Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 231, Decatur, Adams County, 30 September 1964 — Page 1

VOL. LXII. NO. 231.

Decatur To Be Host For Recognition Os Top Y oung F armer

State-Wide Meeting Here In February Decatur will be host next February to the state-wide recognition day program for the outstanding young farmer (OYF) of the Indiana Junior Chamber of Commerce, and the state-wide program to select a contestant for the United States Jaycee outstanding young farmer will be co-sponsored by the Central Soya Co., which was founded in Decatur, Wayne Roahrig, president of the Decatur Jaycees, announced today. A statewide publicity effort to secure OYF candidates from 192 Jaycee clubs throughout Indiana will start (Thursday through the public relations facilities of Central Soya in Fort Wayne, under the direction of Everett Bierman. Roahrig Makes Presentation Roahrig appeared recently before the state committee of the Jaycees, and asked that Decatur be designated as host chapter for the state program. He has received official state Jaycee approval. Plans for the state’s participation in the 1964 65 outstanding young farmer program were also announced today by Roahrig, who will coordinate the event. For the past two years, the state young farmer has received recognition at the annual meeting, but not in any special way. Only 22 chapters took part last year. Roahrig announced also that he

Portland Editor Is Kickoff Speaker k V 1 ffuß I J * '''f?' .J' i ‘ Tom Witherspoon Tom Witherspoon, editor .of the Portland Commercial - Review, has been announced by Decatur Community Fund chairman Mrs. Mabie Murray as the kickoff speaker for the Community Fund breakfast Monday, October 5. The breakfast, at 8 a.m. Monday, will be attended by all Community Fund officials, division chairmen, captains and solicitors, and will mark the opening of the 1964 drive with its $29,834 goal. Witherspoon, 30, holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and has been editor of the Portland newspaper for four and a half years. A native of Petersburg, he attended Vincennes University and Indiana University. Before coming to Portland he was a reporter for the Terre Haute Star and assistant editor of the Winchester, Ky. Sun. He has been connected with the Jay county United Fund for several years and is presently serving as publicity chairman for the organization. He is president of the Portland Jaycees and is « member of the Red Cross blood donor program. A veteran of three years’ service in the United States Navy, he is married and is the father of a 2%-year-old son.

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had secured the co-sponsorship - of Central Soya, Co., of Fort Wayne, an agriculturally oriented firm that specializes in soybean processing, feed manufacturing, grain, merchandising, and soybean chemurgy. Ninth Year Nationally This is the ninth year the Jaycees have conducted a program to honor young farmers between the ages of 21 and 35, who have made the most progress in crop and livestock production, net worth, soil and water conservation, and have contributed un- ’ selfishly to the betterment of their community. To be eligible, the nominee must be an actual farm operator deriving a minimum of two-thirds of his income from farming. He need not be a Jaycee. “In addition to recognizing the achievements of the young men who are making a success of their farm business,” Roahrig said, “the OYF program promotes rural-urban understanding which is important to all of us.” Select Local Winners Roahrig said that Jaycee chapters throughout the state will select an outstanding young farmer in this area, with the chapter’s nominee competing for recognition as Indiana's outstanding young farmer. The winner will be announced at a state-wide recognition day program in Decatur February 20, 1965, and will compete in the national finals at Fort Collins, Colorado, April 1113, 1965. Roahrig said that nominations by Indiana Jaycee chapter nominees and state winners will be selected by special committees of qualified judges. In conducting the outstanding young farmer program nationally, the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce points out that agriculture is one of America’s most efficient industries. Because of its efficiencies, U. S. consumers spend on the average only 18.5 per cent of their disposable income for food. It is expected that agriculture will contribute $22 billion to the gross national product in 1964. Last year the U. S. exported $21.7 billion worth of goods, more than any other nation; of this amount $5.6 billion was from agriculture.

Shannon Head Os Halloween Parade Kenneth Shannon, manager of the local Miller-Jones shoe store, will once again serve as general chairman for the annual Ca’lithumpian parade this year, according to an announcement today by Dan Freeby, chairman of the retail division. The general committee for the affair also remains the sime, with the naming of the same three persons who served last year. ’Die committee is composed of Thomas Sefton, Gillig, Doan & Sefton funeral home; Walt Ostermeyer, manager of the Midwest Record Store; and John Rawlinson, Western Auto store owner. The annual parade will be held Halloween evening, Saturday, October 31, according to Freeby. Bill Bowers will again serve as the parade marshal, Freeby said, and will head a parade committee consisting of Clyde Butler, Walter Elzey, of Bowers Hardware: Lyle Mallonnee, of Parkway 66; and William Schnepf, local realtor and auctioneer. The parade line will be announced at a later date, as the committee is working on new arrangements for the parade route. Approximately 10 bands from Adams county and area high schools have been invited to take part in the annual parade. This is one of the features of the Callithumpian parade. Cash Prizes Also included, in the parade again this year will be floats, antique autos, trucks, implements, and new cars, in addition to the usual number of youngsters in ghost costumes, etc. About S4OO in cash prizes will be awarded to the top bands, best drum majors and majorettes and best costumed individuals, Freeby noted.

Two Injured Persons Are Still Critical Two persons injured in separate traffic accidents in Adams county recently remain in critical condition at the Parkview memorial hospital in Fort Wayne. The two are Mrs. Marie K. Butler, 62, of Chicago, injured in a Sunday crash, and David A. Brorein, 7-year-old Geneva boy, struck by an auto last Friday. A report from hospital officials at noon today said both were listed in “critical condition.” Mrs. Butler was riding in an auto driven by her husband, Edmund J. Butler, also 62, when it was struck by an auto operated by James Calvin Moses, 50v.route 3, Decatur, around 9:15 a. in. Sunday. The mishap occurred east of town as Butler pulled off state road 101 directly into the path of the Moses car, which was eastbound. The Butlers were taken to the Parkview memorial hospital, Butler suffering from minor injuries. Mrs. Butler’s injuries consisted of what was thought to be a slight skull fracture and a skull laceration, find were apparently much more serious than thev were originally believed to be Moses escaped uninjured. Youth Hurt Friday The youngster, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Myers, 230 Short St., Geneva, has been in critical condition since taken to Parkview immediately after the 3:40 p. m. mishap Friday in Geneva. The little boy had walked into U. S. 27, as he was leaving school, into the path of a northbound vehicle driven by Daniel R. Stahly, 26, of Geneva. Stahly was not held. Pres. Johnson In Indiana Oct. 8 INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—President Johnson will campaign th Indiana Oct. 8, the White House announced today. John-on will visit Gary and Indianapolis, two of three stops on that day. The other stop is at Cleveland. The White House said the President will campaign from coast-to-coast during next week, visiting North Carolina, lowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Louisiana and California. Johnson will address a farm group in Des Moines, lowa, on Monday, Oct. 5. From there he will travel in the afternoon and early evening to points in downstate Illinois. He is expected to spend the night of Oct. 7 in the Midwest. Then on Thursday he will go to Gary, Indianapolis and Cleveland, and on Oct. 9 he will fly to Louisville, Ky. Details of the Indiana visit were not announced. Indiana Democratic chairman J. Manfred Core was not in his office when word of the President’s schedule was made public, and others in the party’s state headquarters had no further information. Cpre said last week he expected Johnson to campaign in Indiana during October. Dates near Oct. 8 had been mentioned. The President’s campaign in Hoosierland will mean that all four nominees on the two major party national tickets will have been in the state seeking sunport. Sen. Barry Goldwater was in Evansville Sept. 18. South Bend Sent. 26 and will make a whistle-stop train tour Thurswas in the Gary-South Bend day. Rep. William E. Miller area Sept. 6-7, at Fort Wayne Sept. 22 and will be at South Bend Saturday. Sen. Hubert Humphrey was at Evansville, Terre Haute and Fort Wayne Sept. 23.

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Decatur, Indiana, 46733, Wednesday, September 30,1964.

Roger Geimer Head 01 Teen Dems Here Roger Geimer, St. Joseph school eighth grader and son of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Geimer of Decatur, was elected president of the Teen Dems at an organizational meeting Tuesday night at Democrat headquarters in Decaturs More than 70 young people tumed out for the meeting, sponsored by the Young Democrats of Adams county, with district Young Democrat president Harry Hebble, Jr„ of Decatur, presiding. Robert Kolter, Jefferson club president, was co-chairman of the meeting. 28 From Berne Area Miss Janet Winteregg, Decatur high school senior and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Winteregg, Jr., was elected vice president in the spirited election. Terry Winteregg, Berne freshman, was elected treasurer. He is the son of Mrr~and Mrs. Doyle Winterbgg of Berne. Five carloads from Berne attended the meeting. Sandy Stucky, Berne senior and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Loris Stucky of Berne, was elected seßf retary. Sponsors Named Miss Rosemary Spangler, Robert Kolter, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Hendricks, and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Van Poppel were chosen sponsors for the Teen Dems. The officers will meet soon with the sponsors to plan future meetings and events. Following the hour-long meeting refreshments were served, and the group adjourned. A half-dozen Teen Dems stayed and helped separate campaign literature until after 11 p.m. Meeting Held Up The , overwhelming turnout so surprised the Democratic leadership that a meeting had been scheduled to take place in headquarters at the same time had to be postponed a hour and an half, because there wasn't any room for the people to even sit down, let alone conduct a meeting! All the county candidates, and state representative Burl Johnson, were introduced to the young men and women in attendence. Dick Heller, publisher of the Decatur Democrat, was called on to speak briefly, and thank the young people for the fine turnout, as well as praise them for their interest. Van Poppel, of WADM radio station, wais called upon to impress on the young people the value oftheir work in the election.

Slight Living Cost H Drop During August' WASHINGTON (UPD — The cost of food, clothing and cars dropped slightly last month, the government reported today. Because of this, the'cost of living dropped ond tenth of one per cent. The Labor Department reported that the decline from a record high index in July put the price index at 108.2 for August. The latest report means it would cost $10.82 to buy the same goods and services that could be obtained for $lO five to seven years ago. But Arnold Chase, assistant commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, said the August drop was not as great as usual. He noted that the index f had declined in August # six times during the last 10 years < ' and this year’s decrease was les” than the average. Chase said the drop held the index to only one per cent above the figure for a year ago—the toweM over-the-year increase so far this year.

Ground Broken For Methodist Church

Actual construction of a new $325,000 sanctuary for the First Methodist church began today. Bulldozers were ' nldved in and began clearing the building site at the corner of Monroe and Sixth streets in Decatur. Williafn H. Brown, chairman of the official board, announced that contracts have been approved by the planning and building committee and would be signed by the trustees later this week. Wermuth, Inc., contractors, of Fort Wayne, have been chosen as the general contractors with their bid of $233,000. The Haugk Plumbing & Heating Co.. Inc., Decatur, was low bidder for the heating, ventilating, plumbing and air condition, The bid was for $67,300. Reynolds Electric, Decatur? was awarded the electric installation contract with a bid of $24,740. Formal Service Oct. 11 Although construction has already started. Rev. Melvin R. Seeger, pastor of the local church announced that a former ground breaking service will be conducted Sunday, October 11. Details of the program will be published at a later date. A long - range building program for the church was originally started in 1949. Since then five fund raising campaigns have been successfully completed.thefirial one being in May of this year. Headed by -Watson Maddox as general chairman, a “crusade for progress” with a goal of $90,000, received pledges in excess of SIIO,OOO. During the 15 years, funds of the building program have been used to construct a new chapel in 1953, at a cost of $97,000. The old parsonage was torn down to make available space for the sanctuary. A new parsonage was built at 512 Limberlost Trail, Stratton Place. In 1958 the church purchased the Yoder home just north of the church property. The house was removed and the lot converted jnto parking space. Necessary 'remodeling" of the pfessnt church was also financed by the building fund. Faces Monroe Street The main entrance of the new structure will face south on Monroe street. The entrance will be sheltered by a colonial type porch featuring tall pillars in Early American architecture. The building will be parallel with Sixth street and attached to the west end of the chapel building. A colonnade on the south side of the chapel will provide sheltered accessibility to the sanctuary, chapel and the educational unit on the east side. The sanctuary* will have a seating capacity for about 400 people. A balcony will be constructed, but will not be finished at this tirhe. In the full basement under the sanctuary will be a large fellowship hall with a stage and space for a modern kitchen. Architects for the building are McGuire, Shook, Compton, Richey and Associates of Indianapolis. Completion of the sanctuary i« expected to be earlv next summer. Members of and planning committee are: _ Carl Gerber, chairman; Joseph Azbell, Mrs. Alfred Beavers, Mrs. Doyle Collier, S. L. Everhart, Earl Sheets, R. N. Steury, exofficio: Robert G. Smith, lay leader; Dr. Birch McMurray, Hubert Zerkel, Jr., Mrs. Earl Sheets, Lowell Smith, Clyde Butler, Alva Lawson, Lawrence Beavers, Walter Lister and Watson Maddox.

Fort Wayne Building Is Ripped By Blast FORT WAYNE. Ind. (UPD— An explosion wrecked a twostory brick building at the Joslyn S ainless Steel Co. plant here Tuesday night. Assistant Fire Chief Ed Loraine said an accumulation of gas was responsible. He said when firemen arrived they found gas seeping from beneath the structure. Loraine said a leak -.is believed to have developed along a new gas line being installed in the building. The east and west walls of the building were sha'tered and offices located in the structure were damaged badly. w Several small fires broke out after the blast but firemen extinguished them quickly and they caused little additional damage. Alhough the explosion virtually knocked out all telephone service in the plant, company officials said the explosion would not interfere with production. Work was scheduled to continue today on regular shifts.

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Bluffton Man Is Killed In Crash Tuesday

Larry Duane Christianson, 23, Bluffton well driller, and brother of a Decatur lady, was killed and two other Bluffton men were- injured in a two-car crash three miles north of Bluffton on Indiana highway 1, shortly before 7 o’clock Tuesday evening. Christianson, the father of three small children, had resided in Bluffton since 1950. In serious condition are Dale Eugene Faus, 26, at the Clinic hospital in Bluffton with bad head lacerations and a possible skull fracture; and Jim Penrod, 33, in Wells county hospital at Bluffton with a broken leg. Authorities said Christianson was driving a car owned by Faus

Girl Scouts Part Os Community Fund

The Limberlost council of the Girl Scouts of America is another of the ten Decatur Community Fund agencies. It has submitted a budget request of $4,625. A large number of local girls are involved in Girl Scout and Brownie work. Many of them participated this summer in the Giri Scout day camp activities, which this year were centered on an Indian lore theme. The purpose of the Girl Scouts is to inspire girls with highest ideals of character, conduct, patriotism and service that they may become happy and resourceful citizens. * Under a new organizational structure, instituted in 1963, there are four separate levels of Girl Scout activity — Brownie Scouts, Junior Girl Scouts, Cadette Girl Scouts and Senior Girl Scouts. Each of the four age levels will build on what the girls have learned before, so that a girl who joins at seven can continue to grow in scouting through the age of 17. At the same time the structure within each age level will be such that a girl can begin in Girl Scouting at any age from seven through 17, joining in the activities of her troopmates, without going back to fulfill requirements the others have finished. Worldwide Movement Girl scouting is a worldwide movement with over 40 countries participating in its program. The Limberlost district was organized in 1957 and serves not only Adams county, but also Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Steuben and Wells counties. It includes 10,450 Brownies, Intermediates, Seniors and adult volunteers. Girl Scouting activity in Deca-, tur derives its support from two sources. Parents and the girls themselves supply uniforms, weekly troop dues, annual membership dues, badges and pihs, special events costs, handboooks, camp fees and transportation. Contributions via the Community Fund and other sources support the rest of the program.

and was headed north on the nighway behind the Penrod auto. A; Penrod attempted to make a left TWO SECTIONS < . INDIANA WEATHER Fair and not much temperature change tonight. Thursday mostly sunny and warmer. Low tonight mostly In the 40s. High Thursday in the 70s. Sunset today 6:30 ,p.m. Sunrise Thursday 6:41 a. m. Outlook for Friday: Continued fair and mild. Lows upper 40s to low 50s. Highs mid 70s.

A number of changes were made last year to make the Girl Scouting program even more effective. During the fall and winter of 1962 and into the spring of 1963, a special training program prepared adult volunteer leaders to lead girls into

fey W\j . /’jjE HVTvjik jaw wl* W- ’ ®WwS»H POW WOW— lndian activities were the theme of this year’s summer Girl Scout program at Hanna-Nuttman park. The program is supported in part by Community Fund contributions. — (Photo by Mac Lean)

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turn, Christianson started to pass. The Faus car struck a utility pole, snapping it off. Christianson was thrown from the auto. The accident victim is survived by his wife, the former Donna EdLris: three children, Kim, Kelli and Tammi; the father, George Christianson; the mother, Mrs. Inez Oman Mangus; one brother, Jerome Christianson, all of Bluffton, and 1 * two sisters, Mrs. Bill Schulte of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Terry Holtsberry of Decatur. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Thoma funeral home in Bluffton, with burial in Elm Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p. m. today.

a reorganized scouting program. The elements of the new program are embodied in activities related to the arts, the home and the outdoors. ~ Contributions to the Decatur Communiy Fund are needed to sustain this program.