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VOLUME SEVENTY-THREE

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1965

UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL SERVICE NO. 245

FRIENDS OF YOUTH DIRECTORS IN MEETING

Robort S. Irwin Funeral Tuesday

ATTENDS CALIFORNIA SESSIONS Miss Becky Anderson, of Cloverdale. is attending the Junior Classical League meeting in Los Angeles. Calif., ■which ends this coming Friday. Becky flew by jet from Chicago with students from Michigan, Illinois and Indiana high schools. They will enjoy an extended two-day tour of Knott s Berry Farm, Marine Land. Hollywood and other points of interest. Becky, a junior in Cloverdale High School this fall, has studied first and second year Latin and ie anticipating the third year. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Harold Anderson of Gosport, Route 1. Photo by Frank Puckett, Jr.

Many In Cast Of 'Inherit The Wind'

More than half a hundred Greencastle and Putnam county residents are concerning themselves with the third and final summer theatre production, ‘ Inherit the Wind." Scheduled for August 27, 28 and September S. 4. this entertaining production is based on the spectacular Scopes trial. Forty years ago this trial marked a crisis in American thought. The teaching of evolution alarmed Christian fundamentalists—yet there was objection to legislation which prevented teaching the theory. Directing the play Is James Elrod, professor of speech at DePauw University. He will be assisted by Mrs. Robert Gilliland as technical director. The production questions what is the responsibility of our society toward freedom of thought in

our schools.

Particularly interesting parts are to be played by Jack Cook as Matthew Harrison Brady, and Jerry Thomas as Henry Drummond. Thomas, a speech teacher in the California schools, is a Greencastle boy and is here during the summer visiting his parents. These two characters stage a debate based on the famous William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow forensic contest. Other local players include, Margaret Henry, Hugh Henry, Gayle Bostwick, Mrs. Effie Hash. John McFarland. Bill Alspaugh, Brad Beamis, Carol Smaltz. John McFarland, Jr., Mrs. Ellen Reed. Mrs. Charlotte Gilliland. Libby Stewart, Paul Buechler, Pete Hill. Bob Gilliland. Phil McFarland, and Mrs.

Peg Smaltz.

Others. Terry Pehan, Jim Shepherd. Grafton Longden, Jr., John Franklin. Nancy Slaughter. Dick Hall. Gary Samuels. Mrs. Harold Stewart, Bill Mee(Continued on Page 2) 20 Years Ago A U.S. Superfortress dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki The blast all but obliberated the major Japanese naval base. The bomb was dropped during the noon rush hour. Millions of leaflets calling upon the Japanese people to revolt against their leaders and use for peace were dropped on Japan by American planes.

Man Injured In One-Car Mishap A personal injury accident at 6:02 Sunday morning occurred in the 900 block on East Washington Street, city police reported. James Phillips, 29. Avenue D. was hurt when the 1957 Buick he was driving crashed into a utility pole. Phillips waj treated for a fractured rib at the Putnam County Hospital and then released. Officers Larry Rogers and Bill Masten investigated the accident. Rites Held For Guy IV. Herbert Services were conducted this morning at the Whitaker Funeral Home In Cloverdale for Guy W. Herbert, 79, of Clover-

dale.

Mr. Herbert passed away Saturday in the Ruark Nursing Home at Fillmore where he had been a patient for three years. He was the son of Joseph and Louisa Weathers Herbert, and was bom in Cloverdale Township on Dec. 16. 1885. He was never married and was a locksmith and farmer. The only survivors are nieces and nephews. Short Freedom For Two Escapees MICHIGAN CITY, UPI—Two escapees from the Indiana State Prison enjoyed less than an hour of freedom Saturday. The pair, Arthur Specacht, 52. and Clifford Owens. 54, apparently drove away from a prison farm in a prison pickup truck, but were stopped shortly by state police. The recapture occurred on L. S. 51 in Lake County. Specacht was sentenced from Lake County in February, I960, to 3-14 years in a conviction of “procurer of a miscarriage,” and Owens was sentenced from Madison County in May, 1960. to 2-15 years for second degree burglary.

Robert S. Irwin. 86. a highly respected resident of Madison Township, passed away at his home on Greencastle Route 4. Saturday noon. A prominent farmer for over half a century. Mr. Irwin also taught school in Putnam County for 41 years. He was a life-long member of the Long Branch Church of Christ. He is survived by six children. Elbert, Mrs. Wilma Evens, Herndon, Mrs. Letha Hurst, Glendyn, all of this community, and Ivan of St. Petersburg, Florida, and other relatives. His wife, Mrs. Addie M. Irwin, preceded him in death in 1961. Funeral services will be held at the Long Branch Church at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday with burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the Whitaker Funeral Home on East Washington Street. Vocalist Takes Drug Overdose HOLLYWOOD UPI — Helen O'Connell, a hit vocalist with the Jimmy Dorsey orchestra in the 1940s. was hospitalized late Sunday night when she was found unconscious in her station wagon. Miss O'Connell, 43. was taken to Hollywood Receiving Hospital where her stomach was pumped. Police said they found 12 capsule slleeping pills in her vehicle. She was transferred to Los Angeles County General Hospital in ‘‘serious condition.” Body Identified VINCENNES, UPI — A body found in the Wabash River w r as identified Sunday as William Beaver, 20, St. Anna. Ill The identification was made by Wallace Beaver, the youth's father. Knox County Coroner Robert Stodghill said the man drowned but left the case open to determine whether it w r as an accident or suicide. The body was found by a fisherman.

Educator Dies MIAMI UPI—Dr. Jay Frederick Wesley Pearson, who worked up through the ranks for 39 years to become chancellor of the University of Miami, died Sunday of a heart attack. He was 64. Seek Man's Body INDIANAPOLIS UPI —Dragging operations continued Sunday at Geist Reservoir near here as the search continued for an Anderson man whose wallet and a note was found in an abandoned car nearby. Papers found inside the auto identified the man as Larry Stuart. 25. Anderson. He had been reported missing by his wife early Saturday when he did not return home from work.

Fiery Cross

A fiery cross was reported burning just west of Belle Union early Sunday morning. A telephone report to this effect was received at the Putnam County jail at 4:15 a.m. The call w r as from an Indianapolis newspaper motor route driver. Deputy Sheriff Paul Mason was notified and investigated. Four Recaptured INDIANAPOLIS UPI — The last of four women who escaped Saturday from the Indiana Women’s Prison were recaptured

here Sunday.

Police, acting on a tip, arrested Ethel Mae Wise, 39. and Jennie Louise Moorehead, 23, at

a hotel here.

Drinking Water Is OK’d For 2 Camps

City School Board Will Meet Tonight

14 More Killed In State Traffic

By United Press International One death early today and 13 over the weekend raised Indiana's 1965 highway toll to at least 835 compared with 724 a year ago. Mrs. Alice Wells, 64. Lafayette, was killed early today when a car driven by her husband, Sidney, 68, struck a utility pole at the intersection of Indiana 25 and Indiana 28 in Tippecanoe County. Larry Betz. 21. R.R. 1, Grabill, was killed Sunday night when the car in which he was riding ran a stop sign and collided with two other vehicles at the intersection of Indiana 37 and Indiana 101 in Allen County. Five other persons were injured in the crash. Emelie Weber. 65, a citizen of Germany visiting the U.S. and staying at Frankfort, was killed Sunday on U.S. 41 in Lake County. Authorities said an auto driven by Margaret E. Tracy, 49. Crown Point, swerved to avoid a vehicle pulling onto the highway and drove across the center line, into the path of the car in which the victim was riding. Mrs. Tracy and her husband. Robert. 47. were both hospitalized at Hammond in critical condition. Two Indianapolis teenagers identified as James E. Gibbs,

17, and Ronnie Lee Wimmenauer, 19, were killed Sunday when their car went out of control on Ind. 44. Authorities said the auto struck a tree about IV2 miles west of Bud in Johnson County. Harlan Kaylor, 36, Lafayette, died Sunday when his truck went off U.S. 231 about 5 miles (Continued on Page *1) Couple To Make Home In London Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Wallace, grandson of Mrs. Alva Foster of Jefferson Twp.. and son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wallace of Danville, will fly August 12th to London. England where they will reside for the next three

years.

Mr. Wallace, who received his M.A. degree in Philosophy from the University of Miami, Florida, will work towards his Ph.D. at the University of London. Airs. Wallace trill teach secondary English in London. The Wallaces, former residents of Coral Gables. Florida, where they both taught in the Dade County Public schools, are at present visiting his parents in Danville.

Small Tornadoes Hit In State By United Press International Damaging storms, two of them described as small tornadoes, roared across twisterconscious areas of Northern Indiana Sunday afternoon during a six-hour peiiod of severe thunderstorm forecasts. Winds inflicted property damage but caused no injuries near Alexandria and on the southwest edge of Elkhart. Both points were in the general area of the vicious Palm Sunday tornadoes that killed 139 persons last April 11. Lightnmg killed a Richmond fisherman in a lake near Angola and set off numerous house fires over parts of a 35-county area in the northeast portion of the state which was under a weather bureau alert for awhile. John S. Childs. 35, Richmond, was fishing on a motorized pon-toon-type raft in Jimmerson Lake northwest of Angola when a severe thunderstorm swept across the lake. He was found dead after the storm passed, apparently the victim of electrocution from a bolt of lightning. Funnel clouds were sighted aloft near Alexandria and Elkhart within a period of about an hour in the early afternoon. Winds near Alexandria damaged three houses and some parked automobiles. The damage occurred along Indiana 9 south of the city. At Elkhart, wind also damaged several homes, destroyed a tool shed at the home of William St linger, damaged the home of Falko Fix. caused minor damage at the home of Gene Mustek, and leveled a cornfield on the Granville Adams

farm.

27,800 Pounds Of Beef Missing PLYMOUTH, UPI — State Police and the FBI were searching for a missing semi-trailer early today which was stolen Sunday about 7 miles north of here on the intersection of U. S. 6 and U. S. 31. The truck contained 27,800 pounds of fresh beef Authorities said Roger Kelly, 33. R. R. 2. Walkerton. had left the truck at a filling station early Sunday while he went home to sleep. He left the engine running to operate the refrigeration unit. Later Sunday authorities called him to say they found hi? tractor abandoned in Chicago, but found no trace of the trailer. Kelly was enroute from Chicago to Pittsburgh with the

meat.

Attorneys Convene MIAMI BEACH UPI — The American Bar Association ABA opened its 88th annual convention today prepared to hear reports on a wide array of topics, including new trends in the legal profession.

The School Board of the Greencastle Community Schools will hold a regular meeting in the office of the superintendent of schools tonight at 7:30. Bids will be opened on coal, oil. and gasoline purchases for the 1965-66 school year. The Board will be conducted on a tour of the Junior High Vocational building by the Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds, Robert Dean. Plans for the opening of school will be discussed by Superintendent Clary. A Conference for all teachers will be held September 3. The main topic to be discussed will be the 1965 Elementary and Secondary AcU Dr. Lindley of the State Department of Public Instruction will be the speaker. The Board will renew for adoption a 1965 Policy and Administrative Handbook. All School Board Meetings are open to the public. Greencastle schools open on Septem-

ber 7.

Employes Praised By Marsh Head At the Annual Stockholders Meeting of Marsh Supermarkets, Inc. in Yorktown. Indiana, on Tuesday, August 3. the Company’s President, Estel V. Marsh told stockholders that the firm’s success was due to the dedicated employees of Marsh. He stated. "We are grateful for their untiring effort and very proud of all who have devoted so much time and energy to achieving this suc-

cess.”

Mr. Marsh also told the stockholders that the Company would continue to build the future on its employees. The largest training budget in the history of the Company has been allocated for all levels of personnel. This training expenditure is four times the amount spent last year. During our last fiscal year which ended April 3, 1965. sales increased 12 per cent during the 53-week period and earnings increased 18 per cent over the prerious fiscal year. Mr. Marsh also told stockholders that the increased sales trend of the past fiscal year continued in the first quarter at the rate of 13 per cent ahead of last year, even with one less store that was destroyed on Palm Sunday by a tornado. The profit margin also increased at the accelerated rate of 24 per cent over the same period last

year.

The Board of Directors of the Friend of Youth Corporation recently met in the DePauw Union Building with 16 members present. President Albert Avery presided. Newly elected members, Mrs. Forst Fuller and Roy Sutherlin, w T ere introduced. Under the topic of old business, the board discussed in length the plans for completion of the building at Camp Friend. It was also recommended that the present insurance program be reevaluated. Mr. Avery announced that the State Board of Health has certified that the. water is safe for drinking at the spring at Camp Friend and the electric pump at Fern Cliff. Director Friend brought to the Boards attention the fact that residens on the Manhattan Road are planning a survey to test the feasibility of acquiring water from Reelsville. The Board voted to contribute its share for this survey. Airs. J. W. Gough, secretary, reported that Fern Cliff had been recently used by a Senior Girl Scout troop and a church group from Brazil. The Friend of Youth is a local county corporation, organized in 1951, which owns and maintains Camp Friend and Fern Cliff. It depends upon the generosity of local citizens for support. The camps are available for use by approved and adequately supervised groups. Mrs. J. W. Gough or Mr. Avery will be happy to take reservations and give information to interested parties. The next board meeting will be held on September 13th. Paul C. Newnam Dies In Illinois Paul Clark Newnam. 68. died early this morning in St. Elizabeth’s Hospital at Danville, Illi-

nois.

He was born July 7, 1897, in Marshall. Ind., the son of Omar and Ida McDaniels Newnam. He was married to Viola Brown in March. 1922. and was a mechanic and printer. Mr. Newnam was a member of the Friends Church in Bloomingdale. Ind. In addition to his wife, other survivors include a son. Robert, of Greencastle. and a brother, Max, of Bloomingdale. Services will be held at the Davies-Tudor Funeral Home in Marshall at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday with burial in the Bloomingdale Cemetery. Friends may cal! at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Tuesday. Masonic Notice Stated meeting of Applegate Lodge No. 155 F.&A.M.. Fillmore, will meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Visitors welcome. Franklin Raines, W.M.

NATIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

INDIANA WEATHER: Mostly cloudy and a little cooler today with a few sprinkles likely this morning. Partly cloudy and cooler tonight. Fair to partly cloudy and cool Tuesday. High today mid 70s. Low tonight around 60. High Tuesday mid 70s. Outlook for

Wednesday: Fair to partly cloudy and cool.

CHAMPIONSHIP SHOWMAN AWARD PRESENTED The Champion Showman Award of the 1965 Putnam Coutny Fair Is shown being presented to 4-H'er Ralph Fry by Miss Putnam County, Janice Barrett. Pictured at the left is past president of the Fair Board and donor of the Championship Award, Francis Lone. Photo by Frank Puckett, Jr,

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