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VOLUME SEVENTY-FOUR

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1966 Indiana Sesquicentennial Year

NO. 62

CLOVERDALE TO HOST MEDICARE MEET

DDn & Bradstreet List 291 Putnam Businesses

Thora is a total at 291 businesses in Putnam County, according to statistics released by J. J. Crenner, district manager of the Indianapolis office of Dun ft Bradstreet, Inc. This total is based on a physical count of the January, 1966 edition of the Dun ft Bradstreet Reference Book. Crenner added that these businesses in Putnam County consist of manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers. Mr. Crenner noted that each January business concerns in all parts of the United States are asked by Dun ft Bradstreet for copies of their financial statements. This year requests are being sent to nearly three 'million business concerns — to the corner grocery worth a few thousand dollars as well as to husmessce worth millions. The Dun ft Bradstreet Reference Book lists those manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers who seek or grant commercial credit hut It does not include some of the service and professional businesses such as beauty and barber shops, and zeal estate brokers, Therefore, the figures for total businesses la the United States would be higher than the three million quoted above. When the owner or officer at a business enterprise, or his accountant, fills in and mails his statement to Dun ft Bradstreet, It becomes a part at the credit report on his business and a factor In determining the credit rating of his buainean iraiHny t>i» statement, rather than waiting for the Dun ft Bradstreet reporter's call means a concern’s important suppliers wfll quickly have the latest facts en which to make credit and sales decisions. When the Dun ft Bradstreet reporter receives a business man's financial statement in advance of his periodic call, he can make a more detailed analysis of the financial condition of the business and discuss Its operation more intelligently. Back of each listing of a business in the Reference Book Is a Dun ft Bradstreet credit report The report includes the following: a record of how the business is paying its bills; a history of the business (who owns it who runs it and how long It has been operating); a description of what the business does and how it does it; a financial section which usually includes the latest financial statement. While credit reports are primarily used by business men who want to evaluate the credit risk of a business before shipping or selling, insurance underwriters, banks, and other professionals also use reports. Local Boys In Juvenile Court Three boys were in Putnam Juvenile Court Thursday morning for shooting out city street lights with COS guns. These guns were destroyed by order of the court Chief of Police Roy Newgent, pursuant to the directive of the court, issued the following no-

tice:

“It is illegal at any and all times to carry a COS gun in any motor vehicle, or to shoot a COS gun, a BB gun, or a rifle within the incorporated Umtts of the City of Greencastle.* 20 Years Ago Pfc. Jerry Grimes, 1st Marine Division, was home on furlough after overseas duty. -Roland Lana waa In town with 17 foot skins, all trapped ■ear Ms horns at Bride ChapeL

Demonstrations Were Red-Inspired: Hoover

Kiwanis Install New Officers

Masons To Hear Catholic Bishop SOUTH BEND UPI — A meeting Jan. 16 of the Ancient Accepted Rite of Freemasons here in the Masonic Temple will feature a speech by Roman Catholic Bishop Leo A. Pursley of the South Bend-Fort Wayne diocese. S. Vine Street Resident Dies Mrs. Clara Branneman, 69, who resided at 307 South Vine Street, passed away in the Putnam County Hospital at 3:15 thin morning. She was admitted to the hospital on December 26. She was the former Clara Upton, bom February 11, 1896 in Glen Carbon, Illinois. In 1924 she was married to Virgil Branneman in Fort Collins, Colo., and then came to his residence in Greencastle, where she and Mr. Brumeman have lived' until the present. Mrs. Branneman was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Episcopal Church. She is survived by her husband; two daughters, Evelyn Kirkman, Indianapolis. and Cora Jean Ellinger, of Phoenix, Arizona; and three grandchildren, Nancy Jean Kirkman, Robert Earl Kirkham, and Royal Frederick Ellinger. Services will be held at the Whitaker Funeral Home in this city at 2 p. m. Sunday with burial in the Cloverdale Cemetery. Eastern Star rites will be held Saturday evening. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Heart

Fund.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 10 a.m. Sat-

urday.

WASHINGTON UPI — FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover says Communists played an active and ever-increasing role in 1965 demonstrations against U.S. policy in Viet Nam. He said the American Communist party also spent large amounts of money in an effort to torpedo U.S. “progress toward peace." In his annual report on FBI activities, Hoover said Communists said other subversive groups had a hand in many of the major anti-Viet Nam protests. Among these he said, were the Nov. 27 “March on Washington’’ which drew about 25,000 persons. Hoover said other major Involvements by the Communist party included an earlier student demonstration in Washington in which more than 15,000 participated the day before

Easter.

Other events he mentioned were the Oct. 15-16 “international days of protest,” the “Washington summer action project” in August, and the “national anti-war convention” Nov.

25-28.

Always eager to engage any activity which will bring embarrassment to the United States, the party has played an ever-increasing role In generating opposition to the United States position in Viet Nam,” Hoover said. Medicare Grants Are Announced WASHINGTON UPI — R. Sargent Shriver, the field marshal of President Johnson’s War on Poverty, announced Thursday the first of some 80 grafts to hire 5.000 elderly poor persons to spread the word about Medicare to other oldsters. The first grants, totaling about $45,000, were to Indianapolis and Mound River, HI. ’ The Office of Economic Oppor- ! tunity (OEO) plans eventually to spend about $2 million on the project across the country.

Arthur Shumaker was officially inducted as 1966 president of the Greencastle Kiwanis Club at a ladies’ night banquet in the DePauw Student Union

last night.

Other new officers assuming their duties were Darrell Gooch, vice president; Granville Thompson, treasurer; John Ricketts, secretary; and Lloyd Cooper, Max Herriott and Harold Scholl, directors. Holdover directors of the club are Carl Hurst, Rev. Thomas Heinlein, Robert R. Harvey, and Thomas

Slaughter.

Adrian VanderMast of Crawfordsville. Governor-elect of the Indiana District of Kiwanis, served as installing officer, assisted by James Moore, Bloomington, Lieutenant Governor of Kiwanis Division 10 which includes the local club. Dr. Herold T. Ross performed his annual role of toastmaster

Unusual!

On January 5, Robert E. Black brought in cabbage from his garden, which was excellent in color, taste and cooked (boiled) in 8 minutes! Why go to other states when Indiana has so much to offer?

with his usual levity and poetic flourish. The installation ceremonies were preceded by a greatly enjoyed program of vocal music presented by Miss Barbara Padgett. Her accompanist was Mrs. Carl Zenor. Another highlight of the evening was presentation of a beautiful attache case to retiring president Charles Carmichael. Earle Boyd made the presentation on behalf of the Greencastle club. Special recognition was paid to club members with records of perfect attendance, as follows: N. Dixon (17 yrs.), Earle Boyd (16 yrs), Granville Thompson (14 yrs.), Howard Youse (13 yrs.), Grafton Longden, Jr. (12 yrs.), H. T. Ross (7 yrs.), Perry Rush (6 yrs.), Charles Carmichael (5 yrs.), John Ricketts and James Cook (4 yrs.), Arthur Shumaker (3 yrs.), and Sam Hanna, Louis H. Dirks and Abe Walton (all 1 yr.) Also recognized were these members with 25 years or more (in five-year multiples) of service: Eugene Akers, N. Dixon, Kenneth Harris, David Houck, (Continued on Page 2)

Session Is Slated For January 13th

Cool Chinese Welcome For Soviet Delegation

Mayor Lindsay Confers With Labor Secretary

MOSCOW UPI—A high-level Soviet delegation, headed by the Kremlin’s top trouble-shooter, Alexander N. Shelpin, paid a quick visit to Communist China today and flew on to Hanoi, reportedly to boost Soviet aid to North Viet Nam. The Soviet delegation, including top Russian rocket and armaments experts, spent barely an hour in Peking, the official Tass news agency said. It apparently received a cool reception. The news agency said the Russian visitors were greeted by a middle-level Communist Two Reappointed Rexell A. Boyd has been reappointed County Attorney by the Putnam County Commissioners. Maurice Hurst has also been reappointed Veterans Service Officer by the county board.

Chinese delegation which gave them a “dinner.” But observers in Moscow said the brevity of the visit indicated the dinner in Peking was more of a snack and the stopover probably to refuel. The fact the Russians climbed back aboard their plane so quickly, the observers said, indicated that the two delegations had little or nothing to talk about. The delegation was the first high-ranking Soviet party to visit Red China since Premier Alexei N. Kosygin stopped over there last February during another trip to Hanoi. Sino-Soviet relations have grown steadily worse since then, and the expected new offers of Soviet economic and military aid to North Viet Nam —an area which Communist China considers within her own sphere of influence—was not expected to improve them.

Kerstetter To Receive Award DePauw University President Dr. William E. Kerstetter will receive his alma mater's Alumni Award of Merit tonight in Philadelphia. Girard College alumni president Everett Hoffman will present the award to Dr. Kerstetter “in recognition of your outstanding achievements in the field of education and religion.” The merit awards are made annually to outstanding alumni by the Board of Governors of the private secondary school in Philadelphia. Dr. Kerstetter, a native of Lykens, Pa., was graduated from Girard to 1930, winning the school’s Key Man Prize as the outstanding senior man. He received the B.A. degree from Dickinson College in 1936, the S.T.B. from Boston University in 1939 and the Ph.D. from Boston in 1943. President Kerstetter became DePauw’s president in 1963 after serving ten years as president of Simpson College. Russ Defector WASHINGTON UPI — The State Department today had “under consideration” a request for political asylum from a Russian professor who disappeared during a vacation trip in Greece. Department Press Officer Robert J. McCloskey Thursday confirmed an earlier announcement by the Greek government in Athens that Prof. Nikolai Maslokovic, 40, was under the protection of U. S. authorities in another country. Now You Know By United Press International Meteor Crater, Arizona, is the world’s first proven meteorite crater, according to the U. S. Department of the Interior.

NEW YORK UPI — Mayor John V. Lindsay met with President Johnson’s top labor officials today and indicated he was willing to have jailed transit union leaders released if it would hasten settlement of the crippling seven-day subway and bus strike. The youthful Republican mayor, plagued by the City’s first major transit strike, conferred for five hours with Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz and two aides who flew here from Washington Thursday night shortly after Lindsay telephoned Johnson for assistance Lindsay revealed little about his discussion with Wirtz, but when the meeting ended early today he announced he had “relayed” to the Transit Authority (TA) an appeal for release of Transport Workers Union (TWU) President Michael J. Quill and eight other union leaders who were jailed for calling the strike by 36,000 transit workers, in defiance of a court injunction. Lindsay did not comment on the merits of the appeal made by other labor leaders, but when asked the significance of his move said: "I want to do anything I can to bring this dispute to a fair and speedy conclusion and get the trains rolling again.” Since the start of the strike by bus and subway employees on New Year’s Day, the city has been staggered by shutdown of the transit system used by. 3 million persons each day. It has led to the worst traffic jams in history, and an estimated S100 million daily loss to the econ-

omy.

Virus Epidemic Hits i.U. Coeds BLOOMINGTON UPI—Health officials here said Thursday as many as 100 girls living in two Indiana University residence halls may come down with a virus or already have contract-

ed it.

Some 45 girls were admitted to the Student Health Center Thursday, suffering from the virus, which health officials said they believed was not attributable to food they ate. ~ Dr. John Miller, director of the health service, said, however, food samples were being tested anyway. He said all the girls admitted to the health center lived in Read Center and Forrest Quadrangle, where about 2,200 coeds reside.

The public ia invited to s meeting on Medican at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, January 13, at the Cloverdala Community Building. At this time men from the Terre Haute Social Security Office will show a film and slides regarding the new health insurance benefits included under Social Security. They are to explain the various provisions of the law and the necessary action which people should take in order to qualify for coverage. Paul Johns, District Manager from the Terre Haute Office, points out that a person does not have to be receiving monthly Social Security checks in order to qualify for medicare. Almost everyone who is age 65 or older will be eligible for the new health insurance. This is true of people who are working and earning too much to draw monthly benefits and also for people who have ever worked in employment or self-employ-ment covered by Social Secur-

ity.

This evening meeting has been arranged in Cloverdale so that the public may learn more about the provisions of the Social Security Act apd also that every individual who is within 3 months of age 65, or older, may have a convenient opportunity to get an application filed. Everyone from Cloverdale and the surrounding communities is invited to attend this meeting next Thursday night. Both young and old have an interest in the Social Security system of our country. This is an opportunity to learn more about the way this program affects each family. William F. Giger Funeral Sunday William Finley Giger passed away Friday morning at 6:25 o’clock at the Ben Hur Nursing Home in Crawfordsville. He had been ill since Dec. 4th. Mir. Giger was bom May 11, 1877 at Heltonville, the son of Thompson Giger and Jane Norman Giger. He was married Sept. 16, 1903 at North Salem to Lelia Trotter. Survivors include one son, Asa E. Giger of Indianapolis, one daughter, Jane Thompson of Roachdale, with whom he had made his home for the past three and one-half years. There are three grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, nieces and nephew-s and one brother, Sheridan Giger of New Richmond. Mr. Giger had farmed m the New Richmond area and he had spent the last 44 years near Barnard. Funeral services will be held (Continued on Page 2)

NATIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Miller waa home after receiving his discharge from the UJL Navy.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW KIWANIS PRESIDENT Adrian VanderMast of Crawfordsville, Governor-elect of the Indiana District of Kiwanis, congratulates the new Greencastle club president, Arthur Shumaker, at installation ceremonies in the DePauw Student Union last night. Standing to Shumaker’s left are the club’s other 1966 officers (L to r.) Vice President Darrell Gooch, Secretary John Ricketts, and Treasurer Granville Thompson, while the other Kiwanians looking on are (1. to r.) Don Carpenter, Brazil, a past Indiana District governor; Robert Mason, Shelbyville, District Secretary; James Moore, Bloomington, Lieutenant Governor, Div. 10; Charles Carmichael, retiring Greencastle president; Ralph Bolin, Brazil, immediate past Lieutenant Governor, Div. 10; and Carl Hurst, Max Herriott, Lloyd Cooper and Bob Harvey, all directors of the local club. Banner Photo—-Frank Puckett, Jr.

INDIANA WEATHER: Cold wave warning tonight. Cloudy today, turning colder this afternoon with some light snow likely but accumulations less than one inch. Cold wave tonight. Saturday fair and cold. High today near 30. Low tonight around 10 above. High Saturday mid 20s. Outlook for Sunday: Partly cloudy and continued cold. Minimum 26* 6 AM 28'’ 7 A.M 28* 8 A.M 29* 9 A.M 30* 10 A.M 31* 11 A.M 31* 12 Noon so* 1 P.M, ....m.28*