective July 1. Corwin Newcomer, Geneva rural mail carrier, was appoint- ■, ed to a four-year term to succeed Walter Muth of Geneva. Newcomer was appointed by the Geneva town board. He has long been active in community, school, church and civic affairs. He is a member of the Methodist church, and served in World War II and the Korean War. He and Mrs. Newcomer are the parents of two sons and a daughter. Patrick Murphy, Wabash township, was appointed by the trustees of Wabash, Jefferson and Hartford townships for a fouryear term. He will succeed Robert Lehman of Jefferson township. Murphy is an employe of the General Electric company, and is a member of the Catholic church. Holdover -members on" the South Adams board are L. B. Lehman, and Dr. Norman Beaver of Berne, and Fred Fosnaugh, of Linn, Grove.