The Tribune from Seymour, Indiana • Page 1

wf- v. ,1,1 JNyrfS-' VW.71Vtti-aV Jy I wATHERr Mcy! air and little wurmiAiiMC vy "I and warmer Friday! 85TII YEAR-NO. 1 SEYMOUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 194 522-4871 PRICE SEVEN CENTS Ji j- Week i 1 iiil crop Of Prayer Stiwra -v- -VI! 1 Huntsville, Ok '4 Nashville Paralyzed T. Seymour's Chief Executive Receives OathMayor James received his oath of office Wednesday at a. public ceremony from John M.

Lewis, judge of the Gaynelle Moritz, city clerk-treasurer, and William M. Miss Mbrltt'ahd Jonesweire THE ASSOCIAlED PRESS Unaccustomed to the bite of severe winter weather, pants of the Deep South remained in the grip, of a dumped as much as 16 inches of snow on some areas before moving up the Eastern- Sea board New Year's Day. tares were xpected to give some relief to the paralyzing ice and snow that swept northward from the Gulf of Mexico across Mississippi Ala- bama and Georgia and into the ginia. There were 13 deaths directly attributed tcthejyeather. Schools were dosed in many sections' and some colleges post-, poned registration foj the new term.

Driving conditions remained hazardous in areas where re-freezing left patches of ice highways, In Georgia, CivU" Defense headquarters received requests for aid from several north and middle Georgia towns as broken power lines left some communities without and communications were disrupted. About 300 persons were fed at kn emergency kitchen set up in school at Warner Robins in One Of The First Members of the Seymour common council pause long enough shortly 4 'SKJ 209 Killed after they were Bworn into office Wednesday at City Hall for the first public picture Ss a group since their election' last November 5. Incumbent members of the council, who are shown seated at the council toblerafe (from left) Eldor Bobb, Harold E. RileyN and Clarence Stark, Jr. The four other councilmen who are serving their first term are shown standing.

-They are (left to Jackson Circuit Court, as Miss judge, watch the by Judge Lewis. Masor James L. Laupus' at 6wearing-in ceremonies Wed nesday invited Seymour citi- zens to join with the new city admmistrdtion to build a bet- ter community. I hone i that durine the Seymmn will help us and work taettiher to tviiiia ht ter community." the mayor Sireei I right) Kaye Ds Eckelman, J. Allen Brackemyre, Merle -Davis and Sewer A 100 people at City Hall.

Without fanfare, the new mayor graciously thanked, the people who had braved heavy snowfall to attend the cere- Year Holiday Traffic mony. Among the group whocials to the coundIjjiambers middle -Georgia. rHighw 1 ndiT- said-afterhe-public- ceremony John- M. Lewis, judge-of-which was attended by nearly Jackson Circuit Court, swore By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The nation's traffic deaths for the midweek New Year's holiday, totaling more than 200, ex ceeded estimates of safety ex- perts but was far below last week's Cnrlsliiiastoll. r' Deaths traffic aeddents in Indiana Wednesday started the 1964 toll at three and raised the 1063 fatality mark to 1,327.

The toll- for the New Year's holiday in the -state stood at six. The first victims of 1984 were PetraT Naujokaitis, 57, Chicago, killed' in a collision near Michigan City; Roger L. Sanbor, 22, Breme, thrown from his car near Plymouth, and Dftweyt. Lee, 26, Indian apolis, whose carht-a freight oUs. Annual Week' of Prayer services, a series of five night-i vicommunity wide worehip serviced Sey- will- begin in Seymour churches Monday night.

Opening service of the "Week of Prayer services, being held in conjunction with the Uni-versal Week of Prayer, which will be observed throughout JS fr6mJahlury 3 through 11, will be field beginning at 7:30 p. m. Mondajr at the Central Christian Church, 414 North Chestnut street, the ministerial association commit tee planning the services, has announced. The Rev. J.

Moore is host minister. ThTlTecharcrSatesj pastor of the Trinity Methodist Church, here, deliver the message at the initial service. Each of the special services twill Tuesday night's service has been set for the first Presby terian Church, 301 West Third street, where the Rev. J. Car- leton Riddick is: pastor.

The Revr James Taylor, vicar of tire All-Saints Episwyai Church. will preach the ser mon. Wednesday sight the. Week of Prayer observance will move to the First Evangelical United Brethren Church, West Fourth street at Calvin Boule vard, where the Revl' Glen Porter, who just took over the pastorate of the church Janu ary, 1, is pastor. Preaching at this service will be the Rev.

George Michel, pastor of the Reddington Christian Church. On Thursday -night, the spe cial service will be held at the St Paul Congregational Tipton and Walnut streets, where the Rev. Ray Whitton will be host pastor. Message for this service will be delivered by the Mr. Porter.

Final service in the senes willTbetre-Trinityetho dlst Church, South Chestnut at Brown street. "The" Rev. Mr. Gates will be host pastor for this concluding worship serv- fceHand speaker win be the Rev. Dennis Habel, pastor of thy Seymour Churchf God, tsist Fourth and "BUsh streets "Power Through Prayer for a World in Peril" is the theme of the 1964 Universal Week of Prayer observance.

According to ah official of lhe7 ministerial committee which planned the s.ecvices the services 'are bdhg held here because "this is a time when yre need to be finding power for the yas.aheadi and this is an opporiunity for the people of Jackson County to come together in Christian, brotherhood and find the strength we need in prayer." As a' special part of the services, the host minister, in each church will introduce those ministers who are new to the community. Took Valued At $1,000 Destroyed In Garage Fire 4 Fire from an undetermined origin destroyed a. garage at the home of Robert Moore, of Seymour Rl, at about 6 p. Wednesday. Charles E.

chief of the Redding Township Volunteer Fire Department, said the garage containing about $1,000 worth of tools and equip ment burned to the ground, but department volunteers were able to. save the nearby resi dence." The property is owned by Charles Combs and is" located about eight miles northeast of Seymoic across from the Texas Eastern pumping station. Firemen remained at the scene Over an hour. Spaugh said a new. pumper truck which the department re ceived recently was usedfor4 the, first time.

degree heat here on August 3 last year was still two degrees cooler than 99 v. degrees re- for Jackson County JSJ13 grees recorded on July 13, Topped Mew Year Snow Totals 8 Inches Is New Special Prosecutor Roger L. Pardieck, an attorney who has Jbeen practicing in JtJloomington for several months and a native and former resident of Seymour, has been appointed special prose cuting attorney for Jackson Circuit Court and has begun his duties. He was sworn, in this morning following his appoint ment by Judge John M. Lewis and furnished bond of $5,000, Pardieck succeeds Jonathan J.

Robertson, Seymour at who ended, at his re' quesV "his term as special prosecuting attorney 'at mid' night Tuesday. Robertson has served since being anbbinted tn the special prosecutor's post by Judge Lewis last June 14 af terjLwasjijIed hy the Indiana Supreme -Court that Chris topher D. Moritz, electedifcrose-cuting attorney of Jackson County to the general election of November, could not serve until he was duly mmea- to tne Dar in Indiana. Pardieck was born in Seymour and is a graduate of Shields High School here. He is ThetsonrMrTaWTlrsTMaT W.

Pardieck, 818 North Broad He was graduated from Indiana University and studied Pardieck Tribune Photo L. Laupus (second from left) Kir ramies mi in the new elected city and four appointive admini tratiVfe heads shortly after he opened the ceremony at noon. Mayor Laupus headed offi for the swearing-in ceremony, Immediately followimr Launus was Miss Gaynelle Moritz, oity clerk-treasurer, who started her third four-year term. The council was sworn in asf a group by the judge, incum bents receiving the oath of office were Harold E. Riley, Clarence' Stark, and Eldor Bobb, Ralph rJ Lucas, Merle Kaye CLckelman and J.

Allen Brackemyre will be serving first terms. William Jones received his, oath of office. as city judge. Laupus completed a term as city judge before becoming mayor. Brackemyre became the third and all-important mem ber, to the Seymour -board of works and safetyr it was ed during, -the oeremSny when the judge swore him in to the board, Other appointive administrative heads receiving the oath of office were Henry Montgomery, city attorney Robert GUI, chief of police, and Glen E.

Haley, fire chief. The Rev. Charles A. Walls, pastor of the First Methodist tTMrchTTerecTprayel "as the assembled group stood before the opening of administering oaths of office by the judge. Mayor Laupus today an nounced appointments of dty street commissioner -and sanitary sewer commissioner.

Meredith "Peanuts" Wine- inger, 529 West Fourth-street, took over the reins as head of the dty street department to day from former commissioner Clarence Brethauer. Roger Mousa, 711 West McDonald street, has been ap pointed to the sanitary sewer department and will, become head of the munidpally-owned sanitary sewer department in about 30 days from William N. Ferguson, superintendent, who will remain in the-office until that time. Mousa will tem porarily replace Fred Ollis at the -sanitation disposal plant iXJllis is-resigning to accept employment with the. post of fice department here.

Mayor Laupus said Mousa is familiar witb -the-sanitary system and was employed by the contrac tor who installed the new Turn to page 9, column 3 on January 28 last year, a 21- below zero mark here on the morning of 'Jan- to nip Jackson County. An- other 21-below zero mark was eads Jaii 28 Wecke4arfishirig pier-atrSav vannah Beach on the Georgia coast Huntsville, recorded one of the heaviest snowfalls in Dixie 16 inches. Eight inches at Birmingham, war the heaviest snowfall on record! 1 there-dating back to 1895. Snowmen appeared in the French Quarter of New Orleans, site of the Sugar Bowl-football game, where more an three inches of snow ushered in the new year again the most since 1895. A warming trend over Louisiana and Mississippi left deep slush that was expected to turn to ice during the night.

L-Th10in(JmowfalllLNash ville, resulted in closing the city's airport- until noon today. Law- -renceburg recorded 16 inches and Columbia had 15. One Accident Here Oil New Year's Day Only one accident was reported here on New Year's Day by the Seymour city police department. Bertha-Meseke-IS, otSey- mour, bad stopped her 1960 model sedan on Walnut' street for. a traffic signal at Second street when Earl Roy Worming, IS Tribune Photo Ralph J.

Lucas. In had estimated in advance of the holiday that between 140 and 180. persons might be killed in traffic mishaps from 6 p.m New Year's Eveto midnight Wednesday a 30-hour period. Council "President Howard Pyle said Wednesday night that the final figures "definitely will go beyond this estimate." "The Associated Press count showed that nearly 200 traffic fatalities were reported during the 30- hour period defined by the coun- cil. There were 316 highway deaths during last week's, 48- hour Christmas holiday while 382 persons died in traffic acci- dents during the 1962-63 New Year's weekend holiday of four days.

The holiday traffic death toll compared to a total of 170 fa-talities reported in an-Associat- 1964 Plates In County With new passenger car and truck plates going on sale thisjnorning at the three county license bureaus in Seymour, BrowBstowa-j Crothersville, a'pproxim a 1 200 local motorists had purchased new tags at the Seymour License Bureau by noon today. According to Mrs. Norma Fettig. manager of the Sey-i rhoufLicense Bureau' located US the Vehslage building, Charles W. Cordes, 901 South Drive, purchased the first passenger car plate at the local bureau as.

the new tags went on sale across the counter; Mrs. Fettig said they had en countered no 1 ong standing lines this morning and that no more, than three to four per- Igons had waited in line at one time A Wrge ot reserved plates were picked up at tfte local lifense branch Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. Fettig said, alter noorrr Mrs. Fettig jaid. al-, though large number still re-1 main to be picked up by local motorists who phoned ift-Teser- vations for a special number.

The; -rate for most passenger cars is S12. plus a 50-cent branch fee; Cars with less than 25 horsepower, mostly a few foreign models, get by' for- Trucks are on a. sliding scale UD to S25. owner s-ia- purchasing the new-tags must show proof that thejf' owe no personal property taxes. The deadline for display of the 1964 plates is March 1.

JacksoB-untyagainal. the same passenger car license plate prefixes as in 1963. These are 36C for plates issued by the Seymoujr. license branch. 36A for tags issued by the Browns-town branch, and 36B "for new tags issued by the Crothers-ViUe-fjureau.

-y- The new 1964 plates "bear white reflectorized numerals and letters on a maroon back-gr6und. New Sale By a Although most state and impassable in spots today, no U. S. Highways were dear school was held at North Ver-here today of ke and snow, naLjoday while students of local residents were still dig- the Seymour Community ging -out ef eight-imclMisaiidther Jackson "ffealT snowlair which all Tut County schools were not sched-paralyzed the local area here uled to return to classes until New Year's Monday. The unexpected snowstorm -i-.

egan pelting tte local area a- My7 were roSTa. nl Wednesday and ow-packed today and many dumped an official eight torlst? uned dlfficul-w. mMrii, mit.Af th ty. in backing from parking The number of persons killed Press survey Iora hoattoli-in traffic accidents during the Period of 48 hours, from 48-hour holiday period which 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, Dec.

10 to ended at-midnight Wednesday 12:01 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 12. at, international js x. tdu aiiqXwa Babies Born At nuea tne secona noor coun- cil chambers were former mayor John Isaacs qnd two or three from his former ad- ministration.

downtown section xnis morning, cy-noon, tne cy siree were oeginning turn slushy Jiere under the heavy flow traffic and thawing No new snow was forecast. through at least Saturday, and mild temperatures were ex- pected to melt the heavy ground cover quickly in the southern part of the state. High temDeratures -through Saturday were pegged near the 0-degree mark, and overnight lows were expected to be in the 20s A high mark of 35 -degrees was recorded here New Year's Day while' the mercury climbed Low marks of 17 and 15 de 1. wc Tuesday and Wednesday nights, respecuveiy. aow at Rockford, tpoaOTito morning the eight Inches of snow a wif equivalent of? 1.10 inches.

Pre- cipitatiori- jlso measured 1.13 Although heat records topped -the 196? weather rei Lords to Jackson County, a look 23 Here 17, of Seymour R2, -driving aTT 1953 model sedan, applied Jocal area about- eight hours. 'later. 1 Only a few jlick- spots re- fmained on state, highways in ithe local am today' and no drifting across main state highways was reported here Wednesday. W. C.

Kramer, assistant Sey- xtnour District engineer in charge of maintenance at the state nypiway garage said this morning- that main i roads' in the Seymour' District, jnciucung tnose on ine aey- mouTi Columbus, Aurora, Mad- ison,) JBlcmington and New Albany areas, were mostly dearof snow with 'only a few sues spois in some secuoiis. Kramer -said highwaywork- inen.got good start to Plw highways lh the districr wW vZ lOS uo auww, UU1U UUUI mil motorists tohalt travel on ocnooi in oiociuioim, aweaen-, in 1959-60. He was graduated from the Indiana University School of Law in June, 1963, and successfully passed the Indiana bar examination, being admitted to the 'tar in September, 1963. He and: 'his- wife, the former Margaret Stahl, of Sheridan, also is an attorney, opened law offices in Bloom-ington where they are presently engaged in the practice of law and where he is connected with, the university. They intend to "relocate In Seymour at a later date, Parieck said.

Pardieck appointment madeby Judge Lewis on virtually the same basis as the appointment under which Rob ertson served. Pardiecks appointment is to continue until: the duly elected prosecuting attorney becomes legally qualified; or until the julgmenJLof the Indiana Su xurn to page column an inch, 'making it the third driest October 'in Jackson County's history. 'The driest record here is October, 1908,. "Tl wcwnv. tn Mid as ZwHated-feports-were expected to Jboost the total.

However, the toll appeared no larger, Jhan the daily average of 117. traffic fatalities reported The National Safety Council Local Hospital Early On Nef Year's Day New Year's Day pack-' ages were delivered to two 'North Vernon couples at Schneck Memorial Hospital here in the wee hours of the morning of the first day of 1964. Babies were delivered to Mr. and Mrs. Charles J.

Miller and Mr. and Miles Agee, both of North Vernon, before the new year was two hours old. Miller had the distinction of becoming parents of "the first child born in Jackson County in 1964r Their-nwas bor a. m. Mr.

and Mrs. Agee's son was born at 1:50 m. at 4 hospital to Jackson County residents on first day of the new year. to 16 inches here in 1962 and 35: inches tor. 1961.

The 35 inches in 1961 is also recorded. here for any one1 year And last but not leasf, Jack- son County farmers "Were quite lortunate here last Year as White River exceeded iti fliod sions, all during' the month of March, A crest of 18.6 ieet, thantour teet over. flood stage aRockord, wareached hereon March 7. .16 feet on March 17," anf feet -on ivi in -inches- in the -Aurora, Madison Aihnv- sr l8ht th SptmwMtr anA -Co. -lumbus axetuA 'tm 'inchesvtee flurttg; flpB and -slid on the snow- covered street into the rear of the Meseke automobile, it was reported." Officer Ark Cummins, 'Who investigated at 5:07 p.

esti- mated damages at. $300 to the Meseke car ntt xaft to toe Wonning auto. For At-Home Femininity is UV i l)e at new records set here dur- uary 27 last year also equalled corded here. yr: August to the county's history the second highest ever-recording -1967 'shows that cold the third coldest, weather ever 1962. The 'ill-time high mark" and also, the driest month on ed heTeTThe heaviest snowfall marks- gained top recognition here last year.

when predpiteon jtotaUe4jv in tne oioonungma vWtth.some sewmajry roadfj Weather Records 4tm im fhm wthet cortf for -Seymour. The downtown Seymour record and th p. m. temperahire "re unotficlltt OUier readlnw ire from the record! of Ruth Everhart government weather ob erver at EocWord and -are official. TowlllowrSTnOU'" Maximum Wedneday .38 Minimum Wednesday '4 18 2 D.

m. todayMi.3ii.-Wiii,t.Jf 42 Offida eor Maximum inimiim Wednesday River it 7 a. m. JS foot 7.PVecipitationl.lrinches j- Ana, ine recoipea. i oniy or an mcn.xne seconq(- me neaviest isnowfau re- breajpnr cold' records' estab-" 1951.

Total rainfalTrecorded' jto 'driest October on record here "corded. here on any one day lished to Jackson County dur- Another new coU -record set the county during 1963 totalled is October, 1924, when pre- last year was five inches on aU-tirngjoffi- to Jacks. County during' 1983 3T.42 iUUori. measured only winter's Arrival here. Decenr-dal" low mark of 23.

vbdow was a low mark of 27 degreW inches to 1962. The. wettest 'ah inch. ber 22. i zero registered here shortly afiTon to6' morntog of v.month here, last yfeair warT6tal rainfall recorded, here" wMchalsoTwasaccomrM'Match" ofrduring "other months of- last terrr a.

of January 28. -rThe nmnbirig z3 below cold included January. 2.13 inches: February, LOT inches: by. a freeze and ullurfros in. taking a look at, heat ling.

97 degrees registered here here-im-January 28 JasVyearroarks-liere-ir AHfiL1 J.21 Tie're' dif oiuy three occa- teoke aTpreviouscold. record of 9.33:Jnches-'Compared to to 1962 with 4t total rainfall bf The-most1 rainfall recorded to Jackson county on a fmgie berV to1967iwas-Oetober with zoeiow wnicn-naa siooa nereori August. 3 was the warmest emhasizjEdJbyJhisgrexhif- fon at-home costume from the. spring 1964 Junior Sophisticate -collection in New York. A aup- pie "flounce marks the hem of 7 the' loosely' fitted i ovcrblous and its long The' flounce is 'repeated onherB'ttf inches; June, l.l4 inches; July, 6.83 todies; August, 3.44 in inch; .70 inch, and De 'Cember.

.60 inch. ''During -1963. snows'' totalled" for years. 22-betow here was. registered oo January 13 1912.

mark recorded here last yeax.waa. 2Jl'toche while other warm marks on.March4. 94 r-degrees were registered' The driest month recorded Besides the liew aU4imeTiere dttrihg the- months of jold mark helng-reco-del hprft, Jime and -SeAeinbeTThe74 rainfall. Jack.CwtOacch-lt). thy-wide peU-bottor cants'- Sagubs? inches rr i rz r- -v V-'-.