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1T i Hi il i i 7 it1 1 II i I .1 i i i i i I i i i 1 1 i I I THE COLUMBUS i it 4 PAGE FIVE i COLUMBUS, INDIANA. FRIDAY. JULY 19. 196iJ Horse and Buggy Days Ml Guide Unn mi -I -3 rid I 'H. j-' i 1M i '1 1 I i i ti'i '( i'lii ill i is i for Emiqrants Ear A man named John Scott of, to the Dunlao fdmilv from Pennsylvania! in 1814.

ly; I if 1 jusi getting started in western towns, and Scott helped Demeui r.iMorns tone oi paper, called, The, Plain Dealer; in Brookville. good neighbors "The distinction in rank, which are observed the Atlantic and Southern states are known here; the people are bn an equality; for which they are; much indebted to the wise policy ot the general government in the s- le of public lands. iThese lands are divided into small tracts, and offered at moderate prices, which enables the poor to possess them. Hence the rich, who are disposed to tyrannize over, the poor, are prevented from monop the state a spendthrift those days of that first constitution 1 "The governor's salary is JljOOO per annum; Supreme Circuit Judges. J7Q0 each; Associate, Judges) COO a' day and the i secretary-treasurer and auditor of the state) $400.

(A year, not a day.) i 1 Even in the 182Q's the state was growing. According to Mr1! Scott: Tin 1820 Indiana contained 1 149,000 inhabitants, of which 1,230 were blacks, but aH By census taken in 1825,1 asLi data for apportioning the state representa I I i IS Funeral Services -Tliursday; mat His Man i ''i I iV 111: For I Mansel K. MiUdr, 51 d. i courts are held, twice a year la each county. "The Supreme Court consists of three I Judges' who hold a court twicel a year, at the seat! of government, They i are likewise chosen by the legislature for seven years." i How could do It, those President Judges holding court twice a year in 11 counttes, when the roads were deep mud in the spring and! fall and completely impassable in the winter! months? Well at least, couldn't call -ii 1 i' I A' (I I I An Indianapolis man slated on a speeding charge here in mid-February appeared in Columbus justice of the peace court early this I week after tSVA Willi for his arrest a state! warrant and appearance were filed, Cost-: ing the state about $15.

Dale W. Sherfick, Indianapolii, was charged Feb. 17 with speed-; ing but 'did not appear tin court until, last Sunday. He was fined $1 and costs on i he speeding charge and $25 and Costs for (Violating-his written promjke 'to ap 1 1 Court costs on traffic cases in justice of the peace court amount to; $17.75. oman v- I i A Route 8 woman was Gets 1 ruck bkids I li! olizing the wealth of the coun- try," Now I want to make it quite clear that Johnj- Scott wrote In the 'days ofi the; first state con-sCtution which some still think was the best one the state has had since Hand I hope no one will call up to bay that! we -are not in the Fifth Judicial; District at all; and that jour judges don't work $700 a year nd fcet-tainly do not ride, circuit, But once upon a time itjwas the way John Scott says it was.

I and Daisv McBride MiHeri On Oct. 11, 1936, he married IMIss Thelma who survives. He was employed by the Public Service company at SeHersburg for eight years before moving to Cofumbus in 1942. i Surviving 1 with the wife a re two sons, James Mansel Miller with the Coast' Guard! in Balti- more, Md, i and Joe Miller, at five brothers, Carl Miller of Lowell, Maurice Miller of Jef-. fersonville, Howard Miller of New Albany, Robert Miller iof Columbus and G.ai Miller of New York Qty, N.Y., and two sisters, Mrs.

Hunt Thomas of Louisville and Mrs. Paul Fowler of Lexing- ton, Ky. Joseph Black i I -5 Stricken At Hospital Joseph Black. 72, of Waynes- about 9 pjn. Monday at tnje Bartholomew county hos- -pitaL'tMn Black had been 111 a year and in serious condition three weeks; iU.1 "i -r ii A native of Bartholomew coun ty, he had been san employe ot Arvin Industries 17 years, Hamil-' Bartholomew county hospital Monday with injuries suffered in a 3-vehiclej wreck! Saturday afternoon at Rods 31A and 58, soutlj of Columbus.

I. li fi ton Coscoii the hospi- tal and the state highway com mission. Mr. Black retired in 1956. ij it; He was a 'member of the Burns-ville Christian, church! and' the Moose, Eagles and Red Lodges, all of Columbus, i-'-: He was born; May 6, lS91.

xin -Burnsvillej the son of Ulysses Grant) and Alice Sampson! Black. He married Mrs, Daisy Beatty June! 6, 1817 who j' Surviving with the wife are a step-son, William R. Beatty of Columbus; 'a daughter, Mrs. Gladys Larrison iof Columbus; seven Three other 1 oersons li I includ ing Philip, (Sap) Essex! of Sap'ai bakery were injured! in rural Bartholomew! county traffic accidents as sheriffs' authorities checked five mishaps. Four were related i to Saturday's nin and slick I Mrs.

Roland Kelsch, 22, Route 8, i was listed critical at the hospital today from the' 3-vehicle wreck I at 2:30 p.mJ Saturday on Road 31A: at Road 58.j She, suffered injuries to her. back, side) arm and I shoulder and internal injuries A Hart 1 ij) -Mrs.) Anna; Mae Kelsch, mother-in-law of the critically injured woman, also was in the hospital, and in fair condition. She had injuries to her; shoulder, left arm and chest 1 i i i Deputyj Sheriff David ilWeddle said Robert F. Burton) 32, Route 7, was driving a dump truck south on Road' 31A when the! vehicle apparently skidded on wet pave; ment1 and crossed the center line into northbound lane of traffic: The truck hit head-on with the Kelsch auto and bounced off into the left side of another; north bound auto behind the Kelsch auto.f Russell Montgomery, Seymour; was in the (third car and was not injured. I i The accident caused! $300) damage to the dump truck1 of Mn Burton, $2,000 to the 1963 Pontiac i i i i ii I 4 -l I 11-1 I tives) appears that' the number of qualfied.

voters total was 37,000, and allowing these to Compose one fifth of the the actual population of the state in 1825 was 1S5.O00; however, it was computed by; competent judges at the commencement of the present year) at almost. 250,000, showing the increase nve'y ears, I This is the kind of computing I most dislike. I had thought it was a) signj of our; times, But -lthey were counting h'e i 1 i 1 i i with reckless driving was fined $25 and costs and his license; was impounded by the -JP court for a 30-day period. The driver was Dan W. Elizabethtown route i i' 'U Others appearing were James Ej Briice, i 1210 jSycamore street, charged with disobeying a traffic signal and fined $l)end costs; Jesse I.

Kidd, Indianapolis, charged with false registration and fined $1 and Harley D. Wood, Greenwood, charged with' violation of the muffler I law and fined $5 and costs, and Jack T. Wilson, 11 Reo street charged with violating a restricted license and I fined $5 and costs, Hurt as -a I i i he tried to pass on the right, Dep uty Harold Lowry The officer said Mr. Denton left the scene.) but the: license number of his auto was taken by Mr. Patton.

Mr. Denton came to the sheriffs office Sunday and was slated for leaving the scene. The cars were 'damaged $100 each. Mrs. I Margaret M.

Heit, 21, Route 7," suffered 'bruises in a 3-car collision at 10:25 p.m. Saturday at Road 46 and Carr Hill road west of Columbus." I John jW.1 Thompson, 18, Route 7, stopped; westbound on Road 46 to turn onto Carr Hill road aad Mrs. Delilah Hoover, 21, NashviDe route 4, stopped behind the Thompson car. 'i The car! of Hat, also; en TWte west, hit rear of the Hoov- er auto and knocked it into the Thompson vehicle. i Deputy Sheriff Don Clark damage at $300 to front of Heit car.

a 1955 Oldsmobile. set the and $300 to front and rear of the 1355 Chevrolet Mrs. Hoover. The Thompson auto, a 1954 Ford, was not. damaged.

'i i Cars ofj Thomas Cooper, iidi-anapolis, and William Rogers, Route 5, collided at 5:45 p.m. Saturday at Roads 31A and Cooper stopped northbound on Road 3IA to turn left to Road 46 land Mr. Rogers car hit tear; of the Cooper auto as Mr. Rogers drove east on 46 to turn onto Road IThe Rogers car was not damaged, but the 1962, Chevrolet! of Cooper was damaged $200) into to.i the pickup truck and about $400 to the Fortmeyer auto. Miss Fortmeyer was charged with fail ure to yield right of way.

William Kirts Dies in Kansas William! Norman Kirts of Efjis. ai 'native of Bartholomew; county, died about 1 2 a.m- today in hospital there. Mr. Kirts; 58, had been ill about 2 yearsi He was the brother, of Mrs. Pansy Brown of 11121 Jackson street, i I Nellie Hulse Stricken in 1 Miss Nellie Hulse, a natives of Jennings county, died about 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday at the home of a sister, Mrs. George! Wiles, of 320Q South Meridian street in Indiartap-olis. I' i. liii! She had been in ill health two years and senousty in for the last six months. Miss Hulse had made her home with her sisters' several years, rh i -I" for She had been employed for 30 years with the Municipal.

Transit company in Chicago and had mov ed to Westport -after her retire ment in 1950, (i if Miss Hulse was the daughter of AJ. and Ehessie Banks Hulse and was. a membef of the Queens-ville Christian church near Scip- lO. i if Surviving with her sister, Mrs. Wiles, are three other sisters, Mrs.

MJ Maiott of Columbus route 2. Mrs. CJoe Borseth of South Bend and Mrs. Sylvia C. Orrell In- dianapoQs.

Last Path apoli 1' 1 LI lana no relation, that 1 1 know came to Brookville; Indiana Weekly newspapers were oureariy judges get out a li I of Gazeteer. I In? the preface, for' example "Indiana, although young comparatively speaking, is not surpassed, in point of natural advantages) by many of the older' states; she is rapidly i advancing fai the great work: of internal improvement, in literature, the (arts and sciences; and, Is destined to an important post In the ranks of the Republic. To facilitate bet march, and j.to give only to her own 'citizens but to those of neSghboring states, and; emigrants' generally, some idea of her Soil, Climate, Population advantaged of various are the primary! objects of this- 'bookV-j I fMi How right: be is! about the old nles lot You -can ne- ver really know, until you get a good taste of till em. lASt i week ill wrote about our early, Scott gives details of. the five I judicial circuits.

Ours was the Fiftbi Dsatrictj and" It included lithe, counties: Decatur, Johnson, Rush, Hamilton) Shelby, Hendricks, Bartholomew and Madison. i Get; out your Indiana road map and feee the distances a Ijdrcuit judge! must! ridel, 1 usually on ihorse-back, because therej were not yet enough roads for a to cover! his district, (wkh a long enough stay in each place to clear the' docket i till next; session. 'And this be did) for seven years 1 at a throw, for the magnificent! fee of $700 a year. Add to his! duties on the bench, the numerous handwritten pages of opinions and related correspondence, nj 1 1 to mention keepings has political fences hi good repair,) and Ij. would say.

that even fa not very good judgetwould more than earn his money and ja good one had betterj stay; in private disentangling grants! and deeds! mr II- Under the heading rjm of Government Scott further writes: "The 'judiciary systeni i comprises four several grades! of courts, i to witi the i Supreme,) the Circuit, the "Probate 1 and, jthe i Justice's courts! The Justices1 of; the Peace are I chosen I for five If years! by the 'people, in each township They are conservators of the'peace throughout the coun ty jand noidi six courts year, at the 'seat of iustice, for the pur pose of transactang; county busi ness- i i I 4 M- ii ft "Thel State is1 divided into five circuits, in each of which i there is a Presiding (Judge. Thej President Judges are elected for seven years, I by i a joint ballot of both branches' of the General Assembly. In 'each county in! the circuit? mere! are also two Associate Jiidges,) who are chosen by tne people lor seven yearsi inese at I II Mil 1 ii -P. TaMe Giffarettes i Dili I i From Station i 1 I pout cartons of were stolen over jthe week endj from Miller's Truck Stop; Dunn road and Road 31. the sherifFs department reported Monday j.

i i Burglars broke rear window to gain entrance) and took only the cigarettes. The! was discovered at a.m. Monday. il, flW -i! lis; i I I i Admit Tltefts FrdniBeagle I Pit: il Vfl'l IJ I 1 I uiuonousel 1" Sheriff's authorities Sundav. jailed three men; in connection wth the theft of i tables.

chairs South and glassware frpm I the Bethany Beagle club building. i ICharles Smith, 20, 2524 Mc-Kinley! avenue, and Phillip Stevens, 34, 656 Wehmeier street, were picked up pit at their homes: about 8:45 p.m. Sunday, and Joe B. Smith, 25, 1638 Orinoco avenue, Was arrested at his home Sunday noon. Sheriff Charles Noking said he expects to file petit! larceny charges against 'the (three men.

1 1 The breakin at South Bethany occurred between )9 p.mj and midnight Saturday and! was) discovered I by club members! early' Sun-ol-llHhiillij ip Authorities said; Smith's; car reportedly was seen! in the South Bethany clubhouse area and through questioning, Charles 'and Joe Smith admitted their; part in the crime. i JVHssllacels! HonorediTwirler 1 1 I i i 1 JlRi Ni'iir-' j' i Misf Charlotte Ann Wallace of Route' 4 was named the 'out-stanuing majorette" at the Mid-West band camp last week at Purdue university in West Lafayette. The -award to 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Robert; Wallace included a scholarship to next summer's Mid-West camp session. Miss-Wallace will be a Columbus high school senior this fall.

Other CHS majorettes attending tne camp were Sandy Erwin. Diane Nonnan and i Pat Events brothers, Charles Black, of Buch- -anan. Michl, Cader Black' of South Bend, i John I Black of Florida, chickens by the number, of egg bought, even in 1825. i 'I However, I am! sure it will not surprise you to inow that "the general character and manners of the people are as various as their religious sentiments, which is owing, principally to the circumstance of having recently emigrated from different sections: of the Union. It may not be improper, however, to remark that the Inhabitants are affable, generous, hospitable." (Well, good for them! Is that why we i are i all such ii i i Harold Loy, 52, a dispatcher! for the I Southern Transportation company, died about 3:40 a.m.

Wednesday at Bartholomew hos- pitaL III a yeari he had 'been in critical condition since April. He lived with his mother, Mrs. Cora Loy, on- Route" 6. Mr. Loy, who had been a dis patcher for 15 years, was a mem ber of the New Zion Methodist church nearj Ogilville.

He was born in Bartholomew 1911, the son of county May 26, Thomas and Cora Bless Loy. Surviving with; the. mother are five sisters, Mrsj Paul Dobbs and Mrs. Ira Schafer, both of Columbus, Mrs. Robert Foster of Edin burg route 2, Mrs.

Robert Wade of Grammer and Mrs. Robert Bartley of Phoenix, Ariz. 1 O.B.IHoward Of Decatur Decatur, county! farmer, died about 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Bar tholomew county hospital. He liv ed on Greensburg route 3 and had been in ill health several He was a veteran of the first world war and a member of the Clifty Christian )church.

Surviving are! a Howard Stewart of Hope, and a grand-niece, Mrs. Jean Ann Brown) of Columbus. I 1 .1 1 Burton Child Kimberly Sue Burton, 1-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Burton Iof 2436 McKinley avenue; died Sunday afternoon at Riley hospital in Indianapolis.

The child was! hospitalized Friday and had- been ill about; a i -j )-- j' i The infant was born June 30, 1962, at the Bartholomew county hospital, the daughter Clifton and Mary Christine Crowder Burton. 1 Surviving with the parents are three sisters, Deborah Lea, Pamela Lynn and Donna Gail Burton, all at home, and two grandmothers, Mrs. Pollie Burton of Columbus, and Mrs. Mary Lee Plum-mer of Houston, Tex. i W.D.

Beach, 83, Retired Farmer.Dies VERNON i Walter D. Beach, 83, a retired Jennings county farmer, died suddenly at 10 ajn. Tuesday at his! home in San Jacinto, f-i- 'j Borh: in Ripley county Nov. 22, 1879, he was the son of William and DrusiUa Tague Beach. He had lived in the San Jacinto com munity fori many years.

He was a deacon of the Graham Baptist church. I Surviving i are his wife, Mrs. Gladys Beach; two sons, Earl Beach of Anderson and Estol Beach of North Vernon; a daugh Mrs. Marion Vinson of Eliza bethtown route a Oliv er Beach of Indianapolis; five grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; i A' great-great-grandchild and two step-daughters) Lir Miss Mabel ler Is Stricken Miss Mabel 70, a native of Columbus, died Sunday at her Massachusetts avenue, in Indianapolis. i A resident there 30 years) she had been a seamstress for L.S.

Ayres and L. Strauss and Company i before retiring five years ago. She had been ill three years. She was born Nov. 29, 1892, the daughter of Dan and' Lou Scheldt Schnatzmeier.

Miss Schnatzmeier was confirmed in St; Peter's Lutheran church. Surviving is a niece. Mary L. Stone of Forest Park. lit, and several cousins here.

Hai old Stricken County Hospital Herod. Black of Edinburg)1 Louis Black of Columbus. James Black It ran three. years, died and was revived by John and others under the name of iBrook-ville Enquirer, according to Gayle Thornburgh, who wrote the introduction of the reprint of Scott's Indiana Gazeteer 'Hot Topographical Dictionary published by! the Indiana Historical Society, It! was soon dissolved probably, because there was not enough money to support so many owners. Scott left' for greener: pastures, as so many of his! kind did, only to find in that new country that the greener pastures were not yet even! In li Centerville, Wayne county, he published the Western Emporium, and kept it alive for more five) years, during which tim he also tried his hand at writing several; But the best of his, works is probably the Gazeteeirf which was to be a 1 guide book jj for emigrants from the south and il' The next step after the; Gaza-teer was, quRe iogicaJlyj ta map of And the only toayj to gather the materials if or, a map was to call upon il the legislators who were busiryj Jaying jout I new counties and 1 arranging and rearranging the! state's political and judicial and medical circuits.

Scott made such i call in' and did considerable business 'among the members; of the! Assembly in signing up subscribers fort both the Gazeteer; and the projected map. I i fi." I i 1 Met Tipton f'h 1 What was more he met John Tipton In Indianapolis. Tipton had recenth been appointed Indian Agent, whose headquarters were then beingv moved jfrom Fort Wayne to Eel hich we know today jas Logansport. Tipton -persuaded Scott jcome to the town being pjatted td: start a pews-paper. (Knowing Tipton, the paper was probably to promote thd General's political i There were new difficulties in that northern, 'i sparsely settled community, among the Miami and Pottawatomie whose people were not particularly interested in state news Jj The papeij was first called the Pattawatomie and Miami' and then Cass County Times.

Bui; eventually that, too, was suspended. 1' I'" Jn one issue of the logansport newspaper, Scott wrote, Cuoting from Miss Thornburgh quota tkriV "Manv neortla taka new papers but! few preserv yet the most interesting imaginable is a file of ol papers'. It brings up the very age with all its bustle and. everyday anairs and marks ks genius anel its Rnfrit mora than the rhriKt la-r bored description -of thej historian And this "gemps and spirit" he has preserved fa parts rla in I Litoraim The Bartholomew; County Library board preparing to hire an architect to'; draw plans for a new i library building here, i met)! with county commissioners I and county council! members Saturday- to explain the li-brary'sneedsj! i ij The meeting was in the base- ment of the library and the. county officials! were given tour of present facilities); I i "We are not seeking additional funds) for next year but: we wanted you to! be famiHar with our plans," explained.

Robert VJ Stev- enson, library board president) The present library was constructed in 1903 with 'a $15,000 grant from) Andrew Carnegie, Mr. Stevenson explained. He saJd the present building has 9,000, square feet of floor space and surveys show a new library 'should pro- vide 40,000 feet of floor; space. Build to Nortb fc' f. At thitf the, library board anticipates constructing a new building just north of present-library he said, Sev-enson showed Slides of jj several new library buildings) toi explain features the i board feels! should be incorporated here and problems' the board hopes to avoid.

i-l ii I I Estimated cost of a new building is $800,000, i but Stevenson explained 4hai this estimste is "very rough'i' as an architect has not been hired as yet The board expects (of hire an architect within few eeksT ill i. I When the present building was constructed at )Fifth street and Lafayette avenue, Columbus i city of and "the library had 4,500 volumes. The library now serves, the entire county, which has a 48,198 It had 20,110 libfary cardholders and volumes by the end of 1962. a Miss Cfco Rogers has been li- bere mace March; 1936 er them. reading news- Ex Needs of Columbus route 8, George Black of Seymour; i two sisters, White of North Vernon and Mrs.

Edra 1 Larrison of Columbus, uteen i otner I persons Charged with speeding were fined inlthe during court of JP Homer Hull .1. I 1 I Ml Fined $1 and costs on the charge were Charles. M. Jesse, 1 Route Jesse R. Byrd, Route f8; Cleta D.

O'Neal, Route James W. Scott, 1120 Seventh street; James L. Indianapolis; Robert E. Renner, Fort Way 'A land Gedrge T. Route! 5.

I i Two drivers fined $5 andj cjsts on speeding charges were Jesse William Grubbs, Lebanon) and Willard peKalb, 111.: Shirley El Craig, Taylosvflle, was fined $10 and costs pn speeding charge I i il i An Elizabethtown man charged il! (critically in i' In critical condition at the of Mr.i Montgomery and to the 1961 Dodge of Mrs. Ama Mae Kelsch. i Mr. Burton was slated On charg es of not having an operator license and driving left oi ten-; ter of the highway. I i Skids in Wet Mr.

Essex, Route 5, suffered a bruised forehead but was) hot hospitalized when his cai skidded on wet pavement and wrecked on Road 46 west about fcJm. Sunday. ii H- 1 Sheriffs authorities sal Mr. Essex was driving west his. car hit a jshek spc4 oh thel roadway,) spun a round, and) went a 'ditch to the iproperty of Mrs.

Raymond Daumi The Essex auto, i a '1963 Buick, was damaged $1,000 and (Jthe Da urn property $25, authorities estimated. I .1, I An Edinburg man was cited for leaving the scene of ah! accident at 10:20 p.m. Saturday four miles north of the city bn Road 31A at Road 300N. i Bedford Denton, Ediniburg Jroute was charged by sheriff authorities who said he left the scene of a wreck involving car and the auto of Lewis Patton, 1012 Mornmgside drive. jj Mr.

Patton was driving north pn Road 31A and started, to; pull into left lane of traffic; to make a left turn and Mr. Dentonlifol-lowing the Patton: car. hit it as I I into eyes of a child at 1Q: 30 ii i id Weddle, causing the ii head-on i i She suffered laceratknsi of the knee and forehead and bruises and Mr. Sims suffered lacerations and bruises of the face and body. Both were taken to the local I hos- pital for.

treatment and not expected to be admitted, it was reported, After the initial collision, the officer the truck veered right into a ditch and embankment between the road and grocery driveway and the jba tery flew out of the vehicle.1 Landing on the grocery driveway, the battery broke and flipped acid on and in the Tompkins auto and into eyes of thi child. Damage was estimated at $1,200 i li -I i 'ii to Build i i I Without Setback -h "ii -I Lawrence Everroad has filed a request with Columbus toning officials for permission to jadd an attached garage to the north: side of his home at 2002 Sixth street without the required setback from die side lot 'iltne. "I I- f'M J. I The Columbus board of zoning appeals will conduct a public bearing on the variance request at 7:30 pjn.i Tuesday night in) the plan commission room in1! the basement of the courthouse. Third and Washington streets.

I' I r- The zoning ordinance stipulates that a 5-foot setback shall; be maintained along side lot lines for attached 'accessory 'buildings unless -1 variance is granted. war Moid Flinned fey i ManseJ K. Miller, 5.1. who was employed at Westermeieri Hardware company for 13 years, died about 6 a.m. Tuesday at Bartholomew county hospital where- he had been a patient since last Wednesday.

i i Mr. Miller, I 41 North Jlinman street, retired; in 1957 because of poor -'j He was active in the Masonic lodge and was a member of St. John's lodge No. 20, F. and Columbus Chapter 10 R.A.M.', and John B.

Grove Council 54 R. and S.M. He a member of the East Columbus Church of Christ. He i was born, April in Harrison county, the son of Griffa Norman W. Hoevener, 40 9 Stricken Norman Hoevener, died about 3:30 a.m.

today 40. at Bartholomew county hospital where he had been a patient since Wednesday. He has been ill six 1 years. i Mr. Hoevener, 619 Chestnut street, was a former employe of Carter's Hatchery, Reeves Pulley company i antl Cummins En gine copany, Funeral services will be at! p.m.

Saturday at the Reed funeral home with burial at St. John's Lutheran churcn cemetery; in Whkecreek. The Rev. V. Paul Heine of St.

Peter's Lutheran church, where he was a member, will 'read the rites. He was also a member of the Men's club iof the church. was born in Wbitecreek on Dec. 26, 1922, the son of Martin and Sophia Nordman Hoevener. He was -raised by Harvey Nordman of Columbus and had lived here over 20 years." Surviving are a brother, Avis Hoevener of! Seymour, and sev eral aunts and uncles.

Month-Old Infant Dies 1 At Hospital Terry Wayne Pickett, 4-week-bld son of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Pickett, 329 Pleasant Grove Street, died about 1 p.m. Friday at the Bartholomew county hospital.

The infant had been HI since birtn June is. Surviving with the parents are three brothers, Darrell Wayne, 7, Steven Ray, 5, and William Ray, at home; a sister, Carol Sue, 0 at and two grandmoth-rs, Mrs. Minnie Brockman of Columbus and Mrs. Betty Pickett Of Lebanon, i Tenn. i i I ,1 Miss Lena 1 i i Johnson, 80, Stricken EDINBURG Miss Lena John- a patient at the Janie nur- ing home in Franklin, died about "p.m.

Friday. She was about 80 years old and had been ill for several weeks." i Funeral' services will be- at 10 tuni. Monday at the Mutz funer al home in Edinburg. Burial will be at Rest Haven cemetery. Per sons may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m.

Sunday, i She was the daughter of Tho mas and Sarah Beeler Johnson. Two brothers. Alan and Frank Johnson, preceded her in death. uth Malson, 9, Killed i In Accident I I I 1: Mrs. Ruth Malson, 49, wife of Claud a.

former resi dent of Cofumbus, was killed Sat urday afternoon in an auto accident on Road 15, two mites south of Warsaw; Her husband was hos pitalized with severe facial lacer ations and is in the Murphy medi bal center at Warsaw, i The accident occurred about 1:30 pjn- Saturday when their car was struck by the. car of an Indianapolis woman, Mrs. Char lotte Cornelius. I Mrs. Malson ig survived by her twin sons, a 1 sister-in- law, Mrsj Logan Ping, of Azalia; a brother-in-law.

Earl Malson of Columbus, and two granddaugh ters. Batteiw Collision Hfves I 4a A head-on collision injured two drivers and caused i i i 1 battery: acid to be thrown a.m.' today at Two-Mile House grocery on Road 46 west five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. i Mr. Andrews Stricken George E. Andrews, 77) of Old St.

Louis died about; 7 son. to day -at his home. He had not been? in- Ul- health, i). Tai He was a former Cummins En gine' company employe and a retired! farmer Mr) Andrews 1 was a member! of the St. Louis Cros sing Baptist Church, i He was! born Bartholomew county April' 6, the son of j.

ana Jtai ACKenoacK Ana- rews. I His wife, the former Miss Bessie L. Hook, whom he marri ed Nov. 1, 1910.J" survives. SurvtvinK wnn tne wue are a daughter, Mrs.

Ruby Coy of Hope; three sons; Lawrence Andrews of New! Egypt, Clarence Andrews! of. Hope and Verlan And rews of Whitekmd; 14 grandchil dren i and four: i- Mrsi Alice goner, 83, Stricken 1 Mrs. Alice M. Waggoner, 83, died about 3:30 ajn. today at Frank tn nursing home.

She had i been ctfocalrj 111 the last two months. Mrs. Waggoner was born Nov. 22, 1879, in the daugh- ter of James and Sarah Phillips. She was married to Howard Waggoner 26, and he died Dec.

6, 1951. 1' 4 Surviving) are four daughters, Mrs. Kenneth Carmlchael, of Route Mrs. Gilbert Kerner and Mrs) Dennis- Manuel, both I of Franklin, i and Mrs, Ercel Kohler-man of Milan; three sons, Hezzie Waggoner) iof Cortland, I Pricey Waggoner and Howard Waggoner, both of Freetown; 'a half-sister,) Mrs. Anna Hoard of Indianapolis; a sister, Mrs; Elmer Sutton of Wlnamae; three brothers, Wiley and Benjamin Phillips, both of Medora, aad Bhrford Phillip of Fresno; 1 a grandson.

Capt. Ralph Scott of Dayton, Ohio, whom she raised 11 -other grandchildren and 10 great grandchild ren. i esday mag or uoiumbus. I Hi i-f i Roxanna Tompkins, ,6, daughter of Mr. I and Mrs.

Gordon L. Tompi kins, 407 Smith street, was taken to a family doctor by her parents after, being hit in the eyes with battery acid while sitting in! the familyj car! on the grocery i driveway. I I I Extent of injury to her! eyes was not determined immediately, Susan Fortmeyer, 17, Route 7, driver of a 1956 and Joe Sims, 27; Lake Wales; Fla! driver of a I960 Ford pickup truck, were! injured when their; vehicles collided in front of the grocery store. i i 4 Miss; Fortmeyer was driving west ion Road 46 and turned left in front of the westbound truck, according to Deputy Sheriff Day- '1 I II! Hll 800 at New Rec Center I- i I I Oh WeekEnd Nearly 800 persons inaugurated Cummins Engine company's new recreation area over the week end in spite of Saturday's rains. Dale Hull, secretary of the Cummins Concession fund which op-! erates the center! on the former William M.

Keller farm southeast of the city, said a' few Cummins workers and their families turned put Saturday when the center opened for the first time, but most of -the i visitors came Sunday. Work progressuig on play fa-) dlities, but most of those out over the week end fished in the lake and just "looked around," Mri Hull said, i 1- C'1 ii I i i'i.