The Tribune from Seymour, Indiana • Page 1

1 it A NEWSPAPER FOU JHI WHOLE FAMILY VOLUME LXXIX N(X 113 SEYMOUR, INDIANA. FRIDAY, AUGUSTl lfcr JA 2-4871 3 S3.29 Large Crowd -Attends REMG S2I Levy iFof Schools -I town Schools Board ProD la oses Consolidated Schools board of tnutcei hn adopted a propoied 1962 bu3get calling for S168.60O to raised by SZ.79 tai levy. Tha proposed tax rat ia 20 eenti higher than th preaent $2.59 rate. Tbt 1962 budget and tax levy art based upon an aaaeased tax able valuation ot $6,026,610 com- Increase Of: 14 Cents Over 1961 Proposed Board Cons Wers Fuel Bids, Quotation Qn i School Bus Service, Makef AssignmenU Fallowing "hng atudy of a poaed budget ior tha calendar year 1M of tha Seymour Com. inanity Schoola, the board of trui- ten of tha achoola, at a meeting pared to 16,085,340 taxabl vslus- expected to rals $78,894, the tuition last year.

This lowr value- ion fund 159.663 buildina fund -huradayght-in-tha-achool-adH ministration building, adopted a budget calling for a tax levy of 13.20 for next year. Tha proposed $3.20 levy la an incraase of 14 cents over tha 1961 levy of $3.13 for tha Seymour Community Schools. 'Approxl- mately six cents of this 14-cent increase ia necessary, school off! cials said, to recover losa in reve- nue due to a decrease in assessed valuation of property in Seymour, Redding township and the small corporation of Seymour-Redding, Jackson township had anlinereiie in valuation. The remaining eight cents of Incr ncrease tion and increased. operating coats sr th 1 bails for the proposed tax increase.

Included in the tax levy proposal ar $1.30 for th special school fund, 99 cents for th tuition fund, 50 cents for a cumulativ building fund and- II poll tax on $49 tax-abi polls. The special school fund levy is $30,133. and the poll tax This year, the current $2.50 rate raises $70,550 for th peels school Jund. $,074 tuition fund. 130,426 cumulativ building fund and a $1 poll tax on S69 polls, $569.

Dropped from th -1982 budget proposal is a 15-cent levy on a nond rund. This rat this year raised $9,128. Appropriations included la the special school fund budget pro posed for next year are: General administration $12,500. up instruction $9,100, coordinated activities $13,500, same; op eration of school plant $21,000, up maintenance 1 7, 0 0 0, same; fixed 3,725, same i auxiliary activities $3,200. same; and capital outlay, $12,500, same.

Tuition fund: Instruction S190, 627. up $10,027. Bond fund: Debt service $8,030, down $9,210. Members of th consolidated school board are H. A.

Vermllya, president; Paul Tormoehlen, vice- president i Raymond Spurgeon, secretary; and Raymond Robison, treasurer. Number Of Party Delegates Set Th Ninth Congressional Dis trict, which includes Jackson County, will have a Republican delegation of 174 persons to that party's state convention, while 169 Democrats are elegit 4 to the convention of that fig ures released by State Election Commissioner Edwin M. S. Steers showed Thursday. I MarloiLCountyrwill blhe dominant delegation in the 1962 Republican State Convention while Lake County will have the loudest voice in the Democratic convention.

The convention dates were set Thursday by the chairman of the two parties Democrat J. Man fred Core and Republican Thom as Gallmeyer. For the first time in several years, the order or the conven tion Next 7ear, the GOP convention will be held first, June 19, and the Democrat's convention will be held June 21 Fairgoers Given the A. of the 14-cent increase will raise an additional $18,784 necessary for 1962 achool operation. Total amount to be raised by the 1962 levy is $779,996 as compared to $761,212 this year.

NEA Telephoto Hijackers Leon Bearden'; right, and son, Cody, of Collidge, are led handcuffed from El Paso, Federal Building after their arrest for hijacking a Continental Airlines jet airliner. Ti two held federal and state authorities at bay at the El Paso airport for nine hours Thursday befor being captured by one blow from an enraged U. S. Border Patrol official. Three Director Ar Reelected-Talk By Manager, Stage Highlight The Program Annual meeting of the Jackson County Rural Electric Membership Corporation was attended by what was believed to be the larg est; crowd in the event's history Thursday at the Jackson County fairgrounds east of Brownstown on Ind.

250. An estimated 3,000 to 1 300 turned out in perfect weather the 23rd annual meeting, a daylong program consisting of a busi ness meeting, entertainment for adults and children refreshments and presentation of various a- wards. Chlel item of business was election of directors to three-yearterma. and the three incumbents whose-terms had ex pired were reelected. A total of 662 members registered to vote for the directors, John Nt Hamer, REMC manager in Brownstown, said.

Reelected were Bee Spurgeon, Brownstown Rl, from District 8 Hugh Richey, Scottsburg R3, from District and Arvil Mclntyre, Bedford R5, from District 2. Two candidates from1 each dis trict had been nominated by, 1 nominating committee. In District 2, the nominating committee con sisted of Lawrence Baker, Morris Short and Chaffes" Horner; TnTDis- trict it was Marion Broady Clarence Tellis and Hubert Craig and the District 8 committee was composed of M. O. Lucas, Frank Brewer and Guy McNiece.

1 Ballots were cast during the business meeting from 1:30 to 2:30 p. and the winners -were announced following a stage show by Jack Kurkowski's Xylo phone Band. Also during the business meet Turn to page 8, column Youth Hur When Car Falls On Him A 17ry ear-old youth was hos pitalized Thursday night, with in- ju'riei'after a'car- he wax working on in a garage fell on him. Three others were treated at Schneck Memorial Hospital, as outpatients Thursday to have foreign" objects removed from their" eyes oberFPonsler, son of Mr. and Mrs7-RaymonHrPonslerr- Butler vllle, was admitted at.

9:30 p. Thursday following the garage mishap. He had X-rays of his right shoulder and ribs taken then returned home'this Brent seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lrmrd-tog' dill, 421 Ewing street, and Robert Miller.

37. of Seymour- Rl, both had objects removed from their left. eyesJIhe youngster wasacLJ mitted at 5:10 pr- m.r and Wilier was treated at 8:30 p. m. Clifford Righthouse, 37, of 516 East Tinton streets was treated at 1:50 p.

m. Thursday after a steel fragment got into his right eye The mishap" occurred while he was usins: an electric drill at work. weather records for Seymour. The downtown Seymour recordaand the 1 p. m.

temperature ar unofficiil. Other readings ar from th records of Mrs. Ruth Everhart, government weather observer at Rock-, ford and ar official. Vu. ttnt 4.

MM MUI i Downtown Seymour Maximum Thursday 90 65 78 Minimum Thursday 2 p. m. today r- Official Racord Maximum Thursday 85 Minimum Thursday 60 River at 7 a. nv today 3.2 feet Weather Records 1 9 During consideration of the pro posed budget, the board members carefully examined a detail of ex oenditure and. one of anticipated receipts in order to determine the necessary funds that will need to be raised by taxation.

On Vacancy Remains Assignment of teachers-for the 1961-62 school year was present ed. Twenty-three teachers sre new employes. Seventeen of the 23 are replacements of teachers leaving the aystem and six are ad ditional employes, Ona vacancy remains, created by tha recent resignation Carol Beasley, kindergarten teacher, who will be unable to fulfill her contract. There will be 128 teachers and loraer Uj Ln Ministry Marked By Background Rev. Robert Gehlbach New EUB Minister, liereT-From Aluncie A family with a good church background and a call which he accepted marked the beginning of ministry for the Rev.

Robert Gehlbach, new pastor of the Seymour First Evangelical United Brethren Church. The native Hoosier and his wife, the former Mildred Byrne Corydon, are residing in the church's parsonage," 401 Calvin Boulevard. REV. ROBERT GEHLBACH The Re. Mr.

Gehlbach wss aa-signed as pastor of -the local church during tha recent annual conference of the Indiana Conference South, Evangelical United Brethren Church, and came here after serving as pastor of Corinth EUB Church in Muncie the past three He succeeds the Rev. Ralph Adkins. who preached his final sermon here July 23 n(T assumed his duties as pastor of Calvary EUB Church, Indianapolis, -July 30. The Rev. Gehlbach's pas torate started here July 24 and he delivered-hisfirst sermon Jul, 30.

The Rev. and Mrs. Gehlbach have two children, including a son who followed in his father's footsteps and has 4- entered the ministry. He is the Rev. Robert A.

Gehlbach, a student at Christian Theological Seminary, Indianap olis, and is pastor of Second EUB Church there. Their daughter is Charles Sharp, a registered nurse at Bloomington. TheEastmorr FUB Church in Dayton, one of the Rev. Mr. Gehlbach's pastorates, was.

started Turn to page 8, column 5 Opportunity Manning tha fair booth will be the board of election commissioners, the board's clerks, six members of tha Brownstown Jaycees and Louis H. Schroer, county auditor. The Brownstown, Jaycees will give public 'instructions on machine operation Monday and Tuesday night and Wednesday afternoon. Members of the election board and Schroer will man the 000th at other times. Lawrence Reedy, of Browns- Kepubiican memoer or tht -board, will act in a supervisory capacity, Thursday th election board and Schroer met in the Jackson County Courthouse and held a class on operation of the for the.

Brownstown jaycees who win serv as instructors. administrators on the school fac this -year, matter of fuel oil bids re Park Service To Be Sunday Congregation To Hear Rev McDaniel Preach To Be Fifth Service Th Seymour Church of God will be in charge of the fifth in a ser ies of community worship, services at 7:30 p. m. Sunday at the shelterhouse of Shields Park. Awake, Awtka.

Stand Up!" is the sermon subject of the Rev. Clifford cDsnlel ia a tor of The host church which will be rpon- sible for the special music and ushering. Sunday night's service, to which the public is cordially invited to attend, is one of I series of eight under the sponsorship of the Sey mour Ministerial Association, sn- puaLlsponiorj)Lthe series- The Rev." Mr. McDaniel, who announced the order of worship today, said other ministers a Hill a ted with the association will have parts in the service. Following a piano prelude by Mrs.

Robert Kelly, pianist for the host church, the Rev, Mr. McDan iel will give the opening sentences and the congregation wiU join in the singing of choruses, including "Heavenly "Jesus Saves, Tha Beauty' of Jesus" and "Spirit of the Living The Rev, Charles A. Walls, pas tor of th First Methodist Church, will give the Scripture reading after which the Church of God's choir under the direction of Rob- ert Kelly, JesUS'Tferr: ill sing "1 Must Tell Prayer wiU be In charge of tha Rev. Robert Gehlbach, pastor of th 1 Seymour Eva ngellcal United Brethren Church. Next will be the congregation singing "Glory Name" and a chor us.

"Safe Am During the of fertory, a trio, composed of Mrs Robert Kelly, Mrs. Everett Stout and Bobby Kelly, accompanied on wQling "Tske Up Th Cross and FolVjwing th offertory prayer th congregation will sing 1'When th Roll. Is Called Up after which the Rev. Mr. McDan iel will preach the sermon.

The closinsr consreiational Jiymn will be "Stand Up For foi lowed by the benediction by tha Rev. Edgar Maddex, pastor of Bethel A. M.E. Church, and pi ano postlude by Mrs. Kelly, A large number of persons have been worshipping in the first services, and it is hoped the at tendance will continue to grow larger.

nounced Lanning dead about 6:25 Funeral services Lanning will be conducted at 2 m. Sun- day from the Crothersvill Church oi tn nazarene wiin tne pastor, Rv- A. Patton. in charge Friends may call after 2 p. ceived in the July, meeting had been postponed until Thursday night In order that mora Informs Ti tion could be secured on an analy A 4 came soon after the-aircraft.

had stopped at Phoenix. and 20 minutes from El Paso on Texas' far western tip. Bearden and hfs son, a slightly built blond, entered the cockpit behind two stewardesses. avsv-na of flying, alerted El Paso International Airport, with a code word that the plane was hijacked. Then he persuaded Bearden that the plane had too little iuel for the Cuban flight and that they must.

land at' El Paso to refuel. Rickards said Bearden told him there were tour armed men on the plane and the captain so mes- saged the El Paso airport. caused some confusion for a time and also caused two of the hos- tage crewmen, mistaken for pi- rates, to be' roughed up as they alighted The plane earned 67 passengers, including the two gunmen, and a crew of six, four men and the two Among the passengers was Gilman en route on official business to Browns- NEA Telephoto after being hijacked by a father- EL PASO, Tex fAP)-A fath-er-and-son team hijacked 1 a jet airliner Thursday, caused a furor in Congress, and were captured by one blow from an enraged U.S.. Border Patrol official; 'The hijacker pav Leon Beard- eo3.aM ijis'sonrCoay" BearrTwyre "going to fake this to exchange the big, en, 16, were bound over to a "to the elder Bearden told Boeing 707 for a DC6. The coin-federal grand jury under bonds rjapt.

B. D. Rickards, the plane's pany offered a DC7. toUling $200,000. commander.

"Alter your, course But from, Washington, mean- rjOn orders from Preiyent.TC'ei-'45 degrees to "the" -Awhile, "came the, message from nedvltot to deai with the h'iiack- nA 31 viar Kennedy. Stand firm, the met--. To Operate Voting Machines ers, that he would not be blackmailed. Border Patrol men shot the tires from the $5-million Continental Airlines Boeing 707 jet as it rolled towSrd a takeoff for Havana, Cuba. Then, his nine-hour- adventure coming to a fast thmax, Bearden allowed FBI men aboard as the -t hostages left the plane all but Leonard Gilman.

Gilman1 is asso- ciate deputy regional commission- er of the Border Patrol and lives in Long Beach, Calif, When Bearden for a mpVnent dropped his eyes, Gilman with one bone-breaking wallop knocked him to. the plane deck, his cheek spurting blood. Gilman's broken hand later was placed in a cast. FBI Director J. Edgar -Hoover said in Washington the elder sin of No.

6 fuel oil for the Senior High School bid by on company It was reported an investigation indicated this oil would be heavy and thick enough to cause trouble "In" the 7Tow of otFlhrbu iglVThr -healing -equipment-Therefore, the board awarded the 1961-62 fuel Turn to page 8, column 4 Queen Candidates Candidates for the title of Queen of the, 1961 Jackson-County Fair are pictured in a special feature on Pag 5 of today's Daily Tribune. Tha winner will an-nounced Sunday night and will also be entered as Jackson county's candidate in the state fair quean contest. A young Jackson County man residing on Crothersville Rl was accidentally electrocuted at ap proximately 5:45 b. m. Thursday while attempting to make his own plumbing changes In a crawl anace beneath his residence.

tir.n-, T.annin 9 fath. ar of three was -the C. TOrener.oi 7 Seymoue sUte police post, who jnvesttgaiea, saia iney Lanning crawled under his house with a small lamp to which attached a cord mat nad several bare spots where insulation had miu. innlnff peen cui mi. mcj was preparing to change some plumbing so that their water heater could be set In another Man Beneath mm because he said he feared "authorities would not put much val ue on six lives." Then as Continental's ground crewmen stalled with refueling the plane, the younger Bearden and his father became nervous.

sage said. Inside the big jet, the younger Bearden suddenly accused everybody of stalling. His father agreed. Suddenly they ordered a takeoff. The big plane rolled Turn to page 8, column 4 Motorists Hurt In 1-65 Mishap Two automobile were damaged a total of $1,100 and drivers of each car were injured slightly In a two-car accident at 2:25 a.

m. today on Interstate 65, 2.5 mile south of the U. S. 50 junction. Involved were a 1960 compact sedan driven by John Lovelace, 26, of Columbus, and 1935 sedan operated by Mrs.

Nora Wilson, 43, of Wyanet, Illinois. Lovelace suffered minor Jfaclal lacerations and a bruised chest. He was treated at Schneck Memorial Hospital and then released. Mrs." Wilson sustained bruised leg in the accident. Trooper Dale E.

wider, of the Seymour; state police pos said Lovelace 'admitted he fell asleep at the wheel of his car while both automobiles wer. going south ori "Lovetace-wirt eite4 -en -charge of reckless driving. The Lovelace car was danjaged $600 to the entire front and tn Wilson auto $500 to. the reaf, ao cording to Trooper Swider'l report. CuUetin MOSCOW JH-Th Soviet gov.

ernment told th Unlied State and other big Waittra powers in) a not today that it wa reedy negotiate a settlement ef the Berlin quMtioa, but warned gslnl mlliiary threats, Th not mad in specific rnen tion ef calling a eonferen i reach a Cermen jtn.r,i tl. thoujh there were rumors In eew that th RuisUns bop is such a nfrnt' bl th C'-man lctioni i twe er Ihre Ti ltctioa ee-nvi la i Electrocuted Mis Mouse Bearden in January had visited ville, Tex. the Cuban Embassy in Mexico When Capt. of Re-City and indicated a desire to go dondo Calif- -persuaded to Cuba. But the general feeling the Beardens to allow the passen-in Washington appeared to be the'gers to disembark.

Gilman volun-Cuban government had no part in teered" as dne of the four, who the latest U.S. plane hijacking. would stay aboard-the plane. The hijacking of Continental's Bearden insisted on-10 persons Los Angeles-to -A Houston flight including the crew as Jiostages, JnCrotherjylile.l-: Residents of thia county will get an opportunity to aee and operate automatic voting machines at thia year 'a Jackson County Fair, to J. Floyd Bel-don, chairman I of the 1 county board of election commissioners.

Two of the machines, which have been on display in the Jack son County Courthouse lobby for about a month, will be on display Monday through Saturday at th fairgrounds. The commissioners have propoied purchasing 40 of the voting machines in time for the 1962 primary and general elections. To support the propos al, the Jackson County board of commissioners hag included an additional levy in its 1962 pro posed tax rate to accommodate the acquisition of the machines. The matter of acquiring the voting machines is now up toHhe Jackson County council which must make th final. Free instruction on how to op erate the voting machine will be given to each and.

every person I who wantg to cast his or her vote at the fair, Beldon Present plana call for instructors to man a booth from 1 to and 6:30 to' 10 p. m. Monday through Friday. -TThe voting machines. will be set up in a booth in th fairgrounds industrial exhibit building, Bel-dort said.

Th fair board has been asked to provide a question which everyone will have an opportunity nonto when operating th machines. When the fair closes on Saturday, August 12, th fair board will be given the total vote tabu-lations-which-will--show-public opinion on th question yet to be selected' v'; Having voting machine on display at tha fair Is first step by th election commissioners to provide fre publie Instruction en th operation and simplicity machine voting sttt U1UUMIUC, lie 'bom November 16. 1932. son of Jesae and FlaVia Berry Un auig, of RushvUle. His parent UJ.yive Junt married the formr Bonnie Jean ''Sparrow; at crothersvlUe.

The widow also mf v(v; running moved to a kso County six years ago and was as a color matcher In th heej department at th U.S, oornontlnn In CrothrvM. ierved in the Korean Conflict Surviving, in addition to hit widow and parents, are hre children. Gregory Gene; five 'rimothy'Altenrthreer anor'Brytn Keith Lanning, five months; three brothers: Russell Lanning. Brook- Chirlei Lanning, Rushvllle nd Donald Lanning, with the Air Force' at Smyrna and two stsfter. Mrl.

Letha Shepler. Ub- ertr. Ind.i and Mrs. Ruth Cox, place in the kitchen of their" home. He wa, a member of th Brook-Lanning was pushing the lamp vUie Church of th Nazarene and ahead of him and as Tying on ti -m- u.srAIr Forca veterar who if HI.

Cuba, takeoff for Havana the cord about five feet under the house, the Investigating au- thorities said, when his elbow hit a galvanized pipe, which grounded hinrand hewar accidentally elec trocuted. Hi body was found by hla wife about 6:10 p. m. with hla face lvini in mud beneath the house. His wife went to a neighbor's home for and a Crotheri- nhTiiHsn wa.

called, who and -eon team shortly after taking off from PhoeruxMrtz Out Tires FBI men and Border Patrol agent care re shown shooting out th tires of a S-million Continental Air-'inea BiBg 707 jet Thursday at El it rolled toward -xarawled under the house and pro-RuhviU i.wiAr,n)i.'-Tk-!:K'untV:','i K'.