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Page A2 Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, Indiana, Wednesday. November 25,1998 CALENDAR Today Bloodmobile: The Pulaski County American Red CrossSloodmobile will be available from 11:15 a.m. to 5:15 at the American Legion, 110 N. Franklin Winamac, Friday SpaghattVFettucclM Dinner All-you- care-to-eat spaghetti or fettuccine will be available from noon to 9 p.m. at Fazoli's.

Cost is $5.48 and includes a drink. Proceeds will go toward a Kmart children's shopping spree. Saturday Frefl Lunch: A free community lunch will be served from 11 am to 12:30 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, Seventh and Market streets. All are welcome.

Kldsarcin: The Logansport Parks Department is holding a "Kidsercise" class from 10 to 11:15 a.m. at the Benjamin Long Center, 101 N. Cicort St. This free class is to help children ages 4 to 6 develop their large motor skills. AGENDA Tuesday THE ROCHESTER BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS will meet at 6:30 p.m.

at the Rochester City Hall Complex, 320 Main St. THE BURNETTSVILLE TOWN COUNCIL will meet at 7 p.m. in the Burnettsville Community Center. THE PIONEER SCHOOL BOARD will meet in executive at 6:30 p.m. in the Pioneer Junior-Senior High School media center.

Wednesday THE ROCHESTER BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY will meet at 5 p.m. at the Rochester City Hall Complex, 320 Main St. LOTTERIES Hoosier Lottery Tuesday's drawing Daily Three: 7-2-5 Daily Four: 4-1-7-1 Lucky Five: 7-14-15-20-36 Today's drawing Lotto Cash Jackpot: $4.5 million Hoosier Lottery Hotline: (900) 420-CASH (There will be a fee for tills call) Powerball i- 'i Tuesday's drawing Cash 4fife: 12-21-35-42 Today's drawing Powerball Jackpot: $28 million Illinois Lottery Today's drawing Lotto Cash Jackpot: $2 million GRAIN PRICES These are the Indiana cash grain prices as of closing Tuesday, Information is courtesy of The Andersons' Clymers branch. November January Corn $2.08 2.12 Wheat 2.48 2.53 Soybeans $5.52 5.55 CALL OR FAX Us If you have an item for the Pharos-Tribune, please call us at (219) 722-5000 or (800) 8784125 at the extensions and times listed below. After hours, leave a Voice Mail message and your call will be returned as soon as possible.

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to 5 p.m., Sat 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.) Managing Editor Heather Nan Business Kristl Oseabaugh Ext. 5117 Opinion Photography DawKltcnUI Ext. 5150 FAX Newsroom (219) 732-5070 Advertising (219) 732-5050 Page A1 artwork of the ancient Pharos was created by Kay Antonelli OBITUARIES Michael C. Covlngton ROCHESTER Private family services will be held for Michael C.

Covingion, 27. of 3617E400S. Mr. Covington died at 11:34 p.m. Monday, Nov.

23,1998, in Rochester. Dr. C. David Hogsett will officiate at the services. Burial will be in Rochester IOOF Cemetery.

There will be no visitation. Foster Good Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Georgia V. Liming ROCHESTER Services for Georgia V. Liming, 86, of 219 W.

11th will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in Foster Good Funeral Home. Mrs. Liming died at 3:41 a.m. Tuesday, Nov.

24,1998, in Woodlawn Hospital. Burial will be in Citizens Cemetery. Friends may call from 9 a.m. until the time of services Friday in the funeral home. Marilyn S.

Brown RUSSIAVILLE Marilyn S. Brown, 59, of 8550 Midpark Road, Dallas, died at 3:30 p.m. Monday in Baylor Medical Center, Garland, Texas. Arrangements are pending at Stout Son Funeral Home. Jossie Patton ROCHESTER Services for Jossie Patton, 80, of 7281W 775N, Culver, will be held at 10 a.m.

Saturday in Foster Good Funeral Home. Mrs. Patton died at 5:25 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23,1998, in the emergency room at Woodlawn Hospital.

The Rev. Mark Day will officiate at the services. Burial will be in Rochester IOOF Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in the funeral home.

Waneta I. Russow MONTICELLO Waneta I. Russow, 79, of 205 E. Fisher died at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday in White County Memorial Hospital.

Arrangements are pending at Voorhis- Draper Funeral Home, FUNERAL NOTICES Guise KEWANNA Services for Lucy I. Guise, 87. of 530 Tanglewood Lane, Mishawaka, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Harrison- Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna Chapel. Burial will be in Bruce Lake Cemetery.

Friends rnay call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday. Services for Pauline J. Slusher, 83, of 520 Church Walton, will be held at 2 p.m. today in Murray Funeral Home, Galveston Chapel.

Burial will be in Ever-Rest Memorial Park Cemetery, Cass County. Friends may call until the time of services today in the funeral home. Stuart Services for Margaret Ann Stuart, 93, formerly of 1017 20th will be held at 1 p.m. today in Fisher Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Davis Cemetery, Burnettsville.

Friends may call until the time of services today in the funeral home. turner PERU Services for Wendell L. Turner, 66, of Route 2, will be held at 1 p.m. today in Enon Baptist Church, Macon County, Tennessee. Burial will be in Enon Cemetery, Macon County, Tennessee.

Guardians Of Lilly Heiress Under Scrutiny Obituary Policy There is no charge for publication of a death notice, which includes only the following information: name, age, and place of death, time and date of services, visitation, burial and memorial contributions. The cost of publishing a complete obituary one that includes a listing of the deceased's education, employment, memberships and is $53. HOSPITAL NOTES Winamac Births: Lynette Grostefon and Ryan Blackman, Francesville, are the parents of a son, Lane Shaw Blackman, born Sunday, Nov. 15,1998, in Pulaski Memorial Hospital, Winamac. Maternal grandparents are Rick and Carol Grostefon, Winamac.

Paternal grandparents are Donna and Terry Blackman, Liberty Township. Akemon, Kewanna, is the parent of a daughter, Autumn Paige Akemon, born Sunday, Nov. 15,1998, in Pulaski Memorial Hospital, Winamac. Maternal grandparents are Steve and Pam Baldwin, Kewanna. Other Hospitals MrttMi Michael and Martha Moss King, Red Oak, Texas, are the parents of a daughter, Emily Elizabeth King, born Wednesday, Nov.

11,1998, in Baylor University Hospital, Dallas: Maternal grandparents are Bill and Wilma Moss, Logansport. Paternal grandparents are Karl and Barbara King, Red Oak. and Nicole Flint, South Bend, are the parents of a son, Roger David Flint, born Wednesday, Nov. 18,1998, In South Bend Memorial Hospital. Maternal grandparents are John Gentry, Nashville, and Shirley Gentry, Plainfield.

Paternal grandparents are Roy and Ethel Flint, Kewanna. INDIANAPOLIS Ruth Lilly, the elderly heiress to the Eli Lilly and Co. for. js being taken advantage by guardians and family members, according to televised news reports, Lilly, 83, the sole surviving great-granddaughter of the pharmaceutical company's founder, was ruled incompetent to handle her own financial affairs in 1981. Since then, Lilly's estate has been run by lawyers and bankers.

National City Bank is her conservatory, which handles the fortune, and a probate court is supposed to oversee their decisions, Indianapolis station WTHR reported. "They (family) are unanimous in their judgment that she is having her interests properly looked after and served and are pleased with the way her life has evolved," her lawyer, Thomas P. Ewbank of Krieg, DeVault, Alexander Capehart, told The Indianapolis Star and The Indianapolis News on Monday. Lilly is not commenting about the allega- The investigative series questions the amount of legal and bank fees charged, the cost of trips and whether political contributions to numerous state and local Republicans were made freely with her knowledge. Legal and bank fees have totaled $7.6 million since 1981, the station reported.

Bank fees were $900,000 last year to actively manage the $55 million in Lilly's estate that is not invested in company stock. Ewbank said Lilly signs every check to politicians and is selective in whom she supports. Every check Lilly writes must be cosigned by Ewbank, The trips are the most obvious expenses. Channel 13 reported that six trips have been made since 1996, costing $1.6 million. In May, 80 people flew to Rome with Lilly.

Probate Court Judge Charles J. Deiter doesn't think it is ethical for him to respond publicly to the criticism when he might have to deal with the issues later in court. House Fire Kills Indianapolis Couple INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Unattended food left cooking sparked an early morning fire that killed a middle-aged couple, authorities said. Clarence Farris, 47, and Patricia Farris, 46, apparently died from smoke inhalation Tuesday after the blaze started in their kitchen, said Lt. John Gammon of the Indianapolis Fire Department.

Investigators concluded that food left cooking on a stove ignited and sent flames creeping up a kitchen wall and into the attic while the couple dozed in their living room. The home on the city's northeast side had no working smoke detectors, Gammon said. A passing Lawrence policeman spotted the fire about 4:15 a.m. Tuesday. When he entered the home, he found Clarence Farris on the floor just inside the front door and his wife on a couch.

Stubby Continued from Page A1 Buccaneers. That was 1938, the same year he became friends with Myers, also part of the seven- member Buccaneers. The group got its first big gig on WDAN in Danville, 01., from 193840 before heading to Cincinnati to perform on WLW's Boone County Jamboree from 1940-1944. Then, the band was drafted by the U.S. Navy and spent two years playing throughout South Pacific, After returning to the states, the Buccaneers recorded in New York City for five labels, gaining the most success with Decca.

The best-selling record of their career was Beyond the Sunset. In 1958, the band moved from radio to television and from New York to Chicago and started working on WBKB-TV as staff musicians and singing hymns on Chicagoland's Faith every Sunday. In 1966, the Buccaneers became regulars on WGN's Barn Dance. Two years later, the Buccaneers disbanded. While he was in Chicago, Fouts also had a morning show with Charles Homer Bill on WLS called Farm Special, airing from 196068.

In 1968, he joined Don McNeill's Breakfast Club for three years. "Talk about being in the right place at the right time," Fouts turns and says to Myers after Vernon proclaimed Nov. 24 Captain Stubby Day while sharing a bit of the listeners. "Beirig oiftiie fadiolvas the height of our ambition, wasn't it?" So for more than 60 years, Captain Stubby has been making people whether it's been by telling jokes or playing such novelty instruments as a washboard, a musical hat rack or a tuned toilet seat. And Holsten felt it was only fining to pay tribute to this local legend with a national reputation by dedicating part of Tuesday's programming to Fouts.

Holsten had plenty of material, that was for sure, part of which was supplied by Fouts' younger brother, Bill, who pre-recorded a few family stories with Holsten. Like the time the two brothers ganged up on older sister Nellie. "Well," Bill said, "Nellie had this angora cat. And one day, Tom and I trimmed up that cat to make it look like a lion," Captain Stubby laughed listening to his brother's voice as he recalled the incident. "I remember that, boy," he says.

"God bless her, she sure did hate us. Of course, we did much worse." And as if they'd rehearsed it, Bill shared another Nellie story. "I was 5, and Nellie had a date," he said. This photograph of Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers was taken in 1939 after the band got its first big gig playing for WDAN in Danville, III. Pictured, (L-R) are Carl Smith, Jim Stokes, Captain Stubby, Curiey Myers, Jerry Richards and Tiny Stokes.

(Photo provided by Curiey Myers) dans at in Chicago and also sanfc the show Chicagoland's Failh and ft had summer TV show called Polka-Go-Rowd fpjr years; and Whereas, Tom had a show from 1960 to 1968 called Farm Special with Charles Homer Bill; and Whereas, the Buccaneers rejoined the Barn Dance from 1966 to 1968 then known as the WGNBam Dance and disbanded in 1968; Whereas, Tom joined Don McNeill's Whereas; their first radio job was in Illinois, and forfour years were Boone County Jamboree in Cincinritirand 1944 they joined me Navy-anfl, they appeared in the movie ater jy began erkCity where they stayed until 1949; Whereas; Tom then moved on to realize one of his lifetifne-dreams by becoming a member of Vthe WLS National Barn Dance in Chicago; and they became stafrmusi- "And they were in the living room, so Mom and Dad made Tom and I stay in the back bedroom. Well, Tom said, 'Bill, I'll give you a quarter to ride your trike through the living room in front of Nellie and her boyfriend And I did it." Myers, who lives in Lafayette, also had his share of Stubby stories. Like the time the Buccaneers were working in Danville "We got paid $100 a week," Myers shares, "which worked out to $16.32 apiece." Living together, he recalls how somebody put a dead mouse in the pajama pocket of bandmate Tiny Stokes. "And ol' Tiny weighed 285 or 290 pounds," Myers says. "And I can't swear who did it, but I think his initials were T.R but ol' Tiny didn't notice.

And after a couple of days, that mouse got to Jufin'gmis timealohad a showcaTL. Stobby'i'Special'Delivery; arid'- ambassador doing after dinner speaking. therefore, William A. Vernon, Mayor of the City of Logansport, Indiana do hereby proclaim Nov. 24,1998, as Captain Stubby smellin' pretty rank.

So one morning at breakfast, somebody said, 'Turn- what's that spot on your shirt? And what stinks in this "Tiny found that mouse that had been squashed and squished in his pocket, and said he was gonna whip the so-and-so who'd done it." Well, the so-and-so was probably good ol' Tom Fouts, who also heard from one of his teachers and another Buccaneer, Jerry Richards. "I've been so blessed," Captain Stubby says, shortly after Holsten reluctantly tells him they're going to have to wrap things up. "And I've enjoyed a great life." Deb Saine may be contacted at (800) 6764125, Ext. 5144, or (219) 722-5000, Ext. 5144, and via e-mail at Hog Continued from Page A1 their optimism, even though hog farmers are receiving about 50 cents on the dollar at slaughterhouses.

"I guess a lot of people in the industry feel like this is a down cycle, the hog business is a viable business, and down the road prices will improve," he says. But Williams cautions that all is not optimistic with hog farmers. "I think these low prices are going to make people re-evaluate whether they want to still raise hogs. It might also drive people out of the business who are thinking about getting out. This might be enough to say enough's enough and it's time to get out." Williams predicts large contract operations like the Bradfields' will be a prevailing trend in the industry.

"It allows people to spread risk," he says. Hogs are selling for approximately $17 per 100 pounds. The break-even average is around $35, Williams says. Purdue Ag Economist Chris Hurt says if hog farmers had a net worth gauge, they could literally see it dropping daily thanks to a strong U.S. dollar, cheap Canadian grain prices and retail prices for pork that have not dropped despite an oversupply.

"It's beyond a bad situation for producers. These are already the lowest prices we would have had in the last 20 years. Now we've got $12 hogs up to about $14.50. This is just extraordinary. There is probably no worse a period for losses until you go back to the Great Depression.

It is extremely difficult. I think you could call it catastrophic." And the news is not encouraging for the winter months, he says. "The light at the end of the tunnel still seems to be a ways off. We still don't see much prospect of returning to profitability until May of 1999. The supply is very large right now and of course the major concern is that the supply will continue to be very large." Industry analysts had expected production to be up 2 percent this month, but it actually jumped 10 percent, Hurt says.

To accommodate an oversupply, Hurt says meatpackers nationwide have gone to Saturday shirts and are now operating at an average of 75 percent of a normal work day on Saturday. Sunday processing shifts may be in the offing to reduce hog supplies, he says. Would this be a good time to buy a pig for apet? "You might want to be careful. You might get a truckload of them, especially the young pigs," he says joking. Feeder pig prices have dropped to about $14.50 and early-weaned pigs have single- digit values.

Hurt says the Asian financial crisis has made the U.S. dollar stronger overseas, which in turn has made it tough to purchase more pork. Mexico and Russia have become strong pork importers, but Canada has shipped 4 million hogs for slaughtering in the United States this year. Indiana producers will ship about 7 million hogs to market, he says. Among the factors contributing to low hog prices is a change in Canadian farm poJi- cy.

Subsidies for transporting grain have been eliminated, sending prices for feed grains downward. Dave Kitchell may be contacted at 722-5000, Ext, 5150, or via e-mail at bune.com Appeal Continued from Page A1 attempted murder count and eight years on the explosive charge. Wilson was pastor of the Bible Tabernacle Church in Monticello. Wilson's appeal has included a black- and-white advertisement on a small billboard at the west edge of Logansport, roughly a mile east of the rink. Dave Kitchell may be contacted at 7225000, Ext.

5150, or via e-mail at Meal Continued from Page A1 songs. The teachers decided to organize the meal because they thought it would be fun to get their students together, she said. "It's fun for them to see other children from other schools," Bahnaman said. She explained that some of them have already met through the Cass County Family Girl Scouts or little league. "It's a good way for them to make friendships." The feast was prepared by the school cafeteria, and several students' mothers came in to help.

"It was great. We're looking forward to it next year," Bahnaman said. Arlene Hittle may be contacted at 722-5000. Ext. 5149, or via e-mail at bune.com.