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The Republici
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Columbus, Indiana
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PAGE TWO THE EVENING REPUBLICAN. COLUMBUS. INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1959. 1,432 POUNDS OF TURKEY Appr iving Meal a Day Thanksg 'or 4,800 Pupils Early ACTION GROUP GIVEN REPORTS (Continued from Page 1). and project goals, for 1960 established, Mr.3 Brown, whose term on the executive committee ends this year, was elected to.

the Greater Columbus advisory board to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Earl B. Pulse. In addition to that of Mr. Brown, the terms of S. E.

Lauth-er and Orphie Bridges on the ex- Today's Markets LOCAL PRODUCE Leghorns 7c Heavy Hens 13c Old roosters 6c Eggs 17c CHICAGO GRAIN CHICAGO (UPI) Grain range: High Low Close Chng. Wheat Dec 199 198V2 199 up V4 Mar 204 2031203-203 up yA May 200 199 200 -200 unch. Jul 1831g 182 183 upr 14 Sep 185 185 185-185V up Corn Dec 110 HO14 up Mar 11434 II414 114i2-lI4 up Vs May II714 116 116-117 up Jul 118 118J4 II8V4 unch. Sep 11514 115 115V4 up 14 Oats Dec 77 76 76- 76 unch. Mar 76V4 75 75 off May 73 7314 73 73V4 unch.

Jul 66 66 66 up Sep 653g 6518 65 up Rye Dec 133i2 132 133V4 up Mar 13534 134 13534 May 135 134 135 up Jul 129 128 12834 off i4 Sep 127 126 127 up Soybeans Jan 221 218 219-219 off Mar 224 222 223-223 off May 226 224 225-225 off V4 Jul 227 225 22578-22534 unch. Sep 21234 213 up Kiwanis Marks Birthday The 39th anniversary of Columbus Kiwanis club was marked with a Ladies night dinner Monday night at Donne? center. Wives of club members and Indiana district Kiwanis officers were guests for the smorgasbord-type meal. A candlelighted birthday cake was cut and served. The past presidents committee, James Reeves, chairman, was in charge of program arrangements.

Several films, including an old Charlie Chaplin movie and an old-time newsreeL were shown. Special guests were Hobart Creighton of Warsaw, Kiwanis district governor designate for 1960, and Mrs. Creighton; J. R. Rees of Columbus, lieutenant-governor designate, and Mrs.

Rees; Hans Peterson of East Chicago, a district governor, and Mrs. Peterson; Vaughn Beatty of Greenfield district lieutenant governor, and Mrs Beatty; Robert Suckow of Franklin, district secretary, and Mrs. Suckow; Jack Rhoades of Indianapolis and Martinsville, past governor. Gum Bucher of Bloomington, Kiwanis international trustee, and Mrs. Bucher.

Each woman guest was presented a hurricane lamp and Joseph Thompson won the top door prize. A traditional Thanksgiving dinner was prepared and served today to about 4,800. persons the Columbus area. The 4,800 "customers" were students in Columbus Community schools, and, said Mrs. William C.

Baker, director of cafeterias, "We hope everyone had enough. With. 1,632 pounds of that favorite Thanksgiving gobbler "entree" was served dressing, mashed potatoes, giblet gravy, green beans, tea biscuits and one-half pint of milk. Balance of the menu differed in senior and junior high schools and the elementary schools. At the two high schools the salad was spiced apple ring on chopped lettuce with cheese garnish and dessert of date-nut pudding with whipped topping.

In the grades "finger 'foods" and pickles were served for salad, and ice cream cups for dessert. "We decided against using cranberries, and considered substituting the Swedish lingonber-ries," explained Mrs. Baker, "but the imported berries were too expensive so we settled for the spiced apples." Judson Erne, principal, and members of his administrative staff and counsellors assisted Methodist Cub Scouts Meet Monthly meeting of Cub Scout pack 3049 of East Columbus Methodist church was. held in the parish hall Tuesday night Theme of the meeting was "The Country Store" with the cubs presenting 3 country store skits. Opening ceremony was given by Ronald Dinn, with the closing ceremony a Cub Scout prayer by Ralph Jr.

An old-fashioned cracker barrel snack was served after the meeting. ecutive committee expire this year. Their successors are to be named before the Dec. 10 meeting. GIFT SOS More Needed for Hospital Patients Appeal for more Christmas gifts for Indiana's mental hospital patients was made today by Mrs.

Jack Bennett, chairman of the gift collection project for the Bartholomew County Association for Mental Health. Mrs. Bennett said that so far very few gifts have been deposited at the various collection centers throughout the county. It is important that gifts be given earlier than in past years as they will be taken to Muskatatuck state hospital Dec. 1.

More gifts are needed for both wen and women to fill the quota of 468 gifts. "Please get your gift in as soon as possible so there will be no delay in getting them to the hospital where they can be sorted and the right gift selected for each patient," Mrs. Bennett said. Gifts can be deposited in decorated barrels which are located in the Public Service Company downtown office here, Gene's Bakery in the 25th Street Shopping center and the Irwin-Union Branch bank at Hope. ove Bakalar Spending Expenditure of $400,000 for a new warehouse and runway lighting at.

Bakalar Air Force base here has been approved by Air Force headquarters, according to announcements by Rep. Earl Ho gan and Sen. Homer E. Capehart. The projects are scheduled for 1960 andj were previously announced by the local base as being in next year's construction plans.

It was announced Monday that bids on the lighting are to be opened Dec. 22 by the Corps of Engineers in Washington. No date has been announced for bids on the warehouse construction. FIRE AT PAPER LONDON (UPI) The modern new building that will house the mass circulation Daily Mirror was seriously damaged Tuesday night by a three-hour fjre. 5TADLER PACKING INC.

Buys HOGS. CATTLE CALVES until 2 p.m. Monday through Friday Today's quotations 160-180 180-190 12.25-12.50 200-220 12.75 220-240 12.25-12.50 240-260 12.00-12.25 260-290 11.75-12.00 Sows 11.00 down No Service Charge MEMORIALS Finest Materials and Workmanship Also Interior Marble Free Estimates 421 Fourth St LAST FOUR DAY Nightly at 7 p.m. an DAYS d9 RPCfcHlDSOM INDIANAPOLIS LIVESTOCK INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) Livestock: Hogs very uneven, steady to 25 cents lower; 180-240 lb 12.75-13.25; top 240-270 lb 12.25-12.75; J270-300 lb 11.75-12.25; small lot 330 lb 11.50. Cattle 500; calves 50; steady to weak, spots 25 lower; average and high choice steers 27.00; choice 26.25; good and choice 24.00-25.75; good and choice heifers 23.25-25.00; vealers steady; good and choice 29.00-32.50.

Sheep steady; good and choice wooled lambs 17.00-19.50. ng'r 240 gallons of green beans, 340 pounds of butter, 400 dozen tea biscuits, and in preparation of the dressing 7P0 loaves of stale bread and 90 dozen eggs. Children of the Frances Comfort Thomas children's home, most of whom, attend the State street school and usually go home for lunch, were special guests of the schools at the Thanksgiving dinner. Man Ordered to Leave Columbus Two persons arrested for intoxication appeared in B. F.

Ropp's justice of the peace court this morning and were fined $17 each. Fined were Gary Mullis, 68, Route 8, who was arrested at 6 o'clock Tuesday night by sheriff's authorities, and Jesse Brand, West Fourth street, arrested Monday by city police. Charles F. Tanner, 41, Marion, Ohio, also was picked up by city police Tuesday afternoon as a vagrant, but was released from jail this morning and asked to leave Columbus. School 'Session' Tonight First "work session" of Bartholomew county's new school study committee will be held tonight for reports on present school enrollment, tax valuations and liabilities and assets of the existing 11 school units.

The meeting will be held at 7 o'clock at the courthouse. Information for start of the study under the new state school reorganization study act was collected by Joseph Faust, superintendent of county schools; Lloyd Shroyer, superintendent of Flat Rock-Hawcreek Consolidated schools, and Dr. Clarence Rob-bins, superintendent of Columbus Community schools, Bartholomew county has 11 school units, comprised of nine townships, the Flat Rock-Hawcreek consolidated unit and the Columbus city-Columbus township consolidated unit. The state-mandated study of the present school systems by the 9-member study committee is aimed at possible reorganization to provide improved educational facilities and more efficient use of tax money. The study is expected to take at least one year.

Similar studies are to be made in each of Indiana's 92 counties. Rites for Airs. Death Friday Funeral services for' Mrs. Kathryn Death of Edinburg will be held at 3 o'clock fast time, Friday afternoon at Mutz funeral home in Edinburg. conducted by the Rev.

William Schhuerman. Burial will be at Rest Haven cemetery. The casket will be open at the funeral home after 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Death, widow of Roy Death, died Tuesday morning at the county hospital.

GETS LIFE TERM CROWN POINT, Ind. (UPI) Aaron Tabor, 23, Chicago, 'was sentenced to life imprisonment by Lake Criminal Court Judge William Murray Monday for his part in the robbery-slaying of an East Chicago poolroom operator last April. Tabor was the first of eight men charged with the shotgun slaying of Claude Ford. THE UNGER GRANITE WORKS DR U94I 71 iii'ii nU 11 1 COAAOMG TODAY Evening Republican Emma Walker, 84, Dies Mrs. Emma Walker, 84, widow of Henry Walker, died at 9 o'clock this morning at her home near Clifford.

Funeral arrangements are being made by Flanigan and Reed funeral home. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Susanne King of Coral Gables, Fla two brothers, Ed Schwartz-kopf of Columbus and Joseph Schwartzkopf of San Clemente, and a sister, Mrs. Lula Mohr of Route 1. Mrs.

Walker and Mrs. Mohr made their home together. Born in Columbus Feb. 15, 1875. Mrs.

Walker was the daughter of Joseph and Susanna Horn Schwartzkopf. After her marriage to Mr. Walker she resided in Kentucky until moving near Clifford 12 years ago. She was a member of the Baptist church. Mrs.

Walker was preceded in death by her husband 18 years ago; her pjarents, two sisters, Mrs. Barbara Lang and Miss Kate Schwartzkopf; and a brother, George Schwartzkopf. Lutheran Lake Houses Okayed Public hearings' were held Monday night by the Bartholomew county board of zoning appeals, meeting at the courthouse. Cecil Greeenlee was granted variance for location of a house-trailer on Lot 28 in Newherter addition, German township. The variance is for a 2-year: period.

Lutheran Resort association was granted conditional use approval for houses of less than minimum size at Lutheran Lake in southwestern part of the county as an organized development. Restrictions adopted by the association include a 500-square foot minimum on housing, that residence be at least five feet from side lot lines and at least 30 feet from the lake shore and that there be no house trailers. The I The viiJ Continuous Thursday from 2 p.m. with serving at Columbus high school, where three lines were moved simultaneously. Average number of students served in all the community schools is 3,300 to 3,600, so an influx of about 1,500 who usually eat elsewhere was planned for, according to Mrs.

Baker. Besides the 1,632 pounds of government subsidy turkey, 1,440 pounds of potatoes were used, Gar Is Gutted By Fire A burning car, feared ready to explode was towed away from the Morris McKinnay home, northeast of Hope, Tuesday afternoon as firemen arrived from the Hope Community volunteer department. Hope Fire Chief Merrill Clouse said the car, a 1956 Buick 4-door owned by Herman Stewart, caught fire near the motor and the flames spread along wire insulation to the interior of the car. He estimated the car a total loss. retail list is about $1,000.

The car was towed about 150 feet in the driveway by Mc-Kinney in a truck. The car was stopped between McKinney's 2-car garage and home, about 34 miles northeast of Hope, when the flames broke out. Exact cause was not determined. Firemen put out the flames as winds swept the area with rain and snow-like slush about 3:45 o'clock. DAY! 1 1 IK carter anif ft world's most lattlnmtlnt TiiMDw Talk" COLOR QtmuSixjrt TDNYRANDALL-THELMA RjlTER np'T? rp nn nnr? LI 2L UrU liU Jzi 7 WITH 2701 EXCITING I YOUTH HIT III THROAT BY EXPLODING SHELL (Continued from Page 1).

Police said the bullet apparently became heated while in the fuse socket and then exploded. Although the parked Perry car was checked Tuesday night by both sheriff's authorities and city police through North Vernon authorities, it was not known -what had happened. It is not uncommon for authorities to check a car, find it properly registered, check for stolen, and then leave it alone if it is not stolen. They do, however, recheck to make sure a vehicle does not sit idle for two or three days or cause, inconvenience to others. Authorities were puzzled as to the fact that two turkeys were in the back seat of the unattended car.

They were not informed of the accident and made no further investigation until this morning. Police made a trip to North Vernon this morning to take papers to be signed -by parents of young Perry, to allow the boy to be moved to Indianapolis for the operation to remove the slug from his throat. Mrs. Perry arrived in Columbus about the same time police from here arrived in North Vernon. They made the trip because Mrs.

Perry, contacted this morning, said she was nc-sure she could get transportation to Columbus. Police did, however, acquire signature of the father at North Vernon and return the release papers to the hospital. Jones went along to show police where Perry lived and while en route related the story of the happenings. RAZE EMBASSY WASHINGTON (UPI) The lb year old Germany Embassy, scene of international intrigue and flamboyant beer parties during prohibition, will be torn down to make way for a parking lot and a-. hotel.

Stock Averages NEW YORK (UPI) Dow Jones 1 p.m. c.s.t stock averages: 30 indus 651.20 up 1.51 20 rails 146.39 off 0.2 15 utils 86.06 up 0.15 65 socks 210.93 up 0.15 and Crafton DR 1.7173 DOR'S DAY FRI SAT. TKIS YEAR'S BIG HCITECEXT! 'ANTnONY PERKINS ujMANGANO RICHARD CONTE JO Ivan fleet THIS AG2 A mm I i vrKaMttaM 1 TECHNICOLOR I Tub Footlooa ALSO 1 THURS. NIGHT ONLY Special Double Feature "WW. MARY limit- NQMtt BEXHAXDT SKKBAN COKQUTE JSCHAEL C0.KSftS TWO BIG HITS SAL IMINLIO JAKES WJflTKQRE ICAJBBXIWS r- TOUGH jl VV- FOR I I sal r.i 1 ucT Entrees You'll find this exciting Christmas Gift Guide as a special added section of your, Friday newspaperl It's a big 32-page guide, brim full of nearly 300 gift-giving hints and complete with pic-tures and descriptions of gifts you can find right here, in Columbus at friendly, hometown stores! You'll want to save it, use it to plan your Christmas shopping I tours.

So don't miss this unusual "extra" feature of The Evening Republican always the best place to find, more Christmas gift ideas! ROAST TURKEY BAKED CHICKEN FRIED CHICKEN i All served with the "usual Thanksgiving Your Choice Vegetables Salads Deserts 5 I OPEN THANKSGIVING DAY 6 A.M. 12 Midnight Hake your Christmas Party Reservations Now! LAFAYETTE HOUSE Evening Republican NEW "HOT SHOT HEATERS For Your Cool Weather Comfort THE NEWSPAPER MORE PEOPLE ARE READING EVERY Louise Raymooa 10th and Lafayette.

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