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1 Jr. ILuDIlDilllDncBE i snn Tj a 11 line UNITED PRESS TTS WIKE SERVICE COLUMBIA CITY, IND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1957 NBA FEATURE AND PICTURE SEBVICB COS KU AmniirDiS( LIBRARY'S MICROFILM READER Mr. E. List, librarian, is pictured a he adjusts the microfilm reader now in use at the Peabody Library. Work of microfilming the newspaper files in the county recorder's office was completed by the library late in June.

Newspapers from January, 1859 up to the present day have been microfilmed for the library's reference department at cost no greater than that of having the flies bound. Microfilming, besides advantage of preserving old papers, saves much space. Money from the Peabody Fund provided or the cost of microfilming and the reader, a type considered most practical. Originals of the microfilm are stored in a bombproof vault. Th3 Of rh3 Of ttabs Wesby Is Eslng CckbrcSsd Tcday suaded two or three students to go with him to the weekly sacra ment.

This led young gentleman of the Christ Church to exclaim, "Her tM twwi-- The name rmlckly spread through the university of Oxford and Methodism began its course. In 1735 Charles was ordained and went with his brother-to Georgia to work as a sec-etary. Enduring hardships, his health failed, and he left Frederics for England on July 26, 1736. After his evangelical conversion on Whit Sunday (May 21, 17381 he became the poet of the revival. He wrote about 6500 most every denomination today The early volumes of poetry tear the names of both Charles and John but it is generally assumed that the original hymns were written by Charles and ti anointed by John.

Charles married Sarah Gwynne, daughter of a Welsh magistrate on April 8, 1749. She died in 1882 at the age of 96. Five children died as infants and then- surviving daughter, Sarah, engaged in liter ary work died unmarried in 1828. Charles Wesley Jr. was organist of St.

George's Hanover Square. He published six Concertos for the Organ and Harp and also died un married. Samuel, the youngest, was even more gifted than Charles as an organist and composer. Ir.cf:r fcs Qm VI tint. VI llMaiMiiwI Possible fractures of the right hip and right leg were received about 8 a.m.

today by Norman Schie, 33, resident of the Knapp Trailer Court, Fort Wayne, in an accident at the Farm Bureau Fertilizer plant at Briggs station. Employed as a fertilizer hand ler, Schie was -walking in fiuui of a tractor used in the loading process. The mounted bucket on the tractor knocked him down in front of the tractor and the tractor passed over his body. Schie was taken to Memorial Hospital here in a J. A.

Dc Money and Son ambulance for examin ation and treatment. Koar ui Alias Puts Bsckbon Into Alliance All 15 NATO Nations Agree On Program Br JOSEPH W. GRIGG United Press Staff Correspondent PARIS IUP)-America's NATO allies accepted the U.S. offer of nuclear stockpiles and medium range missiles for the defense of Western Europe, authoritative conference sources disclosed today. Details of the actual stockpiling or the setting up of missile bases are to be worked out later in bilateral negotiations between the United States and its European Allies.

The agreements Involving each individual country will be based on recommendations by American Gen. Lauris M. Norstad, the Allied supreme commander, as to the best sites for nuclear stockpiles and missile bases. The agreement in principle reached at a meeting of NATO forcigs ssd defense ministers followed closely the announcement of the successful firing of the first U.S. intercontinental ballistics missile.

Although there was no final firm cornmittaent by any individual Continued on page tear Cf Hj Cfcb Since 1934 Miss Margaeritt 3uits been serving as sponsor of the Booster Club at Columbia City Joint high school, having' already completed her 23rd year in that capacity. Founded in 1924, the Booster Club is made up of representatives of each class. In the words of Miss Stultz "it is an organization whose members work hard and receive their reward in the knowledge that they have performed a service for their school. The aim ot the club is to not only make money for the various school purposes but to also teach principles of salesmanship. Many former members of Booster Club are now among the leaders in local community life according to Miss Stultz.

"As I have worked with Booster Club I have grown better acquainted with the many students. It is a pleasure at the game6 to see our many former students as they come back and bring their children." Miss Stultz commented that the game nearest Christmas is usually a very happy time since many college studenis are there. Sales at the ballgames really furnishes an index to the economic status of the community Miss Stultz feels. During depression years, she recalled, sales averaged about 12 night. At that time if sales brought in $20 in one night, it was considered a very good evening.

'Then children might have a dime to spend," she reflected, "while now they often spend 50 cents or more." Greatest receipts at a football game amounted to $128 on October 2, 1953 at the Columbia City-Bluf-fton game. On November 6, 1954 when the Eagles met Pierceton in a cage game, receipts ran up to $103.10, highest sales ever recorded at a home basketball game. fc'Tmn .1 -i wmmi.m, SOU License Plates With Special Numbers Ready For Mailing Some 500 plates, each of which carries some special number for its owner, are wrapped and tied and ready to be mailed January 1st from the local license brancn. Special plate orders Include telephone numbers, street addresses, or a year of birth, more than 500 have already taken advantage of the opportunity. The first to secure a 1958 plate was Charles Johnson of Coesse.

To secure some special number, the motorist needs to bring his tax receipt, plus the registration form sent him from Indianapolis to the auto license branch at 367 N. Line. Regular sales of license plates will begin January 2, 1958, and no special numbers will be allowed after regular sales begin. Personnel at the local branch will include Frosa Rogers of Tri Lakes, Marilyn White and Charles H. White.

Handley Reports On His First 13 Monfhs In Office Indiana Getting Nationwide Acclaim For Fight Against Public Power He Says INDIANAPOLIS ITP) A state wide television audience Tuesday night heard Governor Handley tell how his administration brought Hoosierland "businesslike. Jamest. economical government" during its first 10 months in office. The Republican State Commtitee sponsored the talk by the chief executive over eighteen television stations, including outlets in Louisville and Cincinnati. Handley said Indiana is getting "nationwide acclaim" for its fight against public power, aid to education and other "pernicious" programs of the federal government.

His blast against lederal en croachment of state powers was the type of attack Sen. Homer Capehart and other Hoosier Con gressmen warned him to stop only the day before. Capehart said such Continued page low The name of Mrs. Elizabeth Snyder, 96 resident at the home of Mrs. Jess Gibson, 3, was supplied today as a shut-in.

The local newspapers are supplying the names of these people that their acquaintances and friends may remeirher them with holiday greeting cards. Also listed as a shut-in is Lester Will, 114 West North street, recently returned from St. Vincent's hospital. Indianapolis; Otto E. Keller, patient at St.

Joseph's hospital, Fort Wayne. Names of Mrs. Emma Kyler, 206 South Main street, Mansfield, a former resident on East Jackson street: Mrs. Anna Allen, formerly a resident on North Main street and now at the State Soldiers' Home, Lafayette; Mrs. Naomi Butler, Columbia City, 6, who has been bedfast four years, also were added to the list today by friends.

i i 1 lo Cut Price Supports On Dairy Products For Marketing Year Starting April 1 WASHINGTON (UP)-Secretary Agriculture Ezra T. Benson said today he will cut price supports on dairy products to the legal minimum of 75 per cent of parity for the marketing year starting April The new support levels will apply both to manufacturing milk and buttcrfat. Present supports now are about 83 per cent of parity for manu facturing milk and about 80 per cent for butterfat. Benson said the downward adjustments are equivalent to about Z'k cents a pound for butter, ZVi cents a pound for cheese, and 4 cent srt for He said a lower price to con sumers would result in consump tion of more milk and milk products. Benson made the announcement at a news conference, saying be was doing so well in advance of the marketing year to adjustments and milk promotion plans can be underway by the start of the new marketing year.

Benson prefaced his announce ment by noting that dairy supports in the last fiscal year cost the government 379 million dollars. A careful study yl the dairy situation, including discussion with, industry representatives and advisory committees, he said, "indicates that adjusting supports to the 75 per cent level will be in tint best interests of the 6 airy industry." While necessary adjustments are being made by producers, Benson said, his department "will assist the dairy industry in every sound way we can." He promised continued cooperation in promotion and advertising programs and said the department will step up efforts to acquaint. consumers with facts about milk as health food. Perry Leer's kr Perry J. Leazier, 23, Churubusco, 1, injured in an accident about 5:20 p.m.

Tuesday on the Hand road three miles west of Hunter-town, was treated at Parkview Memorial hospital in Port Wayne and released. Leazier's car, northbound on the narrow gravel road, collided head-on at the crest of a hill with a southbound car driven by William W. West, 44, Fort Wayne, 13. State Trooper Don Moody said the drivers were unable to see each other because of the hill. Members of the Huntertown rescue unit took four persons injured in the wreck to hospitals.

Admitted to Parkview hospital were West and his wife, Alma 28, and their 17-month-old son, Arthur R. The parents were in "fair" condition today while the child's condition was listed as serious. The baby sustained head in juries wfiile the parents had fac ial lacerations and other injuries Hi. nTr hi -i- ir ii- iCOuiiijr exceeds uirr Quota By V5 For Mental Hospitals Mrs. Shelley Stemen reported that she had taken eight more gifts for patients in Indiana Mental Hospitals to Hie collection center Fort Wayne this week.

She said, "This brings the total to 365 gifts from generous Whitley county residents." the requested quota was 250 gifts. Although Dec. 6 was Ihe date for gifts being turned in to allow for processing to select the gift for the patient Mrs. Stemen, county chairman, was assured that a special place for the gifts would be found. Aoiccn Farms Turn Out Bunpi Crc? During 157 On Smallest Total Acreage Planted Or Grown Since 1919 WASHINGTON UP) American farms turned out a bumper crop in 1957 on the smallest total acreage planted or grown ince 1915.

The Agriculture Department's year-end crop report Tuesday said the 1957 crop matched the record production of 1956 and 1948 and set all-time yield per acre. The record yield was accomplished despite many local and sectional setbacks which delayed planting and harvest of some crops to latest stage in several yars. Stated in index form ihs 1S57 crop joined those of 195S and 1948 in reaching 106 per cent of the 1947-49 base. The overall yield per acre index covering 28 field and fruit crops reached 127 per cent of the 147-49 base. This considerably surpassed the previous record of 124 per cent in 1956 and 118 per cent in 1905.

Feed grains and forage bad a big year. The corn crop at bushels was the third larg est in history. It was only slightly smaller than the 3,455,283,000 bush els of 1956 and only moderately below the record 1948 crop. Oat6 production was much larg er than in 1956. Sorghum grain more than doubled any previous output.

Hay tonnage was almost one-tenth larger than the 1955 record. Wheat, the big breadgrain crop, weighed in at 947,102,000 bushels, far below average. Damage Totals $105 In Two Accidents Which Occur In City Tuesday Property damage totalled 1105 in two trnffip accidents which oc curred in Columbia City Tuesday. No personal injuries resulted either accident. Only one vehicle was involved in the first accident, which occurred at 10:00 a.m.

Tuesday at the intersection of East Van Buren and Whitley -streets. According to police reports a panel truck driven by Homer DeWayne Beam, ton Wayne, struck a street light when Beam backed the vehicle up to turn into Whitley street from Van Buren. Damage to the 1957 Chevrolet truck was estimated at 10. The street light and rigging owned by the city was damaged to the ex tent of S60. Just 15 minutes later the second accident occurred in the 300 block of West Van Buren.

The mishap occurred when Bert Denton, city, backed into a parked auto own ed by Harold Lundblad, 417 North Washington, while backing from the curb, according to police re ports. Denton's auto was not damaged but the left rear fender of the 1950 Chevrolet owned by Lundblad was damaged to the extent of S35 By UNITED PRESS INDIANA: Considerable cloudi ness tonight with rain ending in most sections. Turning cooler south. Thursday partial clearing with moderate temperatures. Low tonight in the 30s north and the 40s south.

High Thursday in the 40s north and the 50s south. Sun set 4:23 p.m. Sunset Thursday 7:01 a.m. Low Thursday night in the 40s. Outlook for Friday: Rain and mild.

High Friday in the 50s High Tuesday 41 Low Tuesday 30 Wednesday 1:00 50 of 1. Richard G. Heck Is Chi Phi Pledge Richard G. Fleck is among 34 pledges to the Chakett Colony of Chi Phi social fraternity at Indi ana University. Chi Phi, one of the nations oldest fraternities, has chapters in 35 colleges throughout the U.S., but situated primarily in the South and East.

The I.U. Chapter will be formal ly installed to the spring. Thejr plan to move into the present Kappa Delta itno nouse in uie iau of 1958. Fleck is the son of Mr. and Mrs.

Raymond Fleck, 350 N. Main street. ChrisimasAppsal From Fireman For YuSePcrty Funds vviiiiiiuiiiir viiiiiiiiiu Fund Far Short Of $250 A Christmas appeal came today from the Columbia City Volunteer Fire Department which for many years has sponsored the Community Christmas here. The fire department finds itself in an embarrasing situation. It always has depended upon public support in the way of subscriptions to finance the community event.

Necessarily candy and orange treats must be ordered well in advance of the planned Christmas Eve party, to be paid for by funds received the two weeks preceding Christmas. Ail is running per schedule ex-aept for me thing subscription checks and cash have been no-1 usually disappointing. An outlay of about 1250 is necessary for Community Christmas, when 600 sacked treats are given children at the courthouse on Christmas Eve. Subscriptions to Community Christmas to date have been a meager $34.00. But hope for continuing the annual Christmas event came today when more than the season's total rolled in.

still the fund is far short of the required amount. The Community Christmas financial scoreboard today told the 6tory: Previously acknowledged $34.00 Post ft Commercial-Mail 5.00 Tri Kappas 25.00 Beta Upsilon chapter of Delta Theta Tau 25.00 Choir Practice The choir of the Trinity Methodist Church will meet for regular practice Thursday at the church at 8:00 p.m. The First Baptist church choir will practice at the church at 8:30 p.m. Thursday. The EUB choir will not meet on Wednesday evening 4br practice but will meet at the church Sunday morning at 9:00 for practice be fore the church service at 9:30, V' other Atlas interconti nental ballistic missile (ICBM) following Tuesday's successful Atlas test amid these developments: Air Korce Chief of Staff Thomas D.

While predicted interstellar travel within 25 years. Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle said that by the year 2,000, man will have travelled to Mars or Venus.

The sharpest warning of the need for an all-out U.S. weapons effort came Tuesday at the pre pareJness hearings from Gen. Cur lis E. Lemay, Air Force vice chief of staff. "Unless we do something very radical," Lemay said, "we will become inferior to the Russians militarily in a very short time.

The subcommittee, which concluded its second round of public hearings Tuesday night, wll resume Jan. 6 with at least another week of hearings scheduled. Christmas Party Is Planned For All The Legionnaire Children A Christmas Party is being arranged for the children of legionnaires at 8:00 p.m. Monday at the legion Home by Columbia City Post 98 and the Auxiliary. The evening's entertainment will consist of a Christmas film and several cartoons.

Santa will also be present with treats for all the children. All legionnaires are urged to come and bring their children Another iLlill Being Today For Firing Await Finishing Of Computations By Mechanical Brains Br CHARLES TAYLOR United Press Staff Correspondent CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. UPI Another intercontinental Atlas missile was readied today for fir ing as soon as mechanical brains finish their computations on Tues day's first successful ICBM launching. Some sources said the Air Force missile, now standing in its launching tower, would be fired before the week Is out.

Others said at least a week will be required to assemble an the data from Tuesday's shoot and make the neces sary adjustments for the second firing. The presence here of MaJ. Gen. John A. Med arts, commander of the Army ballistic missile arency at Huntsvffle, and Dr.

wenr-: ner Von Braun, technical dire-1 tor, brought increased reports that a Jupiter intermediate range missile might be fired some time today. Third Try Fr Attas The big talk was still about the Atlas which Tuesday completed "limited range test of several hundred miles." Two previous attempts to fire this U.S. entry in the long-range missile race had ended in destruction of the Atlases a few thousand feet above the launching stand. At a press conference after the spectacular shoot, Maj. Gen.

Don ald N. Yates, commander of fat-rick AFB and military operations at the test center, and engineers tried to emphasize that "busts" do not mean a launching was unsuccessful. They said previous tests should be considered "95 per cent successful" because of the infor mation gained. As they spoke, about 50 technicians had already started processing data recorded electronically during the Atlas shoot. Information Extensive The job would go on without let up for 80 hours.

Yates said over "one-quarter of a million individual data points" were the scientific objectives hi the launching and we'll probably get them all. B. G. Macnab, operations man ager at the cape lor Convair prime contractor for the Atlas, said the complex count down leading to the launching went off without a serious hitch. He described a scene of elation in the blockhouse after the big bird flew successfully.

The firing of the first ICBM gave this nation new strength in the rocket race with Russia, a firmer footing in the Paris NATO talks, and a third potential satellite carrier. The successful Atlas launching came on the 54th ar.niveioory oi the Wright brothers' first airplane flight. ItlaJ wwtVWiJ ss The "flying saucers" Mr. and Mrs. Ray E.

Geyer, 7. reported Tuesday as appearing about sundown last Saturday as they were eastbound on lnd. 14 one mile west of the hiteresction of lnd. 9, were explained today by DeWitt Kyler. Mr.

Kyler, resident on the Wash ington Center road a mile west of Peabody, thought some time ago he was seeing flying objects, but for.them he has this explanation The "saucers" in reality are discs of bright metal suspended at intervals from the high tension transmission line of the Indiana Michigan Electric Co. Visible from lnd. 14 arc five of these objects Reflected rays of the late after noon sun make them appear as being linked together and "flying'' as long as the automobile of the motorist is in operation. Wlien the motorist stops, the discs appear to halt also. Once the position oi the car is such that the sun's rays do not reflect from the ob jects, they disappear from sight explained Mr.

Kyler. High Low NEW YOKK (UPI The coldest spot in the nation today was Big Piney, where the temperature dipped Ui 2 degrees below zero, according to the U.S. Weather Bureau. Tuesday's high temperature was 82 degrees, recorded at Kingsville, Tex. in The Z50'h anniversary of the birth of Charles Wesley, the great hymn writer, is being celebrated today.

iue invuwi' ocm wesiey, the founder of Methodism, he was the 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, Rector of Epworth. The rectory was destroyed by fire in 1709 and Charles was saved from the fire by his nurse. Charles entered Westminster school in 1716, became King's Scholar and was captain of the school in 1725. He was a plucky boy, and won the life-long friend-1 sip of the future earl of Mans-i his behalf Charles Wesley was elected to Christ Church in 1726. John bad become fellow of Lincoln the prev- tots March.

Charles lost his first 12 months in Oxford in "divers ions" but while John was acting as his father's curate, his brother awoke out of his lethargy. He pury rrc.tt I LI rf Volunteers from the Salvation Army and the Whitley County Department of Public Welfare arc busy these days planning the food, which will go into baskets to be distributed Christmas Eve by the Christmas Cheer Program to needy families and individuals all over the county. Several local business firms have contributed groceries to supplement the funds received in the Salvation Army's Red Kettles. Envoy Logan, officer-in-charge of the local Salvation Army, reported that the Christmas Cheer committee have planned the baskets of food to include flour, beans, peas, com, peaces, bread, cranberries, meat, candy, sweet potatoes, celery, white potatoes, oranges, nuts and milk. Each basket will be filled in accordance with the size of the family and their actual needs.

An effort is being made to see that every worthy person in Whitley County has food for a good, wholesome Christmas dinner. The baskets will be packed by volunteers just before they are delivered. Local firms, who I'ave already volunteered food to add to the baskets, are Bob Wilson Super Market, Williams Super Dollar Market, the Kroger store, Daniel Brothers, Ott Potato Farm and Columbia Dairy. Rev. Tmmett L.

Anderson Collins Evanerlical Un'ted Brethren Circuit John God's Love. Scripture verse for meditation John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believcth in him should not perish, but havt everlasting life." One of the most Important tilings for us to think about during the Christmas season is God's love tor us. With all of the buying and exchanging of gifts, we many timeb forget about the greatest gill oi all. Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour, was this greatest of gifts. As was stated in the verse above God's love was so far-reaching and wonderful that he gave his only son so that we might believe in him and have everlasting life.

There are many people in our wosld today who have not responded to God's love. Such persons may be your next door neighbor. It is the responsibility as well as the privilege of all Christians to share this gift with others. As you give various gifts to people this vear, try to attach to it the kind of love that God expressed for mankind when he gave Jesus Christ our Saviour. et ff I- t-n Free Pr By DAYTON MOORE United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON (UP Testimony before) a Senate hearing on the U.S.

missile-satellite lag indicated today that the Atlas continent-spanning missile fire successfully Tuesday was sent up without its nose cone. Maj Gen. Bernard A. Schriever, Air Force ballistic missile chief, told the Senate Preparedness Subcommittee a complete Atlas was not used in Tuesday's test firing or in either of the two earlier unsuccessful tries. Hip statement further Indicated that the major problem connected with the cone is to prevent it from burning up when it reenters the earth's atmosphere.

"Except for a full-scale, all-the-way test which is proof of the oudding we are fully confident that we have the nose cone problem in hand." Schriever testified Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson called upon Americans today to unite and work as 'hey did after Pearl Harbor to put the U.S. ahead of Russia in the missile race, "We have to spend our days and nights trying to get ahead," the Texas Democrat said. The second round of Johnson's subcommittee hearings wound up in a spate of dour warnings, bright forecasts and more frenzied activity at the Cape Canaveral, missile test range. Technicians began readying an- BUSINESS CONFERENCE Members of the CCJHS Booster Club are pictured above as they discuss plans for the sale1 of refreshments at Friday night's game with their sponsor, Miss Marguerite Stultz.

The students and Miss Stultz, who has served as sponsor of the organization since 1834, are gathered around a freezer installed to store ice cream bars for sale at home games. Pictured are Heft to right) Aletha Bridcgam, Tom Bridegam, Miss Stultz, Diane Cutterly, Carolyn Hatfield and Linda Sooy. 4.