Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 180, Decatur, Adams County, 31 July 1964 — Page 1

VOL. L.XII. NO. 180

Ranger 7 Shot Complete Success, Paves Way For Landing Man On Moon

PASADENA, Calif. (UPD— Ranger 7 paved the way for America to land a man on the moon today by sending back thousands of “excellent” closeup pictures before a bullseye strike on the lunar surface. “The whole mission was a complete success, it hit right on target,” said a jubilant scientist at the flight’s control center here. The mission ended years of frustrating failures in the Ranger program to find out what sort of surface would greet man when he reaches earth’s satellite, possibly in 1969 or 1970. Ranger 7 “struck only 9 or 10 miles from dead center,”

Auction Students Welcomed To City

The students of the world-re-nowned Reppert school of auctioneering, whifc'h includes the first two female students “in many, many yearsT” were welcomed to the city of Deactur Thursday afternoon by several representatives of the Chamber of Commerce'and Mayor Carl D. Gerber. The 88th session erf the school opened Monday with 81 male and two female students< Mis Doroiny h’enty, a resident of Toronto, Ont., Canada, and Miss Grace Lichtensteiger, the school’s executive secretary and office manager for a number of years, are taking the three-week course in auctioneering in the present Need Blood Donors For Visit Monday For the first time in a decade of the local bloodmobile program, to provide needed blood for local surgery and accident patients, collections will start at 11 a'. m., and end at 5 p. m., Monday, making it easier for factory workers to give blood, Mrs. Ferris Bower, county Red Cross blood chairman, announced today. The following time s are still wide open for scheduling, she noted: 11:45 a. m.; 12 noon to 12:45 p. m.; 1:15 to 3:45, and 4:15 to 4:45. It takes approximately an hour to give blood, she explained. New Donors Needed About- 35% of the donors here locally are women, and anyone between the ages of 18 and 60 (those under 21 and not married, with written permission from their parents) may come in and give blood. “If you will only call the _ Red _ Cross, and be scheduled, it will prevent long waits,” she added. At least 25 each of O negative, O positive, A negative and A positive will be needed, and 15 each of B negative and B positive, will be needed. Blood js collected daily by the regional blood bank, although the bloodmobile visits Adams county only five times a year. 'lbis makes a continuous supply of blood available at very low cost to those Who heed ite-ih non-co-operating hospitals and areas, blood costs are $25 to SSO a pint higher. Vacation Time Summer vacation time is traditionally the worst time to try to get volunteer blood, because so many regular donors are gone,or- are afraid giving blood may “weaken” them before a vacation. "If you are healthy enough to pass the blood test given at the center, however, it is very, very unlikely that giving will lower your resistance in any way,” she stated. No blood is ever wasted, Mrs. Bower added. If the Hood is nos used in 21 days, it is processed into derivatives, which go right on saving lives. Gamma globulin, VIG (only available through the Red Cross in North America!, plasma—all are made from whole Hood, and can be kept indefinitely for life-saving heeds in the future or present.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSFAPKR IN ADAMS COUNTY

said project manager H. M. Schurmeier. The up to ' 4,000 'pictures transmitted across a quarter million miles of space in the dozen minutes before impact were deserbed as “excellent .... not interrupted” by the Goldstone tracking station on California’s Mojave Desert. At the control center, elated scientists, technicians and newsmen yelled in glee over the success of the mission that followed nearly 70 hours of flight from Cape Kennedy. , Johnson Sends Congratulations President Johnson personally congratulated laboratory director Dr. William Pickering by

session. Miss Fenty is the- daughter of an auctioneer presently living in the West Indies, and she says she has found her arrangement with the school working out “very well.” She attends school with the men of the class, and is .residing in the Rice Hotel during ;he course. Reppert Agrees Dr.' Roland Reppert, president of the school, said that he and school dean Q.» R. Chaffee are also pleased that the two ladies are taking the course. Dr. Reppert said he has had numerous inquiries in recent years from the feminine set who were interested in studying at the school, but that he had been hesitant in the past. He explained that this was not the first time in the school’s history that females had been included in the student population, but that the last time was “many, many years ago,” when the school was headed by his father and its founder, Col. Fred Reppert. Miss Lichtensteiger had previously thought of taking the course, to give her an opportunity to become more familiar with the auctioneering business. With the introduction of the school’s first lady student in many years, Miss Lchtensteiger decided this was as good a time as any to enroll. Become Familiar Dr. Reppert said he was quite happy that his office manager was taking the course. He explained that it would help her to become even more familiar with the business, thus aiding her in her duties in the school’s office on Madison street. The school’s students, representing 19 s ates and Canada, were each presented keys to the city Thursday afternoon, after being welcomed by the several businessmen and Mayor Gerber that were on hand for the ceremonies that are held for each Reppert class. Heller Emcees Bob Heller, local realtor whose son is a graduate of the school, acted as emcee for the ceremonies, After welcoming the students to Deactur, he introduced Mayor Gerber. Ilie mayor told the students of the many churches located in Decatur, of the golf course, bowling alleys, swimming pool, and other items of interest available to them, and told the students “We want you to feel you are our friends, and that we are your friends.” Lawrence E. Anspaugh, president of the Chamber of Commerce, told the group, “We consider it a privilege to talk to a group that represents such- a large segment of our country, and other countries,” as he too welcomed the s udents to this city. Herman Krueckeberg, executive vice president of the First State Bank, also welcomed the students and said that the city was very proud of the Reppert auction school, and presented a pen to each member ! bf the class. Retail Division Representing the retail division of the Chamber of Commerce, Louis Jacobs talked , to the students and presented an experiment that depicted the progress a student makes in the three-week course. ( W. Guy Brown, executive sec-

telephone. “We are proud of the tremendous technical achievement which this successful flight represents,” Johnson said. “This is a basic step forward in our orderly program to assemHe the scientific knowledge necessary for man’s trip to the moon.” "I recognize that this great success has come only after a number of failures and partial failures in our efforts to send probes to the moon,” the President said. “This success should spur us on to added effort in the future.” The President said “our Soviet competitors have had many unpublicized failures to the moon and the planets.” Soviet failures, he added, confirmed the complexity of the American success today which he called a “magnificent achievement” m the "peaceul exploration of space.” Pickering told a news conference “It’s been a long road, but this shot was a textbook operation .. . everything went the way it should.” r There was a possibility the pictures "if as clear as indicated” would be made public within a few hours. Functions Faultlessly When the signal was sent to the Ranger 7 to turn on its six television cameras to probe the ageless mysteries of the -lunar landscape the tracking station reported the equipment was “in .full power and ... sending strong video pictures.” Ranger “took excellent pictures to the end” a space official said when the space probe impacted on the lunar Sea of Clouds at 6:25 a.m. PDT (9:25 a.m. EDT). First pictures were of an area 300-400 miles square but just before impact it filmed objects as small as an automobile. “The mission is an entire success,” a JPL scientist said flatly during the crucial approach. “All cameras are transmitting excellent video pictures” as the Ranger hurtled toward its doom on the Sea of Clouds. Checks Moon’s Surface The Sea of Clouds region is where American astronauts on the Apollo spacecraft mission might first land on the moon in 1969 or 1970. Ranger 7’s pictures were designed to tell scientists whether the lunar surface is smooth or rugged. The scientist further stated that “we have had a maximum amount of camera coverage” *, which meant everything the cameras had been scheduled to take—4.ooo pictures—to pave the way for man’s setting foot on the lunar surface. Success of the Ranger meant the United States could proceed with its Apollo program of sending a manned spacecraft to the moon and be able to tell what terrain would be available for a landing. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight. Not much temperature change. Mostly sunny and a little warmer Saturday. Low ton night in the 60s. High Saturday in the 80s north, near M south. Sunset today 7:59 p.m. Sunrise Saturday 5:44 a.m. Outlook for Sunday: Partly cloudy and warmer with scattered thundershowers. Lows upper 60s north to mid 70s south. Highs upper 80s to mid 90s. retary of the Chamber, also spoke and die former school superintendent told a joke that drew the biggest laugh of the day. A spokesman for the students thanked the local men and after the group They’re Jolly Good Fellows/’ the students recited some of their The lone local student taking the course is John Dierkes, Jr., a previous graduate. He said he was using this session as a refresher course in the auction business.

Decatur, Indiana, 46733 Friday, July 31,1964

* - 9 T ’ WSSjBK-'.'/i MOONSTRUCK— This is an artist's conception of Ranger 7 as it dropped to the moon's surface taking pictures as it travelled. ~ -r- — ■ ——- ,1 .

J. Ward Calland Is Speaker At Rotary “What’s happening to agriculture” was the title of J. Ward Calland's talk to the Decatur Rotary Club at its weekly meeting Thursday night at the Decatur Youth and Community’ Center. He described some vast and revolutionary changes which have and are occurring on America’s farms. The speaker, who has had an intimate knowledge of agriculture from a lifetime of work in it, gave a scholarly report and quoted experts, who described almost unbelievable changes. An earlier technological revolution occurred from 1850 to 1910, when, as America opened her frontiers, the number of farm units increased from 1.4 million to about 6 million units. Most of these units had one operator. A second revolution, which is about half way completed to date, is one of science, mechanization and heavy investment. American farm units reached a high total of 6.8 million in 1935. By f 961 this total had been reduced to 3-7 million units and the speaker suggseted s that, it may soon return to the 1.4 million units, which was the total in 1850. One hundred years ago 65% of the population lived on farms. By 1980 it wil probably be less than 5% according to the speaker. High Speed Business . Calland quoted numerous examples of “high speed farm business.” One man with proper ■ equipment- can now bale teutons of hay per hour. Only two man hburs are required per acre of wheat. Twenty-seven million horses have been replaced by over five million tractors. Fifteen years ago a reasonable corn yield was 38 bushels per acre. By 1959, it had raised to 51 bushels. It is now over 80 bushels. Indiana may get about 89 bushels per acre this year. New hybrid seeds may soon increase this yield even more. Comparable improvements have also been made in wheat production. artificial insemination, and broiler raising. Cooperatives have become increasingly important. They plan a system of “supply management” which will give them better bargaining power to keep farm fricea up. In most countries, about half of the individual’s disposal income is spent for food. Russians

must use 55% for sustenance. In the United States, less than 20% of the average family’s budget ' goes for food. Calland showed by statistics that about 3% of the total farms now account for over one third of the total farm sales, which is more than the total for 78% of the farms at the lower end of the income scale. Many of the smaller producers must supplement their income by also working elsewhere in cities. The speaker said there are three alternate plans which could be used. All government support and regulation could be withdrawn to return to a free market. A second plan might freeze the status quo at its present level. The third would be a compromise between these two plans. Two Os Accident Victims Are Home The home of the Robert D. Workinger family, at 818 N, Third St., was much “brighter” today with the return of Workinger and nine-year-old daughter Darlene, and the news that Mrs. Joan Workinger is. continuing, tp show improvement in the Parkview hospital in Fort Wayne. Darlene, the Workingers’ nine-year-old daughter, returned home Wednesday night and her father was brought home Thursday night. Both had been in the Elmhurst hospital in Angola since Saturday's head-on collision of their auto and another car. Workinger suttered a baaly fractured jaw and was in surgery twice. His mouth is now wired shut and the local service station owner and operator is on a liquid diet. His wife, Joan, continues to show improvement at the Fort Wayne hospital. Workinger has visited with her since being released from the Angola hospital, and doctors now say that barring any complications, she will recover. Parkview hospital officials said that Mrs. Workinger will remain in the constant care ward for at least another week. She suffered severe head injuries and facial lacerations in the mishap last weekend, and underwent emergency surgery after arriving at Parkview. The young daughter was the least seriously injured, receiving facial lacerations and bruises.

4-H Prize Winners Are Sold At Auction On Thursday Evening

The show ring and stands at the Adams county 4-H fairgrounds were packed Thursday night as bidders vied for the honor of buying the prize wining cattle, pigs and sheep. Fifty steers went for an average of 32.94 cents a pound, 95 hogs were sold for 37.78 cents per ppund average and six sheep were bought at an average of 34.42 cents a pound. The total paid for all animals was $23,082.32. The grand champion steer, exhibited by last year’s grand champion winner, Phil Bentz, sold for 90 cents a pound to the First State Bank of Decatur — ten cents less than the price paid for last year’s grand champion. The Bentz steer weighed 835 pounds, which brought the 13 year old 4-H’er a grand total of $751.50. The First State Bank also purchased the 225-pound grand charm pion hog, exhibited by Dennis Boerger, and the 95 pound grand champion sheep, displayed by Roger Scbnepp. The champion hog went for 96 cents a pound to bring $216 and the champion sheep sold for 57Vi cents a pound, bringing $54.62. Brought By Bank The reserve champion steer and the reserve champion hog were also purchased by the Decatur bank. The 1085 steer, owned by Greg Schnepf, sold for 50 cents a pound, to bring $542.50. The hog ■ owned by Loren Heckman, weighed 210 pounds and sold for 44 cents a pound, bringing $92.40. The reserve champion sheep, exhibited by Rick Journay. ancL weighing 100 pounds, sold to Stockman’s farm service fqr 31 cents a pound, bringing a total of s3l. Last year the grand champion steer sold for $1 a pound and the - reserve champion for 50 cents. The 1963 grand champion hog also brought $1 per pound and the reserve champ went for 45 cents. Last year's grand champion lamb was not sold. The reserve champion sold for 28 cents a pound. Herman Krueckeberg, of the First State Bank, said, that the grand champion steer, which the bank purchased last night, has been returned to the Bentz farm. It will be kept there until late August when it will be exhabited in a special grand champion 4-H Steer show sponsored by Fort Wayne television station WKJG. The show will feature 4-H grand champions from all counties in the area. The bank has entered the steer and it will be shown by Phil Bentz. Sales at the auction, listed in order of owner, purchaser, weight, price per pound and sale total, were as follows, Beef Phil Bentz, The First State Bank of Decatur, Decatur, 835, .90, $751.50. Greg Schnepf, The First State Bank of Decatur, Decatur, 1085, .50, $542.50. Greg Schnepf, Wm. Schnepf, Auctioneer, Decatur, 1175, .29, $340.75. Jim Hawbaker, Geneva Milling Co., Geneva, 975, .39, $380.?5. Mary Gerke, Demobrat Central Committee, Decatur, 955, .31, $296.05. Roger Currie, Cal Yost, Decatur 860, .29, $249.40. Tom McKean, Bank of Geneva, Geneva, 855, .30, $256.50. Patti Isch, Bluffton Agricultural & Amonia Service, Bluffton, 825, .40, $330.00. — Barbara Hawbaker, Bank of Geneva, Geneva, 1030, .33, $339.90. Cynthia Carroll, Reppert Auction School, Decatur, 1205, .31, $373.55. Jim Bookout, Graber Ins. Co., Berne, 1070, .30, $321.00. Dan Nagel, First Bank of Berre, Berne, 1000, .28, $280.00. Ed Bentz" Bluffton Agri: & Amonia Serv., Bluffton, 860, .34, $292.40. Linda Hawbaker, Stucky Gas & Appliance, Geneva, 885, .37, $327.45. Mary Gerke, First State Bank of Decatur, Decatur, 940, .29, $272.60. Ed Bentz, First Bank of Berne, Berne, 835, .32, $267.20. Betty Neuensch wander. First Bank of Berne, Berne, 935, .28, $261.80. Mike McKean. First Bank of Berne, Berne, 1060, .27, $286.20. John Bookout, Stiefel Grain Co., Decatur, 1010, .29, $292.90. Steve Neuensch wander, First Bank of Berne, Berne, 980, .29, $284.20. Raymond Currie, First State Bank of Decatur, Decatur, 945, .32, $302.40. o Dianne Lindsey, Geneva Milling Co., Geneva, 850, .31, $283.50. Jim LeFever, Foodtown, Berne,

835, .32, $267.20. g Jim LeFever, First Bank of? Berne, Berne, 845, .29, $245.05. £ Joyce Bookout, Stockman Farm' Service, Decatur, 1025, .27, $276. 75. 7 Patti Isch, First State Bank of Decatur, Decatur, 1100, .35, $385. Jim Lantz, Adams Co. Co-op, Monroe, 1000, .29, $290.00. Jim Lantz, Monroe Grain & Supply. Monroe. 1010, .29. $292.90. Suellen Bentz, Greenbelt Fertilizer, Bryant, 930, .32, $297.60. Pat Sheehan, First State Bank of Decatur, Decatur, 880, .34, $299.20. Dan Nagel, First Bank of Berne, Berne. 835, .30, $250.50. Matt Carroll, First State Bank of Decatur, Decatur, 1025, .31, $317.75. Nancy Bertsch, Arthur Lengerich, Monroe, 1005, .28, $281.40 Sue Zeigler, Greenbelt Fertilizer, Bryant, 1070, .32, $342.40. Kevin Lehman, First Bank of Berne, Berne, 910. .32. $291.20. Raymond Adler, First S’ate Bank of Decatur, Decatur, 770, .33, $254.10. Mike Burke, Stockman Farm Service, Decatur, 815, .30, $244.50. Don Adams, First Bank of Berne, Berne, 1090, .31, $337.90. Pam Isch, Adams Co. Co-op, Monroe, 960, .31, $297.60. Cynthia Carroll, Stockman Farm Service, Decatur, 940, .30, $£82.00. Stanley Bertsch, Bluffton Agricultural & Amonia Ser., Bluffton, 930, .a, $269.70. Verna Adler, Arthur Lengerich, Monroe, 920, .28, $257 60 Marvin Kirchhofer, Eli Stucky. Geneva, 785, .36. $282.60. Roger Schnepp, First State Benk of Decatur, Decatur, 1005, .30, $301.50. Mary Lantz, Hoosier Soil Service. Bluffton, JOOS, $291.45. Dennis Van Emon, Glenn Manley, R, R. 6, Decatur, 855, .33, $299.25. Bob Kirchhofer, Berne Locker Service, Berne, 730, .35, $255.50. Stanley Van Emon, Bixler Ins., Geneva, 1030, .34, $350.20. Mike Van Emon, Foodbank Super Market, Geneva, 965, .36, $347.40. Roger Schhepp, Farjners Mutual Ins. Co., Huntington. 880, .32, $281.60. Swine Dennis Boerger, The First State Bank, Decatur, 225, .96, $216.00. Loren Heckman, The First State Bank, Decatur, 210, .44, $92.40.

State Parley Held On Mental Health

Fourteen tentative goals in improvement of conditions for the mentally disturbed or retarded were announced Thursday night to a crowd of some 250 Mental Health chapter president and legislative chairmen from 92 counties in the Riley Room of the Claypool Hotel. Attending from Adams county were Mrs. Sherman Stucky of Berne, state board member; Mrs. Nita* Kalvei,- county president, and her husband, Roy L. Kalver, of Decatur; and Dick Heller, legislative chairman for Adams codnty. Former Decatdr resident Neil Thomas, of Lafayette, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas, of Monroe, attended as Tippecanoe county chapter president. Proposed for Secretary At a state mental health Committee meeting earlier in the day,, Mrs. Stucky was honored by being proposed for the office of state secretary, but she declined because of other pressing duties. Don Freehafer, president of the state organization, presided at the meeting. He is publisher of the Logansport Pharos-Tribune. He introduced the guides who will accompany the various touring legislative groups during the August tours. Plan To Attend Both candidates for the Indiana house of representatives for Adams and Wells county, and incumbent Senator Von A. Eichhorn, of Uniondale, have signified that they plan to attend the August 18 tour of the Fort Wayne state school- Burl Johnson, Democratic incumbent, and L. Luther Yager, Republican challenger, both have stated they plan to attend if possible. The tour will start at 9:30 a m.

SEVEN CENTS

; Karen Van Emon, Stucky Gas & J Appliances, Geneva, 220, .40, SBB. ’ Philip Kershner, Peterson Groin :Co„ Peterson, 200, .36, $72.00. E Louann Fuelling, Petrie Mobil, - Decatur, 200, .35, $70.00. John Nidlinger, The First State Bank. Decatur, 215, .35, $75.25. Judy Selking, Zurcher Firestone Station. Monroe, 235, .33, $77.55. Patricia Thieme, The First State Bank, Decatur, 215, .36, $77,40. Joe Rich. Farmers Mutual Insurance, Huntington, 200, .32, $64.00. Stanley Van Emon. Berne & Geneva Livestock Sale, 'Berne, 225, .33, $74.25. Stephen Kershner, Peterson Grain Co., Peterson, 195, .34, $66.30. Jerry Fuelling, The First State Bank, Decatur, 195, .34, $66.30. Jim Selking, Petrie Mobil, Decatur, 240, .35, $84.00. Steven Thieme, Stiefel Grain Co., Decatur, 190, .35. $66 50. Don Adams, Preble Equity, Preble, 200, X $70.00. Fred Yoder, Zurcher Firestone, Monroe, 250, .35, $87.50. Mike Van Emon, Eli Stucky, Geneva, 190. .33, $62.70. Dale Heckman, Two Brothers, Decatur, 210, .37, $77.70. Neil Brown, Evans Sales Xt Service, Decatur, 205, .36. $73.80. Leßoy Scheumann, Preble Equity, Preble, 220. .36, $79 29. Don Bixler, Evans Sales & Service, Decatur, 200, .36. $72.00. Larry Schamerloh, Steifel Grain Decatur, 220, .38. $83.60. Dennis Van Emon, Bank of Ge- ' meva: Geneva. 195, .337 $64 35.“ Angela Boerger, Steifel Grain, Decatur, 200, .40, SBO.OO. Blair Brown, P. B. Stewart Stock Yard, Decatur, 205, .36, $73.80. John Bixler, Evans Sales & Service, Decatur, 180, .37, $66.60. Stan Von Gunten, Zurcher, Firestone, Monroe, 205, .34, $69.70. Phillip Burry, Geneva Mill'ng, Geneva, 185, .35, $64 75. Max Fuelling, Mirror Inn, Decatur, 205, .36, $73.80. Randall Reynolds, The First Bank of Berne, Berne, 175, .35, $6L25. Dean Reinhard, The First Dank of Berne. Berne, 205, .34, $69.70. Neil Gerber, Bluffton Anhydrous Amonia Serv., Blqfftcn, 215, .45, $96.75. Phil Wulliman, Bluffton Agriculture & Amonia Serv., Bluffton, 190, .35, $66.50. Continued on Page 8)

This will not just be a tour of the various institutions, it was stressed at the meeting, but will be a candid, vivid explanation of the mental health legislative goals, and the reasons for them. Let Legislators Know It is imperative that those vitally interested in mental health, and its goals of a decent life for Indiana's mentally retarded and ill, contact their canis too late to . do it during the legislative session, except in emergencies, he added. Dr. Stewart Theodore Ginsberg, commissioner of mental health for Indiana, outlined the state’s requests. Mrs. Wilbur F. Pell, Shelbyville, chairman of the committee on legislation and Estate relations, stressed the importance of,, reading all communications from the state mental health office, and then using them.'She suggested giving thCmaterial to newspapermen from the local angle, or to the legislators themselves; the latter receive the publications, but some are not able to take the time to read through and find what is pertinent. Legislative chairmen can help, she said. •- Local Paper Example Mrs. Pell then held up two editorials from the Decatur Daily Democrat using them as examples of good local use of information gathered by the state organization. She asked that other communities do as .Decatur has done.. s ■ The following goals were given by the state executive director, Joseph R- Brown: /> 1. Appropriation of adequate funds to finance institutional salary schedules sufficient to make it possible-to obtain quali(Continued on Page Eight)