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Saturday Evening. April 1954. 11. FOR SALE I 13. REAl ESTATE GERANIUMS for sale, flowers and vegetable plants.

Mike Buttice Greenhouse, 900 West Broadway. f. Wearing Apparel BEAUTIFUL new infant dresses. 6 i mos. and 1 year.

Just the dress I for tie babe's baptismal at the Thrift Shop. 220 Third Street. FOR room modern 3 bedrooms and full basement, 1715 Smead street, 57,400. Immediate possession. Harold J.

Tuberty, Attorney, Barnes CX'fico Building. Phones 4749 or Late Market Reports FOR SALE: Ladies' suits (3) grey, brown and blue, size 11 short, very reasonable. Phone 7513. NEW gray suit and coral blouse, size Phone 8156. BARGAINS in spring clothing.

Penney's Budget Shop, 515 W. Market. h. Wanted To Buy clothing o.n consignment. Peaney's Budget Shop, 515 W.

Market. 1. For Sale or Trade ONE LOT of used refrigerators, washers, radios, televisions sweepers for cattle or sheep, Wallar Electric, Burrows. 12. GOOD THINGS TO EAT a.

Dressed Fowls, Meats FRIES for sale. 40521. b. Fruits, Vegetables SWEET apple cider, fruits and vegetables of all kinds. Berkshires, West on 24, South on 25.

13. REAl tSTATE 6 ROOM RESIDENCE Or. East side of Lake Manitau, Rochester, Ind. 2 baths, fireplace, hardwood fioors, insulated, storm sash, hot water heat, new pri- va'e boat dock, concrete sea wail, sand beach. Close to country club.

Newly remodeled. Fine condition. Must be sold to settle estate. Write or call William L. Morris, Attorney.

802Vi Main St. Phone 339 or 1279-W, Rochester, Ind. FOR room lake cottage on the west side of Lake Maxinkuckec. Large living room, dining room, kitchen, four bedrooms, bath, large scrccned-in front porch, garage and boat house. Charles K.

chael. commissioner. 235 4th Street. Phone 2629. Best Farm Loans.

No charges, liberal appraisals. Contact Deamer Deamer, Realtor, Rochester, 6 ACRES. TOP SOIL On Black Top Road. 2 miles from Co. court house.

30 20. No house. POSSIBLE 4 APT. Double. On Broadway Close to H.

School. 2 baths, 2 furnaces. Lot size 1S5. Bargain at S7000. S3500 spent on this property, will make its value S16.000 or more.

NORTHERN REALTY Ph. 8426 Steve Wallace a. Houses NEW 3 BEDRM National Home with liv. kit, builtins, bath, hardwood floors, utility rm, gas heat, corner lot. garage, yard nicely landscaped.

Price S12.000. 1.33 ACRES completely fenced 5 rm cottage, furnace, toilet, cabinet sink, electric refrigerator, storm windows, double garage, hundreds of berry bushes and strawberry plants, several good young fruit trees, excellent return on investment. Pr. $5500. Jefferson School Dist.

Many other good homes thru- out the city. Corner lot located on Tanguy St. Pr. S600. Farms 200, 165.

90 5 ACRES with modern 6 rm house, 3 miles south, immediate possession, make us an offer. List your real estate with an authorized established Realtor. BOB AYERS, REALTOR Phone 4326, 16 W. Linden Avc. WANTED to buy from owner, 5- room modern house.

Write Box 672, this newspaper. NICE home, 623 High St. 4 rooms and bath and laundry room down, 4 rooms and bath up. New paint and insulated, stoker heat. One block from school.

Can be bought on contract. Phone 3388. 7 ROOM modern house. Reasonable. 2129 Smead St.

FOR SALE RESIDENCE Located at 2225 Broadway City 2 story with 6 rooms 3 up with full bath and 3 down with half in front and back porches. New Holland furnace and stoker. New roof and good paint. 2 car garage. IMMEDIATE POSSESSION.

JAMES B. ROACH ESTATE THE NATIONAL BANK OF LOGAXSPORT, ADMINISTRATOR. NO HELP WANTED We can Handle this Job all ourselves. Yes! Sir. when you have a tough real estate problem, CALL US.

We don't sell candy bars, haircuts, fireworks, roller skates or pink elephants, but when it comes to Real Estate, we are experts. Each Salesman trained arid licensed for vour protection. If you just want to list your property, list It with your mother-in-law, IF YOU WANT TO SELL IT, CALL US. WE NEED YOUR LISTING NOW $1,000 DOWN Yes, as the down payment wild buy this lovely 2 bedroom home at Potawattomie Point. It has a full bath, dining room, living room and kitchen, bookcases, fireplace and roomy Very picturesque location near the Wabash River.

Screened in front porch and enclosed rear porch. 1-car garage. LOG 67. $3,800 Is the total price of this attractive 2-Bedroom Bungalow in Burnettsvflle. Brand new in '52.

picture window in living room. driven well. Venetian bljids included, also gas stove and carpeting. 90' 146' lot. Bath.

LOG 99. $4,900 Is the asking price on this 2 bedroom home on, High Street. Large story home with full front porch. New Youngstown Kitchen. Gas water heat- en-.

Full ba'th, dining room, living room 2-bedrooms up. LOG 122. $1.500 DOWN Is all the cash you need to buy this Income Property on High Street. 2-story home with a 2- bedroom apartment downstairs renting for S75 per month amd a room downstairs renting for S10 per week plus a 3 room apartment upstairs renting for SIS per week. Basement.

Perfect location for Beauty Shop or Barber Shop. LOG 147. BUSINESS BUILDING IN WINAMAC Only 1 block from the court house, this 2-story building with office and storeroom, also has a rear apartment and 9 sleeping rooms. Immediate Possession. Bath up and down.

Suitable for any type business. LOG 140. TAVERN IN LOGANSPORT Excellent corner location. Established for 20 yeairs. Open 6 days a week, 8 to 12 p.m.

2- story frame building with front and rear entramce. 2-restrooms. Newly decorated in '53. Seating capacity for 50. A wonderful buy.

LOG 129. ON LIBERTY ST. We have a property that has 2- homes. The main home has 2- bedrooms. dining room, living room, kitchen and bath.

The other home, is a rental property and has 3 rooms and full bath, and is located on the rear of the lot. The main home has full basement, front porch, electric water heater and stoker furnace. Total price for both properties only 57,900. LOG 149. OPEN EVENINGS JOHN WEIGLE'S CO.

312 So. Fifth Street REALTORS INSURORS Phone 4174 NICE 7 room modern nouse. Reasonable. 2129 Smead street. 2-BEDROOM Colonial type modern house, 2 car garage, extra lot.

Good location in Walton. Paul Sperry, Ph. 164-B6 Walton. BEAUTIFUL 1954 Kropf Moble Home. 45 Ft.

All Modern. Gas Furnace. Automatic dish washer. 20 Gal Hot water heater. Includes 40 ft.

awning. Inquire 2205 George. FOR SALE to settle the late G. Wm. Gibbs estate, 6 room house.

Full front and back porches. Large barn. Phone 40571. FOR SALE by owner, 1 story modern house. 915 W.

Linden. IN MONTICELLO, Ind. Sale or trade for your farm, business or other property, nine room modern house, built 1949, fireplace, bath and hall, full basement, two car garage, 90 foot lake frontage, among fine homes, one block from court house, many other features. Reasonably priced. Write or Phone Von Tobel Lbr.

Francesville, Ind. MODERN 2 bedroom ranch style home, shown by appointment. Phone 21901. 6 ROOM COTTAGE 923 21M Street. Full Lot and Garage.

Immediate Possession. S1500 Cash. Balance Monthly. FRANK MORRIS AGENCY 125 4th Street Phone 3063 b. Lots LOT, 66x132, Humphrey street.

Phone 20784. SUB-DIVIDING 185 acres. For choice lots call 9952. Cash or E-Z terms. Otto Hilbert.

MEMO TO BUSINESS Almost half of all families have liquid assets of Jan. 13H Zero $1105200 S200 lo S500 5500 lo 51.000 Sl.OOO lo 52,000 52.000 lo SS ,000 55.000 lo 510,000 $10.000 ar.dovoi Third Street Market Phone 3705 Eggs .30 Veals .25 Lambs 15 Veal hides 12 Beef hides 04 Sixth Street Produce Phone 3329 Heavy Hens .19 Leghorn Hens 15 Eggs- Grade A Large 32 Grade A Mediums 27 BY OWNER: 2 exceptipnally nice lots. East Roselawn. Phone 2874. I FOR lots on Davis St.

Rd. Phone 50868. e. Farmi FOR SALE: Due to ill health, 76 acres. Seven room semi-modern, large henhouse, bank barn.

IVi miles northeast Rochester. H. A. Hazelbusch, Logansport Grain Phone 3441 Corn, cwt. 2.00 Soybeans 3.65 Oats 75 Peru Two Miami county 4-H judging teams will participate in the state judging contest in June a result of their victory at the district judging contest Thursday at Delphi.

Those entering state competition are the crops teaim coached by Leon Minton, route 1, Macy, which placed second in district judging and dairy team of Keith Overton, Chili, which placed third in that division. The state judging contest will be held in conjunction with the Purdue roundup June 9-11. Bernard Fites placed fourth in district crops judging and Verdon Paul, seventh, out of 194 participants. Kites' score was 730 and Paul 725 points. Team total was 2170.

Other members of Minton's team and their scores were Daniel Benzing, 645 and William Miller. 715. Miami county also placed sixth in entomology. Team members were Jon Dossett and Norman Melton. Members of Over-ton's winning dairy judging team were Herman Wood, Homer Brown, James Bell and Kenneth Keim.

Crops team, coached by Overton, placed 13th. Members were Ronnie' Beck, Thomas Graham, Paul Hunt and Paul Kerschner. Overton's poultry judging team placed llth. Members were John Hanoway. Don McNatoney, Ernest Dillman and James Lmngood.

Ralph A. Call's team of Converse placed 13th in poultry judging. Members were Janey Hodson, Joyce Wimimer; Tom Gray and Nancy Pence. A total erf 134 teams participated in the district meet from 14 counties including Cass, Miami, Howard, Tippecanoe. Newton, Fenton, Fountain Clinton Montgomery, Carroll, Boone, Warren, Jasper and Fulton.

William T. Bishop, 34. Woodford county, is being held in the Miami county jail pending extradition proceedings by E. C. Hale, Lexington police chief.

No bond was set. Bishop was arrested on a warrant at 271 E. Main street Thursday. Police said he had escaped from the Lexington, jail March 2, but it was not learned why he was being held. Graduation plans for Peru high school and several county schools lave been announced.

John R. Emens, -resident of Ball State University will be the speaker at the Peru high school commencement exercises May 27. Senior class members have chosen local ministers to take in commencement ceremonies and baccalaureate services May 23. Bev. Gary Allbritten.

pastor of the First Baptist church, will be speaker. Rev. A. C. Underwood of the Methodist church will deliver the Invocation.

Ralph Jackson, Wayman AME church will give the benediction. Rev. M. Simpson, Presbyterian will give the commencement invocation. Rev.

Roy Reece, Oakdale Baptist church will de- iver the benediction. Commencement exrcises for Jef- ferson township high school will 1 be held Friday, April 30 in the school auditorium. Baccalaureate service will be at the Denver Baptist church. Sunday, April 25, at 7:30 p.m. Sermon will be delivered by Rev.

Black. At the Deeds'ville school, the junior-senior reception will be held in Fort Wayne April 23. Baccalaureate services will be held at the Perrsbung Baptist church May 2 with Retv. C. F.

Golden as the speaker. Commencement exercises will be in the school gymnasium May 4. Wilford Borne, Bluffton, will be the speaker. The senior trip to Washington, New York and Niagara Falls is scheduled from May 29 to June 8. A marriage of 42 years' dura- tion ended on the rocks when divorce suit was filed by Earnest Roscoe Samuels against Goldie E.

Samuels on charges of cruelty. Plaintiff states the parties own real and personal property in Miami and Tipton counties and that it was divided equally between them Sept. 13, 1952 when 'the defendant filed a divorce complaint in Tipton circuit court. He charges he dropped the action this month, but that the parties continued to hold their respective shares. The couple was married in February, 1912 and separated Sept.

8, 1952. They have no children. Forensic Society contests, accompanied by the instructor, Robert Jerry. Linda Rule won a third in dramatic readings; Carolyn Johnson had a fourth in oratory and Leroy Skinner a fourth in radio. Jimmy Yates and Joan Benner went to the finals in humorous readings division and to the semifinals in extemporaneous oratory.

Shirley Eis placed in the semifinals or original oratory. Five Delphi boys and girls attended a meeting of the state Junior Historical Association held last Saturday at Bloomington. The group, accompanied by Robert Bradshaw. included Roddy Rishel. Bill Hilburn.

Miriam Knitter, Carol Wallace and Bill Shanks. Mrs. Charles Bradshaw, who submitted to an operation at Culver hospital in Crawfordsville last week, returned to her home here Wednesday. Mrs. Robert VanNatta accompanied relatives of Mr.

VanNatta to Rochester. Monday for a check-up at the Mayo clinic. Beta Psi chapter of Psi Iota Xi held a business meeting at the library Thursday night and voted S25 to the annual Cancer Fund drive. Mrs. W.

S. Weaver reporting on the annual speech clinic, said that Mrs. Pauline Summers, of Lafayette, a licensed speech therapist, will conduct the classes which will start on June 16 with classes each week on Wednesday at the Delphi library. The classes are for children who will enter school this fall or those who are now in school, who have speech defects. Mrs.

Maxine Wilson reported for the nominating committee and the following officers were elected: Mrs, Myron Beesley, president; Mrs. Robert Mills, vice-president; Mrs. Richard Grantham, recording secretary; Mrs. George Schnepp, corresponding secretary; Ebrite. treasurer, and Mrs.

Kenneth Pyle, conductress. The April party will be held at the beautiful home of Mrs. Margaret Johnston on North Meridian street, Indianapolis, on the 29th wiiih the following assistant hostesses: Katherine McDowell, Julie Pyle, Betty Smith, Lavonne Million, Marilyn Wood, Georgiann Schilling Kessler, Willian Thayer and Mary Talbert. Acetylene Arc Welding Corrugated Metal Pipe I Beams Angles Ban Sheet Metal of All Kinds Basement Adjusting Posts Special Built Tankj GALVANIZED CORRUGATED ROOFING Logansport Metal Culvert Co. 220 Hanna Phone 5157 Delphi Two student teachers have been assigned to Delphi High school, Principal John Curry said this week.

Miss Wilma Howard From Purdue win be here for four weeks teaching under the direction of Miss Many Lou Foster in the home economics department. She is living at the Maurice Clifford home. In the history department, under the supervision of Robert Bradshaw, Robert Swindell from Indiana State Teachers college will work for six weeks. He will be living with his parents at IdaviBe. Miss Elizabeth Ives and her roommate, Miss Carol Uhlinger of Worche'ster, Mass, will spend the Easter vacation week end here with the former's parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Joseph T. Ives. Both are freshman at DePauw. Mr Mrs.

Charles Melson and daughter, Charlene, who is home from Hanover for her Eas- i ter vacation, will spend Easter Sunday with relatives at Ambia. Charleae will return to Hanover Monday and classes will start Tuesday. Miss Patricia Coble, a freshman at Ball State Teachers College dame home Friday for a 10-day vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Coble of Rockfleld.

She will return to Muncie Sunday afternoon. The Rosary Society of St. Josephs Catholic church win sor a bake sale and market at tbe Catholic Community Center at 10 a. Saturday, April. 17.

Miss Nancy Bowen will arrive home Thursday afternoon from the University of Illinois to spend I her Easter vacation here with, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abner H. Bowen. On Saturday Mrs.

Bowen and Nancy will drive to Chesterton to visit Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hageman. Mr. and Mrs.

Spurgeon Johnson and two children of Indianpo- lis will come to spend Easber with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Amick.

Delphi high school speech students participated last Saturday at Butler university in the National Three Galveston Residents Hurt in Crash Mrs. Kaitherine Marchaiid, 29, of Oal'veston, route 1, one of three Galveston residents injured Friday in an auto-truck collision on highway 31, three miles norfh of Kokomo, is reported ia fair condition at the St. Joseph hospital in Kofcomo. She suffered severe cuts and bruises on the face and hip aad a possible dislocation of the hip. Her brother-in-law, Orville MJar- ehand, 33, and his wife, Jane, 31, who escaped with bruises and cults, were able to leave She iospital after treatment.

State Trooper Mfilard Huiffiman said Mrs. Ka-therine March.ind was driving north when sfce apparently crossed the center line and struck She drive wheels of a truck operated by Raymond Watkins, 52, of Alto, scraped the side of She trailer, and then struck the rear wheels. The truck driver said he tried to drive his truck off the side of the road in a futile effort to avoid the collisioa. Frank Beall to Speak At Tipton Gathering The Walton school will be the site of the April 20 meeting of the Tipton township Farm Bureau when Frank Beall of the State Farm Bureau Cooperative Association will be the main speaker. The program for the evening will also include the showing of a film which illustrates the laying of the new cooperative pipeline into Peru.

A hamburger supper will be served at 6:30 p.m. through the courtesy of the Cass county Farm Bureau Cooperative Association. Committee members for the event include Herbert Deniston, Elroy Bates, Helen Huffman, Charles Wilson, Milo Julian, Floyd Richard Babb, Robert Laymon, Willard Babb, Grover Dishon and Don Garbert. Each family is asked to bring two covered dishes and table serv- REALGAS HIGH QUALITY LOWER PRICES 818 W. Market, Hi-Way 24 18th i Woodlawn 7th 4 North County Agent Thins To Attend Conference County agricultural agent, Gus W.

Thias, will attend a regular district extension conference at Purdue university Monday. The meeting will feature a discussion of animal husbandry work in the morning session and the afternoon will be devoted to consideration of entomology extension work. Thias will return to Ms office in the county court house Tuesday morning. Pane! Argues School issue A panel discussion on the school consolidation issue featured the meeting of the county Rural Youth held Thursday evening at the YWCA annex. Presided over by Charles Sharp, the pane! members included Jim' Hickey, Jane Bush, Rosmary Allen and Francis Caldwell.

During the business session of the group several reports and announcements were made. Virginia Smith, the chairman of the community building committee, announced that sufficient funds had been raised by the organization to permit the purchase of a building i site for their proposed structure. I She issued an invitation to the members to submit the location of possible sites. Jane Bush revealed the launching of a new membership drive in which those members residing north of the Wabash River would compete with those living south of the river for the number of new members enrolled. Committees for the "Calico Swing" dance, which will be held May 27, were announced to include: location, Marlene Sailors, and S.

A. Moss; tickets, Rita Cunningham and Rosmary Allen; decorations, Mary Frances Bentley, Jack Chambers. Dean and Dale Byers and Virginia Smith; dance, Richard Fiedler, Joan Stangle, Paul Sanders and Virginia Roll. The district picnic was announced as being scheduled for July 11. Logansport, Indiana, Pharos-Tribune Fifteen Deaths and Funerals WOLF Funeral services for Ernest G.

Wolf, 75, retired, of 1614 Johnson street, were conducted Saturday afternoon at the Chase-Miller chapel with the Rev. Kenneth Brady officiating. Burial was made in the Cline cemetery, Royal I Center. McCAULEY Final ntes for Cora Belle McCauley, 83, of South Bend, formerly of Logansport, were held Saturday afternoon at the Chase- Miller chapel with interment made in the Crooked Creek cemetery. SLEETH Services for Jessie SJeetb, 69 retired Pennsylvania mail alerk were conducted Saturday at the First Methodist church in Greentown with the Rev George Brunner officiating.

Burial was made in the Greentown cemetery. Musicians Directed By Henry Fornoff Win Top Honors in Contest The Centervile high school band directed by Henry Fornoff, son of Mrs. Vidia Murray, lfl.14 Broadway, for flhe nittiih consecutive year has won first place in the state band contest held at The Centerville high school chorus direct- ed by Fornoflf also won first place in Che chorus contest this year for the first feme. Under FornoJf's direction the Ceniterville band has won first place thirteen out of the last fourteen years. In thiis year's contest six judge-s rated the band and chorus as "excellent," tine best rating possible.

A former member of the Lc- gansport high, school basketball team, ForaoiSf was grad'Uiated from the locaa high school in 1932. He was graduated from the Arthur Jordan conservatory of music and Butler. He taught two years at Flora before going to Center-vine. CAMPBELL The Rev. M.

C. Morrow, of Denver, and the Rev. M. E. Kessler of Bunker Hill, will officiate a' funeral rites for Charles M.

Campbell. 65, a retired Pennsylvania Railroad car man, of Onward, 2 pjm. Sunday at the Onward Methodist church. Burial will be made in the Onward cemetery. Friends may call at the residence until 1 p.m.

Sunday when, the body win be removed to the church to lie in state uytil the time of services. The McCloskey- Hamilton funeral home is in charge of arrangements. FARENBAUGH 'Funeral services for Clara A. Pareabauigh, 70, of 1020 Erie avenue, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the St.

Joseph Catholic church with the Rt. Rev. Msgr, M. J. Aichinger officiating.

Burial will be made In the Sacred Heart cemetery. Remington. Friends may call at the Kroeger chapel, but are requested to omit flowers. Conduct Services for Mrs. Kathryn Falvey W'EvAMiAC Short funeral services were conducted Friday at the Kennedy funeral home for Mrs.

Kathryn Falvey, 70, a former resident, who early Friday at Carneal hospital. Born In Indianapolis on Dec. 28, 1884, she had moved from Chicago to Pulaski county in 1949. Siie was married to Mark Falvey in Chi- cago in 1922. The deceased was 1 a member of Uhe Oak Park Episcopal church.

Survivors include the husband, I a brother, Don Riley, Chicago, and a sister, Mrs. John Delaney, Maywood, HI. Services were also held in Chicago Saturday wifih interment in an Oak P'ark cemetery. CONROY Funeral services for Miss Julia G. Conroy, 67, of 500 Washington street, will be held at 9 a.m.

Monday at the St. Bridget Catholic church. The Rev. Father Francis Meehan will officiate and interment will be made in the St. Vin cent cemetery.

Friends may call at the Kroeger chapel, where the D. of I. will have ritualistic services at 8 p.m. Saturday and the Altar Society at 8 pjm. Sunday.

The Catholic Order of Foresters plans special rites at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. HUST Last rites for Al Ernest Bust. 36, plant superintendent at Alpha Industries, of 835 Wheatland avenue, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at the Kroeger funeral home with the Rev.

E. L. Bleiler officiating. Friends may call at the mortuary after 7 p.m. Saturday.

Burial will be made in Mount Hope cemetery. Expect Large Turnout For Cass HD Gathering More than 70 reservations have been made by county Home Demonstration members for the sixth annual past president's luncheon to be held at noon, Monday, at the Market street Methodist church. The event will' highlight an address by Marie Gillespie, a returned missionary from Iran who is expected to discuss her experiences in that Near Eastern land. Remarks will also be made by Mrs. Charles Coleman, of route 1, Royal Center, the sixth, county chairman.

Mrs. Elsie Nelson, Deer Creek, senior director of the county HD group, will deliver the invocation. Parking Meters Net $1,214 During Week Receipts from city parking meters grossed $1,214.45 for the week ending Friday, reflecting a healthy business in the downtown area. Of this amount, $72.30 was collected from lot No. 1 at Fourth and North streets; S69.90 from lot No.

2 at Third and East Melbourne avenue; and S57.05 from lot No. 3 at Fourth and Melbourne. Tipton Township To Buy New Bus The TLpton township advisory board will meet at the home of Trustee Leon Carey at 8 p.m. DST Thursday, May 6, to open bids for the purchase of a new 48-passeniger school bus and the sale of an old one. The new school bus body is to be mounted with, a 1954 model truck chassis of two-ton capacity, fully equipped.

The bids are to specify the allowance the bidder will make for a school bus body and truck chassis now owned by the township. The used bus will be awarded either to the person offering the highest cash price at the sale or to the bidder proposing to provide a new bus to the depending upon wiich will result in the highest cash price for the 1346 used bus, and the lowest cost to the township for the new unit. DIES IN CAR CRASH BLUFFTON, Ind. (UP) Obe Billings, 40, Van Dyke, (22465 Curie St.) was killed Friday night when two cars collided at the junction U.S. 224 and Ind.

1 north of here. State police said Billings failed to yield the right of way to another auto driven by Mrs. Dorothy Nelson, 49, Bluffton, who was hurt seriously. Billings' mother. Mrs.

Mattie Billings, 70, Smithville, also was injured. DIES AT WHEEL OF CAR TERSE HAUTE (UP) Fred Beck, 58, (2141 E. 76th Chicago, fell dead at the wheel of his automobile Friday night as he drove with wife home from a Florida vacation. Beck was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Anthony's Hospital.

Mrs. Mae E. Beck, his wife, told authorities when Beck slumped over the wheel she guided the car to a stop and turned off the ignition. Beck was a pharmacist. Four Speeding Drivers Brought Into Court Four drivers were arrested by police for exceeding the speed limit, but only one was assessed a fine in city court Saturday.

Harold Powell, of Akron, paid a penalty of $10 and $14.75 costs on the charge. John H. Scott, of route 3, Logansport, entered a plea of not guilty to the speeding charge and his trial was scheduled next Sat! urday, April 24. Two high school students lost I their driver's licenses for a period of 30 days, but Judge Harry Tute- I wiler assessed no fine or costs. They were Gary Byers, of route 4, Logansport, and Allen Lane, of Kewanna.

RAIL OFFICIAL TO VISIT Henry Bush, a representative of the Railroad Retirement Board, will visit the city Tuesday to receive inquiries from local railroaders pertaining to retirement, Pennsylvania Railroad officials announced today. Bush's temporary office will be at the local railroad's annex No. 2 after 10 a.m. 'Twelve Mile Baby Again in Hospital Rachel Lynn Gannon, eight I months old daughter of Mr. and i Mrs.

Middleton Gannon, of near I Twelve Mile, has been returned to I Riley hospital, Indianapolis, for treatment. The child, born with a collapsed lung, its stomach on the wrong side, and its liver separated in a unique manner, has been in Riley I hospital several times. Physicians told the parents last November that the child probably would not live more than five months. Reds Murder 100 on Train PNOM PENH, Cambodia (UP) The Communists massacred more than 100 men. women and children aboard a train derailed by their saboteurs in the jungle near here this week, it was announced today.

A communique protesting the I "barbaric atrocity'" said some of the victims were "doused with gasoline and burned alive." Others were mowed down by hand grenades, tommy guns and rifles or hacked to death with jungle knives. So far as was known, all the vic- tims were Indochjnese. i The train, OE the way from I Pnom Penh to Battambang, was i dynamited Monday between rural stations some 50 miles northwest of here. The blast derailed some coaches, and others piled up or overturned. The tangled pile of wreckage caught £ire.

As survivors scrambled out the burning coaches, some 500 Reds swarmed out of the jungle and attacked them with grenades and small arms, the communique said. Frantic passengers who survived the first including old people, children and were hacked with axes and knives. The wounded were dreached with gasoline and set afire, the official announcement said. Close Class For Crippled The class for handicapped children at Franklin school will be closed for the remainder of the year, according to the announcement of Fred Fuitz, president of the County Crippled Children's society. The directors decided to terminate the class because of the great expense and because the enrollment had dropped to only three due to illness among the pupils.

The school city also needs the classroom space. The society has operated the class at Franklin school two years, with the school city providing the room and the society providing the teacher and materials. From seven to ten pupils have been enrolled in the class during the period. Cause of Woman's Death Accidental INDIANAPOLIS (UP) The death of Mrs. Gladys Gruenihclz, 41, who was found dead in her bed a week ago, was classed as accidental Friday by police on the strength of evidence and lie detector tests.

Coroner Roy Storms withheld a verdict, however, pending further investigation. Police said lie tests given Francis Gruenbolz, 45, the victim's husband, and another man, established their innocence of a blow which, killed Mrs. Gruenholz. Gruenholz and the other man fought in the Gruenholz home a few hours before the body was found, police said. They believed Mrs.

Gruenholr may have fallen or was struck by accident during the scuffle. Semi-Annual Tax Rush Is Underway A steady stream of taxpayers poured into the office of County Treasurer Clarence Settiemyre in the court house Saturday morning to pay their spring installment of property taxes. Two large tax payments during the morning helped make Saturday the biggest day of the tax paying period to dale despite the fact that the office was only open until noon. One of the checks was from the General Tire corporation for and the other was from Bazley market for $1,205.46. Only two more weeks and one day remain before the deadline for making tax payments.

The final day is Monday, May 3. Mrs. Hannah Petrich Expires in Hospital Mrs. Hannah Petrich, 85, 1523 George street, died at 11 a.m. Saturday in the St.

Joseph hospital. She was the widow of Fred Petrich, who preceded In death in 1934. Born in Logansport Sept. 16, 1868, she was the daughter of William H. and Louise (Roesner) Meyers.

Survivors include two-sons, Walter, Columbus. 0., and Herbert, Reynolds; a sister, Mrs. Lottie DeMuth; and a brother, Charles, both of Logansport. The body was taken to the Kroeger funeral home where final rites are pending. INJURED IN JAIL FIGHT MUNCIE, Ind.

prisoner was injured and another placed in solitary confinement Friday in 1 a fight at Delaware County Jail. Raymond Melvin, 35, Muncie, who was held on a drunk driving charge, was taken to Ball Hospital with a possible fracture of his leg. Lonnie Parsley, 24, Muncie, held 'or conspiracy to commit arson, was accused by Sheriff W. Pete of fighting with Melvin in the jail bullpen. PRIVACY For privacy, a back yard fence may be covered with berry vines, jourd vines, grapes or pole beans.

Fast-growing and hardy, they make an attractively green background 'or your flowers and small plants..

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