Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 270, Decatur, Adams County, 14 November 1964 — Page 1

VOL. LXH. NO. 270.'

Decatur Tavern Is V Gutted By Flames, Second Is Damaged

The Blackstone Bar, located at 254 N. Second street, wa> completely gutted this morning by fire — the second time in less than six yea s that owners Mike and Edna Shannon have.had a tavern destoyed by fire. • The entire enterior of the tavern was gutted by the fire, and two adjoining buildings, received water and smoke damage. Fire chief Cedric Fisher said at the scene today that the blaze undoubtedly started in the basement of the building. What caused the fire, however, could not be determined yet this morning, Fjsher explained. Local firement were contacted at 7 o’clock this morning. Fisher said the fire department was just changing shifts at the time the call came in, fortunately, and all four drivers were at the station. Sweeps Building The fire moved from the base- - ment up into the bar room, and then quickly began to spread. It soon reached the building’s false ceiling, and then, as chief Fisher described it, “we had had it.” Once the blaze got into the false ceiling, it began to rapidly spread out of control. Fisher said he was first to arrive, and explained that the entire block was enveloped by fire when ha turned off Jefferson street, nd&rly four blocks away, onto Second street. The entire interior of the tavern was ablaze when firemen arrived, but they quickly set out ,to get the blaze under control and contaning it to the one building. On Roof The roof of the Blackstone Was heavily damaged by the fire, and a portion of the roof of Jack & Jerry’s tavern, the building to the south, was also damaged. Jack & Jerry’s received a good deal of water and smoke, but no part of the blaze got into that building. Owner Jack Bopp said he had no idea as to an estimate of damage, but added that it could have been worse. Water was dripping from the ceiling in Bopp’s tavern, but some merchandise was covered by canvass to prevent further damage. Colcbin Apartment The apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Colcbin, in the rear portion of the building north of the Blackstone, also received a good amount of water damage, and some smoke damage but no fire damage. The front portion of that build ng, formerly Colchin’s package liquor store, was vacant, .and also received water damage. Mr. and Mrs. Colchin were out of town at a lake, and relatives were attempting to contact them yet this morning. Colchin owns h’s building and the building housing Jack & Jerry’s. Shannon reported-, ly purchased the Blackstone building recently from Carl Gattshall. Back of Blackstone The rear portipn of the Blackstone building, used mostly for storage, was also heavily damaged by the fire, although not as much as was the tavern proper. Owners Mike and Edna Shannon were notified of the blaze, and were at the scene for a short time, before returning ,to their home in Stratton Place. They were not available for any estimate of damage. Firemen, who converged on the scent in a matter of moments after the first call came in, battled the blaze for about two and a half hours, finally bringing it under control around 9:30 a.m. After firemen got the blaze under control, city police officers began the task of attempting to stand watch on the building to prevent any looting of the con-

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IS BH&vw, BLACKSTONE BAB, on North Second street, was completely gutted by fire this morning, while the neighboring Jack & Jerry tavern was seriously damaged by water and smoke. The fire department, arriving shortly after 7 a. m., worked until after 10 a. m. to control the smoke and flames. The Blackstone previously burned out a block south of its present location about four years ago. — (Photo by Mac Lean) tents. ‘

Officials were attempting to locate insurance personnel who could board shut the Blackstone windows and doors, and thereby prevent looting. 1959 Fire Early the morning of Sunday, January 4, 1959, a fire broke out in the former site of the Blackstone Bar, and completely destroyed the building. At that time, the Blackstone was located at 124 N. Second street, the building now occupied by the Local Loan Co. Fire swept the building that morning also, and fire and water also heavily damaged the billiard room to the south, now the Decatur Sports * Center, which was owned at that time by Don Wagner. Damages amounted to over SIOO,OOO. Car, Truck Damaged In Accident Today A car and a Blue Flame truck were damaged in a accident at 2:15 a.m. today at the south edge of Geneva, about one mile south, on U.S. 27. Ray Melvin Gates, 42-year-old Cleveland, 0., resident, was southbound on 27 and as he neared the north entrance of the bridge there, he saw the truck approaching from the south. He slammed on the brakes of his auto, and the front end slid around and struck the rear dual wheels of the truck. Gates and the driver of the truck, Gene L. Baumgartner, 24, of Bluffton, escaped without injury. Deputy sheriff Harold August, who investigated, estimated damages at $1,500 to the 1964 model Gates car and S6OO to S7OO to the truck.

Laundromat Dryer, Clothing Damaged Firemen were summoned Friday evening to the Oakhurst trailer park, east of the city, when a dryer in the trailer park’s laundromat overheated. As the dryer became hot, the clothes in the machine caught fire, necessitating in calling local firemen, who quickly extinguished the fire. The dryer and the clothes were the only things damaged. Long-Range. Relief For Drought Areas WASHINGTON (UPI) — The U. S. Weather Bureau says there will be some relief during the next month for drought-stricken areas of the Middle West and Central Plains. x In a long range forecast through mid-December, the bureau said Friday above normal precipitation was expected east of the Continental Divide. Near normal precipitation was forecast for the Northern Plains and Atlantic Coast states. Heart Attack Fatal. To Chas. Brunstrup Charles R. Brunstrup, 52, of Decatur route 6, well known Blue Creek township farmer and employe of the state highway department, died at 3:50 p.m. Friday at the Adams county memorial hospital, shortly after he was admitted following a heart attack suffered while at work. Mr. Brunstrup was active in political circles and was presently serving as a precinct committeeman. Born in Mercer county, 0., June 24, 1912, he was a son of Henry and Pearl Ross - Brunstrup, who now reside on Decatur route 6. He was married to Velma Shaff August 7,1937 J Mr. Brunstrup was a member of the Union E. U. B. church at Willshire, 0., and the Knights of Pythias at Willshire. Surviving are his wife; his parents; two daughters, Mrs. Richard (Judith) McCullough of Willshire route 1, and 'Mrs. Mark (Kathline) Ruthledge of Convoy,

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Decatur, Indiana, 46733, Saturday, November 14, 1964.

Kellogg Named Area Management Agent r 1 •'HI Ft' ' '■ ah'? H. M. K«Uo«r'

Hervey M. Kellogg has been appointed area management agent for six counties, including Adams, to assist county extension agents in the management phase of the Indiana cooperative extension program, according to Ernest J. Lesiuk, county extension agent. Kellogg will assist county extension agents conducting group meetings for farm and home management. As time permits he will be available to counsel with individual farmers on management problems. In addition he will work with county extension agents in planning schools, tours and demonstrations relative to management problems. A series of three school dealing with farm and home management will be held in Adams county this winter.. These meetings will stress economic principles, crop production, livestock production, home management and alternatives to present farm enterprises. Kellogg may be reached through the. county extension office. Kellogg is a native of Blackford county.. He is married and has three childfen — twin girls, 17,’and one boy, 10. Mrs. Kellogg is | presently employed as an English teacher in the Columbia City joint high school. He entered Purdue in 1949 and received his B.S. degree in 1952 and M.S. degree in 1953. He was a member of Phi Eta Sigma, a freshman honorary; Ceres, an agronomy honorary; and Alpha' Zeta, honorary fraternity for ag school students. He was appointed assistant county agent in Whitley county in August, 1953, and was transferred to Fulton county November 1, 1954, as assistant county agent in charge of the better farming and better living program. He became county agent of Cass county in September, 1959, and was transferred to Whitley county in November, 1962, as county extension agentadministrator. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and warmer tonight Sunday considerable cloudiness, windy and mild with showers over about 50 per cent of the northern portion. Low tonight 45 to 55. High Sunday 65 to 75. Outlook for Monday: Cloudy with rain likely. Muscular Dystrophy Fund Campaiqn Opens Muscular Dystrophy cannisters have again been placed in the various business establishments of Decatur for the annual fund raising campaign which always takes place during the month of November. Loyal Order of Moose members, under the direction of John Shaffer, are sponsoring this campaign and all funds will be used by the Muscular Dystrophy association of America to combat this dreaded disease, which afflicts many children and adults each year. The Moo-e lodge members have placed these cannisters for the convenience of all people in this trading area who wish to contribute to this cause. Shaffer also announced that there will be a door to door drive by Moose members and their children so that the entire city will be covered. This date will be announced later. O.; one son, Charles Thomas Brunstrup, at home, and four grandchildren. Two sisters preceded him in death. \ Funeral services w|ll be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2 p.m. at the Union E.U.B. church at Willshire, with the Rev. E. Robert Heckman officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home .after 7 p.m. today until time of the services. There i will be no viewing at the church.

Two More Named For Farm Census The choice of two ladies as? agricultural enumerators for nor-? theastern Adams county com-? pletes the list for the county, J Mrs. J. W. Desjardins, crew lead-? er, announced today. Mrs. Roger Frey has been? named to enumerate Union and : St. Mary’s Townships, and Mrs. Lee K. Fleming has been named for Root township. Yesterday enumerators were named for the other nine townships, bringing to i eight the total to be used in Ad- ' ams county, among the 23,000 to be used in the nation to take the 1965 census of agriculture. Enumerators are key workers in an agricultural census. It is the enumerator’s responsibility to locate every farm within an enu-. meration district assigned to him (or her), determine if the opera- ; tor of the farm has answered all questions on a questionaire that willl be mailed to the farmer by the census bureau, help the farmer complete any unanswered questions on the form, check answers for accuracy, and deliver the form to the census bureau. A census of agriculture is taken every five years in the years ending in “4” and "9” to gather needed, up-to-date information on the nation’s agricultural resources and production. Such information is vital in making decisions affecting many segments of the U. S. economy. Data gathered include the number and size of farms, acreage and harvest of crops, livestock inventory, information on farm equipment and improvements, farm products sold, and on some production expeditures. Information also will be collected on use of fertilizers, insecticides, and herbicides. ~~ The enumerators will be trained in a special 4-day home , study course designed to prepare them for the farm census, their crew leader said. Kent Funeral Rites At Chicago Monday Funeral services for Hugh J. Kent, former Decatur resident, who died Friday morning in a Chicago hospital, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Queen of All Saints Catholic church in Chicago. Burial will be in a Chicago cemetery. The body was removed to the * Corebran funeral Thorne, 6200 North Cicero avenue, Chicago, where friends may call.

New Decatur Evangelical United Brethren Church IIIIIRi iBHSy <1 ■>? ~: ’ BKsßjH9Ms3' ' •WteVMljlti‘' ' ,««. • I ' ’ !rWr? ' ' 1 i.gIJVCWr t Wk .*: -mMtfe? *■ 6 ■a® ■* >V jAMUbw ■.<*,•> ,-?■ ■ Jfl »y J - ” a’.SN^’ MK -11 Bw - .1’ -- - - ■ - . ...'... **”. fc .~." •swaraw - -■—..... M NEW DECATUR CHURCH— Above is the architect’s sketch of the new worship and educational center of the Decatur Evangelical United Brethren church, to .be erected just west of Decatur along U, S. highway 224. A building fund canvass is now being held by the congregation of the church. The sanctuary of the new edifice will seat 600 persons, and is shown at the right. To the left is the church chapel, and to the left rear, the educational unit.

The construction of the modern new worship and educational center is the object of the building fund canvass now underway among the membership of the Decatur Evangelical United Brethren church. At a special dinner for members and friends at the Youth and Community Center, detailed plans for the new building and its financing were explained by church leaders. The combined Bethany and Trinity choirs, under the direction of Mrs. Lex Dormire, presented two numbers: “Let There Be Music,” and “Let There Be Peace on Earth.” Mrs. Larry' Affolder presided at the piano. The Rev. J. O. Penrod interpreted the spiritual nature of the project by pointing out the indispensable values the church brings into personal lives, fam-

Nationwide Rail Strike Threatens As Troubles Grow

By United Press International Threats of a nationwide railroad strike and the prospect of total shutdown of Ford’s automotive operations were added today to the burden of the nation’s mounting labor problems, j A showdown on bargaining talks begin in Chicago Monday with six Railroad shopcraft unions and federal mediators meeting to settle a wage disMrs. Maude Putman Is Taken By Death Mrs. Maude Putman, 70, of Ohio City, 0., died at 7:15 a. m. Friday at the Van Wert county hospital following a serious illness of one week. A lifelong resident of the area, she was born in Ohio City May 7, 1894, a ’daughter of Philip and Ella Harp-Hoffman, and was married to Clarence H. Putman Aug. 20, 1913. Mrs. Putman was a member ot St. John’s Lutheran church at Ohio City and, the Missionary society of the church. Surviving in addition to her husband are three sons, Wayne Putman of Rockford, 0., route 2, Gordon Putman of Fort Wayne, and Murray ,Putman of Ohio City route 1. and Mrs. Jess (Jane) Sunffttersett 4 of Monroe rotffr nine grandchildren; three greatgrandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Hazel Brown of Van Wert. One brother is deceased. Funeral rites will be held at 2:30 p. m. Sunday at the St. John’s Lutheran church at Ohio City, with the Rev. C. Luther Stager officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery at Ohio City. Friends may call at the Cowan & I Son funeral home at Van Wert ’ until 12 noon Sunday. The body will lie in state at the church from 1 p. m. Sunday until time of the services.

ilies, and community. Chalmer Bollenbacher, the general chairman, placed a specially prepared informational brochure in the bands of each person and led the group in an understanding of its contents. This gift brochure contained a beautiful pitcure of the proposed new Church. * 46 On Committee Forty men and women were called forward and commissioned for the task of calling in the homes of the congregation by the Rev. F. P. Miller. These couples, previously organized and trained included captains; Charles Kent, Robert August, Arthur Beeler, Chalmer Bollenbacher, Robert Butcher, Veraon Hill, Lee Hoppengarner, Rickard Maloney, Lester Sautbine, Keith Schnepp; and visitors: Ivan Stucky, Chalmer Barkley, Earl Fuhrman,

pute. Informed sources for the unions said formal plans for a walkout may be announced when the talks resume. The critical period would extend Uhtil next Friday when a 30-day "cooling-off" period expires. But unions were said to have picked Nov. 23 for a strike date. Involved are unions representing 160,000 workers who repair and. maintain railroad equipment and cars. Officials of four other non-operating unions, also demanding higher wages, were expected to be in Chicago Monday. At issue is a 27-cent hourly pay increase over three years recommended Oct. 20 by a presidential emergency board. Shopcraft unions are demanding a higher boost to widen the gap between skilled and unskilled workers. The six shopcraft unions represent machinists, boilermakers, sheetmetal workers, electrical workers, railway carmen and firemen-oilers. A railroad strike would presumably paralyze' all rail lines because other railroad workers would refuse to Cross picket lines set up by the striking unions. More than 70,000 workers were on strike across the nation, a majority ot them in United Auto Varker (UAW) strikes against heavy industries. The prospect of a total shutdown of Ford’s automotive operations hinged on whether the UAW’s crippling local strikes at seven plants are settled by the end of the week. Ford has announced that only five assembly plants in its comNOON EDITION

William „ Christen, Harry Schwartz, Norman Koons, Merritt Alger, Francis Ellsworth, William Journay, Eugene Butcher, Mrs. Paul Johnson, Mrs. Thurman Haggerty, Doyle Gehres, Sephus Jackson, Gerald Light, James Shackley, Dan Simmerman, Elmer Fisher, Eugene Knodel, Roger Stevens,. Ted Hill, Cliff Hoverman, Herman Lenhart, James Baumgartner, Cecil Harvey, Herbert Fravel, James Johnson,. Lawrence Anspaugh, Vernon Caster, Robert Raudenbush, Rev. Miller, and Rev. Penrod. Their first report meeting is set for 6 o’clock Sunday evening. at the Trinity church on Madison street. Advance Gift* Lawrence Anspaugh, Robert August and youth representative, Neil Butcher, each gave personal

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plex will be at work Monday, And by the end of the week those plants will be forced to close unless strikes at key plants arc settled, the company said. Workers walked out a week ago at nine Ford plants. Since that time settlement has been reached at two plants—at Louisville, Ky., and Dallas, Tex. Gertrude Merryman Dies At Huntington Mrs. Gertrude B. Merryman, 60, widow of Clarence E. Merryman, and a former Decatur resident, died unexpectedly at 10 a m. Friday at her home on the Stults road, Huntington route 1. She was born in Decatur Jan. 30, 1904, a daughter of Albert and Annis Smith-Chronister, and was married to Clarence E. Merryman Sept. 4, 1926, in this city. Her husband died at Huntington Nov. 5, 1963. The family moved to Huntington 24 years ago. Mrs. Merryman was a member of the First Evangelical United Brethren church and the Neigh< borhood Home Demonstration clilb. Surviving are two daughters, Miss Mary Alice Merryman and Mrs. William (Rebecca) Schmidt, both of Huntington; three sons, the Rev. David E. Merryman and Daniel B. Merryman, both of Huntington, and Dean N. Merryman of Huntertown; four grandchildren, and a brother, Fred Chronister of Decatur. One sister and two brothers are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Monday at the Robbins funeral home in Huntington, with the Rev. Robert E. Seitz officiating. Burial will be in the Gardens of Memory cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p. m. today.

expression to their enthusiasm for the project. A high point of the evening came with the announcement by Charles Kent, advance gift chair-,, man, that initial contacts to 13 families had resulted in pledges amounting to $28,216. With 375 families yet to be seen, Bollenbacher, general chairman, expressed confidence in the ability of the congregation to take a giant step toward underwriting the $410,000 yet needed. The erection of this plant, designed to seat 600 in the sanctuary and provide adequate rooms for Christian education, will mark the beginning of a new era in the life and service of the Evangelical United Brethren church and will be a welcome addition to a progressive and growing Decatur.