The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 9 January 1957 — Page 1
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VOLUME SIXTY-FIVE
GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY ?, 1957.
UNITED PRESS SERVICE
NO. 74
LOCAL GROUP VISITING NEW HIGH SCHOOLS TWO GROUPS VISITED IN OREENSBI'RO SUNDAY. TO MAKE ONE MORE TRIP
Heads Scouts
Members of the Greencastle School Building Corporation and representatives from the Board of School Trustees, and the Sup erintendent visited the Grecnsburg Community S bools on Sunday, to examine the new high school which is under construe tion. The new high school is approximately 70 per cent completed, and will house POO or mere students. It was the desire of the School Building Corporation and the Board of School Trustees to spend as much time as necessary in examination of projects which would be comparable to the proposed new high school building in Greencastle. After a conducted tour of the high school building and two new grade school buildings, the group traveled to Washington Township in Marion county for a conducted tour of the new North Central High School building, whose architect was also Ever-tt I. Brown and Associates On January 13, it is the plan of the two groups to visit a new high school under • onstruction In Calumet City, Illinois. This new building has been planned by Consoer-Morgan Company, an architectural firm in Chicago. Next week’s trip to Calumet City will complete pre.sen planeed visit to new high school buildings. The Greencastle Building Corporation will then examine and discuss all pertinent facts obtained through interview and visitation, with hopes of arriving at a satisfactory decision for a new high school building to mec* the needs of the boys anti girls of this community. The first semester of the 19. r >657 school year will close on Friday, January 18. The elementary schools will be dism ssed at 11 30 and the high school will be dismissed at 11.45. 'I he cafeteria will not be in operation due to the early dismissal. The afternoon will Ic devoted to the completion of records and reports, and report cards w r ill be distributed to students on Wednesday, January 23.
JANUARY WILL BE BUSY MONTH FOR CO. AGENT
EACH WEEK WILL SEE OUTSTANDING EVENTS IN THE COUNTY
REV. AKD MRS. J. E. PORTER HOLD OPEN HOUSE
Frank Hubbard, CreencastlB IBM employee ha-s been elected Chairman of the Putnam District of Boy Scouts of America succeeding Gene Akers who has served for the past three years. Hubbard is well qualified for the position having been active in Scout work prior to moving to this community. His experience and genuine interest in Scouting should enable him to provide excellent leadership to the Putnam District organization. He is expected to announce committee appointments within the next few days.
STATED MEETING Jan. 10, 1057 Roaehdale Lodge No. 602. Installation of officers. Public invited, 7:30 p. m. CST. Dale Fitzsimons, W. M.
Kefauver Loses Committee Seat
WASHINGTON UP For the fourth time, Sen. Estes Kefauver D. Tenn., has lost out to ;r senator with less seniority in his bid for a coveted seat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Kefauver was passed up Tuesday in favor of Sen. John F. Kennedy D.. Mass, to fill the only current vacancy on the committee. Kennedy. Kef.-ruver’s unsuccessful rival for the Democratic vice presidential nomination laM year, has been in the Senate for four years. Kefauver for eight. The time-honored seniority role for doing out committee assignments is cracking Lip among Senate Democrats. Thus, the Senate Democratic Steering Committee voted 14-0 to give the foreign relations seat to Kennedy, despite Kefauver’s senior claim, in making a new set of committee assignments. Republican senators, who enforce the seniority rule much more strictly, expected to complete their committee assignments today.
20 Years A|;o HERE AND THERE
Claude Cantonwine left foi lhambra, Calif, to visit relaves. County Treasurer Jesse Yotins. ent to Jackson, Miss., called y the illness of Mj brother-m iw. Dr. D. W. Killingev was attendig the mid-winter dental meetig at the Indiana School of Denstry.
MacNichois Is Health Officer Dr. E. F. MacNichois, DePauw University physician, was appointed county health officer by the Putnam commissioners during their meeting Tuesday afternoon. Dr. MacNichois succeeds Dr. William Tipton who resigned recently. Mrs. Theoline Bee was re-ap-pointed county health nurse for another year. Commissioner Claude Hanna was elected president of the county board for the ensuing year upon a motion by Cecil Brown which was seconded by Eiic Boesen. Annua! Dinner Held Tuesday The Clinton Township Farm Bureau held its annual Turkey dinner meeting Tuesday evening at the Clinton Center Srhool building with a fairly good attendance. John Cantonwine is chairman of the township Farm Bureau and had chai-ge of Tuesday night's meeting. Following the splendid turkey dinner, the bu.riness meeting was called to order and some business was transacted. The most of the meeting was devoted to David L. ; Grimes, state representative | from Putnam county who spoke : on various phase.* of his propos- | ed tax plan. Mr. Grimes detailed numerous ideas of the income tax. but todate he has failed to get the endorsement of the Indiana Farm Bureau on the plan and failed to get the bill writing department of the state legislature to prepare a bill. He also went to the law department of Indiana University, but they said it woidd require entirely too much time to prepare such a bill for this session of the legislature, so nothing can be done about it now. Mr. Grimes cited instances of how Indiana educates its citizens at public expense and they in turn fail to pay their share of taxes. They do pay some tax. but not in keeping with their income he started. However, most of their tax goes to Washington and only a very tiny per centage is returned to the state. A smiall income tax. as low* as five per cent, would raise more money than the present property j tax. which now is carrying the 1 tax burden for the entire state. I including educational purposes. The small income tax would also raise more funds than the present gross income tax. which Mr. Grimes termed an unfair tax. and which many business m#n find to be unfair. Following the discussion. Mr. Grimes spoke briefly on the time subject and a few other items on which questions were asked.
ONE NAME MISSING The name of N. C. O'Hair as a director of the First-Citizens Bank and Trust Co., was unintentionally omitted from the list as printed on Tuesday. TEMPLE LODGE NO. 47 INSTALLS NEW OFFICERS Officers of Temple Lodge No. 47 F & A M were installed last night by Past Master Glenn Flint as installing officer. Othei - who assisted in tnc installation were Herbert Ci iver, Marshall an i Herbert Flin;, Chaplain. Those installed were: W. M - Ernest Flint S. W.—Elmer Rogers J. W.—Roy Stewart Treasurer Norman P a body Secretary Jesse Me Anally S. D.— Dale Sboup J. D. Howard Brown Chaplain—Thomas Herriott S. S.—Richard Shamel J. S. Robert Seailes Tyler—Joe Rossok
Several events during the last of January that will be of major interest to farm people have been announced by the County Extension Office. Each week for the next three weeks will bring as outstanding event into Putnam County. On January 16 there will be a Forage meeting of interest to livestock people. On Thursday, January 2’4, will be the annual meeting of the Putnam County Soil Conservation District, and on January 29 the Farm Business Clinic will be
held.
The Forage meeting will be of particular interest to dairy producers and beef cattlemen, as Lester Smith, Purdue agronomist and pasture expert wiP discuss the production of roughage M J. Moeller, Purdue dairy specialist will discuss Feeding and Utilization of Roughage, while John Foley of the Purdue Economic Department will discuss handling and storage of roughage crops. This meeting will be held in the Youth Center Building on Elm street in Greencastie, beginning at 10:00 a. m. CST and ending at 3:00 p. rn. The annual meeting of the Putnam County Soil Conservation District will be held on Thursday. January 24 in the Greencastle Armory, starting at 10:30 a. m. (CST) (Slow Time) and ending at approximately 3:00 p. m. ThL affair will feature the annual report of the Soil Conservation District, election of supervisor? announcement and awarding of prizes in the Putnam County pasture contest by the Stone Companies of Putnam County and a feature address by Lyle Eversole, a farm equipment dealer from Hindsburg, Illinois. The third meeting will be a Farm Business Clinic featuring personnel from the Purdue Agricultural Economics Department on Tuesday, January 29, also at the Armory—this meeting to be gin at 9:30 a. m. (CST) (Slow Time), and continuing imtil 3:00 p. m. This clinic will f< itu-i cussions on outlook, economk ‘rends, new livestock and crop developments, social security and income taxes. This meeting will replace income tax and social security schools that have been held as independent features in the years past. At each of these meetings lunch will be available at the meeting place and plenty of free parking space away from the business district will be available. The extension office points out that these ar3 thiee outstanding meetings that many farmers will want to attend an I suggest that farm people marie these dates down on their calendars and plan now to attend ah three of these events. It would be appreciated by the extension office if those planning to attend would make prior leservations.
HOSPITAL NOTES
Dismissals: June Mizer, Dorothy Parker, Madonna Balay, Greencastle; Chester Hutcheson, Charles McAvoy, Cloverdale; Georgia Travelsted, Amo; Aaron Alice, Quincy; Paul Collier, Spencer; Carrie Ringer, Williamsport; Almadora Smith, North Salem. Births: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sununers, Monrovia, a boy; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Cook, Greencastle, a girl; Mr. and Mrs. Leon Pacala, Greencastle, a boy.
IT. S. AGREES TO LOAN BIG SUM TO BRAZIL S. AMERICA WASHINGTON (UP)—The United States has agreed to lend Brazil $117,895,000 to develop its hydroelectric power, railroads and iron output, it was announc-
ed today.
Shown above is the rrception table at the Open House held by Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Porter at their home. Left to right: Miss Susie Talbott, Eddie Carruth, Rev. Samuel Carruth, Rev. J. E. Porter, Mis. Albeit Avery, Mrs. E. A. Dougherty, Mrs. Canuth and daughter. Miss Fay Carruth. Others assisting at the reception were Mrs. Nettie Utt, Mrs. Wi L. Hargrave, Mrs. A. C. Northrup and Mrs. O. T. Martin. At the door was Eddie C ;rruth, Albert Reynolds and Mrs. Gilbert Blotch.
Theie were guests from Bainbridge, Reelsville and Clinton Falls.
Ssfcns Awatf Central Bank Former Jurist Message By Ike Held Election Is Found Bead
WASHINGTON (UP)—President Eisenhower will deliver a new style State of tiie Union message to Congress Thursday— much shorter and more general-
ised.
White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said today that Mr. Eisenhower will include only a few major legislative recommendations in the State of the Union message. The bulk of his detailed legislative requests will be included ! in the budget, which goes to Congress Jan. 16, and in a series ot subsequent messages on specific subjects. In past years me State of the Union message Yqis contained a fairly itemized section dealing with a series of specific subjects. Two Killed In
' At the annual meeting of the shareholders of the Central National Bank held at the bank Tuesday, January Sth the following directors were re-elected: F. L. O’Hair, Ernest H. Collins, Dr. O. F. Overstreet, Robert H. O’Hair and Dr. D. W. KiUinger Robert P. Allee, a prominent farmer of Jefferson Township, was elected to the board to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of James S. Albin.
W. A. Letzler was elected Assistant Vice President and Rex Thorlton was elected Assistant Cashier at the Directors meeting imediately following the annual
shareholders meeting.
The addition or iiUU.OOO 00 to the bank’s Surplus Account was approved making the total capital and surplus of the Central National Bank $700,000.00.
U. S. 27 Smashup Ford Official To
Speak Friday
HUNTINGTON, Ind., Jan. 9— (UP) - Gail G. Bonewitz, 71, former judge of Huntington Circuit Court, was found dead of a heart seizure in his automobile Tuesday. Coroner Paul Gray said Bonewitz, a Huntington attorney since 1913, apparently d : ed hours before he was found at the wheel of his automobile parked along a street. Bonewitz served as judge by appointment from 3 942 to 1943 following the death of the elected judge. He was a Democrat.
Franco Considers Cabinet Shakeup
FORT WAYNE, Ind., (UP) — Jan. 9 Mrs. Paula Gosner, 61, Detroit, and Calvin Myer, 48, Waterloo, were killed late Tuesday when three automobiles collided on U. S. 27 iv t th of here. Injured in the collision were Charles Gosner, 74, husband of the dead woman, and Lorer Dunn, 36, Waterloo, nephew of Myer They were r -ported in good condition at Parkview Hospital
here.
Authorities said Bunn and Gosner collided almost headon A car driven by George E. Roy. 62, Fort Wayne, then crashed into the wreckage.
Recent
lions will
Pauw
MADRID (UP)—Generalissimo Francisco Franco is considering a ma jor cabinet reshuffle because
I of a split among his ministers, in-
I formed sources said today. Political sources said two of
I the possible reasons for the
j shakeup were Spain’s growing trends in labor rela- 1 economic difficulties and differbe discussed at a De- ence between Falangist and Monconvocation archists over new constitutional
by an of- j laws.
, ia .uv» University I here Friday (Jan. 11)
I ficial of the Ford Motor Comj pany. ] He is James M. Osborne, Ford’s supervisor of labor relations analysis, who will appear at 10 a. m. in Meharry Hall. In Osborne’s address he will touch on improvements in the general state of labor relations during recent years and possible effects of the A.FL-CIO merger.
Madrid buzzed with specula- ] tion that at least five or six ! cabinet changes were contemplated. Such a shakeup would be the biggest can ied out by the chief of state since 1951. Only two ministers have been replaced ; since. The sources said Minister Jose Luis Arrese, secretary general of tlw ruling Falange, already had
A member of the company | submitted his resignation and an team which negotiated the cur- j expression of his disapproval of
WANT TAN REPEAL
WASHINGTON (UP) —Democrats on the House Small Business Committee proposed today
that Congbress consider prompt ] industrial relations survey and repeal of excise taxes held over research in 1947 and was promot-
from World War II and the Ko-
rean War.
rent contract between Ford and the UAW-CIO, he has been associated with Ford since 1946. Osborne became supervisor of
the slow progress being made in drafting laws to ensure the supremacy of the “national movement” Falange. The sources said the growing economic difficulties added im-
new
1 ed to his present position in Jan- ■ petus to the demands for uary, 1956. I blood in the government.
BOWLERS MARCH GF DIMES TROPHIES
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INVITATIONS RUUriYUn FOR MONDAY’S CEREMONY Invitations have b - n receive 1 here for the inau^uiation o' Governor-elect Harold Handley Crawford Parker as Lieutenant Governor and Edwin K. Steers as Attorney General or. Monday, January 14 at 11 a. m.
Death Summons Frank A. Meek Frank A. Meek, age 91, passed away this morning at the Putnam County Hospital after a short illness. He was born September 6, 1866 in Jefferson township, the son of Janies and Elisabeth Meek. He was preceded in death by his wife, America, and three children, Delpha, Oral and Floral. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Hazel Huffman, Fillmore with whom he made his home for the last four years. He lived most of his life in Jefferson Township just east of Mt. Meridian. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p. m. CST at the Whitaker Funeral Home in this ci ty. Rev. Gilbert McCammack will be in charge. Interment will be in the New Providence ceme-
tery.
Friends may call at the funeral home any time Thursday.
LEGISUTORS WILL COHYENE ON THURSDAY
SIXTY-ONE DAY SESSION AHEAD OF IIOOSIER LAWMAKERS
INDIANAPOLIS (UP)- Sixty one days of wrangling, harranguing, confusion and hard work begin at 11 a. m Thursday when the two houses of the Indiana General Assembly are gavelcd to order. The gavels will he wielded by the same two men who closed the 89th session in March, 1955 - House Speaker George Diener and Lt. Gov. Harold Handley, president of the Senate. Handley will turn the Senate rostrum over to Crawford Park er Jan. 14 when Handley becomes governor and Parker moves up from secretary of state to lieutenant governor. Outgoing Governor Craig presents his state message at 11 a. m. Friday. Handley will present his legislative program to a joint session at 11 a. m Jan. 15. Observers figured his plans wouldn’t kindle too much GOP disharmony, especially since the Republican majority for both houses is 108-41. Handley also has indicated he will not be dictatorial, In an apparent move to avoid the party factional fight in that bogged down the 1955 session. The Republicans had a margin of 76-24 in the House until Rep. Wendell Hollingsworth, Anderson, quit to take a federal job. That gave them a 75-24 edge in the House and a 33-17 margin in the Senate. The Indiana Constitution requires the biennial sessions to end after 61 days. But that normally is ignored at the end of each session when the clocks in both houses are stopped a few minutes before midnight and activities drag on indefinitely. Two years ago, Handley threatened to adjourn the Senate on time, thus leaving Indiana without a budget and forcing Craig to call a special session. But he changed his mind at the last min-
ute.
One of the first orders of business both houses will be selection of committees, which can make or break any bill by notion or inaction. The important Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means “A” Committee were named Monday. The Senate group, headed by Charles Maddox, R-Otterbein and the house committee, headed by S. Paul Clay, R-Indianapolis, were scheduled to begin joint meetings today on tne 1957-59 budget. Other important committees to be named in each house include labor, where any “right to work” bill would be sent, education and judiciary. In the Senate, Republican reelected John Van Ness, Valparaiso, as president pro-tern, an ! chose Roy Conrad, Monticello, as majority caucus chairman. Van ; Ness was a big gun in the antl- | Craig faction in 1955. and Conrad I was a Craig man who switched
sides.
Robert Webb, Arcadia, will be GOP House majority leader, and Court Rollings, Muncie, House
causcus chairman.
I/*IJ f* I C If Senate Democrats will be lei KUS wO0Qf J0ll * Matthew Welsh Vincennes,
floor leader, and Eugene Bain bridge. Minister, Caucus chairman House Democratic leaders are Birch E. Bayh. Jr., West Terre Haute, minority leader, and Otto Pozgay, South Bend
caucus chairman.
Ralph Howard Is Re-Appointed INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 9 — (UP)—Paul L. Myers, Elkhart attorney, was slate 1 today to replace Hugh O'Brien as chairman of the Indiana State Cor-
rection Board.
Gov.-elect Harold Handley announced Myers’ appointment at a news conference Tuesday and •said two of the three members of the Indiana Public Service Commission also would be re-
placed.
Myers, former member of the State Prison board of trustees and parole board, was named to O’Brien’s $ll,000-a-year job as head of Indiana's prison system. Handley said PSC chairman Warren Buchanan, Rockville agreed to remain as commission chairman “at my request” until March 15. He a,so appointed Garland G. Skelton, Indianapolis, and Ira L. Haymaker, former Democratic state chairman, to
the PSC.
Handley reappointed Ralph Howard, Greencastle, and Democrat Arthur Campbell, Indianapolis, on the three-man correc-
tion board.
He also replace! Col. Frank R. Kossa, Jeffersonvi'le, as state selective service director and said he knew nothing of reports that Frank Millis had refused to accept appointment as state budget director.
Rejected Suitor
VERMILLION, 3. D. Jan. 9 — (UP) A rejected suitor shot and killed his University of South Dakota sweetheart and fatally wounded himself Tuesday night in a violent climax to their stormy campus romance. Dead were Joan Bruyer, 21. a pretty university senior ard drum majorette, and Don Steele. 19, Minneapolis, a former university sophomore with a back-
ground of mental disorder.
Miss Bruyer. her body riddled with bullets, died shortly after the shooting on an operating table of a hospital here. Her exfiance died hours later in a Sioux City. Iowa, hospital of a bullet
wound in the temple.
Authorities sail Steele returned to the campus two night ago after the Christmas holiday.
The officers of The Greencastle Bowling L eague are shown with the trophies that will be awarded to the winning team of the March of Dimes tournament to be held at Varsity Lanes the week of Jan. 14th to 19th. Left to right is Carl Shoemaker. Vice President; Dallas Bowman, President; Ned Burkhart, Secretary, and Joe Domas.o, owner of Varsity La.ies.
THE HOG MARKET DOWN Hogs 8.500; mostly 25 lower; 190-250 lb 17.00-171.50, some at 17.75-18.00.
3* Today's Weather • Local Temperature ^ i Cloudy with occasional rain or drizzle todsy and tonight. Thursday rain possible mixed with some snow. High today 36. low tonight 33. Minimum 34 6 a. m 34 7 a. m .’4 8 a. m 34 9 a. m 34 10 a. m 34 11 a. m 34 12 noon 34 | 1 p. m. 34