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The Greenfield Daily PHONE IN YOUR NEWS Phone HO 2-5528 PORTER By Carrier 25 Cents Per Week: By Mail In Indiana, $5.00 Per Year SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS World-Wide News Coverage by INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE FnfprH as "Qti. at The Post Office GREENFIELD, INDIANA, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1953. VOLUME XLIX NUMBER 240 Year 'Round Season BUILDING FUND GROWS Top Government More Space for Methodist Men i js it" v. Sfc. SWtrtrV Earth Satellite Whirls Steadily 'Moon' Circling Globe Every 113 Minutes By j.vwls WASHINGTON 1 INS Amor ica's first earth hurled into space by the Army's mighty Jupiter rocket, whirled steadily around the globe once every IK) minutes today and officials jubilantly declared "all the report-are excellent so far." A panel of satellite experts told Rev.

R. E. Hastings at First Church of God Rev. R. E.

Hastings, who is the 'predecessor of Rev. Covher as minister of the First Church of God located at 119 N. Broadway, v. ill be speaking in the Sunday morning worship service starting at 9 30 a. m.

Rev. Covher feels it is a privilege to hear this fine man of God bring an inspiring message and invites the public to hear this dedicated man of God. Rev. Hastings and his family are planning to return to the mission field after furthering their education at Anderson College. They are planning to return to the mission field around the middle of the year.

Sentenced for Grand Larceny Floyd B. Hendrix Pleods Guilty to Charge A -year-old Shirley man was sentenced to l-to-10 years General Chairman Harold R. motion since Jan. 2. ai Powell is shown with Roland 'lose Wednesday.

Fehrt.ir Bruss and Robert Ellison, re- at a congregatin-wiri. viewing the $67,119 total of the! to be hra! at ne rhuri-h at South Street Methodist Building (). ra. All in' :ere.sted Fund Campaign. and trends are to The campaign has been in tend tins il in Dr.

Yon Braun Responsible for Army's own Parking City To Clear Lot South if City Hall iidmini is ready aiv.iih-r let hr City room for more i jjc.rking the downtown to Mayir James A i Allen saai tiie city will recent' bals on remcval of a two--ory frame hou-e at 114 South reft at t.ne February the common" council. he is located immediately M- city Hah. conncil voted buy i.ou- about six mom lis aaa) at a t.f The ii.avn" added thut the Koum in ei condi'ion and ii could be i-d A i' ice to bidders on the for ch arinu the lot aud remov.ng all debri-. is expected thai the dwelling will be 'I'' a addi'ional space v. ill provide automobiles and give two-way acce-s to tin-nies.

crv parking lot behind the ci'v buildnnj. Women of Moose inference Pauline Traster Honored At New Castle Meeting i iinial mid-winter con- the Women of the ire Home u.e Six ted -Ruslu Vlhe urn was he'd at tlie Moose New Castle on Sunday, '26. This meeting was licit it the auspices of the of Regents, chapters were Castle. Shelbyville, lie. Richmond.

Conner.s-iiul Greenfield- with rs in attendance. Each eiiapier participated in a part of tie" work. Mrs. Paulhte Traster, now of Greenfield, but a life-time member of tilt Columbia City chapter, was invested with her red stole ov Looria Young of Con-nersvilie. The honor is bestowed on members after four years of active work with the College of -en; s.

(MItts attending from Greenfield were: Jeanette Franke, y' ni''v Re-jcnt; Lucille LeMonde, Slifer. Evelyn Murnan. Maud Thomas, Ethel Shirley, Ruth Adams. Lorel An.dis, Dora Sullivan. Georgia Merriman.

A' Addison rind Nannie Moon. Mother of Clarence Smith Dies Today Mrs. Muriel Smith, mother of Clarence Smith. 125 McClellan. passed away suddenly Saturday mormnsi in Houston, Texas, after suffering a heart attack.

Mr. Smith is leaving for Texas today to attend funeral services. at iij.t.at.nnam."!- ji tiirrotcfiil i aimrhirift WILLIAM F. ZI WASHINGTON 1 INS" A lifetime quest to free mankind from the chains of earth's gravity has motivated the man who probably is responsible more than anyone else lor the U.S. launching ef the nation's first earth satellite.

This man Dr. Wernher Von Braun has overcome Nazi tyranny in h.is native Germany and Pentagon red tape to achieve his life's dream-. He win the prime miver in put-tine the Army ahead of the Air Force in the inter-service missile development rivalry and vociferously contended that his group had the hardware" to place a in orbit as long as two years a so. But Von Braun and the Army vetoed, however, by the were high-level administration decision to launch the "Vanguard" pro- gram and keep the U.S. satellite' effort divorced from the field of military rocketry.

It was not until a dismayed America heard the "beep beep" of Russia's Sputnik I that Van Braun and the Army got a go- 1 ahead on their satellite project, Even then, they had to stand by while the Vanguard effort, with its deeply disturbing Dec. 6 fail-! ure. was given another ultimately fruitless chance to shoot a satellite into outer space. In the wee hours today, a the American satellite sped in its orbit. Von Braun proudly declared: "This is the beginning in our long-range program to conquer outer 5pace." Last year, the German rocket specialist received the Defense Department's Civilian Service Award from a nation that a little more than a decade ago would nave welcomed a snot at nim, rather than with him.

Von Braun. now almost com- plctcly Americanized, is happy do-1 ing what he enjoys most work-! ing with rocket, satellites and' space vehicles. i ft! ima dnn w'11 l. -n; tmaors. A- a bow Dr rii'd to fire roc! dumps of Berhm en en 1.

V. years oid, he ma' y's rock'-: he was rer( reel. el hieh luai-n el Civi troops in ir.g dnvs of Wo ac:" G- If a i di id 'a i i At one time, lie was fal -riy i of to escape to v. lor the roei. whieli Hitler had hi- cret weapon" that wc-tikl alive Jtging German iionen victory.

Von Braun and many of colleagues at tin' Penemunie Laboratories were round rp as pa: of America's "Operation Paper Clip" to secure i-p German scientists for tlie free world. Most of them hae ton. id a hone tlie U.S. and are v.o the U. S.

Armv ham: i-anoncv at Hit Ala mi. Von Braun Lves. Von Bi aim, who was educated in schools at Zurich, Switzerland and Berlin, where he received a doctorate in physic, believes that space travel "will open to mankind the gates to heaven." Space has been his medium since first took up youth in a German Liliuer a club when the defeated nation bidden use of military ai the Ver allies Treaty of was for-craft by To Enter I. lT. Miss Laura I.e.

Thomas pent part of the week at Indiana University. Bloominglon. v. here she registered for in baeU rie.Iogy. -She returned home Fridav to soend (pe -week-end with her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Dun B. Thomas. Indorsees Surgery Glen K. Boyd, of Gieenluld.

Rt. 6. underwent major surgery have no visitors. WWW i. s'f '1 CA' Bass, Pike Discussed A public hearing on a proposed discretionary order to continue the present year-around open season for bass and pike for another threw years will be conducted in headquarters of the Indiana Department of Conservation.

",11 West Washington street. Indianapolis at Pi a Friday. Feb. L'8. Duec-t, Knuii'li Marhn announced today.

Under the proposed order the year-around open season on bass and pike will be extended for the ycais P.ifS. V.i'VJ and There would be no sie limits on any of the -even affected, including small mouth, la tie- mouth and spotted bass, northern pike, silver or white walleyes or saucers. If appro1, ed following: tlie public iaaiiua. M.e order would become eifeetuvo Aim! Christian Cy Plans Services Young People of Church In Charge Sunday The Christian Youth Fellowship of the Gnenfield Christian Church ill he in entire charge of the 10:30 o'clock Sunday, February morning worship service, with three of the memoi rs presenting sermone. tes, others st rviiig as elders and deacons and for the opening it- program Ton Rilev.

president CYF. will preside during the sen ice and will give the invocation. Deliverinu the sermonetl will be Jack Williams, speaking on 'Lord. Help Our Jane Beaty. subject is "Should a Christian Be Peaceful Or Concerned and Margaret Hall, who will talk on "Is There Any Difference Between Christians and lion Christians." The Call to Worship will be given by Pat Headlee, the Scripture reading by Joyce Headlee, the Offertory prayer by Mary Lynn Gregory and the benediction by Brcr.da Conner.

Miss Judy McCain will sing "The Lord's Prayer" as a special musical number. Acting as elders will be Bob Laeey and Jim Shelby. The p.st. of deacons include Tom Beaule, Steve McClain. Mama Wolfe.

Helen Weinantz, Jerry Conner, Paul Alldredge, Mareia Shively, Cheryl Pope. Phil Gambrel, John Shelby, Janet Johnson and Sue Riley. Naming County Roads Proposed Planning Commission Endorses Suggestion Tlie Hancock County Plan Com-mi sicn and the Zoniim Board of Appals in an executive session has endorsed a proposal for marking or naming of county roads and called for a new ownership map of the county. Paul Otis, county building inspector, said the boards aproved a resolution on the two projects which was proposed by the county farm bureau. He added that the completion hinged en aproprialion of funds by the county council at some later date.

Many counties in the state now have roads named or numbered as an aid in direction finding. The marking of roads is technically a requirement of state law. Tlie county map shewing property ownership is now obsolete. The present map was made in 1936 by Gil C. Winslow, surveyor at that time.

Mm Osr said Plan Commission Member J. B. Powers was named by the group as liaison representative to sit with the City Plan Commission at its meetings. Feb. 20 was also set as the next public meeting of the county plan group.

Bill Isaacs Placed On Olivet Honor Roll Bill Isaacs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Delhagen, of Rt. 5. Rush-vine, has been placed on the First Semester honor roll at Olivet Nazarene College, Kankakee, 111., it was announced today by Dr.

Willis E. Snowbarger. dean of the college. The honor roll is made up of students with an average of or above. Bill is a senior at Olivet Nazarene College where he is enrolled in History.

Leaders Praise Moon Launching Firing Hailed as Step In Peace Exploring Of Outer Space WASHINGTON INS Top and e. in.t today hailed tlie hc.uchi:. America's first earth -atemm a-a step in the peace out el' space. Vice presidt H.ei. aid Nixon seunded the r.o'e (1 Hill and Pen? anon reaction v.

he said the firing prove world there i 'if scien' if capabih: Nie.n -aid: with the Jupiter (' wisdom of K.yiiluVAt'i proposal for the iie uneiu it space explorai inn in the CaU-e nt peace rather than ti.e v.sni.-e war." M-ribinu tea' a- a undertaking of "Atu rtctii -ei tuice and industry hacked l.y Secreta, H. McKlmy said: data the v. made a na nai ion and will enrich of world." Dr. Wernher Von lira on. tie Crerman rocket expert who created the "baby union." aid.

is the in the lum: program to c' nquer ou" spac- He added: "San ihn- have many uses of gr in al a- in scientific, military and coium uuc -lions fields. We will move onward To more cha as fast as our r'suurces Army Secretary WiitH-r M. nckt said the m- an the S. '-has i. nauis-ra-.

emerceiice into a new and teehra logical ra Man (iein .1. II Med.n a -uu-n milder of Ai Auciicy at Ilinnwna Ala s.i.u that success ut pr, i c.sent cooperative t-ftur' Retiring Army neeaivh LI. Gen. Jarres M. etavui that the U.S.

will use the 1 ing to improve "the lot of n-kmd everywhere." On Capitol Hill. Ihei ma K-ri'v and minority W. Mc-Corniack and Joseph W. M.tr'U!. lioth of MasachuseMs, had ei pi-aise for ihe Army.

Mart in sa id "It ke abre-as'. no' ahead, of -sians in tlie fight i I outer space." McCormack said: "I am glad to hear the good ta ws and I it is a complete success." 3Iay Prop.jvo Law Against Auto Price Monojxily Dmocratic and (iOP n.rn.be;-; disagreed on the prosn- ef anti-monopoly legislation out of the current hearings on pric policies in the au'o try. i Sen. Estes Kefauver 1)' T'enn chairman of the Senate subfotn-' mittee handling tlie inquiry, said he is "sure there wilt be Mime legislative proposals ties yevtr." But lie stres-ed that the prospect of such action will depend upon winch way cur economy how many ore businesses lose out" in the next six raon'hs. But Sen.

Alexander Wiley R. another member of the jii-i diciary subcommittee which a-d testimony by General President Harlow Curtice Than day and Friday, told newsmen "I den't see any legislation ing out of this. I don't think tins has proved anything." The hearings were recessed until Tuesday when Ford Motor Co. executives will appear, i Curtice told the senators ther is "no alternative" to the au'o industry's present cm of re called "adminitered prices He said the current business downturn is the result of ti.e pub- i lie "postponing its purchases'" not the product of higher price--, Byrd Reports Reduction In Number Of Federal I :mpli.vecs Sen. Harry F.

Byrd Va re-i ported that there was a net drop of 7fi.745 civilians on the feciey. I payroll during the last six inoii'hs of 1957. Byrd, chairman of the joint, committee on reduction of non-essential federal expenditures, said that civilian employment last December decreased by He added that 2.324 ..569 civilians were employed by the federal government in that month. The biggest decreases in December, he said, were in the Interior and Agriculture Departments and the Veterans Administration. The Post Office reported the largest increase for December, indicating the majority of tlie 3.5;r added to postal payrolls were hired to handle the Christmas mail rush.

Plan Breakfast Robert W. Kise, G. E. Manager, Is Speaker Melvin Draper, president of the Bradley Methodist Men's Club, announced that the club will meet for its regular monthly meeting in the church basement for a breakfast at 8:00 a. m.

sharp on Sunday, February 2. Robert W. Kise, manager of the Industrial Heating Department of General Electric company at Shelbyville. will be the guest speaker. The Boy Scout and Cub Scout leaders, troop committee and den mothers will be guests at this special Scouting meeting.

Mr. Kise came to Indiana in 1955, having formerly lived in Schenectady, N. where lie was active in civic affairs. He was president of the Y. M.

C. A. from 1946 to 1948. During that same period he was also a member of the Y. M.

C. A. National Board of Directors. He was a member of the New York State Executive committee. He is at present a member of the Y.

M. C. A. international committee, which directs the work of the throughout the world. He w-as honored by receiving the distinguished service award for civic activities while in Schenectady.

At present, Mr. Kise is a member of the Rotary Club and of the board of of the Shelby County United Fund. He has always been interested in promoting more activity by laymen in youth organization like the Boy Scouts. The Bradley Men's Club was recently engaged in cleaning and redecorating the organ room in preparation for the remodeling of the organ. Recently there is a new enthusiasm in the men's work in the church since nine men attended the retreat at Yokefellow House in Richmond.

All the men are asked to rise and shine and join the fellowship at 7:50 a when breakfast will be served along with Christian fellowship. Reviews County History for DAR Arthur C. Downing Speaker at Meeting Arthur C. Downing spoke for the meeting of Brandywine Creek Chapter of D. A.

R. last Tuesday night in Harris Hall, giving a review of the history of Hancock County. He told of the influence of the waterways in the development of the state and county from the founding of Vincennes in 1802 to the organization of Hancock County in 1828. Pathw-ays for the pioneers followed Indian trails along rivers, he said, and the level land, although not yet drained, proved the attraction to the early settlers. The first census of the county I showed 101 settlers, locating first in the southeast part of the county near Wolf's Dam, then moving north and west along the streams establishing their homes.

Principally the pioneers came from the Carolinas and the Virginias, he said. The first three townships were Jackson, Brandywine and Sugar Creek, natural divisions because of the rivers. Mr. Downing continued with the importance of the Old National Trail, now Road 40, which was the principal path to the then new west. In 1842, he told, there were difficulties laying out the road near Knightstown because of the terrain; west of Greenfield was the treacherous Black Swamp, fortified with a "corduroy" base.

Many stage coach hold-ups occurred there. He located the toll gates along the National Trail, and described the travel and hostelries. In 1828 Greenfield was ahead of Indianapolis in importance and growth, he said. Progressive farmers, conservative but of sterling qualities, soon established this strong county. The early settlers included many prominent men in the legal and medical field, and in '1880, he pointed out, there were three more registered in the Bar Association than are now listed.

Education and a strong cultural desire also prevailed in the county. The speaker named many prominent people from the past who made strong contributions to the development of the county. Mr. Downing continued by describing the gas boom in 1888 (Continued on Page 3.) a news conference that the bullet shaped space vehicle'. radio transmission has been heard at "every point" where tracking on-; orations are located and that a mass of scient.iic data is being accumulated.

An official of the Smithsonian AstrophvMcal Observatory a Cambridge. said the satellite may be visible immediately after sunset in ihe "middle and southern parts of the U. Trackers reported that the orbiting man-made "space bullet" is spinning at a speed of about lS.ooi miles an hour some 200 miles above the earth at the nearest point and some 1.700 miles high at the zenith of us egg-shaped swing. Soviet scientists hailed America's success in launching an answer to the Russian Sputniks. Prof.

Alexander M. Ncsmeyanov. i pre ident of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, issued congratulations on behalf of his colleagues in Moscow. Shortly before 11 a. m.

ESTn officials announced that the only unexpected development was the "rupturing" of three or four of; the sateliie's meteor sensing devices. The scientists said they were uncertain whether this oc curred during the launching or in collisions with meteors. Dr. Wernher Von Braun. chief creator of the pioneer U.

S. satellite, said that though he is highly satisfied" with its performance he sees no rea -on to revise his estimate that the U. S. may be five years behind the Russians in space vehicle development. Von Braun added thai a second Jupiter Rocket has been modi- fied to propel a bigger satellite into space and "will be fired be-; twecn now and April." Monte M.

Grass Funeral Sunday Last Rites Set for Accident Victim Funeral services for Monte Merle Grass, ge 17 years, of Wilkinson, have been announced Ly the Condo Son Funeral Home at Wilkinsdn for 1:30 p. m. Sunday at the Wilkinson Methodist Church with Rev. Paul Trumbauer. the pastor, officiating.

Interment will take place in McCray Cemetery. Friends may call at the funerai home anytime until 12:30 p. m. Sunday and after that time at the church. The youth died Friday morning in Robert Long Hospital.

Indianapolis where he had been a patient the past ten days for treatment of injuries he sustained in an automobile accident on November 3th which occurred north of Shirley on the county line when the car struck a concrete bridge abutment. Two other youths. Jon Elliott Bright. 17, of Shirley, driver of the car and Bobby Gregory. 19, of Shirley, Rt.

2, were fatally injured in the crash. A senior student in the Wilkinson high school, Grass was a well known athlete, playing center on the basketball team and pitcher for the Shirley baseball team. Surviving are the parents. Mr. and Mrs.

Merle Grass of Wilkinson; two brothers. Malcolm and Randy, at home; the maternal grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Delph of Wilkinson, and Mr.

and Mrs. John Grass of Shirley. WILL APPEAR ON FARM AND HOME PROGRAM Mrs. Elbert Griffith. Rt.

2, Greenfield, a project leader for the Mohawk Home Economics club and Miss Mildred Campbell, county home demonstration agent, will appear on the Farm and Home program over WISH-TV Tuesday at 12:15 p. m. They will discuss the highlights of the Citizenship lesson to be presented during February at the local home economics club meetings. in the Pendleton Reformatory Saturday morning after pleading guilty in Hancock Circuit Court to a charge of grand larceny. He is Floyd B.

Hendrix. Shirley. Rt. 3, who was arrested by state police two weeks ago in connection with a series of break-ins in Shirley and Wilkinson. Hendrix confessed to four break-ins in Shirley and was specifically charged with a theft of money and merchandise irom the Massey Drug Store in Shirley.

A diabetic, part of Hendrix's loot was insulin and hypodermic syringes. lie entered the guilty plea before Judge Samuel J. OfTutt and was sentenced immediately. Rockets To Hit it1 Eroadripple Netters Play Tigers Here A Rocket will hit Greenfield tonight- in fact, a quintet of Rockets from Broad Ripple high school in Indianapolis. The Tigers, playing host to their second Indianapolis squad in as many nights, will face one of their strongest competitors of the current campaign.

Coach Vern Childs' boys have dropped two contests to capital city teams Manual and Scecina and are seeking their first victory. Broad Ripple has lost but four games while winning nine. Like Greenfield, they were also in action Friday night and won easily from Washington of Indianapolis, 64-48. Probable starting lineups for tonight's game: Plroad Kipple Aufderhcidc Schopp Shorter Holle Keller Greenfield Graddy Hunt Williams Kelly Werdcn New Palestine Girl Is Contest Winner The Betty Crocker Homemak-tr of Tomorrow7 in New Palestine High School is Miss Mary Ann Welker. She received the highest score in a written examination on homemaking knowledge and attitudes, administered December 3, to senior girls in the graduating class.

Her examination paper will be entered in competition to name this state's candidate for the title of All-Am-(rican Homemaker of Tomorrow and will also be considered for the runnerup award in the ttate. For her achievement she received an award pin designed by Trifari of New York. This award was presented to her by Mrs. Melen Kirkpatrick, homemaking teacher, at a convocation January 29th. To New" Home Mr.

and Mrs. Jack C. Andrew r.nd daughter have moved into their new home at 831 N. Broadway in Layne Crest Addition The Andrews formerly were residents of Lawrence and Mr. Andrew is an engineer at WTSH-TV Toniaht The 45 year-old scientist, now at the Methodist in In-naturalized citizen, still speaks dianapolis.

Friday. His condl-with a slight accent. He says he I tion is reported as satisfactory, speaks German occasionally at but at the present time may heme with his wife and two iiiiii I bj rr 1 I Hi II 8 iMMi- 3 Lj EAGLES MAKE PRESENTATION Harold Smith, Greenfeld High School principal, accepts copies of the Ten Commandments from the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Ladies Auxiliary to be distributed to students in a 1 1 the Greenfield city schools. Shown here making the presentation are Mrs. Charles A.

Mclntire, charman of the Ladies Auxiliary Youth Guidance committee; Ralph McClarnon, worthy president, and William Burelison, past worthy president. (The Reporter Photo, John Foster).