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Gobbling gobblers have late November jitters

Carrying on a good chatter these turkeys from near the southern most tip of Putnam County will look more appetizing when they head the dinner tabl e Thanksgiving Day.

VOLUME SEVEWTY-SEVEN

The Daily Banner GREENCASTLE. INDIANA. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1968 IOC Per Copy

“It Waves For All”

UPI News Service

No. 24

Some 100 turkeys are stored in this State Farm cooler for tomorrow.

Turkey drumsticks even planned at State Farm

Putnam County is not ready for major disaster, says CD

by SHAUN HIGGINS

Staff Reporter

Students help in preparing food baskets by SHAUN HIGGINS Staff Reporter Miss Audrey Beatty, head of The County Welfare Office, today reported that Lucy Rowland Hall had contributed a large quantity of food to help fill Thanksgiving baskets for needy Putnam County families. The food was collected by the DePauw freshmen women as part of “People” program. Ellen Blair, a freshman from Golf, 111., who headed the drive said the girls presented a hall program on helping people and decided they could do their part by contributing food to local families. Miss Beatty said Ellen called her office and requested names of families who could use the food items. Miss Beatty’s office does not, however, release the names of needy families, so the girls gave the Welfare office the supplies. Miss Beatty’s group will distribute the Thanksgiving goodies. A total of over $50 worth of food was collected by the girls, who contributed about fifty cents worth of canned goods each, Miss Blair said. Also instrumental in the collection were Program committee Continued on Page 6 Nurse to hear talk on Bolivia The Putnam County Registered Nurses Organization w i 1 Imeet Tuesday night Nov. 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Putnam County Hospital dining room. Dr. and Mrs. James Johnson will give an illustrated talk on their summer experiences doing volunteer work in Bolivia. Patti Terry is in charge of the social hour following the program.

JASPER, Ind. (UPI)—Siamese twin girls born to Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Hopkins were scheduled to be transferred to James Whitcomb Riley Hospital in Indianapolis today to determine if they can be separated. The twins, weighing a total of 7 pounds, &k ounces, were born Monday in Memorial Hospital here, increasing the Hopkins family of rural Loogootee to 10 children. Hopkins is a self-employed carpenter. The couple’s other children range in age from 2 to 13. Attending physicians said Monday night the twins were “holding their own.” The twins are joined at the chest, indicating they may share vital internal organs. Dr. Francis Gootee, who with his brother, Dr. Thomas Gootee, delivered the twins, said there are separate heart beats but they couldn’t “tell anything yet” as to the extent of other internal organs being shared.

by DENNIS ABELL Managing Editor PUTNAMVILLE, Ind. — Only from within the confinement of insititutions such as the Indiana State Farm here do men really realize the true significance of holidays -- of families. The reason is because the family is absent, and a man is left to himself, his thoughts, and his memories. So it will be when men here are not included in the family festivities shared around the nation Thanksgiving Day. To many, the talk of togetherness, of sharing, of thankfulness,

Gootee said there was at least a 50-50 chance that the connection of the twins is more external rather than internal. He said the first 12 hours after birth were “very critical,” but added the babies’ conditions appeared satisfactory enough to survive that initial period. “The doctors told us a couple of days ago we might have twins,” Hopkins said. He said he and his 36-year-old wife have expressed “faith that the babies can be separated.” Prior to the births Gootee had told Mrs. Hopkins she would have “difficulty,” indicated from preliminary examinations. But the physicians had not expected Siamese twins. The twins were immediately placed in an isolette and were reported “looking better all the time.” Gootee said both parents had expressed their thanks that the twins were born alive. The other Hopkins children were described as normal.

and of family unity is all gossip for weaklings. The men act as if they do not care. To many “brotherly love” is something to be scoffed at. For others, at this short-term farm, it will be one time of the year when the thought of home Services set tomorrow for fire victim HARMONY, Ind.--Services for the 3 1/2 year-old boy who died early yesterday morning in a 2story house fire east of here, will be tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the Lawson Funeral Home in Brazil. The boy, Ralph E. Bedwell the only one of seven persons who failed to escape from the burning home, died of smoke inhalation, according to firemen. He was found in a corner of his upstairs bedroom. He was the son ofMr.andMrs. Richard H. Bedwell, of R.R. 5, Brazil. The family lived one mile west of the Putnam County line. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. Friends may call at the ftineral home in Brazil after 4 p.m. today. Survivors include the parents, brothers Rickie, Robert, Tommy and Jack and a sister, Marguerite. The father was at work at the time of the early morning fire. Other survivors are the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Cammarasana of New York and the paternal grandparents, Ralph O. Bedwell, of Jasonville Route 1, and Mrs. Ida Caudle, of Indianapolis. The fire marshal’s office has been called in to investigate the exact cause of the fire although firemen believed the blaze started due to a faulty chimney flue.

will be the closest to them. But when it comes to the traditional Thanksgiving Day tidbits the 1,124 men confined to the State Farm will have better filled dinner plates than many Hoosiers. Archie Milligan, farm food supervisor and Roy Martin, plant engineer, point out that the men will be eating the first holiday meal fully prepared under new cooking facilities, the result of a near $118,000 remodeling program, according to Martin. Items such as a new oven, new automatic dishwasher, steam facilities, lights, etc. have been installed including the last new item, an elevator from the kitchen to the basement storage, completed just last month. Cooling in the storage room today are 2,054 pounds of turkey meat on 100 gobblers which will be baked tomorrow afternoon for Thursday’s dinner. The birds, like almost everything else on the state property, is prepared at the farm . The turkeys are raised here. Fruit grown on the grounds is canned here. Most of the meal scheduled for Thanksgiving Day will have never left the state property. Among items charted for the men who average around 120 days of confinement here include 90 gallons of mash potatoes, 42 gallons of salad, 35 sheets of pumpkin pies, six cases of cranberry sauce, bread, milk, coffee, and sage dressing. The men will pass in cafeteria style in the large dining area in two shifts. They’ll take all they can eat with exception of meat which will be sliced in individual servings. There will be a choice of either white or dark meat. Come Christmas, the menu will include homemade ice cream. Martin pointed out a new ice Continued on Page 6

A Regional Civil Defense officer stated Monday that Putnam County has less than half the fallout shelter spaces it will need in case of a national

disaster.

Spencer Swanson, Liason officer, Region Four of CD, made his remarks at a “Business, Industry, and Government” Conference on Civil Defense held at the DePauw Student Union Mon-

day night.

Swanson pointed out that Putnam County, with a population of over 24,000 persons has little more than 11,000 shelter spaces. The entire county, he said, has 28 approved shelters. Only four of these are located outside of Greencastle. Most of them are Tomorrow is deadline “The day before Thanksgiving is the deadline for wrapped gifts to be left at the gift stations. “Make Thanksgiving atimefor giving,” stated Mrs. Ashley Barnes, Executive Director of the Mental Health Association in Putnam County. “Show your appreciation for the many blessings you have received during the year by sharing some of the warmth of the holiday season with a hospitalized mental patient.” The Putnam County chapter is collecting gifts for patients at Muscatatuck State Hospital, where mentally retarded of all ages are cared for and treated with the goal of sending as many as possible back to their original communities. Gifts will be distributed during special Mental Health Association Christmas parties held on the hospital wards with the cooperation of the association’s Hospital Volunteer Services Committee and friends. “A gift station is near your home,” Mrs. Barnes pointed out to us. “Leave your gift at any one of them by Wednesday, Nov. 27. Your township chairman will collect all gifts that day and deliver them to the jail, which will be the central headquarters until delivery to Muscatatuck in the earliest days of December. If questions need to be answered by any contributor, he may contact Mrs. Walter Worick, Roachdale; Mrs. Arthur Bowser, Mt. Meridian; or Mrs. Helen Pierce, Greencastle. Stations are located in Barnard Grocery Store; Willie’s Variety Store, Roachdale; Russellville State Bank & Russellville Bank; Groveland Presbyterian Church; Bainbridge, Branch of Roachdale Bank; Morton Store; Clinton Falls Store; Van Bibber Lake Store; Davis Restaurant, Pleasant Gardens; Kendall’s Garage & Manhattan Church, Manhattan; Rissler’s Market & Boesen Stop & Shop, Putnamville; New Providence Baptist Church, Jefferson Township; Johnson’s Hardware, Fillmore; Headley Hardware, Greencastle.

on the DePauw University

campus.

The CD leader said only four of the 28 shelters were stocked with food and water necessary for an emergency operation. The meeting was sponsored by the Indiana Department of Civil DAR winner

Carol Gi Itz Carol Giltz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Giltz has been voted the D.A.R. Good Citizen of Greencastle High School by her classmates and teachers. She has been active in Y-Teens, Pep Club, GAA, President of National Honor Society, Treasurer of French Club and also a member of Future Teachers and Science Club. Carol’s future plans are to enroll at Ohio Wesleyan University. Hospital evening hours change The Putnam County Hospital announced that the evening visiting hours would change on December 2nd. The new evening visiting hours will be 7 P.M. to 8 P.M. The current evening visiting hours are 6:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M. Because of the long office hours of some of the local physicians, they are unable to get to the hospital and complete their rounds before hospital visitors begin arriving. The afternoon visiting hours will remain unchanged. | Weather | watcher Cloudy with occasional rain likely, windy and mild today. Chance of rain possibly mixed with some snow north portion and colder tonight. Mostly cloudy and cooler Wednesday. Southerly winds 10 to 20 miles per hour and gusty today, becoming westerly late today or early tonight. High today 48 to 55. Low tonight 32 to 38.

Defense in cooperation with the Indiana University Civil Defense University Extension Program. George Clemens, Head of ttie Putnam CD, hosted the conference, which was attended by about 40 persons. A team of five CD experts, including Swanson, explained the various aspects and purposes of Civil Defense planning in the

community.

Michel S. Pawlowski, Special Lecturer, in the Civil Defense Extension of IU, spone on Radiation and its effects. Pawlowski presented a film showing that radiation was constantly present in the atmosphere but in insufficient amounts to cause damage to life. In the event of a nuclear attack, Pawlowski pointed out, the rise in the radiation level would endanger life. There are three factors which reduce the effects of radiation Pawlowski said. The factors are distance, time and shielding. Using a radioactive material and a geiger counter, Pawlowski demonstrated that the farther away an object was from a radiation source, the less radiation the object would absorb. He then said that time was an important factor in determining the amount of radiation present. Pawlowski explained that radioactive materials decay gradually, over a period of a short time. “For every seven-fold increase in elapsed time,” Pawlowski said, “there is a ten-fold decrease in radiation.” In a final demonstration Pawlowski showed the importance of shielding in radiation protection. He proved that the denser a material was, the better protection is offered. For example, lead is a better shielding agent than wood, and wood is better than

paper.

Pawlowski and other speakers

pointed out that man had more control over the shielding manner of protection than over the other two factors: time and distance. Such shielding, he said, can be provided by fallout shelters. Donald Dekker, professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department of Rose Polytechnic Institute in Terre Haute, spoke on the basic construction of fallout shelters and offered informat ion concerning built-in shelter facilities in new public

and private buildings.

Dekker said a community could often add needed shelter area in new school buildings and civic centers without increasing the

cost of the building.

Communities and Civil Defense units interested in pre-planning shelters for buildings to be constructed can obtain free guidance from the Professional Advisory Center of Civil Defense. The advice is given to architects and engineers free of charge to the

community.

Steve Vencel, head of the conference group, discussed the cooperation needed between business, industry and government in establishing effective local civil defense plans. He also spoke on the nature of the Civil Defense program. Vencel clarified that Civil Defense did not in any way advocate or desire nuclear holocaust. We hope it will never come, he said. “We’re talking about the possibility of nuclear war,” he said. “We don’t advocate nuclear war, but we do feel we should be prepared for the worst.” Vencel pointed out that CD also helped in local natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornados, fires, explosions, and so forth. Vencel stated that business, industry and government must Continued on Page 3

Michel Pawlowski demonstrates the effect of distance on radiation with the use of Geiger counter and radioactive cesium.

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