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Carroll Daily Times Herald Vol. 7 Carroll, Iowa, Wednesday, January 9, Pages Delivered by Carrier Boy to the Home Each Evening for 30 Cents Per Week Approve Glidden-Ralston School Plan Boundaries Atlanta Negroes Launch Bus Desegregation Drive Clerk of Court May Take Over Auditor's Job If Vacancy Not Filled by Jan. 15; Grundmeier Is Appointed Assessor The appointment or County Auditor Harold H. Grundmeier as county assessor, effective Jan. 16, Wednesday opened up the possibility of Alfred .1.

Klocke, clerk of the district court, temporarily assuming the duties of the auditor. Unless the board of supervisors appoints an auditor to fill the vacancy which will exist on January 15, the clerk of the district court automatically will assume the duties of the auditor's office. Code Quoted That is covered in Sec. 60.3, Code of Iowa 1954, which states: "When a vacancy occurs in public office, possession shall be taken of the office room, the books, papers and all things pertaining thereto, to be held until the qualification of a successor, as follows: Of the office of County Auditor by, the Clerx of ine District Court The Carroll County board of supervisors has two scheduled sessions preceding the date when Mr. Grundmeier will assume his new duties as assessor.

Appointment of an auditor could be made at either session. 2 Set The first of the two meetings will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at which time the board will make a decision on official county newspapers for the year 1957. The succeeding meeting will be the regular scheduled session Monday, Jan. 14.

Following qualification for office by posting surety bond, the new county officer would be able to name a deputy auditor and an additional clerk to replace Mrs. Anna B. Harrington and Miss Louise Florencourt who recently re- Pastors Carry Out love, Law, Liberation' Plan 100 Open Movement in Georgia Capital, Stronghold of Segregation Carroll, Greene Boards Reject Objections Oldie Area Specia Election to Be Called Soon HONORED AS 35-YEAR LEGION MEMBERS Receiving at a dinner meeting of Maurice Dunn Post No. 7, American Legion, In Legion Hall Tuesday night for memberships of 35 years were, lefl to rlglit( back row) J. Leuer, Theo.

W. Happe, E. .1. Riley, Ed Axon, August C. Warlike, Louis E.

Anderson, N. Weeks, Andy Ley, Jess Bnyliss, Lester Wllke nnd O. XV. Kelly; (second row) Earl Thompson, Ed Ries, Lynn Kingman, Albert Brueh, A. N.

Neu, Ed Kruse, Mike Maystadt, Arnold Fischer, L. Chapman, C. H. Clark, Joe Roth, Arnold Witt, Dr. Phil S.

McQuirk, R. D. McCord, Henry J. Bernholtz, Dr. S.

L. Sherman, Dr. Walter Anneberg, Earl Neu, and Louis M. Gnam; (front row) William C. Frank, R.

E. McCoy, Bryce J. Henning, H. J. Fraimva, John Baumhover, Judge F.

H. Cooney, C. M. Muddy, Frank Seyller. Oscar North, and James W.

Wilson. (Times Herald News Service. Photo). PICTURES: Page 8.) All officers and directors of the' Carroll County State Bank, thej second oldest in the state of Iowa, were reelected at the annual meeting of stockholders and directors at Hotel Burke Tuesday night. Carl J.

Hess was renamed presi- dent and Wednesday began his ATLANTA ministers 40th year of service. Other offi- Wednesday began a "love, law and cers reelected were Joe H. Gron- liberation movement" to end vice president; Carl Selzer, cial seating barriers on buses at! vice president: .1. P. Meinhardt, this Georgia capital, a stronghold cashier: and John Grotutal, assist- of segregation.

ant cashier. The plan was given its name Directors renamed include Mr. Hess, Mr. Gronstal, Mr. Selzer, H.

A. Matt, William T. Otto, Addison C. Kistle and M. R.

Tan Creti. GLIDDEN--The joint boards of education of Carroll and Greene counties in executive session following a public hearing at the Glidden school Tuesday night voted to approve boundaries for the proposed Glidden-Ralston munity school with no alterations. In accordance with state law. no further public hearings will be required. The next step will be for Carroll County Supt.

B. G. Halverson to call a special election which probably will be announced within the next 10 days. Twenty two objections raised against the proposed reorganization but all were overruled. Legionnaires Honored For Membership Awards for membership records of 20, 25 and 35 years were pre Plan to Keep Segregation in Schools Told Eden Resigns Post as Prime Minister LONDON Opt Prime Minister government's Suez policies, Ec resigned Wednesday night, emerged from No.

10 Downing Dunn Post No. 7 of the American 59-year-old English ansto- Street looking gliim. niHftn nn i im in orathad completed 21 crisis-ridden, But the two top men in Eden's; iSM. i month, in th? nation's highest of- 1 cabinet lingered behind at No. 10.

NASHVILLE. Tenn. Gov. Frank Clement recommended Tuesday night at a mass meeting at the Wheat Street Baptist Church where it was perfected. The first step was delegated to some 100 Negro pastors and the wife of one me eting, at which several of Most of these were from residents of the leaders said it began as directors spoke briefly, follow-; of the Lanesboro area, represented scheduled around 10 a.m.

en a banquet In the Driftwood I by Attorney L. E. Swanson of Lake At the designated hour, many room, attended by 33 persons. I City, who said they feared that of the city buses normally are Affiliate Is Older annexation of Jasper township neatly filled with Negroes and if The only other bank in Iowa old- areas would endanger the Lanes- a desegration gesture was made i er than the Carroll County State is on one of these it would hardly the Council Bluffs Savings bank, I be noticed. I an affiliate.

The ministers agreed to start outj The Carroll bank was organized from their individual homes "and in 1870. The first president was take seats heretofore reserved for i August Patterson. I whites only," tempering their ac- Hea3 falnel of Carl Jt 1 tion with prayer, courtesy and non-, took over in 8 2 bank has been under Hess management since then, a period of 75 years violence Mrs. William Holmes Borders, wife of the pastor of the Wheat The late George Hess, brother of Wednesday a voluntary pupil as.) Street Church and chairman of the carl succeeded his father. On signment "plan for preserving ra- 1 desegregation move, said he George Hess' retirement, Carl J.

gion Hall, Tuesday night. Of 78 members eligible to receive awards, 54 were present in person. Others were out of town or prevented illness or other causes from being able to attend. A total of 103 members and guests fice Both Chancellor of the Exchequer Eli'Miheth Accepts Harold MacMillan and Lord Privy i a speech prepared for a joint It was officially announced just I Seal R. A.

Butler were in the! session of the took over as president. Queen Elizabeth II has accepted his resignation. Eden called on the Queen at of the local post were present BucWngham pa ace just afle 6 before 7 p.m. (1 p.m. CST) that) Prime Minister's official residence witness the ceremony R.

J. Laird of Des Moines, adjutant of the Iowa Department, was guest speaker of the evening. Mr. Laird spoke on the Legion program for former servicemen, or their families, with special reference to men who were killed or injured in service. He discussed laws already passed or in prospect i regarding veterans benefits signed from those respective posi- tions.

Mr. Gnindmeier's appointment as county assessor was made Tuesday night by a joint conference board composed of mayors, county board of education and the board of supervisors. Mr. Grundmeier was the only one of four applicants to pass the slate examination for the post created by the death of William T. Florencourt and because of that his appointment was mandatory.

IOWA TRAFFIC DEATHS By The Associated Press Jan. 9, 1957 Jan. 9. 1958 .11 .17 The Weather Frost Patterson of Des Moines, past commander of the Iowa Department now serving as a national committeeman, was also introduced as a guest at the meeting. Ed Gerlich, membership chairman, reported 398 paid memberships to date.

Martin Tonn, educational chairman, presented plans for the annual Legion sponsored oratorical contest for high school students which will be held this year on January 26, Announcement was made of the forthcoming county Legion meeting In the Carroll Legion Hall, Monday, Jan. 21. CARROLL FORECAST Snow and colder Wednesday night, low zero to 5 below. Considerable cloudiness and continued cold Thursday, high 10-14. IOWA FORECAST Snow and colder Wednesday night, snow possibly becoming heavy extreme south with 2-4 Inches accumulating by Thursday morning.

Partly cloudy northwest, snow diminishing southeast and continued cold Thursday. Lows Wednesday night 0-10 below north, 0-10 above south. Further outlook: Partly cloudy and not so cold Friday. IOWA FIVE-DAY FORECAST Temperatures will average 10 to 15 degrees below normal through next Monday. Continued cold with only minor day to day changes until turning colder about the end of the week.

Normal highs, 26 north to 33 south. Normal lows 7 north to 14 south, Precipitation will average two-tenths to three-tenths of an inch occurring as snow Wednesday night and again about Saturday. The Weather In Carroll 'I'empnnitures lowu Public Service Company) Yesterday's high 40 Yesterday's low 9 At 5:30 a.m. today 0 At 7 a.m. today At 10 a.m.

today 4 Precipitation 124 hours prior to 10 a.m.) Snowing Weather A Year Ago- Clear skios prevailed a year ago today, with temperatures rising from 20 to 31. Car Hit's Bridge, Farrar Farmer Killed DES MOINES Daniel Lawrence Phelan, 42, a farmer near Farrar, was killed Tuesday night when his auto struck a steel bridge near Elkhart. i Highway Patrolman Marvin Van-j derlinden said Phclan's car failed to round a curve and hit the steel bridge on a rural road three miles north and two miles east of Elkhart. Phelan was thrown out and his body was found about 50 feet from the ear. Phelan was alone.

Phelan is a brother of the Rev. Charles J. Phelan, pastor of St. Theresa's Catholic Church, Des Moines. He is also survived by his widow, five children and three other brothers.

p.m., following a 70-minutc emergency meeting with cabinet and other government ministers at No. 10 Downing Street. Eden drove to'the palace several months. He appeared choked up and on the verge of tears. The text of the Buckingham Palace announcement: "The Right Honorable Sir Anthony Eden, prime minister and first lord of the Treasury, had an audience of the Queen this evening and tendered his resignation as prime minister and first lord of the Treasury, which Her Majesty was pleased to accept." There was no immediate indication as to who would succeed Eden.

The Queen could ask another Conservative politician to form a Conservative government seems likely. Normally the Sovereign follows the advice of the resigning Premier. Probable Choices Eden's top lieutenants Lord Privy Seal R. A. Butler and Chancellor of the Exchequer Harold seen as the most probably choices to lead a new Conservative government.

Neither, however, commands the wholehearted support of all factions of the Conservative Party, rent by controversy over the decision to intervene in Egypt. Elizabeth Returns Queen Elizabeth II hurried back from Sandringham, her Norfolk home, unexpectedly Wednesday afternoon. She was at the palace when Eden arrived there after his 70-minute conference with government ministers. Eden spent Tuesday with the Queen at Sandringham and presumably conveyed his intentions. The Prime Minister smiled wanly as his big limousine pulled through the main gates of the palace.

Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd, Eden's strongest supporter in the when Eden reached the palace. Both have been mentioned as possible successors to Eden as head of the Conservative government. Indifferent Health -Eden, who is 59, took over as prime minister April 8, 1955. He has been in indifferent health for first public stand on the i issue-Clement said he is making a "moderate" approach to the problem. Hog Raisers Get Warning on Production DES MOINES Hog raisers may be heading toward another "huge over-supply, sim'ilar to the one of a year ago which brought prices to ruinous levels," E.

Howard Hill, president of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, said Wednesday. Hill said good hog prices of the last several weeks and estimates indicating good prices the next nine months apparently are responsible for a sharp upsurge in the demand for breeding stock. "Other reports," he said, "tell of some farmers' plans to greatly increase the number of litters for late spring and summer. "The fact that hog slaughter in 5. A law amending the present recent weeks has been down as i school bus statute to agree with much as 20 per cent below a the rest of the program.

Clement spoke to a Legislature which opened Monday and which already had before it two resolutions attacking the U.S. Supreme Court's ban on school segregation. for one, will not be a party to any action which would imperil or endanger the continued existence of our public schools," he said. He recommended five specific acts he wants the Legislature to pass: 1. A law allowing local school boards to maintain separate white and Negro schools for children whose parents choose for them to "attend school with members of their own race." 2.

A law permitting local school boards to "place, assign and transfer" the pupils in their jurisdiction. heart of the plan, this act would provide that local boards would base their decisions on "sociological, geographical, physical, psychological, fiscal, educational and any other factors 3. An amendment to the existing law authorizing pupils to be trans ferred from one school system to another. 4. A law permitting two or more boards of education to establish, maintain and operate schools jointly.

boarded a bus near his home at i the scheduled hour and that others i bank has ahvavs been in tne I did the same. same location. Two previous build- Flood of Rumors ings were razed. The first, a brick As the desegregation maneuver structure, escaped a fire that destroyed a large portion of the Carroll business district. Bunk Statement As of the 'close of business December 31, 1956, the bank had assets of $6,198,736.02.

Its condensed statement: Aasets Cash and due from banks, U.S. government bonds, total cash resources, municipal and other bonds, loans and discounts (including $395.26 overdrafts), Arcadia bank office building, furniture and fixtures, accrued interest on bonds purchased, other assets, total assets, $6,198,736.02. Liabilities Capital stock. surplus, undivided profits, reserve for contingencies, reserve for taxes, deposits, total liabilities, $6,198,736.02. proceeded, the city was flooded with all sorts of rumors.

One was that when a Negro took a front seat, one bus operator jumped out, yanked down his trolley pole and stopped his run. But R. L. Sommerville, president of the Atlanta Transit said this was "a simple case of minor mechanical trouble." "A repair crew," he reported, "went out and fixed the bus. It's rolling again now." Sommerville said he had received no report of disorder.

Instructions to the preachers Bus Drive See Page 8 ago indicates many gills are being kept for breeding stock rather than being sold for meat." Hill said that unless farmers "regulate hog production sensibly" they may see a repeat pertorm- ance within a year of the situation a year ago when hogs sold for 10 or 11 cents a pound. He also said some farmers expect cheap corn next fall "because of the ineffectiveness of the corn allotment program." "These facts, coupled with increased poultry and large beef supplies, are definite warning signs for hog raisers," Hill said. Votes to Raise $100,000 For B.V. College Buildings The Presbyterian Synod Council I Rev Schiel said that impetus was of Iowa voted at a meeting In Des given to the Synod Council action Moines Tuesday to raise $100,000 by an offer of $50,000 from the to complete financing- of two new buildings to replace Old Main at Buena Vista College, Storm.Lake, which was destroyed by fire September 2T, Announcement was made here today by the Rev. Walter E.

Schiel of the Carroll Presbyterian Churph who attended the Synod Council meeting Tuesday and a preliminary meeting of the Board of Visitors in Des Moines Monday. A state chairman will be appointed to the Rev, Charles Ukena of West Union, chairman'of the council, to head the fund raising campaign': Board, of Education of the Presby terlan General Assembly plus $10,000 for expenses In conducting a campaign. The $50,000 la to be used for maintenance, however, and not as part of the building fund. Estimated cost of constructing the two new buildings is $425,000. Insurance, according to Rev.

Schiel', amounts to about $100,000 for the building and $10,000 for eqlilpment. Balance of the building fund will be raised by the college. The sum of $80,000 already has been pledged to the college campaign, New Car Sales Increase in County A slight increase in the sale of new cars in Carroll County has been noted during the past year, although exact figures are not immediately available, County Treasurer Mrs. C. C.

Sullivan said Wednesday. The policy of validating old license plates with new clips may account in part for a slow-down in the sale of 1957 license registra tions and '57 tags. With 8,000 known motor vehicle registrations in the county, a total of only 2,296 had been registered for 1957 Wednesday morning, Motorists will have until Feb. 1 to get their license tags without penalty. After that date the penalty is five per cent of Uje license fee with a minimum penalty of $1, Mrs.

SulHvan said. First half property taxes will be due and payable on Jan. 14 and the deadline for payment will, be April 16, Mrs. Sullivan False Economy Charge Hurled Against Council AMES The Iowa State High-! way Commission Wednesday accused the State Executive Council of "false economy" in its automobile purchasing policies. The commission approved hids on more than $95,000 woith of cars and trucks.

Included were five Ford V8s for use by the commissioners, 38 Ford 6-cylinder cars for general commission use and nine trucks. But it criticized the Executive Council for buying in "stripped" condition, rather than fully equipped. The commissioners said the state loses mone'y oh trade-ins by not buying fully equipped cars. The criticism arose when the commissioners were discussing the purchase of the five V8s for use by the commissioners. REA Officers Are Reelected No changes were made either the board of directors or slate of officers at the annual Glidden REA meeting Tuesday.

Wayne Hagan, of Glidden; John Liewer, of Willey; and Clem Polking, of Breda, were reelected to three-year terms on the board of directors. Holdover board members include George Hobbs, Alphonse Klocke, Daniel Lasher, Elmer Mohr, Cyril Schoeppner- and Roy Wnter. The slate of officers composed of Elmer Mohr, president; Cyril Schoeppner, vice president; and Wayne Hagan, secretary-treasurer, was reelected. A crowd of better than 700 was on hand for the annual meeting. The noon dinner attracted a crowd of 716, including 298 members and 418 visitors.

The business meeting, conducted by Tom Conner, manager, featured humorous anecdotes about farming by Dave Livingston of Washington, Iowa. Mr. Livingston has given humorous speeches in each of the 48 states, Canada, Mexico and 15 countries in Europe and the Middle East. W. C.

Wisdom, former executive secretary of the Iowa association of REA's, also appealed on the program. Blast Wrecks Large Crane CARSON UR A large crane used in a highway overpass ject, was destroyed in an explo sion near the junction of Highways 59 and 100 near here Tuesday night. Officials of the Boltz Construe tion Co. of Council Bluffs, said the crane was valued at $10,000. It had been used for laying steel beams across the overpass.

State Highway Patrolman Glenn Green of Atlantic heard the explosion while driving by the scene In his patrol car about 8 p.m. Pieces of the machine were scattered as much as 500 feet by the force of the blast, which Green said apparently was a dynamite explosion. "Obviously someone set off the blast." Pottawattamie County Deputy Sheriff Harold Borwick said. Borwick said some powder fuse was found in the area. boro elementary school.

Only a relatively small number of pupils, however, were involved. Ask Inclusion Tom Conner of Glidden and Bruce McLaughlin of Coon Rapids asked that their farms be included In the proposed reorganization as did two residents northeast of the proposed community district who did not appear in person. These appeals likewise were rejected. Others who made personal appearances at the hearing were Raymond Hall, Scranton; O. B.

Overholt, secretary of the Glidden school board; Mrs. Elsie E. Zimbeck, Lanesboro; Don Gim- berling, Lanesboro; Mrs. Clyde Richardson, Lanesboro; and Orville Williams, Scranton. 100 Attend C.

M. Johnson of Manning presided as chairman fthe hearing which was attended by about 100 citizens of the affected area. The Carroll County board of education was represented by Frank Clayberg, Coon Rapids; Ted Mozena, Coon Rapids; Walter Koster, Breda; and County Supt. Halverson. O.

B. Moorhouse, president of the Carroll County board, was disqualified from participation because of his residence in Glidden. Greene County representatives on the joint board were Sam Z. Scott, Paton; Mrs. Dorothy Bow.

ley, Jefferson; R. E. Beecher, Churdan; Amos Wilson, Rlppey; and R. A. Morris, Greene County superintendent of schools.

The fifth member of the Greene County board, Mrs. Gardner Fey of Scranton, is absent in California. The proposed Glidden Ralston school reorganization involves the Glidden Consolidated School District, the Ralston Independent School District, and about 10 sections of Jasper township, making about 98 sections in all. Four election districts in which polling places will be designated for the coming election are Ralston, Glidden, Jasper township and the Lanesboro area. Teaching Post to Mrs.

Fitzpatrick Mrs. Leo Fitzpatrick of Carroll has been engaged to replace Mrs. Eva Timberlake as teacher of English and Latin in Carroll High School for the remainder of the school year, Supt. W. Paul Forney announced Wednesday.

Mrs. Timberlake has resigned because of Illness. Mrs. Fitzpatrick's appointment is effective officially with the opening of the new semester, January 21, but she will begin teaching Thursday while Mrs. Timberlake is in the Officials of the Boltz firm said; hospital.

they knew of no explanation for the explosion. BUREAIS TO MEKT Two more meetings have been announced by Chamber of Commerce bureaus. The Wholesalers and Distributors Bureau, L. Smith, chairman, will meet at 7:80 p.m. Wednesday at the Sieg-Oar- roll Company.

The agricultural Bureau, Vemis Juergens, chairman, will hold a breakfast meeting in the. Driftwood Room of Hotel Burke at 7 a.m. Thursday. Officers 'Tail' 2 Men, Catch Them in Implement Bldg. Mrs.

Fitzpatrick holds a bachelor of arts degree from the College of St. Teresa, Winona, where she majored in English and speech and mlnored in French, Latin and history. She has taken graduate work at the University of Minnesota, Minneap- I olis; the University of Colorado, FORT MADISON They related that two police of-! Boulder; and Northwestern Uni- surprised inside an implement th and a state agent saw; versity. Evanston, 111. firm at West Point by officers Her teaching experience Includes had "tailed" them from Fort Mad-1 0 ami Whal0n buy a lank years at St Angela Acad- Ison Tuesday night, were being! ful1 ot gasoline at a filling station' held here Wednesday, Police said charges of breaking here and then tailed the pair to West Point, where they spotted the and entering and illegal possession two men lne West poim of burglary tools will be filed 1 against Martin O'Connor, 46.

and Vincent Whalen, 53, both of Fort Madison. The men also were being questioned about recent safe burglaries at Keokuk and other places. O'Connor was described by police as a former convict who was Implement Co. About 20 Madison police, Lee and Henry County sheriff's officers and state highway patrolmen, summoned radio, surrounded the building, O'Connor and Whalen surrendered without resistance. In O'Connor'a car, police said.

convicted of the $9,294 robbery in found a full set of burglar 1948 of Exchange Bank at Ka- i tools, including drills, bits, crow hoka, Mo. joars, a sledge hammer etc. emy, Carroll; one year In the high school at S.D.; three at Manilla High School: nnd at Valley High School, West Dos Moines. TO INSTALL OFFICERS Officers of Signet V.o. 'l A.F.

and A.M. for 1937 v.Ml stalled in an open meeting 8 o'clock Saturday night, In the Masonic Tfc? mony will be followed by 3 oyster supper. Wayne stalling officer, will be aoslslt, jy James Uillett, installing marshal..