The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 17 May 1966 — Page 2

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Womoa Forced To Drive Penal Farm Escapee To Indianapolis

A Putnam Cov-nty housewlfa was kidnaped by an escapee from the Indiana State Farm at PutnamvWe yesterday and was forced at gunpoint to drive him to Indianapolis. The gunman got out of the car at Washington and Meridian streets, and the woman, without a dime, drove home, not knowing she had beat two blocks from Indianapolis Police Department headquarters. The housewife, Mrs. Marcell Samsell, 47 years old, R. R. 1, Cloverdale, who lives S miles east of the State Farm, said she was working in her yard about 2:30 p.m. when a young man approached holding a rifle which he had stolen from her house, and ordered her to drive him to Indianapolis, police said. Mrs. Samsell told police the man said he was Richard Wiseman, 19, South Bend, and received a telegram Sunday saying his mother had died, but he had been denied permission by State Farm officials to attend her funeral Authorities at the State Farm confirmed an Inmate

named Richard Wiseman Is missing. He was sentenced from St Joseph County to a 1-year term for taking a car without owner’s consent John Rock, assistant superintendent at the State Farm, said Wiseman received no telegram or any word about his mother having died. “There wouldn’t be any reason at all not to send him if there was a death in the family,” Rock said. “We even send fellows when there’s Just illness.” Rock said Wiseman walked away from a brick yard detail of about 100 men at 11 a.m. and disappeared into the woods. Mrs. Samsell said Wiseman was polite and did not talk in a threatening manner but kept the rifle pointed at her all the way to Indianapolis. She said they arrived in Indianapolis about 4 p.m. She then drove back to her home before calling state police, explaining she was forced to leave without taking any money with her and did not have a dime to make a phone call.

Obituaries Lyda Coffman's funeral Thursday Mrs. Lyda Mae Coffman, 87, Balnbridge, died at the Putnam County Hospital early Tuesday morning soon after being admitted. Mrs. Coffman was born February 25, 1874, south of Bainbridge, the daughter of Oliver and Olivi Hanks Priest. She was a member of the Bainbridge Methodist Church and attended faithfully until her health failed. Survivors are: one son, Clifton E. Coffman; a daughter-in-law, Ellen; three granddaughters; Linda Kay, Audra Dawn Sheets and Jean Cowser; one grandson, Clifton E. Cofffman, Jr. and eight great grandchild.ren She was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse E. Coffman in 1957 and one daughter, Lola, in 1960. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 Rjn. at the Balnbridge Methodist Church. Rev. Leland Wade will officiate, with burial in the Bainbridge Cemetery. Friends may call at the Hop-Uns-Walton Funeral Home in Balnbridge after 7 o’clock this evening. Sarah Thompson Dies Mrs. Sarah F. Thompon, 89, died at 1:30 a. m. today, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clarainda M. Martin in Mishawaka. Mrs. Thompson is survived by two daughters, Iona E. Jones of Elkhart and Mrs. Martin of Mishawaka; two sons, John R. Thompson of Mishawaka and William E. Thompson, R. R. 8, Brazil. Funeral services are pending at the Miller A Sons Mortuary in BraziL

Woman Wounded GOETTINGEN, Germany — UPI—A 20-year-old women fleeing Communist East German with her boy friend was felled Monday by a border guard’s bullets just as the couple had cleared a Communist mine field. Her 26- year-old companion reached West Germany soil and watched helplessly as Communist sentries carried the wounded girl away. Her fate was not known. The man told West German authorities that he and his girl friend and served a jail sentence a year ago for an unsuccessful flight attempt. Several hours after the woman was shot, a 23-year-old laborer crossed the barbed-wire border unnoticed into West Germany, near Goettingen, authorities said.

—LBJ Cautions (Continued from Page 1) "consultations,” punctuated by the explosive weekend developments in South Viet Nam Administration officials feared that increasing instability and political turtiulence would undermine the slow but steady prograss on the military front which has heartened anti-Com-munist forces in recent weeks. South Putnam Loan Approved INDIANAPOLIS UPI — The Indiana Common School Fund Building Commission Monday approved more than 812 million In school construction loans, which leaves the fund broke once more. School borrowing from the state fund are charged 3% per cent interest and have 20 years in which to repay, although some repay sooner, thereby freeing matey for use by other schools. Applications from Noblesville and Western Wayne Community Schools were ruled too late for this allotment but may be considered again in June. Also the South Putnam Community Schools, Greenfield Central Community Schools and Fairfield Community Schools, which had been approved previously but the money not drawn, were held still eligible. The South Putnam loan was increased from the previously approved $460,000 to $750,000. Greenfield and Fairfield already were the maximum $750,000 allowed for a single loan.

Marriag« License William Dee Benny, Power and Light Co., Greencastle, and Andrea Lynn Hughes, secretary, Greencastle. Stephen Leroy Stine, Allison, Shelbyville, and Viviolana Sheese, secretary, Fillmore. George Wayne Ellis, Stone Quarry, Greencastle, and Hester Viola Gatlin, housewife, Richmond. Walter Vernon Hubble, mechanic, Roachdale, and Thelma Adiline Barley, housewife, Roachdale.

Putnam Court Notes State of Indiana vs. Lawrence Clifford and Madonna Clifford, complaint for appropriation of Real Estate. State of Indiana vs. Herbert F. Elmore and Flora Gladys Elmore, The Federal Land Bank of Louisville, complaint for appropriation of Real Estate. Texaco, Inc. vs. Forest E. Foxworthy, complaint on account. William McClellan is attorney for the plaintiff.

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Personal And Local News

Roy Hill of Buffalo, New York, le visiting relatives In Greencastle. Mrs. Wilbur S. Donner Is a patient in the Winona Memorial Clinic in Indianapolis. Mrs. Bessie Van Vactor flew to Astoria, Oregon, recently where she is staying with relatives. Due to area meeting at Turkey Rim on Thursday, May 19, the Selective Service Office will be dosed. Kappa Alpha Theta Alumnae will meet at 2:30 p. m. Friday with Mrs. Joe McCord, Cole Apartments. The Dorcas Class of the Putnam ville Church will meet tonight at 7:30 o’clock with Mrs. Gerald Sublett. Miss Barbara Gerneth and sister, Ann, motored to Bellville, Illinois, and visited with relatives Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Taylor and family motored to Rockville, May 15, to visit with their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Warters. The Garden Club will meet at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 18th with Mrs. C. L. Bieber. Mrs. James Hughes will have the program on roses. City firemen were called to 629 Anderson Street at 4:36 Monday afternoon. They reported water on the floor had come in contact with an electric plug. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mock and son, Douglas, of North Vernon, were the guests of S. E. Records, May 14 and 15. Mr. Records is Mrs. Mock’s father. Mrs. Frank Heavin, Mrs. Algan Moore, Mrs. Fred Pease and Mrs. Gladys Leucus motored to the West 10th Street Hospital, in Indianapolis, representing the local World War No. 1 Auxiliary. The Willing Workers of Somerset church will have a miscellaneous shower for Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Pearson, at the Church at 7 p.m. Friday, May 20th. The community is invited. Mrs. Pearson was LaConda Ellis before her marriage. William Moseley, former Greencastle boy and a local high school graduate, spent the week-end in this city visiting friends. Mr. Moseley was enroute from Cincinnati to Chicago. He and Mrs. Moseley, the former Martha Tucker, reside in California. Mrs. J. W. Herod, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. J. L. Robertson, flew to Visalia, California, yesterday. Mrs. Robertson has been here with her mother for several weeks, and Mrs. Herod is recuperating from an illness she has had the past winter. Wednesday afternoon the Little Olympics will be held at Blackstock starting at 12:45 p. m. Grades 3 thru 6 participate in this all Elementary School event. Kiwanis sponsors the annual afair. Lloyd Cooper will direct the events. Parents and friends are invited to attend. Friends of the Manhattan Church and Sunday School are invited to a 'pitch-in” dinner on Sunday, May 22, following the regular morning church service which starts at 10:45. There will be an interesting program in the afternoon, in charge of our minister, Rev. George Bradley, of Indianapolis. Come and join in the day of fellowship. In celebration of their parents’ twenty-fifth anniversary, Ruth, Diane and Linda, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walgamuth, are planning an Open House. It is to be next Sunday, May 22, from 3:00 to 6:00 p. m. at the Walgamuth residence, Ravenwood Drive, in Sherwood Addition. All friends are cordially invited to attend. Putnam County Federation of Clubs is sponsoring a bus trip to Vincennes, May 24th, a part of their observance of Indiana Sesquicentennial. The club members will leave the Greencastle bus station at 8:30 Tuesday morning and return in the evening. Historical sites in and around Vincennes will be visited. Information about the trip and reservations can be made by calling Mrs. Byron Crosby of Roachdale or Mrs. Grafton Longden, Jr., of Greencastle. Reservations must be in by Saturday.

Betty McFarland, a guest at the meeting. Happy Birthday was rting to Mrs. Claire Ross, and the Anniversary song was sung to Phyllis Smith. In the outlook report, we learned of a new automatic scouring device that keeps things from burning. A few members are planning to attend the June 7, 8, and 9 Summer Conference. Sixteen members were present st the meeting and also two guests, Mrs. Matty Soloman and Mrs. Betty McFarland. The next meeting will be June 14, at 8 p. m. in the home of Bernice Steward.

Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Hacker, R. R. No. 2, Cloverdale, wish to announce the approaching marriage of their daughter, Carolyn Sue, to Gary Lee Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Conard Hall, R. R. 1, Martinsville, Saturday, June 4, at seven o’clock at the Christian Church in Eminence. All friends and relatives are invited.

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Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Holland, of Morton, wish to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Sandra Kay, to Rodney E. York. The bride-to-be is a 1966 graduate of Balnbridge High School, where she majored in commerce. Miss Holland resides with her parents in Morton. Mr. York Is the son of Mrs. Mary York, 309 N. Jackson St., and Hubert York, R. R. 2, Greencastle. He is a 1960 graduate of Greencastle High School and has had four years of Naval training. The prospective bridegroom is employed by Public Service of Plainfield. No wedding date has been set.

Mrs. Irene Rogers Hostess To Club The Maple Heights Craft Club met Wednesday afternoon, May 11, at the home of Mrs. Irene Rogers. The president, Louise McKamey, opened the business meeting, followed by the craft lesson. This month’s craft was sachet balls covered with nylon net which all the ladies enjoyed making. Refreshments of coffee and strawberry shortcake were served by the hostess, Mrs. Irene Rogers. The next meeting Mill be held at the home of Mrs. Ethel Schachtel, June 8th.

Eilleen Kays Hostess To Balnbridge Club Balnbridge Community Service Home Demonstration dub met Tuesday, May 10, at 7:30 p. m. in the home of Eilleen Kays. Lowell Snapp, from Town and Country, demonstrated different uses of Mrtgs, and answered questions about special hair problems. He also demonstrated hair cutting on Mrs.

Mrs. Immel To Speak At Banquet Thursday Mrs. Mary Blair Immel, wife of the associate minister of First Christian Church, Lafayette, will be the guest speaker at the annual Mother-and-Daughter banquet Thursday at 6:30 p. m. in Fellowship Hall of The First Christian Church. Her subject wil be “From a Mother’s Scrapbook.” A graduate of Chapman College in Orange, Calif., and currently taking work towards a Master’s Degree in history and political science at Purdue University, Mrs. Immel has formerly taught in the public schools of Johnson County, Indiana. She has served the Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ) as vice-chairman of the Christian Education Committee and vice president of the State Convention of the Association of Christian Churches in Indiana. As an authoress, Mrs. Immel has had 80 stones, articles and poems published, and recently was honored at Indiana University during the annual Indiana Authors’ Day Awards Luncheon for her book “Two Way Street.” This is a story of a teenager who faces many problems when her parents are divorced, and she must learn to be a daughter in two homes. Mrs. Ward Mayhall, chairman of the program committee for the Christian Women’s Fellowship of the local congregation, is responsible for having Mrs. Immel in Greencastle for this special occasion. Men of the church are planning the menu, and will serve the dinner to their Moves and daughters. Reservations are being made through the church office.

To Tour Russia WASHINGTON UPI — The American Ballet Theater will be the first group to go to Russia under the new 1966-1967 U. S. Soviet cultural exchange agreement. The troupe will make a six-week tour beginning June 15. The State Department said Monday the troupe would present 31 performances beginning in Moscow, including stops at Leningrad, Kiev, Minsk and Kharkhov. The Bolshoi Ballet, the first Russian presentation under the new contract, already is touring the United States.

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Dismissed Monday: Marjorie Burke, Coatesville. Mrs. Keith Sanford and daughter,, Mooresville. Lela Walls, Greencastle. Richard Flint, Greencastle. Mrs. Dale Wagle and son, Greencastle. Mrs. Willa Robinson and son, Greencastle. Births: Mr. and Mrs. Harold Murphy, 607 Anderson Street, a boy, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Mangus, 901 South Locust Street, a boy, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Douglas, Cloverdale, Route 1, a girl, Monday.

Card of Thanks We regret that our thanks are belated, but they are just as sincere as if earlier. Yes, we deeply appreciate all the acts of kindness shown to our dear mother and to us, through her many weeks in the hospital and at her death. Kindness from friends, neighbors and church friends and friends far away was shown by sending lovely flowers, letters and beautiful cards. All of which we greatly appreciated. And for the ones who gave kindness by special service and attention, the minister, the nurses, Drs. Stephens and Dettloff, Milton’s Posey Patch, Rector Funeral Home, all have our sincere thanks. The family of Mattie Young Stevenson

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WASHINGTON UPI — Rep. Martha W. Griffiths, D-Mich., said Monday the government’s treatment of women federal employes is “reprehensible and in-

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Despite President Johnson’s boasts of equality In federal service, Mrs. Griffiths said women were not being promoted or paid on the same basis as men.

Card of Thanks We want to thank everyone who sent gifts of flowers, food, cards of sympathy and helped in any way at the loss of our mother, Lelia Herman. And for the bountiful dinner served to our family by the Methodist Church. “When good friends walk beside

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Our burdens seem less heavy The weary miles pass swiftly And all the world seem brighter” Children of Lelia Herman—by Berenice Smith.

Card of Thanks I am deeply grateful and sincerely appreciate all the kindnesses, cards, flowers, and visits extended to me by my friends, neighbors and relatives during my illness. I especially want to thank Drs. Lett, Wiseman, Schauwecker and Earnest, Mr. and Mrs. Cletus Suit and the entire hospital staff for their kind and understanding serv-

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Amir Rufat To Join DPU Staff The appointment of Dr. Amir Rafat to the political science department of DePauw University was announced today. A 33-year-old native of Teheran,, Iran, Rafat will join the university faculty as an associate professor, specializing in international relations. Rafat was graduated from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, with the B.A. in 1955. He received his advanced degrees in the United States, the M.A at the University of Nebraska and the doctorate at the University of Minnesota. He was taught at Westmar College (la.) the University of South Dakota and spent last year as a teacher in the government department at Kent State ((O.) University. This summer, before assuming his duties at DePauw Sept 1, Dr. Rafat will conduct research on west European political intergration at The Hague under a grant from The Center for study and Research. Dr. Rafat is married and has

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Ridpath School News In observance of Indiana Sesquicentennial the History Bus stopped at all of the schools. Mrs. Petro showed slides to grades 4 thru 6 on the history of Indiana and points of interest These slides were made available by the Indiana Farm Bureau.

Last Tuesday the second grades made a trip to the National Guard Air Force Base and Chesty Potato Chip factory at Terre Haute.

May 3rd the two first grades visited the airport and children’s zoo in Indianapolis.

The fifth grade will tour Allisons, Indiana Farm Bureau, and visit the 500 Race track this week.

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