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The Daily Journal from Franklin, Indiana • Page 2

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The Daily Journali
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The DAILY JOURNAL. Franklin, Indiana, Friday, September 21, 1963. Scholarship Pistol shot set on Sunday Masons schedule full moon festival "1- write I i. 4 I ton County; pine Village and Green Hill, in warren County Somerset, in Wabash County: reeaom, in Owen County, and Deputy, in Jefferson County. Opening the unusual festival, a buffet dinner will be served in Scott Hall, on the Johnson County Fairgrounds, beginning at 5 o'clock.

Reservations may be made with Joseph L. Brldwell, Dwight L. Smith, or Roy O. Tur ner, all of Franklin. Deadline for reservations is Monday evening.

The festivities will get under way at 7 o'clock when, weather permitting, a Moonlight procession of Master Masons will be escorted around the Masonic Home circle by the Scottish Highlanders, a colorful bagpipe and drum band from Murat Shrine Temple at Indianapolis. Harold C. Thomas is president of the uniformed group and George Kon- raa serves as pipe major. At o'clock, in Holloway Hall, Hlnkle Lodge No. 310 at Deming will open a lodge of Master Masons with J.

worth Baker, Worshipful Master, presiding. A dramatic cast from the Indianapolis Scottish Rite will! present a one-act Masonic play entitled, "The Greatest of; These," by the late Carl H. i ciauay or Washington, D. C. k.

METHODIST HOME PROJECT Good weather has permitted construction of the SI. 7 million Methodist Home addition to progress at a rapid pace. Over-all view shows bow much has been completed to date. Footings should be completed and cement poured to form the basement walls within the next two weeks. The project was started Aug.

22 at the home just west of Franklin and is scheduled for completion within 18 months. News in brief ANDERSON, Ind. (UPI) Teams from at least 10 city departments, state police, the Marion County sheriff's squad and the State Department of Conservation will compete Sunday in the 1st Annual police Combat pistol Match. Harold Boicourt, trustee of the Indiana Firearms Training Association, said the match will provide good recreation for the officers as well as bringing them up to date on the latest shooting methods used in police work. The competition will take place at the Badge pistol Club range here.

Teams already entered are from Anderson, Lafayette, Elkhart, Speedway, Bedford, Portland, Terre Haute. Goshen, Michigan ci'y, Munch, West Lafayette. Indianapolis, Xoblesville, Richmond, Greenfield, and Valparaiso. rrms ah Gixxi For 50' vm.w Beautv Shop fj 188 S. Madison St.

Greenwoodl GREENWOOD, INDIANA Vnv Haircut Sqj Sept. -M--" (4 A II FRANKLIN Masons from nine! Indiana communities will join in a unique salute to sentiment and' tradition with a "Festival of the' Full Moon Thursday, October on the grounds of the Indiana Masonic Home in Franklin. 1 It will 'be the first time lnj Indiana Masonic history that those lodges which hold to the ok custom of meeting on an evening "on or before the full will get together to enjoy the distinction that is theirs. In the early years of Tndi. ana's statehood about one Mason ic lodge in every three metwhilt tne moon was full.

So generally have lodges abandoned the prac tice that now only nine remain. The sticklers for tradition are the lodges at Odell, in Tippe-canoe County Bridgeton, in Parke County Greensboro, in Henry County Deming, in Hamil- Cold beer sales ruling delayed INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) A final ruling was delayed Thursday by a Marion County Superior Court judge on the question of whether a ban against cold beer sales by package liquor stores should be continued. Judge Frank Symmes, con-tinued a temporary restraining order but delayed action on a permanent Injunction against the Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Commission from allowinsr the cold beer sales. The commission announced last June It was extending the right to sell cold beer to liquor stores as well as taverns. A suit filed by Seymour tavern proprietor Frank King prevented it from going into effect, however.

The final ruling was DostDoned because the ABC appealed to the inaiana Supreme Court the ques tion of whether the courts hva jurisdiction in such an issue. The ABC contends it has regulatory powers, not the courts. SPORTSMEN'S Headquarters Complete lines of FISHING and HUNTING GEAR Many other sports y- items! De PREZ-SCOTT Phone 736-5841 62-68 Jefferson Franklin WJ 1 ADD 1 VlMIY-VALUE -SPCfx announced by Kiwanis club WHITELAND A resolutioi setting up a scholarship found, ation for graduates of Whitelanc and Clark high schools was pas-sed by the Kiwanis Club of Great, er Whlteland last night when it met for their weekly dinner meeting at the and dining room. The foundation, to be usee primarily on a loan system, will be drawn on as needed by the scholarship students, and it is hoped that the program can be started with three deserving students the first year. Funds for the foundation will be derived from proceeds of the Travel and Adventure series and other fund raising projects under, taken by the club.

The board of directors for the foundation will consist of the superintendent of schools, principal of Whiteland high school and four members from the Kiwanis club who are: William Wendt, Paul Hand, Dr. Norman Young and Rev. Dahlgren E. Casey. The chairman of the dir.

ectors will be chosen among themselves. Discussion on the scholarship foundation constituted the business meeting Thursday night and no program was presented. Outside gifts or contributions to the foundation by any interested persons will gladly be accepted. Next week's meeting will be ladies night, to be held at Zar-ing's Hearthstone Inn. Edinburg youth hurt in mishap EDINBURG Denny Streeval, 16, escaped with minor injuries Thursday afternoon when his motor scooter collided with a semi truck at Holland and Camp.

bell streets. Police said Streeval. of 605 South Holland, was en route north on Holland and collided with the truck headed east on Campbell. Driver of the truck was Claude Adkins, 46, of Rockhold, Ky. He was not hurt.

Streeval was treated at John son county hospital for a shoulder injury and bruises. Two suits ask money payment A complaint suit on a note and motion to foreclose a mortgage has been filed in Johnson Superior court against two John son county couples. The suit asks payment for a $11,900 note from Charles and Frances Arthur, 518 Sunset Drive, Edinburg and Billy and Mary Spicer, 128 Washington. Franklin. me complaint suit was filprt by Czechoslovak Society of America.

It charees that thorpai estate property in question was transferred from Mr. and Mrs Arthur to Mr. and Mrs. Spicer OPEN DAILY Home Grown Fresh Fruits and Vegetables TAYLOR'S MARKET First House West of New Whiteland North side of Whiteland Road SANTO DOMINGO CUPI) The three.man civilian junta installed Thursday by the army set about the task today of selecting a coalition cabinet to administer Dominican affairs for the next two years. Elections for a new government will be held sometime In 1965.

TAMPA, Fla. (UPI) Coast Guardsmen In a helicopter plucked two men from a makeshift raft In the Gulf of Mexico Thursday and then watched in horror as a pack of sharks fought over- the body of the wife of one of the rescued men. Kenneth Crosby, 32, and James Dumas, 27, were recuperating In a hospital here today. Dumas' wife, Ann, 27, had died on the raft before the helicopter arrived. ABERDEEN, S.

D. (UPI) The Fischer quintuplets continued to do fine today. St. Luke's Hospital said the quints were kicking and tossing their arms and legs, their color was good and they continued to thrive on their rations. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.

(UPI) Two of the nation's largest grain dealers have backed out of negotiations in Canada for sale of wheat to the Soviet Union, but there is still an optimistic note that some kind of a transaction may be worked out. LONDON (UPI) Russia is selling gold in Europe in considerable quantity, ostensibly to meet the rising bill for wheat and other Soviet purchases in the West. WASHINGTON (UPI) Government agents staged a 5a state "flash" raid on gamblers Thursday, arresting 129 persons and confiscating $35,000. Indiana News Hurricane Hits coast of Dominican SAN JUAN, P.R. (UPI) Hurricane Edlthr packing 75 mile an hour winds and flooding rains, slammed into the eastern tip of the Dominican Republic today.

There were no immediate reports of damage, the Weather Bureau said. In Miami, the Weather Bureau said a sharp northerly swing which carried the season's fifth storm into the eastern tip of the Island of Hlspaniola was a good indication that the hurricane will pose no threat to the United States. "The center Is over land now. and weakening," said the nation's cnief hurricane forecaster, Gordon Dunn. "It looks like the storm may veer even more sharply to the north, but It will pick up power when it hits open water again and is still a dangerous hurricane," Dunn said.

"It appears, though, thatihere Is no threat to the United States," he added. The tropical twister swept through the Mona Passage, a narrow channel between Hispani-Dla composed of Haiti and the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, bathing the two Islands with torrential rains and heavy seas. Marion sherrif Hiner is dead INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) James Hiner, 45, who was elected Marion County sheriff on the Republican ticket last November, died in Community Hospital early today following long illness. Hiner, who served 20 years with the Indiana State Police, went into private business before run-1 iui oiicim, a posi ne assumed last tan. 1.

Correction Five members will be elected to the Johnson county 4-H and Agricultural Fair Association board of directors at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10. A headline on page 2 of Thursday's Journal erroneously-said three would be named. INSULATE YOUR HOME Now's the time to start planning your home insulation.

For quality insulating materials, make us your headquarters. THE BUILDERS' DEPARTMENT STORE' i i i i i Senate ok's military pay raise bili WASHINGTON fUPI) A Sen ate approved $1.2 billion military pay raise bill, designed to pro vide an average 14.4 per cent in crease for all career service men, went back to the House today for final action. The compromise bill, worked out by a House-Senate conference committee, passed by a 79-0 Senate vote Thursday. The House is expected to take final action Tuesday, the day the pay boost would become effective. The measure provides that en listed men with two years serv ice get $5 a month more with in creases ranging up to $120 month for officers with 30 years service.

Supplemental pay in creases for special categories were also written in to help serv icemen in such cold war hot spots as South Viet Nam, and to nil the need for doctors and den tists. Another category that would get special benefits are service men who must leave their de pendents at home. The bill nro. vides them with seDaratinn al. lowances of $30 a month.

Other congressional news Space: President Kennedy is attempting to head off the threat of deep cuts in his $5.3 billion space budget raised by his re cent proposal for a joint U.S. Russian moon expedition. The Chief vigorously denied any attempt to cut back on the program in a "Dear Al" let-ter to Rep. Albert Thomas, chairman of the House ap-propriations subcommittee studying the space request. Taxes; A split in the ranks of liberals Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee may endanger chances for prompt action on the House-passed $11 billion tax cut bill.

During debate in the Senate Thursday Sen. Albert Gore, disclosed his opposition to the measure. Sen. Vance Hartke, said he would offer a motion to head off a "slowdown" on finance committee hearings on the bill by limiting them to 30 days. Ballet for emperor WASHINGTON (UPI) The State Department said Wednes-day it is optimistic over chances of working out a solution that will keep funds available for a peacekeeping military force in the Congo.

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4 I 102 EAST BROADWAY and high ai i lit We Have the Happy Faculty INDIANA PO LIS (UPI) A Negro pupil entering a school lunchroom normally used onlvbv white pupils was blamed today for a racial fight at Indiana's largest high school. About 200 pupils milled around an area In the center of the cam pus of Arsenal Technical High School where 4,700 students are enrolled, nearly one-fourth of them Negroes, and there were shovings and fist fights. School officials restored order and lectured students over a loud, speaker system. Police cruised system, streets around the school this morning to guard against a repe tition. MARION, Ind.

(UPI) A Grant County Judge Issued a temporary restraining order Thursday which clears the way at least temporarily for 8,000 residents of a newly-annexed area to vote in the Anderson municipal election Nov. 5. Judge Robert T. Caine of Cir- tRose of Lima church and a mem. Der of its Altar Society.

Mrs. Pickhardt also enjoyed oil painting. Funeral services will beheld Saturday at 10 a.m. at the St. Rose of Lima church.

Rosary will be read Friday at 8 p.m. at the Vandivier funeral home. Bur. ial will be In Greenlawn cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after noon Friday.

cult court issued tne order when attorneys who filed a suit for in-junction In Madison Circuit Court at Anderson failed to find Judge Carl Smith of that court to act on the matter. PERU, Ind. (UPI) A pickup truck carrying 500 pounds of dy. namite went out of control and overturned Thursday on Indiana i a aDout a mile south of Gilead. The dynamite was scattered across the highway and a Peru woman was pinned in the wreck, age of the truck.

Mrs. Karen Ulsperger, 33, R.R. 1, Peru, who was driving the explosives to her husband at work, was released from the truck by a passing motorist who drove her to Dukes Memorial Hospital. She was admitted In "fair" condition. INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) A 17.

year-old inmate of the Indiana Girls School, who climbed 25 feet up the support beams of the school's water tower Thursday, said today she probably did it "on impulse." Supt. Freida Lyda, who questioned the girl, said she doubted the girl intended to jump. INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) The Indiana state Office Building Commission Thursday agreed tentatively on settlement of a window pane breakage problem at the three-year-old structure across the street from the State-house. The commission accepted a proposal by architects' and contrac-tors' representatives extending for one year the warranty period coverage glass panes in the lobby of the building. Margaret Pickhardt, 72, prominent resident, dies of knowing what college school men want! GREENWOOD AUTO SALES mm iihiihium We've been doing a lot of basic research on school clothing for young college and high school men and we've kept abreast of the latest developments in academic life and frankly, we feel that we have the right formula.

Call it casual good looks if you will-that is the understanding element in all of our collection of clothing for the college and high school men. YOUNG MEN'S SUITS Fine fabrics in the latest styles and priced right for the young men. SA5 SQ SWEATERS By McGreagor, Arrow, Jantzen and Campus in cardigan and pull-over styles 895 VS00 FRANKLIN Mrs. Margaret Teresa Pickhardt 72 years old, died suddenly Wednesday at the Johnson county Memorial hos. pital following a brief illness.

She was the wife and mother of Johnson county physicians. She married Dr. Robert Pickhardt In 1916. She had resided in Franklin since that time. Her address was 244 East King street.

Surviving are her husband and one son, Dr. R.J. Pickhardt, of Whitelandi Also there are five grand children surviving. Others Include her sister Katherlne Ar-kins and brother James Arklns of Indianapolis. Mrs.

Pickhardt was born in Greencastle and spent her childhood in Indianapolis. She attended Holy Cross high school in Indianapolis and a business college there. She was a secretary before her marriage. She was member of the St. Discount Prices Everyday Reg.

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