The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 13 August 1955 — Page 1

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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1955.

UNITED PRESS SERVICE

NO. 257

LAMBDA CMS WILL GATHER HERE AUG. 21

WILL CONDUCT FRATERNITY TRAINING SCHOOL AT university

College men from 45 states and Canada will interrupt Sum ! mer vacations Aug. 21-26 to attend a special frat' i mty training school at DePauw University. Sponsor of the event is the ( Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. 1 which biennially invites approxi- I

LIST WINNERS IN DAIRY DEPT. OF COUNTY FAIR EXHIBIT WAS A LEADING FEATURE OF 1955 PUTNAM FAIR

FORRESTAL SEA TRIALS AUG. 16

mately 250 delegates from its 148 collegiate chapters to a Management Training Seminar. Classes in chapter administration, finance, public relations and other subjects are taught by the fraternity’s international officers, administrative personnel,

and alumni advisors.

Keynote speaker at the opening session Monday morning, Aug. 22, will be Dr. Glen T. Nygreen, dean of men at Kent (O.) State University, who will follow DePauw President Russell J. Humbert to the rostrum. The Rev. F. M. Luchs of th> First Congregational Church, Evanston, 111., is scheduled to deliver the banquet address Thursday, with Judge Lloyd D. Claycombe of Indianapolis serving as

toastmaster.

Other main speakers include the Rev. Lee F. Tuttle, First Methodist Church, Charlotte, N. C., and W. Kenneth Gibb, Toronto, Ont., Canada. Gibb is president of the fraternity, ana Tuttle a member of the executive committee. Discussing the topic, “What Builds a Strong Chapter?” during a Thursday morning session will be Dr. H. E. H. Greenleaf, DePauw mathematics head; Robert Fritz, assistant dean of men, Purdue University; and Robert Miller, administrative secretary, Phi Delta Theta frat-

ernity.

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IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS

NEW STREET—“The Commonn Council ordered a new street running from Bloomington to Arlington, between Washington and Seminary, to be called Morton Avenue.” (1885) TREE MOLASSES—“We have already taken in several tree mollasses on subscription and can use a ‘few’ more’ good ones’ ”

(1885)

RAZOR GRINDER—"There was | i. razor grinder in town the fore part of the week. He was carrying something on his back that looked like a sawmill or turning

lathe.” (Lena item— 1885)

PORI LAND MILLS NEWS — ‘J. S. Alexander’s pension has been increased from four to twelve dollars per month — Martin Jack, one of our wealthy and leading citizens, has returned from the insane hospital at j Indianapolis, greatly improved, if

not entirely cured.” (1885)

BAINBRIDGE NEWS — “The young folks west of town have begun to buggy ride, but the crowd is not as large as it used to be. The change makes some sad and forlorn and some happy. —The skating rink has about played out at this place—A wedding Wednesday, but we are in a

hurry this week.” (1885)

GROVELAND NEWS — “Seth and Emma Cook spent last Sunday in drowning fishworms in

Plum Creek—Zion church is

looking for a preacher as pastor —^-Jcsse Jackson is ta’king in the left hand comer of Indianapolis this week— ’tis said John Ader has a cow that will make one ! pound of butter from one gallon

! of milk.” (1885)

NEW FANGLER — "Auditor j j Hartley says the telephone stor- . ies in the organette are all ! blanked lies—that’ he never ! could talk through one of them

! things.’ ” (1885)

BEER DRINKERS —“Philadelphia consumed during the year (18184) 1.273501 barrels of beer and ale. This is a little over 500 glasses a year for each man. woman and child in that city, or about two glasses a day all

Local Florist Given Write-Up

Grafton Longden, Jr., proprietor of Terrace View Gardens, received national publicity in Flower Grower, a well known trade journal of florists, by reason of his development of two

new strains of English ivy.

Flower Grower comments as follows: “Green Crown comes from Terrace View Gardens, Greencastle, Lnd., the introducers of .Snowflake. It is a miniature leaved self-branching variety. The many small branches that arise from the main stem are so even in height that they form what might be called a ‘crown’.”

The article goes on with further j around.” description of the Green Crown ROACHDALE NEWS —‘“Times variety of ivy. anft also a de- | are too hard to afford many scription of Tear Drop, another | items—The baptists will have a variety of ivy developed by Ter- 1 f ee t washing at Mt. Zion, the

race View Gardens.

HOT WEATHER 1)1 E TO RETI'KN SI ND \Y INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. 13 - Summer heat is due back in

Indiana Sunday.

second Saturday in June—The funeral of old Mrs. Hargan, who died last winter, was preached here last Sunday. Rev. Benson delivered the address to a very large audience.” (1885) BARBED WIRE -“It is under-

The Weather Bureau forecast j s to°d that the powers that be.

mild temperatures in the 80s in the daytime and in the 60s at night through Saturday. But a warmup through at least the first half of next week is expected to send temperatures 3 to 5 degrees above normal. That would mean daytime peaks of 8S to 95 degrees. The weathermen said there's a chance of slight cooloff in northern Indiana Monday. Little or no rain is expected in the next five days.

20 Years Ag#

HERE AND THERE

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hillis went

to Lake Wawasee.

Supt. Paul F. Boston and family left for McMillan. Mich., on a 19-day vacation trip. Junior Cowgill landed a 25l»ound catfish at Eel River Falls. He used a minnow as bait and was fishing with pole and line.

Mrs.

turned home from county hospital.

I in our college management, contemplate enclosing the campuses with barbed wire fence, and, in fact, the city council has been petitioned to modify existing ordinances as to permit the same. While we would rot rejoice to see the University crossed in any of j its purposes, we do hope that this matter will be considered in its proper light, and dealt with accordingly, and also that the college authorities will think twice before they proceed to the construction of such fencing. Barbed wire is a species of barbarism that should not be countenanced by anyone in civilized community, much less by an educational and Christianizing instituition whose fundamental principles are the banishment of barbarism and ignorance in all shapes and forms.” (Editorial-

1885)

CARPENTERSVILLE ITEMS — “A large crowd of the young folks from about Fincastle came to see us last Saturday on a

picnic fishing excursion. We sav

Jacob Hirt and baby re- I {h ^ cn) , vd was imposed of fine fr.wn th e Putnam young men and mighty

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The final list of winners from | the Putnam County Fair, the Dairy group, is presented in this issua The winners were announced as follows: 4-H Dairy Department JERSEY Junior Heifer Calf, Carolyn Ames, Katherine Harbison, Doretha Nicholson, Bill Nicholson, Rodney Siddons, Delores Graham Senior Heifer Calf—Bobby Irwin, Carolyn Ames, Chas. Nicholson, Bill Nicholson, Bobby Irwin, Larry Dickey Junior Yearling Heifer— Catherine Harbison, Doretha Nichol- | son, Rodney Siddons, Delores j Graham, Morris Neal, Bobby Irwin Senior Yearling Heifer— Bobby Iiwin, Jerry Ensor, Catherine Harbison, Chas. Nicholson, Doretha Harris, Marvin Ramsey Cow Class— Doretha Nicholson, Delores Graham, Chas. Nicholson, Larry Dickey, Bill Nicholson, Carolyn Ames, Bull Calf Class— Marvin Ramsey, Chas. Nicholson, Delores Graham, Bobby Irwin Champion Female,— Doretha Nicholson, aged cow. Res. Ch. Female— Bobby Ir- !

win

AYESHIRE Senior Heifer Calf— Tommy Hendricks Senior Yearling Heifer—Tommy Hendricks Bull Calf Class— Tommy Hend ricks Champion Fmale, Res. Ch. Female. Tommy Hendricks GUERNSEY Senior Heifer Calf — Sharon Zciner, Leroy Zeiner Senior Yearling Heifer— Jane Shepard Cow class—John Hitch. Ch. Female—John Hitch, Cow Res. Ch. Female—Sharon Zeiner S. H. A. HOLSTEIN Senior Heifer Calf—- Steve Harold, George Zimmerman Junior Yearling Heifer—Keith Ferrand Senior Yearling Heifer •— George Zimmerman, Benny Chadd Cow Class—George Zimmer-

man

Ch. Female—George Zimmerman, Aged cow Res. Ch. Female—Steve Harrow S.H. A. Open Dairy Department JERSEY Bull, 2 years and over—Noel and Janis Nicholson, John Ames Bull, 18 months and under 2 years—Paul Howelt Bull, 1 year and under 18 months—Noel Nicholson, Bobby Irwin Bull, 4 months and under 1 year—Marvin Ramsey, Charles Harbison, John Ames Sr. Champ. Bull— Noel and Janis Nicholson. Jr. Champ. Bull— Marvin Ramsey Gr. Champ. Bull— Noel and Janis Nicholson Res. Gr. Ch. Bull—Marvin Ramsey Cow-, 4 years.and over—Noel Nicholson, Doris Graham, John Ames Cow' 3 years and under 4 years — Noel Nicholson. Charles Nicholson Cow, 2 years and under 3 years—Doretha Nicholson. Noel Nicholson. Charles Nicholson, Heifer 18 months and under 2 years Bobby Paul Irwin. Jerry Ensor. Catherine Harbison Heifer. 1 year and under 18 months (not in milk)— Catherine Harbison. Doretha Nicholson Heifer 4 months and under 1 year—Bobby Paul Irwin. Carolyn Ames. John Ames Sr. Champion Female— Noel Nicholson Jr. Champ. Female — Bobby Paul Irwin Gr. Champ. Female— Noel Nicholson Res. Gr. Ch. Fern.— Noel Nicholson Get-of-Sire — Noel Nicholson. Charles Nicholson. Ivan Harbison Produce of Dam Noel Nicholson. Paul Howelt Herd—Noel Nicholson, Charles (Continued on I*ase Two)

DEATH TAKES THOMAS MANN, NOTED AUTHOR

ARCH-ENEMY OF HITLER PASSES AWAY IN SWITZERLAND

SEA TRIALS are scheduled Aug. 16 for the giant aircraft carrier Forrestal, shown near completion at Newport News, Va., shipyard. The Forrestal, 1,036 feet long and the world’s largest warship, will be commissioned Oct, 1. (International SoundphotoJ

Plan Work Night At Youth Center A work night for young people of the city and interested adults has been scheduled for the Youth Center on Thursday evening of next w-eek, August 18th from 4:00-10:00 p. m. Miss Mary Flo Hecko. mayor of the Youth Council, has appointed committees of the young people who will assist the Directors and the Youth Council in the completion of the projects. The young people themselves will be responsible for the yard improvement project which will include a thorough clean-up, the removal of trash, and the placing of several loads of dirt around the foundation. Parents of the young people, members of the Board of Directors, and other adults of the city will be asked to help with carpenter work, painting and

plumbing.

A light supper will be served to the workers at 6:00 p. m. by

members of the Youth Center. The Rev. Elmer L. Harvey, Chairman of the Board of Directors, today invited the adults of the cny to assist in the program by being present Thursday evening. Such occasions prov; fellowship as w r eil as accomplishing much that needs to be d ne.

ALEXANBri.iNS YELL OVER LL.l STAMP

ALEXANDRIA, V i., Aug. 13. -Rebel yells a-e 1 ~:ng heard in Alexandria bec.ii’ j the Post Office Department plans to issue a Robert E. Lee stamp in Norfolk, Va., on Sept. 21. In a lette: to Postmaster General Aiahv: Summerfield, the city council ruefully pointed out that Union Gen. U. S. Grant had his headquarters at Norfolk when Gen. Lee w^as besieged at Petersburg, Va. The letter also noted that Lee was born Jan. 19 in Stratford, had a mansion in Arlington and called Alexandria his home town died in Lexington, all in Virginia.

ZURICH, Switzerland, Aug. 13.—Thomas Mann, a modern literary giant and arch-enemy of Hitler’s Nazi dictatorship in Germany, died in the Cantonal Hospital here early Friday night. He was 80. Death followed a thrombosis, or blood clotting. Mann, a German author w r ho went to America during the war and became an American citizen, moved to a suburban home near Zurich nearly three years ago, saying he had “the urgent desire to re-establish and cultivate the contact with the old soil of Europe.” Until stricken during a holiday in Holland, he lived a quiet life in his home above Lake Zur- . ich. He continued to write, read ravenously and took daily walks in his garden. Mann was flown back to the hospital here from a vacation in Holland last month suffering from phlebitis, a vein inflammation. He had appeared to be recovering, but his physician, Prof. Wilhelm Loeffler, said Friday night his “general condition of weakness” caused his death after the heart attack struck him. The German-born author, who won the Nobel Pribe for Literature in 1929, celebrated his 80th birthday among his family and friends in Switzerland on June 6. One of Germany’s greatest modern-authors, he was driven from Germany by Nazi persecution before World War II and became an American citizen. He returned to Europe to live the rest o. his days in 1953 with bis wife Katja and his daughter Erika. Here they occupied a small house overlooking the Lake of Zurich.

EXTRA! WASHINGTON. Aug 13 (UP) —Hurricane Connie, an aging storm with a wicked past, began losing its shape and strength in Chesapeake Bay today but left at least 19 dead and caused some 15 million dollars in damage in its path.

MIAMI. Aug. 13—(UP)—Hur ricane Diane picked up top winds of 115 miles per hour in the Atlantic today and approached the hastily alerted resort island of Bermuda 700 miles east of the

U. S. coast.

Kindley Air Force Base, a key hurricane—tracking center for the Atlantic, ordered evacuations of all non-essential aircraft.

DEAD DIPLOMAT WAS HUSBAND OF EX-DEPAUW COED

AMBASSADOR AND SON KILLED IN ACCIDENT IN THAILAND

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 — (UP)—An Indiana man was listed by the Air Force today as among the 66 servicemen killed in Thursday’s collision of two C119 transport planes over Stuttgart, Germany. The Hoosier victim was Specialist 3-C Charles M. Thompson, husband of Mrs. Myla M. Thompson, of near Carbon, Ind.

GODiyiEY DAMAGES WING OF HIS DCS TETERBORO, N. J., Aug. 13— Arthur Godfrey, who’s had trouble before at Teter.boro Airport, damaged the right wing of his p’ane Thursday when it hit a ground light. Godfrey was taxiing his DC3 on the runway in preparation for takeoff for his Viiginia home. No one was hurt. Godfrey later in ‘.he day took off after repairs.

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. Aug. 13 (UP)— This community of about 30,000 residents will lose its city bus service at midnight tonight when the Michigan City Transit Lines, Inc., officially goes out of business. Only a last minute move by city officials to take over the patronage starved line could keep the buses rolling, and authorities saw little liklihood of any such action.

CHICAGO, Aug. 13 —(UP) — The nation’s governors scattered from their annual conference today, leaving Adlai E. Stevenson apparently in the driver’s seat of the 1956 Democratis presidentia-l campaign.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 — (UP)—Indiana will receive $64>0,435 in federal aid between now and Feb. 15, to help finance its free Salk polio vaccination program.

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. Aug. 13 —(UP)—William Dudley Pellcy, 65, Noblesville, was reported in good condition today following a heart attack. Pelly, leader of the Silver Shirts in World War II, is on parole from a sedition sentence. (Continued on I’mcr Two)

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tlw Champions, from left: Otto J. Rado, Akron, straight trucks; Paul R. Taylor, Cincinnati, tractor single axle trailer; Everal E. Kirby, Akron, tractor tandem axle trailer; Earl Thompson, Cleveland, truck and four - wheeler. Rado, Taylor and Kirby will represent Ohio in National Roadeo In Washington.

Three trucks poised for typical driving problems: Front, a tandem axle trailer In parallel parking test. Note how close the barricades are to front and rear. Driver must maneuver truck between them, Right, serpentine backing through line of barrels. Rear, tandem trailer In off - set alley. HERE ARE SCENES as more than 100 drivers for Ohio trucking companies competed for four driving titles at Akron, known as the world trucking capital The Ohio Roadeo, preceding the national in October, Is the largest of state competitions, with each driver required to have at least 12 months of accident-free driving behind him. Drivers also must take a written examination on highway safety. Judges were state and local police and safety officials. ^ y (International^

Young Sponsors Plaque Contest INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 13.— A contest open to all pupils in accredited Indiana grade and high school was announced here today by Wilbur Young, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, who is seeking a winning design for a plaque to be placed on all school buildings receiving help from the new Indiana Veterans Memorial Schoil Fund. This fund, which is to receive all the balance in the state veterans’ bonus fund payments have been distributed, has already approved advancements of $5,000,000 to some 30 of the neediest schools in Indiana, to be used in solving their emergency classroom problems. An even larger sum is expected to be allocated next year. New Pupils To Report Aug. 16 Students who will enter Bainbridge high school for the first time this year are requested to report at the school building. August 16. from 9 to 12 and 1 to 5, in order to arrange tentative programs of study. Principal Ray Allishouse announces there uull be a book store in the gymnasium and books may be purchased Thursday evening. Aug. 25, from 6 to 9. There will be teachers present to heip students get the proper books. There will also be a used text book department in charge of Mr. Lawter. There wall be acharge of 5 cents for selling the books. The store will also be open Friday afternoon and evening, August 26.

United States Ambassador John E. Peurifoy, 48, killed in a traffic accident near Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, was the husband of a former DePauw University coed, the former Betty Jane Cox of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Peurifoy’s 9-year-old aoi Daniel perished with him when their sports car smashed head on against a truck on a narrow bridge 125 miles south of Bangkok. Another son Clinton, 14, was injured critically. The accident occurred near the beach resort of Hua Hin on the Gulf of Siam, where Peurifoy started a 10-day vacation Thursday with his wife Betty Jane and the two boys. Peurifoy took his two sons yesterday morning to see Thai police, airborne troops, and a parachute drop at Maluke Thaiwan, about four miles from Hua

Hin.

Peurifoy came to Thailand last November with a record of achievement in such trouble spots as Greece and Guatemala. The handsome, outspoken diplomat’s State Department career spanned 17 years. He started government service in 1935 as a $90-a-nionth elevator operator in the U. S. Senate building. In Washington, President Eisenhower said the United Statea and the free world have lost “an outstanding champion of freedom and peace” in Peurifoy s death. In a personal message to Mrs. Peurifoy, the President said “Mrs. Eisenhower and I have lost a valued friend.” Greece was Peurifoy’s first big foreign assignment. We went there as ambassador in 1950, shortly after the Greek army had put down a Communist re-

volt.

Peurifoy won widespread attention tor his role in Guatemala’s 1954 civil war. Peurifoy was -born in Waterloo, S. C., Augj 9^,1907, the son of a district attorney. He was in his second year at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point when his father died. He left the academy, sold insurance, worked in a bank and for a restaurant chain and eventually moved to Washington. After his tour as an elevator operator, he took a $l,620-a-year job in the Treasury Department and married a pretty fellow employe, Betty Jane Cox of Tulsa,

Okla.

His job was abolished the day he and his bride moved into a now house in the suburbs. For several months Peurifoy washed flower pots, shoveled snow and did manual labor in the botanical gardens on Capitol Hill. Finally he landed in the Ivtbor Department. One month later, he was in the State Department. There he rose steadily. Mrs. Peurifoy was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority at DePauw and was one of the campus beauty queens. She was a member of the Class of 1933. OK NEW <OI RTHOUSE CRAWFORDS VILLE, Aug. 1.3 - A new Courthouse for Montgomery County was seen as a possibility yesterday when the board of county commissioners voted to proceed with a proposed building fund. They approved a 30-cent cumulative building fund levy on taxes payable in 1956 and extending for 10 years. The present Courthouse, situated at the northeast corner of Main and Washington streets, was built in 1875. ® Today’s Weather O Local Temperature S 9*£*£**a Mostly fair today, tonight and Sunday. Minimum 58° 6 a. m SS” 7 a. m 64° 8 h. m. 67’ 9 a. m. 72° . 10 a. m. 72®

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