The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 22 November 1955 — Page 1

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VOLUME SIXTY-FOUR CITY COUNCIL HELD SESSION MONDAY NIGHT THREE INCOMING COUNCILMEN ARE PRESENT AT MEETING

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1955.

UNITED PRESS SERVICE

NO. 30

TURKEYS TO KEGLERS

The city council held its regular meeting Monday evening. Among those present were coun-cilmen-elect Grover Noel, Claud-.* Carmichael and R. E. McGuffey Mrs. Coyner and Mrs. Correll were present from the League of Women Voters. Mrs. Coyner did a lot of knitting, but from all indications, never lost sight of the council meeting. Her knitting comes naturally. The council passed the claim ordinance, amounting to $798.62. One action taken was on social security. The ordinance was passed and will go into effect January 1, 1956 and city employees except police, firemen and council members, will come under the act. The council also gave its permissiorv to vacate two alleyways in Hlock 6, Northwood addition. The plot was given the hospital at the time of building, but the alleyways were never closed. In order that the county can get a amall sum from the Federal government for the new addition, this action had to be taken. An annexation was also passed. It will include that section of the old golf course north of Shadowlawn Avenue, which was accepted by the City Planning Commission Saturday night. It will include the new addition which is being started in that immediate area. The City engineer announced that he had assigned house numbers for Commercial Place and these numbers will be given propJ erty owners at once. Through recommendations by the City Planning Commission, the Howard Mjure Addition on North College Avenue was accei>ted by the citv. The city attorney was instructed to inform the Sigma Chi fraternity house to Connect to the sanitary sewer instead of to a storm sewer as is now the case.

'Turkey winners in the play-off Sunday night at the local bowling alleys were Mrs. Lorene Almon and Arnold Fenwick. The tournament was sponsored by Herbert Blocker who awarded the various prizes. C. Long, K. Justus and J. Chestnut received cigarettes in the men’s division. Other women winners were M. Chestnut, H. Wilbur A. Cantonwine and R. Brattain.

Traffic Toll At 1,000-Mark

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A wild crash in which a speeding car bounces! off a truck and smashed into a house claimed Indiana's 1,000th 1955 tiaffic victim late Monday as state officials buckled down for a year-end safety campaign. Charles Parmer, 21, Fort Wayne, was killed when his car ran a stop sign at Allen county’s intersection of Woodburn Road and Ind. 101. State Police said the car careened 237 feet into a school parking lot after hitting the truck, plunged 50 feet farther and struck a cement post, flipped over and smashed 75 feet across a front yard into the porch of a nearby home. Damage to the house was estimated at $1,000. The truck driver, Donald Hissong, 29, Woodburn, was not hurt. Parmer died of a skull fracture, possible broken neck, two broken arms and a

broken hip.

The 1.000th death came as the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee launched an intensive safety education program to continue through December 10th. Focal point will be National Safe Driving Day Dec. 1. It came more than three weeks earlier than in 1954. The 1,000th death that year occurred ironically on S-D Day—Dec. 15. The total 1954 toll was 1,077. and unless this year’s death rate is kept less than two a day for the remaining 40 days of the year, the 1955 toll will beat it with room to spare.

1955 BUSINESS BOOM MAY SET ALL-TIME HIGH

HEAVY SPENDING BY PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS OVER NATION

RECORD ENTRIES FOR CHICAGO STOCK SHOW

NEWS OF BOVS SP3 Edward Wayne Kirkham. son of Mr. and Mrs. William N. Kirkham, 19 Highland street, is one of HO.OitO soldiers taking part in Exercise Sage Brush maneuvers being held by the Army in Louisiana. Wayne, as he is known by his friends here, has been stationed at Fort Carson. Colorado, since last March after spending 22 months in Korea. He will be discharged on January 6. 1956. upon completion of a three year enlistment.

Handley Backs Soil Programs ROCKVILLE, Nov. 22—(UP) - Soil and water conservation is of mankind's most challenging programs for survival, Lt. Gov. Hamid Handley said Monday night. He told Indiana soil conservation supervisors at a Turkey Run State Park meeting humans have wasted water and soil “for too many years’* and their realization of the importance of conserving them is “tardy.” “America’s consumption of water has doubled in the last 50 years. It will double again in the next 23." Handley said. “If we do not have sufficient fertile soil and sufficient water we will rapidly decline as a nation." He praised tile 1955 General Assembly for creating a water resources study commission to tackle the problem.

Brazilians Face Another Crisis

RIO DE JANEIRO. Nov. 22.--(UP)—The lower house early today declared ailing President Joao Cafe Filho unfit to resume office and state troops we>e alerted for any emergency in Brazil’s second major crisis in two weeks. Cafe was under virtual house arrest in his swank apartment in the Copacabana sector of Rio de Janeiro. „ Troops surrounded his house waiting for him ta leave so he could be “invited” to go to the war ministry for questioning. Cafe, under treatment for a mild heart attack for several weeks, precipitated the crisis Monday when he announced his intention to take back his job. Troops bolstered by tanks and guns took up strategic positions throughout the capital. Two heavy cruisers moved into Guanabara Bay and anchored just offshore without explanation. The Navy is regarded as pro-Cafe.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 — ‘.(UP)Heavy spending by both producers and consumers is pushing the 1955 business boom to even greater heights, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. In its November survey of current business, the department said business spending for new factories and equipment this year now bids fair to equal or surpass the 1953 record. In 1953. business spent $28,320,000,000 on production facilities—an all-time high up to then. The figure dropped last year. In addition the survey said consumer spending, at the rate it was going in July, August and September, would total 256 billion dollars if continued for a full year. This would beat the previous 1954 alltime record by 20 billion dollars. The department’s latest figures,, adding new emphasis to administration reports that business is good and getting better, cover the overall economic picture for the early part of the last quarter of this year. According to the survey, consumer spending has risen steadily during the past two years. But since the first three months of 1955 it has leaped upward at a pace that would total 10 billion dollars more a* year if continued for a full year. The public’s spending spree— much of it on credit is not confined to basic needs but is spreading over a “widening range of goods and services,” the department said.

CHICAGO, Nov. 22 —Record entries of cattle, hogs and sheep are listed from 38 states and two Canadian provinces for the 56th annual International Livestock Explosition, November 25 to December 3, show officials announced today. The show will be held in the 10-acre International Amphitheatre at the Chicago Stock Yards.

Seeks Site For Big Exposition Ralph Yohe, representing Prairie Farmer, is in Putnam county looking for a site on ; which the 1956 Prairie Farmer ; Manufacturing Exposition can be j held. The display of all types of farm manufacturing, was started three or four years ago and the first year, in the two day exhibit. a total of 50,000 people attended. The second year there was a total of 80,000 people and last year the number attending exceeded 100,000 people, and next year promises to be even

larger.

Mr. Yohe attended the Fcrir Dinner meeting at Fillmore Monday evening and spoke of the former exhibits and the one coming up next year. He said it would be held in this vicinity, bid did not know the exact location.

DIES OF INJURIES

SOUTH BEND. Ind. Nov. 22 —(UP)—James M. Saylor, 25. Indianapolis, died Monday o{ injuries suffered in a two-car collision on U. S. 29. at Chesterton. State Police said Rachel Reynolds. 35, Marion, also was hurt critically when Saylor ran a stop sign Sunday into the path of an auto which knocked his car against a utility pole. The Reynolds woman was taken to Doctors lYospital, Michigan City. Saylor was moved from there to South Bend’s St. Joseph Hospital, but died before brain surgery could be performed. HOSPITAL NOTES Dismissed Monday: Lilly Hill, Fillmore: Myrtle Gass, Russel! A. Ash, Margaret Gross, Greencastle.

IKE, CABINET MEMBERS HOLD VITAL MEETING

COLLECTION FRIDAY

Farmers Should Get Seed Tested

ASSEMBLE AT PRESIDENTIAL RETREAT IN MARY-

LAND MOUNTAINS

Suspect Held In Gun Battle

HENDERSON, Ky. Nov. 22 — (UP)—A youth who identified himself as Charles Winger, 18. Wichita, Kans. was questioned today as a second suspect in a Kentucky-Indiana crime wave which resulted in the death of a Henderson policeman. Jack W. Ranier, 24, was killed in a gun battle which climaxed two Indiana robberies and a* wild police chase which ended here

Monday.

Policeman Sherman Hill, with Ranier when he was killed, said Winger ‘’looks a great deal like the man who’ did the shooting, but I can't say definitely.” Both Winger and Joe Pearman-, Fayetteville, Ark., were arrested after buying tickets at i a bus station.

Tragedy Occurs Aboard Airliner

SEATTLE. WASH. Nov. 22— (UP) A jilted lover shot and killed a pretty stewardess aboard a United Air Lines plane Monday and minutes Urter fatally wounded himself. Bob Clendenin, believed from New York City, boarded a United Air Lines flight boinjaii^or Los Angeles at the Seattle- Tacoma airport and pushed Sally Shedd, 25, Santa Barbara, Calif., his former girl friend, into a seat. He fired three bullets into her chest. An Air Force officer, one of the many horrified passengers aboard the plane at the time of the shooting, grabbed Clendenin and threw him ouf of the plane. Clendenin pulled himself to his feet and shot himself twice, in the chest and in the head, while standing 03 the ramp. He died later at nearby Renton Hospital.

MARRIAGE LICENSE

County Agent K. W. Harris urges all farmers in Putnam Co., who will have seed to sell or to sow next spring to get the see! tested during the fall or early winter. Mr. Harris and his office offers to help farmers in this testing program by supplying instructions for drawing samples and special seed envelopes for sending them to the State Seed Laboratory at Pin due for a free test as well as by furnishing information on other seed matters. Seed that is advertised for sale by farmers is required to be tested and tagged. Seeds to be lawfully sold must be frge of primary noxious weed seeds and must not contain excessive amounts of other weed seeds. Since the test is free, all farmers should take advantage of this service Harris said. • The tendency of farmers to postpone sending samples to Purdue until just before planting time usually results in a congestion of samples in the laboratory in February and March. Anticipating seed testing requirements and sending samples early is recommended. Care should be exercised in seeing that the sample is representative of the lot and is large enough for test. A teacup full of clover and glass seed and at least a pine of soybean or cereal seed should be submitted.

Traffic Check Is Hade Here

THURMONT. Md., Nov. 22.— (UP) — President Eisen h o w e t summoned his cabinet to a meeting today in the dining hall of the presidential retreat high ir Maryland’s Catoctin Mountains. The meeting was Mr. Eisenhower’s first with his full cabinet smee before his heart attack Sept. 24. The government’s highest officials flew in my helicopter for the session, landing on a muddy clearing atop an 1,800-foot mountain dotted with patches of

snow.

Five cabinet members—Vice President Richard M. Nixon, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson, Treasury Secretary George Humphrey, and Attorney General Herbert Brownell, Jr.—arrived on Monday. They and 13 other helicopterborne administrtaion officials attended a one hour and 45-minute meeting of the National Security Council over which the President presided after driving here from his Gettysburg, Pa., farm 22 miles away. Mr. Eisenhower and the cabinet members stayed overnigit in Camp David's heavily guarded, rough board cottages. The remaining cabinet members whirred in by helicopter this morning. The National Security Council and cabinet meetings marked the return of Mr. Eisenhower tc personally active leadership of government affairs. After Monday’s security council meeting, the President conferred separately for half an hour in his own quarters with Dulles. Pi ess Secretary James Hagety said he did not know the subject of their discussion. Immediately after today’s cabinet session, the President planned to drive back to his Gcttys-' burg farm to continue his routine of woik and recuperation from his heart attack.

Due to Thursday being Thanksgiving Day, Mayor Evan Crawley announced this morning that the tin can collection by the city will be made on Friday from Walnut street south to Anderson.

Nora B. Freeland Called By Death Miss Nora B. Freeland passed away Monday at the General hospital in Indianapolis. She had been in failing health for a year. Miss Freeland was born Nov. 2, 1885 in Kentucky the daughter of Alphus and Lucinda Bowman Freeland. She spent her early life in Putnam county and was employed in millinery sales for seventeen yeais in Indianapolis. She was a member of the Roberts Park Methodist church and the Women’s Division of Chiistian Service. The deceased was an outstanding and loyal church worker. Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Harry Sutton, East Washington street, Greencastle, and Mrs. Stella Ginllot, Washington, D. C.; two brothers, James E. Freeland, of Carlisle, Ky., and Lucius, of Brazil; three nieces, Mrs. Josephine Godwin, Mrs. Frances Hazlett, Greencastle and Mrs. Oindena DeFraser; four nephews, j Cecil Sutton, Forest Lewis, Clarence and Albert Hutcheson, all of Greencastle. She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, Ida Mandley and Anna

Hutcheson.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 from the Hopkins-Walton Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Boone-Hutcheson cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home any time.

ANNUAL FAIR BANQUET HELD AT FILLHORE

TROPHIES ARE AWARDED DURING MEETING MONDAY NIGHT

46 From County Attend Purdue

The annual Putnam County Fair is big business, as was shown Monday night by the report of William McElroy, treasurer. Receipts totalled $24,773.98 and expenditures were $24,153.67, leaving a net balance for the year of about $620.29, as there are a few outstanding checks, some as far back as two years ago. There were a few under two hundred at the dinner meeting. A. L. Marley presided and thanked everyone for their fine co-op-eration on behalf of Herschell Knoll, county president. A feature of the meeting was the presentation of a number of trophies which were won during the fair, but which were not presented until Monday night. These included the following: The Daily Banner trophy won by John Whitley, Roachdale; The Putnam County (Swine Breeders Trophy for the grand champion barrow, won by Richard Branneman; The Deem-Shonkwiler trophy for the grand champion boar, won by Norman Sutherlin; The Putnam County Hampshue Breeders trophy for the champion Hampshire gilt, won by Jack Whitley; The Putnam County Hampshire Breeders trophy for the champion barrow, won by Ronnie Thomas; The Jersey Achievement Award, won by Carolyn Ames; The Drake Jewelry award in Livestock Achievement, won by Larry Cl’odfeltcr; The Thomas Hendricks & Sen trophy for Lamb Club Achievement, won by David Lane; The Farm Bureau Poultry trophy, won by Maxine Herriott; The Francis Lane Showmanship trophy, won by Charles Nicholson; The Farm Bureau trip to International for Reserve Giand

DEPAUVV VACATION

William Lawrence Sibbitt, IBM employee. Fillmore Route 1, and Emma Jane Jones, IBM, Greencastle Route 3.

Several state officials weie I here today making a study of down town traffic and on some j of our proposed one-way streets. | Mayor Crawley and city police assisted the “experts” and showed them some of the bottlenecks in traffic down town as well as

elsewhere in the city.

A traditional "extra day” will enhance the annual Thanksgiving recess for DePauw University students, due to the gridiron

victory over Wabash.

Although the vacation originally was scheduled to end Monday morning, the bonus day was tacked on in keeping with an ancient custom at the university. Students will leave the campus

| tomorrow noon, and the regular I class schedule will be resumed at

* 8 a. m. Tuesday, Nov. 29.

| Champion steer, won by Bowen

Forty-six students from Put- j an J Stephen Akers; the Mullins nam county enroll'jd .in classes on e 1 *

the campus at Purdue University

AIR VIEW QF GREEK5ASTLE CITY-1935 MODEL

20 Years Ago

HERE AND THERE

Mrs. Elmer Seller was hostess to the Needleeraft Club The Century Club met with Mrs. James Cannon. Marriage license: Donald J. Mumane. cerk, and Eddy the Chamness, bookkeeper.

Local Families Received Help Ben Cannon, chairman of the Greencastle Salvation Army fund drive, said today several families have been aided locally by the Salvation Army Family Welfare program, either by the local committee or by Salvation Army Corps located throughout the State of Indiana. Last year in the state over 8500 families were given relief. More than 11.000 grocery orders were issued. Last Christmas and at Thanksgiving 26.893 dinners were given to needy families in Indiana on these two days alone. During the Christmas season, approximately 28.000 gifts were given to underprivileged children Cannon stressed that little publicity is given to this work due to the quite, earnest way in which The Salvation Army operates.

Despite the fact that the above army picture, taken from over Greencastle, is 20 years old. there has been no ma'terial change in the down town looks of the city, so far as the picture shows. The court house is unchanged, and the autos on the puBlic square are quite well defined as 1935 models. The picture was taken by the army and has just come to I ght. so far as is known here. The Little Theater shows up quite well, as d >es the "spire’’ of the Presbyterian church, the high school and the Catholic Church.

for the current first semester of the 1955-56 academic year, according to Iteting of students by dountlds front the Office of the

Registrar.

These students, with their home address, class and the school or curriculum in whicn they are enrolled, are as follow: Bainbridge — Virginia Alict Johnson, junior in home economics; David W. Lane, R. 1, freshman in agriculture; Martha Diane Steward, freshman in home economics; Mary Jacquelyn Steward, senior in home economics; Joseph H. Sutherlin, R. 1, freshman in engineering. Coatesville Richard D. Alice, R. 2, freshman in agriculture. Cloverdale—Lowell B. Barr, R. 1, sophomore in agriculture; Richard W. Bastin, freshman in engineering; Edwin R. Branneman, R. 2, sophomore in agriculture; Robert A. Cooper, R. 2, junior in forestry; Janet Conway McNary. R. 2, senior in science: Robert G. Rice. R. 3, freshman in engineering; Jimmy W. Walker, R. 2, senior in chemical engineering; Shirley Ruth Wiegand, R. 2, freshman in science. Fillmore—Jack A. Anderson, Ft 1, freshman (unclassified); John R. Zeiner, R. 1, senior in agriculture; Joy Jane Zeiner, R. 1. sophomore in home economics. Greencastle - Shirley Mae ! Aker, R. 4. freshman in home economics; Sara Lou Bettis, R. 1, I sophomore in home economics; Charles R. Bieber. 311 Greenwood, freshma i in engineering: Richard B. Grand ill. 611 Ridge Ave., graduate student; Richard R. Crane, Crawford Hotel, sophomore in agriculture; Nancy DcPonte, 6 Larabee, freshman in home economics; Marvin A. Evens. R. 4, senior in agriculture: Bernard P. Harris, R. 3, ! sophomore in agriculture; Phillip j J. Jordan, R. 1, freshman in agr- | culture; Charles W. McKeehan. 606 Highwood, graduate student; David C. Morgan. 301 Elm Stjunior in electrical engineering: Jack L. Porter, R. 1, sophomore in agriculture; Nancy Jane Rowings, R 1, freshman in hom° economics; Max S. Smith, R. 2 sophomore in agriculture; Richard A. Thompson, R 1, senior in (('•Blinued on I'aae Nix)

Drug Store award for best fitted sheep flock, won by Larry Kay; the C. B. Hammond Jewelry award for champion Duroc gilt, won by Gail Irwin; the Putnam Duroc Breeders Association trophy for the champion Duroc barrow, won by Caiolyn Ain* ,; the Smith Stock Farm trophy fur champion Hercfor 1 steer, won by Larry Grimes; and the John Poorregistered gilt award, won by

Sutherlin Brothers,

Enterta nment was offered by a large group, which included instrumental, vocal numbers and readings. It was all very well

given.

Directors for a few town.-Jnp in the county were electe I by the nominating committee, headed by Austin Kircher. They included Don Hazclett, Kuss<U; Gerald Clodfelter, Clinton; Jo i Chiles, Greencastle; Dons man, Jefferson; Mrs. Willi am Kiger, Floyd; and Mrs. Johnson, Washington. Mr. Marley announced th‘ there will be a board meeting it the office of the county ag< n» Saturday morning at 9:30 o’clock. DR. Wm. I., lilt* AN DIRS BLOOMINGTON. Nov. 22 - (UP) Hoosierland mourned >- day the loss of Dr. William !>».. Bryan, president meritii-' of Indiana University, who died in b ; campus home 10 days after m i 95th birth anniversary. Services will be held in the presidential home on eampin c 11 a. m. CST Wednesday. Burial will be made jn Crown Hill Cemetery at Indianapolis.

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