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THE DAILY BANNER

I?IDIA»A STATE LIE?.AAT INDIANAPOLIS t mo.

VOLUME SIXTY-FOUR

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1955,

UNITED PRESS SERVICE

NO. 32

NEW BUILDING ACTION MAY BE TAKEN MONDAY

SOME TALK OF SCHOOL BOARD DROPPING CONDEMNATION SLITS There was talk today that th? fiehool •Board might drop the condemnation suits for land ar east Washington street for school purposes, while others said once the condemnation suits were filed, they would have to go through to a court decision. There has b°er. a lot of talk since the appraisers filed then report with Judge Alice and more talk is expected, due to th high price the appraisers fixed on the holdings on east Washington street, which ,?re adjacent to new additions to the city proper. The .school board planned to erect a new elementary school on the proposed site as well as a senior high school building. A meeting is expected to be held probably Monday, it which time the hoard is expected to determine once and for all time, what they will do about the new buildings. A good many suggestions have been made concerning the Thir 1 Ward building as well as the high school building. Some have suggested that an addition be built to the Third Ward school and once it is used, wreck the other portion of it and rebuild that section, probably a wing at a time, or possibly from one school term to another. Some peculiar rulings are made by state boards concerning schools. For some reason or other, a high s'ate authority has decreed that 15 or 20 acres is necessary where a new school is located. In one instance in Greepcastle this additional space was demanded and then anothft Board came along and said the new ground was tof close to a railroad, therefore they would not sanction the new building. One said do this, and another said, we won’t approve it.

150TII ANNIVERSARY OF FOREIGN MISSIONS IN 19.'i»

City And County Enjoy Holiday Thanksgiving was observed m Clreencastle and Putnam couivly today and as result of the holiday business was at standstill. There were numerous family dinners in this community and many residents also made trips to other cities and towns to be with relatives for the day. A union service was held at the I Brick Chapel Methodist church this morning with Methodists from the Morton and R;iinbridge churches attending. Rev. Verl Winslow, pastor of the Bainbridge church, was the speaker.* Pupils in the city and county schools, as well as DePauvv University. were dismissed yesterday for the remainder of the week. Practically every place of business closed Wednesday evening until Friday morning. GI ARD CALKD I? \CK TO STRIKE TORN NEW C ASTLE NEW CASTLE. Nov. 24 Eighty-five National guardsmen were called back to New Castle last night after shootings continued ovei the city at the strike torn Perfect Circle Plant. Gov. Craig ordered the guardsmen back only after they left a week ago. because everything was quiet as long as the armed forces were in , 'harge. This time they will be at the disposal of the mayor.

WILLI AMSTOWN, Mass. - Nov. 24 (UP)—-Haystack Mounment will be the center of attention here next year. Erected in 1867, it commemorate* the day in 1806 when five Williams College students dedicated their lives to “the service and well-being of people in foreign lands across the sea." This marked the beginning' of the American Board of Foreign Missions program, which next year will observe its 150th anniversary. On the monument is a replica of the haystack which on a lainy day in 1806 sheltered Samuel J. Mills, James Richards, Francis L. Robbins, Harvey Loomis and Byran Green as they consecraled themselves to the new work. From this meeting of the five students, the American Board of Foreign Missions was founded four years later. Today it is the governing body of intei denominational work with hundreds of missionaries serving around the globe. Neyhard Speaks At Lions Club The partaking of a delicious chicken dinner, provided by the ladies of the Mt. Meridian Church, was the initial order of business as the Warren Township Lions held their November dinner meeting at Putnamville Tuesday evening. President C. A. Thompson presided over the meeting. A very fascinating talk was given by Jack Neyhard, Plant Engineer of the IBM factory, who told of the increasingly important part electronic accounting machines are playing in our way of life. Due to the rapid strides being made in this field it would appear that the time is “just around the corner" when such machines will assume a.most the entire work of the human brain in many industries. The talk was very much enjoyed by all in attendance and was a challenge to the imagination of everyone. It was announced that the Lions would sponsor a Boy Scout Troop if there was sufficient interest among the boys and their parents to warrant the formation of such a group. A meeting with Scout representatives to consider the matter will be held at the school building on Monday evening. The club’s Annual Christmas Party will be held December 21st. it was decided.

November 24. 1935. came on inday. Mrs. J O. Cammack returned pm a trip t.i Tazewell. Virginia. Twelve turkeys were stolen iring the night from the Late cGaughey farm near Bamidge. Sheriff John Sutherlin refl l Fiank Johnson reported that s 1928 Buick sedan was stolen om the home of his father-in-w, Tilvien McNtff. during the

Students Work At Park College PARKVILLE, MO. Nov. 24— (UP)—The 400 students of Park College virtually operate their own school through a work experience program. IStudentJ; manage a theater, snack bar. laundry and book store, clean buildings and dormitories. serve in the dining hall, work in the print shop, supervise student crews, serve as faculty assistants or secretaries to staff members and perform various other jobs. Putting the students to work is the career of Mrs. Ena Swan, work program director. She finds and assigns tasks for each of the students in keeping with an 80year tradition at the college. In Mrs. Swan’s seven years in the college's student work office she has directed the work experiment of at least 3,000 students. It was the basic tenet of ColGeorge Park, the school's founder. that experience gained from actual employment is a vital part of an education and that such experience should begin in college. The school observes this principle with the requirement that each student must work a total of 12 hours each week. Goal of the program is to develop proper attitudes toward work, gained through a variety of work experiences. Following this aim. Mrs. Swan classifies jobs into the groups—maintenance and service, office work and factulty assistance, and supervision. By the time of graduation, •each studetlt performs some ^ work in each classification.

JOINT MEETING OF CIVIC CLUBS ON WEDNESDAY

KIWANTS AND ROTARY MEMBERS HOLD LLNCHEON SESSION

BIG WHEELS AT COUNTY FAIR DINNER AT FILLMORE

One hundred and fifty Greencastle Rotarians and Kiwanians heard a most appropriate and opportune program at the Student Union on Wednesday. The Rev. Samuel E. Carruth of the Gobin Memorial Methodist C&iurch, and Rev. Elgin Smith of the First Christian Church delivered Thanksgiving messages, and both were enjoyed by the large aud-

ience.

Introduced by W. R. McIntyre, president of Rotary, Rev. Carruth in an excellent talk gave the reasons for Americans to be most grateful. Beginning his talk with the simple joys, Rev. Carruth went on to express these joys by saying;” I am grateful for the simple joys in which I shall always take boyish delight, the joys that are available to all. I am grateful for the tang of an orange mingling its citrus aroma with the warm breath of pineknots and sweet-gum logs as the fire crackled upon the hear th. I am grateful for - the leaping resilience of red rubber ball, a ball whirh art any price and in any day is an invitation to adventure, clean living, clean cometition and wholesome teamwork.” Continuing, “A $10,000. gift today could not thrill me more than could one orange and one red rubber ball back then. At this Thanksgiving season, no greater blessing could come to my life or yours than a re-birth of the power to appreciate and revel in the simple joys which are available to all.” Rev. Carruth went on to bring out that all may be grateful for people and for "friendships that surround me and bear me up and hold me steady and pi^h me on. At every significant point in my life there stood a friend.” The speaker said, “Does this mean that no man has any essential, individual worth ? No—it means that every man's individual worth is multiplied or can be multiplied in a kind of geometric progression by the faith of friends, or as Dr. Fosdick puts it, 'no man is all of himself his friends are the rest of him Continuing his inspired talk. Rev. Carruth stated;" I am grateful for that undefined intangible about which we all become so eloquent but which, w e understand so imperfectly— namely, FREEDOM; freedom to think, freedom to create, freedom to serve, freedom to worship. This freedom becomes all the more precious when its is in greatest peril. I am grateful for that measure of freedom which we do enjoy and for the determination to make freedom available to all mankind.” Rev. Carruth concluded his timely talk with the question “what if freedom perish?” He continued with "What would Thanksgiving be then? Under /precisely these circumstances there have been grateful spirits, and this leads me to say that, above all and beyond all I am grateful for a faith that life is ultimately good. Of thi»s faith I will bet my life. For this faith, and for those who share it. I am and always shall be grateful. ’ The Rev. Elgin T. Smith followed Rev. Carruth with a most interesting and enioyable disseition on the real meaning o: Thanksgiving. Even though the Thanksgiving season was inaug urated many years after the Bible was written, the speaker quoted a number of ererpts from th. Bible relative to the occasion. He concluded his thought-provoking talk with this statement. "Prove out Thanksgiving by sharing with others our blessings.'

GREENCASTLE WAS A QUITE PLACE THURSDAY Greencastle was a quiet place Thursday morning, with but only ; one or two spots open, due to ! Thanksgiving. The sherif's office was quiet and Sheriff Rollings reported no activity, so he we:.t rabbit hunting. The city police department j was likewise quiet.

Left to right, they include Mr. and Mrs. Carl Arnold, Eric Boesen, Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Knoll, Cloverdale, Mrs. A. L. Marley, Mr. Marlev who ac ted as master of ceremonies; Ralph Yohe, Prairie Farmer iepresentative; Austin Kircher, Kenneth W. Harris county agent; Mrs. William McElroy, Mr. McElroy, who is treasurer-; ard Thomas Hendricks, secretary. They conducted the meeting at which numeiOus awards were made and the business conducted. BOYS AND GIRLS WON TROPHIES DURING THE COUNTY FAIR

These boys and girls, top winners in their classes and in many cases, g and champion winners, received their trophies as permanent gifts during the Fair Board dinner meeting at Fillmore Monday night.

Fund Drive To Start Nov. 20th

Brigadier Herbert Hill, state secretary of The Salvation Army for Indiana, will be the guest speake- at The Salvation Army kick-off meeting here in Greencastle. The kick-off meeting, marking the opening for the campaign for funds locally fo: the Salvation Army, was announced today by Ben Cannon, campaign chairman. The ifekoff meeting will be held in the auditorium of the Public Service Building, Wednesday, November 30th 7:30 p. m. All volunteer workers and friends of The Salvation Army are urged to attend this meeting. Assignments and instructions will be ready for the volunteer: at that time. Starting immediately after tie opening meeting, a house ..c house solicitation for the Salvation Army wil get underway. Over two bundled volunteer: have been recruited here to canva.j.s all areas of Greencastle am. Putnam county. GOOD NEIGHBORS YORK, Neb. -(UP) Neighbors of J. C. Ediger moved onto his farm with every piece of coinpicking equipment they could get their hands on and harvested 70 acres of his corn aftei he was injured in a grain elevator accident.

Urges Closer Turn Ice House Children Study' Into Smart Home

BUFFALO, N. Y. Nov. 24 (UP)—The role of parents may well be overstressed in research into the emotional problems of children, a prominent child psychiatrist said here. Dr. Ralph D. Rabinovich of AnnArbor, Mich., noted that children bring many biological factors and varying levels of growth and activity into their family situation “which can help explain the causes of emotional disturbances.” Dr. Rabinovitch is chief of children's services for the neuropsychiatric institute at the University of Michigan. He urged more "detailed and more careful studies and new methods of understanding the children themselves.” "Continued attention should be given to study of the brain-in-jured child, childhood schizophrenia. reading problems, and esidential treatment of severly disturbed children," Dr. Rabinovitch said. ‘The research road is long and slow but we hope steady There is growing public support for such research which ■urely will bear fruit. But we, as psychiatrists, must not promise too much too fast. Patience will bring its rewards."

ATOMIC COMPLAINT HAP.TFORD. Conn,—UP— Atomic experts attending a conference at the state capitol here found quick fault with their meeting place. They said the capitol, because of its elaborat» !y caraved stor.e and hidden esses svould oe extremely difficult to decontaminate after an\ atomic explosion. WRONG METHOD ORANGE, Conn.— (UP) — When police stopped Miss Mary M. Thom. 22. for speeding, they learned her sports car had no | speedometer. Miss Thom explain- • ed she gauged her speed by makj ing mental calculations based on the revolutions-per-minute gauge —but apparently had miscalcu-

lated.

Speaks Well Of Youth Of Today WORCESTER. Mass., Nov. 24. — (UP)—Here’s one man who has something good to say fo. the younger generation. Retiring on pension aftw working 64 years at WorcesU i Polytechnic Listitute's Washbum shops. Thure W. Johnson commented: "The boys of recent years havbeen a lot more serious and interested than the boys 25 or s > years ago. “These boys in places like Tech today seem to want to leair something and learn everything well. Before, lots of them seemed to be going to school only because somebody wanted them to.”

ALBANY* Ga., Nov. 24.— (UP)—An enterprising young Georgia couple has turned on ice house into a striking, modern two-bedroom home. When a local ice company went out of business three months ago, its building met the needs of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Pace who ware looking for a site for their florist shop. The ice house loading platform was an ideal spot for the business, but that left the house itself vacant and going to waste. Budget-conscious Mrs. Pace, 28, saw the ice house as a future home foi her, her husband, and their two little girls, two and four. Pace, 30, took a dim view of the idea. At that point, the ice house had brine and tar-coat-ed walls, 10-foot windows, and 18-foot walls. But Mrs. Pace sold her husband on the idea, and although friends shook thear heads dubiously, the Paces began work. The huge room where the ice had once been manufactureJ became a living room. A partition was elected to form a kitchen. Pace laid asphalt tile on the floor. An old engine room was partitioned to make two bedroormv and a former locker room was made into a bathroom. Painting the 18-foot walls was a problem — solved by a scaffold. Above the bedrooms and bath. Pace built a mezzanine overlooKir.g the living room. The modern theme of architecture was car- . .ed out in the split-level flooring .>f the house. Two steps led down from the living room to the bedrooms, and it’s a few more steps down to the bathroom. The voung couple called in professional help for tne plumbing and wiring, but did most of the iet?t of work themselves.

SWEET AND SLIPPERY BATTLE CREEK. Mich. — *UP> The first warning of slippery highways came early here this year when syrup from ! a loccri cereal manufacturing [ plant leaked onto the highway.

Backstairs At The White House GETTYSBURG, Pa , Nov. 24. (UP)—Backstairs at the Gettysburg White House: Lots of mysterious electronic equipment is spotted around Camp David, where President Eisenhower met earlier this week with the Cabinet and the National Security Council. There is a tall white radar tower used for transmitting microwave signals back to Washington. There is a similar tower in Gettysburg. As far as the Gettysburg tower is concerned, the first thought by persons not on the White House' staff was that this elaborate equipment was intended for television networks. This turned out to be untrue. The microwave equipment is for transmission of secret While House messages.

The helicopter landing area at Camp David was a chilly bog when the egg beaters from Washington arrived with Cabinet and Security Council members Monday and Tuesday. Lt. Col. William Draper, the President’s pilot and Air Force aide, stood on the muddy airfield and marveled at the ability of the helicopter pilots to put their ships down on such a small area. The helicopter pilots were not nearly as afraid of the wind blowing over the mountain top as they were of the possibility that the steady wind might change into strong, ugly gusts. Sam Adams, young son of the Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams, Is trying to win the job as goalie of the Dartmouth College Ice hockey freshman team. When the boy went off to school in the fall, his father, former governor of New Hampshire, gave him this advice: “It is just as well you are trying out for goalie, because in this family, you’ve got to get used tj people shooting a lot of things at you."

P.T.A. Executive Reports Problems CHICAGO, Nov. 24 The steady push of urban populations into the suburbs has produced a host of new problems, according to Mrs. Rollin Brown, president of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers. “Things have not always been what families expected when they hopefully moved out to new homes," Mrs. Brown said. “Many young families find themselves Isolated in the suburbs, and they aren’t quite sure what to do about it. The PTA is in a position to bring these people into closer relationship with their communitites.” Mrs. Brown said the most common problems facing the suburbs are: overcrowded, sometimes understaffed, schools; lack of adequate medical service, parks and other recreational facilities; sometimes inadequate police and fire protection and overtaxed transportation facilities.

Pennies Take Tons Of Copper WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 — (UP)—The government, like everybody else, has a hard time making a little money once in a while. But in the government’s case it is a shortage of the stuff money is made of For instance, the mint usually buys for itself the copper that it needs to make pennies. Recently, because of a tight market situation the mint sent an emergency call to the General Services Administration for copper. GSA called on its emergency procurement service to dig into its defense production inventory. The service shipped 200 tons of pure copper to the Philadelphia mint and another 200 tons to the Denver mint. Pennies are 95 per cent copper, but after a little zinc and tin are worked in the 400 tons of copper will be enough to make 121,650,000 new pennies. The copper cost the mint $340,000. but when the finished product comes out as coin of the realm, it will be worth $1,216,500.

CUBS DEFEAT ATTICA, 59-45, FOR THIRD WIN TAKE MEASURE OF ”TiKD RAMBLERS IN <HH>U CONTEST HERE

Greencastle's Tiger Cubs bounced back into the victory side of the ledger Wednesday night when they clawed the Attica Red Ramblers into submission, 59 to 45. on the local hardwood court in an interesting high school ba-skctball encounter. It was the third win in four times out for the local net tosuers and their coach, Tom Goldsberry, with with them for the first time following an appendicitis operation last week. Th* Cubs after victories over Mitchell and Plainfield lost to thi Washington Hatchets last Friday evening by two points. 5856, but they roared back Wed-* nesday evening to defeat a well balanced Attica team by II points, much to the sutlcfactiou of the loyal Greencastle fans. The first quarter started rather slowyl with free throws predominating the play. Greencastle forged Into a 4-0 lead on shots from the charity stripe befura the visitors registered from tho foul line and it was 4-2. Two more tosses made it 8-2 and then Chuck Dickson hit irom out on the floor to give the local an 8-2 edge. Attica was in there fighting and the count was soon 8-6 before the (Tubs began to move. Remsburg, Kay, Mvers an Dickson connected from the field and the Cubs held a 20 to 13 edge. i»t the end of the quarter. The Rid Ramblers contnnyd to scrap but buckets by Jerry York, Myers and Braden gave Greencastle a 34 to 26 advantage at the rest intermission. The third and fourth quarter" were about the same as the first half. Attica never gave up but the locals had what It took and went on to win by a decisive margin, 59 to 45. Greencastle's B team marie It unanimous by coming from be hind to win from the Attica .eserves in the preliminary game 37 to 26, in a tilt that kept th* Purple and Gray cheering tt*y tion on their toes throughout the last half.

Lineup and Summaries:

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Remsburg ..

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Pingleton ....

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Devine

Mickle

Johnson

Gaylor ....

Gooden

Crane

Leak

Nelson

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Greencastle

20 34

Attica 13 26 Reserve Game

Greencastle

(37) FG.

FT.

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York

Compton ..

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Bridges

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Gould

Carson .... ..

Fobea

Lear

Tennis ...... .

Helmer

Berry .

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Attica (26>

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PF.

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Tudpin ... .

Larson .

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• Today’s Weather $ local Temperature Continued fair and cold.

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